My house collapsed from the top, and the system just came?

When Wang Mo was in a state of excitement.

But Yuan Xiong warned seriously: "Ah Mo, do you still have any ideas for short fairy tales next?"

Wang Mo regained his composure and asked, "What do you think?"

Yuan Xiong said: "My suggestion is to take it slow. I don't know if you have more exquisite fairy tales, but even if you do, don't release them now. Because the fairy tales you released before are enough for the market to digest for a year or two. . No matter how much you produce more works, you won’t be able to generate greater benefits. You might as well publish them after a while.”

Wang Mo nodded, deeply convinced.

The long-term solution is to have some relaxation.

Yuan Xiong continued: "Moreover, in fact, the income generated by fairy tales is only a very small part of the entire children's market. Because now is the Internet society, children are reading fewer and fewer fairy tale books."

Hearing this, Wang Mo asked curiously: "What is the biggest benefit for children?"

“In addition to all kinds of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

First, games!

Second, cartoons!

Third, anime!

Fourth, various peripheral toys”

Yuan Xiong stretched out four fingers and broke them one by one.

"Actually, besides women's money, children's money is the most profitable."

Yuan Xiong said a wise saying.

Wang Mo also believed this. He remembered that in his previous life, just one egg waffle party had made countless children addicted to it, and even caused many families to go bankrupt.

However, it is absolutely impossible for him to play such a game.

As a human being, you must have a bottom line!

Yuan Xiong also thought of this: "Let's not get involved in games. It is a mental poison for children. We don't do such immoral things. As for peripheral toys, we don't have relevant IP yet and can't do it. But animation and cartoons, This is the company's next focus industry. Especially cartoons. Eight out of ten children today are watching cartoons. So if you can develop a cartoon that children like, the market will be so big that you can Marvel.”

"I know."

Wang Mo smiled slightly.

Can it be smaller?

Just the fact that the "Bear Bears" series of movies can accumulate more than 6 billion in box office can already explain everything.

Yuan Xiong looked at Wang Mo and said seriously: "So my suggestion is: if you are interested in writing fairy tales, you can continue writing them in the future. But if your interest is not strong, it is just for profit. I suggest you consider it. Cartoons. Because since you have such an outstanding imagination in fairy tales, if you try to plan a cartoon, it should also attract children."

cartoon?

Wang Mo's heart moved slightly.

Yuan Xiong's suggestion seems to be quite good.

For example, if I come up with "Bear Infested", I'm afraid I can create a market value of tens of billions with it.

horrible.

Thinking of this, Wang Mo nodded: "No problem. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will try children's animation."

What Wang Mo said about trying, and what Yuan Xiong said about trying, have two different meanings.

…

Yuan Xiong did not leave immediately, but said: ""Fist of Heroes 2" has been released."

"Um."

Wang Mo nodded, indicating that he understood.

During the National Day this year, "Fist of Heroes 2" finally hit the screen.

This time, Hao Mingxing is still the protagonist, but Wang Mo does not become the screenwriter, and Chai Qing does not continue to be the director. This movie, produced by Yunhai Media, grossed 2.8 billion at the box office during the seven-day National Day holiday and is still in theaters.

Wang Mo also took advantage of an opportunity and booked the venue to watch it.

very nice!

In fact, the plot is average. It mainly talks about Chen Zhen going to the Northeast and fighting the Japanese together with the local people and several descendants of the martial arts family. The core plot is that Chen Zhen goes to hunt down a high-ranking Japanese official. The high-ranking official was protected by three great martial arts masters. Chen Zhen used the Mizong Fist to kill each other one by one, and then successfully obtained the high-ranking official's head.

It also involves a bloody love story.

But the flaws do not hide the virtues.

Because of Hao Mingxing's superb kung fu in the movie, he once again recreated the style of "Fist of Heroes 1" and made the entire movie a classic again.

"Another Kung Fu blockbuster."

"Although the fighting is a little inferior to the first one, it's still exciting."

"The box office of 3.5 billion cannot stop it."

"Hao Mingxing has completely become a Kung Fu superstar in China."

"According to this momentum, "Fist of Heroes" is expected to become a series of kung fu movies, with a cumulative box office of more than 10 billion."

It can be seen from this that the screenwriter and director are very good.

In fact, Wang Mo did not expect that "Fist of Heroes 2" would be so successful at the box office.

Thinking about it, the 500 million he paid to sell the copyright was indeed a bit low, but he has no regrets. Anyway, it’s hard to make a decent movie if you hold the copyright in your own hands. It's better to let it shine to its fullest under the company's operations like it is now. Moreover, he is still a shareholder of the company. If the company makes money, he can also receive huge profits while lying down. Why not?

Especially when the senior management saw that "Fist of Heroes 2" was so eye-catching at the box office, they were even more impressed and grateful to Wang Mo.

This guy Wang Mo is reliable!

With huge benefits, the board of directors once again rewarded Wang Mo with some shares.

At this point, Wang Mo’s equity in Yunhai Media has reached 2.8%.

Of course this is only temporary.

According to Yuan Xiong's words, based on the performance of the new department this year, coupled with Wang Mo's fairy tales, they have shined. It is estimated that when rewards are given based on merit at the end of the year, Wang Mo's equity will reach a minimum of more than 3.5%.

3.5%!

This shareholding ratio is enough to make him the second largest individual shareholder in Yunhai Media.

There was one thing in particular that won unanimous praise from the board of directors.

That's "Kung Fu"!

After Wang Mo started filming "Kung Fu", he followed Yuan Xiong's advice and invested only 40% of his own investment, and released the other 60% of the investment.

Only by making money together can we form a larger network of relationships.

In this society, if you put all the interests in your arms, the result can only be that you will be mobbed and besieged, and then you will end up in a miserable state.

Only by holding together for warmth can we achieve a win-win situation.

In the end, Yunhai Media invested 30% and Xu Mengqi Company invested 10%. In addition, Yunhai Media used 20% of the investment as a favor and distributed it to several partners with relatively good relationships in the industry.

In the end, there was still 1% of the shares, which Wang Morang distributed to fans, and they were all snatched up instantly.

To everyone, Wang Mo's new movie "Kung Fu" seems a bit unclear and nondescript. But out of trust in him, everyone still participated in the investment without hesitation.

Speaking of "Kung Fu".

Yuan Xiong said: "Ah Mo, it's already November, and the post-production of "Kung Fu" is almost complete. When are you planning to release it?"

Wang Mo thought for a while: "New Year's Day."

Originally, he was planning to release it during the Spring Festival, but the Spring Festival is still several months away, and there will be a lot of big-budget movies to be released during the Spring Festival. Although Wang Mo feels that "Kung Fu" is not afraid of any movie, there is no need to join in the fun.

New Year's Day, just as good.

Yuan Xiong nodded: "Well, New Year's Day is good. Then I'll prepare for the movie's release. Just let Fu Hong take care of the road shows and publicity."

"no problem."

Wang Mo nodded.

Next, he should also get busy.

Regarding the confirmation of the feature film of "Kung Fu", the production of some soundtracks and theme songs, road shows, publicity, etc., all need to be checked by him personally.

This is also the reason why Wang Mo just said that he would try cartoons in the future, because he won't have time at all.

When Yuan Xiong was about to leave.

Wang Mo suddenly thought of a question: "By the way, Brother Xiong. How much money did you invest in "Kung Fu"?"

When Wang Mo thought about it, Yuan Xiong had been in charge of the affairs of "Kung Fu". Coupled with Yuan Xiong's character of investing, he should have invested a lot of money on a first-come-first-served basis.

In fact, Wang Mo leaves all "Kung Fu" matters to Wang Mo. In addition to trusting Yuan Xiong, he also has the mentality to make up for the other party.

After all, in the past few years, Yuan Xiong had lost all his pants on every investment he made. He was extremely unlucky.

So Wang Mo wants to use this "Kung Fu" movie to get Yuan Xiong some blood.

However... I didn't expect that after hearing this, Yuan Xiong looked embarrassed: "Uh... this..."

Wang Mo exclaimed: "Brother Xiong, didn't you invest?"

Yuan Xiong: "Actually, I wanted to invest, but..."

Wang Mo: "Just what?"

Yuan Xiong smiled: "It's just that all my spare money was invested in other movies."

"What?"

Wang Mo was stunned for a moment. What good movie makes Yuan Xiong invest in the other party but not himself?

He saw Wang Mo looking at him with strange eyes.

Yuan Xiong coughed and explained: "Actually...well, I originally wanted to invest in "Kung Fu", but before your movie was approved, I took a fancy to another movie. Well...it's actually also your movie. .”

Wang Mo was really stunned now.

What other movies has he made?

Yuan Xiong continued: "Have you forgotten? You originally planned a movie for Canxing Culture?"

? ? ?

! ! !

Damn it! ! !

Wang Mo's eyes suddenly widened.

He was stunned for a while.

Then he stammered: "No... no, Brother Xiong... you..."

Yuan Xiong showed an embarrassed smile: "Ah Mo, don't blame me. In fact, when you gave Canxing Culture the script of "Magic City Fortress", I was very optimistic about this story. I think it is definitely a unique story in Chinese history. A groundbreaking science fiction movie script, no worse than a North American science fiction blockbuster. But you insist on selling it to Canxing Culture, and I can’t say anything. But I have been paying attention to the news about this movie.

After you sold the copyright, in less than a month, Canxing Culture approved the film project and began to attract investment. Originally, I thought Canxing Culture would be solely responsible for filming, but in the end it released some scattered investment shares to the market. It was sold out instantly.

But because I had some connections, I grabbed some investment shares. So lucky. "

"..."

Everyone in Wang Mo was dumbfounded.

Seeing Yuan Xiong's embarrassed and excited look, he didn't know what to say at all.

After calming down, Wang Mo said: "Then... how much did you invest?"

Yuan Xiong: "All-in! I put all the funds I can use into it. About two to three million."

Wang Mo: "..."

Yuan Xiong saw Wang Mo's expression was wrong and quickly explained: "Ah Mo, it's not that I didn't invest in "Kung Fu". The main reason is that "Fortress" was a script written by you, and I invested in it because I was optimistic about you. Although Canxing Culture was shady at the beginning It’s up to you, but since there is such an opportunity to make money, don’t give it up, right? It’s best to make money from Canxing Culture!”

Wang Mo took a few deep breaths and then asked: "Brother Xiong, can these movie shares you invested in be transferred out now?"

Yuan Xiong was puzzled: "Why transfer out?"

Wang Mo: "I can't explain it now, but you must listen to me."

Of course he can't say clearly that he cheated Canxing Culture.

After all, "Fortress" has not yet aired. If Wang Mo is now sure that the movie will be a hit at the box office, it will probably scare Yuan Xiong to death.

Yuan Xiong saw that Wang Mo didn't seem to be joking, and his heart jumped for no reason: "Is it possible... that this movie won't work?"

Wang Mo said: "I'm not sure, but actually I wasn't very optimistic about this script at the beginning. Otherwise, do you think I would sell it to Canxing Culture? I'm so full that I can support them and make money?"

Yuan Xiong's expression froze.

After a while, he said blankly: "It's too late. Now "Fortress" has been filmed and will be released soon. Where can I transfer it out?"

There was a pause.

Yuan Xiong still refused to give up and said: "But I think this script is really good, and Canxing Culture also spent more than 300 million yuan on the filming, and the stars hired are all today's top stars. There is no reason to fail?"

Doesn’t make sense?

How can there be any truth in the matter of box office?

…

Yuan Xiong finally turned pale and left in a hurry, ready to try some way to sell out his share of the investment.

Looking at Yuan Xiong's leaving figure, Wang Mo sighed helplessly.

Yuan Xiong's ability as an agent is indeed second to none; even as the head of a department, he has done an impressive job. But this investment vision has always been a piece of shit. Wang Mo was also convinced.

But after thinking about it, Yuan Xiong's current annual salary plus equity dividends was well over five million, and he felt relieved.

Just a few million, no big deal.

At most, Yuan Xiong can't enter the house for a month.

…

In the following time, Wang Mo began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the post-production work of "Kung Fu".

The first is the soundtrack in the movie.

Many people subconsciously believe that "Kung Fu" does not seem to have a theme song. But only those who have truly understood this movie will understand that "Kung Fu" not only has a theme song, but also has many soundtracks, which far exceeds that of ordinary movies.

It is precisely because of these wonderful soundtracks that the film has become a classic to a certain extent.

It's just that all the soundtracks in it are light music, so people subconsciously ignore them.

And now.

Wang Mo had to make them one by one himself, otherwise it would take a year and a half for the company to do it, and the effect might not be good.

first.

The most classic one is the theme song by default: "Just Live for You for One Day".

This song title may seem strange to everyone, but as soon as you listen to it for the first second, you will know what song it is.

Secondly.

It is another interlude that runs throughout the play: "I Will Not Go to Hell".

When seeing this name, it is estimated that many people are as unfamiliar with it as the first song. Again, just listen for a second. It only takes a second! .

besides:

There are a lot of folk music in the movie, mainly including "House of Flying Daggers", "East China Sea Fisherman's Song", "Zheng Feng", "Heroes Defeat the Dadu River", "The Order of the Generals", "The Order of the Sichuan and Shu Generals", "The Society of Little Knives" Suite" these seven pieces of folk music.

in addition.

In addition to folk music, there is also Western music in the movie.

There are two most famous ones.

The first song: "Song of the Wanderer" (performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter, the others are not. You can listen to it, it is a violin performance, very classic.).

The second song: "Sabre Dance" (Chinese name: Saber Dance).

All the songs can shock the soul, and every song is famous.

But now, Master Xing has used an ingenious way to integrate them all into one movie, and there is no sense of incompatibility between them. Based on this, it is a height that other movies cannot reach.

Since when he got "Kung Fu" from the system, the system gave away all the soundtracks, Wang Mo didn't need to customize these songs at all, he just needed to take them out.

On the other hand, Chai Qing's eyes nearly fell out of his head when he saw that Wang Mo had produced so many soundtracks at once.

"Brother Mo, you... created so many soundtracks for one movie?"

Chai Qing almost shouted out God.

He knew Wang Mo's importance in the music circle, and the value of every song was immeasurable. And now that Wang Mo has created so much music for the "Kung Fu" movie, how can he not be shocked?

With so much music, why make a movie?

If these songs were sold directly, they would fetch a sky-high price.

Chai Qingxin said.

Of course Wang Mo would not say that all the system gave him were small soundtrack fragments. If he wanted to get the full version of the music, he would still need to purchase it separately.

All the music added together would probably cost several million in reputation. Although I could afford it, I wouldn't be so extravagant.

After the music is done.

The special effects team has also finished its work.

Then, comes the final integration work.

Chai Qing did the surgery himself, while Wang Mo gave guidance.

It can be said that from front to back, Chai Qing was almost a tool. As a great director, he had almost no say. He edited the film according to Wang Mo's wishes from front to back, but he enjoyed this feeling very much. Because he found that Wang Mo's brain was like the most meticulous machine, always able to come up with the most appropriate editing plan.

In fact, sometimes, Chai Qing also wants to show off on his own.

However, he gave up in the end because what he edited after spending a long time thinking about it every time was not as effective as Wang Mo's casual words.

This made Chai Qing almost admire Wang Mo to the extreme. Many times he even felt that Wang Mo already had a mature movie in his head, so he could edit the best aspects of the movie so accurately.

Just by imagination, a movie is formed.

This state of mind has reached a height that Chai Qing could not imagine.

…

Time passes day by day.

At the end of November, Chai Qing finally completed the finished product of "Kung Fu", which is 100 minutes long, almost the same length as the original film.

The entire film almost restores more than 90% of the plot of the original film. Of course, I'm still 10% surprised because the differences between directors and actors created the characteristics of the two versions.

However, Wang Mo felt very satisfied. If he were forced to restore the movie shot at this moment to 100% of the "Kung Fu" in his memory, then it would be like painting a tiger instead of a dog.

"Then, let's start the promotion!"

Wang Mo made the decision.

As he spoke, he was filled with excitement and apprehension.

This is the first time he has participated in the production of such a large-scale movie, with a total investment of 280 million!

He didn't know how much the movie would ultimately earn at the box office, but he was very much looking forward to it being able to create a miracle, a miracle that the star had never created in his previous life.

In his previous life, although each of Xingye's movies was called a classic, it was born in the wrong era. When each of his movies was released, the film industry in Mainland China was still in a very sluggish stage, so the final box office of Xingye's movies was not high.

Even "Kung Fu" only received a total box office of 160 million in mainland China.

However, in a small place on Hong Kong Island, it created a box office miracle of more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars. At the exchange rate at that time, the box office on Hong Kong Island was equivalent to half of the box office in China.

Deplorable.

pity.

Of course, despite the low box office of 160 million, the overall box office ratio was still amazing in the country at that time, even exceeding 10% of China's total box office for the entire year at that time!

That year, the total box office of movies in China was just over one billion.

In the past year of 2023, China's total box office reached 56 billion!

This was achieved at the beginning of the year when the epidemic had just opened and the film market had just recovered. If based on the popularity of this year's Spring Festival, it is estimated that China's total box office will exceed 60 billion.

Thoughts return.

Wang Mo sighed leisurely and looked out the window.

…

Early December.

Yunhai Media and the official accounts of the major social platforms of "Kung Fu" all released news simultaneously: "Wang Mo's new movie "Kung Fu" is coming, and will be with you on New Year's Day. A new Kung Fu movie, a new nonsensical plot, a new Comedy type, I believe it will definitely not disappoint you, so stay tuned!!!”

Overwhelming publicity!

It's on!

Due to the success of "Fist of Heroes", almost all media this time gave "Kung Fu" enough face.

Almost as soon as the official news of "Kung Fu" was released, almost all entertainment media forwarded it simultaneously.

moment.

The whole network is abuzz.

"Ahhh, Wang Mo's new movie!"

"I'm looking forward to it so much, I must support it."

"After waiting for so long, the new movie is finally here."

"I hope it will be another Kung Fu movie that surprises me."

"Why didn't Brother Mo continue to write and produce "Fist of Heroes 2"? Although it is still very exciting, without Brother Mo's participation, it always feels like it lacks a bit of flavor."

"Yeah, I think so too."

"..."

However, just when many people are excitedly looking forward to Wang Mo's new kung fu blockbuster.

However, many people saw a few eye-catching characters in the news: a new type of comedy.

? ? ?

What?

Is Wang Mo’s new movie a comedy?

happiness? drama?

happiness! drama!

Your movie called "Kung Fu" is not the intense, passionate, tense and exciting action movie that everyone imagined, but a comedy?

How can a kung fu movie be linked to a comedy?

Everyone was confused. (End of chapter)