Chapter 532 2016 New Project

Chapter 532 2016 New Project

Chapter 532 2016 New Project

After all, Wang Hao's version of "The Three-Body Problem 1" is the final work of the second phase of the entire movie universe, so the plot structure will naturally be more complicated.

According to the joint design between him and the screenwriter department, the film will have three story lines interweaving with each other, including some plots from the novel version of "The Three-Body Problem 1" and some original content of the movie universe.

And because there are so many story lines and the need to conclude the previous stories, the entire "The Three-Body Problem 1" will be star-studded.

In mid-March, after Wang Hao officially joined the "Three-Body 3" project, the project crew started the publicity and promotion in advance and came up with a fancy move.

Only a picture poster was released on Wang Hao's personal and "The Three-Body Problem 1" project's official Douyin account, which aroused the excitement of countless fans.

In the center of the poster is Wang Hao, with the artistic title of "The Three-Body Problem 1" in front of him, and behind him are a group of black human silhouettes in various postures.

The meaning is very clear. In the future, until "The Three-Body Problem 1" is officially released, they will update the poster every one to two months and release a character from the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" series as a cast member of this movie.

As soon as the first poster was released, fans started speculating.

Some people believed that "Wolf Warrior" actor Wu Jing would definitely star in this movie, and even @ed Wu Jing's personal account and the character account of "Leng Feng" Liu Peiqiang.

Some people speculate that Dr. Chen Ang should appear in "The Three-Body Problem 1", as well as Qin Feng in "Detective Chinatown", Han Duoduo in "The Shallows", and Zhang Ying in "Source Code"...

Of course, for a core figure of the second phase like Shi Qiang, who is similar to the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., there is no need to guess that he will continue to appear in "The Three-Body Problem 1".

In addition to "The Three-Body Problem 1", the most important work of the second phase, Galaxy Group has many other works that will be released or are about to be launched in 2016.

For example, "The Hitman's Bodyguard", which will be released in April, is an overseas work of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], jointly invested and produced by Galaxy Pictures and Columbia.

In addition, the Galaxy Cinematic Universe will release four more works in 2016: Rampage, The Witches, Cold War 2 and The Great Wall.

In addition, although "Warcraft", which was co-invested by Galaxy Group, does not belong to the movie universe, its distribution and promotion in China is also handled by Galaxy Pictures.

As for the works that Galaxy Pictures will shoot in 2016, in addition to "The Three-Body Problem 1", there are also many, including "Detective Chinatown 3", "Upgrade", "The Accidental Detective", "Seven Shells", "Mechanic 2", "The Richest Tomato", "Dying to Survive" and "Swords of Shu Mountain".

The last three of them do not belong to the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe]. "The Richest Tomato" and "Dying to Survive" are works invested by Galaxy Pictures. As for "Swordsman of Shushan", it is the first work of the [Swordsman Universe] directed by Tsui Hark.

And this is just a film project. Galaxy Group will have many other projects in 2016, such as TV series, games, animations, etc.

Wang Hao spent a whole day just holding a meeting after the New Year to learn about the new project.

Just when Wang Hao was busy with the company's internal affairs and new film projects, another major event happened in the Chinese entertainment industry.

At the end of March, Wanda Group held a grand press conference in Shanghai, announcing the acquisition of American film giant Legendary Pictures for a whopping US$3 billion in cash.

This transaction set a record for China Cultural Industry’s largest overseas M&A and made China Capital’s statement in the international film industry.

Of course, that’s what the press release said.

In fact, Wang Hao had heard about this matter long before this, and considering that Galaxy Group has always had a long-term friendly cooperative relationship with Wanda Group, he also advised Wanda's Lao Wang that it would be better to postpone the acquisition and continue to wait and see.

After all, Wanda had already spent a lot of money overseas before this, and the acquisition of AMC Theaters in the United States was a high-leverage and high-risk operation.

The same is true for the acquisition of Legendary Pictures. You should know that Legendary Pictures is a big Hollywood company, but its business conditions before 2015 were not that good. It is said that its debt alone was as high as US$93.5 billion.

Of course, Wang Hao also deserves some credit for this, because the "Inception" and "The Hangover" series invested and filmed by their company were actually works of Legendary Pictures in the original time and space line.

Especially the movie "Inception", which brought great recovery to Legendary Pictures.

However, Legendary Pictures not only lost these two movies, but will also lose "Interstellar", "Pacific Rim" and "The Great Wall" in the future.

Of course, losing "The Great Wall" may also be a good thing for Legendary Pictures.

But no matter how you look at it, Legendary Pictures is a huge pit.

But Wanda's Wang insisted on having his own way and did not listen to Wang Hao's advice, insisting on acquiring Legendary Pictures.

Wang Hao would not remind him a second time. Anyway, the other person had his own plans in private. He was an outsider, and if he said too much, his good intentions would become malicious.

This is good. He is giving a reminder now. If his words are proven later, Lao Wang might still remember his kindness. Then it will be easier to take over Wanda’s cinema chain and the shares of Galaxy Park.

Of course, although Wang Hao was invited to the acquisition press conference, he definitely would not go and he just made up an excuse to decline.

However, although he did not attend the acquisition press conference, the media intentionally or unintentionally involved Wang Hao and his Galaxy Group when reporting on the matter.

After all, in today's Chinese entertainment industry, among private enterprises, Galaxy Group dares to say it is second, and no one dares to say it is first.

However, even a powerful company like Galaxy Group has its business mainly rooted in China, with its business radiating to neighboring Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and a few places in Southeast Asia.

Although there are some of its works in Hollywood, most of them are collaborations with Columbia or Sony. There is no real expansion of its influence into Hollywood.

From this perspective, Galaxy Group is not as good as Wanda Group as it lacks the pioneering and enterprising spirit.

Some netizens even commented on this online, saying that Wang Hao, as a young man, is not as enterprising as Lao Wang.

Some people also say that Wang Hao is not enterprising. When "Inception" swept the world and won an Oscar, he chose to return to China and failed to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.

People like Jackie Chan, Li Lianjie and Chow Yun-fat all stayed in Hollywood for a while before coming back.

Wang Hao didn't care about these online comments and didn't make any response.

Why would he, the chairman of a large group company, respond to this? Time will tell who is right. Anyway, the business of Galaxy Group is still developing steadily and positively. Ball Lightning, with a record-breaking performance of 42.1 billion Chinese yuan, brought a perfect end to the 2016 Spring Festival.

After the beginning of the year, all departments of the group company have devoted themselves to their respective work according to the established plan.

In April, "The Hitman's Bodyguard" will be released worldwide following "Ball Lightning".

The film tells the story of a professional killer Darius (Samuel L. Jackson) who voluntarily becomes a tainted witness in the trial of a super criminal Vladislav (Gary Oldman) in order to rescue his wife Sonya (Salma Hayek), and is escorted by heavy police to testify in court.

However, in order to escape legal sanctions, the criminal hired a top killer from the dark world killer organization "High Table" to try to silence the witnesses.

However, although the killer wiped out the escort troops, he failed to kill Darius with one blow.

At the same time, the female detective Emilia (Daddario), who escaped by chance, can only avoid the police's established route and hire a private bodyguard, while her ex-boyfriend Michael (Ryan Reynolds) continues to escort the witness.

Little did they know that the two had been sworn enemies for many years, but they had to work together to resist the mercenaries' interception and the police's pursuit, and arrived in The Hague, Netherlands from London, England within 27 hours to testify in court.

When the two enemies meet, sparks fly, creating a thrilling, as well as hilarious story.

Although it is a medium-budget production, with the background of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" and a commercial story, many people are optimistic about the prospects of "The Hitman's Bodyguard".

However, Wang Hao did not attend the domestic premiere of this film. He was mainly busy with another matter at the time, which was the follow-up impact brought about by General Zheng.

Because of this General Zheng, "The Mermaid" was urgently cut, adjusted and re-shot, and was not able to be re-released until "Ball Lightning" was taken off the screen and the Spring Festival period was over.

And that’s not all. In early April, led by the radio, television and cultural departments, Galaxy Group took the lead in responding. Other Directors Associations, Screenwriters Associations, Actors Associations, China Performing Arts Industry Association, as well as major film and television companies and platforms such as Youku, iQiyi, and Tencent jointly participated in an industry conference held in Beijing.

At the meeting, after extensive discussions, the new "Self-Discipline Management Measures for Cultural Industry Practitioners" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") were jointly formulated and issued.

According to the Measures, major associations, film and television companies and platforms will subsequently set up a ethics construction committee to propose guidelines for the definition and punishment of artists with bad records.

However, before that, the Measures had already clearly stipulated fifteen types of behavior that performing artists were not allowed to engage in.

These fifteen behaviors can basically be found in other laws and regulations, and they are summarized separately as the focus this time, which means that the subsequent handling of artists with bad records will have rules to follow and clear red lines will be drawn.

It also means that relevant departments will strengthen supervision and punishment of these illegal and irregular behaviors in the future.

As the chairman of the Galaxy Group, Wang Hao naturally participated in this conference. He was even the one pushing for this conference behind the scenes.

With the rapid development of China Entertainment, the corresponding supporting management must naturally keep up. The Galaxy Group does not have that much power to manage the entire industry, so let the official take action and they can just follow suit.

In the words he told his superiors, this is called "cleaning the house first." After all, the policy of opening up the cultural industry has been implemented for one or two years. Every year, a large number of young artists from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia come to China to seek their fortune, and the circle is also full of good and bad. It is time to clean up.

However, such a committee and management method involve the interests of all parties, so it is naturally impossible to come up with a complete plan all at once. But this at least provides a response to the entertainment turmoil caused by Boss Zheng before.

At the same time, this also put a final conclusion on what Boss Zheng had done, making it impossible for him to turn things around.

At present, all parties are still meeting to improve the "Working Charter of the Ethics Construction Committee" and the "Self-Discipline Punishment and Comeback Evaluation Standards for Illegal Performing Artists" which are compatible with the management measures. However, after Wang Hao participated in several industry conferences in the early stage, he assigned the matter to a vice president of the company.

As for himself, he flew to Dunhuang.

Because of what Wang Hao said at the beginning, the local government over there is looking forward to the establishment of the Northwest branch of [Galaxy Film City].

Previously, both the crew of the movie "The Great Wall" and the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" project received extraordinary preferential treatment when filming in Dunhuang.

Now, Galaxy Group naturally needs to return the favor and reach an agreement with the local government on this matter.

The Dunhuang Municipal Government and the Provincial Government attach great importance to the arrival of Wang Hao and others, as well as the Northwest Branch project of Galaxy Film City.

The two sides had an in-depth and friendly exchange on the matter. After several days of discussion and negotiation, they finally reached a preliminary cooperation agreement.

According to the agreement, the Dunhuang Municipal Government will use the Dunhuang Film and Television City and some of the surrounding special geographical resources, as well as taxation policies, as capital, and together with Galaxy Group, invest in the Northwest branch of Galaxy Film City to jointly build the largest modern film and television base in the Northwest region and help the great development of Northwest culture.

After Wang Hao finished this matter, he flew to Hangzhou Bay to inspect the [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] there, and then returned to Shangjing. It was already the end of April.

The May Day holiday and summer vacation are approaching, and the previous impact of the "Self-Discipline Management Measures" and the Ethics Committee has completely passed.

After this incident, the domestic entertainment industry seemed to have calmed down a bit and there were some changes, but it also seemed as if nothing had happened.

All I can say is that in this industry where money and sensual pleasures are intertwined, there is never a shortage of daring and reckless people.

For example, after Wang Hao returned to the company, the person in charge of Hao Production Network went to the chairman's office with documents almost immediately.

"Boss Wang, these are the complaints and reports the company has received during this period."

A thick stack of documents contains all kinds of information, some true and some false. Some of the things are trivial, some involve the interests of all parties, and some are shocking.

Even Wang Hao couldn't help but feel that these were a bit troublesome.

He didn't expect that this kind of thing would have a follow-up. Did he occupy Wang Sicong's ecological niche as the "Disciplinary Inspection Committee of the Entertainment Circle"?

Forget it, this kind of thing is not something I can handle.

"Leave the things here with me first. I'll take a look at them when I have time."

After saying that, Wang Hao, who had just returned to the office, packed up after the person in charge of Good Production Network left and set an example by taking the lead in leaving get off work on time.

(End of this chapter)