Chapter 400 Entertainment Business

Chapter 400 Entertainment Business

Chapter 400 Entertainment Business
"By the way, you just asked me about the movie, how about your movie? How is the script preparation going? Has the company's production department contacted you?"

In the room, amid the lingering smoke, Rao Xiaozhi wisely changed the subject.

Lu Yang also knew that he had just spoken out of turn, so he followed Rao Xiaozhi's words and replied:

"The script for my movie has been completed. The company's screenwriting department has made a lot of expansions on the original basis and is initially planning to make it into a trilogy. They say they want to create another [Jin Yiwei Movie Universe]."

When Lu Yang said this, there was a hint of pride on his face.

Rao Xiaozhi was also surprised and couldn't help but complimented:

"Brother Yang, this is great. The company has even created a movie universe for you. If this develops well, maybe this can become one of the company's key projects."

Lu Yang smiled and waved his hand.

"Don't flatter me. This is because the company values ​​me. If we really want to create a movie universe series, I can't do it alone. I still have to rely on the company's powerful film industrialization system."

Having said that, Rao Xiaozhi knew that as long as there were no major problems with Lu Yang's first film, with Galaxy Pictures' strong strength in the industry, this film project would definitely be a success, and Lu Yang would definitely become a well-known young director.

In comparison, my film project, which is still in its infancy, is really not good enough.

Fortunately, he himself is not a narrow-minded or jealous person, and he did not have any negative emotions because of this.

"Then how long will you stay in this crew? Don't you, as a director, participate in the early preparations for the film?"

"Hey, then I'm not needed for the early preparations of the movie."

Lu Yang said helplessly:
"The company has dedicated departments and professionals to complete and fill in the gaps in script writing, project planning, production planning and cost budgeting, as well as relevant historical research, costumes, props and art style.

They will communicate with me about these things, but it's just communication. There aren't many things that really require my decision, so naturally they're not in a hurry to ask me to join the team."

After he said this, Rao Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, and then he expressed his thoughts hesitantly.

"Isn't it a bit arbitrary for the company to do this? And will my movie be like this in the future?"

“It should be like this. There is no other way. This is the so-called film industrialization system. The crew’s work is subdivided and the responsibilities are divided, so the director’s power is naturally reduced.

Of course, correspondingly, the director's power has been reduced and his workload has been greatly reduced. Just like the "Wolf Warrior 2" we are currently shooting, before the filming started, many tasks had already been done by full-time staff. The filming of the film was naturally simple and convenient, and the production speed was greatly accelerated.

So, this model has both advantages and disadvantages.”

Although Lu Yang said this verbally, he actually had some thoughts in his mind. After all, he had been studying directing since school, and most of the films he had come into contact with were author films, which focused on the personal characteristics of a director. He was somewhat uncomfortable with the film industrialization model that stifled the director's individuality.

But now I have to live under someone else's control, so I have to bear with any discomfort I may have.

Moreover, the film industry system is not without its advantages and strengths. Now he can only hope that after the great success of the first film, he, as a director, will be able to gain more say in the crew.

After hearing what Lu Yang said, Rao Xiaozhi could only sigh. Lu Yang only needed one movie to prove himself. He might need more works to gain the trust of senior management in the company.

"Well, speaking of which, Guo Fan is the luckiest among us.

I heard that he is directing a spin-off TV series of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe". After that project is completed, it is said that the company will give him another spin-off movie of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".

It seems that the company wants to train him to be a science fiction film director. I wonder when the two of us will be able to participate in the filming and production of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and direct a science fiction film ourselves?"

"There are definitely opportunities," Lu Yang finished the last puff of his cigarette. Seeing that it was getting late, he planned to end this night talk. "The company is now in a stage of rapid development. There will be more and more projects in the next few years. The demand for directors in the Galaxy Cinematic Universe will definitely increase, and there will always be some projects that fall on us.

The two ended their night talk and went back to their rooms to sleep.

At dawn the next day, all the main creators of "Wolf Warrior 2", from actors to behind-the-scenes workers, including Wang Hao, were awakened by the ringing of a bell. They got up, went downstairs, got on the sightseeing minibus of the industrial park, arrived at Studio 1, and received a glass of milk, an egg, a corn, and two meat buns.

After breakfast, work continued and filming began.

After a day's rest, Wu Jing's injuries had healed a lot, at least they were not as painful anymore, but he still had difficulty making large movements.

So their shooting plan was adjusted accordingly, and some literary scenes that did not require Wu Jing to move drastically were moved to today.

In the factory scene, Wu Jing distributed the captured weapons, directed the black-skinned extras, carried out pre-war mobilization, and issued orders.

In front of the monitor, Wang Hao looked at the scene on the display, nodded with satisfaction, and shouted into the intercom.

"Okay, save one more."

The crew members followed his instructions and quickly went forward to restore the props to their original state, while the assistant director directed the extras to return to their original places.

The plot was repeated again, and this time there were still no mistakes, so soon, the crew behind the scenes began to prepare for the next scene.

On this day, the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" maintained this rhythm and frequency and completed the filming task as planned.

At night, Wang Hao was still accompanying the post-production staff of the crew in the office area next to the studio to process today's shooting materials.

However, some sudden news and work from the company forced him to temporarily leave Studio 1 and return to his office in the neighboring Galaxy Building.

"Director Wang!"

When Zhou Ming, the head of the company's [Content and Culture Business Group] saw Wang Hao, he quickly greeted him.

"Lao Zhou, what's so urgent that you have to ask me to come over? Can't you tell me over the phone?"

Wang Hao sat down in the office chair, and Zhou Ming reported: "Boss, we just heard that Perfect World seems to be interested in selling their website, and several companies are very interested in it."

"Perfect world?" Wang Hao asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Ming nodded, then put the folder in his hand on the desk in front of Wang Hao and spread it out.

“This is some information about the website, which is currently still under the umbrella of Perfect World.

Its number of users and market share rank second among all domestic online literature websites, second only to Shanda’s Qidian Chinese website, and slightly stronger than our Xingyue Chinese website.”

Wang Hao looked at the data and found that the various situations of the previous month were also very clear, and there was also some current situation and analysis of the Chinese online literature market. Just this year, that is, in 2013, the core team of Qidian Chinese Network of Shanda Literature left Tencent, Wu Wenhui became the CEO of Tencent Literature, and established Chuangshi Chinese Network.

So there are rumors in the world that Qidian is only in name.

You should know that Shanda Literature owns five of the most leading original literature websites in China, including "Qidian Chinese Network", "Jinjiang Original Network", "Hongxiutianxiang", "Under the Banyan Tree" and "Novel Reading Network", which account for more than 80% of the domestic online original literature market share.

The internal strife at Qidian now is equivalent to breaking one of Shanda Literature's legs.

It was at this time that Baidu's Duoku Literature was launched. Both they and Xingyue Chinese Network, owned by Galaxy Group, were trying to recruit editors from Qidian who had left and were poaching authors from Qidian with high salaries.

The actions of the two companies have an unspoken tacit understanding. There is no conflict between them. They are working together to dig into Shanda Literature's corner.

It was at this time that the Galaxy Group received a tip from an industry insider and learned that while Baidu Literature was poaching people from Qidian, it was also privately contacting Perfect World.

"What do you think about this matter?"

Wang Hao asked Zhou Ming while flipping through the documents.

Zhou Ming had obviously prepared a plan before coming here, and he immediately said:
“I think we can also make contact with Perfect World.

Perfect World is currently planning to focus on the gaming sector and is acquiring a large number of related websites. In addition, their business operations are not doing well and they cannot compete with Shanda Literature, so they are planning to sell off.

This is a great opportunity!

Even a rotten ship still has three nails. Although they cannot compare with Qidian, they are at least the second largest online literature website in the market. They also have well-known online literature writers such as Meng Ru Shen Ji, Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou, and Liu Xia Hui.

The most important core competitive advantage of a literary website is excellent writers and editors. Talent is always the core competitiveness of a content team.

Excellent authors (great writers) are the most important assets of literary websites. They have a wealth of talent, and coupled with the copyrights (IP) of their works accumulated over the past few years, they themselves are still very valuable for acquisition. "

"Since talent is the most important thing, why don't we just poach people? Why bother buying the entire company?"

Wang Hao suddenly asked this question, which made Zhou Ming difficult to answer for a moment. He could only think for a moment before hesitantly giving an answer.

“Acquisition is not just about acquiring talent, but also about acquiring its own channels and the corresponding user scale, which are also assets.

Moreover, they are ranked among the top literature websites in China. If we do not acquire them and they are acquired by other companies such as Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, and Shanda, it will have a negative impact on Xingyue’s development in the future.”

"So even if we take it and eat it, or store it away, we can't let others get away with it, right?"

"Yes."

Zhou Ming nodded under Wang Hao's gaze.

However, Wang Hao knew that Zhou Ming didn't actually tell the whole story.

In addition to the reasons he mentioned, there is another reason that Xingyue Chinese Network is also on the listed list of companies under Galaxy Group.

Xingyue Chinese Network is going to be listed in the future, and the acquisition of other websites will undoubtedly rapidly expand the scale and influence of Xingyue Chinese Network and greatly speed up the listing process of the website.

The faster the website goes public, Zhou Ming and other senior managers of Xingyue Chinese Network will naturally be able to realize the benefits of their shares more quickly. There is a driving force of interests behind this.

So as the company grows bigger and has more employees, everyone has their own little thoughts, and it's not easy to be the boss if you're confused.

“But I remember that Xingyue Chinese website has already reached maturity. After acquiring them, will they be integrated into Xingyue, or will the two exist side by side?
If the two exist side by side, which one should be the main focus in the future development? I think with the current resources of our group company, I am afraid it is not enough to support two novel websites. "

Wang Hao looked at Zhou Ming and asked the question again.

Zhou Ming was no fool. After hearing what Wang Hao said, he immediately understood his boss's thoughts, so he asked, "Boss, do you mean... not to acquire Zongheng?"

However, Wang Hao did not give his own thoughts, but changed the topic and continued to ask:
"Qidian Chinese website has been in turmoil recently, how is the company's poaching going?

After Wu Wenhui's team from Qidian.com joined Tencent Literature Open Platform, they founded Chuangshi Chinese Internet Cafe. In your opinion, which of Shanda and Tencent will pose a greater threat to us in the future of Internet literature platforms? "

Zhou Ming perked up, pondered for a moment, and replied:

"After Wu Wenhui left Qidian, he founded Chuangshi Chinese Network at Tencent. Qidian is currently in a turbulent period, and we, Chuangshi, and Baidu have all poached a lot of people from Qidian.

Among them, we recruited 4 senior editors, 1 deputy director, and 8 well-known authors. The result cannot be considered good, but it is better than that of Baidu.

As for Wu Wenhui joining Tencent Literature and establishing the so-called China Literature Group.

In my opinion, the biggest rival of our Galaxy Entertainment will definitely not be Tencent, because Tencent is a company without literary genes, just as it has no e-commerce genes.

Tencent can indeed put up a few pop-up windows when users log in to QQ to attract traffic to its companies, but its main profit-making business is still in games.

If everyone starts reading novels instead of playing Tencent's games, who can Tencent turn to for justice? "

"So you think Shanda will still be our biggest competitor in the cultural and entertainment industry in the future?" Wang Hao asked.

Zhou Ming shook his head.

“Compared with Shanda, I think we should pay more attention to Baidu.

Baidu's main business is search, which is the most suitable means to attract traffic to novel reading websites.

This year, Baidu's layout in the online literature business has gradually surfaced. Products such as 91 Panda Reading, Duoku Bookstore, and Baidu Library have blossomed in many places, covering all terminals such as PCs, tablets and mobile phones. At the same time, Baidu Tieba has also gathered a large number of novel fans.

If Baidu takes over, its entire industry will probably be connected into one.”

After hearing Zhou Ming's answer, Wang Hao nodded superficially.

Given his own position, Zhou Ming still has some thoughts on the current situation of the entire industry and its future development.

However, judging from the perspective of later generations, Wang Hao's abilities and depth of thinking were still slightly lacking.

(End of this chapter)