Chapter 791 Who Are You? (Superior)
Jiahe Cinema Line is deployed throughout Asia and is currently the largest theater chain in Hong Kong and Singapore. It is jointly operated by Malaysia and local companies, accounting for 32% of the market share. Thailand and Vietnam are also jointly operated, accounting for 18% and 22% respectively. share…
In the Mainland, Golden Harvest Cinema ranks fourth in total number of screens and third in total revenue.
Wanda, which ranks first, has 89 theaters and 762 screens. So far, its total box office in 2011 is 1.55 billion;
Then there is China Film and Television, with 166 theaters, 855 screens, and a total box office of 1.48 billion;
Jiahe has 95 theaters and 620 screens. With 1.29 billion, it surpassed Shanghai United Cinemas with 1.24 billion, taking the third place...
Moreover, Jiahe's Shenzhen flagship store has an annual box office revenue of more than 85 million, BJ's flagship store has an annual box office revenue of more than 62 million, and the flagship stores in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing all have annual box office revenue of more than 50 million.
The flagship stores in the five major cities are all among the top fifteen theaters in the annual box office rankings...
The box office revenue of flagship stores in Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingdao, Xi'an, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Zhuhai has exceeded 30 million!
In addition, planned second- and third-tier cities are making great efforts.
In other words, Jiahe Cinema Line is a large theater chain, so you... directly blocked it?
Zhang Weiping told the media, "From "Three Guns" to "The Haw Tree," New Picture and Golden Harvest had a distribution contract, but they violated the contract twice. The contract stipulated that the box office should be settled within a certain time, but they delayed twice and seriously breached the contract." I warned them during "Three Guns", but "Three Guns" was delayed, and "Hawthorn Tree" was like this again, so this time it is a punishment. The audience should not go to Jiahe to watch "Thirteen Hairpins" because they can't play it. ’
Shen Xudong laughed directly...
This is just like beating an egg against a stone - you are overestimating your capabilities!
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The company's top executives are discussing Zhang Weiping's actions...
"Jiahe Cinema Line owes money?"
Gao Jun shook his head: "How can we owe money? Our theaters have to wait one to two months for the movie, no matter whose movie it is, even if it is an American blockbuster."
"Then why did he say that?"
"He just wants to find trouble... Our "First Love" box office was so good that it attracted a lot of media coverage. He wants to create a topic for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins"!"
Chen Xi couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, 'I have a sex scene with Bell' is not enough?"
"Bell and I perform sex scenes" is a very important promotional tool for "The Thirteen Beauties". In addition, Zhang Weiping's various promotional movies include sex scenes...
Like a psycho!
A good movie about a national disaster suddenly became a cyan movie under his promotion.
Gao Fenfen is more concerned about another thing: "Then he really won't give us the key to "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling""
"Do you think he dares?"
"He's crazy... who knows?"
Gao Jun continued: "Last year, when he released "Three Guns", it conflicted with our "October Siege." At the end of the first week, "Three Guns" reduced its share to the theaters by 5 percentage points, and the theaters Taking two points and three points for movie theaters, doesn’t this clearly encourage theaters to arrange more "Three Guns" to win the box office? Because "Besieged" has high investment costs and high pressure to recoup, "Three Guns" was made cheaply."
"But it's legal, right?"
"It's legal, but it's unethical. Now you're saying that we don't follow the increase in movie ticket prices, and you don't want to help the producer benefit. Are you going to punish us?"
The more Chen Xi listened, the more outrageous he felt: "Who are you punishing? He doesn't know that his movie won't be released. Can we schedule more "First Love" and other movies?"
Gao Jun laughed: "I'm used to being overbearing..."
"How do we respond?"
"Just respond normally... By the way, what's Xudong's attitude?"
"...I called him and he said he was fishing. Don't bother him with such a trivial matter!"
Hearing this, Gao Fenfen took out his mobile phone: "Is this still a small matter?"
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"The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" was actually adapted by Yan Geling based on "Vautrin's Diary" - Vautrin recorded in her diary that some of the Nanjing civilians who fled to the safe zone at that time were indeed brothel girls. In 1988, Han Sanping When I was the director of Emei Film Factory, I once made a version of "Thirteen Hairpins" with director Zhou Li. The screenwriter was also Yan Geling. That was considered the initial version of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins". Only the three girls...
Yan Geling's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" set up a more dramatic conflict, such as exchanging the lives of 12 prostitutes for the lives of 13 female students, and also replaced the protagonist with a fake priest John Miller, creating a Anti-heroic protagonist, in addition, the location of the story was changed from Jinling University to a church...
With this change, the core contradiction of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is similar to the trolley problem. What it wants to discuss is: in the face of the disaster of the army massacre, is there a distinction between high and low in life? Is every life equal?
Should brothel girls who are in the flesh business sacrifice themselves? And the life of a female student (virgin) is more precious?
Who deserves to live more, prostitute or schoolgirl?
Its core is similar to Maupassant's "Ball de Suif"...
The background of "Ball of Suif" is the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. The Prussian army captured the city of Rouen, and ten people escaped in the same carriage. Among these ten people are big bourgeoisie, businessmen, and nuns. They can all be called decent people.
But Ball of Suif is different, she is a prostitute.
The ladies insulted her as a disgrace to society, and the men secretly talked down to Ball-of-Fat. Until they felt hungry, and Ball of Suet brought enough food. The master and his wife were reserved for a moment, accepted the food presented by Ball of Suet, and began to compliment her.
The car drove to a small town occupied by Prussian soldiers. The soldiers named Ball to sleep with him, but Ball refused to commit himself to the soldiers because of his patriotic sentiments. So all the people in the car were detained.
Then, everyone in the car began to persuade Ball of Suif to accept the soldier's request. Ball de Suif had no choice but to accept.
When Ball-of-Fat returned to the car, the original praise turned into contempt and indifference. This time everyone in the car had prepared sumptuous food, except Ball of Suet. But this time Ball of Suif was starving in the corner, whimpering to the Marseillaise of Cornudet...
Ball of Suet in "Ball of Suet" is forced, while Shi Sanchai takes the initiative...
"Thirteen Hairpins", if it were changed to an underage girl, there wouldn't be such a big controversy!
In addition, some thirteen girls were brainwashed by priests, female students, and several leading collective PUAs, and were forced to commit themselves...
But in this way, there is no great side of human nature!
Shen Xudong didn't like this movie because it was completely insincere and only had the perspective of an old man flattering the West.
Generally speaking, movies about Nanjing must at least have a main narrative perspective of family, country, and nation. However, the protagonist of "The Thirteen Hairpins" is a white American, and it is Bell who plays John Miller who ultimately completes the character's growth and transformation. All Chinese men are dead - whether it is Instructor Li, Mr. Meng or George Chen, you cannot be emotionally invested in this character...
So, from the beginning, this film was a ‘cosmopolitan’ perspective, not a national narrative!
In other words, the goal of this movie from the beginning was Oscar...