At seven o 'clock in the evening, Xiao Yunhai and the other two arrived at a newly opened steak restaurant.
Hearing that there was good red wine there, Kree and Jesse chose this restaurant with the mentality of a local tycoon.
After ordering a bottle of 1982 Lafite, Kree said with satisfaction, "It's a free red wine."
Xiao Yunhai shook his head and said, "Kree, you have to pay attention to your words and actions. Isn't America very particular about gentlemanly behavior? "
Kree said indifferently, "That's purely an act, mainly for outsiders to see. Hua Xia has a saying, 'If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard.' Although I haven't figured out what a bastard is, I still feel that this saying is very reasonable. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "I really admire you."
Jesse said, "Xiao, the worldwide sales of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' have been calculated. There are a total of 93.6 million copies."
Kree asked, "Jesse, tell me, how much money can he make from it?"
Jesse said, "If it's calculated according to the current exchange rate, it's about 360 million US dollars."
Kree said with a face of regret, "Hearing this number, I'm in an extremely bad mood. I missed out on at least two billion because of five million. This is not including the income of the movie. God, I'm going crazy. "
Jesse said, "The four major European publishing houses have called, hoping that you can give the second 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' to them."
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after the screening of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'. Kree, when will our movie be released? "
Kree said, "It should be around the middle of March."
Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "That's great. Haha, I'm going to publish the next 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' at my own expense. "
Jesse said, "Xiao, it seems that you can make a lot of money again."
Hearing Jesse's words, Kree shouted with grief and indignation, "Waiter, give me another bottle of 1982 Lafite."
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Okay, Kree. Your MGM Grand's Dinosaur Hegemony took in 4.2 billion US dollars worldwide. What else do you want? "
Kree said, "But don't forget that our investment was 800 million US dollars, and it took us two years to complete it. On the other hand, your 'Valiant Heroes' only invested tens of millions and earned 4.9 billion USD in less than two months of filming. How can we compare that? There was also the Harry Potter series, which was simply a cornucopia. Once the movie is shown all over the world, it will definitely stimulate the sales of your novel. It shouldn't be a problem for you to break the 100 million mark. 's's's's's's's a's's's's's' ''s''s's''s's's's's's? Now that I think's's' ''s's''s's's's's s's's's
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It can't be helped. You couldn't even bear to spend five million US dollars back then."
Kree glared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao, if you talk about this again, I'll cut ties with you."
Xiao Yunhai shrugged and said, "Okay, I promise I won't talk about it in the future. Kree, your Hollywood movies are very powerful in Hua Xia now. You've beaten our domestic movies to a pulp. To be honest, did your eight cinemas already discuss using this kind of intensive attack to compete for our Hua Xia market? "
Kree nodded and said, "That's right. We've carefully studied and determined which movie will be released at which time. Our goal is to occupy the market share and show our Hollywood's''s''s' '. If it weren't for your film bureau's' 'strict' review of movies, we would probably have more movies to show. "
Xiao Yunhai said, "In the past month or so, the total box office of our Hua Xia domestic movies is less than one-tenth of yours. Kree, you've achieved your goal. "
Kree said angrily, "What did you achieve? Xiao, your Hua Xia government is too despicable. Seeing that we spent 1.2 billion yuan to buy Hua Xia cinemas, you promised others to build new cinemas across the country. This is simply shameless. "
Xiao Yunhai argued, "Kree, you can't blame the Hua Xia government for this. You've gone too far. Hua Xia cinemas occupy 60% of the entire market share, but you didn't even leave Hua Xia a mouthful of soup. This has already touched the government's bottom line. Hua Xia will never sit back and watch their entertainment industry be gradually nibbled away by you, do you understand? "
Kree said, "But we didn't violate the laws of business by doing this."
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It's normal for the Hua Xia government to agree to one or two companies to build new cinemas. It's also not against the laws of business. Isn't that so? "
Kree said angrily, "You're playing on the edge."
Xiao Yunhai said, "That's right. But if you play on the edge well, you can still get a hole in it. "
Jesse said, "The two of you, it's useless to argue here. What will the Hua Xia government do? What you say doesn't count. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "That's right. Kree, you seem to be very agitated. Why? "
Kree sighed and said, "Do you know how much we paid to get Hua Xia's cinemas? The eight major Hollywood film companies have almost drained all their liquidity. Coupled with the ongoing economic crisis, we don't even have the money to make movies. "
Xiao Yunhai said in surprise, "That's not right. I see that you guys are having a great time filming. Every company has several movies that are being filmed. "
Kree smiled bitterly and said, "We've already mortgaged our shares in Hua Xia cinemas to the bank. More than 400 billion shares were only loaned out for 160 billion. On average, a company is only 20 billion. F * ck, you guys are simply cheating us. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "You have yourself to blame. In terms of financial resources, the big companies in our country are not worse than you, but why didn't they compete? It's because that part of the cinemas is not worth the price, so they gave up. You guys spent more than 400 billion to buy a cinema worth 200 billion. In the words of Hua Xia, you guys are spendthrifts. "
Kree said, "We have no choice. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Whether or not you need our Hua Xia cinemas for your 'Infernal Affairs', I can help you talk to them. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Thank you. But I've already found Starlight Cinemas and signed the contract. "
Kree said, "That's too bad. I have a hunch that this movie will be popular. "
Xiao Yunhai said, "That's for sure."
Three days later, 'Infernal Affairs' passed the review. Xiao Yunhai wasted no time and immediately uploaded the trailer to all the major video websites. Those famous portals also published the news of the release of 'Infernal Affairs' in the most prominent positions.
At the same time, Xiao Yunhai asked Jesse to help print 100,000 posters and put them up in all the big and small bookstores in America.
Xiao Yunhai had spent a total of 120 million USD on this promotion.
Of course, the effect was also very good.
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