My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 448 Shareholding Structure, Distribution Channels

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No. 91 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, not far from the MTR station, is a four-storey retro-style low building with a wrought iron fence in front of the door. The British style and Chinese style are brought together. The overall style is similar to the steam age of Victoria, a corrupt country. A chowder with the style of the Republic of China.

The ○-shaped copper street sign is engraved with the official script Chinese characters '91', and the inner lining is embossed with the front image of a retro old-fashioned coal locomotive, and the huge street number - '[-]' is underneath.

The two magic numbers 1024&91 had a historical meeting here.Fortunately, its owner's surname is not 'Qin'.

In front of the door.

The mailbox is deliberately made into the shape of a copper camera, which has a sense of literature and art without losing the sense of industry.

Film is the industrialization of art.

Kwun Tong District is a traditional industrial area on Hong Kong Island, with low rents and housing prices.Don't miss it and bought a small building directly here.

Hung To Road can be regarded as a relatively prosperous area in Kwun Tong, but there are many old buildings and the prices are not very high.

It is not far from the original site, and it is also very convenient to the [-] Locomotive (Shatin) film production base.At the same time, it is not far from various newspaper offices.

In addition to the broadcast channel, Kwun Tong is also a gathering place for many tabloids.

The decline of industry, the distortion of culture, strange flowers grow out of decay.Hong Kong Island is a weird place.

In future generations, Hongtu Dao is famous.

It can be regarded as a place of pilgrimage for many Hong Kong film fans.

The most famous one is "No. 77 Hongtu Road·Galaxy Image".

After the decline of the traditional industrial area on Hong Kong Island, it can be regarded as a place with cheap rent on Hong Kong Island, and it has a very old Hong Kong flavor.

In the late 90s, the decline of the film industry caused many film companies to put their companies or offices here.Over time, this street became the most famous film company street in Hong Kong.

Later generations, Er Dongsheng's Unlimited Pictures, Chen Kexin's studio, Sammo Hung's Baoxiang Films, Tsui Hark's film studio, Shi Nansheng's creative alliance, Gao Zhisen's Gao Zhisen Films, Xian Qiran's film company, Zhou Guozhong's production The company... all of it is here, and this is only a part of it with names and surnames, and the rest are like crucian carp crossing the river, countless.

In addition, Lau Wai-chan's basic screening is not far away on Weiye Street, and the sky where Andy Lau died is also not far away on How Ming Street.

After the decline of Hong Kong movies in later generations, there are not a lot of bastards in the entertainment industry on Hong Kong Island. After 2000, Hong Kong people went north, and a group of bastards also took the opportunity to go to Guangdong Province and several neighboring provinces and cities to cheat for food and drink. After that, a group of Hong Kong movies began to be given to Zhaoan by Internet celebrities from all over the world. They continue to scam the 'old men' out of their money.

Kwun Tong is also the office address of many mainland film companies in Hong Kong Island. For example, Tang Ren pretends to be here...Although Cai Yinong is very loyal, he really delayed Xiao Hu in the film industry...

No. 91 here is the new address of [-] Locomotive Film Company.

Before, Wu Xiaozu had communicated with Jiang Jiahua and Su Liyao to find a new office address for the company.

After all, the Deli Building is not so convenient.

Nowadays, there are many old buildings in Kwun Tong, and the industry is withered. Most of the businessmen go north to Pengcheng, resulting in empty buildings here.Now that we know that this place will become a new entertainment distribution center on Hong Kong Island in future generations, it makes no sense not to buy it when the price is low.

Not to mention other things, the four-storey small building in later generations is estimated to be worth several billions.

Some people may ask, is it so exaggerated?

It's such an exaggeration!

As for the office address of Locomotive 1024 in Johnston's Dali Building, the company's address was given to Jianghu Emergency Pictures.

After all, the big-breasted brother hangs "Chinese Romance No. 1 through the ages and the present" at this time, is it actually a vain name?

"One zero two four?"

Zhang Jiazhen was wearing a dark suit and blue shirt, and looked at the low building in front of him with a curious smile.

Compared with Jiahe and Debao's several-floor modern office space, this place looks more "movie-like"

"Brother Zhen—"

Watching the middle-aged man with the same forehead as Li Chaoren walk in, Wu Xiaozu, who had been waiting for a long time, took the lead to greet him with a smile, followed by Jiang Zhiqiang, Jiang Jiahua, and Le Yiling.

Among them, Le Yiling is also a newly recruited executive after the [-] locomotive.

"Wu Sheng, you're really offending me. How dare I let the big boss greet you in person?" Zhang Jiazhen joked with a smile. He was also very happy to see Wu Xiaozu attaching so much importance to him.

This time [-] Locomotive Film Company took great pains to attract two talents, Zhang Jiazhen and Le Yiling.

Wu Xiaozu also specifically told Su Liyao to re-determine the equity to express his sincerity.

Le Yiling joined TVB in her previous life, and Zhang Jiazhen became a bigwig in the film industry on a par with Jiang Zhiqiang. Naturally, it was not easy to win him into the company.

Rather than talking about human relations, it is better to talk about interests and the future.

Of course, the interests are in the present, and the future is what these people value most.

A company with an annual box office of nearly [-] million, including peripheral products, licensing and other income, has a revenue of nearly [-] million, which is enough for them to see a promising future.

The reason why Zhang Jiazhen left Debao was more like this.

Naturally, Pan Disheng would not let it go easily, his focus was on his own Disheng Group.Debao is a cash machine for him to make a fortune, how could he allow other people to share the profits?

Of course, this also involves Debao's internal strife.

2 Locomotive readjusted its shareholding structure this time, and Wu Xiaozu was not stingy in giving Jiang Jiahua and Jiang Zhiqiang 1.5% of the shares plus a 1.5% dividend reward.Le Yiling and Zhang Jiazhen will receive [-]% of the shares, but enjoy the same rewards and dividends as the former two.

In addition, Wu Xiaozu put 5% into the company's equity incentive pool.

The outside world is ambiguous about the valuation of [-] Locomotive, a company with a revenue of nearly [-] million yuan.Because there is no listing, and there is no concept of entertainment stocks at this time.

It is not like industrial companies. Industrial companies have hard assets. Even if the profits are appallingly low, they will have accurate valuations. At least they will generate a figure of more than ten times or even dozens of times.

There is no situation where concepts and stories like Internet thinking are worth tens or hundreds of millions.

As a film company, 1024 Locomotive has its own studio, printing company, and editing studio, but it does not have many hard assets.For the theater, Wu Xiaozu has no idea at all.

This is a burden.

With the approach of 97, there is a speculative mentality of "making a fortune" in the film circle of Hong Kong Island.Are Wanwan filmmakers not stupid?Naturally, I don't want to be willing to be taken advantage of!

Coincidentally, at the end of 1992, the mainland and Wanwan both verbally expressed the [-] consensus... Therefore, the Wanwan film studio had the capital to maneuver and interviewed the Hong Kong Island Film Industry Association, asking the latter to curb production costs and lower film salaries .

Those people were already crazy at that time... Even Wang Jing, the shit-stirring stick, scolded these people for being too greedy!
Wanwan film producers collectively withdraw their investment in anger!
Then, the Wanwan authorities immediately adjusted two far-reaching film policies. One was to relax the import restrictions on Hollywood and Japanese films, and the other was to allow Wanwan filmmakers to go to the mainland to shoot locations.

These two policies have given Taiwanese audiences and studios more choices, especially the latter.

The narrow-mindedness and vision of Hong Kong people directly pushed themselves into the abyss.The mainland has tightened restrictions on crudely produced Hong Kong films and co-productions.Before again, the restrictions on co-productions between Hong Kong Island and the Mainland were extremely loose.Otherwise, Wenwen would not have found Hong Kong capital to film "Sunny Day".

The Southeast Asian market has also begun to restrict, and the money invested in Hong Kong films has been diverted to cheaper domestic films.

The distance of capital has made Hong Kong films lose their hematopoietic ability.

Coupled with the sharp shrinkage of the local market on Hong Kong Island, the last chance for Hong Kong Island movies has been completely cut off. The number of movie viewers in 1993 was more than 1988 million less than in 2000. Coupled with the emergence of pirated CDs...the theaters closed down one by one.

The 97 financial turmoil completely made the Hong Kong film market lose hope.

The prosperity of Hong Kong films is partly due to the emergence of talents, and the most important thing is the influx of large amounts of investment!It turns out that without money, they can do nothing!They didn't realize this until later generations, but unfortunately it was too late!

The prosperity of mainland movies in later generations has once again proved the great influence of capital on the entertainment industry!Then, under the general situation and the tacit approval and support of the government, Teacher Cui was able to retire completely.Xiaogangpao and the Wang brothers also know this.

Capital is like a disobedient child, who always has to be strangled and tightened from time to time!
You are allowed to cut the money of the shareholders, but you dare to steal the money of the country?hum! (This paragraph is the common understanding of the capital market, don't 404!)
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The first floor of the company is not just the front desk like many modern office spaces.

"Rainy Night Butcher", "Young and Dangerous" series, "Double Heroes", "Fear Room", "Suspect", "The True Story of a Pretty Girl", "Carmen in Mong Kok"... Peripherals of many movies, from posters to some Small props are available.

Some commemorative props during filming are placed in the lobby on the first floor.Makes one feel like entering a museum rather than a company.

Wu Xiaozu himself doesn't like serious company scope very much.

The entire company is divided into eight functional departments.

Production Department, Administrative Management Department, Finance Department, Human Resources Department, Publishing Department, Planning and Creative Department (Editorial Department), Marketing Public Relations Department and Legal Department.

Jiang Jiahua served as the deputy general manager of [-] Locomotive, in charge of the finance department and the marketing and public relations department.

Zhang Jiazhen is in charge of the distribution department and serves as the distribution department manager.Jiang Ershao is in charge of the production department, and Su Liyao is in charge of the legal department.Le Yiling is in charge of the Administration Department.As for the planning and creative department, there are not very good candidates, so I will let it go for a while, and Wu Xiaozu himself will keep an eye on it for the time being.

Among them, the production department and the distribution department are regarded as the two most important departments of the film company.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Jiazhen can be regarded as masters in operating movies in their previous lives.One is good at coordinating the production of movies, and the other is particularly good at distribution.

Wu Xiaozu intends to integrate [-] Locomotive Film Company, Jianghu Emergency Film Industry, Star Entertainment, and Universal International in the future. Of course, it is not a simple integration, and it will be messed up.Rather, it is a small group of companies.

If the E7 culture is successful, you can try this model at that time.

"Brother Zhen, we have no shortage of local distribution and Wanwan distribution. The box office results of the previous films have also proved our distribution capabilities.

But overseas distribution channels are crucial.I asked Er Shao to be in charge of communicating before, but the channel is not easy to get through..." Wu Xiaozu cut to the chase.

He distributed the shares to Zhang Jiazhen, looking at the other party's ability and connections in the issuance market.

"No problem, we can cooperate with local companies in Southeast Asia to establish our own distribution channels. This will avoid resistance from local filmmakers.

Regarding the North American market and the European market, I will first contact the film studios I have worked with before to see if there is any possibility of cooperation. "Zhang Jiazhen also understands his own value and doesn't hide it.

Instead, he looked at Wu Xiaozu even more highly.

Before, he admired Wu Xiaozu because of his talent.But now it seems that his vision and mind are also extraordinary.

Other film companies are at most just eyeing the theaters.

But in fact, hard assets like theaters are not suitable for promotion.This is just a product of the special environment of the Hong Kong Island market.

With the emergence of Xinbao Cinemas, this fixed line has been broken.

Whoever thinks that the theater chain is invincible is purely idiot's dream.

Of course, if the time permits, Wu Xiaozu doesn't mind winning a theater, but in fact the value is not great.

Especially when he knows the development trend of Hong Kong films in the future, even more so!

The way out for Locomotive [-] lies in its release.

At that time, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat!

"Overseas distribution must be established, and at the same time..." Wu Xiaozu paused, originally he hadn't paid special attention to the market behind him.

But Li Lianjie's messy "Chinese Heroes" reminded him.

Now is the hottest start of co-productions between the Mainland and Hong Kong Island.At this time, the mainland has not yet strengthened restrictions, but it is a suitable start.It also quickly entered the mainland market.

Since 1994, imported blockbuster films have been released in the mainland in the form of overseas distribution. The Hollywood film "The Fugitive" was the first imported film. It was released in the mainland on November 1994, 11, with a total box office of 12 million.

Then in 1995 a limit of 10 was set, which was only relaxed to 1999 in 20.

That year's box office champion was "True Lies" by veteran driver Cameron and Governor Arnold, with a box office of 1.1 million.Uncle Long's "Red Fan District" was operated by Golden Harvest and became the runner-up of the year, with a box office of about 9500 million.The third place that year was Wenwen's hormonal youth film - "Sunny Day".

You see, how quickly our teen films have degenerated from "Sunny Day" to a pile of shit.

Co-productions are relatively complicated and can be divided into joint production, cooperative production and commissioned production.However, you don’t need to understand the latter two, because among the three types of co-productions, only co-productions can enjoy the treatment of domestic films. There is no quota limit, a higher proportion of account sharing, and even relevant support policies.

So besides, co-productions are generally worthy of co-productions.

Most importantly, although films from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are imported films in terms of attributes, they do not occupy quotas.

Of course, it also depends on whether it can be introduced...

"Pay attention to mainland co-productions!"

Since the first China-Hong Kong co-production film "Shaolin Temple" in 1982, the number of China-Hong Kong co-productions has continued to increase in recent years.

Although China-Hong Kong co-productions are also co-productions, they have great advantages over co-productions in other regions.After application, post-production can be carried out in Hong Kong Island, and printing can also be done in Hong Kong Island.

97 is approaching, the whole Hong Kong people are confused, Wu Xiaozu is not confused!
The share of foreign film is 13%, but the co-production film can enjoy 43% preferential treatment!Even though the mainland market is very bad, why not make money for nothing, and making money is small, the most important thing is to cultivate the market!
Think about the hereafter.

I pretend to be poor, and the hundreds of millions of movie fans who grew up watching my movies are moved by the feeling of "owing director Wu a movie ticket" every time my movie is released?

He is simply too kind and friendly!
At this time, who will know the great speed and achievements of our reform and opening up?
At least in 2000, no one would have confidence in domestic films!
Originally Wu Xiaozu was quite worried...

Now think about—

First, I cheated Hong Kong people, and then after the decline of Hong Kong films, I made money by distributing them, or went to North America for gilding and cheated the American people, anyway, they have money.In the end—at that time, the mainland market was about the same, and my old artist who was dozens of years old at that time returned... thinking about it, I was full of energy, and the sponge-body was full of vitality!

Artist Wu, who was sitting on the chair, was a bit distracted.

It made Zhang Jiazhen and Le Yiling baffled. Looking at Jiang Ershao and Jiang Jiahua who didn't take it seriously, they were obviously used to this situation.

Wu Biwang also handed over the specific matters of Huanyu International's 'incorporation' to Zhang Jiazhen, a newly promoted company executive, which can be regarded as a preliminary inspection of him.After all, in the future, the release of offline videotapes will be the most important part.

　In the previous chapters, Huanyu International was written as Huanya, and you didn’t remind me, heh heh...the crowdfunding book was agreed...(Shameless Guliang).Regarding the matter of co-productions, it is too cumbersome to explain, just touch it briefly, and listen carefully.The main reason is that the mainland itself was also ignorant about co-productions at the time... the relevant departments themselves couldn't figure it out.The express regulations are written there, but they are useless.A false pretense is a false one, and the review is a bit ignorant.If you think about the release of cult movies like "The Murder of the Silver Snake"...the mainland market was actually very tolerant at that time.

　　
　
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