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Chapter 398 Brother, as long as you're happy

Wang Chuan was so moved that tears streamed down his face.

Qi Haoming knew that movies were hard to make money, but he repeatedly added investment, which allowed him to make the movie according to his true ideas.

They also did their best in publicity and promotion.

Especially regarding film scheduling, it is said that Qi Hao personally called the cinemas to discuss film scheduling.

They managed to snatch a significant number of screenings from big-budget films like "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Painted Skin".

Otherwise, an animated film like this would definitely only get a handful of screenings.

Qi Hao only managed to maintain a double-digit number of screenings for "Kuiba" by negotiating with theaters based on his brilliant achievements last year.

The box office for "Kuiba" has barely broken 20 million after a week of release.

It's such a shame that so many screenings were given away.

In fact, this year's National Day holiday also saw a surge of domestic animated films: "The Legend of Young Yue Fei", "Rock Kingdom: The Holy Dragon Knight", "Breakthrough Rabbit", "Kung Fu", and "The People's 1911" all made their debut. No other holiday period in history has seen so many animated feature films.

The success of the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" movie has led many to believe that this segment has great market potential.

Since there is a market, there is a first-mover advantage.

So a bunch of people rushed up.

Most of these production companies previously worked on animation for young children and had some foundation, but there are huge gaps in their concepts and techniques.

The result of this brutal "collision" was that none of them were a complete success. Only "Kuiba," which had more than 100 screenings, fared slightly better, but it was still just one of the best among the worst.

Honestly, this result is a real disservice to the theaters' allocation of screenings, and it will inevitably damage Qi Hao's reputation.

What the hell is credibility?

Qi Hao disagreed with this.

Theaters only care about money, not people. As long as your next movie continues to be a box office hit, they will still support you. It doesn't cause any problems at all.

The film "Lost in Thailand 2" has been almost completely edited.

Qi Hao watched the sample film and felt that the second film was of higher quality and had more laughs. He believed that the box office would only be better than the first film. He was already preparing for the release at the end of the year, aiming for the 2012 New Year's film season.

In addition, Tian Xiaopeng's "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" is also progressing smoothly.

If all goes well, even if it doesn't get released next year, it will definitely be released the year after.

Qi Hao, however, has more confidence in this animated film.

Although Wang Chuan's "Kuiba" was the first animated film invested in by Xihao Animation Film Studio, the film was already more than halfway through production when the investment was made.

It was a case of entering the market halfway through.

At the beginning, Wang Chuan only had five million.

He could only lay the foundation with a budget of five million, and even after the production cost was increased to more than twenty million, it could not change the inherent shortcomings of the project.

At most, the situation will improve in the next installment.

With fans of the first film already familiar with the world, there's no need to elaborate further, making the plot flow more smoothly.

Moreover, the production budget will also increase.

"Monkey King: Hero Is Back" is different.

"Monkey King: Hero Is Back" had a production budget of 60 million yuan from the very beginning.

This is just the production cost.

The marketing and promotion costs are not included in this budget. Once production is complete, a marketing and promotion budget will be prepared based on the situation.

With so much money, Tian Xiaopeng is putting in his best effort to make this animated film while saving every penny.

We seek out the industry's top animation talent and strive to do everything to the best of our ability.

We'll see how well "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" performs in the future.

If the grades are still terrible.

Then animated films will really have a hard time making a name for themselves.

If the results improve, it will naturally attract more hot money into the animated film industry, just like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

After the National Day holiday, Moutai distributed its dividends for this year.

This year, the dividend is 39.97 yuan per 10 shares.

Qi Hao owns 385 million shares of Moutai stock, which adds up to a staggering 1500 million yuan.

The dividends alone amount to 1500 million, which is incredibly comfortable.

Qi Hao is currently in dire need of money.

On the one hand, there is a lot of investment in film.

On the other hand, Sina and Xiaomi are waiting to feed them.

Sina wants to raise $3 million to give Qi Hao a 20% stake in Weibo.

Compared to the previous $3.6 million funding round with 18% stake, the terms have been significantly more lenient.

Donghao Venture Capital has basically agreed.

We'll all be in the same boat soon, and Donghao Venture Capital will also send people to participate in the management of Weibo.

Qi Hao prefers James Leiden to replace Lao Tian on the Sina board of directors and also serve as vice president of Weibo.

From now on, James Leiden will be in charge of everything at Sina.

Weibo's role for Qi Hao is mainly reflected in public relations and marketing.

Negotiations are still ongoing with Xiaomi, and Donghao Venture Capital's goal is to maintain a stake of over 10%.

If Xiaomi doesn't object, Qi Hao is willing to further increase his investment, raising his stake from the current 12% to 15%. He can always borrow money from Dongfang Yixiao if necessary.

Anyway, he knew that Xiaomi's Series C funding round in 13-14 would raise its valuation from $40 billion in Series B to $450 billion.

Xiaomi recently released a new product, the M1.

Then, Lei Jun made everyone realize that buying things actually required a scramble, and there was a high probability that you wouldn't be able to get them. Lei Jun, with his internet background, truly took the art of scarcity marketing to its extreme.

The M1 has long been in a state of being "unavailable," which has been criticized by many dissatisfied consumers as "playing tricks," and Lei Jun has been jokingly called "Thunder Monkey King."

However, Xiaomi's main selling point is its cost-effectiveness.

With its flagship hardware configuration and a launch price of 1999 yuan, the Xiaomi M1 was undoubtedly a bombshell in the high-end smartphone market at the time, and it truly redefined the concept of "cost-effectiveness" that ordinary consumers are familiar with.

Compared to Apple, this price and configuration are really not expensive, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people scrambling for it, creating a situation where it's hard to find one.

Of course, it is not without its shortcomings.

Seemingly living up to Xiaomi's product concept of "born for fever," this phone gets incredibly hot under heavy load.

It was also during this National Day holiday.

Lei Jun's idol, Apple's legendary godfather Steve Jobs, passed away at the age of 56 due to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

On the day he passed away, Apple's stock price dropped slightly by 0.23%.

It seems that it has not been affected in any way.

However, as the news spread further the next day and became known to more people, Apple's stock price finally fell again.

At the close of trading, Apple's stock price fell $7.57 to $369.00, a drop of 2.01%.

On the other hand, shares of Apple's competitors surged. Nokia shares jumped 6.09% to $5.92; BlackBerry maker shares rose 3.50% to $24.42. Sony shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange rose 1.81% to $19.12.

As a "Little Buffett" holding 150 million Apple shares, Qi Hao lost $1135.5 million that day.

Moutai's dividends aren't even enough to cover its losses.

All I can say is that stock trading is damn risky.

However, the loss was quickly recovered in the following days.

In fact, this wasn't the first time Jobs had been sick; there had been long-standing concerns about his health.

For a long time, Steve Jobs' illness has been a sword of Damocles hanging over investors' heads. Now, people have nothing more to worry about. What's done is done, and there can't be any worse outcome.

The stock market decline caused by his resignation in August partially offset the impact of his passing.

The negative impact on stock prices has already been absorbed by the market.

As the saying goes, when all the bad news is out, it's good news.

Many people are thinking of taking this opportunity to buy some Apple stock.

As Qi Hao invested in one film after another, the system finally notified him that he had completed the task and could proceed with the settlement.

This task required him to invest in three promising directors. Qi Hao invested in one after another, and even Bangbang's project has been approved and is about to start filming.

Han Jiaren was indeed invited to teach "Introduction to Architecture".

The film adaptation of "Seoul Station" is called "Train to Busan," and it stars Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Soo-an, Kim Eui-sung, Ma Dong-seok, Choi Woo-shik, and others.

Qi Hao wasn't very familiar with the actors in Bangbang.

He showed no intention of investigating further.

To put it bluntly, both of Bangbang's scripts are very commercial, and they're clearly meant to make money.

Qi Hao invested in them not to support Bangbang Films, nor to sexually harass Han Ga-in or Ma Dong-seok.

It's mainly about making money.

Rather than letting Bangbang Company make this money, it's better for them to do it.

Even a few mosquitoes are still meat.

Moreover, the more he earns, the less the porter earns.

Perhaps it can even unite a group of people with shared interests. If one day more and more people in the entertainment industry rely on Chinese capital to make money and survive, they will inevitably try every means to speak well of China.

Among the many large-scale breeding operations in China, some are purely driven by malice, but many others are driven by vested interests.

There were also some who left earlier.

After selling their houses or even courtyard houses in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and living a life of hardship for over ten years, they found that the money they earned was less than a fraction of the compensation they received from the demolition of their houses. No wonder they felt resentful.

Although the task was completed, Qi Hao did not immediately settle the accounts.

Instead, they continued to look for good projects.

Art films are fine too.

As long as the script is good enough and the budget is reasonable, the money will be paid out directly.

Qi Hao doesn't even interfere with who directs or stars. To the rival Wang brothers, Qi Hao seems to be possessed by the Virgin Mary.

Outrageous fucking opened the door, outrageously home.

After this news was released, another wave of projects flocked to the scene.

Previously, everyone knew their movies wouldn't make money, so they were embarrassed to try and get rejected by Qi Hao. But now Qi Hao has made it clear that he doesn't need to make money, as long as the script is good enough.

At this moment, nothing can stop everyone from taking advantage of Qi Hao.

Even among Qi Hao's side, many people suspected that the boss had gone mad.

Only Lao Tian and his group remained as steady as ever.

He also gave a pep talk, explaining in detail the reasons why Qi Hao did this.

Go public!

If Zhonghao Entertainment wants to go public, it must make a name for itself.

Commercial films alone are not enough.

There must be a sufficient number of art films, and a large company must demonstrate its social responsibility and cultural commitment.

Qi Hao nodded repeatedly as he listened.

All I can say is, bro, whatever makes you happy.

(End of this chapter)