Chapter 628 Film Scheduling Problems and Screenings
In dealing with the fireworks film company, the six Hollywood majors have reached a rare agreement.
After all, they all know that if the current fireworks film company doesn't stop their rise as soon as possible, it won't be so simple to stop their rise......
So, now everyone is starting to look for a way to suppress the entire fireworks film company.
Their solution now is to fight the next two films of Pyrotechnic Films...... After all, if the next "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers" can be released smoothly, it will be a complete addition to the fireworks film company. Their assets are already very large now, and the speed of asset expansion is also very fast, and if they expand further, the next fireworks film company is likely to have the ability to become one of the seven major Hollywood companies......
This is what they don't allow, now that the American market is so big, they have already carved up such a big piece of cake, and they don't want Li Chencan and their fireworks film company to get a foot in it.
The competitiveness of the fireworks film company is too strong, which can be easily felt from the achievements created by the current fireworks film company, as well as the movies it has made before, and the next fireworks film company really doesn't know what it will develop...... In order not to make Pyrotechnics Films stronger and stronger, they are now also starting to plan to make it bad.
So, Li Chencan and their time before the release of "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers" suddenly heard a rather unpleasant and angry news - next. In the entire American theater chain, there is a trend of boycotting "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers", and it is not just a trend...... In fact. There is already a rather painful fact here - in the next schedule of "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers", it is already quite difficult to get a high number of films.
This schedule is not even high, or even very low...... According to the current situation of these two movies, it is very likely that the number of films will only be about 14%. This kind of film schedule is obviously very inappropriate...... After all, these two movies are the fist products of Fireworks Film Company, and they are also super invested in a total of 300 million US dollars...... And a lot of publicity efforts have been added before, if such a movie, there can only be such a small amount of film at that time. I have to say that the fireworks film company is really losing a lot, and the box office that it can get at that time will definitely not be too high...... After all, the box office is closely related to the number of films. If the number of films is not high, it is too difficult and difficult to get a good box office......
"Today we're going to look at the current problem......
On this day, in the conference hall of the Fireworks Film Company, Li Chencan, Wei Ansheng and several senior executives of the Fireworks Film Company began to discuss countermeasures to the big things they were facing......
Everyone began to discuss around the round table of the meeting.
The head of the company's public relations department, Widner. At this point, I started to have some information about the data I had gotten. And the various materials and insider information that they have worked hard to get recently are beginning to tell you.
After careful investigation, the matter is still roughly clear.
Of course, at the very beginning, Li Chencan and the others had guesses, and they could basically know who wanted to target the fireworks film company, and everyone understood this.
However, at that time, it was still just speculation and had not yet been confirmed, but now the situation is different...... After all, they already have enough information and data to prove it.
At this time, Widner began to open the report and said to the people present, "Now. We've looked it all out...... Behind this incident, it is indeed the same as our previous speculation. It's the Big Six who are doing the trick, they united with the theater chain to boycott our "Dark Knight" and "Transformers", and reached a cooperation between the two of them by ceding the box office share of some movies...... Their purpose is to bring us down...... There is no doubt about that. ”
"Actually, the two movies may not be able to defeat us, but if "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers" fail at the box office, it will be very detrimental to our future development."
That's just the way it is...... If these two movies fail, in fact, the fireworks film company will still have a very strong force, the key is that they have a Li Chencan, so such a powerful force will also burst out of their own things, but if the box office of these two movies is very low, it will be too big a blow to the ambitious fireworks film company, in addition, there is also a very important point is that Li Chencan's "Dark Knight", he himself has high hopes, of course, this includes Li Chencan's "Transformers" high hopes.
Li Chencan's hope for the two movies is very deep, if it can only be about 14% of the film schedule now, then these two movies can be regarded as complete tragedies...... Among them, especially the movie "Batman: The Dark Knight", Li Chencan has invested a lot of attention in this movie, and has also spent a lot of energy and time...... If the amount of film is too low, then Li Chencan will inevitably be very unhappy.
"These guys...... What's the idea? ”
"These people are disgusting! How could such a thing be done? ”
Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion in the conference room, and everyone began to curse the madness of the Hollywood Big Six about this matter, and everyone is very unhappy about the feeling of the Big Six companies.
However, everyone also knows that such swearing is useless, and the thing that can be useful now is to find a solution to this matter, instead of cursing in this place like now, such swearing has no effect.
So, everyone now began to discuss this matter.
Li Chencan's face was also a little gloomy, because what the six people were doing now was really disgusting, and he was very unhappy in his heart, but what he needed now was to solve the problem.
It's just, how to solve the problem?
"Have you discussed this matter with the theater company?" At this moment, Li Chencan began to ask this question to Weideen.
"Yes, we have communicated, and the problem now is that these cinema companies have reached a temporary agreement with the Big Six, and they have also discussed the issue of profit distribution, now that we have reached an agreement, it must not be a simple matter for us to break their agreement now." "This time, the six major companies have also paid a lot of costs...... They have indeed put a lot of effort and energy into containing us. ”
After Li Chencan heard Wei Deen's words, he frowned, and then said: "We can also give up some benefits, compared to others, in fact, we have more ability to give up benefits......
Indeed, the ability of fireworks film companies to cede profits will be stronger.
Because the current fireworks film company makes a lot of money, even if there are a lot of custom film shooting plans, they still have a lot of money that has not been used up, and the current liquidity is very sufficient, and it is no problem if they give up some benefits.
As soon as Li Chencan's words came out, everyone quickly understood what Li Chencan meant.
However, after really thinking about this problem, Willion soon said to Li Chencan: "No...... If we really want to give up our interests, the Big Six have already reached an agreement with them, unless we give up particularly large interests. ”
Next, Li Chencan and the others discussed for a long time and didn't discuss too many things, nor did they discuss too many methods, but under the current situation, many things have gradually come to an end, and everyone has gradually learned what to do next...... What they have to do now is mainly to have a good relationship with the theater chain and find a breakthrough from here.
Seeing that the release time of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is getting closer and closer, if Li Chencan and the others can't find a way, then the next thing will always be very bad.
After all, if these two movies are only released with that little schedule, the situation will be quite tragic.
During this time, Li Chencan and the others talked with the theater chain many times, and roughly figured out what the theater line was thinking...... Whether in the United States or in China, if there is a problem with a movie and the theater chain, it is completely impossible to get a high box office.
Li Chencan and the others learned what these places in the theater chain wanted, which was of course the benefit......
If Li Chencan and the others can prove that they can bring more benefits to the theater chain, then this matter will still be very turnaround...... It is quite possible that things will turn around. As a result, Li Chencan and they are now starting to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, to tell the theater chain that they can give up greater benefits, and on the other hand, they are also trying to prove the influence of these two movies and the attendance and box office that will come with it......
As a result, the attitude of the theater chain has also wavered, and their attitude is mainly focused on the next premieres and screenings of these two films.
The premiere and screening of the movie will have a huge impact on "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Transformers".
This is the first time Li Chencan's film has tried such a screening.
The two films will be screened at the same time, in a total of 23 theaters throughout the United States, and the results of the screenings will determine whether the next two films can get a higher number of films. (To be continued......)