After the sniping failure of "Blade Runner", the major Hollywood studios knew that "Alien E· T is already unstoppable, and the power of the lion is unstoppable.

Film companies that are still lucky can only postpone the release of the recently released main film.

This choice of theirs was extremely beneficial to MGM Pictures, and in the absence of good movies in the same period, audiences naturally rushed to watch "Alien E· T" movie.

Coupled with MGM Pictures' cooperation with some positive theaters again, the number of theaters in North America alone has reached more than 1,250.

This makes "Alien E· After the weekend box office champion and a new box office high, the global box office reached a new high in the second week.

That's $84.69 million!

The total box office has reached $158.23 million in two weeks.

Because the publicity and distribution are all done by themselves, the cost is lower and the box office share is higher.

Not to mention that Universal Cinemas is the largest exhibitor, and the profit is left-handed to right-handed.

So in fact, the cost of investment in filming and the cost of publicity and distribution have already been earned, and a certain profit has been obtained.

The box office behind it is completely pure earning!

In the history of "Alien E· The film grossed $360 million in North America and more than $792 million worldwide.

But in this life, "Alien E· The production cost of "T" is 20 million US dollars higher, and the publicity power is also stronger.

Therefore, it is absolutely not a problem to surpass the original trajectory, and it is easy to break through $800 million.

This represents the future of "Alien E· "T" at the box office, it can earn Xia Yu a net profit of more than 450 million US dollars.

Coupled with the value of various copyrights, it is definitely not a problem to create a value of 600 million US dollars!

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In the days that followed, Alien E· T" continued to be hotly released, and in Xiangjiang, Shaw Brothers Film Company became a laughing stock, because after the box office of "Blade Runner" plummeted, it really couldn't get up.

As for the losses of Shaw Brothers, many media have also roughly estimated, not to mention the invisible reputation and future losses, the cash alone has lost more than 130 million Hong Kong dollars.

It is equivalent to losing a year's net profit of one of the top 100 listed companies in Hong Kong!

Soon, there was strong news again, and the Shao family was ready to completely admit it, withdraw from the film industry, and plan to sell Shaw Brothers Film Company and Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

This news is really exciting, and many people can't believe it, the former overlord of the Xiangjiang film industry, the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which has made outstanding contributions to the Xiangjiang film industry, is disappearing?

Who will spend the huge assets of Shaw Brothers Film Company and Shaw Brothers Cinemas?

What will become of the Hong Kong Film Market?

For a time, the discussion on these issues became very intense.

In this case, Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang came to Xia Yu's office again.

Xia Yu reads the newspaper every day, so of course he is also clear about the affairs of the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Looking at Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang, who were sitting in front of him, Xia Yu asked with a smile, "What's the matter?" Do you have any thoughts about Shaw Brothers Film Company and Shaw Brothers Cinemas?"

Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang glanced at each other and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Wu Siyuan gently patted Xia Yu's ass and said, "Chairman Yingming, we really can't hide anything from you!"

Xia Yu smiled dumbly, and scolded with a smile: "Don't give me these empty heads, I have something to say." ”

"Are you 100% sure that the Shao family is ready to quit?"

Wu Siyuan looked at Jiang Zhiqiang, he did it to find out the news, and he knew better.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded and said: "Chairman, the news can be confirmed, this is Shao Yifu's son Shao Weiming personally released the news, I asked others to call to ask, and Shao Weiming also admitted it on the phone." ”

"It's impossible for Shao Weiming to joke about this kind of thing, and no one in the Shao family has come forward to refute the rumors. ”

"Moreover, the quality of the films produced by Shaw Brothers Film Company in the past two years is indeed not high, and the probability of excellent movies in other film companies is not large, so Shaw Brothers Cinemas is basically operating with capital protection. ”

"This time, the Shaw Brothers Film Company lost more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Shao family is still increasing its stake in TVB, and there is not much money left to invest in the film company, and the bank may not dare to lend to them. ”

"I think the Shao family is going to retreat to TVB, prepare to concentrate resources, and compete with President Huang in the TV field. ”

Xia Yu smiled and seemed to agree with Jiang Zhiqiang's analysis.

In fact, in the previous life, under the competition between Golden Harvest Film Company and Xinyicheng Film Company, Shaw Brothers Film Company couldn't bear it, and Shao Yifu later leased Shaw Brothers Cinemas to Pan Disheng, although Shaw Brothers Film Company did not stop production, but after 1985, it couldn't even stabilize an average of one movie a year, and after entering the nineties, it didn't make movies for several years.

Although under the influence of Xia Yu in this life, Lei Juekun did not set foot in the film industry, Huang Baiming and Mecca were in Global Satellite TV and Galaxy Film Company respectively, so there was no New Art City Film Company.

And Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were also incorporated by Galaxy Film Company, so Debao Film Company did not appear.

However, Xia Yu's Galaxy Film Company is a giant, and the pressure on Shaw Brothers Film Company is greater than the pressure on the joint production of the previous Jiahe Film Company + Xinyicheng Film Company + Debao Film Company.

and also let Shao Yifu not see the day of his future.

And Xia Yu's Global Satellite TV has created strong pressure on TVB in the TV field, which makes the Shao family's funds very tight.

Therefore, it makes sense that Shao Yifu decisively chose to withdraw from the film market.

"So do you want to buy Shaw Brothers and Shaw Brothers Cinemas, respectively?"

Xia Yu asked with a light smile.

Wu Siyuan took the lead and said: "Chairman, I want to buy the Shaw Brothers Film Company completely. ”

"Although we now have Xiangjiang Culture and Media School to provide talents, it takes a long time to cultivate talents, and performance talents are better, but it is difficult to cultivate behind-the-scenes talents. ”

"Although the Shaw Brothers Film Company has been poached by us and Golden Harvest Film Company, the heritage is still very deep, if we can accept all these people, then we will have no problem doubling the annual output of films, and the quality of the film will also be improved to a certain extent. ”

"Now the outside world describes the Xiangjiang Film Market as a super-strong and two-strong pattern, we are the super hegemon, Shaw Brothers Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company are first-class powerhouses, and then other second- and third-rate film companies. ”

"I think if we don't take over, if Shaw Brothers Films falls into Wrinkled Arms, the gap with us will be narrowed, and then the competitive pressure will be even greater, and we will be unstable in the rear, and there will be some unstable constraints if we want to go all out of the Asian market. ”

"So let's just eat it and completely solidify our supremacy. ”

"By the way, there is another point, that is, Shaw Brothers Film Company has the largest film library in Xiangjiang, and I think this is a huge fortune, and I don't know when I can use it. ”

"These are my reasons. ”

Xia Yu bowed slightly.

But he didn't say anything right away, but looked at Jiang Zhiqiang with a faint smile.

"Xeon, what is your original intention in acquiring Shaw Brothers Cinemas? Won't Shaw Brothers Cinemas overlap with Universal Cinemas?"

Jiang Zhiqiang replied truthfully: "Chairman, now Shaw Cinemas has 16 self-operated cinemas in Xiangjiang, and there are more than 130 self-operated cinemas in Southeast Asia, plus agency distribution, the distribution network involves more than 200 cinemas, which is the second largest cinema after us. ”

"There is definitely some overlap in the location, but because the Shaw Brothers Cinemas line was laid out earlier, there are a lot of cinemas in very good locations, even if we overlap with them. ”

"Now the Asian film market is growing very much every year, the number of theaters is enough for the time being, but it will not be enough in the future, according to the planning of Universal Cinemas, the future is ready to continue to build or acquire cinemas, expand the scale, so it is not impossible to acquire Shaw Brothers Cinemas in advance now, and it can be done in one step. ”

"As for another consideration, it is the same as Mr. Wu's, as the second largest cinema chain after us, if it is taken away by Golden Harvest Film Company, then their unexpected profits in Xiangjiang will skyrocket, which is also a big trouble for us. ”

"Even if it is not acquired by Golden Harvest Film Company, it is also a very unstable factor if it is acquired by other people. ”

"It's better to be acquired by us and completely stabilize the hegemony of the Asian film market!"

"Chairman, that's all I have to say. ”

After finishing speaking, both Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Siyuan looked at Xia Yu with burning eyes, waiting for his order.

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