The semi-annual summary meeting of Xiaohongma Film and Television Company is in progress. Deputy General Manager Li Qing first reported on the work summary of the first half of the year.
In the first half of the year, Little Red Horse Films launched a number of blockbuster works, including "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "Fatal ID", "Northeast Police Story", and "The Matrix" currently in theaters.
There are also "Xiuchundao", "Zhu Xian 2" and "Love is Spreading" currently being filmed.
In addition, there are animation movies, but there were no animation movies released in the first half of the year. The ones currently in production include "The Legend of Alien" and "Despicable Me".
The production cycle of animation movies is very long and often lasts for several years, so it is normal for no works to be released for half a year. Many animation movie companies focus on one movie within one or two years. Typically, they do not open for three years, but only after opening.
Three years of type.
After the introduction, Li Qing's voice couldn't help but rise. He said: "In the first half of the year, the company's total box office revenue was 4.8 billion."
As soon as he finished speaking, whispers broke out in the conference room. Everyone actually knew this number, but when they heard it again, they were still excited and unbelievable.
In just half a year, it earned a total box office revenue of 4.8 billion.
Everyone can't help but calculate in their minds that the total box office revenue of China's movies last year was 55 billion. According to the current development trend of Little Red Horse Film and Television, the bigger one will be (The Matrix). The first part will be released during the summer vacation, and the second part will be released during the Spring Festival.
, but the Spring Festival is in February, so it is counted as next year, but with the blessing of the movie "The Matrix" alone, the annual box office revenue will exceed 10 billion.
In other words, Little Red Horse Film and Television Company accounted for 18% of the Chinese film market last year.
The absolute value of this ratio does not seem high, but the relative value is very outstanding. If nothing unexpected happens, he will firmly occupy the position of the boss of Huaxia Film Company. Li Qing ignored everyone's whispers and continued to report: "The total box office is 4.8 billion, of which "
"The Pursuit of Happyness" has a box office of 2 billion, "Fatal ID" has a box office of 2.3 billion, and "Northeast Police Story" has a box office of 500 million.
None of the three movies released in the first half of the year was a hit, and all of them made a profit.
Li Qing glanced at Zhang Tan, and seeing that Zhang Tan was listening carefully, he continued to report, feeling excited in his heart: "What I just talked about was box office revenue, plus peripheral revenue, the company's revenue in the first half of the year was 6.3 billion, of which peripheral revenue was 1.5 billion
, accounting for 24%.”
The peripheral income ratio of 24% is not high or even low internationally. In large overseas film groups, peripheral income often exceeds 50%.
But if 24% is placed domestically, it is indeed the leading figure. This is mainly due to the high-quality ticket sources accumulated by Little Red Horse Film and Television Company in the past few years, especially those animated films. The peripheral income far exceeds that of live-action films.
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Li Qing continued: "The company's total profit in the first half of the year was 2.63 billion."
Everyone in the conference room was shocked again, and they were much more shocked than when they heard about the income just now. After all, the income data is public and you can calculate it by yourself, but the profit indicators are the secrets of the company. Although many people are senior executives, they are also shocked.
I don’t know the specific profit amount of the company. This is the first time I have heard of it.
"The peripheral profit is 1 billion, and the profit from the movie is 1.6 billion."
Therefore, major film companies attach great importance to peripheral business, because the profits are so high, it is almost like picking up money, and they can continue to make money continuously.
"Among the movie profits, the profit of "The Pursuit of Happyness" is 700 million, the profit of "Fatal ID" is 750 million, and the profit of "Northeast Police Story" is 175 million..."
Following Li Qing's report, the atmosphere in the conference room was lively. When he finished his report, everyone applauded in unison until General Manager Wu Zebing stood up and reported the work plan for the second half of the year.
"The first and most important project is the "The Matrix" series. We must ensure that the summer movie will be released at the same time, and plan and implement the second part of the Spring Festival movie." The second key projects are (Embroidered Spring Knife) and (Love). We also plan to release "Zhu Xian 2" during the Spring Festival. As for "Zhu Xian 2", it will not be released in time for this year's Spring Festival, and we have enough movies to release, so it is not suitable to squeeze it into this schedule, so the plan is to put it in the summer vacation next year "If you calculate this, during the Spring Festival this year, Xiaohongma Film and Television Company will have three films released, namely "The Matrix 2", "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "Love Is Spreading".
There are enough, and the genres are different, so they will not compete with each other. The three works are also clearly prioritized. The top priority among them is undoubtedly "The Matrix 2", followed by "Xiuchungdao", "Love Is Spreading" "It is a niche movie and has received a wave of votes from couples.
Wu Zebing continued: "This is released during the Spring Festival this year. It cannot be vacant in the second half of this year, especially the winter vacation, the period before the Spring Festival, so we will start two value projects as soon as possible, one is (Northeast Police Story 2) , the other is a new project, prepared by the boss, called
"Saw"."
"Of the two works, the former "Northeast Police Story 2" has accumulated a lot of fans because of the first one, and the project is not complicated, so it can be shot very quickly. The latter project "Chain Saw" is also a small-budget film , the shooting will also be very fast, up to a month.”
Many people started discussing in a low voice again. Everyone knew that "Northeast Police Story 2" would hit sooner or later, while many people heard about "Saw" for the first time and didn't know what type of movie it was. However, I heard that this was a script prepared by the boss himself, so many people were itching and wanted to ask the boss for the script now.
Wu Zebing continued: “In addition, in order to plan short, medium and long-term projects, we will also initiate several new projects in the second half of the year.
After hearing this, everyone quickly shut up and listened to new projects, because this may be the focus of the company's work in the next two or three years." The first project is "The Wandering Earth", a book prepared by the boss.
Seeing everyone whispering again, Wu Zebing said helplessly: "Everyone, be quiet! I will leave time for you to discuss after I finish my report. Now listen to me first. (The Wandering Earth) will be the highlight of the company in the next two years, and it will be the next step after ( The core project after the Matrix series. As for the book, if you want to read it after the meeting, you can come to me. But I have to say something ugly up front. The project has not yet been demonstrated and analyzed, and it has not been approved, so I understand the rules and must not leak it. Any bit of information. If anyone spreads any bit of information, I will definitely pursue it to the end.
Someone said: "Zhang Tong, Mr. Wu, don't worry, we have all signed confidentiality agreements, and we will never let any information out."
Zhang Tan smiled and said nothing. He picked up his tea cup and took a sip. He continued to listen to Wu Zebing: "That's good. Of course I believe everyone. In addition to "The Wandering Earth", we will also have other films in the second half of the year. Start a core animation project called "Chang'an Thirty Thousand". The idea was suggested by the boss, but the script has not yet been created, and the screenwriting team is working on it.
The meeting lasted all morning. When the meeting ended, although everyone was physically tired, everyone was in high spirits and walked with a sense of wind, which surprised the employees passing by outside the meeting room.
"boss"
Zhang Tan was walking to his office after the meeting, when Wu Zebing suddenly followed behind him.
"Is something wrong?" Zhang Tan asked.
"I have something to do. Can I sit in your office for a while?" Wu Zebing said.
"good.
Wu Zebing followed Zhang Tan into the office and closed the office door.
Zhang Tan knew that what he was going to talk about was probably quite important and hidden. When Li Qing, the last vice president who came out of the conference room, saw this scene, his eyes flickered and he was thoughtful.
Because it was already quite late, 12:10 noon, it was already lunch time, so Wu Zebing did not beat around the bush and said directly: "There are currently 25 screenwriters in the company, but there has never been a screenwriting department. I think it's time, too. Very necessary.
If we want to establish a screenwriting department, it involves the issue of hiring people. Who will be the director? Wu Zebing probably came to ask Zhang Tan for this reason.
