Chapter 771: The cinema is completed (4300+ chapters~)
Tangting culture!
"You've been working hard during this time!" Wu Jianye said to Huang Jianxin with a smile while sitting on the sofa.
For nearly a year, Huang Jianxin traveled to almost all major cities across the country, reorganizing the original local distribution companies, and building his own flagship theaters, all of which were completed by Huang Jianxin in cooperation with Fengge Cinemas in Xiangjiang.
Due to subsequent reasons, Huang Jianxin even took the leading position in this cooperation.
Huang Jianxin's figure is obviously thinner than before he left, but he is still very energetic.
"It would be a lie to say it wasn't hard, but it was very interesting!" Huang Jianxin took a sip of Coke with an excited expression on his face.
"After more than a year, we have finally lived up to our expectations. Most of the distribution companies have been integrated. At the same time, all flagship theaters in major cities have been completed, except for the ones built in cooperation with Heung Kong Land Company.
Got it!"
The buildings Heung Kong Land builds in China are large shopping malls, so because they have to cooperate with Land's construction, the cooperation between the two parties has not yet been completed. Instead, some independent cinemas have been completed.
Huang Jianxin has thoroughly experienced what it means to spend money like water during this period. In this year, he has spent at least 1.5 billion in cash. Such spending makes him
I once thought I was in a dream.
The integrated issuing companies are basically municipal-level issuing companies. Of course, not all municipal-level companies are integrated by Huang Jianxin.
First, Huang Jianxin will select the city he wants to integrate among major cities across the country, and then negotiate with departments such as China Film and Television, China Film and Television, and departments such as China Film and Television and Radio and Television. The departments such as China Film and Television and Radio and Television will examine the profitability of the distribution company in this city. China Film and Radio and Television
Other departments have their own evaluation criteria.
If the profit reaches their standard, they will not give up the distribution company, but if it does not, they will agree to the acquisition of Xiangjiang Fengge Cinema Line.
To put it bluntly, we keep what makes money, and you take what doesn’t make money!
This also resulted in the fact that among the distribution companies acquired, Fengge Cinema Line, a distribution company in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai-Haihai regions, had a heavy hold on the domestic box office.
Most of the issuing companies obtained are from inland cities.
As for its own flagship theaters, there are not so many restrictions, especially in areas that have not won distribution companies, such as Shanghai, Jinling, Lin'an and other areas. Fengge Cinema Line has built 3 theaters in such cities in one go.
-5 flagship theaters of different numbers!
This is also the bulk of the expenses this time.
This means that it only cost 1.5 billion yuan to do this kind of thing in 1991-92. If it were the era when Wu Jianye was reborn, even 15 billion yuan would not be able to complete this thing.
"Now Fengge Cinema Line is the largest private cinema chain in China, with 25 theaters with more than 10 halls, 65 theaters with 7-9 halls, and 40 theaters with 4-6 halls. In addition, we have acquired
There are distribution companies in major cities, and the number of theaters has reached 200!" Huang Jianxin said excitedly.
After Wu Jianye heard this data, he was also very happy and affirmed: "It is already very good to have this result!"
After finishing speaking, Wu Jianye picked up a check from his desk, handed it to Huang Jianxin, and said with a smile: "This is a reward for your work this time!"
When Huang Jianxin saw that the check actually said 200,000 yuan, he subconsciously refused: "Director Wu, this is not good, I am working for the company!"
Wu Jianye waved his hand and said: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. But what you did this time is good, you deserve it!"
Huang Jianxin then smiled and took the check of 200,000 from Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye said: "Now the theater chain has been established, but there is still a lot of work waiting for you to handle. First of all, in terms of the management of the theater chain, the domestic Fengge Theater Chain will be different from the Fengge Theater Chain in Xiangjiang.
, when the time comes for you to concurrently serve as the general manager of the domestic Fengge Cinema Line, the first thing to do is to set up our own box office supervision department!"
In the past, domestic distribution companies wanted to compete with China Film Group for profits, so many movies were deceived about the box office. Now, the domestic Fengge Cinema Line has also taken over some domestic distribution companies. Although some people have been trained, but who
There is no way to guarantee that they will not bring the same tricks they played at the distribution company to Fengge Cinema. There are many examples of a large company being defeated by external forces, but there are also some internal problems that lead to
Something went wrong.
Therefore, Wu Jianye must block this opening!
As for letting Huang Jianxin concurrently serve as the general manager of the domestic Fengge Cinema Line, Wu Jianye had already told Huang Jianxin during the preparation stage, and Huang Jianxin was responsible for the establishment of the entire theater chain. No one is more suitable for this position than him.
"Director Wu, don't worry, I will definitely take care of the theater chain!" Huang Jianxin just received a reward of 200,000, and he is naturally very excited now.
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "One more thing is that although the new theater chain has been established, the audience may not be able to return to the theater yet. We have to find a way to bring the lost audiences back to the theater chain.
Come on!"
Even though the newly built style theaters are very different from the current domestic theaters, it is still very difficult to change some people's inherent habits.
Huang Jianxin knew that Wu Jianye must have had his own solution when he said this, so he sat there and listened carefully to Wu Jianye's next plan.
""The World of Chu Xing" will be released soon, and I plan to make this movie the first movie to be released online at Fengge Theater in China!" Wu Jianye said first.
Huang Jianxin has no objection to this decision. Now the director with the most box office appeal in China is Wu Jianye, and it is well deserved that his film should be the first film released at Fengge Cinema in China!
But Huang Jianxin knew that Wu Jianye's plan would definitely not be so simple.
Sure enough, Wu Jianye then told Huang Jianxin about his specific plan. After Huang Jianxin listened, he couldn't help but look at Wu Jianye in surprise: "Director Wu, isn't this investment a bit too big? If it is so according to your plan
If we do it, we have to invest at least 5 million!"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "We have already taken out 1.5 billion, why do we still need to worry about 5 million? And five million is not enough."
When Huang Jianxin heard it, it was indeed true.
"Then, should we coordinate this plan with the release time of the movie "The World of Chu Xing"?"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Yes, I have decided that the movie "The World of Chu Xing" will be released at 8:30 pm on September 30 this year. Your work is not easy. Can you
Can not finish it?"
Now that September has entered, there are only more than 20 days left before the end of the month. For the newly established domestic Fengge Cinema Line, it is indeed a task to put all the publicity plans in place within 20 days.
More difficult things.
Huang Jianxin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Director Wu. During this period, our people have been learning from the people at the Xiangjiang Head Office not only in the publicity of ordinary staff, but also in the publicity methods. There will be no
questionable!"
Wu Jianye nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I'll leave this matter to you!"
Huang Jianxin then discussed with Wu Jianye about the domestic promotion methods of "The World of Chu Xing".
However, this time promoting new theaters in China and bringing lost audiences back to theaters is a unified action with "The World of Chu Xing", so many things can be done together!
After Huang Jianxin left Wu Jianye's office, Jiang Zhiqiang also called.
I was also discussing with Wu Jianye the release of the movie "The World of Chu Xing" in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
"Director Wu, will you come to this premiere in Xiangjiang?" This is what Jiang Zhiqiang is most concerned about.
Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "The domestic release of "The World of Chu Xing" is more important. I will attend the premiere ceremony in China before going to Xiangjiang to hold a meeting!"
The movie "The World of Chu Xing" can be said to carry a lot of things about Wu Jianye. First of all, the first task of this movie is to bring the lost audience back to the cinema.
No matter how tempting the plan mentioned by Wu Jianye and Huang Jianxin is, movies are still the most fundamental thing. If a movie cannot attract people in terms of plot, its box office success will only become a shooting star.
Only when a steady stream of good movies appears in cinemas can the audience truly be glued to it.
"Have you selected all the movies to be released in domestic cinemas?" Wu Jianye asked.
At present, there is a lack of movies with real box office appeal in China, so in the early stage, we can only choose movies from Hong Kong, which is also a helpless move.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: "We have selected several movies now, including the premiere of "The Warriors" starring Zhou Xingchi, "The Two Prides" starring Andy Lau, and "The Legend of God of War".
, as well as Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time in China" and Cheng Long's "Police Story 3: Super Cop" these five movies!"
At this time, Wu Jianye really admired Xiangjiang's filming efficiency, especially Zhou Xingchi. After being delayed for nearly four months while filming "The World of Chu Xing", he still delivered nearly five movies this year.
come out.
As for Andy Lau, he was also a well-known model worker in Hong Kong at this time. In another time and space, everyone knew that Zhou Xingchi had participated in six movies this year: "The Judge of the Dead", "A Happy Event in the Family", "The Deer and the Cauldron 1, 2", "The Warriors and the Champion Su"
"Beggars", "Play Back to School 2", but in fact this year Andy Lau also starred in "The Two Prodigies", "Casino Tycoon 1, 2", "The Real and Fake Dragon", "Dragon",
"The Twelve Young Masters of Temple Street", "The Legend of God of War", "Wow! Hero", "The Nine-Two Divine Condor: The Long Sword of Crazy Heart", nine movies!
What is the concept of nine movies? Even if one or two of them were shot last year, the speed of filming is still shocking...
The movies Jiang Zhiqiang mentioned, among them "Su Qier", "Peerless Two Prides", and "Once Upon a Time in China" were all produced by Fengge Pictures. As for the others,
There are "The Legend of God of War" invested by Andy Lau's Tianmu Film Company and "Police Story 3 Super Cop" invested by Golden Harvest!
With these five movies, it is enough to digest the current domestic Fengge Cinema chain!
"Have you finished contacting the radio and television?" Wu Jianye asked.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: "The script has been submitted to the radio and television. As for the two films that have been released, "Once Upon a Time in China" and "Police Story 3: Super Cop", the two films have also been reviewed by the radio and television. There are no problems!"
Wu Jianye nodded, although now because of his relationship, the radio and television side would give the green light to movies sent by Fengge Media.
But Wu Jianye never thought about taking advantage of this. It may not matter now, but if he does this kind of thing for a long time, the other party will definitely remember it.
Wu Jianye would not do such a thing.
"Well, the films submitted for review in the future must also comply with this standard. Some films that do not meet the domestic conditions should not be submitted. Even if the radio and television side agrees, they will face substantial rectifications and lose the charm of the film itself!"
Wu Jianye warned.
Only Wu Jianye could say this. If it were an ordinary film company, they would find a way to release it domestically even if they made rectifications.
After all, although the current domestic market cannot be compared with the box-office powers of later generations, everyone can see that if Wu Jianye's current plan is followed, the domestic film market will rise sooner or later. Everyone wants to be able to enter in time at this time
Take a piece of the action!
In fact, many film companies did do this in later generations.
The most famous one is "Hei Society" invested by China Star and shot by Galaxy Image!
In order to be able to release the first part of this movie in China, Du Dapao had to change the ending, and even changed the name of the movie to "Dragon City Years".
The plot inside has been completely changed. Jimmy, played by Principal Gu, was changed into a police undercover, and Ah Le, played by Simon Yam, also killed Big D. The Xiangjiang police showed up and took him.
He took away the wax that Jimmy, played by Principal Gu, lit...
This also led to the fact that by the time of the second part, the movie was not even released in China.
Also having the same fate was "Big Man" starring Andy Lau. When it was released in China, it was changed to "Big Man Has Great Wisdom".
This movie won Andy Lau the Best Actor Award at the 23rd Film Awards that year, but when it was released in China, it was criticized by Galaxy fans and Andy Lau fans...
All because of the appearance of the mysterious Scissorhands in China...
Jiang Zhi said forcefully: "Understood, I will be responsible for checking!"
At this time, Fengge Films actually performed the review work of films sent by Xiangjiang to be released in the mainland. There is no way that there is only one domestic private theater chain, Fengge Cinemas. If Xiangjiang's film company wants to release it in China, there are two
One way is to make a joint venture with a domestic film studio, and the other is to submit the film for review as an independent Hong Kong film. However, the distribution must also be handed over to a domestic distribution company. It is not as good as cooperating with Fengge Cinema.
It's great, after all, everyone knows the current operations of domestic issuing companies...
As for the release of the movie "The World of Chu Xing" in European and American countries, after comprehensive consideration by Wu Jianye, he finally decided to cancel the idea of simultaneous global release. Because this movie is a purely Chinese film, it has a box office in Europe and the United States.
Wu Jianye is the only one with appeal.
Whether it is Zhou Xingchi or He Qing, who has entered the European and American audience's horizons with "New Dragon Inn", there is no way to compare with Wu Jianye in this regard!
Therefore, Wu Jianye has to go to Europe and the United States in person to promote it in order to maximize the benefits of this movie!
Although Wu Jianye doesn't want to admit it, the fact is that Europe, the United States and other countries are now the real box office centers.