In September, the domestic film market entered the off-season, not only for movies, but also for TV series.
Just on September 1st, a science fiction movie "Inception" was released. This science fiction blockbuster, which was later regarded as a classic, received an impressive box office of 13 million on the first day.
It is already very good to get 13 million in the first-day box office in the summer school season.
It sold 93 million in the first five days of the week and exceeded 200 million in two weeks, adding fuel to the film's off-season and making it seem less tepid.
It was also a hit in North America and overseas. It was released in North America as early as July and took in a North American box office of 290 million.
Hong Kong was also released in July, with a total box office of HK$57 million.
In Japan, it exceeded the annual box office of "Titanic" in three days, causing a huge sensation.
It is the latest to be released in mainland China. Including these two weeks, the global box office has exceeded 800 million US dollars.
After the first half month, the single-day box office of "Hands Up: The Pursuit of Adomaru" exceeded one million, while the others did not even make any waves.
On September 13, Tang An came to the Magic City Radio and Television Station in the Pudong New Area of the City of Magic to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new director of the Magic City Radio and Television Station, Li Ruigang.
As one of the few media giants in the country, Li Ruigang’s inauguration ceremony brought together almost all CEOs from related industries in the industry.
Ordinary film companies are not eligible to receive invitations.
Modu Radio and Television was formally established last year, merging Modu TV, Modu Oriental TV, Modu People's Broadcasting Station, and Modu Oriental Radio. Li Ruigang serves concurrently as the president of Modu Oriental Media Group.
After being led to the auditorium, Tang An's position was arranged in the middle. There were too many big shots coming.
There are all big bosses in the entertainment industry around, including Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Qin Hong a little ahead.
Further ahead, those who can sit with the leaders of Modu Optoelectronics, Han Sanping and others have market value of tens of billions or even nearly 100 billion.
Jiang Nanchun, the third largest shareholder of Huayi and chairman of Focus Media, was sitting in front.
To people in the film and television industry, Huayi, Bernard, and Guangxian are giants, but looking at the entire media circle, to Huayi and others, large groups like Focus Media are called giants.
This is the first media group to land on the U.S. stock market. It has also established a foothold on Nasdaq and has a market value of nearly 100 billion. It has a monopoly on commercial office billboards in domestic cities. The market value of more than 100,000 LCD billboards alone is worth
It has a market value of three Huayi.
However, there are some bubbles. After all, it is rare for an LCD billboard that costs three to four thousand yuan to have a market value of three to four hundred thousand yuan.
It depends on when this bubble bursts, it may get bigger and bigger.
The ceremony was very formal, even senior officials from the city of Magic City were present. This was a high official in the border area and one of the future great elders, which showed Li Ruigang's importance.
If nothing else happens, he will serve as deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee next year.
This is a real media giant. Li Ruigang is still serving as the president of Oriental Media Group. Last year, his turnover exceeded 10 billion, which is more than a little bit larger than these film and television companies in the industry.
Moreover, Li Ruigang is also a director of WWP Group, the world's largest media group, and the only Chinese director.
After the ceremony, everyone moved to the Expo Intercontinental Hotel on the bank of the Huangpu River to attend a grand banquet.
Tang An was also brought into their circle by Han Sanping.
"Director Li, this is Director Tang An of Hantang Media, a young talent in the media field." Han Sanping pulled Tang An and introduced.
"Hello, Director Li." Tang An said hello quickly.
Facing Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong and Tang An could still face each other as equals, but this big boss who was later called the "Murdoch" of China still couldn't remain calm.
And Tang An also admired him so much that in the next two years, when it came to choosing between politics or business, he actually gave up his official career.
When he was in his early 40s, he was promoted from a state-owned enterprise to the position of deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and then joined the Standing Committee. As long as nothing unexpected happened, he would at least be a frontier official in the future.
I guess if anyone is given a choice, they will choose to join politics.
It was rare that Li Ruigang knew Tang An and had a drink with him with a smile.
"Director Tang is really young and promising. I was a few years older than you and I had just taken over Media Media."
"Director Li, you are joking. I am a small company, how can I compare with you?" Tang An quickly laughed.
"Dr. Tang is being humble. The TV series your company produced before was probably called "The Legend of Zhen Huan". It's a pity that we didn't get a terrestrial channel to test the waters."
"If Director Li is interested, we can talk about the first round then." Tang An said politely.
I'm complaining in my heart, your new station director has taken office, and Oriental TV Station has also made personnel changes. Who cares about testing the waters of a TV series? Not even anyone came.
Then Han Sanping took Tang An to meet Jiang Nanchun, chairman of Focus Media, and chatted for a few words.
There are also large domestic media groups such as Southern Media, and I have made friends with people in related industries.
This is how connections came about. At that time, Jiang Nanchun was chatting with Sun Zhengyi, the head of SoftBank, and Lu Hongliang, chairman of Stark Industries. Sun Zhengyi even jokingly asked Tang An if he needed financing.
Although it was a joke, Tang An knew that as long as he agreed, he would definitely get the financing.
Shengda Chen Tianqiao also came during the process. Sun Zhengyi and Lu Hongliang are both shareholders of Shengda.
Chen Tianqiao also mentioned that Shengda was preparing to develop a magical online game and was discussing with Tang An about the adaptation of the "Painted Skin" game.
You don’t have to pay Tang An’s copyright fees to adapt the online game “Painted Skin”. The copyright is still in Pu Songlin’s hands.
However, if you want to use the characters and plots in the movie, and if you want several leading actors to endorse their images in the movie, you have to pay Tang An.
I met a lot of people at a banquet, including people in the media field, investment companies, and officials.
After going around and introducing each other, Tang An found Han Sanping again and said with sincere gratitude, "Director Han, thank you so much."
Without Han Sanping's introduction, it would be difficult for him to enter a higher-level circle, let alone know so many people.
After all, he is the boss of a company with a market value of more than one billion, and he is also a big director, which is not enough in front of others.
"Haha, you will know each other sooner or later. If you are willing to raise funds now, SoftBank and Sequoia will come to you." Han Sanping waved his hand and smiled.
As a leader in the entertainment industry, Han Sanping still hopes that there will be more fresh blood in the entertainment industry. As long as Tang An is capable, he doesn't mind taking a step forward.
"By the way, how's your science fiction movie going? Remember to submit it for review as soon as it's finished." Han Sanping then warned again.
"The progress is going quite smoothly, don't worry."
With the help of the military and the background being the end of the world, the review period will definitely take a little longer.
After the banquet ended at noon, Tang An gathered with them again and rushed back to the capital in the afternoon.
After this trip, Tang An truly realized that he was still very weak, much weaker.
However, with more than ten years of foresight, I am very confident to finally step into that top circle.
After this year, a lot of cash can be recovered from those projects.
It will take some time for the theater chain to digest the 300 million cash. Next year, it will be enough for him to launch seven or eight film and television drama projects at the same time, and then develop other surrounding industrial chains.
But what is in front of us now is "Thirty-day Love". The production cost of this film is only 16 million. If nothing unexpected happens, it can bring hundreds of millions of profits to the group.
After that, there will be "Edge of Tomorrow", one by one, moving forward step by step.