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    After Li Mingbao and Aunt Six gave each other a few compliments, everyone got down to business.  Aunt Six was the first to speak: "I heard that you want to have this film screened in all Shaw Brothers theaters at the same time, right?" "Yes, there is nothing wrong with the quality of my film, and its main focus is  It happens to be shown in the student market during the summer season, so no one will watch it. If it is shown in more cinemas, maybe there will be a miracle." Li Mingbao said with a shy face.  "But you have to know that the films that we can co-screen with Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong are all treated like great directors, like Chu Yuan, Li Hanxiang, Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan. You don't think that after you make a movie,  , he¡¯s already a great director before it¡¯s released, right?¡± Fang Yihua said seriously, holding her glasses.  Hearing Fang Yihua¡¯s words, Li Mingbao really wanted to scold his mother.  What Fong Yihua said is not wrong. According to the current rules of the Hong Kong film industry, it is quite correct. However, Li Mingbao, who knew the endings of the four major Shaw Brothers directors, really did not have much interest in these four people.  Li Hanxiang has become a master of salty and wet movies at this time. Although Chu Yuan is known as Chu Wanwan, he has begun to become a film machine at this time. And Zhang Che himself will leave Shaw Brothers in two years, and  There wasn't much development after that.  The last one left is Hu Jinquan. Others are not in Hong Kong now. He has gone to Taiwan to engage in art. How can you get him to make movies?  Although Li Mingbao knows these things, he can't say them out. If he does, it will be a slap in the face. Aunt Six's face is not that easy to slap. It feels good to slap her face now, but then Li Mingbao will have to sing: Please  Give me another chance.  The reason why Fang Yihua said this is just a necessary means of negotiation. Although Shao Daheng said that he would take care of Li Mingbao, Fang Yihua himself also had such thoughts.  The thing is, it¡¯s not easy for a movie to be canceled within a day or two of its release, or to reduce the number of screenings, etc. Anyway, they have already given Li Mingbao face. If the film is not good, don¡¯t blame Shaw Brothers for not giving face.  ¡°But after Aunt Six watched Li Mingbao¡¯s film, she knew with a filmmaker¡¯s intuition that this film would be a hit.  If you want to earn money and give face, you have to have certain conditions.  I started screening this film because I never thought it would make money. It didn¡¯t matter how it came about. After all, if I don¡¯t show Lee Ming-pao¡¯s film and I lose money, I will also show other films that will lose money. They are all losses. There is no other problem.  ¡°But seeing that this film will make money is different.  The conditions that Uncle Liu gave to Li Mingbao were really good. When he was in debt, it didn't matter how much the box office was, but if he wanted to make money, an extra box office would be a big figure!  Especially during the recent downturn in the Shaw Brothers theater chain, making money can give the people in the theater chain some confidence, so that everyone will not be as miserable as they are now.  Li Mingbao somewhat understood what Aunt Six meant, so he took the initiative and said: "Of course I don't think that I am a big director now. Compared with those seniors, I am still a seedling. But the quality of the movie is really good. I want to  The only way to completely release the market is through full-line screening. I can make money, Shaw Brothers can also make money, and everyone is happy. Isn't it great? " "Are you so sure that this movie will make money?  Leopard, as a human being, don¡¯t be too confident. Although Aunt Six is ??very optimistic about your movie, the problem is that Aunt Six is ??optimistic about it, which does not mean that the market is also optimistic about it. The quality of the movie will ultimately be judged by the box office. In case of box office  No, won't our Shaw Brothers lose money? The full-line screening is not a joke, we need to be cautious. Besides, it is against the rules for you, a new director, to get the treatment of those great directors." Fang Yihua said.  The preaching tone was quite sincere.  "I know this is indeed not in line with the rules, but aren't the rules set by you, Aunt Six? And I also believe in your vision, Aunt Six. The movies you like will definitely be successful at the box office. If you lose money,  Then we can reduce the number of screenings. This is not difficult for Shaw Brothers Cinema. Otherwise, Aunt Six, please change the rules for me, and I will make an appropriate concession. The box office share of this movie will be 46.  Come on, I'll take one less and the theater will get one more, and I'll give you a big gift in return. This way, Aunt Six, you won't lose money." Li Mingbao said with a pained look on his face.  Originally, the general practice of dividing the box office when a movie was released was roughly 4:4:2, that is, the theater chain gets 40%, the movie side gets 40%, and the last 20% is given to the distributor.  When it comes to Li Mingbao's "Happy Ghost", since the production and distribution of the film are all run by Li Mingbao, things like contacting Shaw Brothers Cinemas were originally done by the distributor, but now that Li Mingbao does it himself, it is quite  The 20% of the issuance fee was put into Li Mingbao's pocket.  So it is divided intoOn the other hand, this film lacks a distributor, and there are only two participants, Li Mingbao and Shaw Brothers Cinemas.  Uncle Six was very generous to Li Mingbao before, and he only needed 30% of the theater screening fees.  I never thought about making money.  But now Fang Yihua has seen the possibility of making money, and it is still possible to make a lot of money. Looking at the previous 30-70 split method, naturally she is not so happy. Don¡¯t underestimate this percentage. Just talk about the Hong Kong film market. If the movie  If the total box office in Hong Kong is one million, this achievement is 100,000 yuan. If the box office is 10 million, then this achievement is one million.  Although the current number of movies with a box office of over 10 million in Hong Kong has only reached such heights recently, "Junior" starring Chen Long, but after all, movies with a box office of over 10 million have already appeared in front of everyone.  , so Fang Yihua can calculate such accounts in the same mind.  And Li Mingbao happened to give up 10% of the box office. When Fang Yihua heard such a good thing, she was naturally happy. When she felt that Li Mingbao was very eye-catching, she became even more interested in the gift Li Mingbao said.  "Okay, then it's settled. The theaters in Hong Kong are 40-60 points, and Aunt Six won't take advantage of you in vain. The overseas distribution of this film will be handled by our Shaw Brothers, and we will give you 64 points when the time comes.  Share. Now is it time to talk about your gift?" Fang Yihua said with interest.  Hearing Fang Yihua say that he could actually get a 64% ratio for overseas distribution, Li Mingbao immediately became excited.  Regardless of overseas distribution, he only gets 40%.  But as Aunt Six said, Shaw Brothers really did not take advantage of Li Mingbao.  Why did the three theaters of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Golden Princess stand in the Three Kingdoms in the early 1980s?  And other theater chains can only drink soup in the corner?  The first reason is naturally because these three cinema lines are very powerful in Hong Kong. Each of them has at least more than ten cinemas. Apart from these three cinema lines, the other so-called cinema lines are either very small and cannot meet the standards at all.  The height of the main cinemas, or the number of cinemas is not enough, and it cannot become a cinema chain at all.  Hong Kong is such a big place, and the total number of movie theaters is only about 1120. But now in the 1980s, there are less than 100.  The three cinema chains of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess account for more than half of all cinemas in Hong Kong, and major cinemas account for the vast majority. In such a market environment, how can other cinemas compete with these three?  And the methods used by these three big companies are not limited to Hong Kong. They also have their own cinemas or cooperative cinemas overseas.  Why do Hong Kong movies have such great influence?  If Hong Kong movies can only be screened in Hong Kong, how do others know that there are Hong Kong movies in the world?  ¡°To make Hong Kong movies known overseas, the capabilities of the theater chain play a huge role.  Shaw Brothers' overseas distribution includes Shaw Brothers' own overseas cinemas and cooperative cinemas. The main radiation range is in the Chinese areas of Southeast Asia, including Taiwan, and it also has partners in Japan and South Korea.  Jiahe¡¯s boss Zou is also very caring. His cooperation partners are mainly in Japan, Europe and the United States. Why are Chen Long¡¯s kung fu movies so popular in Japan?  Why can we enter the US market?  That's all because Boss Zou has cooperation with overseas theaters.  Relatively speaking, Princess Jin's overseas distribution capabilities are not so strong, but she still has some influence, especially in Taiwan. In the 1980s, many New Arts City films became popular in Taiwan.  Princess thunder boss abilities.  Apart from these three theater chains in Hong Kong, other theaters in Hong Kong do not have such capabilities. Therefore, Li Mingbao was a little annoyed with the issue of overseas distribution because when Uncle Liu gave support before, he did not extend his support to overseas theaters.  On the line.  Now that Aunt Six is ??willing to make a statement, Li Mingbao will still make money, let alone 64%, even 73%. The overseas box office is an unexpected gain. Who wouldn't be happy to take the free money?  Aunt Six had expressed her feelings, so Li Mingbao naturally reciprocated: "Aunt Six, what do you think of Zhong Chuhong and the little girl's performance in the movie?" "Not bad, I didn't expect A Hong's performance to be so exciting.  She is indeed a standout among Hong Kong sisters. Now I regret not signing her. And that little girl is also very good. Ah Bao, you have a very sharp eye for actors!" Fang Yihua nodded.  "Since Aunt Six is ??so optimistic about you, I brought them here today. Sign them up. If they can get praise from Aunt Six, they will be able to do well in TVB in the future." Li Mingbao said with a smile on his face.  said.
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