The end of the competition on the supermarket side has allowed the senior management of the Lee Group to finally relax their tense nerves in the past few months. As Wellcome begins to close some of its stores, it is destined that Wellcome Supermarket will move away from Xiangjiang.
On the morning of June 1st, not long after Li Guangyu came to the office, Le Yiling came to his office and asked Li Guangyu about the issue of the release of Alien, which was jointly invested by Jiayi Group, American Universal Group and Spielberg Film Company.
report.
After listening to Le Yiling's report, Li Guangyu said to him: "As for theater chains in Southeast Asia and South Korea, please contact Run Run Shaw, plus our own theater chains at Jiayi in Xiangjiang, Baodao and Japan, this time we will be on the 12th
It will be released simultaneously with Universal Pictures in the United States."
Le Yiling herself was not sure about this movie. She wondered whether the first cooperation between her group and an American film and television company would be a big failure like Golden Harvest.
Now that she sees that Li Guangyu attaches great importance to the release of this movie, her worries have been relieved a lot. Li Guangyu's legend has made her have blind trust in her heart. For anything that Li Guangyu attaches importance to, the Li Group will definitely get huge rewards.
As long as it can achieve very good results this time, Jiayi Group can successfully open the door to the American film industry. Jiayi Group will cooperate with more film companies in the United States in the future, and even establish an independent film company there.
Branch company, produces its own movies.
Although the film market in Xiangjiang is currently very prosperous, Le Yiling knows very well that Hollywood in the United States is the leader in movies. If Jiayi Group wants to achieve success in this area, it still needs to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.
Otherwise, Jiayi Group Film Company will always be a regional film and television company and will not be able to become a world-class film company.
Le Yiling replied: "Li Sheng, I will do a good job in this area to ensure that the movie can be released simultaneously in multiple regions on the 12th. And due to the time difference, our side will be earlier than the United States.
Released.”
Jiayi Group is not like Jiahe, which has no initiative in cooperating with American film companies.
Because Jiayi Group is backed by the Lee Group, its influence in the United States is not small. Coupled with Jiayi's advantage in theaters, the Li Group has received no less benefits.
Had it not been for the factor of European and American releases, Jiayi Group would not have let Universal Pictures get involved. Moreover, the box office in Europe and the United States is much larger than that in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, making Universal Pictures Group hold more shares than Jiayi
5%.
Shi Nansheng, who was in charge of cooperation negotiations at the time, repeatedly asked Li Guangyu for instructions and his opinions.
Li Guangyu considered that his Jiayi Group did not have many connections in Europe and the United States, especially in theaters. If it did not cooperate with several major American film groups, the release would be a big problem.
Moreover, Steve Spielberg also hoped that Universal Pictures would join in and that Jiayi Group would make some concessions, and Li Guangyu could only accept this.
Li Guangyu understands Steve Spielberg's thoughts very well. Universal Pictures Group is obviously more reliable than Jiayi Group. With Universal Pictures Group's investment, he is not worried at all that his movies will not be released in Europe and the United States.
As for the film market in Asia, it is currently far from comparable to the European and American markets. Major American film companies still focus on their home countries.
If Jiayi Group does not make concessions, it is estimated that Steve Spielberg will directly give up cooperation with Jiayi Group and only choose to cooperate with Universal Pictures Group. Then Li Guangyu will suffer a big loss.
Li Guangyu knows that this movie is very profitable. If Universal Pictures Group comes in, he may make less. But with them coming in, there will be no problems in the European and American markets. If it is less than Universal, it will be less.
It's better than not making any money at all.
Therefore, Li Guangyu asked Shi Nansheng, who was negotiating in the United States, to agree to the distribution of shares. Universal held 40% of the shares, Jiayi 35% of the shares, and Spielberg 25% of the shares.
Since this film required a lot of special effects, Industrial Magic Light was specially hired to produce it, resulting in a very large investment in the film. A total of US$15 million was spent on the completion and post-production of the film.
The Lee Group invested US$6.75 million, part of which was due to Spielberg's share of the script and talent, so Universal and Jiayi had to pay some more.
Li Guangyu said: "Yi Ling, please contact Zhou Liang Shuyi and Liu Tianci later and ask them to start promoting the upcoming Aliens. Make sure that this release can achieve more dazzling results. Only this time the results are good enough.
, we will have enough confidence to negotiate with the film group in the United States in the future."
Le Yiling naturally hopes that the box office of this movie will be as high as possible, which will be very helpful in improving the reputation of Jiayi Film Company.
"Li Sheng, I will contact Ms. Zhou Liang and Liu Sheng later so that our film can attract the attention of movie fans throughout Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. This time we will let the American film companies see the capabilities of our Jiayi Group
.In future cooperation, we can face up to the influence of our group in Asia." Le Yiling said.
Li Guangyu considered that his side was temporarily in a state of contraction and had no plans for large investments. In the past, when Jiayi Group's theater chain expanded, the Li Group bought it first and then leased it to Jiayi Group, which made their expansion completely dependent on Jiayi Group.
Here is the Li Group.
Li Guangyu now plans to relax this restriction. Jiayi Group is a listed company. Apart from paying dividends every year, Li Guangyu has never used the group's funds. As a result, Jiayi Group's internal profits within the Li Group are not too high.
The liquidity it controls is higher than that of many groups.
Li Guangyu said: "Yi Ling, in the past few years, your group's funds have mainly been to replenish the satellite. Now that the payment has been settled, you only need to pay a maintenance fee every year. And the layout of our theater chain is still in Southeast Asia.
No, your group can make arrangements in this area. As for whether to buy or rent, it is up to your senior management to decide. Jiayi Group’s financial resources are sufficient to support the expansion of the theater chain."
Le Yiling was very happy after hearing this. Although the theater chain is managed by her own group, the expansion of the theater chain has not been the final decision of her group.
In Japan, we need to communicate with the Starlight Real Estate Group. In Baodao and Xiangjiang, we need to communicate with the Starlight Real Estate Group. Now the Xiangjiang side has been converted into the Wheelock Group. Every cinema belongs to these groups, and then the best
Art Group then rented it from them, which made their expansion quite troublesome.
As for why Li Guangyu did this, Le Yiling also knew it. Didn't you see that the prices of the theaters purchased by Xiangjiang had doubled or tripled? Li Guangyu obviously didn't want to share the benefits with others.
As for the Japanese side, the Xingyue Group was brought here mainly to strengthen the relationship with the Fujiwara family. With their presence, they can also protect the interests of the Li Group in Japan.
But now that Li Guangyu has relaxed restrictions and can rent or buy, she can carry out a large-scale expansion of the theater chain. Anyway, Li Guangyu himself doesn't care too much about the dividends from Jiayi Group. They just use the group's funds.