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Chapter 46 Something is wrong with Jianghe Culture again

Most of the executives of Fantasy World here have read the script, but there is a huge gap between words and images. There is no doubt that the movie gave them a greater surprise than when they first saw the script.

Ren Bowei turned around and said with a smile: "Director Chen, although I can't predict the box office, but as far as the movie itself is concerned, I believe that "Fatal Identity" has a status among Chinese commercial movies and is definitely a classic.

Genre movie.”

Kang Hua on the side also stared at Chen Jingxing with strange eyes: "Director Chen, where do your endless creativity come from? The next movie will not be of this type, right? Has the script been released? Our fantasy world

Net will definitely continue to invest."

Even though the movie hasn't been released yet, Kang Hua is already eyeing Chen Jingxing's next script.

Ren Bowei shook his head: "Creativity is not the most important thing. There are many imaginative people in the world. They can combine creativity into a good story and make a finished film. This is an ability that is even more amazing than creativity.

, Mr. Chen, does your DreamWorks still need investment? Fantasy World hopes to achieve closer cooperation with DreamWorks. You can give me a number for the valuation. I am serious."

The surrounding executives were shocked. After watching the movie, they couldn't wait to propose investing in his company. This shows that Mr. Ren valued the young director in front of him.

Chen Jingxing smiled and asked, "Mr. Ren, the movie hasn't been released yet, and I don't know if it's a profit or a profit. Why does Huanshi.com have so much confidence in me?"

"No matter whether this movie can be a box office success or not, it will not change my investment intention. This is because of my trust in Director Chen's personal ability. Don't worry, we have no intention of shaking your absolute control over DreamWorks. If

If you feel uneasy, we accept that the capital contribution should be limited to 15%."

Ren Bowei thought that Chen Jingxing was the kind of person who attached great importance to the control of the company, and wanted to dispel his concerns. In the past, Huanshi.com had mainly invested in celebrities' personal studios, or used them as bargaining chips for signing gambling agreements, and had never thought of it.

Rather than kicking the founder away, because the greatest value of a company founded by a celebrity is the celebrity himself, it is unlikely for investors to kick the founder away in the entertainment industry.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Ren, for your love. Now I am focusing almost all my energy on this movie. I will wait until the movie is released to talk about the investment."

Therefore, even if it is for the future development of DreamWorks, Chen Jingxing will not refuse investment.

It has to be said that Jiang He, an old enemy, is very good at playing tricks. Originally, Fantasy World had already scheduled "Fatal Identity" to January 1, 2014. The New Year's Day release is considered a good release date among the Lunar New Year movies. For this reason, Ren Bowei has been with several people.

The theater chain negotiated for many days before finally finalizing the deal.

Huanshi.com withstood the pressure from National Film Academy Qin Wuye and locked up the Spring Festival schedule. Therefore, it was kicked out on the first day of the new year and became Jianghe Culture.

But he soon realized that what Jiang He did was not mainly for "Fatal Identity". It was actually Jiang He's forced choice, and it even had a lot to do with Fantasy World Network.

The most important thing is that investors themselves can not only bring funds, but also resources. This is particularly important in the film and television industry. Why do the five major studios and certain theater companies hold shares in each other? Many celebrities have their own studios.

Why did you even accept investment from more than a dozen companies?

In this circle, resources are even more important than money. Internet companies like Huanshi.com, with huge amounts of money in their hands, have hit the wall several times.

Chen Jingxing is confident that as long as "Fatal Identity" can achieve a decent box office, for example, more than 200 million, DreamWorks' valuation will double or triple from its current level. How can it sell its shares at a low price now?

Secondly, as long as "Fatal Identity" can achieve decent box office results, it will attract investors not just from Fantasy World, but other Internet companies and even the five major studios may become interested in DreamWorks.

As soon as he finished speaking, the originally excited atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Chen Jingxing also frowned.

Ren Bowei saw that Chen Jingxing was not letting go. Although he felt a little regretful, he stopped entangled and changed the topic: "The quality of the movie is very reliable, so our distribution can be more bold. Mr. Kang, what do you think?

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Unexpectedly, Jangho Culture suddenly announced yesterday that "Blood Sword Warriors", which was originally scheduled to be released on New Year's Day, would be moved to New Year's Day, which happened to coincide with "Fatal Identity".

Chen Jingxing is not obsessed with making DreamWorks his sole proprietorship. Even if he wants to ensure absolute control of the company, it does not need to be as extreme as sole proprietorship. You must know that sole proprietorship investors have unlimited liability for corporate debts, even if they are out of control.

From the perspective of risk management and control, Chen Jingxing will not refuse reasonable investment.

In fact, to be honest, it was not the National Film Group that put pressure on Jangho to withdraw from the Spring Festival show, but Jangho itself could no longer hold on.

National Filmmaker Qin Zhonghe even made a special call to Ren Bowei to persuade Huanshi.com to withdraw from the Spring Festival. Unexpectedly, Huanshi.com’s purpose was to disrupt the original order, and he would do things even if they were harmful to others and not beneficial to himself. Moreover, a short film

The comedy film can't afford to lose money, so it refuses to be withdrawn.

But not accepting investment now.

Huanshi.com would rather lose money than withdraw. Now it’s the other studios’ turn to take the blame. Jianghe is the first to be unable to withstand it. The investment in Jianghe’s martial arts masterpiece “Blood Sword Warriors” is said to be 100 million. Even if the water is removed, there is still a profit.

60 to 70 million. As a traditional studio, Jangho

In terms of liquidity and size, it is incomparable to Huanshi.com. He absolutely cannot afford to lose money. In the internal evaluation, he also believes that it will be difficult to beat the National Film Festival's "Spring and Autumn Sword" and Beijing Film and United Cinemas' "Spring and Autumn Sword".

"The Monkey King" and "Casino II" produced by Tianrun.

Kang Hua was a little hesitant: "The previous distribution strategy had already been decided and basically negotiated with several theater companies. Who knew that Jianghe would come again, and it would be really difficult to handle it."

Ren Bowei and Kang Hua looked at each other. It seemed that this guy was very confident in his work, and he didn't want to be flattered. The praise he just gave didn't make him dizzy.

The outbreak of the Spring Festival in 2013 made the film industry see the unlimited potential of the Spring Festival. Major studios launched heavyweight movies to compete for the Spring Festival in 2014. The result is that four blockbusters will be squeezed into the Spring Festival next year.

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Chen Jingxing wants to take advantage of the Internet capital, but Internet capital is not limited to Huanshi.com. He should try his best to accept more diverse capital from the film and television industry and even outside the industry. This is Chen Jingxing’s future financing plan for DreamWorks.

, multiple investors mean multiple paths.

Even if the box office forecast for the Spring Festival period is predicted with the most optimistic growth rate, the four blockbusters are too reluctant. Before the five major movies can coordinate with each other to come up with a result, Huanshi.com rushed in again. Although it launched "The World" for the Spring Festival period

The investment is not large, but Huanshi.com’s publicity and distribution capabilities combined with Qiwenshe’s comedy appeal have made other studios a formidable enemy, and as a result, the Spring Festival stalls may turn into sardines.

When Chen Jingxing first learned about this incident, he really wanted to ask Boss Jiang He how much hatred he had against him, and was it worth pursuing him so relentlessly?

In fact, even without the disruption from Fantasy World, "Blood Sword Warriors" is likely to change its schedule. The reason why it has survived until now is purely because the five major studios are competing to see who can blink first.

Since we have to withdraw from the Spring Festival stall, then it becomes a question when to change it. The three, April and May after the Spring Festival stall are all off-season. If you want to have a large ticket warehouse, you have to go to the summer stall, which will take too long.

The movie "Blood Blade" was even completed at the end of 2012. It was originally planned to be released in the summer of 2013. However, it was stung by the outbreak of the Spring Festival release, so it was announced that it would be released in the Spring Festival of 2014.

Since it can’t be postponed, let’s move it up. Originally, a better schedule would be late December, but the superhero blockbuster “Mars Manhunter” introduced by China Film Group Corporation is scheduled to be released on Christmas Eve. Although “Martian Manhunter” is not a popular hero, domestic box office predictions

Not too high, but you should try to avoid a head-on collision with a Hollywood blockbuster.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is February 8th, and the box office market is usually sluggish in the 10 days before New Year's Eve. Therefore, in order to create enough space with the Spring Festival and not to collide head-on with blockbusters, New Year's Day is a more suitable date.

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