Eight Hundred and Ninetieth Chapters Achievements and Setbacks

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

As soon as Xia Yu came out of the elevator, he heard a slightly surprised voice. Xia Yu looked at the sound and saw Yan Wenhan walking towards him quickly.

Not only that, but next to Yan Wenhan, there was another person who surprised him very much. It was Jiang Zhiqiang, the general manager of Universal Cinema Company.

"Xeon, when did you come to America?"

Xia Yu first smiled at Yan Wenhan, and then asked Jiang Zhiqiang with a smile.

He knew that Yan Wenhan came to San Francisco because he had reported to him some time ago.

But Jiang Zhiqiang came to the United States, he really did not know.

Jiang Zhiqiang explained embarrassedly: "Chairman, I came to the United States because of the distribution of a film. I know you are in the United States, but you have a lot of time, so I am too embarrassed to disturb you."

Xia Yu smiled and understood Jiang Zhiqiang's mentality, and asked casually, "I haven't paid attention to movies for a long time, what's the result?"

The smile on Jiang Zhiqiang's face froze, embarrassed.

Xia Yu's expression changed, realizing that Jiang Zhiqiang was probably in trouble, this is not the right place to talk about things, and it's not too early, so before Jiang Zhiqiang said, "it's getting late, go to my place first. Well, let's talk about other things later."

Jiang Zhiqiang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay."

Then, the group walked out of the hall and drove to Xia Yu's home in San Francisco.

After ten minutes, I finally got home.

After getting off the bus, Yan Wenhan and Jiang Zhiqiang couldn't help but be amazed when they saw Xia Yu's spacious mansion.

"Let's go, this is not a company, you can treat it as your own home, and do whatever you want."

"I'll go back to my room first."

After finishing speaking, Xia Yu left Yan Wenhan, Jiang Zhiqiang and Li Wuming behind and walked towards the stairs on his own.

After all, they are colleagues.

The three of them were also familiar with each other. Seeing that the chairman was not there, they were not so restrained. The three chatted in a low voice, and Jiang Zhiqiang also boiled water to make tea during the chat.

...

At 1:13, the well-fed people came to sit on the sofa again and drank tea comfortably.

Xia Yu took a sip, put down the teacup, looked at Yan Wenhan, and asked, "Wenhan, have you got the San Francisco Chronicle?"

Yan Wenhan suddenly smiled, nodded and replied, "I have already acquired it. After signing the agreement yesterday morning, I am now taking over."

"But this morning, it came directly from the "San Francisco Chronicle" newspaper, and the agreement was still in the hotel, so I didn't bring it over."

Xia Yu nodded slightly and said with admiration, "It doesn't matter, the acquisition is all it takes. With this newspaper, the newspaper company can be considered a banner in the western United States."

Yan Wenhan smiled and said: "Yes, the San Francisco Chronicle is the second largest newspaper on the West Coast of the United States after the Los Angeles Times, and its sales volume ranks 12th in the country. This newspaper is not controlled by a big consortium, so It was so suppressed by the Los Angeles Times that we had the opportunity to be acquired by us.”

"The "San Francisco Chronicle" was formed by the merger of the original "San Francisco Chronicle" and "San Francisco Observer" in 1965. It is now the only daily newspaper in San Francisco. With it, Jiuding Newspaper Company can completely stand firm in San Francisco. heel."

"It's just that the entire West Coast is enlarged, and there is still a long way to go from those big newspaper groups. Although USA Today has radiated to the West Coast, there is still a long way to go, so I plan to take San Francisco as the center, in the surrounding states. The city bought some newspapers to expand and condense the influence of Dajiuding Newspaper Company.”

Xia Yu commented: "This idea is right, just follow your plan, as long as you don't get involved, seize the opportunity to expand in recent years, not limited to the print media, local TV stations and radio stations can be acquired, funding is not a problem ."

Xia Yu knew that before 1983, the media industry in the United States was still relatively scattered. Although many big newspaper groups had appeared, their strength was not particularly strong.

After News Corporation was formed, under the stimulation of Murdoch, the major newspaper groups were forced to develop by leaps and bounds, and the consortiums have increased their control over the media, from TV stations to newspapers, as long as they are related to the media, will gradually. Gathered together, it would be much more difficult to think about hunting at that time.

After entering the mouth of the big consortium, it is not so easy to spit it out.

Xia Yu's support and recognition made Yan Wenhan's heart calm. He smiled and said with a heavy head: "Okay, Chairman, I will make a detailed plan to allow the company to expand steadily."

Xia Yu nodded slightly and said no more, his eyes moved to Jiang Zhiqiang, who had been silent all the time, who immediately sat up straight.

Xia Yu asked gently: "Xeon, tell me about the current situation of the company."

He thought that the chairman would ask him about the troubles he encountered in the United States, but he did not expect to ask about the current situation of the company.

"Chairman, after a series of acquisitions, the company currently has 208 cinemas with property rights, including 30 in Hong Kong and Macau, 162 in Southeast Asia, and 16 in island countries."

"In addition, there are as many as 98 theaters in Asia that have joined our Universal Cinema Company."

"The total number of our company's distribution network has reached 306!"

"At present, whether in Hong Kong or Southeast Asia, our global cinema chain ranks first in the industry, and the distribution network of the second-ranked Shaw Brothers cinema is still in the early 200s."

"And because we have adopted the sharing system, we have received unanimous support from film manufacturers. Shaw Brothers Cinemas is not our opponent at all, but Shaw Brothers Cinemas is already seeking changes and is learning from us to transform theaters into multiplex theaters, but Unlike our strong support from Jiuding Infrastructure Company, the transformation speed is very low.”

"Because of the film source problem, the Shaw Cinemas has already fallen into a loss."

"So our company's leading position in Asia is relatively stable."

"In terms of revenue, in the first half of 1980, the company's total revenue exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars, of which Chinese-language films accounted for 74% and foreign-language films accounted for 26%..."

Xia Yu listened quietly. In general, these data satisfied him. The revenue of 100 million Hong Kong dollars seems very low, but combined with the total amount of Southeast Asia and East Asia film market, it is already amazing. According to this trend, the revenue can be achieved in one year. reached 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

Think about this time, the annual total box office of Hong Kong's local movies is only 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

The annual revenue is 200 million Hong Kong dollars. According to the high net profit rate of the theater chain and the heavy asset operation of the global theater chain, the theaters are self-operated and there is no rent pressure, so there is definitely a net profit of 50 to 60 million Hong Kong dollars. The capital market estimates The value can reach 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is appropriate to squeeze into the top 80 companies in Hong Kong.

"The speed of development is very fast, well done, and it did not let me down."

After Jiang Zhiqiang finished speaking, Xia Yu said with satisfaction.

Jiang Zhiqiang was humble again and again.

But just because of the good grades, Xia Yu was curious about what problems Jiang Zhiqiang encountered.

So he changed the subject and suddenly asked: "Xeon, did you encounter any difficulties when you came to the United States this time?"

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled for a while, then pursed his lips and sighed: "Yes, we failed to develop the American market. From mid-July to the end of August this year, Galaxy Films produced a movie that became popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, so Wu and I failed. Siyuan has high hopes to see if it can open up the U.S. market in one go.”

"So at the end of August, I personally brought that film to the United States, but I didn't expect it to hit the street."

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang looked ugly, was extremely unwilling in his heart, and felt very useless.

That movie was really good, but just because he was obstructed by it, his grades went straight. How could he be reconciled to such a humiliating defeat?

But this is someone else's territory, and the strength of the Universal Cinema is far inferior to that of others. If the enemy is determined to make money and has to subdue him, he can only admit it.

However, I met Yan Wenhan today and was told that the chairman Xia Yu was coming to San Francisco. He struggled for a long time, but he still followed Yan Wenhan with a cheeky face, hoping that the chairman would call the shots for him.

After all, he has self-knowledge. Without the support of the chairman, even with the current strength and development speed of Universal Cinemas, if he wants to break into the American market, he does not know it will take a year of the monkey.

But if the chairman is willing to call the shots, then...

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang raised his head and looked at Xia Yu, with a hint of hope and anxiety in his eyes.

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