Chapter 961 (1/2)
At three o'clock sharp, Liang Qianqiu and Xiao Yuanyang came in.
Seeing everyone standing up to welcome him, Liang Qianqiu waved his hand and said with a smile, ”you are welcome. Please sit down.”
After they all sat down again, Liang Qianqiu said: ”misters, this morning, representatives from governments in charge of the entertainment industry came to us. They are very concerned about the recent dispute between producers and cinema operators. However, the chief executive did not give them a clear answer. He only said that Huaxia's affairs should be settled by Huaxia itself. Now it has been a month, everyone is fighting for both sides, and if we continue, it is likely to cause strong dissatisfaction among fans and affect social stability. Vice Minister Xiao and I invite you to come here just to have a chat. What should we do next? ”
Li Rongguang first said: ”Minister Liang and vice minister Xiao, the competition in the film industry is too fierce, and the attendance rate is more than 50% lower than before. Take our Huafeng international cinema line as an example. To outsiders, it seems to be a big family and a big business. In fact, the money is basically spent on the wages of employees and the maintenance of cinemas. If we reduce the box office by 12% in the first week, we will probably be unable to make ends meet
Chu Heng, who had been at odds with Li Rongguang, snorted and said with a sneer: ”Li doesn't need to cry for poverty here. We know very well what's going on in the cinema. Last year, the profit of Huafeng International Film Studio reached 13 billion Chinese dollars, and the annual income of our brilliant film company was less than a quarter of the tax revenue of your studio. If you're all poor, it's time for us to go begging. ”
Li Rongguang was blocked by Chu Heng. He couldn't say a word. His face was hard to see. In the face of the facts, the tax situation is announced to the public every year by the government, which is really impossible to argue.
Mr. Li, the annual turnover of Huafeng international Studios is basically over 100 billion yuan. As long as the cinema is not undergoing major transformation, the expenditure will not exceed 5 billion yuan. Excuse me, where has all that money gone? ”
”Mr. Li, on behalf of all the film companies in China, I beg you. Since you have eaten the meat, please give us a drink of soup. Otherwise, we really can't go on. ”
Shen Le said: ”all the film companies in China have made up their minds. If we do not change the box office quota, we will not invest in making films in the future. Big deal. We've been shooting TV series. Although the profit is not big, but the risk is small, at least can eat a meal. ”
At the beginning of the meeting, the Chinese film company drew down the bottom line, which was quite a posture of lifting the table when they could not agree.
Wang Lu of Baihua cinema angrily said, ”Mr. Shen, Mr. Chu, are you threatening us with or without making movies?”
Zhang Huafeng, who had a bad time with Wang Lu, sneered: ”Mr. Wang is serious. We just want to survive. If this continues, our film company will starve to death sooner or later. It's better to change the way, maybe live. After all, is it better to live than to die? ”
Obviously, the film company has already worked out a strategy. No matter which theater manager talks, we will send people who have no good relationship with him. In any case, it is impossible to cooperate in the future. Naturally, we don't care whether we offend or not.
Wang Lu snorted and said, ”I'm afraid the government will not agree with you if you do this?”
”We don't have money. The government can't force us to make movies,” Zhang said
Ren Jiwen of starlight cinema said: ”I think the quota problem, the cinema line can not be lowered.”
Li Rongguang and Wang Lu looked at him at the same time and said in unison, ”Mr. Ren, how can you do this?”
Ren Jiwen said: ”Mr. Li and Mr. Wang, when things get to this point, it will be meaningless if we go on with it again. We can only lose both sides, which will have a very adverse impact on the development of the Chinese film industry. Both public and private are harmful. However, the reduction of quota is too large. I think 50:50 in the first week is reasonable. ”