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For those theater bigwigs, the question of whether the movie is popular or not is indeed not within their consideration. It's not that they don't care about making money, and they feel that such money is hot in their hands.

But in the eyes of these bigwigs, there are too many good movies. Every year, Hollywood produces good movies, and that is not a small amount, either this theater makes money, or that theater makes money. With the support of most filmmakers and markets around the world, one or two good movies are really not worth their excitement and make some changes in the rules.

It is precisely for this reason that even if Jiang Zhiqiang negotiates with the theater chain, he will not negotiate a good result, either he will be directly crushed by the theater chain and give ten or more points to the score, or those theater bosses are indeed very optimistic about the movie, and under such a premise, they put forward a buyout request.

The so-called buyout means that after Li Mingbao gives the movie to the theater, he will share a little bit of money, and then the movie will not make money, and it has nothing to do with Li Mingbao at all.

It seems to be a drought and flood to ensure income, but in fact, the buyout price given by the theater chain will not be too high, and it will only be a matter of two or three million US dollars. No matter how much it is, those theaters will not be willing to do so. After all, the risks are borne by the theater chain, and being able to give you this price code is the conscience of the theater chain.

The first two ways to divide the movie are actually good things for Li Mingbao. If you encounter the most cheating situation, such as the theater chain agrees to a relatively high share, but the number of screenings given to the movie is pitiful. In such a situation, Li Mingbao really wanted to cry without tears. And the probability that the theater chain will do this is very high for Li Mingbao, a newcomer who has just stepped into Hollywood. If you want to buy out or let the theater chain lower the share, the probability is much lower than in the last case.

Therefore, although the way of directly reaching an agreement with the theater chain seems to be eye-catching, the final effect will definitely not be good, and it may be very bad. Unless Li Mingbao makes a name for himself in Hollywood, he can have the treatment of a big film company in the theater chain and negotiate directly, so as not to suffer a loss, and now, Li Mingbao wants to choose such a way, that is, to die by himself.

In addition to the seemingly beautiful screening method of directly negotiating with the theater chain, in the end, the only way left is to let the Hollywood film companies provide the line. But even this road is quite difficult.

There are several advantages to letting the company package its own movies, the first is that there will be a company to do it for you for such a troublesome thing as negotiating with the theater chain. As Hollywood's homegrown companies, these film companies are basically inextricably linked to the cinema chain. In terms of screening, it is not comparable to newcomers like Li Mingbao.

At least those theater owners won't even watch the movie, and just return the movie. After watching the quality of the movie, the theater boss feels that it is valuable, and he will definitely arrange a suitable theater to release Li Mingbao's movie, and everyone likes to make money, and the theater owner is no exception.

And the second benefit, that is, in terms of film promotion, Hollywood's local film companies have an innate advantage. They already have a cooperative media company, and if they want to recommend a movie, it doesn't take much effort. In terms of promotion, compared with newcomers like Li Mingbao, he can directly throw out eight streets.

And if Li Mingbao wants to do such a thing, even if he goes to those media with money, those media may not accept it. Because Li Mingbao is a newcomer, he has no credibility at all, and if it is a bad movie, it will also be a big trouble for the media. If a big company has a bad movie, even if the media has promoted it before, but the big company has credibility, one or two bad movies, the media can't be blamed at all, and the media is naturally willing to publicize it if it can make money and won't cause trouble.

There are many benefits to finding a company, at least if the quality of the film is good. If you want to make money, it is definitely not a difficult problem. But there is a disadvantage of looking for a company, that is, the proportion of money made is definitely not large.

A big man like Boss Zou rarely gets a share of 20 points in Hollywood, not to mention Li Mingbao, a newcomer, who will definitely not get too high a proportion when the time comes, and he will definitely make money, but how much money he makes is a big problem.

It was precisely because Li Mingbao knew the doorway that he asked Jiang Zhiqiang what he was going to do, whether to contact the theater chain directly, or let the big companies here in Hollywood do his own movies on his behalf.

What Li Mingbao knows, Jiang Zhiqiang also knows, and even with Jiang Zhiqiang's experience in Hollywood for many years, Jiang Zhiqiang knows the doorway better than Li Mingbao, so as soon as Li Mingbao opened his mouth, Jiang Zhiqiang understood what Li Mingbao wanted to express.

"Ah Bao, what we talked about directly with the theater chain, we don't have that strength now. And most of the things I used to do were in the film company, and the people on the theater side really didn't have much friendship. Even if there is a friendship, it is not much use in such a thing. So when our movies are released, there is actually only one way, and that is to let Hollywood companies do it.

Of course, that's not to say that my previous experience isn't useful, at least for Hollywood companies to do what we do, we can reach out to big companies instead of dealing with small and medium-sized companies.

Originally, there were seven major film companies in Hollywood, but this year, Luen Mei was merged into MGM, so there are only six companies left. One less Luen Mei doesn't matter much to us, because the two companies are integrated, and in the end their resources are put together.

But now there is a small problem, because MGM recently acquired Luen Mei, so they have more work, plus MGM's current industry is not only in movies, but in diversified exhibitions. ”

"United States? Is it the one that shoots oo7? I know, MGM diversified exhibitions, which means that they don't pay much attention to the film section now? At this time, Li Mingbao interrupted Jiang Zhiqiang's words.

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, Jiang Zhiqiang said with a headache: "That's probably what it means, although MGM has been ambitious in terms of movies in recent years, and even acquired Lianmei, but now the acquisition is not completely over, and their energy is naturally less than that of other film companies."

They can't even watch their own company's films, let alone the ones outside. Fortunately, MGM was not a suitable partner to work with, so I just said before that the matter between MGM and Luen Mei has little impact on our company's new film. ”

Li Mingbao is quite interested in the company MGM, after all, the company's name is too loud, and for a certain period of time, MGM represents the American film industry.

And even if MGM later declined, its glory still makes outsiders talk about it. Even the symbol of Hollywood, the Oscars, was made by MGM. There are as many stars as the sand of the Ganges.

Such a legendary company, if Li Mingbao is likely to cooperate with him, Li Mingbao will not let go of this opportunity. Even if the division is suppressed a little, just a name like cooperating with MGM can cause a sensation in Hong Kong. At least Zou Tycoon has not had such treatment.

But now Jiang Zhiqiang's words are directly excluding MGM from the scope of cooperation, and Li Mingbao also has a little regret. Of course, Li Mingbao is not an emotional person, especially when it comes to his own future, and he will not let himself enter a predicament because of his preferences. There may be more reasons why Jiang Zhiqiang does not cooperate with MGM, but no matter what the reason, it will not have any good results for Li Mingbao, so Jiang Zhiqiang is too lazy to say.

Li Mingbao's idea is also close to reality. MGM has such a big reputation, so it is naturally quite domineering. Not to mention working with a small company that is not famous by a foreigner, even if other American film companies want to cooperate with MGM, it is a difficult thing. Although MGM, the boss, has actually declined by now, the boss's demeanor has not become humble because of the decline, but has paid more attention to his identity. Cooperating with other companies of the same level, MGM may consider cooperating with a company like Li Mingbao, in MGM's view, it is simply lowering their status, as long as MGM does not collapse, they will never make such a choice.

This point, not only now, but also in the future, MGM has not changed much, even if they value other small companies, it will not be a contract with cooperation, but a contract with acquisition. Anyway, although MGM is a little weaker in the film industry, it can't be said that their overall strength is not good. On the contrary, because of their diversified exhibition, in the end they have become not bad for money, plus their current parent company Las Vegas tycoon, has plenty of firepower to squander, and this is not the end, in the future, there will be a giant like Sony, to take MGM, the Japanese at a certain stage, compared to the Americans, are not bad for money.

Therefore, the cooperation with MGM is just a thought, there is no actual operability, unless Li Mingbao can grab MGM before Sony wins MGM, then there may be a chance, but Li Mingbao is not very optimistic about such a difficult task.

Because when Sony acquired MGM, it was the stage when they had money and no place to spend it, at that time, even Americans had to take a detour when they saw the Japanese, Li Mingbao would never believe that he would be richer than Sony in a few years, so even he, a person who opened a golden finger, would feel unscientific.