Chapter 1105 The Boss Wants to Become a Wage Earner

The contact with Sophie Marceau was very simple. Last time she left a phone number for Yin Jun, and Yin Jun called her specifically to talk to her.

Sure enough, Sophie Marceau was a little interested in the role of the eldest lady of the cheating family that Yin Jun mentioned. After listening carefully to Yin Jun's plot, she agreed to play the role.

As for salary, this needs to be negotiated with her agency.

The reason why Sophie Marceau agreed to play the role was actually more because she wanted to play different roles to improve her acting skills.

In addition, Yin Jun is the most famous gold medal screenwriter in the world. It is a good decision to star in his movie and try the production method of Eastern movies.

Yin Jun had roughly written the script for "Food Truck" a long time ago. After Hung Kam-bao's reminder, he took the time to fill in the content in the past few days.

But this is not his most important thing. There is another urgent matter.

Yin Jun spent 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in the United States to purchase land, build 100 cinemas, and purchase corresponding ordinary and IMAX playback equipment.

Now these cinemas are almost completed. Each cinema has three halls, two ordinary halls, and one ordinary hall that can be converted into an IMAX hall at any time. The final decoration and equipment debugging are being carried out one after another.

Although the two groups of people responsible for finding the site and purchasing the construction are from Disney and United Artists Films, because the theater chain is under the name of Kirin Group and has nothing to do with United Artists Films and Disney, there will be no Violates relevant laws of the U.S. film industry.

Originally, Yin Jun promised two groups of them that whoever did well would take the leading position in the theater chain in the future.

But after such a trip, both sides did well, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and even Tang Shuxuan couldn't tell which side won.

And they represent two companies respectively.

Even though Disney and United Artists are now subsidiaries of the Kirin Group, they have never been convinced by each other.

Therefore, in this new theater project, the two companies behind them naturally hope to be acquired by their own people. Although they will eventually separate and set up separate companies, if they are all owned by their own people, wouldn't they be able to do everything? convenient?

The effects of being more proactive in arranging the movies produced by our company are completely different from those of arranging them with a normal attitude.

Since the end of December last year, the two groups had been quarreling endlessly. Tang Shuxuan had no choice but to leave it to Yin Jun to handle it.

Anyway, the idea of ​​​​competing for jobs was also the idea of ​​​​the big boss. If there is a problem, he will naturally come to him.

Yin Jun also weighed it for a while and called Disney and United Artists Films to understand the situation, but he still couldn't find the most suitable arrangement.

Either side is fine, but at the same time, neither side can be exclusive.

Seeing that it was about to start operations, the group of people became more and more violent, and Yin Jun began to have other ideas.

Since I’m not satisfied with whichever side I choose, then I won’t choose any of you.

Why don't you each take half of the responsibility, and then I will transfer a general manager to you from Xiangjiang.

Of course, Yin Jun chose Wu Siyuan as the candidate for general manager.

From the moment Yin Jun met Wu Siyuan, he was thinking about asking Wu Siyuan to help him in the future and take charge of the theater chain.

In the future, when the film market becomes more prosperous, theater chains will be stronger than film companies, and they will basically determine the fate of a film.

For this matter, Yin Jun will naturally not relax and must choose the most suitable candidate.

In his previous life, Wu Siyuan opened UME International Cinemas in the Mainland. Although the number of openings was only twenty or thirty, they were still very prosperous and caught up with the good times for film development.

Another curly-haired man, Shun Jianxun, also co-operated with others to open Dadi Cinemas in third- and fourth-tier cities in the Mainland. The scale and number far exceeded UME. Moreover, Shun Jianxun was originally a theater chain in Hong Kong. In terms of professionalism, he was better than Wu Siyuan. Much more.

But Yin Jun doesn't like this Cen Jianxun, because this person has very bad ideological tendencies and is the same type of person as Zhang Tingjian. For such people, Yin Jun just wants to tell them, you can go wherever you like and are willing to go. Just don't stay in our Chinese land and be so awkward and aggrieved. It's not good for all of us.

Wu Siyuan has not worked in a cinema chain now, but he has been a film company boss for so many years and already knows a lot about movies. Let him go to the United States to take charge of a cinema chain. One is to balance the two aspects of sound, and the other is to balance the two voices. On the one hand, it is to let him train more and come back to Xiangjiang in the future. Cinemas in Xiangjiang, the mainland and even the entire Asia can let him do it.

He called Wu Siyuan over and was shocked when he heard Yin Jun talking about this to him.

I am the boss of my own company. Although it is a very small company compared to the Kirin Group, it is great to be my own boss. I can also make a lot of money. How relaxed and comfortable is it?

Ask me to put down my own company and go to the United States to help you manage a theater chain company. The key is that I have never done this before. Isn't this a bit overwhelming?

But Yin Jun also has his own opinion.

"Brother Yuan, I remember what I told you when you came to me to ask for "Dragon Tiger Boys" before. A small film company like yours does not have the support of a big company and does not have any outstanding stars. , it will become more and more difficult to get along in the future." Yin Jun said: "Now that Yongsheng has entered the market, more capital will enter the market in the future, can you still hold on then?"

Wu Siyuan's mouth moved, and he wanted to say that now I have your script and a superstar like Fu Sheng, so why not?

But he is also a very smart person. He knows that Yin Jun tells him this not because he wants him to defend himself, but because it represents his status in Yin Jun's heart. That's it.

Just when Wu Siyuan wanted to explain, Yin Jun said again: "I know, Brother Yuan, you have feelings for movies, but thinking about your future development, it should not be limited to here. ...You help me If you go to the United States to manage Siyuan Film Company for two years, I will still give you one movie a year. You can also direct it remotely in the United States.

Then, in the future, I want to build a large theater chain in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. I'm also going to let you do this. When the time comes, you will definitely have a share of the company's shares. This means that we are doing business together. Wouldn't it be more fulfilling than making money alone by making movies? "

"Theater chains all over Asia?"

Wu Siyuan took a breath of air.

Everyone used to think that Yin Jun didn't pay much attention to theaters and just made good movies, but they didn't expect that his ambitions were so big.

"How much does this cost?" Rao Shi was very convinced by Yin Jun, but Wu Siyuan couldn't help but say.

"It's not necessarily all our own theater chains." Yin Jun explained, "Build some of them yourself, and then recruit some of them, just like Xiangjiang's current model, you can set up a large theater chain. Of course, your own Strength is the most important thing, and there cannot be a situation where the movie theaters we join are stronger than us... You can study this matter yourself when the time comes!"

Wu Siyuan's eyelids twitched. It seemed that Master Jun was unwilling to let him go.

But let him refuse in front of Yin Jun?

Wu Siyuan definitely does not have such courage.

No one in Xiangjiang can bear the consequences of falling out with Yin Jun.

Not even Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, let alone a small film company boss.

"Master Jun, can I ask why it must be me?" Wu Siyuan asked helplessly.

"Because I think you can do it, Brother Yuan." Yin Jun said, "You also know that I am always very accurate in judging people."

Wu Siyuan was even more speechless at this time.

But he still couldn't say that Yin Jun was wrong. Yin Jun had never made any mistakes in judging people before.

"Brother Yuan, you don't have to make a decision in a hurry. I won't go to the United States until the beginning of February. You can just give me the answer then." Yin Jun said, "But I must tell you, if you waste your whole life on Siyuan movies It’s such a waste in the company. Follow me to see a wider world and conquer more places!”

"I see."

Wu Siyuan nodded, "It is of course an honor for me to cooperate with Mr. Jun. I will make a decision as soon as possible."

Now that February is only a few days away, Wu Siyuan is filled with depression, but has no way to express it.

What Yin Jun said was not just a scene talk.

If Wu Siyuan is really unwilling, then Yin Jun will not force it, and the fruit of forcement will not be delicious.

Besides, apart from Wu Siyuan, can't we find another talented person?

This may not be the case.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Xiangjiang was always full of talented people. Yin Jun could find a good candidate as long as he was good at discovering and cultivating them.

It's just that Yin Jun has no interest in wasting time because of his previous life experience.

His real energy still needs to be on promoting Chinese-language films.

1982 was just the beginning. In the next few years, Qilin Culture will continue to exert its efforts, producing seven, eight or even a dozen movies a year, and strive to open up markets in other places.

Especially the Asian market. It is Yin Jun’s top priority in the future.

Although the European and American markets are good, the culture and heritage are different. Yin Jun has never expected to be able to turn things around and bring them closer to Eastern culture, so that they can appreciate it, which is already good.

But Asia is different. This is the place where our Chinese culture has been cultivated for thousands of years. It is the easiest market to obtain and serves as the foundation.

This is also an important reason why Xiangjiang movies have swept across Asia since the 1980s and become an important factor in Eastern Hollywood.

Because this market is already very receptive to our Chinese-language films.

But what Xiangjiang movies lack most is the kind of sustained cultivation and care efforts. They only think about plunder and expropriation, and never think about construction.

So when they made their movies worse and worse, and Asian audiences couldn't bear it, Hollywood blockbusters came over just at this time, a group of dinosaurs, a sunken ship, just like this, they pushed the declining Xiangjiang movies to the bottom. , and never got up again.

Thus, we handed over the entire traditional Asian film market to Hollywood.

Until 2020, mainland movies have begun to flourish, but they still have not regained their lost ground.

Yin Jun doesn't want this kind of history to happen again.

How important it is for Chinese-language films to have a stable rear area is something that later history proved.

In recent years, Hollywood is far from being so strong. They have not yet brought the film industry to the level of an assembly line. They are still in the process of exploration. It is also the time for Yin Jun to stabilize his basic base.

Producing good works, constantly making good works deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and leaving a mark in the minds of Asian movie fans that "Kilin Films must be a high-quality product" is the goal that Yin Jun must actively strive for.

As long as we keep working hard for more than ten years, no matter how "atrocious" the Hollywood blockbusters are, there will still be a lot of room for Chinese-language films to survive in Asia.

Wasn't it the same in previous lives?

Xiangjiang Film has been in decline for so many years, but when people see the names of Cheng Long, Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow, they will still buy it!