Chapter Nine Hundred and Forty Seventh War

At the beginning, the Huaxia Cinema was divided into four parts, all of which were divided up by these foreign film companies regardless of the cost.

As a result, it has only been a year of effort, and the sweetness has not been tasted enough. The box office quota of Huaxia's local theaters is about to drop, which will inevitably make them also suffer, and they have to reduce the profit ratio at the same time, otherwise they will be in the middle of no film. Embarrassing situation.

At that time, not to mention the local Chinese film company, even the domestic film company will probably find the Huaxia theater chain to show it, who will make them make a big profit.

Therefore, in addition to these four theaters, the most anxious companies in foreign theaters are also anxious like ants on a hot pot, trying to find solutions everywhere.

Just then, a staff member knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Yu, Mr. Hu, the general managers of Rieter Cinema, Suzuki Cinema, Huamei United Cinema, and Wolfxing Cinema are here, and I hope to meet."

Yu Haidao: "They came so fast, I will meet them myself."

Last year, in order to compete for the film market, the major theaters fought with swords and arrows, killing you and yours. Now facing the joint force of the entire Huaxia Film Company, they have to put aside their prejudices and come over to discuss countermeasures.

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

As opponents, everyone is naturally very familiar with each other, and after chatting with each other, they cut to the point.

George, the general manager of Rieter Cinema, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is rare for everyone to sit here together. Although we had some unpleasant troubles before, it was a legitimate competition and a normal thing in shopping malls. But this time, we We will face the same big trouble, we must join forces to fight 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 issue for a long time, and said: "Hollywood has also had this kind of thing,

But they were all subverted by the eight major film companies, and they all collapsed. We can refer to their methods to win over a group and suppress a group. When the two are compared, we will naturally win without a fight. "

Hu Yaoting shook her head and said with a wry smile: "Mr. George is a Huaxia passer, but he doesn't seem to understand Huaxia's system. I have called the managers of more than ten large, medium and small film and television companies I have worked with, hoping to In exchange for their movies with up to 50% of the allocation in the first week. Unfortunately, none of them dare to sell. When they are killed, they must reach 55% before letting go. Mr. George, you know why this happens ?"

The boss of Huamei United Company is always of Chinese descent. His name is Chai Guanghui. He is very familiar with Huaxia's system. He said, "Is the government behind it?"

Hu Yaoting nodded and said, "That's right. The deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture personally caught this matter. Which film company would dare to eat the gall of a bear and a leopard and sell the film to us. If they don't sell it, they will not only have no loss, but also very likely They make a lot of money. But if they sell them, not only will the Ministry of Culture not spare them, but those entertainment companies will not let them go. At that time, they may not even have a place to stand.”

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

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

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

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

Yu Haidao: "Mr. George, our New Huaxia Cinema has a total of more than 18,000 screens. Now the movies in our hands can't last for a month. If there are no new movies, our theaters will not only make money, but also make money inside. Discount. Therefore, once the matter cannot be resolved within a month, our New Huaxia Cinema can only compromise and agree to their demands.”

Suzuki Jiro, who has not spoken, said in horror: "Mr. Yu, you must not do this. Once you compromise, the entire Chinese film market will be completely over."

The New Huaxia Cinema Line is the largest cinema chain in the country, covering all major cities in China. If it surrenders, then the other cinema chains can only surrender.

Hu Yaoting said: "Everyone, the forces behind President Yu and I are no longer able to support us, so we can only rely on everyone. We only have one month. If we can't get it done by then, we have nothing to do."

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

In fact, there are more than the new Huaxia Cinemas, Baihua and Xingguang Cinemas also have this problem. Only Huafon International Cinemas, which invested in more than 20 large and small films last year, can still last for a while.

George, Chai Guanghui and others have nothing to do. They can't put their own films in their theaters.

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

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

Yu Hai nodded and said: "Obviously, the Ministry of Culture has no excuse to force our theater chain to change the profit distribution, so it pushed these film companies to the front and became the vanguard. Once we have no movie screenings, the Chinese movie fans will be offended. When they complained, they would have a suitable reason to join in. At that time, instead of discussing with you, they would give orders directly. Oh, Mr. Hu, Yun Hai is right, we have no hope of winning. Don’t worry about the government, let alone our new Huaxia theater chain, even Hu’s Electronics and Yu’s Real Estate, don’t even think about having a good life.”

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

At nine o'clock the next morning, the managers of major theater chains in China held a press conference, publicly announcing that the movie box office quota was the most reasonable distribution method for the international use, and did not hinder the development of the movie industry.

In order to obtain greater profits, it is completely untenable for the film company to ask for a change in the box office quota system regardless of the life and death of the theater chain and the opposition of Chinese movie fans. Therefore, our theater chain will not be accustomed to their problem.

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

Hundreds of reporters who participated in the press conference were all excited after hearing their tough words.

"Mr. Li Rongguang, can your words represent all the other theater chains?"

Li Rongguang, the spokesman, said: "Of course. Whether it is China's four major theater chains or the four foreign theater chains, they are all advancing and retreating together, and they will never 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. How are you going to get through this difficult stage?"

Li Rongguang said: "I would rather be broken than broken. The big deal, we will find directors and actors to shoot by ourselves. If we don't want to shoot domestically, we will shoot overseas. If there is no domestic production, we will introduce foreign movies. I want us to agree to their unreasonable demands. , unless the sun rises from the west."

"Mr. Li, the major film companies believe that your theater chain's box office share 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 Huaxia Films. What do you think about this?"

Li Rongguang said disdainfully: "It's a joke to complain about our high share if we can't make it. Hollywood can make dozens of blockbusters with an investment of more than 300 million US 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 are just using us as a scapegoat and making money for 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% of the total box office. The original share was 57 for us and 43 for them. Now Let them do it, they become fifty-five for them and forty-five for us. It's equivalent to giving them 12 percent of the box office, which is so unfair to us."

George next to him said in fluent Chinese: "We Hollywood spent hundreds of billions of dollars last year to buy part of the previous Huaxia theater chain. Judging from last year's profit, it will take at least 20 years for us to make money back. Time. If the box office share is cut by 12% all at once, then our return time will be more than 30 years, and this is not counting the interest of the astronomical figure. I am fifty-six years old this year, and it is likely to wait On the day I died, I couldn’t see the theater making any profits. We were so disappointed in the environment of Huaxia Films. Count me, George, begging those film companies, please let our theater chain survive.”

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