Chapter 373 Excellent achievements in the film industry
Wang Yongqing said with a smile: "Haha, okay, let's take a look first, but according to the original plan, this supermarket will open at the end of January next year, just in time before the Chinese New Year "It's a hot seller."
"That's good." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "After this supermarket is successfully opened and I have some experience, I will start to open in other cities, Wang Sheng's side. We must also be prepared. ”
The first-mover effect is not only found in the Internet, but also in the service industry. If you are the first in a place to benefit from products or services to local people, as long as you don’t commit suicide later. , basically the market will stabilize.
In the original history, supermarkets became popular around Asia in the 1970s. But because I opened supermarkets in Hong Kong ten years earlier, I wonder if there are smart people in places like Wanwan. Imitation is hard to say.
Therefore, the best model is to strike first and then control the market.
"No problem." Wang Yongqing agreed: "Actually, I'm just here for a name, the real management is yours."
"Haha, that's right, but I still have to deal with you. Just tell me." Yang Wendong smiled.
According to the agreement between the two parties, Wang Yongqing is just a name, because in this era, Wanwan does not allow foreign investment to enter the service industry, only factories.
The operation, management, procurement of materials, etc. of the supermarket are all controlled by Carrefour Hong Kong, and are also controlled by agreement.
It is also because we have a deeper cooperative relationship with Wang Yongqing in other fields that we can operate with such confidence.
"Okay, I'll just listen to your arrangements." Wang Yongqing said again: "Yang Sheng, my new factory has opened, how about we go take a look?"
" Okay." Yang Wendong nodded in agreement.
Then everyone arrived at Formosa Plastics' new factory. The factory has an annual plastic production capacity of up to 1.2 million tons, and it is already a large chemical production base.
"Sheng Wang, your plastic industry is getting bigger and bigger. It seems that sooner or later, you will be able to become a global plastic king." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Being an industrial king in Hong Kong or Bay Area is just a matter of wallowing in a pond. But any "king" at the global level, even a garbage collector, is definitely a tycoon.
Wang Yongqing said with a smile: "Thanks to Yang Sheng's help in the past few years, otherwise I would not have reached the scale I am today so quickly."
"It can be regarded as a mutual benefit. Win." Yang Wendong nodded and said,
Although Wang Yongqing was just as successful in history, with his own help, the speed will definitely be much faster, and his future achievements may even be greater than in the original history. Much.
"That's good." Wang Yongqing added: "Yang Sheng, in addition to expanding production capacity, we are also preparing to enter the petroleum derivatives production industry."
"Petroleum derivatives?" Yang Wendong's heart moved and asked: "Does Wanwan have this technology now?"
Wang Yongqing said: "This is not a problem. The Wanwan government recently reached an agreement with the United States. Some in the United States The oil company will transfer some of its old equipment, and I am going to buy some of it. In this way, I can achieve better cost control. "
" Will there be any funding problems? " Yang Wendong asked again.
Wang Yongqing nodded and said: "Yes, it will definitely require a lot of funds, but if it is completed, the benefits will still be huge."
"Okay, I am here to support your expansion. "Yang Wendong said: "But I also need a detailed explanation of the specific investment plan and future income. "
Companies in Bay Area or Hong Kong are often forced to develop their own industrial chains, because many supporting equipment can only be imported, and the price is very high, so they can only penetrate the front-end industrial chain step by step.
Just like my own sticky notes, they were originally imported paper, but now I produce them myself, so the cost can naturally be much lower.
Of course, the raw materials in the supply chain must also be imported, but the cost of raw materials must be lower, and generally there will be more choices, such as waste paper or pulp, there are many choices, and the transportation process is also There are no protection issues and so on as with new paper.
Wang Yongqing said with a smile: "Okay, that's no problem. I will give you the relevant information."
"Yes." Yang Wendong smiled again and said: "Sheng Wang, according to your development speed , I’m afraid I won’t be able to buy oil fields outside and produce oil myself?”
"Haha, I hope so too." Wang Yongqing smiled and shook his head: "That is too far away, and the oil industry does not have strong ZZ resources behind it, so it is better not to touch it."
"Yes. ." Yang Wendong nodded,
Oil can breed mold. Not to mention individuals, even if many small countries are involved, it is not necessarily a good thing.
Of course, if you play smaller, the impact will not be big. After all, businessmen only want to make money. In the original history, Li Jiacheng also acquired a Canadian oil company, which was quite profitable, but he wanted to become Mobil This level is basically impossible.
In the next few days, Yang Wendong hesitated to communicate with several officials in Taipei City, also about commercial investment. Naturally, Yang Wendong also negotiated politely.
However, there are no actual projects left. At present, our industry still has great development potential in Hong Kong. That is because of diversification considerations and tariff considerations in some countries, so we have an additional place to invest.
In the short term, his industrial investment will mainly be in Hong Kong, which is also in his best interest. As for Wanwan, it will be at least until the late 1960s, when the electronics industry has developed to a certain level, before he will consider this matter. thing.
After visiting the Bay for a few days, Yang Wendong returned to Hong Kong on December 26.
It is nearing the end of the year, and Hong Kong's film market is gradually becoming more active. Zou Wenhuai also came to Changxing Building on the 27th to report to his boss the progress of the film company in the past six months.
"Come, sit down." Yang Wendong greeted.
"Thank you, Yang Sheng." After Zou Wenhuai sat down, his assistant also served coffee. Then he took out a document and said, "Yang Sheng, these are the results of Changxing Film Company in recent months. Among them are gods The movie "The Condor Heroes" had a total box office of HK$760,000, which is slightly worse than "Shooting the Condor Heroes". There are three other movies, which we shot ourselves and conceived the plots ourselves, with box office of HK$330,000, 170,000 and 290,000 respectively. .”
"Well, it adds up to more than one million." Yang Wendong took the information, looked at the names for a while, and asked: "What about Waifu?"
Zou Wenhuai said: "Waifu I also sold some of them, because the previous "Legend of the Condor Heroes" "The performance in Southeast Asia is good, so this makes the sale of our other films in Waifu much easier;
The specific information is on the second page. The company's total revenue in Waifu is currently HK$660,000."
"Well, what about the cost of these movies?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Zou Wenhuai said: "The film and television city in Tseung Kwan O is still under construction. We rented or built the scenes for these movies, so the total cost of the four movies is HK$620,000;
Calculate The movie we shot in Hong Kong made about 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the Waifu movie theater chain is a pure profit.” Their financial income is separate.
It’s not a big problem to be biased, but if it excludes other movies, it will have a bad impact.
"No wonder the profits of movies are so high." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "This is pure profit, and the data is really good."
Zou Wenhuai explained: "Yang Sheng, this is also Because our film company has huge resources , In addition, the quality of the films is also good, which is why Waifu has achieved success. Many Hong Kong film companies cannot sell the films in Waifu, or they can only sell for a few thousand yuan."
"This is the case in any industry. In this way, physical factories are also inferior. Not much." Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "What about our theater chain?"
Zou Wenhuai replied: "The theater chain and the film company are operated independently, and the current half-year revenue is 4.62 million Hong Kong dollars, net profit is almost 9 00,000 Hong Kong dollars, this is just operating income, not counting the real estate value added."
"Well, that's the calculation." Yang Wendong nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that theater chains are more profitable than film companies. Ah.”
Zou Wenhuai said: "Yes, this is true all over the world. For some film companies, if there is a blockbuster movie, the profits of that year may be very high, but once there are mediocre or even loss-making movies in a year, the data will change. It’s ugly.
But the theater chain is much more stable, and basically there is no need to worry about whether things are going well or not. Even if there is an economic crisis, more people will go to the movies.”
“It’s really a good business. Ah." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Now that you are in charge of the theater chain, then you should continue to cooperate with Changxing Real Estate Company and prepare to expand the number of theater chains;
You don't have to buy it now, but We can first find a suitable location and then slowly negotiate. I hope that within 5 years, more than 70% of the theater chains in Hong Kong will be ours.”
From a capital perspective, the performance of the film is uncontrollable. It is not a high-quality asset, so in the early days HSBC was unwilling to cooperate with film companies, but theater chains were able to do so, because even if Hong Kong films were abandoned, there would still be overseas films.
Although today's Changxing Film Company has been trying to create high-quality movies, it requires a long time of experience, crowd training, etc. before it can succeed, and there are also uncertainties;
But the theater chain is much simpler. , many of Hong Kong’s future business districts have just begun to develop, so it’s a good time to move in first.
Especially because there is still a little more than a year left, the real estate crisis is coming. By then, whether it is supermarkets, cinemas, or other properties, etc., it will be the best time.
“Seventy percent?” Zou Wenhuai was overjoyed and said, “Understood, Yang Sheng, in this case, our film company will inevitably monopolize Hong Kong.”
“No, I don’t hope. Monopoly." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "Remember, our theater companies will always operate independently and will not only serve their own films. Other film companies need to ensure a relatively fair competitive environment.
What I hope to see is a competitive Hong Kong film market. Only in this way can our films go overseas and earn more overseas. ”
Any product will have a market only if there is competition. Without competition, it will only be destroyed. In the previous life of TVB, in the 1990s and even the early 2000s, the quality of TV series was very high. Even ATV had "Me and Me" A hit TV series like "Zombie Has a Date"
But later, ATV declined, TVB declined, and the subsequent filming was terrible
The same is true for movies. Historically, the film industry was developed in the 1980s. , also because there is enough competition.
Zou Wenhuai nodded and agreed: "Okay, I understand what Yang Sheng means. ”
My boss's industry is probably the strongest in Hong Kong, second only to a few traditional century-old giants such as HSBC and Jardine Matheson. He simply does not care about the monopolized Hong Kong film market, because even if this market is monopolized, it is only worth about ten million.
Only when Hong Kong films go abroad and become as popular in Asia as Hollywood, the market will definitely expand ten times or even dozens of times. This is what Yang Wendong wants.
After reading the documents in his hand, Yang Wendong pushed them back and asked: "What are the plans for next year?"
Zou Wenhuai said: "The main plan for next year is still filming. I plan to adapt the martial arts movie from Gu Long's novel. Its novel has both martial arts and solving crimes, and the plot is short, so it is more suitable for making a movie than Jin Yong's novel.
Also. , I am also planning to find some movie adaptations of plots from Liao Zhai, but I haven’t decided which ones to choose yet.”
"Martial arts movies are okay." Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "Are you going to make horror movies or scholarly love movies when you shoot Liao Zhai?"
Zou Wenhuai replied: "It's mainly about love. , horror movies are a bit eccentric and suitable for small businesses. We are a little outweighed by the gains in shooting. The market is too small. "
"Well, there are still many good stories in Liao Zhai," Yang Wendong said with a smile. .
It was written by ancient scholars, and I am the protagonist. How can it not be good?
Zou Wenhuai added: "In addition to these, Changxing Culture is also preparing to produce movies about Black Cat Sheriff and Nezha Naohai. Among them, Black Cat Sheriff will be released during the Chinese New Year, and we will also To participate, a lot of film knowledge is required. ”
"Okay, you have to cooperate with them here." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Comic movies can be said to be easy to spread regardless of race. They have been successful in the early stage, and they are also suitable for you to release your own movies overseas in the future, or overseas Fu.”
Even at the peak of the original history in the 1980s and 1990s, the main customers in Southeast Asia were Chinese. Only a small number of locals liked Chinese movies, or people like Li Xiaolong. Only a hit movie can attract many aborigines.
This is normal. Even at its peak, Marvel could only be watched by a small number of people in mainland China.
But comics are different. As long as you write well, all the children will like it. They will not have so many conscious distinctions. In the past life, mainlanders, some born in the 80s and 90s have not read it when they were young. Japanese cartoons, even in 2020, children’s favorite is Ultraman
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