Seven hundred and twentieth eight chapters sky-high price guarantee
Dongzhimen Baoli Building, Hantang Media Group.
Liu Debin, president of Hantang Pictures, came to report to Tang An early in the morning.
"Mr. Liu, sit down and wait for me for two minutes."
I quickly read the report in my hand and put it aside.
"Mr. Liu, all the 2 billion in financing will be in place soon. Hantang Pictures will be listed in two years. I don't need to say more about the importance of these two years."
Liu Debin immediately said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tang, the company is currently operating well and there will be no problems with its successful listing."
Tang An nodded, he had nothing to worry about.
With a strong enough channel, it is basically impossible to fail.
Look at these big companies, no matter how badly a blockbuster movie suffers, they will never lose money throughout the year.
Even if Li Pictures loses about one billion every year, it is not Li Pictures’ own loss.
If it were true that Li Pictures was losing billions every year, the management would be the real fools, and they would be hopeless.
If you find a boss from any small or medium-sized company in the film and television industry to manage Li Pictures, there is no way he will lose money.
With strong enough channel resources, you can make money with your eyes closed.
Ah, what Li loses is just the tickets, which cost more than one billion in ticket subsidy every year, as well as huge promotion expenses.
Tang An, the operator of Hantang Pictures, is not worried at all. With the support of a new round of financing of 2 billion, Nuomi Films can maintain or even expand its market share advantage.
There's nothing to say about this. It's just a matter of fighting for money and resources. There's no way to take advantage of this.
Original Time and Space was launched two years later than Maoyan. As a result, it occupied the first market share in just three years, relying on the support of Ahli’s traffic and huge cash.
Hantang Pictures has nothing to worry about. It guarantees the share of Nuomi Films and there are no major flaws in the business. Nothing else matters.
After briefly listening to Liu Debin's report, Tang An looked at the time and saw that it was not too early.
"It's almost time. Let's talk on the way and meet Zhou Xingchi."
Leave the company, get in the car and go to the hotel you made an appointment with Zhou Xingchi.
"Mr. Liu, why do you think Zhou Xingchi doesn't accept our investment?"
Liu Debin thought for a while and said, "Dr. Tang, I think he wants to compete with you and doesn't want his film to have anything to do with you."
"He is a proud man. I have met him several times. You can't see anything on the surface, but you can feel it." He added another sentence.
Tang An shook his head and smiled, "This is the only explanation."
Everyone's personality is different, and that can't be changed.
Liu Debin added, "Ma Yun came to see him in person yesterday. This is the first time Ma Yun has appeared for a movie. It seems that he and Zhou Xingchi had a good relationship before."
Ma Yun has a wide range of friends, including those in the film and television industry, and has good relationships with many big-name celebrities.
It is estimated that no one is unwilling to make friends with old horses.
Singing "Legend" with Li Jian, asking Huang Bo how he looked, and doing Tai Chi with Zhou Xingchi
With Ma Yun's eloquence, or ability to deceive, people of a different level can easily be suffocated.
Ten years ago, if Ma Yun asked Tang An to be his younger brother, he would definitely not agree.
But now, Tang An has at least surpassed Ma Yun in terms of personal wealth. Unlike before, he didn't need to look up to him and felt no pressure. He couldn't fool him no matter what.
The main problem is the mentality. Now, if you stand in front of any ordinary person, your hands and feet will probably tremble.
But if this person happens to not know Da Da
There is a high probability that Zhou Xingchi will accept Ma Yun's investment, but Tang An also has to take the time to make a trip.
"By the way, Mr. Tang, apart from last year's Spring Festival, we also had some holidays with him." Liu Debin also said.
Tang An asked, "Oh, why did you offend him?"
Liu Debin explained, "He owns three cinema management companies, Modu Bigo, Chongqing Jiaying, and Chongqing Yuejie, with a total of more than 20 cinemas. Modu Bigo has joined the joint cinema chain of Moying Group, Chongqing Jiaying
, several movie theaters of Yuejie Cinema Management Company have joined Dadi. Didn't Dadi get involved with us at the beginning? Many of the franchised theaters were fined and ordered to undergo rectification. One Jiaying Cinema was fined 200,000 yuan and was suspended for three months for rectification.
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There is also this thing.
But this shouldn't be the main reason. Although nearly a hundred movie theaters were fined and rectified that time, it was just some that went too far and were treated like chickens and killed for monkeys.
Basically, there are only a few franchise theaters in major theater chains that do not steal box office, and there are even some directly operated theaters. It is not that simple to pursue it. Those theaters that have been fined and rectified have stolen at least half of the box office in a year.
Even if he was fined 200,000 yuan and given three months of rectification, it would not be a loss.
However, if the stolen box office is embezzled by the theater manager below, then the theater will suffer a huge loss.
At the appointed hotel, Tang An met Zhou Xingchi and his assistant Chen Zhenyu again.
It seems that Zhou Xingchi has not had an agent since Tian Qiwen and Wei Dashen. He only has an assistant with him. Xinghui partner Chen Guohui also became famous because of the share dividends of several films such as "God of Cookery", "The King of Comedy" and "Shaolin Football".
He broke into internal strife and ran away, becoming a loner.
"Hello, Director Zhou."
"Dr. Tang, Mr. Liu, hello."
The two sides said hello and sat down facing each other.
Tang An stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point, "Director Zhou, I hope you can consider our Han and Tang Dynasties. Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, no company can match the Han and Tang Dynasties in post-marketing and publicity. Regardless of
No company can help "Mermaid" as much as Han and Tang can."
Don't play with illusions, cooperation relies on hard power.
Tang An is not talking big words. In the film and television industry, neither Wanda nor Ali, Tengxun, or China Film are rivals of Han and Tang.
Zhou Xingchi is rich. He owns a billion-dollar mansion and has numerous properties under his name. He speculates in real estate and land in Hong Kong, and now he has a net worth of billions of Hong Kong dollars.
But he still has to rely on large companies in the mainland, otherwise "Mermaid" would not give up two-thirds of its share.
Zhou Xingchi did not refute. He waited for Tang An to finish speaking, glanced at Liu Debin next to him, and then said, "Does Director Tang intend to invest in the name of Hantang Media or Hantang Films?"
Tang An was a little surprised, but he still said truthfully, "Hantang Media is currently planning two of my new films, as well as the "Fengshen" series with huge investment. Hantang Films participated in the investment of "Mermaid", but the group's resources can be mobilized.
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Zhou Xingchi laughed and said, "I heard that Hantang Pictures will be listed in 2016. In that case, is investing in "Mermaid" just for the purpose of going public?"
Tang An nodded, "That's right."
Zhou Xingchi shook his head and said, "Sorry, my movie cannot be reduced to a tool for listing."
Tang An couldn't help but laugh. This excuse was really poor.
It's very noble to say, but everyone is just a businessman.
In the next two years, he sold the shares of one of his companies to New Culture at a high price of 1.3 billion, and signed a gambling agreement with a profit of 1 billion in four years.
Therefore, Zhou Xingchi, who has been sharpening his sword for four years, supervised the production of "Journey to the West" in 2017 after "Mermaid". In 2017 and 2018, he also filmed two movies, "The New King of Comedy" and "Mermaid 2".
The latter two films will be released in 2019, because 2019 is the last year of the gambling agreement. If the profit cannot reach one billion, Zhou Xingchi will have to pay.
I have to thank New Culture for being able to watch Zhou Xingchi's movies continuously. Later, many star fans said so and even said they wanted to buy some New Culture stocks.
Money is indeed omnipotent. 1.3 billion can buy shares that are worthless.
Even Zhou Xingchi eventually fell in front of the 1.3 billion and was eventually held hostage by capital.
The same goes for Feng Xiaogang. Any star or director who has opened a company has a lot of capital eyeing him.
Anyway, there is no loss of capital. If it reaches the goal, everyone will be better off. If it fails, the stars and directors will pay. They just give the money to the stars in advance.
Tang An didn't bother much and said goodbye with a few polite words.
"Director Zhou, please excuse me. Let's go first. Goodbye."
"Tang Dong, walk slowly."
After Tang An left, assistant Chen Zhenyu said to Zhou Xingchi, "If you reject him like this, will there be trouble then?"
Zhou Xingchi shook his head, "With China Film, Guangxian, and Li investing, there won't be any problems."
He didn't know much about Tang An's personality, but it was said that he was very controlling and not too generous.
Zhou Xingchi is not afraid of Tang An's revenge or anything. With three major companies investing, there won't be any problems.
What's more, there are more than 20 investors in this film, and everyone is involved openly or covertly. It is impossible for Tang An to offend so many people.
He did not accept investment from the Han and Tang Dynasties. The most important thing was that he did not want to have anything to do with Tang An.
After all, Tang An is so famous now that if any movie uses these two words, if it is deliberately promoted, it will easily be thought to be related to Tang An.
Zhou Xingchi is also a person who has a strong desire for control and will not allow his films to be related to others.
Tang An and Liu Debin left the hotel, got in the car, and ordered, "Let's wait until they finalize the investment and make a formal offer."
The main reason for participating in "Mermaid" is to go public for Hantang Pictures. Even if it may not take away the film history championship from Tang An, it is still a phenomenal movie, and this one is better than the three billion-level movies.
Even if you can't get the investment, you can just get the issuance rights.
Liu Debin nodded and had no objection to Tang An's insistence on winning this movie.
Listed companies need to have good performance and great reputation. For film history companies, a movie that is a hit at the box office is definitely beneficial.
The group does have many projects, but Xu Zheng's next film has not been released yet, and "Legend of the Gods" will be released after it is released.
"Then let's open one billion first and see how they react?" Liu Debin asked.
"Forget it if it's one billion, just ask for 1.3 billion. During this period, you focus on following up."
Tang An didn't care about this kind of thing, and he didn't have much time to spare.
"No problem, what's the bottom line?"
"202.5 billion, you decide for yourself within 2.5 billion. If you exceed 2.5 billion, come to me."
Tang An thought for a while and finally gave a high bottom line. With investment from China Film, Guangxian, and Li, it was impossible to seize the distribution rights without paying a high price.
Originally, it was supposed that Guangxian, Hehe, and China Film Group would jointly guarantee a minimum of 1.8 billion, but now it is impossible for Han and Tang to win with this figure. After all, the distribution share is a large chunk of profit.
2.5 billion?
Even Liu Debin knew that Tang An attached so much importance to "Mermaid", so he knew it would definitely not be low, but this 25 really shocked him.
However, in the past five years, Tang An has not only broken one record after another, but all of his favorite movies have become huge successes without exception. Compared with outsiders, the trust in Tang An within the group is 100%.
Even if they didn't believe it, there was nothing they could do. Numerous facts proved that they could not persuade Tang An to change his mind.
The entire group belongs to Tang An alone. Although Hantang Pictures has several other shareholders, Tang An alone holds 82% of the shares, which is a true dictatorship.
This matter was left to Liu Debin. Tang An dealt with the company's affairs again, and then devoted himself to the editing of "Mysterious Superstar"
On April 27, three days later, Xinghui signed a contract with Ahli and reached the final investment.
At this point, all the 300 million investment in "Mermaid" has been received. Excluding Zhou Xingchi's 60 million remuneration, the production cost is as high as 240 million.
But just one day later, Hantang Pictures officially reported a high guarantee of 1.3 billion to investors!
The four major investors gathered together again, but Zhou Xingchi was already busy with the movie, so he sent his assistant. Anyway, Zhou Xingchi couldn't get the distribution piece, so he had to leave it to these three companies.
The four parties sat together and did not discuss it for long. The box office of 1.3 billion seemed high enough, but it was still far from their expectations.
What's more, if they publish it themselves, they can make more money.
On the day he received the quotation, Zhou Xingchi's assistant Chen Zhenyu replied to Hantang Pictures and refused.
However, after two days of consideration, Hantang Pictures increased the offer to 1.5 billion.
The four investors still didn't discuss it for long and still refused.
In two years, the annual box office has increased by at least 50%. With Zhou Xingchi as his name, "Mermaid" has been carefully crafted for two years. As long as the quality is acceptable, and Deng Chao, a big-name star with great box office appeal,
1.5 billion box office is so close at hand
In a club, Lin Sheng, Fan Luyuan, Wang Changtian, who represented the three controlling parties, and Chen Zhenyu, who represented Zhou Xingchi, gathered together.
Chen Zhenyu told the latest situation, "Three of you, Hantang Pictures has opened to 1.8 billion."
"Refuse!" Fan Luyuan said without hesitation.
Lin Sheng also said, "Our box office estimate is around 1.6-1.8 billion."
Although 1.8 billion has reached their box office estimate, the distribution fee is also a large sum.
Wang Changtian smiled and said, "I don't think this is Director Tang's highest offer. Since he dares to speak, I have a hunch that he will definitely surprise us."
Wang Changtian guessed right. Five days later, Liu Debin once again offered a guaranteed price of 2 billion.
2 billion guaranteed, this is already a box office record in film history. Even if the market rises by half in two years, this record is likely to become obsolete.
Even with the high issuance share, this data can definitely make anyone's heart flutter.
Don’t forget, this money can be obtained now. Even if the final amount is the same as the guaranteed amount, it will be two years later.
In two years, even if you buy a house and live there, you can still make a lot of money!
The four parties gathered together again.
"Three of you, what do you mean?"
Chen Zhenyu asked them first that the issuance had nothing to do with him. Although Zhou Xingchi did not want Tang An to participate, other investors accepted such a high price and Zhou Xingchi could not refuse.
Wang Changtian was a little moved. He had always been engaged in small business, and he spent a lot of money to acquire Maoyan. It would be great to be able to get the funds back immediately, not to mention making a huge profit.
However, "My Deskmate" was a hit at the box office, and there are two more low-budget youth films to follow, with a high probability of making a profit. Wang Changtian now feels more confident.
He was about to refuse, but Fan Luyuan spoke on the other side.
"On behalf of Li Pictures, I offer a guarantee of 2.1 billion."
ps: There will be another chapter later, so I’ll return the one from yesterday. Sorry.