Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1761
On the other side, in the meeting room of New Oriental, the atmosphere was completely different from that of United Cinemas. At this time, everyone in the meeting room had smiles on their faces.

Although the single-day box office lost 30 on the first day, everyone present believed that "The Return of the Great Sage" would definitely overtake "Mad Man" from the second day onwards.

"According to the survey conducted by the staff of the theater chain, [-]% of the audience went back to line up to buy tickets after watching "The Return of the Great Sage"."

Watching a movie several times is not a strange thing for Xiangjiang movies in this era.

Even when encountering a good movie, it is possible to do it five times or six times.

"At the beginning, I thought United Cinemas was so good, but I didn't expect them to be so bad on the first day. It's a pity."

As Lin Daoqiu's most staunch supporter and confidant, Wen Jun is naturally very happy to see the failure of United Cinemas.

The worse the loss of the United Cinemas, the happier Wen Jun will be.

But for Wen Jun's optimistic thoughts, Mai Jia has a completely different view from him.

"In the final analysis, the United Theaters still has 42 more theaters than us. Although the box office of "Mad Man" is likely to lose to us, they can think of other ways to recover the loss."

Mai Jia didn't think that Lin Jianyue and the others would be so stupid, and continued to let "Mad Man" be screened in 78 theaters at the same time.

At that time, they only need to reduce the number of "Mad Man" and replace it with other films, so that the attendance rate of "Mad Man" can be pushed up.

Even if the failure of "Mad Man" cannot be recovered, at least doing so can maintain the income of United Cinemas at a normal income level.

"The bald guy is right. Although "Mad Man" lost this time, the situation is a little different. After all, a movie like "The Return of the Great Sage" is too special. If you switch to other movies, you may not be able to win so easily."

After all, "The Return of the Great Sage" is a super-big production with an investment of over [-] million US dollars, and ordinary movies cannot be compared with it at all.

Basically, within the entire year's schedule, it is already a great thing to have a movie with such a large investment released.

The movies that are usually released are basically movies with a budget of several million yuan, and the better ones are around tens of millions.

When the budget of the film reaches this level, New Oriental will no longer have any advantage over United Cinemas, and it is almost normal to lose to the other party at the box office.

"Anyway, it's a good start this time, and everyone should work harder in the future."

As the general manager of New Oriental Cinemas, Li Maowen naturally wanted to say something to encourage everyone at this time.

However, in his view, New Oriental Cinemas will have a long time to face United Cinemas, and I am afraid that the next challenge will be more difficult.

"There is no need for you to worry so much. As long as the Asian cinema chain is established within five years, the United cinema chain will naturally cease to exist. At that time, the United cinema chain will lose completely."

Lin Daoqiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said a word, which immediately overjoyed those who were still a little worried about United Cinemas.

Xiangjiang's best film box office results are just over [-] million.

But once New Oriental's Asian theater chain strategy is completed, the life of United Theater will become even more difficult.

From the past to the present, the biggest income of Xiangjiang Films is still from the income of selling ports.

But because the water here is very deep, apart from Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, other film companies or independent film producers have no way of getting too much money from it.

But once New Oriental makes this happen, as long as the movies released in New Oriental can be screened in the whole of Asia, what a huge blow it will be to United Cinemas?
Even if the United Cinemas has 42 more theaters than the Xiangjiang Cinemas, anyone with a little brain will know how to choose.

"And... New Oriental's theater chain in Baodao will be completed next month, and a total of as many as one hundred theaters will be put into use by then."

Although United Cinemas has 42 more theaters in Xiangjiang than New Oriental, but in areas other than Xiangjiang, Lin Daoqiu's strength can definitely crush them.

Originally, some people were worried that in the next few years, United Cinemas would continue to pressure New Oriental, but Lin Daoqiu's words had already dispelled all their worries.

"Generally speaking, United Cinemas has no possibility of threatening New Oriental in overseas markets, except that they can do a little bit in Hong Kong."

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In the car, Zou Wenhuai told Pan Disheng about New Oriental's work in Baodao Cinemas.

"Before, I thought that even if Lin Daoqiu could open theaters in Baodao, he could only open them in the north, but what I never expected was that he actually opened the theater to the south, and the process went smoothly."

Pan Disheng had already heard about Lin Daoqiu's opening of theaters in Baodao.

What he thought at the beginning was that because Lin Daoqiu couldn't stand the "Xiangjiang Film Management Act", he shut down New Oriental and went to Taiwan to open a theater.

But now Lin Daoqiu has not only gained a firm foothold in Xiangjiang, but also opened the theaters in Baodao smoothly.

"With one hundred theaters, plus New Oriental's branch in Taiwan and Changhong Film Company, Lin Daoqiu can be said to be the largest film dealer in Taiwan."

"And it is said that Lin Daoqiu has already obtained the TV station license of Baodao, hey..."

Having said that, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but sigh.

This was something that even Run Run Shaw could not do, but he did not expect Lin Daoqiu to do it, which made him not know what to say.

"If Lin Daoqiu's Asian theater chain strategy is successful, I'm afraid no one will be willing to bring the movie to the United Theater."

Pan Disheng himself knew very well that despite the fact that the United Cinemas is now very powerful, it is just a well-known name in Xiangjiang.

Once the perspective is placed on the whole of Asia or even Hollywood, the United Cinemas cannot be compared with New Oriental at all.

"That's why I invited Mr. Pan here today to chat with you about this issue."

"Isn't Mr. Zou planning to surrender to Lin Daoqiu?"

Pan Disheng has already noticed Zou Wenhuai's intention, but if the other party really thinks so, then he will definitely oppose it firmly to the end.

"Of course not, but if the current situation continues, how long do you think United Cinemas can last?"

When asked by Zou Wenhuai, Pan Disheng didn't know how to answer, two years?five years?Or even just... a year?
Pan Disheng, who was about to say something, suddenly became silent.

(End of this chapter)