Chapter 886 Investment Bet, Acquisition Bet; Huabiao

In just one night, the gambling agreement between Jiaxing Media and Shangshi Pictures spread throughout the entire film and television industry and entertainment industry.

According to the gambling agreement, Shangshi Pictures invested 300 million in cash in Jiaxing Media, accounting for 20% of the shares, and provided the latter with necessary channel resources;

However, from the date of signing the contract to the end of 2017, Jiaxing must achieve the company's after-tax net profit target of more than 95%, and must achieve an after-tax net profit of more than 310 million;

If the target is not achieved, according to the gambling terms of the contract, Jiaxing Media must repurchase the 20% shares of Shangshi Pictures at an annual rate of 15%.

And the most core and critical additional clause in the agreement is aimed at Yang Mi, a cash cow:

That is to say, during the execution of the gambling contract, Yang Mi, the core contracted artist of Jiaxing Media, is not allowed to terminate the contract!

In the eyes of most companies in the film and television industry, Jiaxing's financing bet can really be described as "audacious."

There is no doubt that 300 million in cash is really a lot, but in comparison, the requirements for Jiaxing in the gambling agreement are more stringent and perverted.

It is said that pressure creates motivation, but Jiaxing and Yang Mi can no longer call it pressure, but they are carrying two huge mountains on their backs, and Yang Mi and Zeng Jia took the initiative to carry them!

"I'm afraid it will take three years without a day off, right? The workload will also be doubled many times?"

While Lin Nan hung up Yue Jun's call, Liu Yifei was also browsing the relevant news about Jiaxing, looking shocked and frightened.

With her Buddhist-like character, she will definitely not put such a heavy burden and workload on herself, otherwise her life will definitely lose its color and sunshine.

"The greater the ambition, the greater the motivation. Although Jiaxing is not a traditional production company, Yang Mi is very popular. As long as you work hard, there will be no problem."

Lin Nan smiled and joked that he admired Yang Mi;

If the latter can put this energy and determination elsewhere, such as honing his acting skills, tsk tsk tsk, that’s not possible, but it’s a pity...

"Be diligent? How diligent must she be to complete the bet?"

Liu Yifei compared herself and couldn't imagine how diligent Yang Mi, whose commercial value was far less than hers, had to be to achieve her goals. And Jiaxing, doesn’t it rely on Yang Mi?

"The hard-working one... completely transform into a working machine."

Lin Nan nodded and said with great certainty.

Apart from this, which company would dare to take on such a huge gambling bill with only one first-tier artist?

Moreover, Jiaxing Media is not a serious production company, nor can it exclusively produce a low-cost blockbuster movie or a hit TV series and directly earn hundreds of millions!

"Working machine? It feels depressing just thinking about it. Huh? Then can she still guarantee the quality of filming?"

Liu Yifei curled her lips and suddenly thought of the key point.

"In the past few years, except for the two months when she was on the set of "Love in Seattle 2", when have I ever seen her have such a thing as "filming quality"?"

Lin Nan was amused.

At this time, any normal person in the industry should be able to predict that in the next two years or so, Yang Mi will only become more crazier in acting, running announcements, accepting endorsements... and will not refuse anyone who comes!

"This will be very tiring... the soulless repetition and going through the motions year after year... will only keep wearing down and overdrawing oneself until it burns out..."

Liu Yifei didn't say anything too harsh, she can only describe it this way.

"Have you two rested enough? The crew can start filming! Who dares to believe it? Directors and producers are the most lazy!"

In the distance, Ning Hao complained about Lin Nan and Liu Yifei without any hesitation, without saving any face.

All the actors around, including Zhang Hanyu and Zhu Yawen, as well as the crew, Jin Dun, and people from relevant departments couldn't help laughing.

"Come on, come on, start it now."

Lin Nan stood up from the folding chair and walked out of the tent with a smile; while Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Ning Hao in annoyance, and she would definitely "murmur" next to that sister when she was free!

…

While Lin Nan and others were filming a large scene of rescuing a tainted witness, news also spread from several movies in the film industry.

"Co-produced by Huayi and Dongyang Mira, directed by director Feng Xiaogang and written by Liu Zhenyun, the film "I am not Pan Jinlian" has announced the completion of casting..."

"After Li Bingbing won the leading female lead in "Operation Mekong" directed by Lin Nan, Fan Bingbing, the second female lead in the double ice series, won the female lead in "I'm Not Pan Jinlian"!"

"Actors Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Dong Chengpeng, Yu Hewei and others will star in the movie "I'm Not Pan Jinlian"; Director Feng Xiaogang said that the film will officially start filming after "Old Paoer" is released."

"In the morning, the popular young actress Jingtian appeared at the Capital Airport. She will leave for Hollywood to join Warner and Legendary Pictures' $185 million fantasy blockbuster "King Kong: Skull Island"..."

"It is reported that Jing Tian will play the second female lead in the film; she is one of the few domestic actresses born in 1985 who has appeared on the international stage several times..."

"Marvel's imported science fiction blockbuster "Ant-Man" will officially hit theaters nationwide on the 16th of this month..."

Huayi, in the large conference room.

In front of the huge long table, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei sat on one side;

Sitting on the other side facing each other were Feng Shaofeng, Li Chen, Du Chun, and Yang Ying, who was in high spirits after her wedding.

She has not been affected by even a little bit of negative public opinion on the Internet, and now that she is the boss of Huang Xiaoming's company, her status in the industry is not low.

Around him, several lawyers were reading and checking contracts, but this did not affect their chatting and laughing.

"The market in the film and television entertainment industry is booming now. Things like performance betting are absolutely easy and not difficult for you; now you just get the benefits in advance, and it's at a premium!"

In Huayi, Wang Zhonglei has always been in charge of the outside, and Wang Zhongjun has been in charge of the inside. At this moment, the former was "complimenting" the people in front of him with a smile.

"We definitely believe what Mr. Wang said, and we are very grateful to Huayi for giving us this opportunity."

Without waiting for the others to speak, Yang Ying took the lead in speaking. She had a feeling that she was already a capital, and now she was different from the past, and she took the stance.

No one here felt that Yang Ying's attitude was wrong at all. The entertainment industry is inherently realistic. Huang Xiaoming is capital, and of course his wife is also capital!

"The contract is correct."

"no problem!"

"You can sign it."

The lawyers brought by Yang Ying and others reported back that they were finally relieved and a little impatient.

"Then sign it. If you sign the contract today, the group will officially make an announcement tomorrow, and the funds will arrive within this week." Wang Zhongjun spoke.

"Well, sign!"

"sign."

…

Blank bullets can also hurt people!

Ning Hao carried the camera and took a close-up shot, and then he was hit in the head by a bullet casing ejected from a blank cartridge. He almost died from laughter.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, now you have a horn on your forehead, and it's still a single horn! Haha..."

"You'd better pray that I can get rid of the swelling within the next two or three days, otherwise how will others see the school anniversary in a few days? Ning Hao came out of Lin Nan's crew injured? What a crappy crew!"

Director Ning sat there, applying an ice pack, cursing.

"Then don't worry, two days is definitely enough, and you will definitely recover as before; even if it's not completely healed, you won't be able to tell."

Liu Yifei said quite confidently, helping Lin Nan to speak to the outside world; she has filmed many fighting scenes, so she has experience!

"Hey, forget it, let's talk about the progress. According to your shooting plan, we can complete all the scenes in Yunnan before the morning of the 16th. After going back to attend the school anniversary, Yifei really won't follow. ?”

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei immediately looked at Lin Nan, with some expectation and warning in her eyes.

"If you don't want to come with me, let her stay in the capital. If you have nothing to do, you can go out with Shu Chang and Na sister. They just got married. Besides, the script of a TV series should be ready, and Hongxingwu will take over it."

Lin Nan shook her head at Liu Yifei and dismissed her idea; Miss Liu had been having so much fun these days that she didn't want to go back.

"If you don't come with me, I won't come with you. It sounds like I'm a stranger." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes with disdain.

After checking the time, Lin Nan shouted to the logistics team, "It's almost six o'clock. That's it for today. The crew needs to clean up and go back to the hotel!"

While everyone was packing their things, Lin Nan had a catkin around her waist and whispered sweetly: "Director Lin, you are dead!"

"It's very tiring after a long day of filming."

"Humph, I'm not tired!"

"Well……"

Liu Yifei is indeed a hero among women. She does what she says, but she also takes advantage of others' danger... At night, Lin Nan was taken care of!

…

The next morning, the entire film and television entertainment industry was dazzled by Huayi's announcement.

The night before yesterday, Jiaxing held a celebration dinner, and the announcement of the gambling agreement was still on the hot search!

Hua Yi followed closely behind and also made something happen? Moreover, it is an acquisition plus a bet, which is exactly the same as the company that originally acquired Zhang Guoli; except that the scale of funds used for the acquisition this time is far more than the total amount of funds used for the original acquisition of Zhang Guoli's company, which is three times!

"Huayi Group issued an announcement:

As approved by the full board of directors vote, Huayi now acquires 70% of the shares of Dongyang Haohan Pictures, which is 100% held by Yang Ying, Feng Shaofeng, Li Chen, Du Chun and others, for RMB 756 million in cash; both parties signed the contract voluntarily Performance betting agreement..."

“It is reported that the contents of the gambling agreement signed by Huayi and Dongyang Haohan are briefly summarized as follows:

The star shareholders of Dongyang Haohan Pictures must complete quantitative performance targets every year within the next five years, that is, the deadline of December 31, 2019, for five consecutive years. The performance targets increase by 15% year by year. %; if it fails to be completed in any year, you need to make up the profit yourself and hand it over to the company..."

"According to information inquiry on the official industrial and commercial website, Dongyang Haohan Pictures was established less than three days ago!"

"According to analysis by industry insiders, Huayi acquired Dongyang Haohan Pictures at a premium of nearly 100 times. This move is completely unreasonable..."

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The word "bet" suddenly became the most talked about word on the entire Internet.

A company that was founded less than three days ago sold 70% of its shares for 756 million? Nearly a hundred times the premium?

Not only are there doubts everywhere on the Internet, but even people in the industry think this is a ridiculous joke, it is simply outrageous!

Isn't this just trying to turn the stock market and investors' money into their own private money? !

But this is a conspiracy and there is no way to "convict" it!

Because Huayi's operations are legal and compliant, that is, acquiring companies and betting on performance! As for the valuation of this company, Huayi will decide it himself!

It's just that the market is changing rapidly. In five years, who can guarantee that those stars will always be on the front line and make money?

But it is undeniable that no matter what the final outcome of the bet is, investors will not see any gains anyway;

And no matter whether you win or lose, the ones who make money are Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, and even the stars in the vast world, but the former will definitely get the big share!

To take a step back, considering the high salaries and high endorsement fees in today's film and television entertainment industry, stars' money must be more stable than that of production companies!

In other words, even if Dongyang Haohan's bet fails and needs to make up for the profits, the gap will definitely not be much.

The 756 million that Yang Ying and others received in the early stage was already a huge profit!

Therefore, Huayi’s shareholders will definitely be the ones to fill the hole in the end!

"It's really amazing, easily worth hundreds of millions!"

From the crew of "Operation Mekong", Ning Hao said with emotion.

"It's amazing, haven't you noticed? Only Huayi does this in the film and television industry! The front foot is Zhang Guoli's company, and now it's Dongyang Haohan. It doesn't even pretend to be pretending now, and directly acquires the newly established shell company !”

Lin Nan said pointedly.

"how to say?"

"Isn't this what Internet companies and the financial industry do, and Huayi does it even better!

When Shangshi Pictures invested in Jiaxing, others also provided channel resources and equal exchange; the fundamental purpose was also to hope that the latter could successfully go public in exchange for greater benefits. This includes CCB Culture’s previous investment and bet on Xiaoma!

But look at Huayi, they are not investing and gambling, but acquiring and gambling! We are not trying to make the other party develop better and go public, but we are directly asking for performance, beating our own investors in a roundabout way..."

"This, from what you said, it seems to be true! Isn't this just digging the roots?"

Lin Nan didn't expect that Ning Hao could say the word "dig root", but he was indeed right:

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei had previously "de-filmed", that is, using Huayi's money to develop other businesses. Although it was unreasonable, it would not damage Huayi's foundation too much;

But now there is a trend of "going crazy", that is, directly inserting a tube into the root of the big tree Huayi to suck blood, sucking blood in big mouthfuls!

"We are digging our roots. When Huayi one day digs himself out of the leading position of listed companies in the film and television industry, the industry will almost have a whale fall..."

Lin Nan joked with a faint smile. By then, small capital in the film and television industry will definitely bloom everywhere!

"I'm afraid we still have to wait for a long time!"

Ning Hao didn't have much expectations, he already had capital.

"Director Lin, Li Bingbing is here." At this time, the assistant ran into the tent.

"Are you at the hotel or the crew?"

"He's just outside, talking to Producer Liu."

"Good attitude, dedicated!" Ning Hao couldn't help but praise with a smile.

Lin Nan and Ning Hao walked out of the tent and saw Li Bingbing in sportswear and two assistants joking with Liu Yifei on the grass in the distance. Zhu Yawen was also there introducing the shooting sentence by sentence. schedule.

"Are you here early?"

"Director Lin, it's not early. Come here in advance to adapt to the crew, and leave a good impression on Director Lin and Producer Liu. Maybe you can ask me to act again in the future?"

As expected of a long-famous big flower, she just knows how to talk.

…

Starting from the afternoon, "Operation Mekong" once again entered into intense shooting.

Lin Nan wanted to rush as much as possible to see if he could finish the scene in Yunnan on the afternoon of the 15th, which only took two and a half days.

In this way, he can stay with Liu Yifei in the capital for one more day. After attending the school anniversary on the 17th, he will fly over on the morning of the 18th, and then set off with the crew to Bangkok and the Golden Triangle... Of course, the relevant departments must accompany him.

Capital, Enlight Pictures.

Today is the 20th day of the release of "囧 in Hong Kong". This movie has shown obvious fatigue and is unable to succeed.

"Director Wang and Director Xu, as of this morning, the total box office of "囧 in Hong Kong" is 1.745 billion. The daily box office..."

When they heard the figure of 1.745 billion, Wang Changtian and Xu Zheng were both happy and regretful; they were happy because of the high box office, but regretful that they missed the 2 billion mark.

"Tell me, how much is the daily box office left?"

Wang Changtian knew what the secretary was hesitating about. The daily box office data should be very poor!

"There are only more than 5 million. The prediction given by Wanda Cinema is that in the remaining 10 days, the box office will most likely not exceed 30 million."

"In other words, there is a high probability that the final total box office will not reach 1.775 billion?"

Xu Zheng sighed reluctantly, and then asked: "What about "Charlotte Troubles"?"

From what he saw, "囧" and "Charlotte" have a feeling that they are better than each other. If they were not in the same time, the box office of "囧" would definitely be higher.

"After two weeks of release, the total box office is more than 1.53 billion, and the daily box office is still around 40 million."

"I really let Lin Nan say it for sure. A comedy movie with a box office of 1.5 billion+ is as good as "囧"!"

Wang Changtian couldn't help but smile, and looking at it like this, the total box office of "Charlotte Trouble" may really exceed "囧"! But fortunately, I gained all the light.

Unlike Wang Changtian's smile, Xu Zheng was really a little aggrieved.

My own movie "囧" is a series. With such great momentum, it is unexpectedly counterattacked by a movie with no big names and only small actors!

At this moment, he thought of Bao Bei'er, who had the most negative reviews of "囧" on the entire Internet. He really regretted using a bag!

……

Linnan Films.

Jiang Xingrou is on annual leave, and Yue Jun is the only executive left in the company, which makes him seem even busier.

"Go and inform Reba to fly to the crew tomorrow morning. Her part is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, or the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Okay, Director Yue."

The assistant turned around and was about to leave to go to the artist studio, but was stopped again.

"Notify all the brands that have come to inquire about the news before that the advertising recruitment for "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" and "Detective Chinatown" has officially started, and you can bid. Then spread the news..."

Yue Jun waved his hand after he finished speaking, and the assistant left with peace of mind.

The reason why he made such an arrangement was that those who took the initiative to inquire about the advertising recruitment were all brands that had cooperated with him before or had never cooperated successfully, so there must be priority.

As for Lin Nan's first commercial film after he won the Golden Globe Award, the Golden Bear Award, and the Academy Award for Best Director, and it is also the first detective, action, and comedy film he has ventured into, I think the scramble among brands will be fierce!

Because the gimmick of "Detective Chinatown" has already been fully utilized, and this movie doesn't even need any more publicity!

...

"The box office market has generally entered a weak stage, but the big share is still in the hands of "Charlotte's Troubles"... We have to wait until the Lunar New Year holiday.

In addition, as of this year, the total box office output of the film market has been accounted for by films in which Lin Nan Pictures participated! It can even be said that the proportion is very large, reaching 12.2%..."

The General Administration, a group of state-owned enterprises, production companies, and theaters are holding a meeting.

After all, it is already October, and a few small meetings are still needed before the year-end meeting to lay the groundwork. And because Yue Jun couldn't leave, Lin Nan Pictures only sent a middle-level person.

"The bureau really needs to deal with the unilateral 'ban' of Enlightenment Cinemas by Lin Nan Pictures; facts have proven that they are capable of 'box office monopoly'!"

"First of all, there is no such thing as 'monopoly' at the box office; secondly, other people's movies choose which cinemas not to enter, which is a private matter; both parties can solve it privately, don't bring it up here."

Tong Gang interrupted the speech of the representative of the Hong Kong film industry in a bad mood, and many people at the scene were happy to see the joke.

Let's be clear, this is the capital, not the Hong Kong circle, what are you thinking of coming here to put on the eye drops of Lin Nan Pictures?

At least 99% of the cinema representatives at the scene stood on Lin Nan's side. First, Lin Nan Pictures is a big box office player, and second, everyone is a competitor with Enlightenment Cinemas, and they wish the other party would die.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting was adjourned.

"Today is the 13th, and there are only four days until the 65th anniversary of Beijing Film Academy on the 17th. I'm afraid Lin Nan will get an Outstanding Alumni Award?"

Ren Zhonglun and Han Sanping walked side by side, which made La Peikang in the distance feel a little "suffocated".

"Isn't this obvious?"

Han Sanping replied that he and Han Jianu would also be there that day.

"Boss Han?"

Before Ren Zhonglun could speak, La Peikang's voice floated over from a distance.

"Boss La, what's the matter?"

Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun stopped and waited for La Peikang.

"Registration for the Huabiao Award is about to begin. Boss Han should remind Lin Nan."

"Huabiao?!"

When La Peikang said this, Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun reacted instantly.

Originally, the Huabiao, which was held every two years, should have been held this year after 13 years; but for some reason, the higher-ups decided to postpone it for one year, that is, to June next year.

And the registration time is almost at the end of this month or the beginning of next month!

"Lin Nan said he would go to Huabiao."

Han Sanping emphasized. For China Film, if the Golden Rooster is a small honor, then Huabiao is the real political achievement that can be written into the archives!

"It's better to remind you." La Peikang said, and walked away.

"Hey..."

Han Sanping looked at the figure walking away and couldn't help sighing.

When he looked back at Ren Zhonglun, he found that the other party's face was not very good either.

"What's wrong with you? Suddenly your face turned black, as if I owed you money?"

"If La Peikang hadn't reminded me, I almost forgot that "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was going to Huabiao Award.

You are really a bad guy. It was you who excluded Shanghai Film from this film project. Otherwise, how could there be no Shanghai Film in Huabiao next year..."

"Hey, it's been two years. You are really a Shanghai guy, so petty..."

Han Sanping laughed and teased.

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