Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1891

Lin Daoqiu, Long Mayer, Alan Ryder Jr., Ashley, these four Hollywood film giants gathered together.

However, this is not an open itinerary, just to discuss their future cooperation.

If any reporter present had the opportunity to take a photo, I believe it would definitely become a photo that will go down in Hollywood history.

"Mr. Lin, you brought us here, do you know what you want to talk to us about?"

Ashley doesn't seem to like this kind of situation very much, because here he seems to be the weakest one.

Universal, Fox, MGM, none of these three Warners can compare.

This time, the reason why they want to join this alliance to provide MGM with screens is also because Warner has no choice at all.

If he chooses to cooperate with Paramount, then he will not get any benefits, at most he can only get a few words of appreciation from Barry Diller.

But by choosing to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, not only will he be able to obtain huge box office revenue in the coming Christmas schedule, but Warner will not worry about not having a big-selling movie in the next few years or even decades.

It's just that he did it like making a wedding dress for someone else, but the weaker party can only do this.

"I believe everyone already knows that "1992" will be released on Christmas, and I invite you here today to talk about the films after "1992"."

Except for Langmeyer, Alan Ryder Jr. and Ashley had no idea of ​​MGM's next plan.

So when Lin Daoqiu said this, Ashley suddenly became energetic.

"Before I do that, I want to know everyone's understanding of 'blockbuster'."

What Lin Daoqiu wants to know is how Alan Ryder and Ashley Jr. view or define what is a blockbuster.

"Big investment, big production and big stars, I think it's easy to explain."

Ashley gave his answer without even thinking about it. He felt that blockbuster movies are very simple, not only from cost to actors to production, but also big.

It can be said that Ashley's idea is right at all, but Alan Ryder's opinion seems to be a little different from his.

"I think special effects movies should be separated from ordinary movies. In the past, before special effects movies came out, they were basically divided according to what Ashley said, but now the times are different."

Alan Ryder Jr. seemed to be trying to correct Ashley on purpose, which made the other party not very happy.

But Ashley couldn't refute the other party, so he could only keep silent.

"Chairman Alan is right. The investment in special effects movies will be higher or even several times higher than that of ordinary movies. Therefore, when defining blockbuster movies, the rules are different from before."

Lin Daoqiu smiled, and his answer was on the side of little Alan Ryder.

Ashley decided not to speak easily, he felt that it seemed a wrong choice to come here to hold this meeting today.

"Here, I hope that everyone can reach a consensus. Generally, a movie with a budget of 5000 million yuan should be regarded as a blockbuster movie, while a special effects movie must be invested at least 8000 million yuan."

Little Alan Ryder and Ashley actually couldn't figure out why Lin Daoqiu wanted to talk about the definition of blockbuster films first, which seemed a bit inconsistent with their purpose of coming here today.

But Lin Daoqiu can divide it as he likes, and they don't bother to care about it. They just want to know what kind of good movies MGM can produce in the next few years, which is the most important thing.

"Since everyone has no objection to my distribution, then I hope that starting from this Christmas, the ticket price will reflect the difference between blockbuster movies and ordinary movies."

"Mr. Lin wants us to raise the price?"

Little Alan Ryder was the first to react. He didn't expect that the reason why Lin Daoqiu wanted to draw down the rules for blockbuster movies was to prepare for the price increase.

"Since it is a blockbuster movie, I think it must be distinguished from ordinary movies. Whether it is a special effects movie or an ordinary movie, it must make the audience feel different from the beginning when it is released."

For Lin Daoqiu's proposal, it can be said that anyone who is a capitalist or someone who wants to make money must be very welcome.

They would like to add a few dollars to the fare, so that they can earn more.

But Ashley and Alan Ryder Jr. opposed Lin Daoqiu's idea of ​​raising prices.

"If the price is raised rashly, the audience will definitely not accept it, and the box office will be greatly affected. I oppose the price increase."

Ashley was the first to stand up and make a proposal to Lin Daoqiu, not because he wanted to target Lin Daoqiu, but because he was worried that if he did so, the audience would be lost, and there was no way to make those blockbuster movies profitable.

Alan Ryder Jr. had almost the same idea as Ashley, and he also expressed his opposition to Lin Daoqiu's idea of ​​raising prices.

"If regular movies cost the same as blockbusters, why are we paying big bucks to make blockbusters?"

Langmeyer was obviously on Lin Daoqiu's side, so he was the first to stand up and ask Ashley and Alan Ryder Jr.

"I'm not opposed to raising prices, but the problem is that after raising prices, we will lose our customer base. This will not make money and will damage our interests, so I firmly oppose it."

Ashley had already made up his mind that no matter what the other party said, he would not agree to a price increase.

Lin Daoqiu didn't even look at Ashley, instead he turned to look at little Alan Ryder.

"What does Chairman Alan think? Do you agree with Mr. Ashley's statement or are you willing to think about it? After all, whether the price increase is a good thing or a bad thing for us is still unknown."

Lin Daoqiu seems to want to persuade little Alan Ryder, as long as he is persuaded, it is useless for Ashley to persist alone, and the minority must obey the majority at that time.

At the beginning, Alan Ryder Jr. was firmly opposed to the price increase, but after Lin Daoqiu said this, he began to relax a little after thinking about it carefully.

After all, Hollywood ticket prices have not increased for a long time, and not all movies have increased prices, which is still acceptable.

"Since you want to gamble, I won't stop it, but Fox will postpone it by a date, so if you want to raise it, you should raise it first."

Alan Ryder Jr. planned to be on the safe side and see what the limelight was saying.

If Lin Daoqiu and the others succeed, he is keeping up, and if Lin Daoqiu fails, he has no loss.

"If you don't increase, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to cooperate with you this Christmas."

"Mr. Lin, it's not appropriate for you to do this."

It feels like Lin Daoqiu is using "1992" to force Alan Ryder Jr. and Ashley to raise prices with them.

"MGM and Universal have decided to start with "1992" and let the ticket price of big productions float upwards. If you are willing to follow, come, if you don't want to, you can wait."

Lin Daoqiu is not in a hurry, anyway, if they don't show "1992", Fox and Warner's theaters will lose a month.

At this time, little Alan Ryder suddenly had a feeling of being on a thief ship.

"Just do as you say."

Little Alan Ryder bowed his head, and Ashley couldn't hold on anymore. They had begun to realize that they had no room for resistance in front of Lin Daoqiu. This was very sad and realistic.

(End of this chapter)