The point that Li Mu wants to convey is that the film and television industry needs industrial centralization, and the industrial concentration of the film and television industry needs to rely on a strong local economy. Only economically developed areas can attract film and television related talents to settle and develop, and only economically developed areas can attract film and television related talents to settle and develop. Only in regions where film and television companies can gather together can the entire industry chain of the film and television industry be cultivated only in economically developed places.
If you want to choose a place in China that is most suitable for building Hollywood, then Yanjing and Shanghai are undoubtedly the best choices. However, Li Mu lacks understanding of the Shanghai market. In addition to acquiring the real estate of Weilan's family, he also There is no real industry development in Shanghai and lack of local foundation, so it is impossible for him to let Wanying Real Estate go to Shanghai to develop a film and television base, so for him, the most suitable choice is Yanjing.
However, covering an area of tens to hundreds of square kilometers is indeed a big burden for Yanjing City. This not only means the investment of land resources, but also means high land use costs and large-scale The relocation costs were high, so the leaders expressed their concerns and hoped that Li Mu could provide solutions.
Li Mu replied: "As for the land area, I understand very well how precious the land resources are in Yanjing City, so I don't dare to expect that the entire film and television base will be in Yanjing. With our current plan, we hope to build the film and television base in Yanjing." At the junction of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the main body of the base is anchored in Yanjing and spreads to Tianjin and Hebei. Moreover, we do not need the entire base to become a complete whole. It can be designed in an archipelago style, and the land with the lowest relocation cost is selected for archipelago style. Development is like the Maldives. Although it is composed of countless islands and reefs, they are not far apart, so they can still form a concentrated tourism and vacation industry."
"At that time, our film and television base will also be divided into several sections. The total area of each section may only be about 1 square kilometer, and it will not exceed 3 square kilometers. Even if these sections are separated by a few kilometers, It’s nothing. It can be reached by car in just a few minutes. This distance advantage is much greater than that from Yanjing to Hengdian. It will not affect our goal of industrial concentration at all. At the same time, it minimizes the cost and reduces the cost of our project. demand for land resources.”
The city leaders breathed a sigh of relief. If they didn't need a piece of land covering tens of square kilometers, or several pieces of land covering ten square kilometers, the feasibility of the project would be much greater. If it was really built in three places, It can also further reduce the pressure on Yanjing’s land resources.
However, the leaders also had their concerns. One of the leaders said to Li Mu: "Theoretically, there is no problem in the joint construction of the three places, but this kind of project is not a national project, so Yanjing is not qualified to directly intervene in the governments of the other two places. Such a project is built within the boundaries of the other two places, but the main body is anchored in Yanjing. I am afraid it will be difficult for the governments of the two places to accept this kind of cooperation."
Li Mu said: "We have also considered this. Wherever the main body is anchored, it will naturally have a certain brand value. However, projects such as film and television bases can only have one regional main body, so we anchored the main body in Yanjing. It is necessary to give certain resources to the other two places;
Our current preliminary idea is that although the main body is affiliated to Yanjing, the entire film and television base adopts a "one head office and three three" structure, that is, one head office controls three subsidiaries. The main head office is registered in Yanjing, and the three subsidiaries are registered in Yanjing. Register in Yanjing, Tianjin and Langfang respectively, and then clearly divide the assets;
Theoretically, all assets invested in construction in a place belong to subsidiaries registered there, pay taxes to the local government and provide a certain amount of jobs to the local government. If the local government is interested in cooperating with us at the capital level , you can also invest in local subsidiaries. We can give up to 49% of our shares to local governments and local enterprises. After all, the overall investment is large and the cycle is long. We welcome external capital to cooperate with us in development;
In addition, although our main body is affiliated with Yanjing and our own marketing is branded as Yanjing Wanying Film and Television Base, the governments of the other two places can also use the name of the base to promote the city. For example, Tianjin City can promote it to the outside world. Jinshi Wanying Film and Television Base within their municipal jurisdiction, Langfang can also promote Langfang Wanying Film and Television Base to the outside world. "
Registering three subsidiaries was a solution that Li Mu came up with to avoid the displeasure of the local government. Land is a very precious resource for the local government and an important basis for the local government to attract investment. Since he wants to use local land, he can The local government must be given something in return. Otherwise, if they just rely on their reputation, their influence to interfere with the other party's judgment, and Yanjing City alone to suppress the other two places, even if the two places agree to give them land, they will definitely not be happy.
Therefore, registering subsidiaries separately can give an explanation to the other two governments in terms of taxation, employment and political performance. The branch in Tianjin City will recruit 50% of its employees from Tianjin City, pay taxes to Tianjin City, and then transfer the profits to Tianjin City. Report to the parent company and the Langfang branch does the same.
In addition, allowing the two local governments to promote the film and television base in the local name is also an additional fame subsidy for them.
After this set of solutions was presented, the worries of Yanjing city leaders eased a lot, and they began to feel that this project was indeed feasible in theory. Since it is feasible in theory, the next step is to consider the feasibility from theory to practice.
Li Mu then showed the city leaders the aerial photos and aerial survey maps that Wanying Real Estate had asked the aerial survey company to take in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei in advance. The map marked the land use situation in the areas connected by the three cities. Li Mu pointed to the many areas on the aerial map. The strange-shaped areas marked on the map were introduced: "The areas marked on the map are mostly cultivated land and land to be developed. They are also the sites we will focus on next. The film and television base project will inevitably be expropriated. The cultivated land of some farmers, so we will provide jobs to the farmers whose land has been expropriated as a family unit while paying compensation for land expropriation in accordance with national standards;
In the future, the construction of the base will require a large amount of labor, and the operation of the base after completion will also require a large amount of labor. We can provide many low-tech jobs to local farmers whose families have been expropriated, such as security, sanitation, gardening, services, etc. In this way, conflicts over land acquisition can be avoided as much as possible and the living problems of land-expropriated farmers can be properly solved;
In addition to providing jobs, when the film and television base is completed and a large number of crews, extras, staff and tourists flock to it, it will inevitably generate a large amount of consumption. By then, we can support local villagers to engage in the retail and service industries. There are many ways, including management fee reduction, reduction of commission ratio, reduction of storefront rent, etc., which can effectively increase the income of local landless farmers. "
Several leaders nodded in approval. Li Mu's thinking was indeed relatively complete. He not only took into account the feelings of the local government, but also planned a relatively complete land acquisition and proper resettlement plan for the local landless farmers. In this way, this project wants to Convincing the other two cities to participate is not a big problem.
However, considering that this project will eventually reach tens of billions of investment, the city leaders are very cautious about the capital chain. No one wants to have such a large unfinished project under their own governance, so they started Li Mu's film and television base The source of funding for the project is of great concern. Although the city is willing to provide certain subsidies and discounts to such high-quality projects, after all, it can only be the icing on the cake.
Li Mu was well prepared for this problem. He confidently explained to the leaders: "Currently, Wanying Real Estate's corporate credit is good, and we are confident that we can solve some of the funding problems through bank loans. In addition, for such a large project, we hope Being able to cooperate and build with listed companies, large state-owned tourism companies like CYTS are our priority partners. I believe they will be very interested in this project. We have reserved 49% of the shares for external partners. I believe it can attract a certain amount of capital cooperation.”
As he spoke, Li Mu added another sentence, saying: "By the way, I promised the central bank before that after Makino Technology is listed, through the central bank, we will invest US$2.5 billion in the country, which is equivalent to more than 20 billion yuan. These two tens of billions, There will be some projects reserved for the film and television base, and the specific share ranges from 5 billion to 10 billion, so Makino Technology will also become one of the shareholders of the film and television base in the future. Taken together, our funding issues are very strongly guaranteed. There will be no problem of the capital chain being broken.”
Makino Technology's investment budget of 5 to 10 billion made the leaders completely relieved, and their expressions began to be filled with excitement. They immediately changed the content of the meeting, from what Wanying Real Estate was preparing to do to what Wanying Real Estate needed. What support does the city government provide
Li Mu said with a smile: “We hope that the city’s support will first recognize the project itself and approve the project, and then provide certain support and help in the land acquisition process. Finally, we hope that the city government will provide support to banks. It can give us some endorsement to a certain extent so that we can obtain more favorable loan conditions from banks. If the city can provide this support, I believe Wanying Real Estate will definitely return Yanjing with a high-quality cultural investment project that will last for decades. , and more importantly, it will make Yanjing a veritable base camp for Chinese-language films, a production place for Chinese-language films, and a true Eastern Hollywood."
If such a large-scale film and television base is really built, it will undoubtedly give full play to Yanjing's advantages in the field of film and television production, allowing Yanjing to stand out in the field of modern culture and be at the forefront of the country. This is very attractive to Yanjing’s city card.
Yanjing's current economy ranks second in the country and is not as good as Shanghai's; in the cultural field, only historical culture can form an overwhelming advantage over Shanghai, but there is no obvious gap in the field of modern culture, and even Shanghai's performance in this aspect is still low. It is faintly younger and more active than Yanjing. The Gubei Water Town project is an enhancement of Yanjing's history and culture, but it still lacks absolute advantages in the field of modern culture.
Now, the opportunity has come. If this large-scale film and television base is built and forms a complete industrial chain of creativity, production and processing of the film and television industry, Yanjing will also become the undisputed number one in the country in the field of modern culture.
This is very attractive to the Yanjing Municipal Government!
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