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"Why didn't Director Wu just go ahead with 'The Monkey King' instead of 'The Chinese Zodiac'? I wonder if Director Wu can explain this to me?"
If Wu Mingxuan were just a director, Wu Kebo wouldn't have been too curious. But what he knew for sure was that Wu Mingxuan was a very ambitious man. While they took different paths, their goals were the same: a fiercely ambitious and unwilling to be outdone.
Therefore, Wu Kebo was deeply curious about Wu Mingxuan's choice. With Wu Mingxuan's vision and ability, he couldn't have failed to see the risks of 'The Monkey King'. It was a dangerous move for him, who hadn't yet fully established himself, and it could even seriously affect his bargaining power for 'The Chinese Zodiac'.
Wu Mingxuan naturally had no intention of hiding this; it was an open conspiracy, a bold attempt. He knew waiting two or three years would be more appropriate, but this opportunity was truly rare, and with Marvel's upcoming release imminent, he desperately wanted to get ahead of Marvel, at least as Thor, and seize that unique opportunity.
"The timing, the location, and the people are right. Since all the conditions are in place, and they're willing to use a young man like me, what do I have to fear? The worst I'll lose is some reputation, but I won't lose money anyway. It's all about the profits."
If I really fail miserably, I can just start over. My youth is my biggest asset, so I can take a bold risk and risk everything.
But on the other hand, if I succeed this time, my future path will be completely different from everyone else's. Of course, this concept is hard for people today to grasp; only time will tell if this attempt is truly worthwhile. Was
n't Star Wars also underappreciated before its release? Lucas made a winning bet, so why can't I, Wu Mingxuan? "
Every super movie universe that has made its mark in film history has been treading on thin ice and facing great risks at the very beginning. Just like Marvel today, if "Iron Man" released next year fails, it will go bankrupt and lose all the superhero copyrights, and there will be no subsequent glory.
In terms of the situation, Wu Mingxuan is much stronger than Marvel. He has the money and the people, as well as the full support of the entire Chinese market. There is no risk of losing money at the beginning. The risk is nothing, at most it would be a loss of reputation, but he wouldn't even gamble on that. What's the difference between him and those other great directors who sit on the laurels and just sit there on their laurels?
Wu Kebo still doesn't quite understand, just like the China Film Group and the big and small Wangs, who see this as a simple money-making scheme. Like many people in the industry who have never been exposed to Marvel or DC, they have no idea what this is, and even think it's a blasphemy against traditional culture. , is a kind of malicious magic change.
After Wu Mingxuan and Wu Kebo chatted about all sorts of things, they said goodbye and left. He is indeed a very powerful person, but his vision and courage are still very limited. If he had not traveled through time, Wu Mingxuan would definitely want to follow such a capable and charismatic Xiao Xiong.
But Wu Mingxuan traveled through time, and he had 13 years of foresight. In terms of vision and development, he is at least two generations ahead of these people in China. While they are still playing those old-fashioned tricks, When Wu Mingxuan was making epic blockbusters such as "The Legend of the Dragon
", he was already playing with the brain-burning plots with many twists and turns in later blockbusters. In Wu Mingxuan's view, this was just a newbie's start. The later "Chinese Zodiac" was just the future mainstream of Chinese-language films. Only the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe were the real future. Unfortunately, there was no room for Chinese-language films at that time. It was almost harvested by Hollywood.
After Wu Mingxuan left, Wu Kebo directly asked Fan Bingbing: "Is Wu Mingxuan close to sisters Li Bingbing and Li Xue? "
Fan Bingbing nodded. This was another major reason why she was unhappy with Wu Mingxuan. Everyone knew that she had a bad relationship with that side, and she always had to lure them together. In addition, Li Xue was fanning the flames. It would be strange if there was no resentment after a long time.
Wu Kebo was a real hero and naturally would not care about the little jealousies between men and women. He thought of another thing and confirmed with Wang Jinghua: "I remember Sister Hua, you said before that Li Bingbing and Li Xue and their sisters took up a lot of Huayi's original shares. How many are they approximately? "
Huayi's total share capital is 146 million shares. The two Wang brothers hold 50 million shares. The first batch of external issuance is 30 million shares. At least half of the remaining 66 million shares have gone to the sisters, and the rest are in the hands of Director Feng and Xiao Ming and others. Wu Mingxuan also got some before."
Wu Kebo took a breath of cold air. He thought of a possibility. Wu Mingxuan wanted to control Huayi. Although it was an empty shell in the eyes of outsiders, if Huayi did not die, Wu Mingxuan would control these shares for a long time. Wouldn't he become the Tokugawa Ieyasu of the late Warring States period in Japan? He
didn't need to do anything, but secretly accumulate strength and wait for the right time. When the time came, he could make a move at any time to turn the tables and swallow up the entire Huayi directly, making everyone Xiao Wang could work for him, or he could split Huayi directly.
Wu Kebo had considered this move, but Huayi was now an empty shell. If the two Wang brothers stopped playing with you, you would just have a name and would have to rent an office space. This was also the reason why Wang Jinghua and the others were unwilling to buy the original shares, because they knew best how much Huayi was worth, and they had no real assets at all.
Wang Jinghua naturally did not They thought that Huayi would be hollowed out by them soon, and by then it would be just an empty shell with a bunch of rotten stalls. What would be the point of having more shares?
Fan Bingbing also thought so, so she and Wang Jinghua persuaded Wu Kebo to take action as soon as possible to avoid more trouble.
Wu Kebo deduced the situation several times and felt that there was nothing wrong. He nodded and agreed to their suggestion and asked Wang Jinghua and Fan Bingbing to contact The big-name stars under Huayi defected en masse, and the situation changed dramatically.
At that time, the stars under Huayi included Chen Daoming, Xia Yu, Hu Jun, Zhou Yun, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Ren Quan, as well as Yang Ziqiong, Guan Zhilin, Liu Jialing, Wu Junru, Yuan Yongyi, Zhou Xun, Deng Chao, Chen Kun and more than 40 other top-tier stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.
Although many of them were Hong Kong stars like Cecilia Cheung, who only They entrusted their mainland affairs to Huayi, but it was precisely because of such a low-binding agency contract that the cost of "job-hopping" was very low.