Golden Harvest now only has 27 cinemas, but Zhang Ran's own 4 cinemas and Warner's 3 cinemas are all high-quality cinemas, with an annual box office of more than 10 million, of which Shenzhen Golden Harvest Cinema had a box office of more than 40 million last year, ranking second in the country, second only to the magic capital Yonghua Cinema, that is to say, the annual box office of the entire Golden Harvest cinema line is about 150 million. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info plus 6 movies under construction, especially in the Magic City Cinema City under construction, focusing on IMAX, Golden Harvest's annual ticket sales can easily exceed 200 million.

Before joining the New Film Association, the annual box office of the Northern Cinema Line had exceeded 100 million yuan, ranking eighth in the country. Now the combination of Northern Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas is a strong combination, and it is entirely possible to enter the top three cinemas in the country within one or two years.

The merger of Golden Harvest and Northern Cinemas shocked the entire industry, and people in the circle were exclaiming that the wolf was coming, and even some experts analyzed the matter: "With the continuous improvement of the cinema line system, the competition between the cinema chain and the cinema chain is becoming more and more fierce. ”

Zhang Ran looked at the discussion of the media and thought it was funny, where can we be considered wolves, Wanda is the real wolf, but you haven't realized its strength, but for Hua Yi, it is indeed a wolf!

The conference room of Huayi was filled with smoke, and the entire high-level of Huayi had arrived. At this moment, everyone was smoking, and everyone had expressions of fear, uneasiness, worry and helplessness on their faces, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

Huayi has now been forced into a corner, and the strength of Jiahe Cinema can rank among the top five in the country. And the contradiction between Century Summit and Huayi is well known, no company dares to hand over its films to Huayi for distribution in the future, and no company dares to cooperate with Huayi. Huayi must take countermeasures to get out of this unfavorable situation, otherwise Huayi will be slowly crushed.

It's just that Zhang Ran has a lot of money in his hands, and he has joined forces with Mango Satellite TV and other TV stations, and now he has a theater chain in his hand, and Huayi can't take any good countermeasures at all.

After a while, Wang Zhongjun pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray fiercely: "Okay, don't sit still, let's talk about our opinions! What should we do now?"

Feng Xiaogang suddenly looked at Wang Zhongjun with a look of anticipation as if he thought of something, and said: "Mr. Wang, you have a good relationship with Ma Yun of Alibaba, he also has our shares in his hands, we can pull Ma Yun, as long as Ma Yun definitely helps, things will be easy to do." ”

As soon as Feng Xiaogang's suggestion came out, everyone echoed it as if they had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Yes, Ma Yun is also a shareholder of our Huayi, if Huayi really has a problem, then the money invested by Ma Yun will be wasted. Alibaba is much richer than Zhang Ran's peak of the century, as long as Alibaba injects capital into us, are we still afraid of his little Zhang Ran?"

"Yes, although Ma Yun's personal assets are not much, the Alibaba in his hands is much stronger than Zhang Ran's peak of the century. As long as he injects capital into Huayi, then we can also invest in theaters to make up for our shortcomings. ”

Although he didn't want to pour cold water, Wang Zhongjun had to let them recognize the facts: "Ma Yun don't think about it, he is very slippery." When I had tea with him last month, I pretended to have no intention of mentioning the bet, but he didn't say a word of politeness, and just refused!"

In fact, if Wang Zhongjun stood in Ma Yun's point of view, he would make the same choice, business is business, and he didn't want to get involved in unnecessary trouble.

Everyone was stunned, and they all closed their mouths to look at Wang Zhongjun, and the entire conference room was silent, and even the needle could be heard clearly.

Wang Zhongjun took a breath and said coldly: "We need financing, but the contradiction between us and the peak of the century is open, Zhang Ran has more than a billion dollars in his hands, and he is not optimistic about us inside and outside the circle, so it is very difficult to raise money." Not only Ma Yun, but I have mentioned this matter to several bosses I know. The other party either pretended not to hear it, or changed the topic, only Yang Zhicheng showed a little interest. Now that Zhang Ran has a cinema chain in his hand, and this cinema can rank in the top five among all cinemas in the country, it will definitely be more difficult to raise funds now!"

After listening to Wang Zhongjun's words, everyone present fell into silence, and the situation was even worse than everyone imagined.

Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but say: "Then what should we do, we can't sit still, right?"

Everyone else also said: "Yes, Mr. Wang, we all know that you have a lot of ideas, so you can just do what we should do now, we will all listen to you!"

Wang Zhonglei said solemnly: "I think so, there are two steps, the first is to find a way to raise money, the more money, the better, and strive to go public within two or three years, I will personally grasp this; We must pull the new film association into our camp, whether it is money or seduction, in short, we must pull the new film association over. As long as we can pull the new film association over, we have the ability to fight back. If Zhang Ran and they dare not arrange our films, then the New Film Federation will dare not schedule Zhang Ran's films!"

"Yes, yes, this is a solution! The New Film Association is the third largest cinema chain in the country, even if Zhang Ran and the others poached the northern cinema chain, it also ranks fourth, and its strength is stronger than Zhang Ran's Jiahe Cinema Line. ”

"If we can pull in the new film association, we are afraid that Zhang Ran will not succeed!"

The New Film Association is a large-scale inter-provincial cinema chain with Beiping as the core and radiating the surrounding areas, and has a good relationship with the Beijing circle, Huayi, and the Wang brothers. Wang Zhonglei said undeniably: "I'll do this, I'm familiar with the New Film Federation!"

Wang Zhongjun nodded, he believed in Wang Zhonglei's public relations ability, and continued: "It will take time to pull the new film association into our camp, and our movie is about to be released. In order to prevent Zhang Ran from hacking "Ink Attack", Cao He, your public relations department must be prepared. As long as Golden Harvest doesn't schedule our films, or the film schedule is relatively low, you will immediately shout monopoly in the newspaper, shout about the Paramount crisis, and say that Zhang Ran's behavior is endangering the entire film industry. The louder the better, and it's better to get the General Directorate to intervene!"

Cao He responded: "Mr. Wang, I will do something, you can rest assured!"

Half an hour later, the meeting ended, and Wang Zhongjun returned to his office. He leaned back on the sofa and muttered for a while, then picked up the phone and dialed Yang Zhicheng's phone: "Boss Yang, are you free?" I want to ask you to play golf!"

On November 22, the premiere of "Ink Attack" was held in Beiping, and many stars such as director Zhang Zhiliang and starring Liu Hua attended the ceremony, which opened the prelude to the New Year war.

At the press conference after the premiere, although many reporters questioned some details of the film, Zhang Zhiliang talked and laughed freely, answered freely, and showed a good demeanor. However, when a reporter asked what you thought of Fan Binbin's failure to attend the premiere due to illness, Zhang Zhiliang's face darkened: "Don't ask me about this, you go ask her!"

Hua Yi was very dissatisfied with Fan Binbin's absence from publicity, but they didn't have time to care about this, and now scheduling films is a top priority. After the film schedule came out the next day, Hua Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Although the main theme blockbuster "The Ballad of Yunshui" was released at the same time on the 23rd, "Ink Attack" still got 55% of the scheduled films, and "The Ballad of Yunshui" only got 30%. In the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, the film schedule of "Ink Attack" has reached 60%, which is higher than the national average.

On this morning, the door of a ward in Union Hospital was gently pushed open, and Zhang Jingchu appeared at the door of the ward with a bouquet of lilies in her hand. In the room, Fan Binbin sat on the bed in a hospital gown, snorting and nibbling on apples.

Fan Binbin saw Zhang Jingchu come in, and asked in surprise, "Jingchu, why are you here?"

Zhang Jingchu smiled and said, "You're sick, I'll come and take a look!"

Fan Binbin sneered, according to the contract, she must attend the promotion of "Ink Attack", but Zhang Ran and Rong Xinda have already said that their artists will not attend Huayi's film promotion, and she will definitely not be able to participate in the promotion of "Ink Attack". However, she was unwilling to return her salary like Zhang Jingchu, so she thought of a way - pretending to be sick. I was sick and hospitalized, and I was not intentionally absent from the publicity. So, Fan Binbin staged a good scene where he suddenly fainted during filming and was rushed to the hospital.

The reason why Zhang Zhiliang blackened his face yesterday was that he felt that Fan Binbin's reason was too bad, you said that you didn't want to come, but finding such a bad reason was simply insulting my IQ!

Fan Binbin threw away the apple core in his hand, wiped his hands with a tissue, and said with a smile: "I'm sick now, so I won't get up to greet you, you can sit by yourself!"

Zhang Jingchu put the flowers on the bedside table, coughed, pinched her throat to learn Zhang Ran's voice, and said, "Binbin, I have to criticize you a few words." Actors should cherish their bodies, and with their bodies, they can go further on the road of art and create more wonderful works!"

Fan Binbin was amused by Zhang Jingchu's tone and giggled, and Zhang Jingchu couldn't help but giggle when she saw Fan Bingbing laughing for the first time.

After laughing, Fan Binbin said with some curiosity: "Jingchu, have you finished filming?"

Zhang Jingchu said with a smile: "My drama will be filmed for almost a month. But Zhang Ran is going to Paris today, and the crew is on vacation now, so I'll come over to condolence you!"

At the same time, in the terminal building of the Capital International Airport, Zhang Ran, who was wearing sunglasses, was whispering to Guo Pei. They are preparing to travel to Paris for this year's Clion Ball, where Zhang Ran will be a guest and designer, and Guo Pei will be his assistant.

The Cleon Ball is held on Thanksgiving Saturday every year, because most of the girls attending the ball are in high school or university in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the ball is scheduled on the weekend of Thanksgiving, so that they can fly across the ocean to Paris for a night of a lifetime, this year on November 25th.

At this moment, Zhang Ran's mobile phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a text message: "The other party is very hesitant, please continue to press!"

Zhang Ran was overjoyed, originally thought that Hua Yi would wait until the box office fiasco of "Ink Attack" to talk about financing with Yang Zhicheng, but he didn't expect Hua Yi to sit still now. It seems that Golden Harvest Cinema Line has indeed put tremendous pressure on Huayi and pushed them to a desperate situation.

In fact, Zhang Ran himself is not interested in cinemas, if he doesn't want to build an ecological chain, he won't do cinemas at all. The theater chain is not a particularly profitable industry, and the reason why the six major Hollywood film companies do not do theaters in the United States is mainly because the profits of the theater chain are too small. Before Zhang Ran's rebirth, there were nearly 5,000 movie theaters in China, of which more than 3,000 were loss-making, with a loss rate of up to 60%.

But now it seems that the power of the theater chain is much greater than I imagined!

Now as long as the pressure continues, Hua Yi has no choice, even if he knows that it is poison, he can only gamble.

Zhang Ran immediately dialed Gao Jun's phone: "Lao Gao, cut the schedule of "Ink Attack". Starting tomorrow, cut the schedule of "Ink Attack" to 10%!"