Chapter 749: Competition?

When Hou Longtao mentioned firing all the employees earlier, he only felt slightly surprised, and not overly shocked.

He had personally witnessed the work attitude of the cinema staff, and while the decision to fire everyone seemed drastic, it was unexpected yet sensible.

But running an art cinema and showing only art films was completely incomprehensible.

Making technical films is difficult and thankless, just as showing art films is unprofitable. Even in his early years, Wong Kar-wai's films, which won countless awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan, were absolutely box office poison.

Once people have money, they often chase after so-called idealistic sentiments, even if it means losing money. However, Hou Longtao felt that Suming didn't seem to have the financial capacity to casually throw tens of millions at a passion project.

Besides, the so-called art films present not just an economic problem.

It's hard to define the line between art and commercial films.