Chapter 34: A Future with More Potential
Tang Xiaofei is a newcomer, and he doesn't know any secrets, so he knows everything in front of Shen Ao.
Star Shadow Entertainment is a young company, less than five years old. The big boss is very mysterious, surnamed Zhu, but he doesn't know his name, and he is rarely seen in the company. Usually the affairs are in charge of the vice president Fang Ying, and it is said that Fang Ying also holds a small number of shares. Star Shadow Entertainment has a very wide and hard relationship, which can be seen from the fact that they got the distribution rights. But after all, because of his youth, when major entertainment companies have carved up most of the market, Xingying can only barely gain a foothold, and it is difficult to develop further in such a position as a "small giant in the magic capital".
There are many stars under Star Shadow Entertainment, but there are few who are more famous than the current Liu Ye, and their main business is music. There are not many film and television works invested, and there are losses and gains, which can be regarded as just opening the door to the film and television industry.
Star Shadow Entertainment is divided into several departments, such as the brokerage department, Tang Xiaofei is one of them, and the most important thing is the artist department. The artist department is naturally inseparable from the economic department, and the stars who sign the star and shadow are all brought by the oldest agent in the economic department. For example, Liu Ye, her agent is Mr. Song Huai, an older generation agent hired by the company. Others, such as the music department, the film department, the television department, etc., are not as heavy as these two departments.
This year, the two low-cost movies invested by Star Shadow Entertainment in cooperation with other companies added up to only 30 million at the box office, not only did not make money, but also lost nearly one million. The only advantage is that there are two stars of the company who play the leading roles, which can be regarded as spending money to increase their qualifications and increase their fame.
When Tang Xiaofei said this, Shen Ao's thoughts spread. The economy, science and technology and entertainment of this world are developing in a deformed way, of course, this is relative to another world, and perhaps the other world is in a deformed way.
Regardless of this, in general, economic and technological development has been several years faster, but entertainment has been much slower. For example, 3D technology has matured, but it has not yet been applied to movies. Because of economic development, local ZF has money, and many places also have subsidies in entertainment such as movie theaters, so the number of screens in the country has exceeded 10,000 this year, but the movies made are still not easy to attract audiences to the cinema, and the number of tens of thousands of screens does not reflect the due box office.
At the same time, Hong Kong, a pioneer of films, was able to be released in the mainland with restrictions early on. Therefore, their movies are not worried about the box office, there is not enough pressure, and naturally there is not enough motivation to study. Therefore, Xiangjiang's classic kung fu films and martial arts films are still old routines, although compared with the 70s, the picture is more beautiful and the action is more beautiful, but the kind of new martial arts films represented by Xu Ke and others, such as "Huang Feihong", have never appeared. Now Xu Ke and others are all bigwigs in the film and television industry in Xiangjiang, making movies is a hobby, and they are more in pursuit of artistry, and their technology is also affected by the development of science and technology.
With the development of science and technology and the exchange of talents, the advantages of Xiangjiang's kung fu films in the early days have long been learned abroad, and they have lost their own characteristics. Therefore, recently, there has been a saying that Xiangjiang is declining, but in general, it is still worry-free to make money, after all, the mainland is such a big market, they only occupy 20% of the share, which is an incomparably huge wealth.
From video tape to DVD, although piracy is rampant in this world, but because of the local wealth in economic development, there is very little local protectionism, in this case, ZF is strict, it is impossible to have a large-scale piracy group, and the quality of piracy is relatively poor, in general, it is still much better than the original world.
The mainland is the same, compared to the excessive number of screens at that time, so that many literary films also have room for profit, so the process of transforming into commercial films is very slow, and it has not yet had an impact on Xiangjiang's market. At present, there is basically no income pressure on Hong Kong, and naturally there is no motivation to improve.
For Shen Ao, the world that unfolded in front of him now was a world that was almost blank for him to fill. The only thing he needs is to improve his directing ability, otherwise even if he carefully pulls many classic movies, if he doesn't have enough directing ability, it will be difficult to copy those movies. Some people may say, Han Han and Guo Jingming didn't study much and became directors too? That's because they all have excellent executive directors to help them achieve the desired picture and rhythm.
But Shen Ao can't do it, he can't replicate a movie with more than ninety percent similarity in important content, and he can't guarantee the success of the movie. He didn't do it himself, and the executive director didn't cross over, how could he do this? It's not that if the similarity is not high, he will definitely not succeed, but he is not a rich second generation, but he doesn't have the family background to take risks, so he can only direct it himself to ensure success as much as possible.
Of course, Shen Ao is just in case, in fact, according to the facts of another world, the box office potential of the mainland is far from being explored. When he thought of the shocking number of screens and box office across the country before the crossing, Shen Ao felt a tingling feeling on his scalp. And the more economically developed this world means that there is a possibility of a more exaggerated future than the other world......
"Brother Shen, it's time to the hotel." Tang Xiaofei's voice interrupted his train of thought.
"Thank you. You go back first, tomorrow at 9 o'clock, I will come to your company. Shen Ao got out of the car with his luggage. Tang Xiaofei is an employee of Star Shadow Entertainment, so he must also have the company seal or department seal of Star Shadow Entertainment, otherwise Tang Xiaofei will have a private job outside of work.
"Okay." Tang Xiaofei didn't get out of the car, said goodbye and left. Picking up people is their duty, and if Shen Ao is sent to the room again, it will not be a low profile but flattery.
The next day, Shen Ao finished practicing his voice and routines as usual, and came to Xingying Entertainment Company in a car without hurry.
Not far from the last time she came, the girl at the front desk still remembered this young man who was valued by Mr. Fang and Liu Ye, smiled and asked what she meant, so she invited Shen Ao to the reception room, and after a while, Tang Xiaofei and the lawyer of Star Shadow Entertainment arrived together.
Because the conditions have been negotiated, Tang Xiaofei has gone through all the processes early, so his matter is quite simple. Jin Jue and the lawyer of Star Shadow Entertainment worked together to determine the details of the contract, and the framework agreement was relatively perfect, but Jin Jue only read it once and picked out 2 faults, and the opposing lawyer admired it greatly, and other than that, nothing special happened. After signing a contract with Tang Xiaofei, Tang Xiaofei officially became Shen Ao's full-time agent, of course, he is usually in Star Shadow Entertainment, and he also works part-time as an acting agent.
As soon as Tang Xiaofei's agent contract was signed, Jin Jue disappeared immediately, and Shen Ao was very suspicious that he was going to see an old classmate or an old lover.
Shen Ao and Tang Xiaofei didn't leave, because soon Liu Ye and her agent came to the reception room.