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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", "Fatal ID", "Northeast Police Story", and "The Matrix" currently in theaters.

There are also "Xiu Chun Knife", "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.

At this point in 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 biggest hit 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. However, with the blessing of the movie "The Matrix" alone, the annual box office revenue will exceed 10 billion.

In other words, last year, Little Red Horse Film and Television Company accounted for 18% of the Chinese film market.

The absolute value of this ratio may not seem high, but the relative value is outstanding. If nothing unexpected happens, it will secure its position as 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 Happiness" 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%.

If you look at the peripheral income ratio of 24% internationally, it is not high, or even on the low side. In large overseas film groups, peripheral income often accounts for more than 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 movies. The peripheral income far exceeds that of live-action movies. .

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 indicator is a corporate secret. Although many people are senior executives, I don’t know the company’s specific profit amount. This is the first time I’ve 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.

"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 heated.

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 need to ensure that the summer movie can be released at the same time, and plan and implement the second part of the Spring Festival movie."

"The next key projects are "Xiu Chun Knife" and "Love Is Spreading," and we also plan to release them during the Spring Festival. As for "Zhu Xian 2", it will not be able to catch up with this year's Spring Festival, and we have released enough movies that it is not suitable to release them again. It’s squeezed into this period, so the plan is to put it in the summer vacation next year.”

If you calculate it this way, during the Spring Festival this year, Xiaohongma Film and Television Company will have three works released, namely "The Matrix 2", "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "Love Is Spreading".

There are enough of them, and the types are different enough not to compete with each other.

There is also a clear priority among the three works. The top priority among them is undoubtedly "The Matrix 2", followed by "Spring Knife". "Love Spreads" is a niche movie and has received a wave of votes from couples.

Wu Zebing continued: "This will be released during the Spring Festival this year. There cannot be any vacancies in the second half of this year, especially the winter vacation, during the period before the Spring Festival, so we will start two projects as soon as possible. One is "Northeast Police Story 2" ", and the other is a new project, a script 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, a month at most.”

Many people started discussing in low voices again. Everyone knew that "Northeast Police Story 2" would be released sooner or later, and many people heard about "Saw" for the first time and didn't know what type of movie it was, but after listening to It is said that this is a script prepared by the boss himself, so many people are itching and want 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 the new project, 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, please be quiet! I will leave time for you to discuss when I finish my report. Listen to me now. "The Wandering Earth" will be the highlight of the company in the next two years, following "The Wandering Earth". The core project after "The Matrix" series. As for the book, after the meeting, if you want to read it, you can come to me, but I have to say something ugly up front. The project has not been demonstrated and analyzed, and it has not been approved, so I understand the rules and must not do it. If anyone leaks any information, I will definitely pursue it.”

Someone said: "Director Zhang, Mr. Wu, don't worry, we have signed confidentiality agreements and will never let any news out."

Zhang Tan smiled, nodded without saying anything, picked up his tea cup and took a sip, and continued to listen to Wu Zebing: "That's good, of course I believe everyone. In addition to "The Wandering Earth", we will also launch "The Wandering Earth" in the second half of the year. A core animation project is called "Chang'an Thirty Thousand Miles". The idea was proposed by the boss, but the script has not yet been created, and the screenwriting team is working on it. "

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A meeting lasted all morning. When the meeting ended, although everyone was physically exhausted, they were all in high spirits and walked with a breeze, 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.

Li Qing, the last vice president to come 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. 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 instructions.

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