Chapter 222 - Diversification (Part 1)

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated, at least in a few years, you won't have a problem with Yongsheng. And now that I hear me say this, presumably Brother Qiang, when you go back, there will be certain arrangements, so that you will not be caught off guard, but just a little troublesome. Li Mingbao smoked a cigar and said unhurriedly.

In fact, the Yongsheng exhibition in history was originally up in nothing, there were no actors, Yongsheng went to dig up the actors, there was no crew, Yongsheng went to dig the crew, and in the end, after Xiang Huaqiang saw that these things were there, there was still a trouble, that is, the theater, and finally Yongsheng also invested money into the theater. Therefore, Yongsheng's exhibition history is actually equivalent to what is lacking and what to buy, and the inferences that Li Mingbao said can bring trouble to Yongsheng, but they cannot make Yongsheng retreat.

"It's a little troublesome, I'm afraid it's only Li Sheng, and you will think it's just a little troublesome. After all, this matter has nothing to do with you Li Sheng, and it will not lose a dime of your Li Sheng. But for us at Yongsheng, these problems are all life-threatening things. If one is not handled well, maybe we will only have to rely on the theater to eat in the future after Yongsheng. Xiang Huaqiang complained.

"Instead of complaining about these problems, Brother Qiang, you might as well listen to my plan first, anyway, the situation is like this now, and it's useless for you to complain. If my plan really succeeds, at least you Yongsheng want to make a movie or something, and you won't run into any other trouble. Li Mingbao still had a look of being baited.

"Then you can talk about it, anyway, our Yongsheng is now on the thief ship, and if you don't leave, you have to go."

"In fact, the Hong Kong film industry, not only the film industry, but also the television industry, has not achieved the best efficiency in the use of actors. Especially under Uncle Six, the actor is just an ordinary employee, and his status is not very high.

But in fact, the status of actors in this circle should actually be higher. After all, as the only character who meets the audience, their status should not be like this. Ordinary audiences don't care how much money you have invested in this movie, nor how many masters you have behind the scenes, what they really value is actually the performance of the actors, or rather, the actors, as for other characters who have not appeared, a name alone cannot arouse the thoughts of many people.

Hollywood has done a good job of this. On their side, the status of actors has been greatly improved, and the bosses are also willing to let their actors come out to see the market, for what? It's not just for profit. You must know that the famous actors over there make money not only by making movies.

Including some interviews, as well as advertising, shooting short films, and even catwalks, being a host, and being a brand spokesperson. As long as the project can make money, the actors will not let it go. But in Hong Kong, actors rarely have such experiences and opportunities, at least in Shaw Brothers, they don't have much advantage over other industries.

Why is that? Isn't it because Uncle Sixth wants to save costs, even actors are paid the same salary? But Uncle Sixth doesn't understand a truth, actors are obviously different from other people in the industry, other people in the industry will not show their faces, and they will not let the audience see their faces, but actors are indispensable characters in every movie, can a movie without actors be called a movie? This is certainly not going to work.

And the old concept of Uncle Six is actually not very suitable for the exhibition of modern films. At least, many actors can earn money, whether it is the sixth uncle or Zou Wenhuai, they have no intention of earning it. It's like letting an actor shoot an advertisement or something, it doesn't take much time, but the money earned is not small, and it's the same to be the spokesperson of a certain brand, but these six uncles have not considered it, and they still hold the old concept, so if this continues, the diversification of the entire industry has become a joke. Li Mingbao told Xiang Huaqiang his thoughts eloquently.

But obviously, Xiang Hua is now strong, and he and Sixth Uncle are actually the same concept: "Li Sheng, these things you said are indeed not uncommon in Hollywood, but in Hong Kong, these diversified things you mentioned may not be popular."

Let's talk about advertising, although there are many companies that advertise now, they may not need a star to come, it costs a lot of money, what is the effect, others can't see it, and what kind of brand can be made? How do those actors do the brand, this is a big problem.

Although I haven't been in Hollywood, I also know that even on the Hollywood side, there is no specific rule for doing these things, and Li Sheng, this new project you want to do is not very sound even in Hollywood, so why do you think that there will be a market for these things in Hong Kong?

Also, doing this diversified business may be good for Li Sheng, but for us Yongsheng, what good can it be? At least there's not a single thing in what I'm hearing you say about the benefits of our Forever Victory. ”

"The benefits are in the back, Brother Qiang, can you listen to me patiently first? I think it's a huge waste to manage actor resources like now. So I think it's necessary to set up an agency and then sign these actors into this agency.

At that time, whether it is for them to take the contract of the surrounding area or the contract of the movie, it is very convenient, as long as the agency company can take the lead, then the agent company will be able to operate, and those actors will make more money. Isn't this a situation where you're good, I'm good, and everyone is good? Li Mingbao said with a smile.

"Brokerage firms? This thing already exists in Hong Kong, so why bother to build a company? I think Li Sheng, you are a drunkard, you don't mean to drink, I used to think that actor resources were wasted in the hands of the sixth uncle, but now that you are intervening like this, won't the actor resources be in your hands? At that time, I don't have to look at the faces of the sixth uncle, but don't I also have to look at your faces? Xiang Huaqiang said angrily.

"No, I think Brother Qiang, you misunderstood. I don't have the mind to be an actor, and doing this is actually good for everyone. After signing the actor into the economic company, it will be much easier for the actors to communicate, as long as everyone's contract is in the economic company, even if Chen Long and Zhou Yan act together in the future, it will not be a problem.

What's more, this can also expand everyone's financial path. The broker company I'm talking about is not just a façade, and if that's the case, I don't need to get involved in such things. The agency company I am talking about is a company that packages actors in all directions.

For example, an actor like Zhou Yan, who is very famous in Hong Kong and East Asia, can have any oil and water just with rough management like Shaw Brothers? The big deal is that it's only on the movie, which can be raked. But if it is in a brokerage company, then we can not only help Zhou Yan grasp the scale in the movie, but also use the name of the company to expand Zhou Yan's peripherals, such as shooting advertisements, making endorsements, and then attending cocktail parties, and doing all-round packaging.

In this way, the value of the actor can be completely released, not just the income of the movie. If the actor makes money, the economic company can also make money. One more way out is one more layoff.

Even if no one in Hong Kong is willing to ask actors to shoot commercials for them as endorsements or something, it doesn't mean that other places don't have such demand. As long as the actors in Hong Kong are well-known in that place, it is not a problem to expand their financial resources. A complete team of brokers will definitely be able to maximize the value. And as long as it is an actor whose contract is in the agency company, they shoot a movie, and they will not give up an originally lucrative contract because of the battle between the companies. After all, the brokerage company appeared to make money, not to gamble, I say this, Brother Qiang, do you understand? Li Mingbao looked at Xiang Huaqiang with bright eyes, and said the complete plan in his mind.

It's not that there are no brokers in Hong Kong now, but brokers in Hong Kong are obviously not so qualified. Even in Hollywood now, agents may not be so thoughtful. Compared with thirty years later, the actual role of the current agent is actually a nanny, and sometimes even a nanny is not even counted.

Take the so-called agent on the wireless side, no matter how big-name the star is, on the wireless side, most of the agents represent the interests of the sixth uncle, rather than a compromise between the actor and the company, and the agent pits his own actors, which is simply the norm.

In this regard, when Li Lianjie's guy came to Hong Kong, he suffered a bad loss, and finally had to go to the United States, and he did not exhibit in Hong Kong for several years. To put it bluntly, the most fundamental reason for so many problems is that his agent does not represent his own interests at all, but is trying to trick him. As long as it is a slightly better broker, it will not cause such trouble.

To say that in Hong Kong now, the most proficient agents are not actually on the movie actors, but on those singers, the stage needed for concerts, and then contact behind the scenes of makeup, the origin of their songs, and all kinds of troublesome things, it is difficult to accomplish so many things by the singers themselves, so the singers in Hong Kong, their agents can be said to be the most qualified agents in Hong Kong now.

But even those agents, in Li Mingbao's mind, are still unqualified, the limitations of the times, so that the broker industry is not so popular in Hong Kong now, even those agents of singers, many times are just part-time jobs, playing a certain role, but in terms of expanding their wealth, they don't have any good skills.

After all, the agent industry, when it really showed up, was in the nineties, at least now, even Hollywood is groping, speaking of ideas, where can Li Mingbao, a person with a more realistic vision, have so many ideas, so thoroughly? The agents of later generations should be said to be the agent team, and the affairs they need to deal with are definitely not something that those simple agents can handle now, from the image of their own actors to the eating, drinking, and Lazar, basically they have taken care of it. Where do today's brokers have that ability?

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