Back then, Hua Xia's cinemas were divided into four parts and were all divided up by these foreign film companies who were willing to pay any price.
In the end, in just a year's time, Hua Xia's local cinemas' box office quota was about to drop. This would inevitably affect them and they had no choice but to reduce their profit ratio at the same time. Otherwise, they would be in an awkward situation where they had no films to show.
When that time came, not to mention Hua Xia's local film companies, even their own domestic film companies would probably look for Hua Xia's cinemas to show their films. After all, they gave them a huge profit.
Therefore, in addition to these four cinemas, the relevant foreign cinema companies were also anxious like ants on a hot pan, trying to find a solution everywhere.
At this moment, a staff member knocked on the door and said, "Director Yu, Director Hu, the general managers of Lida Cinemas, Suzuki Cinemas, Hua Mei United Cinemas, and Wolf Cinemas are all here. I hope to meet you."
Yu Hai said, "They came so quickly. I'll go and greet them personally."
Last year, in order to compete for the film market, the major cinemas attacked each other openly and covertly. It was a life-and-death struggle. Now that they were faced with the joint efforts of the entire Hua Xia film company, they had no choice but to put aside their prejudices and come over to discuss countermeasures.
After a while, Yu Hai led in four middle-aged men with extraordinary auras.
As rivals, everyone was naturally very familiar with each other. After exchanging pleasantries, they cut to the chase.
The general manager of Lida Cinemas, George, said, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's rare for everyone to sit here together. Although we had some disagreements before, that was a fair competition. It's very normal in the business world. But this time, we're facing the same big trouble. We have to work together to fight the enemy. Otherwise, we can only drink the wind from the northeast. "
Yu Hai said, "Mr. George, I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
George had obviously thought about this problem a long time ago. He said, "Similar things have happened in Hollywood before, but they were all defeated by the eight major film companies with a little trick. We can use their method to rope in a group and suppress a group. Comparing the two, we'll naturally win without a fight. "
Shaking her head, Hu Yaoting forced a smile and said, "Although Mr. George is well versed in Hua Xia, it seems that you don't understand the Hua Xia system. I've called more than a dozen big, medium, and small film companies that I've worked with before, hoping to exchange 50% of the first week's allocation for their movies. Unfortunately, none of them dared to sell it. He was dead set on it. He would only let it go when it reached 55%. Mr. George, do you know why this happened? "
The CEO of Hua Xia Alliance was a Chinese man. His name was Chai Guanghui, and he was very familiar with Hua Xia's system. He asked, "Is the government supporting you?"
Hu Yaoting nodded. "That's right. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture was personally involved in this matter. Which film company would dare to sell the film to us? If they didn't sell, not only would they not suffer any losses, they might even make a huge profit. If they sold it, not only would the Ministry of Culture not let them off, the entertainment companies would not let them off either. At that time, we might not even have a place to stand. "
Li Rongguang asked, "Mr. George, I heard that your American ambassador to China has already communicated with our government. What's the result?"
George said, "They only said that this is a commercial activity and has nothing to do with the government."
Wang Lu smiled bitterly. "We don't have any evidence to prove that the government is involved in this matter. Even if we did, we wouldn't dare to take it out. No one or company will have a good ending if they go against the government. "
George asked, "Then what are you going to do? Do you really want to reduce the profits? "
Yu Hai said, "Mr. George, our new Hua Xia cinema chain has a total of more than 18,000 screens. The movies in our hands can't even last a month. If we don't have any new movies, not only will our cinema not make money, we will also have to pay for it. Therefore, if we can't resolve this matter within a month, our new Hua Xia cinema chain can only compromise and agree to their request. "
Suzuki Jiro, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but say in horror, "Mr. Yu, you can't do that. Once you compromise, the entire Hua Xia movie market will be completely finished. "
The new Hua Xia cinema chain was the largest cinema chain in the country and covered all the major cities in Hua Xia. If it surrendered, the other cinema chains could only surrender.
Hu Yaoting said, "Everyone, the power behind Mr. Yu and I can't support us anymore, so we can only rely on everyone. We only have a month. If we can't resolve it by then, there's nothing we can do. "
Everyone was silent, and the air seemed to have become heavy.
In fact, it wasn't just the new Hua Xia cinema chain. Hundred Blossoms and Starlight Cinema also had this problem. Only Huafeng International Studios, which had invested in more than 20 movies last year, could still hold on for a while.
George, Chai Guanghui, and the others had no choice. They couldn't release their movies in their cinemas, right?
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 us to change the distribution of profits, so they pushed these movie companies to the front and became the vanguard. Once we don't have any movies to show and Hua Xia fans complain, they will have a suitable reason to join in. At that time, it won't be a discussion with you, but a direct order. Haha, Mr. Hu, Yunhai is right. We have no hope of winning. If we provoke the government, not to mention our new Hua Xia cinema chain, even Hu Electronics and Yu Real Estate won't have 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 directors of the major cinemas in Hua Xia held a press conference and announced that the box office quota was the most reasonable distribution method used internationally and did not hinder the development of the film industry.
In order to obtain more profits, the movie companies disregarded the survival of the cinemas and the opposition of Hua Xia fans. It is completely untenable for them to change the box office quota system. Therefore, our cinemas will not tolerate them.
Even if we lose money every day, we will never agree to their request.
There were hundreds of reporters at the press conference this time. After hearing their strong words, they all became excited.
"Mr. Li Rongguang, can your words represent all the other cinemas?"
As the spokesperson, Li Rongguang said, "Of course. Whether it is the four major cinemas in Hua Xia or the four major cinemas abroad, we will advance and retreat together. We will never compromise. "
"Mr. Li, do you think the cinemas can afford to delay? If the movie companies don't make movies for you, they can still make TV dramas. How will you get through this difficult stage? "
Li Rongguang said, "It's better to die than to live in dishonor. At most, we will find a director and actors to film. If they don't let us film in China, we will film overseas. If we don't have domestic films, we will import foreign films. If they want us to agree to their unreasonable request, the sun will rise from the west. "
"Mr. Li, the major movie companies think that your cinema's box office share is too high, so they don't dare to invest in big productions. In the long run, it will seriously hinder the development of Hua Xia movies. What do you think about this? "
Li Rongguang said disdainfully, "If they can't film, they blame us for having a high share. What a joke. Hollywood can produce dozens of blockbusters with more than 300 million USD investment in a year. Their box office share is the same as ours. Why don't I see them not daring to invest? These people are just using us as scapegoats to make their own profits. "
"Everyone knows that except for those blockbusters that are popular all over the world, the box office of a movie in the first week can account for more than 60% of the total box office. The original share was 57% for us and 43% for them. Now that they've made it 55% for them and 45% for us. It's equivalent to us giving up 12% of the box office to them. This is too unfair to us. "
George, who was next to him, said in fluent Chinese, "Hollywood spent hundreds of billions last year to buy a part of the Hua Xia cinema chain. Judging from last year's profits, it will take at least 20 years for us to earn back our capital. If the box office share is reduced by 12% now, it will take more than 30 years for us to earn back our capital. This is not including the astronomical interest. I'm 56 years old this year. It's very likely that I won't see any profits until the day I die. We are really disappointed in the environment of Hua Xia movies. Take it as me, George, begging those movie companies, please give us a way out. "
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