Xu Ke was very busy. After settling the matter in a few words, he got up and left.
After walking a few steps, I felt I was not full. When I passed by Huang Baiming’s table, I grabbed another lotus seed bun from their table.
Teddy Robin couldn't help but complain: "Hey, your boss won't let you eat enough!"
"I'll treat you next time!"
Xu Ke Without looking back, he walked away with the bun in his mouth!
Huang Baiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said with some envy: "The "The Sword of the Third Young Master" that Lao Xu produced last year was really powerful. I heard that when it was released in Japan, the Japanese were amazed."
Eric Tsang said: "Ink painting and martial arts are a perfect match. With Jet Li and Zhen Zidan teaming up, plus the two great beauties Guan Zhilin and Xiao Qiang, it is not surprising that they are so powerful. But the cost is too high. It is said that it cost 10 million US dollars. "A Chinese Ghost Story" has more."
Teddy Robin said: "That ink animation is a national secret in mainland China. Outsiders have no idea how it is made. It is also time-consuming, labor-intensive, and extremely costly. , appeared twice in "The Sword of the Third Young Master". It took half a year to complete, and the money spent was enough to make a movie. "
Eric Tsang sighed: "In the past two years, Yang Ji. We are constantly launching big productions, and each one is more aggressive. It is becoming more and more difficult for an independent film company like ours to survive."
Huang Baiming said: "Yang Ji follows the Hollywood model. Investing a lot of money, using a huge cast, promoting it overwhelmingly, using superior resources to occupy a large number of films, grabbing a large number of viewers, creating a super blockbuster phenomenon, and then starting to harvest overseas. This model has enriched himself and him at the same time. But all of their movies have become cannon fodder. Look at the movies "School" and "The Love of Long and Short Legs" released by Mai Jia and Shi Tian this year, but they were beaten to a box office of less than 10 million. "
Zeng Zhiwei said: "This is actually the drawback of the theater alliance. The winner takes all. The best-selling movies occupy the best prime time, and the movies that are not popular can only be arranged in some garbage time and eat the leftovers. Yang Ye played in those days This move is really powerful!”
Teddy Robin said: “Isn’t there a way to break the situation? For example, if Xinyi City’s movies are so suppressed by Yang Ji, doesn’t Boss Lei have any ideas?”< br>
Huang Baiming said: "When the theater alliance was first established, several major theater chains such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Baiyang, and Lisheng did an equity swap and formed a community of interests. Now, everyone Profiting from this model, Yang Ji's movies have become popular, and all theater owners in Hong Kong have followed suit. Even if Boss Lei has an idea, his idea is just why we can't make such an awesome movie."
< br>Teddy Robin said: "Is it possible to form another cinema chain? Now that Hong Kong movies are so profitable, it shouldn't be difficult to get those Taiwanese guys to pay for it, right?"
Huang Baiming said: " Difficult, the cinema chain alliance monopolizes the theater resources in Hong Kong, there is no need to fight with them, wouldn’t it be better to join together to make money? Isn’t the Jew Ji Aihua rich enough? His UA cinema chain has not directly joined the cinema chain alliance!”
Zeng Zhiwei added: "Moreover, the Baiyang Cinema chain has expanded to Nanyang, and Yang Ye also has a large Chinese cinema chain in North America. If we want to sell our movies in North America, we have to rely on him. Why are we going against him? ?”
Huang Baiming said: “Let’s not talk about this anymore. I have received the support of Boss Lei to formally withdraw from Xinyi City and form Wanxiang Film Company. I hope you can come and help me, together we three brothers. Conquer the world!”
Eric Tsang and Teddy Robin looked at each other, not surprised by Huang Baiming’s departure.
In the beginning, the seven of them conquered the world together, but the spoils were unevenly divided. The movie was obviously made together, but some people got more money, some people got less money, some people could share the profits, and some people could only get a small bonus. .
So Zeng Zhiwei left not long after hanging out. Zeng Zhiwei said it very well. With so many people eating the same pot of porridge, everyone can’t eat well, so I will give you my share and I will go out by myself. Find food to eat.
Then, Xu Ke wanted to make a big production, but Xinyi City was only willing to make comedies, and Xu Ke stopped playing. Once Xu Ke left, Shi Nansheng naturally followed.
Huang Baiming is the one who loves movies the most among the three bosses of Xinyi City. His ability is also obvious to all. He does the most work and contributes the most, but gets the least money. He has long been dissatisfied.
Being reluctant to leave until now is really what Mai Jia said. At that time, Mai Jia felt that Huang Baiming was willing to suffer a loss, so she took him with her!
If you want to open your own film company, the first condition is to find a sponsor to provide money.
Because movies are too risky, even super directors cannot guarantee to make money every time.
Therefore, smart filmmakers use other people's money to make movies, and they can make whatever they want without feeling bad about it.
Even if you lose, the loss is still the investor's money. Next time, just find another person to take advantage of you and continue to cheat.
Investors who are not smart and have no background are often deceived by these gangs, and even lose their entire fortune.
Because even if you make a profit, these guys will make you lose money if you settle the account.
Last year, there was internal strife in Xinyi City. Teddy Robin left and started a business with Eric Tsang.
They roped in Alan Tam, and the three of them established a "Good Friend Film Company" together, and found Huang Yulang, who had just made a fortune, as an investor.
After Huang Yulang’s Yulang International was successfully listed last year, his net worth soared 20 times, making him a capital giant.
Huang Yulang was satisfied and started to get involved in the film industry. He did not want to encounter the 87 stock market crash. Huang Yulang suffered heavy losses and was instantly knocked back to his original shape.
Zheng Jinghan's Paramount Group and Hu Xian's Sing Tao Group took the opportunity to acquire the Yulang Group, using various dirty tricks to make Huang Yulang miserable.
For example, Huang Yulang's favorite general Ma Rongcheng had his hand chopped off and his career was almost scrapped. As a result, Ma Rongcheng left Yulang Group.
In order to protect his country, Huang Yulang was involved in forging false accounts and was reported again. Now he is involved in lawsuits and will be imprisoned soon.
A large part of the income of filmmakers comes from investors. Zeng Zhiwei and others used to have a good life off Huang Yulang, but Huang Yulang suddenly went bankrupt, and this matter became troublesome.
Eric Tsang originally planned to make ten movies and sign Chen Long and Jet Li to star, but this plan was stillborn.
I had no choice but to engage in independent production and use the funds from port sales to support the theater. However, this was too slow and I couldn't make a few films in a year. While they were worrying, Huang Baiming came to see them. I have a sponsor, let's work together!
It's just that this time, the cooperation must not repeat the mistakes of New Art City, and a reasonable distribution mechanism must be developed.
So, the three of them started a discussion on how to divide the stolen goods.
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Yang Ye is very busy, working continuously every day.
For him, the time in Hong Kong was the most troublesome because there were so many women that it was difficult to cover everything.
On the contrary, when I am outside, it is very comfortable to have a random woman by my side.
Yang Ye walked into Girls' Generation's dormitory. All nine girls were here, each holding a game console in their hands, having a great time playing.
During this period, Kingsoft’s “Pocket Elf” has been officially released, with a domestic price of 398 yuan and a Hong Kong dollar price of 398 yuan.
For China, this price is a bit ridiculously expensive.
However, the current development in the country is extremely uneven. On the southeast coast, the average monthly salary in cities and towns has exceeded 500 yuan.
Taxi drivers in Shanghai can earn up to 4,000 yuan a month, and many leaders of state-owned enterprises have been laid off to start taxis.
In Beijing, a regular film studio actor like Liu Xiaoqing only earns 60 yuan a month.
So it’s popular to go overseas these days, and it’s not fun to earn a dead salary in the workplace.
Although "Pocket Elf" is expensive, many people can still afford it.
For Hong Kong, this price is still acceptable.
The Tetris, Pac-Man, and Plane War games it carries are all very classic and became very popular once they were launched.
In less than a month, sales exceeded 300,000 units and revenue exceeded 100 million.
And it is still growing. Almost all young people have a mobile phone, and they can be seen in various public places holding game consoles and having a great time.
This is quite similar to the fact that people in later generations will take out their mobile phones to play twice on any occasion.
After learning that this "Pocket Elf" was launched by Yang Ye, Hong Kong media all lamented that Yang Ye will take over all Hong Kong people's entertainment activities!
Yang Ye originally came to see Wang Zuxian, and the two just happened to get in touch, so Yang Ye naturally wanted to spend more time with her.
I didn’t expect that everyone was there, so I immediately smiled and said: “They are all here!”
“Brother Ye!” Xiao Qiang threw the game console, ran over, and threw herself into Yang Ye’s arms. Inside, two long legs were clamped around his waist.
Yang Ye held Xiao Qiang's buttocks with one hand to prevent her from falling, and complained: "Yingying, you are always so reckless, I have something in my hand!"
Xiao Qiang snorted and said, "What delicious food are you bringing to Xiaoxian again?"
Yang Yeqian laughed twice and said: "Well... I didn't know you were back!"
"I want to eat it too, you partialist!"
"Then I'll call someone else Go buy it."
"No, I won't eat it if you don't buy it!"
"Okay, I'll buy it now, you come down first!"
Xiao Qiang got off Yang Ye. Yang Ye glanced around and saw eight other women looking at him with different expressions.
"Well, wait a minute, I'll come as soon as I go!"
Yang Ye said, turned around and walked out.
I complained while walking, it’s annoying to have too many women, but fortunately I’m not Tang Bohu! (End of this chapter)