China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 669: Grudges, a short essay

"Mr. Zeng, it shouldn't be that serious. We are all in the same circle. If we do this, it will be difficult for us to meet each other in the future."

After listening to what Zeng Maojun said, Li Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Wanda is planning to go to war with Huayi.

"Director Li, you know we have had a lot of grievances recently. Even if Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary is a hit, Wanda has already scheduled it. We will accept it even if it doesn't make money. This is what the big boss wants."

Zeng Maojun has obviously made up his mind to do this, after all, Wang Jianlin has already set the tone.
I just hope that Mengying Media and other theaters will not increase the number of screenings of "I Am Not Madame Bovary". It would be better if they could reduce the number of screenings.

This was a personal grudge between the two families, so Li Mu naturally had no way of mediating. He said a few words and then hung up.

"what happened?"

Liu Yifei, Ning Hao and others also looked over here. It seemed that something big was going to happen in the circle.

“We’ll probably know tomorrow. Wanda is going to hold back the screening schedule for I Am Not Madame Bovary, even if it means losing money.”

Li Mu said calmly that this matter would probably be known to everyone tomorrow.

After all, Zeng Maojun said so, so it must be an obvious operation.

"So let other theaters follow the same path?" Ning Hao asked hurriedly, as if he was watching a good show.

"How is that possible? Even if it doesn't make money, other cinema chains still have to make money. I just hope that the major cinema chains can stay out of it and just keep doing it."

After all, it is Feng Xiaogang's movie, so it can still make money for the theater chains in the early stages. Wanda also knows that it can do this kind of thing itself, but it would be too difficult to let other theater chains do it.

For this reason, Zeng Maojun also hopes that other theaters will not add additional screenings of "I Am Not Madame Bovary" under such circumstances.

In this case, as the leading domestic cinema chain with a market share of 15%, as long as Wanda controls the screening schedule, "I Am Not Madame Bovary" will not be able to have a big box office hit.

This is a further blow to Huayi, which had just suffered a defeat in "Rock Mastiff".

Sure enough, the next day, early in the morning, Li Mu saw the screening schedule information of major cinemas sent by Mengying Media.

排片率从高往低排列，清一色的40%的排片，上海联和45.7%、大地45.3%、中影星美41.79%、梦影传媒41.55%南方新干线37.35%，排片占比都接近或超过40%
But when you turn to the last page, Wanda Cinemas' 10.7% screening rate ranked last.

"So exaggerated?" Liu Yifei, who was behind Li Mu, was also shocked when she saw this number.

Wanda is barely even acting now, just telling you that I'm targeting you, so what.

This is almost equivalent to declaring the death sentence of "I Am Not Madame Bovary". Coupled with the reduction in Wanda Cinemas' screenings, the box office is also destined to be limited.

At the same time, major companies have also received this data. Their expressions vary, but some are definitely gloating.

Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Ye Ning and Feng Xiaogang all looked unhappy.

As early as the summer vacation, "Rock Mastiff" was not well received by Wanda Cinemas. Wanda's screening schedule for "Rock Mastiff" was upside down, with only 7 pre-scheduled screenings, accounting for 0.3% of the market share, ranking last.

I thought this matter would be over after it was over.

Unexpectedly, this time they directly targeted Feng Xiaogang's "I Am Not Madame Bovary".

"Let other cinema chains increase their screening schedules?"

Wang Zhonglei couldn't think of any other solution at the moment. Cinemas have the right to schedule films independently. As long as they don't directly refuse to schedule the film or deliberately target it, the producers can do nothing about it.

"Other cinema chains have already allocated about 40% of the screenings. If we want to increase the share, we have to rely on the box office."

Ye Ning then added.

"Damn it, so we just put up with it? I can't put up with it."

Feng Xiaogang was so angry that he left the scene.

"Director Feng, what happened?" Fan Binbin asked anxiously at this moment. She felt that she was really unlucky. She had finally starred in a seemingly good movie, but then she encountered this kind of thing.

Feng Xiaogang was already angry, and when he heard this, his face darkened and he remained silent.

This is no small matter and the situation is bound to escalate. The industry is looking forward to seeing who will make the first move.

"Interesting, the two families have endured for so long, but this time they are really going to fight openly."

Wang Changtian was participating in a certain decision-making meeting of Maoyan Culture with Li Mu, and people in the industry were already aware of this.

"Director Li, which side do you think will win?"

"There are no winners in this kind of thing, but Wanda is very wealthy, so I guess losing some money is not a big deal."

"That's right. A 15% share of the national cinema chain is really arrogant."

Wang Changtian sighed with emotion.

With the support of Mengying Media and Guangxian, Maoyan has been thriving this year. Not only does it have the resources of both companies, but with its existing market share, it has also won a lot in the industry.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Wang." "Everyone else please take a seat. We can begin." Li Mu sat directly in the center seat and signaled Zheng Zhihao and the senior management of Maoyan that they could start today's report.

I have to say, it’s no wonder that leaders like to hold meetings and listen to reports. The feeling of sitting in the main seat and listening to reports from subordinates can indeed make people feel comfortable.

This report mainly analyzed Maoyan’s recent performance and the current market situation. It was not until noon that the report ended with the summary of Li Mu and Wang Changtian.

"Director Li, it seems that Huayi made the first move. No, it should be Feng Dapao."

As soon as the meeting ended, Wang Changtian picked up his mobile phone and immediately saw the topic that was at the top of the hot search list.

Feng Xiaogang wrote a long article on Weibo: "An Open Letter from Pan Jinlian to Wang Jianlin", and also wrote at the end, "Please click on the link for details."

"I saw it, and it was also posted on WeChat Moments. This matter has been exposed. It seems that Feng Xiaogang intends to use public opinion to exert pressure."

Li Mu smiled, because he had just opened his Moments and there were only a few posts written by Feng Xiaogang. There were many people commenting, but few people liked the posts.

After all, this is a direct attack on Wanda, and no one wants to become the target of hatred.

"Hahaha, Director Li, take a look at the content, it's quite interesting."

Wang Changtian said with a smile, the two of them were just about to go to dinner, this melon was really good with the rice.

“Dear Chairman Wang Jianlin:
I, Jinlian, have long heard of your great achievements. Under your macro-guidance, the grand pattern, vision and broad mind of Wanda Group's global industrial chain are obvious to all.

Not only has it achieved remarkable results in the commercial real estate sector, but in the film and television production and distribution industry alone, in addition to forming a monopoly in China, it is only a matter of time before it takes over Hollywood.

At this time when your group is advancing by leaps and bounds, a small company named Huayi, in order to save itself from the fate of destruction, poaches a small corner of your group.

No, no, no, please forgive my inappropriate choice of words. It’s not even a small corner, it’s just a small piece of wall.

But this small company made a wrong calculation. The small wall is just a piece of wall when it is at your place, but it is just a handful of soil when it is away from you.

The falling off of this small piece of wall will not cause any harm to your group, but his treasonous behavior has aroused the indignation of everyone in your group, and he must be eliminated as soon as possible.

According to rumors, the punishment is that all films produced by this small company will be banned in Wanda Cinemas.

No, no, no, my choice of words here is inappropriate and I don’t leave much room for it. I will just schedule a few shows sporadically to let it linger and give some face to both the upper and lower levels.

Calm down, I dare to say one more thing, if you sweep through thousands of troops like a rolling mat and treat me as a small wall, then please eliminate all evil, give me zero filming, and let Pan's Golden Lotus fend for herself."

Feng Xiaogang wrote this short essay of over 800 words, and every word is filled with profound meaning.

The entire open letter uses "Pan Jinlian" as the first person, and describes herself as a little woman who sounds extremely wronged.

He also specifically criticized Wanda for its growing monopoly in China, which is fatal.

This year, Wanda Cinema Line acquired Wanda Films, which is equivalent to the largest cinema chain in the country acquiring the top film and television production company in the country. Together with the distribution company, Wanda has occupied an important position in the domestic film vertical industry chain.

Feng Xiaogang is also hinting that after Wanda becomes the "boss" in the future, it can ignore anyone's accounts.
This really gave the industry a climax, and the online spectators were also going crazy.

"Damn, the latest gossip has escalated from cheating and prostitution to now two companies openly fighting? This is so exciting."

"Director Feng's use of language art is really good. I will use it when writing a letter next time. By the way, who is 'Little Wall Skin'? Can anyone introduce it to me?"

"'Little Wall Skin' refers to Ye Ning, the current CEO of Huayi and former Wanda Pictures executive. I heard that when Ye Ning was in charge of Wanda Pictures, none of Wanda's films suffered losses and was even praised by Wang Jianlin."

"Oh, isn't this just job-hopping? How can it cause so many things?"

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At this time, because of the various news brought out by this letter, the discussion was quite intense for a while, even louder than the shouting in the vegetable market.

“Wonderful, wonderful!”

Ning Hao also waited for a whole day. He had been secretly looking forward to it since Li Mu talked to him last night. Now he finally got the news.

"Don't tell me, I think what Feng Xiaogang said makes sense. Isn't Wanda's behavior equivalent to monopoly?"

"It's just a monopoly. Lao Li's layout is much stronger than Wanda's. Besides, the film industry is a content industry. Without content, it's useless. Mengying Media can make a lot of money."

Ning Hao also vaguely knew something, and Mengying Media was indeed not afraid of this so-called monopoly.

"Look what you can do!"

Xing Aina rolled her eyes at Ning Hao and then said nothing.

At 12:30, just over half an hour after Feng Xiaogang finished delivering the messages on time, Fan Binbin also joined the battle.

“Filmmaking is not easy, helping each other is important”

Compared to Feng Xiaogang's tone, Fan Binbin's words lacked any momentum. The main point was that I spoke up, but I didn't want to offend Wanda.

But at this time, Fan Binbin's irrelevant words were not the protagonist at all.

(End of this chapter)