Chapter 279 Eight hundred million, a commercial film master!
"Why are there so many people?"
When he saw it, Li Qian was slightly stunned.
The original Future Pictures was just half of the team brought by Du Yang, plus a small Internet marketing company, which was the size of a small company.
But now, why are so many people changing jobs?
The day before yesterday, Du Yang asked Li Qian his opinion on the company's management on the phone, and Li Qian gave her full authority.
Because to be honest, I don’t have much contact with other companies and don’t know much about them.
However, I didn't expect that Du Yang would recruit so many people in just a few days.
Pony General Manager Zhong Lifang, Bernard Distribution Director Zhang Hao, Huayang Media Brokerage Company Co-General Manager Zhong Shuai, Huayang Media Production Department Deputy Director Zhang Jun, Lay's Pictures Vice President of Marketing Huang Yan, five director-level executives
Already.
There are also seven or eight middle-level managers, most of whom come from various companies, and some even bring their own teams.
Fortunately, all departments of the company are well managed.
Li Qian came to Du Yang's office, knocked on the door and entered.
"Director Li."
Seeing Li Qian coming, Du Yang quickly stood up from his desk.
"Mr. Du, please take a seat."
Li Qian smiled and looked at the pile of documents in front of him. He stopped talking nonsense and got down to business. "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Du, for setting up the company in such a short time."
Du Yang shook his head, "Except for Zhang Jun and Huang Yan, everyone else came to me on their own initiative, and they all came for you, Director Li."
"Oh, why am I so charming?"
Li Qian couldn't help but touch his chin. Could it be that he really has the halo of the legendary protagonist, who raises his arms and calls out, and all the heroes follow him, and responds to his call?
"Movies that can sell high box office are the most important thing in the industry. With Director Li here, naturally a large number of people will join us," Du Yang said with a smile.
"Then they are discerning and can introduce it to me." Li Qian was not modest at all.
When it came down to business, Du Yang stopped flattering and introduced them one by one, as well as her position arrangements for them.
Zhong Lifang's major is marketing. At Pony, she is responsible for marketing, public relations, external investment, and financing. She is also the person in charge of Pony Pictures and will serve as the deputy general manager of Future Pictures.
Zhang Hao worked in distribution at West Film Studio in the 1980s, and later worked as the general manager of a chain of theaters until he became the distribution director at Berner and will serve as the distribution director of Future Pictures.
Needless to say, Zhong Shuai is the director of artist management, and Zhang Jun is the director of the production department.
Huang Yan still serves as the director of publicity and marketing. Speaking of this, Du Yang explained, "Guangxian's terrestrial distribution network was founded by her, and was later promoted by Zhang Zhao. As a new company, we want to open up terrestrial distribution as quickly as possible.
, the simplest, most effective and quick way is to establish a ground network, and this time she not only brought three Internet marketing teams from Lay's, she also brought more than 20 distribution managers from Guangxian."
"One person changed jobs and brought people from two companies." Li Qian clicked his tongue in surprise.
To be able to get so many people to follow you must be something extraordinary.
Lay's was founded by Zhang Zhao after Guangxian was eliminated. I had seen an interview with him on the Internet before, saying that there were already 50 million Internet users in China, and the film industry was about to usher in the Internet era, so it paid special attention to online publicity.
The three Internet marketing groups, judging from the newly established Lay's situation, have taken away at least one-third.
As for the more than 20 distribution managers of Guangxian, in fact, these distribution managers should be called salesmen, or more politely, sales managers.
Guangxian's so-called underground network is to send a large number of people offline to the cinema to carry out activities for publicity purposes and temporarily change the ticket purchase plans of some viewers.
Except for a few very popular movies, such as "I Am Legend", most viewers do not have a fixed goal when going to the cinema.
Especially when a group of people or couples go there, it's like everyone is eating together. Asking what to eat, the result is casual.
At this time, some people hold activities in the cinema and give away toys, small accessories, mobile phone cases, headphones and the like by buying tickets for a certain movie, which may lead to the choice of some undecided viewers.
If you can speak more eloquently, you should also target different audiences and criticize a wave of movies from the same period.
When you see an audience with children, you should point out without any trace that a certain movie is a bit bloody and violent, and reveal your own strengths and the other's weaknesses in a targeted manner.
It is because of Guangxian's underground network covering nearly a hundred cities across the country, coupled with its own publicity capabilities, that it is able to receive many film promotions, even joint promotions.
There was no problem with Du Yang's arrangement, and Li Qian had no objections. He invited them all over in the afternoon and officially joined Future Pictures.
"Welcome everyone to join us. Everyone here is a leader and professional in all aspects of the industry. I believe that the future of Future Pictures will become stronger with our joint efforts..."
After a few casual remarks, Li Qian also confirmed their respective positions.
There were no surprises for them. Based on their qualifications and expertise, there were no problems.
There was no chatting, improving relationships or anything like that. They were all people who had been in the industry for more than ten years, so they just got down to business.
"Next, the first task of our company is to announce the "Time Planning Bureau". Mr. Zhang and Mr. Huang will have to worry more." Li Qian looked at the two of them. Huang Yan had never been in contact with them before. Guang Xian had not contacted them before.
It was Zhang Zhao who contacted him, and Zhang Hao was relatively familiar with him.
Zhang Hao nodded, "Don't worry, Director Li, I have already made appointments with several major theaters."
Huang Yan said, "Director Li, should we build a ground distribution network as soon as possible? Based on the more than 20 people I brought, we can build a rough ground network in the top 20 ticket warehouse cities in the country in a short time."
"Terrestrial distribution network is a must, but it's not Twenty Cities."
Li Qian shook his head and rejected Huang Yan's first idea when he took office, "Abandon all first-tier cities and relatively developed second-tier cities, and focus on weak second-tier cities and third-tier cities."
In the past few years, the top twenty ticket warehouses in the country have always been the main box office output, and they are also the focus of competition between major companies and even various theater chains. Li Qian's words made everyone a little surprised.
Li Qian explained, "There is great competition in big cities, and the main users of major group buying websites and ticket sales websites are from big cities. These people have already decided what movies they want to watch and booked tickets before going to the cinema.
Therefore, with the rise of online ticket purchasing, the underground network is of little use. After all, viewers who have booked tickets cannot refund their tickets, nor can they refund them.
Although the network in weak second-tier and third-tier cities is also slowly developing, it is a step slower in various network applications. I have invested in a Grava ticketing platform before, and everyone knows that the vast majority of users are from big cities.
This consumption habit is difficult to change in a short period of time, so our main target is third-tier cities."
After thinking for a moment, Huang Yan nodded in agreement, "Director Li is right. If online ticket purchasing slowly takes off in big cities within two years, the use of underground networks will become less and less, and our hard work will be in vain."
Already."
At the company's first executive meeting, no one objected to Li Qian's words.
The ground network still needs to be laid, but it will focus on weak second-tier and third-tier cities. These places will be the last to popularize online ticket purchasing, and then there are the county towns.
As for how to lay it, it must be based on data, and Li Qian has no time to worry about it.
Starting a company is indeed a troublesome matter, and Li Qian couldn't ignore it completely and invested 100 million in it all at once.
"Mr. Zhong, how many people are there in the artist management department now?" Li Qian looked at Zhong Shuai again.
"Director Li can just call me Zhong Shuai." Zhong Shuai said with a smile, "It makes me look more handsome."
You are so thick-skinned, you praise yourself for being handsome!
Only people who are not handsome will talk about being handsome all day long. Li Qian, for example, never talks about it, because as long as he is not blind, he can see it.
"Well, Zhong Shuai, the artist management department doesn't want to sign everyone, except those who have a lot of things to do. Don't sign new people one by one. We want quality, not quantity."
Let's talk about artist management. Once there are more actors, it becomes more frequent and it becomes a palace fight.
In "The Wind", Li Binbin and Zhou Xun were from the same company. After the film was edited, their managers led people to count the shots and parts of each scene, not wanting to lose one second less than the other party. Think about it.
That scene made my scalp numb.
And like many brokerage companies, they sign a lot of people every year, casting a wide net to catch as many fish as possible. If one of them can get out, they will make a lot of money, and others will not lose anything if they want to leave.
Pay liquidated damages.
"Of course, our company has no shortage of resources at all, only good actors. I will strictly control this aspect. It is better to lack than to waste. Now there are only Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang. They still have some things in Huayang, some advertising, endorsements and so on.
Yes, it will probably take some time to come over."
Zhong Shuai deeply agrees. This is why he doesn’t want to bring a few capable men here. Except for a few white-eyed wolves, there is no need at all. There is no need to take the route of Huayang. There are too many people and it is troublesome. Sometimes a frontline person
Just support a group of people.
It seems like there's nothing wrong, just leave the rest to Du Yang.
After thinking about it, Li Qian looked at Zhang Jun again, "By the way, Mr. Zhang, please contact Lao Qi in two days. He is collecting materials in the rural areas of southern Henan. Let's see if there is anything we can do to help. Then we can recruit some producers and screenwriters."
, I will be preparing for auditions for my new film in the next two days."
"Okay Director Li, I'll get there right away." Zhang Jun nodded quickly and felt relieved.
Unlike the others who came by themselves, only Huang Yan and he, Du Yang, were invited. Huang Yan was an indispensable person for the terrestrial distribution network, and he, Du Yang, was very familiar with it and had the ability. After all, there must be people in the company.
Du Yang's own person.
I was a little worried about Li Qian's attitude before. After all, they met before...no, it was on the phone, and it was not very harmonious.
Although Li Qian, who has not yet become famous, should be angry because he ignored him as the director of a large company, but the status of the two is very different now. Even if Li Qian is wrong, it is Zhang Jun who is wrong, and it is also Li Qian who is unhappy.
to him.
Now looking at Li Qian's tone, he doesn't seem to care, and all the worries in his heart have been forgotten.
"Director Li, what are the requirements for auditioning for your new film?"
"Let's talk in two days. We're waiting for a reply from above. The script is still under review."
Li Qian shook his head. This time he went back to wait for news. After waiting for several days, he still received no notice. The work efficiency was too slow. He just established a company.
In addition to the senior executives of several departments in the conference room, Future Pictures already has hundreds of employees and has the prototype of a large company. It just needs to slowly improve the organizational structure between various departments and add more people.
...
After having a meeting with several senior executives and chatting about the general direction, Li Qian ignored the rest and just took a final look at the business of each department.
At noon, he invited hundreds of people from the entire company to have a meal and bond over, and Li Qian continued to go home for retreat.
The domestic film market is also continuing.
This week, the newly released movie "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Year of the Rabbit" was released. It grossed a high box office of 55 million in three days, sweeping the mainland film industry.
Cinemas across the country have suddenly become a paradise for children.
"I Am Legend" received 42 million at the box office in its fifth week after receiving 82 million last week, bringing the total box office to 801 million!
Breaking 800 million!
The first Chinese-language film with a box office of over 800 million, a new box-office record for Chinese-language films!
Although it was beaten by "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" at the box office, "I Am Legend" is still the most popular movie at the moment.
Not to mention, it breaks 800 million.
The media have been waiting for this day for a long time, and countless news full of praises are sprinkled like snowflakes in every corner of the Internet.
"The box office of "I Am Legend" exceeded 800 million, and Li Qian made history again!"
"The box office of 800 million is a figure that no one dared to imagine a year ago. Now Li Qian has achieved it. Let us wait and see, Li Qian's new film will hit a higher record!"
"From the 100 million of "Frequency of Life and Death" to the 800 million of "I Am Legend" today, it only took Li Qian three years to achieve a triple jump in the box office. We have reason to believe that even if Li Qian's next movie is
Although it cannot break the box office record of "Avatar", there is still great hope to break through the billion mark and lead Chinese films from 100 million yuan to usher in the era of billions of box office!"
"Four films have a box office of 1.5 billion, and a single film has a box office of 800 million. Li Qian has won the love of movie fans with each of his wonderful films. At the same time, he has also proved that he is one of the best directors in China, and even the best commercial film.
director."
"With a box office of 800 million, Li Qian, who is only 27 years old, is already a well-deserved master of commercial directors!"
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When you open any portal website, there is bound to be a press release full of praise on the homepage, which details how Li Qian's movies in the past three years have reached his current brilliant achievements step by step.
It's a pity that there are only four movies, and the time is too short to write about them.
And any forum will definitely have the same posts.
Even after the media called Li Qian one of the best directors in China and even a master of commercial films, the same discussion posts can be seen on the homepage of most forums.
Apart from the older generation of directors who are now unknown to audiences, there are only two masters in China who can be called directors.
One is Zhang Yimou. The name of National Master was not blown out by others, but is recognized by most people.
The other one is Brother Cheng Kai who was once a god.
However, the two masters who became famous in their first film are now in the darkest moments of their directorial careers.
Apart from them, Li Qian is the only director who is regarded as a master by most of the media and audiences.
Although it is only a commercial film master with a prefix added, it is also the only one since the new century!