Chapter 160: Wanda Pictures and Wanda Cinemas
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Wang Jinghua was not verbose after coming in, "Mr. Zhao, why are most of the movie theaters on the theater side playing the trailer of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", don't they know that our two families are rivals!"
It turned out to be this matter, Zhao Fang didn't care, "Mr. Wang, you should ask Mr. Ye about this!"
Wang Jinghua was angry when she mentioned this, and just now she called Ye Xuan, the general manager of Wanda Cinema Line, but the secretary of the other party said that he was in a meeting and waited for more than ten minutes to connect.
In the face of Wang Jinghua's questioning, Ye Xuan completely coped with the matter, and hung up the phone after a few perfunctory words This is the company's decision, which made Wang Jinghua very annoyed, and this is the scene in front of him.
After listening to Wang Jinghua's words, Zhao Fang was not surprised, organized the language, and said, "Mr. Wang should also know that our company will merge with the theater in two years!"
Wang Jinghua was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Fang's divergence of the topic, there had been rumors about this matter before, but what did he mean by talking about this at this time?
"I've heard a little. ”
"But do you know why it took two years to merge?"
"This...", Wang Jinghua never thought about this question.
"After the merger of the two companies, there must always be a priority, who is the general manager, how many vice presidents are there, and who are the heads of various departments?" Zhao Fang continued, "The past two years have actually been an assessment process, and whoever develops well will be the main one, and Ye Xuan's attitude is also expected." ”
After listening to Zhao Fang's explanation, Wang Jinghua understood that the two sides of the relationship are now in competition, and the merger is a major event for the entire company.
The departments under the two companies are similar, and when these departments are merged, the selection of the heads of each department may be a lot of money.
And one side will definitely not let go of the other party when it has the opportunity, as long as it is not too ugly, it will not say anything, after all, it is just normal business competition, and if you can't even deal with this, it is meaningless.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with Wanda Cinema Line this time, and Li Mu is not without money.
"Then our publicity will also be intensified, and it will be released in a few days, and we will face the pressure of the four movies "Thai Embarrassment", "Avatar", "Jinyiwei", and "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", and we must take advantage of the fact that there are no decent opponents to seize the market now!" Wang Jinghua said worriedly.
Zhao Fang nodded, the original release time was set in early January because during this time, movies such as "October Siege", "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" and "Mulan" were almost screened for more than half a month, and the market was in a vacuum.
And "Avatar" will have to wait until a month later to be released, but they didn't expect to have a "Thai Embarrassment" halfway, which caught them off guard.
Originally, they didn't pay attention to this "Thai Embarrassment" at all, but with the publicity during this time, not only them, but almost the entire entertainment industry was impressed by this movie.
After nearly a month of viral publicity, the film has attracted the attention of the audience, and after investigations by many authoritative companies, a considerable number of people have great expectations for the film.
It is estimated that as long as the film schedule keeps up, there is no problem for the box office to exceed 200 million in the ten days before the release of "Avatar".
However, Jiang Wen, as the director of the movie, is really not worried at all, "No matter who the opponent is, there is nothing to worry about in front of "Let the Bullets Fly", we just need to do our own thing, and let the audience decide the rest!" As a top director in China, Jiang Wen is quite confident in himself.
"There is no need to worry so much about it now, the previous "Thorn Tomb" has failed, this time we must succeed, otherwise the big words released before will become a laughing stock, and there is no way to explain to the head office!" Zhao Fang can only hope that this movie can really achieve the expected goal now, otherwise he was ambitiously ordered to form a new company and lost in less than half a year, which is undoubtedly a major blow to his future career.
"Mr. Zhao is right, we can only succeed this time, we can't afford to fail, I have already arranged the premiere the day after tomorrow, reporters and film critics, and Weibo's big V have been contacted, I hope to get off to a good start!" Wang Jinghua also looked dignified.
Not only Zhao Fang, she also needs a huge success to stabilize her position and prove that she is right to leave Huayi, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that her artists will not have any thoughts.
People in these years only fancy fame and fortune, and they follow Wang Jinghua to run away with them, isn't it because she can bring them enough benefits, as for cooperating for so long and having feelings, it's nonsense.
And even feelings need enough interests to maintain, otherwise everything is empty talk.
Jiang Wen is no better, don't look at his current face is light and light, and he looks determined to win.
In fact, now he is more nervous than anyone else, and any director who pounces on a big production of hundreds of millions of dollars is a devastating blow.
The cost of "Casting a Name" that Chen Kexin took over was as high as 300 million, but in the end it only gained more than 200 million at the box office, and lost all his money.
Until now, he has not directed a single film, but has served as an executive producer in "The Siege of October".
Unlike other directors, such as Chen Kaige, who filmed "Wu Ji", although the domestic box office is not enough to recover the cost, the overseas copyright has been sold for more than 200 million, allowing investors to make a small profit.
Even so, Chen Kaige only filmed "Mei Lanfang" after two years.
Blockbusters are the best way to measure a commercial director, which is why Zhang Yimou has been the No. 1 director in China for so many years, whether it is Ang Lee, who won the Oscar for Best Director, Chen Kaige, who filmed "Farewell My Concubine", and Wu Yusen, who made Hollywood blockbusters such as "Changing Face" and "Mission Impossible", failed to shake his status.
The reason is that Zhang Yimou has made almost no losses in the movies he has made over the years.
"Hero" in 02, with a cost of 300 million yuan, received a box office of 250 million yuan, plus an overseas box office of 25 million US dollars, making nearly 100 million.
The other "Ambush on All Sides", "The City Full of Golden Armor" and this year's "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" all made investors make a lot of money.
And Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" is a Chinese-style western style, and it is basically difficult to sell overseas copyrights, so you can only rely on the local box office, and once it fails, you don't know how long it will take to have such an opportunity again.
"Who were the guests invited to the premiere?" Jiang Wen, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke up.
"All major film companies have been invited, and most of the actors above the second tier who have time will come. Although it was a little strange, Wang Jinghua still said truthfully.
"What about Li Mu?" Jiang Wen asked again.
"This... Not really!" Wang Jinghua hesitated.
"Send him an invitation, otherwise it seems that we are too stingy, and I want to meet this young man too!" Jiang Wen said.
"Alright then, I'll write another invitation, and it's okay to have multiple people. Although he didn't really want to see Li Mu, Wang Jinghua would not refuse this small request, so he went out.
"Remember to arrange a better seat!" Jiang Wen also admonished at the end.
Wang Jinghua, who had already walked to the door, paused, dropped a sentence and opened the door and went out.
"I'm not that stingy!"