Every country has some theater chains of a specific style, which mainly screen art films and independently produced films. The scale of these theater chain companies is not very large, but because of their unique style, the attendance rate is not very low.

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Especially in France, a country born with a romantic gene, at least the general theater chains mainly show art films.

Even if Hollywood's commercial blockbusters arrive in France, some classic art films produced with a low budget may not be as popular.

Similarly, China also has similar art theater chains, and Yiyuan Cinema is one of them.

However, with the development of China's economy and the progress of the times in the past ten years, art theaters have become less and less popular in China, and attendance rates have dropped rapidly. It is not easy to maintain without losing money now.

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Although Yang Ming did not want Oriental DreamWorks to focus on shooting art films in the future, he had several in-depth conversations with the old director and the more people he contacted in the film industry, he found that China's film market still has no shortage of art films.

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China has a vast territory, rich resources, and a large population, accounting for one-fifth of the world's population. There are movie fans who like commercial blockbusters, so naturally there are also audiences who like art movies.

Even if the proportion of viewers who only like art films is small, it is still a large figure when considering the terrifying population of China.

Therefore, Yang Ming reconsidered that DreamWorks should get involved in the art film market.

Besides, a film company cannot make money purely by shooting commercial blockbusters, but it must also produce some art films to improve its style.

Otherwise, after more than ten years, people will only have one impression of Oriental DreamWorks, that is, it is a film company that makes money, rather than a film company that can make good movies.

If you want to enter the art film market, you must have the support of specialized art theaters. General theaters will basically not screen art films that are drowsy in the eyes of the public.

China Brothers Media's Yiyuan Theater is a theater chain that specializes in showing art films.

To be honest, Yiyuan Cinemas was originally not among Yang Ming's acquisition targets, but who told Shangguantian to take the initiative to send it to Yang Ming this time? If he didn't kill him with a knife, he would really be sorry for himself.

You must know the scale and history of Yiyuan Cinemas, but it is much larger than the target that Yang Ming wanted to acquire before.

Shangguan Tian frowned slightly. He really didn't expect that Yang Ming would acquire Yiyuan Cinemas.

Yiyuan Cinema Line has a total of just over 100 cinemas, and the equipment is old and the environment is not good. Each cinema has only two or three cinemas at most, and many cinemas only have one cinema.

There are more than 100 theaters with a total of just over 200 screens.

In the eyes of China Brothers Media, it is not worth mentioning at all.

"What? Oriental DreamWorks is interested in making some achievements in art films?" Shangguantian said with doubts.

In the past two or three years, Oriental DreamWorks has used the success of several of their films to prove their success in commercial films. Even Shangguan Tian, ​​one of the six major Chinese film giants, has to admit that although Oriental DreamWorks is only a new film company

The company has been the most successful in reforming the film industry and producing local films that are more popular with audiences.

The success of Oriental DreamWorks has also set a better example for other domestic film companies.

In this regard, China Brothers Media has naturally studied the success of Oriental DreamWorks.

Now that Yang Ming suddenly said that he wants to acquire an art theater company, is it possible that the next development trend of local movies will return to the old path?

Yang Ming couldn't help but smile when he saw Shangguan Tian's expression. He pretended to sigh and said: "Hey, President Shangguan, you don't know that every time I go back to the academy, I am picked up and scolded by the old dean. In his old eyes,

, none of my movies can be considered movies. In desperation, in order to satisfy his old man's wishes, I thought about it and bought an art theater chain to support the development of art films."

He was really right in saying this, and he didn't hide what he meant.

Naturally, he did not acquire art theaters to make money. If he wanted to make money, he might as well make one or two commercial blockbusters.

When Shangguan Tian heard this, he thought about it. The current form of domestic films is bound to be a blockbuster special effects production. Those unpredictable art films will definitely not become mainstream. It seems that he is really worrying too much.

And in his impression, the old guys at the film school were just like Yang Ming said, pretending to be noble and looking down on commercial movies.

But even so, Shangguantian will not let go of the Yiyiyuan Cinema Line easily.

Since the other party needs it, then this is a bargaining chip.

But before he could speak, Yang Ming seemed to have figured out what Shangguantian was thinking, and said leisurely: "If President Shangguan is really reluctant to switch to Handiyiyuan Cinemas, then I won't force anyone to make it difficult. I will acquire other art cinemas.

It’s not a big deal anyway.”

When he heard this, Shangguan Tian looked as if he was choking on food, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Wen Jingtao was sitting aside and saw Shangguantian's expression and almost burst into laughter. This old guy was actually being teased by a young boy.

Thinking about it, art theater chains are not a big deal in the first place. At best, they are only a business of 10 to 20 million.

Even if Yang Ming can't get the Yiyuan Cinema Line, he can still acquire other art theater lines. Even if the scale of other art theater chains can't keep up with the Yiyuan Cinema Line, if he acquires two and then merges them into one, the scale will definitely be no less than that of the Yiyuan Cinema Line.

The old guy wanted to take some control in this aspect, but he was blocked by others before he could say anything.

Although Wen Jingtao wanted to laugh, he felt a chill in his heart. The young man opposite him clearly had a maturity that belied his age.

No wonder Li Hongyi from the company fell into the hands of this young man.

A hero comes from a young man.

It seems that it is obviously impossible to win the shares of Maoyan Movies and Time Network without some trouble this time.

However, he and Shangguan Tian had the same idea, that is, as long as Yang Ming is willing to negotiate, the price can be easily negotiated. Negotiation is just like that, isn't it? He is afraid that this young man, young and arrogant, will refuse, which will cause trouble for both parties.

Both sides lose, that's the situation they want.

Yang Ming saw through Shangguantian's idea of ​​taking advantage of the Yiyuan Cinema Line, and told the other party not to use this to negotiate.

Next, the two parties kept arguing over the price. After all, Maoyan Movies and Time.com now belong to Yang Ming's assets, and the initiative is in his hands.

He still refused to let go of the 2 billion quotation. Even if he did, it would be a slow decline from 10 million to 10 million, which almost made Shangguan Tian and Wen Jingtao curse.

This is not a negotiation, this is definitely killing people, oh, no, it should be killing Brother Media and Polaroid like fat pigs.

If 2 billion can buy all the shares of Maoyan Movies and Time Network, then forget it. Who knows that they spent 2 billion, but they can only buy 49% of the shares, and it is divided between them. This makes Shangguantian and

How could Wen Jingtao accept it?

But it is impossible for Yang Ming to give up his control over Maoyan Movies and Time Network. After all, these two companies were established by himself with a lot of effort.

Oh, it's about to bear fruit now, so you'd better just pick the ready-made fruits with your own hands.

Nothing in the world is so cheap.

Whenever Shangguantian and Wen Jingtao said that Maoyan Movies and Time.com were definitely not worth the price, and often said they needed professionals to evaluate them, Yang Ming would say:

"If Brother Media and Polaroid really can't afford the price, I wouldn't mind going to Victory Pictures and Royal Entertainment."

Whenever Shangguantian and Wen Jingtao heard Yang Minglai's words, they felt itching with hatred, but they had nothing to say.

What can be said?

If Yang Ming really goes to find those two giants, if those two giants get hot-headed and we don't lack money, we really take the shares in Yang Ming's hands, and the two of them won't even have a place to cry.

Putting pressure on Yang Ming, a newcomer, and putting pressure on three film companies are two completely different concepts.

Moreover, two of them are still giants that do not belong to them in terms of strength. Even if Oriental DreamWorks has a weaker foundation, it cannot be said to lose too much to giants like them in terms of influence.

In the next few days, the three companies have been negotiating around the acquisition of shares of Maoyan Movies and Time Network.

However, the further back he went, the more determined Yang Ming became, refusing to give in.

This left Shangguan Tian and Wen Jingtao helpless.

The most critical point is that the Maoyan Movies and Time Network in Yang Ming's hands are basically the emperor's daughters, and they have no worries about getting married.

They cannot be the only two people in the domestic film circle who have a long-term vision. There must be others who realize that as time goes by, Maoyan Films and Time Network will have an increasing influence in the film market.

If Yang Ming really releases the news that Brother Media and Polaroid want to acquire the shares of Maoyan Films and Time.com, other film companies will definitely gather around them like sharks seeing blood.

Except for Zhonghuang Entertainment and China Film Group, Shangguantian and Wen Jingtao can guarantee that they will not interfere in this acquisition. For other film companies, they really have no confidence in ensuring that others will not interfere.

In particular, Victory Pictures and Royal Entertainment are both local film giants, and they cannot hope that a company that threatens their own interests will be in the hands of others.

Yang Ming also attaches great importance to this acquisition. Since he has decided to sell part of his shares, he will not think too much about it.

If it were normal, he could drag it out for a few months to maximize the benefits.

But now that he has set his sights on the copyright library of China Film Group, he must act quickly to save himself from long nights and dreams. If China Film Group suddenly declares bankruptcy tomorrow and he does not have enough funds in his hand, it will be a lot of fun.

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1.6 billion Chinese yuan in cash.

Maoyan Movies and Time Network each hold 30% shares.

In addition, Yang Ming promised to transfer 30% of his shares to the other two giants in the next two years.

Originally, it was impossible for Shangguantian and Wen Jingtao to accept that they only got 30% of the shares in total, but spent 1.6 billion yuan in cash. This price was too high, and they did not get enough say.

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30% of the shares are divided equally between the two companies, which is 15%.

However, Yang Ming still owns 70% of the shares and can completely control the two film companies.

But when Shangguan Tian and Wen Jingtao saw Yang Ming Chengruo's third condition, their eyes couldn't help but light up and they applauded Yang Ming's idea.

In other words, Yang Ming's wisdom made them feel that this young man was incredible.

If we really follow this young man's vision, two years later, Maoyan Movies and Time.com will be held by five film companies respectively.

Brothers Media, Polaroid Company, Victory Pictures, and Royal Entertainment each hold 15% of the shares, while Oriental DreamWorks owns the largest 40%, becoming the largest shareholding.
To be continued...