Chapter 270: Continue to build momentum and connect all parties

Chapter 270: Continue to build momentum and connect all parties

Chapter 270: Continue to build momentum and connect all parties

Wang Hao really didn't expect that Xu Pengxu from Moying would always call him.

At the same time, he did not expect that the other party called him this time to lobby for the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Of course, this is not very accurate. To be more specific, he was lobbying for a district under the Magic City, trying to convince Wang Hao to move the Galaxy Film City project to the Magic City.

Yes, as the project became more and more popular, more and more people knew about [Galaxy Movie City]. This project, which originally only existed verbally, was becoming more and more real, to the point that people began to use the word "moving" to describe it.

It seemed that as long as Wang Hao nodded, this project could be implemented.

The conditions proposed by the Magic City also made Wang Hao tempted.

In this regard, Shanghai is worthy of being the most economically developed and open city in the country.

You know, when the leaders of HR District and LF City came to him, they didn't mention any benefits, but tried to persuade Wang Hao with empty words.

Unlike others, according to Xu Peng, first of all, the Shanghai side said that the land issue is easy to handle, and the district government will come forward to help solve it. At the same time, related supporting facilities in the industrial park such as transportation, water and electricity will also be improved simultaneously.

In addition, if [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] is established in Shanghai, they can also persuade Shanghai Drama Academy to open another branch in its vicinity. In addition, some branches of Magic Movie Group will also be relocated there as a whole to build a cultural industry center around [Galaxy Movie Metropolis].

Of course, the most crucial thing is that the relevant district government of Shanghai found out from somewhere that Wang Hao has a very good relationship with Sony Pictures. In the future, they will persuade Sony Pictures to bring the filming and production of movies into the country and hold it in [Galaxy Movie Metropolis].

So they said that as long as [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] lands in Shanghai, the local district government will guarantee to push [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] into Shanghai Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and then the issue of film tax refund will be discussed.

This is very crucial.

You should know that when Wanda was building Oriental Movie Metropolis in its previous life, it also used the name of tax refund to attract a group of Hollywood film and television production companies to come to China for shooting and production.

As a result, the boast was wasted and the tax refund was not accomplished. In the end, Oriental Movie Metropolis could only quietly switch from introducing foreign projects to developing domestic film industrialization.

Therefore, from this point of view alone, the government departments in Shanghai are full of sincerity.

In addition, Shanghai also has the only international A-class film festival in China. Thinking of this, even Wang Hao was a little shaken.

Perhaps the only problem is that there is already a Disney theme park project in Shanghai. Although Galaxy Movie Metropolis will not involve an amusement park project in the early stages, this is also part of the later plans.

Once the movie becomes a big hit and the related IP is successfully created, surrounding theme parks will definitely be built.

Not to mention anything else, when "The Wandering Earth" is filmed, it would be a great idea to build a planetary engine venue in the industrial park and a bungee jumping machine in the shape of a space elevator.

Oh, by the way, there is actually another problem, that is, Wang Hao is from the Beijing circle, but Shanghai is the territory of the Shanghai circle.

But in Wang Hao's opinion, this has no effect at all.

Because in the future, as Internet capital invades the film, television and entertainment industries in a massive way, the traditional circles divided by geographical conditions will soon be broken.

What will replace them will be major capital factions such as the Penguin Group and the Alibaba Group.

Wang Hao was tempted and did not deal with Xu Peng as he did with the HR leader before. Instead, after listening to the conditions relayed by the other party, he said that the project was of great importance and needed to be discussed further within the company.

Of course, they have already known the sincerity of Shanghai, and in the near future, Wang Hao may lead a team to Shanghai for a business inspection.

To put it bluntly, Galaxy Pictures has already decided on Shanghai as a backup option. If things don't go well in acquiring land in Beijing later, they might really choose Shanghai.

After the situation in Shanghai was stabilized, there were not many people who contacted Wang Hao regarding the matter of Galaxy Movie City. Most of them were leaders from small places, and they probably just wanted to try their luck.

As for the leaders of TZ District where Universal Studios is located, which Wang Hao cares about the most, he did not contact them.

Seeing this, Wang Hao didn't care and immediately started to implement the second step of the plan. He contacted the district leader of the HR area, took several senior executives of the company, and brought the star-studded Lu Zheng to investigate there.

His investigation was fake, but his hype was real.

As expected, as a well-known young director in the country, his every move nowadays is naturally watched by reporters.

So soon, news about Wang Hao's visit to the HR area also appeared in the entertainment news.

Now, leaders of several other districts in Beijing where conditions are not so good, such as Fengtai, Changping, Daxing, etc., have also begun to contact Galaxy Pictures in roundabout ways.

Wang Hao was not afraid of this and went to investigate these places one by one.

After finishing this circle, he did not stop and took Wang Zhonglei from Huayi to fly to the Magic City.

"Director Wang! Director Wang!"

Wang Hao, who had just landed at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport, was caught red-handed by reporters who had received the news in advance and were waiting there.

"Director Wang, I heard that you came to Shanghai this time for your new movie?"

A reporter from a local TV station in Shanghai handed the microphone to Wang Hao.

"Yes, I came to Shanghai this time to find a production base for my new movie."

Wang Hao answered the reporter's questions with a smile and in a very friendly manner.

"Then may I ask Director Wang what the subject of your new movie is?"

"Director Wang, may I ask how big your production base will be?"

"Director Wang, may I ask why you chose the Magic City?"

"The new movie is a mix of military and science fiction."

"We plan to build the world's largest studio of 10,000 square meters in the film and television production base."

“Magic City, this is a great place. Many of our films from Galaxy Pictures have received strong support from the local government of Magic City.

I can feel that Shanghai's business environment is among the best in China, and the local government has done a good job in serving businesses."

In this way, Wang Hao revealed all the relevant information during the question and answer process. Afterwards, the members of their inspection team were introduced by Xu Peng, the vice president of Moying, to the leaders of the SJ district of Modou who came to pick them up at the airport.

Then, under the guidance of the other party, they began their investigation in Shanghai. The entire investigation lasted two days. During this process, Wang Hao and his team not only visited the SJ District, but also visited several other surrounding districts under the care of relevant leaders.

It can be seen that the people in Shanghai really want to stay. Even if the SJ district that invited them is not favored, they will have no problem choosing other districts.

Moreover, regarding the "Galaxy Movie Metropolis" project, they also once again reiterated the various preferential conditions that the local government can provide.

In addition to the information that Xu Peng had conveyed to Wang Hao on the phone, local government leaders also said that they could help Galaxy Pictures contact Pudong Bank, a well-known local bank in Shanghai, and provide Wang Hao and his team with a considerable amount of low-interest loans.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Wang Hao's [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] can indeed be built into the "Oriental Hollywood", and what Wang Hao said before about being able to introduce Hollywood film projects can really be realized.

To put it bluntly, the local government of Shanghai still sees Wang Hao's future influence in Hollywood and hopes to use this to form a bridge of communication with the other side.

As for what Wang Hao said about the industrialization of the film industry, they actually didn't take it seriously.

Although Wang Hao noticed this, he did not show any dissatisfaction.

Indeed, for China today, the concept of "film industrialization" does not seem to be important.

Even ten years later, this will only be a term in the news. How many leaders will truly pay attention to it?

After figuring out the attitude of the Magic City, Wang Hao and his party returned to Shangjing.

After coming back, I waited for a while before the leaders from TZ District finally came to my door and conducted a so-called inspection.

Wang Hao also received them. Unlike the district leaders in Shanghai, the TZ district leaders who came to visit him did not show much enthusiasm. It seemed that it was just a routine matter. They did not come to beg for the project to be implemented, but to review it.

Obviously, regarding this matter, as Universal Studios has not yet been stopped, they do not attach much importance to Wang Hao's "Galaxy Cinema" project, even though he is now the most powerful commercial film director in the country and has some fame overseas.

Of course, Wang Hao would not treat them differently. It would not be a good deal to come forward at this time.

So after some normal communication and showing the TZ zone leaders the PPT they had just made, this communication ended hastily.

Afterwards, Wang Hao handed the matter over to the company's vice president, asking him to continue building momentum and wait for the opportunity.

As for himself, he flew to Hollywood again.

As time goes by, the international economic situation worsens day by day due to the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis.

While Wang Hao was busy with the affairs of Galaxy Cinema, on November 11, the Chinese government put forward "Several Opinions on Strengthening Macroeconomic Control and Promoting Stable and Rapid Economic Development" and launched an economic stimulus plan to cope with the global financial crisis.

The total investment scale of the plan is 4 trillion Chinese yuan, which will become a strong foundation for the formal take-off of China's real estate industry in the future.

On November 11, the United States also announced the start of a rescue operation, claiming that it was to save the U.S. auto industry and would provide it with $23 billion in aid.

As soon as this news came out, Ford Motor Company, which Wang Hao had previously asked its stock manager to buy on dips, finally received major good news.

At the same time, this also means that the economic situation in North America has reached its lowest point, which is a good opportunity for him to enter the market. Of course, he has to go to the United States in person to take charge.

There is no need to explain the series of operations that followed when arriving on Wall Street. Wang Hao himself did not quite understand them.

Anyway, he left it all to the stock manager to handle, and he just gave some suggestions occasionally.

Most of the time, Wang Hao is still communicating with Sony Pictures about the "Spider-Man Cinematic Universe".

He knows that given his current status in Hollywood, the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] is secondary, and whether the [Spider-Man Cinematic Universe] can go smoothly is the key.

As long as these two projects go smoothly, even if the Marvel Cinematic Universe is as successful as the original time and space, the title of "Father of the Cinematic Universe" will still be his.

By that time, perhaps companies like Universal and Fox, which also want to create their own movie universe, will come to him.

In addition to the information about the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe, Wang Hao also told Keita Miyamoto some information about the Galaxy Movie Metropolis, and asked them whether Sony Pictures was interested in entering the Chinese market and building a Sony theme park.

Keita Miyamoto's eyes also lit up at this.

You should know that in Hollywood, although there are six major film and television companies, only Disney and Universal have well-known amusement park businesses.

It is impossible to say that other film and television companies are not jealous.

After all, the amusement park project is also a good channel for the film and television industry to monetize peripheral content, and it will also greatly enhance the visibility of related film and television companies.

I just know that this has benefits, but for various reasons, most of the amusement park projects of other film and television companies have failed to make any splash.

When Sony Pictures acquired the Hollywood film and television company, it actually thought about learning from Disney and building its own theme park.

However, compared to Disney's large number of IP content for all age groups, Sony Pictures only has a few well-known IPs such as "Men in Black" and "007".

In addition, not long after Sony Pictures entered Hollywood, the Japanese economy entered a decade of recession and the business of its parent company also fell into a slump. Naturally, the Sony Pictures theme park project was just a fantasy.

Thinking of the situation at the head office, Miyamoto Keita's originally enthusiastic heart instantly died down.

Everyone knows their own business. Since the foreign director took over the Sony Group, the company's situation seems to have stabilized, but that is also based on the company's contraction of business and reduction of expenses.

To put it bluntly, the foreign director was unable to lead the Sony Group to revive, and now the company is just lying flat.

At this time, Sony Pictures wants to create the "Spider-Man Cinematic Universe" and also wants to build a Sony Pictures Theme Park in China, which is simply impossible.

Wang Hao was not surprised by Keita Miyamoto's rejection, because this was within his expectations.

So Wang Hao quickly proposed another plan, which is for Sony Pictures to license its well-known film and television IPs to Galaxy Cinema, and for Galaxy Pictures and Sony Pictures to develop these IPs together.

Keita Miyamoto was also very hesitant about this. After all, for these big companies, they would rarely hand over their own products to others even if they were rotting in their hands.

Naturally, Wang Hao used the collaboration between Universal Studios and Warner on the "Harry Potter" IP as an example to persuade Keita Miyamoto.

In the end, after discussion, the senior executives of Sony Pictures actually expressed the idea of ​​cooperation, but the prerequisite was that Wang Hao's "Galaxy Movie City" had to be truly implemented, and preferably in Shangjing, the capital of China.

(End of this chapter)