Under Jiang Zhiqiang's matchmaking, Kang Jianfei quickly got in touch with Martin Cinema Company, and the two sides agreed to test the film in Georgia two days later.

Jiang Zhiqiang handled the matter of the temporary theater line alone, and Kang Jianfei went to Georgia with Zeng Bolin after a little preparation.

When they arrived at Martin Cinema Lines' corporate headquarters, they were greeted by Kalpatrick, the director and general manager of Martin Cinemas. In another time and space, this person will deliberately buy shares of the cinema chain as a director of the company next year, and eventually take control of Martin Cinema Company, and connect the names of his two sons, and change the name of Martin Cinema Line to Carmichael Cinema Line.

Kalpatrick had a mustache and was covered in a straight coat. This old guy was knighted in England, and he has the temperament of an old aristocracy.

If you can talk about it, then this person in front of you is your nobleman. Kang Jianfei warmly shook hands with Karl Patrick and said, "Hello Mr. Patrick, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

After Kalpatrick and Kang Jianfei shook hands, Hara said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's you, Kang, when that Mr. Jiang named you, I guessed that it was you." ”

Kang Jianfei was a little surprised and said, "Have we seen it?" ”

Karl Patrick: "I was in Hollywood during Christmas, and I was listening to Maestro Bernstein conducting the New Year's Day concert, so I spent two extra days in Los Angeles. ”

Kang Jianfei understood at this time, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Padraic was also in the concert hall at the time, and I would have contacted you at that time." ”

"I didn't expect you to be not only a musician, but also a film company owner," Kalpatrick said. ”

How could Kang Jianfei let go of this opportunity to get closer to the relationship between the two, he took out a Tao Xun he carried with him and said: "It turns out that Mr. Patrick likes music, this Tao Xun was made by me, if you don't dislike it." Please accept this greeting gift. ”

With a knighthood, Kalpatrick was naturally ready to show his aristocratic flair – for example, at symphony concerts. He doesn't like Kang Jianfei's Tao Xun very much, but he has an ancient oriental musical instrument for his collection, and it is made by Chinese musicians, so he can still take it out to show off in the future.

After accepting Tao Xun, Kalpatrick said, "Kang, let's watch the film first, right?" ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "Don't you have to wait for someone from the distribution company?" ”

Karpatrick laughed, "No, as long as I'm optimistic." ”

Martin Cinemas and the issuing company are both owned by Fuqua, and Kalpatrick is the vice chairman and president of Fuqua. This kind of thing is naturally up to him.

Martin Cinemas is a long-established cinema chain company, as early as 1912, Roy Martin founded the Martin Cinema chain.

Thirty-five years ago, the young Kalpatrick joined Martin Cinemas in a new capacity, relying on his super ability and segmentation. It took only three years to become the general manager and director of Martin Cinemas. Over the next 20 years, Kalpatrick transformed Martin Cinemas from a small theater chain to one of the top 10 large theater companies in the United States.

Later, Fuqua acquired Martin Cinemas, and Kalpatrick became a shareholder of Rich Cinema with his stake in Martin Cinemas. It took more than ten years for Karpatrick to climb step by step, and he actually became the vice chairman and president of Fuqua.

Judging by Karl Patrick's professional experience. I know how powerful this old guy is.

This guy is not yet 60 years old, and he is obviously the president of Fuqua Industries, but he holds the position of general manager of Martin Cinemas, and he even has to watch the film in person many times.

Maybe in the old man's heart. Martin Cinemas is the most important, more important than its parent company, Fuqua Industries. By the next year, he deliberately bought the shares of the theater company from other shareholders and named the theater after his son. and gradually made it the fourth largest cinema chain in the United States.

Kang Jianfei followed Karpatrick to the screening room, except for the two of them. There is also Zeng Bolin, the follower brought by Kang Jianfei, and Carl's assistant. Before the film has even begun, Kalpatrick's youngest son, Michael Patrick, has come in.

Michael is nominally the assistant general manager of Martin Cinemas, but in fact he is the real manager of Martin Cinemas. Because his father also has to manage Fuqua Industries, it is Michael who is handling the specific affairs of the theater chain many times.

Michael Patrick looked less than thirty years old, tall and thin, quite handsome, but unfortunately a black mole on his nose ruined the overall image.

The light on the movie projector was turned on, and Michael pointed to the big screen and asked with a smile: "This is the Chinese movie of 'Jiang'?" ”

Karl Patrick said to his son: "This Mr. Kang is an Oriental musician, and his performance at the Los Angeles Music Center is conducted by Maestro Bernstein himself. ”

"Really? It's amazing. Michael was slightly surprised, and it was clear that Bernstein's name was still a bluff.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Little Mr. Patrick and Jiang Zhiqiang know each other?" ”

Michael smiled: "Of course we know, we have known each other for more than five years." Martin Cinemas sometimes needs to buy films in Europe, and Jiang often appears at major film festivals in Europe to buy films, and he and I met him at the Venice Film Festival, and we are familiar with each other. ”

Between the two words, the opening animation of Oriental DreamWorks on the screen has begun. As soon as the music comes to mind, Patrick and his son are drawn to the title.

Calpatrick whispered, "DreamWorks, DreamWorks...... Old Tom, replay the intro. ”

"Very good, sir." The projectionist responded.

Curious, Michael asked his father, "What happened?" ”

"Nothing, just remembering something." Carl Patrick laughed.

Seeing the English letters of DreamWorks on the screen, the old gentleman obviously remembered the past when he was young.

Thirty-five years ago, Kalpatrick was a young man with a passion for cinema and joined the sluggish Martin Cinemas as a projectionist.

From an ordinary projectionist, he has grown into a film buyer little by little, and has been running around major film companies in the United States all year round. And then later. He became the manager of a theater and then the general manager of an entire theater chain.

Karl Patrick gave a lot for Martin Cinemas, and he got a lot for it. All of this is nothing more than a movie dream from a young age.

Carlpatrick has always believed that his time as a young projectionist in the theater was the happiest time of his life. You don't have to pay for it, you can watch a variety of different movies every day, and that kind of work is simply enjoyable.

Karl Patrick turned to Kang Jianfei and said, "Young man, your company's name is great. ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Soon put it on the feature film. This copy of "Royal Senior Sister" was specially subtitled by Kang Jianfei, but the dialogue is still in Cantonese and rì.

After the movie was screened, Michael, who was still a little disdainful of Hong Kong films, had completely let go of the idea of contempt.

Purely based on the speeding cars and explosion scenes in this movie. Even if it is put in Hollywood, it is a first-class level, the plot of the movie is also very good, and the action scene is a complete Hollywood action movie.

The only thing to worry about is that the film's cast is all Asian, and the story takes place in Asia, which may reduce the enthusiasm of American audiences.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Karl Patrick was the first to applaud and exclaimed, "Very jīng color action movie." Even in Hollywood, it's rare. Mr. Kang, Martin Cinemas decided to screen it. ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "How is Mr. Patrick going to operate?" ”

Karl Patrick: "I'll take care of the publicity, Mr. Kang don't worry." It's been almost a month since Christmas, and it's the off-season for movies. There weren't many good films to show, so I decided to give 100 screens to this "Warrior Royale". ”

Kang Jianfei sighed in his heart: The United States is different, and there are 100 screens at any time. The three major cinema chains in Hong Kong are so lively, and the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, which has the largest number of theaters, has only 19 theaters in total.

Kang Jianfei asked: "How to divide the box office?" ”

Carl Patrick thought for a moment: "If the box office is under $2 million. I'll only give you a 15% share of the box office. On top of that, every additional $1 million at the box office. I'll give you an additional 1% share. ”

Kang Jianfei roughly calculated, although there are many screens of 100, the Martin Cinema Line is a small community theater, and there are few theaters with more than 1,000 seats. According to the average of 800 seats on each screen, three screenings a day, even if the theater is full, it will be 480,000 box office per day.

But the attendance rate of this kind of small community theater has always been very low, and even if there is a box office of 240,000 per day, even if it is a blockbuster, it will only be 2.4 million in ten days. Ten days later, the attendance rate may be even lower, and the death will not sell for 4 million.

That is, Karl Patrick only gave him a 17% share of the box office at most.

Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "How about the box office share from 18%?" As Mr. Patrick noted, it's the off-season for the American film market, and there aren't any good movies to be released. If it weren't for my "Royal Sister", Martin Cinemas would have had to find other bad movies to make up the numbers. In that way, not only will you not be able to make money, but you will lose a lot of money if you put it in one game. ”

Michael next to him said: "Mr. Kang, because Martin Cinema Line is a small community cinema chain, the profit is generally very low, if you give you a little more share, we will lose." ”

Kang Jianfei shrugged: "If the score is so low, then I might as well find those mainstream theaters for the first round of screenings." Mr. Patrick, are you? ”

Karpatrick thought about it: "Then start at 16 percent." ”

Kang Jianfei bargained: "17%." ”

Although Kalpatrick is the vice chairman and president of a large industrial group, he is still so calculating, he actually broke the decimal point: "165%." ”

"Okay." Kang Jianfei was convinced. He can only hope that after the release of "Royal Sister", it will cause a sensation, otherwise he will not be able to get more than 20% of the share.

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