Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 279 Who doesn’t know how to make stars?

Li Weidong picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. He was only slightly curious about celebrities, but not too curious.

Stars, to put it bluntly, are nothing. In the eyes of directors and screenwriters, they are just props to express their works. In Li Weidong's eyes, directors are just a tool to make money. The levels are different, so there is no curiosity.

With Li Weidong's financial situation, he is fully capable of inviting all these celebrities to his home, holding concerts every day, and throwing big parties. As long as the appearance fee is sufficient, there is no one he cannot invite.

Li Weidong asked again: "The movie you are shooting is going to be released in China. If it is not shot in the right way, will it fail to pass the review?"

Luo Jialiang was a little embarrassed, but he still told the truth and said: "Chairman, there are very few movies released in China, and the fees we paid before were very low, only 10,000 yuan for a master disc."

"Although reforms have only been carried out since last year, the buyout model only slightly increases the price and still cannot share the box office, so many film and television companies are unwilling to do this."

"And there are very few introduced every year, and there are only a few good ones. Low-cost movies like the ones we make usually don't have high box office, and generally don't have the chance to enter mainland theaters!"

Luo Jialiang explained again, saying: "The movies that are broadcast in the mainland are basically produced by co-production companies, and only the movies that cooperate with them have the opportunity to enter the mainland and get a share of the profits!"

Li Weidong never paid attention to this matter in his previous life. There were not many movie theaters in the first place, and they were not formal. He didn't know whether the master disc of the movie was pirated, and he didn't know what happened to the box office distribution.

"You also have to cooperate with co-production companies. It's best to enter the mainland and open a company. Otherwise, wouldn't such a huge market in the mainland be wasted? Since the mainland has reformed this, it will be a matter of time before it is liberalized. You have to seize the opportunity.

You see, the Chinese brothers are doing very well and have made so many popular movies, aren't you envious?"

Li Weidong drank a cup of tea and said with a smile: "You must have a goal. We don't seek to be better than Jiahe, why can't we be worse than Hua Brothers? We also need to make a few decent movies, and let people know that you are Luo Jialiang."

His name!"

Luo Jialiang fell into endless embarrassment. Although he has great ambitions, he must set a suitable goal. They say that the best can be achieved by jumping around. The goal set by Li Weidong must be a rocket.

Although Hua Brothers' company is relatively young among the more famous film companies in Hong Kong Island and is not as good as some old film companies, its momentum is very strong and its status in Hong Kong Island is very high. Where can it be?

This relatively new company can't compare.

Moreover, they have a very good relationship with the co-production company. They have produced many movies together, which are very popular, making both parties a lot of money. Who would reject a profitable business? If you make money, you will naturally have status, so their status in the mainland

Also very high.

People can enjoy it on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places!

After Luo Jialiang calmed down, he said: "Chairman, don't worry, we will work hard! But we have just been established, there are basically no popular actors, and the company is not well-known. If you want to invite big stars, they may not come because of the expense.

Very high too!”

Luo Jialiang looked at Li Weidong's expression and said in a low voice: "Not to mention big-name stars like "Two Yields", but slightly inferior stars, the salary is millions, so it is more difficult for us to achieve this goal!"

"Our investment is limited and we don't have any commercial works. It is estimated that the co-production company will not cooperate with us. To shoot a movie in the mainland, we have to go to the mainland for filming, which will cost more."

Li Weidong suddenly became energetic. If there are no popular actors, it is easy. He can find potential actors and train them himself. Who doesn't know how to make stars? Find a few potential actors and spend a little money to win them!

Li Weidong said: "In this case, you can look up the information of some actors who have just debuted recently, find their resumes, and I will take a look to see if they have potential. If there are no popular actors, we will cultivate and create stars ourselves.

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Of course Luo Jialiang must comply with Li Weidong's request, but he disagrees with his words. Just by looking at the resume, you can know which ones have potential, which ones are worth cultivating, and which ones can become roles. Then it would be too easy to work in this line of work.

But you have to listen to what the leader said. Luo Jialiang nodded quickly and said: "Chairman, don't worry, these information are easy to get. As long as the money is in place, it will take up to three days to get back all the information on the little stars who debuted in the past two years."

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Although we have not yet entered the Internet era of later generations, entertainment reporters today are still very powerful, and there are only so many people and so many entertainment companies on Hong Kong Island, so it is naturally easy to investigate. It is nothing more than a matter of money.

Li Weidong said: "If you don't cooperate with the co-production company, how will you go to the mainland to show it? How will you make money if you don't go to the mainland to show it? No matter how difficult it is, you must reach cooperation with the co-production company."

"The best movie box office in Hong Kong in the past two years was only 30 to 40 million yuan. How much is the box office of domestic movies?"

Luo Jialiang reminded him at an inappropriate time: "Chairman, the mainland does not count the box office, only the number of moviegoers. This year it started to reform the calculation based on the box office!"

Hearing Luo Jialiang's words, Li Weidong was stunned for a moment and thought of something. He vaguely remembered a saying that Chinese movies have been in a downturn since the box office was calculated. If the box office is calculated this year, it means that the situation has begun.

That is to say, from this time on, some foreign movies and some high-quality Hollywood movies were introduced into the Chinese market, so that everyone no longer had to watch them secretly.

There are different opinions on the reasons for the ice age of Chinese movies. Some say that due to inflation, the money in people's pockets has actually shrunk, and this kind of irrelevant consumption has naturally decreased.

However, Li Weidong agrees with another statement. The emergence of video players, especially DVD players in the past two years, is the main reason. The effect is no worse than that of movie theaters, and pirated video discs are cheap. Who would spend a lot of money to watch movies in movie theaters!

Li Weidong remembers that in the year when Hong Kong Island returned to China, he saved up for many years to buy a DVD player. The price was only more than 2,000 yuan. What made him depressed was that in less than half a year, the price was already lower than 2,000 yuan!

The price of DVDs is even lower. You can buy a good-quality pirated DVD for at least three or five yuan at first, then one or two yuan later, and you can watch it at least three to five times without the disc getting stuck.

In order to deal with the problem of pirated video discs jamming, some DVD player manufacturers even openly advertised that their products do not jam discs, which shows how rampant piracy of video discs has become.

However, no matter how bad the box office in Mainland China is, it is still better than that of Hong Kong Island. Although there is no box office of hundreds of millions or billions in later generations, there are many movies with a box office of tens of millions every year, and movies with a box office of hundreds of millions will soon appear.

In short, as long as there is a good movie, the audience will still be willing to pay, and there will definitely be no loss.

Li Weidong said: "With the co-production company, you have to find connections by yourself and cooperate with them no matter what method you use. You can't avoid them when you enter the mainland in the future!"

Li Weidong's determination to enter the mainland market will not change, otherwise there would be no need for this film company to exist.

(End of chapter)