On this day, on the fifteenth floor of the Charles Building in Los Angeles, outside the lobby of AMC's headquarters office, the employees were all looking panicked, and everyone had some worry in their eyes, looking at the closed door of the conference room from time to time.

They discussed one after another: "I heard that once Li Xiaole acquires any company, the performance of that company will double, do you think our company will do the same?" "God knows...... He brought a lot of Chinese this time, and the front-line employees definitely don't have to worry, but we, the management, must have to change blood......"

In the conference room, Li Xiaole and his acquisition team, Jerry López and his partners were all present, Li Xiaole looked at the contract spread out on the conference table, and then looked at Jerry López and others opposite, he suddenly remembered that when he first came to the United States, it was so difficult for him to get a movie distribution opportunity at MGM, and now, he will soon get the second largest theater in the United States.

Life is really interesting, Li Xiaole sighed again in his heart, smiled, and signed his name on the contract with a pen. Lei Ting took the contract to the other side of the conference table, handed the pen and said, "Mr. López, it's your turn." ”

The partners of AMC quickly signed their names, Jerry López was the last to sign, and after signing his name, he had a relieved expression on his face, looking at Li Xiaole's eyes as if he had thrown a hot potato to him, and said with some schadenfreude: "Mr. Li, AMC will rely on you in the future, and I believe that the company will definitely flourish under your leadership." ”

"No, this is the industry of Chinese film stars, I'm just an agent." Li Xiaole shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and sent Jerry Lopez and the others out of the office, looking at their eyes that were out of the sea of suffering, and looking at their own pitying eyes, Li Xiaole couldn't help but sneer in his heart, these guys are too stupid, they hold treasures in their hands but don't know how to dig them.

In the past summer file, several new forms of animated 3D movies dominated the market, dwarfing films that cannot be expressed by 3D means. In the future, the film market will see more and more 3D animated films, and the biggest problem at present is that 3D animated films emerge in an endless stream, and peers have to compete for limited 3D screens. The screen shortage has also shortened the average running time of 3D movies in the summer season, except for "Slam Dunk", by several weeks compared to last year, which has greatly affected box office revenue.

Because of the choice of summer schedules, which are released at the same time, the profit margins of 3D animated films are gradually decreasing. The running time of each film in theaters is also reduced. The average screen time of 3D animated films has increased from 8 in 2007. 7 weeks, shortened to the current 3. 1 week.

Now that everyone is making 3D animated movies, the number of 3D theaters has not increased much, which is the biggest problem at present.

It's not that the theater leadership is stupid, it's just that they have been unwilling to spend $75,000 to upgrade an analog theater to a digital theater, let alone spend an additional $25,000 to upgrade to a 3D theater. Currently, only 6,600 of the 37,000 theaters in the U.S. can play digital movies, and only 3,030 of them can play 3D movies.

To put it bluntly, everyone thinks the same, although the 3D animated film market is hot, but everyone is not willing to upgrade the theater for a type of film, after all, 2D can also make money.

This is a bit like the era of 3G network in the whole of China, and there is a better 4G technology early on, but it will take a few years to squeeze the 3G technical dividends clean, and then gradually promote the 4G network, now it depends on who dares to eat this crab first.

As the nominal CEO Lei Ting came to power, the first thing Li Xiaole told her to do was to hold a management meeting, he participated as an observer, and there was silence in the big meeting, and the eyes of AMC's Chinese management did not want to look at Lei Ting, but instinctively looked at Li Xiaole's side.

"Look over here." Lei Ting knocked on the table with her slender fingers, and looked at everyone coldly, and many of AMC's management looked at this side, everyone's eyes were very ambiguous, looking at this tall and charming Asian beauty, everyone knew that this sexually scummy chick was Li Xiaole's "puppet", and the corners of her mouth unconsciously smiled.

"Hello everyone, maybe you don't know me yet, so I'll introduce myself briefly." Lei Ting looked at them coldly:

"My name is Lei Ting, now I am your new boss, my way of working is very simple, I said, you do, I don't want to hear any objections, I don't need any advice from any of you, there is no democracy in this office, if you don't want to do it, you can leave now."

As soon as he said this, the faces of all AMC's management changed, you know, the people here are all old courtiers who have at least ten years of experience in this 93-year-old cinema company, and a few are the veterans of the Three Dynasties who have stayed after the overlap of management rights for many times, no matter who will be the chairman, the thousands of theater chains across the United States below will still be managed by them, such a young girl will train people, this is really too much, everyone's eyes are looking at the person wearing a white suit and a mustache, A white-haired old man who looks like an Old West cowboy.

The old man with a beard also frowned and stood up, looked at Lei Ting and smiled: "Miss Lei, you are still young, you may not understand our company's corporate culture, our AMC culture has always been free, equal, and democratic...... This may not be in line with your country, but I believe that Miss Lei you should adapt quickly if you are so smart, otherwise I am afraid that the employees below will be resentful and it will not be good if they don't work~~"

Li Xiaole looked at this old man with a beard, looking at this side as if he was talking and demonstrating, and also recognized this person as Gary Payton, the general manager of the theater chain in the AMC California region, who is the head of this group of management, and has always been a thorn, but his ability is also outstanding, and he is stabilizing the overall situation after several turmoil in AMC.

This old guy looked at his side, obviously he didn't count Lei Ting seriously...... Li Xiaole couldn't help but smile slightly in his heart, you old man will definitely be unlucky today.

"Gary Payton, huh?" Lei Ting looked at him coldly, then pointed to the door and said: "AMC company has now been acquired by our Chinese movie star Mei, this is already a Chinese company, since it is a Chinese company, naturally there is no need for American company culture, our culture is only one, that is, you must listen to me, if you are not satisfied, I can go out and write a letter of resignation now, and I will compensate you for 3 months' salary to find another job elsewhere." ”

Gary Payton listened to the old face shake, touched his mustache with his hand, but he was not angry and just sat down with a smile, spread his hand and said, "Okay, Miss Lei, what you said is reasonable, alas...... It's true that my old fellow has nowhere to go but to nest here, but I don't know if the promising young people of our company will think so......"

Gary Payton looked at the other people at the conference table as he spoke, and immediately someone realized it, and four or five people stood up separately, and shouted with anger on their faces, "How can the top of the company be so authoritarian? This is completely inconsistent with our company's traditions, and if Miss Lei wants to use this excuse to replace us management, then let's put it bluntly, why use this way to drive us away! As he spoke, several people were ready to go outside.

The other management watched this scene quietly, the new boss's chick wanted to give his side a dismissal, of course they had to fight back, the five people who stood up were regional managers in several large states, if they left at the same time, then the company that had already experienced equity delivery would be more turbulent, not only the stock price would be affected, but the whole company would be panicked.

And more importantly, the reason they said was not disobedience to the company's management, but "Miss Lei found an excuse to replace our management", which will cause the hostility of subordinate employees to Lei Ting, the new boss, and there will be no need to carry out any work in the future.

Li Xiaole squinted at all this, and understood in his heart that these people are all descendants of Gary Payton, even if they resign, when the conflict intensifies, Lei Ting will not be able to control the overall situation, Gary Payton is coming to be a peacemaker, these people will still be called back, not bad...... Sure enough, it was an old fox, but unfortunately it was Lei Ting who they met, Li Xiaole couldn't help sneering in his heart.

"Dan Lein, regional manager of New York State, joined in 1997, and began to have a relationship with Fox in 2001, when "Battle of the Planet of the Apes" and "Silent Vitality" privately changed the schedule of the two films to give 20% of the schedule, and in the same month in the bank account opened in the name of your eldest son Luther, 70,000 US dollars were anonymously transferred, and the 2003 "X-Men 2" schedule increased by 30% in New York, and in the same year Luthor's account was anonymously transferred to $90,000......" Lei Ting looked at the person who walked the fastest among the 5 menacing people, and said coldly.

Everyone in the audience was immediately stunned, and Dan Lein even opened his mouth in shock, exclaiming in his heart, how did she know!?

Paul O'Ironing, joined in 1994 as the regional manager of New Jersey, and after 2003, he secretly began trading with Walt Disney, and in the same year, "Finding Nemo" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" increased the number of films by 40%, and then took bribes in the "Song Youth" series and "Cars" series...... The total amount of bribes transferred exceeded $300,000. ”

"Daniel Cotter, joined in 2001 as a regional manager in Texas, established an improper relationship with Paramount around 2005, privately adjusted the film schedule in "Beowulf", "Dream Girl" and "Mission Impossible 3", and accepted bribes of 270,000 ...... through your wife's Citibank account"

Lei Ting looked at the regional managers who were about to rush out of the gate with a cold face, and after reporting their names, and then reporting their past unsightly records, everyone shuddered......