Chapter 782: Tik Tok’s first step to expand beyond the domestic market!
"Get it done before the end of this year. If I like it, I won't let you worry about the funding."Chen An gave the other party a guarantee.
Liang Rubo flipped through the documents and continued, " has gone through four rounds of financing."
completed four rounds of financing last year.
After raising millions of dollars in angel funding in 14.
In 15, it received a US$500 million Series A financing from Cheetah Mobile, and then in the second half of the year it received a total of US$1660 million in financing from several other companies.
In the first half of last year, we finally received our C round of financing, with US$ million from six companies!
Including the current achievements, the market value has reached million US dollars!
For an unlisted company, its strength is already very good.
"Not only that, I also have my eyes on a short video app called Filpagram from the United States and plan to acquire it together with Tik Tok to promote its overseas expansion by the end of this year."
Chen An briefly stated his plan.
"The task is very heavy." Liang Rubo had a headache.
He also agreed that Chen An's decision was indeed correct from a big picture perspective, but the details were a headache.
Business negotiations are already troublesome, and it must not be easy for Chen An to target two companies at once.
Chen An said in a deep voice: "I had the will but not the ability when I was on Weibo, but now I will never let Douyin become a lesson for Weibo."
Chen An was unable to stop the emergence of Twitter at that time, but now Tik Tok’s overseas expansion is inevitable.
He wants to take advantage of the biggest short video trend!
"I sold my shares in Lightspeed Pictures to Warner Bros. for $12 billion long ago, just to prepare for this moment."
Chen An looked at Liang Rubo quietly: "The domestic market is huge, but the overseas market is even bigger."
Liang Rubo pushed up his glasses. Now that things had come to this, he nodded and said, "I will do it well."
Since Chen An wanted to do something big, he had no choice but to join in.
It has left ByteDance and is still called Toutiao, but it’s almost the same.
He came with the intention of flexing his muscles.
For the next few days, Chen An stayed in Jumping Light Years.
Chatting with Liang Rubo about overseas promotion, I learned that Douyin in China has been on the right track and is gradually improving.
The celebrity contacts have basically been completed and large-scale promotion will be announced soon.
We are also ready to absorb the second wave of traffic.
The popularity of Chen An's gaming e-sports will increase significantly in recent years.
Corresponding support must also be prepared.
PUBG is about to be released in the second half of the year. This year, the S7 final of the national game LOL will be held in the unusual place of the Bird's Nest.
Next year will also usher in the so-called 'first year of e-sports'. Wang Sicong's IG team won the world championship and successfully broke the circle.
Of course, we should also focus on diversified anti-war activities. The current situation of a certain hand is a lesson for us.
The company has become so popular that it has made many internet celebrities famous, but its reputation has almost reached rock bottom.
The big data streaming algorithm is continuously updated, waiting for the day when we can defeat our competitors!
This year's Spring Festival battle is basically over.
Three movies that broke the billion mark appeared: "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", "Kung Fu Yoga" and "The Breakup Guru".
Even the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 3", which had the worst reputation and was criticized a lot, still grossed 700 million yuan at the box office.
This further proves that the Spring Festival box office is really big.
It was only on February 2 that Chen An flew to Hollywood with the "Parasite" crew for public relations.
In fact, the final voting had already begun on February 2, but a few days would not delay much.
On the plane, which lasted more than ten hours, everyone couldn't help but start chatting.
Liang Jiahui couldn't help but curl his lips: "Haha Oscar wow."
Wen Yongshan asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why are you so happy all of a sudden?"
Several other people also started to look.
Liang Jiahui smiled and said, "If Hollywood is equal to the Oscars, it really helped me a lot." "How do you mean?"
Zhang Ruojun, who was as curious as a Husky, asked.
"In those days, when actors from Hong Kong became famous enough, they would go to Hollywood, which gave me many opportunities." Liang Jiahui sat down and explained, "Some people, such as Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, and Van Lung."
"I went there for a while, and after I came back, the pay was higher than the last."
Chen An smiled and said, "If we win the Best Foreign Language Film this time, and our box office is higher than the other party, Brother Jiahui and Zhou Run will get the same salary in the future!"
"No, no, no, I still really like filming. If this continues, no one will hire me in the future."
Liang Jiahui waved his hands quickly, he couldn't afford it.
If I were to learn from Zhou Runfa's method of asking for tens of millions and then sharing the profits, I would have no more movies to shoot in the future.
Why do domestic actors want to go to Hollywood to gild their reputation?
Is it really for art?
Fart, these three are the representatives.
Chow Yun-fat ventured into the Hollywood market in 95 and starred in some movies, but he was not capable of taking on a major role.
In the end, I wanted to go back, but was embarrassed again. That’s how the entertainment and film industry is.
If you want to leave, most people will see you off with drums and gongs, but as soon as you leave, there will be no place for you.
It almost went bankrupt, but fortunately it was resurrected by the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and entered a new world.
He returned to his country in high spirits.
The first thing he asked for was a film salary of tens of millions plus profit share.
Jet Li is also a representative, with a very sharp fighting style and distinctive punches and kicks, and he is much smoother than Chow Yun-fat.
Although it did not perform well at the box office, it was very successful in the video and DVD markets. Several consecutive films, such as "Dragon's Son," generated sales of over 100 million yuan in the offline market.
The popularity has been raised.
At the turn of the millennium, the salary for returning to China to film a movie started at 100 million.
Van Loong's road was not smooth either. He tried in the 1980s, but finally he unlocked his box office potential with "Rumble in the Bronx".
"Rush Hour" is far ahead of the rest, with global box office exceeding 100 million, 200 million and 300 million US dollars.
This was unique at that time when the domestic market had not yet emerged!
He has broken into the top ranks of Hollywood and earned 20 million US dollars in salary.
This is why Matt Damon turned down the role in Manchester by the Sea to star in The Great Wall.
And Van Loong completed it in the early 2000s.
He is not as high-profile as the first two, but he also keeps his word. However, any work he takes over is considered to be Van Loon's work, which is evident from the fact.
He doesn't care about the fixed salary, what he cares about is the performance of the movie.
Anyone who sees this would try their best to get in.
Chen An touched the armrest and smiled, "Don't think too much. You have enough trouble in China. If you can have enough box office appeal in China, Hollywood will also extend an olive branch to you."
Soon after, the number of screens surpassed that of Hollywood, and it was the last glorious period before the cold winter of the film and television industry.
Be able to seize opportunities and work harder when top projects are concentrated in top groups.
Hollywood, which is eyeing the domestic market, will also smile at you with a licking face. Wu Jing is a good example of this.
Zhang Ruojun still had a lot of opportunities, and later he almost became the flag bearer of the new generation of actors.
The opponents were in a mess, some were put in jail, and without doing anything, their status rose rapidly.
Therefore, the first rule when traveling in the world is safety first!
Zhang Ruojun was a little unconvinced. After all, that was Hollywood. "Is it true?"
"The domestic scale is growing rapidly. In 2016, the country added almost 1600 large screens and more than theaters."
Chen An held up three fingers and said, "Within three years, China will overtake Hollywood!"
Compared to before, thinking about going to Hollywood now is the stupidest choice.
With this strength, the key is to secure a foothold in the domestic market.
(End of this chapter)
