Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 501 With me here, nothing will happen.

A very obvious difference between "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is that the former has been emphasizing the core elements of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" novels, such as tomb raiding, locating burial sites, searching for dragons, and exploring tombs, telling the audience that this is an ancient tomb adventure movie. However, the latter has been very secretive about tomb exploration and has been promoting itself as China's first monster movie.

Fortunately, although Lu Chuan was pretentious, he wasn't stupid and didn't provoke "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and Li Qiutang in the early stages.

When discussing "Mojin: The Lost Legend," he showed at least some respect and did not make any attacks.

Another aspect where "Mojin: The Lost Legend" can be said to be ahead of "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is that it has the support of the original author, Ba Chang, who rarely talks about "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" in public: "I really don't know much about the first part."

When it comes to "Mojin: The Lost Legend," Ba Chang clearly prefers it and talks more: "The story of 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' is basically written according to the sequel to the novel 'Ghost Blows Out the Light.' Part of it is a story from the novel, and part of it is a new story. I think the movie is like the ninth book of the novel. It gives readers an explanation, with suspense about the characters' fates, allowing them to have new developments after the ending."

Ba Chang praised the professionalism of the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" team, saying that he only agreed to be a consultant, but was eventually tricked into becoming a screenwriter. However, judging from Ba Chang's expression when he said this, he was quite happy with the job. At the same time, he also made a sarcastic remark about "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe," saying, "Maybe they have more professional screenwriters and don't need me. I think that's fine too."

Is this what they call the original author pouring oil on the screen? And it happened during a crucial promotional period before the film's release.

"Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" knows it can't mess with "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and Li Qiutang, but another film in the National Day holiday season doesn't think so.

It's unclear whether the information was intentionally leaked or simply uncovered and exposed by reporters.

"According to publicly available information, Autumn Pictures, the largest producer of 'Lost in Hong Kong,' has withdrawn from the film's investment portfolio. It is understood that Autumn Pictures holds the copyright to 'Lost in Hong Kong,' which has been a highly sought-after project since its inception. Autumn Pictures' withdrawal at this time has aroused strong suspicion from the outside world."

"Hong Kong-listed 21 Holdings announced that it will acquire the revenue of 'Lost in Hong Kong' held by Zhenledao Culture (Xu Shanzheng's company, the investor of 'Lost in Hong Kong') for 1.5 million yuan. This means that before 'Lost in Hong Kong' was even released, Xu Shanzheng, as the director and investor, had already locked in 1.5 million yuan in revenue."

Comparing the two news items, those in the know can already guess that Autumn Pictures sold "Lost in Hong Kong".

"Lost in Hong Kong" is a golden opportunity; they actually sold the film in the fall!
Actually, it's quite common in the industry for production companies to sell their profits in advance, so there's no need to be surprised.

It is also common to choose to secure profits early in the fall.

But this time it's different. There are reports that "Autumn Pictures not only sold the revenue from 'Lost in Hong Kong' ahead of schedule, but also sold all the copyrights to the entire 'Lost' series and the subsequent development rights to Xu Shanzheng and Dong Ping. This is why Autumn Pictures wasn't even credited in 'Lost in Hong Kong'. In other words, the entire 'Lost' series and its subsequent development have nothing to do with Autumn Pictures anymore."

This news has nothing to do with ordinary viewers, but the media is very interested and called Autumn Pictures to verify it, but the relevant person in charge of Autumn Pictures did not respond.

The reporter then asked, "Does the company have any plans to continue developing sequels to the '囧' series?"

The relevant person in charge stated, "No, thank you," and ended the conversation.

The company's response was not wrong in itself, but when it got out, it became a rumor that Qiu Tian admitted to ending the development of the "Lost in..." series and losing the copyright to the series.

The "Lost in..." series is considered to be the most valuable IP of Autumn Pictures. Now that development has been terminated and the copyright has been transferred to someone else, people are wondering if something has happened within Autumn Pictures.

It's normal to pocket profits early, but selling all the IP is quite rare in the industry.

Faced with the speculation from the outside world, Autumn Pictures did not respond immediately.

Autumn is not a listed company and has no obligation to disclose major business activities. In Autumn's eyes, this is just a normal business transaction. But the problem lies in the fact that someone is fueling the flames.

At a promotional event for "Lost in Hong Kong," Xu Shanzheng admitted that his collaboration with Qiu Tian had ended. He didn't say anything bad about Qiu Tian, ​​but simply used the all-purpose excuse of "disagreements between the two parties in creative and commercial operations" to explain the breakup.

In addition, Xu Shanzheng also stated that he will continue to create sequels to the "囧" series.

This statement contradicts the autumn response, sparking much discussion.

Autumn remains silent, but the 7.8 million has already been pocketed. Let them say a few words.

However, things took a turn for the worse after 21 Holdings changed its name to Huanxi Media and began hyping up the behind-the-scenes stories of "Lost in Hong Kong".

In the autumn, all the senior executives knew that Huanxi Media was hyping up "Lost in Hong Kong" in order to make it easier to use the box office to boost the stock price and cash out at a high price.

However, Huanxi Media should not have spoken ill of Autumn Pictures, saying that without the Lost series, Autumn Pictures would lose an important source of box office revenue.

The "囧" series is indeed a well-known brand and has made a lot of money for autumn, but it is not that important to autumn.

Li Qiutang stepped forward in time to stop the negative comments from escalating, just like Wang Zhongjun, who had been working behind the scenes for a long time after Wang Jinghua left. Li Qiutang was very blunt and said: "The company will not be affected by the departure of any film. I am confident that I can create an IP that is ten or a hundred times more valuable than the Lost series."

"With me at Autumn Pictures and this revenue-generating mechanism in place, everything will be fine." This statement was almost arrogant, but his arrogant remarks did have an effect, because Li Qiutang is indeed the highest-grossing director in China at present.

As for "creating an IP that is ten or a hundred times more valuable than the 'Lost in...' series," just take that with a grain of salt; it's just a figure of speech when people are angry.

That same evening, after saying this, Li Qiutang received a call from Dong Ping, a film capitalist who was all about profit and had no reason to clash with the country's most powerful and highest-grossing film company, or the most successful film director in China.

During the phone call, he said that all those things were messed up by his subordinates. Now that the "囧" series has broken away from "Autumn," everyone should part amicably and make money together. He hadn't stooped to the level of stepping on his competitors.

During the phone call, Dong Ping also admitted that because the company had just changed its name and wanted to make a name for itself, it was inevitable that the publicity would go too far. He was also busy and did not supervise these remarks in time, which caused trouble for Qiutian Pictures.

“We have no grudges against each other, and I’m thinking that once the company’s development is stable, we can cooperate again.”

Dong Ping's goal was, of course, to appease Qiutian Film Industry. Otherwise, what if Qiutian Film Industry exposed its own shortcomings and its stock price failed to rise during the National Day holiday?
There is no doubt that Autumn Pictures and Li Qiutang have this influence.

Since the other party had backed down, Li Qiutang decided not to press the matter further. Let him manipulate the stock price if he wants, as long as he doesn't provoke her.

However, Li Qiutang declined Dong Ping's invitation to invest in Huanxi Media in the autumn, saying that neither the company nor he personally had such plans at the moment.

"It won't stop you from making a fortune, Mr. Dong."

(End of this chapter)