Under Jiang Zhiqiang's matchmaking, Kang Jianfei quickly got in touch with Martin Cinema Company, and the two sides agreed to test the film in Georgia two days later.

Jiang Zhiqiang handled the affairs of the temporary theater line alone, and Kang Jianfei went to Georgia with Zeng Bolin after a little preparation.

When they came to the headquarters of Martin Cinema Line, they were greeted by Carl, the director and general manager of Martin Cinema Line? Patrick. In another time and space, this person will deliberately buy shares of the cinema chain as a director of the company next year, and eventually take control of Martin Cinema Company, and connect the names of his two sons, and change the name of Martin Cinema Line to Carmichael Cinema Line.

Cal? Patrick had a mustache and his clothes were burned straight. This old guy was knighted in England, and he has the temperament of an old aristocratic person.

If you can talk about it, then this person in front of you is your nobleman. Kang Jianfei enthusiastically with Carl? Patrick shook hands and said, "Hello Mr. Patrick, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Cal? After Patrick shook hands with Kang Jianfei, he laughed and said, "Sure enough, it's you, Kang, when that Mr. Jiang mentioned your name, I guessed that it was you." ”

Kang Jianfei was a little surprised and said, "Have we seen it?" ”

Cal? "I was shopping in Hollywood for Christmas and I heard that Maestro Bernstein was going to conduct the New Year's Day concert, so I stayed in Los Angeles for two extra days," Patrick said. ”

Kang Jianfei understood at this time, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Padraic was also in the concert hall at the time, and he knew that I would contact you at that time." ”

Cal? Patrick said: "I didn't expect you to be not only a musician, but also a film company owner. ”

Kang Jianfei would not let go of this opportunity to get closer to the relationship between the two, he took out a Tao Xun he carried with him and said: "It turns out that Mr. Patrick likes music, this Tao Xun is made by me, if you don't dislike it, please accept this meeting gift." ”

Cal? Patrick has a knighthood, so it is natural that he has to show his aristocratic personality at any time - for example, to attend a symphony concert. He doesn't like Kang Jianfei's Tao Xun very much, but there is an ancient oriental musical instrument for collection, and it is handmade by Chinese musicians, and he can still take it out to show off in the future.

After taking Tao Xun, Carl? Patrick said, "Kang, let's watch the film first, shall we?" ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "Don't you have to wait for someone from the distribution company?" ”

Cal? Patrick laughed, "No, as long as I'm optimistic." ”

Martin Cinemas and that publishing company are both owned by Fuqua, and Carl? Patrick is the vice chairman and president of Fuqua, and he naturally has the final say in this kind of thing.

Martin Cinemas is a long-established cinema company, back in 1912, Roy? Martin founded the Martin Cinema chain.

35 years ago, the young Karl? Patrick joined Martin Cinemas as a novice, and with his superior ability and means, he became the general manager and director of Martin Cinemas in just three years. More than twenty years later, Carl? Patrick transformed Martin Cinemas from a small theater chain to one of the top 10 largest theater companies in the United States.

After Fuqua acquired Martin Cinemas, Carl? Patrick also became a shareholder of Fuqua by virtue of his stake in Martin Cinemas. It took another decade or so, Carl? Patrick climbed up step by step, and actually mixed up with the vice chairman and president of Fuqua.

From Karl? Patrick's professional experience shows how powerful this old guy is.

This guy is not yet 60 years old, and he is obviously the president of Fuqua Industries, but he holds the position of general manager of Martin Cinemas, and he even has to watch the film in person many times.

Perhaps in the old man's heart, Martin Cinemas is the most important, more important than the parent company Fuqua Industrial. By the next year, he deliberately bought the shares of the theater company from other shareholders, named the theater after his son, and gradually made it the fourth largest theater chain in the United States.

Kang Jianfei followed Carl? Patrick came to the screening room, and in addition to the two of them, there was also Zeng Bolin, the follower brought by Kang Jianfei, and Carl's assistant. The film hasn't started yet, Carl? Patrick's youngest son, Michael? Patrick also came in.

Michael is nominally the assistant general manager of Martin Cinemas, but in fact he is the real manager of Martin Cinemas. Because his father also has to manage Fuqua Industries, it is Michael who is handling the specific affairs of the theater chain many times.

Michael? Patrick looked to be less than thirty years old, tall and thin, quite handsome, but unfortunately a black mole on his nose ruined the overall image.

The light on the movie projector was turned on, and Michael pointed to the big screen and asked with a smile: "This is the Chinese movie that 'Jiang' said?" ”

Cal? Patrick said to his son: "This Mr. Kang is an Oriental musician, and his performance at the Los Angeles Music Center was conducted by Maestro Bernstein himself. ”

"Really? It's amazing. Michael was slightly surprised, and it was clear that Bernstein's name was still a bluff.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Little Mr. Patrick and Jiang Zhiqiang know each other?" ”

Michael smiled: "Of course we know, we have known each other for more than five years." Martin Cinemas sometimes needs to go to Europe to buy films, and Jiang often appears at major film festivals in Europe to buy films, and he and I met him at the Venice Film Festival, and we are familiar with each other. ”

While the two were talking, the opening animation of Oriental DreamWorks on the screen had already begun. As soon as the music comes to mind, Patrick and his son are drawn to the title.

Cal? Patrick whispered, "DreamWorks, DreamWorks...... Old Tom, replay the intro. ”

"Yes, sir." The projectionist responded.

Curious, Michael asked his father, "What happened?" ”

"Nothing, just remembering something." Cal? Patrick laughed.

Seeing the English letters of DreamWorks on the screen, the old gentleman obviously remembered the past when he was young.

35 years ago, Carl? Patrick was a young man with a love for cinema and joined the sluggish Martin Cinemas as a projectionist.

From an ordinary projectionist, he has grown into a film buyer little by little, and has been running around major film companies in the United States all year round. Later, he became the manager of a theater and then the general manager of an entire theater chain.

Cal? Patrick gave a lot for Martin Cinemas, and he got a lot for it. This qiē is just a movie dream from a young age.

Cal? Patrick has always believed that the time he spent as a small projectionist in the theater was the happiest time of his life. You don't have to pay for it, you can watch a variety of different movies every day, and that kind of work is simply enjoyable.

Cal? Patrick turned to Kang Jianfei and said, "Young man, the name of your company is great. ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Soon put it into the feature film, this copy of "Royal Senior Sister", Kang Jianfei specially asked someone to make English subtitles, but the dialogue is still Cantonese and Japanese.

After the movie was screened, Michael, who was still a little disdainful of Hong Kong films, had completely let go of the idea of contempt.

Judging from the flying cars and explosion scenes in this movie, even if it is put in Hollywood, it is a first-class level, and the plot of the movie is also very good, and the action scenes are even more explosive in Hollywood action movies.

The only thing to worry about is that the film's cast is all Asian, and the story takes place in Asia, which may reduce the enthusiasm of American audiences.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Cal? Patrick was the first to applaud and exclaimed, "It's a very good action movie, even in Hollywood." Mr. Kang, Martin Cinemas decided to screen it. ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "How is Mr. Patrick going to operate?" ”

Cal? Patrick said: "I'll take care of the publicity, Mr. Kang don't worry." Now that Christmas has passed for almost a month, it is the off-season for movies, and there are no good films to show, so I decided to allocate 100 screens to this "Royal Warrior". ”

Kang Jianfei sighed in his heart: The United States is different, and there are 100 screens at any time. The three major cinema chains in Hong Kong are so lively, and the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, which has the largest number of theaters, has only 19 theaters in total.

Kang Jianfei asked: "How to divide the box office?" ”

Cal? Patrick thought for a moment and said, "If the box office is under $2 million, I can only give you a 15 percent of the box office." On top of that, for every $1 million you add to the box office, I'll give you an additional 1 share. ”

Kang Jianfei roughly calculated, although there are many screens of 100, the Martin Cinema Line is a small community theater, and there are few theaters with more than 1,000 seats. According to the average of 800 seats on each screen, three screenings a day, even if the theater is full, it will be 480,000 box office per day.

But the attendance rate of this kind of small community theater has always been very low, and even if there is a box office of 240,000 per day, it will only be 2.4 million in ten days. Ten days later, the attendance rate may be even lower, and the death will not sell for 4 million.

That is, Karl? Patrick also only gave him a box office share of 17 at most.

Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "How is the box office share from 18?" As Mr. Patrick said, it's the off-season for the American film market, and there are no good films to be released. If it weren't for my "Royal Sister", Martin Cinemas would have had to find other bad movies to make up the numbers. In that way, not only will you not be able to make money, but you will lose a lot of money if you put it in one game. ”

Michael next to him said: "Mr. Kang, because Martin Cinema Line is a small community cinema chain, the profit is generally very low, if you give you a little more share, we will lose money." ”

Kang Jianfei shrugged and said, "If the score is so low, then I might as well go to those mainstream theaters for the first round of screenings." Mr. Patrick, you said yes? ”

Cal? Patrick thought about it for a moment and said, "Then start at 16." ”

Kang Jianfei bargained: "17. ”

Cal? Although Patrick is the vice chairman and president of a large industrial group, he is still so calculating, and he actually broke out the decimal point: "16.5." ”

"Okay." Kang Jianfei was convinced. He can only hope that after the release of "Royal Senior Sister", it will cause a sensation, otherwise he will not be able to get more than 20 shares. RS