Chapter 1381 Tell everyone that I, Wu, was bullied
The world is always like this, and you will be dragging you down everywhere.
It can be as small as a family and as big as a city and a country. But when things don’t matter, everyone can hang up high. Just like when an unscrupulous father watched the child glaring at Xiaomumu, but had to help him review and let him study hard.
Although it is to educate the children to be united, cooperate, and help each other, but looking at his smiling face, why aren’t he funny about the children?
But when things really fell on him, he couldn't laugh.
The Chinese New Year is not yet! Zhang Xinyan, the head of the mainland Donglong International subsidiary, passed the news that the box office share negotiations for "Red Sorghum" failed.
The movie "Red Sorghum" is already being promoted and will be released during the Spring Festival. It was a good collaboration with mainland theaters before.
But people over there felt that Mr. Wu’s appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and this time he actually proposed 45% of the box office, which was simply unbearable.
Starting from "Shaolin Temple", 30% of the box office has been increasing... Until now, Donglong Branch has actually proposed to share 45% of the share... This time it will take 45% of the share, what about next time?
Film studios need to reform and privatize them. The box office share of theaters is related. However, how to calculate the box office share is reasonable, but it has been arguing.
They were already trying their best to suppress the box office share of the producers, and the box office share of the Donglong Mainland Branch has always been the first song, and everyone pointed at them and used their standards as the standard. But they were not satisfied and were almost in a position.
The theater chain thinks that if this unhealthy trend is not carried out, it will be ok? Will they be on the nose in the future? Or even make more excessive demands?
Today is 40% and will it be 50% tomorrow?
Moreover, after promising you to Donglong Group Branch, what about other film factories?
But in Zhang Xinyan's opinion, there is nothing strange about this. In Xiangjiang, or even in Wu's theaters, even in films from other companies, the box office share can be more than 40%. Many film companies even want to release the movies in Feilong Theater and actively reduce their box office share in order to get more screens.
However, Mr. Wu did not go too far, at least it could maintain it at more than 35%.
If it is Donglong Group's own film, it will usually be divided into 45% to 50%.
Therefore, in Zhang Xinyan's view, it is not an exaggeration to propose that they should be 45% of them.
At this time, in the mainland, how many movies can really make money and make a lot of money? How many are produced by their companies?
Therefore, the two sides interviewed about this matter, but because Zhang Xinyan was firm in his attitude and they were not optimistic about the box office of the movie "Red Sorghum", the negotiations failed.
The box office is not high and the share is high. So the theaters want to drink the northwest wind?
No one bullies like this?
Moreover, once this opening is opened, other film factories will also require this in the future. What if this becomes a routine or becomes a "base"?
At this time, local theaters chose to join in groups and drag them out for a while.
They think that Mr. Wu is just a businessman, how can he be tough?
After Mr. Wu got the news about Zhang Xinyan, he thought for a long time. Finally, he called back and told him not to care about this matter. "In the future, the videos produced by the company will not be released there. All the videos produced by the company will be sold overseas and will be sold overseas. In the mainland, all the video tapes will be sold."
When Zhang Xinyan heard this, he was stunned, "Boss, you can't do this! Although the mainland has developed rapidly during this period, the camera recording is still a luxury for ordinary people. How much can it be sold just by selling video tapes? If we really do this, isn't it impossible to get over money? How much money will it cost!"
After pausing, he said again: "Boss, ask me to tell me that we should divide it into one pressure. As long as we press a little, 40% will probably agree, and 40% will be no more!"
Mr. Wu also knew that the box office share can reach 40%, which is indeed not small, and it is almost the same in later generations. However, he needs to give the other side some motivation to move forward.
Since it's not good, let's just rely on it!
The state-owned privatization of film factories is already in progress, but because the sharing of theaters cannot be reached, so the privatization has been delayed.
The possibility of privatizing theaters is not high. However, if you add another private theater in the mainland, it may still be possible.
Cinemas are now in the hands of junior high schools, which is a disguised monopoly.
In the past, people would not be united in order to grab the source of films. But now, this is related to future income, and no one wants to open this hole first.
Therefore, it is not monopoly, it is also monopoly.
It's like Mr. Wu is building a theater alliance in Xiangjiang, which harms those speculative and overbearing people.
Now, people also use this method to criticize him.
Can he get these people to what they want?
If the negotiation cannot be reached, I won’t discuss it yet! Isn’t it just some box office losses? I can afford the losses, and this road is not open, so I will find other ways.
So, Mr. Wu was very tricky and just "give up" her.
He just wanted to let some people see that he was "bullied" in the mainland.
Of course, in the eyes of many mainland filmmakers, Wu was actually a bit too much. Think about it, all the film companies...oh! At this time, there were no private film companies in the mainland, basically all of which were state-owned, all affiliated with the cultural part of the province or city, and belonged to the state-owned company, and they were also called film factories.
The famous film companies in later generations have not yet appeared!
Even their founder, I don’t know where it is at this time.
So, Mr. Wu’s entertainment company is unique in the mainland. Moreover, it is also unique in sharing this with the theater company.
Many films produced by state-owned film factories are basically bought out for theaters. The theaters are making a fortune, but the film factories have always been miserable.
Some people can't even be self-sufficient, and can only wait for the money they have to pay.
In addition, due to Mr. Wu’s reasons in recent years, the loss of film talents has become increasingly serious, and the days of these film factories are naturally becoming more and more difficult.
Therefore, the news of reform is getting tighter and tighter.
The state-owned privatization of film factories has long been put on the agenda, but if the theaters do not change the box office share, the reform of the film factory will be difficult to implement.
"They don't want to open this hole, so we can't open this hole. You should also know that the reform of the cinema share is on the verge of the string. If we retreat this time and then form a routine, it will be unlikely that we will ask for an increase in the share next time."
Mr. Wu directly pointed out the key points here.
Zhang Xinyan sighed lightly: "I understand what the boss means. However, I can't bear to watch the money slip away from me when I see him losing it!"
Mr. Wu laughed and said, "Let your eyes go long-term! Moreover, this movie cannot lose money. If it is not released in the mainland, we will be released overseas. In addition, you give Huo Jianning, the negative person of Longteng Group, a call and ask him to send someone to prepare a theater for special preparation, which will be used for videotapes in the future. If we can't screen the movie for the time being, then we can screen videotapes. However, the decoration specifications must be made according to the requirements of the cinema chain..."
"Boss, is this, planning to build a theater chain in the mainland?"
"I have suffered such a great grievance, so I have to give me some comfort over there!" Mr. Wu said with a smile.
When Zhang Xinyan heard him say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Is this a forced ward?
Really courageous!
So the next day, Zhang Xinyan held a press conference at Wu's instructions and directly stated that because of the inconvenience of the box office share, "Red Sorghum" is not going to be released in the mainland. In the future, the films produced by the Mainland Branch of Donglong International may not be released in the mainland, and only videotapes are sold in the mainland. Donglong International's Mainland Branch expressed great apology for the inconvenience caused to the people.
Zhang Xinyan’s press conference can be regarded as a spurt of a thousand scoundrels.
How many people are pointing at the movies of Donglong International Branch to relieve boredom! It is not released now? What is going on? What excessive demands have those theater chains put forward?
Those who don’t know the matter directly criticized the theater for eating people and not spitting bones, and were vampires.
Especially under the reports of those interested people, the movies produced by film factories are usually taken away by theaters by buyouts. As a result, the film factories worked hard for several months, and all the interests were taken away by theaters, and those film factories were all suffering.
It is precisely because of this that all the filmmakers would rather make some art movies and get awards abroad. Once they win the awards, they will be awarded and they will be paid by pointing to the box office of the movie, so they can only drink the northwest wind.
Some 'knowledgeable people' also pointed out that mainland movies will become more and more lonely as they go on.
Filmmakers can’t see a way out, and film companies have no motivation, just like a pond of stagnant water. In the past, there was Donglong International Branch to stimulate everyone. Now even Donglong International Branch has given up.
Where is the tomorrow of mainland movies?
Basically, all reports, openly and secretly, point the finger at theaters in various places, making these theaters have nowhere to spread, and think that Donglong International is too much this time.
But what if it’s too much? People are not going to release a movie anymore!
Some people think that this is Donglong International's method, just to force their cinema chains to submit. If Donglong International Branch does not release films in the mainland, the loss in this area will not be small, and are they willing to hold on?
Others may not want to, but Wu, who has money and can be willful, really hold on.
Until "Red Sorghum" was about to be released simultaneously in Southeast Asia, no one in the mainland was contacting those theaters.
At this time, they were a little waxed.
But what made them feel shocked and angry was that before the end of the year, a week before "Red Sorghum" was about to be released, Mr. Wu actually appeared in the capital.
Chapter completed!