Chapter 141 Building a Giant Film and Television Group
"Mr. Liang, if I want to acquire a film company in Hong Kong, which one do you think should be acquired?" Su Cheng thought for a while and asked directly.
The movie box office is still very profitable, so Su Cheng wants to enter the movie theater as soon as possible.
"Film company? At present, there are two major film companies in the film market in Hong Kong, namely Shaw Brothers Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company. In the 1970s, the popular films in Hong Kong were almost monopolized by these two companies. In addition, In addition, there are Great Wall Film Company, Siyuan Pictures and many smaller film studios.
To be honest, it is difficult to acquire Hong Kong Film Company. For example, Shaw Brothers Film Company is a famous entertainment tycoon in Hong Kong. Mr. Shaw's property, given his strength, would never consider selling Shaw Brothers Film Company;
As for Golden Harvest Film Company, it can be said to be No. 1 in the Hong Kong film industry. In recent years, its performance in the film industry has almost always been ahead of Shaw Brothers Film Company. With such performance, unless they spend a very high price, other three companies in their company will not be able to achieve success. It is impossible for a boss to sell Golden Harvest Film Company;
Great Wall Film Company is an old company in the Hong Kong film industry. It was once one of the leading companies in Hong Kong film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, but it has declined in recent years. , but it is difficult to acquire them. They have multiple bosses, and it is almost impossible to fully control Great Wall Pictures;
As for Siyuan Pictures, it was founded by the famous director Wu Siyuan. This film company can be said to It is small but refined, and almost only produces high-quality products. It can also be regarded as Director Wu Siyuan's personal studio. Director Wu cannot work for others at all. He used to be a graduate of Shaw Brothers Pictures, and he founded the company in his twenties. Nowadays, many film works with excellent reputations have been released. Basically, the most valuable thing about this company is Director Wu himself;
As for other small studios or companies, they have no acquisition value at all. ”
Liang Shuyi analyzed the current general situation of the Hong Kong film industry with Su Cheng in detail.
Su Cheng nodded. He naturally knew all the companies Liang Shuyi mentioned, especially Jiahe, which came from Shaw Brothers. Even director Wu Siyuan, who would later be called the godfather of Hong Kong movies, It came out of Shaw Brothers.
It can be said that Shaw Brothers Film Company is simply the Whampoa Military Academy in the Hong Kong film industry.
As for the famous Hong Kong film companies of later generations, such as Yongsheng Film Company, Debao Film Company, Media Asia Film, and New Art City Pictures, they have not yet been born at this time.
“Then wouldn’t it be possible for me to acquire a film company?” Su Cheng asked in surprise.
“Boss, my suggestion is that it is difficult for big film companies to acquire, and small film companies are not worth acquiring. It is better to set up a film company yourself. This is not difficult, and many movies and TV series are made. In the same way, boss, you have the entire Jiayi TV station as the foundation. It is really easy to set up a film company
Moreover, even if you can spend a lot of money to acquire companies such as Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers, so what? As you said, you have a lot of great movie scripts in your hands. This is the real value of a film company. It is really not worth spending a lot of money to buy a film company. You see, Golden Harvest was also independent from Shaw Brothers. Yes, why don't you still massacre the Hong Kong film industry? Just because Shaw Brothers has produced many classic and best-selling movies. ”
Liang Shuyi directly gave suggestions.
As a well-known figure in the Hong Kong television industry, Liang Shuyi is very clear about the Hong Kong film and television industry, and the suggestions she gave are still very worthy of reference.
Su Cheng thought about it and thought so. In the film industry, apart from producers and directors, the most important thing is a good script. Only with a good script can you make a popular movie.
What do you have? Don’t you just have a lot of movie scripts? Why do you need to buy a movie company?
As for producers and directors, Sioux City has no shortage of them!
Although making TV series and making movies are different, they are similar.
Moreover, after the film company is established, we can also recruit people from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and these will not be a problem. After thinking about this clearly, Su Cheng gave up the idea of acquiring a film company.
"Mr. Liang, I plan to separate Jiashi from the Su Group in the future and establish a film and television group. I wonder if you have the confidence to manage it?" Su Cheng thought for a while. , asked directly.
With a lot of resources, if you can't build a giant film and television group, it would be a waste.
“Boss, actually before I entered the television industry, I worked in the film industry. My father used to run film distribution and theater businesses. At that time, I became interested in drama and film. Later, I came to Roseborough, England. I studied at the Rufo School of Speech and Drama, and worked as a teacher and actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Music and Drama Theater.
It was not until I returned to Hong Kong that I joined TVB and officially entered the television industry, so I not only I am only good at managing TV stations, but I also know the film industry very well. If the group manages it for me, I will definitely be able to manage it very well." Liang Shuyi's eyes lit up when she heard Su Cheng's words.
She is also an ambitious woman. She is only 33 years old now and there is still a lot of time in the future. The general manager of a TV station cannot satisfy her ambition.
So, when she heard Su Cheng talk about building a film and television group and asked her if she had the confidence to manage it, her ambition was immediately revealed.
As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. What's more, she has already reached the highest position in the TV station. If she wants to move up, she can only be promoted to the Su Group.
But as far as she knows, Su Group's business is complex and complicated, which is not suitable for someone like her who has been in the film and television industry.
So setting up a film and television group would be in line with her wishes.
“Well, since you are confident, then I will give you a chance. One year will be used as the assessment time. During this period, you will set up a film department within Jiashi to specialize in filming. For movies, as for the movie scripts, I will provide them; in addition, we will set up a brokerage department and sign all the actors; we will set up a record department and I will provide the songs, and train our contracted actors to become three-dimensional stars, and they will be in film, television, and singing. All fields can develop very well.
After a year, if I think your ability is up to standard, then I will establish a new film and television group. By then, the film department, agency department and record department will be independent. Become a new company and become a subsidiary of the New Film and Television Group like Jiashi. In addition, I will invest in a film and television city in Tseung Kwan O to create the largest film and television base in Hong Kong, surpassing the current Shaw Brothers Studios. By then, this The film and television city is also directly managed by the film and television group.”
Since Liang Shuyi was ambitious, Su Cheng decided to give her a chance.
With the many TV scripts, movie scripts and songs provided by Suzhou City, if Liang Shuyi cannot run the company well, it means that Liang Shuyi has not achieved this ability, and she will just replace her when the time comes.
"Don't worry, boss, I have written down everything you said. I will cherish this opportunity and will never let you down!" Liang Shuyi said with certainty.
Although he didn’t know what level of film and television scripts and movie scripts Su Cheng would give, but based on the previous two scripts of "Looking for Qin" and the just given "I Have a Date with a Zombie", she believed that, What Sioux City offers is definitely the best of the best.
With the backing of many works of this level, she doesn’t believe she can’t handle a film and television group!
(End of this chapter)