Chapter 364 - Cinema Screening System

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Although Li Mingbao said it simply, in fact, this matter is not simple. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause as long as it is a matter of scheduling, there is a fundamental issue involved, that is, interests. Your good movie takes up too much screen, and if the time is long, others will have less to eat, it doesn't matter if one or two films, over the years, others have no grievances, that's all a lie.

In the past, there was the pressure of diversion of major cinemas and independent cinemas, so on this piece, although it cannot guarantee that everyone's interests are the same, even if others are resentful, they can't blame Li Mingbao on their heads, because the theater chain is not unified, you really have the ability to build a cinema line by yourself, why bother asking the sixth uncle for them? It's useless to blame anyone for this capital problem.

But the problem is that now United Cinemas is basically equivalent to a monopoly in Hong Kong, and under the big wind, other people's eyes are looking at United Cinemas? In the past, there was pressure from others to divert the pressure, but now that there is no one to divert it, most people will put their grievances on the United Cinema Line, and maybe they will think of something else.

So the current situation is completely different from before, no matter whose interests are missing, it is not very likely, and it is obviously impossible to take care of all aspects. Someone is bound to lose money, it's just a matter of how much.

Originally, when the United Cinema Line was established, the rules should have been taken out. But when Li Mingbao integrated the theater chain, he was quite hasty, and he took advantage of the general trend to get this thing done, although this will avoid someone from contending, but it is not perfect, and some of the original old problems have been highlighted now.

I didn't talk about it at the time, because everyone knew that this time could be delayed, and then during this time, they worked hard to make capital for themselves. But now, when it can't be delayed, the charter can only be taken out.

Whether it is the sixth uncle, Zou Wenhuai, or even Lei Juekun, they all understand a truth. When the decoration of the cinema line is completely completed, it is the time when Li Mingbao really extends his hand to the management of the cinema. Even the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line bought by Li Mingbao, before that, the management basically relied on the foundation of the sixth uncle, and Li Mingbao did not have much room to speak in terms of personnel rights.

The Shaw Clan is still like this, not to mention Princess Jin and Jiahe, the management authority over there is even more chaotic, and Li Mingbao has not waded into this troubled water at all. But now that the decoration of the theater has been completed, if Li Mingbao doesn't catch these personnel rights in his hands, it will be easy to be hollowed out, and then the United Theater will be just an independent individual with the name of the United Theater, which will be a great obstacle for Li Mingbao to control the theater.

In terms of personnel, Li Mingbao is not very worried, the high-achieving students brought back from the United States are not vegetarians, coupled with the original foundation, Li Mingbao has now taken back the personnel rights, there is no problem at all, even if it is the sixth uncle, it is impossible to be sloppy on this issue, because this does not conform to the rules.

Personnel rights can be obtained in hand, but in external business, it is a problem. As an independent and joint venture, United Cinemas has already had a clear boundary with Sixth Uncle's Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest Films, and New Arts City in a legal sense at the moment of its establishment.

But the boundaries in the legal sense do not mean that there is really no connection at all, at least the sixth uncle Zou Wenhuai and them are also shareholders of United Cinemas, and the connection between them is not a problem that can be solved in one or two sentences.

And the biggest problem lies in the film arrangement. As shareholders of United Cinemas, even if they are not major shareholders, they still have the right to recommend films to be screened in United Cinemas, which is a rule that has been set a long time ago, and it is also the promise made by Li Mingbao when he acquired their cinemas, otherwise, the original acquisition would not have gone so smoothly.

In the case that United Cinemas is not entirely its own industry, but the film company is its own industry, whether it is Uncle Liu, or Zou Wenhuai, or Lei Juekun, or even Yongsheng, as the boss of the film company, they naturally will not consider recommending other people's films to United Cinemas for screening, even if they want to screen, they will also screen their own company's films. Maybe some related film companies can also take their own movies, and then put their own movies into the projection system of the United Cinema through the sixth uncle.

But this cannot completely solve the problem, because Hong Kong not only has related film companies, but also has newly established film companies, they are not so lucky, but the film cannot be screened, and the cost pressure on them is also very great, in this case, those companies want to make money, they have to send money to Uncle Liu, or directly buy out their own films to Uncle Liu's film company, in order to obtain the right to release smoothly.

At first glance, it seems that there is no problem, but in fact, the problem is really too big. For those small companies, the buyout movie, whether it is good or bad, has nothing to do with themselves, and many times, even the cost cannot be recovered, because the sixth uncle has never been a benevolent person, and a good movie he may give you an almost suitable buyout price, what is an almost suitable price? That is to say, the price may be a little higher than the cost of the movie, and it will make you earn hard-earned money, and if you want to make more, it is simply delusional, not to mention that you and the sixth uncle will talk about the issue of sharing, and the sixth uncle will not give you such a good treatment.

In the case of United Cinemas, your movie will either not be released in Hong Kong, or you will have to buy it out, or even if you make a movie, you will not want to have a place to release it. Don't be idle, you don't give Uncle Six a buyout, some people buy out Uncle Six, even if everyone doesn't give Uncle Six a buyout, they don't show it, Uncle Six They don't care, they still have the film company's movies in their hands and can't put them down, giving you a chance is to give you face, you don't want face, we don't bother to pay attention, who called United Cinemas to do exclusive trading?

In this way, it will not have much impact on the theater chain in a short period of time, because even if it is Uncle Liu's movie, the procedure that should be taken is the same, their company's film accounting, and the settlement of the United Cinema Line are not together, everyone is an independent system, at most, it is their own family's movie, when the money is returned, it will be a little faster, the flow of liquidity will be faster, and other things are the same treatment as foreign movies.

It does not affect the actual income of the cinema chain. But in the long run, the consequence of this is the complete end of Hong Kong movies. Even Uncle Six and their own film company will become an empty shell and play the capital game directly, because this is the most profitable.

You still have to consider the issue of profit and loss for your own company's films, but if you change it to a buyout, it's completely different. As long as you find a few reliable reviewers, the problem of the source of the movie can be completely solved, and you don't have to worry about whether the movie is losing money or not, just the amount of income from watching the movie.

Because in this way, the risks are given to other film companies, in their companies, only good films can be released, and bad movies have to be kept by themselves, the risks are all in their hands, messing up a movie, maybe a fairly good film company will have to go out of business, because the profits they make in this industry are not enough for them to lose money.

In this way, it is not impossible for Hong Kong movies to be directly hanged by the monopoly of United Cinemas, let alone a hundred flowers. If you want to break such a system, unless other companies open another theater chain, then there will be a new way out.

In doing so, he is completely creating enemies for United Cinemas, and in the end, it will not be the sixth uncle and them, but only Li Mingbao, who calls him the major shareholder of United Cinemas? So when the buyout of the movie happened, Li Mingbao had already greeted the sixth uncle and them, hoping not to do so. But the profit is so high, how can the sixth uncle care about Li Mingbao's greeting? Convergence is convergence, but it shifts from the ground to the ground.

Now the United Cinema Line has not really started operating, so Uncle Six and they did this, Li Mingbao could only say hello before, don't let them go too far, but this problem must be solved by now, otherwise he has invested so much and has such high expectations for Hong Kong films, and when the time comes, because of Uncle Six's short-sightedness, the industry will be directly collapsed, which is not in the interests of Li Mingbao at all.

If you want to get back to the point, you can only work on the root, that is, from the film arrangement. After Li Mingbao finished speaking, seeing that the other people were silent, Li Mingbao knew that the people in front of him had eaten the money from the buyout for a short period of time, and they didn't want to give up the benefits of this piece.

But they don't let it, it doesn't mean that Li Mingbao won't do it, he is still the major shareholder of United Cinemas, and when it comes to his own interests, Li Mingbao has no possibility of making concessions. So even if the sixth uncle sang a high profile before and had no actual action, Li Mingbao had to promote new measures.

"I haven't been in Hong Kong for a long time before, so the problem of film scheduling is left to you Sixth Uncle to take care of. To be honest, it has done very well, and the income of United Cinemas, even when it is not fully completed, is much better than before, and it can be said that it is an instant hit.

But I have to say that the simple plan that you came up with at the beginning, Sixth Uncle, still has room for improvement. So I now hope to talk about the new regulations on the scheduling of United Cinemas to adapt to the actual situation of United Cinemas.

First of all, in terms of films, in the future, United Cinemas will not accept the screening demand of local buyout films, except for foreign films. Local film companies, whether large or small, as long as they eat in this industry, will change to a modular model. ”。.。