At 7:50 p.m., summer arrives at The Peninsula.

"Hello, Mr. Xia, I have admired my name for a long time! I'm Li Guoxing!" said a man who looked to be in his forties, weather-drum, and like an old farmer in the countryside.

Xia smiled and nodded, but she was not surprised by Li Guoxing's appearance.

Because in order to know himself and his opponent and win all battles, he collected some information about Li Guoxing before coming, and knew that he followed his uncle to the streets and alleys to sell videos when he was a teenager, which can be said to be a lot of hardships and hardships. In fact, he is only thirty-two years old this year, but he suffered too much back then, so he looks older.

"Hello Mr. Li, I have admired your name for a long time. Summer also said with a sincere smile.

Li Guoxing's legendary experience from a poor boy selling videos on the street to one of the largest distributors in the Chinese film industry is really admirable in Summer. You must know that people don't have the golden finger of "rebirth crossing".

"Really, I'm so honored. Li Guoxing saw that Xia was not like a compliment, but really admired himself, and felt very happy, "Let's talk while eating, Mr. Xia." ”

"Well, I was hungry too. Summer laughed.

……

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

The two began to get down to business.

"Mr. Xia, I like to go straight and don't like to go around in circles. To be honest, I'm very interested in your "Mr. Zombie" and want to buy it for distribution in Nanyang. Li Guoxing got straight to the point.

"Well, it's a pleasure. Xia smiled, he doesn't like to go around doing things, it's too boring, "I don't know how much Mr. Li is willing to pay?"

"I know that the total box office of "Mr. Zombie" in Hong Kong is 25.6 million, like that. I paid HK$35 million to buy out the distribution rights of "Mr. Zombie" in Nanyang and the distribution rights of the videotape. What do you think?" asked Li Guoxing tentatively.

Summer smiled slightly. Generally, if Hong Kong films are sold to Taiwan, the sell-out price is basically 7/5 of the Hong Kong domestic box office. If it is sold to Nanyang, the out-of-sale price is 15% of the local box office in Hong Kong. This sell-out refers to only copies of the film, not the videotapes.

"Mr. Zombie" has a box office of 25.6 million in Hong Kong, and the out-of-sale price in Nanyang should be 38.2 million. Li Guoxing paid 35 million to buy out the distribution rights of the movie, which can be regarded as a fair bid. But if you want to buy the distribution rights of the videotape. It's a little too greedy.

Others may not look down on the profits of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the release of video tapes, but the summer knows that the next few years will be the golden period of video distribution, and a popular movie can earn one or two million just by releasing video tapes. Li Guoxing wanted to spend nothing, so he grabbed this business, and he was too foolish to think of himself.

In 1975, Sony Corporation launched the world's first home video recorder Betamax, which is translated into Chinese as Bet Marcos, referred to as beta recorder. In Hong Kong, it is commonly known as the small 1/2 video recorder.

In 1976, Japan's JVC company launched a home video recorder in VHS format; IN 1978, PHILIPS LAUNCHED THE VIDEO-2000 RECORDER.

It has only been 10 years since the video recorder was launched, and because of its high price, it has not been popularized on a large scale. But in the next few years, the summer knew that the video recorder would definitely be popularized.

Because the price of electronic technology products like this is falling rapidly over time. is like the big brother back then, the price is twenty or thirty thousand. Demand is also in short supply. But ten years later, there are no more people who use it.

Now the sales of video tapes are tens of thousands of boxes. Just make hundreds of thousands, one or two million, which can only be regarded as a small amount of money, and of course these film companies don't care. But within a year or two, as soon as the sales of video recorders increase, the sales of video tapes will immediately rise, and there is no need to worry about piracy.

This is because the format used by the three video recorder manufacturers is different. Their tapes are not compatible with each other, which also makes the production cost of video tapes slow down.

For example, a blank video tape now costs more than 60 Hong Kong dollars. The cost of recording a movie video is as high as 70 or 80 Hong Kong dollars, so the cost of piracy is too high. The distribution of pirated video tapes has also been curbed. Therefore, the next few years will be a golden age for the development of video tapes.

In the summer, I remember that in '88, the Hong Kong box office of "Overlord Flower" invested by Cheng Long was only more than 16 million, which could only be regarded as a small profit. But this film earned nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong and Taiwan just by releasing the videotape.

"Overlord Flower" is only a movie of average quality, and it can still make so much money. If a **** like "Mr. Zombie" releases a video in the future, it is possible to earn twenty or thirty million.

In the summer, I remember that when the VCD was on fire and pirated discs were rampant, Lin Zhengying's zombie films, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie's action movies, Zhou Runfa's gambling films, and Zhou Xingchi's jokes were the four most popular films.

"35 million, you can buy out the distribution rights of "Mr. Zombie" in Nanyang, but not the distribution rights of the videotape. Summer waved his hand and said, "Mr. Li, don't bully me when I'm young, just think I'm so foolish." In my opinion, the release of a video tape may be more profitable than the release of a movie in theaters. ”

When Li Guoxing heard this, he immediately showed a surprised expression, and he really couldn't understand how Xia Xia could see this.

Because until now, video recorders have been just the playthings of the rich. The price of four or five thousand Hong Kong dollars for a machine is indeed not something that ordinary people can afford.

In Hong Kong, the sales volume of a movie is only four or five thousand boxes at most, and it is usually sold to video rental shops for rental. Because the price of a box of video tapes is 150 Hong Kong dollars to 200 Hong Kong dollars, to be honest, ordinary people can't afford it at all, so they can only rely on renting.

However, based on his many years of experience in selling video tapes, Li Guoxing concluded that such a convenient form of home entertainment as a video recorder would definitely become popular in Hong Kong and Nanyang in the future, so he was very optimistic about the business of video distribution.

I didn't expect that Summer was young and had never set foot in video distribution, so he could see the prospects, which was really unusual.

"In this way, how about I add another two million and buy out the distribution rights of the videotape?" In order to verify whether Xia really saw the prospect of the development of the videotape, or used this as a reason to raise the price, Li Guoxing tried to add another two million.

Summer smiled, "Mr. Li, don't be tempted anymore, if you want to buy the video distribution rights of "Mr. Zombie", you have to pay me at least 10 million Hong Kong dollars." Otherwise, this matter will not be discussed!"

"That's impossible, Mr. Xia, you know that our Meiya is a small business, not as rich as Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Shaw Brothers. To be honest with you, I scraped together more than 30 million yuan, where can I get another 10 million for you!" Li Guoxing heard this, and immediately said with a wry smile.

Founded in 1982, it has only been three years now, although there is financial support from Nanyang, coupled with Li Guoxing's own efforts, Meiya Entertainment has developed very rapidly, but its strength is still not comparable with giants such as Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Shaw Brothers.

"In this way, 35 million will buy out the film distribution rights of "Mr. Zombie", and as for the distribution rights of the videotape, we can take another way of cooperation. Summer smiled slightly.

He also knew that it was a little difficult for Meiya to take out nearly 50 million funds at once, after all, it was not a giant like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and it could only rank at the bottom of the four major publishers at present.

"What kind of cooperation?" asked Li Guoxing curiously.

"I'll license the video distribution rights of Mr. Zombie to you, and we'll split the revenue in half in the future, what do you think?" suggested Summer.

"If it's half a point, we're at a loss. After all, we are also responsible for production, publicity, and distribution. In this way, how about you three and me seven?" Li Guoxing thought for a while.

"Well, one person takes a step back, you six and I four, how about it?" Xia thought for a moment, and then summed up.

"That's it!" Li Guoxing summed it up and nodded with a smile.

Nowadays, the price of a high-quality movie can be as high as 200 Hong Kong dollars, and the cost price is only 70 or 80 yuan. If you calculate the proportion of six to four, you can earn forty or fifty yuan for one videotape. If the operation is good, it is no problem to sell hundreds of thousands of plates in the Nanyang area, which is a profit of millions.

"Working with Mr. Li is a pleasure. Summer also smiled with satisfaction.

By distributing the videotapes, he can also earn millions or even tens of millions. And this business is a trickle, unless the video disappears one day, there will always be money to be made.

"Mr. Xia, I know that you have been making four movies recently, and I am also very interested in those movies. Li Guoxing said with a smile again.

"Of course I'm glad that Mr. Li is interested, but those movies haven't been made yet, and they haven't been released yet. Summer waved his hand.

"I know, but I want to bet with Mr. Xia. Li Guoxing nodded.

"Bet?!" Summer was a little confused.

"That's right, these four have not yet been released, and the box office is not yet known. Maybe the box office is good, maybe the box office is bad, I don't think you can guarantee this, Mr. Xia. "So I want to gamble my eyesight and buy the distribution rights of these four films in advance." If the box office is good, then I have missed it, and if the box office is not good, I am blind. Mr. Xia, you can ensure the harvest in drought and flood, I don't know what to do?"

"Then how much money do you come up with?" Xia also thought it was a little interesting when she heard it.

"In this way, I will pay 30 million for "Zombie Family", 32 million for "Detective Chocolate", 20 million for "The True Color of Heroes", and 15 million for "Overlord Flower". Mr. Xia, what do you think of this price?" Li Guoxing said confidently, he believed that Xia should not refuse such a generous price. (To be continued.) )

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