Chapter 312 Financing Intentions

Chapter 312 Financing Intentions

Chapter 312 Financing Intentions
[Leo is really amazing, he can actually act in a movie directed by Wang Hao (dog head).]

[By the way, did any of you watch Director Wang Hao’s film press conference last night? It was amazing! ]

[There are actually more than a dozen movies in the second phase of the movie universe. Just by hearing the names, you know that they are not inferior to "Wolf Warrior". I am really looking forward to it! ]

[Ah~ I heard that Leo will be filming in Beijing. What is that place called? I really want to go there and run into Leo! ]

[Is "Ball Lightning" going to be adapted into a movie? I'm really looking forward to it. It's my favorite science fiction novel. I just wonder what Wang's Quantum Rose will look like? ]

[The filming location of "Inception" is called Galaxy Film City, which is in the TZ district of Shangjing, not far from my home. It's so cool. I want to go there and take a look. Maybe I can even get Leo's autograph.]

[I don't know if the crew will need extras. I'm in Beijing studying at university. Does anyone know how to get into the crew? ]

……

On the Internet, discussions about last night's press conference continued.

In contrast, in reality, people are so busy with work and life that they don’t talk much about this kind of entertainment news.

However, this incident has caused a great impact in the entertainment industry. I don’t know how many people couldn’t sleep all night because of Wang Hao’s press conference.

Especially those celebrity artists and the brokerage companies behind them, because as far as they know, although Wang Hao has an agency under him, the people signed there are mainly behind-the-scenes workers such as lighting, photography, makeup, props, screenwriters, dubbing, etc. There are not many contracted artists belonging to Galaxy Pictures.

Therefore, the second phase of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", "Age of War", is a great opportunity.

Those movies must require a lot of actors. After all, everyone knows that the characters in Wang Hao's Galaxy Movie Universe will continue.

This means that actors who have previously appeared in Wang Hao's films can no longer compete.

And the continuation of the characters also means that if you can get a role in this movie universe, you may have the opportunity to appear in subsequent movies.

In addition, information in the circle is interconnected. According to what the actors have learned, Galaxy Pictures has officially implemented the "back-end income" system starting with "Wolf Warrior".

In the future, as long as these movies generate revenue on Internet video platforms, overseas disc markets, and peripheral products, an additional portion will be allocated to the actors who starred in the movies.

What is this? This is a long-term meal ticket.

Don't underestimate these profits. China's online video industry is developing rapidly. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the future profits of movies in this area will definitely not be low.

In addition, the "Wolf Warrior" peripheral products planned by Galaxy Pictures are said to be selling very well, and it has now reached joint licensing agreements with several footwear, outdoor products, and catering brands.

Actors like Wu Jing, Richie Jen, Wang Jingchun, Xie Miao, and Yang Yang, from leading actors to supporting actors, from the front stage to behind the scenes, can all get a share of these profits.

How could it not be that all those actors flocked to it, and some of them even considered changing their agencies and signing with Xingdou Culture.

Not to mention that the actors and artists were racking their brains to get into the [War Age] project, Wang Hao, after resting for a morning, had lunch and opened the latest OPPO phone, he found that it was filled with countless missed calls and unread messages.

Wang Hao took a quick look and found that many of them were people he had met once or twice and were trying to get close to him.

Of course, there were some people with whom he had a good relationship, but the first person Wang Hao responded to was the director of the public relations department of his own company.

There was no way. Last night, the scene of him and Gao Yuanyuan entering the hotel one after another was photographed by a paparazzi.

Although the two people did not appear in the same frame or out of the same frame in the photo, and it cannot be considered as substantial evidence, related gossip began to spread on a small scale on the Internet.

In other words, news about Leonardo DiCaprio has occupied the public's attention, otherwise everyone would prefer to listen to gossip about famous directors and beautiful actresses.

"There's no need to contact that reporter. He has no substantive evidence."

Wang Hao gave the orders calmly.

"Asking him to withdraw the manuscript now would be like trying to cover up one's own guilt. We should continue to increase the publicity for Age of War, Leo, and Inception. We can also release some information about the follow-up of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe.

We must make the concept of our own science fiction movie universe popular and a household name.”

After giving instructions to the publicity department, Wang Hao called back the subordinates in the company who had called him and dealt with the company's business issues one by one.

After all these things were resolved, Wang Hao's car had arrived at the Chang'an Club at No. 10 East Chang'an Avenue.

As one of the well-known top private clubs and high-end business membership clubs in China, Chang'an Club was founded by Chen Lihua, chairman of Hong Kong's Fu Wah International Group. It was invested and built in 1993 and officially recruited the first batch of founding members in 1996.

It is located near Shangjing City Gate Square and is famous for its distinguished and successful members. Anyone who can enter it is undoubtedly rich or noble, famous and powerful.

Of course, with the growth in size, the number of members of Changan Club is also gradually increasing. Nowadays, many artistic celebrities in the cultural circle and upstarts in the Internet industry can also obtain their membership.

Therefore, it is now easier to enter the Changan Club.

But even if the rate was lower, ordinary wealthy families would still be turned away.

Fortunately, Wang Hao is not among them. After all, he is a well-known director. He had been here for dinner with the Wang brothers and Ali Ma before, and also became a member.

So he entered the Chang'an Club without any hindrance, took the elevator, and went straight to the private room on the eighth floor.

Everything I saw along the way was elegant and luxurious, yet not tacky, and it was obviously designed by a famous artist.

After arriving on the eighth floor and entering the private room, the style changes again. The luxury and extravagance are completely gone, and a light and elegant atmosphere immediately hits you.

Someone had already arrived in the room. He was tall, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and had the demeanor of an elite overseas returnee.

Wang Hao also knew him. He was Zeng Yingrui, the head of the investment department of Wanda Group, with whom he had dealt many times before because of [Galaxy Movie Metropolis].

Seeing Wang Hao walking in, Zeng Yingrui quickly stood up and took the initiative to greet him.

Wang Hao shook hands with him, and after they both sat down, the tea doctor brought over two new cups of fragrant tea.

As the aroma of tea wafted in the air, the two exchanged some pleasantries. Before they could get down to business, the wooden door of the private room was pushed open again, and two middle-aged men, both in their early forties, dressed in suits and leather shoes, walked in.

Wang Hao stood up and smiled at the person in front. That person was also an old acquaintance of Wang Hao. He was a vice president of Huaying Group, named Li Hua. He could be considered the middleman of this gathering.

Li Hua nodded to Wang Hao first, then introduced:
“Let me introduce you, Director Wang. This is Mr. Zhang Ziming from Shenzhen International Investment.

Mr. Zhang, this is Director Wang from the Galaxy Group. I told you about him on the way here."

Wang Hao smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Mr. Zhang, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I'm Wang Hao!"

Zhang Ziming was also very polite. "Hello, Director Wang, I have seen all your movies. You are the number one in domestic science fiction movies, and I have always heard of your name!
It's a pity that we are so far away from each other that I have never had the chance to meet you."

After a few people exchanged simple greetings, Wang Hao did not continue to be polite and directly stated the purpose of his invitation:

"Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zeng, I'm sure you two have heard about our company's press conference yesterday.

The reason why we invited both of you here is actually very simple. If our company wants to grow and develop, financing and listing are inevitable.

So I would like to ask if you two are interested in investing in Galaxy Pictures."

After hearing Wang Hao's words, the two invited investors looked at each other. In the end, Zhang Ziming from Shenzhen International Investment nodded slightly and said slowly:

“I heard Mr. Li mention it on the way here, and I also watched the news.

A $200 million investment, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, um... Director Wang, if I were to look at it from a movie fan's perspective, I would be very much looking forward to it.

But from an investor's perspective, this is difficult for me to deal with."

"Oh, if you have any concerns, Mr. Zhang, please speak up."

"Director Wang, I'm sure you know how risky the film and entertainment industry is.

Long before this, our company had done some research on the film and television industry.

Although your movies have good revenue, according to the information I learned from the report, 80 percent of domestic movies are unprofitable, and every year many movies cannot even be released in theaters.

Even in the United States, more than 60% of movies face losses.

If it is just a film company, it will be difficult to survive without the support of a large enterprise with sufficient cash flow.

In this regard, our country's private film and television companies have only been around for a short time, so it is not yet obvious. For example, in the United States, no matter how prosperous those film production companies are, they will eventually face the problem of bankruptcy or acquisition.

United Artists, Carlock, even Columbia and MGM, are all the same.

Only the six major film companies, with the support of large groups behind them, can survive.

So I would like to ask Mr. Wang, what is the support behind your company?

Since you have found us, you should know the investment model of Shenzhen Guotou. We usually only invest and do nothing. If you want to count on us, I am afraid it is impossible. "

Wang Hao did not expect that Mr. Zhang from Shenzhen Guotou had made sufficient preparations before coming and was so knowledgeable about the film industry, which was somewhat consistent with his status as an elite returnee.

What Zhang Ziming said is not wrong. In the film industry, the most important thing is capital power, because movies, especially commercial movies, have always been an industry with high investment and slow returns.

From the start of filming to the collection of the final payment, a blockbuster movie may take three to four years at the fastest, or five to six years at the slowest.

It is impossible for a large film and television company to produce only one or two films a year.

So if anything goes wrong with any of the movies, it could be a disaster for the film company.

This situation has happened in Hollywood and in China as well.

Therefore, the most important thing for a film and television company is the capital chain and sufficient cash reserves. In simple terms, it must have big capital support behind it.

In this regard, Hollywood used to rely on the financial circle of Wall Street, but now it is reaping the benefits of wealthy people around the world.

As for the domestic market, in the first ten years it was mainly dependent on coal bosses. Now that the coal bosses are no longer in business, Internet capital is sharpening its knives again.

Wang Hao was very clear about this.

Don’t think that he has had a smooth journey from 05 to now, that’s because he has taken advantage of those who have been reborn.

But even with the memories of his past life, he was actually walking on thin ice. He didn't dare to be careless at all and tried to do every step well.

After all, movies are hard to explain. For some big-budget movies, the creative team has put in a lot of effort, but the audience just doesn't buy it.

And if the movie doesn't do well...

If Huayi loses money on one "1942", it will be badly damaged, and if it loses money on two "Tai Chi" films, it will be a serious blow.

Alibaba Pictures loses hundreds of millions a year, but it's like a piece of cake. Wanda Pictures' movie "Warring States" failed, but they can still support Jing Tian.

why?
Isn’t it because Alibaba is behind Ali Pictures and Wanda Group is behind Wanda Pictures?

The former is Internet capital and the latter is real estate capital. Both companies have ample cash flow and naturally have the capital to make more trials and errors.

And this is just the beginning. In the future, as the Internet industry and real estate finance grow and develop, the gap between traditional film and television companies and emerging capital film and television will only get bigger.

It was precisely because of this reason that Wang Hao's previous life, Huayi Film, eventually went downhill and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Only Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu have become the giants in the new era film industry.

Galaxy Group currently faces the same problems as Huayi, and the meaning of Zhang Ziming's question is very clear.

They can invest money and take advantage of the situation, but it is not okay for them to put in the effort to become a capital backer.

But what they didn't know was that Wang Hao had already understood Shenzhen Guotou's investment style long before inviting people, and what he saw in it was precisely the other party's trait of not getting involved in matters.

Who is he? A reborn person. Well, he has his own views on future development. Even if it is financing, he can't find someone who likes to make decisions to manage it. Didn't you see that he didn't invite Alibaba?

"Mr. Zhang is right. Without the support of big capital, the film company's ability to resist risks is indeed much worse."

Wang Hao smiled and nodded, taking a sip of the tea in the cup.

"But I think, Mr. Zhang, you don't need to worry about this for the time being."

"Oh, why?" Zhang Ziming stared into Wang Hao's eyes.

"Because China's economy is in the process of taking off!"

Wang Hao said this in an almost decisive tone.

(End of this chapter)