Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 297: The Wall Street Giants Are Coming (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Fuck, God, why? Why on earth is this happening?"

In the spacious and luxurious office, Jack's eyes were red and he was roaring madly, his eyes full of disbelief.

The newspaper has reported the box office performance of the movie "Fast and Furious" in its second week. The thick and bold numbers are very eye-catching and dazzling.

In fact, it's not just Jack. The shareholders behind the three Hollywood giants, Disney, Columbia and United Artists, are all very dissatisfied.

Before, everyone was in the same boat, but now Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have really broadened their horizons and leave no chance for other companies.

All the smear campaigns in the media are useless, as the box office revenue of these three giants’ movies can at least exceed 100 million US dollars.

Now, MGM seems to have the possibility of rising, because "Once Upon a Time in America", which was just released in early June, broke the box office of 200 million and ended perfectly.

And the new movie that follows it is called "Back to the Future", which also has a huge investment and is targeting the summer season in mid-August.

This is a summer season that has avoided the fierce impact of the three giants including Paramount. They want to make some money at the end of the summer season.

Reginald Disney, the boss behind Disney, announced at a company executive meeting that "The Jungle Book" would be released in mid-July when the competition was most intense.

When the decision was announced, many executives were still surprised.

Walt Disney died last year, and it was his nephew Reginald Walt Disney who took over the Disney Company.

As the new boss, he is very young and Disney should also have a new look.

It’s a pity that it’s unwise to compete against Paramount’s “The Originals” at this time.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of June and Universal Pictures released their new movie "The Truman Show". The box office exploded on the first day of its release.

"Huh, tell me, how did others do it? They broke $25 million on the first day. Many of our movies don't even make as much as others do in a single day. Tell me, how did you do it?"

In the conference room, Jack looked at the group of people in front of him and became more and more unwilling.

The gap is too big.

"The Truman Show" grossed over 25 million US dollars on its first day of release. How could it be so easy to make such money?

Darren Campbell, Klin Richard, Rolf Curry, Dean Gibson and others all sat in their seats, and no one could respond to Jack's questioning.

Warner Bros. released a movie last week, but so far, the box office has only grossed a little over 10 million.

It seems pretty good, but in fact, after the release of "The Truman Show", it was crushed into ashes.

There is absolutely no comparison between the two.

In this case, how can Warner Bros. continue to pursue it?
"Find some media outlets to discredit them, contact the movie theater owners, and ask them to reduce the scale of their screenings."

Jack still used a shady trick. In order to prevent "The Truman Show" from getting so much box office revenue, they had to contact the three giants Columbia, United Artists and Disney, and even called on other film companies to form an alliance.

The only point about this alliance is that we cannot allow the three giants like Paramount to stand over everyone else and do whatever they want.

The alliance was still in its infancy, but they soon discovered that the box office of "The Truman Show" had not dropped much, and had even increased.

why?
Since it's Friday, of course its box office will increase a little.

Apart from that, the smear campaign in the media seems a bit off and doesn't have much influence.

As for the cinema owners who were contacted, they all agreed in person, but secretly did not take "The Truman Show" off the screen.

Nonsense, which movies make money and which movies don’t, can’t you tell them apart?

If they offend Universal Studios, won't the cinema owners be the ones who suffer?

Damn, what can we do with the compensation given by alliances like Warner Bros.?

In Sam's country where capital is everywhere, if you want to betray, there must be enough cost, otherwise it is basically impossible.

"Boss, someone is trying to discredit our movie again, and many movie theater owners have reported that our movie has been pulled from theaters again."

In the office of Universal Pictures, Zhao Mancang nodded to show that he understood after receiving his subordinate's report.

But I was thinking about the solution in my heart.

The next day, Zhao Mancang started looking for people to buy these cinemas, and he controlled the matter through a new vest.

Cinemas are still very profitable, and the 1970s are coming soon. The box office of Sam's movies will only get higher and higher. So as a relatively profitable venue, cinemas must be invested in and developed.

It is definitely better to have it in your own hands than in someone else's hands.

Anyway, Zhao Mancang has a lot of money, so it doesn’t matter at all.

The summer movie season is still underway. After "The Truman Show" broke 80 million US dollars in the first week, it broke 100 million on the first day of the second week.

When the movie's impressive box office data came out, everyone gasped.

The continued popularity of Hollywood movies has once again attracted a lot of attention.

Because the money comes so quickly.

Capital is very sensitive to profits. You know, it is easy for a movie to earn over 200 million US dollars at the box office now. The movie "Sadako" has now become an object of imitation for many investors.

The next weekend, Universal Pictures released another movie, but it was a slasher film and not many people paid attention to it.

After all, although plasma films are horror films, it is impossible for every one of them to be like "Sadako".

What's more, this "Texas Chainsaw" was not released on a large scale, it was only released on a small scale.

In other words, even within Universal Pictures, its evaluation was mediocre.

However, what no one expected was that after its release, this movie has been steadily breaking through.

Although the daily box office is not high, only a few million US dollars, its attendance rate is very terrifying, almost 100%.

Many cinema owners have also noticed this, so they have to actively promote and increase the screening time, because they even use the time at three or four in the morning.

Under normal circumstances, cinemas close at 11 o'clock, but this is not the case now. They are still open at three or four in the morning.

As for the popular time during the day, of course it will be given to "The Truman Show". No one will give time to "Texas Chainsaw".

By the third week of "The Truman Show"'s release, the box office of "Texas Chainsaw" had actually exceeded 50 million US dollars.

At this time, the release scale of the movie "Texas Chainsaw" has quietly reached about 70%.

Many cinema owners are very good at marketing. They have even taken the initiative to extend their business hours and open them in the second half of the night.

The business hours are specially added for horror movies.

The box office growth rate of horror films has always been quite fast.

The third weekend, which was mid-to-early July, "The Originals" was released.

This is Paramount's top priority for this summer's blockbuster season, and many people are paying close attention to its box office performance.

As the first film entirely about vampires, it has already aroused high expectations before it was released.

Vampires are a Western element, with the castles of European aristocrats, the eerie dark world, creatures afraid of sunlight, and a thrilling atmosphere.

There are still a lot of special effects shots. After all, a movie like this costs tens of millions of dollars, and of course it is not spent on the stars' salaries.

The shots are the main body of the movie, the script is the soul, and the stars are just the blood of the movie. Although they are also very important, they cannot occupy too much of a share.

On the first day of its release, "The Originals" grossed 21 million US dollars at the box office. Although it is not as good as "The Truman Show", it is still very impressive.

On this day, the box office of the movie "The Truman Show" exceeded 200 million US dollars.

Many people were envious and jealous to the point of going crazy. The financial tycoons on Wall Street took their money and rushed into Hollywood, investing in many film companies.

The entire Hollywood was filled with vitality, and in just one month, at least five hundred new film companies were added.

Today's Hollywood can be said to be a place where a hundred flowers bloom. The three giants, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures, are far ahead of other film companies.

MGM is about to be reborn from the ashes. The movie "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​has come to a perfect end. Whether it can continue the legend will depend on the movie "Back to the Future" in August.

Thanks to Zhao Mancang's various positive initiatives, Hollywood today has completely changed beyond recognition.

The entire Sam's film market has also undergone major changes. After all, in the original time and space, Sam's film box office for the whole year was only about 10 billion US dollars.

But according to the current situation this year, it is a foregone conclusion that the annual box office will exceed 2 billion US dollars, and it is not impossible to break 3 billion US dollars.

It can almost be said that the growth rate is double or triple.

In fact, the reason why movies like "The Truman Show" are so popular is not only because of the increase in the price of movie tickets, but also because of the support from Wall Street financial giants.

Even though giants like Warner Bros. have relatively bad movies, their stock prices haven't dropped much compared to 1989. Instead, they've shown an upward trend.

Just like now, someone is buying shares of Warner Bros., and of course its stock price is going up.

Jack had no time to spare and had to actively deal with the aggressive Wall Street giants.

The financial giants on Wall Street are all very good at using financial tactics. They don’t like to set up their own film companies, so there is no problem in acquiring a film company or acquiring it from the stock market.

In the world of capital, no commodity is untradable. If it can be traded, it must have a price. Since it has a price, no matter what the price is, as long as the capital can afford it, it can be traded.

Obviously, Warner Bros. Pictures and others must have a price, and this price is insignificant in front of the financial giants on Wall Street.

With the entry of Wall Street giants, there are more and more Hollywood film companies, but most of them are cannon fodder.

There are so many movies released every year, but many of them are just one-day shows, and many don’t even have the chance to be released at all. How can one expect to make over 10 million US dollars, or even hundreds of millions, at the box office?

Then don’t think about it!

However, horror films still have a huge market, simply because "Sadako" is currently the world's number one box office hit in film history. As of July, the box office of "Sadako" has exceeded 500 million US dollars, and it will not be far from 600 million.

"Sadako", which cost less than 50,000 US dollars, grossed over 500 million US dollars. It is even more legendary than the movie itself.

There are many people around the world who study "Sadako", but it is obvious that no one can fully understand it.

"The Originals" took over "The Truman Show" and became the new box office champion. After the single-day box office exceeded 20 million, the box office directly rose to 28.6 million US dollars on Saturday.

It broke the new single-day box office record in one leap. Major media outlets rushed to report on this grand event, which also stimulated many people.

In four and a half days, the total box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, becoming the fastest movie to exceed 100 million US dollars in box office history.

Almost on this day, "The Originals" became more and more popular. Even Lyndon Johnson in the White House took the initiative to buy a ticket to go to the cinema to watch the movie, and was discovered by media reporters.

After the New York Times Post reported the incident, it caused a sensation across the United States.

Even the White House monitor said it was good, so it must be a very good movie.

Seeing the rising box office, many capitalists are even more excited.

Ferdinand Freud reported to Zhao Mancang again, saying that two Wall Street giants had come today, namely Citibank and Morgan Investment Bank.

They hope to acquire shares in Paramount Pictures, but they don't need a lot of shares, just 20% will be enough.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang smiled and refused.

You know, Paramount is now his egg-laying hen and cash cow.

He also has a series of plans in progress, and of course he must control enough shares to do so.

To be honest, Zhao Mancang also coveted the shares of First Citibank, but it was almost impossible to invest in such a company.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang will not exchange shares with other parties through Hollywood giants such as Paramount.

It doesn’t matter. The 1970s are about to come, and Zhao Mancang still has many opportunities to invest in First Citibank.

Throughout July, "The Truman Show" has exceeded 250 million US dollars, and the daily box office has dropped to around 5 million. It is expected to be withdrawn from theaters at the end of July.

After all, there are many movies released now, and "Sadako" is a real big hit and still has its place today.

"The Originals" accounted for 70 percent of the share, "Texas Chainsaw" accounted for 12 percent of the share, and the share in the second half of the night was 70 percent.

Before we knew it, the box office of "Texas Chainsaw" has exceeded 100 million.

It broke the 100 million mark quietly, and the media only reported it briefly, but this still couldn't stop its popularity.

It is obvious that "Texas Chainsaw" is going to follow the old path of "Sadako" and hope to have a long-lasting success.

What’s interesting is that after the total box office of “Texas Chainsaw” exceeded 100 million yuan, the movie attendance rate did not drop much, and still remained above 60%.

This is very scary.

It’s probably because it’s a horror movie. Many people are not used to watching it alone, so they all watch the movie together.

Otherwise, if you get scared and have problems, it would be a real tragedy.

Using "Sadako" to attract traffic, the promotional marketing plan of "Texas Chainsaw" was very successful.

It is no longer possible to replicate other horror films that have been released.

This is the current situation, and the Wall Street giants are helpless after learning about it.

Why?
why?
It’s the end of July now, and 20th Century Fox’s new movie "The Road Home" is also coming out.

In the coming August, Paramount and Universal Pictures will continue to release other movies, because August is the last frenzy, and many big-investment movies will be released in groups.

It is inevitable that they will hurt each other, because there are so few good time slots.
There is only a week's difference in time. Whether the box office can be maintained depends on their respective means and abilities.

However, the box office of movies such as "The Last Days" currently seems to be around 100 million, and it is unlikely to exceed 200 million.

On the contrary, MGM's "Back to the Future" took in 25 million US dollars at the box office on the day of its release with 100% attendance and 59% of the US film market share.

Such data has led cinema owners to cut some of the shares of other films such as "The Last Days" and give more shares to "Back to the Future".

So starting from the next day, the box office of the movie "Back to the Future" continued to rise, and on Saturday, it directly broke the single-day box office record of 30 million US dollars.

It reached 31.29 million US dollars.

And its cinema market share is only 67 percent.

This is even more exciting and enviable. The attendance rate of "Back to the Future" was so high that when 67% of the cinemas were showing this movie, the attendance rate remained above 95%.

Simply terrible!
With high science fiction content, a wonderful script, awesome cinematography, and excellent publicity, it is inevitable that this movie will have a high box office.

No one expected that MGM would really rise and become so strong.

In just four days, the total box office of the movie "Back to the Future" has exceeded 100 million yuan, which is extremely terrifying.

There are many more flights from New York to Los Angeles, most of which are from Wall Street giants. They have sent many economic analysts to Hollywood just to get shares of the four film companies: MGM, Paramount, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox.

The next four are United Artists, Columbia, Warner Bros. and Disney. As for other film companies, it doesn't matter.

Just as the movie "Back to the Future" was becoming more and more awesome, Zhao Mancang finally ended his inspection life and returned to Hong Kong Island.

In a small villa next to the University of Hong Kong, Zhao Mancang had dinner with Lin Shuxian and Zhao Huijun.

"You're all used to it by now, right?"

They have moved here for a year and of course they are used to it.

But now summer vacation has passed, and Lin Wan and her family have already returned to the capital with their children.

During the winter vacation, Lin Shuxian and Zhao Huijun returned to Beijing to celebrate the Spring Festival. During the summer vacation, Lin Wan brought the children to Hong Kong Island to experience it and also to accompany the children.

Who made the little buns want to stay in Hong Kong Island and play?

Compared to the capital city which lacks entertainment, Hong Kong Island has many fun and novel things, such as sea trips, sea fishing, various water activities, beaches, and the Ocean Park that is about to be built.

In addition, there are various lavender gardens, tulip parks and other gardens on Hong Kong Island. These gardens can be seen almost all year round in various places on Hong Kong Island.

Especially in the New Territories of Hong Kong Island, several botanical gardens of various types have been built. These gardens are open to the public. Tourists can buy tickets to visit and have fun in every season.

For Xiao Taozi, Xiao Baozi and others, such entertainment venues have a fatal attraction.

"Dad, when will you return to the capital? Mom and the others have already gone back. Hopefully, nothing will happen." Zhao Huijun suddenly asked worriedly.

Zhao Huijun was not quite sure about the current situation in the capital, but she had heard something about it.

During the summer vacation, Lin Wan brought her children to Hong Kong Island to spend the summer vacation and mentioned the current situation in Beijing.

To be honest, it is indeed worrying.

However, this has little to do with Zhao Mancang, and will not involve Lin Wan.

"Don't worry, everything's fine." Zhao Mancang smiled and said to Lin Shuxian and Zhao Huijun.

If anything happens to Lin Wan, Zhao Mancang will definitely receive the relevant information.

But he hasn't received any news so far, which means nothing is wrong.

For the next week, Zhao Mancang stayed in Hong Kong Island to handle related matters.

There are quite a few companies in Hong Kong Island. The one he is most concerned about at the moment is Causeway Bay Automobile Group, simply because it has a close relationship with companies in the mainland.

After a while, when the mainland is able to produce qualified automobile products, Causeway Bay will also sell related automobile products simultaneously.

Of course, the cars produced by Causeway Bay Motors Group will be very different from those produced by BAIC Motor, and the latter will have more types.

Since it is about expanding the mainland's export share, Zhao Mancang is of course extremely nervous.

Companies such as Island Development Bank, Changda Group, Wharf Holdings, and Dairy Farm also need his attention to ensure the healthy development of these companies.

In addition, Zhao Mancang also went to the mountaintop villa and spent several days with Liu Baochan and her mother and son.

After everything was done, he returned to the capital. After arriving in the capital, he found that the capital seemed different again.

(End of this chapter)