Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Now that it has gone public, with Wu Yang joining the company and its own accumulated experience, the stock price has been raised to 80 yuan.

However, he encountered a bottleneck. Stock prices are sometimes like a boat sailing; if you don't move forward, you fall behind. So Wang Changtian has been busy with this recently.

Compared to the foundation that enabled Huayi to continuously raise its stock price in the past, its current luster is somewhat lacking.

The key point is that Huayi Brothers back then had Feng Xiaogang on the inside and Wu Yang on the outside, along with a group of top-tier celebrities.

Therefore, he gives the impression of being influential in the domestic entertainment industry and also capable of going global.

This caused Huayi's stock price to rise to an inflated level of over 100 yuan, which was subsequently exacerbated by the departure of Wu Yang and Liu Yifei.

Many first-tier films whose contracts have expired or are about to expire have made it clear that they will not be continued.

It was the attack by Xunhu that caused Huayi's stock price to fall to its current level of 47 yuan.

The rise and fall of stock prices has given many laypeople a clear understanding of film and television stocks.

Without these blindly following investors, legitimate financial institutions conduct various professional calculations.

People will only buy and hoard items if they believe there is a possibility of appreciation; otherwise, they will not.

They would immediately sell to cut their losses. Huayi's reputation is completely ruined, and there are not many institutions that are optimistic about it.

The number of shareholders has not increased or decreased. Those who bought Huayi stock in the first place simply sold their shares early and then bought shares in Guangming.

After seeing Wu Yang's script and hearing about Wu Yang's introduction today, even with a high cost of 3 million, I feel reassured.

Wang Changtian did not hesitate or back down at all. Guangxian issued more than 2700 million shares to the public and more than 1200 million shares to the private market. Although the prices were different, it raised 2 million yuan for Guangxian, and so far only tens of millions of yuan have been used.

Moreover, Wu Yang's films almost always involve China Film Group, so there's no need for Guangshan to fully fund them.

Wang Changtian followed Wu Yang to China Film Group. Sure enough, Master Han was very satisfied with the script, as it met his requirements for a large-scale production and a star-studded cast.

He also received praise from Wang Ju, who said that as long as the film could generate high box office revenue and meet his needs, he would naturally agree.

As for using the monster designs from the 86 TV series "Journey to the West" as models, the station director naturally agreed after Wu Yang promised that the movie could be shown on the Sixth Princess free of charge after it was taken off the screens.

After all, when Princess Six buys movie broadcasting rights, she will also quote a price based on the movie's influence.

For example, the TV broadcast rights for "Transformers 3," which just finished its theatrical run, cost 1000 million yuan to acquire.

According to Wu Yang, this film, "Journey to the West: The Love Story of a Fallen City," will definitely surpass "Transformers 3."

Even if this statement is exaggerated, based on Wu Yang's previous film, "Love Like a Bouquet," Princess Six spent 500 million yuan to purchase the broadcasting rights.

It's still a very worthwhile deal, especially since we can't ignore Wang Ju and Master Han's feelings.

All five parties are satisfied; cooperation is a win-win situation!

With the joint support of Guangming, China Film Group, CCTV, and the State Administration of Radio and Television, the final review process was simply not a consideration.

Moreover, this film was presented to the public as an urban version of "Journey to the West" and "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".

The ending showcases China's military strength and has a happy ending for the whole family, making it a movie suitable for all ages!

As for the investment budget of up to 3 million yuan, Master Han didn't hesitate at all and directly asked for 5% of the share.

As for how to calculate the remaining 5%, Master Han did not inquire.

After talking with Wang Changtian, Wu Yang contributed personnel, script, and 20 million yuan in cash to secure a 2000% share, due to the large scale of the investment.

Guangxian invested 1.3 million yuan, accounting for 30% of the market share.

The actors and behind-the-scenes staff will be paid according to market rates. Wang Changtian also has a small request: he hopes that the artists signed with Guangxian Media can be brought along this time, and the size of the role will be determined by Wu Yang.

After thinking about it, Wu Yang nodded in agreement. Even if those people couldn't play the main characters, they could play monsters.

This was the first time Wu Yang had to pay money to get the corresponding 20% ​​share.

First, the investment amount is too large; second, Wu Yang doesn't have any money on hand, so he can't just take out another loan to invest, can he?

This time, Wu Yang truly understood the meaning of "you only realize how little money you have when you need it!"

Wu Yang and Liu Yifei don't actually have much cash on hand right now, only about 3500 million yuan combined.

This also includes the more than $240 million in dividends that were just deposited into the overseas account.

The original amount received was over 340 million dollars, but this time it cost 100 million dollars.

They've already purchased the film and television adaptation rights to "Snowpiercer," plus the 1000 million yuan sponsorship from Cat Factory.

With the remaining 1200 million yuan in cash that Liu Yifei had, they could only raise 3500 million yuan.

If we're talking about assets, Wu Yang owns a detached villa, which is worth around 4000 million yuan at the current market price.

According to Liu Yifei, the manor she co-owns with her has appreciated to 4.8 million yuan.

The two also hold 1000 million shares of Guangxian stock, worth around 8 million yuan.

The couple also has a joint debt of 2 million yuan in bank loans, with 400 million yuan in interest annually, which can be repaid in a lump sum after three years.

Liu Yifei owns 38 shops and residences of various sizes, with a total value of over 2 million yuan, and the annual rent alone is more than 100 million yuan.

Excluding their debts, their current net worth should be around 13 billion.

The bulk of the shares, namely the VIP stock, means that Wu Yang and Liu Yifei, as original shareholders, will have to wait a year to cash out.

It's already mid-October, and the pre-production work for "Journey to the West: The Allure of Love" will take several months, with filming not expected to start until March of next year at the earliest.

With real-life locations combined with 3D shooting, plus coordination from all sides, filming is expected to wrap up around the end of the year.

Post-production is the most time-consuming part, and since we're aiming to compete with Hollywood, we need to go to Hollywood for post-production.

It also needs to be comparable to the quality of Hollywood blockbusters, so it will take at least one and a half to two years to develop.

Once the film is completed, blockbusters like this need to allocate 1 to 3 months in advance for promotion and distribution.

If we push back the current timeline, the earliest the film will be released will be at the end of 2013.

If it's slow, it might not be released until the summer of 2014, or even the Spring Festival of 2014.

This is why there are so few domestic blockbusters; they are not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also costly and time-consuming.

Given the shrewdness of domestic capital, they naturally wouldn't choose such a foolish way to invest.

For many investors, even if they make a bad movie and lose money after its release, as long as it's quick, it's better than spending a lot of time.

The reason Hollywood releases blockbuster movies every year is because they can be sold all over the world, and film and television talents actually come from all over the world.

It's just that it was filmed and produced in the US with American funding, thus giving it a Hollywood label.

If you delve into the origins of Hollywood's major directors, you'll find that very few are truly native-born Americans.

These people, including Wu Yang, are actually just using Hollywood as a platform to achieve both fame and fortune!