Chapter 45: Help him look decent
The conflict between Guan Ling and Huayi did not break out at the airport, but because Wang Zhongjun thought that their Huayi was big and wanted to stuff people into Guan Ling’s crew caused.
In this regard, China Film has done a good job. After all, it does not have an artist manager, and Mr. Han will not ask for favors on his own.
But Huayi, taking advantage is not enough.
When allocating investment shares in "Hearing Girl", Wang Zhongjun had discussed the character issue many times. Guan Ling made it very clear that this was his first movie in Hollywood, so he would only use a Chinese character. , everything else is like Hollywood actors.
But Wang Zhongjun regarded his words as farts.
Guan Ling understands that Chinese people are now eager to go to Hollywood, but he does not accept his kidnapping. Do Huayi artists have anything to do with him? Never slept again!
In the movie theater where he is the main controller, he is the tyrant!
So he kicked Huayi out directly.
Logically speaking, the matter has come to an end here. Wang Zhongjun knows why and Guan Ling also knows why. It’s okay for everyone to stop cooperating for the time being and go their separate ways.
There are so many production and distribution companies in the entertainment industry, and Huayi also has a small steel cannon. This is a general they spent a lot of money to poach from Mr. Han. They don't have to cooperate with Ling. Things can be done. That's it.
But Huayi saw the popularity of "Suspect" and her eyes were red. After all, he had made money, and he wanted to make more.
People are always like this, too greedy.
So Huayi first contacted China Film and then took the initiative to contact Guan Ling, trying to get Guan Ling’s forgiveness and maintain the cooperative relationship. Although it happened twice, why should Guan Ling forgive?
Licking a dog is not respected.
The control of the matter is in Guan Ling's hands. To Guan Ling, he is the master. Therefore, whether to forgive or not is Guan Ling's own choice.
Others want to make money and use his car. There are many distribution and production companies. Why does Guan Ling have to bring Huayi with him?
Liu Xuande asked Zhuge Liang to visit the thatched cottage three times. Why did you Huayi apologize to me twice?
Guan Ling ignored him, but the other person got really anxious! He actually used off-board moves directly on Guan Ling.
Since Guan Ling now has a close relationship with China Film Group, the other party does not dare to directly criticize him, but flatters him!
"Hearing Girl" was originally designed to compete for Oscars. Logically speaking, if you close your eyes for a whole moment, it will pass away as if you haven't seen it. But Guan Ling was very unhappy.
As a time traveler, can I still be bullied by you?
But Guan Ling is really different from ordinary people.
Before the Imperial Army came, they were bullied, and they were bullied again after the Imperial Army arrived. Then didn’t the Imperial Army come in vain?
Wouldn’t time travel be in vain?
Guan Ling made a phone call with Han Sanye and confirmed the release dates of several Huayi movies. The night banquet can no longer be kept up with. The latest one is Baby Project on September 29th, controlled by the Emperor. Huayi’s investment share accounts for half. It is considered a co-production between the Mainland and Hong Kong, and the director is from Hong Kong. The starring role is Brother Cheng Long, and Mr. Ping Ping Wu Qi will also star.
“That’s it.”
Guan Ling narrowed his eyes, he was going to make a movie to snipe him.
Guan Ling has watched this Baby Project in his previous life, and it is a decent comedy healing film, actually not bad at all.
So the movie chosen for sniper cannot be too bad.
Logically speaking, sniping between movies will not be good for both parties, because it will cause the box office of both parties to not reach the highest level, which is detrimental to both parties.
But Guan Ling just wants to do it, and if he doesn't do it, Guan Ling feels upset.
Just like business wars, reality is often more absurd than the virtual world, and high-end business wars often adopt the most unpretentious methods.
What does everyone think business war is? It was a man who was strategizing and calling his subordinates to short-sell his stocks - intrigues, strategizing, betting with tens of billions of dollars...
This is a false business war.
Real business wars are extremely simple. The chairman personally takes secret photos, breaks into the office to steal official seals, poisons competitors, hires people to unplug network cables in rival companies, writes short essays about the other party's chairman, and so on.
The same is true in the entertainment industry. The most real business war in the entertainment industry is to block people, release negative information, let fans fight, etc.
But Guan Ling is the director, and Huayi, a production and distributor, really doesn’t have the ability to deal with him.
But Guan Ling can do them the other way around.
Aren’t you investing? Aren’t you rich? I'll snipe you and see how much money you can make!
I asked about the investment in the other party's baby project, which is about 130 million Hong Kong dollars. This amount is relatively large. I wonder if it is because of Cheng Long's high salary.
But according to this investment, even if it is a little watery, it will take at least 300 million for Huayi to make money.
Guan Ling felt that they were quite embarrassing, but he was prepared to ask Huayi to pay more, at least he would have to spit out what the suspect had earned for him. Otherwise, Guan Ling would feel sick just thinking about it.
I want to release the movie on September 29, but now there are less than four months left. With review and crew preparation, as well as post-editing and other work, Guan Ling must shoot the movie within forty days. complete.
Before, Guan Ling had already considered that he could not just make movies blindly. To a large extent, he would be working entirely for China Film. Although a certain degree of profit sharing was necessary, it had always been limited to At the director's level, Guan Ling will lose too much profit. As for running a company, Guan Ling didn't have much experience in his past life.
But Guan Ling can control the direction. He has previously considered the need to lay out theater chains and online O2O channels. In his previous life, Maoyan directly became one of the largest film and television companies with distribution licenses based on this. one.
The current Lingyun Media still needs to evolve.
Guan Ling had previously planned to buy Penguin's shares, but later gave up because the timing of Guan Ling's rebirth was wrong. In 2005, Tencent's shares had exceeded 40 yuan, and once exceeded 3 yuan in 2007. Hundreds, and Guan Ling knew clearly that after the Great Recession in 2008, Tencent's stock price plummeted, falling to more than ten yuan.
Therefore, 2008 is a better time to acquire Tencent.
This is also the reason why Guan Ling dared to invest 35 million in "Da Ming" before, because it would not affect his investment career.
As for theaters, Guan Ling knows that Dadi Group will start to "encircle the cities from the countryside" this year. They will start from second- and third-tier cities and gradually begin to lay out the top three domestic theaters in the future, and even the second largest Dadi Cinema. Wire.
At present, Dadi Film Investment Company has been established, and the license for Dadi Cinemas will not be obtained until two years later. At this time, they can only invest in the construction of cinemas. Therefore, if Guan Ling brings his own director influence and It is very possible for film and television works to join.
In this case, it will be helpful for the cooperation between Guan Ling and Dadi to make one more big-money movie this year.
Moreover, the founders of Dadi Cinemas started out on the Internet. Guan Ling remembers that they were the first company to make a ticket purchase website, HaPiao.com, but they did not compete with others in the wave of competition. success.
When the Internet trend came later, Guan Ling could invest or take shares. As long as he occupied the Internet platform, Guan Ling could realize a closed loop in the entertainment chain of production, distribution, screening, and the Internet, and truly form a unified network.
Of course, this is a better vision. Guan Ling even considered recruiting some well-known directors from his previous life and then starting an artist agency. Artists cannot be praised for nothing, and they will be used to make money for others.
It's just that Guan Ling was obsessed with filming the movie and didn't calm down to consider this matter.
The Huayi incident is a wake-up call.
Guan Ling thought he needed to take action.
Guan Ling can only be a director, which is due to his own skills, but he is never willing to be just a director. In the wave of more than ten years, Guan Ling, who is familiar with the development of the world behind him, has to be a careerist.
He wants to start an entertainment empire!
And Huayi is just an insignificant stumbling block on this road!
"Director Han, I have a new script here. Show it to me and review the project as soon as possible. I will start filming this month."
After Guan Ling thought everything through, he gave Han Third Master made a phone call.
"Hey, this is great. Some directors can't make a movie for a year or two. You just finished filming here and you have a new movie?"
Han The third master was very happy. He had made a lot of money recently. He looked at Guan Ling as if he was seeing a money tree.
"Yes, after I called you to ask about the schedule, I came up with a last-minute idea." Guan Ling said calmly.
The other side pondered for a while and asked, "Are you going to release it before the National Day?"
The old fox is an old fox, and he immediately understood the implication of Guan Ling's words.
"Director Han is really cool."
"Actually, there is no need to be like this. If the movie does not do well at the box office, we will also suffer, right?" Mr. Han was also a little frightened by Guan Ling's temper. He did not expect Guan Ling to come. Such a thing.
He wants to make good domestic movies. He does not advocate this kind of sniper fights.
Mr. Han is actually quite dissatisfied with Huayi's actions, but the Wang brothers are the leaders in the film field in the Beijing circle, and it is difficult for Mr. Han to come forward.
"Director Han, you don't have to persuade me, I know what I'm doing."
Guan Ling said slowly on the phone, "Uninvited visitors before were based on suspense and quality. To win, the suspects are acting and reputation. This time, I will continue to try Huayi’s movies with a small cost.”
“The country has been pursuing commercial films, but many old ones have. A generation of directors don’t know how to make commercial films, and they don’t understand where commercialism is.”
“Then I’ll show them what a popcorn movie is.”
"If Huayi is decent, I will let him be decent. But if he is not, then I will help him be decent."
In the China Film Building, Mr. Han was sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of tea. Blow, it's a bit hot.
The phone was placed aside, and Guan Ling's voice slowly came from the other end of the phone,
"I originally wanted to take a rest, but now I'm going to take some random pictures. Some people have to learn to shut up."< br>
(End of this chapter)