After finishing the promotional work of the China trip, Zhang Hao completely relaxed. The tense nerves and huge pressure he had been carrying for almost the past year were relieved.
Under the arrangement of the Great Power, Zhang Hao did not have much contact with work for a week and stayed at home for a week to relieve fatigue.
Tianmi Film and Television Production Company has got rid of the difficulties when it was first established, and now it has begun to develop again, and its artists have their own development.
As a partner of Bona Pictures, Tianmi Film and Television Production Company will also actively participate in some of Bona's projects and at the same time include its own artists.
At the same time, Zhang Hao's investment agent was not idle either. Under Zhang Hao's guidance, he continued to invest in and purchase emerging companies and companies with potential whose stock prices would soar in the future.
The most valuable equity asset in Zhang Hao's hands at present is Meituan's shares. Although Meituan continues to raise funds, Zhang Hao is still the largest shareholder of Meituan.
At the same time, Maoyan Movies was separated from Meituan this year and operated independently. This Maoyan Movie was created after Zhang Hao and Wang Xingti of Meituan discussed it.
Similarly, Zhang Hao also invested in independent Maoyan Movies. With the development of mobile Internet, Meituan and Maoyan Movies have developed rapidly.
Especially for Maoyan movies, in the first quarter of this year, ticket sales through the Maoyan movie system accounted for 35% of the total box office.
You must know that Maoyan Movies is not alone, there are several others, such as Alibaba’s Taopiaopiao system that competes with Maoyan Movies.
Maoyan Movies already has the largest market share of online ticketing systems, and it has reached cooperation with many theater chains. Under Zhang Hao's suggestion, not only big cities, but also many second- and third-tier cities have begun to install Maoyan offline systems.
When Wang Xing was interviewed by the media, he said: "Our Maoyan movie ticket purchase business comes from Director Zhang Hao's suggestion. Although he said that he is not good at business, in my opinion, if Director Zhang Hao gives up his directing work, it will be An excellent businessman.”
It was Wang Xing's interview that revealed one aspect of Zhang Hao's business empire.
Some media had an in-depth understanding of Zhang Hao's investment landscape, and then wrote a report called "Besides Movies, Zhang Hao's Business Empire."
This report gives a general introduction to Zhang Hao's business landscape, which has been hidden from public view.
In the article, it was mentioned that Zhang Hao is involved in investment in Internet companies and the investment and development of the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry. It also made an estimate of Zhang Hao's worth, which is estimated to be 3 billion.
By the way, Zhang Hao’s mother, Zhang Yu, relied on her son’s success to develop her advertising business rapidly, and her current market value is also rising.
In just a few years, Zhang Yu went from a multi-millionaire to a billionaire, and the market value of his advertising company reached around 500 million.
She is not as valuable as her son, who is a wise investor after all, but Zhang Yu can still be considered a wealthy woman.
I heard that many entertainment company bosses arranged for many pretty boys to meet Zhang Yu by chance in order to establish a relationship with Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao's face darkened when he heard this, and he immediately felt that this was something that only Mrs. Chen Gege could do. If he couldn't defeat himself, he would start with his own mother.
Think about it, if some media broke the news that Zhang Yu kept a pretty girl, even though it was not Zhang Hao's fault, it would be a shame.
Fortunately, Zhang Yu is not interested in the so-called pretty girls, and as smart as Zhang Yu, he must have realized that this was a trap, so he would not fall for it.
By the way, if Zhang Yu really had the idea to find a stepfather for Zhang Hao, there would be so many outstanding men in Forty-Nine City, and those who wanted to pursue Zhang Yu could line up from Tiananmen Square to Mentougou in the past.
Zhang Yu had already found him a long time ago, so why wait until now to look at these pretty boys who are worthless and useless?
After resting for a week, Zhang Hao and his investment companies, together with Tianmi Film and Television Production Company, Bona Pictures, Penguin Group, and China Film Group, discussed a big project.
It was mainly proposed by Zhang Hao to spend tens of billions to build two large-scale film and television cities in Qingdao and Fengtian.
The film and television city includes a theme park, a large studio, and a futuristic photography venue. The project has entered the planning stage, and both local governments have agreed to plan a large area of land.
In the past, Chen Gege made movies and built various ancient cities, thus forming a large local interest group.
Everyone relies on Chen Gege's film projects to make money, so they will naturally protect Chen Gege to prevent Chen Gege from falling and ruining their own jobs.
Zhang Hao has learned a lot, so he also came to work on a film and television city project.
Zhang Hao was only the proposer of the entire project. In fact, most of the funds for the project came from financing and money from giants like Penguin.
In order to gain Penguin's support, Zhang Hao agreed to Penguin Pictures' investment in Tianmi Film and Television Production Company and became one of the company's shareholders.
With a controlling stake in hand, Zhang Hao is naturally not worried about Penguin Pictures turning its focus to customers.
If Penguin intends to acquire Tianmi Film and Television Production Company in the future, it will definitely be a share exchange, and Penguin will also have to provide corresponding shares at a premium.
The first thing to be planned and constructed was the reconstruction of two hangars in Fengtian.
When filming in Los Angeles, Zhang Hao used a large studio converted from an airplane hangar. It has a spacious space and is not as cramped and crowded as domestic studios.
So after returning to China, I searched everywhere for suitable hangars to be renovated. Thanks to Yudong's help, I found two abandoned hangars that could be put into use after some renovation.
Of course, the Fengtian Municipal Government supports the film and television city project plan. Many people know the current economic development situation in Northeast China. Except for Dalian, which is close to the sea, it is doing well, while other regions appear to be somewhat depressed.
The film and television city project brought by Zhang Hao can not only attract a large number of film crews to move in, but also provide employment and promote the development of the tourism industry.
Of course, in fact, the construction of many film and television cities is not as profitable as imagined.
But it was Zhang Hao who promoted the film and television city project. Everyone immediately felt something was different. Who made Zhang Hao now have a halo?
Zhang Hao took Da Mi Mi to Fengtian to check out the renovation of the studio, and met with engineers from the space agency. It was already early June.
"Batman Begins" has slipped out of the top ten in the fiercely competitive North American summer season. As of May 31, the film has grossed US$151 million at the box office in North America.
In mainland China, the film took in a box office of 1.236 billion RMB, which is equivalent to about 176 million U.S. dollars.
The mainland box office was higher than the North American box office, which shocked many Hollywood film companies.
At the same time, it also made Hollywood film companies realize the potential of the mainland market and recognized Zhang Hao's abilities.
Any discrimination and prejudice are no match for naked interests.
Being able to make money and bring huge returns, Hollywood instantly broke the prejudice against Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao suddenly became very popular.
But this is not the end. Excluding the North American and mainland markets, "Batman Begins" has grossed US$181 million in other regions around the world as of May 31, bringing the film's global box office to US$508 million.
Warner Pictures has once again raised its expectations, believing that the global box office of "Batman Begins" can reach 550 million U.S. dollars, and may even hit a box office of 600 million U.S. dollars.
This achievement of 508 million is the third highest in the global box office list this year after "Iron Man 3" and "The Croods".
However, this result will not last long, because "Fast and Furious 6" is quickly catching up, and there will be "Superman: Man of Steel", "Despicable Me 2", "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and other films in the summer.
It is worth mentioning that "Star Trek Into Darkness", which dealt a heavy blow to "Batman Begins" the following weekend, shrank significantly.
At present, the film has just exceeded 400 million US dollars in box office, and it has been unable to surpass "Batman Begins".
The achievement of US$500 million is the highest single-film box office achievement ever achieved by a Chinese-language film director.
Domestic media use exaggerated words when reporting, such as: Zhang Hao directed a Hollywood blockbuster, and the global box office exceeded 3.5 billion...
The bigger the number, the more shocking it is, just to attract attention.
But Zhang Hao's achievements were enough to shock domestic movie fans. They had thought that Zhang Hao would be successful before, but they didn't expect it to be so successful.
The praise on the Internet has not stopped since the box office of "Batman Begins" soared.
The only pity is that "Batman Begins" is a Hollywood movie, not a Chinese-language movie.
If Zhang Hao achieves better results with Chinese-language films, then there will be no doubt as to who will be the number one Chinese-language film director.
The outside world was shocked by the box office performance of "Batman Begins", and the media also wanted to get a first-hand interview with Zhang Hao, but Zhang Hao was hiding away.
He only accepted an interview with Time Magazine in the Fengtian hangar that was being renovated.
I forgot to mention the title earlier. I am in a daze today and am not in a good state. Oops...