China Entertainment: Gao Yanei wants to be the best actor

Chapter 580 Incorporation? [The previous chapter has been unblocked]

Good words for human nature,
The words are not amazing and die endlessly!
Du Fu's words are perfectly suitable for the present moment.

As soon as Gao Fei said this, Han Li was stunned with a look of astonishment on her face.

Seeing this situation, Gao Fei smiled and repeated it again, proudly saying:
"I have incorporated the Hong Kong circle!"

Han Li came back to her senses and asked in disbelief:

"How is that possible? Has the sun risen in the west?"

Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Han Li knows the difficulty of this matter better than anyone else.

It was only after Gao Fei opened his mouth to explain that she realized that the "incorporation" Gao Fei mentioned was a little different from what she had imagined.

……

It is said that with the gradual improvement of the domestic economy, a large amount of hot money began to pour into the entertainment industry under the leadership of Internet giants.

If we insist on dividing it into a time period, then 2014 can be regarded as a landmark node.

For this reason, Gao Fei once made a simple division in private:

Before 2000: the barbaric era of domestic entertainment;

2000-2014: The era of the rise of domestic entertainment;

2014-present: the era of domestic entertainment explosion.

What makes Gao Fei quite proud is that he has participated in these three eras.

Even the most critical era of the outbreak of domestic entertainment was initiated by him.

This is not Gao Fei's own bragging, but a consensus gradually formed after colleagues in the industry communicated privately.

The reason why they think so is mainly because the box office of Chinese movies began to skyrocket after "囧囧".

It can be said that it was "囧" that directly raised the box office of Chinese movies to the level of one billion.

Movies before "囧" had a box office of over [-] million, which would have been very high.

But after "囧", the next high-grossing movies will basically be worth one billion.

Many viewers may not take it seriously and think it is nothing.

But what they don't know is that the real significance of the 13 billion movie box office of "囧囧" is not within the circle, but outside it.

Because it was the super high box office of "囧囧" that made capital outside the industry see the potential and...profitability of the film and television industry.

As a result, a large amount of capital and hot money poured in, creating prosperity in the post-entertainment industry era.

To put it bluntly, from this perspective, everyone in the industry owes Gao Fei a favor.

After all, without money, no matter how good actors, directors, and teams are, it will still be in vain.

However, the industry actually has another view on this.

Because the release of "囧囧" and the listing of Zhouyi Film and Television were almost at the same time.

Therefore, a considerable number of people in the industry believe that Zhouyi's listing marks the beginning of a new era in the entertainment industry.

So what...O(∩_∩)O Haha~ Gao Fei has nothing to say about this statement.

I can only thank my colleagues in the industry for their love.

By the way, there is another point that is also recognized in the industry.

Everyone believes that the decline of Huayi Brothers is mainly because they missed the third era of domestic entertainment.

This once made many people in the industry feel a pity, after all, their start was so perfect!

……

But everything has pros and cons.

As the entertainment industry enters a new era, the influx of a large amount of hot money has directly led to the emergence of chaos such as "sky-high remuneration".

Although from an actor's point of view, Gao Fei would like the higher the pay, the better.

But from the beginning, he still firmly believed that "sky-high remuneration" was chaos.

The reason why I say this is not because of how upright Gao Fei is, but precisely to protect his own interests.

The short-term sky-high remuneration seems to make the stars rich.

But under this model, what is overdrawn is the reputation and vitality of the actors themselves, and even the reputation and vitality of the film and television industry!

Why do you say that?
The fundamental reason is the imbalance of interests and risks.

Therefore, during Zhouyi Film and Television's internal salary restructuring, Gao Fei deliberately converted actors' salaries into investments.

Although this seems to make no difference, it can make the entire project model healthier and more resistant to risks.

But then again, with the sky-high remuneration news frequently appearing in the newspapers.

As a result, the profession of actor has begun to become magical in the minds of the public.

But what many viewers don't know is that sometimes the gap between actors is wider than that between people and dogs.

Also from China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy, some people can earn [-] million for a movie, while others can't even get one ten thousandth.

For this group of people, acting can only be regarded as an ordinary profession.

Zhouyi once conducted an interesting investigation internally, and found that apart from those famous "characters", the average monthly salary received by actors is only about 5000 yuan.

The number of behind-the-scenes staff may be higher, ranging from 1 to 2 people.

But this kind of income is also unstable and basically follows the project.

After a project ends, it is equivalent to being unemployed behind the scenes. If the connection is not good, it is common to have no income for a month or two.

And this is the key point of Gao Fei's ability to integrate into the Hong Kong circle.

……

Speaking of which, the "recruitment" in Gao Fei's words and the "recruitment" in Han Li's mind are actually not the same thing.

The biggest difference lies in the different positioning of the Hong Kong circle.

What Han Li thinks of Hong Kong is actually the impression in most people's eyes.

What about the "Four Heavenly Kings", "Double Mondays", "Manyu Qingxia" and so on.

The director is half god and half ghost, and the Hong Kong star is full of aura.

In their eyes, only these top people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry are qualified to represent the Hong Kong industry.

They even think that "they" are the Hong Kong circle!
But Gao Fei's perspective on the problem is a little different from others.

In his opinion, even though these directors and Hong Kong stars were brilliant enough in the past, they are not actually the biggest wealth in Hong Kong.

After all, Hong Kong stars are all products of the times, and what really puts them in the clouds are countless mature film and television behind-the-scenes people.

Such as martial arts with constant casualties, such as racking your brains with props, and such as the unconstrained screenwriting.

To put it bluntly, except for the mainland, which has always had its own system due to the existence of the three major film and television schools, the film and television circles in Southeast Asian countries actually have roots in the Hong Kong circle.

For example, Korean movies started by imitating Hong Kong movies in the early years.

Therefore, you can often see many familiar charms in Bangzi's movies nowadays.

But later, after the decline of Hong Kong films, Bangzi began to turn to Hollywood.

In the end, the fusion of the two gave rise to the distinctive Bangzi movie today.

Therefore, the reason why "Hong Kong circle" can be called "Hong Kong circle" is not just as simple as those directors and Hong Kong stars on the surface.

It is because of the special opportunities of the times that Xiangjiang has a complete film and television system early on.

If not, Hong Kong films would not have swept across Southeast Asia and would have been called "Oriental Hollywood" internationally.

To be honest, in terms of the wide range of radiation and the number of countries involved, apart from Hollywood, there was only Hong Kong.

As for old Europe, the birthplace of film, it has taken a completely opposite path from Hollywood due to the influence of the New Wave.In the end, the more he wandered around, the more obsessed he became, and gradually he couldn't even leave the country.

Just like the mainland movies before the millennium.

Apart from being featured in the three major film festivals, it doesn’t have much of a presence in the eyes of people around the world!

Therefore, in Gao Fei's view, the biggest wealth in the Hong Kong entertainment industry after its 30 years of glory is actually the group of senior people behind the scenes.

So this time Gao Fei took advantage of this policy and launched a welfare protection plan specifically for the film and television behind-the-scenes.

To put it simply, as long as you are a member of the Xiongan Guild and participate in a guild project, the crew will not only pay their salary but also need to pay a proportion of the security deposit for the behind-the-scenes staff.

From a formal point of view, it can be regarded as a variant of the mainland’s five insurances and one fund pension.

It's just that Gao Fei made this incomparable with national policies. At best, it can only be regarded as welfare benefits within the industry guild.

Therefore, we can only hang it under the name of "Easy Pay" and entrust it to manage and operate it on our behalf.

In fact, if it weren't for the account sharing exemption given above, it would not be easy to get the film and television companies that have joined the guild to agree to this condition.

After all, it has nothing to do with how much money you have. It is purely the nature of capital that is cold-blooded and stingy.

……

"It's just that simple?"

After listening to Gao Fei's explanation, Han Li immediately widened her eyes and said:
"Isn't this too simple? Where is their arrogance?"

After hearing this, Gao Fei just smiled casually and said:

"It was very simple in the first place, but you made it complicated."

"Besides, can arrogance be used as food? We are all adults, making money is the key!"

It's just that although Gao Fei said it in an understatement, things were naturally not as simple as he said.

Otherwise, someone would have integrated the Hong Kong circle before him.

There are actually two main reasons why most of the film and television backstage actors in Hong Kong join the Xiongan Association:

One, of course, is the welfare guarantee.

After all, this kind of welfare protection is still rare for a freelance career like behind the scenes of film and television.

You know, there are countless Hong Kong stars who are in poverty when they get old, let alone those behind the scenes.

So it’s always good for them to have more protection!

The second reason is actually very realistic.

Because the Xiongan Guild has now almost included nine out of ten film and television companies in the Chinese film and television industry.

Therefore, under the dual temptation of better welfare protection and more job opportunities, the walls that the Hong Kong community has accumulated for many years have been hollowed out by Gao Fei!

only……

Just when Gao Fei was quite proud of this achievement, Han Li had a change of heart and asked hesitantly:
"Boss, but... is this too much? Do we need to poach so many people?"

After hearing this, Gao Fei immediately shook his head helplessly.

"What's too much? It's still too little for me!"

"Fortunately, there is an experience pack like Xiangjiang that can generate gold coins."

"Otherwise, it will be a problem for the domestic film and television industry to maintain the current development speed."

Gao Fei just got a report from the Bureau of Statistics not long ago.

According to the report, although the total box office of the Chinese film market reached an unprecedented 450 billion last year, it increased by 2014% compared to the movie box office in 48.7.

But at the same time, there will also be a shortage of at least 20 film and television talents in China.

In other words, once this talent gap cannot be filled, let alone continuing to grow by 48.7%, it will be good to stay at the same level next year.

Once such a situation occurs, it will undoubtedly be an extreme pity for the film and television industry.

Because we don’t lack money and IP resources, let alone the market.

If we slow down development just because of a shortage of manpower, we are simply wasting the prime time given by the times!
Having said this, Gao Fei immediately rubbed the corners of his eyes tiredly and sighed helplessly:
"There is no way, why has our domestic talent incubation mechanism failed to keep up with the development speed of the film and television industry!"

"The Bureau of Statistics predicts that the talent gap next year will be so big. I believe no one expected it."

"Now we can only think of ways to see if we can make up for it, or make full use of existing human resources."

Although Gao Fei himself has no obligation to solve this problem, no one asked him to solve it.

But he is part of the film and television industry after all.

As the saying goes, "Every success is a blessing, and a loss is a loss."

If China's film and television industry can develop better, Zhouyi Film and Television will naturally benefit from it.

By the way, from this perspective, it can actually explain why there are frequent cross-border directors in the industry.

The fundamental reason is that there is a shortage of film and television talents.

So to put it more offensively, Gao Fei has always felt that China's three major film and television schools are somewhat incompetent.

No, we can’t say that they are incompetent, we can only say that their structure is too small.

Our eyes are always fixed on the glamorous side, thus forgetting the foundation of the film and television industry.

These film and television schools have not seen that behind the rapid development of the domestic film industry, the problem of talent shortage will be a serious problem that is difficult to bypass in the future.

Because including directors, screenwriters, and publicity, China's film and television industry chain requires a large number of talents in all aspects.

But our film and television schools are unable to cultivate the talents the market needs.

No matter in terms of quality or quantity, it is far from being able to satisfy the film and television industry!

It can be said that once this problem is not solved, the "ceiling" of the film and television industry will be considered to be lowered!
It sounds like a bit of black humor.

When Gao Fei worked hard to expand the boundaries of domestic films and improve the quality of films, he turned around and discovered that the basic ladder was not long enough.

So I can only look at the audience from a distance and waste my time!

But what is frustrating is that although the shortage of talents is very urgent, it cannot be urgent.

This must take a long time and enough energy to improve the quality of talent in the industry.

But what surprised Gao Fei was that Han Li didn't agree with his views.

She curled her lips casually and said silently:

“It’s really not the fault of the three major universities!”

"After all, they said when they founded the school that their goal is to cultivate film artists."

"Everyone's positioning has been different from the beginning, so naturally the product is wrong!"

Hearing this, Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

It really makes sense to say so!
The three major universities take an artistic route, but Gaofei and the market want a large number of industrial talents.

As a result, waiting for the three major film and television schools to solve the problem is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree.

Thinking of this, Gao Fei sighed helplessly.

It seems that the industrialization of film depends on the film and television industry itself! ! !
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PS: It’s too tiring to look up information. It’s more troublesome than writing a paper. I won’t take it seriously next time.

The total national movie box office in 2014 was 296.39 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.15%
In 2015, China's movie box office reached 440.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48.7%
The total national movie box office in 2016 was 457.12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.73%
The total national movie box office in 2017 was 559.11 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.45%
In 2018, the national box office exceeded 609 billion yuan, an increase of 9.06% over the same period last year.
【15/16/17/18，实际上这四年增加的银幕数量大体一致，都在9000元左右】

With the same screen growth rate, the reason why the total national movie box office only increased by 2016% in 3.73 is probably because of the talent gap!

Suddenly I feel that data is sometimes quite interesting!

(End of this chapter)