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Dreaming of Hong Kong Chapter 644: Acquisition of Cinemas, Independent Cinemas

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    The next day, when the news about "Shanghai Night" was overwhelming, the movie suddenly caught the attention of all viewers.  The gimmick of the collaboration between the two major directors, coupled with the promotion of Wang Dong's starring role, made the movie instantly popular throughout Hong Kong, and Xu Ke's film studio suddenly became a company talked about by many movie fans.  "Shanghai Nights" started the real historical process of Hong Kong co-productions.  The previous co-productions between Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei and some previous co-productions were not considered shime.  This movie really kicked off the collaboration between famous directors"".  According to media reports, after this movie, Zongheng Image took the lead in announcing that the company's Wang Jiawei and Wang Dong's royal cameraman will co-produce the movie "Final Victory".  With this gimmick, it can be regarded as gaining popularity.  However, this matter has attracted a lot of attention. Bijing, whether it is Wang Jiawei or Liu Weiqiang, their reputations are not very high.  Compared with Wang Dong and Xu Ke, it is really difficult to compare.  So although it has received attention, it is unclear how much attention it has received.  Compared with the co-production between Wang Jiawei and Liu Weiqiang, New Art City announced that Yu Rentai, the director of "Aura", which broke through the 20 million box office, and Zhang Guoming, the new wave director who failed to direct "Interstellar Blunt", will co-produce a film.  Ethical thriller.  The investment amount was set at 7 million Hong Kong dollars, and famous movie stars including Golden Horse Award winner Alan Tam, famous movie star Shi Tian, ??super supporting actor Dong Piao "Uncle Piao", and famous Cantonese opera star Deng Biyun were invited to star in the film, including Mecca, Huang Bai  Ming, Teddy Robin and others make guest appearances.  Xinyi City¡¯s big move also aroused heated discussions in the media.  The film produced by New Art City has also been initially titled "Four-Eyed Boys".  Needless to say, Yu Rentai's "Aura", which he just directed, was a box office hit and made Xinyi City a huge profit.  It broke the 20 million box office mark.  Although many people say that it is Zhou Runfa's credit, it is undeniable that this movie was indeed shot well.  Zhang Guoming is a representative figure of the New Wave, and his reputation is even more prominent than that of Yu Rentai.  His famous work "Marginal Man" is an ethical film. At the Golden Horse Awards, he won several awards for Best Director and Best Actor.  Therefore, this time the two directors Zhang Guoming and Yu Rentai collaborated. Although not as dazzling as Wang Dong and Xu Ke, it was still very eye-catching, so it also attracted a lot of expectations from the audience and the media.  New Art City¡¯s actions made many filmmakers secretly grit their teeth, but they didn¡¯t expect that New Art City would take the lead.  Immediately afterwards, many film companies were looking for directors to announce Ziji's directing plans.  During the hot summer season, many companies announced their filming plans, which also allowed many people to see the prosperity and excitement of Hong Kong movies.  The fact that directors are so eager to announce their cooperation in filming also illustrates the impact that Wang Dong and Xu Ke's films have had on the Hong Kong film industry.  Co-production has also become a trump card for many directors who are not confident enough to handle the box office alone.  Since one person is not confident that n¨¦nggou has the box office appeal of shime, if n¨¤me invites a director with a similar reputation to film together, naturally it will be more certain.  Wang Dong didn¡¯t expect that four or five pairs of people would appear in Hong Kong to make a movie together.  Wang Dongdu had to sigh that the craze of following the trend in Hong Kong is really staggering.  Let¡¯s take a closer look at the movies released in just over a month, from "The Frog Prince", "Heavenly Help", "Goodbye", "Broken Dad" to "Prison", "Infatuated Me", "Aura"  "Forcing People", "The Ghost Story" and this "Shanghai Night".  A total of nine movies were released in the early part of this summer, and all of them did well at the box office, not to mention the record-breaking performance of "Prison".  This kind of competition and hot market have made many film companies more and more anxious and have arranged for the release of their own movies.  However, the three largest cinemas in Hong Kong are Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Golden Princess Cinemas and Golden Harvest¡¯s cinemas.  These three theater lines are in the hands of three giants.  This also makes the share of the film's release even more weightless.  The theater chain's share of revenue also occupies a certain advantage, putting many small companies under tremendous pressure.  Of course, under this premise, the quality of the movie is also guaranteed.  bijing In such a tight schedule, the works released by n¨¦nggou must be of high quality.  Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to gain a foothold.  This also makes it difficult for many shoddy products to survive.  However, Wang Dong is well aware that one of the reasons for the decline of Hong Kong movies in later generations is that theater chains are controlled by the three major theater chains. This has led to Southeast Asian businessmen and Taiwanese film producers to gather scattered theaters in Hong Kong and create a chain comparable to the three major theater chains.  Online theater chain.  As a result, many shoddy and follow-up works have been released one after another.  Although it has eased the priority of Hong Kong film releases, it has also caused chaos in the market and brought Hong Kong films to a peak of follow-up works.  This has also made Hong Kong people more and more disappointed with movies and lost theirwon a lot of public support.  Coupled with the economic damage, Asian markets such as Southeast Asia have introduced restrictive barriers, and Hollywood blockbusters are bombarding them. At that time, Hong Kong movies were immersed in following the trend and had long lost their competitiveness.  As a result, Hong Kong films have declined rapidly.  From the East, Hollywood suddenly became a film graveyard.  Faced with this situation, Wang Dong also had to take precautions.  Kill this kind of thing invisible.  Wang Dong even has some bigger plans in mind.  It's just that it cannot be applied yet.  The time has not come yet.  Why did Hong Kong movies often have long queues and overflowing rooms in the 1980s?  On the one hand, the film is exciting and popular, but on the other hand, there are few theater seats, and the most important thing is that there are few screens for the film.  Cinemas have few resources like this.  The three major theater chains are independent of each other and release their own movies respectively.  As a result, the time when the film can be released will be greatly restricted.  At the same time, it also wasted a large piece of market share, resulting in a lot of box office losses.  Wang Dong really hopes to form a theater alliance, and the films will be released uniformly. In this way, not only will the film get more screens to the maximum extent, but it will also be able to make adjustments according to the market.  In this way, resources can be optimally allocated.  "Shaolin Football" will break records for shimen¨¦ngou in later generations?  Why did Shime set such a high box office record in the most indifferent movie?  This is tantamount to the reason why all theaters in Hong Kong screened this movie.  Like many Hollywood movies, why did it hit a huge box office on the first day?  That's backed by thousands of screens.  Why do so many movies that you think are good have a corresponding box office?  What about triggering box office miracles for Shime's "Painted Skin" and "‡å‡å"?  In fact, this is all played by market share and the number of screens.  Your film is good, but I won¡¯t give you a screen. No matter how good you are, it won¡¯t be much better at the box office.  This is the role of theater chains.  In later generations, the mainland adopted the form of an alliance.  Although each movie theater chain has its own owner, they can all screen movies together.  It¡¯s just that the dividends are different.  In fact, this model has also been introduced to the Hong Kong box office market.   "A Dong, are you saying that you are going to spend money to acquire small theaters? Do you want to acquire all the scattered theaters? We should have a Hong Kong Home Cinema, right? Are we going to release this kind of low-cost movies? Do you know?  , some of the low-budget movies released in Hong Kong Home Cinema are not very good at the box office, and we would all be making a profit at a loss, if it weren¡¯t for "Prison Story", "The Ghost Story" and "Shanghai Night" two days ago.  The box office is very good, I am afraid that the two theaters of Hong Kong House will really lose money this year! My brother, do you want to build more cinemas dedicated to shime art? If this is really the case, I am really afraid that we will all lose money.  You¡¯ve lost your money!¡± After Chen Baixiang was called into the office by Wang Dong, as soon as he heard that Wang Dong was going to buy a movie theater, he immediately thought of the only two products under Zongheng that were losing money.  Suddenly he started to howl with a mournful face and a bit of misery.  Ignoring Chen Baixiang's bitter face, Wang Dong rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be so bitter. My acquisition of the cinema is to build a new cinema chain. This new cinema chain is nominally owned by  We are Zongheng, but the theater chain will be independent from Shaw Brothers. It is regarded as a company under Zongheng Films. However, in the future, when we release Zongheng, we will also formulate profit sharing according to the contract, so as to ensure that the theater chain develops better, instead of being tight.  Become a vassal of the film company! This company also has a development plan. I plan to have theaters in Taipei, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea within two years. It can be acquired or even invested in.  We can develop in various other ways so as to maximize our profits! " "Is that so? If so, I would be very interested. Our company now relies on Shaw Brothers Cinemas and other theaters in Taipei and Southeast Asia.  . A lot of money is given out every year. According to what you said, I think it's a great achievement." After listening to Wang Dong's explanation, Chen Baixiang's eyes were bright and he was full of confidence in the development of the theater.  "In this case, n¨¤me, go and acquire all the scattered large-scale movie theaters in Hong Kong under our umbrella. After that, I will coordinate the entire theater chain, truly separate it, and n¨¦nggou develop independently. I hope that before the end of the year, we will see  To a very competitive movie theater chain. Brother Tao, how are you? If you are really not sure, I will consider others. Manager Jiang recommended some good candidates to me in the past two days"  As the saying goes, it is better to provoke a general than to invite him. Wang Dong's eyes were filled with suspicion and he stimulated Chen Baixiang.  Sure enough, after hearing Wang Dong's words, Chen Baixiang straightened up.A look of confidence.  "Don't worry, Brother Dong! I will definitely complete the task! I will give you a perfect theater chain. Become the most competitive theater chain in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia!" Chen Baixiang said seriously, patting his chest.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT off of Chen Boxiang as a movie person, he is indeed very talented and capable in reality.  Very good at doing business.  This time Wang Dong also completely placed the important responsibility of the theater chain on him.  In this way, it can be regarded as the most important step in the development of movies.  Although we have always talked about separation, it is only today that we have truly entered a period of great development in cinemas!  !  ps My brother is getting married today, congratulations to them on growing old together!
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