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Chapter 167 Evaluation Polarization

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"One Step Away" was a big disappointment!
Just like a fan of Jiang Wen, after watching "One Step Away", scored five stars on Douban, and then commented: "A magical bad movie that can't help but five stars - Jiang Wen has never lacked talent, what she lacks is the restraint of her own talent."

Another fan of Jiang Wen commented: "It's not that ugly. Although it's rotten, it's also rotten and colorful. It's a gorgeous piece of garbage. The story is not difficult to understand, and even a little too simple, but the story is too enchanting. It is neither credible nor attractive. The more absurd it is, the worse it is. Those clever lines are just a spectacle. Putting the cart before the horse and sinking into style, Jiang Wen overestimated the audience and even more overestimated herself."

Of course, some people like it. After watching it, one person said: "Don't worry about whether you can understand it or not. There are different opinions on whether it is good or not, but this movie is especially worth watching. For most people, "One Step Away" is a strange movie that has never been seen before.

Some die-hard fans claimed: "It's no wonder you don't understand, Jiang Wen is indeed too advanced. To paraphrase a line from a movie: This is Jiang Wen's small step, but it is a giant leap for Chinese movies. No wonder you can't understand, because there are always some movies that are too advanced in film history, such as Griffith's "The Party Fights Differences", such as Liu Zhenwei's "A Chinese Journey to the West". Maybe many years later, we will re-evaluate the value of "One Step Away" like the various activities that miss "those years, missed good movies". Take a hard look at why our culture is so deeply hostile to always avant-garde artistic exploration."

In any case, the box office performance of "One Step Away" is far below expectations. Before the release, many people gave box office predictions of 15 to 20 billion!
The result was good. After the release, the word-of-mouth was polarized, boasting to the sky, cursing to the ground, and the attendance rate was mediocre. The cinema wisely chose to reduce the film schedule of "One Step Away" and "Jiu Ding Ji", which had previously reduced the number of films.

The result is that on New Year's Day, "Jiu Ding Tale", which has been released for almost a month, still has 50% of the film schedule!

"Jiu Ding Tale", which has successfully obtained the extension key, can be screened for another month!

Throughout January, except for "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", which was released at the end of the month, none of them could bring trouble to "The Nine Cauldrons".

The movie released this month is either "Run!"Those who make quick money like "Brothers" are either "Mercedes-Benz" who want to make money and are terrible, or "Bear Infested: Snow Ridge and Bear Wind" who quietly make money for children.

When Li Hao announced the holiday after filming the last scene in Zhangjiakou, the third movie of "Jiu Ding Ji" had already won 20.3 billion box office!
It can only be said that it all depends on the support of friendly forces. If "Taiping Wheel" or "One Step Away" hits a hit, "Nine Cauldrons" will definitely not be able to achieve such a high box office!

After Li Hao explained, he left the crew early and returned to the capital.

As for "Changjin Lake", we have to wait until after the Lantern Festival to continue filming.

We have been busy for so long, we must let everyone have a good rest.

And the next step is mainly to shoot in Dandong.

It is estimated that it will take another three months to complete all the shooting.

When Li Hao returned to the company's headquarters building, most of the company's administrative staff were on vacation, leaving only financial and theater-related positions.

Li Hao has dealt with the end-of-year affairs. After the finance has paid out the salary and bonus, and paid various payments, he will also have a holiday.

As for the positions related to the theater chain, they have to be busy until after the Lantern Festival before they have a holiday!

This is the case with theaters. During the off-season of movies, every day is almost equivalent to a holiday. Only one-third of the people need to go to work.

It's like the front-line movie theater staff, none of them are on holiday for the Chinese New Year!
Of course, Li Hao is also considered a conscientious boss, who should pay triple the salary, pay twice the salary, and pay the double salary, and the bonus that should be given will never be given!

Most of the employees are on vacation, but not the celebrities. At this time, the celebrities are also very busy in the year. Some go to the Spring Festival Gala, and some participate in activities to increase their exposure.

Jing Tian and Tong Liya attended the Spring Festival Gala again this year.

Li Hao has become a loner, so he has no choice but to find Yang Mi!
"Congratulations to Director Li, the box office is a hit!" Yang Mi smiled and stretched out her hand when Li Hao arrived.

Li Hao patted her hand a little harder: "What do you want!"

"Ouch, it hurts so much!" Yang Mi covered her jade hands in pain, and saw that her jade hands were turning red, she muttered, "What a cheapskate, even those who celebrate the Chinese New Year didn't give out any red envelopes!"

"You are a big red envelope. If you want to send red envelopes, you will give me red envelopes. I am much poorer than you!" Li Hao said angrily.

In the past year, Yang Mi earned hundreds of millions, far surpassing him. He only earned more than 500 million, and part of it came from the royalties and manuscript remuneration for publishing books!
"Tch, the company has made so much money in the past two years, you think I don't know!" Yang Mi sneered.

"You make a lot of money, and you spend a lot, and it's the company's money, not mine!" Li Hao shrugged and said, "Look at the current company, which is in debt of 15 billion!"

"I'm not a rich man, but a negative man, a negative number with a negative number!"

Looking back at the Wanda Cinemas, when he bought it, there were 70 theaters with 600 screens that were already open or about to open, and now, there are 80 theaters that have opened in more than 180 cities across the country, with 1780 screens, including 394 IMAX screens!
Behind this growth rate is a large-scale spending of money!

"That's because you are stupid. If it goes public, not only can it raise funds, but it can also turn the shares in its hands into real money!" Yang Mi gave Li Hao a white look.

A big boss, but always shouted poor in front of her!

Li Hao smiled and didn't say much.

In fact, he is already preparing to go public!
But no matter how you prepare, it will take at least three years!
After all, one of the conditions for listing is that it must be profitable for three consecutive years!
This year, in the financial statements, Wanda Cinemas is in a state of profitability!
Of course, if you make a profit, you have to pay income tax!

In 2014, the box office revenue of Wanda Cinemas reached 74.8 billion, other revenue was 9.2 million, and the total revenue reached 94 billion!
As for the debt of 15 billion, it is actually not considered as the assets of Wanda Cinemas, and it is a low debt ratio!

After all, these cinemas are all owned by Wanda Cinemas.

However, Li Hao is already preparing to transfer the studio to Haotian Media, and Wanda Cinemas will be leased and operated!
In this way, in the future, Wanda Cinemas will be equivalent to paying rent to Haotian Media every year.

(End of this chapter)