This director only makes bad movies

Xu Nan immediately became anxious: "How could you wrongly accuse a good person? When did I deceive Lin Hongxiu?"

"I made a billion-dollar box office movie for her. Do you call this cheating?"

Lin Ziyi laughed: "If it weren't for the high box office of the movie, you would think it would be so easy for you to get through."

"Let's do this. I only want 75% of your box office share. This condition is already very generous. If you refuse again, then I will have no choice but to give up showing your movie."

"'The Age of the Hobbit' is just a copycat film. It's nothing to our theater chain. I have many choices, and I don't have to do it with you."

Under normal circumstances, theaters are naturally at the top of the industry. For Lin Ziyi, not releasing "The Age of the Hobbit" is nothing more than making less money. But for Xu Nan, without the Imperial Cinemas, he invested in making a movie this time. It is very possible to lose money.

The two are naturally not equal.

This was a difficult negotiation. Xu Nan spent a lot of time and finally got Lin Ziyi to agree to only 58% of the box office share, which is also the box office share of a normal movie.

The price is that Xu Nan, who founded Nanhai Film and Television, let Imperial Cinemas take a stake. He owns 70% of the shares, while Imperial Cinemas has 30% of the shares without paying a penny.

This is equivalent to Xu Nan transferring 30% of the shares to Imperial Cinemas for free and becoming a family with them.

Since we are a family, the box office share is naturally easy to negotiate.

On the surface, Xu Nan lost 30% of his shares in vain, but the account cannot be calculated that way.

Many entrepreneurs have worked hard to create a company, so why should they give their shares to the company's employees for free?

Because that allows the company to develop faster and have a higher valuation. Although the entrepreneur loses some shares, he or she makes more money.

Xu Nan gave Emperor Cinemas 30% of the shares for the same reason. The shares were indeed less, and the money earned in the end had to be divided with Imperial Cinemas, which seemed like a loss.

But he has the support of the Imperial Cinemas, and the Pengci copycat film cannot be released on the stage. What if a big-budget movie does not allow the Pengci copycat film to be released in theaters.

The relationship between American theater chains and film and television companies is very close, and it is completely possible to prevent copycat films from being released.

But since Nanhai Film and Television and Imperial Cinemas have become one family, they don’t have to worry about this. Can the movies produced by their own company not be allowed to be released?

This is equivalent to Xu Nan paying a small share to bind a theater chain company, without suffering any loss.

Moreover, the value of the shares he paid was not high. This company currently only has Xu Nan as its boss. It is purely a shell company. The company's property only has one movie, and the production cost is only more than 200,000 US dollars.

If Lin Ziyi wants to trick him, at worst, he can abandon this company.

Therefore, exchanging 30% of the shares for the support of Imperial Cinemas is not a loss.

Theater chains are the big daddy. If they don’t release your movie, you won’t suffer much loss.

But he has to go to theaters. The higher the box office, the more money he can make, and the higher the copyright can be sold.

Thirty percent of the shares is a necessary price, which is also the practice in the entertainment industry in the United States. The theater chains here basically control one or two film and television companies.

After discussing the cooperation matters, Lin Ziyi extended her jade hand.

"Wish us happy cooperation."

"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Xu Nan also extended his hand to shake Lin Ziyi's hand.

With the Imperial Cinema Line, other small theater chains are no longer even needed. The combined market share of the remaining small theater chains is even less than that of the Imperial Cinema Line.

However, in order to increase the box office for the movie, Xu Nan still spent time communicating with the remaining small theaters, hoping to let them release his movie.

The conditions of these small theaters are much more stringent than Lin Ziyi's. None of them received a box office share of less than 60, and some even refused to let "The Age of the Hobbit" be released.

Xu Nan can accept this, as long as it can be released. Anyway, there are already imperial theaters to support it, and these small theaters will not affect the overall situation.

Then, it’s time to prepare for the movie’s release.

The first time he filmed a copycat, Xu Nan had no experience and just thought he could make money.

But now that he has rich experience, he can't just make money, he has to make a lot of money.

This requires some preparation in advance.

Imperial Cinema Line.

Lin Ziyi returned to the company headquarters and determined the date for the release of "The Age of the Hobbit".

After watching the movie, the theater executives were all stunned and felt like their eyes were going to explode.

They have all seen bad movies, but this is the first time they have seen such a bad movie.

How can such a trashy movie be released in theaters?

Garcia, the executive of Imperial Cinemas, objected clearly: "President Lin, we cannot release this movie. No audience will watch such a garbage movie, and the losses will be huge."

Lin Ziyi frowned immediately.

Since the acquisition of Imperial Cinemas, a group of old people led by Garcia have been resisting her orders in various ways, both covertly and overtly. However, for the sake of the overall situation, she really can't do anything to these people for the time being.

Take the movie "The Age of the Hobbit" as an example. Even if he doesn't want it to be released and affect the theater's performance, Garcia can choose to say it privately or in a more tactful way.

The clear-cut opposition in public showed that Garcia did not take her seriously at all.

If he just gives in like this, it will only make Garcia's arrogance even more arrogant.

Moreover, she knows very well that this movie is not that simple. The quality is poor, but this does not mean that it will lose money.

Lin Ziyi said directly: "I have decided to let this movie be released."

Garcia pressed forward step by step: "President Lin, the film schedule in the theaters under our theater chain is very tight. If this movie is to be released, it will definitely crowd out the film schedule of other movies, causing the film and television company to be dissatisfied with us. Moreover, the quality of this movie is very rubbish." , there won’t be many viewers to watch, so the company’s losses will be even greater.”

"I believe this movie has a special charm that can be enjoyed by the audience, and the attendance rate will not be low." Lin Ziyi said coldly.

Garcia was not willing to give up: "If no one watches this movie, what should we do about the theater's losses? The company has many employees. If no one watches the movie, there is no way to make money. If there is no way to make money, there is no way to pay them wages." , what should we do then.”

Lin Ziyi was a little angry.

"Garcia, I am the president, and I have the final say on what movies are released in theaters."

"What about the company's losses?" Garcia said reluctantly.

"Of course I will be responsible."

Lin Ziyi's attitude was tough, and the company's executives naturally had no way to object.

But they are only dormant temporarily. Once the movie fails, the authority of Lin Ziyi, the president who came from the air, will inevitably be affected.