Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

MGM Pictures held its world premiere. As the currently stronger Warner Bros. Pictures company, it is naturally unwilling to be compared. It also held a very grand premiere. The stars are shining at the ceremony and the coming media That's right.

On the side of Xiangjiang, the Shaw Brothers Film Company also held a premiere ceremony, and then at midnight on June 19, it began to screen movies on the Shaw Theaters.

Wu Siyuan strategically despised "Blade Runner", but it does not mean that he ignored it.

Because I really hope that "Alien E·T" will create a box office record of 30 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, he has to watch any film that may pose a threat to "Alien E·T" before he can see it. Judge.

Therefore, in the early morning of June 19, he wore sunglasses and a hat and came to a Shaw Brothers cinema in a low-key manner.

When queuing to buy tickets, a young couple stood in front of him.

It seems that the girl didn’t want to watch "Blade Runner" before, but only listened to the young man pointing at the crowds nearby, and said with some complacency: "Azhen, it’s right to watch "Blade Runner". Just listen to the name. Domineering, you must be right tonight, you can rest assured."

The girl was still a little reluctant, holding the young man’s hand, and whispered: "But I heard Caixia and they all said that "Alien E·T" is so warm, it's most suitable for watching it with a boyfriend or a family. Killing..."

The girl observed her boyfriend's face while talking, and when she found that her boyfriend's face was not good-looking, she pursed her mouth, but did not continue.

"A ticket for "Blade Runner", the back row will do."

After the young couple entered, Wu Siyuan took out the money and said to the conductor.

After receiving the ticket, he went straight to the ticket inspection area.

More than two hours later...

The first movie ended, and the audience left one after another.

When Wu Siyuan came out, he saw Shaw Cinemas employees asking about the audience's viewing experience from time to time. He deliberately slowed down to listen. Most of the audience cursed, making the Shaw Cinemas employees very embarrassed.

And he also saw the couple in front of him when he bought the tickets. The girl kept complaining about not looking good, but the boy didn't dare to talk back this time, but kept cursing the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Even some people were upset, and when they walked out, they constantly complained to the people who queued up to buy tickets to persuade them that there is no need to waste money.

I met so many people and said that some people really gave up watching on the spot and left the Shaw Cinemas directly, either going home or going to the Universal Cinemas.

After walking out of the Shaw Cinemas, Wu Siyuan turned to look at the lights of the cinema, smiled lightly, and then walked towards the parking lot with his head swaggered.

"Blade Runner" is definitely not the opponent of "Alien E·T", don't want to stop "Alien E·T" from reaching the top!

After all, "Blade Runner" is a science fiction film, but science fiction is a broad concept, and the science fiction mentioned in "Blade Runner" is only reflected in the movie's worldview setting, but its story core is completely different.

What is the core of the movie "Blade Runner"?

It is sci-fi in spirit-it explores the challenges of science that has developed to another stage to human cognition.

This kind of extremely in-depth plot is not suitable for the general public to watch, especially in places like Xiangjiang where the level of education is generally low, it is only strange that most audiences can understand it!

It is more suitable to be released in the 21st century!

...

Early the next morning, Shao Weiming learned that the audience was struck by lightning after watching the movie, and then called his subordinates to analyze the reasons. The result was simple-the audience could not understand the plot.

There is no solution to this problem!

The situation in Europe and North America is better than Xiangjiang. After all, the education level in Europe and America is higher than that in Xiangjiang in this era, and the market for science fiction movies is also larger.

But at the end of the day, the box office was not very satisfactory.

"Blade Runner"'s North American lineup rate exceeded 20% on the first day, but its box office accounted for only 12.6%, and the first day's box office was only 3.87 million US dollars.

On the other hand, the movie "Alien E·T", the North American box office that day was higher than that of last Saturday, breaking the $7 million line, reaching $7.26 million!

Sit down!

In the Hong Kong market, the box office of "Blade Runner" was only 980,000 Hong Kong dollars on the first day.

If this result is put in the usual Hong Kong movies, it would be excellent. It is not impossible to get a box office of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars by the end of the screening without the reputation of being broken.

But as the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

Comparing the day’s "Alien E·T" with Xiangjiang’s full-day box office of 2.26 million Hong Kong dollars, Shao Weiming and Shao Yifu only felt that the world was gloomy.

After the bad reputation on the first day was fermented, the box office of the movie "Blade Runner" fell off a cliff on the second day.

Many media have caught the opportunity with a rhythm. Regardless of the life and death of "Blade Runner", the newspapers of Jiuding Newspaper Company use the film critics' film reviews and audience survey feedback data as weapons, and vigorously step on "Silver "Wing Killer" comes to "Alien E·T".

The box office in North America was $1.97 million on the day, which was less than one-third of "Alien E·T", and it was only ranked fourth at the box office that day.

And the box office of Xiangjiang is only, "Blade Runner" does not even have 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, only 440,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The global box office of "Blade Runner" on the second day was only US$3.31 million, which was nearly half down from the US$6.59 million on the first day. Theater attendance rates were generally low, and some decisively looked to the money. The theater directly chose to change the movie ruthlessly, and it was the movie "Alien E·T".

"Blade Runner", in order to fight the "Alien E·T", has been laboriously selected for simultaneous global releases, which has become a laughing stock.

...

Xiangjiang TVB headquarters building, chairman's office.

The atmosphere in the entire office is very dull, and it has been ten minutes since it has been quiet.

Shao Yifu did not want to speak, Shao Weiming had no face to speak, Fang Yihua did not dare to speak.

All there is in the office is a heavy gasp.

a long time.

Shao Weiming, with bloodshot eyes, said with a full face of self-reproach: "Say, I blame me, and I am eager to make a career. If I don't recommend to you to invest in "Blade Runner", there will be no such situation. "

"Sorry, I'm not making a movie..."

At this time, Shao Weiming was under tremendous pressure. In order to invest in "Blade Runner", his father put out 150 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in the company's difficult operation, plus the cost of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars announced later. A total of 160 million Hong Kong dollars was invested!

You know, in the past year, under the competition between Galaxy Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company, the Shaw Brothers Film Company had a difficult operation, and its annual net profit was less than 40 million Hong Kong dollars. Not to mention the Shaw Theater line. When the source quality is generally poor, it can only barely protect the operating costs.

Judging from the current situation of "Blade Runner", it is certain to hit the street, and it is hard to say whether the global box office can exceed 30 million US dollars.

If the global box office is just 30 million U.S. dollars, after deducting the movie theaters and value-added tax, the share that belongs to the producers is about 30%. Warner Bros. Pictures and Shaw Brothers Pictures have their own distribution. Channel, therefore, can be converted into a part of the share, so even if 33%, it can only be allocated to 10 million US dollars.

With the reputation of "Blade Runner", even if you sell the copyright of the video tape, you can't sell it at a high price. It is good to be able to sell for two million US dollars. Then the total revenue of this "Blade Runner" can be estimated at 1,200 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

According to the agreed revenue sharing ratio, the Shaw Brothers can allocate about 6 million US dollars, which is less than 28 million Hong Kong dollars.

The total cost of 160 million Hong Kong dollars, but only 28 million Hong Kong dollars can be recovered, and the manpower and energy invested by the company.

Blood loss!

He defeated the Shaw Brothers Film Company's profits in the next four or five years at one time.

Now that the company has suffered heavy losses and limited financial resources, it is even more difficult to cope with the competition between Galaxy Film Company and Jiahe Film Company. It is difficult to say whether there will be a net profit of 30 to 40 million Hong Kong dollars each year in the future...

Seeing his son’s self-blame and guilt, even falling into a state of self-denial, Shao Yifu sighed and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Okay, Amin, you are not to blame for this matter, it is me who made the decision. Investment, if I disagree, you say it's useless to break the sky."

Shao Weiming touched his heart, his eyes gradually moistened, his nose was a bit sore, and he choked up, "Dad, I'm sorry..."

Shao Yifu didn't see anyone crying. He didn't go to see his son. He raised his head and blinked. He waved his hand and raised the volume, saying, "Well, don't blame yourself. Victory or defeat is a common business for soldiers. How can there be no risk in doing business~www. ltnovel.com~A successful businessman must remain calm when he succeeds, and he must maintain his mind when he fails."

"Our Shaw Brothers movie has been famous for decades, and it's time to make way for later generations."

"You should calm down during this time, and think about the future, whether to continue to run the film company or come to TVB to pick up my class."

"Fortunately, TVB is now on the star. Although it can't compete with Global Satellite TV, the market has expanded. Anyway, it can still have a relatively stable profit. It is enough to be used for heirlooms."

Shao Yifu planned to gradually withdraw from the movie market two years ago, but it was difficult for TVB to come out because of the rise of Global Satellite TV, which made him hesitate again, that is, after TV stations followed the trend and became stars, they opened a way to survive.

Now this failure has once again confirmed his idea of ​​withdrawing from the film market and focusing on the TV field.

However, whether to withdraw depends on how his son Shao Weiming chooses.

He is old, and the future is the next generation after all.

If the son can still be motivated to fight in the film market, even if the risks are huge, he, the father, will still give strong support.

Under Shao Yifu's gaze, Shao Weiming cleared up his emotions and nodded his head: "Dad, I will consider it clearly."

"Ok!"

...

PS: It’s not good to watch the protagonist’s company. The movie is also profitable. If I write a total box office directly, the time will be too jumpy. "Alien E·T" was released abnormally for nearly a year before it was released. The box office on the weekend in June of the following year still has more than one million dollars. I can't just skip one year, right?

But after writing this, I won’t want to look at the details in the next chapter (again, these words do not reach the 200-character billing line, free of charge)

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