Chapter 260: Cinema Tickets
Silent!
Fan Weiping was silent, his eyes wandered away from the car, fortunately this is not an urban area, and there are fewer vehicles, otherwise Li Lin should be worried about his safety.
"You're asking too much."
Li Lin's heart moved, and just when he thought that his request was going to be rejected, Fan Weiping suddenly said again: "But it's not impossible to agree." ”
"Okay, let's not mention this yet."
Fan Weiping waved his hand and blocked back what Li Lin was going to ask, "The second thing, your entertainment paradise must give enough recommendations to Huaxia's film and television works." ”
Li Lin frowned when he heard this, and his fingers tugged at his pants.
The biggest money-grabbers in the entertainment paradise are Hollywood movies.
These movies have contributed a considerable amount of income to Li Lin because they can't enter the Huaxia theater chain and are wonderful enough, according to the staff's estimates, Entertainment Paradise's revenue in the first quarter may reach 230 million, and 60% of the revenue comes from Hollywood movies.
Fan Weiping's words are simply cutting the income of entertainment paradise.
"The disc market is sluggish, the new market is entertainment video websites, and your website is a monopoly, so you must contribute to Huaxia's film and television." Fan Weiping said: "Although recommending Hollywood movies for a long time can make your financial statements look better, it is not conducive to the development of Chinese film and television. ”
"If it is unfavorable, the division of the cinema chain is even more unfavorable." Li Lin retorted: "In the United States, the producer of the account-sharing system takes 80% to 90% of the share in the first week, and even in the second week, it can take about 70% of the box office. ”
"And in Huaxia. The producer only has a 43% share of the box office, and if you want to talk about the drawbacks, this sharing system is the biggest drawback! ”
Generally speaking. The box office of commercial blockbusters is concentrated in the first few weeks, if the box office share in the first few weeks can be increased to the same height as the United States, then why worry about the domestic producers not making money?
But will the cinema chain back down?
No!
Since the opening of cinemas in China, the ultra-high threshold has lined many people out of the door, which of the four major cinemas is not standing behind the consortium?
In his previous life, Zhang Yimou used "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" as a threat and forcibly increased the producer's share from 43% to 45%, how many producers were happy?
This also elevated Zhang Yimou to a point that Feng Xiaogang could not match.
However, it's this small 2% share. How many swords and swords are behind it.
Zhang Yimou, New Picture and national departments such as the Ministry of Film and Television have joined together, which has made the cinema chain take a small step back, and the strength of the cinema chain can be seen.
Right now. The film and television department did not go to the theater to pay attention to Li Lin, so that Li Lin increased his recommendation of domestic films, which was picking up soft persimmons.
However, Li Lin is a soft persimmon, and Ye Ziming is not a soft persimmon. Even though she is not as good as the consortium behind the theater chain. But entertainment paradise does not involve too many interests like the theater chain, and the film and television department has to weigh whether it is worth it if it wants to fight him.
Fan Weiping was silent again, the sharing system of the cinema chain is the biggest obstacle to the development of Huaxia Film and Television, how could he not know, but behind the four major domestic cinema chains each stand a consortium, and the sharing system is the basic system for the cinema chain to maintain its own profits, and they have long been united to form an offensive and defensive alliance.
If others want to move the sharing system, the four major cinema chains will immediately join hands to let the offender hit his head and break the bloodstream.
Even though the film and television department is a national department, it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat against the four major cinema chains.
Just when Li Lin thought that the matter had been revealed. Fan Weiping spoke again, "Entertainment Paradise must increase its recommendation of domestic film and television. ”
"As for the theaters. It's not immovable, it's not time. ”
Could it be that they are planning to move the theater line now? Li Lin was horrified in his heart, when Li Lin challenged the domestic theater chain alone with Zhang Yimou and Xinxiang in his previous life, no domestic media was optimistic about them, even if Zhang Yimou's status as a domestic director was unshakable.
Because the theater chain does not show Zhang Yimou and the movies with new pictures, they can show other movies, even if the entire Chinese film and television industry unites, they can also form a group to show Hollywood blockbusters, dragging it out, it will only drag down Zhang Yimou and the new picture.
But the final result is that Zhang Yimou and New Picture won, even if the theater only retreated a small step, it proves that the theater has retreated, why? Because the film and television department spoke, when everyone was deadlocked with each other, the film and television department suddenly spoke, which became a super straw that pressed the camel's camel.
If you want to say that the film and television department was not premeditated, Li Lin didn't believe it when he killed Li Lin.
"Of course, we won't make you sacrifice in vain, and we'll compensate you in other ways." Fan Weiping said: "Didn't you just ask to get the Golden Eagle Award?" The film and television department can speak, as long as you are willing to increase the recommendation of domestic film and television production. ”
"Just get a Golden Eagle Award?" Li Lin scoffed, "I don't care if the Golden Eagle Award blocks me, I don't care if other crews don't accept me, my own company can shoot TV series, I don't need to act in TV series made by other companies at all." ”
"And Minister Fan, do you think that a lifting of the ban on the Golden Eagle Award can offset the losses caused to me?"
Fan Weiping frowned, "Then what do you want?" ”
"I want tickets to the theater."
As soon as Li Lin spoke, the car suddenly fell silent.
"What did you just say you want?" Fan Weiping felt that he must have heard it wrong.
"Tickets to the theater."
Hiss!
Fan Weiping gasped.
Cinema tickets!
That's not a movie ticket of dozens of dollars, it's a theater ticket that costs billions of dollars at every turn, it's not a consortium, who dares to spend so much money?
Some time ago, Wanda submitted a plan to build a theater chain, hoping that major departments would give a ticket, and now there is another one, and it is a joke that no matter how you look at it, you can't help it.
"Do you know how much it costs to build a cinema?" Fan Weiping looked at Li Lin, "And do you know how difficult it is for the theater to return to its original cost?" The four major cinema chains have already controlled the market, can you afford to compete with them? ”
"I'm not going to compete with them."
Don't compete with them? Fan Weiping was a little confused when he heard this, what kind of theater is the theater that doesn't compete with them?
Li Lin looked at Fan Weiping's appearance and wanted to laugh.
By non-competition, he meant IMAX movie theaters.
The first IMAX cinema in China was not born until 04. Moreover, after the birth of IMAX movie theaters, due to the lack of film sources, they have been in a state of loss, until the advent of Avatar, the IMAX movie theater boom was ignited, and then Hollywood continued to produce IMAX-3D movies. Provide a large number of film sources for IMAX movie theaters, and gradually IMAX movie theaters began to turn losses into profits, becoming the most profitable movie theaters for a single movie theater.
Because the ticket price of IMAX movie theaters is twice that of ordinary movie theaters, and IMAX movie theaters have an endless stream of fans because of the excellent viewing effect, and the number of them exceeds that of ordinary movie theaters.
In Li Lin's previous life, Wanda took a fancy to the prospect of IMAX cinemas after the outbreak of Avatar. spent a lot of money to popularize IMAX movie theaters, and as a result, it became the leader of domestic movie theaters, leaving the old movie theater chains behind.
Since Li Lin is here. Naturally, I will not give up the IMAX movie theater as a money-attracting weapon.
"Of course, I'm not talking about tickets now." Li Lin said: "I hope that in the year after tomorrow, you can give me a ticket to the theater." ”
In the following years, the number of IMAX-3D movies gradually increased. After Li Lin established a cinema chain composed of IMAX cinemas. IMAX-3D movies are almost starting to get Hollywood's attention, and more importantly, by that time, Li Lin will almost have enough money to build an IMAX movie theater.
"The year after tomorrow?" Fan Weiping glanced at Li Lin, thinking of the entertainment paradise in Li Lin's hands, a flash of understanding flashed in his heart, with the ability of entertainment paradise to attract money, he could almost save up the money to build a small cinema in the year after tomorrow.
"In that case, I promise you. But don't blame you if you lose money then. ”
There are many domestic theaters, but only the four major theaters can really make a lot of money. Other small cinema chains rely on the four major cinema chains to survive half-dead.
This market is not so easy to gnaw.
However, if it is gnawed down, it will be very beneficial to domestic film and television production companies, after all, more theaters means more theaters, and more theaters also means that the box office of the producer will increase.
Wanda wants to gnaw on this market because Wanda has the support of Wanda Group, a real estate company worth tens of billions, so the film and television department is very optimistic about him.
As for Li Lin, Fan Weiping is not optimistic, but it is better than nothing.
"One more thing." Fan Weiping said: "Do you have any views on opening up the market? ”
Li Lin's heart moved when he heard this, and asked tentatively, "Asia-Pacific music scene?" ”
Fan Weiping nodded, "Not only the music industry, but also the film and television industry, in addition to the film and television industry, there are several industries that will be completely liberalized, but those have nothing to do with us." ”
"That's a good thing." Li Lin said without hesitation: "The Asia-Pacific music scene has been cut for too long, and it's time for the Asia-Pacific music scene to return to a whole." ”
"As for film and television."
"Although Hallyu seems to be hot, it's the same thing, don't forget jì, the remote control can be in the hands of middle-aged people."
"And the movie, to be honest, apart from Japan's 2D animated films, is there anyone else in Asia who is our opponent?"
Although South Korea has a film industry, South Korea's own market is very small, and it is not as good as Huaxia at all, no matter how you look at opening up, it is beneficial to China.
"The problem is Hollywood." Fan Weiping expressed his concerns, "After opening up, it is inevitable to loosen restrictions on Hollywood, and I am worried that a large number of big-budget movies will overwhelm our market." ”
"Isn't there still Scissorhands?" Li Lin chuckled, "A 110-minute movie can be cut to 80 minutes, and it can also be cut to 60 minutes." ”
"Besides, we can also get stuck on the review and the cinema screening."
"Without a good schedule and not enough release time, can Hollywood movies still make a storm?"
Except for the demons!
Li Lin added in his heart, "Avatar is too terrifying, the 3D version of Titanic is also terrifying, and the most terrifying is Transformers 4, which closed at the box office of 1.968 billion, no matter how you look at it, it is a pervert." (To be continued......)