Why is it that most theater chains in the United States have very low profits, or even barely maintain breakeven, while theater managers are the envy of everyone?

This has to start with the American theater system, in the early days of Hollywood, all theaters were built by the big studios themselves, and the theaters were for the studios and belonged to the same boss, and since the promulgation of the anti-monopoly law in the film industry, all production companies have been prohibited from owning the right to operate theaters, and the theater chains have become independent.

But even so, the theater chain is still completely dependent on the studio's movies to survive, although there is popcorn and other income, but if you want to continue to operate, you still need the studio to continue to make good movies, so there is not much say in the box office share of the film.

On the contrary, they have another key power, that is, the right to schedule films, which is inconspicuous in the off-season, but once it comes to the schedule of blockbusters like the summer season, it is very critical, such as the same full attendance, whether to arrange "Transformers 2" or "The Avengers" is completely up to the theater.

Of course, in order not to go too far, theater managers have their own proportions, and this ratio is not too much, neither can make bad movies sell well, nor will the box office of good films drop sharply, but it can also affect the box office difference of 20% up and down a film.

Therefore, although dozens of theater managers in the United States are investigated and leave their jobs every year, this has formed a tacit understanding between theaters and production companies, and the two can be said to be interdependent, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find evidence to prove anything......

And more importantly, the scheduling of the cinema manager is a high-tech job, like an actuary who gambles, and non-professionals can't see the logic at all, let alone investigate......

Therefore, in several equity turmoil of AMC, the following theater managers have always been such a group of people, and it is also because good theater managers are very valuable human resources, which is why Gary Payton dares to argue with Li Xiaole.

Can ...... now This boss's chick actually found out the bottom of all the red envelopes they had received in the past, which really caught everyone off guard.

AMC's theater managers are too scared to speak, what's going on? How did they investigate so clearly? Could it be that there are people from the Black Pearl Company in the six major leagues? This Chinese company is simply a spy department...... There are all sorts of speculations going through everyone's mind.

Li Xiaole felt funny when he looked at these people, when he first saw Lei Ting's ability, he also had this expression, in this era, it is really cool to have the best hacker technology team in the world, and only Lei Ting can deal with the perverts in the Hacker Republic.

"If you go out, then I advise you to go directly to your lawyer." Lei Ting looked at them coldly and said, the five theater managers looked at each other one by one, their expressions were panicked and embarrassed, and after hesitation, they slowly sat back in their chairs.

At this moment, Gary Peyton, who took the lead in making trouble, could only cough dryly to hide his embarrassment, of course he understood that since Lei Ting could find out about these small characters, his handle naturally couldn't run away, and he was very smart to shut up as if nothing had happened......

"Well, since you're still sitting here, I'll assume that you accept my administrative policy, then you're our company's own people." Lei Ting looked around at everyone and shocked the audience, her voice still couldn't hear any expression: "For my own people, I won't hold you accountable for anything you have done before, and now I announce the first order of the AMC theater reform, all 4789 non-3D screens, all upgraded to digital 3D ......"

The heads of the people present were confused again, what was the situation? Not only will they not report it, but they will also upgrade the screen, which is equivalent to increasing the box office by at least one-third, as well as their performance dividends...... Looking at the people who were so surprised that their mouths were open, Lei Ting's voice became colder and said:

"The funds for upgrading the screen are distributed by me, you have to remember to me that every penny I give you is the funds of the Chinese head office, I don't want you to have any behavior to enrich your own pockets, I will keep an eye on you and dismiss the meeting."

First, there is a threat, and then there is the lure of investing large funds in reform and doubling dividends at the end of the year...... Everyone was stunned by the three fires of this tough female CEO, and after a meeting, AMC, which was originally difficult to control, was completely controlled by Lei Ting in the palm of her hand~

Looking at Gary Peyton, the old men, all of whom went out with complicated expressions, Li Xiaole couldn't help but look back at Lei Ting, and stretched out a thumbs up convincingly: "Sister Tingting~Niu~!" It's so magnificent~! I really didn't expect it~ You will just clean up these old foxes in this meeting~ "With this cool girl, he really doesn't have to worry about anything

"What's so rare about this, it's the same thing when I cleaned up those street gangsters in Seoul, but the way of threatening is different." Lei Ting snorted disappreciatively, glanced at Li Xiaole and sighed:

"I can only help you get here, the rest can only rely on your own struggle, this time the investment in upgrading the screen is around 500 million US dollars, plus the investment in the film and television base, if your "The Legend of the Great Sage" does not get a global box office of more than one billion US dollars, our company's two films this year will be in vain."

Looking at Lei Ting's rare and somewhat complaining eyes, Li Xiaole didn't know why, a trace of pity appeared in his heart, and he couldn't help but gently stepped forward and kissed her lightly on the cheek, and said softly: "Sister Lei, it's really hard for you, just finished the affairs of the base, and let you come to the United States to do these chores, so long to make you so worried~"

Lei Ting was stunned by his sudden gentleness, bit her lower lip, and seemed to struggle in her evil eyes, then got up and turned around to close the door and lock it, and then closed the curtains......

"What are you going to do this time...... Li Xiaole was stunned, and instinctively took two steps back.

"What else can I do, weren't you seducing me just now?" Lei Ting said, then walked over and pulled Li Xiaole's belt with a gentle hand, lifted him up, and whispered softly in his ear: "Yes, you succeeded, I took the bait." ”

"...... now? Over here~? Li Xiaole stammered: "Sister Tingting, I'll tie the knot...... Married...... You misunderstood~ I didn't mean that just now...... "Isn't this kind of glamorous plot only staged in erotic films?" It suddenly felt like none of this was real......

"You lit my fire, and then you were not responsible? You also said that I have worked hard lately~ I need to relax~" Lei Ting neatly ripped off Li Xiaole's trousers, put her hand in to hold his key parts, and gently kissed him on the mouth.

"But here~...... What should I do if someone comes in~? Li Xiaole felt that it was exciting and enjoyable, and he felt that it was against his moral conscience to do so, and tried to make the last "verbal resistance", but his hand unconsciously gently hugged Lei Ting's slender waist and felt the smoothness of her skin through her clothes.

"You forgot, I'm the CEO here, you can call with confidence, even if you shout loudly, I promise no one will dare to come in." After Lei Ting said this softly, she pushed Li Xiaole to the conference table, and at the same time gently pressed the remote control of the electric light on the table with her hand and turned off the lights in the room......

The next morning, the whole Hollywood was the same as in the AMC conference room, Li Xiaole and Lei Ting were turned upside down, and the news that the Chinese movie star Mei officially wholly acquired AMC Cinemas made the entire Hollywood League shake, the last time was that it was the Chinese holding Black Pearl Company that joined the Hollywood League, and this time there was a Chinese private enterprise that acquired AMC Cinemas, one of the two major theater chains in the United States!? It's incredible...... Is China going to invade Hollywood?

And what surprised everyone was that the representative of the Chinese film star beauty this time turned out to be Li Xiaole...... In other words, the acquisition is likely to be dominated by Black Pearl......

This has aroused the attention of major media, especially after AMC's new beauty CEO Lei Ting announced that he would invest nearly $500 million to upgrade all of AMC's screens to 3D screens, the industry was also stunned, as long as people with a little thinking ability understand, this is obviously Li Xiaole paving the way for his 3D blockbuster "The Legend of the Great Sage" at the end of the year.

You know, in order to make "Avatar" have enough 3D screens, Cameron once personally talked to the theater owner. In March 2005, at a film exhibition held at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Paris, he went all out to promote his new projection system. His words were inflammatory. "The world has entered a new era of cinema." The great director was constantly alarmist back then, warning cinema businessmen: "If they don't adjust the equipment in time now, they will definitely regret it in the future." ”

At the end of that year, only 79 theaters were able to play stereoscopic movies, and from 2005 to the present 4 years, there were only 3,000 3D screens in the United States...... Compared to the efficiency of promoting 3D, Jesus Lee is simply much better than James Cameron.

Could it be that he is so confident in his own Chinese-made film? With so much investment, does this mean that Chinese films will produce a lot of 3D themes in the future to enter the Hollywood market? After the acquisition of AMC by China Film Star Mei, Black Pearl Company has the strength to completely challenge the industry boss like Warner in all aspects, you must know that the entire North American box office last year was only 9.8 billion, and this year, Black Pearl Company has won more than one billion in North America with two movies, and the global box office has exceeded 2 billion, only after Warner and Twentieth Century Fox.