In the next month, Chu Huan was very busy, but people around Chu Huan thought Chu Huan was crazy!
In fact, not only the people around Chu Huan, but also those who knew what happened, also thought Chu Huan was crazy.
Because Chu Huan spent money like crazy during this period.
This month, Chu Huan has only been doing one thing, acquisition, acquisition, damn acquisition.
The target of Chu Huan's acquisition is the theaters in Xiangjiang. As long as there is an owner who intends to sell independent theaters, Chu Huan will immediately appear in front of him like a person who just came out of the hotel and rushed to the shampoo room.
But Chu Huan is not just a money-splitting boy. Every time he negotiates with the other party, he will try his best to keep the price as low as possible. If the negotiation cannot be reached, Chu Huan would rather not give up this cinema.
In fact, Chu Huan still occupies the welfare of the current Xiangjiang film market. Although Li Xiaolong's two movies successively broke the box office record of Xiangjiang, due to the emergence of television, the overall environment of the Xiangjiang film market is not very good.
This can be seen from the number of cinemas in Xiangjiang in the original time and space. From this year to 1978, the number of cinemas in Xiangjiang was gradually decreasing. At the lowest point in 1978, there were only 70 cinemas in Xiangjiang.
So word spread that Chu Huan wanted to acquire theaters, and those who had no intention of running the business naturally sold off the theaters in their hands.
By the second half of the month, Chu Huan no longer needed to actively look for theaters to sell. Many theater owners began to actively look for black and white videos.
As for funds, that's why people around Chu Huan think Chu Huan is crazy.
For each cinema acquisition, Chu Huan used the previous cinema as collateral to obtain bank loans. If the intermediate funds were insufficient, Chu Huan would sell part of the Hang Seng Index futures to replenish his own funds.
In just one month, Chu Huan acquired a total of six cinemas, excluding the previously acquired Jiamei Cinema and Mr. Li's new cinema on the grassland. If you include the Lyceum Cinemas rented by the Lei family
, at this time, Chu Huan already had twelve cinemas in his hands.
In this month, Chu Huan also spent 18 million Hong Kong dollars, including 14 million Hong Kong dollars in bank loans, and raised 4 million Hong Kong dollars by selling his own stocks.
This ensured that Chu Huan won these cinemas.
Chu Huan then stopped his crazy acquisitions and began to rectify the theater chain companies.
Chu Huan would not trust the newcomer Fang Jianhui to handle these matters. Chu Huan did everything himself.
First of all, the cinema chain company was officially registered in Xiangjiang and was named Shanhai Cinema Chain Company.
The names of the previous cinemas were all canceled and renamed by Chu Huan.
The original Jiamei Cinema was renamed Bifang Cinema, the new cinema owned by Mr. Li, the owner of Green Grassland, was renamed Yingyu Cinema, and the remaining cinemas were also named after the mythical beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
At this time, Chu Huan's Shanhai Cinema Line also became the fourth largest theater chain in Xiangjiang after Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Shuangnan.
"From now on, Bifang Cinema will be the leading cinema of Shanhai Cinema, and the company's movies will also be held at midnight here to be tested by Hong Kong audiences."
In the conference room with black and white images, Chu Huan, Fang Jianhui, Shanhai Cinema General Manager Zhou Zhibin, Distribution Department Manager Pang Haoyang, Production Department Manager Wang Yongxiang, Planning Department Manager Su Zian and other senior officials were present.
Chu Huan was conquering the city and acquiring theaters outside, and Black and White Pictures finally established the framework of the company.
Naturally, Fang Jianhui and others had no objection to Chu Huan's arrangement. In fact, when Chu Huan decorated Bifang Cinema, he decorated it according to the leading cinema.
Now it's just announced to the public.
"Mr. Fang, we still need to strengthen contact with other film companies to see what kind of films they have sent this month. You and Liang Jianbang, the manager of the film review department, should pay attention in the future."
Chu Huan looked at Fang Jianhui with a somewhat unhappy expression.
Nowadays, the film company in Hong Kong can be described as dying from drought or dying from waterlogging. It is not an exaggeration to describe it.
Because Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have their own theater companies, and the amount of films produced every year is very considerable, they naturally give priority to releasing films from their own film companies.
Only when their film company's films unexpectedly hit the market, or when there is a gap, will they look for films from outside film companies to be released.
The film companies in Shuangnan Cinema Line in Xiangjiang wouldn't even dare to think about it. After all, they are still counting on their own company's movies to be released in Taiwan, and Shuangnan Cinema Line's film review is extremely strict, so even if they have intentions, they may not
Can be screened.
As for other independent cinemas, they need to be discussed one by one. You can imagine the sadness in this.
Well now, Chu Huan has emerged in the Hong Kong film industry, and the cinemas in his hands are being acquired one after another, as if he is developing towards a super cinema chain company.
However, the black and white image behind Shanhai Cinema is a very small film company, which cannot satisfy the film schedule of the cinema...
I can't say that, but I have to say that there is simply no way to satisfy them. It has been a month or two since Black and White Video was announced, and now there are only two movies being shot, and none of them have been released!
This kind of behavior is seen as a big mistake in the eyes of many film companies, so they turned to serfs and sang songs, knowing that Black and White Video urgently needed the film to be released in their own theaters.
So when I found Shanhai Cinema Line, everyone was talking loudly, hoping that Shanhai Cinema Line could lower the base fee.
If it weren't for the Shaw Brothers films, these people's bargaining would have been even crazier.
At this time, what Xiangjiang Cinema signed with the film company was not a share-sharing agreement, but a guarantee system.
What is the theater subsidy system?
That is, if a production company wants to show a movie in a certain theater, it must pay a monthly rental fee based on the theater's seats, equipment, and expenses. No matter how much the theater's daily income is, it must pay a monthly rental fee.
Theater chains in Hong Kong and Taiwan have implemented a theater guarantee system. That is to say, if a film company shows its own film at Bifang Cinema, no matter how much it can sell at the box office, it will cost you money even if it is a hit on the street.
If you don’t have any money left, you must pay the theater’s base fee on time.
This system has greatly dampened the enthusiasm of producers. Many times producers have no confidence in their films and would rather leave the films in the film library to rot than release them for fear of losing even more.
―Not only will the film production fee be compensated, but the movie theater will also be compensated with a guaranteed fee.
At the same time, the packages are also divided into many details, such as the package for Dragon Head Theater and the package for United Theater.
Take a movie released in Taiwan as an example. If the total box office revenue in a week reaches 3 million yuan, the producer will get less than one yuan, and all of it will be paid to the theater to cover the base fee; if the box office in a week is less than 3 million yuan,
, the film owner not only cannot get the box office share, but also has to spend money to redeem copies.
In the following years, many small and medium-sized film companies in Taiwan were crippled by the theater chain's subsidy system. This was also one of the main reasons why the once prosperous Taiwanese film industry eventually declined.
The situation in Xiangjiang is similar. Although the base fee is slightly cheaper than that of theaters in Taiwan, it is more difficult to get a good time slot.
Although there is still a so-called schedule in Hong Kong now, after everyone has finished filming the movie, they naturally hope that the movie can be released as soon as possible.
But if their movie company's movie schedule collides with the movie schedule of the movie company behind the theater chain company, the theater chain company will naturally release its own movie first.
In the past, when there were negotiations between film companies and theater companies in Hong Kong, people from the film companies did not even dare to speak loudly.
But things are different now. There has been a change in the demand relationship between Shanhai Cinemas and them. Now Shanhai Cinemas needs more film sources.
As for Shanhai Cinema's screening of Shaw Brothers films, the base fee has been reduced to the minimum.
This is also the reason why Shao Yifu happily agreed to Chu Huan.
Now that other film companies have joined in, Shanhai Cinema has gradually reduced the scale of showing Shaw Brothers movies.
After all, the two parties did not sign a contract at the time.
And these film companies saw the opportunity and opened their mouths, hoping to make Chu Huan submit and reduce the base fee for them.
Regarding these requests, Fang Jianhui received orders from Chu Huan and reluctantly agreed to them, reducing part of the package fee.
This ensures that Shanhai Cinemas maintains a rhythm of releasing films during its rapid expansion.
As soon as they heard that black and white images actually reduced the package fee, some film companies even took out their own films for release.
The box office results can certainly be imagined.
"Although we have lowered the minimum package fee, if the movies we release are always bad, the audience will become bored with our theaters, which will also be a blow to the reputation of the theaters."
At such a company meeting, Fang Jianhui did not dare to joke with Chu Huan and said: "Chairman, I understand, we will improve it in the future."
Chu Huan nodded and said: "Also, don't let those who push for extravagant measures be tolerated. Now that we have no shortage of film sources, we shouldn't let them think about the possibility that the company will lower the base fee.
In addition, we would like to inform those companies that receive package fees that if their films cannot sell in theaters, their package fees will be raised back to the original price!"
Fang Jianhui immediately smiled and said, "That's good. I have been facing those people's bargaining every day during this period. I thought I was a teacher buying vegetables at the wet market."
"Chairman, will this make those film companies have a rebellious mentality and go against us?" Zhou Zhibin, general manager of Shanhai Cinemas, asked with some worry.
"Don't worry, Lydia Cinemas didn't have its own film company at the beginning. Didn't they just give in in the end? As long as people see the benefits, it will be difficult to get them to give up. Moreover, those people are just a mob, and they want to make them give up.
Joining forces is even harder than reaching the sky!"
Chu Huan said decisively.
After hearing what Chu Huan said, Zhou Zhibin couldn't say anything else.
Then Chu Huan continued: "The other thing is to set aside the July and August schedules. In these two months, the company will no longer accept movies from any film companies, and will fully release our company's movies!"
It is now early June, and "The Fight between Dragon and Tiger" directed by Kam-po Hung is coming to an end. It will be released next month with another 20 days of post-production. By then, Chu Huan will naturally not need movies from other film companies to make a difference.
It was Zhou Zhibin who said: "Chairman, why don't you tell those film companies that what you said is so accurate? After all, Sanmao is the first film independently directed by our company. No one dares to say how the box office will be.
If the box office is not good at that time, we can’t force it on, right?”
Zhou Zhibin is thirty-six years old and an old man in the Xiangjiang film industry. He was the manager of a cinema purchased by Chu Huan. Chu Huan saw that this person knew the Xiangjiang film industry very well and had his own unique insights, so he kept him.
, let him serve as the general manager of Shanhai Cinema Line.
At least now it seems that Chu Huan's decision is correct.
He only mentioned Hung Kam-bao, not Li Hanxiang, because although it was not the first time that Hung Kam-bao directed a film independently, it had not been proven at the box office, so now he is skeptical about Hung Kam-bao.
In addition, the movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight", starring 24K pure newcomer Cheng Long, has no box office appeal. However, the heroine Miao Kexiu has two movies by Li Xiaolong and her relationship with Chu Huan.
Scandal, there is some heat.
In fact, Miao Kexiu's salary for this movie was higher than that of Cheng Long.
Cheng Long's salary is the same as Xu Guanwen's, HK$4,000, while Miao Kexiu's salary is HK$8,000, which is fully double that of Cheng Long.
But no one dared to say anything about the salary, because it was Chu Huan who set it.
But Li Hanxiang is different. With the successive successes of "The Story of Deception" and "The Grand View of Deception", although the outside world is not optimistic about Li Hanxiang, the company still has great expectations for Li Hanxiang.
Chu Huan thought for a moment and was really not sure what the situation in Hong Jinbao's movie "The Fight between Dragons and Tigers" was, so he said.
"Okay, this matter will be decided according to Manager Zhou's suggestion."
Seeing Chu Huan supporting his suggestion, Zhou Zhibin immediately smiled on his face.
"Another thing is that now that the company has been formalized, it is obviously not enough to have only two directors, Li Hanxiang and Hong Jinbao, and a few actors. The next main task of the company is to find directors, actors, screenwriters and behind-the-scenes staff, at least to make them
The company deserves the title of the fourth largest cinema chain company in Hong Kong."
Chu Huan assigned another task!
Black and white imaging must be developed. Since there are not enough manpower to do the work now, Chu Huan needs talents, a lot of talents.
Fang Jianhui immediately stated that he would continue to apply for recruitment and would also search within the industry.
Chu Huan then determined the hierarchy of directors and actors in the company.
Just like what Chu Huan said to Li Hanxiang before, Black and White has its own hierarchy for directors and actors in its company.
After discussion, Chu Huan called it a pyramid structure.
There are five levels in the entire pyramid structure, namely SSS, SS, S, A, and B.
Directors at the SSS level have a very high say in the company. If they are planning to start shooting a new film, the company will absolutely delegate power. They will give money and people if they want. The investment limit for new films has been increased to 3 million Hong Kong dollars. If additional investment is needed,
If so, Chu Huan's signature will be required.
Of course, the salary will also increase accordingly, and the salary can be as high as 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.
He also has more error tolerance than other directors. The company allowed him to make three films, but when he made the first film, the company would review his script and evaluate it. If the script did not meet the company's requirements,
Sorry, I can only modify it again.
Nowadays, the company does not have an SSS-level director, and even Li Hanxiang is only an SS-level director.
The level of actors is the same as that of directors, but now there are no S-level actors in black and white videos, let alone SSS-level actors.
All I can say is that the black and white image still lacks people.
After talking about these things, the first formal meeting of Black and White Image was considered over.
As soon as Chu Huan walked out of the conference room, he saw Xu Yi standing at the door anxiously.
Seeing Chu Huan come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Chairman, you are finally out!"
"What's wrong?" Chu Huan asked.
Xu Yi said: "I just got a call from the studio. Miss Miao was accidentally injured while filming her scene. Now she has been sent to St. Mary's Hospital!"
After Chu Huan heard this, he walked out of the company and said to Qin Peng: "St. Mary's Hospital."
Seeing Chu Huan's anxiety, Qin Peng put his driving skills to full use, speeding all the way, and soon arrived at the hospital.
After asking the nurse, Chu Huan learned that Miao Kexiu was undergoing surgery. When she heard that surgery was needed, Chu Huan felt worried and hurried to the operating room.
When Chu Huan came to the operating room, she saw Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others still wearing costumes, waiting anxiously at the door of the operating room.
Seeing Chu Huan coming over, Hong Jinbao's heart skipped a beat, even though Chu Huan did not visit the set during this period, nor did he have any contact with Miao Kexiu.
However, the Hong Kong media had previously spread the scandal between Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu, and now seeing the worried look on Chu Huan's face, Hong Jinbao was indeed a little scared.
"Young Master Huan, it's all my fault for what happened this time. I didn't take good care of Miss Miao, and that's why she got hurt."
Chu Huan asked directly: "How is the injury? What did the doctor say?"
Hong Jinbao hurriedly said: "While filming the fighting scene, Miss Miao accidentally hit her head and she started bleeding. After she was sent to the hospital, the doctor said she needed stitches and also checked to see if there were any other problems."
Then Hong Jinbao quickly added: "But the doctor also said that there shouldn't be any big problems."
Hearing what Hong Jinbao said, Chu Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Chu Huan knows Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long better than anyone else. They are famous for not taking their lives when filming, not only their own lives, but also the lives of other actors.
They pursued the ultimate movement look and feel, which would inevitably bring more injuries. However, what Chu Huan did not expect was that Miao Kexiu would become the first person to be injured.
At this time, Cheng Long also stood beside Chu Huan with an uneasy look on his face: "Young Master Huan, it's all my fault. Miss Miao was injured while I was filming my opponent washing her hands."
Seeing Jackie Chan's appearance and thinking of their brothers' filming style, Chu Huan could only suppress the anger in his heart and comfort him.
"I can't blame you for this. After all, no one wants something like this to happen. Fortunately, I didn't suffer any serious injuries. I just need to pay more attention when filming in the future."
Cheng Long secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chu Huan didn't really blame him.
Then Chu Huan asked Hong Jinbao: "How is the filming of the movie going?"
"It's almost over." Hong Jinbao first replied, and then he understood what Chu Huan meant, and then added: "But Miss Miao's scenes have been filmed today, so Miss Miao can have a good rest."
Chu Huan nodded and said: "In that case, you should go back first. Don't worry about this matter. The movie should be shot as it should be, so don't be mentally burdened."
After hearing Chu Huan's comfort twice in succession, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long finally felt completely relieved.
However, Hung Kam-bao still said: "We'd better wait for the doctor, otherwise we won't be interested in filming even if we go back."
Chu Huan did not insist. After a while, the doctor wearing a mask came out first and said: "Fortunately, apart from the wound, Miss Miao also has a slight concussion, and there is nothing else. But
You still need to have a good rest for a few days."
After hearing the doctor's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Hong Jinbao then said goodbye to Chu Huan, and then left the hospital with the crew.
After Hong Jinbao and others left, Miao Kexiu was also pushed out by the nurse in the operating room. Because it was just stitches, Miao Kexiu was not under general anesthesia. When she was pushed out of the operating room by the nurse and saw Chu Huanshou here,
His eyes instantly turned red.
"Brother Huan!"
After all, she is still a girl who has just turned twenty.
Chu Huan approached the hospital bed and whispered comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Miao Kexiu, who had red eyes, nodded imperceptibly, but she really didn't dare to make any big moves.
Everyone came to the ward.
As Miao Kexiu lay on the hospital bed, the doctors and nurses gave Chu Huan a few words of caution and then left the ward.
At this time, only Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu were left in the ward.
"If you want something to eat, I'll ask someone to buy it."
Chu Huan sat in front of the hospital bed and asked Miao Kexiu.
Miao Kexiu shook her head with her eyes and said softly: "I don't want to eat, but I'm a little dizzy."
"Does it hurt?" Chu Huan asked worriedly.
Miao Kexiu said: "It was a little bit at first, but now it's much better. I just feel bloated."
Chu Huan said: "That's because of the anesthesia. Okay, you can rest for a while first."
Miao Kexiu looked at Chu Huan expectantly. Chu Huan saw this and chuckled softly: "Don't worry, I will guard you here. I guarantee that the first person you see when you wake up will be me."
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Miao Kexiu showed a shy smile, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Chu Huan walked out of the ward, asked Qin Peng to buy some daily necessities, fruits and other things, and then returned to the ward.
...
Miao Kexiu slept until the afternoon. When she woke up, she subconsciously looked to her side and found that Chu Huan was sitting there, holding an unknown document in her hand and studying it carefully.
Watch.
The afternoon sun shone into the ward and fell on Chu Huan. Miao Kexiu couldn't bear to interrupt seeing this scene.
Then she saw the warm water and the cut apples placed on the bedside table next to the hospital bed.
At this time, Chu Huan also heard the noise, looked up and saw Miao Kexiu waking up, then put down the document in his hand and asked with a smile.
"Does it still hurt?"
Miao Kexiu shook her head happily and said: "It hurts a bit, I want to eat something sweet."
Chu Huan laughed, brought the cut apple over, and said, "It's ready for you."
"I can't move my hands, it hurts!" Miao Kexiu looked at Chu Huan pitifully.
Chu Huan very consciously used a toothpick to prick a piece of apple for her and put it into Miao Kexiu's mouth, which had already been opened.
"Sanmao, Cheng Long and the others asked me to apologize to you." Chu Huan told Miao Kexiu while feeding her apples.
Miao Kexiu said: "It doesn't matter. I was actually not prepared at the time and it has nothing to do with Cheng Long."
"San Mao said that your scene has been completed. You can just take care of yourself in the hospital these days and wait until you are ready to leave."
"My injury is not a serious one. I can rest for a day or two and it will be fine. Besides, I don't like the smell of the hospital."
"Okay." Chu Huan thought for a moment and agreed.
"I'm full, so I won't eat anymore." Miao Kexiu said with a smile after eating half an apple: "Brother Huan, if you stay in the hospital, nothing will happen to the company, right?"
Chu Huan shook his head and said: "It's okay. Now the company is on the right track. Fatty Fang... Oh, just Fang Jianhui and the others are here. If they come to me for everything, wouldn't it mean that their salary is in vain?
Yet?"
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Miao Kexiu smiled happily again.
I don't know why, but I just like the feeling of being alone with Chu Huan like this.
As for other things, Miao Kexiu didn't want to think about it at this time, and she didn't want to think about it.
The two chatted casually like this. Miao Kexiu told Chu Huan about the crew, and Chu Huan occasionally told Miao Kexiu about the school.
Time soon came to evening, and Qin Peng also came over with dinner at this time.
This time Miao Kexiu didn't need to be fed by Chu Huan.
After dinner, Qin Peng put away the things. Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu were watching TV and chatting. Time passed by minute by second. When Miao Kexiu felt sleepy, Chu Huan did not say that he was leaving, and Miao Kexiu
Kexiu didn't ask Chu Huan to go back and rest. She just wanted to be willful today.
Chu Huan got dressed and spent the night on the sofa...
The next day!
Miao Kexiu woke up early and saw Chu Huan sleeping on the sofa. She quietly got off the hospital bed and walked to Chu Huan's side. When she leaned down, the wound on her head hurt a little, which made her sigh.
He opened his mouth, but still completed his action, and took a close look at Chu Huan's appearance.
Just when she wants to touch her.
Chu Huan, who had his eyes closed, suddenly said: "Getting started is a different price."
Miao Kexiu's face turned red suddenly, and then she wanted to escape back to the hospital bed, but she moved too much, causing pain in the wound, and she exclaimed: "Oops!"
Chu Huan supported Miao Kexiu who almost fell down, "You are injured and yet you are so dishonest. It seems that your condition is really nothing serious!"
Miao Kexiu lowered her head, not knowing how to answer Chu Huan for a moment.
The atmosphere in the ward was somewhat ambiguous.
Bang!
The ward was suddenly pushed away by someone. When the person saw the situation in the ward, he quickly covered his eyes and shouted: "I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything!"
As he spoke, he exited the ward and thoughtfully closed the door for Chu Huan.
Miao Kexiu was completely ashamed, broke away from Chu Huan's arms, walked to the hospital bed, lay down, and covered herself with a quilt.
Chu Huan said helplessly: "I'm going to see what happened to Fatty Fang."
The person who just arrived was Fang Jianhui. If it was not urgent, he would not have come at this time.