Chapter 947: Go to war

At the beginning, the Huaxia Cinemas line was broken into four parts, all of which were divided by these foreign film companies regardless of the cost.
As a result, it has only been a year of work, 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. They have to reduce the profit ratio at the same time, otherwise they will be in no movie. Put in an awkward position.
At that time, let alone China’s local film companies, even their own domestic film companies will look for China Cinemas to show them. Who will let them make a big profit?
Therefore, in addition to these four theaters, related companies in foreign theaters are also anxious, like the ants on the hot pot, thinking about solutions everywhere.
At this moment, 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 Langxing Cinema are all here, and I hope to meet each other."
Yu Haidao: "They came so fast, I will meet them personally."
Last year, in order to compete for the film market, the major theaters were fighting against each other, killing you or not. Now facing the joint force of the entire China Film Company, they have to put aside their prejudices and come to discuss countermeasures.
After a while, Yu Hai led four middle-aged men with extraordinary momentum into the room.
As opponents, everyone is naturally very familiar with each other, and after greeting each other, they cut to the point.
George, the general manager of Rieter Cinemas said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it’s rare for everyone to sit here together. Although we were a little unpleasant before, it was a legitimate competition and a normal thing in the market. But this time, we We will face the same big troubles and we must join hands against the enemy, otherwise everyone will really have to drink the northeast wind."
Yu Haidao: "Mr. George, don't you know what you can do?"
George apparently had thought about this problem a long time ago, saying: "Hollywood has also had such things, but they were all subtended by the eight major film companies, and they collapsed. We can refer to their methods to win a group and suppress one. Criticism, when the two are compared, it will naturally be won without a fight."
Hu Yaoting shook her head and said with a wry smile: "Although Mr. George is a China Express, he does not seem to understand China's system. I have called the CEOs of more than a dozen large, medium and small film and television companies that I have worked with. I hope They used up to 50% of the allocated quota in the first week in exchange for their movies. Unfortunately, none of them dared to sell them. If they were bitten to death, they had to reach 55% before letting go. Mr. George, you know why this happened. ?"
The veteran of Huamei United is always of Chinese descent, named Chai Guanghui, who is very familiar with Huaxia's system, and said, "Is the government backing it?"
Hu Yaoting nodded and said, "That's right. The minister and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture personally caught this matter. Which film company dared to sell the film to us. If you don't sell it, they will not only have no loss, but it is also very likely. Make a lot of money. If you sell it, not only the Ministry of Culture can't spare them, but the entertainment companies will not let them go. At that time, they may not even have a foothold."
Li Rongguang asked: "Mr. George, I heard that your American ambassador to my country has communicated with our government. I don't know what the result will be?"
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 is involved in this matter. Even if we do, we dare not take it out. Against the government, no one or company can end well."
George asked: "Then what do you do? Do you really want to reduce profits?"
Yu Haidao: "Mr. George, we have a total of more than 18,000 screens in the New China Cinemas. The movies in our hands will not last for even a month. If there are no new movies, our theaters will not only not make money, but will also go inside. Post money. Therefore, once this matter cannot be resolved within one month, our New China Cinemas can only compromise and agree to their demands."
Suzuki Jiro, who has not spoken all the time, couldn't help but said in horror: "Mr. Yu, you must not do this. Once you compromise, the entire China Film Market will be completely finished."
The New China Cinema Line is the largest cinema line in the country, covering all major cities in China. If it surrenders, other cinema lines can only surrender.
Hu Yaoting said: "Everyone, the forces behind me and Mr. Yu can no longer support us, so we can only rely on everyone. We only have one month, and if we can't handle it by then, we have nothing to do."
Everyone was silent, and the air seemed to be heavy.
In fact, it is more than the New Huaxia Cinemas. Baihua and Starlight Cinemas also have this problem. Only Huafeng International Cinemas invested in more than 20 large and small movies last year, which can last a while.
George, Chai Guanghui and others have nothing to do. They can't put their films in their theaters.
Half an hour later, Yu Hai and Hu Yaoting personally sent 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 theaters to change the profit distribution, so they pushed these film companies to the forefront and became the vanguard. Once we had no movie screenings, it would provoke Chinese fans. When they complain, they have a proper reason to join in. At that time, they will not discuss with you, but directly give orders. Ha ha, Mr. Hu, Yun Hai is right, we have no hope of winning. If it is provoked The government is anxious, let alone our New China Cinemas, that is, Hu's Electronics and Yu's Real Estate, and don't think about having a good life."
Hu Yaoting smiled bitterly: "It seems we have no choice but to compromise."
At nine o'clock the next morning, the chief executives of the major theaters in China held a press conference to publicly announce that the movie box office quota is the most reasonable distribution method internationally and did not hinder the development of the film industry.
In order to obtain greater profits, the film company, regardless of the life and death of the theaters, regardless of the opposition of Chinese fans, requesting to change the box office quota system is completely untenable, so our theaters will not get used to their problems.
Even if we lose money every day, we will never agree to their demands.
Hundreds of reporters participated in this press conference, and they all got excited after hearing their tough words.
"Mr. Li Rongguang, can your words represent all other cinema chains?"
As the spokesperson, Li Rongguang said: "Of course. Whether it is the four major theaters of China, or the four major foreign theaters, they will advance and retreat together, and there will be absolutely no compromise."
"Mr. Li, do you think the theater can be dragged? The film company doesn't make movies for you, but you can also make TV series. How do you get through this difficult stage?"
Li Rongguang said: "It's better for jade to be broken than for tiles. The big deal is that we find directors and actors to shoot ourselves. If we don't shoot in China, we will shoot abroad. If there is no domestic production, we will introduce foreign films. I want us to agree to their unreasonable demands. Unless the sun rises from the west."
"Mr. Li, the major film companies believe that the box office share of your theaters is too high, which prevents them from investing in large-scale productions. In the long run, it will seriously hinder the development of China Film. What is your opinion on this?"
Li Rongguang said with disdain: "If you can’t shoot, it’s just a joke to complain about our high share. Hollywood can shoot 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 didn’t I see them? Don't dare to invest. These people say this, just using us as a scapegoat~EbookFREE.me~ and then making their own profit."
"Everyone knows that, with the exception of the world-famous super blockbusters, 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 of us and 43 of them. Now Let them become their fifty-five and us forty-five. It is equivalent to giving them 12% of the box office, which is too unfair to us."
George next to him said in a fluent Chinese interface: "We in Hollywood spent hundreds of billions of dollars last year to buy part of the previous Huaxia Cinemas. From last year’s profit, it would take at least 20 years for us to make money back. Time. If the box office share is now reduced by 12% at once, it will take more than 30 years to pay back. This is not even the numerical interest that day. I am fifty-six years old this year, and I will probably wait. On the day of my death, I couldn’t see any profit in theaters. We were so disappointed with the environment of Huaxia Films. Count me, George, begging those film companies, please let our theaters make a living."
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