Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

Chapter 756 It's not just a matter of theatrical arrangement

Back home at night, Yang Mi told Zhang Xiao about going to the Culture Department for a meeting.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "The bill that was just proposed this morning will organize everyone to have a meeting tomorrow afternoon. Isn't this speed too fast?"

Yang Mi's heart moved, and said: "You mean that there is a shadow of the Department of Culture behind this incident?"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "If the Department of Culture directly throws out a standard for arranging films tomorrow, then this matter will be [-]% chosen by the Department of Culture."

Yang Mi said: "It is estimated that Long Da and Suo Li's actions are too extreme, so the Culture Department is very dissatisfied."

"Look, I guess someone is going to start crying." Zhang Xiao said with a smile.

At [-]:[-] p.m. the next day, Zhang Xiao came to the Culture Department, and under the guidance of a staff member, he came to a large conference room.

At this time, the inside was already full of people. In addition to directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Lu Chuan, there were also more than 30 executives of film and television production companies, and the people in charge of more than a dozen theaters were at the forefront.

Feeling that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit dignified, Zhang Xiao just nodded with everyone, and then sat down in his seat.

As a super rich man worth hundreds of billions of dollars and No. 1 in the world's film industry, the Department of Culture placed Zhang Xiao at the top.

On his left is Su Changde, director of the Department of Culture who has just removed the adverb, on his right is Xiao Lishan, CEO of Sakura Films who controls Suoli Cinemas, and on the opposite is Zhuo Fu, the director of Longda Cinemas.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm Xiao Lishan, your loyal movie fan. Nice to meet you." Xiao Lishan stretched out his hand to Zhang Xiao first, and whispered.

Zhang Xiao shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "I heard that Mimi said Mr. Xiao's name, and I finally met a real person today. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Xiao Lishan said: "I don't know what Yang always said about me, did he scold me?"

"That's not true!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "She said that you are a very powerful person, more than a hundred times stronger than Sonoda."

"Boss Yang is really flattering you." Xiao Lishan said, "Mr. Zhang, you must be aware of the purpose of the Culture Department calling us here this time. I wonder what you mean?"

Zhang Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "I'm just an idler. I have never asked or cared about the affairs of the sunny cinema. I really don't know much about the issue of film scheduling. Mr. Xiao, I don't know if you are going to ask for help. What does theater mean?"

When Xiao Lishan heard Zhang Xiao's words, he took a deep look at him, and felt that although the other party was smiling, his eyes were as deep as the sea, giving people an unfathomable feeling.

Sure enough, he is a man of no vain under his prestige!
Xiao Lishan secretly raised the level of Zhang Xiao's danger to the highest level, and said: "We Suo Li spent billions of dollars to build a theater chain covering China. Naturally, we want to recover such a huge cost as soon as possible. .”

"Mr. Zhang, the cost of your Sunny Cinemas should be about the same as that of our Suoli Cinemas. For your own benefit, you shouldn't go back easily, right?"

Zhang Xiao showed a weird smile and said, "What do you guess?"

This made Xiao Lishan speechless.

This guy is really a master who doesn't play cards according to common sense.

At this moment, Su Changde and two deputy directors walked in.

Everyone stood up.

Su Changde pressed his hands together, and said with a smile: "Everyone, you don't have to be so polite, please sit down!"

After each took their seats, Su Changde looked at Zhang Xiao and said, "Mr. Zhang, I really didn't expect this meeting to surprise you. It really surprised me."

Zhang Xiaodao: "No way, how can I dare to resist the work arranged by the family leader?"

Su Changde said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Yang's tutoring is quite strict."

Zhang Xiao sighed, and said: "There is no way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves!"

"Hahaha!" Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard his words.

Su Changde himself laughed out loud.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room instantly became much more relaxed, only Xiao Lishan was thoughtful.

The humorous interaction between Zhang Xiao and Su Changde seems ordinary, but the effect is very good. Did they discuss it before?
If Zhang Xiao knew Xiao Lishan's thoughts at the moment, he would probably burst out laughing, this guy's brains are too big, why do he have so many thoughts?

At this time, Su Changde coughed, and said: "Let's get back to business, I am anxious for everyone to come here today, mainly because I want to discuss one issue, that is, the film arrangement of theaters."

"With the vigorous development of our domestic films, the number of film and television production companies is also increasing, with 86 newly opened this year alone."

"At the beginning of this year, I agreed to the kindness of two companies, Qingtian and Cable, to build theaters. As of last week, Qingtian has built more than 500 theaters, and Cable has built more than 800 theaters."

"We originally thought that the construction of these two cinema lines would put a lot of pressure on film screenings, but unexpectedly, the result turned out to be just enough to meet the needs of the market."

"In June next year, the Huaguo film market will be in line with the international film market. At that time, at least fifteen international films will enter our domestic theaters every month, and the pressure on the theater chain will be even greater."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiao immediately understood that the real purpose of the Department of Culture this time was not simply a matter of scheduling films in cinemas, but more importantly, to deal with the impact of foreign films.

In the memory of Zhang Xiao's previous life, next year will be the No. 20 year when Huaguo joined the global trade. According to regulations, Huaguo will further open up the market.

It turns out that the number of foreign films entering the Chinese market is quite limited, at most 180 films per year, and after June next year, it will immediately increase to [-] films, and the protection month for domestic films will also end accordingly.

It can be imagined that several Hollywood commercial blockbusters will come in during the Spring Festival, and the sourness will definitely make domestic film production companies cry to death.

At this time, Su Changde continued: "Yesterday, dozens of film production companies and dozens of directors jointly submitted an application letter to our Culture Department, asking our Culture Department and major movie theaters to formulate a standard for movie theater scheduling."

"The reason is that the performance of some theater chains is really ugly. The films I invested in directly received 70.00, [-], [-], or even [-]% of the screenings, while other films without investment can only get single-digit screenings."

"I can tell you very clearly that the nature of this kind of behavior is very bad. It is killing the future of domestic films. Our Department of Culture will never allow this."

"Mr. Zhuo, tell me, is there any such situation in Longda?" Su Changde looked at Zhuo Fu and asked.

Zhuofu obviously didn't expect that the first fire would burn himself, he was slightly taken aback, and said: "Director Su, this... I admit that Longda Cinemas really has something to do with the movies it invests in."

"After all, we are a private theater chain for profit."

Hearing his words, Su Changde's face darkened immediately, and he said, "For the purpose of profit? Mr. Zhuo, if I remember correctly, it was clearly written on your application back then that the construction of Longda The theater chain is for the development of domestic films.”

"Hehehe, the changes in Longda Cinema are a bit fast!"

(End of this chapter)