Yang Ye waited until the negotiations between the eight major film studios and the Hong Kong film industry broke down and began to boycott Hong Kong films, before he stepped forward to clean up the mess.
Because only in this way will these bosses listen to him.
In fact, it is hard for them to boycott Hong Kong films because they all have theater chains to run.
When the cinema is open, movies will be shown.
If it is empty, how much money will be lost in terms of rent, water, electricity and labor for one day?
The eight major film studios in the original time and space were at odds with Hong Kong. They did not introduce Hong Kong films for half a year and only used old films to make up the numbers. This killed a lot of Hong Kong film companies, but they also suffered heavy losses.
It has been more than two months now. Although I am tough on the surface, I am suffering in my heart.
Yang Ye took a sip of tea and then said slowly: "First of all, you must be very careful about selling flowers.
Movies are not real estate, movie properties are not off-the-plan properties, houses are a necessity, and movies are just consumer goods with too many variables.
No matter what cats or dogs, you just get contracts from two celebrities and don’t know what they’re filming, you dare to give them money.
I have to say, you are really brave! What if someone is a liar?
After all, you are Taiwanese, not Hong Kong natives.
People have made it clear that they lied to you, so what can you do? ”
One sentence made everyone blush, and some people felt unhappy and thought, are you teaching me how to do things?
But in the current situation, Yang Ye was right. Many people were indeed deceived.
Some Hong Kong guys opened a leather goods company, defrauded Taiwanese businessmen of their money, and then refused to admit it.
What can Taiwanese businessmen do? Go to Hong Kong to file a lawsuit with him?
This has a purpose, even if you win, the worst-case scenario is that the company will compensate you.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong films were controlled by large companies.
These companies have many black and white connections. Anyone who wants to cheat them is asking for death.
In a sense, the prosperity of Hong Kong films is inseparable from the control of associations to a certain extent.
However, since the Hong Kong government cracked down on associations in 1991, the association's control over the film industry has been effectively curbed.
The source of funding for Hong Kong films has also changed from large companies and associations to Taiwanese film dealers.
The eight major blockbusters have no roots in Hong Kong, so it would be strange if Hong Kong filmmakers did not cheat them.
Moreover, this sentence may not be appropriate for others to say, but Yang Ye has been immersed in the film industry for twenty years and has been unstoppable and invincible. He has long become the overlord of the film industry. He is really qualified to say this.
Although it doesn't sound good, everyone can only bear with it.
But saying this is like saying it without saying it. Taiwanese businessmen now don't even buy good Hong Kong movies, let alone any movies.
Yang Ye didn't care whether these people listened or not, and continued: "In Hollywood, the film system has a fine division of labor, and everyone performs their own duties.
It often takes two to three years, or even longer, for a movie to go from project approval to release.
During the entire process, every aspect of the script, art, shooting, editing, post-production, publicity, and release will be strictly controlled.
Why do this? Because although film is an art, it has industrial attributes. Strictly speaking, it is a handicraft.
Therefore, it is very suitable to use industrial processes to control it.
The reason why our Yang Ji films are always successful is because we are more cautious.
We have a plan for how many movies we shoot every year.
Who should be used in each play and how much money should be invested are all determined after verification.
From proposal to project establishment to production, every process of a project will be controlled to prevent it from going astray.
Of course, there are actually many uncertain factors in movies, and it is impossible to be 100% successful. Even I have movies that are not very profitable.
If you are purely an investor, you naturally don’t need to know these things, but you should also review the project and be careful not to be deceived, right? ”
These words were indeed spoken from the bottom of their hearts, and everyone nodded.
However, this is all for later and cannot solve the current predicament at all.
Wang Yingxiang of Longxiang was recently deceived, and he felt a lot about this. He sighed: "Director Yang's words are indeed reasonable, and we have learned a lesson. So, how should we solve the problem at hand?"
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Cai Songlin also said: "Of course we all want to buy good movies and not buy bad ones.
But when it comes to movies, as you just said, Mr. Yang, there are too many uncertain factors.
We also have theater chains to operate. If we strictly control them, film output will inevitably decrease.
So how can our theater chain continue to operate? ”
Among the eight major film producers in Taiwan, Cai Songlin is the most involved in Hong Kong films and has the most fun.
He owns two large theater chains, Golden Horse and Great World, in Taiwan, which demand more than 200 films every year.
In order to meet demand, 80% of film companies in Hong Kong have his funds stationed, whether it is investment or pre-purchasing copyrights.
In his heyday, he had more than NT$10 billion in funding for filming.
When it was beautiful, it was really beautiful, but now that it is trapped, it is also the worst trap.
In order to get rid of the trap, he did not hesitate to invest in Yongsheng and used the power of the Xiang family to force Hong Kong producers to submit.
Yang Ye glanced around and saw that these people were sincerely asking for advice, and then said: "Actually, the solution is very simple, which is to form a theater alliance.
Nowadays, theater chains in Taiwan operate independently, each buying and distributing its own products at its own risk.
If you buy the right movie, you can eat the meat yourself, and then delegate the second- and third-run screening rights to other theaters so that others can have some soup.
However, Hong Kong established a theater chain alliance as early as ten years ago. Movies are screened uniformly and there is a strict film scheduling system.
When we encounter a good movie, we all eat meat together. You can also minimize losses when encountering bad movies.
In fact, my films have been co-released in Taiwan since a few years ago. Why don't you thoroughly promote this model? ”
Yang Ye proposed this method because theater chains in Taiwan are all independently operated, and each one needs a large supply of film sources.
In addition to buying movies from Hong Kong, they also invest in making movies themselves. They also buy movies from Hollywood, Japan and Europe every year.
After the film is shown in its own theater, it will be sold to other theaters for second and third rounds of screening.
Therefore, the screening time of movies in Taiwan is very long, ranging from two months to half a year.
The disadvantage of this is that each theater chain requires a large number of film sources.
The eight major film studios combined, excluding mutual purchases and repeated screenings, would need four to five hundred films a year to meet demand.
The establishment of a theater chain alliance can solve the problem of insufficient film sources for major theater chains from the source.
In fact, everyone may not know such a simple method.
It's just that human nature is selfish, and the essence is to want to eat alone, so even if you think of it, you won't say it, let alone implement it.
It was initially implemented in Hong Kong because Yang Kee's movies were so profitable and everyone wanted a piece of the pie.
So as soon as Yang Ye proposed it, Shaw and Jiahe agreed.
Yang Ye's films were able to be jointly screened in Taiwan because he forced them.
Yang Ye's movie is clearly about making money. If anyone doesn't agree, then don't let it go. I won't even give you a sip of the soup.
After Yang Ye proposed a practical plan, the film producers present couldn't help but think deeply and began to weigh the pros and cons. Yang Ye added: "To tell the truth, although Hong Kong films are now rushed, shoddy, with too many themes, and mindless following trends.
But these films actually look pretty good, full of entertainment, and are still among the best among Chinese films.
This is mainly due to Hong Kong filmmakers’ years of on-set experience and repeated polishing of their skills.
No matter what, it still maintains a certain level, at least a basic level.
But the box office is getting lower and lower. What’s the problem? Too many shots.
There are eight Once Upon a Time movies released this year. What else is new for the audience?
If you eat abalone and ginseng wings every day, everyone will vomit after eating it.
Therefore, it is necessary to strictly control the filmmaking process and not invest blindly! ”
Yang Ye's words are tantamount to throwing the blame on Taiwanese film producers.
It’s you who follow the trend and invest, and it’s you who push up the salaries of Hong Kong stars.
You need to solve the problem yourself. Hong Kong is the producer and does not bear this responsibility.
However, it fundamentally solves this problem.
It is a global trend for theater chains in a market to screen newly released movies in a unified manner, and many places have already implemented this.
Yang Ye proposed it at this juncture. After the eight major film studios exchanged glances with each other, Xu Liqun of China Film Group first said: "We, China Film Group, agree to cooperate with everyone and form a theater alliance."
China Film Group is the leader among major film producers. He took the lead, and the others had nothing to hesitate and quickly nodded in agreement.
What happens next is their own business.
However, Yang Ye also had his own selfish motives for proposing this plan.
Soon, Taiwan will open up to Hollywood movies, and Hollywood movie theaters will also come to Taiwan one after another.
Yang Ye's Donglai Plaza also wanted to take the opportunity to come in and get a share of the pie.
In 1992, Taiwan's per capita GDP officially exceeded US$10,000, reaching the level of the United States in the 1970s and becoming a developed region.
At this time, some business models popular in the United States can be launched in Taiwan.
Some began to follow Wal-Mart's example and build large shopping malls in suburban areas.
It is far better to build large shopping malls in the suburbs than in the city center.
Because the operating costs in the city center are too high, and with the increase in car ownership in Taiwan and the planning of the road network, distance is no longer an issue.
Yang Ye did not build Donglai Plaza in Taiwan before. On the one hand, the prime location in the city has been taken up by powerful Taiwanese film producers.
On the one hand, I don’t want to compete directly with these people. Donglai Plaza has its own movie theater, so are you going to eat alone or eat alone?
Now that we have formed a theater alliance, this problem will naturally disappear.
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The first and second questions have been resolved.
Now comes the third question: Hong Kong films distributed in Taiwan need to charge service fees.
The requirements put forward by the eight major film producers are that they charge 20% for the amount within 10 million, and only 15% for the amount above 10 million.
This problem is no longer a problem. If the theater alliance releases it uniformly, you can just charge a proportion of the box office share.
You can discuss with the producer how much to draw and come up with a mutually agreed number.
As for Article 4, the purchase price of Hong Kong films is limited to a maximum of 17.5 million.
Yang Ye doesn’t care!
Yang Ye even blamed Taiwanese film producers for suppressing the pay of Hong Kong stars.
How could he be such a bad person and jump out to suppress the price of Hong Kong movies?
When Yang Ye's films are released in Taiwan, they are directly distributed in Taiwan by Bai Yang Distribution Company, and they receive a proportional commission. There is no such thing as a purchase price.
As for Taiwanese film producers, they purchase Hong Kong films and distribute them in Taiwan.
How much money to pay is left to the film producers themselves to negotiate with the Hong Kong film companies.
However, in this case, the eight major film studios and even some Hong Kong film companies will definitely set up special distribution companies in Taiwan.
And no one knows better than Yang Ye what kind of movies are more profitable to distribute. Bai Yang Distribution Company's business in Taiwan will be greatly increased!
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Yang Ye used a very simple theater alliance to solve the dilemma of Taiwanese film producers.
A few days later, Taiwan's eight major film studios held a press conference and issued a joint statement on the establishment of a "theater alliance."
As soon as the statement came out, Hong Kong filmmakers knew that things were about to change.
Eight major businesses gathered together to keep warm. Yang Ye also said that he would severely crack down on those scammers. I'm afraid it would not be easy to defraud Taiwanese bosses out of their money.
A small group of people naturally hate Yang Ye, but for powerful Hong Kong filmmakers, it is good news.
Yang Ye's reputation in the film industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan has risen again. At the Golden Horse Awards ceremony, Yang Ye attended Lin Qingxia's dress dressed up. The audience stood up and gave a warm welcome.
Lin Qingxia's heart and eyes were full of joy when she saw that her husband was so respected.
In the early years, she was frustrated because Yang Ye was a playboy. She wanted to break up several times, but Yang Ye tried hard to save her.
Over the years, as their children grew up, she no longer bothered to worry about many things.
The two sat down in their seats, and after greeting the people around them, they began to whisper.
Yang Ye hadn't seen his and Lin Qingxia's daughter for a long time, and asked casually: "How is Xiaoer doing lately?"
Lin Qingxia sighed and said: "I feel like she is like an orphan."
Yang Ye was stunned: "How to say?"
"You are so busy, and I am so busy, how many days a year can you spend with her?"
Yang Ye was a little helpless. He had no choice but to remain silent.
He didn't even promise to spend more time with their mother and daughter in the future. If he did, it would be a lie and a fool.
Lin Qingxia said: "Xiao'er lives at Gillian's house most of the time now. Xiao'er is very envious of Chenzi."
Yang Ye was a little embarrassed and added: "It's not bad to let Gillian take care of me. Xiaoer and Chenzi also have a companion, which is good."
Lin Qingxia said helplessly: "It's because Gillian treats Xiaoer so well. I feel that Gillian is her mother, and I am not a qualified mother."
While the two were talking, the award ceremony had already begun, and awards were handed out one after another. Lin Qingxia looked at the stage with a waning expression.
Yang Ye suddenly realized that Lin Qingxia was tired.
Sure enough, not long after, Lin Qingxia said: "Xiao'er is going to middle school now. A girl's puberty is very important. I want to take a break and go to accompany her."
Yang Ye thought that Lin Qingxia from the original time and space died at about this time, so he nodded and said, "That's fine, but you can help me make another movie!"
Lin Qingxia asked: "What show?"
Yang Ye said: "My new movie, "The Matrix"!"
Trinity, the heroine of "The Matrix", is very stunning and very cool.
Such a popular role has become Lin Qingxia's last success in the film industry, and can bring a successful end to her career. (End of chapter)