"The average occupancy rate of Luen Wo Theater yesterday was 53%."
"The average occupancy rate of Huamao Theater yesterday was 56%."
"The average occupancy rate of Golden Jade Cinema yesterday was 47%."
"The average occupancy rate of Golden Sing Theater yesterday was 51%."
"The average occupancy rate of Tai Ping Theater yesterday was 52%."
"The average occupancy rate at the Queen's Theater yesterday was 67%."
"..."
In the conference room of the New Era Cinema Line's headquarters, the owners or managers of major theaters were listening worriedly to the attendance reports of each theater.
The release of "Terminator" in Hong Kong was a bit bad, and it was even worse than Kang Jianfei expected. Among the five movies in the Spring Festival, there are comedies and kung fu movies, and the rest of the audience who like to watch science fiction movies are still
A lot of it was robbed by "Star Wars 3".
Even with extensive publicity before release, the presence of "Terminator" is still too low. "Terminator" was released in 18 theaters at the same time. Not only was the box office not as good as "Shaolin Kid" which only had 14 theaters, it even only had
"Star Wars 3" released in 10 theaters can't be compared to it.
On only the third day of its release, cracks appeared in the loose alliance of New Era Cinemas. In addition to Kang Jianfei's own 9 cinemas, the other 9 cinemas have requested to reduce the number of shows of "Terminator", even if it is replaced by Zhang Jianting's "City".
Light》They are all willing.
Although Anle Cinema had quite an unhappy relationship with Kang Jianfei, it was Jiang Zhiwen who was in charge, and Jiang Zhiqiang was still the general manager of New Era Cinema. He turned his attention to Kang Jianfei and Zhang Moren, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard
There is good news in the midst of mourning.
"The average attendance at Fanling Theater yesterday was... 100%."
Everyone in the conference room looked at the owner of Fanling Theater, Zheng Cuisheng, who only smiled and said nothing.
Why is the Fanling Theater able to outperform and fill every venue when the average attendance rate of other theaters is only around 50%?
Because Fanling Cinema is a country cinema.
Fanling is located in the northeastern part of the New Territories. It is close to the border with Shenzhen/Zhen. It is as remote as possible. Moreover, Fanling Cinema is the only cinema in the three districts of Sheung Shui, Fanling and Tai Po. That is,
He said that if people in Sheung Shui and Dapu District want to watch a movie, they have to take a bus to Fanling.
In this way, as long as the movies shown at Fanling Cinema are not too bad, the attendance rate during the Spring Festival period will basically be more than 90%. Unfortunately, the ticket price of this theater is low and it only has more than 500 seats.
The Fanling Theater was formerly an open-air theater that has been in business since 1949. It has changed several owners over the decades. For example, Qiu Degan ran the Fanling Theater for several years.
Because the Northern District of the New Territories is too backward and surrounded by rural areas with inconvenient transportation, Fanling Cinema has always been poorly equipped and small in scale. For a long time, it has mostly screened second-run movies or old movies, relying on low ticket prices to attract farmers.
Audience - The farmers are reluctant to part with the ticket price.
However, Hong Kong's economy has developed rapidly since 1978, and the pockets of farmers in the northern New Territories have gradually grown. Ticket prices at Fanling Cinema have increased a lot in the past two years. At the same time, rural audiences are not willing to just watch old movies and second-run movies.
.In addition, Kang Jianfei promised to reduce the copy rental for Fanling Cinema, so this rural theater chose to join the New Era Cinemas Line.
Zheng Cuisheng, who was not worried about the attendance rate, did not say anything, but the manager of Jinyu Theater spoke up: "The attendance rate of "Terminator" is less than 50%. If other films are not arranged to replace it, Jinyu Theater will definitely withdraw from this joint screening."
Zhang Moren, an old man, asked conspiratorially: "I wonder which good film Manager Di will show after withdrawing from the joint screening?"
Manager Di said with a straight face: "I don't need Mr. Zhang to worry about this anymore."
"It can't be "Star Wars 3", right?" Zhang Moren chuckled.
Manager Di sat there without saying a word, seemingly acquiescing.
"Ahem!" Jiang Zhiqiang coughed to cover up his embarrassment. On the one hand, he is the general manager of New Era Cinemas. On the other hand, he is Jiang Zhiwen's younger brother and one of the shareholders of Anle Cinemas. At the same time, he
He also has a good personal relationship with Kang Jianfei, but the filming schedules for "Terminator" and "Star Wars: Episode III" have left him in a dilemma and extremely stressed out.
The owner of Huamao Cinema also said: "Mr. Kang, Huamao Cinema took the risk to screen "Terminator" because of your face. Why don't you come up with a charter now? During the off-season for movies, 5
It doesn’t matter if the attendance rate is high, but now is the prime time during the Spring Festival.”
"The film "The New Swordsman of Shushan" directed by Xu Ke has been filming for half a year, right?" The owner of Hongyun Theater suddenly said, "Why don't we just put down "The Terminator" and urgently screen Xu Ke's "Swordsman of Shushan"."
Kang Jianfei was laughing with disdain in the face of these fast-moving theater operators. Most of their theaters used to be second-run theaters. Without the backing of DreamWorks' film sources and discounts, they would not be qualified to talk about the first-run of the Spring Festival.
What movie is showing?
Now my wings have grown stronger. The attendance rate of one movie is not good, and after only two or three days, I can't help but jump up and down to ask for a change.
Although according to the convention of theater chains, if the attendance rate during the Spring Festival is too low, the number of shows should be reduced or even replaced with other movies. What these theater operators did is not wrong, but Kang Jianfei is still very unhappy.
Because the rapid development of these theaters is due to the convenience and support of DreamWorks, just for Kang Jianfei's sake, he should at least let "Terminator" be screened for a week before talking about anything else.
Kang Jianfei didn't care about other people's face, but he really didn't like others not giving him face. Facing the faces of the gentlemen in the conference room, he strengthened his determination to re-establish a theater company.
Kang Jianfei did not show the anger in his heart, but said with a smile: ""Shu Mountain" is still early, and half of the progress is not yet made."
Kang Jianfei did not lie, "Shu Mountain" was indeed only filmed a little bit.
Xu Ke's filming speed is not slow. There is a special reason why he only filmed a little bit in half a year.
First, it took some time to go to Hollywood to hire a special effects team, and then came back to make special effects models. By the time we went to mainland China for filming, it was already November.
Xu Ke first went to Zhangjiajie for a walk, and was immediately shocked by the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. Then Xu Ke went to Jiuzhaigou. After arriving there, he didn't take a single shot. He called Kang Jianfei directly and said that he wanted to
Overturn the original idea and rewrite the script.
Unfortunately, Xu Ke has been filming in Zhangjiajie for more than half a month. Rewriting the script means that half a month of filming will be basically wasted.
The reason why Xu Ke rewrote the script is very simple. Those natural beauties with great visual and spiritual impact brought him too many ideas and inspirations.
Now most of the crew of "New Shushan Swordsman" have returned to Hong Kong. Only Xu Ke and his wife Shi Nansheng remain in the mainland. Under the leadership of mainland guides, they visit famous mountains and rivers in various places.
As for when "New Shushan Swordsman" will be filmed, only the devil knows. Kang Jianfei was deceived this time.
"It's been half a year and you haven't finished filming? That's been a long time," the owner of Huamao Theater sighed.
The owner of Jinsheng Theater said: "Mr. Kang, since joining the New Era Cinemas chain, the number of seats in our Jinsheng Theater has doubled. Such an attendance rate of 50% is really hurtful. I also support the rescheduling of movies."
The owner of the Golden Sound Theater is also a weirdo. His theater originally only had 300 seats, but he made a lot of money after joining the New Era Cinemas chain. Those few seats could not satisfy the growing number of audiences, so he thought of expanding it.
Theater size.
However, this man did not choose to build a multiplex cinema. Instead, he rented the room next to the theater, opened up the wall and directly added more than 300 seats.
The occupancy rate of "Terminator" is only 50%, which means that more than 300 new seats in the Golden Sound Theater are vacant.
Jiang Zhiqiang turned his attention to Kang Jianfei, obviously asking about his plans.
There are two ways to go now. One is to reduce the number of "Terminator" screenings and replace it with "Star Wars: Episode III." The other is to replace it with other DreamWorks movies, such as Zhang Jianting's "City Lights."
From Jiang Zhiqiang's point of view, he naturally hopes to release "Star Wars 3" in more theaters. The more box office "Star Wars 3" has, the more distribution shares Anle Pictures will earn, and Jiang Zhiqiang
Qiang is also one of the shareholders of Anle Pictures.
"'Star Wars 3' won't work," Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "The current attendance rate of this movie is about 80%, but please note that this is when there are only 10 theaters showing it. It can be said that the box office of "Star Wars 3"
The potential has reached its limit. If your theaters also arrange "Star Wars", the attendance rate of "Star Wars 3" will be quickly reduced, and I am afraid that it will not be much better than "Terminator" by then."
Kang Jianfei said this, and those academics also realized that except for one or two companies who still had hopes for "Star Wars 3", everyone else had given up on the plan to cooperate with Jiang Zhiwen. Instead, they hoped that DreamWorks would get a "Star Wars 3"
New movie coming out.
Kang Jianfei raised three fingers and said: "Give me another three days, if the box office of "Terminator" still shows no improvement, I will release McDonagh's "Unstoppable Love"."
"Is it the film starring Leslie Cheung, Irene Wan, Li Lizhen and Ng Meng-tat?" asked the boss of Jinsheng Cinema.
Kang Jianfei explained: "That's the film, "Can't Stop Love", which was completed after New Year's Day. It just passed the film inspection a few days ago and was originally planned to be released after the year."
"Unstoppable Love" is the sequel to "Pretty Girl". Kang Jianfei put forward the idea and Wen Jun was responsible for the screenplay. It can be regarded as a film that pays equal attention to art and business.
"Pretty Girl" was well-received and a box office success when it was released. As its sequel, "Can't Stop Love" also stars Leslie Cheung, Irene Wan and others, so it is still a hit at the box office.
Kang Jianfei made a three-day commitment. After all, those theater companies would have to rely on DreamWorks to provide film sources in the future, so naturally they couldn't push it too hard, so they all agreed happily.
After the meeting ended, Jiang Zhiqiang stopped Kang Jianfei and said, "Mr. Kang, I'm really sorry about what happened this time. After all, my brother is in charge of Anle Pictures."
"I know you are in a dilemma." Kang Jianfei said with a smile. He was very satisfied with Jiang Zhiqiang's Spring Festival film schedule. Among the members of the New Era Cinemas, only 6 followed Anleyuan.
"Star Wars 3" will be released online, and the remaining nine theaters will be screened by Jiang Zhiqiang to screen "Terminator".
Jiang Zhiqiang sighed: "I'm afraid there will be more and more situations like this in the future. I want to resign as the general manager of New Era Cinemas and go back to help my brother run Anle Cinemas."
"What's the future for those four Western movie theaters?" Kang Jianfei suddenly laughed, "I'm going to rebuild a theater chain company. How about Brother Jiang becoming the general manager?"
Jiang Zhiqiang looked at Kang Jianfei in surprise, quickly reacted, and said with a smile: "I knew Mr. Kang that you would not be satisfied with a loose temporary theater chain, and would one day create a regular theater chain. I just don't know why you chose
I'm the general manager, wouldn't Mr. Zhang Moren be a good fit?"
Kang Jianfei explained: "He is old, has problems with his waist and cervical vertebrae, and has bone hyperplasia, so he cannot sit for long periods of time and is tired. He is already running a few theaters to the extreme, and he does not have the energy to manage an entire theater chain."
In fact, Kang Jianfei liked Cen Jianxun very much. He planned to make Zhang Moren the general manager of the theater, and then sent Cen Jianxun to be Zhang Moren's assistant, and he would wait for two or three years of training before promoting him.
But Kang Jianfei never expected that Cen Jianxun was actually Pan Disheng's friend and submitted his resignation within the first two days of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Compared with working at DreamWorks, Debao Film Company, which has not yet been officially registered, is small, but Pan Desheng gave Cen Jianxun some shares after all. Cen Jianxun will naturally choose to be his own boss instead of staying at DreamWorks to work for Kang Jianfei.
Jiang Zhiqiang was hesitant. After his father died, the four theaters of the Anle Cinemas were left as inheritance, and the two brothers each received a share. But the problem was that his brother Jiang Zhiwen had the final say on the theater chain.
After all, Jiang Zhiqiang can only travel back and forth to Europe and the United States to buy movies.
Jiang Zhiqiang is an ambitious young man. Although he is only 30 years old, he has been traveling around the world since he was 13 years old. He has been holding back for nearly 20 years and has long wanted to do something big.
Now Jiang Zhiqiang has two choices. One is to stay in Anle Cinemas as the second owner and continue to travel around to buy movies to develop four family cinemas; the other is to accept Kang Jianfei's invitation to serve as the general manager of the new cinema company and build a business with his dream
Judging from the prosperity of the factory, maybe theater chains will develop to Nanyang and Taiwan in a few years.
When Kang Jianfei saw that he was silent, he added with a smile and said, "I will give you 10% of the shares of the theater company."
The dry shares can only be distributed as dividends but cannot be traded. Jiang Zhiqiang will take them back after resigning. Naturally, they cannot be compared with his shares in Anle Cinemas.
However, the development prospects of the two theater chains are also different. Jiang Zhiqiang thought about it over and over, and he could not refuse the temptation of being on his own. After all, after returning to Anle Cinema Line, he could only help his brother Jiang Zhiwen.
"I'll fuck you!" Jiang Zhiqiang breathed out. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users