Chapter 528: Cinema Investment

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Although there is a certain gap between Li Mingbao's compromise method and Lao Wang's previous expectations, the gap is not too big, and the real gap is something in name. It seems that the purpose www.biquge.info they wanted to achieve was to promote and communicate on a large scale, but in fact, this thing has become a small-scale promotion.

It seems that there is a big gap, but this small-scale promotion also depends on who is going to sell it, and if it is replaced by the boss of another small film company, then if they want to sell mainland films, the difficulty is not ordinary, and it is really not much benefit for mainland films, but they have released their own market, which is definitely a loss-making business. But it is different to replace Li Mingbao, with his status and ability, it is definitely not too difficult to do this thing well.

What's more, if it is changed to a private channel, for the mainland, then the controllability is much greater, what kind of movies they want to show, what kind of movies they want to receive, they don't have to worry too much, everything can be discussed with Li Mingbao in private, and there is no need to worry about the type of movie exchange, but put it on the big platform, so it is difficult for them to pick and choose, and the rules of the public are naturally much stricter than the rules of the private family.

After negotiating this matter with Li Mingbao, Lao Wang and them can be regarded as relieved, after all, after talking about CCTV cooperation, they immediately talked about this plan for cooperation in circulation ports, Lao Wang and they also spent a lot of thought, this project, although in terms of money, will not have much benefit, even if Lao Wang is confident, they also understand that mainland films want to make money abroad, there is still a long way to go, as long as the film can be sold in the early stage, it can be regarded as a victory. This project is not so much a commercial project as a pseudo-commercial project with a political purpose.

As far as the mainland's current social atmosphere of emphasizing politics over business is concerned, politics must definitely be ranked before business, and if political issues are not discussed well, no matter how well business things are done, in the eyes of the leaders above, it can be regarded as not working hard. So this project, for Li Mingbao, the importance is not too great, but for Lao Wang, the importance is absolutely in the first place, if Li Mingbao had not negotiated the cooperation of CCTV before, and now it will be finalized, then the first project to be discussed in this negotiation is definitely the project of the circulation port, not others.

Now that this important political project has barely achieved the goals of both sides, Lao Wang seems to be much more relaxed about the next negotiations.

"Regarding the issue of film exchanges and cooperation between our two sides, we will talk about it here today, and I hope that this project can be started as soon as possible, so that our country's film industry can obtain the results of learning as soon as possible. By the way, in the future, we still have to have a detailed outline of things related to film exchanges, which is not that our country deliberately embarrasses you Mr. Li, mainly because those movies in Hong Kong, or some types of foreign films, do not quite comply with the laws and regulations of our country, and our country will definitely not be able to import those movies, I hope you can understand, Mr. Li. At this time, Lao Wang suddenly remembered some details, so he emphasized.

Regarding the question of what kind of movies Lao Wang said could not be introduced, Li Mingbao and Lao Wang both understood what this was about. Some weird, or with obvious malice, or have a certain political tendency, as well as movies that include eroticism, it is definitely impossible for the mainland to introduce them, these things are red lines, not to mention Li Mingbao, even if it is a high-level leader, no one will make a decision to make such a movie.

The mainland is not as good as Hong Kong, any kind of movie can be made in Hong Kong, as long as you have money, and such a movie can still make money, then you can't stop others from making such a movie, on this issue, even Li Mingbao has not many means to stop it, some movies that obviously smear the mainland are not released once or twice in the United Cinema Line, but these movies, Li Mingbao can't control them, at most it is a guide work, or a move on the film arrangement.

But if those guys have to make money and not make money, they will use the movie to disgust Li Mingbao, Li Mingbao is in the way of the rules, and there is no way to treat such a person or the movie at all. Li Mingbao does not have too much control over the playback of the movie, of course, this is not too strong must be for those who obviously don't want to make money. But on the issue of communication in the movie, this Li Mingbao can be checked, so for Lao Wang's words, Li Mingbao nodded and agreed. In fact, he doesn't want to get some movies that are obviously too advanced for the mainland to China, which will certainly attract a certain amount of attention, but for his reputation, it is not so good, just like Li Hanxiang, isn't he forced by Uncle Sixth to make a few tertiary films? As a result, Li Hanxiang directly became a third-level film professional in the ears of those people in the mainland, and made such a film talent a role of shouting and killing.

When he came to the mainland in the future, he didn't want to be called a ring-breaking wholesaler, such a name, Li Mingbao didn't want to have it, so at the beginning, Li Mingbao didn't plan to introduce some movies that were not easy to show to the mainland, everything should be positive and healthy, and he would rather make less money than have a weird name, of course, if the policy on the mainland changes in the future, Li Mingbao doesn't mind getting some fresh movies to make money. Anyway, in Li Mingbao's impression, there is a practice in the mainland, the scale of film screening, quite open, any kind of film is screened, as long as it can make money, it can be played, those relevant departments will not be soft at all when playing small video halls, but for movie theaters, they don't care so much.

"Regarding the construction of the cinema line, I am ready to invest 300 million US dollars to build the cinema line this time, I don't know if the mainland welcomes or diswelcomes such an investment?" Although Li Mingbao knew that if the money was taken out, there would be no reason why the mainland would not welcome it, after all, the mainland still treated the compatriots in Hong Kong very favorably in those days, and the industries that ordinary foreigners could not access were open to Hong Kong people, and the cinema chain was one of them, if it weren't for the people in Hong Kong who had been dying, then it would not be difficult for Hong Kong people to establish a cinema chain on the mainland.

And Li Mingbao is not ready to die now, and other Hong Kong people have not yet had the idea of hitting the mainland cinema chain, in such a situation, the probability of Li Mingbao's movie theater plan not going through is too low, but how much you have to ask, even if it is a stone to ask for directions.

"Welcome, of course welcome, our attitude towards investment, has always been a welcome attitude, especially like Mr. Li's huge investment, we are even more welcome, on this issue, the leaders above have also made clear instructions, for Mr. Li, your investment, we are assured. Not to mention the establishment of a cinema chain of 300 million US dollars, even if it is a 3 billion dollar establishment of a cinema chain, as long as it is built in our country, we have no reason not to agree. Lao Wang said happily at this time.

"So are there any specific requirements on the mainland side for this investment, such as joint ventures or something? In the past, our investment in China could be regarded as a joint venture, whether it was a hotel project in our home or a cooperation project on CCTV, it was a joint venture. There was little hesitation on those issues. But now the construction of this cinema chain, is the mainland still handling it according to the specifications of the joint venture? Li Mingbao asked another difficult question.

This matter will not be a problem in two or three years, because at that time, the mainland has already approved the document on the sole proprietorship of foreign enterprises in China. That is to say, this document has broken the shackles of joint ventures for foreign investment in the mainland, and has formed a number of options for foreign businessmen.

However, it is not yet time for foreign investors to invest in the mainland in the form of joint ventures. Even if the management rights are taken by foreign businessmen, and the shares on the mainland side occupy the majority, it must be a joint venture, and without a joint venture, cooperation cannot be negotiated.

Li Mingbao's attitude towards joint ventures is not too rejected, doing business in the mainland, joint ventures have the benefits of joint ventures, and sole proprietorship also has the benefits of sole proprietorship, and on the issue of cinema chains, Li Mingbao feels that joint ventures are better than sole proprietorships.

Although the mainland has always attached great importance to the protection of foreign businessmen's industries in China, especially in industries like Li Mingbao with huge investment amounts, the intensity of protection is not ordinary, at least within ten years, Li Mingbao's investment projects are absolutely heavenly, and no one will find an industry that is uncomfortable to provoke Li Mingbao, and if you want to make money steadily, it is definitely not empty talk, but the truth.

But the protection obtained by sole proprietorship will not be permanent, and when the mainland's horizons slowly become broader, and the cinema market will become more prosperous in the future, then Li Mingbao will have to fight with some people with unique vision if he wants to continue to occupy this piece of fat. Although Li Mingbao is not afraid of these people, it is more or less a trouble, plus the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, no matter how strong Li Mingbao is, for the mainland, he is also an outsider, in some places, Li Mingbao can't fight those people, it is not unusual.

So if you can make a joint venture and pull in the local forces, it is also a good thing for Li Mingbao, even if others want to fight the idea of the theater, the first one to be looked at will definitely not be Li Mingbao, but Li Mingbao is also a foreign businessman, and the strength is strong, obviously not so easy to provoke, but not as delicious as the local forces for the local snake, if you want to make an idea, you have to fight the idea of the local people's shares, and you will not directly look at the things in Li Mingbao's hands, with the local buffer, Li Mingbao will have rules and regulations when the time comes, will not be directly targeted by some stunned youths.

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