"Dr. Wang, you're welcome. "Painting on the Wall" is a dark horse during the National Day holiday season. It has grossed over 100 million at the box office, so I guess it can hit 200 million."
Tang An chuckled and had a drink with Wang Changtian.
"Haha, let's borrow Ji Yan from Tang Dong. Thanks to Tang Dong for agreeing to let Deng Chao, Sun Li and others take on this small-budget movie."
"In that case, I have to thank Director Wang on their behalf. The two of them have been filming all year round. This time they are rarely together, and they are reunited as husband and wife. This is a good thing."
"That's right, that's right, haha."
At the banquet, Tang An and Wang Changtian seemed to be chatting happily, as if they were old friends for many years.
"Painting on the Wall" still stars Deng Chao and Sun Li. Even if Cheng Jiashang had any objections, it would be in vain because he had no say.
When the project was established, Hantang and Guangxian were still in their honeymoon period. At first, Wang Changtian wanted Deng Chao and Yang Milai to partner up to borrow the spotlight from "Thirty-three Days of Love."
However, Yang Mi's schedule was too tight, so she was replaced by Sun Li. After all, Zhen Huan is also very popular, and she can also promote a husband and wife team.
The public relations campaign was in full swing before, but now he seems to be okay again.
Compete when it's time to compete, as long as you keep the bottom line, and cooperate when it's time to cooperate in the future, and you'll still be harmonious on the surface.
Unless you really cross the line and even spread pirated resources like Zhang Zhao did, then you will really reach the point where you will never stop fighting.
At that time, Liu Chuanzi personally sent his capable subordinate Sun Hongbing to prison. After he was released from prison, he gave him hundreds of thousands of starting funds. Only then could Sun Hongbing become one of the top ten real estate tycoons in the country. Later, he spent thousands of dollars in the mythical six months. 100 million in capital to purchase nearly 100 Wanda real estate projects.
Of course, there are also many people who are determined to fight to the death, such as Zou Hongwei of 360 and Fu Sheng of Jinshan.
"By the way, I heard that Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu are also planning to fully enter the film and television industry?"
Tang An asked a few more of them and found out that someone from the three major gangsters had recently contacted him and wanted to inject capital.
More than once, it is no secret that Hantang Media owes the bank 2 billion. If several major companies in the industry did not have the ability to snipe, I am afraid they would have joined forces to snipe his movies.
Yu Dong nodded, "Not just us, we have been contacted by all major domestic theaters, film and television companies, and brokerage companies."
Wang Changtian sighed, "The two real estate giants Hengda and Wanda have just entered the market, and these three Internet giants are also coming to intervene!"
Qin Hong shook his head, "A single chip can easily cost 901 billion. The plate is big enough. It's not surprising that they are interested in it."
Wang Zhonglei teased, "According to this, it was Mr. Tang who attracted the wolf."
Tang An thought that there was indeed a reason for this. The previous "Avatar" was worth 1.3 billion. It was a super blockbuster produced by Cameron only in seven or eight years.
But now the medium-cost "囧" is 700 million, "Edge of Tomorrow" is 1.1 billion, and "The Secret of the Dragon" is 900 million. The single-film capacity of domestic movies has reached the 1 billion level!
1 billion for a project is not too small no matter what industry it is in.
It’s not surprising that he attracted the attention of the three gangsters.
Tang An added, "Boss Wang and Huayi are now cooperating with Hengda. Hengda has also established a film and television company. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by Hengda?
Wang Zhonglei smiled and said, "Hengda mainly focuses on live entertainment projects, and it is more convenient to obtain land. There is no long-term plan for the film and television industry."
Yu Dongze said, "It is said that Hengda's initial purchase price was 850 million, and it also invested in Fan Binbin's studio. It's not a small deal."
Yu Dong felt a little unhappy. When Fan Binbin left Huayi, he invested in the other party's studio. Now that he has found a bigger backer, he immediately terminated his contract with Bernard.
Wang Zhonglei smiled and said, "That's just for film and television production, it doesn't have much impact."
"Hengda, Wanda are okay, but Baidu, Tengxun, and Ahli are really difficult to deal with."
Tang An shook his head secretly. Although Wanda is not doing much now, it has been making big moves since 2013, and it took less than two years to become another giant.
However, BAT has a greater impact than the cross-industry Wanda. After all, the impact of the real estate industry on the film and television culture industry is not great.
Even if Wanda has a cinema chain, China Film Group's screens and market share are still higher than those of Wanda Cinema.
The Internet industry is different. With the comprehensive development of the Internet era, it will play a decisive role.
Otherwise, why would these domestic companies accept funds from BAT instead of Wanda?
Even Wanda Film and Television later accepted Ah Li’s investment.
In less than seven or eight years, BAT will fully control the entertainment industry and create a whole industry chain of IP - incubation - production (artist management) - distribution (channels, distribution, marketing) - consumption (derivatives, ticket booking).
Over the past seven or eight years, bat has invested in nearly 150 companies related to the entertainment industry. Basically, the famous companies have either the surname Ma or the surname Li.
The entertainment industry is also divided into B series, A series, and T series.
In addition to film and television, Tengxun specializes in manufacturing and IP incubation, opening up the upstream and downstream of film and television production.
Alibaba mainly produces movies, and all kinds of movies, such as Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian, and Wanda, have all received capital injections from Alibaba, as well as four theaters including Dadi, as well as its own Taopiaopiao for distribution.
Baidu is slightly weaker in the film field, but iQiyi’s self-produced dramas are the strongest in the country.
Even in order to cope with the surge in film remuneration, bat attempted to control costs from the source and jointly invested in the Magic City Film and Television Media Company, which directly cooperated with the Magic City Theater Academy.
It’s Chiguoguo’s monopoly. Every field in the industry cannot escape BAT’s grasp. It’s even worse than it was before 1948 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that several giants were illegal monopolies.
After the banquet, Tang An returned to the company and met Zhang Wei, vice president of strategic investment of Alibaba Group.
He is only 41 years old this year. He joined General Electric in his early 20s, and later became CEO of Star Media, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Three years ago, he joined Alibaba as Vice President of Strategic Investment.
The purpose of coming here is self-evident. Ah Li has visited Tang An twice before, but they were both middle-level.
This time, the dignified vice president made the trip in person, obviously to show his face, and it was also the last time.
However, Tang An still declined the other party's request for capital injection.
"Mr. Zhang, thank you for your company's kindness. Hantang Media currently has no funding problems. If we need financing in the future, we will definitely visit you."
"Dr. Tang, with these 2 billion, I believe Hantang Media can develop better and faster!"
Zhang Wei persuaded again, her face not showing any trace of displeasure because of Tang An's rejection.
"Mr. Zhang, the Han and Tang Dynasties are now small and small, and I can't digest the 2 billion in funds now. It would be a waste for me."
"Director Tang, I hope you can think carefully about it. Accepting Ah Li's investment will be beneficial to Hantang Media."
"I will. Thank you Mr. Zhang for making a trip."
After sending Zhang Wei away, Tang An let out a long breath.
In one breath, he injected 2 billion in cash. He is worthy of being a wealthy man.
Tang An shook his head and ordered to the assistant Xiao He next to him, "Inform the heads of the Propaganda Department, Public Relations Department, and Publishing Department team and above to hold a meeting in the big conference room in 10 minutes!"
The Double Eleven "Predecessor Guide" cooperation with Taobao has not finalized the contract. The other party has been delaying, and now it has rejected Alibaba's investment for the third time, which will definitely make them switch to cooperation with Huayi.
After all, Ali and Ma Yun are both shareholders of Huayi. If they can't get the Hantang shares, it's obvious who the other party will help.
There are now 15 days left before Double Eleven, and the two movies "The Story of My Ex" and "Waiting for the Wind" have already started their promotional campaigns.
The other party even sent out a navy to publicize the scandal between Jing Boran and Yang Ying. The key is that Wang Xiaoming agreed to it. What the fuck.
Now that there is less publicity for "Taobao", if "Waiting for the Wind" is better filmed, we still don't know who will win and who will lose.
However, to make matters worse, Zhu Mo, director of the Propaganda Department, told him some very bad news at the meeting!