But Uncle Liu¡¯s words can no longer be said to be the opinions of everyone present, especially when Li Mingbao is the major shareholder of United Cinemas. Although Uncle Six is ??the most powerful among everyone present, regarding United Cinema On the issue of online development, Li Mingbao is the person who has the most say. So after hearing Uncle Liu's words, Li Mingbao couldn't help but interrupt and said: "Uncle Six, I think Mr. Zheng's conditions are very sincere. After all, five million dollars is not much, but Even less is a lot. If we can renovate all the cinemas in the United Cinemas chain, it will substantially improve the strength of our United Cinemas chain. A completely modern cinema chain will bring us countless benefits in the future. Profit. You must know that converting other buildings into cinemas will waste more or less space, especially the five major theaters, which are the biggest waste of space. Although they are similar in nature, the actual use is different. There is a big difference. In these old theaters, we can only arrange large screens, and one screen may have hundreds of seats. However, this arrangement is completely unreasonable, except when big movies are shown. , when ordinary movies are shown, such seats will definitely not be filled, leaving many empty seats is a complete waste. Even if it is an ordinary movie theater, take the smallest movie theater we have, if it is made into a three-story building. , then such a cinema can also show three movies at the same time, but now a cinema like that can only show the most basic movie, and the utilization rate is far behind. If a cinema like this can get the essence. With these changes, it will be much easier for Hong Kong to arrange movies, whether they are blockbusters or small films, even when blockbuster releases are most intensive. If we only renovated some cinemas before, now we will have enough screens to arrange them. The price is so cheap, we might as well do it once and for all, so that we can quickly recover our money. If Hong Kong movies want to improve their status, the quantity and quality of movies are the key. If we follow the original decoration method, maybe we can do it in terms of quality. Guaranteed, but in terms of quantity, even if you want to guarantee it, you can't guarantee it, because there are simply not that many screens to show movies. And now the complete reconstruction will basically have one-third more screens than our previous plan. So if we really do it, it will be good for all of us." Li Mingbao said this last sentence specifically to Uncle Six. When it comes to quality movies, both Golden Harvest and Golden Princess can produce them. However, the declining Shaw Brothers do not have such good conditions. Without a capable person to intervene in Shaw Brothers, then Shaw Brothers can only He keeps making bad movies. As for bad movies, there is no advantage in showing them in United Cinemas, but if there are one-third more screens, Shaw Brothers, which has experience in making bad movies, may be able to occupy more After all, they are shareholders of the theater chain. If they want to choose bad movies to enrich the theater chain, the first choice is the bad movies in your hands. Later, it will be the turn of other companies. And Uncle Liu, who has the numerical advantage, There will be many more advantages to take advantage of. The quality is for Jiahe and Princess Jin, but the quantity is definitely for Uncle Liu. With Uncle Liu's shrewd mind, how could he not know the actual meaning of Li Mingbao's words? But although Uncle Liu understands, he would rather not understand that five million US dollars is not a small amount. Thinking about it gives him a headache. Although he doesn't have to pay for it immediately, he still has to pay for the replacement of electronic equipment. money. Although it is shared equally among several families, more money is still more money. For Uncle Liu, he definitely doesn't like to spend 110 million Hong Kong dollars on something that can be done with 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Even if the extra 10 million is shared among several companies, he can only spend a few million at most, and he still doesn't want to spend it. like. Originally, Uncle Six wanted to say a few more words, but after taking a look at the other people, Uncle Six felt that his words would not have much effect. United Cinemas is not his Wireless. He cannot dominate here with one hand. Not to mention the major shareholder Li Mingbao, even people like Zou Wenhuai's shares in United Cinemas are higher than his Shao Laoliu's shares. Seeing those people looking fascinated, Uncle Liu knew that it would not make much sense to say anything else. At this time, Zou Wenhuai said: "It feels good to get it all at once, but we at Jiahe don't have much funds. If we invest all the money in the construction of theaters, our Jiahe's liquidity will be It is inevitable that there will be some difficulties. I am afraid that it is not just our Jiahe, but maybe Princess Jin also has such difficulties. Li Sheng, you also know that when the theaters merged some time ago, we Jiahe and Princess Jin acquired many cinemas, and one of them was used. It's a big sum of money, and now it's not a small amount of money. If this problem cannot be solved, even if we have the intention, we will not be able to do it.The repairs will cost five million US dollars, which is 40 million Hong Kong dollars, as well as theater projection equipment. It doesn't matter if we just use the other equipment, but the sound will cost a lot. number. Originally, the price of this thing is high, even Japanese products are not cheap. With more screens, more speakers will be used, and everything must be the best. In the end, this piece alone will probably cost 100 million yuan. It¡¯s about HKD. In this way, our gap is about HKD 40 million. According to the proportion of our shares, we Jiahe and Princess Jin will have to pay 16 million Hong Kong dollars, which is quite a lot. I, Zou Wenhuai, do not have the ability to spend so much money at once. " "Our Golden Princess has a weaker foundation than Jiahe. Eight million Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount for us. If Li Sheng can solve this problem, I will invest the money without saying anything. If he can't solve this problem, then let's discuss this matter in the long term. Can't we squeeze out all the money we have just because of the theater chain? "Lei Juekun also responded to Zou Wenhuai's words in a timely manner. It's not that they have the same thoughts as Shao Liushu and are simply reluctant to spend money, but they really don't have that much money to spend. So in their tone, there is some helplessness, and Uncle Liu's confident refusal was completely opposite. Hearing that Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun were crying for a mere eight million Hong Kong dollars, Li Mingbao really didn't know what to say. Life was really so embarrassing for these two bosses. , It is simply impossible. People in the film industry may have the best liquidity among most industries. With the background of Jiahe and Princess Jin, if they really want to come up with this money, they will have to grit their teeth. It¡¯s over. The reason for crying out for poverty may be because of the previous acquisition of a movie theater, but more importantly, it must be to ensure that I have enough cash flow, so that I can start filming a movie with 8 million Hong Kong dollars as soon as I have a script. Judging from the current situation in the Hong Kong film industry, a medium-invested movie can produce at least four movies, and the payment efficiency of four movies is definitely countless times higher than that of the theater chain. This is why the theater chain¡¯s payment efficiency is definitely higher. It is the lifeblood of the film industry, but there are not many people in Hong Kong who have made plans to do so. Those who really dare to take action on theater chains are those who are not short of money. Even if ordinary film companies know the benefits of theater chains, they are reluctant to part with them. Invest in theaters. Because the profit rate of theaters is far behind that of movies. Instead of controlling this lifeline, it is better to pretend to be a grandson and make movies to gain more practical benefits. Only the big guys don't care about short-term profits. Those who pay more attention to long-term planning will start with movie theater chains in order to prevent others from getting in their way. As for making money through this, most people in Hong Kong have never thought about such things. The threshold for entry is much higher than in movies. It is troublesome at any time for two big guys to cry for money at the same time. If the money is too much or too little, it will really piss off Li Mingbao himself. They can contribute this amount of money to directly promote cooperation between the two parties. But Li Mingbao also knows that sometimes spending money is not the best solution. In the film industry, it is not the amount of money that determines everything. He is taller than everyone here, but why is his Shaw Brothers defeated by Jiahe and Princess Jin? This industry is not one where you can make a fortune with money, but money is important. What's more important is movies. Although there will be money-burning things like blockbuster movies in the future, in fact, the ultimate criterion for the success of such things is not money, but movies shot with large investments. There are also many people who fail, and it is not unheard of for a big-invested movie to lose a large film company. Therefore, money is important in this industry, but it does not have an absolute chance of success. If you don't use money to talk, he will know less and less tricks in the future, especially when he meets those guys who are richer than him, failure is inevitable. So under normal circumstances, don't think of using money to throw money at them. Solve the problem in other ways. "Actually, the money issue shouldn't be too difficult for Jiahe and Princess Jin. After all, even if the cinema is to be re-established, it won't be in the next few months. It's already December, Christmas time The Spring Festival period basically comes at the same time. This period is a period of high box office revenue. If we start to renovate theaters at this time, we will miss a lot of money-making opportunities, so even if we want to rebuild the cinema, we will not be able to make money. We have to wait until after the Spring Festival to complete the theater matters before next summer. Now after the Spring Festival, there is still a lot of time, and during this period, I think Jiahe and Princess Jin will be there. It is absolutely easy for the two companies to earn 8 million Hong Kong dollars, let alone 8 million. After the establishment of the United Cinemas, the box office of each movie will be at least 3% more than before.On the one hand, such a net income of 20 million is absolutely no problem. After these few months, our situation will be much better. If you, Zou Daheng and Lei Daheng, are interested, we can also collaborate on scripts. It is definitely impossible for me to finish the filming of the more than ten scripts I have on my hands. Therefore, there must be a partner. Since you are short of money, it makes sense that the partner chooses you. "Li Mingbao said very generously.