Chapter 177 Brothers compete and win at the same time
At night, the group drove back to the capital, and the trunk was filled with Pinggu’s specialty—peach juice.
The purpose of today’s visit was achieved.
The crew of "Wulin Gaiden" became visibly excited after learning that their drama had a promising future, and everyone drank a lot more.
At the same time, it also gave Zhang Chen an intuitive understanding of the drinking capacity of people with military skills.
Soldiers are really good at drinking. Even if they are art soldiers, they are still soldiers.
In the car, Dong Jianqiang suddenly said: "Zhang Chen, I want to do distribution~"
"Huh?"
Thinking that Zhang Chen didn't hear clearly, Dong Jianqiang said again: “I said I wanted to do distribution.”
“I heard that, and I asked why I suddenly wanted to do distribution?”
Upon hearing this, Dong Jianqiang looked out of the car and smiled sarcastically: "You know, I used to work in distribution when I was at Raytheon, and I am most familiar with this area.
When I first came to Xingchen Entertainment, Xingchen Entertainment is a production company and a new company. It doesn't matter whether it is involved in distribution.
But it's different now.
You are a billionaire director, and every film of the company is a hit. , but I feel sad when I see 15% of the issuance fee taken away by others every time."
When Dong Jianqiang said this, Zhang Chen also smiled.
"Just do it if you want to, I have no objection."
Zhang Chen also believes that a good company must walk on two legs, production and distribution.
What Dong Jianqiang said is right. Don’t underestimate his own Star Entertainment, but every movie is a big hit. With this confidence, it is simply childish to use it to incubate a distribution company.
Of course, you have to take your time. The distribution network is not that easy to build.
However, we can jointly distribute with giants like China Film and Television. After a few movies, we will have the experience and manpower, and then we can try independent distribution.
In fact, if possible, he would even like to do it in theaters.
There is no anti-monopoly law in China, so you can walk on three or even multiple legs. Wanda and Xingmei did this in their previous lives.
It’s just that theater chains are asset-heavy and are not within his reach at this stage.
......
The next day, Zhang Chen and Ning Hao met at the airport, and they were about to leave for Portugal.
The Porto International Fantastic Film Festival is about to open, and he has received invitations even when he comes.
Porto International Fantasy Film Festival is the largest film festival in Portugal and one of the three largest fantasy film festivals in the world. It is still very recognized in the industry.
Of course, the reputation is definitely not as good as Oscar and the three majors.
Zhang Chen came here this time because his "Shark Beach" was nominated for best picture, and "Eden" was nominated for best director, and "Shark Beach" was also the opening film of the film festival. Ning Hao was nominated for best picture for "Into Darkness 2".
"Brother, I hope your "Dark Invasion 2" can win an award..."
Zhang Chen has always been very practical, and winning awards is basically for box office.
Now "Black 2" is being released. If it wins an award, it will definitely have a positive effect on the box office.
Is it because the box office soared after the Silver Bear was released that I didn’t watch "Peacock"?
If "Shark Tank" wins an award, it will at most have some effect on the overseas box office.
But the overseas rights have been sold to Colombia a long time ago, and the box office performance is only good for him but not good.
Maybe, but indirectly.
……
In China, Dong Jianqiang came to the company early as usual.
Ever since I told Zhang Chen yesterday that he wanted to form a publishing team, he has been thinking about it.
He actually wanted to compete with Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao used tricks to force him out of Wireless, saying that it was impossible to say that he didn't have a grudge in his heart.
But the two parties are now in a cooperative relationship, so it’s hard for him to come out openly.
You are doing distribution, I can also do it myself~
As far as he knows, the distribution model Zhang Zhao is working on is different from the previous distribution model, it is called Diwang Distribution .
To put it bluntly, it is man-to-man tactics.
This method is actually quite backward.
A large number of manpower need to be recruited to station across the country.
But there are also advantages to doing this. People's hearts are made of flesh. A person who raises his head every day but never lowers his head to see him. Every day when his elder brother and younger brother call him, if something happens to him, no one can do it. Turn your back on others.
The core of Diwang Distribution is this, the binding of relationships.
Dong Jianqiang also discussed this form with Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen clearly rejected it.
Diwang distribution is very useful at this stage, but in a few years the ticket purchasing software will come out. Once the ticket purchasing software appears, it will be equivalent to the Achilles heel of Diandi distribution.
Taopiaopiao, in the few years since Maoyan came out, I had never heard of underground network issuance, which directly took away 80% of the offline ticket purchase business.
Dong Jianqiang entered the company and got the breakfast brought for him from the front desk.
This is a long-standing habit.
I walked into my office carrying my breakfast. The office had already been cleaned.
The ashtray was overturned and the day's newspapers were neatly placed.
Reading newspapers every day is a habit he has developed, especially the entertainment section.
Although it is filled with a lot of fake news, there are always some clues.
Today, I was reading the newspaper while eating breakfast, but as I flipped through it, Dong Jianqiang slowed down.
He stopped eating, wiped his hands with a tissue, and looked through it quickly. The sound of newspapers being flipped in the office is endless.
No, something is wrong~
Dong Jianqiang flipped through several newspapers in succession. Why did he feel that there were many more negative reports about "Dark Invasion 2" today.
Afraid of making a mistake, Dong Jianqiang read through the newspapers he had read again, and finally determined that there were indeed many more negative reports.
Someone is organizing to smear "Black 2", this is the first thought that comes to Dong Jianqiang's mind.
He subconsciously wanted to pick up the phone and call Zhang Chen, but as soon as he dialed a few numbers, he remembered that Zhang Chen was on the plane at this time.
Even China Mobile cannot make calls.
After a second thought, I called Zhang Zhao again.
Although the two of them don't deal with each other, business is more important at this time.
As the main publisher of this release, they must know that Ray is being deliberately targeted.
It depends on how they are prepared to deal with it.
Zhang Zhaoye was with Wang Changtian when Dong Jianqiang called. He also found out and was discussing countermeasures when the call from Xingchen Entertainment came.
"We must find out who is behind us..."
Wang Changtian did not dare to take this matter lightly.
This is the first time that Enlight has taken the lead in distributing a film, and it is Zhang Chen’s film.
If he fails this time, he may lose the opportunity to continue to cooperate with Zhang Chen in the future.
......
Film festival, the host announced in broken English: "The winner of the best film at this Porto International Fantasy Film Festival is - "Dark Invasion 2", congratulations You~~”
With the host’s announcement, the spotlight fell near Ning Hao.
At this time, Ning Hao was extremely excited, clenching his hands into fists, showing his excitement.
"Brother, congratulations~"
Zhang Chen laughed at himself, "Dark Invasion 2" and "Shark Beach" were both nominated for best picture, but they never won.
But he was equally happy that his good brother won the award, and he stood up and hugged Ning Hao.
After hugging, I found that the latter seemed to be still immersed in excitement, so I reminded him with a smile: "Okay, brother, you have to go up~"
Ning Hao was so excited when he woke up from a dream. So much so that I even forgot to go on stage.
After straightening his clothes, Ning Hao walked quickly onto the podium and gave his acceptance speech.
When he came back with the trophy, Zhang Chen was about to come over to play with it, and the superior announced again: "The winner of the Best Director of this Fantasy Film Festival is..."
This This time he deliberately made a long note to whet his appetite.
Then the answer was finally announced: ""Lake Eden", Steve Zhang~~"
Steve Zhang is Zhang Chen's English name.
Zhang Chen stood up with a smile, and Ning Hao next to him also put down the trophy and hugged his good brother.
"It's your turn, that's great. None of us brothers are empty-handed..."
Amidst Ning Hao's jokes, Zhang Chen walked onto the stage and took the trophy from the guests. , read out the speech.
At the same time, the news spread back to China.
To be honest, the Porto International Fantastic Film Festival is not well-known in the country. Not only it, but also the three major fantasy film festivals are the same.
Apart from the Oscars, only the three major ones in China are somewhat well-known, and the others, even the San Garno and Tokyo Film Festival, are not well-known.
So there were not many reporters who came directly.
But just one is enough.
Zhang Chen and Ning Hao won Best Director and Best Film one after another, which is somewhat news.
Online media is the fastest. Ten minutes later, the most prominent banner ad on Sina.com became Zhang Chenninghao and Portugal Yang Wei, winning the grand prize.
Those who didn’t know thought it was the Olympics.
The next day, the media blocked Zhang Chen at the airport as he returned to Beijing.
It’s a pity that Zhang Chen is the only one.
The reporters were a little confused, but they would not give up the opportunity: "Director Zhang Chen, the news said that you and Director Ning Hao won the best film and best director at the Portuguese Fantasy Film Festival. What do you think? ?”
“Ah, I am very excited, and Director Ning Hao is also very excited.”
"What about director Ning Hao?"
"Oh, he flew directly to Hong Kong. The distribution company there invited him to promote the movie, but he asked me to tell you that he was very excited and also I hope everyone will report more about "Dark Invasion 2", which was the best film at the Porto International Fantasy Film Festival and beat "Shark Beach". Everyone should go and watch it. This is a very good movie."
< br>After speaking, Zhang Chen hurriedly evacuated. This is not a good place for interviews. After a while, security will come to chase people away.
No need to guess, media reporters can accurately block here. How did they know his flight number?
It can only be Dong Jianqiang.
Dong Jianqiang loves doing this the most.
However, he didn’t waste the other party’s good intentions. At least he mentioned "Dark 2", which was considered as an effort to promote the movie.
At this time, there was a strange scene in the airport. Zhang Chen was running in front, and a lot of media reporters were chasing behind him with guns and cannons, and then came the airport security guards.
......
At this time, Ning Hao had landed in Hong Kong an hour ago, and he was not chased or intercepted here.
Although the paparazzi reporters in Hong Kong are more powerful, they never expected that Ning Hao would come to Hong Kong at this time.
(End of this chapter)