Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 266 Don't Act with Me
There was a bright side to Huayi’s performance last year. Both “If You Are the One 2” and “Aftershock” made money.

But there are also loss-making projects. "Shaolin Temple", "The Last Airbender" and "Love in the City" all lost money. "Mystery of the Phantom Flame" lost money at the box office, but the copyright revenue was considerable.

Huayi seems to be flourishing, but it is not difficult to see that since Li Qiutang left, Huayi has returned to its old path and is relying on Feng Xiaogang's performance again.

In addition, Huayi’s second largest source of income, the artist brokerage business, has been damaged in the past two years - Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming and Li Bingbing have left one after another.

Therefore, Huayi urgently needs to find another track. It would be better to go overseas and enter Hollywood, but Huayi obviously does not have the ability to do so. Co-production with Hollywood is a very compromise solution.

"The Duels from the Past" is a Sino-US co-production. The Chinese cast is Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li, which is quite luxurious, but it still failed at the box office.

The failure of one film did not make Huayi doubt Sino-US co-production, but made it even more enthusiastic.

They need this co-production from Autumn Pictures.

A blockbuster with a budget of 2 million US dollars, Huayi wants a blockbuster. How can it create hype and tell a story if it’s not a blockbuster?

If you invest 2000 million US dollars in a co-production, which investor would be willing to listen to you?

This is why all film companies in China and abroad have to make high-cost blockbusters. High-cost blockbusters can form a moat for the company.

Many companies can make a movie with a budget of 10 or 20 million, but how many companies in the country can manage a movie with a budget of 100 or 200 million? What about a movie with a budget of 200 or 300 million?

Companies like Berna and Guangxian have roughly the same idea, but they have an additional layer of stock market considerations.

Berna went public on the Nasdaq last year, and the losses left Boss Yu completely confused. In his own words, "I was sad for several days."

Berner needs a blockbuster to boost stock market confidence.

Guangxian is confirmed to be listed on the ChiNext this year, but the specific time has not yet been disclosed. Wang Changtian also needs a blockbuster movie to add the final fuel to their fire.

To put it bluntly, Qiu's trick is to be a middleman and sell his shares at a higher price.

But sometimes doing business is just that simple, the difficult part is how to get these shares from Legend.

If you get it in the fall, you can earn this money in the fall.

LeTV also wanted to share Pacific Rim, and came directly to Yunzhong to talk to Li Qiutang.

Boss Jia didn't come, but their group vice president, Liu Hong, came.

Li Qiutang went to Yunzhong City to have dinner with Mr. Liu. The crew was filming in the countryside, and Li Qiutang couldn't treat them to a big pot meal at their fellow villagers' home.

Liu Hong said that he could fully represent the entire LeTV Pictures, and he could make the final decision on the spot no matter how much money Li Qiutang offered, without having to report to the group.

The sincerity is sufficient.

LeTV's money is of course money, and Li Qiutang has never said that Qiu Qiu will not cooperate with LeTV, but that's not how business is negotiated.

The final decision on the project lies in Li Qiutang's hands, but the negotiations are done by Cao Ping and others. Even when Zhang Zhao joins Qiu Tian in the future, the project will be handed over to him. Li Qiutang is a little unhappy about people like Liu Hong bypassing the team directly in charge to talk to the big boss.

Is it appropriate for the source manufacturer to talk directly to Dong Ge instead of talking to the purchasing and sales department? !
The co-production project "Pacific Rim" can train the company's team well, which is also one of Li Qiutang's goals.

Liu Hong must have known this truth, but their Internet company seemed to think that they were the best and no matter how powerful others were, they had to follow their rules.

Liu Hong did not disrespect Li Qiutang. He knew Li Qiutang's status and weight in the circle, but his words seemed to show that he looked down on the business model of a traditional film and television company like Qiutian.

I feel that the traditional model is inflexible.

The result was that Li Qiutang gave Liu Hong a perfunctory answer, saying that she was currently filming and had no time or energy to discuss the new film, and asked him to talk to the team in the company that was specifically responsible for this matter.

"I am only responsible for selecting and deciding the final plan." Seven days after Liu Hong left, Zhang Zhao came to Yunzhong and talked with Li Qiutang for two hours.

Three days later, the secretary of the chairman of Autumn Pictures officially announced that Mr. Zhang Zhao, the former president of Guangxian Pictures, joined Autumn Pictures as senior vice president of Haitang International and CEO of Autumn Pictures, and was in charge of the company's daily work.

This news surprised people in the industry. It was previously widely speculated that Zhang Zhao was most likely to go to LeTV or Wanta.

The development in autumn is good, but the scale is still too small, the financial strength is insufficient, and the industrial layout is not enough. How can a talent like Zhang Zhao display his talents in such a small temple?

There is another person who is not included in the public information.

Zhang Zhao brought his colleague Xu Lin from Guangxian to Qiu Tian. Xu Lin was the general manager of distribution of Guangxian Pictures, and this was exactly the talent that Qiu Tian urgently needed.

Although he lost two generals at once, Guangxian had no emotion towards Qiu.

Guangxian knew that these two people were not poached by Qiu Tian. Qiu Tian took the initiative to contact Zhang Zhao after Zhang Zhao confirmed that he had left Guangxian.

Autumn does not live up to its glory.

Besides, poaching is a normal thing in the business world. Even if Qiu took the initiative to poach employees, would the two companies become enemies?
Guangxian won’t talk to Qiu about “Pacific Rim”?

Even after Zhang Zhao joined the company and took over "Pacific Rim" in the fall, he had an advantage.

In mid-month, the entire film "Introduction to Architecture" was completed in Shanghai.

On the day of wrapping up, Fan Bingbing was on the crew.

She came to discuss the class of director Jin Yimeng and leading actress Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei also just found out that Fan Bingbing had poached Jin Yimeng away from Zhang Ziyi.

Jin Yimeng and Zhang Ziyi collaborated on "Perfect Match". Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi had a falling out over this film, and Fan Bingbing took Jin Yimeng away. The two planned to collaborate on a female-led comedy movie like "Perfect Match".

"Yifei, come and play in our crew and play a cameo role."

They don't even have a script!
There was no problem with guest starring, and Liu Yifei was easy to talk to: "Okay, tell me when you start filming, I have never acted in a comedy before."

During the wrap-up dinner, Fan Bingbing wanted to drink with Liu Yifei, but she said, "Can you drink? How about you drink juice?"

Liu Yifei was unconvinced: "Juice? Who are you looking down on?" Then she poured a glass of red wine and clinked glasses with Fan Bingbing.

Fan Bingbing teased Liu Yifei: "You are doing well now. You have many film offers. There is another big movie waiting for you in Hollywood."

Liu Yifei said: "Hollywood has not been decided yet."

Fan Bingbing smiled and said, "Don't act with me, he dotes on you so much."

Liu Yifei blushed and smiled.

Fan Bingbing does not envy Liu Yifei, neither in her career nor in her love life. The two of them are on different paths. She even won the Tokyo Film Actress award last year and was very proud of it.

"Now that the filming is finished, you should spend more time with him. He is living alone in the countryside and must miss you." Fan Bingbing said softly.

"I'm not going. Let him eat dirt alone."

The next day, Liu Yifei flew from Shanghai to Yungang Airport.

(End of this chapter)