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In the summer of 2009, Xu Fei mostly followed "Let the Bullets Fly".

Jiang Wen complained a lot about him being the producer, but the result was shockingly generous, spending more than 100 million yuan in the blink of an eye.

Xu Yuling was also there, and said crisply, "Hello, Grandpa!"

Whoa!

Not only chatted a few words, but also signed an autograph, Xu Yuling is very good.

Historically, "Let the Bullets Fly" has a box office of 661 million.

Now Mr. Xu personally sits in town, not asking for more, with a target of 750 million. Next year there's the behemoth, Avatar.

...

"Time Media announced the acquisition of the studio company of New Line Films."

"Shadow House was established in 2005 and has produced such excellent works as "Pan's Labyrinth", "Life of the Rose", "The Passion of the Christ", "Memento" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", but only 11 of the 21 films it released. grossed over a million dollars."

"In 2008, Warner acquired New Line, and originally wanted to close Shadow Studios, but the appearance of Time Media made them delay their decision. After more than a year of arduous negotiations, Shadow Studios finally ushered in a new owner."

"Times Media announced another US$50 million strategic investment in American Netflix."

"Netflix is ​​a company mainly engaged in online DVD rental business. At present, Boss Xu wants to expand the channel of audio-visual products in North America..."

“Today, the only big independent studios in Hollywood are Cactus, Lionsgate and The Weinstein.

The well-known magazine "Time" expressed its worries about the American independent film industry in its new issue, claiming that this is a flood that has swept through.

The source of the flood is undoubtedly the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, and the large film companies that once spent a lot of money have also begun to live on a tight schedule.

Wall Street used to be the largest investor in independent films. From 2005 to 2007, they invested a total of 2 billion U.S. dollars. In the past two years, they have almost lost nothing.

Independent studios are closing down in large numbers, and apart from A-level blockbusters, movie fans would rather sit at home and watch YouTube or MySpace, which has led to a decline in DVD sales.

Times Media chose to enter Hollywood at this stage, and the author is not optimistic about its prospects, but after all, this is the first time that a domestic filmmaker has taken the initiative to attack Hollywood, and the courage is commendable..."

You know a papa!

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Cactus is slowly being upgraded to a major player. It is a myth in the industry that none of its works lose money. This year, it even launched the poisonous weed "Twilight" to poison the American people.

It is not limited to small-cost investment, there are also many large-scale productions, such as "Inception" to be released next year.

Whether everyone knows it or not, it is inconvenient to disclose the background of cacti. So he needed a Hollywood company that was acquired aboveboard to share some of the operations and firepower.

Historically, Wanda acquired Legendary Pictures and AMC Cinemas in an attempt to create a Big Sweet Universe.

Xu Fei is not too interested in theaters, because American theaters are different from those in China. The domestic market can’t help but get 50% of the box office first, but the American theaters are the ones being squeezed, and the big players are in control.

How to divide it has been mentioned several times before, so I won't repeat it here.

Buying theaters is not as good as buying distribution companies. What's more, when the epidemic came, the entire American theater chain collapsed, and AMC was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Um?

Xu Fei scratched his head, didn't I wear it in 19? Why do you know about the epidemic?

Of course, if the theater chain also adds real estate value, that is another matter.

As for Netflix, do you know about Netflix?

Now the stock price is only more than 7 yuan, and the DVD rental business has not yet been split. It had to wait until the launch of the first original series "House of Cards" in 2013 before the market value began to rocket.

Netflix's model is a monthly membership subscription.

It needs continuous expansion to increase the number of members. By 2020, it will have 200 million members worldwide, with a market value of more than 200 billion US dollars.

It has already entered the multi-country market. The method is: Netflix invests money → gathers top local film and television talents → publishes high-quality products on the website → attracts members.

There is a drama "Kingdom" that kills zombies in ancient Korea, which is a cooperation with South Korea.

But only the mainland did not come in. Because of policy supervision, it can only increase the sense of presence by changing the law. For example, cooperating with Wanwan, filming a few popular Chinese dramas, and engaging Zhou Jielun to do variety shows, etc., the effect is very little.

Netflix spends 10 billion U.S. dollars a year to make self-produced dramas, most of which have little influence.

Xu Fei looked at it and felt sorry for the money.

He invested in Netflix, naturally not to bring Netflix's dramas to China, but to take his own dramas abroad, which is also a channel for Chinese-speaking actors to go out.

Later generations of Netflix always want to integrate oriental elements, but they have the same virtue as Hollywood: I don’t want to know you at all, I just put on your shell and film it for our audience.

Like "Marco Polo" and "Five Elements Assassin".

Especially "Marco Polo", which spent 60 million US dollars in one season! Do something wrong!

Mr. Xu understands, he understands the pan-Asian market and the North American market, Netflix is ​​a very good platform...

No one understands these things except him who has the advantage of foresight.

But in the impetuous entertainment industry, everyone sees it more shallowly: Mr. Xu has acquired a Hollywood company!

And don't hold big sweets!

…………

2011, end of January.

Fatty has been busy all afternoon, so that Nazha, who wanted to sleep in, panicked and worked together.

They are going to attend the annual meeting of the Chinese entertainment industry in the evening.

After signing Song Tie and others, they harvested new leeks last year, signing XJ Shuangmei, Little Yellow Duck, Ni Ni, Jin Chen, Li Yitong, etc. in one go.

It's not that Mr. Xu doesn't want to sign men, there really isn't one!

There was only one Dong Zijian, who was recommended by Wang Jinghua. For the rest, did he sign Lu, Zhang, Huang, Wu, Xiao, and Yang? Or sign the shit boy?

From the beginning to the end, he liked Peng Yuchang, who was still young.

Speaking of which, Fatty is a student of the show, and Nazha is a model. He was supposed to be admitted to Nortel this year, but he became a freshman at Nortel last year under the arrangement of the company.

It's all winter vacation, and Fatty rushed over from Shanghai, and he's in the artist's dormitory.

The two were busy preparing for the dinner until the agent arrived with the stylist.

Each prepared a suit of clothes, not too formal, not too casual. They are all slender waists, long legs and big breasts, and they are all straight up, shining and compelling.

It's cold, and the one-person down jacket is shivering in the car.

When we arrived at a five-star hotel owned by Ronda, the entrance was already star-studded, and many reporters took pictures.

"Look, that's Zhou Xun's car. Except for the other three Huadan female stars, all female stars have to get out of the way."

"That's Liu Tianxian, that's Shu Chang, Shu Chang is not as hot as Liu Tianxian, but they have a good relationship and can go together."

"That's your fellow Tong Liya, remember to say hello when you go in."

"It doesn't matter when you meet newcomers. When you meet seniors, always smile three points first, be polite, and keep a good sense of proportion. If you think you can speak, you can go up and try it. If you get a friendship, then you will benefit..."

"Okay, it's our turn."

The agent gave the opportunity face-to-face, and seized the vacancy to lead the two into the arena.

The reporters clicked and clicked, and exchanged views: "These two are not bad, they are born to eat this bowl of rice."

"Mr. Xu is capable and can always find good seedlings."

"Let's look at it in a few years, the replacement is too fast now!"

It was also a small red carpet, and the two arrived at the main hall nervously and excitedly, wow, they became more and more dazzled.

It seems that the entire entertainment circle is here, big shots and popular stars each have the ability to form a circle. The crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" led by Jiang Wen is undoubtedly the core of the core.

As we all know, the annual meeting is also a celebration banquet, celebrating the annual blockbuster of Tianxia Film and Television.

The 10-year film market has been surging.

At the beginning of the year, "Avatar" hit 1.328 billion, directly pushing the record to 1 billion+, allowing the world to see the potential of the mainland market. Since then, Hollywood has gone on the offensive.

In the middle of the year, there was "Inception", which was in the early 500 million; "Tangshan Earthquake", which was in the early 700 million.

With Teacher Xu's blessing, it is a little higher than the historical results.

At the end of the year, "Let the Bullets Fly" has surpassed the big earthquake after its release for more than a month, and there is still room for it.

Fat Di and Nazha sat down at the same table, naturally the same batch of rookies, extremely reserved. The little yellow duck is also there, and has already acted in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", which is the most famous.

While he was feeling depressed, a certain agent came forward: "Oh, why are you sitting so stupidly? Say hello?"

"We, we..."

"Get up, I'll take you there."

The girls who had just entered the industry were very young, and they followed the manager to another table. They were Mao Xiaotong, Zhao Liying and others from the previous batch.

Knowing each other, everyone asked the same question: a girl named Song Tie, strange and strange!

Later, another agent suggested: "Let's take a photo and post it on Weibo."

"Yeah!"

Ever since, the little yellow duck took out the iPhone 4 that had just been launched in China, took a group photo, and posted it on his Weibo.

"..."

For a moment, the girls felt the fierce competition!

Because the one who proposed is the manager of Little Yellow Duck.

A large group of people attracted other people's attention and looked sideways. Those born in the 70s who have a stable position smiled slightly and didn't take it seriously, but the pressure born in the 1980s doubled.

Still the same sentence, the current entertainment industry is different from the past, and the changes are too fast!

Eating and drinking, the dinner was going on, guessing whether Mr. Xu would show up.

Fortunately, Xu Fei still gave Lao Jiang face, appeared at the end, and smashed the ice sculpture of "720000000" together.

"Wow!"

"Wow, boom!"

The atmosphere of the audience was in place, and the stars were envious. Movie fans are better than TV drama fans, and they all want to make blockbuster movies.

Old Jiang spoke first, and Xu Fei took the microphone.

"I remember that the ice sculpture in "A World Without Thieves" is 140 million. Then 170 million, 200 million, 200 million, and "Earth Cannon" is more than 600 million.

Maybe everyone is thinking, the next one will be 800 million, 900 million... As a result, "Avatar" pushed it to 1.3 billion, only 4 years later.

What I want to say is that 1 billion+ is by no means an upset, but will become a habit. The potential of the mainland market is not only that, it will soon reach 2 billion, 3 billion, or even 5 billion.

In the last stage, we launched five blockbuster films.

Today, we continue to roll out development plans for a new era. "

brush!

At this moment, everyone's attention is on the stage.

"Starting from this year, at least one domestically produced blockbuster film will be made every year. This is what we have been doing. The difference is that after "Earth Cannon", I launched an undisclosed training plan, sending people to the United States to study special effects production.

Now there are small achievements, and Times Media's own special effects company will be established soon. "

"Secondly, every two years, at least one blockbuster film that will have an in-depth cooperation with Hollywood. I hereby guarantee that it will definitely not be a soy sauced Chinese special edition."

"Finally, we will strengthen the operation and promotion of streaming media. There will be a large number of online TV dramas and online movies in the future. Don't underestimate this model. They will become a new growth point for the entertainment industry."

"..."

The reporters were in a daze for a while, and asked questions together, pointing to the core.

"Mr. Xu, do you mean that more and more Chinese elements will be exported overseas in the future?"

"right!"

"Will more and more Chinese-speaking actors participate in international productions?"

"good!"

"You said blockbuster, can you give an example of genre?"

""The Wandering Earth", "Three-Body Problem", "Supernova Era", "Shan Hai Jing", "Journey to the West", "Fengshen"!"

"Are you going to war with Hollywood?"

"This is not a war, but a joint competition to promote development!

The golden age of the film and television industry is coming, and those who stick to the rules will soon be eliminated. If we don't even have the courage to fight against it and the determination to rise up strong, what Chinese filmmakers are we talking about? "

Xu Fei turned his head and said with a smile, "Master, what did you say?"

Feng Pants, the number one sycophant under his command, arrived in stride, eating hot pot and singing, in high spirits:

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!!!"

…………

It has been more than a month since "Let the Bullets Fly" was released on December 16.

Just the day before the Spring Festival, a girl came to China Film Times Studios.

Without buying a ticket, go into the bookstore first.

The clerk who has been promoted to store manager asked curiously, "Why are you here so late?"

"well……"

"Didn't bring a boyfriend this time?"

"Forget it!"

The girl waved her hand, her face full of Zeng Canghai: "The car overturned, overturned. Is there a puzzle for "Let the Bullets Fly"?"

"No, the event has long since ended."

"I'm used to putting together jigsaw puzzles, and when I'm free, I feel empty in my heart."

"However, I heard that there is a new blockbuster plan, and there may be a jigsaw activity."

"Really? Then I'll wait and see."

The girl became a little interested, and casually turned around and left the bookstore.

When passing the celebrity handprint wall, there is another thing next to it, which is a camera made up of five jigsaw puzzles of "A World Without Thieves", "October Siege", "Heroes", "Kung Fu" and "Earth Cannon".

Framed and mounted on the wall to show the infatuation of a loyal movie fan.

The girl stopped to look at it for a while, and vaguely saw her youthful years, followed by walking to the front desk, and took out that unique supreme VIP card!

Only one card will be issued.

It is an important position that will be mentioned even if the history of film is written in the future.

She asked for a ticket for the nearest show "Let the Bullets Fly". Although it was free forever, the ticket had to be typed out, which meant that the studio invited her to watch the movie.

After entering the theater, the heat had subsided a lot, and dozens of people were seated.

The girl sat in the middle of the penultimate row, the best in the audience, with a clear view, but the left and right were empty and deserted, and she couldn't help sighing:

"Hey, the king is always lonely..."