Chapter 185: Forming an Alliance (Part 2)
Even if Golden Harvest scraped together enough money to buy a theater in the United States, it was only the beginning and not the end, and Zou Wenhuai had to continue to invest money in the theater.
After all, Zou Wenhuai is not like Wu Ming, who has a film giant company in the United States. It's not so simple to make a theater chain profitable. Zou Wenhuai has no connections in the United States, and it is impossible for the theater chain to have sufficient film sources, so he can only keep losing money.
So although Zou Wenhuai thought about buying a theater chain in the United States, he gave up after thinking about it. Therefore, hearing Wu Ming say that he has a theater chain in the United States, Zou Wenhuai is really envious. Don't look at the lucky cinema chain in the United States, it is a small cinema chain, but it is already a large cinema chain in Xiangjiang. Even if it is a little inferior to Golden Harvest Cinemas and Shaw Cinemas, it is not much different.
Wu Ming looked at Zou Wenhuai with a smile on his face, and said happily: "Luen Mei Pictures is already preparing for the screening of "Best Partner" in the United States, and this movie will probably be released in Lucky Theaters next month. ”
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were shocked again.
Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng, and Mai Danxiong looked proud, and there were not many films in the entire Xiangjiang that could be screened in the United States. Now their boss has a theater chain in the United States, and in the future, all the movies produced by DreamWorks will be released in the United States.
"It seems that in the future, we Jiahe will rely on Wu Sheng's help. Zou Wenhuai said with emotion.
Originally, seeing that "Best Partner" was so good, Zou Wenhuai regretted that he agreed to DreamWorks at the beginning. Now that he knows that Wu Ming has a theater chain in the United States, Zou Wenhuai completely left his regrets behind, and wanted to win over Wu Ming more, so that Golden Harvest's films could be screened in lucky theaters in the future.
Wu Ming blinked, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. He understands that what Zou Wenhuai said today means that Golden Harvest is completely moving closer to DreamWorks. After Golden Harvest tastes the sweetness, it will be completely reduced to the little brother of DreamWorks.
"Zou Sheng, I hope that your future films can increase some production funds, so that the films can be more sophisticated. I'm also going to get your film to be distributed in the United States. Wu Ming suggested with a smile.
Zou Wenhuai nodded and replied with a smile: "That's natural, that's how it should be!"
Wu Ming hopes that Golden Harvest's films will be as well-made as possible, so that they will be more conducive to the promotion of Chinese-language films in the United States. He is not afraid that Jiahe will fight back when he grows up, even if Jiahe makes enough money in the United States in the future, it is impossible to kick Wu Ming away.
When Golden Harvest makes enough money, the price of theaters in the United States will also rise. And there is no large film company or various connections in Hollywood to help, and a Chinese like Zou Wenhuai can't play a theater in the United States.
They don't have the good luck of Wu Ming, they can buy Lianmei, one of the eight giants of Hollywood, for only $400 million. In the future, MGM and Columbia, which are not worth two or three billion dollars. What's more, the water in Hollywood is so deep, does Golden Harvest have a capital loss of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars?
If it weren't for C+, an already formed brokerage company, and the help of Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer, Wu Ming's Luen Mei would have lost at least $10 million or 20 million now.
Therefore, if Zou Wenhuai is smart and developed in the future, he will be even more able to follow in the footsteps of Wu Ming.
Wu Ming smashed his mouth, and then said with a smile: "In the future, our DreamWorks will set up a review department, and if Zou Sheng's Jiahe wants to have any movies that want to be distributed in the United States in the future, they can be sent to DreamWorks." As long as it passes, it will be screened in my dad's lucky theater in the United States. With the quality of Golden Harvest's films, a small half of them should pass the review. After adding some production budget to make the film more sophisticated, it should be able to make most of it pass the review. ”
"Really?!" Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang both looked at Wu Ming with surprise on their faces.
Wu Ming nodded and smiled: "I never regret what I say." ”
"That's so grateful to Wu Sheng. Zou Wenhuai said.
Wu Ming shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I just hope that in the future, Golden Harvest can advance and retreat with DreamWorks and develop together. The release date of the film was also discussed together, and after DreamWorks also established a theater chain in Xiangjiang, our two theaters could also be screened together. ”
Double-line couplings are still relatively rare in Xiangjiang today, but they are very common in the mainland in later generations. And it's not just a two-line connection, but a multi-line connection. The films that air in various theaters are the same for a period of time. Compared with the current single-cinema screening in Xiangjiang, the advantages of multi-cinema joint screening are obvious.
The ultimate goal of Wu Ming's two-line joint screening is to establish a cinema alliance in Xiangjiang, and then unify the films of various film companies, and then make the films get a higher box office.
It's just that the current boss of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Shao Yifu, has a bad relationship with himself, and DreamWorks has not yet become a big company in Xiangjiang. Therefore, Wu Ming is ready to wait for a few years after the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line changes hands and DreamWorks also becomes the leading boss of the Xiangjiang film industry, and then prepare for the cinema alliance. Now when DreamWorks is still weak, it is enough to temporarily connect with Golden Harvest.
Zou Wenhuai hesitated when he heard the words "double-line screening", although the double-line screening is more beneficial to Golden Harvest, the current overlord of the Xiangjiang film industry, but after watching "Best Partner", he didn't dare to underestimate DreamWorks anymore.
He is afraid that DreamWorks will take the opportunity of the two-line joint screening to grow rapidly, not to mention that DreamWorks' theaters have not yet appeared, who knows when DreamWorks' theaters will appear. Then Zou Wenhuai thought of Wu Ming's character of not treating money as money, and then thought that now Golden Harvest has developed to the end in Xiangjiang and even Southeast Asia, and only Hollywood is his driving force in the film industry.
So Zou Wenhuai gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Okay, I promise you, Wu Sheng." In the future, we Golden Harvest will form an alliance with your Dream Factory. ”
After receiving Zou Wenhuai's reply, a happy smile appeared on Wu Ming's face.
"Very good, Zou Sheng, don't worry, I won't let my friends suffer. Although I don't have a cinema chain in Xiangjiang, I still have a large cinema chain in Southeast Asia. In the future, Golden Harvest will work in Southeast Asia, although you can come to DreamWorks. ”
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were all taken aback when they heard this, they didn't expect Wu Ming to quietly set up a large cinema chain in Southeast Asia. Moreover, the 13,000-seat theater chain is just a small theater chain in Wu Ming's mouth, and the large theater chain may have at least tens of thousands of seats, or even hundreds of thousands of seats.
The result was indeed beyond their expectations, Wu Ming's cinema chain in Southeast Asia was actually a super-large cinema chain with 76 theaters and 300,000 seats.
There are also two chapters, one at 12 o'clock and one at 2 o'clock in chapters.