After putting down his work and thinking for a moment, Xiao Ran quickly concluded that this strategy would not achieve the goal in the short term, but would gradually erode Phantom's future foundation through cannibalization.
"It's so poisonous and its vision is so far-sighted. It's amazing!" Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile and praise. Of course he didn't know that this weakness was proposed by Tie Long, and the conspiracy based on the weakness was special.
Na's works.
He tapped his fingers like he was thinking normally, making a soft and rhythmic sound. What made Xiao Ran most funny was that once when he went to Tianlai for an inspection, he also tapped his fingers while thinking about things. It was a kind of
Rhythm in the unconscious state.
Unexpectedly, he was noticed for this and was turned into a song, which became quite popular for a while. Uncle Zhan was very satisfied with this outcome, which at least proved that what Xiao Ran learned from him was not wasted.
Xiao Ran doesn't think Turner's method will work. At least he bets that Turner and the others don't know that the Ministry of Culture is preparing to introduce a domestic film protection policy, which can also be said to be a protection policy for Hong Kong films. If Turner knew this
, he will definitely not make this stupid move.
Because after this policy is introduced, the number of foreign language films released in China will be restricted, and the number of days for domestic films to be released must not be less than a certain number. This is somewhat similar to the policy in South Korea. As long as there are
This policy exists, even if the four major companies collapse, the perfect business system that Xiao Ran has worked hard to establish over the years can still continue to operate, ensuring that Hong Kong films continue to produce high-quality films.
The most important point is that if Hong Kong films can't compete with Hollywood at home, then Xiao Ran can give up completely, give up all his career and return to his hometown to sell sweet potatoes. Originally, if he can't even compete in the mainland market, then the Asian market and
There is definitely no way to save the European market. Therefore, this has no effect at all. It can only be said to be a foreshadowing that may have an effect.
Turner must have never investigated. In order to cultivate today's market, Xiao Ran once smuggled a large number of videos to the mainland at any cost. Because of these video tapes, thousands of pear trees bloomed in the video halls of the mainland.
It can be said without reservation that this entire generation has grown up in the baptism of Hong Kong films. As long as this alternative Hong Kong film takes root in the mainland market, then Hong Kong films can enter a virtuous cycle and continue to operate.
Influencing generation after generation.
Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Xiao Ran agrees with this sentence. He also changed it slightly, saying that without investigation, there is no target strategy. Therefore, Phantom's various detailed investigations are one of the guides for Phantom's success. In this situation
In this case, Hollywood was already defeated before the fight even started.
But Xiao Ran still did not take it lightly. If he failed in the battle with "The Fugitive", then the mainland market would definitely have a considerable market for Hollywood films in the future. He was absolutely confident that he could win, because this was at home, and no one was better than him.
He knows how to please Eastern audiences. This seemingly ordinary summer vacation battle will determine the future market share of the mainland market. Xiao Ran will never allow Hollywood to intervene on a large scale.
Not long after July arrived, China Film's film was released. Xiao Ran, who was far away in Hong Kong, received the news and smiled disapprovingly. What can the theaters controlled by China Film do? Don't forget that the four major companies in the mainland have acquired through acquisitions
More than 2,200 theaters have been obtained through construction and construction. Half of them are the kind of theaters you and I went to when we were children, because the big four companies have not had time to completely renovate them.
Because theaters are not as densely located as in Hong Kong, everyone adopts a cooperative method for staggered screenings. The theaters you control will also show my movies, and the theaters I control will also show your movies, so that the maximum box office can be achieved.
It worked.
The first film released in Hong Kong was "Cars 2", "Spy 3" and "Supercop" are all films intended to compete with "The Fugitive". Although the ticket prices in theaters are very low, "The Fugitive" can be
On the day of its premiere, "Car Gods 2", according to imperfect box office statistics, actually reached 12 million.
This number is definitely not easy to come by. A considerable part of the 1,100 theaters that the four major companies initially announced to invest in have not yet been completed. And the theaters that were later acquired were all in the range of 600 or even more than 1,000 theaters.
If all the old theaters are successfully renovated, there are currently more than 2,000 theaters, and they will have 6 million seats.
But now there are only two million seats. This number was obtained through the joint efforts of the four major companies, and it is also a number that can only be obtained when the venue is full. In contrast, the distribution arranged by China Film Group has approximately
There are more than 800 theaters, but they are all old-fashioned theaters. In addition, the quality of the films is not good enough, so it goes without saying that the box office is dismal.
According to a survey conducted by the film company, the mainland market will need at least 30,000 screens within three years (calculated based on 300 viewers per screen, that is, each screen is a screening room) to barely satisfy the market. The population of the United States is less than
China has a quarter of the population but has more than 10 million seats. At this time, the mainland's enthusiasm for watching movies has definitely reached the level of enthusiasm among Americans.
This means that if we ignore the 800 million people in rural areas, there will still be a base in cities that is comparable to the United States. As long as the operation is done properly, we can obtain a market similar to that of the United States. Therefore, 10 million seats is quite modest.
Digital can not only satisfy the current audience market to a large extent, but also protect it from losses in the future when this relatively abnormal enthusiasm fades.
And based on the average of six screening rooms per theater, it would require 5,000 theaters distributed across the country. This obviously proves a lot, at least it proves that "The Legend of Car God 2" is not that the box office is not good enough, but the release
There are not enough theaters. If there were enough, it would definitely create a larger number of moviegoers. If calculated based on the ticket price in Hong Kong, the box office on the first day of the premiere would already be equivalent to the total box office of a blockbuster movie in Hong Kong.
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In ten days, the box office of "The Legend of Car 2" in mainland China exceeded 10 million and the box office in Hong Kong exceeded 20 million. On the fifteenth day, the film was released in fewer theaters. At the same time, Debao's romantic comedy was released. Just before "The Legend of Car 2"
"Legend 2" still had a box office revenue of 5 million every day, but it had to come to a sad end because "The Fugitive" was released, and "Spy 3" had to compete with it to the end.
"The Fugitive" was released in more than 800 theaters, with a box office of 4 million at the premiere. "Spy 3" did a very good job in marketing, but because the number of theaters was not as good as "Car Gods 2", the box office was only 900
0.000. The next day, the box office of "The Fugitive" plummeted to over two million, while "The Fugitive" still maintained the same figure for ten days, which shows the huge market demand.
It must be mentioned that when "The Fugitive" was released, Hollywood paid far more attention to it than Xiao Ran imagined. Many reporters from famous TV networks came to interview. The funniest thing was the reporter sent by Time Warner's media.
The reporter is extremely confident and believes that "The Fugitive" will definitely be a hit in China.
As a result, this guy grabbed a passerby during a roadside interview and asked if he knew the film and whether he would go see it. What he got was that he knew but would not go see it. When interviewing the person in charge of China Film and Television who was counting box office figures, he heard the song
When the box office figure of four million was shown, I thought I heard it wrong: "Did you mean forty million?"
This guy immediately became the object of ridicule among his colleagues, but Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling could tell from Hollywood's fanfare that they attached unprecedented importance to Hong Kong films. Xiao Ran even instructed to keep at least two films on hand on weekdays.
With A-level productions on hand, it is certain that it can compete with Hollywood at any time around the world, vowing to disgrace Hollywood.
In the end, "The Fugitive" ended sadly with less than 20 million at the box office. The head-on "Spy 3" was released for a full forty days before it was interrupted by the release of "The Swordsman: The Undefeated".
It grossed 230 million yuan at the box office.
The task of sniping another China Film movie was left to Tianluo and Taihang. Both companies made action films. China Film's film was pretty good, but in the end, under the attack of the two giants, it grossed 30 million at the box office.
Ending. In the end, it generated nearly 700 million in box office during the summer vacation, of which Phantom accounted for 30%. I have to admire the huge market capacity of the mainland.
What’s ridiculous is that since the mainland market was gradually opened up, at least two billion of the total box office of nearly four billion in 1993 was produced by Hong Kong films. The rest basically relied on quantity wars to accumulate such a total.
As for the numbers, you can tell just by looking at the top ten box office lists in the mainland market every year, all of which are Hong Kong films.
What makes Xiao Ran even more frightened is that according to the survey results of the planning department and the marketing department, 90% of the audience only watched it once due to the theater. And he asked if he wanted to go to the theater to watch the movie again.
When watching the movie, more than half of the audience answered yes, especially for "Spy 3" and "Car Gods 2", both reached 60%, and the former even reached 80%.
The director of "Spy 3" is not a newcomer, but he is not a young director who has been around for a long time. He is just a young director with great potential. In order to ensure a good filming, the film was co-produced by Chen Musheng and Wu Yusen. As a result, the potential director Wu Anran turned out to be
Under the joint guidance of the two directors, the action scenes in the film were shot extremely well, and the emotional aspects of the film were even more coordinated.
It can be said that it is the best balance between civil and military forces in the "Spy" series, but it is still not as good as the first one in terms of action. However, the first part of "Spy" has been regarded as a new-school action movie by the whole Hong Kong and even the world.
It's a textbook, just like treating "The Legend of Cars" as a classic of racing movies, it's not as natural as it is.
"Legend of Cars 2" is personally supervised by Xiao Ran, so it's not a big problem. However, it is still a little weaker in terms of literature and drama. It is precisely because Phantom believes in quality first that these two films have such a terrible "return rate"
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The global box office of "The Fugitive" was only over 2 billion, but "Cars 2" was as high as nearly 5 billion. Although the box office in North America was far inferior to that of "The Fugitive", outside of North America, the two
Every film has crushed that film so hard that there is almost no grain left in it.
Throughout the year, Phantom had four films on the global box office list, and Tai Hsing's "Super Cop" was also lucky enough to be on the list. Seeing that Hong Kong films' seats on the global box office charts went from not having them at all to appearing occasionally, and then again
Gradually more and more.
All of this is clearly a replica of the time when Xiao Ran led the newly founded Phantom to defeat the three major companies and win the top ten local box office rankings. The only thing I don’t know is whether Xiao Ran can continue to lead Hong Kong films to defeat Hollywood, just like he defeated the three major companies.
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Xiao Ran was not in the mood to verify these things. These days, he has been busy with two other things, which are also his ultimate goals. He just felt that his brain was about to break. To exaggerate, he felt that because of
If you use your brain too much, you will explode.
Perhaps this is the price that must be paid for being good at strategy. Xiao Ran only feels that if he continues to use his brain, he will definitely lose a few years of his life. However, if he wants to rest and retire, he must solve these two things.
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While Xiao Ran and the others were busy, 1995 arrived. Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling invited all the employees of the company to have a meal together, and everyone received big red envelopes. The next day, they received news from Huang Qun——
The grading system is ready to be launched and will be implemented in May 1995.
This settled Xiao Ran's worries for a long time, but this was the result of his own efforts and the pressure he put on the Chinese government. The richest man in China was not jealous after all. And, most importantly, the Ministry of Culture found that the lack of a grading system not only restricted
Since Hong Kong films have been restricted, even its own films have been restricted. China Film Group understands this very well.
On this day, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling both gave themselves a day off. They took a yacht and went to sea alone. They went to sea in name, but they wanted to discuss a matter of great importance. After arriving at sea, the two of them followed Guan Xinjiao's method.
After checking that there were no bugs, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Wei Dongling and Xiao Ran each carried wine, water and food on the top of the boat, and lay quietly on the chairs enjoying the sunshine and sea breeze. Wei Dongling couldn't help but praise: "This is really more comfortable than I imagined."
, I really want to retire and be able to drive a boat and travel around the sea like today!"
Xiao Ran even felt like he didn't want to get up when he was lying down. It would be so comfortable to just lie down like this: "You kid, if you want to go to sea, you can buy the world's largest cruise ship and go to sea at any time. You can do whatever you want.