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021: Ling Xiang: My boss doesn't like me shaking hands with others [Chapter 1, please order the whole thing]
"Flirting Scholar" was released in major cinemas in Hong Kong on July 1, 1993.
With the box office legend of Stephen Chow, the film swept the entire Hong Kong once it was released.
With a box office of 40 million, it slaughtered other movies and became the annual box office champion in Hong Kong.
At this time, most Xiaguo artists did not understand Zhou Xingxing's nonsensical art. After watching it, some even rated it as the most vulgar movie ever.
Because of the joint boycott of these artists, few cinemas in Xiaguo were willing to introduce this film, which became a regret at the time.
After all, at that time, 90 percent of the cinemas were still state-owned assets, and these state-owned cinemas naturally followed the lead of these old artists and chose not to introduce this film.
Most of the privately-run ones are called video halls, which are fundamentally different from cinemas and are not qualified to show Hong Kong films, unless they wait for "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" to be released and then re-run it.
But as a reborn person, Lin Ge owns Jiangbei Cinema privately, so all the above difficulties are not a problem for him.
Before "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" was released in Hong Kong, Lin Ge asked Ling Xiang to go there to negotiate with the Xiang brothers.
Because this movie was shot for the 920 brothers' Yongsheng Film Production Company.
At this time, Zhou Xingxing had not yet fallen out with Xiang Qiang's wife and was in the honeymoon period.
He produced a series of critically acclaimed and box-office hits.
It has dominated the Hong Kong box office charts for more than 30 years.
Let’s get back to the topic.
At this time, Xiang Jiang had not returned yet, the environment was quite chaotic, and Xiang Qiang's reputation was not very good.
Lin Ge asked Huang Fang to arrange four constables to go with Ling Xiang.
Xiang Qiang also didn't expect that someone from Xia Country would come to negotiate with him for the screening rights of "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Fragrance".
In fact, he had negotiated with Xiaguo’s national theater chain long before.
But what they meant was that this movie had no market in the mainland and they had no interest in releasing it.
Lin Ge told Ling Xiang this before he went to Hong Kong.
Xiang Qiang smiled and said, "Ling Xiang, you know that Stephen Chow is a box office guarantee in Hong Kong, so the screening fee for this movie in Xiaguo is not cheap either."
Ling Xiang smiled faintly: "Since I am here to talk, I am here with sincerity. I wonder how much money Mr. Xiang wants?"
Xiang Qiang held up a finger and said with a smile: "Xia Country has a population of 1.17 billion. I know your ticket prices are all 50 cents a ticket. Just with this, you can get more than 500 million at the box office. With so many box office revenues, it's not too much for me to sell it for 10 million, right?"
Hearing Xiang Qiang's words, Ling Xiang felt angry and amused.
Just as Lin Ge said, these Hong Kong people are very arrogant and always treat the Xia people like fools.
However, when she thought of Lin Ge's prediction that Xia's economy will get better and better, and that Hong Kong's economic advantages will gradually be lost and the people of Xia will lose their sense of superiority, her mood inexplicably became better.
Ling Xiang said calmly, "I'm here to discuss business, Mr. Xiang, don't treat me like a fool. Xia Country does have 1.27 billion people, but most of them are still struggling to make ends meet. It's good enough to fill their stomachs, let alone watch a movie."
"As a Xia countryman, I have the most say in this regard. According to my estimation, we'll be thankful if this movie can make 1 million at the box office. I know that the film producers and distributors here can get about 40% of the box office revenue."
"Mr. Xiang now has two choices. One is that we have a profit-sharing agreement and release the movie first. No matter how many are sold, Mr. Xiang can get half of the box office."
"Or I'll take the Xiaguo screening rights for this movie for a flat price of 400,000 yuan."
"To be honest, if my boss hadn't asked me to come here, I wouldn't have had any hope for this movie. I heard that the national theater chain in Xia Country had a very bad review of this movie."
"Mr. Xiang knows that although we are all Xia people, we have different educations and different values. It is a question whether the Xia people can appreciate the movies you think are excellent. I now doubt that if we bring this movie back to Xia, we may not even make back the 400,000 cost."
Ling Xiang was very quick to learn business talents.
She remembered that Lin Ge had told her that the key to negotiation was that no matter how much you were attracted to the other party's product, you had to keep it in your heart, and verbally belittle the other party's product as much as possible, saying that it was worthless. This was the only way to psychologically overwhelm the other party and get the product at the price you wanted.
After hearing Ling Xiang's words, Xiang Qiang fell silent.
To be honest, 400,000 is too little for him.
But when it comes to asking him to sign a profit-sharing agreement, Xiang Qiang has no confidence at all.
Just as Ling Xiang said, it is a question whether the people of Xia can appreciate such avant-garde movies.
If only a few hundred or a thousand tickets are sold by then, wouldn't he be losing a lot of money
"Forget it, it's better to have something than nothing. If I don't sell it to Ling Xiang, I won't even be able to earn the 400,000."
Xiang Qiang made a decision in his heart.
In fact, he just had the idea of killing and robbing.
After all, Ling Xiang is just a weak woman.
His brother is a well-known leader in Hong Kong and the leader of the Sun Yee On. He can just let his brother do something secretly and it will have nothing to do with him.
But when he saw the four constables standing behind Ling Xiang.
That thought was immediately extinguished.
Accompanied by a constable, this woman's status in Xia Country is definitely not low.
Xiang Jiang will be returning to Xia Country soon. If it is found out that he was the one who did it, he will definitely not be able to escape when the time comes.
Even if this woman's status is too high and causes diplomatic conflict between Xia Kingdom and Sunset Empire, perhaps Sunset Empire will hand him over to calm its anger.
Thinking of this, Xiang Qiang's thoughts gradually changed.
Xiaguo is gradually becoming wealthy, and when it returns to Hong Kong, it will have the support of a huge market.
If I get along well with this woman, can I pave the way for myself to enter the Xia country market
Thinking of this, Xiang Qiang stood up, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Just think of it as making friends with Ling Xiang. I'll give you a 50% discount for the Xiaguo screening rights of this movie, 200,000 will be enough. I just hope that if there is an opportunity for cooperation in the future, Ling Xiang will think of me as a friend more often."
Ling Xiang also stood up, but she had no intention of shaking hands. She smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, my boss is a stingy person and doesn't like me to have contact with other men."
"However, thank you for your generosity, Mr. Xiang. I will convey your kindness to my boss. I believe he will feel Mr. Xiang's kindness."
Xiang Qiang had seen a lot of things in the world, so he was not embarrassed. He withdrew his hand and said with a smile that said, "It seems that Ling Xiang is not only the representative of this negotiation, but also the boss's wife~".
022: Tang Bohu's Xiaguo hits the market, Lin Ge's preparations before the class meeting [Chapter 2, please order the whole book]
After the negotiation, Xiang Qiang invited Ling Xiang to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days.