Chapter 365 Under the Theatrical Screening System
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"I'm afraid it's not all changed to the model, right? In that case, there will be no screening channels for the films of other film companies in Hong Kong. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info doing this is smashing people's jobs. Li Sheng, isn't your regulation too unkind? Hearing that Li Mingbao would not let the local buy out the movie to be released, the sixth uncle said with a sad look.
People who don't know still think that Uncle Six has a lot of affection for those film companies? But everyone present understood that this was completely Li Mingbao blocking the sixth uncle's financial path. To say that among the people present, there is really no confidence in their own movies, in fact, there is only Uncle Six.
Zou Wenhuai's Golden Harvest, he is now prosperous, not only making money in Hong Kong, but also working hard in Hollywood, although he didn't make too much money, and Li Mingbao couldn't compare, but he didn't lose money, and he had a small surplus. After all, each company's movies basically have a quota, and Golden Harvest has many of its own movies, and they are about to be unable to take care of it, so he buys out and doesn't make much money.
Lei Juekun relies on Xinyi City, and the number of films produced is not small, so he doesn't have a lot of buyouts, that is, when he sees a suitable movie, he is ready to get a ticket and make a little money. As for Cui Xiaoming's side, not to mention, when they don't have enough movie quotas on their side, there are a lot of film businessmen behind them, and they can't get it themselves, let alone buy out the film, so the really cleanest is only Cui Xiaoming, of course, his position on the board of directors can basically be ignored, it is equivalent to a microphone, and he doesn't have much power to speak.
And Yongsheng is engaged in buying out pieces, and the appearance is actually more ugly than that of the sixth uncle, and the sixth uncle has to see whether others are willing to buy out, and the sixth uncle is not nosy, but Yongsheng has just opened, and there are not many pieces in his hand at all, so they have a lot of eyes on the buy out piece, not to mention that the price is lower than that of the sixth uncle, and they also like to buy strongly, plus their background, this matter is more troublesome. Fortunately, their shares in the United Cinema Line are not large, so the quota is much worse than that of Uncle Six, plus Li Mingbao's quota was basically given to Uncle Six in the previous period of time, and it can be regarded as a reward for Uncle Six's management, so when it comes to harmfulness, only Uncle Six's name is the loudest, and Yongsheng is mixed in a small circle.
Seeing the appearance of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao is also quite tired, you don't have to act in front of others, why do you want to do such a move in front of a group of people who understand? It's not appropriate.
"Sixth uncle, don't say more things, although I am out of town, I am not unclear. If you do this, although you make money, you are also cutting off people's back roads, and just a little money, you don't earn as much as other industries. After doing it for a long time, who will come to make a movie? When the time comes, United Cinemas can't all show your films, right? That's very hateful, even if you have great energy and provoke the anger of the people, it won't end well.
So this business, it's time to break it. You've made a lot of money, and if you really want to make a lot of money, you still have to make your own movies. Besides, there are only a few film companies in the market, and the market will be sluggish at that time, and you don't want to see the Hong Kong film market become a desert, right? None of the giant Hollywood film companies have done this, and Hong Kong, not to mention, can't gnaw off all the seedlings when it's time to cultivate the market. Li Mingbao said meaningfully.
was said by Li Mingbao, and the sixth uncle also knew that there was no way to do this. After all, what he did before, everyone knows it, it looks ugly, and even spoils the market, although there is no problem in a short time, but after a long time, who can not understand the consequences of doing this? The sixth uncle himself also knew, but the money came too quickly, and he was reluctant.
"On the issue of the film scheduling of the United Cinema Line. I think that in the future, we need to set up a special distribution company, and then all the problems of movie release will be handled by the distribution company. On the cinema side, the problem of simple release will be solved. The issue of the amount of films on the distribution company's side is decided according to their respective shares, of course, it is not absolute, and after the establishment of this company, it can also be coordinated. But in general, Hong Kong's film market is determined by the distribution company's film schedule.
Since I don't have a film company in my hands, most of my share will be used for distribution by other film companies in Hong Kong. And Uncle Six, if you are willing to do the distribution of your own company, then do it, if you are not willing, you can also outsource. In general, a sound distribution mechanism is needed so that most of the films in Hong Kong cannot be released. Li Mingbao said.
"Li Sheng, this is not good, you are the major shareholder of the theater chain, the quota in your hand is not a small amount, and distributing it to other companies will not impact the existing film company market?" Zou Wenhuai was anxious.
He had to be anxious, why couldn't others catch up with the three major film companies before? It is because these three major film companies not only have film companies, but also have the right to screen in theaters. It can't be said that the film content of the three major film companies is not good enough, in fact, in addition to Shaw Brothers, the films of the other two film companies are quite good in quality, the movies are good, and with the support of the theater chain, this is the real reason why the three major film companies are dominant.
But this does not mean that in addition to the three major film companies in Hong Kong, the films of other film companies have nothing to watch at all, on the contrary, because there are many film companies, there are not a few of their excellent films. In the past, because of the problem of theaters, these film companies could not develop, but if Li Mingbao is a major shareholder to promote the growth of the market, it is not surprising that the three major film companies will be topped.
As long as people have some content in their brains, they all understand that Li Mingbao really wants to do this, and it is completely to find competitors for them. If they are topped by other companies, they may not be able to keep the interests of the theater chain, Li Mingbao can tolerate the sixth uncle for the sake of the theater chain and the film company. But if someone can replace him, Li Mingbao will not do nothing for his own rights and interests.
To put it bluntly, as a monopoly movie theater chain, Li Mingbao has an advantage in nature, coupled with his status as a major shareholder, although he does not have a film company, as long as he does this, it will take a little longer, and Li Mingbao's right to speak in the theater chain will completely surpass Zou Wenhuai's.
This is equivalent to Zou Wenhuai, who was originally a referee, although they were deputies, but they also had the right to speak, but Li Mingbao, the referee, simply kicked them off the field and let them also become athletes, and all the benefits were given by Li Mingbao, and in the end, Zou Wenhuai and they could only look at Li Mingbao's face, so Li Mingbao did this, not to mention that Zou Wenhuai did not agree, and the sixth uncle would not agree either.
Of course, Li Mingbao knew where Zou Wenhuai's worries were, so after saying this, he continued: "I am not doing this to impact the market, but to expand the market. The current United Cinema Line is not the previous era of the three major cinema chains. At that time, the total number of movie screens controlled by everyone was only so much, and now it has tripled.
It looks good, but after the screen is tripled, can the output of several of your companies also triple? Obviously, this is impossible, the more screens, the stronger the fluidity of the movie, in the past, three months after the release of a blockbuster, there would be a box office, but now there are so many screens, do you think there will still be such a situation?
In my opinion, there are so many theater screens now, 300 screens, even if it is a movie with a big investment and a movie with good content, it is impossible for it to be released in United Cinemas for more than three months. Because within a month, with Hong Kong's population base, the box office market of the film can be completely released.
This is still a blockbuster, if it is a small-budget movie, the release time may not take a week, as for the garbage film, maybe the screening time during the garbage period will be very long, but everyone also knows that this can only ensure that the utility bill can be collected, and the actual profit will not be too big, so it does not make any sense.
Our in-house film company wants to fill all the films in the United Cinema Line, which is obviously unrealistic. Don't look at Uncle Six, you made a lot of money by buying out movies before, but that's because United Cinemas has not fully released its abilities, so the problem of movie screening is crowded. But now all the theaters of the United Cinema Line have been renovated. Judging from our own movie volume, we can't cover the screen of the theater at all, in this case, we can't lock the movie screen that has just been renovated, right? What's not a waste like that?
If you want to completely eat this market and leave no room for it, for you Sixth Uncle, there is only one way to do it, and that is to expand your film production capacity in the fastest time. But doing so is also very risky for you. You may make more money, but you will also lose money.
I also don't want Uncle Sixth to fall into the era of blind expansion, so I have to distribute a small half of the projection capacity to other film companies, in this way, in fact, you will transfer your risk to other film companies, you don't have to blindly expand production capacity to avoid big losses, and you can make more money from the United Cinema Line, why not? As for the impact on your studios.
In fact, it makes no sense to say so. After the establishment of United Cinemas, it will affect the position of the film company in your hands. This problem should not be borne by the outside, but by yourself, if the company does a good job, why should you be afraid of others to challenge? If the company does not do a good job, even if there is no challenge from others, the market will eventually languish, and we will be unlucky.
To put it bluntly, the quality of the film company can only be spoken by the film itself, and other things are not enough to affect this issue at all. After the establishment of the United Cinema Line, the biggest difference from the previous one is actually that one is a monopoly market and the other is an open market. ”。.。