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Chapter 904: Don't even change your face, just rob

"Did that person just now look familiar?"

"It seems so, but her daughter is really cute. I wish I could have such a cute daughter in the future."

"If I had known, I would have forced the milk tea on her. We could have bought two more cups."

The two female college students felt it was a pity as they walked.

On the other side, the little bun drank the milk tea as he wished, with the straw still in his teeth, and smiled as Liu Yifei held his hand.

"Don't do that next time."

"OK."

"Please promise me this once."

"I guarantee it."

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In August, the film and television industry did improve. As one movie after another was announced, news about the 2021 Spring Festival schedule also came out.

The first to start was Chen Kexin's "Win the Championship", which was announced to be released during the Spring Festival.

A series of news have confirmed that the industry is moving in a positive direction, and at this time, "The Eight Hundred" has once again become a hot topic.

As a movie that will be released on the 21st, it has been very popular recently. However, the news that Huayi, the company behind "The Eight Hundred", forced small and medium-sized theaters to sign unfair terms and pay for the buyout in advance has overshadowed "The Eight Hundred" itself and become the number one hot topic.

The film was delayed for almost a year and was withdrawn several times due to failing the censorship, which cast a shadow on the film. Unexpectedly, it has been "icing on the cake".

"You mean Huayi requires a guaranteed fee before the film can be released?"

Li Mu was also listening to Liu Weijuan's report at this time.

"Yes, Director Li, but it only requires small and medium-sized theaters, and our Mengying Media theater is not included.
具体要求年票房在1000万元以上的影院，可以参与8月14日的点映，8月17日-19日，部分票房在200万以上的影院可参加点映。

When the film is officially released on the 21st, theaters with annual box office revenue of more than 200 million will screen the film using the normal revenue-sharing method.

In addition, cinemas with box office revenues below 200 million yuan must determine a minimum guarantee amount based on 3.5% of the actual box office revenue of the previous year and pay the minimum guarantee fee to the distributor’s designated account before August 8 before they can screen The Eight Hundred. ”

Liu Weijuan reported the specific information she had obtained to Li Mu intactly.

"Huayi is so short of money that they don't even bother to change their appearance and just rob people."

Li Mu smiled and shook his head. Huayi was really shameless just to recover blood.

“What do those theaters say now?”

"It's a huge quarrel, Mr. Li. You can take a look online. They are already swearing at each other online." Liu Weijuan said with a chuckle.

"Okay, let me take a look."

Li Mu was also somewhat interested. Huayi was really capable and even set its own strict requirements.

Open the network, as expected.

As soon as the news came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

"Damn it, Huayi is so shameless for asking for money! Isn't this robbery?"

"My cinema is just small, so what? You don't want to show it? If you have the guts, just don't let us." "Huayi is cutting off the way out for small and medium-sized cinemas, and we are not going to survive!"

"Hua Yi deserves death."

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There have long been too many people on the Internet who dislike Huayi, and there have been constant criticisms from all sides. Of course, most of them come from people in small and medium-sized cinema chains. After all, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, and the criticisms are extremely harsh.

At this time, at Huayi, Wang Zhongjun was scolding Wang Zhonglei.

“Who came up with this plan?”

Wang Zhongjun felt like he was really going to explode. Although this stupid plan could bring profits to Huayi and indeed ease cash flow, if theaters across the country boycotted it, wouldn't it be a case of losing more than gaining?

"The issuance model formulated this time is actually also to combat the industry's 'cancer' of underreporting."

Wang Zhonglei was a little lacking in confidence when he said this. After all, he was fully responsible for the film. He personally reviewed the distribution plan proposed by Huaying Tianxia and naturally signed it.

"If it was the old Huayi, we would have done the same thing, but "Eight Hundred" is a film that can save Huayi."

Wang Zhongjun looked at Wang Zhonglei with sharp eyes. How could he not know who finally agreed? Moreover, given the current situation, if it succeeded, it would be fine. If it failed, Huayi could not afford the consequences.

In the past, Huayi was one of the leading enterprises, and it was number one by a long shot, but now it is ranked among the top five just because people give it face.

"Understood. I'll ask someone to draft a clarification announcement right away." Wang Zhonglei responded immediately.

The current situation is very unfavorable for Huayi, as can be seen from public opinion.

"Director Li, have you seen the news about Huayi?" At this time, Wang Changtian was laughing very happily on the phone. After all, one of the movies released on August 8 was produced by Guangxian.

If there are problems with the distribution of Huayi's "Eight Hundred", it will be directly beneficial to Guangguang.

"I've seen it. It seems that Huayi is a little too eager to achieve success. Wang Zhonglei might still think that the Huayi of today is the same as the Huayi of the past."

Li Mu smiled and said that Huayi was somewhat confused about its current status as it was doing this.

Nowadays, cinema chains don’t buy into Huayi at all. It only releases a few movies a year. Moreover, the movies it invested in and produced in recent years either didn’t get released or flopped. For cinema chains, Huayi has long been dispensable. They can’t make as much money as Huayi movies in a year anyway.

"Hey, I think Wang Zhonglei is going to clarify soon. Although Wang Zhonglei is reckless, Wang Zhongjun is still sober."

Wang Changtian felt a little regretful at this time. As an opponent, he knew Wang Zhongjun too well. At least he was not confused in this aspect.

"It should be soon, after all, it will be released soon."

Li Mu also agreed with Wang Changtian's statement. After all, Hua Yi might be very stupid, but he was not so stupid as to not fear death for money.

Sure enough, early the next morning, a statement was released through the official Weibo of "The Eight Hundred", which ended with the words "In response to the inaccurate text descriptions in relevant media reports, the above clarification is hereby made."

First, it denied "abandoning 4200 small cinemas". Currently, 9649 cinemas have scheduled the film, and 9497 cinemas have obtained the key to "Eight Hundred". It also denied "payment first and then preview". The box office settlement complies with the normal settlement process, and there is no behavior of directly collecting money from cinemas.

The distribution model that Huaying Tianxia has developed for "Eight Hundred" is also aimed at protecting the normal order of the film market and combating the long-standing industry "cancer" of underreporting.
As soon as the news came out, the Internet was immediately divided into two camps.

One group of people believes that Huayi is taking advantage of the epidemic suspension to make a fortune, while another group of people believes that Huayi is taking advantage of the epidemic suspension to rectify the practice of theaters stealing box office revenue and save the market.

Neither of the two theories can convince the other, and the situation is stuck here.

And in this situation, "The Eight Hundred" was accidentally exposed on the Internet and attracted a lot of attention.

After the film and television industry resumed operations, the first wave of new films is also coming.
(End of this chapter)