Entertainment, I just like making movies

Mid-April.

Fang Ziheng put down the work at hand and returned to the Imperial Capital to participate in the event led by the Sixth Princess, the Beijing News, and Imperial Television Station.

Four film and television companies, Huayi, Guangxian, Bona, and Hengyu, co-organized the Chinese-language film symposium.

In addition to the four companies, Galloping Pony, Wanda Film and Television, and Xingmei Cinemas also joined in

Tengxun Video, iQiyi, and Youku also wanted to participate. Guyong, the head of Youku, even announced that he was willing to bear all the costs of the event.

As a result, as soon as the words were released, they were jointly rejected by Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, and Wanda's Song Ge.

The reason is very simple. The three major video platforms currently do not involve front-line film and television production, and they do not have channel theaters.

To put it bluntly, I look down on them. Video platforms are not equivalent to traditional film and television companies.

Wang Zhongjun became a good old man and said that he had been inviting them for two years and let it go this time.

This founding meeting was held in a semi-public manner.

Different from the government-led annual conference, the theme is more flexible and harmonious. The main purpose is to let the public have an in-depth understanding of the general situation of Chinese-language films and understand the film and television companies' expectations for the market.

The meeting location is in the Conference Hall No. 3 of Diaoyutai Hotel.

April 12, 9 a.m.

The Audi A6 slowly drove into the Diaoyutai Hotel, and Fang Ziheng got out of the car dressed in decent clothes.

Now a lot of people have come, no less than two to three hundred at a glance. Except for the four major online media companies, Tengxun, NetEase, Sina, and Sohu, they are all front-line workers in the film industry.

When Fang Ziheng walked into the hall, the four major online media's eyes lit up, and they instinctively came forward with their machines for interviews.

However, as soon as several reporters took a step forward, they were stopped by the staff of Imperial TV Station.

The four major media outlets caught by the staff were scolded.

"What are you doing?"

"With such a lack of discernment, you think this is another place where you are allowed to report for entertainment and ask whatever you want?"

"Just stay patient and I will give you a chance to interview later!

The staff member stopped the reporter with a straight face, showed a friendly smile to Fang Ziheng, stretched out his hand and said respectfully: "Director Fang, several leaders and heads of various film and television companies are here. They are in the lounge, I will take you there. "

"Good work!"

Fang Ziheng held up his hands and followed the staff through the conference hall amid the astonishment of the four major media.

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When had they, the uncrowned kings, ever been treated like this!

You guys who look down on others with dog eyes, don’t let me see you!

The four major media outlets spit fire in their eyes and spat bitterly at the TV station staff.

It feels uncomfortable to be ignored, but anger is anger, and with the courage of the four major media, they would not dare to make a stab here.

One of the organizers of today's meeting is the giant Buddha of "Xinbao".

"Xinbao"!

Today's founding conference is almost equivalent to a seminar between the two major media.

Internet media such as Tengxun, NetEase, Sina, and Sohu are all younger brothers to The New Paper.

More importantly, in addition to being broadcast normally through Six Princesses and Imperial TV Station, this meeting will also be published in the "Xinbao" current affairs news.

You must know that political news is published on Page A of important domestic and international news.

It is fundamentally different from the usual lively and chaotic entertainment section news on the Internet.

In the luxurious lounge.

The bosses of Huayi, Guangxian, and Bona Film and Television were all present.

Some medium-sized film and television companies such as Rongxinda, Tangren, Zhedong Henglin, and Zhujiang Film and Television were also present.

With a smile on his face, Fang Ziheng stepped forward to greet everyone one by one.

"Haha, Director Fang is here, I win!"

As soon as he saw him, Wang Zhongjun laughed boldly, took a few steps forward, put his arm around his shoulders, and said to Song Ge next to him: "Mr. Song, we have agreed that "1942" will not be less than 50% of the film schedule on the first day of release. .”

"Director Fang, I thought you couldn't get away, but Director Lin is here today?" Brother Song opened his mouth and looked at Fang Ziheng with a wry smile.

"The filming of the literary drama of "The Great Wall" is almost complete. Next, we enter the difficult war drama. I just came back to rest for two days and change my mind."

Fang Ziheng smiled and secretly scolded these guys for taking him as a bet when they had nothing to do.

After joking for a while, a few people found a seat and sat down, chatting about some of the major events that will happen in the film and television industry in the next half year.

If someone comes in suddenly, they will notice a strange phenomenon.

On the left side of the lounge, seven film companies, including Huayi, Hengyu, Guangxian, Bona, Wanda, Xingmei, and Galloping Horse, are gathered together.

On the right side of the lounge, more than a dozen TV drama companies including Huace, Rong Xinda, Tang Ren, Dongyang Noon Sunshine, Xinbaoyuan, Xinli Media, Huanrui Century, and Ciwen Media gathered together.

In the middle of the lounge, the Sixth Princess, several middle-level cadres from Imperial TV Station and the Beijing News sat together.

The entire lounge was clearly divided into three groups of people, divided into three vague circles.

Except for the fact that Fang Ziheng came in just now and everyone came up to say hello, the rest of the time they stayed in their own small circle and did not cross the line at all.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

There were too many people at the scene, but if one of them had the idea to move from the TV drama circle to the movie circle, not to mention attracting the attention of others, others would probably follow suit.

Let's just talk about Li Shaohong and Cai Yunong. The eyes of these two female CEOs lit up the moment Fang Ziheng came in.

Both of them wanted to take advantage of today's rare opportunity to have a good chat with Fang Ziheng.

It would be best if we can collaborate on a movie. Even if we can't reach a cooperation, we can still deepen the relationship between the two parties.

Reality doesn't give them a chance.

They are both CEOs of film and television companies, but the boundaries of their circles are still obvious, and the status of the two parties is not equal.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Vice Mayor Lin, who is in charge of culture in the imperial capital, arrived and the founding meeting officially began.

Fang Ziheng, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, and Wang Changtian stepped onto the conference stage and sat on either side of the leaders.

The four of them represent the four largest private film companies in China and stand in the first echelon of the domestic film and television industry.

Li Ming with a galloping pony.

Tan Dong from Xingmei.

Song Ge from Wanda Film and Television.

Fu Dong of Huace Film and Television.

These four people sit in the center of the first row of the audience, which is a level higher than other private film and television companies.

The top four have created the current landscape of the film and television industry.

The three companies, Rongxinda, Tangren, and Dongyang Zhongwu, may have produced a few high-quality TV series, but in terms of company size, they are far less powerful than the previous eight companies.

The meeting was chaired by a deputy director of the Sixth Princess and a deputy editor-in-chief of the Beijing News.

After the opening remarks.

A deputy director of the Film Bureau spoke first and announced the total box office results of the first quarter of the Chinese film market in 2012.

"According to statistics from the China Film Group and the Film Bureau, the box office in the first quarter of the year in the Mainland exceeded 4.25 billion yuan, setting a record high."

"The film market in the first quarter has clearly become more popular than last year since January. The Spring Festival and Valentine's Day schedules are getting stronger and more mature, and commercial films and literary and artistic films are blooming at the same time, which has been widely recognized by the audience."

"However, it is worth noting that under the background of the new film policies between China and the United States, the strength of Hollywood blockbusters is increasing day by day. From February 9 to the end of March, Chinese-language films were short-listed for six consecutive weeks and missed the weekly championship.

Among the top four box office movies in the first quarter, except for "Xiu Chun Knife" which ranked second with a box office of 550 million, the other three are all Hollywood movies.

The total box office of the six Hollywood films released in the first quarter accounted for approximately 35.1% of the quarterly box office.

In addition to "Xiu Chun Knife" having a double success in word-of-mouth and box office.

"The Magician", "Love", and "Back to War" have a good reputation in the eyes of the public, but unfortunately, none of these films have a box office of more than 200 million. "

Following the introduction by Deputy Director Li of the Film Bureau, a large screen behind the stage slowly lit up.

First quarter of 2012.

Top ten box office hits in Mainland China, appearing on the big screen.

The first place, "Mission: Impossible 4" (imported), has a total box office of 627 million.

The second place "Xiu Chun Knife" has a total box office of 550 million.

The third place "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2" (imported) has a total box office of 326 million.

The fourth place "Alien Battlefield" (imported) has a total box office of 206 million.

The fifth place, "Detective Sherlock Holmes" (imported), has a total box office of 174 million.

The sixth place "The Magician" has a total box office of 172 million.

The seventh place "Pleasant Goat 4" has a total box office of 163 million.

The eighth place "Reverse War" has a total box office of 145 million.

The ninth place "LOVE" has a total box office of 135 million.

The tenth place "War Horse" (imported) has a total box office of 115 million.

As soon as the data was announced, the slightly quiet scene suddenly went into an uproar.

Only then did everyone realize that in the seemingly hot movie market, a large part of the box office was actually taken away by Hollywood movies.

If it weren't for Hengyu's "Xiuchungdao" to carry the banner, and to compete with several Hollywood special effects blockbusters during the Spring Festival, the first quarter of this year's film market would have been a complete failure.

Everyone's eyes looked at the four giants on the stage, first on Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, and Wang Changtian, and finally on Fang Ziheng.

Compared with the three listed film and television companies, Hengyu Media is more powerful and worthy of everyone's trust.

Looking at each other.

Fang Ziheng sat upright with a calm expression, his eyes were as calm as water, and he didn't show any expression.

He was in a calm state of mind, but the other three people next to him were miserable. Their faces were twitching and getting redder and redder.

Especially Wang Zhongjun, his ears felt hot and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, wishing to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

What a fuck!

I thought it was an honor to sit on the stage, but I didn't expect to become the target of covert criticism.

Huayi, Bona, and Guangxian, three of the few listed companies in the Chinese-language film market, and Big Brother, the leader in the industry, did not contribute at all in the first quarter.

If this were publicized, would investors be disappointed in them, and would their peers laugh at them?

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The three of them were thinking a lot and thought of many things.

Wang Zhongjun even had the urge to stand up and interrupt the photographers in the audience to ask them to stop recording.

He thinks too much!

Everyone's gaze just now was a subconscious move and was not specifically directed at anyone.

After a few more minutes, Deputy Director Li finished his introduction.

The deputy editor-in-chief of the "Beijing News" knocked on the microphone and said with a smile: "In the following time, the four major film and television companies, Huayi, Bona, Guangxian, and Hengyu Media, will speak."

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The sound of three exhales rang in his ears, and Fang Ziheng smiled, secretly happy that you three have this day too.

Wang Zhongjun stood up slowly and was the first to speak.

As the first privately listed film and television company, Huayi's market value will exceed 60 billion, and he can only speak first.

"Dear leaders and colleagues!"

“In my opinion, if we really want Chinese-language films to prosper and to stably and continuously produce films with good reputations and box office success, we must strengthen the production capabilities of film and television companies.

At present, there may be many film and television companies in our country, but they are all small-scale and do not have the ability to produce large-scale movies with a cost of hundreds of millions.

There are still too few truly powerful film companies! "

After what he said, there was a lot of applause in the venue.

Wang Zhongjun’s words touched everyone’s heart.

As of March this year, there were no less than 300 domestic film and television companies, large and small, and 90% of them were newly established small workshops.

Not to mention making a movie alone, even if you invest in a TV series, you have to recruit two or three helpers and find several partners to share the risk.

There are thousands, not to mention hundreds, of such small workshops that are of little use, and their help to Chinese-language films is almost zero.

After mentioning everyone's tickles, Wang Zhongjun smiled slightly and loudly announced Huayi's film plans this year.

"Dear colleagues, starting from April this year, the Huayi brothers will launch the movie 'H Plan', with more than ten actors including Feng Xiaogang, Cheng Long, Xu Ke, Zhang Guoli, Teng Huatao, Xia Yongfan, Chen Guohui, Lin Shuyu, Feng Delun, etc. The director launches a cooperation plan!"

"Please believe me, Huayi Brothers will never let the public down. We will continue to work hard and fight for the film industry to the end!"

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There was thunderous applause, and the atmosphere in the conference hall suddenly became lively.

Everyone was very considerate. Wang Zhongjun’s words may have some merit, but after all, they have come up with the director cooperation ‘Plan H’, which can be considered sincerity.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Zhongjun once again announced Huayi's film list for this year and next.

Next, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian spoke respectively.

Yu Dong first talked about his experience in going public in the United States, and then changed the topic and talked about how the future of Chinese-language films will not be inferior to those in North America.

He vowed that Bona would produce more films that would be released globally and strive to be a pioneer in exporting Chinese culture to overseas markets.

His words also aroused warm applause.

In the eyes of most people in the audience, Bona Pictures is a tough guy who dares to enter North America and make money from gringos. It's awesome.

However, only Fang Ziheng understood that Yu Dong was retreating and he already had plans to withdraw from US stocks.

"Guangxian has strong publicity and distribution capabilities, and we very much hope to help high-level and high-quality movies appear on the big screen in theaters."

In the near future, Guangxian will participate in the field of channel theaters, start from scratch, and make Guangxian Cinema bigger and stronger little by little! "

The first part of Wang Changtian's speech was relatively steady and practical, but the second part was uninteresting.

In front of so many people, he showed off his brilliant publicity ability.

This is to seize the movie distribution share!

Lao Wang is indeed a master, with one routine after another.

"Next, I would like to invite Fang Ziheng, chairman of Hengyu Media Group and international director, to speak!"

A round of applause interrupted Fang Ziheng's complaint against Wang Changtian.

He stood up slowly, put his hands on the table, thought about his words for a moment, and spoke quietly in front of the countless expectant eyes in the audience.

"In four years since 2008, my country's film market has entered a stage of rapid development. First, the number of cinema screens across the country has increased, and the total volume of the film market has continued to rise.

Secondly, the number of people going to cinemas to watch movies has increased, and various movie themes such as costumes, science fiction, comedy, youth cities, crime, etc. have been fully displayed.

Since last year, the environment of the film market has also been greatly improved. Piracy and box office theft have become less and less, and film and television copyrights have become more standardized.

Generally speaking, the Chinese film market is getting more and more promising! "

Fang Ziheng analyzed the current market situation as usual, and carefully analyzed the increasingly complete and excellent system of the film market.

Then, he straightened his body, raised his voice slightly, and announced to everyone the general strategy of Hengyu Media.

"Hengyu Media is not taking the usual path. In the next two or three years, Hengyu's main business department will work together with Qidian Chinese Network, Tudou Video Network, Tiangong Yicai, and Hengyu Game Company.

Jointly develop copyrights for movies, TV shows, animations, novels, games, music, etc.

We will work together online and offline to develop all aspects of the copyrights of each work to the extreme, and take the comprehensive entertainment route! "

Speaking of this, Fang Ziheng smiled slightly and stopped suddenly.

Amid everyone's puzzled looks, he raised a finger, pointed at the sky, and then at the ground.

"My colleagues, please let go of your thinking, follow my words, and imagine a day in the future."

Fang Ziheng's eyes were focused, and he said with a mysterious, low and beguiling voice: "One day in the future, we will wake up leisurely on a weekend morning."

"You are eating breakfast, listening to music, and scrolling through your phone to read an excellent novel that you have read for many days.

In the afternoon, you make an appointment with a few friends and go to an animation city. In the animation city, there are animations and games of the same name that you are reading novels. You and your friends have a lot of fun.

In the evening, you came downstairs to your girlfriend's house. You smiled and took out two movie tickets, took your girlfriend's hand to a nearby cinema, and watched the movie of the same name together with the novel you read in the morning! "

“After watching the movie, you and your girlfriend walked out of the cinema and sang a nice melody together.

The title of this song is just like the title of the novel you read this morning. It was written by a music master. "

"Everyone, think about it, is this kind of life happy?"

Fang Ziheng's voice expanded through the microphone to the entire conference room.

As everyone listened, a warm picture emerged in front of their eyes.

The people in the picture have extremely rich spiritual food after work.

During their weekend breaks, they are comfortable, happy and free.

You can watch whatever you want, listen to whatever you want, and play whatever you want.

Music, videos, movies, TV series, novels, games, animations and animations are all available for them to choose and taste.