The seven-day Spring Festival holiday passed quickly. Those who should go to work went to work, and those who should go to school went to school.
After seven days of fierce competition for the Spring Festival stalls, coupled with the decline on the first working day, it was already clear that there was basically no way to make a comeback.
A new year, a lot of new work.
It will take Tang An a month to handle everything in the company. At that time, the pre-production special effects were basically done last night. After editing, there are still some sporadic digital special effects to be done. There is no problem in catching up with the summer schedule in July.
Work started on the first day of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Half of the employees in the publicity and marketing department and the distribution department who worked overtime during the Spring Festival were on vacation. The remaining publicity work can be completed step by step, and there is no need for so many people.
One morning, all departments were busy handing out red envelopes and having meetings.
On the first day, there is nothing important and the employees have to get ready for work.
After the meeting, Tang An and Chen Guojiao came to the office.
"Old Chen, thank you very much for the past few years. Without your help, I really wouldn't be able to manage this company well while being distracted by filming."
Tang An solemnly thanked Chen Guofu. He had said thank you many times in the past few years, but today's word "thank you" has the most sincere literal meaning.
Chen Guofu had talked with Tang An years ago. After this summer, he will leave Hantang Media with his team and establish his own company.
Tang An did not force him to stay, capable people have different ambitions. When Chen Guofu came here, it was largely for the experience of managing a large company.
Now that three years have passed, it’s time to think about starting my own business.
Even if he doesn't leave on his own, his team will force him to leave.
When Chen Guofu came out of Huayi, he took away publicity director Zhu Mo, screenwriters Zhang Jialu, Wang Qinan, producer Tao Kun, and several other screenwriters and producers, plus the ones he originally brought from Colombia.
Huayi’s team.
These people can definitely support a large film and television company.
Zhu Mo is a top marketing talent in the film and television industry. He worked his way from employee to publicity director in Huayi, and then became the publicity director of a new company with an uncertain future.
Zhang Jialu is a top screenwriter. He has written scripts for blockbusters such as "The Secret of the Dragon", "Painted Skin" series, and "Longling Labyrinth".
Even Xu Ke's "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire" was written by him, and Tang An had no objections.
He had participated in the scripts of the previous "A World Without Thieves" and "The Wind" in the original time and space.
Although Wang Qinan is not as good as Zhang Jialu, he has a share of the script of "The Secret of the Dragon".
Not only can he write scripts, he is also a good producer. He served as the producer of "The Year in a Hurry" of the original time and space. Later, he made his own movie and hit the market.
Tao Kun is also a first-class producer.
These people also followed Chen Guofu out of ambition, just like Zhao Kuangyin in Chenqiao Mutiny, whose subordinates pushed him forward.
If Chen Guofu doesn't move forward, these people should leave.
These people, and their respective teams, formed the core figures of Han and Tang Media at the time. They supported the entire Han and Tang Media when the people left behind by Poly Culture and Dongfang Shenlong were not yet stable.
In the first two years, the film and television dramas produced by the company were inseparable from the shadow of that group of people. Last year, the company stabilized and began to reuse the group of people who had stayed behind, and also hired some people.
Tang An had long expected this day, and Chen Guofu also knew it, so the two of them stopped saying polite and sensational words.
"Director Tang, I talked with them all, Lao Zhang, Lao Wang, Lao Liang and Zhu Mo. Their respective teams are willing to follow me. If Lao Tao has a suitable position, he is willing to stay." Chen Guo
He said directly.
Everyone wants to start a business and be their own boss, but starting a business is not that easy.
Tao Kun wants to succeed Chen Guofu, but it is definitely impossible for him to be the president. Without this ability, he is still far behind.
Being able to supervise and produce several movies in all aspects does not mean that you can manage a large company with 2,000 people.
A good producer is still a producer no matter how strong his business ability is.
Even the current director of the production department, Zhao Jun, is far worse in business ability than Tao Kun, but he can handle the management position of production director well, but Tao Kun cannot.
Tang An thought for a while and said, "Of course I welcome you if you want to stay. However, the company currently has no vacancies. I can only offer you the position of deputy director of the production department."
Chen Guofu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Then he will definitely not agree. Old Tao has ambitions."
Without talking about others, Tang An asked him about his idea for the new company.
"Old Chen, you cannot directly hold a controlling stake in the domestic cultural industry. It will affect your company's ability to obtain industry qualifications, and it will also be difficult for IPOs in the future. What are you going to do?"
The state has always managed the film and television culture industry relatively well. At the beginning, Warner had to withdraw from Warner Wanda Cinemas because of a piece of paper.
Warner developed a complete theater chain management system and spent several years building the theater chain network structure. Warner was also busy working on various equipment, and finally made a wedding dress for Wanda.
Chen Guofu was from Baodao and had a certain influence.
Chen Guofu himself knew about this issue and he already had an idea.
"I will not hold any shares in the new company, the shares will be divided among them," Chen Guowei said.
Tang An nodded. It was still the same as before. Chen Guofu didn't have a single stake in Kung Fu Pictures in the original time and space. When it was founded, it was basically in the hands of other members of their team.
Other funds and investment companies are also run by a few members of their team, with seven or eight shareholders, just a few of them running the show.
However, Chen Guofu has a series of contracts with them to ensure his own interests and control of the company.
Tang An gave some more advice. After all, he had experience in starting a business.
Chen Guofu's new company is still called Kung Fu Pictures, and it will receive capital injection from Han and Tang, about 10% of the shares.
Tang An will also give their team 7% of the shares of Hantang Film and Television Company as a reward for their contribution to the group.
Although it is only 7%, Hantang Film and Television will also raise funds, and this 7% will be diluted, but it is still a large amount of shares. If it is successfully listed in the future, it will be a large sum of money to cash out.
We didn’t chat for long, and there was still a lot of things to do in the company.
From now on, Chen Guofu will slowly hand over the things in his hands to Xu Manyun, Vice President of the Film Division Liu Debin, and Vice President of the TV Series Division Zhuang Liqi.
To be honest, Tang An really wanted to keep them. Even if Xu Zheng left, they would not be as important as Chen Guofu and his team.
But everyone has their own ambitions, and there is no other way. Executives of the three major BAT companies often leave their jobs.
Only a few people know about Chen Guofu for the time being, and the company is still running as usual.
It’s the beginning of the new year, and a lot of film and television dramas are about to be launched, including Hantang Film and Television and four other film and television companies.
The smoke of the Spring Festival is still going on. Although the eighth day of the Lunar New Year is on Sunday, I still have to go to work after taking the day off.
The two movies "Embarrassed in Hong Kong" and "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" reported revenue of 35 million and 23 million respectively.
The day before, a Hollywood crime action movie "Jack Reacher" was released, starring Tom Cruise.
However, "Tom Cruise" and the "Mission: Impossible" series are now a big hit, and other movies are not that good.
This movie is no exception. It grossed 78 million US dollars in North America and 33 million yuan in two days domestically, but it still didn’t have much impact on the two movies.
Next week, a complete week, "囧" took in 243 million in seven days, continuing to lead the Spring Festival, with a total box office of 1.018 billion in 16 days of release!
"Embarrassed in Hong Kong" becomes the sixth China Entertainment Film Festival to hit a box office of over 1 billion!
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" has received 167 million in these seven days, and the trend has stabilized, with the total box office reaching 885 million.
The newly released epic fantasy blockbuster "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" has exceeded 100 million in three days. This spin-off series of "The Lord of the Rings" has done well at the box office and also received a super high box office of 299 million US dollars in North America.
There is also a horror film "Elevator" released at the same time, but this has nothing to do with "Saw". It is a typical domestic horror film.
Nowadays, the names of domestic horror movies are so similar. There were "Penist" and "Far Cry" before, and now there is "Elevator".
10 million for three days. Although the box office is not high, for this kind of low-budget horror film, it is enough to recover the cost.
I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that the movie has such a high box office and the heroine of the movie is named Bai (氵吉).
The next week, "囧" still exceeded 100 million in a single week, with a box office of 123 million, and a total box office of 1.141 billion.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" ranked second with 119 million.
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" took in 80 million box office in a single week, with a total box office of 965 million!
This week, the new film "The 101st Proposal" released by Hantang Media was released simultaneously in the three places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, just in time to avoid the box office explosion period of several blockbusters.
This romantic movie adapted from the Japanese drama of the same name has done well at the box office, surpassing 100 million in four days.
It’s nothing strange for Huang Bo to act in a romance film, and it’s completely normal for Lin Chiling to act in a romance film.
But when these two people star together, it seems inconsistent.
This is also a publicity method that fully arouses the curiosity of the audience.
Only when I was curious and interested did I buy a ticket to go to the movie and see how these two actors, who are very different from each other, acted in love scenes.
It exceeded 100 million in four days. Considering the production cost of only 30 million, it is definitely a big hit.
The next week, "Embarrassed in Hong Kong" has been released for more than 30 times, and the box office finally fell sharply. It only received 50 million, with a total box office of 1.191 billion, and the final landing point was just over 1.2 billion.
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" grossed 36 million in a single week, and its total box office successfully exceeded one billion, reaching 1.001 billion, becoming the seventh Chinese-language film to have a box office of over 100 million!
After a month of fierce competition, two movies with a box office of over 1 billion were born in the 2013 Spring Festival.
Both the producers of the two movies and colleagues in the industry are extremely excited.
This means that the domestic film market is large enough to accommodate two 1 billion-level movies at the same time!
Although Wang Zhongjun is a little depressed, having been overshadowed by "囧", his current focus is still to promote the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" to exceed 1 billion, focusing on the producer and distributor Huayi Brothers, striving to push the company's stock price online
One push!
Some people are happy while others are sad. Zhang Wei from Ah Li was also unhappy. In order to promote "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", she dropped all the publicity channels in Ah Li. Unexpectedly, she still fell short in the end.
Wang Jinghua was equally dissatisfied. According to her opinion, if the movie starring Wen Zhang this time could severely compete with the movie invested by Tang An, she would be relieved of her anger.
But she didn't have time to be angry. She had a leading actor who had a single film with a box office of over 1 billion. It was time for vigorous publicity. She wanted to use this style to brand Wen Zhang as the number one male star of the new generation in one fell swoop.
Anyway, all the advantages that an actor should have can be found in Wen Zhang.
How about being humble and polite, respecting seniors, and being harmonious between husband and wife are like making Wen Zhang a perfect artist