Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chen Qiming didn't really want to ban Zhao Dayan for such a trivial matter.

No matter what happens to Zhao Dayan in the future, the current Zhao Dayan is still very useful to him.

He had just taken over ATV less than a year ago. It turned out that except for a few of the old cast members of ATV, he no longer planned to continue to support them, but wanted to cultivate his own direct lineage.

Zhao Dayan became popular in Asia with "Huan Zhu Ge Ge". He is popular and has fans, so he can make a few profitable movies for ATV.

Therefore, after Zhao Dayan apologized, he no longer cared about the matter and generously treated them to a meal.

In the afternoon, after saying goodbye to Qiong Yao and Zhao Dayan, Chen Qiming did not go back to ATV immediately. Instead, he drove alone to Stephen Chow's Xinghui Film Company.

As the film supply company of Pacific Cinemas, Stephen Chow's Starlight has always had a high status in Chen Qiming's mind.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Stephen Chow's company can bring profits to Pacific Ocean.

Xinghui was established in 1996, two years ago.

Just as Stephen Chow and Chen Qiming said at the beginning, this company focuses on a high-quality product line.

Two years after its establishment, it only produced one movie, "The God of Cookery."

However, although there is only one movie, the quality is excellent. "God of Cookery" was released last year and earned more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong. Together with the distribution rights in other regions and various disc income, Pacific Entertainment has a total of Profit of more than 30 million.

Thirty million may not seem like much, but in the current economic recession and the shrinking film industry, it is already considered a very profitable movie.

This year, although Xinghui Films has no movies released, it is still filming.

Stephen Chow has been filming "The King of Comedy" since August.

Now, the play has been produced.

Xinghui hopes to release the movie in the best possible schedule, so it invited senior executives from Pacific Cinemas including Chen Qiming to watch the movie.

"Mr. Chen! You are here!"

As soon as Chen Qiming arrived downstairs at Xinghui Film Company, he saw Wu Zhuo, the current manager of Pacific Cinemas, waiting at the door, as if he was waiting for him specially.

This person was originally the owner of a small cinema chain in Malaysia. After several of his cinemas were acquired by Pacific Cinemas, because of his good talents, Chen Qiming invited him to be the manager of Pacific Cinemas, responsible for film selection and purchase, as well as cinema Daily management of the line.

"You're all here, why don't you go up first?"

Chen Qiming opened the door and got out of the car, and asked doubtfully.

"I have something to discuss with you, Mr. Chen."

Wu Zhuo hesitated and said.

Seeing that his expression was somewhat solemn, Chen Qiming nodded, and instead of rushing into Xinghui Film Company, he opened the car door and went back.

Seeing this, Wu Zhuo also got into the car and sat in the back seat.

Chen Qiming handed Wu Zhuo a cigarette and lit one himself.

"Tell me! What is going on?"

Wu Zhuo held the cigarette in his hand without lighting it. He thought about it for a while and said:

"Mr. Chen, Xinghui not only invited you and me to watch the movie, he also invited people from Golden Harvest and Oriental Cinemas.

I think Xinghui is planning to put pressure on us!
I'm afraid they were dissatisfied with the previous share ratio and wanted to use Golden Harvest and Oriental Cinemas to force us to make concessions. "

Chen Qiming took a puff of cigarette and choked.

He rarely smokes, only occasionally lighting one, but the taste of nicotine can really stimulate people's minds. No wonder so many people enjoy it.

"what do you think?"

Since Wu Zhuo specifically stopped him, he must have had an idea, and Chen Qiming wanted to hear it.

"My idea is that we must not give in.

Xinghui has always been one of the best companies among the many companies we cooperate with.

We not only gave them a 40-60% share, but also gave them a lot of preferential treatment in promotion and film arrangement.

Under such generous treatment, Xinghui still wants to gain benefits, which is undoubtedly because he thinks he has us.

Indeed, Stephen Chow's appeal in Hong Kong is not inferior to that of you and Jackie Chan. Xing Hui's previous production of "God of Cookery" also proved the capabilities of their company.

But that's not why they raise prices.

We have already given them enough. If we make any more concessions, we will only be able to drink soup and water.

Moreover, the most important point is that precedents cannot be set.

There are so many film companies currently cooperating with us, including high-quality companies like Best Partner.

What will happen to the best partner if we make concessions to Xinghui in all aspects of sharing? What will happen to Tsui Hark's new film company?

I can't think of any reason why they don't want the same treatment from us.

In addition, to put it bluntly, if we really talk about strength, Xinghui is far behind Pacific Film and Television.

Our direct-affiliated company receives the same treatment as Xinghui in film arrangement. We don’t get any preferential treatment. What reason do they have to have better preferential treatment? "

Wu Zhuo said a lot in one breath, but every word made sense.

Chen Qiming also felt that his idea was very right.

Pacific Cinemas is not a small company now, but a huge interest group related to many companies.

Xinghui asked for preferential treatment today, will other companies also ask for it tomorrow? Wang Jing's best partner is not weak at all.

Moreover, the best partner is even stronger.

Compared with Xinghui, which takes the boutique route, one movie can earn tens of millions.

Although Best Couple doesn't have such hugely profitable films, they win with quantity.

Since 1995, the best partner has been Pacific Cinemas, the most stable film source company.

In a year, Best Partner can provide Pacific Cinemas with no less than three films.

Some of these films may not have high box office and low profits, but there are also films with high box office, such as "Young and Dangerous Series".

Simply based on annual income, the best partner is definitely higher than Xinghui.

Another more important point is that for theater chains, although boutique film companies are an indispensable part, production companies that can stably provide films to theater chains every year are more important.

A theater chain is not a production company that only produces one movie a year.

Theater chains must have a large number of new movies as reserves so that audiences can see new movies every time they enter the theater, regardless of whether they are good or not.

If a theater chain only shows one movie every month or two, no matter how good the movie is, the theater chain may not be able to stay open for long.

What age is it now?
It's almost a new century.

People nowadays pay attention to variety, whether it is food, entertainment, or movies.

When people come to the cinema, you have to give them a choice. It is impossible for only one movie to be shown in the entire cinema.

If that were the case, Pacific Cinemas would have collapsed at the onset of the economic crisis.

What does Pacific Cinemas rely on to survive the economic crisis and still make annual revenue?
It relies on having a large number of film sources and a large number of screens.

Under Chen Qiming's insistence, as early as two years ago, the entire Pacific Cinema Chain began to move closer to Europe and the United States. Each theater should have at least three screens and can show three movies at the same time for the audience to selectively choose. Watch your favorite movies.

It is this operating model, coupled with the fact that Pacific Cinemas' co-production companies are all capable partners and the quality of the movies they produce, that allows Pacific Cinemas to still make money during this difficult period.

But now, Xinghui is obviously not satisfied with the previous share treatment and wants to improve the treatment.

To be honest, as an outsider.

Chen Qiming definitely said, give it! Why not just share it a little bit! It’s no big deal if I give it.

However, when Chen Qiming was in the position of the boss of Pacific Cinemas, he could not allow this situation to occur.

A split, a point split, is not a small amount.

Especially for high-grossing movies.

For a movie with a box office of 30 million yuan, if you give up a little bit, the less will be hundreds of thousands.

Not to mention, what Xinghui wants is not just a matter of one or two points. What they want is a share. One or two percent of the share will represent a much larger amount.

If one of them is not good, after letting it go, Pacific Cinemas may end up working in vain and making no money.

Therefore, this must not happen.

"As you said, you will be solely responsible for this matter later.

If Xinghui really doesn't want to cooperate with us, the worst possible outcome is that we will break up. "

Throwing away the cigarette butt, Chen Qiming made a decision.

Xinghui is indeed a good company. With Stephen Chow here, their movies will definitely make a profit.

But if this incident affects the harmony and planning policies of the entire theater chain.

Then Chen Qiming could only endure the pain.

Furthermore, Pacific Cinemas is no longer the Pacific Cinemas it used to be.

When Pacific was first established, Chen Qiming was unable to support himself and the theater chain did not have a stable source of films, so he gave very high preferential treatment to the production companies he cooperated with.

Now, in addition to other production companies such as Best Partner, Pacific Film and Television and Galaxy Image under Pacific Film and Television alone can steadily provide movies to theaters.

Losing Xinghui is nothing more than losing a profitable partner, and it will not make Pacific Cinemas work hard.

"Understood! Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I think as long as we take a resolute attitude, Xinghui won't leave us yet.

Golden Harvest and Oriental Cinemas can indeed compete with us, but their theaters have shrunk again and again in the past two years, and their strength is not as good as before.

As long as Xinghui is not a fool, there is no way he would choose to jump from our big river to the pond over there. "

Wu Zhuo promised after receiving Chen Qiming's approval.

Obviously, he also understands that losing Xinghui will also be a loss for Pacific Cinemas.

"This is not necessarily true. Although the pond is small and there is food and drink, as long as there are enough profits, Xinghui may turn around and cooperate with Golden Harvest or Oriental Cinemas."

Seeing that he was overconfident, Chen Qiming couldn't help but remind him.

"I understand, I will explain our relationship with Xinghui's people."

"Don't be too persistent. If they really want a higher share, it doesn't matter if they break up.

The Pacific is no longer the Pacific it used to be. "

(End of this chapter)