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In Xu Cun's opinion, "Knife Horse" is the most unsuccessful film he has directed - not only did it fail to get a good box office, but it even failed to win an award that satisfied Xu Cun!

What Xu Cun never expected was that "Kao Ma Dan", which was a failure in his eyes, was very popular in the mainland, and its popularity was almost as popular as "Shaolin Temple"!

Later, Jiang Zhiqiang explained to Xu Cun: "Mr. Xu, your "Kao Ma Dan" is a work of conscience with the background of Chinese G. Whether it is in terms of martial arts design or in terms of storyline, "Dao Ma Dan" is a masterpiece. It is not inferior to "Shaolin Temple" at all, and even stronger than "Shaolin Temple" in terms of characterization. The most important thing is that mainland audiences have not experienced the impact of our Hong Kong movies, and have no resistance to our Hong Kong movies! Therefore, "Dao Ma Dan" "It's normal to be popular in the mainland."

Later, Jiang Zhiqiang added with admiration: "Mr. Xu, you are too wise to choose the mainland market between the Taiwan market and the mainland market!"

The mainland in the early 1980s was very chaotic in terms of film box office management! So much so that now Xu Cun has no way of knowing the exact box office of "Dao Ma Dan".

The only thing Xu Cun knows now is that in Xu Cun's 25 cinemas in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan, the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" on the first day was 115,000 yuan.

This result does not seem to be very good, but don't forget that the current movie ticket price in the Mainland is only 20 cents a piece!

Xu Cun has nearly 120,000 seats in 25 cinemas in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan.

With a movie ticket price of 20 cents, a total of 120,000 seats, and five simultaneous screenings a day, only when almost all the venues are full, "Dao Ma Dan" can get the first-day box office of 115,000 yuan.

In fact, it is exactly the same - the movie ticket price of the DreamWorks Cinema is exactly the same as that of the state-run movie theater, but the environment, equipment and services of the DreamWorks movie theater are far superior to those of the state-run movie theater. They are all resting, so that almost all of the twenty-five DreamWorks movie theaters are full.

Now, there are more mainlanders and fewer movies, and good movies are better. Good movies, even bad ones, have a longer lifespan than Hong Kong, or even North America.

A good movie has a screen life of about 15 to 40 weeks in North America - "ET" has been screened for a total of 52 weeks in North America, won the championship for 16 weeks, and is the only film that has been screened for more than 40 weeks in North America. movie of. "Back to the Future" was screened in North America for 37 weeks and won the 11-week weekly championship. "Ghost Love" was screened in North America for 30 weeks and won the four-week championship.

Given the current level of closure in the mainland and the scarcity of films, the screen life of "Dao Ma Dan" in the mainland will not be less than 20 weeks, and it is not counting the second-level screening, third-level screening, fourth-level screening, and fifth-level screening...

Based on Xu Cun's 25 cinemas alone, the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" for 20 weeks will not be less than 10 million yuan.

At this stage, one Hong Kong dollar can be converted into RMB 29 cents.

That is to say, "Dao Ma Dan" can have a box office of no less than 35 million Hong Kong dollars in only 20 weeks of Xu Cun's 25 films, which is equivalent to 100 million Taiwan dollars.

And this is only the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" in Xu Cun's 25 cinemas for only 20 weeks.

There are thirty-four provincial-level administrative regions in China. Xu Cun only has cinemas in the four provincial-level administrative regions of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan, and there are not only Xu Cun’s in the four provincial-level administrative regions of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan. Twenty-five movie theaters, how many movie theaters are there in G?

Will the screen life of "Dao Ma Dan" in the mainland exceed 20 weeks?

Therefore, the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" in the Mainland is definitely expected!

It is precisely because the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" is expected in the mainland that Jiang Zhiqiang, who is now confident in the mainland film market, discussed with Xu Cun: "Mr. Xu, I want to build some more in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan. Cinema."

Regarding Jiang Zhiqiang's proposal, Xu Cun hesitated a little and said: "Are we in a hurry? Our food looks too ugly, I'm afraid it will arouse the disgust of local governments around the world? Besides, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan four places. There are nearly 100 state-run movie theaters, and the market is almost saturated, right?"

Hearing Xu Cun's concerns, Jiang Zhiqiang said: "The local governments of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan also hope that we can build movie theaters again. The compensation and land use fees for the land occupied by our DreamWorks movie theaters are the highest in the country. Moreover, our DreamWorks cinemas are built with local personnel, and after completion, they will recruit local personnel to manage them. It can be said that it not only brings a lot of financial revenue to the local government, but also solves a lot of local employment problems. The most important thing is that the tax revenue that our twenty-five movie theaters bring to the governments of the four regions in one month is about to catch up with the tax revenue that the nearly 100 state-run movie theaters bring to the governments of the four regions in three months. Next, the governments of the four places certainly hope that the more DreamWorks movie theaters we have, the better!"

After a pause, Jiang Zhiqiang continued: "As for the saturation of the market, it is not a problem at all. Can we just squeeze those state-run cinemas out of the market? The current situation is that our DreamWorks cinemas do not sell movie tickets. After all, those state-run movie theaters don’t even think about selling movie tickets! As long as we build 50 more multi-hall movie theaters in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan~lightnovelpub.net~, we will be able to sell Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan. The state-run cinemas in the four places are all crowded!"

Jiang Zhiqiang said that as long as DreamWorks builds 50 more multiplex cinemas in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan, it will surely be able to crowd out all the state-run cinemas in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan. Would you not know?

but--

Knowing and knowing, but Xu Cun will not do so - at present, the mainland market has not been fully opened, and many people, especially those in high positions, are still skeptical about reform and opening up. Therefore, once DreamWorks Cinema squeezes all the state-run movie theaters, then Xu Cun and Xu Cun's DreamWorks will definitely be pushed to the forefront! At that time, the mainland market, which Xu Cun had managed to open with great difficulty, might be closed again.

But then again, Xu Cun managed to open up the mainland market with great difficulty, and I would be so sorry for Xu Cun's foresight if he didn't take advantage of others before they entered the infield market!

Therefore, after some thinking and deduction, Xu Cun personally identified 15 places to build 15 more DreamWorks cinemas.

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