Chapter 38 The shirk of the Big Three
After getting to know each other, Chen Ping and Li Jupeng invited the three giants of the theater, including Fan Guisheng, General Manager of Shanghai Zhengda Cinema, Xu Yawei, General Manager of Shanghai Wanda Cinema, and Zhang Zhisheng, General Manager of Shanghai Global International Cinema, to sit at the dinner table, and then serve wine. Needless to say, the dishes are all signature special dishes of Heping Hotel, and they also received tens of thousands of bottles of wine.
The dinner party did not talk about the matter at the beginning, so Chen Ping and Li Jupeng took the initiative to praise the three theater giants for a while. People like to listen to good things, even these leaders. So after a few good words and a few good drinks, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became much more lively than when they first entered the door. Not to mention anything else, just talk about the three theater giants. Although they could not regard Chen Ping and Li Jupeng as people of the same level, at least they would not have looked like they were as contempt and ignorant as they were at the beginning.
Taking advantage of this dynamic spirit, Li Jupeng said to the three theater giants: "In fact, I'm not hiding it from Manager Fan, Manager Xu and Manager Zhang. Although my film company has just been established for a while, it has already started to make movies. The movie we are shooting is the girl we chased together in those years. It is a fresh and fresh movie that completely reproduces the kind of young and ignorant love that students in the 1990s did."
There are some things that need not be said too clearly, just click on it and stop it. Li Jupeng, who has been running the mall with Luohan for so long, obviously understands this truth, so he just introduced the movie, but the meaning is that it is obvious.
After hearing Li Jupeng's words, Fan Guisheng, general manager of Shanghai Zhengda Cinema, said first: "Is that true? Manager Li seems to be only in his twenties this year. Others are still worried about finding a job at this age, but they didn't expect that Manager Li has already started investing in making movies at such a young age? He is so young and promising!"
After Fan Guisheng finished speaking, Xu Yawei, general manager of Shanghai Wanda Cinema, also said: "Who said it was not? And Manager Li took action to invest millions in the true sense of commercial films, rather than like other young directors and producers, he just wanted to shoot some DV campus movies, just thinking about gaining popularity. This determination and courage alone is worthy of everyone's attention."
After Fan Guisheng and Xu Yawei, Zhang Zhisheng, general manager of Shanghai Global International Cinema, also said: "I think so, and Manager Li did not blindly choose big productions or something, but chose a campus movie from the 1990s. This is exactly what Manager Li is familiar with. This can also show that Manager Li's rational understanding of movies is a good attitude of being responsible for his own movies."
Listening to the statements of these three theater giants, Chen Ping sighed slightly in his heart: Obviously, these three old foxes are not so easy to deal with.
Although all three of them praised Li Jupeng, these praises may not be very good, but this kind of praise is something that costs money after all. Even if they praised Li Jupeng to the sky, it still did not help the release of the movie. Or it can be said that they are just talking about other things.
Chen Ping was mentally prepared for this situation, because with their ability to sit at the same table with the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee officials, being able to come down to eat with them would have given the Le family a great deal of face. If he could still think of giving them some wine, he could be brothers and brothers with them, and then happily sign the theater screening contract, which would be a bit outrageous.
Chen Ping thought so, and at this time he saw Li Jupeng coming to an inquiring look, Chen Ping nodded to him.
There is no gay love, this is just a countermeasure that Chen Ping and Li Jupeng discussed. They are very clear that these three giants will definitely play against them, but they cannot accompany these old men to play Tai Chi every day. Chen Ping, who has to go to Zhou Baochang every day, and there is no time, and there is no need to slap in this way. So once you encounter this situation, just pick up the words and forget about it.
Although Li Jupeng was very upset when he received Chen Ping's approval, he still said to the owners of the three cinemas according to Chen Ping's decision: "Actually, the reason why I chose this movie to invest and shoot is because I saw his potential. I believe he will definitely sell well in the future!"
After expressing his determination for his movie, Li Jupeng continued: "This movie is a youth campus movie from the 1990s. It is based on the ignorant and immature love between a man and a woman born in the 1980s in school. Manager Fan, Manager Xu and Manager Zhang are both bosses of large theaters. I believe that all three of them must have outstanding vision and must know the survival pressure of the post-80s generation. In addition to their high-intensity work, they will definitely miss the simple and beautiful times of the past. Our movie focuses on the nostalgia card, so we will definitely succeed."
Speaking of this, Li Jupeng lowered his posture and said to the owners of the three theaters: "But no matter how good the movie is, it needs to be released. I also know that Manager Fan, Manager Xu and Manager Zhang are the leading figures of Shanghai theaters, so I would like to ask the three bosses to help in terms of distribution and screening."
After hearing Li Jupeng's words, the three theater giants were surprised.
Of course, their surprise was not direct from Li Jupeng. After all, when they talked with others about the screenings, they had encountered similar direct statements. What really surprised them was that Li Jupeng's way of speaking first and then suppressing was that he could drive their emotions too much. I believe that if they had not had rich experience and time to nourish their energy, they would have agreed on the spot.
However, since these three people can take the first seat in Shanghai Cinema together, they naturally have their ability. Therefore, they just thought about it for a moment and told Li Jupeng together whether they would.
The first person to speak was Fan Guisheng, general manager of Shanghai Zhengda Cinema. He said: "I believe that since a movie that can allow Manager Li to invest in this way is definitely a very good movie. I am also looking forward to the release of this movie after it is filmed and edited. So when you have finished filming and filming, you can use the sample to contact our marketing manager to negotiate the contract for purchasing the film."
Then there is Xu Yawei, general manager of Shanghai Wanda Cinema. He said: "My idea is the same as that of Manager Fan. I am very acknowledging Manager Li, you are the one who focuses on nostalgia cards. And for Wanda, who is mostly young, I believe that we can achieve unexpected results. But you know, our Wanda is a big group, and many things have systems, and it is not something I can decide alone. So when Manager Li, your film is about to be officially released, can you come to our film purchasing manager to negotiate with it with the sample?"
The last one is Zhang Zhisheng, general manager of Shanghai Global International Cinema. He said: "Manager Li, as far as I am concerned, I really want to help you, but our theaters focus on foreign blockbusters, and most of the people who come to our theaters to watch movies are for these big foreign productions. So, even if I like this, I am optimistic about nostalgic movies like this, the audience who have long been raised by foreign blockbusters will not buy them. If it is not done well, it will affect the reputation of your movies. In this way, if I let your movies be released here, it will really harm you!"
The three cinema owners have different opinions, but at first glance they all make sense. They are contracts, systems, and thoughts for you. How high-sounding the reasons, but don’t forget that this is in China where favors are greater than everything.
Indeed, companies should have established systems, but often senior executives or bosses of various companies usually want to play centralized power, take all their powers into their own hands, and issue orders. A very simple example, has someone heard that a company boss wants to sell other products in the company's product sales, but it cannot be passed because of the company's system?
So it seems that these three theater giants are undoubtedly shirking.
Now, for Chen Ping and Li Jupeng, the other party's intention is already very obvious, just don't want this film. Whether it is disdain or afraid that such a small production will affect the reputation of the cinema or other reasons, it doesn't matter. In short, the dinner can basically end now.
The three theater giants also knew about this situation, but at this moment, Le Feng, who had not spoken, suddenly said, "Manager Fan, Manager Xu, Manager Zhang, I also think this movie is a good movie. Should you please read the script of the movie first and then talk about your opinion?"
Chapter completed!