Chapter 1374 The winter of the filmmakers
No matter where you are, the cinema line can determine the life and death of a movie.
Even in North America, which is extremely developed around movies, cinemas are still the top priority for a movie.
Because theaters are just a place where movies are sold and gain popularity for movies.
The subsequent peripheral copyright development is based on this matter. Only when the box office is high and the popularity is high, the peripheral copyright has higher development value.
Xiangjiang filmmakers are more eager to make money, especially those informal filmmakers...that is, those who come in and make a plan to make money, and the community filmmakers who borrow movies to launder money.
Their quick success and instant benefits have an impact on Xiangjiang movies... are a big cancer.
In Xiangjiang, after a high-box movie came out, there must be countless followers. And the surrounding areas of these followers' works, except for videotapes, there is basically no need to think about other things.
Only some good follow-up works can be sold to TV stations and a little copyright fee will be charged.
And like other small toys, small accessories, etc., you basically don’t need to think about it.
Therefore, most of the income of these movies is in theaters.
Once the theaters are stuck, the winter for these movies will come.
Mr. Wu nodded and said, "That's right! The theater! I have been thinking about this matter for a long time. Last night, those people joined forces to find Manager Hu of Feilong Theater. It was not the reason for this matter. However, it also reminded me that this matter needs to be accelerated."
Lao Zou shook his head and said, "I can't let you get stuck in Jiahe's neck."
When Mr. Wu heard this, he chuckled and said, "Old Zou, we have fought and cooperated, so don't talk like this. If you Jiahe, can you survive with just one Jiahe Cinema now?"
You can't survive by relying on a single Jiahe Cinema. After all, the market in Xiangjiang is only so big. If there is no Southeast Asian market and the Xiangjiang market alone, in Xiangjiang, where the production costs are getting higher and higher, you can only shoot those small-cost movies and fight for the big ones with small profits.
Therefore, most of the overseas distributions of film companies in Xiangjiang will be found in Donglong Group.
Although there are also many film chambers overseas who come to Xiangjiang to buy movies, these film merchants are extremely loose, and are basically retail investors from one country and one region.
Donglong Group has established a theater network throughout Southeast Asia, and even the world. As long as the films recognized by Donglong Group can be released in most countries in Southeast Asia, or even in Europe and the United States.
Therefore, those potential films will be sent to Donglong Group.
What if you accidentally achieve results in Europe and the United States? That's a US dollar. What is the current Hong Kong dollar if you change a US dollar? The ratio of one to ten!
Any amount you can sell is profitable.
Only those movies with insufficient potential will look for retail investors and make a little profit.
It can be said that the level of the distribution of Xiangjiang movies overseas has been stuck by Donglong Group.
However, this kind of stuck is not completely lost, and there are still some retail investors coming to collect the movies.
Their standard for collecting films is the box office of a film in Hong Kong.
Taking this as a standard, most of the films can actually be seen in terms of quality, unless it is an art film. However, if you encounter those who use films to launder money, it will be difficult to be accurate. What Mr. Wu has to do now is to erase the remaining "accidents" as much as possible.
After hearing this, Lao Zou's lips twitched and he thought to himself: Why does this kid always speak so ugly? It's been so many years, but he doesn't know how to change it!
Although he was telling the truth, he still shook his head and said, "It's impossible for me to sell Jiahe Cinema to you. This is a matter of no discussion."
"I don't need you to sell Jiahe Cinema to me. As long as you take out Jiahe Cinema, our two cinemas will form a theater alliance, each accounting for a certain proportion of the shares..."
Mr. Wu revealed the plan of the theater alliance, and Lao Zou fell silent.
"A Cheng, you are making a monopoly!" Old Zou sighed lightly.
Lao Zou was naturally moved by Mr. Wu's proposal. Because the theater alliance is formed, Donglong International's films will have some income in the future and will also enter Lao Zou's pocket.
Of course, this income is just a drop in the bucket for Donglong International. Therefore, Mr. Wu does not feel sorry for him, as long as he can really kill those who are eager for quick success and instant benefits.
Jiahe Cinema only has theaters in Xiangjiang. In other Southeast Asian countries, they do not have theaters, but only have distribution channels.
However, they have gradually given up on this channel, because Donglong Group's channels are much better and much more perfect than their original channels.
It can be said that over the years, Jiahe has basically not developed much. Compared with the development trend of Donglong Group, it is praised for saying that Jiahe is standing still.
Sometimes Lao Zou would also think, what would happen if he hadn't cheated this guy and had this guy been incorporated under his command now?
But if you think about it carefully, Lao Zou will know that people like Wu are absolutely impossible to surrender. Even if they are temporarily dormant, they are still accumulating strength.
Sooner or later, when his wings grow, he will soar into the sky and will no longer be able to restrain him.
Mr. Wu smiled and said, "How could it be a monopoly! In addition to our two companies, Xiangjiang also has Yin and other scattered theaters! Moreover, if others can't stand it, we can't stop them, right?"
Lao Zou laughed when he heard this. Yindu Cinema, is it accessible to those clubs and filmmakers? Take the courage to try it? As for the scattered small theaters, it is even more ridiculous.
Even if these scattered theaters are temporarily formed into one theater, how many theaters can there be? It’s okay if the scale is not enough!
He shook his head and smiled, saying, "Are you afraid of being scolded by someone pointing at the back? You don't even leave a mouthful of soup! Is it necessary to do this? Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents. If you force those people into a hurry and do something extraordinary, you will not regret it even if you regret it? How can Yaoyu go and touch the rubble? If someone is barefoot, will you be afraid that you will wear shoes?"
"I used to think that I would eat meat, and at least leave some soup for others to drink." Mr. Wu sneered, "But you have seen it too. If this continues, this great situation will be defeated by those people sooner or later. I won't talk about Yin Ji and other things, just talk about this shoddy! These bad movies have flowed overseas. Whose reputation has been defeated? It's our Chinese movie!"
"It has been very difficult for Chinese movies to improve over the years, but if they continue to struggle like this, their vitality will sooner or later be dispersed. Who will the Chinese movies be sold to?"
Mr. Wu snorted: "I finally managed to get this situation like this. Are you willing to let those people break the plate? Then the whole plate of cake will smell!"
After pausing, he said again: "If it's just to make money, why should I do this thankless thing? Turn a blind eye, why can't I go through it? But five years later, ten years later, twenty years later? Are you willing to let those black-hearted maggots curse a few words, or are you willing to let your descendants point at the back and scold the old man? Of course, if those people can't help but jump out, that's even better, and you're worried about not finding an excuse to destroy their spirits!"
Old Zou was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly, "It's not that serious!"
He is completely sure now that the person behind Hongxing must be Mr. Wu. Otherwise, Mr. Wu would not be so confident in the face of the power of those clubs.
When Mr. Wu heard this, he laughed, "It's not that serious? If it weren't for me, would you think those shooting with guns at someone else's head would only happen to some small number of artists? Why would so many artists rather pay super high compensation to the original company and squeeze into Tiancheng Agency? Do you really think they are for money? If it's for money, why wouldn't they wait a few more years? They are for their own lives!"
Lao Zou looked at Wu with a strange look. Thinking about the things that Wu had done in the entertainment industry over the years, Lao Zou always felt strange.
In his opinion, Mr. Wu could not be so great! This guy has his eyes all over his mind. Although he acts generously, which business is not for making money?
Even the Xiangjiang Academy of Arts is now starting to make money... Although most of the money is donated by students after becoming famous, the college did not divide the money, but instead invested it in the update of various equipment.
But Xiangjiang Academy of Arts is not short of money, which everyone knows.
Even this academy can make money, not to mention his other businesses.
Can you be so noble if you are a guy who is interested in money?
Although Mr. Wu's Angel Charity Fund has indeed invested nearly tens of billions of dollars in global charity, isn't this for gaining fame?
What's more, this guy also raises Hong Xing, a prehistoric monster!
Lao Zou judged others by himself, and always felt that Mr. Wu was not a person with noble sentiment, but was holding on to something bad in his heart, and deliberately fought against those filmmakers in the club.
This guy is a cruel person!
However, even so, it would not prevent him from being willing to join Jiahe Cinemas under Feilong Cinemas to form a theater alliance and monopolize most of the cinemas market.
When Jiahe Cinema and Feilong Cinema formed a theater alliance and screened the film sources according to the rules of Feilong Cinema, countless filmmakers in Xiangjiang began to curse secretly.
Especially those small film companies, who only want to follow the trend and fight for big things, directly scolded Wu in their hearts.
What makes people have no trouble is that this time, even the Governor of Hong Kong jumped out to stand up for the theater alliance and participated in the ribbon cutting of the theater alliance. He also said that Xiangjiang movies need to be standardized, and the alliance between Feilong and Jiahe will implement this policy well and regulate the market with the market's own adjustment ability. He believes that Xiangjiang's film industry will definitely get better and better.
In this hustle and bustle, time finally entered eighty-eight years.
Chapter completed!