Royal Beast: A Million Evolutions of Magic Pets

After everyone arrived, Shen Zhiyin cleared her throat and said, "I'm here to call everyone to a meeting today. I have a few things to say."

"Everyone has been a little impetuous these days, and I can understand that. After all, the most important thing for a movie to be made is to distribute it and show it."

Hearing Shen Zhiyin talk about the issue, everyone in the company couldn't help but turn their attention to Wang Chong.

She looked around the entire conference room, and then said, "But don't worry, our company's release date has actually been confirmed, and the release time has been set in advance."

"It will premiere on March 14th, White Valentine's Day in the West."

After hearing Shen Zhiyin's words, the conference room was quiet for a moment, and then, there was a buzzing discussion below.

"The issuance agreement has been made? Which company? Which department has done it?"

"I don't know. I've never heard of anyone negotiating this matter."

"It's not a small company, right? Or, have we accepted the conditions of those big companies?"

"I don't know. There's no news at all."

The people below lowered their heads and discussed quietly, and the company's senior executives also looked at each other in confusion.

The director of the marketing department asked directly, "Mr. Shen, which publishing company have we chosen? We seem to have never received the news."

After hearing the director's question, the conference room gradually became quiet.

Everyone looked at Shen Zhiyin with sharp eyes.

Shen Zhiyin glanced at him and said with a smile, "It's normal that everyone doesn't know, because this is the company Mr. Yu is looking for."

"It's called Tianshu Film and Television Promotion Company."

After hearing Shen Zhiyin's words, the people in the conference room first had a question mark on their heads, and then they looked at each other with people around them or acquaintances, and they all saw confusion in each other's eyes.

There are only a few well-known distribution companies in the industry. Everyone has really never heard of this company.

The smart one even took out his cell phone and searched Sogou.

I want to know what the background of this company is and what movies it has released.

At first glance, they were stunned.

This is because this company has only released three or four low-budget movies so far, and they all bombed at the box office. I don’t know if they have lost money.

The boss of this company may also know that his company is not doing well, so in the past two years, this company may not even engage in the issuance business, and there is no news at all.

After reading the introduction of this company, those who searched could not help but feel a "thump" in their hearts.

This can’t be considered a small company anymore, right? It’s completely a leather company!

We, Mr. Yu Manling and Mr. Yu, will not be deceived, right?

For a moment, everyone looked at Yu Manling in a strange way. She felt like she was on pins and needles and felt uncomfortable all over. They also secretly cursed Wang Chong in their hearts for not coming and insisting on her being the one who took the blame.

Just when everyone in the conference room couldn't help but start talking, suddenly, there was a "dong dong dong" knock on the door.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the door. Everyone from the entire company was here, including part-time employees like Shen Yufeng. Who could it be?

Shen Zhiyin said, "Please come in."

After a moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the driver strode in with Gao Su. After looking around, he smiled and said hello to Yu Manling, Shen Zhiyin and Su Tong.

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Su, Mr. Shen, I am the general manager of Tianshu Film and Television Publicity Company, Gao Su. I am very happy to meet you."

After Gao Su sat on the rostrum, he stopped talking and began to introduce his purpose: "After communicating with Mr. Yu and Su Tong, our film's distribution plan has been discussed with theaters and various networks. The platform has been agreed upon.”

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was a bombshell that made everyone's heads dizzy. They were a bit unable to react for a while. They couldn't understand why things turned around 180 degrees.

But then, they had to brace themselves to accept more explosive news.

What a high percentage of film scheduling; distribution, publicity, and promotion worth hundreds of millions of yuan; joint promotion by major theaters and platforms.

Looking at the release details, everyone in the company felt that this was not like releasing a low-cost female love-themed movie, but rather like releasing some of the world's top big-budget and big-name movies.

It feels like if you spend this kind of resources, the cost will be doubled. Can you really earn back so much investment just by relying on the box office?

After a meeting, many people were still confused. Moreover, no one knew how Yu Manling suddenly turned the situation around, and a so-called "General Manager Gao" just fell from the sky.

...

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. The moment Gao Su swaggered to Haicheng City, many information that he had deliberately hidden before began to be exposed.

While some people in Wang Chong's company were still confused, the news that the movie "Breathing Pain" broke the ban and was ready for release began to spread like wildfire.

After hearing the news in Beijing, Zhang's Film and Television Group, Yan Rui was stunned on his boss' chair and was speechless for five minutes!

Zhang Enshang, who had already started making crew preparations to shoot a new movie, was stunned for a while when he learned the news and did not recover for a long time.

Because it was almost certain who was behind Gao Plastic, neither of them could figure out who was responsible for tearing a big hole in their blockade.

At the same time, in Yu Manling's room, Yu Manling was also discussing with Su Tong enthusiastically.

She was wearing a simple white T-shirt and her pants were thrown aside, revealing her long, slender white legs, which was very tempting.

Excitement was written on her face, and she happily said to Su Tong, "Sister Tong! Did you see it? What a shocking turn of events today. All the difficulties were solved in one go. Wang Chong is so handsome, so strategizing. A decisive victory thousands of miles away!"

Su Tong smiled and nodded, and was about to say a few words. Yu Manling added, "Although I'm only a temporary tank topper, I'm not bad at all. Did you see how I pretended to be calm?"

"They really thought I had some deep connections and would solve the problem as soon as I stepped forward."

"Hahaha, I feel like I have become a big shot, don't I look a bit like a superstar?"

Seeing Yu Manling's excited look, Su Tong really couldn't laugh or cry.

But now, everything for "Breathing Pain" has been taken care of, from planning, to production, to distribution. The only thing left to do is to wait for its release.

If the box office is as good as expected, Yu Manling will indeed be one step closer to becoming the superstar she dreams of.

...

Late at night, in the capital, Zhang Enshang and Yan Rui met together again.

Zhang Enshang frowned, "I really didn't expect that someone would ask Yu Manling and the others to rescue them."

Yan Rui nodded, "Yes, it's hard for me to understand why they try so hard to offend me and also try to help Yu Manling."

He glanced at Zhang Enshang and said, "The theater chain and the platform have already signed a contract. It is impossible for us to break the contract and suffer a lot of losses."

"I think we should find someone to investigate the details of Gao Plastics and Tianshu Film and Television Promotion Company. See if there is any way to win them over to our side."

"Also, we can also use this method to try to dig out Shen Zhiyin and other people in their company. Even if the digging fails, we can also spread some information about some of them as undercovers, disgust them, and make them fight among themselves. ."

Zhang Enshang thought this was a good idea. After thinking about it, he came up with an idea and said, "Did we buy out the copyright of "Avengers 5" in the alliance not long ago? We might as well change the release date of this film to March 14th. , use blockbusters and big productions to stop them!"

"That film had two best actors and one actress joining the cast, and it was a series of big-budget movies. It will definitely be much more popular than movies about female love."

Yan Rui pondered for a while and said: "Avengers 5 is aimed at the Lantern Festival schedule. If the schedule is moved rashly, we will not suffer much loss here, but there will be no reason for it overseas."

There was a trace of reluctance in Zhang Enshang's eyes, but he still said cruelly: "Their loss of income will be replenished from my side!"

"Okay..." After some persuasion, seeing that Zhang Enshang was unmoved, Yan Rui sighed and said: "Tomorrow we will contact various theaters and platforms and invite them to the company for a test film. "

"Use profits to impress the people in the theater chain. I believe they will know which movie to choose and invest more in publicity."

Speaking of this, Zhang Enshang and Yan Rui looked at each other, as if they could see the tragic failure of Manling Film and Television Media Co., Ltd. in each other's eyes.

...

At noon the next day, just after Wang Chong lay down to take a nap, he was woken up by a phone call.

I picked up the phone and looked at it, and found that it was Yan Zisheng calling, "Hello, Mr. Yan, what's the matter?"

Yan Zisheng on the other end of the phone said, "Mr. Wang, something is indeed wrong."

"I got news that Zhang Enshang and others contacted people from the theaters this morning and held a preview meeting about "Avengers 5"."

"This movie has a strong cast, it is a series of movies, and its results are very high. I guess they are planning to use this movie to be released at the same time as us to snipe us and squeeze our film schedule."

After hearing Yan Zisheng's words, Wang Chong regained his composure and asked, "What do you think?"

Yan Zisheng said, "I plan to meet with the heads of each theater chain first, have a chat, and find out what they think."

"If the theater chains are indeed more inclined to Zhang Enshang's Zhang Film and Television Group, then I am prepared to sign a guarantee agreement with them."

"Since the estimated box office of "Avengers 5" can reach 600 million, then we will also sign an agreement to guarantee a minimum box office of 600 million!"

"If the box office of our movie is less than 600 million, then we will make up for their screening fees according to the standard of 600 million. If the box office is more than 600 million, the agreement will be automatically terminated and the normal sharing will be carried out."

"In this way, the conditions between us and Zhang's Film and Television Group will be equal. In addition, the film arrangement contract has been signed, so they should not break the contract."

"As for the quality of our film, I watched it yesterday. Although 600 million is a bit difficult, it is still very possible to achieve it if we work harder to promote it."

Wang Chong thought about the Zhang Film and Television Group, which had been causing trouble, and then thought about the 1 billion box office that Yu Manling had promised him before.

He said directly: "Force Zhang En to go to them and give them a guaranteed box office of 800 million. If they miss a point, we will make up for them according to their share."

Hearing Wang Chong's words, Yan Zisheng was extremely surprised. He actually already knew that Wang Chong was a master who was not short of money.

But raising the box office guarantee doesn't just mean raising it.

An increase of RMB 200 million will require tens of millions more in guaranteed costs. This is several times higher than the production cost of a movie.

What's more, a box office of 600 million is enough, let alone 800 million. This number is almost impossible to achieve.

So he advised, "Mr. Wang, isn't this guarantee a bit too high?"

Wang Chong, who was sitting on the bed and still yawning, said nonchalantly, "It's not high. Just do as I say."

After saying that, maybe he was afraid that Yan Zisheng would be under pressure from the company's performance, so he added, "Don't worry, if it's not achieved, I'll pay for it myself and it won't be included in the issuing company's accounts."

As soon as he heard what Wang Chong said, Yan Zisheng immediately felt relieved, "Okay, Mr. Wang. Then I will do what you said."

Yan Zisheng followed Wang Chong's request and went to talk to major theater chains and platforms about the guaranteed box office of 900 million.

Directly press down on the major theater chains and platforms that were ready to "rebel"!

The guaranteed box office is 800 million, which is 200 million higher than the box office of a blockbuster movie like "Avengers 5".

Who is not greedy?

Moreover, in order to prevent them from not working hard or deliberately reducing the box office, Yan Zisheng added an additional condition: the compensation will be divided according to the proportion of the box office of each theater chain.

For example, the total box office of "Breathing Pain" is 300 million. The box office sales of theater A are 100 million, the sales of theater B are 50 million, and the sales of theater C are 150 million.

Their sales ratio is 2:1:3.

According to the contract, Tianshu Film and Television Publicity Company should compensate each theater chain with its box office share, which is also paid in proportion. This can effectively prevent theater lines from cheating.

After all, even if they deliberately drag down the box office so that the film's box office does not reach 900 million, but the box office of their own theaters is low, the score they can get will not be high.

It would be better to work together with Manling Film and Television Media Co., Ltd. and Tianshu Film and Television Promotion Company to release the film.

In this way, after Yan Zisheng and Wang Chong took action, "Breathing Pain" was released without any trouble.

However, after the theater chain and platform confirmed their cooperation with Tianshu Film and Television Promotion Company, they turned around and sent people to inform Zhang Film and Television Group about the guaranteed box office share of "Breathing Pain".

When they do this, they also have their own Xiao Jiujiu.

This will prevent Zhang's Film and Television Group from thinking that they chose Manling Film and Television Media Co., Ltd. on their own initiative. Secondly, it will mean that Zhang's Film and Television Group may also increase the minimum guarantee, so that they may earn more.

After learning the news, Yan Rui and Zhang Enshang felt that Yan Zisheng, Shen Zhiyin, Yu Manling and Wang Chong must be crazy to play such a huge gamble.

800 million box office! Just rely on a female love-themed movie?

This is absolutely impossible!

Since they felt that Wang Chong's movie could not reach such a high level, Zhang Enshang and the others would naturally not be able to follow suit and try to guarantee a box office bottom line.

After all, the war between the Gate of Truth and the Alliance has become increasingly fierce recently, and has a tendency to expand. Many things related to foreign countries are boycotted.

Under the general environment, movies outside the alliance are not very popular. If it goes according to the past, "Avengers 5" may directly make a box office of 3 billion.

It directly crushed "Breathing Pain" to the point where not even a scrap was left.