Chapter 236 Annexation
Three days later, the contract will take effect after it is signed.

Song Ge released the news using the company’s official Weibo account.

"Xingchen Films has officially invested in Shiba Culture and become its largest shareholder."

One stone stirs up a thousand ripples, and the film and television industry is shaken.

Before people in the circle could react, more news came out.

"Welcome Ms. Jiang Xuerou to join Xingchen Film and Television Company."

"Welcome all members of Zhouyi to join Xingchen Film and Television Company."

Now, there was no need for media reports, many people called Gu Wei.

Zhouyi, which has existed for more than ten years and produced many high-quality TV series, was also acquired by Gu Wei.

"I can't believe you're so quiet, and yet you're always making a big fuss."

"Congratulations to Director Gu for completing all the sections of the film and television company."

Han Sanping and Wang Changtian called to congratulate.

At this moment, Ye Ning from Wanda Pictures was a little worried.

He heard that Song Ge was still in contact with theater chains. If he could win them over, Star Films would sooner or later become a rival to Wanda thanks to its fame and strength.

"Director Gu, congratulations."

Even so, Ye Ning still called Gu Wei to congratulate him. No matter what happens in the future, at least the two parties are still in a cooperative relationship for now.

"Haha, Mr. Ye, you're too polite."

...

After Mike and Reid from Warner came to China, Gu Wei gathered everyone again and signed the investment share contract for "2012".

Things went smoothly, all major domestic companies had made their confirmation in advance, and Warner had no objection to the 20% share.

In addition to the film investment, Reid also brought good news.

As of the end of November, Facebook has recovered from its low valuation at the beginning of the year, according to the U.S. Social Network Market Report.

Facebook's market share in the United States in September was close to 9%, which is a scary number.

This also means that Facebook became the first social networking company in the United States.

"Boss, this investment is very successful."

Reid said excitedly that investing in the film industry is different from investing in the Internet industry.

This kind of making money is as simple as drinking water and is very addictive, but it tests the investor's vision.

However, correspondingly, with the rise of the Internet, Hollywood's traditional film investment has suffered a major blow.

"With a lack of funds and changes in the way audiences consume movies, several major Hollywood companies are undergoing transformation. I heard that Hollywood will reduce production by about one-third next year."

Reid was a little worried. No matter what, this was not good news, especially for film and television companies.

However, this is also an inevitable result of market development.

“Pay more attention to the new streaming companies there, we may get involved if there’s a chance.”

Contrary to what Ryder considered, no matter how things change, Hollywood will still be at its peak in the next ten years.

It’s just that this peak has changed the subject matter, and is now dominated by superhero series movies.

The same is true globally, where the hegemony of Hollywood films is being challenged around the world.

For example, in France, French films have maintained relatively stable revenues. In the face of Hollywood's production cuts and declining film quality, the local box office of French films has shown an increasing trend year by year.

Correspondingly, this wave has spread to Greece, island countries and other places. In fact, it is also true in China, but the quality of movies cannot keep up.

The most important point is that ordinary audiences still prefer movies made by local people, and various countries are also resisting the cultural invasion of the Americans.

But Hollywood has taken a different approach. With the innovation of special effects technology and the release of various special effects 3D movies, Hollywood blockbusters are still unstoppable.

Otherwise, Cameron's "Avatar" would not have received such vigorous promotion from Hollywood. They just wanted to use the dimensionality reduction production technology to continue to establish their own monopoly position.

The most typical example is the Transformers series. After the investment share distribution was completed, Mike from Warner immediately returned to Los Angeles.

Because the real-life shooting time for 3D blockbusters is not long, and most of the time is spent on special effects production, Warner's engineers can already take action.

Reid also continued to stay in the country, and as he wished, he planned to have a good rest for a few days.

...

Because of Yang Mi who fooled Tangren Film and Television, she finally decided to join Star Media.

Just a few days after the contract was signed, news came that Xingchen Film and Television had invested in Shiba Culture Company.

Yang Mi was dumbfounded at this moment, she had always dreamed of joining Xingchen Film and Television, but she never expected things to develop to this point.

"Or, let's break the contract."

In the room, Yang Mi thought for a long time and said to her assistant Zeng Jia.

Previously, Wang Jinghua had invited her, but considering the great development in recent years, Yang Mi chose Star Media which has more development prospects. Now she regrets it very much.

"Ah, the penalty is too high. Besides, even if we pay the penalty, we may not be able to join the 18th Company."

Zeng Jia said a little incredulously.

At this stage, after several typical breach of contract incidents, film and television companies in the circle have set very high liquidated damages for contracted artists.

Especially for Yang Mi, who became famous with "Chinese Paladin III", and recently finished filming "Painted Skin 2", the termination of the contract is not a joke.

"What should I do then."

If there was a pill of regret at this moment, Yang Mi would probably drink it without hesitation.

"Just stay in Xingmei and wait until the contract expires."

The two parties signed a three-year contract, which is neither long nor short. The entertainment industry can undergo earth-shaking changes in just a few months, let alone a few years.

At the same time, Wang Jinghua, who received instructions from Gu Wei, returned to his previous state.

These days I have been constantly recruiting people in the circle, or many people have come to recommend themselves.

This is especially true after Xingchen Film and Television Company announced the launch of the "2012" project.

Because soon after, China Film Group, Wanda Films, Emperor Entertainment Group, and Hollywood's Warner Bros. collectively announced that they had officially confirmed their investment shares.

A joint production of various domestic companies and one of the eight major Hollywood studios, "2012" has become one of the most anticipated films in the world at this stage before it even started filming.

...

After the investment was finalized, a reporter photographed Cheng Long appearing at the Xingchen Film and Television Company.

At this sensitive time, the result is self-evident.

Gu Wei was communicating with Cheng Long in the office.

"Brother Long, take a look at this script."

The other person was wearing a down jacket and glasses. He stood up, took the script from Gu Wei's hand, and read it carefully.

Ever since his last chat with Gu Wei, he turned down other movie invitations.

The reason he rushed here this time was naturally because he wanted to cooperate with Gu Wei.

Cheng Long also knows a lot about the numbers "2012" in the script, after all, the industry has been discussing this issue recently.

But this was the first time he had seen the specific story, and he was quite curious about it.

Gu Wei picked up the teacup and leaned back on the sofa to drink.

After a long time, Cheng Long's eyes were filled with excitement after reading the script. This script was different from his previous image, but it was highly consistent with his image.

They are all movies with a little bit of salvation.

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(End of this chapter)