The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 306

In [-], despite the new Jiayi TV station's joint challenge with the established Li's TV station, TVB still firmly held the top spot in Hong Kong's ratings.Of course, Sir Yifu Shao's investment in Jiayi TV Station did have a certain impact on TVB.

However, Jiayi TV Station itself is inherently deficient, so even with Shaw's elixir, it is still a bit empty. The recent financial report shows that the TV station has already incurred a large loss due to the high investment in the production of TV series.

For the same TV series, both TVB and Lidi can broadcast on two channels, and the cost is relatively reduced by half.Moreover, Jiayi has the Shaw Brothers to help out, and TVB also has the Xu Family to help out, so TVB's dramas are cheaper than Jiayi.For movies with the same huge investment, TVB can recover the cost, but Jiayi cannot recover the cost.And if Jiayi reduces investment in TV series, how can it fight against TVB? !
However, recently it seems that Sir Yifu Shao is lobbying everywhere, hoping that the Hong Kong government can issue another TV license and cancel the program restrictions on Jiayi TV's prime time slots.However, his way of doing so will naturally cause other people's backlash, especially the TV station with such powerful and beautiful vested interests.

Sir Shao Yifu is not the only one who is involved in the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion. Xu Guanwu is also regarded as a prominent figure in Hong Kong now. He is not a vegetarian as he owns a media empire and a large number of companies in which he has invested.And Lai's TV station is also an old British-funded TV station, and its influence in Hong Kong is also deeply rooted.Shao Yifu's move was clearly challenging its authority, and with John Bull's usual arrogance, he naturally had to fight back mercilessly.

So although Sir Shao has been active recently, he has encountered considerable resistance and has not made much progress so far.

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In terms of theaters, the Art and Beauty theaters still broadcast European and American art films as always, but the European and American art films at that time were relatively cool, and they were not aimed at inspirational films such as "Forrest Gump" and "Shawshank Redemption" in the future. Art films.Rather, it is more similar to "Emmanuel", a soft-color film that pays attention to human sexuality and accuses society.

Although Shaw Brothers also has romantic films by the great director Li Hanxiang, and pornographic films by the famous director Lu Qi, there are also a series of meatball stars such as Shao Yinyin, Hu Jin, Chen Ping and so on.However, compared with Western films, Hong Kong films still have a bottom line. In short, they are not as open as Western films.At the same time, Western films are more flexible in shooting techniques, while Li Hanxiang and Lui Qi are both limited by Shaw Brothers' investment, so the format is inevitably smaller.

Therefore, although Hong Kong also specializes in romance films and pornographic films, Western soft-color films are also popular. The Academy of Fine Arts introduces more than 1 Western films every year, and they also have very good box office revenue.It is no longer the glass line that was broken when it was washed by someone before.

However, the prosperity of the art and beauty theater chain is naturally enviable. As the three-year lease is approaching, some people are already planning to snatch the theater, and these theater operators are also thinking about raising the rent.Liang Shuyi is negotiating with them recently, trying to appease the mood of the hospital provider first, and then slowly discuss the rent increase.

As for Brilliant Cinemas, Xu Guanwu doesn’t have to worry about the rent issue. When he took a stake in Henderson Land, he just merged the office building above the theater, and the downstairs theater is still Xu Guanwu’s own property, and the rent is completely free.

In 45, Brilliant Cinemas screened a total of [-] films, most of which were co-produced with other film companies. As a result, many bad films were produced, which damaged the reputation of Brilliant Cinemas. This was something that Xu Guanwu did not expect before. arrived.Fortunately, it is not too late to make up for it. It is now stipulated that all films that cooperate with outside parties must pass the review of the theaters, otherwise they have the right not to be released.

Through this regulation, the source of bad movies will be blocked, and the word-of-mouth of Brilliant Cinemas will gradually recover.However, it also offended some film companies. At present, the two sides are still sending lawyers to fight the lawsuit, and it is expected that there will be chaos for a while.

The revenue generated by Brilliant Cinemas last year was pretty good, especially for the blockbuster films such as "Deed of Sale", "Drunken Master", "Lin Shirong", "Miscellaneous Boys", "Crazy Big Brother", "Meteor Butterfly Sword", etc. All have millions of Hong Kong dollars in revenue, and they are all movies that make a lot of money.

And although Zhang Guoming's "Yin Ling" and other films are not very profitable, they still make a lot of money by throwing the film on TVB's late night movie channel.Moreover, when it was shown on TV stations, the base of the audience was also large. Among them, some sensible people discovered the beauty of the movie "The Ghost". They not only published articles in newspapers and magazines, calling it an outstanding Hong Kong horror film, but even Also wrote to the company to express support.The lost Zhang Guoming also rejuvenated, and is thinking about making another movie.

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In 3000, all the movies Xu invested in and shot made money, and they were not ordinary small profits, but big profits. The estimated net profit exceeded 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, which is actually a very high figure.In comparison, Shaw Brothers produced more than [-] films last year, most of which were self-produced and sold, with a net profit of at most [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

As for Jiahe, there are even fewer. Last year, he produced more than 20 films, a small part of which lost money, and half made a little profit. Only the works of Wu Siyuan, Yuan Heping, Wu Yusen and others made money.However, these few people are all low-production filmmakers, who only produce one or two films a year. Compared with Hong Jingbao's three films a year, and all of them are blockbusters, they pale in comparison.

In addition to keeping more than half of the money earned by the Xu family to continue investing in the coming year, the brothers also received several million dividends.The eldest brother Xu Guanwen still gave the money to his wife Chen Jieying, and Chen Jieying used Xu Guanwu to buy real estate at a low price from Henderson Land, Cheung Kong, Hopewell Real Estate, etc.

As a major shareholder of a real estate company, there is this advantage. Each community has a priority subscription quota when it is completed.Xu Guanwu didn't think much of this small amount of money. Apart from giving some to his sister-in-law, the rest was used as a reward for the employees.If they use the internal subscription coupons, they can get [-]% cheaper, so when the market opens, they can change hands for tens of thousands, which is a very generous reward.Xu Guanwu buys houses at the bottom of the whole building, which is much more bold than his sister-in-law's house-by-household purchases.

After Xu Guanying got the money, he mostly handed it over to his parents. The old couple had been worried about Xu Guanying's marriage, but Xu Guanying was not in a hurry after being urged several times. I seldom ask anymore.Even the Xu Brothers didn't know what kind of job he was looking for. Normally, there were no female employees or artists in the company. interesting.

In addition to investing in stocks, Xu Guanjie got the money, and the rest is playing with cars.He likes to drive sports cars, so after receiving the money, the first thing he does is to go to the car dealership to choose a car.He even has the Aston Martin DB007 that 5 rode in "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball".

Xu Guanwu doesn't know how to drive or play with cars. He has always stayed away from such potentially dangerous things.But now he also has a very extravagant idea, which is to buy a private jet, which is not only convenient for him to fly, but also much safer than the old models provided by Hong Kong Airlines.

However, buying a private jet is not something that can be solved with money alone. It also needs to go through layers of formalities and approvals to ensure that you buy this plane just to ride, not to drive into the World Trade Center one day.And if you have a private jet, you have to consider the issue of parking. This is not a model plane or a car, just put it on a shelf or park it in the yard.

A private jet is so big, it costs a lot of money just to rent the space, and there are a few more pilots, flight attendants, etc. There are a lot of messy things, which also delays Xu Guanwu's purchase time.

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As for YS Records, [-] was the most successful year for YS Records. It not only acquired record companies in Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan, but also extended its territory to the entire Southeast Asia. Taking popular singers like the band and Zhang Guorong, they can be regarded as infinitely beautiful, which greatly shocked the Chinese music scene.

Moreover, the Hong Kong Stars Forget Myself Gala held last year, as well as the public welfare records released, also shaped the image of the singers under the banner very well, making them seem to be coated with a layer of holy light.The songs sung at the concert, such as "True Heroes", "Red Sun", "Let the World Be Filled with Love", "Tomorrow Will Be Better", etc., are all classic songs in the pop music industry, which greatly shocked the fans. ear.

And the plan to release an album in January, although it was delayed due to troubles last year, but the task was completed in a hurry, and the sales of the released albums are very good, it can be said that it has won both face and heart.

What's more difficult is that last year's movie "Café de Coral" starring the Winner band achieved a high box office, which proves that singers who cross the border and become movie stars are also very popular at the box office.This also provides a new development path for the singers of YESUNG Records.

The income of first-line superstars in the music and film circles is basically the same. The film superstars earn tens of millions of dollars for a film, and their income is generally over [-] million dollars including box office dividends, celebrity endorsements, etc.In addition to releasing albums, music superstars hold concerts, catwalk shows, and endorsements in commercials, and their income can also exceed [-] million US dollars.

But going a little further down, there is a gap in the income between second-tier singers and second-tier movie stars.Second-tier movie stars also earn several million dollars in salary, and they can shoot two to three movies a year, and they will also earn tens of millions of dollars.But second-tier singers are much more miserable than actors. The album sales of big-name stars are all over 10,000 million copies, and second-tier singers will faint when they exceed one million. Most of them only sell [-]+ albums.

Because the ecological environment of the music industry and the film industry are different, movies are the product of teamwork, and no matter how popular the top-line movie stars are at the box office, they also need red flowers and green leaves to set off.But first-line singers don't need other people to accompany them, they are the only ones on the stage.Therefore, first-line singers will steal a lot of resources from second-line singers, resulting in a situation where the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.

After Yisheng Records grows and grows in the future, once its singers increase, of course it is impossible for all of them to be first-line singers. low-level singer.And their part-time cross-border acting in movies is undoubtedly a good way to make money and gain fame.

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As for Xinghui Art School, because Xu Guanwu has now acquired TVB, the students of the school have a new way out after graduation. They can go to TVB TV station to practice as directors, actors, dancers...TVB produces TVB every day. There are a lot of TV shows, so relatively speaking, these people have a lot more opportunities, and TV shows are closer to the audience, and they can better understand the audience's viewing interest, which is also very helpful for them to enter the film industry in the future.

And when Xinghui Art School and TVB artist training class enroll students this year, Xu Guanwu wants to merge the two together, so as to enrich the teacher resources of both, avoid duplication and waste of resources, and provide students with better teaching content.

Last year, Xinghui School of the Arts came out with Lu Liangwei, and "The Man Thief and the Girl Sings" in which he participated became the most popular movie of the year, with a box office of over 200 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a very rare achievement for a newcomer.And Lu Liangwei, a freshman who has become a popular movie star in Hong Kong, has also greatly stimulated other students of Xinghui Art School, as well as young people in the society who aspire to become stars.

The establishment of a role model like Lu Liangwei is better than thousands of words and hoarse propaganda.

Everyone realized that joining Xinghui Art School and becoming famous all over the world in one fell swoop is no longer a dream, but something that can be realized.

(End of this chapter)