The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 192 Rejecting [-] Million

After Li Shengyao and Chen Xun had a crazy night, he led his assistant back to Hengdian. He thought that there should be no one to visit, but he didn't expect that a person rushed to Hengdian the next day, found him, and expressed his interest. After discussing the matter in detail, this person is Zhu Hong, the person in charge of Orange Sky in the mainland.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised, but he still made time to meet Zhu Hong.

In a high-end restaurant in Hengdian, Zhu Hong ordered a table of good dishes and warmly greeted Li Shengyao to eat.

After drinking and eating, he finally revealed the purpose of this time.

"Director Li, do you want to have your own cinema chain?"

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea, "Think about it."

"We can cooperate, Director Li, the theater chain reform system has been officially implemented, and you can completely own your own theater chain."

On December [-] last year, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Culture jointly issued a new rule, promulgating the reform plan for mainland cinemas.

In the past, theater chains in the Mainland were managed vertically from four levels of companies: central, central, provincial, city, and county, with a single structure and low efficiency, unable to meet the needs of modernized and industrialized markets.

So the new system came into effect, and it came into effect on June [-] this year, turning the original four-level vertical distribution system into a modern theater chain. So far, a total of [-] theater chains have been established in the mainland.

Among them, three theater lines are inter-provincial, and the remaining 27 theater lines are issued within the province.

According to Li Shengyao's understanding, by the end of 50.00, new rules will be promulgated, allowing private capital and foreign capital to invest and operate theaters, and foreign capital's shares shall not exceed [-]%.

Then in [-], Wanda became the first private capital to set up a theater chain.

However, before Wanda, there was a UME theater chain, which was established in 02.

The owner of the theater chain is Wu Siyuan, the president of the Hong Kong Island Film Workers Association and the permanent honorary president of the Hong Kong Island Film Directors Association.

This is obviously an olive branch for Hong Kong Island movies.

That is, in June of this year, the co-production system in Hong Kong and Mainland China was formally established. In the future, co-productions will not be subject to restrictions on imported films.

Wu Siyuan is valuable, and Li Shengyao is even more valuable. If he asks, the higher-ups should agree to give him a seat in the theater.

This is the real reason why Cheng Tian came to find Li Shengyao.

Holding the teacup, Li Shengyao looked at the faint heat, "How about cooperation?"

"Orange Sky has money, we are willing to invest 50 billion to create a huge theater chain covering the whole country, and we will give you [-]% of the shares when the time comes."

50 billion, ten percent is [-] million.

Orange Sky has money but no connections. Li Shengyao is qualified to want theaters, but the money is not enough.

It did seem like a match made in heaven.

Zhu Hong went on to say: "Director Li, as long as you agree, not only will you have [-] million yuan at once, but you will also get the full support of our Orange Sky. In the future, in this huge theater chain, your movie is not There are as many films as you want.”

Li Shengyao smiled, noncommittal.

Capital is chasing profit, and it is impossible for the quality of the film to be like "Dream Chasing Showbiz" and to get a large number of films.

Seeing that Li Shengyao was unmoved, Zhu Hong was surprised.

How old is Li Shengyao, a young man in his twenties, wouldn't he be tempted to face [-] million?
In his original plan, the two of them should have a drink and talk together to plan for the future at this time, but he didn't expect Li Shengyao to be so cold.

He rolled his eyes, and then said: "We have people in Hong Kong Island, and you can win the Academy Awards as long as you want, and you can quickly become the person who wins the best director. You will make history. Young Best Director."

This is half true.

In the early years, the Academy Awards were actually pretty solid, Zhou Xingxing was so popular, but he didn't give it to the best actor.

But after Hong Kong Island movies declined, the Academy Awards began to take care of Hong Kong Island actors.

Nicholas Tingfeng's twitchy acting skills won the best actor, which is very funny.

Li Shengyao wasn't sure if Orange Sky could handle this matter, and he wasn't interested either.

Whether it is a golden horse or a golden statue, the gold content will be greatly reduced later.

Of course, the same is true for the Golden Rooster Awards in the Mainland.

If you really want to be strong, you still have to go to the top three in Europe.

Seeing that Li Shengyao still didn't say anything, Zhu Hong couldn't help but asked in doubt, "Director Li, is this not enough?"

"No."

"Do you dislike the lack of shares?"

The [-] million can be said to be given to Li Shengyao, and Li Shengyao does not need to pay a penny. Zhu Hong can't believe that Li Shengyao still feels that it is too little.

He thought that Li Shengyao was stable before, but now it seems that this is not the case. Faced with the temptation of money, Li Shengyao is more greedy than anyone else.

"Director Li, five hundred million is quite a lot. If you don't invest indiscriminately, you won't even be able to spend it all in your lifetime."

Li Shengyao smiled, and then explained the reason, "Mr. Zhu, it's not about the number of shares, or how much money you have, but about the theater chain. I can't cooperate with Orange Sky."

At the end of [-], it was announced that private capital, like foreign capital, can invest in the establishment of theaters.

Domestic capital led by Wanda was the first to obtain the qualification to form a theater chain.

And Orange Sky is so rich, and later the boss of Orange Sky opened a company in the mainland, and established Yanjing Orange Sky, Shanghai City Orange Sky, and Shencheng Orange Sky.

They wished to have the words "domestic capital" tattooed on their faces, but they still didn't get the mainland theaters.

Even some of the theater chains for sale will not be sold to Orange Sky.

It's not a question of whether you have money, but whether you have qualifications.

The owner of Orange Sky, Wu Kebo, made his fortune in the island country. Orange Sky has close ties with several big companies in the island country. It is no problem to say that they are Japanese-owned.

How can the mainland make a Japanese theater chain bigger and stronger.

After 2010, the theater chain led by Wanda China Film Group had occupied most of the market share, and Orange Sky relied on backdoors to buy a theater chain in Shencheng and own its own theater chain in the mainland.

This matter is very clear.

What is Li Shengyao's status now? It is impossible for him to have such a close cooperation with Orange Sky.

Resource replacement is no problem.

But it won't work if we open theaters together.

Hearing this, Zhu Hong was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

Li Shengyao smiled, did not answer, just looked at Zhu Hong quietly.

Zhu Hong is a smart person, he quickly understood Li Shengyao's worries, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

In fact, UME got a license from the above, and Wu Siyuan immediately raised money in Hong Kong Island. Seeing this, Orange Sky thought that the opportunity had come, and with more than one billion yuan, he wanted to cooperate with Wu Siyuan.

But Wu Siyuan, an old fox, didn't know such a risk, so he naturally didn't agree.

Now it's Li Shengyao's turn. Although he is much younger than Wu Siyuan, he still thinks a lot and is unwilling to cooperate with Orange Sky in theaters.

Zhu Hong understood that it would be extremely difficult for Orange Sky to own mainland theaters.

"Director Li, are you going to ask for the theater?"

"Yes, at the end of [-], or [-]."

If Li Shengyao asks for it now, his superiors should also give it to him, but he doesn't need to show off now.

He is not from Hong Kong Island, so there is no need to appear unique.

When the new system was promulgated at the end of 04, allowing private capital to enter the market, he had enough funds at that time, and the system allowed it, and everything seemed to be a matter of course and as it should be.

There are still two chapters not finished, I will post it in an hour.

(End of this chapter)