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Chapter 543 The crew’s joy and fear

Compared to the early years when films were made in Xiangcheng, most were famous for their speed. Most of the movies made in this way are just to make money or gain popularity. As more and more bad movies were made, audiences gradually stopped buying them and began to become picky about the movies released.

Although the salaries of actors in Xiangcheng today are much higher than in the early years. Coupled with the increase in labor and other costs, the cost of shooting a movie is also increasing. If the box office is not ideal, it is destined to lose money.

But because of this, many small film and television companies are now having a difficult time. Audiences have become picky, and film and television companies have to adopt the strategy of superstars and elaborate productions in order to pursue high box office and profits.

It’s just that the film has not been released, so no one knows what the box office will be like. Even if some large film and television companies produce several loss-making blockbusters one after another, the film and television companies may not be able to continue operating.

As a rising star in the Xiangcheng film circle, although Xiangbao Film has not been established for a long time, many people know that it is a film and television company under the Shanshen Group, and the person in charge of the company is Hong Yuanbao, a big boss in the Xiangcheng film circle.

In addition, Asia Entertainment Media now owns the largest theater chain in Hong Kong, and even operates corresponding theater chains in many Asian countries. Naturally, it is very different from other companies that have to share the profits with theaters after making a movie.

After Mu Shanhe founded the company, he warned Hong Yuanbao to take the high-quality route. In recent years, Xiangcheng audiences can also see that the films produced by Xiangbao Film Company are indeed more sophisticated and more sincere than other companies.

Apart from anything else, in terms of filming, Xiangbao Film and Television has gotten rid of the previous restriction of only filming in Xiangcheng studios. Many filming locations have gradually moved to the mainland from the original Xiangcheng.

In addition to the investment from Xiangbao Film and Television, Mu Shanhe also invested in a film and television company in the Mainland this time for filming in the Mainland. Although everyone knows that this is a film produced by Asia Entertainment Media, it can be considered a film co-produced by the two places.

The several leading actors invited are naturally well-known actors in Hong Kong, and some of the important supporting roles are also played by mainland actors. For today's mainland actors, it's really rare to see them star in Xiangcheng movies.

Compared with other film and television companies, although they also want to come to the mainland for filming, they are more or less worried. Only Asia Entertainment Media, because it has its own theaters and distribution channels, and has a wide network of contacts in the mainland, naturally does not have to worry about this.

In fact, for some well-known actors in Xiangcheng, they have realized that Xiangcheng's film and television development has reached a bottleneck. No matter how classic a movie they make, it's hard to make a big breakthrough at the box office.

On the other hand, the mainland, whose national strength is recovering and rising, may become a new market. It is precisely because of this understanding that they chose to cooperate with Asia Entertainment Media and even directly signed a contract with the company.

After getting off the plane and checking into the hotel, Mu Shanhe did not rush to the filming location immediately. Instead, he took Zhang Guorong and others to browse the scenery and night market of the capital of Ning Province. Compared with mainland cities, this place is undoubtedly more backward.

While wandering around, Zhang Guorong also smiled and said: "The climate here is indeed much drier compared to your farm and Xiangcheng. When I talked to Ayu on the phone before, she complained that she was covered in sand every day when shooting."

"It's normal. The climate here is the Loess Plateau, and there is also a large desert. But if you want to truly take pictures of the beautiful scenery of the ancient desert city, this is undoubtedly the most suitable place. As for the difficult shooting conditions, they will gradually improve in the future. "

"Indeed! When she first came here, Ayu said that the scenery here was very beautiful, and she would feel shocked sometimes. But after staying there for a long time, soaking in the sand every day, and having to bathe and eat inconveniently, she couldn't stand it."

"Take your time! If there is really a unique and ideal natural environment and ancient city scenery here, maybe the group can consider investing in a film and television city here. In this case, you don't have to work so hard to come and film." "Ah! Here! Investing in a film and television city here? I heard Sister Fen say earlier that you also invested in one in Caiyun, right? "

"Well, the scenery over there is very beautiful. I will take you there next time when I have a chance. You know, that is the ancient Nanzhao country written by Mr. Jin. In the future, you can go there to shoot TV or movies.

In fact, investing in a film and television city now sounds like you might lose money. But in the long run, the film and television industry will continue to grow in the future. This means that there will be many crews in need of filming locations.

If the group has the most complete film and television shooting locations in the mainland, then other film and television companies who want to make movies will need to come to our film and television city to shoot. If the movies and TV shows become famous, the film and television city will naturally become famous as well.

Relying on the film and television city to attract domestic or foreign tourists to visit and play, it will boost the local tourism economy, and the film and television city will naturally make money. It's just that the return cycle of this kind of investment is longer than other investments. "

Listening to Mu Shanhe's story, Zhang Guorong also knew that Mu Shanhe's investment in the film and television city may be to lay out the entertainment industry. If nothing else happens, Asia Entertainment Media will become a real giant in China Entertainment Film and Television in the future.

It's no wonder that there are currently so many well-known artists willing to sign contracts with Asia Entertainment Media. Other film and television companies in Xiangcheng want to find these well-known artists to film, and they have to contact Asia Entertainment Media.

If the script is not good, even if the producers are willing to pay high salaries, they still won't be able to hire these artists. For these well-known artists, they don't have to worry about having a meal even if they take on the company's self-produced movies.

As for forced filming, in today's Xiangcheng film and television industry, who dares to force the artists of Asia Entertainment Media?

After a brief visit, everyone returned to their hotel to rest. Early the next morning, the security personnel drove a batch of supplies purchased by Mu Shanhe and headed straight to the filming location.

The crew members who were filming in the ancient city seemed a little surprised when they saw the majestic motorcade in the distance. Just when the artists were curious, Zhang Manyu also said happily when she saw Zhang Guorong getting out of the car: "Qizai is here!"

But when they saw the two people getting out of another car, even the director and producer were surprised and said, "It's Wu Sheng!"

"And Wei Wei'an! The crew has paused and hastened to greet us. This is the first time that Wu Sheng has come to visit the class!"

For the directors and artists of these contracted groups, they all know Mu Shanhe, but they also know that this boss likes to be the hands-off shopkeeper most. Every time he goes to Xiangcheng, he rarely attends company gatherings or anything like that.

As for meetings, as artists, are they eligible to participate?

But no matter what, they all felt honored and terrified to have the chairman personally visit the class. Thinking of this, the crew members felt that their hard work during this period of time was really not in vain!

Who wouldn't be happy to be able to show his face in front of the chairman?

(End of this chapter)