Chapter 588: De-simplification of movies, sell-off
Lin Nan became the first mainland director to be nominated for four Oscars.
This news completely ignited the entire domestic film and television industry in just one day.
From the film bureau to ordinary netizens, everyone is discussing it. The film and television entertainment industry is the most restless.
In the past few days, Liu Yifei has been teased by many people, asking her to prepare a dress for the Oscars red carpet and "go out" with Lin Nan.
Even many of Ms. Liu's brands took the initiative to ask, and the meaning was very clear. Dresses, jewelry, and accessories can all be prepared in advance.
Lin Nan couldn’t help but wonder, should these brands give him a reward?
Finally, he miraculously discovered that because of him, many more high-end brands had recently come to Hongxingwu to discuss cooperation!
As New Year’s Eve approaches, the atmosphere of the New Year becomes more and more intense.
Several domestic films that have attracted much attention have also come to an end.
"Private Order" ended with 713 million, and "New Police Story 2013" had a total box office of 534 million. These two movies are the top two in the Lunar New Year festival.
At this point, the Spring Festival is about to begin.
"Is Director Lin coming to the company's annual meeting tonight?"
Lin Nan didn't go to the company for several days because there were many media reporters squatting downstairs.
Just stop him once, but this group of people still enjoy it time and time again!
"Forget it, if I go, everyone will not have a good time. Is everything connected with South Korea?"
Hearing Lin Nan's question, Yue Jun smiled and said:
“Everything is done, T-ara, KARA, AOA, Girls’ Generation, f(x), SISTAR, that’s all, enough for a three-hour performance.”
Maybe he thought of something, Yue Jun Continue to add:
“Korean Wave is so crazy now. All David TV New Year’s Eve parties are hosted by boy groups and girl groups. That is, our company invited these girl groups to specially adjust their schedules.”
Lin Nan nodded, Yue Jun was right.
South Korean girl groups and boy groups have almost swept the domestic market, with countless fans. Many entertainment companies in the mainland have no power to fight back.
After confirming with Yue Jun again that there was no problem with the premiere of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", Lin Nan hung up the phone.
In the outside world, information in the film and television industry is constantly being refreshed.
Yu Zheng personally promoted the launch ceremony of the new drama. Starlight followed closely behind, and the news quickly occupied the headlines.
"Co-produced by CCTV, Dongyang Film and Television, etc., and produced by Yuzheng Studio, the costume TV series "The Legend of Ban Shu" was officially launched this morning at Hengdian Film and Television City."
"Jing Tian stepped off the big screen for the first time , will play the role of the heroine Ban Shu, and we look forward to her wonderful performance.”
Lin Nan was stunned for a moment when he saw this news. He actually thought of Ni Huang in the previous "Nirvana in Fire". The role of the princess.
It seems that Jingtian can do it too? After all, she played a female general in "Warring States"!
“What a pity.”
After all, "Legend of Ban Shu" was a project decided a few months ago. When Lin Nan was casting for "Nirvana in Fire", he naturally didn't think about her.
Thinking about it carefully now, Jing Tian can indeed be a candidate for Princess Nihuang, at least he is younger than Liu Tao!
"It's really a pity."
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At 11 o'clock at noon, Liu Yifei ran to Lin Nan with a smile on her face and asked him:
"Would you like to go out to dinner with me? Someone is treating you."
Lin Nan was a little confused: "Who is it? You or me?"
"Of course I'm going to be treated, you can count on me at best" Family members can come and eat and drink."
Liu Yifei said with a bright smile.
Seeing that Lin Nan still looked confused, Miss Liu smiled and explained: "Xie Nan has received the certificate, and I want to treat everyone to a big dinner."
Good guys, Wu Gan and Xie Nan received the certificates quietly? There is no sound at all outside!
"Who is there?" Lin Nan asked.
"It's Liu Yan and the others. Well, Xie Nan invited her alone, so the man doesn't know about it."
Liu Yifei blinked and looked at Lin Nan.
"Then I won't go, they are all women."
Lin Nan shook his head, what would he say if he went? Is it really like following Liu Yifei to eat and drink?
“You really don’t want to go?”
Liu Yifei raised her chin lightly, pretending to look threatening.
“I won’t go.” Lin Nan was very determined.
“Hmph, don’t pull me down, I’ll do it myself, you’ll be hungry.”
After saying this, Liu Yifei led her army, turned around proudly, and prepared to go back and change clothes.
Lin Nan looked at her slim figure walking away, smiled and shook his head, "Wu Gan's movements are very fast."
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Afternoon At that time, Wu Gan and Xie Nan disclosed the news of obtaining the certificate on Weibo, making the film and television industry even more lively before New Year's Eve.
However, the most eye-catching ones are Zhang Yimou's "Return" and Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", which were also announced to be completed and entered post-production at the same time.
The film industry can predict that these two works by great directors will be released within this year.
Other companies have to think carefully when setting schedules.
Lin Nan Pictures, Tiangong Colors and Shanhai Media have hosted many popular first-line girl groups at their annual conferences for two consecutive years.
This "grand occasion" has really attracted a lot of attention from the entertainment industry and the Internet. Many media are stationed outside, fighting each other.
Weibo has become a platform for real-time updates.
"It's the time of Lin Nan Pictures' annual meeting again. Last year, the screen was full of long legs, and it's the same this year! Brothers, look at the pictures and videos..."
"T-ara is sexier than SNSD ..."
"Shit, Yoona is the most beautiful!"
"F(x)'s leader Song Qian is so flexible!"
"I want to fight! Ten..."
"Am I the only one who wonders, why not hire a boy group? Super Junior, EXO... Lin Nan Pictures is not short of money."
"The boy group is too girly! Director Lin doesn't like it."
"What are you talking about upstairs? Don't insult our family..."
"Don't argue, don't argue, just focus on your legs and watch..."
...
Lin Nan glanced at the excitement in the media and Weibo, and stopped reading. They were all "perverts".
Most people in the industry are still lamenting the wealth of Lin Nan Pictures, which has thrown away tens of millions again.
“Go to bed early, we have something to do tomorrow.”
After muttering something, Lin Nan went to bed decisively.
The next day.
Lin Nan was woken up by the alarm clock early in the morning.
Today’s headlines in the film and television industry, you don’t have to guess, it must be the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Huayi Group and the general meeting of shareholders. The annual meeting is just incidental.
After all, Huayi is the first independently listed film and television company in the domestic film and television industry, and it is now the leader among private film and television companies.
Generally, company annual meetings are held in the evening, which is more appropriate and lively.
But obviously Huayi's focus this time is the company's 20th anniversary celebration and shareholders' meeting, so it has to be held in the morning, which has a better meaning.
At around nine o'clock, Lin Nan, who was dressed in casual clothes, did not bring an assistant, but drove directly to the destination - the five-star hotel contracted by Huayi.
Not to mention, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei created quite a scene this time.
In addition to the banners outside the hotel, there is also a 20-meter red carpet with hundreds of square meters of potted flowers on both sides.
A large number of hostesses and security personnel, as well as dozens of media, were busy outside the venue.
Filmmakers, producers, actors and stars in the industry who have relationships with Huayi, or who have collaborated or been invited, entered the venue one by one. Most of them are big names, including many celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many people from the financial circle and Internet companies are also among them.
"Director Lin, congratulations. I must win the Oscar at the beginning of March."
"Thank you, Director Xu, for being so polite."
Lin Nan is with Xu The guests arrived together and walked down the red carpet together.
The two followed the hostess until they arrived at the decorated banquet hall.
Looking around, there are probably two to three hundred seats in a neat and orderly manner, and a big screen and a podium have been prepared on the rostrum.
Many people turned around and noticed Lin Nan and Xu Ke.
Lin Nan also saw clearly some people in the circle, and could only say that Hua Yi was worthy of being Hua Yi.
They stopped signing new artists a long time ago. The artists here all started at least in the third tier.
The hostess in the venue took Lin Nan and Xu Ke to the first row.
On the way, Lin Nan saw the Sword Sect, Feng Shaofeng, Chen He, Shu Qi, Liu Jialing, Fan Wei, Bai Baihe, Feng Yuanzang, Zhang Hanyu... there were no little stars.
In the first row, on the left of Lin Nan were Zhang Jizhong and Feng Xiaogang, and on the right were Gu Changwei and Zhang Guoli. He could only chat with Gu Changwei for a few words.
About half an hour later, the venue was full of people, and Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei also stepped onto the podium at the invitation of the emcee.
“It’s begun.” Lin Nan muttered in his heart.
“Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the 20th anniversary celebration of Huayi Company and the Huayi Group Shareholders’ Meeting.”
"As early as when Huayi was listed, we wanted to hold a conference to talk about the direction of the group's development, but we could never make up our mind.
To this day, taking advantage of the 20th anniversary, we decided to All shareholders, as well as colleagues in the industry and media, talk about the development plan of Huayi Group..."
At this time, a line of words has appeared on the big screen:
"Go to the single development of movies route".
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There was a moment of noise on the field, and everyone had different reactions.
"Go to a single movie..."
Lin Nan was also chanting these words, with a strange expression on his face.
To be honest, this route is really good and allows Hua Yi to walk on several more legs.
But a very core problem is that the "de-simplification of film development route" is easy to go astray in practice, and even strengthen branches and weaken trunks, and lose the foundation.
Sure enough, Wang Zhonglei above started to get to the point.
“In fact, we have been working on ‘de-simplification of movies’ since the company went public, and we just publicly announced it to everyone today.
It has been more than three years since the company went public, and We have let go of more than 70 artists who have direct management contracts with Huayi, all of whom are second-tier or above. In the future, we will no longer engage in artist management business, but will switch to a model of jointly opening studios with artists.
Profits from movies and TV series are limited, and production and artist operating costs are rising significantly. In the future, the artist management business will be eliminated from the group's core business.
< br>Cultural towns, theme parks, tourism, games, Internet, finance, electronic products...these will become the new and main direction of the group's development..."
Wang Zhonglei spoke excitedly from above, and countless people below applauded equally excitedly.
Lin Nan heard something from Wang Zhonglei's words. "Strengthening branches and weakening trunks" and "weakening the film and television industry sector" may not be Huayi's final results.
It is very likely that when they are taking the "de-movie-oriented development route", as time goes by, it will become a "de-film-oriented development route", and the word "single" will disappear.
Although he had been mentally prepared, Lin Nan still felt a little dazed when he heard Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei's "passionate speeches" in person.
Huayi was listed in the name of a film and television company. How much praise and expectations did the officials give it!
But now they are actually going to fields such as real estate, finance, the Internet, and games.
And it seems that Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei want to regard the film and television industry as the "mother body" and support other "businesses" vigorously, but they do not want to continue to invest too many resources in the "mother body", or even weaken it!
"That's right. Industries such as real estate, the Internet, finance, and games are all great. You can earn far more and faster than doing film and television!" Lin Nan said in his heart, speechless.
For a full hour and a half, the most important point of "de-simplification of movies" was finished.
Then, the annual shareholder dividend session officially began.
Almost everyone knows that Lin Nan holds a large number of Huayi shares, far exceeding those of Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Jizhong, Zhang Guoli and others, and has not sold them in these years.
But when he once again received an additional stock dividend of 1.2 million shares, everyone was still a little shocked, and they also had questions:
"How many stocks does Lin Nan have to be able to pay for it all at once?" Sex dividends are so huge?”
But this also shows another thing. Huayi has really made money in other fields, and it is indeed right to “de-simplify movies”!
The last part is Huayi’s annual meeting, which is also the most grand and lively banquet part.
Lin Nan didn't stay long. After chatting with Li Bingbing and Zhang Hanyu for a while, he found an excuse and left.
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The reaction speed of the financial market is really fast.
The morning before yesterday, after the 20th anniversary celebration and shareholders’ meeting of Huayi, the “de-simplification of film development route” was also spread.
As a result, Huayi's stock price jumped up in response, and it has soared for two consecutive days.
Liu Yifei rubbed her fat orange and looked at Lin Nan, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, sometimes frowning and sometimes thinking, feeling a little confused.
"What's wrong with you today? The premiere of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is coming in a few days. Are you worried about the box office?"
While talking, Liu Yifei said With bare feet, he stepped on the carpet and ran to Lin Nan in two or three steps.
She felt relieved when she touched Lin Nan's forehead with her white and warm hands, and then her own.
“It’s not burned?” Liu Yifei muttered.
Lin Nan raised his head and smiled at the girl:
"Why should I worry about the box office? Even if I fail, what can I do? I was thinking about something just now, but now I have made a decision ”
“What are you thinking about?” Liu Yifei sat down next to Lin Nan.
Lin Nan did not answer directly, but asked instead: "How about I give you a car? As a New Year gift."
Liu Yifei smiled sweetly: "Well, sure. Why do you suddenly have this idea? There happens to be another place in my garage, no, there are more places here, haha..."
Lin Nan didn't answer, but took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. A few seconds later.
"Director Lin?"
"Today, what is the stock price at this moment?"
"Huayi's stock price has hit the limit for two consecutive days, and it is now 41 yuan and 6 cents. 5. You have 14.86 million shares...do you want to trade? "
"Trade"
Liu Yifei's eyes widened and she looked at Lin Nan, are you really buying a car?
Lin Nan raised his eyebrows at her, and Miss Liu winked with her right eye, giving her a playful wink.
“Are you going to transfer, or go to the secondary market?”
“In the secondary market, 3.86 million shares.”
“Okay, Director Lin. Because the stock price It is still rising, and it does not rule out that the increase or the stock price will fall during the sell-off period, so the final trading volume will be different from what is expected now
But Huayi's market is very good, so the selling time should be very fast, and the final transaction volume will only be higher..."
"Well, let's sell it. "
Lin Nan hung up the phone, looked at Liu Yifei, and said with a smile:
"Fortunately, I don't have 5% of the Huayi stock in my hand, otherwise it would have to be disclosed. ”
“I said I’d give you a car, isn’t that what I got? Tomorrow, let's go and have a look. ”
"Hmm..."
Liu Yifei rested her elbows on her legs and held her chin in her hands. She just looked at Lin Nan and nodded. Stars seemed to be shining in her eyes, and she smiled like a fool. silly.
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(End of this chapter)