Senior Superstar

Huaqi Group, a film and television company.

Early in the morning, Li Shixin showed up at the company during working hours, which really caused a stir.

What size entertainment company is Huaqi?

Although in the past two years, with the development of the film and television industry, large and small capitals have poured in, Huaqi can no longer be said to be one of the best. However, in terms of status in the industry and the influence of previous film and television works, Huaqi can still be ranked in the top three.

Even though Huaqi has weakened a little due to the long-term internal struggle between the king and the prince in recent years, people in the industry still have to praise the dragon head when they mention it.

For Huaqi's internal employees, seeing big-name celebrities and popular niches is as common as seeing discounted cucumbers in the vegetable market.

But Li Shixin was different.

It's not that he has won the domestic position now, but because of a series of recent events, he has done so well!

"Mr. Li, good morning!"

"morning."

"Ms. Li is great! Everyone was sweating for you a few days ago. We all thought that you fell into the hands of foreign media this time. We didn't expect you to come back in good condition. Your popularity is higher than before. It’s even higher! I’ve been in the industry for so many years, and this is the first time I’ve seen such a reversal! Awesome!”

"Haha, awesome, awesome, and you are awesome too."

"Ms. Li, can you tell us what it's like to reject Berlin Best Actor? Isn't it great?"

"Hi! In fact, this matter is also the organizer of the Berlin Film Festival. I went to the stage to see the trophy. After thinking about it, I accepted the trophy."

"Haha, Mr. Li, you are still as humorous as ever. You are busy, you are busy."

Wearing a sportswear for morning exercise, with his hands behind his back, Li Shixin came to the meeting room of Huaqi Film and Television and greeted the salaried employees who surrounded him in groups of three or four.

Yesterday, I slept all afternoon during the day, and didn't get much sleep at night. I forcibly used the age-reducing method to sleep for six hours to make up for the initial jet lag. Li Shixin left Zhao Jinzhi's house early in the morning while doing morning exercises. Dada arrived at the company.

I came here early in the morning not for morning exercises, but mainly because I made an appointment with Li Juan yesterday, as the company's content consultant, to participate in the second quarter project seminar of Huaqi Film and Television held this morning.

The time has come to March 8th. Although the first month is not yet out, the business of a company group as large as Huaqi has already returned to normal.

During the period when Li Shixin went out to participate in the film festival, the company has completed the film and television project investment plan for the second quarter.

After hearing the news from Li Juan, Li Shixin was worried.

Now Huaqi is not short of money, but he still clearly remembers the company's situation when he was a content consultant last year.

A group of directors who treat themselves as gods with a little bit of fame are really big pits. Take a script, just make up a schedule and dare to come to Huaqi for investment.

Unfortunately, some of them can really come out!

When filming "Only Love" and "Red Helmet", Li Shixin felt distressed seeing the company's investment of tens of millions and hundreds of millions of film and television projects that completely violated the laws of the market and were impossible to sell. Straight pumping.

I am also a rising old star of Huaqi, if I give so many resources to myself, why the fuck will I still beat the old man?

Even if I don't have so much time and energy to work on many projects at the same time, the company's money is not blown by the wind!

That belongs to our little Zhao!

As a content consultant, Li Shixin has no right to make decisions on the project. But for him, this is nothing.

why?

Let's do what our son says!

The time has come to March 8th, just in time for Women's Day.

The company specially decorated banners and holiday greetings. As soon as Li Shixin walked to the floor where the film and television company was located, he saw Li Juan holding a lot of gift boxes and chatting happily with a group of female colleagues.

Seeing Li Shixin's arrival, Li Juan hurriedly handed over the gift of sympathy to the vice president at the side, and ran over by himself.

Seeing that no one around him noticed this side, he immediately lowered his head and called godfather in a low voice.

"Godfather, I thought you had to wait a while."

Feeling that Li Juan's attitude towards him became more respectful, Li Shixin nodded and smiled.

"Anyway, it's okay. I came here for a stroll after my morning exercise. Are you ready?"

"Um!"

Raising his hand and looking at his watch, Li Juan smiled and said, "Soon, the meeting starts at nine o'clock, why don't you go to the conference room for some tea first?"

Nodding his head, Li Shixin, accompanied by Li Juan, came to the company meeting room first.

For film and television companies, in fact, the distribution of projects throughout the year is not even.

From New Year's Day to March, because there are more holidays and the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, the cost of shooting and coordination will be relatively high. Therefore, in order to reduce investment costs, general film and television projects will not be approved at this time. Similarly, the crew will not rush to start work at this time.

In the first quarter of Huaqi Film and Television, there were not many projects in the film and television company.

As a result, the first month of the second quarter is coming to an end, and there is a backlog of a large number of film and television investment projects that were previously pending approval.

While drinking tea, Li Juan roughly communicated the situation to Li Shixin.

Throughout the third quarter, Huaqi has received a total of more than 50 project submissions.

The composition of these more than 50 projects is also relatively complicated; there are not only film and television dramas, online dramas, but also films prepared by the production team under Huaqi Film and Television. Of course, some well-known directors have accumulated books waiting for investment, and some domestic emerging directors have venture capital.

Sitting in the meeting room, drinking tea, Li Shixin skimmed through the project materials given by Li Juan.

There is nothing to say about online dramas. Since Huaqi acquired the Chadou Video App and Reading App, combined with its own brokerage company, advertising company and film and television department, it has actually initially built a closed loop of the entertainment ecosystem.

Regardless of whether the results are good or not, at least it is successful in terms of model. Most of the more than a dozen online drama projects are based on novel IPs that are more popular and have more value in changing the reading app.

Such a project actually eats the fan economy.

As long as the director doesn't change the plot insanely, he will turn the good Douqi Continent into a douqi horse. If the fans are happy, the word of mouth is good, and a large number of fans of the original work tap water, it will be able to increase the ratings.

And several TV series are also the works of some famous domestic screenwriters and adaptations of popular novels.

The leader in the industry is good at this point; relying on the advantages of publicity and distribution in hand, artist reserves and distribution channels, high-quality film and television resources are all first-hand.

There are no problems in internal management, and the follow-up of the project is good enough to intervene blindly, and with knowledgeable people to check it out, the project is basically in place.

Just like taking this kind of well-known screenwriter and popular novel IP as an example, Huaqi can hold the source of the project in his own hands as long as he wants to do it.

Even if the company's funds are tight, it can still attract funds from other investors through the second round of recruitment, or even invite venture capital investors to bid for shares in the form of equity participation.

As long as people's hearts are not crooked, and the production team and cast do not have any small-probability accidents such as shampooing, whoring, prostitution, taking drugs and humiliating the country, there are basically no projects that are in debt for such a large-scale company.

The only thing Li Shixin cares about is a few film projects.

Li Shixin directly skipped the project proposals for new directors with an investment of less than five million yuan. Most of the directors in this part are young directors, and there are even rookies who have just graduated with only a few graduation works and students. The projects of these people are generally produced at low cost, with a strong personal style, which belongs to the kind of experimental and high-risk investment.

Such a project must be voted for.

First of all, it is rare to have an aura director, and to give support at the initial stage is to reserve relationships and talents for the future. It turns out that a company of Huaqi's size actually needs to determine its position in the industry.

How is the status reflected?

How much money you make is one aspect, but what is more important is what you have done for the industry.

It is very important and cost-effective for a company of Huaqi's size to support new directors, help them get started, and even win some domestic and foreign awards.

Well, not a business business.

After explaining to Li Juan about some projects that he thought were problematic, Li Shixin mainly focused on the project proposals of several well-known domestic directors.

Using his own aesthetic standards, he directly killed two themes that seemed to hit the street at first glance, and put forward his own opinions on the projects of the other two directors who were very aggressive, with a lot of requirements and conditions, Li Shixin sat up straight Body, picked up the cup of cold tea.

Seeing that Li Shixin clearly arranged all the projects for the third quarter for himself, Li Juan was overjoyed.

What is an old family like a treasure?

If there was such an old ginseng in the company a few years ago, why is Huaqi now putting forward the slogan of returning to the overlord?

joke!

Now I am afraid that the stock price has already skyrocketed and entered the international market!

"By the way, godfather, our company's investment budget for the second quarter is 5 billion. When the budget was just set, I left you a share of 300 million. This time you made enough noise in Germany, Domestic prestige is at its peak right now. Now that the season is running out, do you have any ideas?"

Among other things, Li Shixin felt relieved for Li Juan's handling of this matter.

What does it mean to raise a child well?

Um?

Didn't the benefits of letting go of your face and morals before and reaping the benefits of the adopted son crazily show up!

Darling!

Your rating has improved, and this time your godfather will give you an A+!

Although he was happy in his heart, Li Shixin still had to carry it on his face.

He nodded indifferently, indicating that he already knew about it, and he smiled;

"Even if you still have some snacks, there must be some projects. It's just that it's not perfect yet. I need to calm down and plan it carefully. As for the investment, you keep it first. When I use it, I will naturally greet you."

"Godfather, Mr. Su Lisu from the literature company was on the phone with me yesterday. He said that the popularity of "Three-Body Problem" has now radiated overseas, and the popularity of domestic reading is still at a stage of rapid growth. They Isn’t it big IP incubation now? I specifically discussed with me about the joint investment of literature companies and film and television companies, and put the film and television of "Three-Body" on the agenda. Let me ask for your opinion. "Three-Body" is indeed a work , the heat is quite high now. Don't you think about this project?"

Ah,

Knowing that Su Li is still obsessed with "The Three-Body Problem", Li Shixin chuckled lightly.

This scumbag who wouldn't even call her godfather.

It's too simple to think.

"The "Three-Body Problem" is going to be changed into a movie? It's done. The group will spend 300 to 500 million yuan. You don't need to give me any famous actors and actresses. Instead, gather the best special effects team in China and risk a three-to-five-year production cycle. , I made this work into a series with the number of episodes controlled within 24 episodes. Later, you can calculate how high the return on investment is. If you think it's okay and the group's income and expenditure can bear it, then we will shoot it. "

Seeing Li Shixin's "I don't care about you" look, Li Juan coughed in embarrassment.

You said it lightly.

Who can stand this?

Not to mention the current Huaqi, even if the benefits are doubled, this matter is also mysterious!

Three to five years of production cycle ah!

God knows what the market will look like at that time.

Besides, if it's a movie, it's fine, you're happily raking in money for the popularity of the original book.

But even drama!

With a cost of 300 to 500 million yuan, can you afford it with a launch platform?

How to set the price!

"Ahem, forget it. At least with our current size, I really can't do what you said. I'll tell President Su later. Let's talk about it later when our film and television company's profit exceeds tens of billions." .”

"It's not necessary."

Seeing that Li Juan wanted to reject Su Li, Li Shixin waved his hand.

He recalled the scene of the conversation with Bibixi before, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The current international film market has a big gap for science fiction works. The world background structure of "Three-Body Problem" is too large, and a two-hour feature film cannot show the complete story at all, and the chances of producing a bad film are too high. But this does not prevent you, your talented godfather, from coming up with a script with a small structure."

"oh?"

Hearing what Li Shixin said, Li Juan's eyes lit up.