Island Tycoon

Chapter 525 Sponsorship of the Golden Statue Award

Time comes to afternoon.

Ye Jingcheng's office was rang, and then Li Zhi walked in to report: "Ye Sheng, Chen Bosheng has arrived, and there is another person."

"Let them come in." Ye Jingcheng instructed.

Chen Baisheng, as the editor-in-chief and founder of "Film Biweekly", had already made an appointment to meet Ye Jingcheng half a month ago.

As the first and only film-focused magazine in China, "Film Biweekly" has been published since its establishment three years ago and has developed to this day. Its influence has grown day by day as Hong Kong Island films have entered a glorious period.

As the founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine, Chen Baisheng took the initiative to apply for an appointment with Ye Jingcheng.

Although he didn't leave a real reason when he made the appointment, he used "Film Biweekly" as the reason to apply for the opportunity to interview Ye Jingcheng.

It’s just that for Ye Jingcheng who is familiar with Hong Kong films, even if Chen Baisheng didn’t say the reason in advance, Ye Jingcheng can guess his appetite for him. It should be related to the establishment of local film awards.

Under the influence of Ye Jingcheng, the establishment of the Hong Kong Island Film Awards and the holding of the first awards ceremony are about this time.

There are only two possibilities for Chen Baisheng to come up this time. One is to expand the influence of the Academy Awards and want to tie Ye Jingcheng to the warship.

One is because of the limited funds of the organizers, they had no choice but to seek sponsorship from the outside world. Ye Jingcheng, as the biggest financial backer in the film industry, was the most suitable candidate no matter what the reasons were.

"Ye Sheng." As soon as he entered the door, Chen Bosheng shook hands with Ye Jingcheng familiarly, and then introduced to the people beside him, "This is Chen Deliang, a shareholder of Kaisheng Theater, and also a representative of the Regulatory Commission of the Hong Kong Theater Chamber of Commerce."

"Young Master Ye, we meet again." Chen Deliang stepped forward.

It is not the first time that he and Ye Jingcheng have handed over, because Chen Deliang is a shareholder of Kaisheng Theater, and Kaisheng Theater is one of the leading theaters of the Golden Princess Cinema Line.The two of them couldn't avoid getting in touch with each other earlier, including the Golden Princess celebration banquet, and when the two theaters jointly screened.

Or this is also the reason why Chen Bosheng asked him to accompany him, because this way he could play the emotional card with Ye Jingcheng to some extent.

"Please sit down, both of you." Ye Jingcheng responded to the two of them indifferently, and asked directly, "I don't know why Editor-in-Chief Chen is here to see me. What's important?"

Ye Jingcheng and Chen Baisheng also had handovers, but it was not a direct contact between the two.It was because of a film review published by "Film Biweekly".

The time was around the time when "The True Colors of Heroes" became popular. "Film Biweekly" may have not been established for a long time. In order to make the magazine's popularity and popularity extremely deep, it chose to write an article criticizing "The True Colors of Heroes". movie review.

Or maybe its behavior style is the same as that of "Oriental Daily", which is the same defying power and saying submission?
However, "Film Biweekly" obviously does not have the confidence of "Oriental Daily". After publishing this film review, it was blocked by the industry for a whole year.

Therefore, the current "Film Biweekly" is definitely not as beautiful as the original time and space.Just looking at Chen Bosheng's image, you can tell that he is running around to keep the magazine on track with his haggard face and the clothes he didn't have enough time to tidy up.

"Ye Sheng, if you don't mind, please allow me to ask you something first." Ye Jingcheng's straightforwardness just saved Chen Baisheng's polite words that got to the point.

It seems that he didn't attribute everything to Ye Jingcheng because of the issue of "Film Biweekly" being banned before.

After all, one of the most outrageous things that "Film Biweekly" did at that time was to write a bad film review about "The True Colors of Heroes".Coupled with Ye Jingcheng's influence on the media, it couldn't be easier to ban a magazine that has just been published.

But even if Chen Bosheng knew that Ye Jingcheng was the real reason for the banning of "Film Biweekly", he would not be able to do anything like revenge on the other party because of this, or it should be said that he did not have the ability to retaliate at all.

How could it be possible for an arm to twist over his thigh, not to mention describing Ye Jingcheng as a thigh, Chen Baisheng is not an arm to compete with the opponent, at most it is a hair on his arm.

Now he wished that Ye Jingcheng would not mention this matter, so that it would be beneficial for the next negotiation between the two parties.

Ye Jingcheng raised his jaw slightly, motioning for Chen Baisheng to continue talking.

Chen Bosheng pondered in his heart, sorted out the speeches he had prepared before, and first asked: "Ye Sheng, what do you think of the future prospects of Hong Kong movies? Will there be a glorious period?"

"It seems that you are very optimistic about the film industry in Hong Kong Island?" Ye Jingcheng didn't answer the other party's question directly. To be correct, since he guessed the reason for the other party's arrival, there was no need for him to have unnecessary conversations.

"I think Hong Kong films will have a very good development trend in the future. This is why I founded "Film Biweekly." After a pause, Chen Bosheng continued: "From Ye Sheng, the Nanguo Cinema Line under your name You can see that."

Chen Bosheng began to make analysis eloquently, and took the Southland cinema chain as the topic, such as analyzing the development and path of the film industry on Hong Kong Island through Xin's business model and main structure.

At present, compared with several other theaters, Nanguo Cinemas can be said to have a unique existence.The first is its main structure, which is different from the concept of existing theaters, such as a single screen, and its influence is evaluated by scale.

Every theater in Nanguo Cinemas adopts a multi-screen construction style, and the biggest advantage is the addition of a lot of seats.For small, medium and large theaters of the same size, Nanguo Cinemas can add [-] to [-] seats.

Facts have proved that this "multi-screen" internal structure is correct. At present, many theaters have transformed to this model, including the Jinghua Theater, an independent large-scale theater, which has added a thousand seats through internal reorganization.

Compared with the old-fashioned theater, which only has a maximum of [-] seats, it undoubtedly makes it a giant in the industry.Of course, the theaters of the Nanguo Cinemas are not included.

You must know that the largest theater in the Southern Kingdom Cinemas has a total of [-] seats. It was formerly known as the Yau Ma Tei Theater, one of the five major theaters. It can be said to be the veritable number one theater on Hong Kong Island.

This is due to some equipment placement reasons and the upper limit of consumption of the surrounding groups, so the performance of this theater was not maximized, otherwise an additional [-] seats could be added.

Therefore, it will be a matter of time before multi-screen theaters replace large-scale theaters. Therefore, it depends on whether the development of Hong Kong Island movies is good or not. It can be judged by whether there are more or less new theaters of this type.

The second is the operation of old and new theaters. The old theaters are very characteristic of Hong Kong Island, such as the food sold in the theater sales department.

Such as offal, chicken feet, pork head meat, corn, rice rolls, etc., can be brought to the theater to eat.There are fruits in summer, such as watermelon, pineapple, papaya, and sometimes there are sugarcane sellers, and hot sugarcane in winter...you can also smoke and crack melon seeds.

This Hong Kong Island feature also caused a problem, that is, it made the auditorium of the theater become a mess.Food residues can be seen everywhere, and those smokers can turn the auditorium into a smog every time a movie is played.

Unlike the theaters under the Nanguo Cinema Line, which strictly stipulates which foods can be brought into the theater and which foods cannot be brought into the theater, and the habit of throwing garbage anywhere must be eliminated, and audiences are not allowed to smoke in the theater, creating a very good environment. Watch the environment.

What Chen Bosheng wants to express in this aspect is actually very simple. The theaters and film circles on Hong Kong Island are changing, and they are still changing for the better. Therefore, we can judge the prospects of Hong Kong Island films.

Speaking of this, Chen Bosheng concluded: "So I want to do my best to make a contribution to Hong Kong Island movies."

"Really?" Ye Jingcheng didn't give too much reaction, but took a sip of coffee in a lack of interest, and then asked, "Tell me specifically what you think."

"I think whether it is the Oscars in Hollywood, the Cannes International in France, the Berlin International in Germany, or the Venice International in Italy, these international film awards all mean a region's success in film and television."

"Even Dawan has its own Golden Horse Awards, and even some made-in-HK movies have to wait for others to help us score. This can be said to be an insult to the industry on Hong Kong Island. In fact, we can do it ourselves. Come and rule the house."

"That's right, Young Master Ye. Ah Sheng is very sincere in organizing a film award that belongs to Hong Kong Island, and this award is very important to everyone in the film industry on Hong Kong Island, from producers and directors to screenwriters and actors, in front of and behind the scenes. There are great benefits." At the right time, Chen Deliang helped to say a good word.

"Then are you representing an individual or the chamber of commerce to support him?" Ye Jingcheng asked.

"There are two aspects. On the one hand, I am very optimistic about the development of Hong Kong films. On the other hand, I am here this time to invite you to join on behalf of the Hong Kong Cinema Chamber." Chen Deliang replied.

"Invite me?" Ye Jingcheng looked at the two of them with great interest, and said, "Can I understand that you want to drag me into the board of directors of this award association?"

"Ye Sheng, I think you misunderstood us." Chen Baisheng immediately denied Ye Jingcheng's idea, and further explained: "Because you are the owner of a film company, and your personal work involves actors, producers and producers. position, if you are allowed to join the board of directors of the award association, I am afraid that the outside world will think that this award is unfair."

"so what?"

so what?Hearing these three words, Chen Baisheng felt as if he was choking on a fish bone. He believed that Ye Jingcheng must have understood the meaning and the main purpose of their visit this time.

But Ye Jingcheng stuck on the topic, so he must let him speak clearly.

"Actually, we came up this time because we plan to hold the first award presentation ceremony in the near future, and our team has discussed this award, and we named it the 'Hong Kong Film Awards'."

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng still didn't respond much, Chen Baisheng said simply, like a girl without a fig leaf, "It's just that we are short of funds. I hope you, Ye Sheng, can hold the awards ceremony this time."

"So that's how it is." Ye Jingcheng said "oh" as if he had finally figured it out, and said, "But if you ask me to sponsor the awards ceremony, aren't you afraid that the outside world will think I'm buying you?"

"This is..."

Of course, Chen Bosheng would not say the real reason. In fact, he only did sponsorship in the last two sessions at most. When the award association develops in the future, it can be fully borne by the association's board of directors.

"Currently, it is because the establishment of the awards association has not been in place yet, so the funding is relatively tight. I believe that in the future, the Hong Kong Film Awards will not only be able to bear the cost of the awards ceremony, but will also become a symbol of the Hong Kong Island film industry."

Generally speaking, his sponsorship of Ye Jingcheng is temporary.When the Golden Image Awards really develop, there will be no such thing as Ye Jingcheng.But it was impossible for him to say these words in front of Ye Jingcheng, so he could only do his best to avoid the key points.

Ye Jingcheng was pretending to be stupid just now, but Chen Baisheng seemed to think he was really stupid.I said my conditions, but I didn't consider Ye Jingcheng's benefits.

In other words, does he want Ye Jingcheng to sponsor him to hold the Golden Statue Awards for free?
"We won't discuss this issue." So Ye Jingcheng stopped Chen Baisheng who wanted to persuade him further with words, and asked: "The only thing I want to know now is if I sponsor this award ceremony."

"Me." Ye Jingcheng pointed to himself and said, "What kind of reward can I get from this award ceremony?"

"Ye Sheng, the reason why our founders hold the Golden Statue Awards is to define it as a non-profit-making award, and our group is also a voluntary exporter."

"What does this have to do with me?" Ye Jingcheng spread his hands.

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Immediately let the office into a cold spot.

It's not Ye Jingcheng's arrogance, but a kind of seeking truth from facts.Chen Bosheng would always say that it was "our" team, but did Ye Jingcheng have anything to do with this "us"?

No!

Chen Bosheng neither invited Ye Jingcheng to join the board of directors of the association, nor did he make him a member of the team that founded the award.Without the drive of profit, why would Ye Jingcheng sponsor this award?
Chen Baisheng, who was still eloquent, was instantly choked up and speechless.Still on the side, Chen Deliang came to the rescue and said: "Young Master Ye, I think that if the Hong Kong film industry wants to do well, it is not enough to rely on one's own ability. If you pursue the benefits too much, it will become a loss for the entire film industry."

"Do you think I can't support the film industry in Hong Kong Island alone? Or do you blame me for the loss of the film industry?" Ye Jingcheng grinned.

Ye Jingcheng can agree with the first half of the sentence, but as for the second half...

It's completely useless people talking nonsense. People like Chen Baisheng set up the Golden Statue Awards. Isn't there any benefit in it?Take "Film Biweekly"'s report on the Academy Awards in the future, how much sales will it bring to the magazine?
Are these not benefits?Or is it okay for others to care about his interests, and it is only natural for him to care about other people's interests?

(End of this chapter)