Chapter 593: Giants Enter the Game
Kevin Channer stayed in the mainland for three days. Liu Zhou couldn’t stand his constant bothering him every day, so he sent him back to the United States on a private plane.

He is also very busy now and doesn’t have much time to accompany him to tour the capital.

Liu Zhou also understood that he wanted to have a good relationship with him, but it was really unnecessary.

If Warner keeps silent and cooperates sincerely, he will not change partners.

“Green Book” may be his last Hollywood movie, and it is not certain whether there will be another opportunity for cooperation in the future.

While “Joker” was raking in box office revenue both at home and abroad, the domestic entertainment industry was also very lively.

First, in early March, a big scandal broke out in the entertainment industry.

Actress bj was stabbed to death by her husband and then committed suicide.

She is just a third-tier celebrity with limited influence, otherwise this matter would have been even more popular.

This incident also tells us that it is better for men and women to be sincere with each other, as cheating can be life-threatening.

Then came the action blockbuster “Special Identity” invested by Starry Sky, in which two kung fu superstars Zhen Zidan and Zhao Wenzhuo broke out into a war of words.

The war of words between the two sides subsequently involved many artists in the circle, causing quite a stir.

In fact, each of them has their own reasons for this matter. The main reason for the quarrel was the investor’s outrageous actions.

One is the most popular kung fu star currently, and the other is a veteran kung fu star. Neither of them wants to lose face, so they ended up publicly dissing each other.

The movie “Special Identity” is specifically used to promote Da Tiantian.

Previously, the person in charge of Starry Night approached Golden Harvest for cooperation and said very generously that money was not a problem as long as they could make Da Tiantian famous.

To be honest, at that time, considering the opponent’s influence in the West, and Liu Zhou’s influence on Da Tiantian was also okay.

Although Da Tiantian is known as a resource-rich person, she only gets resources for herself and does not steal resources from others.

It’s just that her own resources were too good, which aroused the jealousy of people in the circle. Later, many large investment projects failed, which caused public ridicule.

But there is nothing wrong with him having the resources, and he doesn’t care about the ridicule from the outside world. He still acts diligently and doesn’t have any bad scandals.

So at that time Liu Zhou also agreed to cooperate with Xingguang Canlan.

However, Da Tiantian’s professional ability was really poor at that time, so Liu Zhou let her take a year to calm down.

But it seems that the still very young Da Tiantian is very ambitious and can’t wait to become famous. She did not listen to Liu Zhou’s advice and still made one blockbuster after another as in the original time and space.

Liu Zhou didn’t care about this, as everyone has his own fate.

The final result of “Special Identity” was that Zhao Wenzhuo withdrew.

Because he was a little out of fashion at that time, while Zhen Zidan was at the peak of her popularity, he was eliminated.

The entertainment industry is so cruel.

However, the movie flopped in the end, but people did not criticize Zhen Zidan. Instead, they mocked Da Tiantian, calling her an actress that even Zhen Zidan could not carry.

As Wanda Films began to gain momentum in the past two years, Starry Night and Wanda Films reached a cooperation.

Da Tiantian has starred in many big productions produced by Wanda, including many Hollywood movies.

Then a series of rumors about her and Wanda came out.

However, the background of this beautiful and rich woman is indeed quite mysterious. It has not been revealed yet, or even if someone knows it, it is difficult or unspeakable to say it.

As for movies, the well-received film “A Simple Life”, which swept the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards last year and won Deanie Ip the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival, was released.

But after all, it is an art film, and even with Andy Lau’s participation, the box office is still very average.

On the contrary, the Hollywood blockbuster “John Carter”, which had average reputation and box office, has achieved very good results in China and is heading towards a box office of 200 million yuan.

The domestic film market has really started to prosper, and now any Hollywood blockbuster released in mainland China can easily make over 100 million yuan at the box office, even during an unpopular period.

In April, a movie starring Pan Changjiang, Guo Degang and Zhang Xinyu, “Lost on Journey”, was released to capitalize on the popularity of “Lost on Journey”.

The director is quite clever, the protagonist’s character is quite down-to-earth, and the funny scenes are closely related to life.

In addition, there are comedians and beautiful women with long legs. Although it is a low-budget and cheesy comedy and was criticized by the outside world, it did well at the box office, earning more than 30 million in box office in just ten days after its release.

There is no problem in getting 50 million at the box office in the end, which is a big success for a low-budget movie.

Perhaps the only thing the director did not expect was that the sequel to Lost on Journey, Lost in Thailand, would be even more popular, otherwise he might have tried to ride on the popularity of Lost in Thailand.

But it’s not that he didn’t get any benefit. “Lost in Thailand” also had a character named “囧子” in it. At that time, “Lost in Thailand” was very popular, and many audiences were attracted to the cinema by the title of the film.

At the same time, the science fiction blockbuster “Battleship”, starring Liam Neeson, who became famous for “Taken”, also performed very well, earning 1.2 million yuan in box office in five days.

The film only grossed 60 million U.S. dollars in North America, but its domestic box office was heading towards 300 million.

The domestic box office of Hollywood movies is almost catching up with the local box office. No wonder they will pay more and more attention to the mainland market in the future and often produce special edition movies for mainland audiences.

However, while Hollywood movies as a whole are performing well in the domestic market, one person’s movies have been flopping.

This person is Nicolas Cage, who is very familiar to Chinese people and is currently in a debt crisis.

His new film “Ghost Rider 2” grossed less than 2500 million in three days and received terrible reviews.

This is not the first time that his film has failed. Last year, the fantasy blockbuster “Season of the Witch” made less than 4000 million in China, and the action crime film “Drive” made a little over 5000 million in China.

There was also “The Trespassing”, in which he co-starred with actress Nicole Kidman, which also flopped.

However, none of the above movies are important because a heavyweight movie is also released in April.

This is not a new movie, but the 3D version of “Titanic”.

This blockbuster that swept the world 14 years ago is meeting global audiences again after more than half a year of conversion.

The release time in mainland China is relatively later. The film was released in North America and many overseas regions half a month ago.

However, overseas audiences do not have a strong impression of “Titanic”. Since its release, the North American box office of its 3D version has only been million US dollars.

On the contrary, mainland audiences have great expectations for this film, and it has also exploded with great box office potential.

It grossed 6 million in the first 4.6 days, which is even more impressive than the 3 million in the first week of “Transformers 4.16” during last summer’s blockbuster season.

Of course, “Transformers 3” was only released for four days in its first week, but the box office of “Titanic 3D” in six days of 4.6 million still surprised everyone, including th Century Fox.

This result not only exceeds the 3.6 ​​million box office created by “Titanic” when it was released in China, but also has a great chance of hitting a billion box office.

This is so surprising and even shocking. After all, this was a movie from more than ten years ago and can be seen everywhere on the Internet.

So, sentiment is really a killer for domestic audiences. There are too many movies that have been highly praised by domestic audiences because of sentiment.

Many of the viewers who watched the 3D version of “Titanic” this time were there to revisit the movie, and many young viewers also came to watch it again, wanting to relive this classic movie in the cinema.

After the first week, “Titanic” was once again hyped by the media.

A billion box office is sure to come, and it is expected to break the box office record for imported films held by “Avatar”, and even surpass “Interstellar” to regain the box office champion in mainland China’s film history.

However, the movie is a re-release after all, and its box office potential cannot be as great as that of a newly released blockbuster.

In its second week, the film only earned 2.7 million yuan at the box office, which to some extent poured cold water on those people.

A box office of 2.7 million is very good, but compared to the first week’s box office, the drop is a bit big, and the subsequent drop may be even bigger.

It is definitely impossible to break the record, but there is still hope of breaking the billion box office mark.

The film grossed 7.3 million yuan in two weeks, which is already half of the film’s global box office.

However, during the re-screening, there was one thing that caused many viewers to complain, that is, the scene where Jack drew a nude painting for Rose was cut.

Many people came here to see Ruth’s portrait, but now it’s gone, leaving them disappointed.

Especially when I heard that the version released in 98 is still available, but now it is gone, and then netizens scolded me for being a scoundrel.

Moreover, in the movie “Miami Vice” which was released shortly afterwards, Gong Huang performed a welfare scene in it, which made them complain wildly.

Actually, we can’t blame them for this, as there are clear regulations on this.
And it is a strict rule that there must be no frontal nudity in the movie.

Although “Miami Vice” is quite explicit, it is relatively covert and not out in the open, like “Lust, Caution” a few years ago, which also had some scenes deleted before it was released.

But many viewers don’t care about this.

At this time, a theory suddenly emerged on the Internet that the portrait shot was cut out of consideration that some people would reach out to touch the film while watching the movie, affecting the audience’s viewing experience.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a joke, but there are actually quite a few people on the Internet who believe it.

Even James Cameron, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, believed this statement and actually thought that the scene was cut for this reason.

This led him to frequently complain about it on TV shows.

As time came to May, the film and television industry began to become turbulent.

This time it is not about movies or TV series, but something that has the potential to change the industry landscape.

In early May, Penguin Group spent 36 billion to complete the full acquisition of New Classics Media and gained % control of it.

At the same time, Penguin Group once again invested 1 billion yuan in Penguin Video for the transaction of film and television network copyrights and the production of online dramas.

As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar in the outside world, and major companies in the industry also treated it as a formidable enemy.

The Penguin Group is really too generous.

Billions and billions of money are being thrown out.

In today’s film and television industry, apart from the leading company Golden Harvest, it is very difficult for other companies to come up with 1 billion in cash.

It is obvious that Penguin Group has begun to fully enter the entertainment industry.

Penguin Group has already extended its tentacles into the entertainment industry, and they acquired a stake in New Classics Media in 2010.

Now they have officially acquired the company, which also means that they will take personal action.

Liu Zhou was not surprised to hear the news. It was inevitable for Internet giants to enter the entertainment industry.

As a shareholder of Penguin, he had known about this decision for a long time.

Because of Liu Zhou and Golden Harvest, Penguin Group acquired New Classics Media ahead of time, which saved them a lot of money.

The original Time and Space Penguin Group only completely acquired 2018% of New Classics Media’s shares in 155, spending a total of billion.

Now the acquisition of New Classics Media has been completed with 36 billion yuan.

Of course, the current New Classics Media is not as strong as it will be in a few years.

However, this is not a problem at all for Penguin Group. With their support, New Lido will become an industry giant.

Shortly thereafter, in mid-May, the Ali Group officially announced the establishment of Ali Pictures.

They also poached Zhang Qiang, the former deputy general manager of China Film Group and current general manager of Forbidden City Pictures, to serve as the president of Ali Pictures.

The other departments also recruited the best and brightest from major companies in the industry, and even Jiahe was poached.

Ali did not acquire a large company in the industry like Penguin Group did, but instead directly set up its own company.

But no one dares to underestimate Ali Pictures.

The current market value of Ali Group is higher than that of Penguin Group, and it is the Internet company with the highest market value in China.

Moreover, it has behaved even more arrogantly than Penguin Group and has been buying a lot for the past two years.

Therefore, some people are still somewhat confused. The fact that the Ali Group set up its own company is a bit inconsistent with their situation and style.

However, only Liu Zhou understood that these people were not just doing their job, but were playing at a higher level and directly engaging in financial operations.

I think Ali should have contacted Dong Ping now, and after a while, Ali will go public through a backdoor listing.

Ali Pictures, which had nothing, saw its market value soar to over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars after a backdoor listing just because of the name Ali.

Boss Zhao and her husband got a ride with Ali and were directly promoted to Zhao Feite.

But no matter what, the successive entry of Penguin Group and Ali Group, plus the Wanda Group which is ready to go, are all wealthy and powerful.

At the same time, many people have also turned their attention to another Internet giant, Baidu.

Today’s Baidu is not as powerful as it is in later generations. It is one of the three largest Internet giants along with Ali and Penguin.

When it first went public, it was once the Internet company with the highest market value and a representative of technology, highly praised by netizens and those above it.

However, when the mobile Internet wave came, Baidu only grabbed one company, iQiyi.

Coupled with the continuous negative news later, it began to settle down and eventually became a company with no market value.

Its market value on the stock market is just the cash reserves in its account.

However, Baidu was still very powerful at that time. Although it did not enter the film and television industry in a high-profile manner, it had actually been working quietly for a long time.

(End of this chapter)