Chapter 672 Reckless Peasants

It was mid-to-late January, and the competition in the entertainment industry that had lasted for almost four months finally showed signs of calming down.

Of course, there are still aftershocks within the entertainment industry that will not subside anytime soon, and everyone is busy dealing with their own affairs.

But this matter has also become a topic of conversation among people after dinner. This matter itself is not a glorious thing, and the entertainment industry is trying hard to avoid excessive interpretation by the media and netizens.

It’s just because this incident has dealt a serious blow to the reputation of the entertainment industry, and reputation in this industry represents money, so internal adjustments will be enough, and it’s best for outsiders to avoid discussion.

Of course, there are still many curious netizens who are digging deep into the inside story and the discussions are heated.

Those stars who were caught up in the vortex, including Dabaobei, Dahei Niu, Zhu Yirong, as well as Huayi and Yutu artists, have also calmed down, and the negative news has stopped.

It was as if a harmonious scene had been restored, and the stars gradually returned to their normal acting careers.

Of course, Da Hei Niu from Running Man may not be able to get in because someone has replaced him, but other variety shows will still be fine.

With Fan Xiaopang leading the way, as long as the two of them are on the same screen, there will be a huge wave of popularity. There is no need to worry about him.

As long as the principal and the capitalists don’t mess with him, there won’t be any big problem.

But the stars’ appearances and their pay may all be greatly discounted because a salary cap order has just been issued.

In other words, the remuneration cannot exceed a certain standard. If it exceeds a standard, joint liability will arise, and the producer and investor will bear joint liability.

Without these producers’ convenience, how would those artists have the opportunity to sign hidden contracts?

If there is any negative impact, the film or TV show may be removed from the shelves. Now many investors and producers are very cautious and have a basic assessment of the risks of artists.

After all, compared to when a drama is taken off the shelves, the entire investment is equivalent to being wasted, which is still very serious.

This requires some platforms to reserve 15% to 20% of the final payment as a tax deposit when cooperating with producers, in order to predict and review it in advance.

This is what Chang’e is doing now, and it also needs to establish an artist risk assessment system, that is, to track artists’ tax and public opinion risks.

Tracking taxes is not too troublesome, it just involves checking whether the costs on the production side are inflated;

Public opinion is to monitor the public opinion of an artist!

This means that producers need to reduce their reliance on celebrities and take a more boutique approach.

There is no other reason, it is just too dangerous for a celebrity to have his or her reputation ruined.

This school hunk incident is the best example. The drama “Mr. Six” almost caused Huayi to collapse.

Huayi is in such a mess. If other small and medium-sized film and television companies fail in one of their films, they may be completely devastated and end up having to pay off their debts.

Therefore, this incident is beneficial to the entire film and television industry.

It’s just that investors are still waiting and watching, unable to predict the impact this incident will have on the entertainment industry and the artists.

Anyway, a part of the money-making and fundraising has been blocked, and this is the biggest benefit to this circle.

Of course, there were also some gossipers who commented on this incident. Xiao Wang crossed his legs in a program and said wantonly: “The two brothers of Huayi are stupid, and the principal is a reckless farmer.”

For a moment, the host was afraid to respond.

Jade Rabbit is now at the peak of her career, a shining sun in the entertainment industry, but few people in the industry dare to comment on her.

Even few people dared to comment on Liu Tianxian.

But Xiao Wang is not afraid. To him, the principal is no different from ordinary people, and the scale of his own business is at least as big as five Chang’es and Jade Rabbits.

Wanda is indeed that exaggerated now, and the past two years are the two consecutive years that Mr. Wang has been the richest man.

Of course, their assets are mainly real estate, hotels, parks, resorts, etc. It can be said that domestic entertainment theaters are not all of them, and overseas accounts for the majority.

Let me put it this way, Wanda is now the world’s largest cinema operator and has invested 500 billion to build the world’s largest film and television shooting base.

Anyway, they are very rich, and it is not just a matter of collecting rent. They control a lot of resources in the cultural and tourism sectors.

It has the broadcasting rights for the World Cup, Winter Olympics, etc., and is also a partner of FIFA and FIBA, controlling the operation of the events.

However, Chang’e Video has never needed these things. It always relies on film and television dramas. Last year, the online playback volume of “Nirvana in Fire” exceeded 150 billion times.

It is conservatively estimated that this drama brought in over 10 billion in revenue. Just by licensing the mobile game of the same name, the revenue in the first month exceeded million.

It does not include other peripheral products such as clothing, folding fans, and authorizations for stage plays, radio dramas, etc.

In overseas countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, the price of a single episode exceeds $10, and the total revenue exceeds $ million.

The same is true for “Grave Robbers’ Chronicles”, which brought in more than five million new members, reaching 2000 million, and more than 6000 million daily active users.

It can be said that this achievement has already made it to the top of the video platforms. After squeezing out other video platforms, the four companies are now competing against each other.

Chang’e Video relies on online dramas and popular TV series, not overseas dramas and sports events.

What Fang Hong has always done is to avoid dependence, so apart from movies, he has no other business dealings with Wanda.

Of course, Xiao Wang’s e-sports industry has a lot to do with him. After all, most e-sports rely on the games of Swan Castle, and now there is another “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”!
It’s just that “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” is locked in China, and you can’t play it without a VPN, but there are still people live streaming it, and the current live streaming management is not strict.

There is no doubt that it is very popular, but it is only like this overseas, which makes many domestic players curious about what kind of game it is.

The reason for region locking is that it is currently just a trial version, and the game is being exploited by overseas players. Of course, some domestic players will buy it over the wall, so let them do it.

“PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” sold a total of 160 million copies in one month, with sales exceeding 4800 million US dollars, and still ranked first on the Steam rankings.

If the amount exceeds 20 million US dollars, the share will be compressed to %. At that time, the share will be more, easily hundreds of millions.

Part of this money flowed into Fang Hong’s plan to buy at the bottom of the entertainment industry.

To bottom-fish in the entertainment industry, Chang’e Technology alone will put out 60 billion, with an additional 40 billion, Yutu will put out 30 billion, and Tupiaopiao will put out 10 billion.

This money is not paid out all at once. At the beginning, of course, each of the three companies will contribute a little to maintain the situation. Whoever has better performance will contribute more, and whoever has worse performance will contribute less.

Tupiaopiao is a listed company in the movie ticketing business. In line with its attributes, it only invests in and supports small and medium-sized companies that produce movies.

For example, it will invest in companies like Wuyuan Culture, which produces not only online dramas but also movies.

Of course, the largest volume here is still TV series and web series, so the bulk of the funding still comes from Chang’e and Jade Rabbit.

This year is a year of explosion for Chang’e, but the information flow advertising business is not yet mature.

Yutu currently has the best performance. The final box office of “Mojin: The Last Dragon” reached 13.4 billion, which is another movie with a box office of over billion.

It’s just about 3 million less than the previous life, which is the result of previous competition.

However, due to the adjustment of the release date, “Detective Chinatown 1” took advantage of the New Year’s Day and Christmas, and the box office increased by more than 9 million yuan, currently reaching more than million yuan.

The current box office is still several million per day, which is quite stable. It just depends on whether it can break one billion.

The movie was very popular, achieving great success in both word-of-mouth and box office. It also made Chen Sicheng famous, and his status as a director rose infinitely, allowing him to gain both fame and fortune.

But this also caused problems. Lao Wang was trying to poach Chen Sicheng at a high price, saying that he would help him start a company and let him make movies for Wanda.

For this reason, Chen Sicheng even came to Fang Hong to discuss the matter of starting his own business.

“I support you if you start your own company, right? Do you really want to cooperate with Wanda?” Fang Hong said.

At this time, they were in the yard outside the villa. The snow here was very thick, and it made a “crunching” sound when they walked on it.

As they walked and talked, Chen Sicheng asked, “Does the principal have any good suggestions?”

“What good advice can I give you? You are the master of your own life. To be honest, it doesn’t matter whether you cooperate with me or with Wanda. Your life has already been successful and you can start a business. It’s just a matter of choosing who to cooperate with and bringing out your talents to the fullest.” Fang Hong said this quite sincerely.

Chen Sicheng is now a director who can make money from filming. As long as he can make money, there will be a lot of capital chasing after him for investment.

So no matter what he chooses, he will never lack money to make movies. To put it bluntly, Chen Sicheng is talented and understands market demand.

Both Yutu and Wanda are companies with publicity and distribution resources and cinema chains, so either choice is the right one.

“What the principal said is true, but you are so sincere that I am still a little uncomfortable with it.” Chen Sicheng said with a smile. “What’s there to be uncomfortable with? We have been working together for so long, you don’t think I am unkind and cold-hearted, do you?” Fang Hong said.

“No, I just feel a little uncomfortable.” Chen Sicheng said.

I had just knocked Huayi down, and now I was speaking to him in such a frank manner. It did feel a bit strange.

“I only target my enemies. I always treat my collaborators as friends.” Fang Hong patted him on the shoulder.

Chen Sicheng nodded. This reversal was true. At least he still had the options of Yutu.

This was originally allocated to these directors by the principal.

“You can do whatever you want. I won’t hinder you. You can cooperate with Wanda and we will still be friends.” Fang Hong’s words sounded a bit like moral blackmail.

But Chen Sicheng was quite touched.

“Thank you, Principal,” he said.

“Thank me for what?” Fang Hong was puzzled.

“Thank you for your support and training over the years. Without you, I might have wasted many more years.” Chen Sicheng said gratefully.

In his impression, if the principal had not asked him to come and let him practice as an assistant director in a large crew, and also invested in supporting him in filming “Northern Love”.

I guess it’s hard to say whether he can succeed today!

Fang Hong smiled and waved his hand, indicating that they should not be so polite.

In fact, even without him, Chen Sicheng would have been developing successfully along the established track. He just found this person at the right time.

“Principal, what I want to ask you is, will you and Wanda be like Huayi in the future?” Chen Sicheng was curious.

This is also a problem he needs to consider when making a choice between the two sides if both sides and Huayi start fighting like this.

One party is destined to fall. If the choice fails, he will also be affected. After all, choice is more important than hard work.

In fact, Fang Hong’s emotional bondage only touched him slightly, and in essence, there must be interests.

We are all adults. Emotions can only last when there is no conflict of interests and everyone can have fun together. At other times, interests still come first.

“Neither of us can swallow the other, and neither of us can defeat the other. We can only be in a stalemate. If one side is going to fall in the end, it will be Wanda.” Fang Hong directly revealed the secret.

“Ah?! Why?” Chen Sicheng was surprised.

“Because Wanda has a lot of debt, my Chang’e Yutu has less debt. Although it is not as big as Wanda now, it does not have the same crisis as Wanda. In other words, Chang’e Yutu walks more steadily and will not fall too hard; the higher Wanda stands, the harder it will fall.” Fang Hong analyzed the situation.

Chen Sicheng couldn’t help but think about this after hearing it, but he couldn’t figure out anything. He was not a business person at heart, and he had no perspective for the future.

Fang Hong has a future perspective.

“I’m just saying this, don’t take it seriously. No one can predict what will happen in the future.”

Fang Hong patted his shoulder again and said, “If you choose to start your own business, don’t hold the Yutu options. Sell them. The company will buy them at the agreed market price.”

This is the rule. People who leave the company cannot hold Yutu’s shares. Yutu’s option stocks will continue to rise this year, so Chen Sicheng will not lose money.

With this he can achieve financial freedom.

“Okay, thank you, Principal. I will let you know whether we choose Yutu or Wanda.” Chen Sicheng wanted him to be mentally prepared.

“It’s okay, as long as you think it through.” Fang Hong didn’t force it.

Chen Sicheng nodded, thinking that the principal had a bigger vision than Mr. Wang. He wanted to start his own business and change jobs. The principal supported him implicitly and even told him some very private topics.

This is unimaginable for others.

But Mr. Wang only knows how to poach people. The principal has never poached anyone. He only trains people. But it is also true that Mr. Wang gives a lot.

This made Chen Sicheng very conflicted. Emotionally, he tended to favor the principal, but in terms of interests, he tended to favor Mr. Wang.

No matter what Fang Hong chooses, it is human nature to go or stay. In essence, he didn’t say anything too substantial and didn’t even promise any benefits.

Bi Zhenzhen is not as rich as BAT and Wanda, so he uses emotional ties.

However, as long as the copyright of “Detective Chinatown 3” is owned by Yutu, Chen Sicheng cannot avoid Yutu when filming this series.

Of course, Chen Sicheng can write and direct other films by himself. He is a very capable person and can make money whether as a director or a producer.

Fang Hong returned home only after Chen Sicheng left.

“What were you talking about for so long?” Liu Tianxian had been watching from the glass wall in the room.

“Wanda wants to recruit Chen Sicheng to make movies for them.” Fang Hong did not hide it.

“This father and son are really something. The younger one scolds people, and the older one poaches people.” Liu Tianxian’s pretty face was cold.

She also saw the video of Xiao Wang swearing and publicly calling her husband a reckless farmer, which was really infuriating.

“Why are you so angry? Xiao Wang is a very arrogant person and looks down on everyone. If you argue with him, you will bring yourself to the same level as him.” Fang Hong walked forward and stroked her round belly.

Liu Tianxian was wearing a loose long skirt, and her belly was obviously round, but not particularly big.

“Anyway, I’m unhappy.” Liu Tianxian’s temper has worsened since she became pregnant.

When you encounter something that makes you unhappy, you get angry.

“Okay, we’ll deal with him and make him shut up next time.” Fang Hong said with a smile.

Liu Tianxian also smiled, knowing that he was trying to coax her, and her anger subsided a lot. She said, “Hey, let’s go out and have a snowball fight!”

Fang Hong glanced at her big belly and asked, “Is this okay for you?”

“Why not? My belly is just a little big, it’s not like I can’t move. Your mother controls me every day, and I feel suffocated.” Liu Tianxian complained.

Xu Liyun didn’t let her move this or that every day, making her like a useless person.

“Okay, I’ll get you some clothes.”

Soon, laughter and joy rang out in the yard, and both sides threw snowballs at each other.

The other person’s hair and body were covered with snow.

But Fang Hong was still very careful.

“Oh, Xixi, you are pregnant.” Xu Liyun saw it and slapped her thigh at the door and shouted.

Only then did the two stop playing, and Liu Tianxian was also satisfied. It was good enough that they could play for a while.

Fang Hong stepped forward and cleared the snow off her body.

While he was cleaning, Liu Tianxian touched his face with her cool hands.

“Hiss” Fang Hong took a breath of cold air.

“Hahaha!”

Liu Tianxian laughed, thinking it was quite funny, and said, “You are really frozen by this! Aren’t all men hot-tempered?”

“Nonsense, let me put my hand on your face to see if you are cold.” Fang Hong said.

“Then put it down and let me see if it’s icy.” Liu Tianxian was moved.

“Are you serious?” Fang Hong looked at her doubtfully.

“Yes, let me experience the cool feeling on my face.” Liu Tianxian said seriously.

Pregnant women are strange. Fang Hong touched her tender face with his hands, and it was still smooth.

(End of this chapter)