I have been away from the capital for nearly four months. Although I have to check in on company matters every few days, some matters are also handled remotely through the assistant.
However, many things cannot be decided without people being there in person.
In early November, Tang An returned to the capital and immediately drove to the company without rest.
The entire group has also made preparations in advance. More than 30 senior executives, plus the CEOs of major holding companies, have all arrived.
I was waiting in the large conference room early in the morning. When Tang An opened the door and walked in, he heard dozens of voices saying hello.
"Everyone, please sit down."
Tang An waved his hand and sat down on the main seat.
"It's been almost four months. I feel relieved to have everyone in the company during this period. Thank you for your hard work. Let's get started."
Save the nonsense for the banquet in the evening and get straight to the point.
The deputy general manager of the film business department first reported on the several movies released in the past four months and their income.
The first is The Master of Hypnosis, which was released first, with a domestic box office of 385 million. The company recovered 38.5 million distribution shares, 35 million publicity costs, and the remaining 92 million will be paid to Xu Zheng, 5 million shares, and Xu Zheng Studio 30. The group also There are 88.5 million, the total share is 162 million, the production and publicity costs are 52.5 million, and the profit is over 100 million.
In its early days, with a box office of 510 million, the company was able to recover 30 million in promotion fees and 51 million in distribution shares, making a profit of 51 million.
Although Listening to the Wind, which was released in August, had a poor reputation, it starred two major stars, Tony Leung and Zou Xun, and with the support of publicity and theaters, it took in a box office of 86 million in the first weekend of four days, bringing the total box office to 320 million.
Hantang Media controlled the distribution, and Meiya jointly issued it, recovering 20 million publicity fees and 25.6 million distribution fees, making a profit of 25.6 million.
Throughout the summer, in addition to a few movies in July, there was also Ice Age 4, which scored 480 million in August.
The action blockbuster starring Jason Statham earned 102 million.
The domestic animated film I Love Big Big Wolf took in 110 million at the box office, and animated films for children began to become popular.
The Amazing Spider-Man only took in 410 million at the box office.
140 million missing bullets, 30 million in the border crisis.
Prometheus 240 million.
The last part of the Batman trilogy, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, failed to be as big a hit in the domestic market as it was in the overseas market, only taking in a measly 380 million at the box office.
The overseas legions in the entire summer release are a bit shabby, and there is not even one with a level of 500 million.
Two months later, Little Times still ranks first in the summer season with a box office of 510 million!
Tang An smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the summer champion would be from our company again. We have been going around for two or three years."
Cheng Haidao, director of the distribution department, said, "Chairman, our company's distribution capabilities are definitely the strongest among private companies at present, not to mention we have several theater allies."
"There is no strongest, only stronger."
Tang An shook his head and said, "No matter where we are, we must look forward. If we don't make progress, others will catch up."
Nokia's mobile phones, which were once prosperous, have also begun to decline. The status of the boss is not guaranteed and has plummeted.
As the president of Nokia China said, we did nothing wrong, but we lost.
Cheng Hai nodded quickly, thought for a while and then said, "Chairman, it seems that LeTV does not want to hand over the distribution of the second part of Little Times to such a company, and wants to jointly distribute it."
"Come one by one, no rush."
Tang An shook his head and asked him to sit down, while Li Nan continued to report.
At the end of September, the police movie "Cold War" starring Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Jiahui and Andy Lau ushered in the fiercest competition during the National Day release.
Within five days of the same period, 6 relatively competitive movies were released, both Chinese and imported.
In the end, "Han Zhan", one of the best police and gangster films in recent years, swept the National Day schedule with a box office of 460 million yuan!
460 million, which is a full 200 million higher than the original 250 million.
Tang An is not surprised by this data. The distribution of Eucalyptus in the Mainland is at the second echelon at best. It is completely incomparable with several major companies and is not on the same level.
Listening to the Wind was originally released by Moying Group, and its box office was only 20 million lower than Hanzhan released by Eucalyptus Music. The quality and reputation of the former were completely lower.
Among other National Day movies, the historical blockbuster Tongquetai starring Zhou Runfa and Liu Yufei will have a box office of over 100 million.
The Hollywood blockbuster Looper had a box office of 140 million.
The box office of Double Exposure starring Fan Binbin has just exceeded 100 million.
The romantic suspense movie Dangerous Liaisons starring Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Dongjian and Zhang Bozhi earned 70 million at the box office.
Invested and distributed by Huayi Brothers, the martial arts blockbuster Tai Chi 1: From Scratch, starring Peng Yuyan, Yang Ying, Liang Jiahui, Feng Shaofeng, Shu Qi, Feng Delun, Wu Yanzu and other stars, reached a box office of 170 million.
The leading actor in this film is an Olympic champion, and he was signed by Tang An when he was in Huayi. I don’t know what Huayi is thinking.
With a production cost of 60 million and a box office of 170 million, Huayi could barely recover the cost.
Moreover, these are two episodes, with a total cost of 120 million, and the second half is also 60 million. It was just released a week ago, and it is estimated to have barely exceeded 100 million.
The reputation is so bad, I don’t know where I got the confidence to continue with the second part so quickly.
Han Zhan's 460 million box office recovered 35 million in publicity and distribution costs, plus 36.8 million in distribution shares.
In addition, the group has sold the first-round broadcast rights to two TV series, recovering costs of 140 million.
There are almost 100 episodes in total, and the price of a single episode is 1.4 million. It is incomparable to those popular TV series that cost 2 million per episode, but it is not bad.
In addition, the company has sold several rounds of broadcasting rights to several previous TV series. There are some popular TV series such as The Legend of Zhen Huan, He Yi Sheng Xiao Mo, and Jing Bu Bu Jing Xin. Even after a year, they are still very valuable.
The combined revenue of those TV series is another 130 million.
In terms of variety shows, the company and Vipshop jointly acquired Dongfang Fengxing Group, and Vipshop acquired its self-operated cosmetics business and a wholly-owned cosmetics company.
The company acquired the media business of Dongfang Fengxing Group for US$86 million. This national first-line variety show production company was merged into the group's variety show division. Former chairman Li Jing served as deputy general manager of the variety show division.
In addition to the original Oriental popular programs, the Variety Show Division also acquired the copyrights of several well-known Southeast Asian variety shows at Tang An's request.
As for Running Man's investment, it was exchanged for exclusive network rights and sold to Tudou. However, at that time, the show was not a big hit and it didn't make much money.
Good Voice is also an investment in exchange for exclusive network rights.
The revenue from film and television dramas is close to 520 million.
Next, we reported on the project status of the group, Tudou Pictures, and Hantang Film and Television.
The film and television dramas currently being filmed by the group are progressing smoothly. The Lunar New Year blockbuster "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and the Spring Festival blockbuster "Awkward in Hong Kong" are all within expectations.
We also have business with Qiansi Media, Tudou Group, Hantang Cinemas, Wuzhou Publishing and other companies.
Finally, Wu Feng, deputy general manager of the Investment and Development Department, mentioned Fengxing.com in addition to the Internet companies the company invested in.
The control over Tudou is not solid, it is just a relative holding, and things may change at any time.
It would be a good opportunity to inject capital through the acquisition of another video website.
"Oriental Pearl is willing to sell Fengxing.com?" Tang An asked.
"I made preliminary contact and found out that if the other party is willing, it depends on the potato aspect."
“What is the approximate valuation of Fengxing.com?”
"Less than US$100 million, mainly in the hands of Oriental Fengxing and several other funds."
Tang An nodded and looked at Zhou You, who was attending the meeting, "Mr. Zhou, when you get back, notify all major shareholders to convene a board of directors to discuss the group's capital injection into Tudou..."
Acquisition is a good thing. The bigger the market share is, the closer it will be to surpassing Youku, and the benefits will be doubled.
The meeting lasted for three hours, and finally the matters that had been absent during this period were dealt with.
The income during this period plus the group's own working capital amounted to 650 million, but nearly 600 million was spent on the acquisition of Oriental Popularity.
At present, the group also has a loan of 400 million for Interstellar, another 300 million loan for the acquisition of 5.8 shares of China Literature Group, and a loan of 120 million for several TV series.
There is a total of 820 million loans, and there is also a 1 billion loan that is owed for two to three years.
After the meeting, Tang Anhui's office began to process documents one by one. In addition to the general direction, some details also needed to be looked at.
In the afternoon, Tang An summoned the shareholders of each of his studios for a meeting.