I really don't want to be red

Chapter 1640
Kraken sat in the middle and coughed, "Everyone, everyone is a theater owner. Today we invite everyone to come together. In fact, I don't need to say it, everyone understands what it means!"

Speaking of this, he looked around the crowd for a week.

Hordak sneered, "How do we know if you don't tell me?"

Kraken raised his eyebrows, "It seems that Mr. Hordak should know it well, otherwise he wouldn't be so unfriendly!"

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight, this time I'm going to re-discuss the share with everyone."

Lamo leaned on the chair, stroking his big belly, "There's nothing to talk about, it's been implemented for several years, and everyone agrees, I don't think it's necessary."

Kraken didn't speak, but heard An Ran say: "Mr. Lamo, you probably don't know what it means to keep pace with the times, do you? Things that are out of date should be eliminated..."

Lamo rolled his eyes, "What's out of place? I think it's fine!"

"Haha, I think it's good too!" Hordak lit his cigar like no one else, and directly dumped the ashes on the ground.

Obviously, everyone didn't take An Ran's words to heart.

An Ran glanced at the two of them without saying a word, and motioned Kraken to continue talking.

Kraken said: "In view of the increase in operating costs of theaters in the past two years and the great pressure on operations, the original film sharing agreement is no longer appropriate. We hope that everyone can come up with a clear attitude and discuss a suitable sharing agreement."

Hordak laughed "haha": "Kraken, have you been cheated by this kid? How much is appropriate? Isn't it appropriate now? Kraken, 33% to 35% share, what are you dissatisfied with? You But the net profit, we still have to bear the cost... Oh my God, it’s just you who are greedy!”

This is a bit ugly to say, and the faces of the theater bosses present are all ugly.

Virek said lightly: "Mr. Hordak, you need money to make movies, but we also need money to show movies!"

"The venue is not money? Electricity, labor is not money? A few years ago, it was ordinary screens, but now we are all on digital screens, giant ring screens, and various high-tech screens. Are these not money? Do you think we invest less ?"

Hordak didn't care and said, "That's what you should do!"

What everyone said was a bit too much.

Kraken ignored him, "What we mean is that the share of our theaters will be increased to 43% to make up for our losses."

"what?"

"impossible!"

"It rose by 8 points at once, are you so greedy?"

"My God, what makes you so confident? Can you ask for this share? Is it because of An Ran's proposal?"

"Haha, if that's the case, then I'd rather not go to theaters..."

As soon as Kraken's words came out, everyone immediately became unwilling and said everything.

Anyway, no one agrees.

Hordak even stood up and said: "I don't think there is any need to talk about it. We cannot accept this division."

As soon as he took the lead, everyone stood up.

"There is nothing to talk about. It is impossible for us to agree to such a rude request."

"Haha, 43%? Go grab it and forget it, or we'll just give you free and forget it. What do you think?"

"Kraken, you are destroying the future of the film industry. If so, how can we recover the cost with such a large investment? How can we continue to invest in making new films? You are too greedy."

"What else is there to talk about, let's go!"

The people from the top ten production companies were about to leave on the spot.

Kraken said with an ugly face: "Everyone, do you mean that you don't plan to talk?"

"Of course, what else is there to talk about?"

Damn it, you're going to eat half of the box office at once, and we're still talking about a hammer.

9% of a movie's box office is a special fund, which is hardened and cannot be moved, and must be handed over to the Xizhou government.

Then the 3% tax is also stuck, and the 12% must not be moved.

The remaining 88%, if you open your mouth, you will get 43% of the box office, which is equivalent to taking half of the box office.

The remaining 45% is the producer.

But the 45% of the producer does not take all of it. If it is entrusted to a third party for distribution, a minimum of 10% of the distribution fee is indispensable.

The issuance and promotion add up to 20% more.

It can be said that if it falls into their hands, there will be about 20% to 30% left in the end!

If you add large-scale publicity...

Then I'm still playing with a hammer, don't make movies anymore, isn't it good for me to sell potatoes?
In fact, even so, some of the box office is still profitable.

Otherwise, why have everyone been stalking this circle for the past two years?
Your production cost is one thing, sometimes it is 1 million, 2 million!
In fact, for many films, most of the cost is recovered before it is released. The advertisements in the film are placed in a sentence or a few seconds of the scene.

It can easily be hundreds of millions.

Unless it is a costume fantasy, or a sci-fi film, where the world view of the era is very different, the cost of others can be reduced through advertising.

Therefore, the pressure of making movies in the past two years is far less than that of previous years.

Disney's annual box office is 120 billion yuan, and its profit is more than 30 billion yuan. It is crazy to make movies without making a lot of money.

But who doesn't want to earn more money?
Hordak rejected Kraken's proposal immediately after opening his mouth, and this matter was not discussed.

The reason why they can earn more is because they have a high share.

This cut of 8% of the cinema chain's share is equivalent to a reduction in annual income of 10 billion US dollars, who can bear it.

Kraken adjusted his glasses, "Mr. Hordak, are you sure you don't want to talk to us?"

"Of course!" Hordak said, "This is unfair, what is there to talk about?"

Kraken nodded, and immediately took out his phone to make a call.

"Let me inform you that starting from this afternoon, all the films of Diss Company will be suspended. Wait for my notice when they will be released."

This sentence immediately made everyone stop in their tracks.

Hordak's complexion darkened after "swipe".

"Kraken, what do you mean?"

"Means nothing!"

Kraken still looked indifferent, "Since we can't reach an agreement, I can arrange fewer films, or even not arrange films. I have my business intentions, so you can't control it!"

Just as Hordak was about to speak, Virek also took out his phone, "Terry, make some arrangements. The two films of Diss Company will be offline immediately and rescheduled. As for when they will be online, we will have to wait for the notice."

"Perkins, make arrangements, Diss' movies are off the assembly line..."

"Roner, get Diss' movie off the assembly line immediately!"

The big bosses of the theaters who were present took out their phones and started making arrangements without saying a word.

Get off the assembly line immediately, there is no room for compromise.

An Ran was already standing in front of the window, looking at everyone with a smile.

"Everyone, if everyone can sit down and have a good talk, it's not that there is no need to discuss...why do you need to be so excited?"

(End of this chapter)