I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island - Chapter 352

Chapter 352: [Yangtze River Cinema] (seeking a monthly pass!)








Chapter 352 [Yangtze River Cinema Line] (Ask a monthly pass!)

On May 15, Mrs. Sutton gave birth to a mixed-race baby boy for Wu Guangyao.

Calculating, Wu Guangyao currently has ten sons and four daughters;

Lin Yueru and Wu Guangyao have three sons and a daughter, Li Cui and Wu Guangyao have a son and a daughter;

Kusano Keika and Wu Guangyao have two sons and a daughter, Haruko and Wu Guangyao have a son;

Kayla and Wu Guangyao have two sons and a daughter, and Mrs. Sutton and Wu Guangyao have a son.

As far as Wu Guangyao knows, Kayla, Kusano Keka, Haruko, and Madam Sarton all intend to have another one. It seems that Wu Guangyao is about to collect eighteen arhats.

At the beginning of June, Hong Kong Island, the Yangtze River Central Commercial Complex.

The sixth floor of the shopping center has always been a place for leisure and entertainment, with billiards room, ice skating rink and other places;

Because these places are easy to breed gangsters and gangs;

So, the Yangtze River Center Management Office directly hired Lei Dun security guards to come to the scene.

Because the law and order is very good, the business on the sixth floor has always been very good, and it is a place for many young people to date;

But there has always been a large area on the sixth floor, which has been blocked by advertisements for a long time;

Some interested people are curious about why the Yangtze River Center is not leased out for such a large area.

The Yangtze River Center commercial complex has been in business for two and a half years. This has always been a mystery!

Suddenly one day, the obscured billboard disappeared, and the external structure was finally displayed in front of the people on Hong Kong Island. There was a super large bar and a passage.

"Sir, I'm sorry! It's not opened yet, you don't want to go in!" The management stopped several men and women who wanted to walk in, and said politely.

"What did you do here?"

Everyone stopped and did not rush in. After all, the Yangtze River Center does not allow troubles, even the underworld.

"Sir, this is Changjiang Cinema, which will officially open on June 18! If you are interested, you can bring a friend or girlfriend to watch the movie!" The management staff is obviously trained, and they speak politely and clearly.

"Oh, it turned out to be a movie theater! The mysterious work in the past two years, it turned out to be just a movie theater!" The young man's tone seemed to have solved a question that had troubled him all the year round, but the answer seemed a bit disappointing.

"Mr. Changjiang Cinema is not an outside theater or a small cinema; Changjiang Cinema is the most advanced cinema in the world. Even in developed countries in Europe and America, this new style of cinema has just begun to appear."

"Is it so mysterious as you said?" The young people expressed their doubts one after another.

"The specific mystery needs you to experience it yourself when the time comes; let me give a leaflet, here are some introductions!"

A group of young people looked at the leaflet curiously, and exclaimed unbelievably from time to time!

In the 1960s, multi-hall theaters have appeared in European and American countries, and some theaters have three to five theaters.

Traditional cinemas are all in one hall. In order to make money, cinemas can only chase the movies with the largest box office to be released.

For audiences who want to watch other types of movies, it is difficult to find a place to watch the movie, and the audience keeps passing by.

The establishment of multi-hall theater has changed this situation.

Lin Yueru took Wu Guangyao's arm to the sixth floor of the shopping mall. A large number of people followed them, which made it a bit like a big man on tour.

When he came to the entrance of the cinema, Wu Guangyao pointed to the bar and said, “How about the preparation of popcorn, coke, etc.? Has the price been set?”

A man in formal wear took a step forward and came to Wu Guangyao’s right hand. He was Chen Ping, the general manager of the Yangtze River Cinema;

Although the Yangtze River Cinema Line has the word Yangtze River, it does not belong to the Yangtze River Industrial;

is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yangtze River Holding Company, which is naturally a Yangtze River system.

Changjiang Holding Company is Wu Guangyao’s private holding company, which controls dozens of subsidiaries of the Yangtze River Group.

Chen Ping respectfully said: "Everything is ready! A bucket of popcorn is 5 cents, and a cup of Coke is also 5 cents. The combined package is 1 Hong Kong dollar."

Wu Guangyao is not surprised that he can only buy a bucket of popcorn and a glass of Coke for 1 HKD, because this is his opinion;

Although popcorn and cola have entered European and American theaters as early as the 1940s, the price is definitely not set at half the price of a movie ticket.

At this time, movie tickets on Hong Kong Island are generally around 2 Hong Kong dollars (per capita monthly salary is 160 Hong Kong dollars), and a popcorn and coke combo package is 1 Hong Kong dollars, think about how much you earn;

In addition, the Yangtze River Cinema Line has a total of five halls, of which three halls can seat 500 people each, and two halls can seat 280 people each;

And other cinemas on Hong Kong Island can hold about two to three hundred people, or even a hundred people;

With more people, operating costs are also reduced, so Wu Guangyao believes that the Yangtze River Cinema is another great tool for making money;

According to the ratio of the cinema chain and the production company to 50%, Wu Guangyao believes that the cinema chain is more profitable than the production company;

The production company can arrange films in many theaters, but the theaters can also arrange a few movies for release, so the theaters are king!

In the future, the Yangtze River Cinema Line does not necessarily only choose to develop in a commercial area, as long as there is a suitable venue, a cinema of this scale can be developed.

Passing the security check channel, a group of people came to visit Hall 1.

"My husband, can you see this back row clearly?" Lin Yueru looked at the huge movie theater curiously.

"Manager Chen, can you put advertisements? Give us an experience!" Wu Guangyao said.

Chen Ping said quickly: "It can! Please wait a moment."

A one-minute commercial was inserted before the movie. It was proposed by Wu Guangyao, but I don’t know the effect?

But since this kind of imagination can exist in previous lives, this era should also be possible.

Furthermore, as long as the commercials are well shot, the audience in this era is just as curious.

Wu Guangyao and Lin Yueru deliberately walked to the last row (row 20), intending to experience the effect;

After a few minutes, the lights in the lobby are turned off and the big screen starts to light up, which is very clear and not blurred at all;

Of course, there are also no computers and mobile phones in this era, everyone’s eyesight is very good, and there is no nearsightedness.

There is still half a month before the opening of the Yangtze River Cinema, but the newspapers of the Oriental News have begun to publicize the Yangtze River Cinema.

The word ‘Yangtze’ alone is enough to suppress industry professionals, and some production companies have inquired about the details.

And Chen Ping, general manager of the Yangtze River Theater, first came to International Film Industry Co., Ltd. (referred to as Dianmao).

Before Shaw came to Hong Kong (before 1957), Dianmao was the strongest movie star on Hong Kong Island;

Dianzhu’s owner, Lu Yuntao, killed Shao Yifu’s second brother, Shao Cunren, but he did not stay. The Shaw movies on Hong Kong Island fell into a slump and became discouraged.

In 1957, Run Run Run Shaw came to Hong Kong, and Shiyao and Dianmao Company were higher and lower.

Many of the film companies on Hong Kong Island belong to leftists and rightists, and the taste of political propaganda is too strong;

But the audience does not buy it, who is in the mood to watch your preaching movies;

Therefore, Dianmao’s commercial films naturally have a very market.

"Boss Lu, next is Chen Ping, the general manager of the Yangtze River Cinemas!" Chen Ping said neither humble nor arrogant.

Lu Yuntao naturally knew about the existence of the Yangtze River Cinema. After all, news about the Yangtze River Cinema appeared frequently in the newspapers in the past two days.

"Hello Manager Chen! You must be here for cooperation!" Lu Yuntao said enthusiastically.

I can’t be enthusiastic, the theater is the boss of the production company, not to mention the theater with the "Yangtze River";

There is such a saying on Hong Kong Island that in Wu Guangyao’s business, it is the most uncomfortable to be his opponent;

It can be seen from this, how good Wu Guangyao is in his line and how great his strength is!

"Well, the film made by Denmao is one of the best commercial films on Hong Kong Island; we are naturally willing to cooperate with you, but I don’t know what boss Lu’s attitude is?"

"We are naturally willing to cooperate, but I don't know how you divided it?"

Lu Yuntao is most concerned about this issue, because he is afraid that the Yangtze River Cinemas line store will bully customers and break the rules.

"Like the market, it is divided into fifty to five, and we will also do some publicity for the movie. I believe Mr. Lu should know the passenger flow of the Yangtze River Center."

"Manager Chen, the faster the cooperation!"

Chen Ping’s second stop was naturally the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

The Shaw Brothers pays more attention to commercial value than Dianmao;

Some weak independent producers, somehow use art to wrap themselves up, so as not to be criticized by progressive people;

And Shao Laoliu of the Shaw Brothers, ‘vulgarly’ ‘blasphemy’ the noble film art, ‘derogate’ it to a purely commercial film.

Some of Shao Laoliu’s views are familiar to people in the industry.

"If I make an art film, I would rather donate money to the Island Arts Centre or support the art festival."

"The high and widowed Yangchun Baixue is the box office poison!"

"The purpose of making movies is to make money, to do business!"

"Entertainment films, martial arts films, no art films!"

Shao Laoliu’s point of view has caused some artists to be incomprehensible, saying that Shao Laoliu is all smelly of copper;

But Shao Laoliu didn’t care what these people said, so there were later ‘elegant people’ who satirized Shao Laoliu;

said that the entertainment film shot by Shao Laoliu is box office poison. In order to make money, he will “poison” young people who have not been involved in the world.

Shao Laoliu naturally ignores these businesses, and shoots commercial films on his own, even a lot of ‘tertiary films’.

Chen Ping met Shao Laoliu and explained his intentions.

Shao Laoliu said, "Manager Chen, how do you calculate your box office?"

Chen Ping did not hesitate at all: "Naturally it is calculated based on the number of votes sold!"

Shao Laoliu was shrewd on his face, and asked: "Then, our producer, how can we determine the number of votes you count?"

At this time, Chen Ping also understands that Shao Laoliu is not worried about the box office statistics of the Yangtze River Cinema?

However, there is no answer for the producer to feel foolproof!

"If you don’t trust our Yangtze River Cinema, you can send someone to observe the occupancy rate, or even you can send someone to help."

"Well, then if we want to check, please ask Manager Chen for convenience!"

Chen Ping’s third stop was Wu Guangyao’s old acquaintance, the Great Wall Film Company.

Soon, the two sides reached an agreement, and there was no disturbance.

After talking to the three, Chen Ping stopped visiting other film companies because it was time for them to come!

(End of this chapter)