“The average attendance rate of Lianhe Theater yesterday was 53.”
“The average attendance rate of Huamao Cinema yesterday was 56.”
“The average attendance rate of Jinyu Theater yesterday was 47.”
“The average attendance rate of Jinsheng Theater yesterday was 51.”
“The average attendance rate of Taiping Theater yesterday was 52.”
“The Queen’s Theater’s average attendance yesterday was 67.”
“…”
In the headquarters conference room of the New Era Cinema, the bosses or managers of major theaters are listening to the attendance reports of each theater with concern.
The situation of "Terminator" was released in Hong Kong was a bit bad, and it was even worse than Kang Jianfei expected. Among the five movies during the Spring Festival, comedy films include comedy films and kung fu films. The remaining audiences who like to watch science fiction films were also snatched away by "Star Wars 3".
Even though it has been widely promoted before its release, the presence of "Terminator" is still too low. "Terminator" released at the same time in 18 theaters not only has the box office not as good as "Shaolin Boy" with only 14 theaters, but also "Star Wars 3" with only 10 theaters.
On the third day after it was released, there was a crack in the loose alliance of theaters in the new era. In addition to Kang Jianfei's own nine theaters, the other nine theaters have demanded the reduction of the number of "Terminator" scenes, and they are willing to replace them with "City Light" by Zhang Jianting.
Although Anle Cinema has had a very unpleasant relationship with Kang Jianfei, it was Jiang Zhiwen who was the decision. Jiang Zhiqiang is still the general manager of the Cinema Line in the New Era. He turned his attention to Kang Jianfei and Zhang Moren, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a good news in the midst of mourning.
“The average attendance rate at Fanling Theater yesterday was…100.”
Everyone in the conference room looked at the boss of Fanling Theater, and Zheng Cuisheng, the boss of Fanling Theater, only smiled and said nothing.
Why can Fanling Theater be full of events when the average attendance rate of other theaters is only about 50%?
Because Fanling Theater is a rural cinema.
Fanling is located in the northeast of the New Territories and is almost bounded by Shenzhen/Zheng. It is as remote as possible. Moreover, Fanling Theater is also the only cinema among the three districts of Shangshui, Fanling and Dapu. In other words, if Shangshui, people in Dapu District want to watch movies, they have to take a bus to Fanling.
In this way, as long as the movies released by Fanling Theater are not too bad, the attendance rate during the Spring Festival is basically above 90%. Unfortunately, the ticket price of this theater is relatively low, and there are only more than 500 seats.
The predecessor of Fanling Theater was an open-air theater. It has been open since 1949 and has changed several bosses over the past decades. For example, Qiu Degen has operated Fanling Theater for several years.
Because the North New Territories District is too backward and the surrounding area is full of rural areas with inconvenient transportation, Fanling Theater has always been in a simple and small scale. It has been mostly screening second-round movies or old movies for a long time, relying on low fares to attract farmers and audiences - the ticket prices are too high for farmers to bear to bear.
However, since 1978, Hong Kong's economic development has been rapid, and farmers' pockets in the North New Territories have gradually increased. In the past two years, the ticket prices of Fanling Theater have increased a lot. At the same time, farmers and audiences are not willing to only watch old movies and second-round movies. In addition, Kang Jianfei promised to reduce copy rent for Fanling Theater, so this rural theater chose to join the New Era theater.
Zheng Cuisheng, who is not worried about attendance, did not speak, but the manager of Jinyu Theater spoke: "The attendance rate of "Terminator" is less than 50%. If other videos are not arranged to replace it, Jinyu Theater will definitely withdraw from this joint screening."
The old man Zhang Moren asked sinisterly: "I wonder which good film is going to be screened after Manager Di withdraws from the joint screening?"
The Manager Di said with a straight face: "It won't be a worry for Mr. Zhang."
"It's not "Star Wars 3", right?" Zhang Moren said with a chuckle.
Manager Di sat there without saying a word, as if he had made a default.
"Cough cough!" Jiang Zhiqiang used a cough to cover up the embarrassment. On the one hand, he is the general manager of the New Era Cinema, and on the other hand, he is Jiang Zhiwen's younger brother and one of the shareholders of Anle Cinema. At the same time, he has a good personal relationship with Kang Jianfei. The filming work of "Terminator" and "Star Wars 3" made him feel embarrassed and worried.
The boss of Huamao Cinema also said, "Mr. Kang, Huamao Cinema took the risk of screening "Terminator" for your sake. You should take the charter now. It doesn't matter if the movie is off-season, but it's the prime time of the Spring Festival."
"The new Shushan Swordsman directed by Xu Ke has been filmed for half a year, right?" The boss of Hongyun Theater suddenly said, "I won't be as follows "Terminator" and urgently screened Xu Ke's "Shushan"."
When Kang Jianfei faced these thrilling theater merchants, he kept laughing disdainfully. Most of their theaters used to be second-round theaters. If they were not supported by DreamWorks' film sources and discounts, they would not be qualified to talk about what movies were screened in the first round of the Spring Festival.
Now that the wings are growing hard, the attendance rate of only one movie is not good, I couldn't help but jump up and down and ask for a change of films in just two or three days.
Although according to the convention of theaters, the attendance rate of the Spring Festival should be reduced if the number of scenes is too low, and even if it is released in other movies, the actions of these theater merchants are not wrong, but Kang Jianfei is still very unhappy.
Because these theaters can develop rapidly, they all have the convenience and support of DreamWorks. For the sake of Kang Jianfei, they should at least let "Terminator" be screened for a week before talking about other things.
Kang Jianfei didn't care about other people's face, but he didn't like others not giving him face. Facing the faces of the men in the conference room, he further strengthened his determination to re-create the theater company.
Kang Jianfei did not show the anger in his heart, but said with a smile: "There is still early in "Shushan" and there is no progress at half the pace."
Kang Jianfei did not lie, and "Shushan" was indeed only filmed a little.
Xu Ke’s filming speed is not slow. There is a special reason why he only took a little shot in half a year.
First, I went to Hollywood to hire a special effects team and spent some time, and then I came back to make special effects models. When I went to mainland China to film, it was already November.
Xu Ke first went to Zhangjiajie for a walk, and was immediately shocked by the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland. Then Xu Ke went to Jiuzhaigou again. After he got there, he didn't take a shot, so he called Kang Jianfei directly and said that he wanted to overturn his original idea and rewrite the script.
God is sorry to see that Xu Ke has been filming in Zhangjiajie for more than half a month. Rewriting the script means that half a month of shooting will be basically invalid.
As for Xu Ke's rewrite of the script, the reason is very simple. Those natural beauty with great visual and spiritual impact have brought him too many ideas and inspirations.
Now most of the crew of the "New Shushan Swordsman" have returned to Hong Kong, and only Xu Ke and his wife Shi Nansheng are still in the mainland. Under the leadership of the mainland guide, they travel to famous mountains and rivers in various places.
As for when "New Shushan Swordsman" will be filmed, only ghosts know that Kang Jianfei has been cheated this time.
"It's been half a year and I haven't finished the film yet? That's really long." The boss of Huamao Cinema sighed.
The boss of Jinsheng Theater said: "Mr. Kang, since joining the New Era theater, the number of seats in our Jinsheng Theater has doubled. Such a 50% attendance rate is really hurt. I also support re-scheduling."
The owner of Jinsheng Theater is also a weirdo. His cinema originally had only 300 seats, but he made a lot of money after joining the New Era theater. That little seat could not satisfy more and more audiences, so he thought about expanding the scale of the theater.
However, this guy did not choose to build a multi-hall cinema, but rented a house next to the theater, and directly installed more than 300 seats after opening the wall.
The attendance rate of "Terminator" is only 50%, which means that more than 300 new seats added by Jinsheng Theater are vacant.
Jiang Zhiqiang turned his eyes to Kang Jianfei, obviously asking about his plans.
There are only two ways to go now. One is to reduce the number of "Terminator" episodes and the other is to replace "Star Wars 3" with other DreamWorks movies, such as Zhang Jianting's "City Light".
From Jiang Zhiqiang's standpoint, he naturally hopes to release "Star Wars 3" in more theaters. The more box offices of "Star Wars 3", the more distribution scores Anle Pictures earns, and Jiang Zhiqiang is also one of the shareholders of Anle Pictures.
"Star Wars 3 is not good," Kang Jianfei shook his head, "The current attendance rate of this movie is about 80%, but please note that this is when there are only 10 theaters released. It can be said that the box office potential of Star Wars 3 has reached its limit. If the theaters are also sequel to "Star Wars", the attendance rate of Star Wars 3 will be quickly lowered, and I'm afraid it will not be much better than Terminator at that time."
After Kang Jianfei said this, those hospital merchants also realized that except for one or two companies that still had expectations for "Star Wars 3", everyone else gave up their plans to cooperate with Jiang Zhiwen, hoping that DreamWorks would come up with a new film.
Kang Jianfei raised three fingers and said, "Give me another three days. If the box office of "Terminator" does not improve, McDonald's "Cannot Stop Love" will be released."
"It's the movie Zhang Guorong, Wen Bixia, Li Lizhen and Wu Mengda?" asked the boss of Jinsheng Theater.
Kang Jianfei explained: "It's that movie. "Love I Can't Stop" was completed after New Year's Day. It just passed the movie inspection a few days ago and was originally scheduled to be released after the New Year."
"Love I Can't Stop" is a sequel to "The Beautiful Girl". Kang Jianfei came up with the idea and Wen Jun is the screenwriter. It is considered a movie that emphasizes both art and business.
"The Beautiful Girl" was both well-known and popular when it was released. "Love I Can't Stop" was its sequel, and there were also starring Zhang Guorong, Wen Bixia and others, which was quite interesting in the box office.
Kang Jianfei made a three-day commitment. After all, those hospital merchants will have to rely on DreamWorks to provide film sources in the future, so naturally they can't force them too much. They all agreed to it.
After the meeting ended, Jiang Zhiqiang called Kang Jianfei and said, "Mr. Kang, I'm really sorry for this incident. After all, my brother is the one who is in charge of Anle Film."
"I know, you are in a difficult situation when you are stuck in the middle." Kang Jianfei said with a smile. He was still very satisfied with Jiang Zhiqiang's Spring Festival schedule. Among the members of the New Era theater, only 6 were released in "Star Wars 3" with Anle theaters, and the remaining 9 theaters were all screened by Jiang Zhiqiang's "Terminator".
Jiang Zhiqiang sighed and said, "There will probably be more and more situations in the future. I want to quit my position as general manager of the New Era Cinema and go back to help my brother run Anle Cinema."
"What are the futures of those four western film theaters?" Kang Jianfei suddenly smiled, "I am going to rebuild a theater company. How about Brother Jiang who is worse than to be the general manager?"
Jiang Zhiqiang looked at Kang Jianfei in surprise, and soon reacted, and said with a smile: "Mr. Kang, you will not be satisfied with loose temporary theaters. One day you will create a regular theater. I just don't know why I chose me as the general manager. Isn't Mr. Zhang Moren very suitable?"
Kang Jianfei explained: "He is old and has problems with his waist and cervical spine. He cannot sit for a long time and cannot work hard. It is already the ultimate to manage several theaters and he does not have the energy to manage a whole theater."
In fact, Kang Jianfei liked Cen Jianxun very much. He planned to let Zhang Moren be the general manager of the theater, and then sent Cen Jianxun to serve as an assistant to Zhang Moren, and then be promoted after training for two or three years.
But Kang Jianfei never expected that Cen Jianxun was actually Pan Disheng's friend, and he handed his resignation in the first two days of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Compared to working at DreamWorks, Debao Film Company, which has not yet been officially registered, is small, but Pan Disheng gave Cen Jianxun some shares. Cen Jianxun would naturally choose to be his boss instead of staying at DreamWorks to work for Kang Jianfei.
Jiang Zhiqiang was hesitant. After his father died, the two brothers got a share of the four theaters in Anle Cinema as their inheritance. But the problem is that his brother Jiang Zhiwen had the final say in the theaters, and Jiang Zhiqiang could only go back and forth in Europe and the United States to buy movies.
Jiang Zhiqiang is an aspiring young man. Although he is only 30 years old, he has run around the world since he was 13 years old. After nearly 20 years of holding it in, he has long wanted to let go.
Jiang Zhiqiang now has two choices. One is to stay at Anle Cinemas as the second owner and continue to go around buying films to develop four family theaters; the other is to accept Kang Jianfei's invitation and become the general manager of the newly built theater company. Judging from the prosperity of DreamWorks, the theaters may develop to Nanyang and Taiwan in a few years.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Kang Jianfei added with a smile and said, "I'll give you 10 dry shares in the theater company."
The stocks can only be distributed dividends but not traded. Jiang Zhiqiang will take them back after resigning, so naturally it cannot be compared with his shares in Anle Cinema.
But the development prospects of the two theaters are different. Jiang Zhiqiang thought about it over and over again, but the temptation of being the only one side made him unable to refuse. After all, after returning to Anle theaters, he could only help his brother Jiang Zhiwen.
Chapter completed!