Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1644 The weight is too low
Even though "Rush Hour" and "Lives of Dawn" have fewer screens than "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", they still achieved very impressive results.

However, for Lin Daoqiu, it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to persuade Jason Green to put MGM's priority at the highest level.

In fact, he has also thought about whether he should pay for the shares of the theater chain, so as to ensure that MGM can get the highest priority.

But unlike Xiangjiang, the competition in Hollywood is very fierce. If you want to monopolize the best schedule of a theater and get the highest priority, you will definitely offend other film companies.

Unless Lin Daoqiu asked MGM to produce at least [-] movies a year, plus the movies produced by Universal, it would definitely be able to book a theater's year-round schedule.

It's just that Lin Daoqiu can only shoot two or three movies a year at most. Even if he leaves Xiangjiang and puts all his energy on MGM, it is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to increase his production much.

At most, there are about three films, and this is already the limit. After all, it is impossible for him to spend all his time making movies. He still has a lot of things to deal with in Xiangjiang.

Lin Daoqiu thought before that, excluding the movies produced by MGM itself, plus the movies invested by MGM outside, the quantity can definitely meet the requirements of RT theaters.

It's just that Lin Daoqiu has no way to guarantee the quality of this type of movie, so he dare not really implement this idea.

Lin Daoqiu arrived 5 minutes earlier than Jason Green. While he was still thinking, Jason Green had already arrived at the coffee shop they had agreed upon.

As soon as he entered the coffee shop, he saw Lin Daoqiu sitting inside waiting for him. Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu would come earlier than himself, so Jason Green had to hurry up and walk over.

"Welcome Mr. Green, please sit down."

Seeing Jason Green walking towards him, Lin Daoqiu got up quickly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I was late, please forgive me."

In fact, Jason Green was only 2 minutes late, but to him, making Lin Daoqiu wait for him was too outrageous, after all, the other party was a world-renowned movie tycoon.

Lin Daoqiu didn't mind this, he didn't take it seriously at all.

After the waiter brought Jason Green's coffee, Lin Daoqiu officially started talking with Jason Green.

"Sorry, I didn't expect that "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" would have such a big impact on RT theaters this time."

I don't know if Lin Daoqiu's apology was sincere, or if he was deliberately trying to show off in front of Jason Green.

This time, RT theaters took out half of the screens to show "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", and the remaining half was allocated to other movies.

Under the attack of "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn", "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" only made a good start, and then the attendance rate gradually began to decline.

If RT Cinemas used all the screens to show "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn", it would have already made a lot of money by now.

"Mr. Lin is too polite. You have never missed a movie. I think it's a matter of course that those two movies can get the results they are doing now."

Although Jason Green regretted it, even if he came again, he would still choose "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" instead of working with Lin Daoqiu.

No way, Paramount and Fox are far stronger than Universal and MGM. It is impossible for Jason Green to put all his chips on Lin Daoqiu under this situation.

"Actually, I asked Mr. Green to meet today because I wanted to continue the topic we talked about when we met last time."

Jason Green nodded as he listened, and he had already guessed that Lin Daoqiu must be meeting him this time to talk about priorities.

It's just that he felt that Lin Daoqiu was a bit too whimsical.

Yes, "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" did achieve great results, and they did make Jason Green very jealous.

Just wanting to rely on these two movies to let Jason Green directly put the treasure on Lin Daoqiu, that is obviously impossible.

"Mr. Lin, RT Theaters hopes to cooperate with you very much. This has not changed from the beginning to the end, but I also hope that you can understand our difficulties. What I can do is to transfer MGM's priority to peace. Ramon and Fox are at the same level."

At the same level, if you pretend to hit the schedule, it will be more expensive than the film's production fee, script, director and stars.

Although RT Cinemas also has its own set of criteria for its own judgment, generally speaking, the benchmarks of the North American film market are based on the above, and it is unlikely that there will be too many variables.

At this moment, Lin Daoqiu suddenly brought up a topic that shocked Jason Green.

"What if I invest in RT Cinemas?"

"What... what?"

Just as Jason Green was about to take a sip of coffee, Lin Daoqiu suddenly brought up a topic that shocked him.

Lin Daoqiu wanted to invest in RT Cinemas, which was beyond Jason Green's expectations. He had never thought that Lin Daoqiu wanted to invest in RT Cinemas.

"I am not a major shareholder. I hope to acquire [-]% of the shares of RT Cinemas, so that the business ecology of RT Cinemas will not be affected."

Lin Daoqiu had inquired before that if he bought [-]% of the shares of RT Cinemas, he would become the second largest shareholder of RT Cinemas and occupy a position on the board of directors.

In this way, I can have some say in RT Cinemas, but it will not cause the original directors and bosses to worry.

Jason Green knew very well that Lin Daoqiu hoped to get MGM's priority in exchange for this, but he was just a part-time worker and couldn't be the master at all.

And in Jason Green's view, even if Lin Daoqiu took a stake in RT Cinemas, he would not be able to provide MGM with too much convenience.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, even if you do become a shareholder of RT Cinemas in the end, I can't do what you want."

Jason Green's attitude is very firm, and he doesn't want to offend Paramount and Fox because of this.

But if you carefully taste what he said, you will realize that he dare not offend those two companies, but is willing to offend MGM for them. How low the portions are.

"Well, if that's the case, let me pretend that I didn't say it. I'm sorry for wasting so much time for Mr. Green. If there is a chance in the future, please give me a chance to make up for it."

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect Jason Green to be so stubborn. He didn't even think about adopting the suggestions he made. Those who didn't know thought that Paramount and Fox were his ancestors.

　Thank you, Master Xulong, for your monthly ticket!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
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