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2004, January.

A time commonly used for counting.

At the internal high-level meeting of the Oriental Media Group, Xiong Chengchao held the report material that he dictated and the secretary helped to prepare, and read it slowly.

Because there is really nothing to brag about.

Although there are many businesses under the Oriental Media Group, the cinema chain is definitely the most important one.

The performance of the theater chain was not very good, and the performance of the entire company fell.

Although the internal situation, not only inside the company, but even in the outside world, many people understand what is going on, but after all, such performance will be written into his personal career resume.

In the fiscal year of 2003, the domestic movie market was thriving in the first half of the year and slightly sluggish in the second half. However, in the whole fiscal year, the large, medium and small movie theaters across the country, except for very few poor management, almost without exception realized profits. , or even a substantial profit.

This is definitely another golden year for the cinema industry.

However, the leader in the domestic cinema chain industry and the long-standing leader of the non-state-run cinema chain, the Oriental Cinema chain, lost 7 million in the first half of the year. After the release, it was barely profitable, and the accounts for the whole year were evened out, achieving a profit for the entire fiscal year - only a mere 4.33 million!

Xiong Chengchao joined the Oriental Cinema Line in 1993, served as the deputy general manager in 1996, and took over as the general manager in 1997. Since then, the Oriental Cinema Line under his helm has always been a sing-along posture, even if In 1998, when the movie market was in a downturn and sinking, he still led the Oriental Cinema Line to achieve a profit of tens of millions, not to mention the golden years of the past few years.

However, in the golden year of this year, the Oriental Cinemas almost lost money.

"... Next year's domestic film industry will still be full of variables, Li Qian's "The Matrix", Zhao Meicheng's "Blood", Liu Chengzhang's "Flying Sky", Wu Han's "Laughing Heroes", Guo Yulong's "Beacon Fire Show Princes" ", it is said that it may be directly called "Beacon Fire", which are objects we should pay close attention to. At the same time, there is another film that I think it is necessary to mention it, that is Jin Han's "Dragon Inn". "

"The director Jin Han has always been addicted to literary films in the past, but this time, he made a commercial martial arts film. Not only did Li Qian write the script for him himself, it is said that even the actors were ordered by Li Qian himself, He Yingyu. , Zhou Zhiyu and Cheng Suping are partners that cannot be ignored. And according to the news I received, Li Qian personally went to the door and invited Liu Chengzhang's art director Fang Baijin to serve as the art director of the film, so I think, This movie is very likely to be a dark horse in the movie market next year!"

"Besides, it is said that Zhao He's new film will start shooting this year, that is, in the spring of 2004. As far as the news I have received so far, it will be a martial arts film! Zhou Baoshan should definitely join. Yes, it is said that another Jiang Yiyi will also join! Judging from the current trend, she is a little actress that Minghu Culture will support in the next step, and once "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is released, she will play Huang Rong very well. It may be a big hit! At present, we have no definite news on whether this film will be released in 2004, but since Zhao He and Zhou Baoshan are here, I think this film is worthy of our close attention. , when it is released in the future, I will try my best to come up with more canvases for it!"

"Besides that, of course, like Qin Wei and Feng Bicheng, it is said that there are no new movie plans yet, so in the movie market in 2004, we don't have to discuss them for the time being."

"Besides that, there is one thing I want to say, and that is, I think, we should face up to one thing from now on, that is, the acquisition of Columbia Pictures by Minghu Culture, and the acquisition of domestic films. Huge impact on the market.”

"The "Hulu Baby" that is currently being shown has fully proved that Li Qian himself has a huge appeal to domestic movie fans! At present, whether the negotiation has been concluded or not, and how the negotiation is going, we do not know. , but as far as we know, there is a lot of support at the national level, so what if this happens? Should we deal with it?”

"Internally, once Minghu Culture completes its acquisition of Columbia, the Great Wall Cinemas is likely to be a reward from the government for Minghu Culture! According to the inside information we know, of course, it may not be reliable. When building a movie theater, many of the land in the downtown area attached to the movie theater will be sold to Minghu Culture at a very cheap price.”

"So, once this deal is done, Minghu Culture will get a very large nationwide, in addition to the existing loose alliance of theater chains, before their theater expansion plans begin on a large scale. Cinema, Minghu Culture is not the group of Great Wall Cinemas. Qi Jie is also their distribution department. They all know movies well, and they are not bureaucrats. Therefore, once Minghu Culture completes the internal control of their cinema chain Integration, everyone is also concentrated in the layout of theaters in the bustling areas of big cities, which will lead to a very serious situation of competition between us and the other party."

"From an external point of view, Minghu Culture itself is very strong. They have already had enough strength to obtain approval from radio and television, and have the qualifications to introduce films by way of film approval. Even in the introduction of split films, they can also take it lightly. It is easy to get a certain share, which Minghu Culture has never done before."

"But then, it is said that when they were talking about the North American distribution of "Hulu Baby", they had already negotiated a two-way distribution agency agreement with Colombia. Once the acquisition is completed, they will definitely spare no effort in the introduction of Hollywood movies! Therefore, even in the Hollywood movies that we have been particularly good at in the past, they will probably make up for it all at once, and have the ability to import blockbusters at the same time as us!"

"Faced with this situation, what should we do? I think this should not be just something that we should consider in the theater chain. This should be something that the entire Oriental Media Group and everyone here should consider. On our side of the theater chain, I will organize a certain number of people to work out a preparatory plan to deal with various situations, and after the completion of the time, I will bring it to the meeting for your reference and discussion."

"Our situation this year seems to be less than ideal, but..."

…………

Xiong Chengchao's speech was a bit long, a bit dull, and even a bit over-the-top.

Because he felt that in the past year, he, and the Oriental Cinema chain under his control, really had nothing to sum up or brag about.

Therefore, he can only talk more about his outlook and expectations for next year.

The meeting was especially dull as he spoke.

It was not until he finished speaking that Zong Chengze, the general manager of the group, took over the conversation and said a few words of praise for the cinema, and the atmosphere of the entire conference room became more lively.

At the end of the year, the big summary, the year-end bonus, everyone wants to be happy and happy, and no one wants to listen to some pessimistic things, or even sound like alarm bells.

Besides, your cinema is still profitable, isn't it? This is already worth bragging about! Why are you so pessimistic and dejected!

On the other side of the production department, "Smoke in the Desert" lost so much, Wu Han's new film was forced to become a joint investment of three companies, and they didn't listen to their complaints!

It's really a disappointment for the New Year's Eve!

However, Mr. Zong didn't say anything, just praised. Everyone peeked at it, and it seemed that the chairman didn't mean to criticize. During Xiong Chengchao's speech, he nodded frequently with a smile on his face.

So no one is willing to stand up and refute anything.

However, if Xiong Chengchao originally had some friends within the company, then by now, his friends are really few.

However, the chairman still appreciates him.

…………

The year-end summary meeting lasted for two hours, and it was past twelve o'clock when it ended.

When the chairman finished speaking and announced the end of the meeting, everyone stood up and prepared to have lunch before returning to the department in charge of the meeting.

Then, the evening is a company dinner, which is considered an annual meeting.

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Chao Ye stood up like the others, holding his speech in his hand, and turned to leave, but heard Zhou Yanghua calling him, turned around, and saw him beckoning, "Cheng Chao, come, don't Hurry up!"

So Xiong Chengchao had to stop and watch the other colleagues go out one by one.

In the end, Zhou Yanghua and Zong Chengze came over one after the other, Xiong Chengchao was tall, and Zhou Yanghua couldn't put his arms around his shoulders as he did with other people, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "No. Are you in a hurry to eat? Come and have a drink in my office!"

While speaking, he stepped forward and said, "Year-end inventory, be happy!"

Xiong Chengchao thought to himself: How could I be happy!

But after the chairman had said what he had said, he still smiled reluctantly, followed behind him and Zong Chengze, went to the chairman's office, and took a glass of red wine poured by Zhou Yanghua himself.

After sitting down himself, Zhou Yanghua first asked with a smile what small program the theater had prepared for tonight's group dinner, laughed a few words with each other, and then smiled and said, "Chengchao, you said at the meeting just now. The questions are very good, very sharp, but also very practical.”

After a pause, he shook the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "A few things this year, I know you are emotional! Blame me, blame me! Next year's cinema, I won't interfere, you said Okay, okay?"

Xiong Chengchao raised his head and asked, "Speaking is what?"

Zhou Yanghua smiled, a trace of untraceable displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he still raised his glass with a smile, "Of course it's a matter of course, if I say I won't interfere, I will never interfere! You can do things with confidence!"

Hearing this, Xiong Chengchao hesitated for a while, raised the cup in his hand, touched Zhou Yanghua, and said, "Thank you for your trust in the chairman! I will hold the year-end summary meeting next year, and I will definitely give you a particularly good performance!"

Zhou Yanghua said "yes" when he heard the words, and immediately laughed.

It seems that he is very satisfied with Xiong Chengchao's military order.

However, after taking a sip of wine, with a cup in his hand, he said again: "However, there are some things that you should pay more attention to in the future. Right? The company held a year-end summary meeting. How good is it to be happy? Right? You are good, all kinds of pessimism started when you came up! He almost pointed at my nose and said that this year is all because of Lao Zhou's finger-pointing, which has made our theater chain perform very well. It's not good-looking! Think about it, the impact is not good! You always want to save me some face, right?"

Xiong Chengchao pursed his mouth a few times, but finally put down his glass and said sincerely: "Chairman, I really don't mean to accuse you. The theater belongs to the group, and the group belongs to you. Of course I know that small interests are subject to big interests. The problem is that I am a professional when it comes to theaters. You can’t…”

"Hey……"

Before he could finish speaking, Zong Chengze frowned and interrupted him, "Old Bear, what are you talking about! Don't talk nonsense! Oh, you are the most professional in the cinema? You are the best in the world? Forget it. Well, back then, it was the chairman who opened up the theater chain. He was the founder and the pioneer. You were all drawn by him. Could he be inferior to you? When it comes to the operation and management of the theater chain, who is the chairman better than? They are all experts! Last year, it was just vindictiveness! We are trying to suppress the rise of Minghu Culture. From a strategic point of view, the chairman did nothing wrong!"

Xiong Chengchao frowned all the time, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but wanted to interrupt him several times to refute, but at this time, Zong Chengze had just finished speaking, and before he could speak, Zhou Yanghua had already waved his hand with a smile, "Oh, okay. Okay, what's so noisy about this! Don't talk about it! Let the past things go away! Let's look forward together, can't we do a good job in 2004?"

So, Zong Chengze stopped talking, and Xiong Chengchao was so full of words, it was hard to say.

At this time, as if to ease the atmosphere, Zhou Yanghua suddenly lowered his voice and smiled softly: "But, Cheng Chao, the thing you said at the meeting just now is the impact that Minghu Culture's acquisition of Columbia brought us. I think it's very likely that we are all worried for nothing!"

After a pause, he said with a smile on his face: "Let me tell you the news, I just inquired from the radio and television side this morning. It is said that because the voices of the people in the United States are always protesting, so the White House side It seems to suggest something to Coca-Cola, and now, the negotiations are said to be very difficult!"

"Even the internal meeting in Colombia is said to be extremely opposed to being acquired! So think about it, even if Coca-Cola wants to sell, the pressure is still great! This transaction is likely to be lost halfway!"

Xiong Chengchao heard the words with bright eyes and asked, "Really?"

Zhou Yanghua smiled like Maitreya Buddha, "The internal news should be true! Anyway, the acquisition of Minghu Culture has encountered interference and opposition from all sides, and it should be almost impossible to go on!"

Xiong Chengchao looked relieved when he heard the words, but soon, a disappointed expression flashed on his face again.

Although everyone is in a state of hostility, even if Du Yihua has attracted him several times on behalf of Minghu Culture, he still wants to stay in the Oriental Media Group, and is unwilling to help them form a Minghu Cinema, but after all, everyone is. Chinese are Chinese filmmakers.

When it comes to the outside world, of course, everyone should stand on the same side.

Therefore, even if it is an opponent, Xiong Chengchao is excited and excited when he hears that Lake Culture is going to acquire Colombia - in his opinion, once the acquisition is completed, it will represent a big step forward for Chinese films!

But obviously, there don't seem to be many people in the Oriental Media Group who agree with him.

At this time, Zong Chengze opened his mouth and said, "It's normal! Chairman, didn't you tell me when this happened when it first came out? No matter how bad Columbia is, it's also the top seven in Hollywood. Minghu Culture is too pretentious this time. It's big, a Chinese company wants to buy the Hollywood Seven in the United States... tsk tsk, how is that possible!"

Zhou Yanghua laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"That's right, it's too much for you!"

Hearing such a conversation, Xiong Chengchao turned his head to look at Zong Chengze, then looked at Zhou Yanghua with a smile on his face, suddenly lowered his head, and fell completely silent.

…………

Los Angeles International Airport, USA.

The plane landed smoothly.

This is Li Qian's fourth visit to the United States in the past two or three months.

This time, Liao Liao, who had gone back to China for a few months, returned to the United States with him on the same plane to continue her various careers here.

Li Qian, on the other hand, just made a transfer at Los Angeles Airport. After saying goodbye to Liao Liao, he boarded another passenger plane and flew directly to Atlanta.

There is the headquarters of the Coca-Cola Group.

Up to now, the negotiating team of Minghu Culture led by Qi Jie and the leading negotiating team of Morgan Stanley have been negotiating with Coca-Cola in that city for half a month.

Affected by this incident, "Hulu Baby" sold well in North America and at the domestic ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ box office, and its influence on a global scale seems to have suddenly increased a lot.

However, the acquisition negotiation itself seems to be deadlocked.

For the current Minghu Culture, the acquisition of Columbia Pictures is already on the line, and it has to be released-even failure under any excuse is not tolerated.

Therefore, even though Qi Jie was there, Li Qian was actually very relieved, and he knew that even if he came, he wouldn't be able to help, but in the later stages of "The Matrix" in China, he always felt uneasy. , Liao Liao was about to fly over, so he immediately decided to fly over with him.

Come and see for yourself what this negotiation is all about!

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