Chapter 14: I Don't Care (part 4 of 5)
The Hong Kong entertainment industry is very realistic!
People make movies simply to make a profit
Pattern?
The film industry?
Don't you think it's ridiculous to talk about this in this drunken social relationship?
Hong Kong has been occupied by the British for a hundred years, and elitism and money worship, consumerism and hedonism have become the mainstream of society.
It's the same in the film industry.
Many female stars joined the film industry back then, just using this as a springboard, and then marrying into a wealthy family to achieve their ultimate pursuit - class change.
Also, they rely on the influence of stars and have acting skills, but if they don't have appeal, they can't get the top salary!
Back then, Zheng Yijian was born out of thin air and almost squeezed out Andy Lau, but fortunately, Lao Liu won the actor with "Dark War", and most importantly, Zheng Yijian took over the filming of "Dark War 2", compared to "Dark War", he was really beaten...
"In the Name of the People" is on fire, and the two sides of the strait are reporting frantically, Yang Shoucheng, not only Yang Shoucheng, but even Gu Tianluo, an ordinary actor, wants to take advantage of the reputation of Secretary Dakang.
Rakuzai is really not an 'ordinary' actor, in the "Anti-Corruption Storm", "Apostle Walker", and "Anti-Drug" series, a bunch of directors and actors pointed to him to start eating.
He is the President of the Hong Kong Artists Guild...
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Zhong Lifang is the executive CEO of Orange Images, and she is the leader of the entire Chinese film industry... Or the most powerful professional manager in the global film circle.
Her fame has long been resounding throughout Xiangjiang.
Many rumors and stories about Zhong Lifang have evolved into legends.
What, the strange woman who broke into Manhattan, New York alone to fight with the six major companies and successfully won the digital domain;What, the peak of her life chose to leave Pony Bento and join Orange Image, which has not been in business for a long time, and single-handedly made Orange Image into a large group with a market value of 350 billion...
It's as if Lu Xiaoran, the president, is just a tool man...
She came to Hong Kong, of course, to participate in Lao Yang's drinking party...
Lao Yang was going to talk to Secretary Dakang, but he didn't expect Zhong Lifang to come.
Decisively changed the goal of the strategy and chatted with Zhong Lifang...
Zhong Lifang worked in ATV back then, and she is still very familiar with the Hong Kong film industry.
They communicated in Cantonese throughout the whole process, and Lu Xiaoran couldn't understand it, so she simply continued to talk to Wu Gang...
Frankly speaking, "In the Name of the People" has become like this, and Wu Gang didn't expect that he didn't want to take on the role of Li Dakang at the beginning.
The first reason is very simple, we haven't met the city's senior officials, I know people, people don't know me...
The second reason is that filming officialdom is very thankless.
I'm afraid that censorship won't broadcast it - you worked hard to play this role, and then, you can't broadcast it...
After the broadcast of "In the Name of the People", Secretary Dakang became popular...
Lu Xiaoran is really happy, "Latent", "The Wind", he always knew that Wu Gang was a good actor, but the audience didn't know!
By the way, "In the Name of the People" is a hit, and there is another condition - the anger of the masses against Xiao Xianrou has reached its peak.
It is reported everywhere that the total salary of the 40 old actors in "In the Name of the People" is 48 million, and so many people are inferior to a fresh meat'...
There are even a bunch of people who talk about the rhythm of touching fish, saying that 'the salary of small fresh meat has entered the era of 200 million'...
Aren't you?
Which drama has a single actor's salary as high as 200 million?
Lu Xiaoran quoted 500 million yuan for a drama, but it was just an offer, he never accepted TV series!
......
Hotel, Zhong Lifang sat on the sofa, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, discussing the market with Lu Xiaoran...
"The lost mulberry elm in the east, the east is not bright and the west is bright, "In the Name of the People" is on fire, we are not a loss!"
"Moreover, "Master of Memory" has not lost money... The webcast data isn't bad either. ”
"No, I don't understand the current market, do you know that there is only one "Master of Memory" that has a box office of more than 100 million so far this year?"
“... You say to be precise, it should be after the Spring Festival!"
"You know what I mean. ”
Lu Xiaoran nodded...
In fact, the whole circle is nostalgic for 2015, hot money, new movies, new projects, big box office, new records...
It was the best year for the Chinese film market, and it was also the craziest year.
Films that break 500 million can be seen everywhere!
This year's Spring Festival stalls are actually a failure - although the box office has increased by 3% compared to last year, the number of moviegoers has declined!
Especially the failure of "Journey to the West: Fu Demon Chapter" gave a bunch of people a head start!
Seeing that April is coming soon, since the Spring Festival, none of the domestic films have won the single-day box office champion!
A large number of film and television companies have scaled back projects, adjusted their plans, or simply closed down.
Last year, a bunch of bigwigs jumped out to refute the inflection point theory, and this year, there is no way to refute it, the inflection point has really arrived!
"There is actually a difference between a big year and a small year when making a movie, sometimes, you do a good job, and the audience is still not satisfied, then don't be entangled, maybe it's because the schedule is not good, maybe the audience is tired of this genre... I recently studied the script of "Rain of Swords", read a lot of classics, and give you a sentence: gain calmly, lose indifferently, go with the flow, strive for the inevitable!"
Zhong Lifang waved her hand: "Don't tell me these big truths, do you believe it yourself?"
Lu Xiaoran shrugged: "... I don't believe it, I don't believe half a word, I think the reason why domestic movies are sluggish is mainly because there have been no good works for two consecutive months, and finally a good work has been released, and the audience is not very willing to believe it!"
"You take a look at what is on the show, "Crazy Yue Pry Beauty", "Saucer Fairy Strange Tale 2", "Horror Embroidered Shoes"... Is this for people to see?"
"If I were a Chinese audience, I wouldn't believe that Chinese films could have good works!"
"There is a lack of a phenomenal work now, invigorate the market, and rebuild the audience's confidence in domestic films!"
After a pause, Lu Xiaoran then asked, "How is our market value?"
"It's okay, the main thing is that you have a lot of cash in your hand, and you're wondering what you're going to do..."
"Did Wanda give me any feedback?"
“... Not yet, but there is no rival in the market that can compete with us..."
"Then it's okay, don't think so much, are you okay?"
Lu Xiaoran is going to chase away customers...
Lonely men and widows, Lu Xiaoran looks so handsome, who knows if Sister Zhong has any ideas...
"What's wrong, you want to get me away?"
“... No, I have to wake up early tomorrow..."
"Alright, I'm back to my room... By the way, how are you doing?"
Lu Xiaoran glanced at her inexplicably: "I'm in good health!"
“... Really?" Zhong Lifang stared at his lower body meaningfully, opened the door and walked out...
Lu Xuran pondered the look in her eyes when she was leaving, and then her face changed, and she called Tangtang...
Really...
Rumors of Lu Xiaoran's weak health have spread all over Tangtang's circle of girlfriends...