Chapter 390 Oriental Hollywood

Chapter 390 Oriental Hollywood

Chapter 390 Oriental Hollywood

The positive reviews for Gravity continued until the end of the 2013 Spring Festival holiday.

“Hello everyone, this is China Film Report, I’m your host Xiao Ke.

Today we came to Wanda Cinema in Chaoyang District, Shangjing. As you can see, although the Spring Festival holiday has passed, the film market is still booming and many audiences come to watch movies.

Next, let’s interview these audiences and find out what movies they want to watch…”

beep!

In the hotel room, Zhou Xingchi pressed the remote control, turned off the TV that had been accidentally turned on, and then threw it to the ground.

During this Spring Festival holiday, Wang Hao's "Gravity" continued to be popular, with an exaggerated box office performance of over 1 million every day, and it earned 10 billion at the box office in less than eight days.

The movies that were released at the same time as it fared worse. The total box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has just exceeded 4 million yuan. Although at this rate, the movie will have no problem recovering its costs, compared with Wang Hao's "Gravity", it is a huge failure.

The only good news is that the recently released fantasy action film "The Hobbit" directed by Peter Jackson did not perform very well. It was not only far lower than Wang Hao's "Gravity", but also far behind his "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

But what's so happy about this?
Who cares about the second place? Everyone only sees the dazzling light of the first place.

And this kind of light has always been focused on him.

Zhou Xingchi still remembers that when he got off the plane last night, the people at the airport ignored him.

Although he was wearing a mask, with his fame in the entertainment industry, shouldn't those people be able to recognize him at a glance even if he was wearing a mask?
Indeed, he doesn't really like being watched or idolized.

But when this kind of cold and lonely thing really happened to him, he still inevitably felt a sense of disappointment in his heart.

In particular, there was another person at the airport who was warmly welcomed by fans. Zhou Xingchi remembered that person. She should be the heroine of the "Gravity" crew. Her name seemed to be Jing Tian.

This contrast is even more uncomfortable.

Zhou Xingchi took a few deep breaths, which lowered his already high blood pressure.

But at this moment, the assistant knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Jay, the meeting at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is scheduled for 9 a.m. tomorrow. The meeting will be held in Conference Hall No. of the Oriental Galaxy Cinema."

"Got it, get out!"

Zhou Xingchi only felt that his blood pressure, which had originally dropped, was now rising again.

After the Spring Festival, seeing the bumper box office harvest of this prime time movie, breaking the record of total box office of 10 billion in just seven days, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television prepared to hold a New Year outlook meeting for the film industry, and the venue of the meeting was chosen as [Eastern Galaxy Cinema Metropolis].

As the host, Wang Hao naturally had to show up.

On the morning of February 2st, Wang Hao and a group of company executives arrived early at the Oriental Galaxy Cinema, which was not far from the company, and waited. When other invited CEOs of major film and television companies arrived at the meeting place and saw Wang Hao, they all greeted him warmly.

"Director Wang, your company has made a lot of money this Spring Festival! So, what kind of meal are you going to treat us to at noon?"

Wang Zhonglei from Huayi started joking as soon as they met. Wang Hao was not shy and said with a smile:

"The leader said that we must abide by the eight regulations of the central government and keep everything simple. We will have our working lunch in the cafeteria of our film and television base at noon."

"The working meals in the cafeteria of your Galaxy Film City are not simple!"

Director Zhang Yimou, who also attended the meeting, interrupted at this time.

"I tried it last time when I was filming at your place, and it tasted delicious."

"Now that Director Zhang said so, I really want to try how delicious this working meal is."

A few people chatted and laughed, and naturally gathered into a small circle.

Other film and television company bosses who came to attend the meeting followed suit and formed several small groups based on closeness and region.

Zhou Xingchi, who was standing in the Hong Kong circle, looked at Wang Zhonglei who was chatting happily with Wang Haoyan, and his teeth were almost broken. He kept cursing "Pushi Zai" in his heart.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" did not perform well at the box office during the Spring Festival. In addition to the competitive pressure brought by Wang Hao's film "Gravity", the performance of the distributor Huayi was also very disgraceful.

Zhou Xingchi and his colleagues only realized later that there was something fishy going on with the other party. These mainland film and television companies were conspiring together to deal with him.

It was too late to know this, and Bigo Group could only swallow the loss.

"Well, Mr. Zhou, he has the support of the mainland government. Even if you stare at him till dawn, you can't do anything to him."

Zhuang Cheng from Media Asia Films saw Zhou Xingchi staring at Wang Hao and couldn't help but remind him.

Media Asia is one of the largest and most powerful film companies in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1994 and now has a lot of investments in the mainland. It can be said to be the most successful film and television company from Hong Kong that has moved north. Even "The Founding of a Republic" had their participation.

As for Chong Cheng, the CEO of Media Asia Group and one of the founders of Media Asia, he is also a senior film screenwriter and producer in Hong Kong.

In 1983, he was responsible for promotion and publicity at Golden Princess Entertainment, the parent company of Cinema City. Today, in addition to serving as the Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and CEO of Media Asia Group, he is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association, Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Screenwriters Association, and Spokesperson of the Hong Kong Film Response Team.

Compared to him, Zhou Xingchi's influence in the Hong Kong circle can be said to be almost nothing, so when he heard Zhuang Cheng's words, Zhou Xingchi immediately withdrew his gaze.

At this time, Johnnie To, who was standing next to them, couldn't help but say:

"That must be Wang Hao. I heard that this young man is very famous now. He is also very arrogant. He is about to drive us old guys away."

Johnnie To's tone was somewhat playful. He recently collaborated with Hairun Films in the mainland film and television industry and had just finished filming a movie called "Drug War". The name Wang Hao can often be heard.

"The mainland market is so big, how could it possibly drive us out?" Zhuang Cheng was somewhat noncommittal about what Johnnie To said, but still frowned slightly.

He was of course aware of Galaxy Group's actions targeting the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles over the past year, and he was quite unhappy about it.

However, he could not be sure whether this was Wang Hao's spontaneous behavior or there was a higher level will behind it.

You should know that although Wang Hao's Galaxy Group did not get along well with the Taiwanese entertainment circle in the past, it still had a lot of intersections and cooperation with the Hong Kong circle. Eagle King has always had dealings with the Galaxy Group.

It is indeed a bit unreasonable that the Galaxy Group is suddenly targeting the Hong Kong circle for no reason, and Zhuang Cheng can't help but think about it.

In front of the gate of [Oriental Galaxy Movie Metropolis], the CEOs of major film and television companies had different thoughts, but they did not wait long. Soon several standard business minibuses drove to the gate of the industrial park.

"The leader is here!"

I don't know who shouted, but everyone perked up and gathered around.

Although they are all bigwigs in the film, television and entertainment industry, they still dare not neglect the real managers of this industry, especially the leaders who came to attend the meeting today. In addition to those from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, there are also said to be leaders from the cultural department.

Sure enough, when those leaders got out of the car, the sharp-eyed people in the crowd had already seen several big names with extremely high status in the industry.

The CEOs of these film and television companies, well-known artists and directors stood there obediently, waiting for these leaders to shake hands with them. Then they saw Wang Hao standing next to several big leaders and taking everyone on a tour of the industrial park of [Oriental Galaxy Film City].

This year marks the fourth year since the official establishment of [Oriental Galaxy Cinema Metropolis]. When the project was first launched, Wang Hao was ambitious to replace Universal Studios.

After the completion of the first phase of the project, large projects such as "Wolf Warrior" were filmed and produced in [Eastern Galaxy Cinema]. Later, many domestic and foreign blockbusters such as "Inception", "Gravity" and "The Defenders" were also produced here.

Today, the fourth phase of the [Oriental Galaxy Cinema] project has been completed, and the entire film and television industry base has been completely formed. The entire film industry, including a series of steps including preparation, shooting, and post-production, can be completed here.

"At present, our [Oriental Galaxy Film City] covers a total area of ​​about 110 million square meters, with 40 international top-standard studios, 32 multi-functional set workshops, an underwater production center consisting of indoor constant-temperature underwater studios and large outdoor shooting pools, and a digital audio-visual center for full-process post-production.

There are two commercial complexes, one group company office building, one small entrepreneurship center building, four star hotels and two business hotels in the surrounding area.”

Wang Hao led a group of people into the investment promotion center of Galaxy Film City and pointed at the huge sand table.

“In addition, we have already negotiated with the TZ District Government and the Shangjing Municipal Government to purchase surrounding plots of land.

In the future, large-scale real-life shooting sites and outdoor set shooting sites will be built here, and based on this, commercial style streets and various entertainment projects related to film and television culture will be expanded to create a large outdoor entertainment and commercial resort like Disney and Universal Studios. "

The area Wang Hao has circled is very large and his goal is very ambitious. Being able to use such a large piece of land in Shangjing, where every inch of land is valuable, to create a cultural complex project that integrates industrial production and entertainment, is indeed both powerful and attractive. Not only did several senior and local leaders nod their heads frequently after hearing this, but even some bosses of film and television companies were extremely excited after hearing this.

The year 2013 was the early stage of the booming development of China’s film and television industry. Film and television companies like Huayi got on the fast track of capital entry, used capital means to go public, and their market value increased rapidly. With money in hand, they no longer limited their focus to film and television production and artist brokerage.

They also urgently need new business growth points to push up their stock prices. Entering the real estate industry like Galaxy Group seems to be a good choice.

What? Xinghe Film Studio is not in the real estate industry?

Are you kidding? Do you really think that the bosses of these film and television companies are blind? The residential communities and commercial properties built based on [Oriental Galaxy Movie Metropolis] will probably skyrocket in value after [Galaxy Park] is built in the future.

No, there is no need to wait for the construction of [Galaxy Paradise]. Just releasing the news will cause the prices of those houses and land to skyrocket.

And Galaxy Group’s development plan does not stop there.

"In addition, we have also reached cooperation with art schools such as Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Dance Academy, Central Conservatory of Music, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Beijing Fashion Academy. Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama have clearly stated that they will establish branch campuses here.

In the future, the area on the side of [Oriental Galaxy Film City] will become an art university town.

In the future, the entire TZ area will be dominated by the [Eastern Galaxy Cinema Metropolis], which will attract a number of related enterprises such as hotels, restaurants, performances and performing arts, as well as several multinational companies and super-large group companies, unicorn companies, cultural and creative listed companies, investment institutions and cultural schools to settle in, jointly creating a trillion-level cultural industry cluster centered on production, learning, research, entertainment and business development, and become a cultural business card for China to the world. "

Hollywood in the West, Galaxy Movie Metropolis in the East!

Although Wang Hao didn't say it, this thought popped up in everyone's mind after hearing his words.

Everyone thought that Wang Hao just wanted to build a Universal Studios, but they didn't expect him to be so bold and courageous.

However, if you think about it carefully, this plan is still very feasible.

First of all, Galaxy Group itself is very powerful. It has replaced Huayi and become the leader of private cultural enterprises in the mainland. In addition, Galaxy Group is also strongly supported by Huaying Group and Wanda Group.

Especially the Wanda Group, which is engaged in real estate and has abundant funds on hand, and for some reason, it has given great support to the Galaxy Group.

There are even rumors on the Internet now that Wang Hao is the illegitimate son of Wanda’s CEO. After all, they both have the surname Wang.

This rumor was of course false. Wang Hao's family background had long been thoroughly uncovered by his fans, but there were still many people who believed it. Some people even joked on Sicong's Weibo, asking if Wang Hao was his brother.

Jokes aside, this is enough to prove how close the cooperation between Wanda and Galaxy Group is.

In addition to its own strength, the external environment is also a great help.

The first is the development of TZ District. The country has determined that TZ District will become the sub-core of Shangjing City in the future. In addition, Shangjing is the capital of China.

It is extremely normal for a country to have a key cultural cluster around its capital.

In the past, the Shangjing Municipal Government planned to build this cultural center around the Olympic Center and the HR District. However, the HR District was too far from the city center, and the popularity of the Olympics did not last long enough, so the cultural center was slow to take shape.

Now Galaxy Group has stepped forward and proved itself with "Wolf Warrior", "Inception" and "Gravity".

[Oriental Galaxy Movie Metropolis] is to Shanghai as Hollywood is to Los Angeles.

The company's development is in line with the country's needs. With Wang Hao's vision and the support of senior management, there is no reason why this cultural industry development plan should not succeed.

(End of this chapter)