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Text Chapter 390 The external film officially lands in Hong Kong

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    August 8, 1983, is a moment worth remembering in the Hong Kong film industry.  On this day, United Cinemas announced a landmark plan, the Distribution Port.  A very large pan-alliance group with Hong Kong films as its brand, the East Asian market as its foundation, and film companies as its cornerstone, was established in United Cinemas in Hong Kong.  The alliance group, which takes creating the most exciting movies in East Asia as its own responsibility, develops the film industry as its goal, and realizes its desire to take off the film industry, was announced at the press conference of United Cinemas.  The establishment of this pan-alliance not only caused shock throughout East Asia, but also had a considerable impact on Hollywood.  Of course, although there is some influence in Hollywood, it is not too mainstream. After all, Hollywood in these years has not even opened up the Japanese market, and they don¡¯t care much about the film industry in East Asia.  The reason why the impact is not small is not due to the distribution port plan, but because in addition to Hollywood, there is a new film alliance in the world.  And those newspapers that prefer to be alarmist like to talk about such things, saying that this alliance will conquer Hollywood in the future.  But in fact, this kind of thing is just to attract everyone's attention. Real insiders don't take this so-called alliance seriously at all.  It's not that they are arrogant.  But in the box office market, North America and Europe are now the mainstream, and other places are simply not on the same level as Hollywood.  Who is really worried that these movies will take over Hollywood?  That's a joke.  It is impossible for East Asian films to enter Hollywood on a large scale simply because of racial issues. Therefore, although there is an impact, most of the impact is to win eyeballs.  There are even some newspapers with a joke mentality.  Even John, Li Mingbao's friend in Hollywood, called to congratulate Li Mingbao. As for other things, he didn't mention it at all. Obviously, John didn't take the plan of this circulation port seriously, even if he just  One of the giant companies in Hollywood.  Not even the boss of a giant company looks down on this thing, let alone the entire Hollywood.  But Hollywood doesn't like it, which doesn't mean that this project really doesn't have much impact. At least in East Asia, the influence of United Cinemas is rising rapidly. United Cinemas was originally valued at only 2 to 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.  It immediately increased by one-half, which is about 5 billion Hong Kong dollars in value. This is just when the United Cinemas Circulation Port plan has just begun. It is really about to stabilize. With the United Cinemas occupying the distribution port,  With such a major role, it is only a matter of time before the valuation reaches 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.  After the matter was announced in a lively manner, Li Mingbao and other shareholders of the United Cinemas Line immediately began to get busy. Although various plans had been made before, the question was whether these plans could withstand the  With the test of time, if there is anything unreasonable, it needs to be changed immediately to serve the interests of the public.  Li Mingbao was handling all the matters in this area, so the more people came to negotiate, the busier Li Mingbao became. At this time, Liu Shu and Lei Juekun also began to use their reputation in Hong Kong to provide external services to United Cinemas.  To clear up the issues, Li Mingbao and Zou Wenhuai began to share more about the formulation of joint theater rules. In addition, they had already negotiated conditions with some large foreign film companies. It was necessary to add that basically except for sleeping, they did not do anything at all.  There is no time to rest.  Among them, Li Mingbao also pulled Cui Xiaoming out.  As a professional manager, Cui Xiaoming obviously has a better way to deal with those foreign bosses. Although limited by his position, Li Mingbao and the others cannot leave more important business to Cui Xiaoming, but the communication with foreign businessmen  There is absolutely no problem in leaving the business to him. This is what he originally did. After all, he is not only a director of United Cinemas, but also the deputy general manager of United Cinemas. After receiving a salary from a foreign businessman,  , and also received a salary from United Cinemas, which can be regarded as working for both parties. As a link to handle the relationship between foreign businessmen, it is just a good use of talents.  The remaining shareholders, the Xiang brothers, were not idle at this time either.  The Hong Kong government's previous rules on film have now been promoted more extensively with the establishment of the Distribution Port Plan.  In addition to the Xiang brothers' current position in United Cinemas, how those funds with black gold backgrounds can join this carnival requires coordination by the Xiang brothers.  It is rare that the British Hong Kong government has relaxed some restrictions. The big guys in the industry naturally know that there will be many opportunities in movies. In the past, they only watched with greed, but now they have the opportunity to make a fortune in this industry. How can they?  Miss this opportunity?  Even if the movie fails to make money or even loses money, they don't care. Since the Hong Kong film industry has relaxed restrictions on black money, they can't do without this new project just for money laundering, so they?Even if they are not as sensitive as people in the industry, their ability to act cannot be underestimated.  This force cannot be stopped by Li Mingbao and others, and it can easily lead to more conflicts. Therefore, we need to set a rule for these people first, otherwise they will all come in like sheep. The Hong Kong film industry may be in trouble again.  An ending like the previous life.  It is precisely because they know the pros and cons of these capitals that Li Mingbao and others treat these funds more cautiously than they treat foreign capital. Now the world of Hong Kong movies seems to be quite promising. No one likes to mess up such an industry.  It's a mess. The purpose of sending the Xiang brothers to deal with this matter is to give those guys a warning. You can do things in this circle, and we have no objection. But there are some places that cannot be touched, and you must not touch them, otherwise  , there is no place for you in this industry.  Although relying solely on the influence of the Xiang brothers, it is impossible to completely deal with these big bosses. After all, they are not without opponents. If their opponents do not abide by the rules, it will be a big trouble. Fortunately, the Xiang brothers are not alone.  Fighting hard, there is a more powerful United Cinemas standing behind them, so this rule is actually quite weighty. As long as the rules are set at the beginning and no one dares to break them at will, then this matter is equivalent to being done.  .  "Those people may not sell the face of the Xiang brothers, but they can't help but sell the face of an old man like Liu Shu, right?"  Taking a two-pronged approach, I don't believe that there is really such a big thorn, or even if such a thorn really emerges, Li Mingbao and the others can immediately kill the chicken and scare the monkeys, and teach others how to understand the rules.  Fortunately, Li Mingbao and the others have a lot of precautionary measures when it comes to uniting theater chains as a distribution port. If these foreign capital and black capital are allowed to enter indiscriminately, the world of the Hong Kong film industry may change immediately. Those famous actors,  Maybe it will end up like what happened in Taiwan in the early years.  At least for now, under the careful arrangements of Li Mingbao and others, people in the local film industry in Hong Kong have not changed much. That is, suddenly many powerful leather goods companies have appeared in the industry. The film libraries of those small companies in Hong Kong have also disappeared.  It can be considered a good thing for people with brains to watch it repeatedly to see if it has more use value.  It's just that there are so many gods, which makes some people in the industry tremble and don't know what to do.  But it¡¯s not a big problem. After a period of time, things are really straightened out, and then the battle between dragons and tigers will begin. Maybe some small companies that were not well-known in the past will ride on this wave and other big companies will come to acquire them.  , just for their insignificant connections, it¡¯s better to have a foundation than to build completely empty-handed, right?  In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and the original plan for a distribution port has begun to be officially implemented. With the first foreign movie being released in Hong Kong, it proves that the distribution port plan is officially on the right track.  In fact, those foreign film studios originally planned to start screening their own movies as soon as the news of the distribution port was announced.  However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and there was still some haggling and wrangling in the middle. In addition, when foreign films were screened in Hong Kong, dubbing and subtitles needed to be re-dubbed and subtitled. Multiple problems have resulted in the announcement of United Cinemas taking more than half a month.  , only then did the release of the first external film really begin.  And the release of the first movie must also get a good start. If the quality of the movie is not good at all, and the box office of a movie is only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, how can that give confidence to the newcomers?  Therefore, the choice of this first movie must meet the appetite of Hong Kong audiences and ensure that it will be a hit at the box office. This alone is enough for many companies to reject this step.  In addition to the behind-the-scenes and film copying work, the most important point is that so many companies are required to compete and compromise on a series of issues. Being able to put the first film into production in half a month is already a great achievement.  Li Mingbao and the others have done their job well. Otherwise, if Li Mingbao and the others were just shouting slogans without delivering anything practical, it might take several months.  After overcoming many difficulties, the first shot was finally made. Because the first movie was an outside film that had not yet been released, and was selected from new movies from multiple major film companies, the quality was high.  The film and details are very well done. Even if it is not a local Hong Kong movie and it is not screened across the board, the box office revenue on the first day exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars.  Such achievements require good fortune, good results, and even more hope. Even if the box office exceeds 10 million, it is not a problem. The biggest problem may be to stop at tens of millions of seats. After all, this  This is also the first time to experiment with a blockbuster film. The screening time is only the first seven days for the premiere. Although it will still be screened for one month, the local market of this film will also be large-scale after seven days.  of screening.  So??For this movie, the most important time is the first seven days. If the local box office can exceed 10 million in seven days, then United Cinemas will immediately create a new myth, that is, foreign films will be released in Hong Kong  A new box office record for the screening.
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