Chapter 186: All the braggings are revealed
November.
Xu Ming was filming "The Year of the Time", while preparing for "The Unknown" with Ning Hao.
After the audition, Ma Jiaqi's role was set for Qin Hailu, and Li Haigen decided to Wang Baoqiang.
The four main characters are decided, and there will be no problems.
Therefore, according to everyone's schedule, the startup time was finally set on December 30.
Set.
"Woooooooooooo~"
Ni Ni's sobbing kept coming.
Let her act in a crying scene. This girl is really involved in the show and she is so angry that she cries.
"It's okay, I've finished filming." "Yes, the director has called it stuck, relax."
Everyone surrounded Ni Ni to comfort her, seeing that the other party had no intention of stopping.
For a moment, everyone looked at Xu Ming.
The latter felt his vision stunned. What should he do when he looked at him?
It wasn't him who cried. "Brother Ming, say a few words, Sister Ni Ni has always listened to you." Nazha couldn't help but say. "Then let me say a few words?" Xu Ming pushed everyone away and walked to Ni Ni.
Everyone looked expectant and knew the latter's favorable impression of the former.
This kind of comforting scene is the easiest to spark love. "Crying and crying, you know that you can cry. If you can get into a show, you can't do it. What will happen in the future?" Xu Ming did not forget to give a double stake. His shout immediately made the cry stop.
It also calmed the audience down.
Hey, it works very well.
The next moment, Ni Ni cried even harder. "Forget it, you'd better stop causing trouble." Guo Fan was helpless. He could have coaxed him in ten minutes, but it might take half an hour to make the other party do this.
Help you badly? "Then I just happened to take a leave, and I will have to go back to the company later." Xu Ming touched his nose and said.
Guo Fan was stunned, his eyes as if he was a resentful woman.
The show was overwhelming again.
Xu Ming pretended to be invisible and returned to the car.
"Brother Ming, you're here just right. The media called."
Xiaojuan immediately said excitedly when she saw the boss: "The master is going to participate in "The Grandmaster" directed by Wang Jiawei, saying that there are characters there for you to keep."
That is Wang Jiawei, who is well-known in the Eurasian film industry, and the director who is known as the best at training actors.
With his hands, the actors' performances can often be transformed, and they can win awards even more easily.
"The Grandmaster"?
Xu Ming remembered Zhang Zhen's pretentious appearance before.
I finally know what the cooperation the other party is referring to is, and that's how relationships are.
"No." Xu Ming said without thinking.
"No?"
Xiaojuan was confused. Even her boss looked down on the drama directed by Wang Jiawei? "Ang, go and match Liang Chaowei and Zhang Zhen? What do you think?" Xu Ming was not interested in Wang Jiawei, nor did he have that filter.
This guy is just the same style in filming.
Actors like fucking, teams, and investors are the main focus of not letting go of any of them.
The Grandmaster of the Generation began preparing the script in 1997 and was not filmed until this year.
How many actors are no longer willing to cooperate with this guy after they work together.
A shot of one shot thirty times made the actor doubt his life. Looking back, what this guy wants, just pick it from the inside.
Isn't it easy to win a prize?
The actors didn't even play, and their emotions were so real.
And there are only three protagonists in this movie, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Zhen.
I went there myself just to be a foil.
Why do it?
"Then I will reply to the media." Xiaojuan hesitated. "No, I'll call my master and sue him." Xu Ming waved his hand.
Stop any misunderstandings in the middle.
As he said that, he asked the driver to drive to the company and called his master.
The phone was connected quickly.
"Hey, Master." "Say something if you have something to do." "I won't go to "The Grandmaster" anymore. It's okay to call me to play Ip Man." Xu Ming said. "Why don't you go to heaven? Ip Man, are you planning to replace the Cannes actor with the Hundred Flowers actor?" Uncle Benshan said angrily. "The first male is not good, at least the second male is right? I won't be able to match others if I don't help me, right?" Xu Ming said slowly.
On the other end of the phone, Uncle Benshan was silent for five seconds.
Obviously, I recalled the purpose of the apprentice's phone call and said, "That's right, if you don't want to act, just say, what are you going to do with me?"
"I'm not afraid that Master, you think I'm floating and swelling." Xu Ming smiled. "I understand, I'll help you push it back." Uncle Benshan said.
"If I don't go, I can let Senior Brother Shenyang try it. He has a great talent in comedy, and he has also settled down during this period." Xu Ming said.
Xiao Shenyang was so arrogant before, but now the higher he goes, the more he realizes that there are people outside the world and becomes more at ease. "Little Shenyang, I'll think about it." Uncle Benshan did not agree or refused, and said ambiguously. "Sure, then Master, you are busy, I'm dead." Xu Ming said. "Wait a minute, "The Laughing Jianghu" will be scheduled for the Spring Festival. Remember to spare time at that time." Uncle Benshan added.
"Okay." Xu Ming responded.
After hanging up the phone, I also arrived at the company.
As he walked in, he asked Xiaojuan beside him, "What's going on?"
"When he was talking to Huaqi Film and Television, the Internet Propaganda Department has published an article on the failure of actor transformation to director at your instructions. At present, Xu Zheng has a difficult negotiation with Light and other investors." 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 further improved.
Who would have thought that after leaving, the situation he faced would become worse.
Xu Ming did not intend to give himself a breather, and said in a deep voice: "Continue to talk to Huaqi and strive to get the copyright down. It can be accepted within two million."
The amount of compensation from the "Lost in Thailand" by the previous life light and other investors was 5 million.
But the prospects of "Lost in Thailand" are still unclear, and the box office of the previous work "Lost in Thailand" was only 37 million.
In Xu Ming's opinion, two million is already overestimated. "I understand." Xiaojuan nodded.
As he spoke, Tang Sheng walked over. "The Penguin's representative and Sohu's representative are arranged in the conference room. Are you here now?" "The materials and contract are ready, right?" Xu Ming said.
"It's ready." Tang Sheng said. "Let's go."
Xu Ming's heart was surging.
Compared with "Lost in Thailand", online ticket purchase platforms are undoubtedly more important in his opinion, and even the importance of the future lies in Qiming Entertainment.
The premise is that this website can be successful.
When I entered the conference room, two familiar faces appeared in front of me, both representatives I had seen before.
Sohu representatives are even older friends. "We have been negotiating this project for a while. Today I have prepared all the contracts. If you can decide, please make it as soon as possible. If you can't decide, I can change my partner." Xu Ming came up and set the tone, which instantly made the atmosphere in the conference room condense.
Seeing the expressions of the two representatives becoming solemn, he continued: "Speak up, Meituan has begun to incubate similar online ticketing platforms."
"Although Meituan is currently not as good as you two, they are easy to turn around and start with local life services. If you really need to concentrate your efforts, I don't think we will have much advantage."
He knew very well that even if his business was brought to Sohu and Penguin's investment, it would not attract the attention of their headquarters.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
There are many small projects worth tens of millions of dollars every year in Penguin.
But the meaning of joining Meituan is different.
Xu Ming looked around at the two: "In my opinion, Meituan's joining is not only a threat, but also a favorable situation. Their value of this market means that there is great potential for this market."
"When we start from now on, we have a first-mover advantage. The key is whether we can grasp this first-mover advantage."
I am greedy if others are afraid of me, but I am even more greedy if others are greedy.
As long as the online ticketing platform is done well, it is no less than Yifang Cinema.
It is obviously impossible for Qiming Entertainment to buy theaters. It may be possible to seize this opportunity and may not be able to become a giant in the future.
Yes, it was just that the princes along the way were far from meeting Xu Ming's expectations.
Relying on China's huge film and television market, there is actually great potential to be tapped.
But Huayi and Orange Sky's top companies all focus on finance and watch their roots rot.
In other words, they are also one of the things that fuel the fire. "I think it's not a problem to have the advantage with Mr. Xu's ability."
The Sohu representative immediately stated: "We, Sohu, have always been firmly on your side."
No, he followed Xu Ming to bet and has made a lot of achievements so far.
From the previous gains, even if Xu Ming is outrageous, he dares to follow him and bet.
Xu Ming looked at the representative of the penguin.
The latter is still digesting the information that Meituan may enter, feeling the former's gaze, and said decisively: "I appear here because I am based on trust in you."
Xu Ming nodded with satisfaction.
The traffic of Sohu and Penguin is the key to the early development of online ticketing websites. "We have counted the costs of technology development, ground promotion teams, marketing promotion, etc., and the preliminary investment is estimated to be between 50 million and 60 million, and the temporary 60 million is set." "Qi Ming invested 30 million and invested in technology, with a share of 60%. You two companies each have 20% and one has 15 million. Is there any problem?" Xu Ming asked.
The account splits of "33 Days of Love Break" have been successively entered Qi Ming's account, as well as "Love Apartment" and "Shocking Heart".
The remaining membership fees collected by Qiming Network are tens of millions in total.
Qiming Entertainment is currently extremely cash flowing.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have urged Tang Sheng to find projects that need investment every day.
Money lies in the account and cannot be used to make money, it is almost like waste paper.
So in addition to investing, the company is also constantly buying real estate.
Nowadays, many people look down on the housing prices in Beijing and think that they have reached their peak, but Xu Ming is very clear that it will have to rise for another ten years.
It really takes money, and using it to mortgage is another cash flow.
As for some wilder ways to play, he used a mortgage loan to buy real estate mortgage, he thought about it and refused.
The risk is too great, and even Xu belts will collapse in the future. It is better to be cautious. "I have it." Sohu representative raised his hand.
"Say." Xu Ming raised his eyebrows. "We can spend more funds to help brothers share the burden." Sohu representative said. "No, we penguins are not bad at this."
The penguin representative smiled reservedly, his face full of expressions of who is a brother to you.
Before, everyone could barely call him brother.
Now Penguin’s market value is almost approaching US$50 billion, and Sohu’s market value is less than US$10 billion, which is four times the difference.
Sohu's expression was stagnant. If it weren't for the boss' immersed in the beautiful yacht, who would be the old man now might be.
Alas, it's a pity that when Xiaoma came to Sohu's door to sell Penguin, his boss did not agree, otherwise...
"That's it. The early development of PC and WAP stations will be handed over to your teams. In addition, the payment system must be connected with Tenpay on Penguin. I suggest Alibaba's Alipay also introduce it."
Xu Ming paused, "After all, we need to give users convenience, not let users adapt to us."
He was worried that the Penguin asked to choose one of two. "Okay, we understand this." said the Penguin representative.
Ali and Penguin are both in the market expansion in offline payment, and are not yet at the level of choosing one of two.
"Well, I hope that the advertisements of Sohu Portal can be converted into cash for replacement, and Penguin's pop-up window will be placed."
"In the early stage, I will connect with theaters such as Wanda, Star Mei, and China Film and other theaters to attract audiences with offline tickets, similar to watching movies in 9.9. I believe they also want to cultivate more audiences to enter the movies."
The focus of Xu Mingla’s cooperation between the two companies is on replacing advertisements.
Just let’s talk about the home page recommendation position of Sohu Entertainment Channel, at least 6 million yuan per year, and Penguin’s pop-up advertisements are not promoted by their own people.
Offline ticket reimbursement is a big killer for ticketing websites to burn money to expand the market.
Without the early stage there is no competitor, it can acquire users at extremely low cost.
With Meituan not entering the market, Xu Ming planned to make a small spoil first.
Five million miles, at least 30 million, are planned to use this part. "In addition, if possible, I hope to connect to Penguin Space and make a friend's movie viewing list. After purchasing tickets, users can choose to post their recent movie viewing records and score them." Xu Ming said.
Hearing this proposal, the two representatives were excited.
This is planned to grab the Douban market together.
Online ticketing and film and television scoring, if this really happens, it will be considered the overlord of the sub-sector field.
Not to mention whether it can be achieved, the blueprint drawn by Xu Ming is enough to make them submit a mission 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 randomly named him. No matter how it is, it's better than Maoyan Movies and Weipiaoer.com.
Yes, Weipiaoer was a similar product from Penguin later.
After signing the contract, Xu Ming sent the two to the elevator.
Dingdong!
The elevator door opened, and a woman wearing sunglasses walked out of the room, accompanied by an assistant, with a strong aura.
"Sister Fei?"
Xu Ming reacted, "Come and record the song?"
"Well, your music director called me here. Aren't you making a movie?" Wang Fei glanced at Penguin and Sohu representatives and asked. "Come back and discuss cooperation." Xu Ming watched the two of them into the elevator, waved his hand, then turned around and walked back with Wang Fei.
In the elevator, the two looked at each other.
You can actually meet the queen of heaven by chance. All the cowhide that Xu Ming brags for them before is revealed at this moment.
No wonder people dare to pat their chests to ensure they can get the pre-order ticket authorization for Wang Fei's concert. You can tell that they have a close relationship by looking at the tone of their speech.
(This chapter ends)