Rebirth: I Want to Surf

When we arrived at the dining room, there were four dishes and one soup on the table.

The aunt also brought the just-made watermelon dew. Yu Jiajia couldn't wait to take a sip, and said with satisfaction: "Well, your craftsmanship is really good. It tastes like the one I ate when I was a child."

"Isn't this the native method jelly?"

Yao Yuan also tasted it, feeling flat, and asked: "You really don't want to eat?"

"Don't eat, don't eat!"

"Then we eat."

So the couple began to eat dinner, and Yu Jiajia acted as a light bulb next to him, scooping and scooping a bowl of watermelon dew, and said: "Today, there will be a press conference on Tomb Raiders Universe, and it will be officially charged next year."

"Well, what was the reaction?"

"Let's wait and see, everyone is good after the shoot is finished. In fact, there is no problem with charging. Nowadays, young people have different consumption concepts. What's the point of paying more than ten yuan a month?"

"The price has been set?"

"The initial setting is 15 per month, and there are discounts for seasonal and yearly packages."

"15 yuan is fine, not expensive." Yinyin agreed.

"If you pay, you have to be paid. You can't just watch advertisements for nothing. If you pay and watch advertisements, and call it 'member-only advertisements', that would be disgusting." Yao Yuan said.

"These are trivial matters. I came to you to talk about Hong Kong..."

Yu Jiajia put down the watermelon dew and said, "Wanda bought AMC, and I talked to Lao Wang about taking over two theaters in Hong Kong.

There are currently 45 theaters in Hong Kong. Golden Harvest originally had 6 theaters. With 2 more theaters, we can account for 18% of the total. Golden Harvest is the only one on Hong Kong Island. If there is a theater chain, Hugelive will grow stronger, and there will inevitably be a conflict. "

"The two theaters of AMC, are they managed by themselves?" Yao Yuan asked.

"No, put up the AMC brand, and Broadway is acting as an agent."

"Broadway, Jiang Zhiqiang?"

"Yes, he has eleven theaters."

Jiang Zhiqiang, the owner of Anle Film Company, owns a Broadway theater chain. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong films were at their peak.

Broadway theaters are not involved because they only show foreign-language films and are the exclusive agent for Hollywood movies in Hong Kong.

At that time, the mainland market was closed, and Hong Kong movies were rampant, and Hollywood couldn't make waves in Hong Kong. But from the end of the 1990s, the situation reversed, Hong Kong films declined, and Hollywood took over the world.

Coupled with China's accession to the WTO, the market has been liberalized, and making international blockbusters has become a new trend.

Jiang Zhiqiang is familiar with major Hollywood companies, well-connected, and has risen in the chaos. He has accumulated "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Golden Armor", "Lust, Caution", "Monster Hunt" and so on, becoming an important figure in the post-Hong Kong film era.

Tang Wei took refuge in him, and Liu Yifei also took refuge in him, and made "Mulan".

"..."

Yao Yuan asked: "You mean, Jiang Zhiqiang will make trouble for you."

"It's not just him. You know the virtues of those people in Hong Kong. I want to turn Hong Kong Island into a back garden. It's a matter of time. Anyway, I have to do it."

"Then what's your plan?"

Yinyin listened very enthusiastically and asked.

"Use Hugelive's strong capital and platform to siphon Hong Kong Island and control their film and television industry!" Yu Jiajia said.

"I think it's a bit difficult, the mainland market is so big, they can come to the mainland to make films, there is no need to go to Hugelive." Yinyin actively participated.

"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about!"

"..."

Holding the bowl in one hand and the vegetables in the other, Yao Yuan ate slowly, his mind spinning rapidly, and said: "With the rise of the mainland market and stars, life in Hong Kong will not be easy for a few years.

When pure, high-grossing Mainland productions continue to emerge, that's when we dominate.

It will take time though, and you probably won't be able to wait. And even if domestic entertainment flourishes in an all-round way, top directors and stars in Hong Kong will still exist and will not completely decline. "

He paused and continued: "How about this, do you know the Hong Kong Film Awards?"

"nonsense!"

"Then you know that the board of directors of the Academy Awards is composed of thirteen associations?"

"I know, what's the matter?"

"These thirteen associations include directors, theaters, screenwriters, photography, lighting, art, special effects, editing, etc. In other words, they represent the entire Hong Kong film and television industry. Do you know the exact number?"

"At the peak, there were 20,000 people working on it. After SARS, there were only 5,000 people left, and now it will be even fewer." Yu Jiajia said.

"Okay, let's count as 5,000 people. Even if Hong Kong declines again, these 5,000 people will still have to eat. As the saying goes, it's called starting work. So what is the current model?"

Yao Yuan habitually wanted to place bowls again, but Yinyin took one away as soon as he placed one.

"It's useless to talk less, hurry up!"

whispering sound!

He pouted, and said: "The current model is that those leading directors and stars are using the rules of co-productions to lead everyone to start work.

For example, when Chen Kexin and Wang Jing are filming a film, in addition to looking for Hong Kong actors, they will also find some Hong Kong behind-the-scenes personnel to form a team, ranging from production and supervision, to art, lighting, editing, and even scene notes, drama management and tea.

They fight back and forth in their nests, and they can be regarded as united with the mainland.

The bosses lead the way in front, and the younger brothers follow behind, starting work and eating together. "

"ah!"

Yu Jiajia slammed the table down and said excitedly, "I understand!"

"Hee hee, I understand too!" Yin Yin laughed.

"I want to separate their heads from the bottom, and cut off this mode of big and small, and I will feed those thousands of practitioners, and let them know that I am the parent of food and clothing.

And not only movies, but also TV series are sad, TVB is getting more and more picky, and there are fewer and fewer dramas, and many people can't get along..."

Yu Jiajia quickly let go of her thoughts, and said, "I will take them to start work, and then affect those film and television associations, and these associations are also voting members of the Golden Image Awards, hehe!"

"What did you think of? Oh, tell me!" Yinyin was very anxious.

"You know that the Academy Awards never give the best actor to the mainland, right? That's their last pair of pants, I want to take them off!"

Yu Jiajia's thoughts were clear, and he was shocked.

Simply put, this tactic is to mobilize the masses and beat local tyrants.

It's still good now, and it's called depression in later generations. Many film and television practitioners in Hong Kong have to change careers because they have no jobs. There are security guards, porters, fish ball sellers, market managers...

TVB alone has more than 600 people unemployed.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Today's strategy can be called Xiangshan right, not inferior to Zhuge Wolong!"

"Okay, I'm leaving!"

"Give me 3 years, I will flatten Hong Kong Island and be Hugelive's back garden honestly!"

No one could stop Yu Jiajia's craziness, she left as soon as she said, she went out in the blink of an eye, got into the car in the blink of an eye, and rumbled away.

"..."

Yinyin took the last bite of rice, envious: "That's great, Jiajia is so chic!"

"You can do the same."

"I don't, I want face."

The two smiled, and after dinner, they took the dog for a walk, and played basketball in the yard when they came back, sitting on a chair and whispering.

Yu Jiajia likes that, and the two of them like this, each with their own pursuits in life.

(no more...)