Before "Edge of Tomorrow" was released.

The biggest idea of ​​Tengxun, Baidu, and Alibaba is to take shares in Hengyu Media, Huayi, and Guangdian companies, and secretly control a film and television company with great potential to prepare for a full-scale entry into the film and television industry later.

It's a pity that neither Fang Ziheng, nor Wang Changtian, Yu Dong and others are willing to be others' grandchildren.

Even Wang Zhongjun is only willing to sell a small amount of shares in Huayi, and he will not sell any more.

"Edge of Tomorrow" turned out to be a hit, and it grossed 3 billion in box office worldwide.

The three major Internet giants once began to change their minds and no longer sought to only acquire shares in film and television companies.

Instead, they are waiting and watching while preparing for their respective film and television companies.

The three giants took the opportunity of establishing video websites to further understand the film and television industry from the side and understand the front-line production field.

At that time, they had no idea of ​​entering the front-line production field, they just had an understanding of it.

After all, everyone has heard the legend of the coal boss, who happily broke into the entertainment industry while carrying money in a sack, only to be deceived in the end.

Until "The Secret of the Dragon" was released, it once again sold 3.5 billion yuan at the global box office.

The three giants finally couldn't sit still, completely changed their internal assessment of the film and television industry, and quickly changed their previously made strategic decisions.

Hangcheng Ma and Shencheng Ma even took the initiative to contact Fang Ziheng and invest in the project controlled by Hengyu Media this year.

This kind of situation would never have happened in the previous life!

Erma's ambitions are definitely not worth the box office revenue of a movie. Even if he wants to invest, he will invest in a certain company, and he will never invest in just a certain movie.

Fang Ziheng's two consecutive films were global hits, which made Erma see the potential of the film and television industry and the cake of the film market.

At this point, they no longer wait behind and have entered the field of first-line film and television production two years earlier than in the previous life.

9 a.m. on the 11th.

Pengyu National Hotel, large banquet hall No. 1.

The colorful flags are fluttering, and the blessings are hanging high.

Entertainment media, Internet new media, and even traditional mainstream media are swarming in with long guns and short guns.

Everyone wants to take a look at how big a stir Alibaba intends to make this time when it announces its entry into the film and television industry.

When Fang Ziheng, Andy, and Lao Mouzi entered the venue, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Li Ming and others had already arrived, and they formed a small circle and talked quietly.

In addition, many TV drama production companies and other film professionals in the industry were present, as well as many people from the media and Internet industries.

Fang Ziheng ignored everyone's looks and led the two of them to Wang Zhongjun and others, waving to greet them.

"Everyone came very quickly. I hurried and took my time, but I still lagged behind you."

"Haha, Director Fang has everything to do every day, so he is a very busy person."

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile and handed over a foreign cigarette of unknown brand.

Except for this guy who is leisurely and leisurely, the other people don't look relaxed, their eyebrows are slightly furrowed, and they obviously feel the pressure brought by Ali's cross-border cooperation.

Wang Changtian smoked a cigarette and looked over with a sigh, saying: "Dong Fang is still more courageous. The guaranteed release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is 950 million. I, Old Wang, can't even think of it."

Guangxian had previously cooperated with Huang Jiaozhu's studio and invested in the production of a movie "Everyman", but ended up going to his grandma's house.

In "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Wang Changtian actually valued Zhou Xingchi very much and raised the price to 750 million.

Now that Hengyu Media has snatched it away, how can he not be depressed?

"Director Fang is a film connoisseur, and he never fails to see the movies he likes. Besides, Zhou Xingchi's work, which he has been working on for three years, is definitely worth 950 million guaranteed."

Wang Zhongjun took out his lighter, took the initiative to light it for Fang Ziheng, and said with high spirits.

Nima

Let’s just say why Wang Zhongjun is so kind to Lao Zhi today. It turns out that it’s because of the guaranteed issuance at a sky-high price of 950 million.

grass!

Fang Ziheng squinted his eyes and smoked, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, pretending to be annoyed and said: "Oh, I was too impulsive at the time, 950 million! Director Wang, do you think we have signed a contract? How about 800 million?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongjun's happy face instantly fell, and his head shook like a drum.

"Director Fang, as the saying goes, a gentleman's words are hard to follow, and his words are like water thrown out. Besides, I am only one of the producers of the movie, so I really can't do anything."

Changing the contract is absolutely unacceptable.

With the guaranteed issuance of 950 million, except for Hengyu Media, who else dares to take advantage of this?

That's right, he was taken advantage of.

Wang Zhongjun burst into laughter at this time. He really didn't expect that Zhou Xingchi's movie would sell such a high box office guarantee in advance.

Make a fortune now, and when the movie is released, as long as the box office can exceed 670 million, and Huayi is one of the producers, the stock price will soar.

This kind of business is a guaranteed profit without losing any money.

Fang Ziheng was also very happy. Hengyu must have made a lot of money from the sale of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and his profit would never be less than that of Zhou Xingchi and Hua Yi.

Everyone chatted a few more words about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and then changed the topic to Alibaba Pictures.

Alibaba Pictures Group!

Just from today's battle, we can see that this is not a simple film and television production company.

Everyone knows that Ali is coming in a big way and it is only a matter of time before he causes huge waves.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The press conference started on time. Hang Chengma, the head of Alibaba, walked onto the podium surrounded by a group of people.

Everyone in the venue stopped communicating and looked at the short figure on the podium.

Chairman Alibaba took action personally, and he was indeed famous!

The leisurely Wang Zhongjun also narrowed his eyes, the smile on his face disappeared, and his attitude changed into a serious one.

He stood next to Fang Ziheng and asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that Director Ma only attends projects worth more than 3 billion? Why are you here in person today?"

"Director Wang, you don't think that the upgrade of Alibaba Pictures to a group company is just a trivial matter, do you?" Fang Ziheng glanced at him sideways and said speechlessly.

What are you thinking about?

Their ambition is to establish a large cultural and entertainment business group and create a company with an output value of tens of billions to hundreds of billions in the film and television industry.

I really thought that Hangcheng Ma invested in your Huayi because they were interested in the hundreds of millions of stocks. They were planning ahead and understanding the trends of the Chinese film and television industry in advance.

The North American market is ahead. In the eyes of capital tycoons, the Chinese film market will catch up with Hollywood sooner or later and surpass the United States!

"Alibaba's goal is to create a new type of film and television company, establish a complete online and offline industry chain for culture, film and television, and entertainment, and ultimately make due contributions to the Chinese entertainment industry!"

As Hang Chengma spoke on the rostrum, the venue burst into warm applause.

Everyone has heard Alibaba’s ambition and courage to build a whole industry chain of culture, film and television, and entertainment.

Just like the path taken by Hengyu Media, we layout the entire industry and create a new entertainment company.

Many people clapped and were worried at the same time, and some even looked towards where Fang Ziheng was sitting.

Alibaba’s operation, at first glance, is that it is rushing to go public!

Hengyu Media Group has great potential, and its size is different from that of Alibaba Pictures. It stands to reason that it should have been listed long ago.

Fang Ziheng, what on earth is this guy waiting for?

Ignoring everyone's scrutinizing glances, Fang Ziheng was there, identifying the top executives of Alibaba Pictures Group on the stage one by one.

Zhang Qiang, formerly the managing and deputy general manager of China Film Group, became the CEO of Alibaba Pictures Group, a further step forward than before.

Zhang Wei, former vice president of Alibaba’s Strategic Investment Department, serves as vice president of Alibaba Pictures Group, concurrently serving as CFO and chief financial officer.

Gu Yong, the former president, vice president and director of the production department of Alibaba Youku Video, became the leader of the film and television business of Alibaba Pictures Group.

Deng Kangming, senior vice president of Alibaba Group, serves as COO and chief operating officer of Alibaba Pictures Group, and is fully responsible for legal affairs, human resources, resources, marketing and public relations, etc.

In addition, Shao Xiaoli, the secretary-general of Alibaba's board of directors and executive director, came to serve as chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Pictures Group.

Zhang Qiang, the current CEO, is in a tough position. He is overseen by the Chairman of the Board of Directors above and watched by a group of chief officers below.

Except for him, who joined Alibaba halfway, the others are all Alibaba's direct officials.

Fang Ziheng looked at the senior executives of Alibaba Group on the stage, and said with a smile to Wang Changtian next to him: "Mr. Zhang is finished. He, the CEO, has been caught in the middle. He will suffer the consequences in the future."

Wang Changtian smiled in his eyes and nodded in agreement: "Lao Zhang also wanted to make a career, otherwise he would not have left China Film to join Alibaba. Now it seems that he cannot be trusted by Hang Chengma!"

"Are you two worrying too much?"

Yu Dong on the side smiled and shook his head: "After all, I have obtained the position of president. With Mr. Zhang's connections and methods, as long as he creates one or two popular movies, I believe he will soon be able to gain a firm foothold within Alibaba.

In addition, I think Chairman Shao also holds other positions in Alibaba, so he probably has no intention of managing Alibaba Pictures Group, and I think he should leave all the power to Mr. Zhang."

"If it's just an overkill, how many months will it take to stabilize the group's upgrade?"

Fang Ziheng smiled lightly and asked a predictive question.

this..

Yu Dong suddenly had a speech contest.

It seems that this is really possible!

Alibaba took advantage of Zhang Qiang's connections and spent several months or a year and a half laying a solid foundation for the company.

Then, if you want to tear down the bridge across the river, cross the river and tear down the bridge; if you want to unload the mill and kill the donkey, then unload the mill and kill the donkey.

As for reuse for promotion, that's impossible.

Zhang Qiang can only do work related to the film and television industry in Alibaba.

In an instant, Fang Ziheng, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Wang Zhongjun all thought about Zhang Qiang's future.

Alibaba is not an Internet giant that is easy to get along with!

The four of them crossed their legs, with faint smiles on their faces, and continued to wait for Ali's follow-up action.

Now that a film and television group has been established, it must make some big moves, otherwise we will be sorry for the many invitations Alibaba sent out.

Soon, Zhang Qiang walked up to the front desk, held a microphone and began to speak, announcing the big move of Alibaba Pictures Group.

"Dear guests and friends from the media, let me announce the latest masterpiece of Alibaba Pictures. The group will spend 300 million yuan to create a new fantasy adventure movie together with the famous director Lu Chuan."

"This movie comes from the novel "Tomb Raiders" of the same name. Alibaba Pictures successfully bought the plot copyright of the first section of the novel, "The Seven Stars of Lu", half a year ago!"

I fucked his uncle!

Upon hearing the news, Fang Ziheng subconsciously cursed.

Alibaba is so stupid and has so much money that he chose Brother Lu to film "Seven Stars King Lu"!

Six months ago, Wu Wenhui, the chairman of Qidian Chinese Network, reported to him that Alibaba Pictures wanted to buy the full copyright of "Tomb Raiders".

Fang Ziheng did not agree. He only said that he would sell the copyright of the first plot. It was not an independent version, but just a movie copyright, and it only lasted for three years.

After three years, Qidian will take back the film rights to "The King of Seven Stars" regardless of whether Alibaba will film it or not.

At that time, he was still guessing who Ali would find to film "The Seven Stars of Lu".

Unexpectedly, it was Lu Chuan again!

Lu Chuan is really an immortal little strongman. Even if he was so defeated, someone would still ask him to make a movie.

Fang Ziheng shook his head and laughed, thinking that he had to find an opportunity to press Brother Lu again. He could not let this guy continue to be arrogant.

He felt unhappy, and everyone else at the scene also looked confused and speechless.

Was Alibaba deceived by Lu Chuan? He was so stubborn that he spent 300 million yuan to make a movie for him.

The reporters were also excited. They gathered around the rostrum and asked Zhang Qiang for specific details and why Lu Chuan didn't show up today.

"Director Lu is currently leading the team to select locations and prepare for film project approval. He was not present today."

"Everyone, Alibaba Pictures Group and I believe in Director Lu and will fully support him in filming "The Seven Stars of Lu"!"

Zhang Qiang was in high spirits and stood on the stage talking eloquently.

"Mr. Zhang, according to where we are, Alibaba has been established less than half a year ago and is currently not qualified to release film projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan. How to solve this situation?"

A reporter hit the target and exposed Alibaba’s lack of qualifications.

Alibaba Pictures has not produced and distributed a single movie in the six months since its establishment. According to the regulations of the Film Bureau, it can only produce and release one movie now.

Movies that are being released cannot be distributed independently and must find a partner or a company with distribution qualifications.

Facing reporters' questions, Zhang Qiang smiled lightly and once again announced an even more explosive news to the outside world.

"Don't worry about the issue of distribution qualifications. Alibaba Pictures Group has reached a contract with Wenhuahuaguo and will fully acquire Wenhuahuaguo, a company listed on Hong Kong Island, for HK$6.6 billion.

One month later, all the film and television businesses of Wenhua Huaguo will be completely merged into Alibaba Pictures Group!"

hiss.

A series of gasping sounds sounded from the audience.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

Alibaba was so arrogant that it bought Wenhuahuaguo for HK$6.6 billion, not only obtaining the qualifications for issuance, but also the qualifications for listing.

Even Fang Ziheng, who had already known about Ali's tricks, was still shocked at this time.

6.6 billion!

What the hell is wrong with it? Use it to acquire a shell company that was only established for three or four years and produced and distributed less than ten movies.

Cultural China!

Among the few listed film and television cultural branches in China, there is almost no impression in the minds of people in the industry. The only person familiar with it is Dong Ping, the chairman of the company.

This company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, borrowing the shell of Shanghai Lian Cement, Dong Ping’s white gloves for operating capital in the cultural industry.

At the same time, this company has a lot of capital behind it, and Hang Chengma and Zhao Yanzi’s husband are the main figures.

With a market value of less than 3 billion yuan and sales of 6.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, Dong Ping is truly a cultural businessman!

Fang Ziheng sat on the chair, touching his chin, as if he was watching a show.

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian, and Yu Dong frowned, frightened by Ali's generosity.

The initial sale amount was 6.6 billion, which was more than the combined cash flow of their three listed companies.

The three of them were lost for a while, looking at each other and seeing the shock in their eyes.

Yu Dong bumped Fang Ziheng's arm and whispered: "Dr. Fang, will you have time later? Can the four of us get together?"

"Yeah, it's been a long time since we had tea together?" Wang Changtian raised his eyebrows and then said.

Wang Zhongjun's eyes moved slightly, revealing a very good expression.

Fang Ziheng: "."

What are you doing, you guys?

Is this scary?

How can you not be afraid!

Wang Changtian sighed quietly, ignoring Fang Ziheng's joking eyes, and said with a sad face: "Alibaba's arrival is not good, and coupled with Teng Xun and Baidu who are eyeing it, the Internet giant will soon fully enter the film and television industry.

The good times for our four families are probably coming to an end."
Chapter completed!