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Text 0189 [Attack of Dandelion]

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    "At the end of July, "Spider-Man" and "Star Wars Episode II" were released in mainland China, and "Infernal Affairs" ended perfectly with 157.2 million yuan, setting a new record for Chinese-language films in the mainland! The 22-year-old young director Wan Xiaohu,  Become the new overlord of Chinese-language commercial films! " In a blink of an eye, July 2002 has passed. The storm effect of "Infernal Affairs" in Asia is still continuing, but the theatrical release has ended one after another.  mtime naturally made detailed statistics on the box office of "Infernal Affairs".  Mainland box office.  The first week, including the first-day release data on Sunday, totaled eight days and 57 million yuan.  The second week, 39 million yuan.  In the third week, 21 million yuan.  The fourth week, 17 million yuan.  In the fifth week, 11.5 million yuan.  8.2 million yuan in the sixth week, 3.5 million yuan in the seventh week, and a total box office of 157.2 million yuan, officially ending.  Hong Kong box office.  The first week, 27 million Hong Kong dollars, the second week, 16 million Hong Kong dollars, the third week, 9.8 million Hong Kong dollars, the fourth week, 2.4 million Hong Kong dollars, the fifth week, 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, the total box office is 55.7 million Hong Kong dollars, officially closed.  This data is second only to "Shaolin Soccer", "Police Story 3: Simple Mission" and "Red Zone", ranking fourth at the Hong Kong box office of Hong Kong films.  The overseas box office in Asia is 59.7 million yuan, and the current global box office total is 261.9 million yuan, which is approximately 32 million U.S. dollars.  The film has been sent to the Venice International Film Festival for exhibition and is seeking distribution agency from European and American film companies.  It has been a huge success at the box office, but it has not yet surpassed the 384.6 million yuan of "My Sassy Girl" and the 45 million US dollars of "The Butterfly Effect".  However, in terms of reputation, "Infernal Affairs" has brought Wan Xiaohu to a new height. The score on Time.com has remained at 9.1, and the media has even dubbed it a masterpiece.  Of course, amid such flattery.  Naturally, many people are dismissive of the movie, thinking that the movie is not that amazing at all.  But as soon as the next news comes out, this group of people will lose their face.  Five Hollywood film companies have taken a fancy to "Infernal Affairs" at the same time and want to buy the copyright of "Infernal Affairs" to remake it.  "After "My Sassy Girl", Hollywood has once again taken a liking to Wan Xiaohu. Five film companies have sent people to Beijing to discuss The reporter has learned from the copyright owner Dandelion Film Company. There are indeed five Hollywood visitors, including  One is the famous Warner Film Company. However, Dandelion has clearly rejected Hollywood's request to purchase the copyright. "The reporter asked Dandelion's senior management why they refused, but the other party did not answer. The reporter then asked if Dandelion intended to use Wan Xiaohu's version of "Infernal Affairs".  When it comes to entering Hollywood, Dandelion executives said they don't have much hope in selling the rights and have no intention of entering the industry. In addition, the reporter briefly met with Wan Xiaohu and said that he has other plans for "Infernal Affairs".  "The media naturally didn't know Wan Xiaohu's plan, because he had decided that if "Infernal Affairs" failed to sell in Europe and the United States, he would tinker with "The Departed".  In his previous life, he had noticed that the Hollywood rights to "The Departed" were only sold for US$1.75 million, but "The Departed" earned nearly US$300 million.  This is not the failed Hollywood adaptation of "My Sassy Girl", this will be a very successful adaptation.  It also helped Martin Scorsese win the Best Director statuette. How could it be sold so cheaply?  Although Wan Xiaohu has no plans to enter Hollywood yet.  He probably won't make a movie in Hollywood for a few years, but that doesn't mean he will let go of Hollywood's endless treasures.  First, Wan Xiaohu will register a batch of good scripts first, and then he will buy a batch of good novels and buy the film and television adaptation rights to store them.  Naturally, during this period Wan Xiaohu needs to own a small film company in the United States.  Although the procedures are a bit complicated, as long as you have the money.  Acquiring such a subsidiary is a simple matter.  Dandelion's current cash flow is tens of millions of dollars more from the copyright fees for "Super Girl" alone. Adding in the income from several movies, the total is 60 million U.S. dollars.  "This meeting is to discuss entering Hollywood. We have too much cash flow now and can't find an investment direction. The mainland film market is too small and there are no good films worth investing in. We have opened three films in a row.  , we didn¡¯t even spend 10 million US dollars. Compared with the income, our expenses were simply a failure among failures. "The income from the DVD distribution and TV broadcast rights of "The Butterfly Effect" and "Crazy Stone", and the income from "Infernal Affairs".  The box office share and the video products that have started, the advertising endorsement income of "Super Girl", and the artists of Flash Star, Jun Ji-hyun, Huang Xiaoming, and Huang Bo have all become famous, and their income continues to increase.  The company receives new funds every day.  But the expenditure is too wasteful.  The investment in "Night Watch" is quite large, 4 million US dollars. The starting point may be hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, and Time Network also needs to put in tens of thousands per month."Crazy Racing" cost 25 million yuan, but before filming started, product placement was already being negotiated, and the copyright distribution was already snatched away by Huayi Brothers at a high price, so the cost has been recouped long ago.  "Savage Sister" cost 8 million yuan, and the copyright was reserved by Yu Dong at a high price. Yu Dong's Bona Culture has discussed cooperation with the state-owned Poly Group to establish Poly Bona Film Company, which will be a large company not inferior to Huayi Brothers.  This also paid for itself.  "Infernal Affairs 2" is even more wild, because there is no plan to invite Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chaowei, and the film's budget is greatly reduced.  However, in order to obtain the agency rights, Huanyu Film directly invested 8 million Hong Kong dollars in advance. Various advertisers have requested to be included in "Infernal Affairs 2", and the advertising fees have continued to rise.  Even before filming has started, the movie has already started to make money. This is a rare thing in Hong Kong in recent years.  "Super Girl" is even more powerful. It was titled by Mengniu for a sky-high price of 100 million yuan. Although most of the money was taken by Shonan Satellite TV, MapleStory Entertainment still made a large amount of money, which was then allocated to Dandelion.  In this case, it is really difficult to spend money on dandelions.  If you can¡¯t spend money, you can only deposit it in the bank to earn interest, and depositing it in the bank is a stupid way.  As a reborn high-end person, Wan Xiaohu would never allow this to happen.  "I have made a budget to acquire a small film company in the United States through an agent. Ten million US dollars is enough. After the acquisition, I will be in charge of the film production. I don't ask for any development, I just want to make Dandelion famous in the United States.  There is a place to start. I have some ideas, which must be completed through a special film company. With an additional 20 million operating funds, that¡¯s it.¡± Wan Xiaohu expressed his ideas.  It's basically settled.  His prestige in Dandelion is definitely at the level of his words, and Su Ya also blindly worships Wan Xiaohu.  "Even if we acquire companies in the United States, we still have 30 million US dollars that we can't spend. You all have to make up your mind and see how we spend it." "How many theaters should we buy?" a supervisor suggested.  ¡°It¡¯s too difficult for movie theaters in the mainland to make a profit now, and with our 30 million, we can¡¯t even buy a few movie theaters.¡± Another manager denied.  "Hey, how many more artists should we sign?" "Flash Star's policy has always been to strive for excellence. The current four artists are enough for us to operate." Li Xia shook his head.  Ma Yudong, director of the production department, suggested: "Mr. Su, Mr. Wan, since we have already shot movies in Hong Kong, why not consider building a company in Hong Kong, or directly acquiring a company?" Acquiring an American film company, and then acquiring a Hong Kong film  company?  This is a good idea.  Wan Xiaohu nodded: "Tell me more about it." "It's always a pity to rely on other people's distribution network. We should build our own distribution network. There are many established film companies in Hong Kong. There are also many companies with distribution networks in Southeast Asia and other markets.  We can acquire it directly and then take over the original network. With Dandelion¡¯s current reputation, it shouldn¡¯t be difficult to expand the network.¡± ¡°Yes, the distribution of movies is sometimes more profitable than the production. We cannot lose this piece of cake.  " Ma Yudong said with a smile: "In fact, I have been with Dandelion for so long, and I have always been very happy about the company's vitality. With an excellent director like Director Wan at the helm, the future is promising, and I am also concerned about our shortcomings in distribution.  The channels are blocked, and the stalls appear to be very large, but in fact they are all empty and there is no complete upstream and downstream arrangements. It is very difficult for Dandelion to take care of all aspects in a short period of time, but there is a shortcut. ¡± ¡°  Director Ma, please stop being pretentious and just tell me. We are all waiting for your opinion." "Haha, I don't take it seriously. It's just a suggestion. Everyone knows that there is an old film company in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Entertainment Co., Ltd.  Hong Kong's old film companies. After buying 2000, not only Hong Kong films were in a downturn, but these old film companies were also in a downturn, especially Jiahe. Now that Jiahe is weak, it is a good time for us to acquire it. " Jiahe Entertainment, then famous.  The film company that shook Hong Kong was founded by a generation of tycoon Chow Man-wai. It made two international superstars, Bruce Lee and Cheng Long, the overlord of the golden age of Hong Kong movies. The whole of Southeast Asia and even Hollywood knew Golden Harvest Films.  Of course, this is in the past.  Nowadays, Golden Harvest is not as good as the previous year. Fewer movies are produced year by year. Its theaters are also losing money day by day and cannot make ends meet.  The current market value of the entire Jiahe Group is only HK$500 million, which is a little over 400 million yuan.  "Although Jiahe is good, is Zou Wenhuai willing to sell his shares now?" Wan Xiaohu wondered. He knew that later, around 2007, Jiahe was acquired by Chengtian Entertainment.  But now six years ahead of schedule, has Jiahe¡¯s Zou Wenhuai retired?It¡¯s hard to say what my heart is.  "Mr. Wan, Zou Wenhuai is already seventy-five. Seventy-year-olds are rare in life. His children, except for one daughter, have all gone overseas to develop, and they have no intention of taking over the increasingly declining mess of Jiahe. Others are six or seven  He has retired at the age of ten, how long can he hold on? We don¡¯t have to buy it, we will get in touch slowly. As long as Zou Wenhuai is loose, we will take action.¡± In the end, the company meeting passed the decision to acquire Jiahe.  The former overlords are getting old and it¡¯s time to make way for a new generation of filmmakers.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: It¡¯s a mess and I have no clue. I¡¯ve been busy lately and I¡¯m in a hurry. I didn¡¯t handle this issue well, which is a pity! Let me take a breath and finish the story first.  I've thought about it, let's break it down. I'm so sorry for the time being.
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