Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2214, The new life of Daming people watching movies during Chinese New Year

At the gate of No. [-] Middle School in the Southern District of Beijing, a large number of young and old who saw the advertisement came here in groups, with their families, ready to watch the new movie "The Knights of the Jianghu".

Bai Baoting looked at the crowded crowd at the school gate, with a satisfied smile on his face, the more people came here, the more money he could sell his movies, and the more he could earn.

It's not in vain for my hard work in the past few months and the huge pressure of bankruptcy to bet all my assets on this movie.

Now is finally the time to harvest.

Looking at the school gate, many people who came to watch the movie took a few long lines to pay their money to watch the movie, and the money flowed into their pockets like running water. This feeling is really cool!

There are already prepared classrooms in No. [-] Middle School. As a classroom is full of customers who come to watch the movie, the movie will start playing immediately. There is no sense of wasting time. There is no need to wait, and the movie will start playing directly. .

A total of 9 classrooms have been prepared in Baibaoting, equivalent to 9 projection rooms in cinemas of later generations. A classroom can accommodate nearly 900 people to watch, and can accommodate up to [-] customers at the same time.

Of course, this is only on the New City side of the South District. In the East and West Districts, Baibaoting also cooperates with schools and has similar arrangements.

It was daytime, and at night, in order to recover the investment as soon as possible, Bai Baoting also arranged to play movies in the playground, squares and other areas of the school.

Although it is very good to play movies in the classroom, the space is limited and the number of people can be accommodated. A projector can only provide screenings for 100 people at a time.

It's different in the open air. One projector can show movies to thousands or even tens of thousands of people at one time, which is very efficient.

As for projectors, they are also in short supply now. Bai Baoting had already placed an order a long time ago, and only then did he order dozens of projectors, barely able to meet the current needs of the Beijing and Tianjin regions.

Most of the projectors are currently in the hands of Daming Films, and Daming Films is now expanding the film industry on a large scale.

Not only in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but also in major and medium-sized cities throughout the Ming Dynasty, as well as overseas colonies, vassal states, vassal states, etc.

Therefore, Daming Films has a huge demand for projectors. Fortunately, Daming Films has its own factory that can produce projectors, and can prioritize meeting its own needs.

In the classroom, as the movie started, the people who came to watch the movie could no longer care about the crowding and darkness in the classroom, and immediately focused on the movie.

Although the investment of the movie "Swordsman of Jianghu" is not large, and there are not many actors, but fortunately, the story is novel and has many innovations, plus elements such as swordsman, bandit, punishing evil and promoting good, love, etc. are integrated in it , compact plot, fairly exciting fighting, but also let customers watch with gusto.

Soon, the one-and-a-half-hour movie was played, and when the customers walked out of the classroom, they continued to discuss one by one.

"This movie is quite exciting, very good-looking."

"Yeah, it's still very good, and the finale is also very pleasing."

"It's a good movie, and the money is not in vain."

"Although it's not as grand as Huo Qubing's smashing of the Xiongnu, it's still very exciting, not bad, not bad!"

For this movie, everyone's evaluation is still very good.

Of course, this is not to say how good the film is, in fact it can only be regarded as a so-so one.

But why are there so few movies at this time, and this martial arts movie is still very fresh, so even if the standard is average, everyone will think it is very good if you watch it fresh.

With new ideas and the current popularity of movies, Bai Baoting's "Jianghu Swordsman" also quickly spread in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and soon, the young and old in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area also knew about it.

In addition to the three films of Daming Films, there is actually a film "Swordsman of the Rivers and Lakes" released by the little-known Shengshi Films.

People who have watched this movie have given good reviews, which also makes more people willing to spend their money to watch this movie.

In addition, this movie is shown at the same time during the day and night. As long as you go to the classroom, the movie will start playing as soon as the classroom is full. This new method also makes many people think it is very good.

In the evening, in order to attract more people to watch the movie, Bai Baoting set the ticket price lower, as long as 500 Wen can be watched by one person, and children can also watch it for free.

During the daytime, the venues are almost always full, and every cooperative school and several screening rooms are almost non-stop.

As soon as the first show was over, a large number of people came in again, and the screenings continued one after another, because as time went by, more and more people watched the film, and the film was already quite famous.

More and more people came here to watch movies every day. After the third day, there was already a serious shortage of screening rooms, and everyone had to wait in line.

There is no way, the young and old in the Beijing-Tianjin area are really not short of money, and everyone has plenty of time during the Chinese New Year. They can watch movies during the day, so naturally they bring their families to watch them.

In particular, many people will bring their children to watch the movie.

Because watching movies in the classroom will not be cold, it is still very bad for children to watch movies in the open air at night, and it is very likely that they will catch cold and get sick.

But it is absolutely impossible not to let children watch movies, because children also need entertainment and like to watch movies, so it is also a good choice to take them to see this river and lake swordsman during the day.

"Jianghu Swordsman" is slowly becoming popular, and more and more people come to watch this movie. Even at night, when this movie is played in the open air, there are still a large number of people regardless of the cold winter Come and watch this movie.

Bai Baoting, the investor of such a popular movie, was all smiles, and the money flowed into Bai Baoting's pocket like running water.

Only three days after the movie was released, Bai Baoting's investment of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver had all been recovered.

Don't look at the screenings that can only be shown in classrooms during the day. Take the Southern District No. 9 Middle School as an example. There are 100 screening classrooms, each of which can accommodate 1 people. A classroom can show almost 100 times a day, which is 6 taels of silver per day.

These nine projection classrooms cost more than 5000 taels a day, and there are three such cooperation places in Beijing and Tianjin. Calculated during the daytime alone, this day can earn almost 3 taels of silver.

At night, movies are shown in the open air. Considering the cold winter, the number of people who are willing to watch movies is far less than that in the stadium.

But in one night, the open-air screenings in various places still brought about 2 taels of silver to Bai Baoting's side, and the income was almost 5 taels of silver a day.

Of course, the first day and the second day just started did not reach this level, but from the third day onwards, the income will exceed this figure, so that Bai Baoting has already recovered the cost in the first few days. When splitting half of the tickets out.

Every day that followed, Bai Baoting smiled all over his face every day, even from ear to ear. He could receive a huge amount of tens of thousands of taels of silver every day, not to mention how fun these days are.

Bai Baoting made a rough calculation, now it is only broadcasting in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, and in the future, he can learn from Daming Films and cooperate with businessmen from all over the world to sell the copyrights.

Although it is not as popular as the few films of Daming Films, but judging from the prices given by some businessmen who have come to the door, it is not a problem to sell it casually for several million taels.

The movie "Jianghu Swordsman" just couldn't be screened in the stadium, and maybe the box office can explode casually. The three movies released by Daming Films during the Chinese New Year are all very popular, and each of them is a big hit. Daming Films made a big profit again.

It only took a few months to invest 10 taels of silver, and he easily earned millions of taels of silver. This kind of return on investment also made Bai Baoting feel like he had dug up a golden mountain. Great money.

In contrast, my own textile factory, which is half dead, earns a very meager profit in the Red Sea, and there is no way to compare it with making movies.

One in the sky and one in the ground.

Therefore, Bai Baoting also decisively sold his textile factory and invested in the film industry with all his strength.

Of course, the great success of Daming Films and Shengshi Films also made other film companies in Beijing and Tianjin extremely jealous.

Not to mention Daming Films, this Shengshi Films was not even famous at all before, and this Bai Baoting was just the owner of a small factory before.

He was able to make a lot of money all at once with a single movie, which made many people jealous, especially those movie investors who had invested in movies and were shooting movies, but they hadn't caught up with the Spring Festival stalls. They are all regretful.

Why couldn't the movie I shot be completed earlier, so that it could be released earlier and make a lot of money during this Chinese New Year.

But one thing is certain, that is, the emerging industry of film, it is indeed a sunrise industry that can create miracles!

PS: Ahem, I heard that many people have passed away recently, how is everyone doing?
(End of this chapter)