During the few days that Ye Fan was in Hong Kong Island, he took the time to meet Lin Chaoxian and persuaded him to go to [Chaoyang Company] with his smooth tongue.

The failure of "Beast" prevented Lin Chaoxian from becoming as famous as before, so Ye Fan gave him a generous salary, as well as the assistant director of "Oldboy" and the priority to direct his subsequent movies, so he agreed.

With Ye Fan's current status, he personally invited him and promised such good conditions. How could Lin Chaoxian not be tempted?

Besides, if he dares to reject Ye Fan, given Ye Fan's reputation in the industry, Lin Chaoxian, who is not well-known, will most likely be banned.

However, Ye Fan will definitely not do this, but he will definitely use other means to make him submit. As the boss, Ye Fan refuses to listen to what he says, so don't blame him for being ruthless.

In addition, the negotiations for [Feiteng Film and Television Base] also made progress. In the end, Zhou Linggang lowered the price to 68 million RMB but was unwilling to lower it any further.

Considering the land and the future promotion space in the film and television city, Ye Fan agreed to the price since he could accept it.

This can be regarded as a face to Wu Dun. If Ye Fan presses too hard, he may not be able to win [Feiteng]. Wu Dun will also be criticized, which will affect the cooperative relationship between the two parties.

After completing the film and television city, [Chaoyang Company] will expand its territory to theaters, but it is still too early, and Ye Fan can only try his best to promote this process.

Because in 1993, [China Film Company]'s exclusive rights to operate domestic films were terminated, so this can only be regarded as a preliminary restructuring adjustment.

In 1998, Truck Driver's "Titan" achieved a domestic box office of 360 million, accounting for nearly one-third of China's total box office for the year. This was a heavy blow to the domestic film market and filmmakers!

It was not until November 1999 that the real turning point in the restructuring of domestic theater chains was reached!

Because the United States finally agreed to sign and allow China to join the WTO!

Among them, two clauses regarding the entry of foreign films into China were finalized. These two important clauses will have the greatest impact on the domestic film industry and promote relevant restructuring of the film market.

First, foreign capital is allowed to enter China's film screening industry and build, renovate or operate theaters on the condition that its shares do not exceed 49%;

Second, after joining the WTO, there will be a three-year protection period, and 20 imported sub-account films will be allowed each year.

Although there are only 20 films, many filmmakers still feel that winter is coming.

At that time, these two clauses made domestic filmmakers feel very pessimistic and fatal, and they also had the greatest impact on the domestic film market!

In fact, today's "Domestic Protection Month" is still a legacy from that time.

Of course, such concerns are not groundless. In 2000, relevant yamen began to reform the theater chain system and clearly proposed the implementation of a "distribution and screening mechanism with theater chain companies as the main body."

In June 2002, the first batch of 30 theater chains nationwide were officially established. By December, a total of 35 theater chains were registered across the country, with 1,024 cinemas joining the chain and 1,843 screens, including 850 computer networked ticketing theaters.

Statistics a year later showed that there were 35 theater chains across the country, but only 15 across provinces and cities.

The number of theaters has reached 1,106, but there are only 2,197 screens. Neither the scale of the theaters nor the number of theaters and screens added to the theater chain are enough to handle the number of movies that were gathered at home and abroad at that time.

Moreover, since the implementation of the theater chain system reform, 80% of the box office is concentrated in 20% of the theater chain theaters, while 80% of traditional theaters only account for 20% of the box office.

Some small and medium-sized cities that have joined strong theater chains have generally seen a significant shrinkage of theater locations.

The direct reason for this phenomenon is that most of the links between theater chains and theater members in small cities are film supply.

Although members of theater chains in small and medium-sized cities can obtain premiere rights for some commercial films, they are unable to obtain financial support from their theater chains in terms of capital operations, resulting in them gradually losing competitiveness and having no choice but to withdraw from the film market.

Therefore, in less than 2 years, 35 domestic theater chains have been undergoing changes under the dual pressure of market pressure and policy restrictions.

I have to mention Zhang Guoshi's contribution here. It was at the end of 2002 that his "Hero" came out and achieved a box office of 250 million yuan with 300 film copies!

It allows filmmakers and relevant yamen who are still in the period of adapting to reform to see the potential of the domestic film market and the necessity and general trend of reform!

"Hero" is the first domestic blockbuster to try to adopt the distribution and screening method of imported ledger films under the game rules of the theater system. It can be said that it is a great gift to the reform of the theater system!

So in 2003, the relevant yamen issued the "Interim Regulations on Foreign-Invested Cinemas", which came into effect on January 1, 2004.

Then in April 2005, the relevant yamen issued "Several Decisions on the Entry of Non-Public Capital into the Cultural Industry."

Encourage and support non-public capital to enter cinemas, cinema chains and other fields, and allow non-public capital to invest in state-owned cultural enterprises in the field of film production, distribution and screening.

Wanda Cinema Line was officially established in 2005, becoming the first domestic cinema chain company to be completely dominated by private capital, and in just a few years it became the leading cinema chain in the country.

After that, other private theater chains were established one after another, and with the entry of capital, the domestic film market ushered in a big explosion.

So doesn’t Ye Fan want to build movie theaters and movie theaters now? He has no money to build movie theaters without the introduction of policies.

If historical development is followed, foreign investment will be required to build private cinemas in China in 2003 at the earliest, and domestic capital will be available in 2005.

So what Ye Fan has to do next is to find ways to promote this process!

Even if a private theater chain cannot be established in advance, we must open an opening before foreign capital enters and strive to allow [Chaoyang Company] to build its own cinemas!

But this is all for later. While he can have some time to relax, Ye Fan will be busy winning Wang Fupo's money.

There is no doubt that the princess is talented in singing, but her mahjong skills and luck... that's hard to explain... Ye Fan, who doesn't like playing cards, is addicted to winning money from her...

On the 28th, Xie Xiaofeng's new album "Believe" was released despite the pressure from Ye Fan. Judging from the title of his album, it is obvious that he is very confident in himself.

Ye Fan asked someone to buy a copy of "Believe". After listening to it, he understood the reason why Xie Xiaofeng was so confident. His body... ahem... his vocal cords were almost mature, and his singing skills had improved a lot.

In addition, Xie Xiaofeng's music status in 1999 can be said to be the best. Later, his relationship with "Feng Fei", driving problems and other things all affected his status.

Therefore, objectively speaking, the quality of the title song "Must Go" is indeed good. The popularity of this song in Hong Kong Island is no less than that of "Thank You for Your Love 1999" in the mainland.

The Hong Kong music scene speaks highly of this song, which also proves the success of the "Wu Lexing + Lin Xi" model. Many singers including EASON and Liang Yongqi have covered this song.

Thanks to "I Must Go", Xie Xiaofeng succeeded in establishing a foothold in the Hong Kong music market under the pressure of Ye Fan, which surprised many people.

But "Believe" is a Cantonese album. Even if it sells well in Hong Kong Island, it will not make any splash in the mainland and Taiwan.

It is probably this situation that made Xie Xiaofeng realize that "Believe" has performed so well in Hong Kong Island, but its influence has always been limited.

A Cantonese album can only be released in the Hong Kong market. If you want to be popular across the country, you must have a Mandarin album, so Xie Xiaofeng will release Mandarin songs for his next album.

Seeing Xie Xiaofeng's cool and confident expression in the newspaper, Ye Fan smiled and treated him as if he had been upgraded. He was still a child who needed to pay off his father's debt. He couldn't be bullied too harshly...

On the 29th, Ye Fan went to Taiwan with the joy of winning money. Mrs. Wang was so generous. In just a few days, she "gifted" Ye Fan enough money for a house in Beijing. Now she had enough money to buy gifts for Zeng Li.

Already.

As soon as Ye Fan left the airport, he saw Xiao Qi waiting for him outside.

"I feel honored to have King Ren personally pick him up at the airport!"

"It would be an honor for me to pick up an international superstar from the airport!"

After Ren Xianqi finished speaking, he and Ye Fan laughed together. Men's friendship is sometimes so simple.

Then Ren Xianqi drove Ye Fan to the hotel, and his agent took Ye Fan's bodyguard in another car.

"I heard that you will release a new album in June?"

"Hey, how can I be like you and have the ability to write my own songs? Mine is a best of album. I'm still writing new songs. It's estimated that I won't be able to release a new album until next year."

"Besides, I have accepted a movie and will shoot it soon. I will have a concert in the second half of the year. Where can I find the time?"

Ye Fan asked curiously: "What movie?"

""Star Wish" is a romance film, and the heroine is Zhang Baizhi from "The King of Comedy"."

"Oh? It's her. She is indeed very popular now. Star Master is good at flattering people. "The King of Comedy" is quite good."

Ren Xianqi suddenly thought of something and said to Ye Fan: "By the way, if you have time in the second half of the year, come and be my guest at my first concert, and then invite Jay Lun as well."

Ye Fan was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "I haven't even held a concert, so it's inappropriate for you to take it away like this for the first time."

Facing Ye Fan's driving, Ren Xianqi couldn't laugh or cry and said: "What you are saying is that you were able to hold a concert in 1997. Who told you not to hold a concert earlier? Didn't you see on the Internet that your fans are asking you to hold a concert every day?"

"And this is also my first time. To save my face, if you want to hold a concert, I will also be your guest."

Ye Fan thought about it and was about to agree when he suddenly remembered that he had refused Wang Fupo's invitation to be a guest. If he agreed to Xiao Qi first, Wang Fupo would definitely complain.

"I want to see if I have time. If I have time, I will come over."

"Okay, your words are enough."

Seeing Ye Fan let go, Xiao Qi was very happy. After helping Ye Fan settle down, he took him to wander around Wanbei City...

In the afternoon, the two drove to the airport together to pick up Zeng Li, Jay Chou, Fang Wenshan, Zhang Xing and others. As for other people, such as Hua'er Band and other people from [Chaoyang Company], the organizer made arrangements for them.

And if it weren't for picking up Zeng Li and Zhang Xing, Jay Chou wouldn't be qualified to let Ye Fan pick up now. They just took it by the way...

"Xiao Fan!"

The moment she saw Ye Fan, Zeng Li screamed happily, grabbed her luggage and ran towards Ye Fan.

Ye Fan greeted him with a smile, hugged Zeng Li into his arms, and then weighed her.

"You seem to have lost weight. Did you not eat well because I was away?"

Zeng Li smiled and said: "No way, Sister Hua said that I have a bigger frame and if I can control my figure, I will look better on camera."

Ye Fan said speechlessly: "Why do you listen to her? I just like that you have some flesh on your body and feel comfortable to touch, especially..."

Zeng Li was so ashamed when he heard this, he covered Ye Fan's mouth and looked around...

Seeing this, Xiao Qi, Zhang Xing, Zhou Jielun and others quickly turned their heads and whispered among themselves, pretending not to see anything.

Zeng Li's face turned red when she saw it, and then she realized that there were so many people watching, so she quickly got out of Ye Fan's arms, but put her hands on Ye Fan's waist...

"Hey~ stop pinching. Why haven't your hand strength gotten smaller since you lost weight?"

Zeng Li said arrogantly: "I am exercising my plasticity, not losing weight. Besides, there are skills in pinching people."

Ye Fan felt a pain in his stomach after hearing this. He glared at Xiao Qi and his group of crazy gossips, took Zeng Li's hand and walked towards the car. If they didn't leave, the reporter would find them.

Since Ye Fan and Zeng Li were sitting in a car alone, after getting in the car, Zeng Li leaned on Ye Fan's arm and complained: "Coming to Taiwan Province is not only troublesome with the procedures, but also troublesome with the flight. I am exhausted. Please do it early."
To be continued...