Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

As a result, it has only been a year, and the sweetness has not been tasted enough. The box office quota of China's local theaters will drop, and they will inevitably be affected, and they will have to reduce their profit ratio at the same time, otherwise they will be in a desperate situation. An embarrassing situation.

At that time, not to mention China's local film companies, even their own domestic film companies will probably go to China's theaters to show them. Who will let them make a big profit.

Therefore, in addition to these four cinema chains, the related companies of foreign cinema chains are also anxious like ants on a hot pot, trying to find a solution everywhere.

At this moment, a staff member knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Yu, Mr. Hu, the general managers of Lida Cinema, Suzuki Cinema, Huamei United Cinema, and Wolf Walk Cinema are all here. I hope to meet you."

Yu Haidao: "They came so fast, I will go to meet them in person."

Last year, in order to compete for the film market, major theaters fought openly and secretly, killing each other to the death.Now facing the joint pressure from the entire Huaxia Film Company, they had no choice but to let go of their prejudices and come to discuss countermeasures.

After a while, Yu Hai walked in with four imposing middle-aged men.

As opponents, everyone is naturally very familiar with each other. After exchanging pleasantries, we got to the point.

George, the general manager of Lida Cinema, said: "Gentlemen and ladies, it's rare for everyone to sit here together. Although we had some unpleasant troubles before, it was a fair competition, which is a normal thing in the mall. But this time, we We will face the same big trouble, and we must join forces to fight against the enemy, otherwise everyone will really have to drink the northeast wind."

Yu Haidao: "Mr. George, do you have any good ideas?"

George had obviously thought about this problem a long time ago, and said: "Hollywood has had such things before, but they were all dismantled by the eight major film companies' tricks. We can refer to their methods to win over a group and suppress a group." If you compare the two, you will naturally win without a fight."

Hu Yaoting shook her head and said with a wry smile: "Although Mr. George is an expert in Huaxia, he doesn't seem to understand the system of Huaxia. I have called the bosses of more than ten large, medium and small film and television companies I have worked with, hoping Use up to 50.00% of the allocation in the first week in exchange for their movies. Unfortunately, none of them dare to sell. If they bite to death, they must reach 50.00% before they let go. Mr. George, do you know why this happened?"

The boss of Huamei United Company is a Chinese, named Chai Guanghui, who is very familiar with Huaxia's system, and said, "Is the government supporting it?"

Hu Yaoting nodded, and said: "That's right. The Minister of Culture and the Deputy Minister personally took charge of this matter. Which film company dared to sell the film to us. If they don't sell it, not only will they not lose, but it is very likely Make a lot of money. If they are sold, not only the Ministry of Culture will not spare them, but the entertainment companies will not let them go. At that time, there may not even be a foothold."

Li Rongguang asked: "Mr. George, I heard that your American ambassador to China has communicated with our government. I don't know what the result is?"

George said: "They only said one thing, this is a commercial activity and has nothing to do with the government."

Wang Lu smiled wryly: "We don't have any evidence that the government was involved in this matter. Even if we had, we dare not show it. No one or company will end well if you fight against the government."

George asked, "So what do you do? Are you really going to lower your profits?"

Yu Haidao: "Mr. George, our Xinhua Cinema has a total of more than 8000 screens. Now the movies in hand can't last even a month. If there are no new movies, our theater will not only not make money, but will post them in it." Money. Therefore, once the matter cannot be resolved within a month, our New China Cinemas can only compromise and agree to their request."

Suzuki Jiro, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help saying in horror: "Mr. Yu, you must not do this. Once you compromise, the entire Chinese film market will be completely over."

New China Cinemas is the largest cinema chain in the country, covering all major cities in China. If it surrenders, then other cinemas will have to surrender.

Hu Yaoting said: "Everyone, Mr. Yu and I can no longer support us, so we can only rely on everyone. We only have one month. If we can't get it done by then, there is nothing we can do."

Everyone was silent, and the air seemed to be tense.

In fact, it is not limited to New China Cinemas, Baihua and Starlight Cinemas also have this problem. Only Huafon International Cinemas, which invested in more than 20 large and small films last year, can last for a while.

George, Chai Guanghui and others have no choice but to release their films in their theaters.

Half an hour later, Yu Hai and Hu Yaoting personally sent them downstairs.

Looking at the luxury cars driving out slowly, Hu Yaoting sighed and said, "Mr. Yu, is it true that there is no chance?"

Yu Hai nodded, and said: "Obviously, the Ministry of Culture has no excuse to force our theaters to change the profit distribution, so they pushed these film companies to the foreground and became the vanguard. Once we have no more film screenings, we will offend Chinese movie fans. When they complain one after another, they will have a suitable reason to join in. At that time, instead of discussing with you, they will directly issue orders. Hehe, Mr. Hu, Yunhai is right, we have no hope of winning. The government is in a hurry, let alone our New China Cinemas, even Hu Electronics and Yu Real Estate, don’t even think about having a good life.”

Hu Yaoting smiled bitterly: "It seems that we have no choice but to compromise."

At [-] o'clock the next morning, the bosses of major theater chains in China held a press conference, publicly announcing that movie box office quotas are the most reasonable allocation method used internationally, and that they did not hinder the development of the movie industry.

In order to obtain greater profits, it is completely untenable for film companies to change the box office quota system regardless of the life and death of theaters and the opposition of Chinese movie fans. Therefore, our theaters will not get used to their problems.

Even if we lose money every day, we will never agree to their request.

There were hundreds of reporters attending the press conference, and they were all excited after hearing their strong words.

"Mr. Li Rongguang, can your words represent all other theaters?"

As the spokesman, Li Rongguang said: "Of course. Whether it is the four major theaters in China or the four major foreign theaters, they will advance and retreat together, and there will be no compromise."

"Mr. Li, do you think the theater can afford it? The film company doesn't make movies for you, but you can also make TV series, and how do you get through this difficult stage?"

Li Rongguang said: "It's better to be broken than to be perfect. The big deal is that we find directors and actors to shoot by ourselves. If we don't shoot in China, we will shoot abroad. If there is no domestic production, we will import foreign films. They want us to agree to their unreasonable demands." , unless the sun rises in the west."

"Mr. Li, the major film companies think that the box office share of your theaters is too high, which makes them afraid to invest in big productions. If things go on like this, it will seriously hinder the development of Chinese films. What do you think about this?"

Li Rongguang said disdainfully: "It's a joke to blame us for our high share if we can't make it. Hollywood can produce dozens of blockbuster movies with an investment of more than [-] million U.S. dollars a year, and the box office share is the same as ours. Why haven't we seen them?" Don’t dare to invest. These people say this, just use us as a scapegoat, and then benefit themselves.”

"Everyone knows that, except for those super blockbusters that are popular all over the world, the box office of a movie in the first week can basically account for more than 60.00% of the total box office. The original share was 57 for us and 43 for them. Now let them do it and become They are 55, we are 45. It is equivalent to giving them 12.00% of the box office, which is too unfair to us."

George next to him spoke in fluent Chinese: "Hollywood spent hundreds of billions of dollars last year to buy part of the former China Cinemas. Judging from last year's profits, it will take at least 20 years for us to earn back our capital." .If the current box office share is reduced by 12.00%, it will take us more than 30 years to pay back the capital. This is not counting the astronomical interest. I am 56 years old this year, and it is very likely that when I die, I will We can’t see profits in theaters. We are really disappointed in the environment of Huaxia Films. I, George, beg those film companies, please let our theaters survive.”

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Chapter 948 Undercurrent

Seeing George's wonderful performance on TV, Xiao Yunhai couldn't help but smiled at Zhao Wanqing: "Honey, next time I make a movie, I must ask this George to play a role. Look at his pitiful appearance, coupled with that shocking The moving lines are simply too good. Oscar winners are not as good as him."

Zhao Wanqing snorted, and said with a smile: "Husband, can you not be so hurtful when you speak. How can I say, he is also an old man in his 50s."

Xiao Yunhai said disdainfully: "It should be called an old fox. Huh, this George is a cannibal in Hollywood, known for being stingy and cunning, otherwise those Hollywood companies would not let him serve as director line general manager."

Zhao Wanqing said: "It seems that the entertainment industry is about to become lively. Based on this posture, the battle between the film company and the theater chain may not be decided in a short time."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. Don't look at Li Rongguang's decisiveness, but in fact he is just stern and soft-hearted. Hehe, how could a few theaters want to rely on their own strength to resist the government's will, how could they win? Forget it , Let them make trouble, anyway, no matter who wins or loses, it is beneficial to us."

Zhao Wanqing was taken aback, and asked in puzzlement, "If the ratio is changed, it seems that you, the shareholder of the theater chain, will also lose a lot of income. How can it be beneficial to us?"

Xiao Yunhai said: "Think about it carefully. If the film company wins, then they will definitely shoot movies with confidence. At that time, there will definitely be a lot of crews using our magical and dreamy special effects, and we can still make money."

Although those big companies have their own special effects teams, there is a big gap between magic and fantasy in terms of professionalism, ability, and efficiency.Therefore, most film companies often use magic teams when shooting blockbuster films.

Zhao Wanqing laughed and scolded: "You are a real old fox. What are you going to do next?"

Xiao Yunhai said: "This morning, my uncle called me and asked me to take advantage of the winter vacation to give "Transformers" to their TV station to broadcast. You also know that our "Transformers" is very popular in Europe and America. It’s a mess, and the news has already spread to the country. Uncle can wait until this time to say, it’s already very patient.”

The first "Transformers" has a total of 56 episodes, and it has been broadcast in the United States for a long time, with the highest ratings reaching 19.00%, completely defeating all the cartoons in the same period including "Tom and Jerry", which made Sal earn a lot of money. earned a lot.

Seeing that the American children strongly demanded that the TV station broadcast it again, Sal had to go to Raul to discuss and wanted to buy the rights to broadcast the second round.

But Xiao Yunhai did not take cash, but asked Lauer to ask him for 50.00% of the advertising fee, otherwise Marvel Comics would no longer cooperate with Sal's TV station.

Sal was very annoyed by this, and complained to Xiao Yunhai many times, but Xiao Yunhai just didn't let go.

Because he heard from Raul that the first "Transformers" made Sal earn 3000 million US dollars in advertising expenses. Of course Xiao Yunhai didn't want to be the one who was taken advantage of, and let Sal get all the benefits.

Seeing that Marvel Comics and MMC TV have been negotiating, but they just haven't reached an agreement, many TV stations couldn't sit still, and called Raul one after another, hoping to cooperate together.

Saar was very anxious about this, and finally had no choice but to sign the contract.