Chapter 93: Cinema Line Merger Plan (Part 2)
Lin Wei and Zhao Yazhi did not meet the boss Zou of Jiahe, nor did they meet another person talking to He Guanchang. Although the reception staff was very polite, the politeness was a kind of coldness. Lin Wei understood that the other party probably felt that he wanted to annex Jiahe. In a form, this was indeed annexation. Shaw Brothers was gone, Princess Jin was gone, and there was nothing, but the new Xiangjiang theater. If Jiahe also accepted it, then Jiahe theater would also be gone.
Moreover, once Jiahe's theater chain is merged into the Xinxiangjiang theater chain, then as Jiahe's boss Zou Wenhuai, the power in his hands is definitely not as great as it is now. At that time, the Xiangjiang film industry became Lin Wei's real dominance. Zou Wenhuai was unwilling to surrender to others, and he was even more unwilling to lose those powers. He is different from Shao Daheng, who is no longer willing to invest energy in the film industry, and is also different from Lei Juekun. In the Jin Princess theater chain, Lin Wei already has almost half of the shares. If Lei Juekun disagrees with Lin Wei's idea, then Princess Jin will be split instantly and become a weak existence.
But Jiahe is different. Although Jiahe Cinema was poached by Lin Wei to two cinemas, this does not hurt Jiahe. The remaining cinemas are basically in the hands of Zou Wenhuai. Lin Wei can no longer separate Jiahe Cinemas. With the remaining cinemas, Jiahe’s interests will not be damaged by the strength of Xiangjiang Cinemas, because Xiangjiang is actually only so big, and so many cinemas have long exceeded the needs of the Xiangjiang market. Xiangjiang Cinemas is indeed twice as much as Jiahe Cinemas, but the burden is also twice as much. You must know that it is not easy to maintain a cinema. The more cinemas there are in the cinemas, the more good film sources are needed to support the survival of this cinema. It is like there were only thirty steamed buns. Only ten people can eat enough, but if there are twenty people, no one will eat enough and they will eventually starve to death.
Xiangjiang has only so many people, and the box office of a movie in Xiangjiang is fixed. If this movie is average, it will produce thirty steamed buns. If Jiahe only has ten people, then you can eat enough. But if there are twenty people in Xiangjiang theaters, you will definitely not be able to eat enough. A good movie will produce 60 steamed buns. If Jiahe theaters have 10 people, you will definitely eat enough. As for the twenty people in Xiangjiang theaters, you can only eat enough. This is also the disadvantage of the number of theaters that exceeds the market capacity. Zou Wenhuai has seen this clearly. He knew that Xiangjiang theaters seem to be strong, but the burden on Xiangjiang theaters is heavier and it will not be able to support them. If Jiahe theaters are also incorporated into Xiangjiang theaters, it seems that the Xiangjiang film industry is unified. But for all cinemas, this burden is even heavier, so heavy that no good movie can support them.
In fact, Lin Wei also remembered this point, but Lin Wei was not worried. His idea was very simple, so he adopted a rating system for the box office of the movie. Like in the United States later, good movies would be released in more cinemas, and bad movies would be released in fewer cinemas. Everything depends on the results. If the grades are good, the screenings of cinemas should be increased. If the grades are bad, the screenings of cinemas should be reduced. If the movies are freed, other movies will be released. In this way, it will not only reduce internal competition, maximize benefits, promote the regularization and progress of film production, but also prevent bad movies from occupying too many resources in the theater.
However, Zou Wenhuai saw the disadvantages caused by too many theaters and did not want to lose the current power in his hand. So he avoided Lin Wei's visit. After Lin Wei took Zhao Yazhi to see Zou Wenhuai in Jiahe, he had to return to Times Company. Thinking that if Jiahe wants to bow his head, he had to fight without audiences in Jiahe's theaters. After returning to the company, he called Wang Jing and Lei Juekun over. After discussing, he made a screening arrangement for the movies that had been produced. The movies in this arrangement list included excellent film sources such as Times, Princess Jin, New Art City, and Baohe.
Lin Wei's "New Smiling Proud Wanderer" and Wang Jing's "Home Imperial" are both screened next year. There are still several films in stock in Times Film Company that have not been screened. This time, all of them are screened by this opportunity. In addition, in the theater chain composed of small cinemas, Lin Wei also asked Lei Juekun to arrange a large number of movies from other film companies to release. Lin Wei's goal is to absorb the number of audiences in Xiangjiang as much as possible. Attract more audiences here, and generally there will be fewer audiences there.
Shao also expressed his interest in defeating Jiahe. TVB also joined the war of cinemas and accepted the request of Xiangjiang Cinemas to advertise on TVB. Even Lin Wei did not expect that even ATV was involved in the end. Obviously, ATV finally joined forces with Jiahe. For a moment, various advertising wars between the two sides became overwhelming. Lin Wei got advertisements for bus body and bus stops, and Zou Wenhuai made outdoor advertisements on the street. Lin Li watched movies with prizes, and Zou Wenhuai upgraded the prize-winning movies with prizes to higher prize-winning movies. In short, what Lin Wei did here and what Jiahe did there, the smoke of the theater dispute became more and more popular. Shao was happy while beating and watching the fun.
"This little guy really has some tricks. Why did the boss named Zou fall for him at such an age? Really, how could he not see such a simple trick?" Shao Daheng sighed and said to Fang Yihua, the person around him.
"Why is this fooled? What else can Zou Wenhuai do if he doesn't do this?" Fang Yihua asked in confusion.
"You, you can't just look at one aspect of the problem. You have to look at more places. Zou Wenhuai is a big shot in the film industry. Under normal circumstances, others can't do anything about him. At worst, both sides will suffer losses. But the problem is that, in addition to being a big shot in the film industry, he is also a big shot in the Xiangjiang industry. Although his reputation is only a junior in the Xiangjiang industry, his strength is enough in the Xiangjiang industry. If you continue to fight like this, Jiahe will eventually be injured, but for the little guy with a backup, it's just a little bit of damage."
Hearing Shao Daheng's commentary, Fang Yihua understood: "Does that little guy want to hurt people with his strong capital? Alas, speaking of it, this little guy is really profitable. Zou Wenhuai's struggle for more than ten years is far inferior to this little guy's two or three years. Look at this. As time goes by, Zou Wenhuai will definitely lose."
"Jiahe is indeed sure to lose this time. Whether he follows the little guy or not, Jiahe will eventually lose. Speaking of which, this little guy is indeed amazing. Not to mention his Zou Wenhuai, even if I have worked hard for decades, it will not be as good as this little guy for a few years. If this continues, it will take him ten years to stop us, and we old guys will be stepped on by him." Shao Daheng said with some sigh, and suddenly felt a little depressed in his heart. Although he didn't like Jiahe very much, he saw that Jiahe was going to be out of the way. He couldn't help feeling old. A generation of new people replaced the old people, and he now had a little bit of the old people who had been replaced.
"That's probably, this little guy's relationship is still too shallow after all..." Fang Yihua wanted to comfort Dakong Shao. She could see that Dakong Shao suddenly had a look of desolation in his heart, but Dakong Shao shook his head and interrupted her comfort.
"Although it seems too shallow because of its rapid rise, the development potential of the industry this little guy is in is great unless there is an accident. For example, death or something else, in general, in Xiangjiang in the future, there will definitely be a place for this little guy. In addition, this little guy has a long-term vision. It can be seen from the first person to go to the mainland to invest that he is not only bold, but also long-term vision. Judging from the development of the mainland in recent years, the mainland will be a large market. After all, there are so many people there. As the economic income of the mainland increases step by step, this market will become larger and larger, and the little guy who first enters the mainland market will also obtain unimaginable income..."
"Although the politics in the mainland has begun to thaw,..." Fang Yihua looked at Daheng Shao in confusion.
"That little guy said something good. A crack appears in an embankment, and the crack will become bigger and bigger. Now the mainland has looked at the world, and this crack will also become bigger and bigger. As long as the person in the capital has lived for more than ten years, no one can block this crack. Sometimes it is better for a young man to see the problem than a young man." Shao Daheng smiled and knocked his fingers on the newspaper on the table. The newspaper is Lin Wei, who is the most popular in Xiangjiang. In that photo, Lin Wei was smiling proudly, surrounded by female stars in the entertainment industry for several years.
Fang Yihua's eyes also fell on the photo in the newspaper, and he couldn't help but laugh: "This little guy is good at everything, but his relationship is a bit too much. But at the age of sixteen or seventeen, why did he have so much gossip news?"
Just as Daheng Shao and Fang Yihua were discussing Lin Wei, Lin Wei was having dinner with Weng Meiling. Since Weng Meiling starred in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", her fame suddenly became soaring. She became a top star in Xiangjiang. She then made a movie, not from Times Film Company, but the results were very bad. Then she filmed a TV series "The Decisive Battle with Xuanwu Gate", and the ratings were far inferior to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which made her feel very bad.
Weng Meiling's personality is not that kind of cheerful personality, and she doesn't have many friends. Although Tang Zhengye has been pursuing her, because Lin Wei's butterfly's wings are flapping too strongly, her relationship with Tang Zhengye has always been divorced and has not developed into a close lover. On the same day, Weng Meiling himself didn't know what happened, so he asked Lin Wei if he had eaten. Lin Wei didn't happen to eat at that time. Then Weng Meiling asked Lin Wei to wait for a while and return to the dormitory building behind the Times Film Company building. Lin Wei waited for half an hour, and when he saw Weng Meiling again, Lin Wei couldn't help but be stunned.
Since Lin Wei said that she didn't like a woman's curly hair once, Weng Meiling has never been curly hair again. In fact, in Lin Wei's eyes, Weng Meiling who was curly was not only not beautiful, but also had a little ugly feeling. Although Weng Meiling with straight hair was not ugly, she was definitely not as beautiful as Zhao Yazhi and the others. Only in one case, Weng Meiling's eyes were beautiful, that is, when Huang Rong was Huang Rong, the Huang Rong played by Weng Meiling was too deep into Lin Wei's eyes. The Huang Rong in his heart was just like Weng Meiling. Today, Weng Meiling came out of his home for some reason. The hairstyle she combed was a bit like that of Huang Rong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which highlighted Weng Meiling's beauty.
"You are so beautiful today." Lin Wei said in admiration. His words were definitely not flattering Weng Meiling, but a sincere praise, absolutely from the heart.
Hearing Lin Wei's praise, Weng Meiling couldn't help but feel happy. She herself didn't understand why she had a hairstyle like this to see Lin Wei. Although she was happy, Weng Meiling said a little arrogantly: "Your word is so old-fashioned. You are still a big screenwriter in Xiangjiang, so you don't have any literary words?"
"Words with literary talent? Haha... In fact, when a person praises from the bottom of his heart, he will not have the heart to conceive any literary talent. That kind of literary and outstanding praise is absolutely false." Lin Wei said with a smile.
Weng Meiling thought for a moment and felt that Lin Wei's words were justified. However, she wanted to refute Lin Wei's words in her heart, so she said: "If it is a sincere praise, it should be done with thoughts to show sincerity. Who knows if you are perfunctory or not? You like to praise others so much, do you often use it?"
Lin Wei looked at Weng Meiling and thought to himself, why don’t she think she is so beautiful when she dresses up, why did she look particularly beautiful when she dressed up, and even her voice became very nice at this time. Did she really think of her as Huang Rong? Thinking in his heart, Lin Wei did not delve into his inner thoughts in the end. Anyway, if you like it, then just like it.
"Actually, I really rarely praise a girl. Today I just think you are really beautiful like this, so there is no other meaning. Didn't you say you want to have a meal? Tell me, where are you going?" Lin Wei asked as he looked at the car coming.
"Let's go to the temple street." Weng Meiling thought for a while and said, eating was an excuse, and she actually wanted Lin Wei to accompany her to go shopping.
"That's not like this. You are a big star in Xiangjiang now. If you go like this, you will be blocked on the street." Lin Wei shook his head. If you go to a high-end hotel, it doesn't matter whether you put on makeup or not. After all, people who go to the place are usually people with status, and they will not circle around a star. In ordinary places, there will be more people watching.
Lin Wei found a hat, sunglasses and other things for Weng Meiling. Then the two took the car to the area around Temple Street. The two of them played on the street for a while, and finally sat down at a snack bar. Weng Meiling smiled and said, "You haven't been here before?"
Lin Wei shook his head and said, "I haven't been here. When I had no money, I was busy making money. I didn't have time to go out shopping at all. I occasionally ate at street stalls. Later, I got rich and found that there was more things and I didn't have time to go out shopping. Even if I had time, I would accompany other bosses to eat in a big hotel. I've never come in a snack bar like this."
"Haha... It seems that you have a hard history of struggle before. I have read your newspaper. Did you really come from the mainland? It took so many years to make you a rich man in Xiangjiang?" After Weng Meiling asked the store for a bottle of drink, she asked Lin Wei curiously what happened before.
"That's right, I came to Xiangjiang in 1980. That year, I was still young, but I had no relatives here. Fortunately, I finally stayed there. As for the years you mentioned, I became a rich man, there is nothing strange about it. Today's Xiangjiang, or the current era, is a golden age of great development, and it is still easy to get rich. In the past few years, I was not the only one who became a rich man. There is Liu Luanxiong, who made electric fans. He only had more than 100,000 yuan when he started his business. But in a few years, he is much richer than me. Don't look at how many companies I have to worry about, but he is still just an electric fan..." Lin Wei said, and he sighed in his heart that he is a reborn person. It's nothing to have such achievements. The fan Liu, who is just a fan, became a billionaire after a few years, and was still a US dollar.
This is the real ability. She is just a cheater. Weng Meiling naturally doesn't know that Lin Wei is a cheater. She still admires Lin Wei as a thief, and then goes from nothing to a wealthy man in Xiangjiang. Such ability, even though she knows that Lin Wei is a fickle ghost, she still admires Lin Wei and has more or less a little thoughts. The birth of this idea is because Lin Wei treats her very well. Although it cannot be said that she is very caring for her, she is at least very good to her. In addition, Lin Wei's appearance is also very handsome, which makes her unable to tolerate Tang Zhengye in her heart.
While eating and talking, Weng Meiling finally told her troubles. Lin Wei heard it and was silent for a moment. Weng Meiling's situation was indeed a bit troublesome. She was so deeply rooted in the role of Huang Rong that the audience was unwilling to accept her other roles. Of course, there is another one that no other role can help her get rid of the stereotyped role of Huang Rong. Only another classic role can make her truly become a first-line star in Xiangjiang.
Chapter completed!