Chapter 150 Crazy Chu Huan (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

   In the next month, Chu Huan was very busy, and the people around Chu Huan thought that Chu Huan was crazy!

  In fact, not only the people around Chu Huan, but also those who knew what happened thought Chu Huan was crazy.

  Because Chu Huan was throwing money crazily during this period.

   This month, Chu Huan is only doing one thing, acquisitions, acquisitions, and what the **** is acquisitions.

  The target of Chu Huan's acquisition is the theater in Xiangjiang. As long as there is an owner who intends to sell an independent theater, Chu Huan will immediately appear in front of the other party at the speed of someone who just came out of the shop and rushed to the shampoo room.

  But Chu Huan is not a boy who spreads money. Every time he negotiates with the other party, he will try his best to keep the price as low as possible. If there is no agreement, Chu Huan would rather not have this theater.

   In fact, Chu Huan still takes advantage of the current Xiangjiang film market. Although Li Xiaolong's two films broke Xiangjiang's box office records one after another, the overall environment of the Xiangjiang film market is not very good because of the emergence of television.

  This can be seen from the original time and space, the number of movie theaters in Xiangjiang. From this year to 78, the number of theaters in Xiangjiang has gradually decreased. At the lowest point in 1978, there were only 70 theaters in Xiangjiang.

  Therefore, it was reported that Chu Huan wanted to buy theaters, and those who had no intention of managing them naturally sold their theaters one after another.

   In the second half of the month, Chu Huan no longer needed to actively look for theaters to sell, and many theater owners began to actively find black and white images.

  As for the funds, it was the people around Chu Huan who thought that Chu Huan was crazy.

   To acquire each movie theater, Chu Huan used the movie theater as a mortgage to borrow money from the bank. If there was not enough funds in the middle, Chu Huan would sell part of the HSI futures index to supplement his own funds.

In just one month, Chu Huan bought a total of six movie theaters, excluding the previously acquired Jiamei Cinema, and Mr. Li’s new cinema, which was rented by the Lei family. At this time, Chu Huan already had twelve movie theaters in his hands.

   During this month, Chu Huan also spent 18 million Hong Kong dollars, including 14 million Hong Kong dollars in bank loans, and raised 4 million Hong Kong dollars by selling stocks.

   This ensured that Chu Huan won these movie theaters.

   Then Chu Huan stopped his frantic acquisitions and began to rectify the theater company.

  Chu Huan will not rest assured that these matters will be handed over to the newcomer Fang Jianhui. Everything is done by Chu Huan himself.

  First of all, the theater company was officially registered in Xiangjiang, named Shanhai Cinema Company.

  The names of those movie theaters before were all canceled by Chu Huan and renamed.

  The former Jiamei Cinema was renamed as Bifang Cinema, and the new cinema owned by Boss Lvli in Grassland was renamed as Yingyu Cinema.

  At this time, Chu Huan’s Shanhai Cinemas has also become the fourth largest cinema in Xiangjiang besides Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Shuangnan.

   "From now on, Bifang Cinema will be the leading cinema of Shanhai Cinemas, and the company's films will also hold midnight shows here to be tested by Hong Kong audiences."

  In the conference room with black and white images, Chu Huan, Fang Jianhui, general manager of Shanhai Cinemas Zhou Zhibin, manager of distribution department Pang Haoyang, manager of production department Wang Yongxiang, manager of planning department Su Zian and other high-level staff were present.

  Chu Huan was attacking the city outside to acquire theaters, and the black and white image finally set up the framework of the company.

   Regarding Chu Huan's arrangement, everyone in Fang Jianhui naturally had no objection. In fact, when Chu Huan renovated the Bifang Cinema, he decorated it according to the leading theater.

   Now it is just announced to the public.

   "Mr. Fang, other film companies still need to strengthen contact. Let's see what films they send up this month. You and Liang Jianbang, the manager of the review department, should pay attention in the future."

  Chu Huan looked at Fang Jianhui with a displeased expression.

  Now the film company in Xiangjiang, it is no exaggeration to describe it as "drought to death and flooded to death".

  Shaw Brothers, because Golden Harvest owns its own theater company, the annual production volume is also very considerable, so it is natural to give priority to the release of the films of its own film company.

  Only when their film company's film hits the street unexpectedly, or when there is a gap period, will they find a film from an outside film company to release.

However, the film companies of Shuangnan Cinemas Xiangjiang would not even dare to think about it. After all, they still count on their own company’s films to be released in Taiwan, and Shuangnan Cinemas’ screening is extremely strict. able to show.

  As for other independent theaters, it needs to be discussed by each family, and the sadness of this can be imagined.

   Now it's better, Chu Huan was born in the Xiangjiang film industry, and the movie theaters in his hands have been acquired one after another, as if he is developing towards a super theater company.

  The black-and-white image behind Shanhai Cinemas is a small film company, which cannot meet the film schedule of the theaters.

  I can’t say that, but I have to say that there is no way to be satisfied at all. It has been a month or two since the establishment of Black and White Image, and now only two films are being filmed, and none of them have been released yet!

  This kind of behavior is taken for granted in the eyes of many film companies, so they turned themselves into serfs and sang, knowing that the black and white image urgently needs the film to be released in their own theaters.

  So when they found Shanhai Cinemas, they were all overwhelmed, hoping that Shanhai Cinemas could lower the cost of the package.

  If it weren't for Shaw Brothers' films, these people's bargaining would have been even crazier.

  At this time, what Xiangjiang Cinema signed with the film company was not a sharing agreement, but a subsidy system.

  What is the theater subsidy system?

   That is, if the production company wants to show a movie in a cinema, it must decide to pay a monthly rental fee based on the seats, equipment, and expenses of the cinema. No matter how much the theater’s daily income is, it must pay the monthly rental fee.

The theaters in Hong Kong and Taiwan all implement the theater contract system. That is to say, if a film company brings its own movie to Bifang Cinema, no matter how much it can sell at the box office, even if it hits the street with pants If there is not left, you must pay the theater's basic fee on time.

This kind of system has greatly discouraged the enthusiasm of the producers. Many times, the producers have no confidence in their films. They would rather put the film in the library to rot than release it, because they are afraid of losing even more. ―Not only the production fee of the movie, but also a sum of money for the movie theater.

  At the same time, there are many detailed rules for the bottom package, such as the bottom package for leading theaters and the bottom package for joint movie theaters.

Take a movie released on Taiwan Island as an example. The total weekly box office revenue reaches 3 million yuan, and the producer gets less than 1 yuan. , the film owner not only cannot get the box office share, but also has to spend money to redeem the copy.

  In the next few years, many small and medium-sized film companies on Taiwan Island were crippled by the subsidy system of the theater operators. This is also one of the main reasons for the decline of the once prosperous Taiwanese films.

  The situation in Xiangjiang is similar. Although the package fee is slightly cheaper than that of theaters in Taiwan, it is more difficult to get a good schedule.

  Although there is still a so-called schedule in Xiangjiang, but everyone has finished shooting the movie, so naturally they all hope that the movie will be released as soon as possible.

  But if their movie company’s movie schedule collides with the movie schedule of the movie company behind the theater company, the theater company will naturally release its own movie first.

  In the past, when there were negotiations between Xiangjiang's film company and theater company, the people in the film company didn't even dare to speak loudly.

  But it is different now. There has been a change in the demand relationship between Shanhai Cinemas and them. Now Shanhai Cinemas needs more film sources.

  As for the Shaw Brothers films shown on the Shanhai Cinemas, the package fee was kept to a minimum.

  This is also the reason why Shao Yifu readily agreed to Chu Huan.

   Now that other film companies have joined, Shanhai Cinemas has gradually reduced the scale of showing Shaw Brothers films.

   After all, the two parties did not sign a contract at that time.

   And these film companies saw the right time one after another, and the lion opened his mouth wide, wanting to make Chu Huan submit and reduce the initial package fee for them.

  Regarding these requests, Fang Jianhui accepted Chu Huan's order and reluctantly agreed to them, reducing a part of the bottom-line fee.

   This ensures that Shanhai Cinemas maintains the rhythm of film releases during the process of rapid expansion.

  As soon as they heard that the black-and-white film actually reduced the cost of the package, some film companies even took out their own bottom-of-the-box films and sent them for release.

   Its box office can be imagined.

   "Although we have lowered the package fee, if all the bad movies are shown, the audience will be bored with our theater, and it will also be a blow to the reputation of the theater."

  In such a company meeting, Fang Jianhui didn't dare to joke with Chu Huan, saying: "Chairman, I know, we will improve in the future."

  Chu Huan nodded and said: "Also, for those who are aggressive, don't get used to them. Now that we have no shortage of film sources, don't let them think that the company will lower the contract fee.

   In addition, inform those companies that bought the bottom of the box that if their film cannot be sold in theaters, they will raise their bottom package fee back to the original price! "

  Fang Jianhui immediately smiled and said, "That's good. During this period of time, facing those people's bargaining every day, I thought I was a teacher who bought vegetables in the vegetable market."

   "Chairman, will this make those film companies rebellious and fight against us?" Zhou Zhibin, general manager of Shanhai Cinemas, asked with some concern.

"Don't worry. At the beginning, Lisheng Cinemas didn't have its own film company. Didn't they just submit obediently in the end? As long as people see the benefits, it's difficult to get them to give up. Moreover, those people are a mob. Together, it is harder than reaching the sky!"

  Chu Huan made a final decision.

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Zhou Zhibin couldn't say anything more.

  Then Chu Huan continued to speak: "The other thing is to save the July and August schedules. In these two months, the company will no longer accept films from any film companies, and we will show our company's films with all our strength!"

  It is now the beginning of June, and "Dragon and Tiger Fight" directed by Hong Jinbao is coming to an end. There are 20 days left for post-production, and it will be released next month. By then, Chu Huan will naturally not need other film companies' movies to rush.

It was Zhou Zhibin who said, "Chairman, please don't be so accurate with those film companies. After all, Sanmao is the first film independently directed by our company. No one dares to say how the box office will be. If the box office is not good at the time, we can’t insist on it, can we?”

Zhou Zhibin is thirty-six years old and an old man in the Xiangjiang film industry. He used to be the manager of a movie theater that Chu Huan bought. Chu Huan saw that this person knew the Xiangjiang film industry very well and had his own unique insights, so he kept him. , Let him serve as the general manager of Shanhai Cinemas.

   At least for now, it seems that Chu Huan's decision is still correct.

  He only mentioned Hong Jinbao, but not Li Hanxiang, because although it is not the first time that Hong Jinbao directed a film independently, it has not been proven at the box office, so he is skeptical of Hong Jinbao now.

In addition, the movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting", starring 24K pure newcomer Cheng Long, has no box office appeal, but the heroine Miao Kexiu is because of Li Xiaolong's two movies and the relationship with Chu Huan. Gossip, there is some heat.

  In fact, in this movie, Miao Kexiu’s salary is also higher than that of Cheng Long.

  Cheng Long’s remuneration is the same as Xu Guanwen’s, 4,000 Hong Kong dollars, while Miao Kexiu’s is 8,000 Hong Kong dollars, fully double that of Cheng Long.

  But no one dared to say anything about the salary, because Chu Huan decided it.

   But Li Hanxiang is different. The successive successes of "Strange Story of Deception" and "Grand View of Deception", although the outside world is not optimistic about Li Hanxiang, but the company still looks forward to Li Hanxiang very much.

  Chu Huan thought for a while, and he was really not sure about the situation of Hong Jinbao's movie "Dragon and Tiger", so he preached.

   "Okay, this matter will be decided according to Manager Zhou's suggestion."

  Seeing that Chu Huan supported his suggestion, Zhou Zhibin immediately smiled.

"Another thing, now that the company has been formalized, only two directors, Li Hanxiang and Hung Jinbao, and a few actors are obviously not enough. The next main task of the company is to find directors, actors, screenwriters and behind-the-scenes personnel. The company is worthy of the title of the fourth largest cinema company in Hong Kong."

  Chu Huan assigned another task!

   Black and white images must be developed. Since the current manpower is not enough to develop, Chu Huan needs talents, a lot of talents.

  Fang Jianhui immediately stated that he would continue to apply to the newspaper for recruitment, and at the same time, he would also search in the industry.

  Afterwards, Chu Huan determined the hierarchy of directors and actors in the company.

  As Chu Huan said to Li Hanxiang before, black and white images have their own hierarchy for directors and actors in their company.

   After discussion, Chu Huan called it a pyramid structure.

  The entire pyramid structure has five levels, namely SSS, SS, S, A, and B.

SSS-level directors have a very high right to speak in the company. If they are going to start shooting a new film, the company will absolutely delegate power, ask money for money, ask for people to give, and the investment quota for new films has increased to 3 million Hong Kong dollars. If the investment needs to be increased If so, Chu Huan's signature is required.

   Of course, the ensuing remuneration will also increase, and the film salary will be as high as 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The fault tolerance rate is also higher than other directors. The company allows him to make three films, but when he makes the first film, the company will review his script and make an evaluation. If the script does not meet the company's requirements, Sorry can only re-edit.

  Nowadays, the company does not have an SSS-level director, even Li Hanxiang is only an SS-level director.

  The level of the actors is the same as that of the director, but now there are no S-level actors, not to mention SSS-level actors in black and white images.

   It can only be said that the black and white image still lacks people.

  After these things were said, the first official meeting of the black and white image was over.

  Chu Huan just walked out of the conference room when he saw Xu Yi standing anxiously at the door.

  Seeing Chu Huan coming out, he hurried forward and said, "Chairman, you finally came out!"

   "What's wrong?" Chu Huan asked.

  Xu Yi said: "Just now there was a call from the studio. Ms. Miao was accidentally injured while filming her own scene. Now she has been sent to St. Mary's Hospital!"

   After listening, Chu Huan walked out of the company and said to Qin Peng, "St. Mary's Hospital."

   Seeing Chu Huan's anxiety, Qin Peng used all his driving skills and drove all the way to the hospital soon.

  After asking the nurse, Chu Huan knew that Miao Kexiu was undergoing an operation. Hearing that an operation was needed, Chu Huan was also worried, and hurried to the operating room.

  When Chu Huan came to the operating room, he saw Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others still wearing costumes, waiting anxiously at the door of the operating room.

  Seeing Chu Huan coming over, Hong Jinbao's heart skipped a beat, although Chu Huan didn't visit the set during this period, nor did he have any contact with Miao Kexiu.

  However, the Xiangjiang media had spread the scandal between Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu before, and now seeing Chu Huan's worried face, Hong Jinbao was indeed a little scared.

   "Young Master Huan, I'm all to blame for what happened this time. I didn't take good care of Ms. Miao, which caused her to get hurt."

  Chu Huan asked directly: "How is the injury? What did the doctor say?"

  Hong Jinbao hurriedly said: "It was during the filming of the fighting scene that Ms. Miao accidentally bumped her head, and she bled at that time. After being sent to the hospital, the doctor said that she needed stitches and checked for other problems."

   Then Hong Jinbao hastily added: "But the doctor also said that there shouldn't be a big problem."

  Hearing what Hong Jinbao said, Chu Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  Actually, Chu Huan knew Hong Jinbao better than anyone else, and Cheng Long and the two were notoriously reckless in filming, not only their own lives, but also the lives of other actors.

  They pursued the ultimate action perception, which would inevitably bring more injuries, but what Chu Huan didn't expect was that Miao Kexiu became the first person to be injured.

  Cheng Long also stood beside Chu Huan with a worried face at this time: "Young Master Huan, I'm all to blame for this matter. Ms. Miao was injured while washing my hands while patting me."

  Chu Huan saw Jackie Chan's appearance and thought of their senior brothers' filming style, so he could only suppress his anger and comfort him.

   "I can't blame you for this incident. After all, no one wants such a thing to happen. Fortunately, I didn't suffer any serious injuries. Just pay more attention when filming in the future."

   Seeing that Chu Huan didn't really mean to blame himself, Cheng Long was secretly relieved.

   Then Chu Huan asked Hong Jinbao: "How is the movie going?"

   "It's almost the end." Hong Jinbao replied first, then understood what Chu Huan meant, and then added: "However, Miss Miao's scenes have all been filmed today, and Miss Miao can take a good rest."

  Chu Huan nodded, and said: "In this case, you should go back first, and don't take this matter to heart. You still have to shoot the movie as you want, don't worry about it."

  Hearing Chu Huan's reassurance twice in a row, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long were finally completely relieved.

  However, Hong Jinbao still said: "We'd better wait for the doctor, otherwise we won't be interested in filming even if we go back."

Chu Huan didn't insist either. After a while, a doctor wearing a mask came out first and said, "Fortunately, apart from that wound, Ms. Miao still has a slight concussion. There is nothing else wrong, but You still have to rest for a few days later."

  Hearing what the doctor said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

   Hong Jinbao said goodbye to Chu Huan, and then left the hospital with the crew.

When Hong Jinbao and others left, Miao Kexiu was also pushed out by the nurse in the operating room. Because it was only stitches, Miao Kexiu was not under general anesthesia. When she was pushed out of the operating room by the nurse and saw Chu Huan guarding here, Eye sockets instantly turned red.

   "Brother Huan!"

   After all, she is still a girl who is just twenty years old.

  Chu Huan leaned over to the hospital bed and comforted him softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

   Miao Kexiu, with red eyes, nodded unobtrusively, really daring not to make too much movement.

  Everyone came to the ward.

  As Miao Kexiu was lying on the hospital bed, the doctors and nurses gave Chu Huan some precautions, and then left the ward.

  At this moment, only Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu were left in the ward.

   "If you want something to eat, I'll ask someone to buy it."

  Chu Huan sat in front of the hospital bed and asked Miao Kexiu.

  Miao Kexiu shook her head with her eyes, and said softly: "I don't want to eat, but I feel dizzy."

   "Does it hurt?" Chu Huan asked worriedly.

  Miao Kexiu said: "It was a little bit at first, but it's much better now, it just feels bloated."

  Chu Huan said: "That's because of the anesthesia, well, you should rest for a while."

  Miao Kexiu looked at Chu Huan expectantly. Seeing this, Chu Huan smiled softly and said, "Don't worry, I will guard you here. I guarantee that I will be the first person you see when you wake up."

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Miao Kexiu showed a shy smile, and then fell asleep drowsily.

  Chu Huan walked out of the ward, told Qin Peng to buy some daily necessities, and fruits, and then returned to the ward.

Miao Kexiu slept until the afternoon. When she woke up, she subconsciously looked to her side and found that Chu Huan was sitting there, holding a document that she didn't know what it was serious about. watch.

  The afternoon sun poured into the ward and fell on Chu Huan. Miao Kexiu couldn't bear to interrupt this scene.

   Then she saw the warm water on the bedside table next to the hospital bed, as well as the sliced ​​apples.

  At this time, Chu Huan also heard the movement, looked up and saw Miao Kexiu who had woken up, then put down the document in his hand, and asked with a smile.

   "Does it still hurt?"

  Miao Kexiu shook her head with some happiness, and said: "It hurts a little, I want to eat something sweet."

  Chu Huan laughed, brought over the cut apples, and said, "It's ready for you."

   "I can't move my hand, it hurts!" Miao Kexiu looked at Chu Huan pitifully.

  Chu Huan very consciously used a toothpick to pierce an apple for her, and put it in the mouth of Miao Kexiu who had already opened her mouth.

   "San Mao, Cheng Long and the others asked me to say sorry to you." Chu Huan preached to Miao Kexiu while feeding her apples.

  Miao Kexiu said: "It doesn't matter, I was not ready at the time, and it has nothing to do with Cheng Long."

   "Sanmao said that your role has already been completed. You should stay in the hospital for a few days and wait until you are done."

   "It's not a serious injury, I'll be fine after a day or two of rest, and I don't like the smell of the hospital either."

   "Okay." Chu Huan agreed after thinking for a while.

   "I'm full, I don't want to eat." Miao Kexiu said with a smile after eating half an apple: "Brother Huan, you have been staying in the hospital. There will be nothing wrong with the company, right?"

  Chu Huan shook his head and said: "It's okay, the company is on the right track now, there is Fatty Fang. Oh, as long as Fang Jianhui and the others are here, it's fine if they come to me for everything, wouldn't they be paid for nothing?"

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Miao Kexiu smiled happily again.

   I don't know why, but I just like the feeling of being alone with Chu Huan.

   As for other things, Miao Kexiu didn't want to think about it at this time, nor did she want to think about it.

  The two chatted casually like this, Miao Kexiu told Chu Huan about the crew, and Chu Huan occasionally told Miao Kexiu about the school.

   Time soon came to the evening, and Qin Peng also came here with dinner at this time.

  This time Miao Kexiu doesn't need to be fed by Chu Huan.

After dinner, Qin Peng took away the things. Chu Huan and Miao Kexiu chatted while watching TV. Ke Xiu didn't ask Chu Huan to go back to rest, she just wanted to be willful today.

  Chu Huan slept together on the sofa overnight.

  The next day!

Miao Kexiu woke up early, saw Chu Huan sleeping on the sofa, tiptoed down from the hospital bed, and walked to Chu Huan's side, when she bent down, the wound on her head hurt a bit, making her grin He licked his mouth, but still completed his actions, and got a close look at Chu Huan's appearance.

   Only when she wants hands touching.

  Chu Huan, who had his eyes closed, suddenly said, "It's another price to get started."

  Miao Kexiu blushed suddenly, and then wanted to escape back to the hospital bed, but the movement was too big, causing the wound to hurt, and she exclaimed: "Oh!"

  Chu Huan supported Miao Kexiu who was about to fall, "You're both injured, and you're still so dishonest. It seems that your condition is really not serious!"

   Miao Kexiu lowered her head, not knowing how to answer Chu Huan.

  The atmosphere in the ward was a bit ambiguous.

   Bang Dang!

  The ward was suddenly pushed away by someone. Seeing the situation in the ward, the person quickly covered his eyes and shouted: "I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything!"

   After speaking, he left the ward, and closed the door for Chu Huan thoughtfully.

  Miao Kexiu was completely ashamed, broke away from Chu Huan's arms, went to the hospital bed and lay down, covering herself with the quilt.

  Chu Huan said helplessly: "I'll go see what happened to Fatty Fang."

  The person who just came was Fang Jianhui. If it wasn't something urgent, he couldn't have come here at this time.

   There is one more chapter at 11 am~~

  

  

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