Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 239 A word is settled
When everyone saw Gu Bei humiliating Wang Zhongjun, they remained silent, and some even secretly cheered.

The main reason is that Gu Bei set up the bait well.
Linlang Entertainment has a three-year distribution contract; everyone is a competitor.

Huayi is an even stronger competitor.

Everyone says Gu Bei and Huayi have a grudge.
But when faced with self-interest, what hatred can't be resolved?

It would be good for everyone if Huayi were kicked out first!
"Gu Bei and Linlang Entertainment have really gone too far!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Wang Zhongjun felt a surge of anger welling up inside him.

In all the years since Huayi has developed, he has never been so humiliated.

Gu Bei's invitation to Huayi was seemingly friendly, but the condition that Huayi couldn't release its own film during the same period was something Huayi simply couldn't accept.

Gu Bei's conditions, just like his earlier attempt at moral blackmail, are a very obvious scheme.

Wang Zhongjun somewhat regretted showing up uninvited today.
Originally, I wanted to see if I could reconcile with Gu Bei.
But to my surprise, Gu Bei was just a complete naive and impulsive young man.

Even when given a way out, Gu Bei stubbornly refused to accept it.

They're targeting Huayi, intending to use Huayi as a stepping stone to rise to power.

Fortunately, he didn't place his hopes on reconciling with Gu Bei. Since Gu Bei wanted to step on Huayi to rise to the top, then for the next few years, they could only keep fighting!
Wang Zhongjun, his eyes still blazing with anger, replied coldly, "Huayi has a sufficient project pipeline, but I'm afraid it won't be able to meet Director Gu's demanding requirements."

"That's such a shame!"

Gu Bei said lightly,
But there wasn't a trace of regret on his face.

After the verbal exchange ended, everyone started chatting in small groups.

Many film and television company executives came and went around Gu Bei, all wanting to inquire about the details of Linlang Entertainment's three-year distribution contract and see if their companies were qualified to compete.

As Gu Bei chatted with them, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In contrast, Hollywood has a pyramid structure with the Big Six studios at the top and independent production companies and small and medium-sized distribution companies at the bottom.

The status of domestic publishing institutions is currently quite low.
This is related to the fact that the domestic film market was transformed from state-owned film studios.

The core of a state-owned film studio is its production department, while the distribution department is only a peripheral department.

Moreover, the domestic film market has only been open for a short time, and its organizational structure is still developing according to past inertia.

The future development of the three major private film companies can also provide clues.

Bona Film Group was the first to fall behind. Huayi Brothers, which focused more on publicity, had a period of great success, but gradually fell behind after moving away from film production.

On the contrary, Enlight Media, which transformed from a television production company into a distribution company, managed to survive and eventually acquired Maoyan, becoming the only company that did not fall behind.

However, this situation also has its advantages for Gu Bei, as it means he can push the price down as much as he wants.

"If you're not qualified to be your boss yet, then start by being your client."

Gu Bei peered through the crowd,

Looking at Wang Changtian, the founder of Enlight Media, not far away,

This is the target he envisioned for securing this distribution contract, and also the mentor of Linlang Entertainment's distribution team. Three and a half years should be enough time for his own distribution team to grow.

at this time,

Wang Jianlin walked over from a distance: "President Gu, congratulations on the opening of your Linlang Entertainment. I have a little time before I head to the airport. Do you have time to chat?"

“No problem, I’m looking forward to this chat too.” Gu Bei led Wang Jianlin through the banquet hall doors to a small adjoining reception room not far away.

Gu Bei started brewing tea.
After Wang Jianlin sat down, he suddenly asked, "Rose Pictures is yours, isn't it?"

Gu Bei continued brewing tea without pausing, replying calmly, "No, but I've invested in all the film projects currently underway, so what does it matter whether they're mine or not?"

"That's true. We've made the money, and we haven't had any trouble yet."

Wang Jianlin nodded.

"I thought Mr. Wang was coming here to try and overwhelm me with money!"

Gu Bei pushed a cup of tea over and said with a smile.

"That was the original idea. The size of the film industry is insignificant to me, but it has great potential for growth."

Wang Jianlin still had a hint of arrogance on his face, "But after thinking about it carefully, I realized that your investment ideas are too different from mine. Even if I invest in you, we will never get along!"

"How did Mr. Wang figure that out?"

Gu Bei showed a look of curiosity.

He had previously guessed that Wang Jianlin came to invest in him and Rose Pictures.
But he would definitely refuse without hesitation.

On the one hand, he has already passed the stage of lacking funds.
On the other hand, his strategy clashed with Wang Jianlin's high-profile, aggressive approach.

Looking at Yida's future plans in the cultural industry, including spending tens of billions to build Yida Film and Television Cultural Parks like the Oriental Movie Metropolis, spending billions of dollars to acquire AMC Theatres and Legendary Pictures, and producing a series of high-investment blockbusters such as The Great Wall and Warcraft,

This shows that Yida is continuing the strategy that was successful in real estate.
This is also a high-leverage strategy that Gu Bei dislikes very much.

"Before I came here, I had already looked at your film projects to date."

With your Palme d'Or-winning directorship and the box office success of Whiplash, you could have easily spent your time preparing a much larger-budget film project.

But you seem to prefer quickly completing low-budget film projects, running more projects in the same amount of time.

Wang Jianlin looked at Gu Bei and said, "You don't like using leverage, but I really like leverage as a tool. If I invest in you, we will definitely have conflicting opinions in the end."

Gu Bei was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected Wang Jianlin to investigate so thoroughly.

That makes sense; if Yida wants to increase its investment in cultural tourism, it will naturally pay more attention to Hollywood.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, I have no interest in you, but I am very interested in investing in the assets you possess."

"Yida Cinemas?"

Wang Jianlin looked at Gu Bei and said, "Then I'll have to see how far you can go in the domestic film market!"

"If, in three years, your Linlang Entertainment becomes one of the top three in the film industry, I can let you invest in Yida Cinemas and work together to cultivate the film industry."

"Then it's settled!"

Gu Bei was not surprised that Wang Jianlin agreed so readily.

Yida Cinema Line is only a part of Yida Group and will be spun off and listed in the future. The original intention was to introduce other shareholders. If Gu Bei can become one of the top three in the domestic film industry in the future, he will naturally be qualified to become a shareholder of Yida Cinema Line.

After the two chatted for a while,
Gu Bei returned to the banquet hall alone.

He looked around and found Jiang Zhiqiang, who was chatting with others: "Mr. Jiang, would you be interested in making a movie together?"

(End of this chapter)