Chapter 671 Partner
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In the past few years since DreamWorks withdrew from the Taiwanese film market, the Taiwanese film market has undergone considerable changes.
At present, the strongest distributors in Taiwan's film market are still the four major distributors of the "National" brand with government background, "Vision", "Xinhua", "Bowei", and "Central"-in fact, they are the same as those in the mainland , Taiwan also has many state-owned enterprises, but these state-owned enterprises are all "party property" owned by the Kuomintang. In fact, the four major "country" character distributors were formed after decades of development by the Jiang family and his sons after they fled to Taiwan to incorporate theaters directly under RB or built by traitors. There are thirty or forty theaters and cinemas under the name of the business, and there are even forty or fifty cinemas and cinemas under the business name. In recent years, state-run distributors and private distributors have been fighting for the film market year after year. After being repeatedly forced by private distributors, the four major distributors of the "National" brand reached a strategic alliance in 1986 (since 1986 They have connected the popular movies across the board), and they have retained their status as the largest distributors.
Slightly less powerful are the Taiwanese private distributors headed by the local film giant 'Scholar', including 'Scholar', 'Longxiang', 'Miracle', 'Keelung Showtime', 'Wei Show' and so on - back then, Cai Songlin not only gained a firm foothold in the Taiwanese film market by relying on the money she earned from distributing DreamWorks films, but also won the capital to invest in films and form theater chains. In 1985 and 1986, "Scholar" was the most profitable film distribution company in Taiwan. During this period, Cai Songlin also successively established companies such as "Xuefu", "Xueyan", "Xueguan" and "Xueheng", thus forming an industrial chain integrating production, sales and screening, and owning "Golden Horse" " and "Great World" theater chain's film scheduling rights, can be regarded as the benchmark of private film companies in Taiwan. Still, private publishers haven't banded together as well as state-run ones. Therefore, even a scholar who has grown into a behemoth cannot shake the leading position of the four major publishers of the "National" brand.
Then there are Shaw Brothers (Nanyang Shaw Brothers), Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Meiya, the four major foreign distributors who own cigarettes. Shaw Brothers owns four wholly-owned cinemas and seven joint venture cinemas in Taiwan. Golden Harvest has five wholly-owned cinemas and 11 joint venture and franchised cinemas, Golden Princess has five joint venture cinemas, and Meiya, whose main business is video distribution, also has two cinemas and has joined seven or eight cinemas. Tai Wan Cinema Movies. Most of these foreign publishers who own cigarettes are now affiliated with private publishers such as 'Scholar' and 'Longxiang', and have not formed a unified force. Therefore, they can also be classified as private publishers.
In addition, various forces in Taiwan also control dozens of theaters and cinemas. The Hollywood giant Warner, which has only entered Taiwan to operate the cinema industry in recent years, also has more than ten cinemas under the name of Warner.
but--
Generally speaking, the current state-run distributors, private distributors, and foreign distributors with licenses, including theaters controlled by various forces in Taiwan and movie theaters owned by Hollywood giant Warner, are basically concentrated in the Taipei area. Few have their own theaters in Taichung and Tainan.
It’s no wonder that the Chiang family and his sons were devoted to the development of the northern part of Taiwan for the first 40 years when they came to Taiwan. It was not until two years before Xiaojiang’s death that Xiaojiang tried his best to put the construction of Taichung and Tainan on the agenda. —Currently, the construction of the highway connecting the north and the south has begun, and the prosperity of Taichung and Tainan is just around the corner.
This time, Xu Cun came to Taiwan not only to accompany the daughters of Taiwan to visit relatives, but also to establish a theater chain in Taichung and Tainan that can rival Taipei.
Not long ago, the Philippines, one of the important overseas markets for Hong Kong films, suddenly began to restrict the release of Hong Kong films.
At the same time, the Philippines began to open its doors to Hollywood movies.
Prior to this, eight of the top ten films at the Philippine box office each year were Hong Kong films. Now, eight of them are Hollywood movies—there are only a few Hong Kong movies that have passed the official review of the Philippines and can be released in the Philippines, and the best ones can only get scores outside the top ten.
actually--
The Philippines abandons Hong Kong films and opens the market to Hollywood films, which has no impact on Xu Cun and DreamWorks, which have already established a foothold in Hollywood. Xu Cun and DreamWorks can still enter the Philippine film market to collect money.
The problem is that the Philippines is just a stone for the United States and Hollywood to ask for directions. Even if he is not a man of two generations, Xu Cun, a member of Hollywood, knows that Hollywood is already preparing for a large-scale Eastern Expedition. Its goal is not just the Philippines, but Southeast Asia. Other countries in China, RB Korea, Taiwan including Xiangjiang and the mainland are all its targets of aggression.
Most importantly, the history of the previous life has proved that all the targets targeted by Hollywood eventually fell.
In this life, Xu Cun, relying on his foresight, has already set up a tight line of defense in parts of Thailand and Singapore, RB Korea, Hong Kong, and the mainland in Southeast Asia, and started to counterattack North America early, and Xu Cun is preparing to compete with Hollywood. European film market.
It can be said that except for the Taiwanese film market, Xu Cun has the upper hand everywhere.
Although it cannot be compared with the film markets in North America, China, and RB, the Taiwanese film market has always been a relatively large film market.
Moreover, the Taiwanese film market is still a purely Chinese film market.
Therefore, Xu Cun naturally cannot allow Taiwan's film market to become a colony of Hollywood films.
But--
Xu Cun and DreamWorks withdrew from the Taiwanese film market five or six years ago—although Xu Cun and DreamWorks still have influence in the Taiwanese film market, their distribution strength has completely disappeared. Of course, If Xu Cun is willing to completely withdraw from Taiwan's distribution market, he and DreamWorks' influence can also gather a considerable force in the Taiwan film market, but this force is an unreliable external force after all, not Xu Cun and Meng. The real strength of the factory.
And there are a large group of pro-Americans in Taiwan. These people will do everything to please the United States. Therefore, in the foreseeable future, a large number of distributors in Taiwan will become the minions of Hollywood movies. .
Therefore, in order to keep the film market in Taiwan, Xu Cun can only establish his own theater chain in Taiwan.
be honest--
It is not easy for Xu Cun, a red-capped businessman, to build a theater chain in Taiwan, especially at this stage that has not completely thawed.
Therefore, whether Xu Cun is willing or not, he has to find a strong partner in Taiwan.
Xu Cun selected the partner after several times of screening those who were qualified to cooperate with him.
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