With Jiang Zhiqiang's matchmaking, Kang Jianfei quickly contacted Martin Cinemas, and the two parties agreed to test the film in Georgia in two days.
Jiang Zhiqiang alone handled the matter of the temporary theater. Kang Jianfei made some preparations and went to Georgia with Zeng Bolin.
When they came to the headquarters of Martin Cinemas, they were received by Martin Cinemas Director and General Manager Carl Patrick.
In another time and space, this person will deliberately purchase theater shares as a director of the company next year, and eventually take control of Martin theater company, connect the names of his two sons, and rename Martin theaters to Carmake theaters.
Carl Patrick had a mustache and his clothes were burnt straight.This old guy was jazzed in England, and his every move was quite like an old-fashioned aristocratic temperament.
If the negotiations are reached, then the person in front of him will be his noble man Ah.Kang Jianfei shook hands with Carl Patrick enthusiastically and said: Hello, Mr. Patrick, I am very happy to see you.
After Carl Patrick shook hands with Kang Jianfei, he laughed and said: It was you, Kang, when Mr. Jiang mentioned your name, I guessed it was you.
Kang Jianfei said in surprise: Have we ever seen it?
Carl Patrick said: I happened to buy movies in Hollywood during Christmas. I heard that Master Bernstein was going to conduct New Year's Day concerts, so I spent two more days in Los Angeles.
Kang Jianfei then realized it and said with a smile: It turned out that Mr. Padric was also in the concert hall at that time. If I had known it, I would have contacted you at that time.
Carl Patrick said: I didn't expect that you were not only a musician, but also a film company owner.
Kang Jianfei would not miss this opportunity to bring the two closer together. He took out a Taoist monk he carried with him and said: It turns out that Mr. Patrick likes music. This Taoist monk was made by me. If you don’t dislike it, please accept this meeting gift.
Carl Patrick has the title of jazz, so he naturally has to show his aristocratic style at any time, such as listening to symphony concerts.
He didn't like Kang Jianfei's Tao Xia very much, but he had an ancient oriental instrument for collection, and it was handmade by Chinese musicians. He could still show it out in the future.
After accepting Tao Wu, Carl Patrick said: Kang, let’s watch the movie first?
Kang Jianfei asked: Don’t you have to wait for the people from the issuing company?
Carl Patrick smiled and said: No, as long as I am optimistic.
Martin Cinemas and the issuing company are both under Fuka, and Carl Patrick is the vice chairman and president of Fuka. Naturally, he has the final say in this kind of thing.
Martin Cinema is an old theater company. As early as 1912, Roy Martin founded the Martin Cinema Chain.
35 years ago, the young Carl Patrick joined Martin Cinema Company as a novice. With his super abilities and means, he became the general manager and director of Martin Cinema Company in just three years.
In the past twenty years, Carl Patrick gradually operated Martin Cinemas from a small Cinema to a top ten large Cinemas in the United States.
Later, Fuka Company acquired Martin Cinemas, and Carl Patrick also became a shareholder of Fuka Company with his shares in Martin Cinemas.
It took more than ten years to climb up step by step and become the vice chairman and president of Fuka.
Judging from Carl Patrick's professional experience, you can tell how powerful this old guy is.
This guy is less than 60 years old now. He is obviously the president of Fuka Industrial, but he holds the position of general manager of Martin Cinemas. He even often watch movies in person.
Perhaps in the old man's heart, Martin Cinemas is the most important thing, more important than the parent company Fuka Industrial.
Next year, he deliberately bought shares in the theater company from other shareholders, named the theater company after his son, and gradually made it the fourth largest theater in the United States.
Kang Jianfei followed Carl Patrick to the screening room. In addition to the two of them, Kang Jianfei also brought the follower Zeng Bolin and Carl's assistant.
The film hasn't started screening yet, and Carl Patrick's youngest son, Michael Patrick, has also come in.
Michael is nominally the assistant to the general manager of Martin Cinemas, but in fact he is the real manager of Martin Cinemas.
Because his father also had to manage Fuka Industry, Michael often handled specific affairs in theaters.
Michael Patrick looks less than thirty years old, tall and thin, quite handsome, but unfortunately a black mole on his nose destroyed the overall image.
The lights of the movie projector have turned on, and Michael pointed to the big screen and asked with a smile: Is this the Chinese movie that Jiang said?
Carl Patrick said to his son: Mr. Kang is an oriental musician. His performance at the Los Angeles Music Center was personally directed by Master Bernstein.
Yeah?It's so awesome.Michael said slightly surprised. Obviously Bernstein's name is still a fool.
Kang Jianfei asked: Mr. Patrick and Jiang Zhiqiang know each other?
Michael smiled and said: Of course we have known each other for more than five years.Martin Cinemas sometimes need to go to Europe to buy films, and Jiang often appears at major European film festivals to buy films. He and I met them at the Venice Film Festival and became familiar with each other after a while.
While the two talked, the opening animation of Oriental DreamWorks on the screen had begun.When the music is thought of, Patricks and his son are attracted by the opening.
Carl Patrick whispered: Dreamworks, Dreamworks... Old Tom, play the opening credits again.
OK, sir.The projectionist responded.
Michael asked his father curiously: What happened?
Nothing, just remembering something.Carl Patrick smiled.
Seeing the English letters of DreamWorks on the screen, the old man obviously remembered his past when he was young.
35 years ago, Carl Patrick was still a young man. With his love for movies, he entered the Martin Theater, which was in a downturn in business, and became a little projectionist.
From an ordinary projectionist, he grew up little by little to a film buyer, and he traveled to major film companies in the United States all year round.
Later, he became the manager of a theater, and then the general manager of the entire theater.
Carl Patrick paid a lot for Martin Theater, and he got a lot for it.All of this is just a movie dream from my youth.
Carl Patrick has always believed that the time he was a young projectionist in the theater was the happiest time in his life.
You can watch various movies every day without paying money, and that kind of work is simply enjoyable.
Carl Patrick turned his head and said to Kang Jianfei: Young man, the name of your company is great.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Thank you for the praise.
It was soon released in the main film. This version of "The Royal Sister" was specially invited by Kang Jianfei to make English subtitles, but the dialogue was still in Cantonese and Japanese.
After the movie was screened, Michael, who was already quite disdainful of Hong Kong films, had completely let go of his contempt.
Judging from the speed and explosion scenes in this movie, even if it is placed in Hollywood, it is first-class, and the plot of the movie is very good, and the action scenes are even more amazing than the current Hollywood action movies.
The only thing to worry about is that the actors in this film are all Asians, and the story also takes place in Asia, which may reduce the enthusiasm of American audiences to watch movies.
Slap sex...
Carl Patrick was the first to applaud and exclaimed: Very wonderful action movies, even Hollywood is not common.Mr. Kang, Martin Theater decided to show it.
Kang Jianfei asked: How is Mr. Patrick ready to operate?
Carl Patrick said: I will handle the promotional release, Mr. Kang doesn’t have to worry.Nearly a month has passed now Christmas, and it happens to be the off-season of the movie, and there are no good movies to be screened, so I decided to give 100 screens to this movie "Soldier Royal".
Kang Jianfei sighed in his heart: America is different, and it will be 100 screens at any time.
The three major theaters in Hong Kong are so lively, with the largest number of theaters in Jiahe Cinema, which has only 19 theaters in total.
Kang Jianfei asked: How to divide the box office?
Carl Patrick thought for a while and said: If the box office is below $2 million, I can only give you a 15% share of the box office.On this basis, for every $1 million added to the box office, I will add you a 1% share.
Kang Jianfei roughly calculated that although there are more than 100 screens, Martin Cinemas are all small community theaters, and there are not many theaters with more than 1,000.
Based on the average of 800 seats per screen, three screens are shown every day. Even if they are full, they will only have a box office of 480,000 yuan per day.
However, the attendance rate of such small community theaters has always been very low. Even if you can have a box office of 240,000 yuan a day, it will only be 2.4 million yuan in ten days.
The attendance rate may be even lower in ten days, and it will be sold for less than 4 million even if it is killed.
That said, Carl Patrick only gave him a 17% box office share at most.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: How about the box office share starting from 18%?As Mr. Patrick said, it is the off-season of the American film market and there are no good movies available for release.If it weren't for my "Senior Sister Royal", Martin Theater could only find other bad movies Make up the numbers.That will not only make money, but will you lose a lot if you let it go.
Michael next to him said: Mr. Kang, since Martin Cinema is a small community cinema, its profits are generally very low. If you give you a little more share, we will lose money.
Kang Jianfei shrugged and said: If the division is so low, then I might as well go to the first round of mainstream theaters.Mr. Patrick, do you think so?
Carl Patrick considered it and said: Then start with 16%.
Kang Jianfei bargained: 17%.
Although Carl Patrick is the vice chairman and president of a large industrial group, he is still so petty and actually revealed the decimal point: 165%.
All right.Kang Jianfei was convinced.He can only hope that after "The Royal Sister" will cause a sensation, otherwise he will not be able to get more than 20%.
Jiang Zhiqiang alone handled the matter of the temporary theater. Kang Jianfei made some preparations and went to Georgia with Zeng Bolin.
When they came to the headquarters of Martin Cinemas, they were received by Martin Cinemas Director and General Manager Carl Patrick.
In another time and space, this person will deliberately purchase theater shares as a director of the company next year, and eventually take control of Martin theater company, connect the names of his two sons, and rename Martin theaters to Carmake theaters.
Carl Patrick had a mustache and his clothes were burnt straight.This old guy was jazzed in England, and his every move was quite like an old-fashioned aristocratic temperament.
If the negotiations are reached, then the person in front of him will be his noble man Ah.Kang Jianfei shook hands with Carl Patrick enthusiastically and said: Hello, Mr. Patrick, I am very happy to see you.
After Carl Patrick shook hands with Kang Jianfei, he laughed and said: It was you, Kang, when Mr. Jiang mentioned your name, I guessed it was you.
Kang Jianfei said in surprise: Have we ever seen it?
Carl Patrick said: I happened to buy movies in Hollywood during Christmas. I heard that Master Bernstein was going to conduct New Year's Day concerts, so I spent two more days in Los Angeles.
Kang Jianfei then realized it and said with a smile: It turned out that Mr. Padric was also in the concert hall at that time. If I had known it, I would have contacted you at that time.
Carl Patrick said: I didn't expect that you were not only a musician, but also a film company owner.
Kang Jianfei would not miss this opportunity to bring the two closer together. He took out a Taoist monk he carried with him and said: It turns out that Mr. Patrick likes music. This Taoist monk was made by me. If you don’t dislike it, please accept this meeting gift.
Carl Patrick has the title of jazz, so he naturally has to show his aristocratic style at any time, such as listening to symphony concerts.
He didn't like Kang Jianfei's Tao Xia very much, but he had an ancient oriental instrument for collection, and it was handmade by Chinese musicians. He could still show it out in the future.
After accepting Tao Wu, Carl Patrick said: Kang, let’s watch the movie first?
Kang Jianfei asked: Don’t you have to wait for the people from the issuing company?
Carl Patrick smiled and said: No, as long as I am optimistic.
Martin Cinemas and the issuing company are both under Fuka, and Carl Patrick is the vice chairman and president of Fuka. Naturally, he has the final say in this kind of thing.
Martin Cinema is an old theater company. As early as 1912, Roy Martin founded the Martin Cinema Chain.
35 years ago, the young Carl Patrick joined Martin Cinema Company as a novice. With his super abilities and means, he became the general manager and director of Martin Cinema Company in just three years.
In the past twenty years, Carl Patrick gradually operated Martin Cinemas from a small Cinema to a top ten large Cinemas in the United States.
Later, Fuka Company acquired Martin Cinemas, and Carl Patrick also became a shareholder of Fuka Company with his shares in Martin Cinemas.
It took more than ten years to climb up step by step and become the vice chairman and president of Fuka.
Judging from Carl Patrick's professional experience, you can tell how powerful this old guy is.
This guy is less than 60 years old now. He is obviously the president of Fuka Industrial, but he holds the position of general manager of Martin Cinemas. He even often watch movies in person.
Perhaps in the old man's heart, Martin Cinemas is the most important thing, more important than the parent company Fuka Industrial.
Next year, he deliberately bought shares in the theater company from other shareholders, named the theater company after his son, and gradually made it the fourth largest theater in the United States.
Kang Jianfei followed Carl Patrick to the screening room. In addition to the two of them, Kang Jianfei also brought the follower Zeng Bolin and Carl's assistant.
The film hasn't started screening yet, and Carl Patrick's youngest son, Michael Patrick, has also come in.
Michael is nominally the assistant to the general manager of Martin Cinemas, but in fact he is the real manager of Martin Cinemas.
Because his father also had to manage Fuka Industry, Michael often handled specific affairs in theaters.
Michael Patrick looks less than thirty years old, tall and thin, quite handsome, but unfortunately a black mole on his nose destroyed the overall image.
The lights of the movie projector have turned on, and Michael pointed to the big screen and asked with a smile: Is this the Chinese movie that Jiang said?
Carl Patrick said to his son: Mr. Kang is an oriental musician. His performance at the Los Angeles Music Center was personally directed by Master Bernstein.
Yeah?It's so awesome.Michael said slightly surprised. Obviously Bernstein's name is still a fool.
Kang Jianfei asked: Mr. Patrick and Jiang Zhiqiang know each other?
Michael smiled and said: Of course we have known each other for more than five years.Martin Cinemas sometimes need to go to Europe to buy films, and Jiang often appears at major European film festivals to buy films. He and I met them at the Venice Film Festival and became familiar with each other after a while.
While the two talked, the opening animation of Oriental DreamWorks on the screen had begun.When the music is thought of, Patricks and his son are attracted by the opening.
Carl Patrick whispered: Dreamworks, Dreamworks... Old Tom, play the opening credits again.
OK, sir.The projectionist responded.
Michael asked his father curiously: What happened?
Nothing, just remembering something.Carl Patrick smiled.
Seeing the English letters of DreamWorks on the screen, the old man obviously remembered his past when he was young.
35 years ago, Carl Patrick was still a young man. With his love for movies, he entered the Martin Theater, which was in a downturn in business, and became a little projectionist.
From an ordinary projectionist, he grew up little by little to a film buyer, and he traveled to major film companies in the United States all year round.
Later, he became the manager of a theater, and then the general manager of the entire theater.
Carl Patrick paid a lot for Martin Theater, and he got a lot for it.All of this is just a movie dream from my youth.
Carl Patrick has always believed that the time he was a young projectionist in the theater was the happiest time in his life.
You can watch various movies every day without paying money, and that kind of work is simply enjoyable.
Carl Patrick turned his head and said to Kang Jianfei: Young man, the name of your company is great.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Thank you for the praise.
It was soon released in the main film. This version of "The Royal Sister" was specially invited by Kang Jianfei to make English subtitles, but the dialogue was still in Cantonese and Japanese.
After the movie was screened, Michael, who was already quite disdainful of Hong Kong films, had completely let go of his contempt.
Judging from the speed and explosion scenes in this movie, even if it is placed in Hollywood, it is first-class, and the plot of the movie is very good, and the action scenes are even more amazing than the current Hollywood action movies.
The only thing to worry about is that the actors in this film are all Asians, and the story also takes place in Asia, which may reduce the enthusiasm of American audiences to watch movies.
Slap sex...
Carl Patrick was the first to applaud and exclaimed: Very wonderful action movies, even Hollywood is not common.Mr. Kang, Martin Theater decided to show it.
Kang Jianfei asked: How is Mr. Patrick ready to operate?
Carl Patrick said: I will handle the promotional release, Mr. Kang doesn’t have to worry.Nearly a month has passed now Christmas, and it happens to be the off-season of the movie, and there are no good movies to be screened, so I decided to give 100 screens to this movie "Soldier Royal".
Kang Jianfei sighed in his heart: America is different, and it will be 100 screens at any time.
The three major theaters in Hong Kong are so lively, with the largest number of theaters in Jiahe Cinema, which has only 19 theaters in total.
Kang Jianfei asked: How to divide the box office?
Carl Patrick thought for a while and said: If the box office is below $2 million, I can only give you a 15% share of the box office.On this basis, for every $1 million added to the box office, I will add you a 1% share.
Kang Jianfei roughly calculated that although there are more than 100 screens, Martin Cinemas are all small community theaters, and there are not many theaters with more than 1,000.
Based on the average of 800 seats per screen, three screens are shown every day. Even if they are full, they will only have a box office of 480,000 yuan per day.
However, the attendance rate of such small community theaters has always been very low. Even if you can have a box office of 240,000 yuan a day, it will only be 2.4 million yuan in ten days.
The attendance rate may be even lower in ten days, and it will be sold for less than 4 million even if it is killed.
That said, Carl Patrick only gave him a 17% box office share at most.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: How about the box office share starting from 18%?As Mr. Patrick said, it is the off-season of the American film market and there are no good movies available for release.If it weren't for my "Senior Sister Royal", Martin Theater could only find other bad movies Make up the numbers.That will not only make money, but will you lose a lot if you let it go.
Michael next to him said: Mr. Kang, since Martin Cinema is a small community cinema, its profits are generally very low. If you give you a little more share, we will lose money.
Kang Jianfei shrugged and said: If the division is so low, then I might as well go to the first round of mainstream theaters.Mr. Patrick, do you think so?
Carl Patrick considered it and said: Then start with 16%.
Kang Jianfei bargained: 17%.
Although Carl Patrick is the vice chairman and president of a large industrial group, he is still so petty and actually revealed the decimal point: 165%.
All right.Kang Jianfei was convinced.He can only hope that after "The Royal Sister" will cause a sensation, otherwise he will not be able to get more than 20%.
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