Chapter 928 Beixue Film Company (Daily Change 12,000~)
Yanjing, Chaoyang!
Not far from Tangting Building, there is also an office building. There are various companies in the office building, but there is one company among them that is quite special.
This company is called Beixue Film Company. Beixue Film Company is a film company established in the middle of last year. The boss Li Xiangbei used to be in the real estate business in Qiong Province. Like the Wantong Six Gentlemen, he was also in Qiong Province.
Before the real estate bubble burst, he promptly sold all his businesses in Qiong Province.
This made Li Xiangbei make a fortune.
After leaving Qiong Province, Li Xiangbei was also thinking about his future development direction. In fact, Li Xiangbei initially planned to return to his old business in China, which was still in the real estate business. Real estate in Qiong Province
Although the bubble is severe, in his opinion, the domestic real estate business has already begun to take off.
But when he came to Yanjing and prepared to inspect the market, he accidentally watched a movie. The movie was shot by the Beijing Film Studio. In Li Xiangbei's view, the movie was not that good.
Excellent, compared with Wu Jianye's movies, it's far behind.
However, there were many audiences in the cinema, which made him very surprised. Out of curiosity, Li Xiangbei went to several other cinemas and found that there were also many audiences here.
Of course, he went to Fengge Cinema, and in other cinemas, there were not so many people.
This made Li Xiangbei want to make movies!
However, although Li Xiangbei wanted to make movies, he didn't know anyone in the film industry, so at first Li Xiangbei was a bit like a headless fly scurrying around.
Although he also used his connections to meet with many film directors, including Chen Kaige, Chen Kaige had already contacted RB Capital at that time, so he did not agree to Li Xiangbei's request.
However, as a man who was able to make a fortune from scratch in Qiong Province, since he decided to go into the film industry, he would not give up so easily.
Finally, Li Xiangbei met Wang Tao, a director at CCTV, through a friend!
In fact, Li Xiangbei was not very optimistic about Wang Tao at first. After all, Wang Tao has not proven his worth in any movie.
However, after visiting Wang Tao's home, Li Xiangbei changed his mind.
Wang Tao's home is not big, just a room with two bedrooms and one living room, but Wang Tao lives in it himself. This actually shows that Wang Tao's own economic conditions are still acceptable.
There was a bedroom and a study room. In Wang Tao's study room, Li Xiangbei saw stacks of movie tapes. There were almost all movies from China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States that he could name.
On Wang Tao's desk, there are also various movie scripts scattered messily.
After seeing all this, Li Xiangbei decided to take a gamble!
He invested 15 million to establish Beixue Film Company. The first film Beixue Film Company invested in was "The Legend of Kendo" directed by Wang Tao. The investment of 8 million was not much for Li Xiangbei, but for today's movies
For the company, it is already a considerable investment.
During that time, Wang Tao also worked tirelessly to revise the script and build his own filming team. Fortunately, his previous work experience allowed him to successfully form his own filming team.
Then it’s time to find actors and choose a location!
After three months of preparations, the filming of "The Legend of Kendo" officially started. It took two months to complete the filming and two months for post-editing. During that time, Wang Tao spent almost all of his time on the crew.
But hard work always pays off.
The film was finally edited and passed the review of Radio and Television.
Although Li Xiangbei established Beixue Film Company, Beixue Film Company did not have the distribution qualifications and no distribution channels.
When Li Xiangbei made the initial inspection, he had already decided that the movie must be released only at Fengge Cinema, because only Fengge Cinema could truly support the movie's box office.
So Li Xiangbei took a copy of "The Legend of Kendo" and made an appointment with Huang Jianxin. After watching the movie, Huang Jianxin felt pretty good and arranged some filming arrangements for the movie "The Legend of Kendo".
Although the film schedule is not high, Li Xiangbei is a very pragmatic person. He knows that his film company does not have any reputation, and the director is not a famous director. Only the female lead He Qing is very popular in the country.
This is actually another reason why Huang Jianxin agreed to schedule the film.
The only thing that made Li Xiangbei feel a little uneasy was that the movie "Swordsman" happened to coincide with Feng Pants' first movie "Forever Lost My Love".
And the premiere ceremony of the movie "Forever Lost My Love" even invited Wu Jianye and the entire Beijing circle.
On the other hand, the movie "The Legend of Kendo" almost didn't have a so-called premiere and was released quietly!
But what Li Xiangbei didn't expect was that the movie was extremely popular as soon as it was released, and it became a hit at the box office. Finally, Fengge Cinema even added additional movies to the schedule, which made the box office of "The Legend of the Sword" as high as
A rising tide has lifted all boats.
Therefore, when the movie "The Legend of Kendo" was released, the domestic box office was as high as 37.3 million.
According to the sharing agreement between Li Xiangbei and Fengge Cinema, Beixue Film Company received a box office share of 18.65 million. After deducting its taxes and other expenses, the film's revenue was as high as more than 8 million, a 100% return rate.
It made Li Xiangbei happy for several days.
Although his net worth has reached tens of millions, such a rate of return still strengthens his idea of continuing to make movies.
So after "Swordsman" was finished, he once again spent 10 million to prepare to invest in Wang Tao's new movie!
Wang Tao also made a name for himself in the domestic film and television industry with the movie "The Legend of Kendo". His status has also changed, and it has become much easier to recruit actors.
Perhaps because he has inherited the style of director Xiangjiang, Wang Tao shoots films very quickly. The new film also took two months to shoot, and is currently undergoing post-production intensively.
"Wang Tao, thank you for your hard work during this time!"
In a somewhat luxuriously decorated office, the most attractive thing is the oil painting of seven wolves hanging on the wall by an unknown person.
Li Xiangbei held a cigarette in his hand and looked at Wang Tao sitting opposite him with a smile on his face.
Wang Tao's hair is a bit long, like the hairstyle of Brother Haonan who hasn't washed his hair for a week... He also holds a cigarette in his hand. Judging from the yellowing of his fingernails, he also has the same hair style.
A long-time smoker.
"It's not hard, I enjoy the process." Wang Tao's smile was a little shy. If he hadn't seen Wang Tao's strictness during the filming period, Li Xiangbei would never have been able to regard the two different images as one person.
of.
"You said it's not hard. You haven't showered in days. I can smell your body even when I'm smoking. You can't go to Tangting Wen again today even if you say nothing!"
Beixue Film Company is strictly a leather company. The boss is Li Xiangbei, and there is also a secretary. Although there are people in departments such as the finance department and the film department, in fact these people are just for show, the real core.
The employee is director Wang Tao.
At this time, Beixue Film Company was a bit like the early New Picture Company, with boss Zhang Weiping, director Zhang Yimou, and then nothing else.
It is naturally impossible for such a company to have its own editing room, so Beixue Film Company still places its own film editing in Tangting Culture. Anyway, Tangting Culture has now started the business of undertaking film editing from outside film companies.
As long as you pay money, you can use their company's editing room. If the other party does not have an editor, you can also arrange an editor for the other party.
However, as a film director, Wang Tao prefers to have complete control over his own films.
This is also Wang Tao's luck. If he had made his debut in Hollywood, he would definitely not have been treated like this.
Wang Tao sneered and said, "It's okay, the movie will be edited soon. I'll be there in a few days."
Li Xiangbei shook his head and said: "It won't work even if it breaks the weather today. You must have a good rest. By the way, our company has opened a bathhouse not far away. Let's take a bath after get off work." , then I’ll take you to have a big meal and then go to work tomorrow!”
Wang Tao said quickly: "Mr. Li, you really don't need it!"
"You are the boss, I am the boss, this matter is settled!" Li Xiangbei said seriously.
Wang Tao had no choice but to agree: "Okay, but it can only be today!"
Li Xiangbei then smiled and said, "That's right!"
"Yes, have you seen Director Wu at Tangting Culture during this time?" Li Xiangbei asked next.
Wang Tao shook his head, and then said with some pity: "No, I heard that Director Wu rarely goes to Tangting Building. He always works on the third floor next to Tangting Building."
Li Xiangbei continued to ask curiously: "He won't check the post-editing of the movie "Eternal Night"?"
Wang Tao laughed and said: "I heard from people at Tangting Culture that director Wu's movies are all edited in the editing room on the third floor. He doesn't go to Tangting Building at all. He only goes to Tangting Building when he inspects the special effects of Tangting."
"It's really a pity. I still wanted to get to know Director Wu!" Li Xiangbei said regretfully. The film market is slowly expanding, and the cake here is also slowly getting bigger. Tangting culture can be said to be now
The domestic film company that occupies the largest piece of this cake.
Li Xiangbei also wants to meet Wu Jianyejian and learn from him!
At this time, Li Xiangbei's positioning of his company was very accurate. It was now firmly established in the industry, and he never thought about the cultural competition of Hetangting.
Wang Tao showed a very rare confident smile at this time and said: "Sooner or later there will be a chance!"
"Yes, I believe you!"
Looking at the time, it was already past five o'clock in the evening. Li Xiangbei smiled and said: "Let's go, let's take a bath first."
Wang Tao didn't say anything, and followed Li Xiangbei as he stood up and walked out of Li Xiangbei's office.
Li Xiangbei's car is the latest Tesla Deluxe Edition. This is Li Xiangbei's new car this year. He bought it to celebrate when the movie "The Legend of the Sword" was released.
In the past two years, Tesla has suddenly emerged among domestic luxury models, mainly due to Zhao Lei and other wealthy people in Yanjing. When traveling, they have basically fixed Tesla models.
This has also led other wealthy people to follow suit. Although they are still not comparable to luxury cars from overseas brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, they have at least opened up the market.
As a rich man in the early 1990s, Li Xiangbei has the characteristics of a rich man in this era. He is a good-looking person, bold in appearance and delicate in heart.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have won over Wang Tao like this.
Now when the two of them went to take a shower, Li Xiangbei actually drove the car himself, which is unimaginable to ordinary people.
After lighting up the car, Li Xiangbei turned on the radio.
Now that we have entered December, the atmosphere of New Year's Day is getting stronger and stronger. Even the radio is talking about New Year's Day. In fact, this is something that has only happened in the past two years.
"New Year's Day is coming soon. I believe everyone is thinking about where to go during New Year's Day. Today, we at Traffic Voice will tell you about the places you can go to during New Year's Day."
The sweet voice of the female anchor came from the radio.
Li Xiangbei smiled and said while driving: "I didn't expect that New Year's Day is coming soon. Taozi, we have known each other for a year and a half, right?"
Wang Tao sat in the passenger seat, lit a cigarette out of habit, and said, "Yes, if it hadn't been for Mr. Li's appreciation, I would still be working as a director on a TV station!"
"I believe in your ability. Even without me, you will definitely become a famous director!" Li Xiangbei said with a smile.
Wang Tao smiled unaccustomedly, and then said nothing.
"By the way, our movie will be edited soon. Do you want to know when it will be released?" Li Xiangbei asked casually.
Wang Tao said: "I think it will be released by the end of the month!"
"That's good. It's New Year's Day and it's a holiday, so more people will definitely go to the cinema!" Li Xiangbei thought the same way.
But at this time, the sweet anchor's voice came from the radio: "...Actually, if everyone's work relationship does not allow for travel, there are many good places to go, such as ""
"Eternal Night" will be released during New Year's Day this year. You can go to the cinema to watch this movie, which is the most heavily invested movie in the history of our country!"
"Wu Jianye's "Eternal Night" will also be released at this time?" Li Xiangbei looked at Wang Tao in surprise.
Wang Tao shook his head and said with some confusion: "I don't know. I've been staying in the editing room recently. In fact, I haven't had much contact with people from Tangting Culture."
Li Xiangbei fell into deep thought. If his company's movie was released together with Wu Jianye's movie, it would be really troublesome!
Thinking about something in his mind, he lit a cigarette for himself with some boredom, then opened the car window and flicked the cigarette ashes, his eyes saw the poster of the movie "Eternal Night" also appeared on the bus stop sign.
.......
The depression in Li Xiangbei's heart became even stronger...