Chapter 458: Rapid Expansion
The news of Han Jin's wanton recruitment spread quickly, after all, Hong Kong is only a small place, and no news can be hidden for a long time.
Although everyone knows that after he buys the theater, the next step will definitely be to recruit troops, otherwise there will be no enough films to support his theater. But seeing him brandishing banknotes and signing people frantically still made many people feel dizzy.
Because I heard that even Zhou Yan's signing fee has reached 5 million, and even Wang Jing can get 2 million signing money, which makes many filmmakers who think that they are not inferior to them feel very uneasy. They can all get so much money, so if I go, won't I get more?!
The so-called wealth is moving, especially in the entertainment industry, there are more people who love money. For a while, even people from other companies took the initiative to surrender to Yongsheng Entertainment Company.
Han Jin has taken advantage of this to collect a lot of talents, which can almost be compared with the Shaw Brothers in their heyday. Shaw Brothers had the slogan "Shao Shixing is as many as the stars in the sky", and today when you look at Yongsheng Entertainment Company, it seems that it is not far behind.
In terms of small students, the bullish ones include Zhou Yan, Liu Dehua (to be signed), Er Dongsheng, Di Long, Chen Baixiang, Chen You (to be signed), Lin Zhengying (to be signed), Liu Qingyun (to be signed), Wu Qiwei (to be signed), Zhou Xingchi (to be signed), Wu Mengda (to be signed); In terms of actresses, the bullish ones include Zhong Chuhong, Guan Zhilin, Zhao Yazhi, Chen Yulian, Zhou Huimin, Lan Jieyuan (to be signed), Zeng Huaqian (to be signed), Wang Qixian (to be signed), Wu Junru (to be signed), Liu Jialing (to be signed); In terms of directors, the bullish ones include Wang Jing, Liu Zhenwei, Wang Jiawei, Lan Naicai, Guan Jinpeng, Zhang Jianting (to be signed), Zhang Wanyao (to be signed), ......
The people in parentheses who are waiting to sign are all interested in signing, but because there are other contracts in place now. Therefore, it is not possible to sign a contract with Yongsheng Entertainment for the time being.
In addition, there are countless other second-line green leaf veteran actors, as well as cameramen, makeup artists, props masters, martial artists and other behind-the-scenes personnel, which can be regarded as the initial establishment of Yongsheng Entertainment Company.
In terms of company administration, a new number of employees have also been recruited and enriched into various departments. In addition to the original production department, artist department, line department, and public relations department, a new finance department has been set up to manage various capital expenditures. and the Legal Department, which deals with a wide range of legal issues. Provide necessary legal support to the company.
After the newcomers were recruited into the company, the originally empty company was filled, which made Han Jin feel a little uncomfortable when he came in again. Especially when even the receptionist at the front desk has changed, it is no longer Zhou Huimin sitting there. It made him feel like he was in the wrong room.
Zhou Huimin is no longer the front desk of the company. and guest appearance as Han Jin's secretary. Since she decided to participate in the Rookie Singing Contest. Han Jin sent her to Dai Sicong, a well-known vocal music teacher in Hong Kong, and asked her to learn vocal music with Dai Sicong.
Although Dai Sicong was revealed to have a problem with his character in later generations, his ability to teach his disciples to sing is first-class. There are many great apprentices taught by him. Like the queen Wang Fei, Mei Yanfang, the king Li Ming, Lu Fang, Nicholas Tse, etc., have all studied vocal music with him.
Although Zhou Huimin looks pure and moving, and she is a character who comes out of romance novels, her singing voice is only average, not very outstanding. If you want to make a splash in the rookie singing contest with many cattle, you have to go through rigorous training.
Han Jin originally wanted to teach her to sing by himself, but because he was too busy with things, he took up his time just filming every day. Therefore, she had to pay for Dai Sicong to teach her, and Zhou Huimin also knew that this opportunity was rare, so she studied very hard.
I don't know if Dai Sicong deliberately reported good news and not bad news, or Zhou Huimin was really talented, in short, Han Jin heard that she was still learning very well, and it is estimated that she can get a ranking in the rookie singing contest.
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After Han Jin acquired Shaw Brothers Cinemas, the whole company stepped into the fast lane of Xunzhan, and there were new changes almost every day, and new employees joined every day, which made Han Jin feel that his memory was a little insufficient.
After the acquisition of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, the shooting plan of the new film was naturally put on the agenda. Now the Shaw Brothers Cinemas is showing Yongsheng's "Mr. Zombie", in addition to "Modern Cinderella", also known as "The Sky Stealing Project", which is being produced in post-production, and it is expected to be released after "Mr. Zombie".
At present, there are two other movies that are still being produced, one is "Why Have Me" directed and acted by Zheng Zeshi, and the other is "Women's Heart" directed by Guan Jinpeng. There is another drama that is now waiting to be filmed, that is, "Royal Senior Sister" starring Lin Qingxia, who is now busy filming Cheng Long's "Police Story" and receiving Cheng Xiaodong's rather rigorous martial arts training. I heard that Lin Qingxia studied very hard, and her progress was obvious, so Han Jin couldn't help but look forward to her skills.
But even if there are these five movies now, there are still some that are not enough. A cinema chain needs at least 30 films a year to be enough, and with the current production level of Yongsheng Entertainment Company, 30 films will definitely not be made, so you have to ask the outside world for help. Like Debao, Siyuan, Xieli, Good Friends, Darong, Luo Wei, etc., are all objects that Han Jin wants to woo.
In fact, knowing that Han Jin acquired the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, he didn't have to deliberately look for other film companies, naturally some film companies came to the door, crying and shouting to borrow the schedule.
After all, it's not like a few years ago, when there weren't so many Hong Kong film companies, and even the Golden Princess Cinema had to support its own film company to release the film. But now there are seven or eight big production companies in Hong Kong, and there are even more leather bag companies. There are more than 150 movies produced every year, but only 112 movies can be released every year, and some movies are not released after filming, so they can only be piled up in the warehouse and fall into dust.
And among the more than 100 films released here, there are some movies that were forced to go down after only a week or even a day or two, and the current movies don't worry about the source at all. On the contrary, it is true that those film companies have to worry about not having a schedule.
In fact, as long as Han Jin sits in the office, some filmmakers come to shoot him. However, Han Jin opened the theater not only for this low-level fun. He opened a theater to make money, if he can save Hong Kong films by the way, of course, if he can't save it, he can't save it, and Han Jin has nothing to pity for it.
If the theater chain wants to make money, it is indispensable to have high-quality movies first. Too many bad movies can easily affect the credibility of the entire theater chain. At that time, there were no excellent films released in the Golden Princess Cinema Line, and when they were rushed by the fierce films of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the attendance rate became scattered, and it was jokingly called the "glass line" at that time, which made Lei Juekun feel very faceless.
Fortunately, he later supported Xinyicheng and had the high-quality movies produced by this company. The Golden Princess Cinema has become a "Golden Cinema". The forced Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers joined forces to deal with it. Therefore, it can be seen that a good movie is an important part of a cinema chain.
Therefore, more outstanding production companies such as Debao, Siyuan, Darong, Luo Wei, and Mai Dangxiong are all objects that Han Jin wants to win over and unite, and they have their stable dìng for films. Plus Yongsheng's own films. It's hard to think of this theater line.
So he is now planning to continue making new films. On the other hand, they are trying to win over these excellent production companies and seek opportunities to cooperate with them. In addition, he also hopes that he and Golden Harvest will continue to implement the joint screening system, and Yongsheng Entertainment's films can be released at Golden Harvest. Golden Harvest's movies can also be released in Yongsheng, which is more conducive to alleviating the shortage of cinema films. In fact, he wants to bring the new art city in, and when the time comes, the three parties will be together, like a family, and don't fight anymore.
The decline of Hong Kong films is the result of the infighting among Hong Kong filmmakers, only staring at the local box office in Hong Kong. The box office of Hong Kong's local movies is only 600 million Hong Kong dollars, even if you win all the money?!
If all Hong Kong film companies can unite and work together to expand into overseas markets, it is very likely that it will become a veritable "Hollywood of the East" like Hollywood in the United States.
It is true that the eight major Hollywood studios in the United States are competing with each other, but externally, they are very consistent, and almost all films in the United States are handled by these film companies. They are united in their guns, unified and cooperative, and work together to develop the global film market.
In comparison, the major film companies in Hong Kong are fighting their own battles, Golden Harvest will not lend its business channels to Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Brothers will not lend their own business channels to Golden Harvest, such infighting distracts the energy of Hong Kong film companies. After all, it takes time, energy, and a lot of money to open up new markets, and not every film company has capital like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Besides, not every filmmaker has a long-term vision like Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai.
In the 60s, Shaw Brothers collaborated with Japanese studios to make films, hoping to bring Shaw Brothers films into the Japanese market. Zou Wenhuai collaborated with American film companies to make movies in the 70s. Shao Yifu even established cinema chains in the United States, Canada and other places, and Zou Wenhuai even sold Cheng Long's movies to South America......
These are filmmakers with an international vision, who aim big, who are determined to take steps, and who have no regrets even if they encounter occasional setbacks. Golden Harvest's investment in "Weilong Detective" in the 80s, and Shaw Brothers' investment in "Seven Golden Corpses" in the 70s both suffered disastrous failures, but they still did not change their ambitions to expand outward. Golden Harvest eventually invested in "Cannonball Speed" and made a huge profit, while "Blade Runner" invested by Shaw Brothers is also known as a classic of science fiction films.
Han Jin admires the foresight of these two Hong Kong filmmakers, and knows that it is absolutely useless for Hong Kong filmmakers to stick to the box office in China, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. At that time, as long as the wind direction changes, Hong Kong movies will have to be completely finished, so if he can unite with Hong Kong's major film companies and go outside together, it will be a good thing for him, for Hong Kong films, and for Hong Kong filmmakers.
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In terms of Yongsheng Entertainment's new films, Liu Dehua was borrowed by Hong Jingbao to film "Summer Lucky Star" after filming "Mr. Zombie". He is handsome and handsome, and his skills are passable, he is now the watchman among the new students in Hong Kong, Hong Jingbao has actually fallen in love with him a long time ago, but he was taken by Han Jin and took the lead.
He has not finished filming "Summer Lucky Star" yet, but Han Jin has already taken over a new drama for him, which is "Extralegal Affair" by Siyuan Pictures.
Wu Siyuan was the first filmmaker Han Jin came into contact with, and most of his previous collaborations were with Golden Harvest, such as "Serpentine Trickster", "Drunken Fist", "South Fist and North Leg", "Eagle Claw Iron Cloth Shirt", "Seven Million Robbery" and so on, all of which are very blockbusters.
Han Jin also knows that Wu Siyuan is a very discerning talent, he is one of the first Hong Kong filmmakers to return to the mainland to make films, as early as the 90s, he returned to the mainland to shoot "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Green Snake", etc., and is also one of the first people to advocate the cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland filmmakers. Later, he also established a cinema chain in the mainland and became one of the mainland cinema operators, which shows that his love for movies has been throughout his life. (To be continued......)
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