Chapter 1111: The Boss Wants to Become a Wage Earner
The contact with Sophie Marceau is very simple, last time she left a phone call for Yin Jun, and Yin Jun made a special call to talk to her.
Sure enough, Sophie Marceau was still a little interested in the role of the eldest lady of the Qiao family that Yin Jun said, and after listening carefully to Yin Jun's story, she agreed to play the role.
As for the salary or something, this will have to be negotiated with her agency.
The reason why Sophie Marceau agreed to play is actually more because she wants to change to a different role to play, so as to improve her acting skills.
In addition, Yin Jun is the most famous gold medal screenwriter in the world, so it is also a good decision to star in his movies and try the production method of oriental films.
The script of "Fast Food Truck", Yin Jun has already written it, and after such a reminder from Hong Jinbao, he has taken the time to start filling in the content in the past few days.
But this is not his most urgent matter, there is another urgent matter.
Yin Jun spent 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in the United States to buy land, build 100 movie theaters, and buy corresponding ordinary and IMAX playback equipment.
Now these cinemas are almost completed, and a cinema is ready for three halls, two ordinary halls, and one ordinary hall that can be converted into an IMAX hall at any time, and is gradually undergoing final renovation and equipment commissioning.
Although the two groups of people responsible for finding the site and buying and building are from Disney and United Arts Films, because the theater chain is under the name of the Kirin Group, it has nothing to do with United Arts Films and Disney, so it will not violate the relevant laws and regulations of the American film industry.
Originally, Yin Jun promised them two groups of people, whoever does well will play a dominant role in the future theater.
But after such a trip, both sides have done well, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and even Tang Shuxuan can't judge which side wins.
And they represent two companies separately.
Don't look at Disney and United Arts Film Company are now subsidiaries of the Kirin Group, but they have never been convinced of each other.
So on this new cinema project, the two companies behind them naturally hope to be picked up by their own people, although they will eventually be separated to set up a separate company, but if they are their own people, wouldn't it be convenient to do anything?
Actively arrange the movies produced by the company, and the arrangement of ordinary attitudes, the effect of coming out, but it is completely different.
Since the end of December last year, the two gangs have been arguing endlessly, and Tang Shuxuan has no choice but to hand it over to Yin Jun to deal with.
Anyway, the idea of competing for a post is also what this big boss thinks, and if something goes wrong, he will naturally come to him.
Yin Jun also weighed it for a while, and called Disney and United Arts Films respectively to understand the situation, but they still couldn't come up with the most suitable arrangement.
Either side can do it, but at the same time, neither side can have it alone.
Seeing that it was about to be operated, this group of people became more and more fierce, and Yin Jun began to have other ideas.
If you are not satisfied with either side, then I will not choose any of you.
Simply you are still responsible for half of each party, and then I will transfer you to a general manager from Xiangjiang.
The candidate for general manager, of course, Yin Jun was placed on Wu Siyuan's body.
From the beginning when Yin Jun met Wu Siyuan, he pondered asking Wu Siyuan to help him later and be in charge of the theater.
In the future, when the film market is more and more prosperous, the theater chain is stronger than the film company, and they basically decide the fate of a movie.
For this part, Yin Jun will naturally not relax, and must choose the most suitable candidate.
In his previous life, Wu Siyuan opened a UME international cinema in the mainland, although the number of openings was only twenty or thirty, but it was also doing well, catching up with the good time for the development of films.
Another curly-haired Cen Jianxun also teamed up to open Dadi Cinemas in third- and fourth-tier cities in the mainland, and the scale far exceeds that of UME, and Cen Jianxun was originally born in Xiangjiang as a cinema chain, and his professionalism is much more powerful than Wu Siyuan.
But Yin Jun doesn't like this Cen Jianxun, because this person's ideological tendency is very bad, and Zhang Tingjian is the same type of person, for such people, Yin Jun just wants to tell them, you can go wherever you like and where you want, don't stay on the land of our country so awkward and aggrieved, it's not good for all of us.
Wu Siyuan has not done a cinema chain now, but he has been a film company owner for so many years, and he already knows a lot about the set of movies, let him go to the United States to take charge of the cinema chain, one is to balance the voices of the two aspects, and on the other hand, let him exercise more, and return to Xiangjiang in the future, Xiangjiang and the mainland and even the whole of Asia theater chains, let him do it.
called Wu Siyuan over, and when he heard Yin Jun tell him about it, Wu Siyuan was stunned.
I'm the boss of my own company, although it is a small company compared to the Kirin Group, but how good is it for me to be my own boss, and I can still make a lot of money, how easy is it?
Tell me to put down my company and go to the United States to help you manage a cinema company, the key is that I have never done it before, which is a bit difficult for a strong man, right?
But Yin Jun also has his own statement.
"Brother Yuan, I remember when you came to me to ask me for "Dragon and Tiger Junior Team", I told you before. A small film company like you, which does not have the support of a large company and does not have any outstanding stars in your hands, will become more and more difficult to mix in the future. Yin Jun said: "Now that Yongsheng has entered the market, there will be more capital in the future, can you still hold it up when the time comes?"
Wu Siyuan's mouth moved, and he wanted to say that I have your script now, and I have a superstar embryo like Fu Sheng, why not?
But he is also a very smart person, knowing that Yin Jun told him this, not because he wanted him to defend anything, but on behalf of his status in Yin Jun's heart, that's what it is.
Just when Wu Siyuan wanted to explain, Yin Jun said again: "I know, Brother Yuan, you have feelings for movies, but thinking about your future development, it shouldn't be limited to here." …… You help me go to the United States to manage it for two years, and your Siyuan Film Company, I still give me one movie a year. You can also command remotely in the United States.
Then, in the future, I want to build a big cinema chain in Hong Kong and the whole of Asia. I'm going to let you do that, too. At that time, the company's shares must also have your share, even if we do a business together, wouldn't it be more fulfilling than if you made a movie alone to make money?"
"Cinemas all over Asia?"
Wu Siyuan gasped.
In the past, everyone thought that Yin Jun didn't pay attention to the theater line, just made a good movie, but he didn't expect his ambition to be so big.
"How much does this cost?" Rao was very convinced of Yin Jun, but Wu Siyuan couldn't help but say.
"It's not necessarily all our own cinemas. Yin Jun explained, "Establish a part by yourself, and then win over a part, just like the current model of Xiangjiang, you can set up a large cinema chain." Of course, our own strength is the most important, and we can't have a situation where the cinema we join is stronger than us...... You can study this matter for yourself when the time comes!"
Wu Siyuan's eyelids jumped, it seems that Jun Shao is unwilling to let go of himself.
But let him refuse in front of Yin Jun?
Wu Siyuan definitely didn't have such guts.
No one in Xiangjiang can afford the consequences of turning his face with Yin Jun.
Not even Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, let alone his small film company owner.
"Jun Shao, can I ask, why it must be me?" Wu Siyuan asked helplessly.
"Because I think Brother Yuan can do it. Yin Jun said, "You also know, I have always been very accurate in seeing people. ”
Wu Siyuan was even more speechless at this time.
But he still can't say that Yin Jun is wrong, Yin Jun didn't miss this aspect of looking at people before.
"Brother Yuan, you don't have to rush to decide, I only went to the United States in early February, and you can give me the answer when the time comes. Yin Jun said, "But I have to tell you, if you waste your life on Siyuan Film Company, it's really a waste." Come with me to see the wider world and conquer more places!"
"I see. ”
Wu Siyuan nodded, "Of course it's my honor to be able to cooperate with Jun Shao, and I will make a decision as soon as possible." ”
Now that there are not a few days left before February, Wu Siyuan is full of depression in his heart, but he has no way to say.
What Yin Jun said was not just a scene.
If Wu Siyuan is really unwilling, then Yin Jun will not force it, and the fruits that he asks for will not be delicious.
Besides, except for one Wu Siyuan, can't we find the second talent?
Not necessarily.
Xiangjiang, in the 80s and 90s, has always been full of talents, Yin Jun is only good at discovering and cultivating, and he can find a good candidate.
It's just that with the experience of his previous life, Yin Jun has no interest in wasting time.
His real energy is still focused on promoting Chinese-language films.
1982 is just the beginning, and in the next few years, Qilin Culture will continue to make efforts, making seven or eight or even a dozen movies a year, and strive to open up the market in other cities.
This is especially true in the Asian market. It is the top priority of Yin Jun in the future.
Although the European and American markets are good, the culture and heritage are different, Yin Jun has never had the luxury of reversing and making them close to the oriental culture, and it is already good for them to appreciate it.
But Asia is different, this is the place where our Chinese culture has been cultivated for thousands of years, and it is the most accessible and fundamental market.
This is also an important reason why Xiangjiang films have swept all over Asia since the 80s and become an important reason for Oriental Hollywood.
Because this market is inherently easy to accept our Chinese-language films.
But what Xiangjiang movies lack the most is the kind of long-lasting cultivation and care efforts, only thinking about plundering and taking, and never thinking of construction.
So when they made the movie worse and worse, and the Asian audience couldn't bear it, it happened that at this time the Hollywood blockbuster came, a group of dinosaurs, a sunken ship, and just beat the declining Xiangjiang movie to the bottom, and never got up again.
In this way, we handed over the entire traditional Asian film market to Hollywood.
Until 2020, mainland films have begun to flourish, but they still have not regained their lost ground.
Yin Jun didn't want this kind of history to repeat itself.
How important it is to have a stable rear for Chinese-language films is something that later history proved.
In recent years, Hollywood is far from being so strong, they have not yet made the film industry to the point of assembly line, they are still exploring, and it is also the time for Yin Jun to stabilize the fundamentals.
Take out good works, continue to make good works deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and leave the brand of "Kirin Movies must be high-quality" in the minds of Asian fans, this is the goal that Yin Jun will actively strive for.
As long as you work hard for more than ten years, no matter how "brutal" Hollywood blockbusters are, Chinese films still have a lot of room to survive in Asia.
Wasn't it the same in previous lives?
Xiangjiang movies have been lonely for so many years, but when people see the names of Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa, Li Lianjie, and Zhou Xingchi, they will still buy it!