Chapter 777: Loan to New United Cinemas (4200+ chapters~)
Some people Wu Jianye said were dissatisfied, naturally including people like Hu Yuejin!
In fact, after learning about Fengge Cinema's lottery, Hu Yuejin and others felt a huge sense of crisis in their hearts.
And at this time, they also know what it means to be wealthy and what it means to spend money like water!
The Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions are the major ticket warehouses in the country. Even though China Radio and Television and China Film did not agree to Fengge Cinema Line’s acquisition of these places, they could not stop the higher-ups from agreeing to Fengge Cinema Line’s decision to build theaters here!
Hu Yuejin and others have established cinema chain companies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Their most direct opponent is Fengge Cinemas, and Fengge Cinemas has invested heavily here, which will eventually lead to the fiercest war here.
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But not everyone is worried. Some heads of distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities seem a lot happier.
Fengge Cinema, in Lin'an, Jinling, Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, can be said to have invested heavily and is very large in scale, but in other cities it seems that it does not pay that much attention.
When forming the joint theater chain, everyone had decided to use Zhang Jianya's "Sanmao Joins the Army" as the main competition against Wu Jianye's "The World of Chu Xing" and then use the box office revenue as the equity allocation.
This is actually a wrong equity allocation. If they follow normal business operations, they should allocate the equity of new theater companies based on the number of theaters in each theater, but they chose to allocate equity based on box office revenue.
This also leads to the fact that distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities will definitely not be able to get reasonable equity allocation. In fact, this is also a method used by Hu Yuejin and others. After all, if calculated purely based on the number of theaters, the distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities will definitely not be able to get reasonable equity allocation.
The number of theaters is not necessarily much less than that in Lin'an and other places, but if it is based on box office revenue, then cities like Lin'an themselves have big city bonuses and will get more equity.
Well now, cities like Lin'an have also become the cities that Fengge Cinema is focusing on. Now that everyone has seen this announcement, everyone actually knows that if they want to block the box office of "The World of Chu Xing" and the success of Fengge Cinema, they will
It will be even more difficult, and at the same time, cities such as Lin'an and Shanghai will be hit even harder!
Therefore, distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities that were not satisfied with box office equity allocation before saw more hope.
"I think the equity distribution we agreed on before should be re-planned!" Hu Yuejin said first.
Hou Sihai, as the general manager of Shanghai Cinema Distribution Company, agreed at this time: "I think Mr. Hu's suggestion is acceptable. I have said before that the box office distribution plan is not scientific and is not beneficial to us.
Other allies are not fair either. If they make mistakes, they must correct them. I agree with Mr. Hu’s opinion!"
Among the several cities, the one that has been hardest hit is actually the Shanghai-Hai Distribution Company. As the central city in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, coupled with its unique urban background, it is the focus of Fengge Cinema, especially this year.
The distribution company also built a brand new cinema, which was originally intended to shine in this showdown, but who would have thought that Fengge Cinemas would suddenly launch a lottery for watching movies? You can imagine the blow to them.
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Managers of distribution companies in Jinling, Suzhou and other places also agreed.
"Guys, this is not appropriate. Previously you proposed that box office revenue should be used as the equity allocation for the new theater company, and we have already suffered a loss. Now that Fengge Cinema has launched a lottery for movie viewing, you have proposed it again.
Doesn’t the proposal to redistribute the company’s equity require us to bear your losses?”
Sun Xiaowei from Dengying Film Distribution Company said dissatisfied.
The new cinema chain companies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have been full of contradictions since their preparation. Now Fengge Cinema Chain's movie viewing lottery has directly put these contradictions on the table of the new cinema chain companies.
After Sun Xiaowei finished speaking, several other CEOs of distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities also spoke up, saying that this form of redistribution was inappropriate!
"Mr. Sun, what time is it now? Everyone should focus on the overall situation. Our most important thing now is to think about how to deal with Fengge Cinema's actions!" Hu Yuejin said.
Hou Sihai nodded and agreed: "Yes, we are all comrades in the same boat now. At this time, Mr. Sun, please don't worry about these small things. Wu Jianye's box office appeal in the country is already the strongest, and now
Coupled with the support of Fengge Cinema, our life will be difficult!"
The two sang in harmony, ready to finalize the matter!
However, Sun Xiaowei did not obey their conversation and said: "Guys, that's not what happened. As the saying goes, to deal with foreign forces, we must first settle the internal affairs. Now we are not able to achieve unity internally. How can we deal with the external forces?
Where are the powerful enemies?”
It was still Hu Yuejin who said: "Mr. Sun, isn't this what everyone is talking about now? Why did we form a joint cinema chain in the first place? Isn't it just to respond to the call of the country? Now if Fengge Cinema Chain is allowed to do it,
, How will we live in the future? There are only so many people watching movies. With the launch of Fengge Cinema, the number of moviegoers in our cinema will decrease. Have you thought about these losses? "
"That's right, Lao Sun, actually if you think about it, our decision will not do you any harm. Now it's not that Fengge Cinema Line doesn't have theaters on your side. They also have their own theaters. How can everything be perfect under the influence of all the people?
Egg, this time we can only defeat each other if we cooperate!" Hou Sihai said.
Sun Xiaowei was also quite helpless at this time. After all, their size was indeed not as big as that of big cities like Lin'an and Shanghai. Otherwise, when they were discussing the joint theater chain, they would not have agreed to the other party's plan of allocating box office.
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Now that the other party has made it clear that they must abide by the new distribution plan, there are only two options before Sun Xiaowei and others. One is to withdraw from the United Cinemas Company. However, in this case, they will also face several problems. First, the distribution companies in other cities
Will he quit with himself? If he doesn't quit, he will face attacks from both sides, and his situation will be even more difficult by then.
The second way is to choose to stand with them, but his right to speak will also be reduced, which he still doesn't want to see.
At this time, Hou Sihai suddenly said: "By the way, there is something I forgot to mention. The contract we signed with Shanghai Film Studio was signed in the name of New United Cinemas. If Mr. Sun chooses to withdraw, then
What will you use to compete with Wu Jianye's "The World of Chu Xing"?"
This was like the last straw that fell on Sun Xiaowei. Under the coercion and inducement of Hou Sihai and others, Sun Xiaowei had no choice but to comply with their new equity distribution plan!
In fact, at this time, Sun Xiaowei even hated the decision of Radio and Television and China Film. It would be great if Dengying was also included in the acquisition. In this case, he would not be as worried as he is now.
Look at Chen Yingjie, the former general manager of Lin'an Film Distribution Company. Didn't he suddenly become the general manager of Fengge Cinema Lin'an Company?
But it is no longer realistic to think about this. In the end, Sun Xiaowei and other general managers of distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities had no choice but to agree to the proposals of Hou Sihai, Hu Yuejin and others!
After Hou Sihai and others saw that Sun Xiaowei and others agreed with their decision on the equity distribution of United Cinemas, they finally showed happy smiles.
"Okay, now that we have no internal problems, we should consider how to deal with Fengge Cinema's movie viewing lottery!" Hou Sihai said first.
At this time, several people who had just joined forces with Hou Sihai to force Sun Xiaowei and others looked at Hou Sihai with some dissatisfaction in their eyes.
Among them, Hu Yuejin was the main one. When he spoke just now, Hou Sihai only appeared as an assistant. It was not until the end that he showed his strength and said the last straw that overcame Sun Xiaowei and others, which meant offending people.
Let Hu Yuejin talk about everything.
Now when it comes to dealing with such a major matter as Fengge Cinema Line, Hou Sihai is the first to speak out, obviously wanting to put himself in a position to lead this matter.
"Since Mr. Hou said so, have you already come up with your own countermeasures?" Hu Yuejin said in a cautious manner.
It was a difficult problem to deal with Fengge Cinema. It was precisely because they had no countermeasures that they thought of changing the equity distribution plan they had set before. Now that Hu Yuejin said this, it was just a blow to Hou Sihai's prestige.
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Hou Sihai smiled and said: "As for the solution, it's not impossible. It just depends on whether everyone is willing to bleed!"
The corners of Hu Yuejin's mouth also curled up slightly, Hou Sihai was still a little tender.
"Mr. Hou, you mean that we also use lottery draws to stimulate movie viewing?"
"Yes, I do have this idea!" Hou Sihai said.
Hu Yuejin said with a smile: "Mr. Hou, we are no better than Fengge Cinema Line. I asked someone to do statistics before. Do you know how much Fengge Cinema Line took out from this lottery? It's nearly 30 million. How can we compete with Fengge Cinema Line?"
Compared to others?"
A penny is hard for a hero, let alone Hu Yuejin, Hou Sihai and others are not heroes, and what they lack is not a penny!
Everyone present knows that Fengge Cinemas is a cinema chain company in Xiangjiang. They have deep pockets. It might be okay to spend 30 million, but they can’t!
Let alone 30 million, this group of people may not be able to raise even 3 million.
Hou Sihai shook his head and said: "You may have misunderstood something. I know the 30 million that Mr. Hu said before, but that is Fengge Cinema's nationwide investment. If it is only allocated to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai
There are not that many areas, only less than 18 million!"
Hu Yuejin smiled and said: "Mr. Hou, you use the word 'only' well. I want to ask you, everyone here is sensible, can we come up with this money?"
Hou Sihai's face showed confidence, "Although we can't get the money, we can get a loan from the bank. The bank has this money!"
Hu Yuejin shook his head and said with some dissatisfaction: "Even if we borrow money, we can't get that much, right?"
Hou Sihai seemed to have everything under his control at this time, and said: "Mr. Hu, you can rest assured that I have contacted Shanghai Standard Chartered Bank, and the other party has agreed to our application for a joint loan!"
Hu Yuejin's face changed drastically. If this matter was accomplished by Hou Sihai, then the United Cinemas would not have to wait until "San Mao Joins the Army" was released. Hou Sihai would have already taken the initiative.
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"Standard Chartered Bank really agreed. I remember Standard Chartered Bank is also a bank in Hong Kong, right? Why would they help us deal with Fengge Cinemas?" Hu Yuejin said quickly.
Hou Sihai said: "We don't need to think about this. As long as the other party is willing to pay in real money, that's fine. As for why they help us, it doesn't matter at all to me, even if they are all from Xiangjiang."
Companies don’t necessarily have to stand together, why not make money if you have money!”
Hu Yuejin saw expressions of eagerness to try on the faces of the others. It was obvious that the money was a very big temptation for them.
"Then what is Standard Chartered Bank's lending policy?"
Everyone also looked at Hu Yuejin curiously. They knew their own affairs. If it was just an ordinary business loan for one or two years, it would be difficult for them to repay the money by then.
Hou Sihai smiled and said: "Please rest assured about this, whether it is loan interest or loan period, it will be more beneficial than state-owned banks. I have calculated it. As long as we all can succeed, this loan will not be a problem at all!"
Hou Sihai's words made the general managers of distribution companies in second- and third-tier cities laugh. No matter how the equity is distributed, they will definitely not be the talkmakers of United Cinemas. Now as long as they get this loan, it will be the best for them.
the most important.
Only with money can you win, even if the money needs to be paid back!
Hu Yuejin had no way to fight against everyone, so in the end he had no choice but to agree to Hou Sihai's suggestion.
At this time, Sun Xiaowei suddenly said: "Can we ask China Film and Radio and Television? I feel that Fengge Cinema is actually disrupting the market order by doing this!"
Everyone looked at him as if he were an idiot, but in the end it was Hou Sihai who explained: "Fengge Cinema Line can set up its own theater chain in China, how can it be that there is no one on it, and this time Fengge Theater Line and...
Wu Jianye cooperates, but I heard that Wu Jianye has a very deep relationship with China Film and Broadcasting Corporation, so it’s useless for us to find someone!"
Sun Xiaowei insisted: "It doesn't work, let's try it, it won't be a big deal!"
Although Hu Yuejin disagreed with Sun Xiaowei's suggestion in his heart at this time, he still supported it: "I think this is okay. Even if they have a relationship with China Film and Television, it is impossible for everyone to support them. Let's find a relationship, and we can always
It plays some role!”
Hou Sihai didn't raise any objections. As Hu Yuejin said, there's nothing wrong with finding connections. Besides, he also wants to become the general manager of the New United Cinemas. He can't always oppose the opinions of these people.
"Okay then, after we go back, let's all look for connections together!"
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While Hou Sihai, Hu Yuejin and others were discussing how to deal with Fengge Cinema, Huang Jianxin was also asking Wu Jianye in Tangting Culture: "Director Wu, why do you want Standard Chartered Bank to agree to a loan to them?"
Although Huang Jianxin did not know that Standard Chartered Bank belonged to Wu Jianye, he also knew that Wu Jianye had a strong network of connections in Hong Kong. Now that they are clearly competing with New United Cinemas, why should they support them?