Chapter 417 Promoting the progress of Hong Kong music
“I can’t imagine how far the Hong Kong film and television industry will develop in the future with support like Yang Sheng.” Zou Wenhuai said with emotion.
Although Lu Yuntao and Shao Yifu were also tycoons in the film industry before, they basically followed the trend. If there is money to be made in the market, such businessmen will inevitably be born.
But Yang Wendong is obviously different. He is using his own resources to expand the entire Hong Kong market, while integrating resources to reduce shooting costs, release costs, etc.
Qi Ruifan smiled and said: "Yang Sheng's vision is different from that of ordinary people. Most people only care about the profits of the three acres of land in front of them, but Yang Sheng obviously wants to make the entire market bigger and stronger;
If Hong Kong movies and TV series can really become popular in half of Southeast Asia, or other Chinese regions, then with so many plans today, they will just sit back and make money in the future. "
"Yes. "Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "No wonder someone can make so much money at such a young age. This layout is really amazing. Yang Sheng also told me that he will still invest in building theaters in Southeast Asia in the future. "
"Haha, Zou Sheng's future will be limitless from now on. "Qi Ruifan said jokingly.
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with me, I just work for Yang Sheng. "
"Well, following a boss like Yang Sheng, we are lucky. Qi Ruifan then said: "Let's go and see the quality of this group of people and discuss how to do this training class?" ”
What kind of leaders or bosses a worker encounters will determine his or her lifelong future. As an upstart Chinese investor in Hong Kong, Yang Wendong is full of potential. It seems inevitable that he will lead the rise of Chinese investors in the future;
And his character They are also very good, and they are very polite to them and even ordinary workers. No matter whether they are pretending or not, if they can pretend for a lifetime, it is no different from sincerely.
"Okay, there are some things that I don't know. If you can't figure it out, let's discuss it together." Zou Wenhuai nodded.
To make art, you also need to make money. This has been the case since ancient times. Only when the two are combined can art achieve the greatest results.
This is true for Hong Kong films and Hong Kong films in the 1980s, Hollywood after the 1990s, Korean Wave after 2000, Mainland films after 2010, etc., because with high returns, we can have more More talents join, thus causing the prosperity of the entire market.
As a time traveler, Yang Wendong's direct help for movies, TV series and even music itself is not great. Even if he remembers some content, he cannot write it out. It doesn't mean much, and he doesn't want to rely on these small things. Things make money directly, at most you can give your own opinions.
A real business tycoon does not need to understand the nature of the product, but only needs to support, cultivate and control the market.
The most suitable place to start at the moment is Hong Kong films. Ensuring the increase in revenue of the Hong Kong film industry through the control of overseas theater chains will inevitably drive the market's self-development and progress, which can also inversely benefit its own theater chains. Earn a lot of revenue
As for TV dramas, this will take a long time and let TVB explore it on their own. They can only rely on themselves in the early stage. When TVB has enough internal talents, they can push it overseas.
The time will soon come to the end of November:
Yang Wendong came to a small building on the edge of Central. He looked up and saw the four characters "Hong Kong and China Building" hanging on the top of the building. The entire building was still relatively new, but it seemed to have some traces of time.
When the motorcade arrived, acquaintances were already waiting at the door of the building.
"Hello, Yang Sheng." When Yang Wendong came out, Qin Zhiye of Changxing Media quickly stepped forward to greet him.
Following him were several acquaintances of Yang Wendong.
"Lao Qin, Lao Zhang" Yang Wendong also gestured to these early entrepreneurial acquaintances one by one, and then focused on a 30-year-old young man: "Xiong Sheng, long time no see, I heard that you Another son was born?”
This person is Gu Long Xiong Yaohua. He was invited to Hong Kong by Yang Wendong in his early years. Because he was given a stable income and a relatively good living environment, he settled in Hong Kong and started a family.
Xiong Yaohua said with a smile: "Yes, I have one more son, but I have to buy him another house."
"Haha, it's okay. Now that the Hong Kong film and television industry has begun to develop, you "The adaptation fee for a novel is not cheap," Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Only a few classic novels by Gu Long in his previous life were turned into TV series. The others were unable to be filmed due to copyright issues caused by Gu Long's premature death. It was a pity that it was not until the 21st century that they were gradually alleviated. The more famous Zhouyi Film and Television also had ambitions to make Seven Weapons, but unfortunately the company closed down after filming Peacock Feathers.
Although Gu Long's novels are not as good as Jin Yong's "For the Country and the People" in some aspects, But its content is also very exciting, especially a lot of crime-solving content, which is very convenient to make into a movie.
Xiong Yaohua added: "I have to thank Yang Sheng for this."
In his early years, it was Yang Wendong who invited him to Hong Kong and gave him a stable income, otherwise he would not be able to write books with peace of mind; and now Hong Kong Film and Television With the development of the industry, his income has also increased significantly. At least half of the credit goes to Yang Wendong. Although it is not for him, he is still grateful.
"You're welcome, you are very talented, and you deserve this." Yang Wendong said.
Talented people should receive corresponding income, be able to write novels that tens or even hundreds of millions of people would love to read, and make greater contributions to society than some capitalists. If such people don’t get rich, who will get rich? ?
Later, Yang Wendong came to the top floor of the 12th floor, stood on the window sill, and looked into the distance.
Su Yiyi brought a cup of coffee over and asked: 'What are you looking at? '
"I'm looking at the scenery here." After taking the coffee, Yang Wendong said: "The Hong Kong China Building is our first property on Hong Kong Island. When we stood here, the building in front of us is still the same as it is now. It’s different.”
Su Yiyi said: “It’s normal, but it’s not the same in recent years. It’s just that we have become more developed, and the whole of Hong Kong has become much more developed. I went to the squatters once a few months ago, but many people left. The Hong Kong government has started to demolish the houses, and only a handful of people are still living there. "
"Well, the economy has been developing well in recent years," Yang Wendong nodded.
It has been 6 years since he traveled back in time from 1958 to 1964. These 6 years were also the years when Hong Kong's economy developed extremely fast. The average GDP growth can reach about 15%, which is higher than that of the mainland after the reform. To grow much faster;
In addition, housing prices have increased more than three times, people's virtual property will be consumed when they have money, and manufacturing and trade are developing rapidly. These have created a large number of jobs and attracted all the idle manpower in squatters.
Of course, this may also be because Hong Kong is a city, while the mainland is a collection of about 1 billion people (after reform). The economic development is high and low. Looking at cities such as Shenzhen and Shanghai alone, they are actually no better than Hong Kong is bad.
Su Yiyi said: "As long as everyone has enough to eat, we were hungry six times in three days. We never dreamed that we would achieve what we have today."
"Everything in the world is unpredictable." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Such a situation will not happen again in Hong Kong in the future." Although Hong Kong will occasionally have economic crises in the future, these are just short-term problems caused by the bursting of bubbles. Except for those who take over positions at high positions or play with large leverage, Speculators, for most other people, do not actually have a great impact on their lives.
“I hope that Chinese people all over the world will no longer have to live the life we had before.” Su Yiyi nodded and said.
Yang Wendong also said: "Yes, I hope so too."
Now his business has already been enough to support his family for several lifetimes, but he still needs to continue to work hard. One reason is that the company itself is not advancing. If you want to quit, you often have no choice; the second is to have your own goals, otherwise life would be too boring; the third is to wait until you have the ability to help more Chinese people escape from Extreme poverty.
“Dong dong dong~” There was a knock at the door. Yang Wendong turned around and said, “Come in.”
The person who came in was Zhang Hui, the head of Hong Kong Commercial Radio. Just listen to him say: "Yang Sheng, the equipment below is ready."
"Okay, let's go together." Yang Wendong nodded and walked downstairs with Su Yiyi.
Soon, everyone arrived at the music player room on the third floor. Yang Wendong came here today to learn about the development of Hong Kong's music industry in recent years.
Nowadays, in terms of TV, movie and animation, he has done all the layouts that can be operated with capital, and the rest is waiting; in the cultural industry, in addition to movies, TV and animation, another very important one is music. .
And music has no borders, and it is easier to enter overseas markets. As long as your songs are good enough, even if you are from Asan or Africa, there will be no different opinions.
Zhang Hui said: "Yang Sheng, please sit here. My people will gradually play the music we have created in Hong Kong in recent years."
"Okay." Yang Wendong sat down with Su Yiyi, and then the playback room in front began to gradually play various music.
Yang and Su's time was precious, so naturally they couldn't spend too much time, so each piece of music played was a highlight. In this way, they listened to more than ten pieces of music in ten minutes.
After listening, Yang Wendong asked: "Are these songs originally created by our own Hong Kong people? Aren't they purchased from Japan or other countries and modified with copyright permission?"
Zhang Huixiao Said: "No, these are all originals. Your request is to listen to originals. What we play are also originals. As for the covers you mentioned, there are actually many. The music currently played on our radio station every day Music, in fact, still accounts for the majority.
We are also constantly conducting surveys. Now from the market acceptance point of view, overseas music is more popular if it has Chinese lyrics, but the quality of our local music is not acceptable. The level is getting higher and higher."
"Well, okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The road has to be walked step by step. This music is not bad."
"Yes, over the years, we have discovered many talents in this field and brought them back to train them," Zhang Hui said.
It has been five years since the establishment of Hong Kong Commercial Radio, and it has become a part of the lives of many Hong Kong people. In addition to broadcasting news and advertisements, the radio station can only play music most of the time.
Therefore, Yang Wendong left all music matters to him.
Yang Wendong asked again: "How much money can the creator get for creating a piece of music like this?"
Zhang Hui paused and said: "About two or three years in the first year It's a thousand yuan, and the radio station will settle the copyright fee next year, which is about two to three hundred years. If the results are particularly good, it will be a little more.
In addition, music can be licensed for use in movies. How much money can be made depends on the needs of external film companies. For other aspects, it is to release records, but this is difficult, and few people will buy them after they are released. ”
“This kind of music shouldn’t be easy to create, right? Yang Wendong asked again: "Then how much do these people earn on average per year?" "
Zhang Hui replied: "It all depends on their performance. The ones with the highest income earn about 10,000 to 20,000 a year, and the ones with less income earn 5,000 or 6,000 a year. There are also some part-time workers working with us. For positions, there are few creations, maybe two to three thousand a year. "
"This income can only be said to be okay. Yang Wendong said.
In an era when the economy was not yet developed, movies had little influence, but music was different, because in this era, vinyl records were still the mainstay, and they were not cheap. Most families cannot afford it.
"Yes, it's not very high." Zhang Hui said: "It can only be said to be a little better than ordinary clerks."
"There is not enough market, and it is indeed difficult to get everyone with talents in this area to participate." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "In this case, you go and discuss with Qi Ruifan from TVB and let him add a live singing program to TVB. There are not enough programs there now.
Let someone come up specially. As long as you can sing well, you will become famous. In the future, you may be able to hold concerts like those in Europe and the United States. In this case, the market will expand many times.”
If you want to attract people, you must. Enlarging the market is a normal operation of a big capitalist. This is why Yang Wendong attaches great importance to TVB. With a TV station, the demand of the entertainment market can be infinitely amplified.
"Live singing?" Zhang Hui said after listening: "Okay, I will discuss it with TVB. It's a bit hard to say whether the composer can sing well on stage."
"It's not necessarily true. You can explore it yourself later." Yang Wendong also said: "No matter what, as long as the income of the entire industry increases, it will definitely drive the development of the industry."
In the past life, there were many people who were only good at composing music. , it is not suitable to sing by oneself, and then can only be handed over to others; but no matter what, if the overall income is high, then the income of all groups can increase, and this is especially true for big capitalists.
"Okay." Zhang Hui agreed.
Yang Wendong added: "In addition, I will also find ways to promote the development of the music industry and promote Hong Kong music creation in other fields. In this regard, you must also do a good job in publicity and encourage more people to come;
Or go to TVB’s wireless artist training class to see if there are any people who are suitable for singing and train them. ”
The entertainment industry must develop in an all-round way, and music is one of them.
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