After talking about "The Terminal", Yu Dong casually asked Tom Hanks, "You and Leonardo were the first to come. Have you gone out for a walk during this time?"
Tom Hanks laughed and said, "I have gone out a few times and walked around the hotel and the park, but Leonardo didn't. He either stayed in the hotel or walked around the park. Now Jinling is everywhere
They are all reporters. He may be discovered at any time if he goes out. Sometimes, being too beautiful is also a worry."
Yu Dong nodded, he also had this trouble recently.
"Besides "Cat and Mouse", is Leonardo filming any other movies recently?"
Spielberg said, "He is very busy. In addition to "Cat and Mouse", there is also Martin's "Gangs of New York". If nothing else happens, "The Departed" will also invite him to participate."
"Then he is indeed quite busy."
Spielberg asked with great interest, "Do you have any movies you want to make with him?"
Yu Dong smiled and waved his hand, "No, I just asked casually."
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I chatted with Spielberg and the others all morning, took them to have a quick meal in the cafeteria at noon, and then they left.
In the afternoon, Yu Dong met Han Shanping again in the office.
After the meeting, Han Shanping told Yu Dong the blueprint of his plan.
There are three steps in Han Shanping's plan. The first step is for them to jointly establish this new company. When the new company is officially established, they need to sign contracts with at least 25 cinemas. Han Shanping also roughly said that he has already
Negotiated theater.
After completing the first step, they will complete and improve the company's management system and strive to have 200 cinemas signed by the theater chain within five years.
The final step is to become the number one movie theater in China within ten years, with 350 contracted movie theaters, and the total annual box office of the theater chain reaching one billion yuan.
After talking about his plan, Han Shanping probably lacked a little confidence and said to Yu Dong with a smile, "The annual box office of one billion is the goal I set for this new company, although I know this goal is a bit high.
But only when we have a goal can we continue to move forward."
In fact, it is no wonder that Han Shanping is not confident, because the domestic film market is indeed not very good.
In the past two years, although due to the influence of VCDs, the enthusiasm of audiences to enter theaters has been low, domestic box office revenue has still increased due to the introduction of blockbusters and the booming development of domestic films.
In the past year 2000, the total box office revenue of the Chinese mainland film market was 1.12 billion yuan, nearly 40 million yuan more than last year.
Just imagine, the total box office revenue of the mainland movie market is only 110 million yuan a year. No matter what Han Shanping thinks, he doesn't dare to think too high. He is very bold to think of 1 billion yuan.
Cinema chains are not a monopoly industry, and China Film itself has made many preparations. While they are cooperating with Shenzhen Space to develop cinema chains, they are also discussing cooperation with other companies, such as the newly established Xingmei Media Co., Ltd.
Han Shanping's vision for the mainland's total box office revenue in ten years is to exceed 6 billion yuan, and their theater chains will account for about 16% of the total box office.
From Yu Dong's point of view, it is obviously a very high goal for a theater chain to account for 16% of the total box office in the Mainland. If this number can be achieved, then this theater chain will definitely sit on the top spot.
However, the annual box office of one billion yuan for theaters is obviously a bit conservative. This is mainly because Han Shanping's estimate of the mainland box office is a bit conservative.
Yu Dong doesn't remember exactly how much box office revenue a year was when China's box office exploded, but he knows that later a movie's box office revenue would be in the billions, and there would be more than one movie a year.
At a certain period of time, if the box office of a movie does not exceed one billion, it is not considered a bestseller.
Moreover, in this life, due to the existence of Deep Space Corporation, the domestic film market has developed earlier, and the total box office revenue in the mainland in ten years will definitely exceed 6 billion yuan.
However, Yu Dong did not ask Han Shanping to improve their plans, because he knew that in a few years, when the domestic box office revenue increased, Han Shanping would adjust the plans himself.
Jimmy and Yu Dong have talked about the matter of China Ticket Warehouse many times, so Jimmy also thinks that Han Shanping's goal is too conservative, but like Yu Dong, he didn't mention it and just said with a smile, "I want to attract the audience."
When entering a cinema, the key is to show more excellent movies in the cinema. Regarding this, Mr. Han, please rest assured that our company will do its best."
Hearing this, Han Shanping smiled. There are many factors in wanting more viewers to enter the cinema.
First, control piracy. We cannot say that everyone can buy pirated discs just after the movie is released or even before it is released.
Second, improve the movie-watching experience. The movie-watching experience includes two aspects, one is the quality of the movie itself, and the other is the facilities of the cinema.
Third, it still requires ordinary people to have money.
In Han Shanping's view, the third point is the most important. Tickets for movies like "The Martian" cost more than 40 yuan in many cinemas, but ordinary workers only earn less than 1,000 yuan a month, leaving little to live on.
For a few dollars, if a couple goes to the cinema to watch "The Martian" together, it will cost eighty or ninety yuan, which is too luxurious for many people.
If the salary of most people now can reach two to three thousand, and movie tickets are still only forty or fifty, then more people will definitely go to the movies.
Of course, Han Shanping also knew that Jimmy said this to highlight the importance of Deep Space Company in this cooperation, so he followed Jimmy's words and said, "Of course I am very much looking forward to Deep Space Company bringing more and more content to the audience."
The more excellent film and television works."
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Han Shanping did not stay in the park to eat, and left by car before four o'clock in the afternoon. The Chinese New Year was almost here, and there were many things for him to go back to handle at China Film. He was the helmsman of the company, so naturally he couldn't be absent for too long.
After Han Shanping left, Yu Dong looked at the time, smiled and said to Jimmy, "Go in and sit down again? Have some tea?"
Jimmy waved his hand quickly, "No more drinking. I just drank a lot of water. It just happened to end early, so I went back."
Yu Dong smiled and teased, "Since you and Britney got together, we spend less time drinking tea together."
Jimmy twitched his lips, "When you were with Teacher Cheng, you didn't say you would take me to play."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, "That's true."
"Okay, let's go, see you on New Year's Eve." Jimmy waved his hand.
"Well, see you on New Year's Eve."
This year they made an appointment to celebrate the New Year in Luoyuan, and they also wanted to bring Britney with them.
After Jimmy left, Yu Dong sat on the sofa and pondered for a while, and then directly asked the driver to take him back to Luoyuan.
When he returned to Luoyuan, Yu Yi was practicing walking in the corridor. She could walk on the ground when she had just turned one year old, but it was not solid enough. It was so cold during this period, and she wore thicker clothes, which made walking very tiring.
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After taking a few steps, she looked up and saw Yu Dong, his face blooming like a flower, and he stretched out his arms to run towards Yu Dong, "Dad."
Seeing that she was about to run away, Yu Dong quickly ran over and hugged her.
Holding Yu Yi in his arms, Yu Dong smiled and teased her, "Short legs, I think I'm going to run away."
Yu Yi couldn't understand what he was saying and just kept calling "Dad".
Cheng Yanqiu also stood up, "Why are you back so early? Aren't you going to meet Mr. Han from China Film Group Corporation in the afternoon?"
"He has gone back. There are still some matters over there in Yanjing." Yu Dong turned around and looked around, "Where are Chang Di and the other boys?"
"Hai Guo and several of their children were setting off firecrackers outside. They wanted to take Yu Yi with them, but I didn't."
Yu Dong nodded. Yu Yi was too young and it was not safe to go out with them.
Yu Haiguo and the others often run out to play in the garden. Although the garden is big, there is always a time when they get tired of playing. Moreover, it is not suitable to set off firecrackers in the garden. Firstly, the cannons are too loud in the garden and can easily scare people. Secondly, in the garden
There is no firecracker fetish like cow dung, and it lacks the fun of playing with firecrackers.
Every winter, when Yu Haiguo and the others were here, it was difficult to find an intact pile of cow dung for several miles around Luoyuan.
If there are a lot of cattle raised this year and the cow dung market is good, there will usually be only one pit on one cow dung. If the cow dung market is bad this year, there may be two pits on one cow dung.
Three or more pits.
"Where are their parents?" Yu Dong asked again.
"Some are playing cards, some are reading, some are watching movies, and some are busy in the kitchen."
Without Cheng Yanqiu's detailed explanation, Yu Dong also knew which ones were playing cards and which ones were busy.
After thinking about it, Yu Dong said, "We won't eat at home tonight, let's go buy new year's goods."
Cheng Yanqiu was stunned, "You really want to go."
"Go, of course, tell your parents that we won't eat at home tonight, but will eat outside. Do you remember that duck blood vermicelli restaurant?"
Cheng Yanqiu's eyes flashed brightly when Yu Dong mentioned duck-blooded vermicelli. A picture suddenly appeared in her mind of the time they went to Xuanwu Lake to take a duck boat ride and ate duck-blooded vermicelli at the Drum Tower. That should have been their first date.
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"Then I'll get the hat and scarf, do you want them too?"
"Let's go together."
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When Yu Dong and others arrived at Xinjiekou, it was already past six o'clock, but they did not rush to eat, but ran into the shopping mall first.
However, after entering the mall, the two of them were a little confused. Yu Dong asked, "What new year's goods are missing at home?"
Cheng Yanqiu shook his head, "I don't know, there seems to be nothing missing. How about... buy some clothes for Zhenzhen?"
"Uh, does she have too many clothes?"
Yu Yi has too many clothes. Her grandparents usually want to buy her clothes, and some relatives and friends always give her clothes.
Even if Yu Yi wears one outfit in the morning and another in the afternoon, it is impossible to wear all those clothes.
Yu Dong told them many times not to buy her too many clothes, but it was completely useless and there was no way to stop them.
Cheng Yanqiu thought of Yu Yi's wardrobe and nodded, "Well, I really can't buy any more, so what should I buy? Cigarettes and alcohol? There are a lot of cigarettes and alcohol at home, and they don't get less every year, and they are still increasing. Tea.
?There are too many tea leaves. The tea leaves they sent were divided among Sister Hong and Sister Jing. They haven’t finished dividing them yet... Are there household appliances? There is no shortage of these at home, and the household appliances bought here also match the decoration of the home.
Can’t get up.”
The couple thought for a long time and finally came to the conclusion that it was difficult for them to spend money in this shopping mall.
Yu Dong couldn't help but lamented, "It's so miserable. Now we can neither feel the fun of making money nor the fun of spending money."
Cheng Yanqiu smiled, "It's not difficult to spend money. Those antiques, calligraphy and paintings are more valuable than each other."
"It's just that good stuff is hard to find."
Giving up the idea of ​​buying New Year's goods in the mall, the couple hugged Yu Yi and wandered around the mall casually, but soon they still made a purchase in the mall.
It was a portable lantern, and Yu Dong would not let go of it once he caught it, so Yu Dong bought it.
The lantern only costs ten yuan, and it comes with batteries. When the switch is turned on, it sings and lights up. When Yu Yi holds the lantern, she laughs as soon as the lantern starts singing, and she can't stop laughing.
Yu Dong thought that Yu Yi could help them buy more things, but this girl loved that lantern. After getting the lantern, she lost interest in other toys in the mall.
They walked around the mall for more than an hour, and when they left the mall, they had an extra lantern in their hands, which cost a total of ten yuan.
But the good news is that this time their disguise was very successful and no one recognized them.
After visiting the mall, Yu Dong and the others walked towards the previous duck blood vermicelli shop. The distance was not very close, but the couple decided to walk there. This decision made the accompanying security personnel extremely nervous. As soon as they left the mall,
Security personnel were deployed in front and behind.
When they approached the Duck Blood Vermicelli Store, Cheng Yanqiu became worried, "Tell me, is that store still there? We haven't been there for a long time."
Yu Dong didn't know, so he guessed, "It should still be there. This area has not been demolished in recent years, and their business is very good. There is no reason to give up such a good business."
"After all, the shop owner is quite young."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Let's go and have a look. You will know how you can feel more nostalgic and timid after eating a duck blood vermicelli."
The two of them walked forward for a while, turned a corner, and saw that the duck blood fan shop was still open, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.
The store is still the same store, and the owner has not changed. However, the inside of the store has been renovated, making it larger than before, and the front door has also been changed.
It was already eight o'clock now, well past the meal rush hour, but there were still many customers in the shop.
While cleaning the table, the landlady greeted them, "Sit down. Whatever you want to eat, you can see it on the sign."
"Two portions of duck blood vermicelli, one large and one small. Then add a braised egg and a pork pie. I want a vegetarian pie." Cheng Yanqiu didn't look at the brand and ordered a set skillfully. This was what she followed Yu Dong.
Chapter completed!