On the same day that "Tangshan Earthquake" broke the box office record, Li Qian ended his nationwide promotional tour and returned to the capital.
In terms of box office, popularity, and word-of-mouth, "I Am Legend" has reached its peak eighteen days after its release. Without any rivals, it basically doesn't need much promotion.
There are no new movies released, and several Hollywood blockbusters have a sales volume of about 100 million, which has no impact at all. Moreover, there are indeed some things at hand that need to be dealt with.
There are still 22 days until the first day of the Lunar New Year. Guo Fan's "Time Planning Bureau" will be released, but the online marketing and promotion has not yet been determined.
Perfect Film and Television will definitely die. Song Ge took away half of the marketing team. After Chi Yufeng took over, he focused on TV series. Du Yang, who is dedicated to developing in the film industry, will definitely not be able to stay.
Li Qian's long-term plan was to either find a reliable company to work for him again, or simply acquire a company with certain online publicity capabilities.
Before, he had never wanted to open his own company or expand the size of his studio. If the scale was large, there would be many things to do, which would be troublesome and time-consuming.
With the high-intensity shooting of one movie a year, he doesn't have much time to rest. He also has to take care of the company's affairs, so Li Qian doesn't have that kind of free time.
The remaining time to rest, eat, drink and have fun is no better than earning a few more dollars.
However, now there is a new choice. During the conversation with Du Yang during this period, I found that she seemed to have mentioned, intentionally or unintentionally, why Li Qian did not start a company of his own.
Li Qian could probably guess what Du Yang was thinking. Logically speaking, Song Ge went to Wanda Pictures as the general manager. Wanda Pictures was just starting out and needed talents. There was no reason for Du Yang not to follow.
No matter what, Wanda is much better than Perfect Pictures. It’s not on the same level at all. Wanda also has one of the top three theater chains in the country.
It was obvious that a better choice than going to Wanda was about to emerge. She wanted to set up a company by herself with the other half of the marketing team of Perfect Film and Television, and continue to cooperate with Li Qian.
To be honest, as one of the first batch of professional marketing managers since the commercialization of the domestic film market, and with the foundation for cooperation already in place, continuing to cooperate with Du Yang is undoubtedly the best choice.
However, the method had to be changed. In order to avoid a similar situation happening again after two or three years of cooperation, Li Qian wanted to directly recruit Du Yang and his marketing team.
Already.
On the afternoon of the 10th, Li Qian made an appointment with Du Yang again.
"Mr. Du, what are your thoughts?"
Don't be too long-winded and get straight to the point. It's been four days since I last talked about this matter, so it's time to think about it.
"Director Li, I am willing to accept your invitation." Du Yang nodded without thinking more.
Although Li Qian's company has no shadow yet, the new company is still composed of her own team for the time being.
Not in a cooperative manner, nor in the capacity of a partner, but just a professional manager hired by Li Qian.
However, Du Yang didn't have to think about anything at all.
She also has no shares in Perfect World. Song Ge took half the team to the newly established Wanda Film and Television and had no shares. Chen Guofu joined Huayang in the early years and also had no shares.
After all, as far as both parties are concerned, she is not indispensable, and there are many people who can replace her.
With Li Qian in his arms, Du Yang will become one of the most powerful people in the film industry, as long as Li Qian's magic can be maintained.
With Li Qianhe's few directors, he can easily build a big company in a short period of time.
You know, last year Li Qian won 1.5 billion in box office, surpassing any private company.
These are the most important resources and capital in the industry. With these, Du Yang is confident enough to go public within five years and achieve a market value of tens of billions.
In the future, whether you are a manager of a large company or you are the boss of a small company, you can make a choice with your eyes closed.
No senior executive of Huayang Media would want to be the boss of a small company. Whether it is money or industry status, they are not on the same level. Shares are definitely indispensable before going public.
Li Qian was not surprised by Du Yang's decision. He was not stingy for not giving him shares, he was just talking about business.
At that time, Cai Chongxin gave up his job with an annual salary of one million and resigned to work with Ma Qingyang. He had money, resources and ability, but he still had no shares.
Moreover, Li Qian's salary is not low, with an annual salary of two million. Even Song Ge cannot get this amount at Wanda. The number of executives in the entire industry who earn more than this salary can be counted on half a hand.
A salary of one million yuan is nothing to Li Qian. It will not affect whether he eats one or two thousand yuan or one hundred thousand yuan for a meal, and it will not affect whether he wears a one million yuan or five million watch.
He smiled and said, "As for Perfect Film and Television, Mr. Du will get it done as soon as possible. "Time Planning Bureau" will be released in only 21 days."
"Don't worry, Director Li, our people have already formulated a detailed publicity and marketing plan. In addition, this is my idea and plan for the company."
With that said, Du Yang took out a folder from the bag he carried with him and handed it to Li Qian.
However, just as she was about to introduce it, Li Qian interrupted her, "Mr. Du, I told you that anything about the company in the future, including the selection of management, whether to engage in artist management, TV series production, theaters and other related industries, I won’t even get involved in what to do, the only thing I will do is take a look at any project that the company invests in.”
Just kidding, Li Qian is too lazy to take care of such troublesome things.
As long as he is not a fool and has hit movies like his, he will not bring trouble to the company.
Moreover, Du Yang is not only proficient in publicity and marketing, but is also a first-class producer. Before Chen Guofu, the man from Huayang, left, she was the producer of most of Huayang's movies.
Give Ma Xiaogang to any company such as Bernard, Guangxian, or Xiaoma, and they would be the ones with a market value of tens of billions today.
Managing a company is not what I am good at. I just need to do my own thing, and it is enough to oversee the films and TV series that the company invests in.
The film itself is the foundation of the industry, and everything revolves around this foundation.
Du Yang was stunned for a moment. Last time, Li Qian said that the company would be given full authority to her. At that time, he only treated it as a polite word. How could there be such a boss?
Now, Du Yang still thinks that Li Qian's words were polite, but she did not insist on letting Li Qian see her plan. She will wait until the company has settled it in a few days. She will not be stupid enough to think that Li Qian is sincere.
Li Qian didn't leave Du Yang to eat, as he had a lot of things to do.
She first had to leave with her team and join another small Internet marketing company that had previously relied on Perfect Film and Television. Then Li Qian acquired the company in his own name, eliminating the need for a set of procedures for setting up a company and making it much simpler.
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After finishing one thing, I went home and rested for a while, then went to the hotel in the evening to attend the celebration conference for the record-breaking box office record of "I Am Legend".
When the 456 million was raised before, nothing was done. This time it broke the record, so it’s time to do something.
The process is the same as before. I express my emotions, put some videos and posters on the big screen, and smash an ice sculpture representing the record number.
Soon, it’s time for reporters to interview.
However, the reporters were more serious and did not talk about Ma Xiaogang again.
"Director Li, "I Am Legend" broke the box office record of "Tangshan Earthquake" less than 20 days after its release. The outside world predicts that the movie will have a box office of more than 800 million. Director Li thinks your next movie can exceed 1 billion.
Ozeki?"
??This is all nothing.
This is only over 600 million. It is said that it is expected to exceed 800 million, and the next movie will exceed 1 billion.
It has only been released for half a month, and the next movie is coming.
The jump is a bit big. Shouldn't Li Qian be asked if he thinks "I Am Legend" can break 800 million?
Even after asking, these reporters also help Li Qian to promote for free. Li Qian always knows everything he can say.
"Of course, the size of the movie market changes every year. It is because of the expansion of the market that we can break records one after another. You can see this by looking at the box office trends every year. There is no problem for the next movie to break one billion, and we have the vision
We should take a longer view and not limit ourselves to one billion, after all, "Avatar" released at this time last year took in more than 1.3 billion at the box office." Li Qian said with a smile.
??
Now the reporters had question marks on their faces. It was strange enough for them to ask about the next movie of Li Qian in the middle of the screening.
There is nothing to say about the box office performance of "I Am Legend". It has broken records.
As for why he didn't bring Ma Xiaogang in, he naturally knew Li Qian too well. In the past week, Li Qian had never mentioned Ma Xiaogang at all. He didn't want to say anything, and it was useless to ask and couldn't provoke him.
Moreover, Ma Xiaogang's cannon also misfired. Every time they wanted to stir up trouble, some of their fellow traitors who had been bribed by Huayang would talk nonsense.
However, this Li Qian is really outrageous. You only have more than 600 million. You can't even touch 800 million after drawing. You haven't even touched one billion, so you are thinking about the 1.3 billion in "Avatar"?
"Director Li, are you saying that the next movie is going to hit the box office record of "Avatar"?" the reporters asked in disbelief, unconsciously using the honorific.
Although I know that Li Qian may mean this, after all, Li Qian rarely speaks big words, but jumping directly to 1.3 billion...
Are you afraid that you drank from a fake bar?
Under the expectant gazes of the reporters, Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Why not? People have to have some goals. Without goals, there is no motivation. Besides, "Titanic" has dominated our country's box office record for ten years.
, as a director and a filmmaker, I don’t want another Hollywood movie to continue to dominate all domestic filmmakers. Our record should be maintained by our own movies!”
I actually heard it from Li Qian's mouth, but he still said it without hiding it or beating around the bush, which really frightened the reporters.
However, what followed was full of excitement.
Although I don't know whether Li Qian drank fake wine or was stimulated by something, he suddenly became so high-profile and a little arrogant, but it was undoubtedly a good thing for them.
There is a topic only when there is controversy.
However, a kind-hearted reporter still reminded me, "But Director Li, the current box office of "I Am Legend" is only 677 million."
"Yes, it is less than 700 million, but don't forget that this time last year, "A Perfect World" only had 400 million box office. As long as our film market continues to develop healthily, it will not only be 1 billion, but even 2 billion,
Even three billion is conceivable."
Li Qian said with a smile, thought for a while, and added, "I also hope to be the first director to have a box office of over one billion, two billion, or three billion. I hope that I can join everyone here in the near future."