Chapter 555 I'm Not Short of Money
#With Cheng Long's support and Gu Wei's enthusiastic promotion, is "Reverse Time Rescue" a small step forward for domestic science fiction films? #
#【Reverse Time Rescue】Yang Mi and Huo Jianhua put a lot of effort into the action scenes! #
#Yang Mi starred in a gunfight scene for the first time, Huo Jianhua said frankly that "it's not easy to play a perverted kidnapper"#
#【Reverse Time Rescue】Three "Yang Mi" PK Huo Jianhua, only killing each other without love! #
#Gu Wei showed up at the premiere, is this [Reverse Time Rescue] or a sci-fi version of [Eternal Love]? #
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The next morning, in the top-floor mansion of Jinmao Mansion in Beijing, Gu Wei sat at the dining table, eating breakfast while browsing the news.
"The publicity and promotion are quite impressive. The movie has been widely discussed online~"
"You have contributed to this." Yang Mi beside him said as he took a bite of a small golden fried dough stick.
Da Mimi was wearing a loose and baggy white men's shirt at this time, with the buttons on the collar buttoned a little low, revealing a large area of snow-white skin.
The towering bust props up the men's shirt, and the hem hangs at the base of the thighs, exposing a pair of straight and slender legs, and it is impossible to tell whether she is wearing anything underneath.
The whole person looks lazy, sexy and very seductive.
The intense foreplay last night tore her not-so-sturdy skirt. When she got up in the morning, she found a shirt in Gu Wei's closet and put it on.
Fortunately, her home was downstairs, so she could just go back and change clothes.
That night, Da Mimi fulfilled her promise to Gu Wei, using all her skills and was exhausted.
But she was quite satisfied. After all, this kind of thing is a two-way thing. Even if it was to please Gu Wei, she herself enjoyed it very much.
"Who made the decision on the release date of your film?
Aren't you worried about the release date clash with Transformers 5? " Gu Wei swiped his phone, reached out and took a bite of a bun.
"Reverse Time Rescue" will be released this Thursday, which happens to be the second week after "Transformers 5" was released.
"There shouldn't be any problem. Nowadays, Hollywood blockbusters entering the country tend to lose momentum from the second week onwards, so it shouldn't have much of an impact." Yang Mi was a little uncertain. These things were not something she could decide, but she believed that since the company had set this schedule, there must be a reason for it.
"Indeed, I just took a look. Transformers 5, which had a box office of 270 million yesterday, has a real-time box office of less than 10 million so far today.
Although today is Monday, the box office will definitely be released in the evening, but according to past rules, it is difficult for the entire day's box office to exceed 100 million.
By Thursday, the box office will drop further and will not pose any threat to other films."
In the past two years, the box office trends of Hollywood blockbusters after their release in mainland China have basically been based on the first two weeks, and the box office in the first two weeks is almost the final box office of the movie.
It performs best in the first week of its release, but it is difficult to maintain long-term performance.
The audience of Hollywood blockbusters are basically young people, and it is difficult to mobilize the whole family to watch the movies together like the popular domestic films.
"After the premiere, we'll have to start a nationwide roadshow, right?"
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just a few meetups in major cities."
Gu Wei nodded.
The distribution company of [Reverse Time Rescue] is [Beijing Yaoying Distribution]. As the name suggests, it belongs to the Yaolai Group.
[Yaolai Cinemas], [Yaolai Media] and [Yaolai Distribution] are the three pillars of the "Yaolai Group", forming a commercial closed loop from production, distribution to theaters.
It’s a pity that this closed loop is a small one, and no significant achievements have been made in any aspect.
Yaolai Cinema cannot be compared with large cinema chains such as Wanda and Jinyi, and Yaolai Media and Yaoying Distribution are also far behind the well-known production and distribution companies in the industry.
However, because it holds the big IP of Jackie Chan, the "Yaolai Group" is still very famous in the industry.
"I heard that you recently took on a new movie, and it's a romance?" After the two chatted for a while, Yang Mi suddenly asked.
"Indeed, it was only decided in the past two days. How come you are so well-informed?" Gu Wei was a little surprised. He had just taken over the project of [Trans-Time and Space Cohabitation], and he didn't expect that even Yang Mi knew about it.
"Hehe. It's not that I'm well-informed, it's just that your film is quite popular in the industry.
Especially since this film is a romance, and the selection of the heroine is involved, Zhenledao has not kept it secret.”
"Hehe." Gu Wei smiled and said nothing.
Yang Mi frowned slightly and looked at him with a somewhat resentful look.
"Last month, it caused a lot of buzz when I was confirmed to be starring alongside Zhao Liying in the TV series 'The Story of Minglan'. This time, Liu Yifei has been chosen as the female lead.
I also sent you an invitation for my drama "Legend of Fuyao."
Gu Wei felt helpless.
"[The Story of Minglan] is a production of [Noon Sunshine], and Hou Hongliang chose Zhao Liying. [Time Raiders] is a production of Xu Zheng. I'm just an actor, so I don't have the final say on who to choose as the female lead."
Of course, what Gu Wei said was just an excuse. Although Yang Mi's "Legend of Fuyao" sold well and made a lot of money, its reputation was not as good as "Eternal Love", not to mention "The Story of Minglan".
Of course, his main purpose was to fulfill the promise he had made to Zhao Liying, but he couldn't tell Da Mimi about this.
Yang Mi knew it in her heart, she said these things just to play the victim in front of Gu Wei, saying that only crying children get lollipops, and she didn't mean to blame him.
"By the way, I heard that one of the investors of [The Legend of Fuyao] is [Perfect Pictures]. Jiaxing and Perfect have been very close recently." Gu Wei casually changed the subject.
"That's normal. When Li Juan was at PwC, she participated in the financing project of Perfect World as an investor and has certain connections there.
After coming to Jiaxing, I naturally established a relationship with Perfect with the help of my previous connections.
Now that Jiaxing is developing so well, Perfect World is also interested in expanding its pan-entertainment strategy and wants to catch Jiaxing's express train."
[Perfect World] is one of the earliest game companies in China to independently develop a 3D game engine. It has a wide market share in multiple fields including PC games, mobile games, console games, VR games and cloud games.
It is also the exclusive operator of well-known e-sports products [Dota] (DOTA2) and [Counter-Strike: Global Offensive] (CS) in mainland China.
Perfect World is a subsidiary of Perfect World. Backed by its wealthy parent company, it began to develop in 2008 and has now rapidly grown into a large-scale entertainment platform in the industry.
The main business covers variety shows, entertainment marketing, artist brokerage, performance event management, derivative brokerage business, cinema chains and other sectors.
She has participated perfectly in many well-known film and television works such as "Let's Get Married", "Older and More", "BJ Youth", "Men's Gang", "The Legend of Chu and Han", and "The Legend of Lu Zhen".
Of course, most of the time he is just one of the investors, the one who puts up the money.
The first TV series that Reba played the leading female role in after signing with Jiaxing Entertainment was "Spicy Transformation", which was invested and produced by "Perfect Film and Television".
That was 2015, when Li Juan had just arrived at Jiaxing Media.
"It's been over a year since Jiaxing signed the gambling agreement with Shangshi Pictures. I've seen Jiaxing's financial report from last year, and the company's net profit exceeded 100 million RMB!
There is still one year left, and the remaining profit target is less than 50 million, which should be easy to achieve.
[Jaywalk Media]'s current financial indicators are considered to be very good among all media companies in the entire entertainment industry.
It seems that Perfect Films is considering raising funds."
Although Gu Wei has joined, Perfect World had already had a cooperative relationship with Jiaxing before he joined. In addition, with the relationship with Financial Director Li Juan, Jiaxing is developing well as in the original time and space. It seems natural for Perfect World to want to raise funds again.
"This is a good thing. Only by working together can we make the cake bigger. After you joined, you brought two projects to the company: [Eternal Love] and [You Are My Glory].
After the last round of financing, [Shangshi Pictures], backed by [Shanghai Media Group], signed a gambling agreement, but the resources that should be given to the company were not reduced at all.
The success of Jiaxing Media today is inseparable from the hard work of everyone involved."
Yang Mi is very open-minded. She herself is not good at capital operation, so she believes that professional matters should be left to professionals.
The company has indeed been getting better and better after several rounds of financing. In addition, Zeng Jia has always emphasized to her that only by continuous financing can the company become bigger and stronger, so she naturally thinks so.
"Raising funds is good. Which big company in the entertainment industry doesn't raise funds these days? After all, all entrepreneurs regard going public as their ultimate goal, and I believe Zeng Jia is no exception."
Hearing Gu Wei say this, Yang Mi looked at his face and raised an eyebrow.
"Not necessarily. Weiming Tianxia's scale and profitability are much stronger than Jiaxing Media. I heard that investment bankers are almost knocking down your company's door, but you haven't relented."
Gu Wei smiled.
"It's different. I'm not short of money. I started the company solely to serve myself, and then by chance it developed better and better.
Financing is totally unnecessary for me." Gu Wei thought of something.
“You still remember ByteDance, which raised funds last year? They are raising funds again this year.
Compared to this, the little money that entertainment companies get after financing is nothing.
It feels good to be a dictator and have the final say.
And I don’t have to help other people make money, right?”
Gu Wei spoke calmly, but there was a hint of pressure between his words.
Yang Mi, who was standing next to him, felt a little itchy when he heard this.
Of course, she was familiar with ByteDance. Its Series D valuation last year exceeded 10 billion US dollars, which surprised and envied her for a while.
Now that TikTok is developing so well, its valuation is likely to increase significantly.
"I know you're amazing, young master. You're from a wealthy family, and you've been making waves in the entertainment industry since your debut. We, the children of ordinary people, can only climb up bit by bit, and we can't compare to you."
Yang Mi didn't know Gu Wei's family situation, and she had never asked about it, but looking at Gu Wei's experience along the way, she believed that his background must not be simple.
She always felt that Gu Wei's current exaggerated wealth must have been contributed by his family.
"Sister Mi, you're joking. I also come from an ordinary family." Gu Wei was speaking the truth, but looking at Yang Mi's expression, it was obvious that she didn't believe it.
Gu Wei was also helpless and didn't intend to explain anything.
“By the way, Sister Mi, maybe it’s not necessary, but I still want to tell you something.
No matter how big Jiaxing Media grows, I always feel that you are the backbone of the company. No matter how we raise funds in the future, as long as we are on the same page, you will have absolute say in the company based on your shares!"
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Yang Mi nodded thoughtfully.
(End of this chapter)
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