Island Tycoon

Chapter 343 "Star Wars II"

Blue Lantern Entertainment.

Several international friends came to Ye Jingcheng's office, the main purpose of the visit was to discuss the release of a movie.The representative in charge of this meeting is called Erwin Kershner, who is the director of the movie in his hands.

Usually these problems are left to Li Ying to deal with, and then report the performance to Ye Jingcheng afterward.

But this time the situation is different, because the film to be shown in Nanguo theaters is a foreign language film. Firstly, the company has not been in touch with this business so far, and secondly, it has something to do with the foreign language film market and the operation of Anle Films.

Second, the other party took the initiative to come to the door for this business. This kind of behavior can be said to be a good start, because the company and the theater chain have already proved that the company and the theater have a certain reputation, and they are no longer the kind of small and unknown company.

Last but not least, the title of the film seeking release is Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the fifth episode of the Star Wars series and the second in the original series.

The reason why it aroused Ye Jingcheng's idea was because "Star Wars 1977: A New Hope" released in 4, the first part of this true story series, immediately attracted enthusiastic responses from the audience as soon as it was released, and finally won an astonishing 7.75 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

And now "Star Wars 5: The Empire Strikes Back", although the box office is not as good as the first one, but its quality is recognized by the outside world as the best episode of the "Star Wars" series.

Naturally, Ye Jingcheng would not let go of such a good opportunity. While making money, he would also expand the business scope of the theater chain.The only thing that made Ye Jingcheng suspicious was that half a year had passed since the film premiered in North America, why the producer didn't come to Hong Kong Island to seek cooperation during this time.

It stands to reason that Hong Kong Island can be said to be the second largest ticket warehouse in Asia. This movie will definitely land in Hong Kong within three months of its release in mainland China. It's a problem because they already have experience with the previous film, and this kind of thing will only become more and more familiar.

If we really want to explain it from Ye Jingcheng's extreme degree, it is possible that the producer and the distribution company have fallen out, or they want to get more benefits from it.

For whatever reason, man is now sitting before him.Ye Jingcheng had no choice but to play tai chi, and decided to strike later: "Mr. Kershner, why don't you tell me about your willingness to cooperate."

"Hey Ye, I have investigated your company's information a little bit, and I can only say that it barely meets our company's cooperation conditions, so I hope that the movie's box office will be [-]% of the share." Erwin Kershner said with some pride.

"I am six and you are four?"

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng sneered.These dead ghosts usually talk about democracy and equality one by one, but they are very cunning in any beneficial negotiations.

It seems that when negotiating business with them, you have to express your intention directly and leave room for the other party.To put it simply, it is not to go around so many circles, and there are enough benefits to attract the other party.

"Oh—my-god." Irving Kershner held his forehead and said with an exaggerated expression: "Ye, you haven't woken up yet, have you? What could be you and me?"

Ye Jingcheng smiled indifferently, and said, "Isn't this normal? As far as I know, your producers account for at most [-]% of the box office results in North America. Isn't it sincere enough for me to give you [-]%?"

Irving Kershner was not as relaxed as before, and said: "Most of the markets in North America, how big is your market here? I dare say that 1% of the box office over there may be higher than the total benefits generated by your side." .”

What Irving Kershner said is indeed true. The box office in North America is often in the hundreds of millions, and the unit is US dollars.Even if it is one percent, it is not inferior to a Hong Kong Island movie with a box office of tens of millions.

In the current environment of Hong Kong Island, Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin do not have this ability for the time being. Only Golden Harvest independently produced a tens of millions of box office "Junior and Brother" a few years ago.But that's all, it will take at least several years of development to reach new heights.In addition to the film industry, this development is also the commercial development of Hong Kong Island.

But is Ye Jingcheng included?Clearly he was a misfit.So he said indifferently: "And then?"

"Then?" Irving Kershner even suspected that he heard it wrong, and said, "Ye, do you really know or not?"

"Is there a difference?" Ye Jingcheng was still harmless to humans and animals.

"The difference is huge. If you really don't know, then I can ask my assistant to explain it to you. If you pretend not to know, I think I will consider working with other companies." Speaking of the latter, Erwin Kershner said Some dissatisfaction with being played by others.

"Mr. Kershner, I would like to ask rudely, why did you choose to cooperate with our company?" Ye Jingcheng began to draw the topic.

Naturally, Irving Kershner would not tell the truth about such questions, and replied in a reactive way: "I have my own considerations."

"Our company also has our company's advantages." Ye Jingcheng smiled and said, "Mr. Kershner, the box office that Hong Kong Island can create is less than 1% of that of North America, but North America is not the only region."

"Then what do you think should be?" Erwin Kershner pondered.

"According to the rules, it's [-]-[-]. I won't take advantage of you, and I hope you will respect me." Ye Jingcheng put forward his own conditions.

"Ye, are you not afraid that I will leave when I turn around? I think there is more than one film company in Hong Kong Island, and your company can only be regarded as a rookie in the industry. I think there are no less than three film companies that can offer more than you. Good terms," ​​Irving Kershner threatened.

"Kershner, I thought you foreigners were practical when talking about business, but I didn't expect you to be hypocritical."

Before Irving Kershner asked what he meant, Ye Jingcheng continued, "Indeed, there are three film companies on Hong Kong Island that are no smaller than mine, but I think the only one willing to make an offer is Anle Films, right?"

"Why do you think so?" Erwin Kershner still didn't let go
"I don't know if Jiahe and Shaw will cooperate with you in the future, but now... I don't think they are interested."

Not long ago, both companies released so-called Hollywood blockbusters, as well as foreign-language films in which they participated in the investment.As a result, the final results of the two films "Killer's Trenches" and "Blade Runner" are not to mention how shocking they are.

Even if Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai still have the determination to enter Hollywood, they will not take the initiative to contact this aspect in the short term.And the two major film companies currently have their own policies.

Not to mention Shaw Brothers' large-scale studio system, the internal film sources can't be arranged, let alone the release of foreign language films.

Chenglong, the representative of Golden Harvest, has been scolded by people for the bad movie "Killer's Trench". The most urgent thing is to produce a new film to reshape his image on the screen. I wonder if acting as an agent for a foreign language film is more important than Chenglong ?

As for Anle Films, foreign language film channels and audiences are indeed better than other theaters, but the platform is still not as big as other theaters, and most of the foreign language films it represents are direct buyouts, so they may not be willing to raise costs and risks to communicate with film producers. cooperate.

After such an analysis, Irving Kershner knew that the young man in front of him was smarter than he imagined, so he had to change his way of talking with a bitter face: "Ye, can't it be [-]%?"

"Yes, why not? I have [-]% and you [-]%. I have to thank you." Ye Jingcheng said seriously.

"That's still five five." Erwin Kershner compromised.

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(End of this chapter)