Chapter 2350 A Turning Point for Losses?

The queen sister talked so much, of course Xiao Qi understood that she wanted to meet and discuss with Cameron by herself.

"Actually, I don't care about the performance of AMC in the United States. I prefer to manage the Kiwi Cinemas in Huaguo well." Qiao Guoer said, "Husband, you can replace me and go to discuss with Cameron and see. Can we increase the proportion of our box office share, and then create an atmosphere in our 3D and IMAX theaters, so that we don’t lose money all the time!”

When she said this, Qiao Guoer's mouth was curled up, obviously still very concerned about the loss of Kiwi Cinemas.

Actually, Qiao Guoer is not to blame for this matter. If she followed her plan, the pace of building movie theaters, especially 3D and IMAX theaters, would not be so big at all. She would rather take it slowly.

But Xiao Qi knows how hot the film industry will be in the future, and where it will come slowly, it will definitely spread all over the place.

However, the film market in Huaguo has not been rising steadily since 2010. Therefore, the attendance rate of many movie theaters, especially the 3D and IMAX movie theaters with high ticket prices, has not been high, and there must be temporary losses.

Of course, Xiao Qi also gave enough money to deal with the loss, and several billion yuan was placed in Qiao Guoer's company account to slowly make up for the loss.

But losing money will make the queen sister unhappy.

Especially after buying AMC, after simple renovations and adding and updating equipment, it quickly entered a profit model, which made Qiao Guoer even more depressed about the domestic Kiwi movie theater chain.

Nowadays, it is rare for a director like Cameron to shoot a 3D movie "Avatar" that is said to have a shocking effect. Qiao Guoer naturally came up with the idea of ​​"Avatar".

"Oh, how do you know that "Avatar" will definitely make money?" Xiao Qi asked Qiao Guoer in surprise.

You know, Cameron has been appearing frequently in front of the media since the beginning of this year, hyping up his high-quality 3D movie "Avatar" that he has honed his sword for ten years.

But many people have skeptical voices, thinking that Hollywood has not had 3D movies in recent years, and the effect is just like this, how can it be called beautiful. To make people addicted after seeing it?

The hottest directors these years are Bombay, Sam Raimi, Gore Verbinski...and so on. Cameron has not been in contact with the market for so many years. Does he still have such a keen sense of touch and such a strong box office ability?

Don't doubt, that's how they smeared and belittled Cameron. Because of Cameron's violent temper, the relationship between him and the media is not good.

It is rare to have the opportunity to step on him a few times now, and the media naturally flocked to him.

Under such circumstances, many Huaguo movie fans feel that they are not very optimistic about "Avatar". Why is the queen sister so optimistic about it?

Qiao Guoer smiled when she heard this, "Stupid husband. Who is Cameron? He has always been a director of commercial films! Look at every movie he made before. They all have their own distinctive features! It became a 3D model, but the connotation of the movie is still there, so I don't believe he will fail this time."

Xiao Qi smiled and said, "You are very confident."

"I have no confidence and I can't do anything about it. My position is destined to support Cameron." Qiao Guoer said with beautiful eyes, "I am the owner of the theater chain that has invested the most in 3D and IMAX screens in Huaguo, and I am also the owner of everyone. If Cameron's "Avatar" is successful, I will immediately become the most profitable theater owner, the most visionary and the most far-sighted theater owner."

"They will regret their short-sightedness one day." Xiao Qi patted his wife's buttocks and said seriously.

Because it owns the IMAX company. As well as becoming one of the owners of 3D technology, Qiao Guoer has been promoting these two types of movie screens in China for the past two years.

But the screens of these two technologies are too expensive, and the later upgrades and maintenance are not cheap. In addition to 3D and IMAX screens, there are less than 100 other 3D and IMAX screens in the cinema.

It seems to be the same in the previous life.

As a result, during the global release of "Avatar", all movie theaters with 3D, IMAX, 3D plus IMAX screens. There were people queuing up from morning to night, and even got on the news of major TV stations because of this.

For those movie theaters that only have 2D, although the attendance rate is good, it is far from that exaggerated.

Not to mention the ticket prices and profits of several kinds of screen-screened movies, which are more than a little bit worse.

That is to say, after "Avatar", Huaguo's 3D, IMAX, 3D plus IMAX screens continued to increase, and finally became the second largest cinema group with the latest projection technology after the United States.

"I have never doubted this." Qiao Guoer also said seriously, "People who have never been to the scene to see a 3D plus IMAX screen do not know how enjoyable it is to watch a movie in this environment. Cameron If his "Avatar" can be as good as he preached, 3D technology movies will become the mainstream in the future!

Besides, isn't Taylor's Marvel company also using 3D technology to shoot comic book hero stunt movies? Such a big movie is also supported by special effects, so naturally it needs better viewing effects. With "Avatar" and these special effects films taking the lead, will it be far behind when they shoot large-scale 3D blockbusters? "

"Wife, I think you're really inferior to being the president of a film and television group." Xiao Qi held her face in his hands, kissed her and said, "With your ability, it's more than enough to be my full-time secretary. what!"

"Fuck you~ I'm not a good president, so I'm here to serve you?" Qiao Guoer kissed her man back, but she didn't show any weakness.

Most of the girls in Shuchuan have the air of a little pepper, and Qiao Guoer is no exception.

Although it is not yet possible to touch it with a sword, but this does not prevent Xiao Qi and Qiao Guoer from kissing passionately, which made them both a little moved, and they reluctantly parted.

...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Qi met the famous James Cameron in a coffee shop of the Capital Hotel.

With him is a middle-aged man, that is, his partner-Vince Pace, who is also the photographer and technical director of "Avatar".

In fact, the 3D technology company of the two of them in the previous life changed its name to Cameron Pace Group after "Avatar" became popular all over the world, but in this life it already has this name.

James Cameron is the chairman of the board of directors of the Cameron Pace Group, and Vince Pace is the CEO. The 3D and special effects teams under the two are the backbone of the Cameron Pace Group.

Before Xiao Jiawei and Xiao Qi came in, they had already notified James Cameron that today it would be Xiao Qi, the husband of Qiao Guoer, the chairman of Kiwi Film and Television Group, to participate in the meeting.

Cameron didn't think about why Xiao Qi was Qiao Guoer's husband before he reached the legal marriage age in Huaguo, and he didn't think about the fact that Tang Mingxiang, chairman of Mingxiang Venture Capital, which is widely rumored in the United States, is also Xiao Qi's wife. It is rumored that his mind is only used in areas related to his own business.

Even if Xiao Qi was the richest man in the world, Cameron only shook hands with Xiao Qi when he came in.

On the contrary, Vince Pace was much more polite and even said a few more polite words.

Unlike the unruly beard in everyone's impression, James Cameron, who is now 55 years old this year, has a head of white hair, and the edges and corners of his face have become very soft, just like an ordinary kind white-haired Just like the old man with the white beard.

Of course, Xiao Qi knew that this was just the appearance of James Cameron. On the set, he was still the tyrant who controlled everything.

"Mr. Xiao, we should have met when the shares were transferred last time, but you were busy at that time, so we didn't bother you." Vince Pace said politely.

Xiao Qi didn't feel a little sweaty, at that time he was not busy with work, but two wives in the United States gave birth one after another, so he was naturally very busy.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, Mr. Pace, but it's not too late!" Xiao Qi said, "It's rare for you to come to Huaguo, take a good rest these few days, visit the historical sites of Huaguo, and then look at the historical sites of Huaguo. The scale and specific configuration of our Kiwi cinema line help us think about what we can improve!"

"it is good!"

James Cameron said, "I'm very interested in the Kiwi movie theater chain. I heard that there is actually a movie theater chain in China, which can have more than 500 3D, IMAX, 3D plus IMAX screens. I’ve always wanted to come over and take a look. How is it, the profitability is not good?”

"Well, before there are many excellent 3D movies, naturally not many people are willing to spend two or three times the price to watch the special effect screen." Xiao Qi said naturally, "But if you don't want to watch it because you are afraid of these If the layout is done in advance, then we can't be one step ahead. 3D technology and IMAX technology must be the mainstream of future movies, and my wife and I firmly believe in this point!"

"Haha, it's true to say so, but it takes a super rich man like you, Mr. Xiao, to have the confidence to lose money for two or three years without panic!" James Cameron laughed.

It can be seen that he admires Xiao Qi's way of handling things very much.

For a famous director like him who values ​​technology more than anything else, there is no more suitable collaborator than this. (to be continued ~^~)