Chapter 163 Tudou.com
Chapter 163 Tudou.com
Finished the last geography exam.
Fan Wumian’s high school career has basically come to an end.
The long vacation had just begun, and he had already thrown himself into the preparations for the new crew. There were a lot of things to deal with, so it was not as easy as last time.
Last time, I was only focused on making money from foreigners.
This time, the project "You Are the Apple of My Eye" is mainly aimed at the Chinese-speaking market, and it requires some considerations such as whether to jointly shoot, how to maximize profits, and the selection of actors.
The CEPA agreement has officially come into effect since January last year.
Films co-produced by Hong Kong and the mainland are no longer subject to the restriction of "limiting the number of imported blockbusters each year" and can be released in the mainland after passing the review.
In addition, co-productions can be regarded as mainland films and promoted and screened, and can enjoy up to 43% of the box office dividends.
In this regard, there is currently no rigid requirement that "mainland funds account for at least one-third", only that "mainland actors account for no less than one-third".
Fan Wumian is busy evaluating and considering which company to cooperate with in order to have the opportunity to earn more.
This requires negotiating terms with mainland film companies and distributors, and it has yet to be determined how much of the share should be released.
Last time at the Berlin Film Festival, Miramax Films bought the overseas distribution rights of "A Quiet Place" for a sky-high price.
After the news got out.
Many mainland distributors were vying to get "A Quiet Place", which gave Fan Wumian the initiative and he was able to negotiate high terms with them.
In the end, Huayi Brothers chose to offer some concessions privately and successfully grabbed its mainland distribution rights.
However, this time, the negotiation process was far from smooth as they chose to shoot a youth campus romance movie.
period.
Fan Wumian also found some information over and over again, which gave him a clearer understanding of the current difficult situation in the Chinese-language film industry.
For example, the number of people working in Hong Kong's film industry has dropped sharply from about 2 at its peak to less than 5000 today.
Mainland China.
A total of 212 domestic films were produced last year.
The total box office revenue was only 8.25 million yuan, of which the box office of seven films including "House of Flying Daggers" and "A World Without Thieves" totaled 7 million yuan.
In other words, the average box office of the remaining 205 films was less than 200 million RMB each. In fact, most of them had no chance of successfully hitting the big screen in theaters, and the investment was completely wasted.
The movie-watching market has not yet been cultivated.
If Fan Wumian had not been at the height of his popularity, making a big splash at the Berlin Film Festival and being nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, attracting countless media and fans to spontaneously help promote the film, it would have been difficult to create this box office miracle.
Although it was slow, the box office revenue of "A Quiet Place" surpassed "Kung Fu" yesterday after breaking the 1 million RMB threshold.
Some media joked that this time, "Fan Wumian's countless female fans defeated the martial arts fans."
Many men ask girls to go watch "Kung Fu", but they may not agree. But asking them to go watch "A Quiet Place" is another matter.
Someone even posted a complaint on the forum, saying that he was sitting next to his female companion, but she only had eyes for Fan Wumian on the screen.
There are too many failed love movies that cannot attract mainland audiences to the cinema like commercial blockbusters.
The huge success of "A Quiet Place" is more like an accidental coincidence.
Many potential partners are still not completely confident about Fan Wumian, the "new director".
On the morning of April 4th.
In the apartment downstairs from Zuo Ziyan's house.
Fan Wumian has not moved out of the lease yet and is keeping this luxurious apartment to make it convenient for him to date Miss Zuo.
I just hesitated and failed to convince her to give up resistance.
At this moment.
Fan Wumian drank mineral water and asked:
"Ayan, I've offered myself a salary of 700 million Hong Kong dollars this time. How about giving you 300 million? The total budget is 1500 million Hong Kong dollars, and we'll have to use part of the remaining funds to shoot in mainland China."
"Me? 300 million Hong Kong dollars for a film? It's true that being rich is different. You're so generous!"
Zuo Ziyan's eyes curved with laughter.
Her hair was disheveled and she was wrapped in a blanket.
Her long neck and slender arms were exposed outside the blanket, her collarbone was clearly visible, and her posture looked very lazy.
The reason why he hasn't taken the final step yet is not to tease Fan Wumian, but simply because he is worried that their relationship will have problems in the future and he doesn't want to lose his way out easily.
Besides.
She was basically defenseless.
Fan Wumian was not so anxious. As long as the boat didn't capsize, he would be able to eat it all up sooner or later. He replied:
"Although you are not a professional actor, as a rich lady, this kind of salary will at least not make you lose face if it gets out. Ah Sa's salary in the Twins group is only 200 million Hong Kong dollars. A Quiet Place 2 is special and has to be calculated according to Hollywood's salary. Don't mind. If you want me to compensate you privately, that's fine too."
Zuo Ziyan pointed at herself and said with a smile:
"Compensation like you just did? You're clearly taking advantage of me."
Fan Wumian spread his hands and said with a smile: "I want to put in more effort, but you won't let me." "Oh, if I get pregnant, my reputation will be ruined if the news gets out, unless you want to marry me directly?"
Done.
Zuo Ziyan made a pause gesture and said nervously:
"Stop! Don't overthink it. I'm not hinting at anything. At least I won't get married before I'm 30. I should enjoy life while I'm still young."
As I sat up, the blanket slid down.
Fan Wumian watched extremely seriously, without blinking, and one could only say that he and Zhuang Muxi each had their own merits.
He continued:
"I don't want to think about getting married too early. Sometimes I think it's best not to have a wedding in my lifetime. But these are two different things. If I wait until I'm 30 to do something, I'll miss out on a lot of happiness in the meantime."
Zuo Ziyan laughed and changed the subject:
"Has the co-investment with the mainland film company not been finalized yet? I've been taking time out every day to practice acting, and even practiced in front of the camera. I think I've found a little bit of feeling."
Go back to bed and lie down.
Fan Wumian explained:
"We have already agreed on some plans. One company, Kuangxian Media, has offered very good conditions, but in terms of film distribution capabilities, it is a little behind Huayi Brothers and Xiaying Group. I am concerned about the mainland market, while they are concerned about the Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea markets. Neither of us wants to give in easily and suffer losses."
Kuangxian Media is willing to invest HK$150 million and hold a 10% stake in the mainland.
They only asked for the mainland distribution rights, giving up the market outside the mainland, but hoped to get two actresses and two actors to join Fan Wumian's crew.
I used to just follow instructions, but now I’ve become the boss in charge of decision-making and negotiation. I realized that running a company is not that easy.
Zuo Ziyan said enviously:
"That sounds interesting. I'll analyze it for you later. I'm the only child in the family, so I started to get involved in the family business at an early age. My parents often take me with them when they go out for meetings or social events, so I understand more about business matters."
Smelling the faint scent of perfume on her body.
Fan Wumian said to her:
"I'm not worried about the joint venture for filming, but the other business is really troublesome. Ji Qiao, the head of my public relations team, went to Hujian to help me negotiate business. He plans to incorporate a video website called Tudou."
Speaking of Tudou.com.
Many young people know nothing about it because its name was erased after it merged with Youku.com.
In Fan Wumian's memory, Tudou.com was popular for quite a long time and could be said to be an example of "getting up early to catch the late market".
In its previous life, it had finally managed to raise funds and go public in the United States, but was delayed for a long time due to a divorce lawsuit, which completely ruined its development opportunities.
Otherwise, it is hard to say who will win between it and Youku.com.
Some time ago.
With the idea of understanding the situation in advance, Fan Wumian checked the information on mainland video websites online and found that there were very few relevant news.
I accidentally found a post in a forum.
It shows that Tudou.com is recruiting test development engineers, offering a monthly salary of 3200 yuan. It also indicates that the company's registered capital is 100 million yuan, and the boss has many years of experience working in the United States, etc.
Looks like a weak chicken.
It's easy for Fan Wumian to think of the time when he first became famous and tried every means to gild his own image.
Considering that Pony Ma of Penguin Group had the bizarre experience of pretending to be a woman to chat with netizens, his hiring of internet trolls to post and bragging about himself in newspapers can only be considered child's play.
Later, I searched for "Tudou.com", but only found a recipe website.
Guessing that this project might not be launched yet, Fan Wumian couldn't wait to ask Ji Qiao for help and go over to discuss the acquisition.
Unlike the financing of Youtube, this time he let Ji Qiao acquire the entire company.
Because there is no guarantee of success and it is very likely that he will just be entertaining himself in the end, Fan Wumian needs to have absolute control over the company to have a chance to try to find a way out.
It’s just a small project. Instead of wasting time with other shareholders in the future, it’s better to just spend a little more money.
the day before yesterday.
When Ji Qiao rushed to Hujian to contact the other party.
The team that developed Tudou.com was preparing to launch the product they developed online, and said they had already spent 800 yuan on advertising. If the campaign was temporarily stopped, the money would not be refunded.
Ji Qiao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and reported the matter to Fan Wumian.
Finally, he agreed to pay the 800 yuan advertising fee regardless of whether the deal could be reached or not, and then sat down to discuss the acquisition.
For Tudou.com, Fan Wumian only offered a purchase price of 200 million RMB, because it was worth at most this price.
But Wang Wei, who invested in and developed Tudou.com, is undoubtedly a talent.
After learning that he graduated from Johns Hopkins University and holds an MBA from INSEAD, and was responsible for the strategic planning in China of Germany's Bertelsmann Group, one of the world's four largest media giants, as well as the restructuring of its online websites.
Fan Wumian gritted his teeth and offered an annual salary of one million Hong Kong dollars to hire the other party and his entire team to continue staying at Tudou.com.
Wang Wei, the founder of Tudou.com, came from a well-off family, as he was able to study in the United States and Europe for many years.
Although he was tempted, Wang Wei still wanted to retain some shares...
(End of this chapter)