This is too hateful, it's like a rhythm that breaks the bones and sucks the marrow.
Zhou Huaiwen would never agree to such a condition and refused: "This is impossible, it's too much!"
"Oh? How much? This is better than the fact that the film can only be broadcast in 30% of theaters, right?"
“Those different, such harsh conditions have never appeared before.
There is no way that Jiahe and I will become the laughing stock in the circle! "
Besides, excluding miscellaneous expenses and the director and actor’s share of this share, our company is destined to lose money. I will not agree to this condition. "
Listening to Zhou Huaiwen's firm words, Pan Xiaosheng also knew that he couldn't just forcefully force this matter. He had to be soft when he should be soft.
Then he slowed down and said: "Actually, I don't think it's much, because now Mr. Zhou, you have no other choice, but you also said that everyone is working together to make a living, so you don't care if you don't look up to see each other too much. excellent.
Let me take a step back, just 12 points.
Then I am responsible for persuading Mr. Lei. As you know, I made the decision without permission and have to bear responsibility. If Mr. Lei is not willing, I will still have to waste my words trying to convince him! "
snort!
You are all in the same boat, and you are still acting here!
Listening to Pan Xiaosheng's hypocritical narration, Zhou Huaiwen felt angry and suppressed his anger: "12 points is still too high.
Pan Sheng, I really hope that everyone can continue to cooperate with each other for mutual benefit.
How about just setting it at 5 points? In this way, everyone can make money, and they will be more motivated to make better movies. A steady flow of money will also be a good thing for the theaters! "
"5 points less, 10 points more for you!"
"Pan Sheng is still high at 10 o'clock. You have to be more considerate of the difficulty for me as an old man. Our company mostly collaborates with independent producers to shoot. There are many people sharing the cake, and they are all acquaintances in the industry.
We must ensure that they also have sufficient benefits. "
"Your company should worry about this, and the five-point difference won't affect anything."
Do you think this is human language?
Based on a box office of 20 million, five points is equivalent to 1 million, which is almost enough to make a trashy movie.
However, being able to bargain means that you can negotiate.
Zhou Huaiwen also took the risk and lowered his attitude to the dust to rub it in with Pan Xiaosheng.
In the end, the two reached an agreement after ten minutes of bargaining.
From now on, the box office share of Jiahe's films at Pan Xiaosheng Cinema and Princess Cinema will increase by 8%!
Cutting from 15 to 8 is not a big range, but even eight points is as painful as cutting flesh for Zhou Huaiwen.
And it’s not just as simple as feeling distressed. Although Jiahe is the one who makes the decision, there are several shareholders.
How to explain such a huge loss of profits to other shareholders is also a troublesome matter.
Zhou Huaiwen could almost foresee that Jiahe would definitely experience a series of turmoils due to the agreement he reached with Pan Xiaosheng today.
The truth is more than that. At midnight the next day, the long-publicized Jiahe and Jinyi movies began to be released at the same time. It was only then that people went into the theater to buy tickets and discovered the problem.
Jiahe's movies are actually only shown in Jiahe Cinemas.
This means that the number of theaters showing Jiahe movies is only one-third of the previous number!
This discovery shocked everyone because nothing like this had ever happened in the circle before.
Especially since Jiahe is now the big brother in the industry, Princess Cinemas and Pan Xiaosheng's cinemas dare to join forces to block Big Brother's movies. This must be too bold.
In short, this time it really made people eat a big melon.
As a client, Li Xiucheng was in a good mood.
After Pan Xiaosheng reached an agreement with Zhou Huaiwen, he immediately called Li Xiucheng. When he learned that Zhou Huaiwen was really bleeding heavily this time, he was very happy.
So much so that he put down his tea cup on the spot and stood up and said to Wang Yi who was guarding the door: "Tomorrow night we will go to the Parkway Cinema to watch a movie. Everyone will go and take turns to enjoy it."
At the same time, there is another melon-eater who is also very happy, that is Zhao Yimo.
The next day at 8pm, Parkway Cinema!
As one of the most luxurious and largest cinemas in Hong Kong, Parkway Cinema has a very large flow of people.
So much so that after Zhao Yimo pulled Zhao Xueyao out of the car, he was quickly overwhelmed by the crowd.
“We’ll watch the premiere of King of Guns first, then the premiere of Thirteenth Century, and then the Bodyguard of the South China Sea. You know, there aren’t many theaters that can watch all three movies today!
Moreover, they are all scattered theaters, and their total share is less than two floors of the total number of theaters! "
Zhao Yimo pulled Zhao Xueyao and looked at the posters posted around the theater with interest, and talked about the evening arrangements with a smile.
"No, I've been doing this for too long, and I won't look at the Nanhai bodyguards anymore. I still have to go back early, otherwise I won't worry about Xiaobao!"
"Hey~" Zhao Yimo glanced at Zhao Xueyao suspiciously and said, "Are you sure you are worried about Xiaobao, or you don't want to support Li Xiucheng's opponent?"
Zhao Xueyao rolled her eyes when faced with the joke, "You have the most ideas, who cares about the box office of tens of dollars!"
Zhao Yimo burst out laughing, "I'm just kidding, but I have to say that Li Xiucheng is really awesome. He actually blocked Jiahe this time.
That was Xiangjiang's current No. 1 Film Company, but an outsider like him was pushing him down and rubbing him on the ground. It was simply unbelievable. "
"I don't think it's surprising!" Zhao Xueyao looked at the huge poster of the King of Guns and smiled lightly, "He has always been outstanding, hasn't he?"
"...."
Zhao Yimo rolled his eyes, "The great man said that it is not necessary to have a personality cult, but you are hopeless!"
Zhao Xueyao's lips curled up slightly: "No way! I'm just telling the truth! Let's go, there will be fewer people in the screening room over there!"
With that said, Zhao Xueyao pulled Zhao Yimo towards the left passage.
What the two didn't know was that after they left, a handsome man walked into the theater surrounded by several strong men.
"Mr. Li, what should we look at first?" Zhao Qiang asked while scanning the surroundings vigilantly, trying to eliminate all uneasy factors.
Li Xiucheng said calmly while looking at the decoration of the theater: "Watch Gun King first, then watch Nanhai Bodyguard, and go back directly after that."
"Don't you want to see Thirteenth Prince?" Wang Yi, who was standing behind Li Xiucheng, couldn't help but interject.
"I won't watch that one."
Li Xiucheng shook his head. For this kind of award-winning film, he didn't like it because it seemed dull and depressing. Moreover, he had seen the edited semi-finished product before at Jinyi. It was indeed quite heart-wrenching, but he didn't like it. If you need that kind of life insight, you naturally don’t want to read it anymore.
The tickets had already been processed through relationships, so the few people entered the exhibition hall without much hesitation and directly locked the entrances to the two theaters, the gun king on the far left and the Nanhai bodyguard on the right.
