Chapter 451 The Height of the Ceiling

Chapter 451 The Height of the Ceiling

Chapter 451 The Height of the Ceiling
Hengdian.

Having lived in this small town for several years, he is very familiar with everything around it.

However, in 2006, Hengdian’s development was far less than what it would be more than ten years later, and it was quite different from what I remembered.

Looking out through the car window.

Some old streets have not been demolished yet, and I have the impression that the sites of some buildings are still just wasteland, which looks a bit messy. There are not many people on the streets in the middle of the night.

On the way, I also met some energetic young men who were dressed in non-mainstream styles. They did not go home to sleep late at night, but rode broken motorcycles with young girls and gathered in front of an Internet cafe.

A commercial vehicle with a "Yan A" license plate was waiting for the red light at the intersection and just happened to see them.

Zhuang Muxi felt sleepy, so he covered his mouth with his hand and dozed off. He asked curiously:

"What are they going to do? A bunch of little gangsters fighting?"

Fan Wumian guessed the reason instantly and explained:
"I guess he's waiting for the overnight booking time to arrive, and then he can use the Internet at a discount. Internet cafes offer some discounts at night, and maybe he can use the Internet cafe to play until dawn for only ten or twenty yuan. For a poor boy with little money in his pocket, surfing the Internet is already a very cost-effective entertainment project."

The voice just fell.

Fan Wumian laughed first and added:

"I am not a rich young master. Those rich young masters don't know this kind of down-to-earth common sense."

"These poor little hooligans may only have a few dollars in total. Even if they want to stay online all night, they need to pool the money together and take turns to use one machine to play games."

"Those wealthy hooligans are busy going to bars at night, or playing cards, taking baths and getting massages with their friends. I heard that the Hong Kong movie Young and Dangerous has harmed many young people in the mainland."

"Like you?"

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The memories of how he imitated "Chen Haonan" and grew long hair in an attempt to dominate the Anglican Trinity College flooded into Fan Wumian's mind.

He smiled awkwardly and shook his head and said:

"I was young and ignorant at that time. I am sorry to have made a fool of myself. Fortunately, I turned over a new leaf. Otherwise, I would have been a laborer somewhere. Taxis in Hong Kong are so expensive. One taxi is equivalent to an apartment. I can't afford it."

Zhuang Muxi said happily:

"I never dreamed that we would become what we are now. I used to think that I could only be a piano teacher. The only difference was whether I taught in a training class or in a middle school or university."

"You suffered a lot when you were young, so you can achieve such a high level of success now. Being born in a rich family is not necessarily good. There are so many people of your age who have better family conditions than you. How many of them can earn so much money by themselves at your age?"

"Those Young and Dangerous movies are really harmful and are not suitable for young people to watch. The mainland's film and television drama censorship system is stricter, which actually makes sense. However, some parents take their children to the cinema to watch movies that are not suitable for children. I think it is easy to leave a trauma in their childhood."

It can only be said that not every parent is qualified. Some people even like to watch horror movies and bring their babies who are several years old to the cinema to watch them together, without caring whether their children will be scared or not.

Fan Wumian said helplessly:

"Some areas are still not quite there yet. For example, some distributors and cinemas are so desperate to make money that they actually go to primary schools to hand out coupons for horror and violent movies. It seems that this is how many people's childhood nightmares are left behind."

soon.

The business car stopped at the entrance of the VIP building of Hengdian International Convention Center.

This hotel is located in Hengdian Resort and has been open for more than 5 years. The environment is quite good locally and celebrities often stay here.

The girls at the hotel front desk were knowledgeable, but when facing Fan Wumian, they were still so excited that they stuttered.

After registering, he went upstairs and went straight to Zhuang Muxi's room, took a shower and started reading the brochure introducing the situation in Hengdian.

in short.

The reason why a film and television base was built in this place is mainly because the local richest man was willing to invest money and provide free shooting locations since 2000, which attracted a large number of crews to settle in.

Since the millennium, more than ten film and television bases have been built, rapidly attracting the film and television industry to gather in Hengdian. It has just started in just a few years and is not as prosperous as Fan Wumian remembered. After taking a shower, Zhuang Muxi's eyelids were already fighting. She lay beside him, shook her red bellyband, and asked:
"How about we talk about it tomorrow? I'm so sleepy, and you must be tired after traveling for more than ten hours."

Fan Wumian didn't care and replied:

"You go to sleep first. I've been on the plane and in the car for so long, my whole body is sore. I probably won't feel sleepy until the early morning."

"Are you all busy filming anti-Japanese dramas in Hengdian recently?"

"There are new regulations from above, requiring strict control of costume dramas. Each satellite TV station cannot broadcast more than two costume dramas per year during prime time. Investors will definitely worry that the dramas won't sell, so main-theme works are safer."

Zhuang Muxi suddenly realized:

"Really? No wonder I often see a lot of extras on the street wearing props and costumes from that type of TV series. Does this rule affect your business?"

Fan Wumian shook his head:
"It's okay. The projects I invested in are of relatively high quality, so those satellite TV stations will probably give me the quota. Even if I can't sell it in a short period of time, it doesn't matter. At most, I can just keep it for a few years, and I'll have a chance to make more money."

Since the drama “Drawing Sword” brought a whole genre of drama to the fore, there are now more than 20 crews filming in Hengdian, and more than half of them are anti-Japanese war dramas.

Under Shanzeiwang Media, a drama tailor-made for Wang Baoqiang, "My Brother is Called Shunliu", is currently being filmed in Hengdian.

There is also "The Militiaman Ge Erdan" tailored for Huang Bo, and "The Indelible Number" starring Xu Zheng and Xiao Yang, which are in the preparation process and the script has not yet been written.

Just in case, I specifically checked online to see if there was a novel with the same name. Then I just wrote a story outline and handed it over to the company's screenwriter team to create.

Fan Wumian didn't spend much time and effort to personally monitor these TV dramas with limited income. There were too many projects on hand and it was difficult to cover them all.

These mainland TV series were handed over to the team of Shanzeiwang Media, and he was mainly busy handling film projects personally, especially Hollywood movies under the Myth Film Studio.

For shooting a TV series in the mainland, a net profit of 10 or 20 million RMB is already quite good, which is only 2 or 3 million US dollars when converted into US dollars.

By shooting a Hollywood movie, you have the opportunity to earn hundreds of millions of dollars from box office dividends and peripheral copyright income.

The ceiling height is there.

From a businessman's perspective, Fan Wumian certainly understands how to make trade-offs.

The DVD of "This Man From Earth" released a few months ago has sold over 700 million copies worldwide, bringing him tens of millions of dollars in gross profit.

"Time Trap" achieved a final box office of 1.88 million US dollars in the North American market. Fan Wumian was able to get about 22% of this money, with a pre-tax profit of about 4130 million US dollars, and peripheral revenue has also earned three to four million US dollars.

In addition, the total box office of "Time Trap" outside the United States is more than 9000 million US dollars. Fan Wumian can get about 1700 million US dollars, and there are several million dollars in additional income from overseas distribution rights.

Profits of this scale are simply unimaginable in the current markets across Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong. It is precisely because of this that Fan Wumian has an extraordinary position in the Asian entertainment industry.

That night.

I had mentally prepared myself to stay up all night, but I didn't expect to feel a little sleepy around 3 a.m. and slept for more than four hours in a daze.

After accompanying Zhuang Muxi for morning exercises, she tidied herself up and went downstairs to have breakfast as she had to go to the crew to continue filming later.

Fan Wumian had nothing to do, so he went back to his room and lay down for a while.

Until about 10 o'clock in the morning.

Assistant Pu Jiajing sent him a message saying
——"Are you asleep? Mr. Qu from the film and television city invited you to dinner tonight. He seemed to want to talk to you about some business matters, but he didn't say why."

The film and television industry is just one of the businesses of Hengdian International Group.

At its peak, this group had more than 200 subsidiaries, six A-share listed companies, and annual revenue of nearly RMB 2006 billion. Although its scale was not that large in , its strength should not be underestimated.

After reading this text message, Fan Wumian sighed and lamented that he had been in the business for so many years in his previous life but had no right to say even a word to Boss Qu, the "King of Hengdian". Yet this time, Boss Qu took the initiative to host a banquet for him just when he was staying at his hotel.

Although everyone lives their lives, the quality of their lives is really different.

There are some high-end circles that you can’t get into no matter how hard you try. Once you have enough strength, you will naturally integrate into them.
(End of this chapter)