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    It is very easy for Jiang Zhiqiang to make friends with those people, but the key point is that Jiang Zhiqiang's purpose is not just to make friends and establish friendship.  Because doing so will only be of some benefit to yourself, but it will not be of much benefit to the entire company.  Jiang Zhiqiang is so active because he wants to reach an agreement with other companies before Li Mingbao's movie is even made, so that the movie can be screened directly.  But this kind of thing cannot be solved by those company personnel who sell old movies.  So friendship is friendship, but once it comes to movie matters, those people can only say that they are helpless.  The previous friendship was of little use at all.  Of course, it is not completely useless. At least a few company personnel have expressed the idea of ????watching the movie. As for whether they will recommend it, that is only God knows.  And the result of this exchange obviously did not satisfy Jiang Zhiqiang.  If the movie were released, then Jiang Zhiqiang would still be talking to these people.  Relying on the quality of his own movies, he will be able to push the movies out. Although the situation will not be too good, it will not be in vain.  Li Mingbao also knew about Jiang Zhiqiang's busy work during this period, but he did not ask too much.  It's good that Jiang Zhiqiang can release the movie before it's even made. It proves that Jiang Zhiqiang's strength in Hollywood is indeed not bad.  But even if it was not pushed out, Li Mingbao would not take it to heart.  Because Li Mingbao knows that the decision-making power of this movie will not be in the hands of those film company employees who sell old movies. They do not have such great power to make decisions on such things. It is possible to recommend, but because of these people in the company  If you don't recommend it from anyone with any identity, the effect won't be much better.  "Ah Bao, it seems that all my friendships are of no use in this movie. I'm so sorry for your trust in me, Ah Bao!" Jiang Zhiqiang said helplessly to Li Mingbao.  "Don't worry. In fact, you have done very well now. I never thought that you would be able to release this movie before it came out. After all, these Westerners don't value friendship at all like us Easterners.  , what they care more about are actual benefits. Before we bring them benefits, even if you talk about it like a flower, it will not be of much use. But as long as it can bring them benefits,  It¡¯s okay to let them call us God. So you don¡¯t have to worry about it at all. Anyway, most of the scenes in our movie are shot indoors, and the framing is relatively simple, which can speed up the shooting.  Even if that guy is not as fast as Wang Jing, but in his hands, it will take more than a month at most. At that time, it will actually be difficult for us to talk to those film companies.  Same. What I'm more interested in now is, how do you plan to promote our company's movies?" Li Mingbao said.  Li Mingbao¡¯s question was directed at the North American market.  There are actually many differences between the film circles in Hollywood and Hong Kong. The most critical point is that the film companies in Hollywood and the theaters where the films are shown do not belong to the same company.  In Hong Kong, movie exhibitions are basically run by big companies, such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Golden Princess. They not only have their own movie companies, but also their own movie theaters.  In Hollywood, this is not the case, because Hollywood has an antitrust bill.  ¡°As for the antitrust bill, its power in the United States is quite huge.  The introduction of this bill directly led to the collapse of Rockefeller's oil empire that year, and he lost a lot of vitality. Although Rockefeller rebounded later, the introduction of this bill at that time was definitely a fatal thing for them.  .  And for the big companies in Hollywood, this bill is actually not a good thing.  You know, in the beginning, the big companies in Hollywood all had their own theater chains.  And due to the vast terrain of North America, the number of cinemas that can be built is definitely not a small number if the market is fully satisfied.  In terms of units, they are all calculated in tens of thousands. Compared to the small place of Hong Kong, even a big movie theater like Shaw Brothers only has more than a dozen or less than 20 movie theaters. When Shaw Brothers comes to Hollywood, then  It's not even shrimps.  Under such circumstances, the movie theater chain in Hollywood was very chaotic at the time. A well-known movie company controlled all of them, including more than ten or twenty small movie theaters, hundreds of slightly larger ones, and medium-sized movie theaters.  It is normal for the company to control hundreds of theaters.  And among Hollywood giants like MGM and Paramount, which one of them doesn¡¯t control thousands of cinema lines?  Not onIn this theater chain, you are too embarrassed to go out and say hello to others.  But such good days did not last long. When the antitrust bill paid attention to this area, no matter how big the film company was, it could not bear it.  After all, American giants like Rockefeller did not block this sharp knife. In the face of the antitrust bill, film companies are as delicious as lambs. They can chop them how they want.  Under the chaos, Hollywood film companies said goodbye to theater chains. Of course, even now, film companies and theater chains are actually inextricably linked. Although the anti-monopoly bill is sharp,  , but with so many lessons learned from the past, Hollywood giants know how to avoid the butcher's knife as long as they are not fools.  But in general, Hollywood theater chains and film companies are actually two entities.  Since there are two existences, Jiang Zhiqiang's method of doing things must be divided into two types.  If he wants the movie to be released, Jiang Zhiqiang can either choose to directly negotiate business with several major theaters in Hollywood to get the movie released smoothly.  Another method is to entrust a Hollywood movie company to distribute Li Mingbao's movies on its behalf. With this method, in the end, the box office share will not only need to be paid to the theaters, but also to the movie company. After all, they are the ones distributing the movie.  How can I do it without charging issuance fees?  They are not idle thunder fronts.  There are two methods. On the surface, Li Mingbao and the others directly contact the theaters and taking over the screen is the most cost-effective deal.  After all, doing this will prevent the local Hollywood film companies from being divided into such a force. Even if they only divide the box office into one level, it is definitely not a small amount, not to mention that the film companies in Hollywood have no good problems at all.  They would rather not pay a 10% issuance fee.  Generally speaking, those big companies cover the distribution fees and directly take the lion's share. Together with the theater chain's share, they account for at least 70% of the total box office. Even if Zou Daheng wants to release a movie here, they usually  In other words, Zou Daheng was given a ratio of 17%, 18%, and 20%, which were both very small.  But even so, Zou Daheng is still willing. He has no choice but to say that the box office in Hollywood is calculated in US dollars?  For a movie with a box office of 10 million US dollars, if divided according to the ratio of 20, Zou Daheng will get 2 million US dollars.  Two million U.S. dollars may not seem like much, but it must be known that if this thing is converted into Hong Kong dollars, based on the current foreign exchange rate, it would be 16 million Hong Kong dollars.  With so much money, their current biggest box office hit in Hong Kong, "Junior", only had a total box office of only 11 million in Hong Kong.  This is without excluding costs. After excluding costs, the real money that can reach Zou Daheng's hands is only six to seven million Hong Kong dollars.  Compared with the money earned from 20%, it is more than double less.  Under such circumstances, Zou Daheng is naturally willing to come to Hollywood to earn US dollars. Even for movies that are not very popular, the profit sharing is very small, and the money he gets is more than the box office of local movies in Hong Kong.  If you are reluctant to spend money, Jiang Zhiqiang can discuss business with theater chains in the United States. After all, there is one less distribution company to share the money, which seems to be a good deal.  But the actual situation is not as beautiful as imagined.  Because it is definitely not an easy business to discuss the release issue directly with theater chains.  You know, the film industry in Hollywood is very developed, so developed that people all over the world are envious of this place, and it attracts film crews from all over the world.  In such an unprecedentedly developed situation, the status of theater chains is naturally very important.  Of course, this is common all over the world, and it is the same in Hong Kong. Why is Shao Daheng so arrogant? Isn't it because he controls theaters?  The situation in the United States is even more cruel.  Although there are several major theater chains in Hong Kong, and the competition seems fierce, compared with Hollywood, it pales into insignificance.  Don't look at Hollywood, a place with many theater chains, strong capabilities, and large movie theaters, and think that it is easier to get ahead here than in Hong Kong.  If you hold such an idea, it is basically equivalent to having no future in Hollywood.  As mentioned earlier, Hollywood has attracted the attention of filmmakers from all over the world. This sentence means that people from all over the world want to make a profit here.  Under such circumstances, there are many theaters in Hollywood, but there are more people who need theaters.  This is not just about competing with Hollywood locals for theaters, but also needing to compete with people from all over the world.  Under such circumstances, if the competition for Hong Kong theater chains is to be placed in Hollywood, it will basically be at the level of kindergarten.  There are so many people competing for theater chains, so the theater chain, as the boss, will naturally have a bigger position.  If a company like Li Mingbao wants to negotiate business directly with theaters, it is simply asking for abuse.  Your company needs background but not background, it needs connections but not connections, it needs achievements but not achievements,For such a three-no company, those theater bosses receive countless customers every day.  If you want to get those big guys to notice you in a huge crowd, even if your movie is of really good quality and becomes a hit, it's basically as unreliable as finding a needle in a haystack.
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