Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 209 Win-Win
Chen Hao established the Haotian Cinema Management Company, with himself as the general manager and Chen Xiangang as the deputy general manager. At the same time, he let all 40 cinemas under his company join Haotian Cinemas, which is a multi-union company, with Chen Xiangang as the general manager.

The establishment of Haotian Cinemas is the first case of merger of theaters after the reform of the theater chain system in the Mainland, which has naturally attracted widespread attention!

As the largest theater chain in East China so far, Haotian Cinemas and its general manager Chen Xiangang immediately became the focus of media and industry attention!
And just when Chen Xiangang was talking to the media about the future development plan of Haotian Cinemas, Chen Hao received a call from Yu Dong.

"Brother, what have you been up to lately?" Yu Dong asked with a smile.

"Brother Dong! What can you do during the SARS period!" Chen Hao replied.

"The box office of "Taken" is almost breaking 1 million dollars!" After Yu Dong finished speaking, he shook his head secretly.

Although he was very optimistic about Chen Hao's potential and strength before, he would never have imagined that Chen Hao would become famous in North America at such a young age.

Chen Hao smiled when he heard the words, "You said "Taken", it was just a fluke."

"Hahaha... Excessive modesty is pride, brother." Yu Dong laughed.

"Hahaha... so-so." Chen Hao laughed.

"My brother not only makes good movies, but also seems to have great confidence in the mainland film market!" Yu Dong said suddenly.

"Oh?" Chen Hao frowned when he heard this, it seemed that Yu Dong had already guessed it.

"Haotian Cinema Line is also written by my brother, right?" Yu Dong asked seemingly casually.

"I didn't expect Brother Dong to guess it so quickly." Chen Hao admitted it openly.

There is nothing to hide about this in itself. After all, Chen Hao still wants to continue to cooperate with Yu Dong's Bernard to further strengthen Haotian's distribution capabilities in the mainland.

The cooperation between the two is mutual benefit and mutual benefit to achieve a win-win situation!
Yu Dong's heart was shocked when he heard the words. Before, he was just guessing, because Chen Hao had Haotian Film and Television, and now there is Haotian Cinema, which inevitably makes people think.

Moreover, Chen Hao went to North America to make a movie that sold well at the box office, and he should have made a lot of money, so he had the money to invest in the mainland. This idea seems to be right!

It's just that Yu Dong's idea was confirmed by Chen Hao himself!
Yu Dong was shocked and then burst into ecstasy. He just reached a cooperation with Poly, and now he has Chen Hao's Haotian Cinemas, so he can definitely turn the world in the field of film distribution.

At the same time, Yu Dong also fell in love with Chen Hao's "Taken", or all his future movies.

After all, the example of "Moon" is right in front of me. "Legend of Tianmai", which I had worked so hard to get the distribution rights of, ended up not being as good as "Moon" at the box office.

This made Yu Dong feel thankless, but he still held on to Chen Haolai's reality.

"Brother, you are really generous!" Yu Dong sighed.

"Brother Dong also recruited Pauli, and it's so prosperous!" Chen Hao laughed.

Poly Group is a super giant, and the film and television sector can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, especially when the mainland film market has not yet recovered.

"So-so!" Yu Dong couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and it was indeed his proud move to hook up with Poly.

"Brother Dong, I'll just tell you straight. I wanted to talk to you about cooperation." Chen Hao said, "You just happened to talk about this today. What do you think?"

Yu Dong laughed loudly when he heard the words, "That's exactly what I mean. We two brothers join forces, and even Huaying can break their wrists."

Chen Hao laughed and said, "Brother Dong, keep a low profile!"

"Hahaha..." Yu Dong continued to laugh when he heard the words, and he had already begun to enjoy the scene of himself killing all directions in the future.

The two bragged for a while, and Yu Dong asked, "Brother, when is your "Taken" going to be released in the mainland?"

"Now the SARS epidemic has not yet been determined when it will be eliminated, and there are so many blockbuster films waiting to be released in the second half of the year, the schedule cannot be determined yet." Chen Hao shook his head.

Yu Dong nodded when he heard the words, and basically all the blockbuster films that are truly competitive at the box office this year have been shifted to the second half of the year.

At present, only "Harry Potter 2" was lucky enough to be released in February, and won 2 million yuan, temporarily becoming the 5222 annual box office champion in mainland China!
The runner-up was "A Mouse in Love with a Cat" starring Liu Dehua and Zhang Baizhi, with a box office of 2300 million!
No.3 is the 1723 million yuan "Spy Sea Plan" starring Al Pacino.

In addition, there is no movie that has grossed more than [-] million at the box office.

And now, it is already May of 2003, and half a year is about to pass.

It's no wonder that the film industry is so anxious to get angry. After all, everyone depends on it for a living. If the film market continues to be like this, or even keeps deteriorating, then everyone's life will be even more difficult in the future.

After the two chatted again about the cooperative release of movies by theaters, they ended the phone call.

Later, Chen Hao received an email from Wen Ziren, which was a list of budget, crew and actors for "Saw 2" he made.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Hao agreed.

Wen Ziren's budget is 350 million US dollars, or about 2900 million yuan!
Although the budget was close to three times that of "Saw 1", it was a sequel after all, and it was still a low-budget B-grade film, so Chen Hao passed the review directly.

However, Chen Hao called Wen Ziren again, reminding him to pay attention to the control of funds, and don't ask him to increase funds again.

At the same time, Chen Hao is also a little entangled in the final editing rights.

Undoubtedly, he himself was lucky. He already had a certain economic foundation when he entered North America, so he was able to bypass Colombia and invest by himself, and got the final cut right.

However, he has proved himself during the filming of "Taken", and with Davis as a guarantee, he still enjoys the right to final cut.

Chen Hao also understands the importance and significance of final cut rights to a director.

But there is no doubt that the right to final cut is also a sharp tool to control the style and risks of the film, and whether to give Wen Ziren the right to final cut for the first time.

Chen Hao thought about it, but he still didn't give it directly, but agreed to let him cut it first, and then change it if he disagreed.

Wen Ziren is also very satisfied with this, he knows the significance of the final cut right in the North American director circle, and being able to edit a director's cut by himself is considered pretty good.

Moreover, looking at how much Chen Hao valued and cultivated him, Wen Ziren actually felt that Chen Hao should not use the scissors against him any more, he just wanted to maintain the company's strong position over the director.

After "Saw 2" was officially established, the producer Chen Hao didn't get involved too much, but left it to Wen Ziren to handle it himself.

And Chen Hao didn't have much to do in Huaxia, so he began to think about what to make his next movie!

(End of this chapter)