Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1878 Lose weight, gain weight?
Not long after Lin Daoqiu and Ferdman Dyson met, the majority shareholder of RT Cinemas became a Xiangjiang native, and immediately after, Marshall, a senior executive at MGM, became the chairman of RT Cinemas.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu could buy all the remaining shares after the acquisition of RT Cinemas, but he did not do so in the end.

Because once all the shares are bought, it will easily become a big news at that time.

Even though RT Cinemas is not the largest cinema in Hollywood, this move by Lin Daoqiu is likely to stimulate other film companies.

But even so, the change in the equity of RT Cinemas still made it into the pages of many news media.

It's just that those news didn't directly write, or implicitly mentioned that the acquirer of RT Cinema was actually Lin Daoqiu.

Because Lin Daoqiu has become the major shareholder of RT Cinemas, this will definitely affect the priorities of Paramount and Fox in this cinema.

Jason Green was appointed by Lin Daoqiu as the general manager of RT Cinemas, and he is still in charge of the overall operation.

Although Jason Green was dissatisfied with Lin Daoqiu's airborne chairman from MGM, he also understood that this was a normal thing.

After all, Lin Daoqiu bought RT Cinemas, so he has the right to do whatever he wants, and it is reasonable to send a chairman to be a supervisor.

"Companies such as Paramount and Fox have not responded yet, but I believe they will definitely come to us next."

Lin Daoqiu had been asking RT Theaters to give MGM the highest priority in film scheduling, but Jason Green did not agree to him.

Now RT Cinemas has become Lin Daoqiu's property, so Jason Green has no reason or qualification to refuse Lin Daoqiu's request.

But what Jason Green is worried about is that once RT Theaters raises MGM's priority to the highest, it will inevitably affect its cooperation with other companies.

"I know you're worried about other companies being unhappy with MGM's priorities, but if RT Cinemas becomes the biggest movie theater chain in all of Hollywood, those concerns will all go away."

"Mr. Lin is planning to open additional theaters for RT Cinemas?"

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Jason Green's eyes lit up immediately.

The reason why RT Cinemas has not been as famous in Hollywood as other big cinemas is because the infrastructure and the number of theaters and screens are worse than others.

Once these shortcomings are overcome, it is not impossible for RT theaters to catch up with ACC theaters.

"I work in the film industry, and I am very optimistic about the development of films in the next few decades, so I decided to expand the RT theater chain."

The current RT theater chain alone cannot meet Lin Daoqiu's requirements for the theater chain, so Lin Daoqiu must invest more to expand the number of theaters and screens.

And Lin Daoqiu also plans to sell all the theaters in the suburbs or in bad locations of RT Cinemas. After all, there is no way to make any money in those places.

"Now we want to carry out two modes of weight loss and weight gain at the same time. You are responsible for helping RT theaters lose weight, and I am responsible for helping RT theaters gain weight."

Lin Daoqiu used slimming and gaining weight to describe what RT Cinemas will do next.

Jason Green also thinks these two descriptions of Lin Daoqiu are very interesting, and he is naturally happy to see the good development of RT Cinemas.

"From now to before the Christmas schedule, RT Cinemas will be closed for business and will be closed for renovations."

Lin Daoqiu had visited some theaters in the RT theater chain before, and he found that most of the equipment in this theater chain was a bit old and out of date.

It's no wonder that the ticket price is 0.5-1 US dollars less than ACC and other large theaters.

Lin Daoqiu didn't want RT Cinemas to be regarded as a cheap cinema, so he had to renovate RT Cinemas.

Jason Green did the math, if the museum is now closed until it opens before the Christmas schedule, there will be at least a few months left.

This means that Lin Daoqiu not only has to invest a huge amount of money, but also has to give up several months of theater profits. This is probably something that most businessmen will not do, but Lin Daoqiu is willing to do this. Let him admire.

It can be seen that Lin Daoqiu really wanted to make RT theaters have a good competitiveness, so he wanted to improve the hardware of the theaters at any cost.

"Mr. Lin, please don't worry, I will complete the slimming plan as soon as possible, but what about those original employees?"

What Jason Green is worried about is that once those theaters are sold, those employees who work in the theaters will definitely be affected.

If they are expelled like this, it will definitely be a bad news for them.

"Temporarily divert to other theaters to help. I have already discussed this issue with Langmeyer before. He will help to make connections, and MGM also has some cooperative theaters, so you don't need to worry about this."

Lin Daoqiu has already thought about everything. He has not thought about firing all the employees of these RT theaters. After all, the number of theaters will definitely increase in the future. How could he drive people away? He still has to Recruit more talents.

After this problem was properly resolved, Jason Green was naturally very happy. In his opinion, Lin Daoqiu was obviously more concerned about film affairs than his original boss.

He barely supported the RT cinema chain before, and hoped that the cinema chain would have a good development one day.

But I didn't expect Jason Green to really see hope until he changed his boss.

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"Lin Daoqiu bought RT Cinemas and closed it for renovation? What does he want to do?"

Little Alan Ryder felt very surprised after hearing the news. He couldn't figure out what Lin Daoqiu was going to do.

"It is said that RT Cinemas is now selling some theaters. I also don't understand what Lin Daoqiu wants to do."

Little Alan Ryder's subordinates also didn't understand what Lin Daoqiu was going to do.

Now that he bought the RT theater chain, why did he suddenly sell the theater? Is he out of his mind?

"Maybe he just intends to eliminate some theaters with bad locations. Anyway, Lin Daoqiu has already reached out to the theater line, and we have to guard against it."

Little Alan Ryder has regarded Lin Daoqiu as Fox's number one enemy.

And not only Alan Ryder Jr., but also Barry Diller and him. The number of contacts between Fox and Paramount in the past year has increased many times than before.

"You see, should we also consider investing in some theaters? Now that the "Paramount Act" has become a decoration, if we do nothing, we will easily be driven away by others."

Regarding the suggestion made by his subordinates, Alan Ryder Jr. didn't say anything. He just shook his head. It seemed that he was not interested in investing in theaters.

(End of this chapter)