Just more than ten days after the Maiwo community bombarded the Internet, the entertainment industry also issued a press release.
"The 24.78% equity transferred by Hong Kong film tycoon Chow Man-wai at the end of last year obviously did not satisfy the appetite of Xinli Media.
Recently, Xinli Media Chairman Yu Jiajia said that the comprehensive acquisition of Golden Harvest for 450 million Hong Kong dollars has been completed, which means that Golden Harvest has officially changed its dynasty, and the film empire that has been established for nearly 40 years will usher in a new chapter.
Yu Jiajia, who is about to become the chairman of Jiahe's board of directors, said: "Jiahe will not change its name for the time being. In the future, it plans to produce 3-4 movies every year and build theater projects in key cities."
Currently, three films including "Manslaughter", "Ip Man" and "33 Days After Love" have been approved, and the second batch of films also includes "Warriors" and "Crazy Racing".
"Manslaughter" is directed by "Crazy Stone" director Ning Hao and stars Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Sun Chun, Yan Bingyan, etc. It was shot entirely in Thailand with multiple locations and a budget of up to 100 million.
"Ip Man" is based on Ip Man, the master of Wing Chun and Bruce Lee's master, telling his legendary life. It is directed by Hong Kong director Wilson Yip and stars Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Simon Hung, and Cheung Song-man.
"33 Days Out of Love" is adapted from a popular novel named Balabala...which is still in the planning stage."
"If these three movies are just mid-range projects, then "Wu Shuang" truly demonstrates the ambition of Xinli Media, with a budget of up to 300 million, and Chow Yun-fat has been confirmed to star..."
"Yu Jiajia said that she grew up watching Hong Kong films and has deep feelings for Hong Kong films. Nowadays, co-productions between the two places and multiple places have become a trend. Reasonable allocation of resources to achieve maximum optimization is what today's filmmakers should do.
A place to learn.
Today, with the booming development of Chinese-language films, 99 Entertainment not only wants to explore the domestic market, but also hopes to go global and strive for its own market position in East Asia, Southeast Asia and even Hollywood!"
100 million for "Manslaughter" and 300 million for "Wushuang", both are exaggerations.
The cast of "Ip Man" probably remains the same, with the addition of Zhang Songwen, who plays the role of Lam Jiadong, a Foshan patrolman who later served as a translator for the Japanese army. On the surface, he helped the Japanese, but in fact he always stood by Ip Man.
Zhang Songwen is a Cantonese and a late bloomer. After working hard for more than ten years, he finally became famous through dramas such as "The Hidden Corner".
This series of bombings has left everyone on the Internet a bit confused.
What's going on?
If I remember correctly, Maiwo Mall just raised 600 million US dollars at the beginning of the year, right? A few months later, the community sold another 1 billion, and now 99 Entertainment has taken Jiahe into its pocket.
Suddenly, there was a feeling that the 99 group was going crazy. One by one, two by three, they stepped on the accelerator and started overtaking in unison.
Many articles appeared for analysis at one time, and one article was quite pertinent:
“99 Group has been developing for several years, and its layout has finally become clear. Its three major businesses: social networking, e-commerce, and entertainment, are the three directions for future development.
Social networking includes communities and instant messaging, and e-commerce includes traditional B2C—Maiwo Mall, and emerging vertical sales—Maike Eslite.
Entertainment is more interesting. It used to be called entertainment, but I like to call 99 Group’s model entertainment.
They noticed that online novels are a relatively unpopular industry in the eyes of the public, and have successively signed contracts for "Zhu Xian", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", etc., and now they are developing "33 Days of Love".
It can be seen that they are cultivating a new model, using the influence of novels to quickly gather fans, and then develop derivative products such as movies, TV series, games, etc., so I call it entertainment.
These three major areas not only have new models, but also have strong financial backing. Social networking and e-commerce are already among the best in the country, and entertainment is also gaining momentum. The combination of the three is a behemoth.
We are used to calling Real Madrid the Galactic Battleship, and I would also like to call the 99 Group the Galactic Battleship of the domestic Internet. It is still unknown what the future will be like, but at this moment, I dare to say boldly:
The galactic battleship sets sail!"
Yao Yuan was shocked when he saw this article. Yes, he can actually touch on the concept of "entertainment". However, the author also has the limitations of the times. For example, he did not extend the concept of "IP" and did not state his ultimate goal.
What is the ultimate goal?
The three major fields of social networking (including games), e-commerce, and entertainment will eventually converge on mobile phones!
But no matter what, 99 Group has firmly secured the title of "Galaxy Battleship". Everyone is willing to call it that because the money pile is so scary.
The money brought in by communities + e-commerce has exceeded 10 billion, which completely demonstrates the madness of capital again after the Internet winter. This is also the last carnival before the financial crisis.
Do you expect people to have long memories?
No, after the 2008 financial crisis, capital investment in the Internet and high-tech was more like a lunatic, often amounting to billions of dollars.
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Xiangshan Qingqin.
The sun was shining brightly at noon, and the air was much better than in the city. When you looked up, you could see the blue sky and white clouds. Auntie was preparing lunch in the house, and people from the gardening company were decorating the more than 1,000-square-meter courtyard with flowers and plants.
In a corner, a basketball stand had been erected with lines drawn on the ground, about the size of half a court. Yao Yuan dribbled the ball with his right hand, stared at his girlfriend in front of him, and pretended to make a few fake moves.
I almost lost the ball.
"Just hold it and run away, it won't be considered a foul on you!"
"Don't underestimate people, I'm not Hanamichi Sakuragi... I'm going to fight!"
Yao Yuan shouted loudly, turned around, pretended to hit with his back, turned his wrists, walked, bumped into people, and dribbled twice. If this was a formal game, he would have been dragged out and shot for five minutes.
He arched for a long time, but didn't move. Looking at Yinyin's "weak chicken" disdainful eyes, he couldn't help but turn around and forcefully shoot the ball, and then clicked.
Covered.
"I don't want to play anymore, I'm so exhausted!"
"You're exhausted in ten minutes?"
“Wow, that’s how much exercise I get in a year!”
Yao Yuan was sitting on a chair wiping his sweat, while Yin Yin was playing basketball by herself. Although she practiced track and field, she could tell by looking at her posture that she had also played basketball.
As a three-pointer hit the net, she sat down next to it, patted the ball casually, looked at the surrounding environment, and sighed: "This place is pretty good too."
"Really? Everyone doesn't love luxury. Anyone who says they like living in a slum in a slum is a fool."
"I didn't say I like it, I'm just not used to having so many people at home."
She raised her chin and signaled to the gardeners who were working on it. Taking care of the flowers and plants was a tedious job and they had to come every few days. Moreover, they found that hiring an aunt was not enough, so they had to hire another one.
"How about bringing your mother to live with you?"
"Forget it, then I'm even more awkward. I just like the world of two people. In a small and medium-sized house, everything is available. It seems that I can live a lifetime without going out, just like Palm Springs."
Yinyin leaned on his shoulder and rubbed it, with a rare little girl's coquettish look, and said: "But I also know that I have to adapt to various new situations, otherwise how can I start a business in the future?"
“This is the right mentality!”
Yao Yuan touched her head and said: "When the visa is processed, we will go to the United States and take a trip."
"How long will you stay?"
"It takes a month anyway. They call us Galaxy Battleship. At least we can make some noise for everyone to see!"