Chapter 895: Layout of France
Xia Yu asked three times with a blank face: "What is this movie called? Has it been released in the United States? How much is the box office?"
Jiang Zhiqiang replied immediately: "The name of the movie is "King of Killers", it's a kung fu movie, it was released on September 12, but it was released on September 27, and the US box office...$107,000. "
Xia Yu raised his brows, thinking he had heard it wrong, and asked again, "How much? One hundred and seven thousand dollars?"
Jiang Zhiqiang's face was burning, he bowed his head awkwardly and said, "Yes."
After confirming that it was correct, Xia Yu was dissatisfied.
107,000 US dollars, converted into Hong Kong dollars, is only more than 400,000. Even if there is no publicity cost, the income after dividing the share between the cooperative publisher and the American theater chain is estimated to be more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is too little.
And for the more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, it has to be divided between Universal Cinema Company and Galaxy Film Company. The two companies are big companies that can squeeze into the top 100 in Hong Kong, so just share this money, or 15 days' income, say it. Make people laugh out loud.
Saying it was his Xia Yu's company, he couldn't afford to lose this person!
And counting the time, it was released after only half a month. Normal movies are released for four weeks. This is almost half the time before the release, which is not normal!
Xia Yu suppressed a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart and said calmly, "Tell me the details."
Seeing that Chairman Xia Yu didn't get angry, Jiang Zhiqiang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly started from the beginning.
"Chairman, this is the situation."
"At the end of last year, the Universal Brokerage Company signed Cheng Long, and the Galaxy Film Company took Cheng Long as the protagonist, and successively made two kung fu movies, both of which were very popular. The box office of each film in Hong Kong exceeded 7 million. The potential is huge, so together with manager Wu Siyuan, we plan to make Cheng Long another 'Bruce Bruce', so we carefully crafted a script "King of Killers", and used the best team to produce the finished product after three months."
"After its release, "King of Killers" really caught fire. The local box office in Hong Kong reached more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films."
"Not only that, the box office outside Hong Kong has accumulated as much as more than 24 million Hong Kong dollars, which has also created a record."
"Then I brought "King of the Killers" to Hollywood with confidence, and the first company I found was Universal Pictures, which I had worked with a little bit before,
I want to reach a cooperation with it to release "King of Killers", and at the same time build a good cooperative relationship to pave the way for future film releases. "
"But Universal Pictures only agreed to buy it out, and in the end, it was only willing to give the buyout price of $150,000."
"Then I found other film companies, all of them were very proud. No one was willing to give a share, but only willing to buy it out."
"King of the Killer has great potential, and I was not willing to be bought out, so I looked for theatrical distribution by myself. The top theater chains in the United States such as AMC and Ximanke are basically the world of the eight Hollywood giants. I came to talk about cooperation not only The split is very low, and the point is that there are not enough screens."
"So for the long-term channel plan, I also signed a cooperation agreement with several small and medium-sized theater chains. I plan to pilot the broadcast first, and then use this achievement as a stepping stone to open the door of other theater chains."
"It's just that the lack of publicity partners resulted in insufficient publicity, so the screening results were average. On the fourth day of the gradual improvement, the theaters we cooperated with adjusted our "King of Killers" to the midnight show, while the original The screen was taken away by the film "Melvin and Howard" being released by Universal Pictures. There were not many audiences at the midnight show. Because of the low attendance rate, "King of Killers" was released after two weeks of release. ."
"After the painting, people from Universal Pictures approached me again and wanted to buy out the copyright of "King of Killers" for $30,000. I didn't agree, and the people from the distribution department of Universal Pictures even threatened me. , if we don't cooperate with them, we can't enter the US market."
Speaking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang's arrogant and sinister face and superior attitude of the people of Universal Cinema appeared again in Jiang Zhiqiang's mind. He couldn't help clenching his fists and holding a sigh of relief in his chest.
"Chairman, Universal Pictures is deliberately squeezing our resources. I have asked those theater companies for theories, but they clearly told me that they could not refuse Universal Pictures' request."
"They are robbers. I'm not reconciled. For such a low price, I would rather not earn a cent than be slaughtered by Universal Pictures."
Seeing the excited and resentful expression on Jiang Zhiqiang's face, Xia Yu was also annoyed, but he also knew that Jiang Zhiqiang tried his best.
Xia Yu is very aware of the xenophobia and domineering of Hollywood giants. Hollywood will be controlled by Jews even in later generations.
Universal Pictures, which suppressed Universal Cinemas, was originally at the tail end of the Hollywood Big Eight, but rose again after co-producing "Jaws" with Spielberg five years ago. Berg and George Lucas have cooperated, and now Universal Pictures has rushed into the top of the Hollywood Big Eight, with great influence.
With Universal Pictures' right to speak in the film industry, it is not easy to oppress several small and medium-sized theater companies.
What's more, the U.S. cinema industry has not yet been integrated. Even the top four cinema companies in the United States together account for less than 20% of the screen in the United States. The cinema companies are simply not angry with the Hollywood Big Eight. Come.
Furthermore, Hong Kong Films has not yet reached its golden age, and its influence is limited to Asia.
At this time, the European and American worlds looked down on Asia at all. After all, except for the island countries, the economic level of other Asian countries and regions is indeed not very good.
It is normal for Jiang Zhiqiang to be bullied when he wants to come to cooperate.
It was thanks to Bruce Lee that Sega Harvest was able to cooperate with Warner Films in the past. Even so, Jiahe's right to speak was very low, and it belonged to the party squeezed by Warner Films.
Not to mention the Shaw Brothers Film Company. The boss of Chinese-language films for decades was still rejected by Hollywood. Later, he invested 150 million Hong Kong dollars, but even lost his underpants. Enter the mind of Hollywood.
At this time, the Galaxy Film Company was just emerging, and the Universal Cinema Company was only well-known in Asia. Although Jiang Zhiqiang’s previous Anle Cinema had a certain connection with Hollywood, it was only better than Shao Yifu. Not much better than that.
In the absence of phenomenal films, the box office of Western films shown at Universal Cinemas is only a few million Hong Kong dollars, and in many cases, it is only a million dollars when converted into U.S. dollars, which is just mosquito meat for the eight Hollywood giants.
The cooperation is so small, and the Universal Cinema Company is not irreplaceable. Jiang Zhiqiang's weight in the eyes of the Hollywood Big Eight can be imagined.
Of course, Xia Yu doesn't look down on his company because he thinks so, but the current situation is like this, it's just that others look down on it!
But whether it's for the sake of Jiang Zhiqiang's heart or for his own career, this matter can't be left alone!
If your own film company wants to break into Hollywood, it must break into the Hollywood Big Eight, and the best way is to win one.
And it is not safe to take down a movie giant. After all, Hollywood has always been controlled by Jews, and it will definitely happen that other giants will join forces to deal with him.
Don't you see that after the acquisition of Columbia Pictures by Sony, the wealthy little devil in the previous life, it was also miserable. Relying on the strong strength of the consortium behind it, it took several years to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood after many hardships.
So it's not safe to just win one of the Big Eight in Hollywood!
If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood and fight recklessly, he also needs a theater chain covering the United States, and this theater chain must be large enough. Now the theater chain giants before the integration of the US theater chain market cannot meet his requirements. !
These two things have to be done, and there is no way to do it in a short time.
And in these matters, Jiang Zhiqiang can't play any role.
Xia Yu retracted his mind, and gently encouraged Jiang Zhiqiang: "Xiqiang, know shame and then be brave, you have to keep this matter in your heart, Xiangjiang movies are not brilliant enough, after you go back, you and Wu Siyuan have a good exchange, Let go and do it, now both Galaxy Films and Universal Cinemas are still young, although they have achieved certain achievements, but the leading position is not stable enough, so you can continue to cultivate the Asian market this year."
"It's not the same to go out behind closed doors!"
"Most of the good resources in the Hong Kong film industry are now in the hands of you and Wu Siyuan. You have time to study and study various models of Hollywood, and learn from each other's strengths to make up for the shortcomings of the Hong Kong film industry."
"I will pave the way for you here in the United States. I don't want my road to be paved. You are not ready."
"Do you remember?"
While embarrassed, Jiang Zhiqiang nodded heavily and said firmly: "Chairman, I remember, after we go back, we must diligently cultivate our internal strength, first beat Jiahe and Shaw Brothers to the ground, and lay a solid foundation for us."
Xia Yu was instantly happy.
However, he didn't say much. If Galaxy Films and Universal Cinemas wanted to dominate, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers really had to be taken down. Not only that, but also those Chinese-language film companies in Taiwan Province.
Xia Yu thought for a while, and reminded Jiang Zhiqiang: "When you come to Hollywood, don't go back empty-handed. Hollywood has the latest theoretical knowledge and photographic equipment. You can buy it and bring it back. If you can get a high salary, please go back to some teachers. Best, it's up to you how to do it."
Jiang Zhiqiang nodded: "Okay, I will do these things."
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After three o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Wenhan and Jiang Zhiqiang left one after another.
Xia Yu made a phone call and ordered someone to collect some information about the movies released in the United States in recent years.
The next day, Xia Yu made a call to Xiangjiang at the right time, and the answer was Wu Siyuan, the general manager of Galaxy Films.
Xia Yu dictated to Wu Siyuan the story outline of an alien who fell on the earth and was taken in by a kind little boy, and then ordered him to arrange the screenwriting team to improve the script of the movie, and the outline must be constructed with the thinking of Hollywood sci-fi movies.
After the call with Wu Siyuan, Xia Yu went to Polaris Capital and ordered Peter Lynch to arrange for an investigation of the American film industry and the theater market.
After returning home again, he made another phone call to George Berkeley and asked him to secretly send someone to communicate with François Mitterrand after asking about some arrangements in France.
Three days later, Xia Yu flew back to Xiangjiang, and then stayed at home for less than a day before secretly arriving in the island country of Tokyo by boat.
Just two days after Xia Yu arrived in Tokyo, François Mitterrand, the first secretary of the French opposition Socialist Party, and his party came to the island country of Tokyo on business to communicate with the island country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on some matters between the two countries.
During the day, he performed official duties, but at night, François Mitterrand came alone to a house not far from the mansion.
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