In the conference room of the Ministry of Culture, Xiao Qian saw Zhong Zheng arriving.
But this guy was cowering, as if someone was about to hit him.
"It's just a meeting, why are you nervous?"
Zhong Zheng drank water to ease his mood.
"There are so many big guys, can you not be nervous?"
Xiao Qian rolled his eyes fiercely.
"You are also a boss, okay?"
The person in charge of the East Cinema Line is of course a big shot.
"Hey, yes, I'm a boss too!"
Zhong Zheng reacted and was finally able to sit up straight. When he looked at the others, his eyes were full of provocation.
For today's meeting, the heads of theater chain systems from all over the country came. They all know that today's meeting is related to the future of the theater chain, so they look very serious.
Of course, eyes inevitably turn to certain two people.
One is Xiao Qian and the other is Han Siping.
These two are the leaders in the Chinese film industry. In the future, whether everyone will eat meat or drink northwest wind, I am afraid they will all depend on these two people.
Since turning eighteen, Xiao Qian has been able to personally participate in most of the business of Starlight and Dongying.
After all, eighteen years old means he has reached adulthood, and many positions can be assigned to him in an honest and fair manner.
Although Xiao Qian still looks much younger and more immature than others, he is justified in his name after all.
Han Siping was opposite Xiao Qian, but he closed his eyes to relax and didn't say anything to Xiao Qian.
It's just that their relationship doesn't need to be said much. The tacit understanding has been reached before the meeting, so there is no need to worry about trying to undermine each other at the meeting later.
"I just came to see everyone here after the Chinese New Year. It's been a hard work."
Li Jianguo personally presided over the meeting, and his greetings were very unsatisfactory.
Of course, no one here would care about this greeting.
Today's meeting is of great significance and far-reaching influence. It concerns the vital interests of many people, so everyone can't even think about celebrating the New Year.
"Just two years ago, the ministry obtained last year's total box office data. As of New Year's Day this year, the total national box office last year was 3.753 billion, setting a new high."
As soon as this statement came out, there was a wave of applause in the conference room, but they didn't know what it meant.
Sure enough, Li Jianguo changed the subject and immediately brought the atmosphere to a freezing point.
"But this data is very uneven, which shows that our film industry has not developed well."
He pulled out another report and read it to everyone.
"Of the total box office of 3.753 billion, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regions jointly contributed more than 2.6 billion. In other words, apart from these two regions? Our film industry is in other areas
The area is very underdeveloped.”
One of the delegates spoke bitterly? The tone was quite sour.
"The current box office pattern is entirely determined by economic conditions. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region? Are they all economically advanced regions? Whether it is GDP or per capita income, they are much higher than other regions. Is there such a box office? Also
It’s not surprising.”
Li Jianguo frowned and looked worried.
Dad is unhappy? Of course a son can’t bear it.
"Manager Yan? Your Guangdong Province is at the forefront of reform and opening up, and its economic level is also among the best in the country. Is the poor box office data of Guangdong Province also due to economic reasons?"
The scene was solemn and the atmosphere was subtle.
Manager Yan hesitated to speak? His face was filled with anger? It was extremely uncomfortable to be pushed.
If other regions are talking about the economy, then forget it. The economic strength of Guangdong Province is obvious to everyone, but the box office is still so ugly. This reason is just telling lies.
Now that Xiao Qian had spoken, he had no intention of stopping.
He laid out the data? There is something to what he said.
"As of last winter, Guangdong Province had a total of 375 cinemas? All of them are concentrated in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. In addition, the number of cinemas in other cities and regions has decreased by 37, with no
Are there enough and good enough theaters? Can the box office data go up?"
Chinese people have always had a problem in doing things. They are accustomed to pursuing the high and complete, but are not willing to work deeply.
It seems like communities and towns with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people? Are not worthy of having a movie theater.
But judging from the population size, is it really not worth it?
This is the situation in Guangdong Province, just like the previous Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regions.
Cinema chain companies here pay more attention to the city scale of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and are willing to invest in the construction of cinema chains here, but they neglect to start writing in remote second- and third-tier cities.
Not to mention the even smaller towns, which are barely supported by old cinemas left over from the planned economy era.
However, this kind of cinema is not within the scope of national coordination at all, and it does not have the opportunity to schedule films. The only films that can be screened are old films from many years ago, and it is even less able to attract audiences.
In fact, the current situation of people's livelihood in China makes it almost impossible to develop cinema chains at the township level.
Because the income of ordinary people is indeed not high, and they are not willing to spend money on leisure and entertainment projects such as movies.
But at least it is worthwhile to build cinemas in counties and other places with a population of more than 500,000. The population of counties and above in Guangdong Province is almost the same as that of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
When Xiao Qian pointed out this situation, Manager Yan was speechless.
Li Jianguo presided over this meeting, of course, not to let everyone quarrel, but to develop the film industry.
"According to this year's work plan, the ministry has decided to vigorously carry out the construction of cinema lines. Everyone knows the resolutions of the two sessions. The film and television entertainment market will be fully opened to private capital. We encourage and support private capital to enter related industries. So in cinemas
In the construction of the line, there will be two methods: national construction and private spontaneous construction. Do your companies and various places have any difficulties?"
Complaints, the people below are so good at this.
Immediately, some people began to cry for poverty.
"The problem of aging facilities in movie theater chains in our province has not been solved. Because there is not enough capital, and the private capital in the province is not strong, it may be difficult to complete the ministry's plan."
The representatives from Liao Province spoke the most actively, but no one took their words to heart.
That place in Liao Province...
Is it really about money?
"At present, the domestic film market is all pointing to Starlight, East Film and China Film, and the film sources are also in their hands. This has led to low enthusiasm for private capital to invest in theater construction, because it is difficult to obtain first-hand
The source of the film cannot catch up with the first-run screening of the film. No one can afford this loss."
The Anhui Provincial Representative had a clear point and a hint of what he said, and he also started to shift the blame.
Xiao Qian didn't even need to fight back, Han Siping just attacked him.
"According to the current film screening requirements, if your province can complete the digital transformation of 310 cinemas and implement the reform of integrating screening and entertainment, we will upgrade your province to a first-round broadcast area."
The Anhui provincial representative expressed his displeasure on the spot.
"Mr. Han, the changes you mentioned cannot be made without two billion. Where do we have so much money?"
Xiao Qian and Han Siping use their swords together to kill everyone.
"You don't have it, but we, Dongying Film and China Film Group, do. As long as you accept the industry merger and let us have a controlling stake, we will do the corresponding theater chain reforms."
As soon as the words fell, the scene was in an uproar. Everyone looked at the two ferocious beasts uneasily and trembled in fear.
Are China Film and Dongying going to stretch out their fangs and swallow everyone up?
What shocked everyone the most was that Li Jianguo stood aside and did not stop it.
This signal is unusual.
Xiao Qian sent the information so that everyone could see it, and his voice was clear and clear in the conference room.
"Currently, only China Film and Dongfang Film Group can do a good job in reforming and upgrading movie theaters in China. Funds, technology, and experience can all be guaranteed to be foolproof. I believe you all understand the predicament you are in, and you also want to turn the industry into a good one.
Become bigger and stronger. Cooperating with China Film or Dongying Film is the only way out."
This is Dongying’s idea and also China Film’s idea.
After more than two years of investment and development, China Film and Dongying have almost digested their respective territories and began to turn their attention to other areas with less developed cinema lines.
It just so happened that the WTO accession negotiations ended this year, China and the United States finally reached an agreement, and China joined the WTO.
In the future, the domestic entertainment and cultural industry must be open to the impact of foreign capital.
Under such circumstances, the country certainly hopes that relevant industries can cultivate their internal strength, seize the opportunity of joining the WTO, and complete industrial upgrading.
Li Jianguo's original intention was to ask China Film and Dongying to contribute some efforts to help other regions complete the upgrade.
But neither Xiao Qian nor Han Siping agreed.
How can there be help without asking for anything in return?
This will not pass within Dongying and China Film.
The most important thing is that Xiao Qian knows very well that if there is no interference and other places are allowed to carry out cinema reform independently, then the messy situation in the previous life will definitely happen again.
If the Chinese film industry wants to develop healthily, a good and orderly theater environment must be a top priority.
So he teamed up with Han Siping and formulated a new plan.
In the next five to ten years, China Film and Dongying will invest a considerable part of their capital and strength to complete industrial restructuring with theater chains in other regions, in order to promote the reform of cinema chains in related regions.
To put it bluntly, it is to turn other theater companies into branches of East Film or China Film. China Film and East Film must have the right to speak, and they will help reform.
In order to persuade Li Jianguo and theater companies around the country, Xiao Qian and Han Siping formulated a quite large and detailed reform plan, which was now presented to everyone.
