April 1985, Humen Town, Dongguan. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā

This ancient town is famous in modern Chinese history, and is famous in modern history for the smoke of gunfire in Humen and the First Opium War. In terms of historical and cultural heritage, although it cannot be compared with the capital, it is definitely much stronger than Hengdian.

You must know that the later development of Hengdian Film and Television City was to restore the scenes of the first opium battlefield, such as the smoke of Humen, and invested tens of millions of yuan to create a man-made historical landscape. Later, those man-made landscapes were retained and continued to be used for film and television production, and gradually there was a greater development, not only the Qing Dynasty-themed scenes during the First Opium War, but also the retro buildings and palaces of the Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties, and the Republic of China. Gradually, Hengdian has developed into a super-large film and television base that can provide one-stop services, and you can come in with the script, but go out with the finished film works.

The foundation of Hengdian is even worse, it can start from the end of the 90s, and it took less than ten years to become the largest film and television base in China. With the expansion of the market scale of China's film and television industry, Hengdian even has a huge influence in the world. First-class small station start

The conditions in Dongguan are obviously much better than in Hengdian, first of all, the cost of land in the 80s was cheaper than in the 90s. In addition, in the early development of Hengdian, it was almost upside down to attract the crew to film. With more and more influential works coming out, Hengdian is not worried about not having a crew.

Humen Town is quite close to Hong Kong, and with the capital of the new entrepreneurship department, it invested in several movies and asked the crew to film in Humen. Once born and twice matured, pull more crews to film, and it won't be long before the crew takes the initiative to learn from the experience and film. Therefore, as long as Lin Qi has the intention to deploy like this, there is no obstacle at all to build a film and television city like Hengdian in advance.

In later generations, Dongguan was a rare industrial town dominated by manufacturing in China, and most of its GDP was composed of manufacturing. Humen is also dominated by manufacturing, with at least more than 20 billion of the 40 billion GDP in manufacturing.

However, the current Humen Town is a development route, but it is dominated by film and television cultural industries, supplemented by tourism services. Funded by Lin Qi, and Dongguan invested in the construction of an unprecedented large-scale film and television town in Humen Town.

The area of the town is 30 square kilometers, and nearly one-sixth of the area of Humen Town is planned to be in the film and television city.

It's not that Humen Town only develops film and television culture and tourism industries, and no longer develops manufacturing. In fact, most of the land occupied by the film and television city is uneven mountainous land, if you take the industrial route, many mountains will have to be bulldozed, and the development of the film and television industry will require diverse scenery and will not forcibly destroy the ecology. What's more, these lands only account for one-sixth of Humen.

The remaining five-sixths of the land, most of which is flat, does not affect industrial development at all if anyone is willing to invest.

It's just that Lin Qi has money and he wants to invest in the film and television industry, if Dongguan doesn't want it, then he is not reluctant, that place wants a film and television city, Lin Qi can change places at any time to land the project.

Officials in Dongguan and Humen are certainly not stupid, as long as Lin Qi's project can settle in the local area, GDP growth will follow.

At present, the performance evaluation of the southern coastal areas of China has become more and more like the 90s when GDP growth was the focus. If they can show their skills in economic governance, they are basically making steady progress! Therefore, regardless of whether it is a special zone or not, local governments are holding back their efforts to create a beautiful GDP!

"We should rely on the beautiful natural scenery and 5,000 years of Chinese history and cultural heritage to create a theme town that condenses the architectural styles and history of the Chinese dynasties. Lin Qi pointed to the scenery of some forests, mountains, rivers and valleys in Humen Town, and said, "To develop a film and television base, Humen has a greater advantage than Hong Kong! At least, our land in Humen is cheaper than Hong Kong's!"

The officials present smiled one after another and said: "We really have nothing else here, people are poor, and land is worthless! When we come to Mr. Lin, it has become a competitive advantage!"

"Yes!" Lin Qi said seriously, "The cost of land in Hong Kong determines the pattern of its film and television industry, which is greatly restricted. The current prosperity of Hong Kong's film industry is completely based on the old roots. As the cost of land in Hong Kong becomes more and more expensive, finance and real estate have become the main sources of interests in Hong Kong, and the market size and income of the film and television industry make it impossible to buy a larger scale of land in Hong Kong for the development of infrastructure for the film and television industry. In the future, as land prices in Hong Kong become more expensive, some companies that lease land to operate studios, such as Golden Harvest, will not have the money to renew their leases when their leases expire. In the 60s, Shaw Brothers encircled some land for filming, and only Shaw Brothers could shoot costumes and historical dramas in Hong Kong. However, the land area is too small, so it is impossible for the Shaw Brothers to shoot a large-scale historical drama on the set! The infrastructure does not support the Hong Kong film industry, and it is developing towards a larger pattern!"

The filming sets in Hong Kong were mainly developed in the sixties and seventies. Later, due to the rise in real estate prices in Hong Kong, the film and television cultural industry permanently lost the opportunity to create a larger-scale film and television shooting base.

Shooting works with modern themes, perhaps, can still make use of the real scenery of Hong Kong city. However, most of the ancient dramas were filmed in small indoor spaces and small and undecent venues, simulating ancient streets and markets.

This kind of humble environment has caused Hong Kong films to shoot ancient film and television works, and the palace where the emperor lived is much simpler than the mansion of the ancient landlord Lao Cai, because the pattern is too small, it naturally limits the play.

As for filming in China and around the world, this is not suitable for the fast-paced and efficient Hong Kong films. Most Hong Kong films have completed the production of the film to the release in two or three months, and the market feedback or something, you can quickly see the results. In terms of commercialization, Hong Kong films are very close to Hollywood, and even, from investment to results, the feedback speed is faster than that of Hollywood films.

Hollywood movies take at least more than a year from inspiration to investment and production to listing and distribution. For some blockbusters released in the global market, it takes several years to report their results. Investors and producers are gradually adjusting their themes and creative ideas based on the continuous market feedback, so as to make it more market-oriented and mainstream.

Hong Kong is fast-paced, and the feedback speed is faster. However, because the pattern in all aspects is too small, even at its peak, the total global box office scale of Hong Kong films did not exceed 400 million US dollars.

Of course, this is a historical Hong Kong film, and the current Hong Kong film pattern is a little bigger, because there are new start-up film and television companies that invest in live-action film and television works. And Felix Animation makes animated blockbusters. The new startup department has grossed more than $500 million worldwide in one year. Together with other Hong Kong film and television production companies of more than 100 sizes, it can harvest at least another $200 million in global box office. In other words, the box office income of Hong Kong films in 85 years should be much higher than that of Hong Kong films in the glory days of later generations.

Of course, the embarrassing thing is that if Felix Animation's works are counted, one animated film can surpass the results of all live-action films in the entire Hong Kong film industry.

Therefore, even though Hong Kong films are much more awesome than in history, almost all of them are earned by new entrepreneurs, and they have little to do with other companies.

can consider the industry in the longer term, and it is estimated that Lin Qi is alone. Hong Kong films later declined, in the final analysis, because of a lack of long-term planning. Everyone can make money by taking advantage of the boom, and they all want to make more.

However, it is important to invest in the long term, such as computer special effects technology, high-definition cameras, next-generation digital cinema projection equipment, and more advanced film and television production bases......

Even after the industrial decline in Hong Kong, many factory owners did not suffer losses, because the smart factory owners had already transferred their manufacturing operations to China and enjoyed the domestic low-cost dividend, and the original headquarters in Hong Kong also had the convenience of financing and import and export liquidation.

However, many people in the Hong Kong film and television industry did not find out until the Hong Kong film industry was completely dead...... Nima's, is it really dead?! I thought it was a low tide in the short term, and after passing the low tide, I could recover my vitality.

In fact, the development of Hong Kong films depends on the special background of the times, and only Hong Kong films are the most successful in the entire Chinese-language commercial films. The best way for Chinese film and television talents to get some achievements is to develop in Hong Kong.

Later, the Chinese mainland market rose, and if you want to develop in the film and television industry, the mainland market with a larger pattern, why develop in the Hong Kong market, which has a relatively small innate pattern?

At the end of the day, Hong Kong is just a city. After the development of the domestic market, the box office of a city in big cities such as Shanghai and Beijing is similar to that of Hong Kong.

What's more, there are still thousands of cities in China that can be developed, and the population of each city, in terms of the world, is usually not a small city. With the development of cities and the per capita consumption level increasing year by year, many cities and towns that originally had no development value also have huge commercial development value.

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Lin Qi's initial budget for investing in Humen Film and Television Base was not too high, with only 200 million yuan as start-up capital.

The development of Humen Film and Television Base is to adopt a model of investing in filming and building at the same time.

The filming is naturally "Opium War", this drama is either not filmed, and it will definitely be a blockbuster.

In terms of director candidates, Lin Qi is not only preparing to nominate Xie Jin as the assistant director, but also preparing to let Li Hanxiang play the director.

Li Hanxiang is a great director in the Hong Kong film industry for decades, and in the fifties and sixties, he was a gold medal director in the film industry, specializing in history, costumes, and kung fu movies. Whether it is winning awards or selling out, it is a good show.

Of course, since the 70s, Li Hanxiang is a bit old-fashioned, regarded as an outdated director, and has to make Fengyue films for the sake of the box office.

However, in recent years, Li Hanxiang has accumulated a lot of money and filmed "The Biography of Cixi" again, and the whole series is divided into five parts: "Burning the Old Summer Palace", "Listening to the Government with a Curtain", "Tongzhi Zhongxing", "Reform of the Law", and "Eight-Nation Alliance". "Burning the Old Summer Palace" is not only applauded, but also sold 15 million box office in Hong Kong, and it is a sensation in Chinese mainland, and the whole of China knows the big star Liu Xiaoqing.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Qi feels that Li Hanxiang is a very suitable director candidate, and the theme of historical dramas is Li Hanxiang's forte. Director Xie Jin was the director of "Opium War" in the 90s, with an investment of 15 million US dollars, which was a sky-high blockbuster in China at the end of the 90s. Of course, although "Opium War" is an epic blockbuster, it is limited to the level of the domestic film box office market at that time, and the global box office size adds up to 10 million US dollars.

Compared with the sensational effect of the movie, Li Hanxiang's "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is not inferior to "The Opium War", and in terms of money-making effect, "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" crushes "The Opium War".

In terms of the level of the two directors, they are both good. However, Li Hanxiang is still better, because, on the basis of controlling the heavy theme of historical dramas, he still takes into account the commercial market and knows what the audience wants to watch.

And Xie Jin lacks the edification of commercial films, so the level of "Opium War" is good, but it lacks some commercial selling points.

After Lin Qi found Li Hanxiang, Li Hanxiang quickly agreed. Because, the two historical blockbusters "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Politics of the Curtain" are both better and profitable, and have contributed a lot of money to Li Hanxiang's new Kunlun Film Co., Ltd. However, the actors who participated in the film were soon banned by Taiwan.

This is because Taiwan still continues to adopt a cold war with the mainland in this era, and makes full use of the Taiwan market as a bargaining chip to let Hong Kong's cultural industry stand in line. As long as it cooperates with the mainland, Taiwan will be blocked.

Even if the third-rate actors and directors are concerned, the officials in Taiwan are not idle, studying whether every Hong Kong film is co-produced with the mainland. However, "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics with a Curtain" are too popular! Therefore, the Taiwan side will ban the film according to the cast list, unless the actor apologizes and admits his mistake, writes a letter of guarantee, and will never cooperate with the mainland.

Liu Xiaoqing doesn't care, because her mainlanders, moreover, don't take a share, only get a small fixed salary, so it has nothing to do with her whether Taiwan is blocked or not.

Li Hanxiang is well-connected, and if he looks around, he can also lift the ban on his distribution in the Taiwan market.

The first to bear the brunt was actor Leung Ka-fai, and the Taiwan side hinted that he apologized and wrote a guarantee. However, Liang Jiahui had a strong temper and very spinefully rejected the Taiwan side's wooing. So, naturally, it was on the blacklist of the Taiwan market, and the film with Leung Jiahui participating in it should not be expected to be released in Taiwan.

As a result, the entire Hong Kong film and television industry regards Leung Ka-fai as a poisonous weed. In order not to offend Taiwan, no one is willing to invest in Leung Ka-fai's films.

In fact, it is not only Taiwan in this era, but also using the market as a bargaining chip and even directly blocking Hong Kong's first-line stars.

Most of the actors, none of them dared to say no!

And Liang Jiahui is one of the few people who dare to say no to Taiwan, so Lin Qi admires his man.

The new film "Opium War" specifies that Liang Jiahui will star, and the film budget is 100 million, and Liang Jiahui will give 10 million salary, breaking the record of Chinese stars!

Lin Qi also used facts to prove that he cared about the big market in Taiwan!

You must know that the game consoles of new start-up electronics companies have also been banned.

However, it is not a secret that a bunch of Taiwanese took the opportunity of tourism to Hong Kong to buy Pangu consoles and games. Every year, Taiwanese passengers move consoles and games from Hong Kong to Taiwan, worth no less than HK$500 million!

Therefore, awesome entertainment works can't be banned!