Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 230 Three Consecutive Championships in April

"Snapped!"

Liu Yifei withdrew her hand.

She looked at her assistant, who was covering her head and had tears in her eyes.
He said irritably, "Do you even know what equity structure is?"

The assistant shook his head.
Zhang Liangying also shook her head.

"Alright, I'll explain it to you."

Liu Yifei put down her chopsticks and said helplessly, "Gu Bei's company is divided into a holding layer, a main body layer, and a business layer from top to bottom."

My studio and business company both belong to the business layer.
The company's majority of film and related business is contracted through its business partners.

"Then isn't this the main body of the company? Why are there two more floors on top?" Zhang Liangying asked, puzzled.

"Because you can have many business companies. You can open one or even several business companies for a single movie. And you can open a business company immediately wherever there is a tax avoidance policy."

Liu Yifei explained, "There is usually only one main company. The shares of the studio and business company are controlled by the main company, and the company's brand is also in the hands of the main company."

If we want to go public in the future, we'll have to list the main company.

Zhang Liangying was slightly surprised: "Your Gu Bei is thinking quite far ahead, he's already thinking about going public."

"Finally, there is the controlling layer. Since there is only one main company, the number of shares held in the main company is equivalent to the number of shares held in the entire company."

Liu Yifei waved her hand, "Gu Bei first took control of a small portion of the shares himself."
Then, through a holding company, they acquired a majority stake.
Finally, a partnership is allowed to hold a small portion of the shares, which will be distributed to others in the future.

My mother only holds a small portion of the shares in this partnership.
If we really factor that into the overall company cost,
It's really just a tiny, symbolic share.

Liu Yifei didn't tell the two of them much of the remaining information.

For example, Gu Bei's personal shareholding is intended to ensure that when he reduces his holdings in the future, he will pay the lowest tax rate compared to when the company reduces its holdings.

Furthermore, Gu Bei holds 1% of the partnership's shares through a holding company, but the holding company, as the general partner, can control the entire partnership through this 1% stake.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liangying once again showed a thoughtful expression.

It seems that Liu Yifei's explanation of the equity structure is clearer than that of people from consulting firms.

no doubt,

Given Liu Yifei's personality, this was definitely not something she actively sought out to learn.

Instead, Gu Bei took the initiative to let Liu Yifei understand everything about the company.
The entire company's structure was clearly presented to Liu Yifei.

In contrast, the people from the consulting firm that Feng Ke brought along got her head spinning, so she paid little attention to these kinds of things.

After a while,
Zhang Liangying snapped out of her daze and clapped enthusiastically, saying, "Xixi is amazing!"

"Hum~"

Liu Yifei smiled slightly.
She used to think that Gu Bei was saying these things to her was useless, but now it seems that learning more things is not a bad thing!
She continued eating.

With the conclusion of the premiere ceremony of The Forbidden Kingdom,
The North American release of The Forbidden Kingdom was a natural progression.

4 month 18 day,
After Twilight crushed four B-movies last week,

Once again, they faced the challenge of making three films.
The most threatening of them all is undoubtedly Kung Fu King, which brings together Jackie Chan and Jet Li and opens in 3151 cinemas.

But unsurprisingly, the King of Kung Fu lost.

It only grossed $750 million on its opening day, a significant drop from Twilight's $1600 million that same day.

Even its box office revenue per theater is less than that of Twilight, which has been in theaters for a week.

Just as Gu Bei said, April will belong to Twilight City!

However, Twilight last weekend...

It shocked Hollywood with its $100 million opening weekend box office.

Over the weekend, it achieved a 66% drop.
It once again shocked everyone by topping the weekend box office with $3450 million.

It's common knowledge that big-budget IP films experience significant drops in their second weekend. However, most only see a drop of around 60%.

Twilight saw a 66% drop the following weekend.

This is really a bit exaggerated; it's already among the biggest drops on the list!

"The Twilight movies have lost their unique charm on the big screen; they can only please fans of the novels, but they have no appeal to outsiders!"

"A completely foolish romantic love story, only suitable for teenage girls to watch!"

"The only redeeming quality of the entire film is that Stephanie Meyer chose Bruce Gou, who had not yet won an Oscar. Bruce copied everything from the novel into the film, including the author's own stupidity."

Criticism of Twilight is gradually emerging.

It received a 48% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Even the audience's popcorn score was only 75%.

No matter which statistic you look at, this is a terrible movie!

however……

The second weekend passed.
Twilight's box office in North America still easily surpassed $150 million, and continues to push towards $200 million.

Criticism is one thing,
But those who want to see it will still go.

At the end of the third week,

Twilight's decline has finally returned to a normal 50%.

It retained its weekend box office crown with $1750 million.
They achieved a three-peat in April, dominating the April schedule!

The film's cumulative box office in North America has reached $1.88 million.
It's just one step away from the $200 million mark.

The box office for "The King of Kung Fu" also dropped this weekend from $2100 million in its opening weekend to $1100 million.
The decline was well controlled, but the ranking has dropped from second to fourth, gradually being submerged in the developed North American film market.

Gu Bei stopped paying attention to the North American box office.

With three consecutive April box office runs and $200 million in North American box office, Twilight has already reached its limit.

May is just around the corner, and Marvel's Iron Man will be released on May 2nd, making May the month for this movie.

Moreover, Twilight was released in tiered fashion, with 80% of the box office revenue going to the first week, 70% to the second week, and so on, with the remaining revenue share being so low that it was practically free.

Gu Bei flew directly from Los Angeles to Kyoto to begin preparing for his company's opening ceremony.

In mainland China,

After taking in 6000 million yuan at the box office in its opening weekend, Twilight has surpassed 1.2 million yuan in 17 days since its release.

For a Kung Fu King that grossed over 8000 million in its opening weekend, surpassing this performance is only a matter of time.
However, compared to the overwhelming dominance of North American Twilight,
The Kung Fu King's achievements in mainland China

It was only slightly better than Twilight, yet it received a barrage of criticism.

The movie appears to be about a Chinese story, but the main speakers are all in English and the Chinese dialogue is dubbed. In reality, it's all a Western story, which explains why the box office performance in North America didn't drop much.

"Besides the fight scenes between Jack and JJ, Liu Yifei's acting skills are also a major highlight in The Forbidden Kingdom!"

Gu Bei held the newspaper and looked at it intently.

This isn't a press release.

Liu Yifei's performance in The Forbidden Kingdom
It is indeed several levels higher than what's in the entertainment treasure trove.

at this time,

A young man patted Gu Bei on the shoulder:

"Director Gu, Chairman Han has finished his meeting and is waiting for you in his office."

(End of this chapter)