The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 305 "Train to Busan" can be filmed
At 2005 a.m. on January 1, 28, Yanjing was still very cold, but the Landmark Hotel was extraordinarily lively.

Today Zhao Yang, Yan Danchen, Dong Xuan, Qiao Zhenyu, Yan Qian and other actors who have acted in Fenghua dramas all came over.

Besides them, there is also a group of fans from Southeast Asia and Zhongdong.

These fans are lucky people from all over the world. They were selected to travel to China for free for five days and meet their idols.

This incident sparked heated discussions in Southeast Asian countries. Many fans tried their best to get the quota, and they were very excited after getting the quota.

This kind of pet fan behavior is actually normal after a few years.

Bae Yong Joon retired later, but he would go to Wanwan every year to hold a fan meeting.

But at this time, it is very novel.

Many people in the entertainment industry think that Fenghua is spending money indiscriminately, making money at a loss, but they dare not say it directly.

Director Li has a different face now, not only a bigwig in the TV drama circle, but also a bigwig in the movie circle.

Qiao Zhenyu and Yan Qian are not flamboyant entertainers, so they came here this time.

While Yan Danchen and the others were communicating with foreign fans, Li Shengyao was sitting in the office, discussing the plan for the next year with Wu Wenhui.

In addition to buying a building to build a movie theater, co-produced dramas with three major TV stations, TVB, and Po Village, and purchased the copyright of excellent novels.

Wu Wenhui had another idea.

"Boss, we can build a broadcasting website for film and television dramas like a starting point, and we also need to recharge and VIP."

As expected of Wu Wenhui, his brain is easy to use.

Both Tudou and YouTube were established in [-]. If nothing else, the founder of Tudou, Wang Wei, has returned to China and is preparing for it.

His initial capital was actually not much, that is, several million.

But no one can imagine that this website can be listed later, making Wang Wei a billionaire all of a sudden, and divorced to get more than one billion.

Now is indeed a good opportunity to create a video website.

Movies and TV dramas at this time are generally uploaded to the Internet, but there is no official website, which seems very confusing.

Netizens go to Internet cafes and directly look for the movies and TV series they want to watch in a "Movies" folder.

But Li Shengyao didn't quite understand the technical essentials, "Can you find talents in this field?"

"Yes, several of my classmates at Tsinghua University have this ability."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, let your classmates come over, let's create a video website, let's call it Fenghua."

Wu Wenhui nodded, very excited.

"However, the VIP system you mentioned should not be implemented for the time being. We need to spread the stalls and occupy the market first, and then consider establishing a VIP system."

"So how do we stay afloat?"

"Look for an advertiser. In addition, you will definitely lose money in the early stage, but it doesn't matter. When we occupy the market, we will be able to make money."

Li Shengyao nodded at the table, "You still have to arrange people to go to TVB and ATV to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of their TV dramas on the Internet, ten TV dramas for 10 yuan, keep the prices as low as possible, don't worry if they don't sell them."

At this time, the potatoes and the tubing are not established.

You can’t make a penny from online broadcasting of film and television dramas.

Li Shengyao gave 1 yuan to a drama, which is not bad.

"I also want to look for mainland film and television dramas, such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview" and other popular film and television dramas. If there is not enough money, we will borrow money. We should be able to borrow several hundred million more Bar."

"Remember, just buy the exclusive rights to broadcast on the Internet."

In this case, these film and television dramas cannot be sold to Tudou Youku later.

Of course, some old oily people probably won't be sold, but it doesn't matter, as much as you can buy, the more you buy, the more Fenghua earns.

"I also want to buy Wanwan TV series, such as "Bao Qingtian" and "Legend of the New White Snake", which are more classic."

"Movies are also bought, the same price is 1 yuan, and they all have the exclusive right to broadcast on the mainland network."

Wu Wenhui nodded while listening.

"Boss, you are still thoughtful."

He paused, looked out the window, thought for a while and asked, "Boss, do you want to set up a video website dedicated to foreign users?"

YouTube is about to be established, relying on the promotion of the beautiful country, this website will soon become the world's number one video website.

Li Shengyao is now setting up an English video website, even if the Fenghua drama is very good, at most he can make a breakthrough in Southeast Asia.

As for the European and American markets, don't even think about it.

In his previous life, the Korean drama "Squid Game" became popular in Europe and the United States, and then quickly became a niche drama.

This has nothing to do with the content, but more importantly, the promotion of national power.

At this time, the beautiful country is still a beacon of the world, and they have launched something that is easily admired by others.

Huaxia does not have this strength yet.

In fact, even if there is, Li Shengyao does not plan to launch foreign video websites at this time.

At this time, Southeast Asia was still relatively poor, and the population was not enough. Launching a website did not make any money at all.

After more than ten years, the Southeast Asian market will become richer. At this time, capital from all over the world will turn their attention to it.

Mainland Tencent, Aiqiyi, Mango, and Youku have all launched related video websites in Southeast Asia.

The capital of the beautiful country is Disney, HBO, and Netflix.

The membership price of Netflix is ​​35 US dollars a year, and the membership price of several domestic video sites is [-] US dollars a year.

In fact, several domestic video websites entered the game earlier. At the beginning, the market user share was higher, but the user utilization rate was far lower than that of Netflix.

Tencent has the best development, the daily usage rate of users is only 40.00%, while Netflix exceeds [-]%.

The reason why Netflix can attract Southeast Asian users is not that there are many European and American high-quality dramas on it, but that they have all the excellent Korean dramas in their pockets.

You must know that young people in Southeast Asia at that time grew up watching Korean dramas.

Now that Lee Seung Yew has cut off the way of Korean dramas, he only needs to continue to produce excellent idol dramas every year. After more than ten years of accumulation, they will have hundreds, even hundreds of excellent idol dramas.

When the time comes to establish a video website and broadcast exclusively, it will definitely win easily in the Southeast Asian market.

Netflix can thrive in Europe and the United States, but Southeast Asia belongs to the back garden of Chinese culture.

This is a culture war. Before Lee Sung Yew crossed over, Chinese dramas and Korean dramas were inseparable in Southeast Asia.

Li Shengyao did a good job in this area, even if he lost consecutive battles in the film industry, he is still a big boss, someone valued by his superiors.

"It's too early now. In a few years, after eight or nine years, we can almost establish our foreign video website."

Wu Wenhui didn't quite understand.

"It's too poor there, we can't keep losing money to make up for it, and it will be almost ten years later, when we have good resources, we can make money."

……

It was still at the Liangma River Hotel, but this time it was not Yan Danchen, Zhao Yang and the others, and Southeast Asian fans, this time it was a private gathering of Lee Shengyao, Wu Wenhui, Cheng Long, and Hong Jinbao.

Cheng Long is very busy now, he is filming "Mythology", he has finished filming the scene in Ah San, and will move to the mainland next.

This time it was Cheng Long's treat. He first congratulated Li Shengyao for setting up Fenghua Cinemas, and then congratulated Fenghua Opera for its great success in Southeast Asia. Finally, he said the purpose of this time.

"Director Li, I have listened to what you asked my elder brother to tell me before, but I have been really busy these few years, and the schedule has been scheduled for a few years later."

Li Shengyao wanted to cooperate with Cheng Long, so that he could earn a lot of money.

However, Chenglong is naturally unwilling to admit his failure now, and he still wants to rely on his personal charm to regain the love of the audience in the beautiful country.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, it was not until 3, when "Rush Hour [-]" had just saved its capital, that Cheng Long really put out the idea of ​​developing in Hollywood.

This time Cheng Long approached Li Shengyao, in fact, to reject Li Shengyao's suggestion in a polite and friendly manner.

"So Director Li, we will have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "It's okay, I understand."

Hong Jinbao asked with a smile at this time: "Director Li, what do you want to cooperate with him, can't I?"

He just gags and lightens the atmosphere.

The film that Lee Sheng Yew wanted to cooperate with Cheng Long was the very famous "Taken".

There is no original film for this film, it was thought up by French screenwriters.

You can copy it without worrying about copyright issues.

Of course, Li Shengyao wouldn't go into details, and said lightly, "It's just an action movie, but it's not the same style as Big Brother's current action movies, more stern and sharp."

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao nodded, but they didn't care too much.

Hong Jinbao filmed "Let's Punch, Daddy" together with Lee Seung Yew. He thinks Lee Seung Yew is a thoughtful person, but he doesn't think Lee Seung Yew has more insights than them in action movies.

"Director Li, besides this movie, we can continue to cooperate. Do you have any other themes?"

Fatty Hong looked at Li Shengyao with sincere eyes.

In fact, most of the people in the Hong Kong film industry are still alive. They are not short of people, but they are short of good stories.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then said: "Cooperate with me, Fenghua will take the lead."

Hong Jinbao's words were not wrong.

Li Shengyao cooperated with Cheng Long, which is a good profit.

And if you cooperate with other people, the profit will be much less.

He thought it was boring to make small troubles before, but after thinking about it, it's okay to shoot with other people.

He can shoot some films first, especially Korean movies. Although it is a small amount of money, it can break their way.

Just like "Train to Busan", in Lee Seung Yew's previous life, this movie made a fortune in Southeast Asia, earning more than 1000 million US dollars.

Now is the time when zombie movies are popular, and they can be used to shoot.

The subject matter of "Travel to Busan" cannot be filmed in the mainland and will not pass the review, but it does not mean that it cannot be imported from the mainland.

"Resident Evil" was released on a large scale in the mainland.

It can be filmed by Hong Kong Island filmmakers, then introduced to the mainland, and sold in Southeast Asia at the same time.

Hong Jinbao didn't have as many worries as Cheng Long, "You must be the one who takes the lead, Director Li, let's work together."

Hong Tianming has already finished the filming of "Prison Break" with Fatty Wang. Hong Tianming is full of praise for the plot of "Prison Break", saying that it will be a big hit.

Hong Jinbao also believed in Lee Sing Yew's ability to make up stories.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, let's get together again in the next year, and I'll show you the script when the time comes, and we'll seriously discuss the details."

(End of this chapter)