Chapter 574 Chatting about Running Man

Star Film and Television Company.

At this moment, Director Xu Ke was on the third floor, watching some of the special effects production of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".

After the filming of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was completed, the crew basically would not return to Northeast China for filming. Even some post-production reshoots would be completed at the China Film Digital Base in Huairou, or they would directly choose to use special effects synthesis.

For example, the special effects team that followed Xu Ke to the Northeast to shoot brought back more than 700 technically difficult shot materials that required post-production to the company.

There are more than 1200 special effects shots in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", which is not a lot, but not a small amount. When the subcontract was divided, Xingchen Film and Television Company took the lion's share, and the rest was given to China Film and Bona Film Company.

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean, Reid transferred over 100 million yuan to the account of the domestic Star Film and Television Company.

This money was specially ordered by Gu Wei, and it was used from the box office share of "2012", so it would naturally be of great use when it came to China.

For example, the ticket purchasing software APP that is about to be launched can be used to spend this money!

Over the past few years, Gu Wei has gradually accumulated a large amount of funds in the Hollywood company account. Because he has no time to manage it, he basically uses it to buy stocks of various companies, including Apple.

I don’t know much about other American companies, but I have a deep impression of Apple.

After all, with the release of iPhone 2010 in 4, Apple's market value soared, and in 2011 it surged to $6240 billion, replacing oil giant ExxonMobil to become the world's most valuable company.

By August 2018, its market value exceeded one trillion US dollars, making it the first American company with a total market value of over one trillion US dollars.

Therefore, using the money in the company account to buy Apple stock is a sure win, but you will also miss the era of doubling the price.

For example, in 2001, when Apple had just launched the iPod, the company's market value was close to $60 billion. But after the iPhone came out, its market value skyrocketed exponentially and soon reached $ billion.

This is what makes growth companies so attractive in the eyes of venture capitalists!

In the eyes of some domestic venture capital firms and securities firms, Xingchen Films is the film and television company with the most growth potential, and everyone wants to take a bite of Tang Monk's meat.

The movies and TV series it produces always make a lot of money, which makes people envious and jealous. Once such a company goes public, its price-earnings ratio will surely go through the roof, and it will become the number one stock in the domestic film and television industry in no time!

As a result, in the past two years, there have been numerous venture capital institutions that want to buy shares of Xingchen Film and Television, and securities companies that want to act as agents for Xingchen Film and Television to go public.

However, due to financial problems, it is impossible for Xingchen Films to go public.

On the contrary, if the "ticket purchasing software" is completed, or the business scope is expanded to become a software like Meituan and seek listing, or the controlling and operating rights are sold to Alibaba and Meituan, and some shares are retained and wait for them to go public, these are all good options.

The entire third floor of Xingchen Film and Television Company is not small, but with the increase in personnel and equipment, it is now a bit insufficient.

There are three or four special effects movie shots currently in production on the entire third floor. If post-production editing of the movies is included, the number would be even greater.

Including the remaining shots of "The Wandering Earth", some special effects of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" from Shanghai Film Group, and the "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" project that has just been taken over.

As for the special effects shots in "The Revenant", they were produced by Tomorrow's Star Film and Television Company, and Gu Wei just took the produced ones and edited them.

"Director Gu."

The sky gradually darkened. Gu Wei stretched and came out of the editing room. Just as he was about to go home, he heard a familiar voice.

"Director Xu?"

"You haven't returned yet so late?" Gu Wei looked at his watch. It was already past eight in the evening. He was taking advantage of his free time to catch up on the progress of "The Revenant". He didn't expect to run into Xu Ke.

When they came over in the morning, they chatted for a few words and then went about their own business. Unexpectedly, the other party had not left at this time.

“I’m old now, and I can’t sleep if I go home early.” said the gray-haired Xu Ke.

Hearing this, Gu Wei secretly pursed his lips in his heart. Everyone knows that you, a big director, are very fancy and you really don't seem to be lacking energy.

"I haven't been here for a while. This time I came and saw that I couldn't even name many of the latest machines and equipment. The times are developing too fast, and we old guys can't keep up."

Looking at the smile on Gu Wei's face, Xu Ke continued with some emotion.

"Yes, equipment technology is indeed updated very quickly. Warner Bros. just developed a new type of filming machine some time ago, but it's too expensive. Otherwise, I would like to buy one to study it, haha." Gu Wei didn't know what the other party's purpose was, so he continued the conversation while following Xu Ke's words.

"Director Gu, you are too modest. No matter how expensive the price is, it is just a drop in the bucket for you." Xu Ke flattered him and changed the subject, "Director Gu, are you free? Let's find a place to chat?"

After checking the time, Gu Wei did not refuse. He first called Song Ge, who had not left the company yet, and then Liu Yifei sent her a text message, telling her to go back later.

The group then left the company and found a private restaurant, where they ate and chatted.

...

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

"Director Gu, you are a great director, especially with your unique vision for commercial films. Can you use your professional vision to predict the approximate box office of 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'?" After a few drinks, Xu Ke said with a slightly red face.

"Cough." Gu Wei almost spit out a mouthful of anger. What a guy, he comes to me for fortune-telling. Even if I know the specific number, I can't tell it. I'm afraid of being taken away for sliced ​​​​up!
"Director Xu, you think too highly of me. I haven't even seen the finished film, and I haven't done any market research. How can I predict the final box office?"

Gu Wei took a bite of the food, indicating that he was powerless and couldn't see it.

In the original time and space, this movie finally earned 8.83 million yuan at the box office, but now the mainland market environment is much better than the same period. Gu Wei is not sure how much box office it can get, but it seems that there is a great probability of a billion yuan box office.

"I think Director Xu has a clear idea of ​​the situation. He announced a box office of 1 billion, which seems to indicate he has a good grasp of it." Song Ge raised his glass and clinked it with Xu Ke's, saying casually.

Hearing this, Xu Ke showed a wry smile. He had announced to the public that he hoped the box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" would exceed 1 billion yuan. He was also stimulated by the box office of movies such as "Tiny Times", "The Breakup Guru", and even "Knife of the Assassin".

Seeing that the works of these directors are all selling well, as one of the few big directors in the circle, Xu Ke naturally cannot show his weakness.

Seeing that Gu Wei was not fooled, Xu Ke had no idea what to do.

After all, the purpose of today's dinner is to hope that Gu Wei can say a few words and use the other party's name to promote himself.

In fact, due to the changes in the mainland film market, Gu Wei has made up his mind that unless there are special circumstances, he will no longer publicly predict the box office of a certain movie.

It would be fine if the prediction was correct, but if it was wrong a few times, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face?
Just like the box office of this movie "The Blade of the Assassin", it has far exceeded the data in the original time and space.

At this moment, the domestic film market is about to usher in a true "golden age", an era that is both good and bad.

The three of them didn't talk about the movie after that, but just chatted for a while and didn't leave until late at night.

.........

Since August, 8 new films including "One Night Surprise", "Tiny Times 2", and "Jurassic Park 3D" have been released on the screen, and various publicity and promotion methods have emerged one after another, making it very lively.

The closest one is of course Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times 2".

"Tiny Times 8", which is scheduled to be released on the 2th, held a screening at UME first.

The slogan "The darkness is boundless, side by side with you" is printed on the poster.

But this time the film critics seemed to have woken up, and they all refused to buy it and complained vigorously.

"Comment on "Tiny Times 2": It's all just playing house!"

"It doesn't matter if you cheat, the other half will digest it automatically!"

"It doesn't matter if you fall out, good sisters will change their faces automatically!"

The critics' words can be said to be very sharp, but they still can't seem to resist the enthusiastic fans.

At the same time, the variety show "Running Man", a collaboration between Xingchen Film and Television Company and Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, was officially aired as early as the end of July.

As soon as the first season of the program was broadcast, it directly boosted the ratings of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV.

In the film and television industry, most of the entertainment companies, management companies and artist studios never imagined that an outdoor reality show could be so popular.

Although it is only the first season, several celebrity artists who participated in it became instantly popular.

There is no need to say much about Wang Baoqiang, Qin Hao, and Tong Liya, who are already famous names in the industry. The ones who really benefited the most are Wan Qian, Zheng Kai, Chen Minghao and others.

Zheng Kai, in particular, became a huge hit just after the first season was aired.

Now everyone thought of an incident that happened before. At that time, Zheng Kai signed a contract with Shiba Culture and was revealed to be a permanent guest of "Running Man", while Chen He signed a contract with Huayi, and the other party announced in a high-profile manner that a movie would be tailor-made for him, with him as the male lead.

At that time, many people thought that being the leading actor in a movie must be more prestigious than being a guest on a variety show, but now it seems a bit embarrassing.

"Running Man" has just aired its first season, and Zheng Kai, one of the regular guests, has already gone straight to the second line, while it is still unknown when Chen He will be able to play the leading role!
The media has an extremely sensitive nose and reported it immediately.

"The large-scale outdoor reality show "Running Man" premiered, controlled by Xingchen Film and Television Company and invested in by Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV. Its ratings have exploded on major TV stations."

"It is reported that the copyright of "Running Man" comes from South Korea, and the prototype is the hit variety show "Running Man"."

“The variety show is structured as follows: 7 permanent guests and a number of floating guests in each episode.

The game has various ways of playing, including teamwork, entertainment, competition, strategy, group confrontation, uncertainty and other elements. The ratings have remained high since it was broadcast. "

"Xingchen Films Company entered the variety show business for the first time and delivered a perfect answer."

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(End of this chapter)