History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 362 Hong Kong Island, Not Your City

210 million Hong Kong dollars.

For the current Li Jiacheng, it is not a small sum.

Before Changjiang Industry acquired Huangpu Dockyard, Changjiang Industry was a factory, and plastic flowers could not raise a giant crocodile in the business world.As the last lot fell into the hands of Huo Guantai, the auction ended, and the guests got up and left, and moved to the banquet hall next door to start the charity dinner and dine together.

If the auction is used to win fame, then the charity dinner is a place to cash in the fame.

"Mr. He."

"congratulations."

"The first charity auction held on Hong Kong Island, and more than 800 million donations were sold. Tomorrow's dinner will be on the front page of the news." Yifu Shao raised his wine glass and stepped forward to congratulate.As an industry rival, Shaw Brothers competed fiercely with Oriental Films and produced many excellent films.

Shaw Films has a 30-year layout and a solid foundation.

Although He Dingxian has robbed the market, he is still in the limelight.

"Thank you."

He Dingxian raised his glass in return, which is regarded as respect for the seniors in the film industry, but he already knew that Yifu Shao had received capital injection from Hui, and Shaw's shareholding structure already had a British capital background.

Shao Yifu saw that he didn't want to talk more, so he drank the wine, got up and left, and went to chat with his colleagues in the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce.

Huo Guantai leaned forward and said: "The Shaw Brothers won Li Lihua last year, made the first color movie "Begonia Red" on Hong Kong Island, set a box office of [-] Hong Kong dollars for the first run, a single movie can earn hundreds of thousands, and attracted superstars Lin Dai joined."

"You have a rival in the film industry."

He Dingxian didn't take it seriously: "Shaw's ability in the film industry is not bad, but after the development of Oriental Pictures, it is already stronger than Shaw's in the production industry. In recent years, Shaw has been fond of nurturing actresses, and hopes to learn from Great Wall to train more A few summer dreams, Shi Hui."

"However, movies need an industrial foundation. Oriental Films has already built a shooting base in Sham Shui Po, and together with International Film & TV, they acquired Yonghua Film Studio. The two companies share a production factory."

"The cost is reduced, the scale is increased, and the theater circuit is laid, it is enough."

Huo Guantai looked thoughtful: "Everyone says film is an art, but you say it is an industry, and you also propose to reduce costs and increase efficiency."

"interesting."

He Dingxian laughed and said: "Art belongs to art, and making money belongs to making money. If you regard movies as a business, you will do business. If you regard movies as an art, you will play in the way of playing art. Look, Lu Yuntao Concentrate on making high-quality films, and the box office is still booming."

Lu Yuntao's International Film & TV products are not many, but the quality is guaranteed, and they sell well in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.Moreover, Lu Yuntao tried to make Cantonese movies, and he made a lot of money in Nanyang's family theater chain.In Hong Kong Island, he only relies on the quality of his movies to produce, so he may not be very popular, but a theater chain in Nanyang is actually a money printing machine.The film studio on Hong Kong Island is responsible for filming, just like importing ink for money printing machines. Whether you are famous or not does not affect the family's money at all.

Unlike Oriental Pictures and Shaw Brothers, theaters and movies go together, breaking the bank!

In the Hong Kong Island film industry, there are now leftist film companies such as Great Wall and Phoenix, which shoot promotional Mandarin films, as well as Oriental, Shaw Brothers, and International Film & TV, which make commercial films. The remaining small film companies also make Hokkien films.

It presents a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming and culture is flourishing, and it shows the potential of an East Asian film base. It can be said that it is the abundance of talents, ideas, and cultural collisions that will create the prosperity of Hong Kong Island films in the future.

However, during the best period of prosperity, Hong Kong Island films did not grasp the first-mover advantage in East Asia, did not delve into the film industry, and did not lay a solid foundation.

lead to loneliness.

There are some political situations, and the reason for the change of ideological trend is in it, but it is a sin not to grasp the opportunity.The goal of Oriental Pictures is not to shoot some masterpieces of art, but to lay a solid foundation for the industry step by step, and perhaps bring the film industry of Hong Kong Island to a higher level.

He Dingxian and Lu Yuntao were eyeing the bankrupt Yonghua Studio at the same time, but they were already partners, which was hindered by Nanyang's interests.

He Dingxian couldn't even hide his face from stealing bad money, so he had to let Lu Yuntao take a share.Now, the two share a production base, and the film companies are each holding shares, but the bases register a separate company, jointly holding 50.00% of each.

That's good too. In the future, the film base will grow bigger, and rents can be collected for use by other companies.

As long as all the film and television resources of Hong Kong Island are attracted, even if the film industry is in decline, the company's income can still be guaranteed.

Huo Guantai nodded: "Ah Xian, good advice."

"Does Lu Yuntao have any new movies recently?"

He Dingxian said with a smile: "I'm filming a movie called "Four Thousand Gold", which will be released soon."

There are four heroines in this play, all of them are in their teens, youthful and lovely, with beautiful looks.

"Go and see."

Huo Guantai liked Lu Yuntao's play very much.

In the early stages of Hong Kong Island film development, Mandarin films have always been the mainstay.It is actually a misconception that Hong Kong Island movies are Cantonese movies.Because Mandarin has the widest dissemination range and the widest audience, Cantonese conversely delineates the audience, and has to accept lower market popularity, or pay high prices for translation and dubbing.

In the absence of dubbing technology and low literacy rates.

Cantonese is a natural disaster.

What's more, many directors in the early days were from Shanghai and the mainland.

Can't speak Cantonese at all.

In addition, during the Anti-Japanese War, Nanjing banned dialect films from being imported into the Mainland, which led to the decline of only a few Cantonese films on Hong Kong Island, or even zero Cantonese films in a year.You must know that the film markets of the two places are open to each other, and Hong Kong Island films already rely heavily on the mainland market.

The origin of "Cantonese films" is that the Hong Kong government and some countries deliberately restricted the import of Mandarin films. It was not until the 80s and [-]s that overseas copyright fees increased significantly and became an important income for film companies that the distribution of Cantonese films increased significantly.

However, if you look at the production volume of each studio, Mandarin films are far more than Cantonese films.Therefore, Cantonese is the mainstream of Hong Kong films, which is actually a fork in the era. When the mainland market becomes stronger, Mandarin will naturally be the main language.

As a window for outward radiation, Hong Kong Island has always served as a production base in Southeast Asia. Once the economy recovers in the mainland, it will have its own production base.The only chance for Hong Kong Island Films to continue its glory is to expand overseas and break into Europe and the United States.

Li Xiaolong, who is the most proud of the Hong Kong Island film industry, actually shoots films that are released in "Mandarin".Although the Mandarin is not standard and was dubbed later, it is enough to explain some things.

"Home City."

"When you spend money, others are flattering, and they don't really want to make friends." Zhuang Mingyue was wearing a cheongsam, elegant and luxurious, and she was from a wealthy family at first glance.Li Jiacheng was wearing a suit, standing in a corner, and said in a low voice, "There is no wasted money in this world."

"If I don't shoot to the end, people will only laugh at me. Now that I shoot to the end, they will not only laugh at me, but also respect me."

The former poor boy has changed, not only became the boss, but also married his cousin.

Zhuang Mingyue, however, heaved a long sigh: "There is a batch of bills to be settled next month."

"You want to bid for the industrial building project in North Point again."

The Hong Kong government has launched a lot of new plans, and the land is getting hotter, and the price rises three times a year.

Gradually tall buildings were built in this city, housing estates were remodeled and became more modern.

Li Jiacheng has long wanted to enter the real estate industry to get a piece of the pie, but HSBC obviously will not invest at will. It will screen layers of chess pieces, and only after thousands of selections will it place a heavy bet on a few of them.This is undoubtedly cultivating Gu, how can one stand out and become the Gu king if one has no skills?
"do not be afraid."

"After the money is settled, I will find another loan from the bank. The money will be paid back in two months." Li Jiacheng said: "The Nanyang plastic market is still very hot, and the factory is not short of orders. There's a drama going on."

hatred of the enemy.

is proof of loyalty.

Li Jiacheng has a shrewd mind, he has already guessed Guilao's intentions, and often actively cooperates, which has made Guilao like him more and more.At this time, Chu Yunnan came up to the two of them holding a wine glass, "Mr. Li, Mrs. Zhuang."

"Thank you both for your support of charity."

Li Jiacheng raised his glass and said with a smile, "Thank you Miss Chu."

"Need not."

"I have time to take care of my wife." After toasting, Chu Yunnan held the wine in her hand and didn't drink it.

Li Jiacheng was taken aback.

The few people beside were chatting, suddenly fell into silence, turned their heads to look at Li Jiacheng, with pitiful eyes in their eyes.

"Miss Chu."

"What do you mean?"

Li Jiacheng couldn't believe it.

Chu Yunnan said: "There are many ways to do business, but betraying the people around you is the most despicable one."

He Dingxian appeared behind him, took her arm, raised his glass and said, "Sorry, Boss Li, I have a little misunderstanding."

"He Sheng."

Li Jiacheng said with a straight face: "I'm just a pure businessman, and I hope that business matters will not involve family members."

"must."

He Dingxian nodded: "Every industry has a bottom line. If you do business in a serious manner, no one can touch you. However, Mr. Li, I want to tell you in advance that capital has no borders, but people do!"

"A businessman should be the master of money, not the slave of money."

"If you sell everything, you will be sold sooner or later."

Li Jiacheng's heart was full of anger, but also a different kind of excitement. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was an honor for him to receive a warning from a big boss.While writing down the words, he replied: "The person who defines the borders of money is a slave, but he has changed to a slave owner."

He Dingxian was shocked. He didn't expect Li Jiacheng to say such a remark, but it was no longer a matter of fact, but raised to ideology. Since ideology is opposed, all reasons will be opposed, and it is useless to rely on talk.

"You are very powerful, but you are too arrogant."

He took a sip of wine.

"Hong Kong Island is a city of Chinese, not ghosts, let alone your city!"

"Goodbye."

(End of this chapter)