Yang Ye’s trip to Japan and South Korea was full of rewards.
Originally it was mainly to promote the movie, but it turned out that promoting the movie became incidental.
He acquired Ai Hui in Japan and reached an agreement with Li Meijing in South Korea, allowing him to put his hands into the future largest food company in South Korea.
Speaking of which, the consortiums behind South Korea’s three major film companies are all in the food business.
CJ made a good start, followed by Orion and Lotte.
The food industry and theaters are a natural fit, which is really a good business.
Looks like it’s time to go to Shandong to grow vegetables!
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Yang Ye said at the fan meeting before that he would invite Cui Zhenzhen to be the heroine of his new film.
Actually, it was a temporary decision, but since I said it, I can’t break my promise.
Yang Ye makes action/war movies, and the roles he plays are basically macho ones.
So in an action/war film, if you want to use a Korean heroine, the most suitable one is undoubtedly "Myth".
Yang Ye once used this story to fool Zhu Lin, and it was time to film it.
It’s just that Zhu Lin is too old and is not suitable to play a princess who gets married.
This role needs to be played by a Korean girl.
Yang Ye has always believed that the casting of the original "Myth" was a huge failure.
"Myth" has always been called the least Jackie Chan movie, because this movie was originally written by Tang Jili for Jin Chengwu to act.
The theme of "Myth" is love, and its male protagonist should be handsome.
But Chen Long saw the script and insisted on acting, and Tang Jili had no choice. After all, big brother, you have to bear it if I give you face.
Besides, the scale of this movie is huge, and Kim Sung-wu alone won’t be able to attract much investment.
Only Chen Long's size can make this movie possible.
After the movie was released, although the filming was good, dragon fans were very dissatisfied.
The criticism at the time was...this movie is not Jackie Chan at all.
As a result, it failed to beat "The Promise" at the box office, which is really a shame!
As for Kim Hee Sun, that’s not to say she’s not good, she was very beautiful in the movie, and her dance on the Great Wall captivated countless audiences.
But Yang Ye always felt that she was too old.
Little North Korea, give me the First Emperor’s daughter, a woman who is almost thirty years old?
Isn’t this disrespectful to the First Emperor?
If it were eighteen-year-old Kim Hee-sun, it would be pretty much the same.
Now, there is no eighteen-year-old Jin Xishan, she is only twelve years old.
Twenty-year-old Choi Jin-sil is pretty good. She is currently the most famous actress in South Korea. She is the only one.
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There is basically no suspense about the separation between CJ Group and Samsung.
Because once the cutting is completed, Mr. Li and his family will no longer be able to interfere with Samsung's affairs.
This is simply a dream for Li Jianxi.
Moreover, he also took advantage of this wave of equity exchange, making Samsung Insurance even more valuable.
However, it is not something that can be done in a short period of time if both parties have to make a complete settlement.
This has nothing to do with Yang Ye, he slapped his ass and went back to Hong Kong.
Before leaving, I also invited Li Meijing to invest in "Myth", which was a good start for the upcoming CJ Entertainment.
Bayang Pictures will allocate a certain proportion of investment to film producers from all over the world for movies that are now being produced.
In Taiwan, China Film Group had always been left alone, while other film producers could only stare.
It’s different now. The party ban was lifted before Jianfeng died, and Li Zhengnan had no prestige, so no one took him seriously.
Everyone can invest now.
Moreover, Li Zhengnan will never have prestige, Yang Ye said.
In fact, making a movie is a very risky thing. Even Hollywood is looking for investment from everywhere and will not use all of its own money.
The profit model of movie companies, in addition to box office, peripherals, and copyrights, also has a big input, and that is... eating investors!
Especially for novice investors who want to enter the industry, they need to pay a few tuition fees first.
It is not uncommon to be deceived and bankrupted if you encounter someone with a dark heart.
Because when making a movie, there are so many things that can be manipulated.
Remuneration, props, etc. are whatever the film company says, so others can’t figure it out.
For example, if I build a scene, spend 100 million, and then blow it up, you can check it.
It is for this reason that the film industry is inherently a hotbed for money laundering.
Nowadays, Hong Kong’s social groups are all trying to squeeze into the film industry, and it’s a mess.
But Yang Ye couldn't get into trouble for the time being, so he just ignored the matter and hung it up.
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By the time Yang Ye returns to Hong Kong, the summer vacation is almost over.
Priscilla Chan held a farewell concert "When Will We See You Again" at the Hong Kong Coliseum and announced her temporary retirement from the music scene.
She is going to study in the United States. There is no dispute in this time and space, but she still has to go.
Because this was what she had agreed with her parents when she first entered the entertainment industry.
It was the last song. When the music started playing, Priscilla Chan had mixed feelings in her heart.
All kinds of reluctance are condensed in this song "Qian Qian Que Song".
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In the future, thousands of songs will float on my road in the distance.
Thousands of evening stars will shine brighter than the moon tonight.
Nothing can compare to the beauty of this night, and it will never make me appreciate it more.
Ah...because you are singing with me tonight!
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Five years ago, when Priscilla Chan debuted, Yang Ye gave her this song at the Golden Melody Awards ceremony.
At that time, she didn’t understand the true meaning of the song and her performance was average.
At this moment of farewell tonight, people on stage and off stage were crying.
Facing thousands of reluctant fans, she finally devoted herself to the song and performed it to its fullest.
Also make this song... become an eternal classic!
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After Priscilla Chan left, Anita Mui and her family were the only female singers in Hong Kong.
Yang Ji’s Ye Qianwen and Zhou Huimin are no match.
In fact, when Priscilla Chan was here, she couldn't beat Anita Mui.
Writing a few good songs for them cannot make up for this.
Anita Mui’s neutral style is more attractive to female fans.
Female fans are more affectionate and more willing to consume than male fans.
In terms of consumption value, men are worse than dogs!
Like Zhou Huimin, she looks pure and has a lot of male fans.
But male fans usually do it for free, unless Zhou Huimin takes off her clothes and does a level 3 shoot.
So Zhou Huimin’s commercial value is very low, completely incomparable to Anita Mui.
In fact, it is very simple to make money from men, and the law generally does not allow it.
The top priority of Baiyang Records is to find a Cantonese female singer who can compete with Anita Mui.
This is too difficult to find, unless you dig Xu Xiaofeng or Zhen Ni.
However, Yang Ye lacks interest. It is better to cultivate new ones than to poach the old ones. He is holding a Wang Fei in his hand. Why are you so anxious?
Another way is to have Teresa Teng come back and release a Cantonese album.
Last year, Teresa Teng's comeback film "A Touch of Love 2" was sold out.
If she releases another Cantonese album, the sales volume will definitely be the same.
But this proposal was also rejected by Yang Ye.
“Our top priority now is to prepare for “The Voice of China”. Let’s let Huaxing and PolyGram go wild this year!”
“The Voice of China” has been launched. Bai Yang, Rolling Stone is screening the singers individually.
Original Time and Space’s “The Voice of China” cannot be broadcast for too long due to policy restrictions.
Therefore, we can only compress the tutor blind audition stage, resulting in many blind audition singers only showing one side.
For example, the winner of the first season, Liang Bo, appeared for less than five seconds in the blind audition stage.
The subsequent group championship battle should have been divided into four phases, but it was reduced to three phases, making it a mess.
Actually, the blind audition stage is the most interesting and fun.
Now it is hosted by Star TV, there are no restrictions, so naturally we have to give full play to it.
In terms of the competition format, Yang Ye prepared eight blind auditions, with ten singers in each phase, and the duration was controlled to two hours.
Each of the singers selected to compete in Hong Kong will sing a complete song, plus comments from the instructor, giving them a chance to show their faces.
This requires a total of 80 singers, and the program team has a very heavy workload in the early stage.
However, the effect is not comparable to Wireless's "Rookie Singing Contest".
Since the Rookie Singing Contest is only held in Hong Kong, how many good talents can there be? The stage is very crude and the competition system is very backward.
The Voice directly auditioned throughout the Chinese world, and the 80 contestants finally selected to stand on the stage were all masters.
Coupled with the gorgeous stage and interesting competition system, it’s not good to look at.
In the preliminary audition qualified lists sent by the two music companies, Yang Ye saw several familiar names.
For example, Ren Xianqi, Xu Meijing, Gu Juji, etc. almost made Yang Ye laugh out loud.
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Yang Ye asked: "How is the contact with the mentor?"
Zheng Donghan shook his head: "It's not going well. It's not that Sam and Allen don't want to come. The main reason is that our program is too long. They can only give us a two-month schedule at most. "
The Voice has to be broadcast for five months, and at least a half-year schedule is required. Two months is not enough?
However, it is understandable. They are all superstars. They are so busy every day that they can't find a schedule for half a year.
Only Zhang Guorong is popular, and he is easy to talk to, so he just needs to adjust as much as possible.
There is another reason. Xu Guanjie and Alan Tam both quit Yang Ji before. It is a bit embarrassing to have them come back now.
Unless Yang Ye goes to invite him personally.
Yang Ye won’t go, he won’t pull him down.
As for Luo Wen, he left EMI Records last year and joined China Star. It was impossible for Fang Yihua to let him come, and Zheng Donghan didn't even contact him.
However, Zheng Donghan was not without any success. He said: "Although Sam and Alan can't come, I invited Lin Zixiang."
Yang Ye was very satisfied with this awesomeness.
In Hong Kong, among IFPI sales records, George Lam and Jacky Cheung ranked third, second only to Alan Tam and Teresa Teng, with sixteen platinum albums.
However...since 1990, IFPI has existed in name only, and many record singers and record companies are too lazy to apply for this broken award.
Therefore, IFPI's sales records can only represent the situation in the 1980s, and many Cantonese singers only started to work hard in the 1990s.
Nevertheless, this fully illustrates Lin Zixiang's strength, because he does not rely on his face to eat, but his throat.
"Isn't Lin Zixiang from Warner? How could Warner agree?"
"Oh, I poached him!"
"Awesome!" Yang Ye was convinced.
"There is one spot left, how about you come?"
"How can I have time? I have to make a movie. Besides, I'm not a serious singer, and I can't sing as well as the three of them. .”
"When it comes to appeal, who can beat you? Besides, you invented this show, and no one knows it better than you. Bringing the three of them together will make our show more popular."< br>
When Zheng Donghan said this, Yang Ye suddenly thought of the scene where Xia Luo violently beat Zhou Jie with a stick, and almost laughed out loud.
Zheng Donghan was overjoyed: "You agreed?"
Yang Ye was stunned: "Promise to what?"
"Why are you laughing if you don't agree?"
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"I think of something happy!"
"Is your wife giving birth to a baby?"
"Mermaid" has been released, and the "My wife is giving birth to a baby" meme has been widely circulated.
Zheng Donghan knew that Yang Ye was cheating, and said sternly: "I really think there is no one more suitable than you."
"Look again, Star TV will open in a few days , remember to attend!”
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Although Star TV has started broadcasting, not many households have installed satellite dishes these days, so they cannot receive program channels.
Yang Ye remembers that when he was a child, there was always a big pot at home, and he could receive it on any table.
Once upon a time, the artifact of "satellite TV cauldron" flourished in the vast rural areas of mainland China, to the extent that almost every household had a pot.
Accompanied the childhood of many rural children born in the 80s and 90s.
Unfortunately, this stuff was later banned.
The reason is, firstly, this thing can receive overseas TV stations, and secondly, it makes way for cable TV.
So, what should we do if we want the majority of users in Asia to watch Star TV when satellite antennas are not popular enough?
The simplest and most direct way is to popularize satellite pots.
To this end, Star TV directly spent 50 million US dollars to cooperate with antenna manufacturers in various countries and implemented a subsidy policy.
This move is similar to the later generations of bringing home appliances to the countryside and cars to the countryside.
Star TV subsidizes users with money and guides users to install antenna pots. Antenna vendors can sell more products and naturally promote them vigorously.
In the original time and space, the advertising profit of Gherkin’s satellite Chinese channel exceeded 200 million US dollars in one year after it was launched in 1991.
Star TV is spending 50 million on promotion now, which is nothing at all. It will only earn more in the future.
Antenna pots are very cheap. If you spend this money, you can add millions of viewers to Star TV.
In addition, there is another way to cooperate with TV stations from various places to convert satellite signals into closed-circuit signals.
For example, in Hong Kong, with the help of ATV, Hong Kong citizens can directly receive Star TV.
But this requires a fee to the TV station.
Although ATV and Star TV are part of the same family, brothers must also settle accounts and give what is due.
Star TV is not solely owned by Yang Ye. He has introduced several shareholders, such as Singapore's SMG and Mainland China's CITIC.
With the addition of SMG, Star TV can use SMG's channels to radiate throughout Singapore and Malaysia.
In mainland China, Star TV has been launched in Shenzhen, Zhaoqing and Guangzhou. In the future, it will open to several cities every year depending on the situation.
As for Taiwan, Star TV has not made any move.
The reason is simple. There are hundreds of TV4 stations in Taiwan.
These fourth channels are all grass-roots teams. They will do anything to make money.
During the Seoul Olympics last year, they directly broadcast the Olympic games and even took advantage of the opportunity to place bets.
ATV and TVB programs are their most popular broadcasts all year round. They will even broadcast it to Japanese TV stations.
ATV and TVB are both Cantonese TV stations, let alone Japanese TV stations. I can’t understand them at all.
Under such circumstances, a TV station suddenly appeared that spoke Mandarin and had really good programs. It would be strange if they didn’t broadcast it.
So, from the moment Star TV started broadcasting, there were at least 300 Star TV stations in Taiwan. (End of chapter)