China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 334: Harmony is the most important thing, authorized by the imperial power

the next day.

This matter has been reported.

It triggered a small-scale shock in the circle.

Zhang Dapao’s purpose is clear: “The box office share of domestic films has dropped significantly, the market is sluggish, and producers bear huge investment risks.

The bill-sharing ratio for foreign films is usually 50:50. The investment-sharing ratio can protect the interests of the producer. Now that the Chinese film market has developed to a new stage, it is necessary to increase the box office revenue share of "The Thirteen Hairpins."

"Brother taking the lead" raised his arms and shouted.

Standing behind him are Huayi, Jiangdong Entertainment, Guangguang, Bona, Galloping Pony, and Yinghuang.
  Almost all film production companies in the industry expressed their approval.

It immediately detonated the focus of public opinion.

At the end of the National Day holiday and before the Lunar New Year holiday has even begun, many professionals in the film and television industry are discussing this matter.

In response to this, the eight major theater chains reacted instantly, and after gathering for a meeting, they gave a strong and clear response:
  "This is against the rules!"

"If we can't reach an agreement, we will refuse to screen "Thirteen Hairpins"!"

"People who only make one movie a year must be able to carry it clearly!"

"Yu Tang, when will we come to the Magic City to gather together?"

Zhou Yutang received a call from Wu Heru of United Cinemas and released the hand on the waist of the beauty in green: "Mr. Wu, there are a lot of things going on recently."

"Haha, you've also heard about Zhang Weiping, right?"

"Oh, what do you think, Mr. Wu?"

Zhou Yutang's heart moved slightly.

"Zhang Dapao's move is so beautiful. He has tied you all together and wants to increase the ticket price of "Thirteen Hairpins""

"Yu Tang, you also have a movie theater. You should know that in the current environment, it is difficult to do so."

Listening to Wu Heru talking about this matter from another angle, Zhou Yutang suddenly felt a little enlightened.

"Mr. Wu, I'm aware of this matter."

After hanging up the phone, Zeng Li rarely saw such a solemn expression on Zhou Yutang's face.

He asked slightly curiously: "Does our company also do theaters?"

"When we acquired Golden Harvest, we also took over the mainland cinema business. Now there are about 21 cinema chains in first-tier cities across the country, including several in Shenzhen. This year, another cinema will open in Beijing."

Zhou Yutang gently rubbed the waist of the beauty in green, thinking of other things.

With the advancement of urbanization policies, domestic cinema chains will usher in a period of rapid development.

In the past, Zhou Yutang had no money to build a theater chain, but after taking over Golden Harvest, he began to slowly expand. Although it is still far behind the major theater chains, it is making steady progress after all.

The cinema is the terminal.

Making good terminals is also part of investment, and you will definitely make money in the future.

In his mind, Wu Heruyin's profound words replayed.

Zeng Li did not interrupt Zhou Yutang's thinking. She poured tea for him with her delicate hands, leaned next to him, and played with the Four Seasons series rose ring on her finger.

On the pretty face, there is a smile.

This ring, that night, she just said that it looked very nice, and Zhou Yutang turned around and took a picture of it at the Bazaar Charity Dinner.

In fact, Zeng Li owns a lot of jewelry, but she rarely wears this ring, which is only for collection and appreciation.

"Zhang Dapao's routine is a bit deep."

"what happened?"

After a long while, Zhou Yutang raised the teacup, took a sip, shook his head and laughed, and explained the secret to Zeng Li clearly.

Don't look at Zhang Dapao's extremely righteous behavior when he was meeting with the bosses of several major production companies.

We must strive for a share of the box office for the producers and theaters, and we must seek benefits for the entire film production industry.

But in fact, what he was trying to do was kidnap several major production companies and use them as bargaining chips to raise the price with theaters for "Thirteen Hairpins."

If Wu Heru had not had a close relationship with him, he would have revealed the news in advance.

Zhou Yutang was almost beaten by Zhang Dapao.

Zeng Li had been a film producer, so of course he knew the ropes. He said angrily: "Zhang Weiping, you are such an old fox."

"He is indeed an old fox who has become a spirit through cultivation."

Zhou Yutang tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table.

He suddenly realized that he had been having a smooth journey and seemed to have underestimated Zhang Dapao.

If this guy didn't have some heart and soul, how could he treat the Imperial Master as a wage earner and play around?

It's November, and the National Day season has just ended. After deleting the emotional scenes, "Revolution of 11" took the lead and fired the first shot of the Lunar New Year season.

However, this main theme movie, in which Shanghai Film invested 1.2 million yuan, does not have the momentum of "The Founding of the Party" to dominate the National Day schedule.

It grossed 880 million on its first day of release and was completely defeated by the imported blockbuster "War for the Planet of the Apes", which was a huge hit both inside and outside the film industry.

Zhou Yutang received a call from Ren Zhonglun and could only hear him sighing: "Yu Tang, it's hard to make a movie!"

"Mr. Ren, keep an open mind, there may be hope for a counterattack later."

"There is not much hope. There is still your movie "Love Is Not Blind", which will be released soon, right?"

Ren Zhonglun's tone was inevitably depressed.

He spent a lot of money to invite Jackie Chan, Li Binbin, Hu Ge and others.

But when the box office came out on the first day, his heart dropped.

Although it is not a popular period, the film schedule is not low, and the theaters are also reserved. With such a small box office, it is obviously impossible to recover the cost.

"It will be released in a few days."

"Well, I hope the "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" will be more decent by then."

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Zhou Yutang's expression twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say.

A few days ago, this super-invested movie project finally announced its lineup.

Sun Jianjun, who is both an investor and director, personally participated in the project. Shanghai Film Group also participated in the investment, and even invited a luxurious lineup starring Liu Dehua, Lin Chilin, Tong Dawei, Zhang Jingchu, etc.

Can you really be decent?

Zhou Yutang mourned a few seconds of silence for Ren Zhonglun in his heart. The competition between film producers and distributors and theaters has become the focus of the entire film and television industry.

In the final analysis, everyone has different positions and different interests.

In the insistence of their respective interests, the two sides launched more than ten days of debate and negotiation.

"The American film industry can achieve a virtuous cycle because the investor share ratio can reach more than [-]%, which is much higher than that of China. People who make movies under our long-term planned economic system only get more than [-]% in the end, while theaters without any risks do not Taking away the vast majority of box office revenue”

Zhang Weiping took the lead and several major production and distribution companies had their say.

The attitude of the theater chain over there is even tougher, "The theater business is not easy to do. The cost of self-investment, renovation of theaters, rent and labor and other operating costs have skyrocketed. It is already difficult to survive, and the box office sharing ratio has to be revised. How can we survive?" Do you have to go down?"

The wind and waves were very strong.

In the end, even the film bureau intervened.

After several meetings, they finally took a step back.

For "Thirteen Hairpins" with new graphics, the requirement to increase the minimum ticket price by 5 yuan was "conditionally" adopted. This will have little impact on first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, but for second- and third-tier cities, ordinary ticket prices will be To improve, it’s still up to the audience to pay for it.

In addition, the box office of [-] million will be the watershed.

As long as the film's box office is less than 45 million, the new picture and the theaters will be divided in the ratio of 55:41. When the film's box office exceeds 59 million, the new picture and the theaters will be divided in the ratio of [-]:[-].

However, apart from the new pictures, Zhou Yutang's Jiangdong Entertainment also benefited.

In the future, movies produced and distributed by Jiangdong Entertainment will be calculated based on the free-floating box office share of the market.

"Tong Bureau, thank you very much for this."

Zhou Yutang made a special trip to the Children's Bureau office with a very respectful attitude.

If it hadn't been for the nod from above, it would have been impossible to enjoy the privileges.

"Everyone values ​​harmony, and this is beneficial."

Tong Ju patted Zhou Yutang on the shoulder and said with a kind face: "I will just say a few words behind closed doors. The current tone is for cultural development and prosperity. This is the general trend.

You are now the vane of the film industry. What is important is to make the plate bigger and continue to strengthen the influence of China Pictures. Other problems are not problems."

Just a few words, and I talked all afternoon.

On the way back, Zhou Yutang didn't go back to the company and went straight to China Film's Han Sanping office.

It was just time for dinner, and Han Sanping waved enthusiastically: "Yu Tang, come here in such a hurry, you haven't eaten yet?"

"I really didn't eat."

"Let's have a quick bite in the cafeteria."

"Respect is worse than obedience."

The small canteen specially opened for leaders tastes really good. After listening to Zhou Yutang’s remarks about today’s Children’s Bureau, Han Sanping put down his chopsticks and said with a smile:
  "It seems that your understanding of your influence is not clear enough."

"Zhang Dapao used to have Zhang Yimou at his disposal, and he was the boss of the entire film industry, but his scope was only so big."

"Now, let's take advantage of what he did to push us forward. The achievements you have made in the past few years are all in the eyes of the higher-ups."

"This matter is definitely a good thing for us. What the higher-ups value is the cultural output of China."

"It seems that Zhang Weiping has coerced the entire film production industry and reaped huge benefits for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins". In fact, Zhou Yutang took the cake."

"Jiangdong Entertainment is really awesome. Last year, one company accounted for one-seventh of the entire movie market."

"Why does Zhou Yutang's young boy enjoy privileges? He must be the son of a certain big boss, right?"

"Based on the box office of his movies, the three major directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang in recent years are not as good as Zhou Yutang!"

"From now on, it is Zhou Yutang who has the final say whether Tianchao Movies will be in chaos or not."

For outsiders, this is just a fun thing to watch.

Ordinary viewers only care about whether the movie is good or not, and they don’t care about your share of the box office. It has nothing to do with them.

But the entire film and television industry was set off by a huge tsunami.

Zhang Weiping coerced the production company to attack theaters and failed, but he gained benefits for "Thirteen Hairpins".

However, the benefits he received were not as good as the privileges Zhou Yutang received.

Both the production companies and celebrity artists in the industry know very well what this privilege means.

Zhou Yutang had just entered this circle a few years ago.

He can only act as a witness.

And now Zhou Yutang.

But he is undoubtedly qualified to have the right to speak.

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The dinner with Mr. Lu, the shareholder of Wanda Cinema Line, and Da Tiantian ended.

Zhou Yutang returned to Zeng Li's house.

Zeng Li was wearing a silk nightgown, and she naturally knelt down to change Zhou Yutang's shoes.

Her hair is tied up, her hips are tight, and she has the air of a young woman.

"you are pretty."

After changing his shoes, Zhou Yutang took advantage of the situation and hugged the beauty in Tsing Yi into his arms, sliding his hands on the soft skin of her waist that was as thick as snow.

The exquisite curves brought an extremely warm and soft feel, which made him feel inexplicably happy.

Zeng Li gently patted his offending hand and asked, "How was the conversation with Wanda?"

"Wanda has always cooperated, so there is no big problem."

A smile broke out on Zhou Yutang's face, pointing his finger upward: "The boss has spoken, allowing me to enjoy a small privilege."

Different positions lead to different ways of looking at problems.

The confrontation between the producers and the theaters is, of course, nothing in terms of the overall situation.

As long as we can continue to make progress in a stable manner, we can promote the transnational export of Chinese culture.

Then it is natural to enjoy certain privileges.

Zeng Li rolled her eyes: "I've put the hot water for you. Take a shower first. I'm going to be on top tonight."

Zhou Yutang: "."

(End of this chapter)