Hong Kong Island Old Events

HKD 2.1 million.

For today's Lijiacheng, it is not a small number.

Before Changjiang Industrial acquired Huangpu Dockyard, Changjiang Industrial was just a factory, and plastic flowers could not support a business giant. As the last lot fell into Huo Guantai's hands, the auction ended. The guests stood up and left, moving to the banquet hall next door to start a charity dinner and dine together.

If the auction is used to gain fame, then the charity dinner is a place where fame can be realized.

"Mr. He."

"congratulations."

"It was the first charity auction held on Hong Kong Island and more than 8 million yuan was sold. Tomorrow's dinner will be on the front page of the news." Shao Yifu raised his wine glass and stepped forward to congratulate. As rivals in the industry, Shaw Brothers competed fiercely with Oriental Films and produced many excellent films.

Shaw Brothers Pictures has been in business for 30 years and has a solid foundation.

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

"Thank you."

He Dingxian toasted in return, as a sign of respect for his predecessors in the film industry, but he already knew that Shaw had received investment from Hui, and that Shaw Brothers' equity structure already had British capital background.

Seeing that he had no intention of talking more, Shao Yifu drank the wine, got up and left, going to chat with his colleagues at the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce.

Huo Guantai stepped forward and said: "Shaw Brothers praised Li Lihua last year and produced Hong Kong Island's first color film "Begonia Red", which set a box office of 70,000 Hong Kong dollars in its first broadcast. A single film can earn hundreds of thousands, and it has attracted superstars. Lin Dai joins."

"You have a rival in the film industry."

Ho Dingxian didn’t take it seriously: “Shaw Brothers is very capable in the film industry, but after development, Oriental Pictures has become stronger than Shaw Brothers in the production industry. Shaw Brothers has been interested in cultivating female stars in recent years, and hopes to learn from the Great Wall and cultivate more A few summer dreams, Shi Hui."

"But movies require an industrial foundation. Oriental Pictures has built a filming base in Sham Shui Po and acquired Wing Wah Film Studio together with International Film and Television. The two companies share a production plant."

"The cost has come down, the scale has increased, and with the addition of theater lines, it is enough."

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

"interesting."

He Dingxian smiled and said: "Art is art, and making money is making money. If you regard movies as a business, you should do it the way you do business. If you regard movies as an art, you should do it the way you do art. You see, Lu Yuntao If we focus on making high-quality movies, the box office will still be booming.”

Lu Yuntao's international electronics and electronics 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, which were very profitable in family cinemas in Nanyang. He only relies on the quality of his movies in Hong Kong Island and is not necessarily 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 the money printing machine. Whether you are famous or not does not affect the family's money at all.

Unlike Oriental Pictures and Shaw Brothers, where theaters and movies are released together, it breaks your head!

In the Hong Kong film industry, there are now left-wing film companies such as Great Wall and Phoenix, which produce promotional Mandarin films. There are also commercial films produced by Oriental, Shaw Brothers, and International Film and Television. The remaining small film companies also produce Hokkien films.

It presents a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming and culture is prosperous, showing the potential of the East Asian film base. It can be said that it is precisely the current 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 films failed to grasp the first-mover advantage in East Asia, did not delve into the film industry, and failed to lay a solid foundation.

Leading to loneliness.

There are some political situations and changes in ideological trends, but it is a sin not to take advantage of opportunities. The goal of Oriental Pictures is not to produce some artistic masterpiece, but to lay a solid industrial foundation step by step, which may bring the Hong Kong film industry to a higher level.

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

He Dingxian couldn't even hide his face by secretly squandering money, so he had to let Lu Yuntao get a share of the pie. Now, the two companies share a production base. The film companies are controlled by each company, but the base has registered a separate company and jointly holds 50%.

This is good. If the film base becomes bigger in the future, it can also collect rents for use by other companies.

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

Huo Guantai nodded: "Axian, thank you very much."

"Does Lu Yuntao have any new movies recently?"

He Dingxian smiled and said: "I am filming a movie called "Four Thousand Gold", which will be released soon."

There are four female protagonists in this drama, all of whom are teenagers, young, cute, and beautiful.

"Definitely go see it."

Huo Guantai really liked Lu Yuntao's play.

In the early stages of development, Hong Kong films were dominated by Mandarin films. Hong Kong movies are Cantonese movies, which is actually a wrong impression. Because Mandarin has the widest spread and the widest audience, Cantonese has a narrowed audience, and has to accept a lower marketability, or pay high prices for translation and dubbing.

In the absence of dubbing technology and low literacy rates.

Cantonese is even more of a natural disaster.

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

Can't speak Cantonese at all.

In addition, during the Anti-Japanese War, Nanjing banned the import of dialect films into the mainland, which resulted in the decline of Cantonese films in Hong Kong. There were even zero Cantonese films in a year. You know, the film markets of the two places are open to each other, and Hong Kong films already rely heavily on the mainland market.

The origin of "Cantonese films" is that the Hong Kong government and some countries intentionally restricted the import of Mandarin films. It was not until the 1970s and 1980s that overseas publishing fees increased significantly and became an important income for film companies, and the distribution volume of Cantonese films increased significantly.

But if we look at the production volume of each studio, Mandarin films far exceed Cantonese films. Therefore, the mainstream use of Cantonese in Hong Kong Island movies is actually a bifurcation of an era. When the mainland market becomes stronger, Mandarin will naturally become the dominant language.

As a window for outward radiation, Hong Kong Island has only served as a production base for Southeast Asia. Once the mainland recovers its economy, its own production base will be born. If Hong Kong Island Pictures wants to continue its glory, the only chance is to expand overseas and enter Europe and the United States.

Li Xiaolong, who is the most proud of Hong Kong film industry, actually shoots movies and releases them in "Mandarin". Although the Mandarin is not very standard and was dubbed later, it is enough to explain something.

"Hometown."

"You spend money, and others are just flattering you, but you don't really want to make friends." Zhuang Mingyue was wearing a cheongsam, elegant and luxurious, and she looked like she came from a wealthy family. Li Jiacheng was wearing a suit, standing in the corner, and whispered: "There is no wasted money in the world."

"If I didn't shoot to the end, others would just laugh at me. Now that I shoot to the end, they not only laugh at me, but also respect me."

The poor boy at the beginning has transformed into a boss. He has also married his cousin.

Zhuang Mingyue sighed: "There are a batch of accounts to be settled next month."

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

The Hong Kong government has launched many new plans, and land is becoming increasingly popular, with prices rising three times a year.

The city gradually saw the construction of high-rise buildings and the renovation of housing estates, making them more modern.

Li Jiacheng has long wanted to get a share of the real estate industry, but HSBC obviously will not invest at will. It will screen the chess pieces layer by layer, and only make heavy bets on a few of them after thousands of selections. This is undoubtedly raising voodoos. How can one stand out and become the voodoo king without any ability?

"do not be afraid."

"After the money is settled, we will find another bank loan. 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. If today's incident spreads, maybe the industrial building's Things are going to work out."

The hatred of the enemy.

It is proof of loyalty.

Li Jiacheng is shrewd and has already guessed what Gui Lao wants. He often actively cooperates and has become more and more popular with Gui Lao. At this time, Chu Yunnan came to the two of them holding a wine glass: "Mr. Li, Mrs. Zhuang."

"Thank you both for your support of the charity."

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

"Need not."

"You have time to take care of your wife." After Chu Yunnan finished toasting, she held it in her hand but did not drink.

Li Jiacheng's expression was stunned.

Several people nearby were chatting and suddenly fell into silence. They turned to look at Li Jiacheng with pitiful 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, held her arm, raised his glass and said, "Sorry, Boss Li, there's a little misunderstanding."

"He Sheng."

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

"must."

He Dingxian nodded: "Every industry has a bottom line. If you do business seriously, no one can touch you. However, Mr. Li, there is one thing I want to tell you in advance. 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."

A touch of anger arose in Li Jiacheng's heart, but also a different kind of stimulation. In front of everyone, receiving a warning from a big boss was an honor for his current position. While writing down the words, he responded: "Those who frame national boundaries with money are slaves, but they have changed to a slave owner."

He Dingxian was shocked. He didn't expect Li Jiacheng to say these remarks, but they were no longer discussing matters, but rising to ideology. Since ideologies are opposed, all principles will be opposed, and it is useless to talk.

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

He took a sip of wine.

"Hong Kong Island is a Chinese city, not a ghost town, and it's not your family's city!"

"goodbye."