Thankfully, they hadn't offended Su Yu too badly back then, otherwise they would have been completely excluded from the core circle, just like Jusha Entertainment.
Now, the Wang brothers of Jusha Entertainment are facing the predicament of artists leaving and stock prices falling, and who knows, the same bad luck might befall them one day.
I heard that the two Wang bosses of Giant Shark Entertainment are now selling off the company's cinemas to keep the company afloat.
It's simply because they can no longer sustain themselves; while other companies' cinemas are making huge profits and expanding, theirs has consistently been losing money.
Especially during the last box office battle between "this man comes from blue star" and "demon slayer," Giant Shark's cinemas unhesitatingly sided with "demon slayer," giving "this man comes from blue star" no opportunity for screenings at all.
The subsequent development was clear for all to see: the two films showed a cliff-like disparity in both reputation and box office.
Other cinemas, seeing this, quickly cut their losses and switched to showing "this man comes from blue star," earning a substantial profit.
However, Giant Shark cinemas suffered greatly; Tianxing Entertainment simply did not provide them with the film source for this movie, directly causing them to perfectly miss out on this box office hit.
The Wang brothers were so furious those few days they almost vomited blood, yet they were helpless.
To stabilize stock prices, I heard they sold many collectibles and antiques to repurchase shares, but in the long run, this is not a sustainable solution.
Since Tianxing Entertainment could withhold film sources from them once, there will certainly be a second and a third time.
Furthermore, if Tianxing Entertainment were to take extreme measures, they could completely prohibit all projects they collaborate on from being screened in Giant Shark cinemas.
From the current situation, this is not impossible to achieve.
As long as Su Yu and Tianxing Entertainment are willing to share more projects and profits with other major companies, this situation is highly likely to occur.
In the eyes of many industry insiders, this is undoubtedly a form of content hegemony.
In fact, if Giant Shark Entertainment could consistently release high-quality works, their current difficulties would be easily resolved.
However, the reality is that Giant Shark Entertainment simply cannot produce such works.
After shaking hands and exchanging greetings with the various bosses, Su Yu walked directly to today's main seat and calmly sat down.
That's right, everyone around him was a big shot from various companies, yet he, a young man, was seated in the main position.
As for Liu Furong and others, they were seated in the outer positions.
This scene left the industry insiders present wide-eyed, giving them a completely new and deeper understanding of Su Yu's strength and status.
"Director Su, previously Tianxing Entertainment's films were all self-funded productions. This time, introducing other capital, is it because you lack confidence in the upcoming film and want to share the risk?"
As soon as the commencement ceremony began, a reporter stood up impolitely and posed this sharp question to Su Yu.
In the entertainment industry, it is common for multiple companies to jointly invest in a project, but in Tianxing Entertainment's projects, this situation is extremely rare.
Therefore, they had sufficient reason to speculate that the purpose of Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu's actions this time was to share the risk.
"I'd rather call it expanding the market!
The scale of project investment is growing larger and larger now; it's actually very difficult for a single company or a few companies alone to bear the entire financial pressure of a project.
The multi-investor model not only saves capital and effort but also allows these resources to be used to produce more projects and create higher-quality works.
Therefore, from now on, apart from some small-budget projects, Tianxing Entertainment's projects will allocate a certain investment share and invite everyone to participate."
Su Yu's answer greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
If they didn't know that this astonishingly young man disdained lying, they might have truly thought this was just empty talk.
And the signal released by Su Yu's answer was undoubtedly a major positive for domestic entertainment companies!
"Then why didn't 'infernal affairs' introduce more capital this time? For example, Giant Shark Entertainment in the mainland, isn't it also a very powerful big company?"
The reporter continued to press, unwilling to give up.
And as soon as he spoke that sentence, everyone's eyes on him changed.
Good heavens, this guy is from Giant Shark Entertainment, no doubt about it!
"Giant Shark Entertainment? They don't seem to like my movies very much. They didn't even introduce 'this man comes from blue star' last time, so why should I cooperate with them? There are still many film and television companies, whether in the mainland, Hong Kong, or Taiwan, and it is Tianxing Entertainment's freedom to choose who to cooperate with! Also, this is the commencement ceremony for 'infernal affairs'; please don't ask irrelevant questions!"
At this moment, Su Yu was sharp and his aura was incredibly powerful.
And the answer he gave truly left no face for Giant Shark Entertainment.
Even the superficial decorum that everyone was trying to maintain was completely absent!
This left the media and reporters from Giant Shark Entertainment feeling a bit stifled.
How could they proceed? If they kept asking, they would probably be "asked to leave," right?
Su Yu had done something like that before!
"Director Su, what is your box office expectation for the movie 'infernal affairs'? Is it still 1.5 billion chinese yuan?"
A local Hong Kong reporter politely asked.
Their Hong Kong paparazzi tactics didn't seem to work very well in front of Su Yu.
So they were all very restrained.
"It's hard to say for now, but if the box office exceeds 1.5 billion chinese yuan, there will be a second film in the series!"
Su Yu didn't directly give a box office prediction this time, but he did offer a bonus!
That is, if the box office breaks 1.5 billion, a sequel to the series will be filmed.
This news once again excited and enticed the media, reporters, and various celebrity artists present.
The auditions for "infernal affairs" this time were conducted jointly in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Aside from the two male leads being internally decided by Su Yu, over sixty percent of the actors in the film were actually mainland actors.
This certainly left Huaxia Star, Tianshen Entertainment, and their group feeling helpless.
But they had no choice.
In the auditions for the same role, their people simply lost!
It wasn't that they lost to the mainland in terms of acting skills or professionalism, but rather in terms of youth.
After all, some characters needed to be played by young people, and what Hong Kong lacked was capable young people.
Conversely, in the area of economical and practical golden supporting roles, the mainland was somewhat suppressed in terms of film.
While this allowed the Hong Kong crowd to regain some face, they were also inwardly uncomfortable.
Because after this generation of older actors retires, who will be able to support Hong Kong's film industry?
"Has Director Su already finished writing the script for the second film? Is it convenient to reveal anything?" the reporter continued to press.
Su Yu, once he started talking, it was all substantial and impactful information!
"Let's save that for the celebration banquet!" Su Yu didn't take the bait, answering with a smile.