Huayu became famous overnight

Chapter 186 All the boasts have come true

November.

While Xu Ming was filming "So Young", he was also preparing for "The Unknown" with Ning Hao.

After the audition, Ma Jiaqi chose Qin Hailu for the role and Li Haigen chose Wang Baoqiang for the role.

Once the four main characters are decided, there will generally be no problems.

So, based on everyone's schedule, the start time was finally set on December 12th.

set.

"Woooooo~"

Ni Ni kept sobbing.

Asked her to act out a crying scene, this girl really got into the role and cried until she was out of breath.

"It's okay, we've finished filming."

"Yes, the director has called cut, relax."

Everyone gathered around Ni Ni to comfort her, but they saw that she had no intention of stopping.

For a moment, everyone looked at Xu Ming.

The latter was startled when he felt the gaze. Why was he looking at him?
It wasn't him who made me cry.

"Brother Ming, please say a few words. Sister Ni Ni always listens to you." Nazha couldn't help but say.

"Then let me say a few words?"

Xu Ming pushed aside the crowd and walked in front of Ni Ni.

Everyone looked expectantly, knowing that the latter had a crush on the former.

This kind of soothing scene is most likely to spark love.

"Cry, cry, cry, all you do is cry. You can get into the role but can't get out of it. What can you achieve in the future?"

Xu Ming did not forget to use a double rhyme, and his shout immediately stopped the crying.

It also quieted the whole place down.

Hey, it works.

The next moment, Ni Ni cried even harder.

"Forget it, you better stop making trouble."

Guo Fan was helpless. It would normally take ten minutes to coax the baby back to health, but with the other party's constant efforts, it might take half an hour.

Isn't this just making things more difficult?

"Then I'll just take a leave. I have to go back to the company later." Xu Ming touched his nose and said.

Guo Fan was stunned, his eyes looking like a nagging woman.

And then he played his role again.

Xu Ming pretended not to see it and returned to the car.

"Brother Ming, you came at the right time. There was a call from the media."

When Xiaojuan saw her boss, she immediately said excitedly, "Master is going to act in The Grandmaster, directed by Wang Jiawei, and he said there's a role reserved for you."

That is Wang Jiawei, a well-known director in the Eurasian film industry, known as the best director at training actors.

Under his hands, actors' performances are often completely transformed and winning awards is easy for them.

"The Grandmaster"?
Xu Ming recalled Zhang Zhen's mysterious look before.

I finally understand what the other party means by cooperation. This is what love is all about.

"No." Xu Ming said without even thinking.

"Don't go?"

Xiaojuan was confused. Even her own boss looked down upon the movie directed by Wang Jiawei?
"Yeah, to pair up with Liang Chaowei and Zhang Zhenzuo? What are you thinking?"

Xu Ming is not interested in Wang Jiawei and does not have that kind of filter over him.

This guy has only one style when filming: just persevere.

It's like training a hawk to keep the actors, the team, and the investors busy, with the main goal of not letting any of them off.

The script of "The Grandmaster" was prepared in 97, but filming only started this year.

Many actors never want to work with this guy again after working with him.

Shooting a shot thirty times makes the actor doubt his life, but when he looks back, he can just choose what feeling he wants.

It's not easy to win the award.

The actors didn't even act, but the emotions were so damn real.

And there are only three protagonists in this movie, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Zhen.

If I go there, I will just be a foil.

Why bother?
"Then this is how I will respond to the media," Xiaojuan said hesitantly.

"No need, I'll call my master and tell him." Xu Ming waved his hand.

To avoid any misunderstandings.

As he said this, he asked the driver to drive to the company while calling his master.

The call was answered quickly.

"Hello, Master."

"You have something to say."

"I won't go to The Grandmaster. It's ok for me to play Ip Man," said Xu Ming.

"Why don't you go to heaven? You're still Ip Man. Are you planning to exchange the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for the Cannes Award?" Uncle Benshan said unhappily.

"If the male lead isn't okay, at least the second male lead, right? No matter how bad I am, I won't be a supporting role to others, don't you think?" Xu Ming coaxed.

On the other end of the phone, Uncle Benshan was silent for five seconds.

Apparently, he had figured out the purpose of his apprentice's phone call and said, "That's right. If you don't want to act, just say so. Why are you beating around the bush with me?"

"I'm not afraid that you, Master, will think I'm too arrogant or inflated." Xu Ming said with a smile.

"Got it. I'll help you push it later." Uncle Benshan said.

"If I'm not going, you can let Senior Brother Shenyang try. He has a great talent for comedy and he has calmed down over this period of time." Xu Ming said.

Xiao Shenyang was very arrogant before, but now that he is getting higher and higher, he becomes more aware that there are always people better than him and becomes more down-to-earth.

"Xiao Shenyang, let me think about it."

Uncle Benshan neither agreed nor refused, and spoke ambiguously.

"Okay, Master, you are busy, I'm hanging up now." Xu Ming said.

"Wait a minute, 'The Laughing Man' is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, so remember to make time for it then," Uncle Benshan added.

"Okay." Xu Ming agreed.

After hanging up the phone, I had already arrived at the company.

As he walked in, he asked Xiaojuan, "What's going on with Xu Zheng?"

"While we are having a war of words with Huaqi Film and Television, the Internet Publicity Department, at your instruction, published an article about the actor's failed transformation into a director. Currently, Xu Zheng is having a difficult time negotiating with investors such as Guangxian." Xiaojuan said.

Originally, the other party left Qiming Entertainment with hope.

After all, with Xu Ming's optimism, the potential assessment of "Lost in Thailand" should be raised to a higher level.

Who would have thought that after leaving, the situation would become even worse.

Xu Ming did not intend to give his family a chance to breathe, and said in a deep voice: "Continue to negotiate with Huaqi and try to get the copyright. Anything under two million is acceptable."

In the past, the amount of compensation that the investors of "Lost in Thailand" such as Guangxian paid to Huaqi was five million.

But the future of "Lost in Thailand" is still unclear. The box office of its predecessor "Lost on Journey" was only 37 million.

In Xu Ming's opinion, two million was already an overestimation.

"I understand." Xiaojuan nodded.

As he was talking, Tang Sheng came over.

"Penguin and Sohu representatives are already in the conference room. Do you want to go over now?"

"Are the materials and contracts ready?" Xu Ming said.

"We're ready." Tang Sheng said. "Let's go."

Xu Ming's heart was surging.

Compared to "Lost in Thailand", the online ticket purchasing platform is undoubtedly more important in his opinion, and may even be more important than Qiming Entertainment in the future.

The premise is that he can make this website successful.

When I entered the conference room, two familiar faces appeared in front of me. They were both representatives I had met before.

The Sohu representative is an old friend.

"We have been negotiating this project for a while. Today I have prepared all the contracts. If we can finalize it, we will do it as soon as possible. If we can't, I can find another partner."

Xu Ming set the tone as soon as he came up, and the atmosphere in the conference room instantly became tense.

Seeing the two representatives' expressions become serious, he continued, "I have some news. Meituan has already started incubating a similar online ticketing platform."

"Although Meituan cannot compete with you two at the moment, they are small and easy to turn around, and they started out as a local life service provider. If they really want to concentrate their efforts, I don't think we will have much of an advantage."

He knew very well that even if he attracted investments from Sohu and Penguin, his business would not attract the attention of their headquarters.

There are quite a few small projects worth tens of millions of dollars at Penguin every year.

But if Meituan is brought in, the meaning will be different.

Xu Ming looked around at the two people and said, "In my opinion, the entry of Meituan is not only a threat, but also a benefit. Their attention to this market means that there is great potential in this market."

"If we start now, we will have the first-mover advantage. The key is whether we can seize this first-mover advantage."

When others are afraid of me, I am greedy. When others are greedy, I become even greedier.

As long as the online ticketing platform is done well, it is no less than a cinema chain.

It is obviously impossible for Qiming Entertainment to acquire a cinema chain, but if it seizes this opportunity, it may be able to become a giant in the future.

Yes, they were just some princes, far from what Xu Ming expected.

Relying on China's huge film and television market, there is actually great potential to be tapped.

But first-rate companies like Huayi and Chengtian all focused on finance and watched their roots rot.

In other words, they were also one of the people who added fuel to the fire.

"I think that with Mr. Xu's ability, it won't be a problem for him to gain the upper hand."

The Sohu representative immediately stated: "We at Sohu have always stood firmly on your side."

That’s right. He followed Xu Ming in placing bets and has achieved a lot so far.

Based on his previous gains, he dared to follow suit no matter how outrageous Xu Ming's bet was.

Xu Ming looked at the Penguin representative.

The latter was still digesting the information that Meituan might enter the market. Feeling the former's gaze, he said decisively: "I am here based on my trust in you."

Xu Ming nodded with satisfaction.

The traffic from Sohu and Penguin is the key to the early development of online ticketing websites.

"We have calculated the costs of technology development, local marketing team, marketing promotion, etc., and the initial investment is estimated to be between 5 million and 6000 million, tentatively set at million."

"Qiming will invest 30 million and also provide technology, with a 60% share. You two companies will each hold 20%, totaling 15 million each. Is there any problem?" Xu Ming asked.

The revenue share of "Love is Not Blind" has gradually entered Qiming's account, as well as "Love Apartment" and "Scarlet Heart".

The remaining membership fees collected by Qiming Network amount to tens of millions in total.

Qiming Entertainment currently has abundant cash flow.

Otherwise, he wouldn't urge Tang Sheng to find projects that need investment every day.

Money lying in an account and not being able to be used to make money is like waste paper.

So in addition to investing, the company is also constantly buying real estate.

Many people are now pessimistic about Beijing's housing prices, believing that they have reached their peak, but Xu Ming is well aware that they will have to rise for another ten years.

If you really need money, you can use it as collateral to generate another cash flow.

As for some wilder ways of playing, using mortgage loans to purchase mortgaged properties, he thought about it and rejected it.

The risk is too great. Even Xu's belt may collapse in the future. It is better to be cautious.

“I do.” The Sohu representative raised his hand.

"Speak." Xu Ming raised his eyebrows.

"We can provide more funds to help our sister companies share the burden," said a Sohu representative.

"No, we penguins don't need that."

The penguin representative has a reserved smile, and his face is full of expression that shows who is your brother.

Before, we could barely call each other brothers.

Today, Penguin's market value is approaching 500 billion US dollars, while Sohu's market value is less than billion US dollars, a difference of four times.

The Sohu representative's expression froze. If their boss hadn't been immersed in beautiful women on a yacht, it's hard to say who is the boss now.

Alas, it’s a pity that when Xiao Ma approached Sohu to sell Penguin, his own boss didn’t agree, otherwise…

"That's settled then. The initial development of the PC and WAP sites will be handed over to your two teams. In addition, the payment system needs to be connected with Penguin's Tenpay. I suggest that Alibaba's Alipay be introduced as well."

Xu Ming paused, "After all, we want to provide convenience to users, rather than asking them to adapt to us."

He is worried that the Penguins will force a choice between the two.

"Okay, we understand that," said the penguin representative.

In terms of offline payment, both Alibaba and Tencent are in the process of expanding their markets, and it is not yet time to choose between the two.

"Well, I hope to be able to convert the Sohu portal ads into cash for exchange, as well as the Penguin pop-up ads."

"In the early stage, I will connect with Wanda, Star Media, China Film and other cinema chains to use offline ticket subsidies to attract audiences, similar to the 9.9 movie viewing. I believe they also want to cultivate more audiences to enter the movie industry."

Xu Mingla's focus in the cooperation between the two companies is on the replacement of advertisements.

Take the recommended position on the homepage of Sohu Entertainment Channel for example, it earns at least six million per year, and Penguin’s pop-up ads are only promoted by its own people.

Offline ticket subsidies are a killer weapon for ticketing websites to spend money and expand their market.

In the absence of competitors in the early stages, it is possible to acquire users at extremely low cost.

While Meituan hasn’t entered the market yet, Xu Ming plans to make a small investment.

Of the 50 million miles, at least 30 million are intended to be used for this purpose.

"In addition, if possible, I hope to connect to Penguin Space and create a movie-watching list for friends. After purchasing tickets, users can choose to share their recent movie-watching records and rate them." Xu Ming said.

Upon hearing this proposal, the two representatives were cheered up.

This is an attempt to snatch away Douban's market as well.

Online ticketing plus film and television ratings, wow, if this really works, it will be considered the leader in the sub-segment.

Regardless of whether it can be successful or not, the blueprint drawn by Xu Ming is enough for them to report to the group.

"What's the name of the website?" asked the Penguin representative.

"It's called Light and Shadow Ticket Purchase Network."

Xu Ming just randomly picked a name. No matter what, it's better than Maoyan Movies and Weipiaoer.com.

That’s right, Weipiaoer is a similar product to Penguin.

After signing the contract, Xu Ming escorted the two to the elevator.

Ding Dong!

The elevator door opened, and a woman wearing sunglasses walked out, accompanied by an assistant, with a strong aura.

"Sister Fei?"

Xu Ming reacted, "Come to record a song?"

"Well, your music director asked me to come here. Aren't you filming a movie?" Wang Fei glanced at the representatives from Penguin and Sohu and asked.

"Come back to discuss cooperation."

Xu Ming watched the two of them enter the elevator, waved his hand, then turned around and walked back with Wang Fei.

In the elevator, the two looked at each other.

They actually met the queen by chance in Qiming. All the boasts Xu Ming had made to them before came true at this moment.

No wonder they dared to guarantee that they could get the pre-order ticket authorization for Wang Fei’s concert. From the tone of their conversation, you can tell that they have a close relationship.

(End of this chapter)