After Li Shengyao and Chen Hao went crazy all night, they led the assistant back to Hengdian, he thought that no one should visit next, but he didn't expect that a person hurried to Hengdian the next day, found him, and said that there was something important to discuss, this person was Zhu Hong, the person in charge of Orange Sky in the mainland.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised, but he still rushed out time to meet Zhu Hong.

In a high-end restaurant in Hengdian, Zhu Hong ordered a table of good dishes and warmly greeted Li Shengyao to eat.

After a full meal, he finally said the purpose of this time.

"Director Li, do you want to have your own cinema line?"

When Li Shengyao heard this, he smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea, "I want to." ”

"We can cooperate, Director Li, the cinema reform system has been officially implemented, and you can have your own cinema."

On December 18 last year, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Culture jointly issued a new rule promulgating a plan for the reform of cinema chains in the mainland.

In the past, the mainland cinema chain was vertically managed by the central, central, provincial, municipal, and county-level companies, with a single structure and low efficiency, which could not adapt to the market demand of modernization and industrialization.

So the new system came, and it came into effect on June 1 this year, turning the original four-level vertical distribution system into a modern cinema chain, and a total of 30 cinema chains have been established in the mainland so far.

Among them, three cinema lines are inter-provincial, and the remaining 27 cinema lines are all issued within the province.

According to Li Shengyao's understanding, by the end of '04, there will be new rules promulgated, allowing private capital and foreign capital to invest in the operation of cinema chains, and the shares of foreign capital shall not exceed 50 percent.

Then, in 05, Wanda became the first private capital to set up a cinema chain.

However, before Wanda, there was also a UME theater line, which was established in 02.

The owner of the cinema chain is Wu Siyuan, the president of the Hong Kong Island Film Workers Association and the permanent honorary president of the Hong Kong Island Film Directors Association.

This is obviously an olive branch from above to Hong Kong Island films.

In June this year, the mainland Hong Kong Island co-production system was officially established, and in the future, co-productions will not be subject to import restrictions.

Wu Siyuan is valuable, Li Shengyao is even more valuable, if he speaks, the above should agree to give him a place in the theater.

This is the real reason why Orange Sky came to Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao held the teacup and looked at the faint heat, "What kind of cooperation method?" ”

"Orange Sky has money, and we are willing to invest 5 billion to create a huge cinema chain covering the whole country, and give you 10% of the shares when the time comes."

Five billion, 10 percent is 500 million.

Orange Sky has money and no way, Li Shengyao is qualified to be a theater, but the money is not enough.

It does seem like a match made in heaven.

Zhu Hong continued: "Director Li, as long as you agree, not only will you have 500 million at once, but you will also be able to get the full help of our Orange Sky, and in the future, in this huge theater chain, your movie will not have as many films as you want."

Li Shengyao smiled and was noncommittal.

Capital pursues profits, and it is impossible for the quality of the film to be like "Dream Showbiz", and it can also get a large number of scheduled films.

Zhu Hong was surprised when he saw that Li Shengyao was unmoved.

How old is Li Shengyao, a young man in his twenties, isn't he excited in the face of 500 million?

In his original plan, the two of them should have a good time drinking and planning for the future together, but they didn't expect Li Shengyao to be so cold.

He rolled his eyes, and then said: "We have people on Hong Kong Island, you can win the Academy Award casually, only if you are willing, you can quickly become the person who won the best director, and you will create a history, the youngest best director at the Academy Awards." ”

It's a half-truth.

In the early years, the Academy Awards were actually quite backbone, and Zhou Xingxing was so popular, but he didn't give people actors.

But later, Hong Kong Island movies declined, and the Academy Awards began to take care of Hong Kong Island actors.

Nicholas Tse won the actor with convulsive acting skills, which is very funny.

Li Shengyao wasn't sure if Orange Sky could handle this, and he wasn't interested.

Whether it is a golden horse or a golden statue, the gold content will be greatly reduced.

Of course, the same is true of the Golden Rooster Awards in the mainland.

If you really want to be forced, you still have to brush the three major in Europe.

Zhu Hong saw that Li Shengyao still didn't say anything, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Director Li, isn't this okay?" ”

"Nope."

"Do you dislike having less shares?"

The 500 million can be said to be given to Li Shengyao, and Li Shengyao does not need to pay a penny, Zhu Hong can't believe that Li Shengyao still feels less.

He used to think that Li Shengyao was stable, but now it seems that this is not the case, in the face of the temptation of money, Li Shengyao is more greedy than anyone else.

"Director Li, 500 million is a lot, if you don't invest indiscriminately, you won't even be able to spend it for the rest of your life."

Li Shengyao smiled, and then said the reason, "Mr. Zhu, it's not a matter of the number of shares, the amount of money, but the fact that I can't cooperate with you in the matter of the theater." ”

At the end of 04, private capital and foreign capital can invest in the establishment of cinemas.

Domestic capital, led by Wanda, took the lead in obtaining the qualification to set up a cinema chain.

And Orange Sky is so rich, and later the boss of Orange Sky also opened a company in the mainland and established Yanjing Orange Sky, Shanghai City Orange Sky, and Shencheng Orange Sky.

I wish I could have tattooed the words "domestic capital" on my face, but they still haven't gotten mainland theaters.

Even some of the theaters for sale won't be sold to Orange Sky.

It's not a question of whether you have money or not, it's a question of whether you have the qualifications or not.

Wu Kebo, the boss of Orange Sky, made his fortune in the island country, and Orange Sky has close relations with several large companies in the island country, and there is no problem at all in saying that they are Japanese-owned.

How can the mainland make a Japanese-funded cinema chain bigger and stronger?

It wasn't until after 2010 that the cinema chain led by Wanda China Film had occupied most of the market share, and Orange Sky relied on backdoor eggs to buy a cinema chain in Shencheng and own its own cinema chain in the mainland.

This matter is very clear from above.

What is Li Shengyao's identity now, it is impossible for him to cooperate so closely with Orange Sky.

Resource replacement is no problem.

But to open a theater together, that's not good.

When Zhu Hong heard this, he was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

Li Shengyao smiled and didn't answer, just looked at Zhu Hong quietly.

Zhu Hong is a smart person, and he quickly understood Li Shengyao's worries, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

In fact, UME got the above license, Wu Siyuan immediately raised money on Hong Kong Island, and when Orange Sky saw this, he thought that the opportunity had come, and he wanted to cooperate with Wu Siyuan with more than a billion yuan.

However, Wu Siyuan, the old fox, did not know such a risk, so he naturally did not agree.

Now it is Li Shengyao's turn, although he is much younger than Wu Siyuan, he thinks a lot about it and is unwilling to cooperate with Orange Sky in the theater.

Zhu Hong understands that it is even more difficult for Orange Sky to have a mainland theater chain.

"Director Li, will you go to the theater?"

"Yes, at the end of '04, or '05."

Li Shengyao is going to ask for it now, and the above should also give it, but he doesn't need to be in the limelight now.

He is not from Hong Kong Island, so there is no need to appear maverick.

At the end of 04, a new system was issued to allow private capital to enter the market, and he had enough funds at that time, and the system also allowed it, and everything seemed to fall into place, as it should be.

There are still two chapters left to finish, and I will send them in an hour.

(End of chapter)