Chapter 341 'Lang' Gets a False Name

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mid-September.

There is a news from the film circle - the movie "Owl and Dumbo" produced by Pan Disheng, directed by Hong Jinbao, starring Hong Jinbao, Lin Zixiang, Ye Dexian, and Yang Ziqiong is officially launched.

For the loyal fans of Hong Jinbao, Lin Zixiang, and Ye Dexian, this news means that a movie they are looking forward to has started.

But after Xu Cun read about it in the newspaper, he knew that the famous Debao Film Company was about to be born.

Then, Xu Cun looked for Cen Jianxun's name in "Owl and Dumbo", and wanted to use Cen Jianxun as an excuse to kill Debao, a powerful film company, in its infancy.

pity--

In the position of the planner of "Owl and Dumbo", there is only Wu Ma - Cen Jianxun's name did not appear in the movie "Owl and Dumbo" like in his previous life.

In this regard, Xu Cun couldn't help being disappointed!

but--

Thinking that Debao's most famous movie "Royal Senior Sister" series and Debao's second helm are all under the banner of DreamWorks, Xu Cun laughed at himself—with the current strength of DreamWorks, he didn't even care about a small Debao. treasure?

After that, Xu Cun focused on the people who entered his office.

The person who came was Ye Zhiming, and he was a very legendary man!

Ye Zhiming made his fortune from speculating, renting and selling yachts in Saigon, and made millions of dollars in wigs in the United States. Later, he became involved in the oil business and lost everything in the end.

Since then, Ye Zhiming has established a jeans kingdom of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars with 40,000 yuan for Binbin jeans.

During the same period, Ye Zhiming also started Binbin Film Company, and successively shot a number of films that ranked in the top ten of Hong Kong's annual box office charts, known as the base camp of Hong Kong's new wave movies.

Later, the development of Binbin Film Company encountered a bottleneck - because it did not have its own theater chain, the films of Binbin Film Company could not be scheduled for a good schedule.

In order to break through the bottleneck, Binbin Films cooperated with Shuangnan Cinemas. As a result, not only was Binbin Films banned by the Taiwan authorities, but it was handed over to Qiu Degen and Chen Songqing. Even the Binbin Jeans lost their vitality due to the loss of the Taiwan market.

After that, Ye Zhiming made a lot of money in the Beihai fishing village, and then Ye Zhiming, who wanted to make a comeback, raised tens of millions of funds to build the Qiaozui Island Resort. As a result, the unlucky Ye Zhiming encountered the collapse of Xiangjiang Real Estate .

One of the reasons why Xu Cun agreed to meet Ye Zhiming, who lost everything due to the establishment of the Qiaozui Island Resort, was because Ye Zhiming had a younger sister who had gained a false reputation—the queen of a generation, Ye Yuqing.

Of course, Xu Cun saw Ye Zhiming not all because of Ye Yuqing, but also because the plan Ye Zhiming brought aroused Xu Cun's interest.

After asking Ye Zhiming to sit down, Xu Cun said, "Why did Mr. Ye ask me to cooperate in the video tape distribution business?"

Ye Zhiming came here with preparation—after hearing Xu Cun’s question, Ye Zhiming immediately replied: “There are four reasons why I asked Mr. Xu to cooperate with you in the video tape business. First, you are very rich, Mr. Xu. Two, Mr. Xu, you are very famous. Third, DreamWorks and Phoenix TV have the copyright of many movies and TV series. Fourth, only you, Mr. Xu, can enter the mainland market.”

Xu Cun said noncommittally: "Mr. Ye, can you explain to me your four reasons?"

Ye Zhiming smiled and said: "Of course! Mr. Xu, if you have seen my plan, you should know that I plan to distribute the video tape to the whole of Asia and even Europe and the United States. Such a big business is impossible without a large amount of capital as the principal. It was made in a short period of time. To be honest, I can’t spend so much money now. And money is only one aspect. Without the support of your reputation, Mr. Xu, no matter how much money you have, my video tape cannot be sold in a short period of time. In a short period of time, it entered the markets of various countries, especially the semi-closed market in the mainland. As for DreamWorks and Phoenix TV, there are many copyrights of movies and TV series. Got the copyright? All in all, I think I can make a lot of money working with you on videotape distribution!"

This year, Paramount released "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" on home video for $39.95, more than $40 less than the previous videotape average. As a result, the price competition in the home video tape market intensified, which jointly promoted the popularity of video recorders.

And just two years later, consumers were spending more on videotape purchases and rentals than they were spending on going to theaters.

It can be said that Ye Zhiming's vision is very accurate and the timing is very good - now is the best time to do video releases!

The most unusual thing is that Ye Zhiming even set his sights on the mainland market.

In the mid-1980s, video became popular in the mainland in the form of "halls"—video halls spread all over the urban and rural communities of China G, and its ticket price was cheaper than that of movie theaters. film, so its appeal is even higher than that of the cinema.

Therefore, if the video tape market in the mainland can really be opened up, the profits will definitely be very considerable.

but--

There are two big problems in opening up the mainland video tape market.

First, there are not enough video recorders in the mainland.

Second, through formal channels, it is impossible to send movies that are not allowed to be broadcast in the mainland to the mainland in the form of video tapes.

After listening to Ye Zhiming's explanation, Xu Cun asked these two problems directly: "How do you solve the problem of not having enough VCRs in the Mainland and sending movies that are not allowed to be broadcast in the Mainland in the form of videotapes?"

Ye Zhiming replied: "The first problem is easy to solve. Japan's Funai Electric has developed a relatively low-cost video camera. It is very suitable to use this video recorder to open the mainland market. The second problem is actually not difficult to solve. , we can use your relationship with Mr. Xu to distribute formal video tapes in the mainland, and at the same time support mainlanders to distribute informal video tapes by making master tapes in the mainland."

In the previous life, Funai Electric assembled VCRs in China and exported them to North America. Soon, founder Tetsuyo Funai became the earliest billionaire in the Japanese electronics industry.

It is also a good idea to support mainland people to do piracy by making master tapes. Xu Cun remembers that in the mid-1990s, VCD and DVD were opened up in the mainland market by this method.

Therefore, the two solutions given by Ye Zhiming can indeed solve the two problems that have to be faced in opening up the mainland video tape market.

After listening to Ye Zhiming's answer, Xu Cun said, "If I want to buy Funai Electric, is there any problem?"——The video recorder market in the mainland is also a big piece of fat. How could Xu Cun, who has always been greedy, give this piece of fat to Funai Electric? ?

After hearing Xu Cun's words, Ye Zhiming felt a sense of confidant——Ye Zhiming also wanted to buy Funai Electric and also do the video recorder business.

Therefore, Ye Zhiming immediately said: "If I don't reflect my value, I am not qualified to cooperate with you, Mr. Xu. Leave the acquisition of Funai Electric to me."

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