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"Chairman, Alibaba's style has always been like this. I heard that every acquisition is done at a premium. Fan Luyuan is a direct senior executive of Alibaba. He must have brought this unhealthy trend to the film and television industry."

Sun Chen, director of Bona's distribution department, sighed and said with a bit of anger.

The practices of Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are the same as those of bathing centers that raised prices after Douyin came into existence in the previous generation. There is no difference.

One takes advantage of money to hit people, and the other takes advantage of scarcity of resources to raise prices. They are both bullshit.

Bona, Hua Yi, and Guangxian all sneered at this method of raising prices.

It’s so untechnical!

At the Huayi headquarters, Wang Zhongjun also cursed, and he and Chen Wu from Tengxun Pictures also scolded each other.

After scolding, Wang Zhongjun shook his head at Chen Guofu and said with a sinister smile: "Look, for hundreds of years, Chinese movies have never been played by anyone with money. Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures, these two troubled

Shitsticks are just trying to scare other companies away."

"Hmph, Fan Luyuan and Chen Wu thought too much and underestimated our giants!"

I have to say that Wang Zhongjun’s guess was very accurate.

The quotations offered by Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are based on power, hoping to scare away several other film and television companies.

This idea is stupid, very stupid!

The minimum distribution guarantee for a movie can range from two to three billion, to over one billion, and even higher, like "The Mermaid," it can reach as high as 2.6 billion.

However, no matter how high the price is, it will not put the four giants back and make them unable to pay for it.

The single-film guarantees for the two movies "A Good Show" and "Havoc in Tianzhu" are only 700 million or 800 million, which is really scary!

The current overall scale of the film and television industry is not large. With big casts and big productions, which of the four giants cannot afford it?

For example, the four giants have 2 billion in cash, and Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures have 10 billion in cash.

It seems that Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are big players with big capital, but both sides face the same problem for the two movies, and they only need to spend more than 1 billion in cash.

It’s no use having money. How dare Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures offer a guarantee of more than 1 billion per film?

It’s impossible. Huang Bo and Bao Qiang have potential. They are not as good as Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, Jiang Wen, and Feng Pong.

Alibaba Pictures dared to offer a guaranteed price of 1 billion for "One Step Away", but would never offer the same price for "A Good Show" and "Havoc in Tianzhu".

Dong was beaten to death. Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian and others did not believe it.

The bosses of several major companies, after scolding each other in the office, sneered and continued to quote.

500 million, 520 million, 530 million, 540 million.

Huang Bo and Bao Qiang's team received quotes from major film and television companies one after another, and the prices were higher than the others.

In just one day, the guaranteed box office reached 550 million.

This price was personally quoted by Lin Wei, Vice President and Director of Distribution Department of Hengyu Media.

At the same time, Fang Ziheng, who was far away at the Sanqingshan Film and Television Base, also received calls from Huang Bo and Bao Qiang respectively.

"Haha, I knew you would call me."

"Bozi, don't be stressed. Yes, listen to everyone's quotations!"

"Baoqiang, I know your temperament, I understand, I understand, and I also hope that the guarantee will be higher."

"Okay, you can always communicate with me if you need anything."

During the phone call, Fang Ziheng said nothing. Instead, he comforted Huang Bo and Bao Qiang, telling them not to feel stressed and not to take into account his personal relationship.

Not to mention that because Hengyu Media controls the movie, the two of them cannot make objective judgments.

Everything, put movie revenue first!

After a brief review, the first priority was the film's revenue, and the phone call from the standpoint of Huang Bo and Bao Qiang received very good feedback.

Huang Bo and Bao Qiang were very grateful on the phone, patting their chests and saying that they would definitely choose Hengyu at a similar price.

Fang Ziheng was very satisfied with the two people's attitude. He laughed loudly in the movie and made an appointment to have sex together after returning to the imperial capital.

He was right about Huang Bo and Bao Qiang. Neither of them were profit-seeking people, and Hengyu Media always had a place in their hearts.

At a similar price, you must choose Hengyu, that’s enough!

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In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

While major film and television companies are competing for guaranteed distribution of two new films, the film market is booming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After "The Return of the Great Sage" took in 134 million at the box office on the first day, it went on to win 145 million and 149 million at the box office on the second and third days, respectively.

429 million in three days!

"The Return of the Great Sage", with a loud enough IP and near-perfect animation effects, boldly opened the door to Chinese animated films.

In just three days after its release, there was a wave of watching "The Return of the Monkey King" during the Lunar New Year all over the country.

The rise of animated films and the advent of the animation era.

Many animation, animation original creators, staff, and even young ladies who are not involved in the second dimension cheered for "The Return of the Great Sage" at the top of their lungs.

The happiest person is Wang Wei, the director and president of Tudou Video, a literary young man who loves animation and short videos.

The rise of animated films illustrates a series of issues.

The group of friends who used to sit in front of the TV and watch cartoons as soon as school was over have grown up and already have a certain amount of spending power.

Animation took the lead, followed closely by animation. The essence of Chinese culture can become the creative source of both.

Wang Wei excitedly talked to Fang Ziheng for more than an hour, and held several senior management meetings of Tudou Video.

At the meeting, it was officially decided to put animation and TV series on Tudou Video’s new strategic direction, keeping pace with TV series, variety shows, and online movies.

Currently, Tudou Video has two pillar businesses, TV series and variety shows.

All TV series and variety shows produced by Hengyu Media designate Tudou Video as the exclusive online video broadcast platform.

No matter that Tengxun Video, Youku Video, iQiyi, and LeTV increased their prices, Hengyu Media never sold the copyright and followed the path of Mango TV alone.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And because Tudou Video already owns a huge library of copyrights, after two years of competition, it successfully surpassed Youku and became the number one video website in China.

No way, who let Youku be listed on Nakedas!

Wang Weiyi always wanted to start the other two pillar businesses, online dramas and animation, but was held back by Fang Ziheng several times.

Internet dramas have to be produced, but not now. The difficulty of producing high-quality Internet dramas is comparable to that of theatrical movies. Production costs, teams, and excellent actors are all big problems.

After all, first- and second-tier celebrities rarely deign to star in a pure online drama.

As for simultaneous online and offline screenings, it is simply impossible. Anyone who dares to set this precedent will be torn apart by the powerful theater chain.

This is the perfect time to start an anime series.

Last year, Hengyu Media made a decision on the copyright of novels and animations as a starting point for development. It can take greater steps and work hard with Tudou Video to develop the third largest business segment.

With "The Return of the Great Sage" flying, it can indeed create a secondary wind in a short period of time.

However, the quality must be controlled well. The audience is too young, and we cannot harvest leeks by relying on the expectations and hopes of young people.

If you want to do it, you have to do it well!

The hot film market has slightly eased the film industry's attention on Huang Bo and Bao Qiang's new films, and most of the attention is focused on the Lunar New Year movies.

December 1st.

Known as the epic love masterpiece produced by a large cast, "The Wheel" held its world premiere.

Film director Wu Baige appeared with Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Huang Xiaoming, Song Qiaohui, Tong Dawei, and Nagasawa Masami, which attracted the attention of all media and guests present.

In the inner court of the National Center for the Performing Arts, endless applause came and resounded throughout the venue.

"Taiping Wheel"!

Wu Baige's masterpiece, which took five years to create, is finally about to be unveiled and revealed to the audience.

Hundreds of reporters crowded under the center of the stage of the Grand Theater, holding microphones high to ask questions to Wu Baige.

After five years, Wu Baige's new movie was finally released, and it became a hit and became very popular.

Five years!

Director Wu, Director Wu, what have you been doing in the past five years!

The reporters rushed to ask questions and wanted to rush to the stage, knock Wu Baige unconscious and take him away.

At this moment, Wu Baige seemed to be enveloped by a halo, and five years would be enough to wipe out the backlash of "Red Cliff".

"Actually, I haven't relaxed in the past five years!"

Facing reporters' questions, he refused to accept any one who came, and with a somewhat confident smile, he talked eloquently: "The Waterloo of "Red Cliff" did not shock me. After only two months of rest, I started to work on "Red Cliff".

Preparations for "The Taiping Wheel".

After more than 1,600 days and nights, this world-class disaster romance blockbuster was finally released successfully.
To be continued...