The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 304 30 Years Hedong, 30 Years Hexi

On the last day of 2004, the Ministry of Culture issued new regulations on the establishment of theater chains by private companies. From the date of issuance, relevant private companies can apply for the establishment of theater chains, and the above will review their qualifications. As long as they pass the review, theater chains can be established.

This news can be said to have caused an instant sensation in the entire internal entertainment industry.

Many people realize that in addition to the traditional China Film, Shanghai Film, Changying, and those theaters directly under the local government, many private theaters will be opened in the mainland.

The number of movie theaters is bound to increase.

So will the total movie box office increase significantly?

Does this mean that the mainland can accommodate more blockbusters?

The minds of people in the entertainment industry were ignited, and their eyes turned to the coal bosses. Many people were gearing up to make blockbuster movies.

At the same time, Li Shengyao came to the Ministry of Culture and met with relevant leaders.

There are two main things. One is that Lee Sing Yew has become a representative of the mainland literary and art circles, and he will attend the conference in March next year.

The second is that Lee Sing Yew was qualified to form a cinema chain.

Without an application, it was directly approved by the above.

Li Shengyao was naturally very happy. He returned to Fenghua Film and Television Company, met Wu Wenhui and others, and then announced the establishment of Fenghua Cinemas.

The major movie theaters they have been preparing for a long time can finally open their doors openly.

Wu Wenhui and a group of key members were very excited. They saw the rise of an entertainment empire.

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That is, 20 days after the issuance of the new regulations by the Ministry of Culture, Fenghua held a press conference and announced the establishment of Fenghua Cinemas. They have a total of 36 cinemas, spread across 27 cities with the best economic development in China.

After the news came out, there was naturally another shock.

It was rumored that Wanda was in the process of applying, and it turned out that Li Shengyao obtained the qualification to establish a theater chain earlier than Wanda, a large real estate company with [-] billion yuan. One can imagine his weight in it.

That is to say, in the three to ten minutes after the press conference ended, Lee Shengyao received many phone calls and text messages, all of which were congratulations and praises to him.

Xiao Gangpao, Lao Mouzi, and Cheng Long all sent him text messages.

Zhang Weiping also called Li Shengyao, saying that it was Lao Mouzi's movie in the future, and he would definitely give it to Fenghua Cinemas as soon as possible.

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On January 2005, 1, the conference hall of Yanjing International Trade Building was extremely lively today.

The bosses, or persons in charge, of nearly forty theaters in China have come here, and a joint meeting of mainland theaters is going on at this time.

The bosses came here mainly to listen to Han Sanping's meeting and explain the new regulations of the Ministry of Culture.

Li Shengyao also passed by, and he took Wu Wenhui with him.

The two of them went there, naturally to get to know these bosses and prepare for the upcoming release of Fenghua.

In fact, apart from China Film, Shanghai Film, and Changying, which are state-owned theaters that are better, other local theaters will be defeated in the competition and lose to private theaters.

That is to say, the current executives will not be able to play for many years, at most seven or eight years, and the mainland theaters will be a different world.

But at this time, they still have energy.

Li Shengyao has a special aura. He used to chat with people, and the bosses gave him a lot of face.

He said that there is no problem with Fenghua's distribution at all, and he will let you know when the time comes, and just let someone send the film over.

Although I am not sure whether the words of the bosses are reliable, but for now, the effect is not bad.

The theater joint meeting is over, and the CEOs naturally want to have a meal together.

At 11:30, led by Han Sanping, a group of bigwigs strode towards the dining hall.

From a distance, Li Shengyao saw in the hall, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Cheng Long, Zhang Weiping, Wang Zhonglei, and Wang Changtian were already waiting there.

Seeing Han Sanping and the others, they rushed over to meet them.

Not long after, the banquet officially started, and Li Shengyao sat at the same table with the bosses, smiling and eating.

Holding a glass of white wine, Feng Xiaogang walked over with a sincere face, "Bosses, thank you for your care in the past few years. In the next time, I hope you will support me a lot. My heart is in this glass of wine."

After the words fell, Xiaogangpao raised his wine glass and drank it down.

The bosses all applauded and clamored for two more drinks. Feng Xiaogang drank two glasses immediately, then chatted with some familiar bosses, and finally came to Li Shengyao.

He poured himself another glass of wine.

This glass of wine must be drunk, he will be sad if he doesn't drink it.

I thought that Lee Sheng Yew was a newcomer in the film industry, and it would take a few years to climb up the ladder. If he was lucky, he would be able to become his opponent.

I was unlucky, so I went back to be a TV director directly.

But I didn't expect that he would directly become the owner of the theater.

In the future, all his films will be distributed to Lee Seung Yew.

This gap is too great, Xiaogangpao wants to cry now.

Not to mention that Li Shengyao is favored by the higher-ups, let’s talk about Li Shengyao’s entry into the film industry. With his resources, there must be no problem with the film schedule. The quality of the film can keep up. If the box office is still in hand, this is another movie. Boss.

Lao Mouzi, Li Shengyao, Chen Poet.

There is also a group of Hong Kong Island directors going north.

Feng Xiaogang feels that domestic entertainment is becoming more and more difficult to mix.

"Director Li, I won't say much about our relationship. I'll finish this glass of wine."

Afterwards, he drank the wine quickly and chatted intimately with Li Shengyao for a while.

Li Shengyao knew that Xiaogangpao wanted to show the relationship between the two of them, which was a bit of a fake, but he didn't expose it. So far, Xiaogangpao respects him on the surface.

After Xiaogangpao, Zhang Weiping followed.

Lao Zhang also had mixed feelings in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

In addition to Lao Mouzi's film production, the new picture business is mainly distribution. Distribution sounds good, but in fact, he is just a movie courier, and he must please the theater boss.

He had a good capacity for alcohol, came to Li Shengyao's table and drank several glasses in a row.

Finally, when he came to Li Shengyao, he gave a thumbs up and said with a big tongue: "Director Li, I am really convinced. I won't obey anyone, but you."

"You must take care of our new screen movies in the future."

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, no problem, I will definitely support it."

The movie with the highest box office will be released.

In business talk business, Li Shengyao is not a random person.

Even if his own movie doesn't do well at the box office, he will cut it down.

Zhang Weiping then staggered away.

When the banquet was about to end, many bosses got up and sat around casually. Brother Chen Kai shyly came to Li Shengyao with a glass of wine.

"Director Li, please support me a lot in my future films."

Poet Chen is really aggrieved.

Obviously a junior, but now he is asked to toast.

Just a while ago, he wanted to give advice to Li Shengyao, but now the relationship has been reversed.

It's really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

He soon discovered that what Li Shengyao drank was tea, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only drink a cup honestly.

After Poet Chen started the new century, his films began to attract investment and organize themselves.

Just like Chen Hong is the producer of "The Promise".

But on such an occasion, Chen Hong couldn't be allowed to toast the bar. Wouldn't that be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth? He had to come here by himself.

He didn't think there was any problem in the past, but today, he felt very wronged. Poet Chen felt that he was very uncomfortable now.

A river of spring water can't exhaust his sorrow.

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, Director Zhang, I will definitely support you."

I overestimated my speed, and there is still a chapter to be released around eleven o'clock.

(End of this chapter)