The uproar over the acquisition of Xiangjiang ended in a thousand years before the Spring Festival at the end of the century. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Lin Mu is not in a hurry to return to the United States, he has to stay with his parents to spend the Spring Festival. During this period, Wireless officially announced the appointment of Run Run Shaw as the honorary chairman of Zhao. Outside comments have speculated that Lin Mu's intention is to stabilize people's hearts. Next, there may be a big overhaul of wireless.

And Lin Mu's next move also verified the media's prediction. Following the relaxation of the constraints on artists in the contract, a new contract model replaces the original "deed of sale" contract model, giving artists more freedom of choice while fully respecting the artist's personal development.

On the surface, the new artist contract system launched by TVB may seem to cause the loss of vested interests of the contracting company in the short term, but in the long run, it will tie the artist's personal development to the long-term development of the company. As soon as this initiative of wireless was introduced, it caused an uproar in the entertainment industry. Almost all artists welcomed this new contract model, but most entertainment companies had a big objection to the move, and even the head of the entertainment company came forward to accuse Wireless of undermining the stable order of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

For the protest raised by the management of some entertainment companies, the senior management of wireless did not make any response, and Lin Mu, who pushed wireless to the cusp, basically ignored the opposition voices, he knew that the main body of the entertainment company's operation is the artist, as long as the artists can accept such a contract, then the voice of the management is almost negligible. In the entertainment industry, although there are some strong agents who can override the artists, many agents play the role of only an agent in the entertainment industry.

In fact, Lin Mu launched such a contract more from the perspective of win-win cooperation, and the contract signed between the entertainment company and the artist at this stage does not form an effective incentive for the long-term development of the artist. In this mode of cooperation, there are disputes between artists and the signing company because of interest issues, and it is common to see the news of a certain artist fighting a war of words with the performing arts company in the newspaper in the newspaper, and job hopping and contract termination also occur from time to time, and the result of the fight is often that both parties do not get benefits.

Despite the rise of internal and external opposition. But the "new covenant system for artists" implemented by TVB. The pace has not been slowed down for half a minute, and the personnel changes at the top of the wireless have given everyone a clear signal that Lin Mu is determined to challenge the existing pattern of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry this time. It is not only the journal that has just been included in the command as a test field. Yazhou Fan Records also carried out contract and contract reforms at the same time. Both of these companies are important companies in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and the joint implementation of the new contract system has caused a great shock in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Under the call of some entertainment industry bigwigs, more than sixty percent of the entertainment companies in Hong Kong have united to collectively exert pressure on TVB, they see that TVB has just undergone personnel adjustments, and the internal stability is not completely stable, so they want to use industry pressure to block the "new artist contract system" proposed by Lin Mu. But Lin Mu didn't buy it at first, and the situation between the two sides was very tense for a while.

In order to avoid the conflict from escalating, several established entertainment companies had to intervene because Shaw Brothers had remained neutral in the fight. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of persuading Lin Mu also fell on the respected "Sixth Uncle".

"Chairman Lin really doesn't plan to back down?" Run Run Shaw personally visited the woods. Although he knew that this lobbyist was not good, he still came hard, Lin Mu is not a person in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, so Run Run Shaw's reputation is not easy for him to use. But in the acquisition of wireless, Run Run Shaw gave Lin Mu a lot of help, and later helped him stabilize people's hearts, and Lin Mu's favor was really owed.

"Now that all the executives of Wireless are looking at me, contract reform is imperative, do you think I still have to retreat?. Lin Mu's tone was very polite, for Run Run Shaw, an elder who was many years old. Lin Mu still had some respect in his heart.

"I have to admit that the short-term cooperation of interests and the long-term conflict of interest between artists and entertainment companies have always been a hard flaw in the employment system of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. This pattern of interests has become an unwritten rule in the entertainment industry of Hong Kong, and it is not easy for Chairman Lin to break this pattern of interests now? "Older people are slow to speak, but it also has the advantage that every word they say is carefully considered. Don't look at Shaw's slow speech, but in a word. The crux of the conflict is revealed.

"The rules in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry are useless to me! Lin Mu shook his head.

"Viacom's foothold in Xiangjiang is not stable, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, doesn't Chairman Lin understand this truth?" Run Run Shaw asked slowly.

Did Shaw Brothers use this reason to suppress the newly established Golden Harvest? Lin Mu interviewed very unceremoniously, which made Run Run Shaw a little unable to get off the stage. "I think about what the movies produced by Shaw Brothers were back then. But was defeated by a small Golden Harvest, didn't Mr. Shao reflect on the reason for the failure of Shaw Brothers? ”

"I don't know what Chairman Lin thinks?" Run Run Shaw was not angry either, and it was his age. has long been honored and disgraced, how can he care about Lin Mu's other profound irony.

"Wen Huai was your right-hand man back then, but why did he leave the Shaw Brothers in the end. Self-created Golden Harvest? Lin Mu asked quietly. Wen Huai was widely known during the Shaw Brothers period, and two of the most successful were assisting Run Run Shaw in purchasing a large area of open space in Clear Water Bay to set up a sound studio and poaching director Zhang Che. The former made Shaw Brothers the largest studio in Hong Kong, which could shoot multiple films at the same time, and the annual output also reached many films; The latter opened the "new school of martial arts." , the box office of the film has also begun to keep up with the fierce Hong Kong dollars.

"He wanted an "independent producer" I didn't agree, and then he left! Shaw said with a wry smile, this is obviously not a very good memory for him, Shaw Brothers basically implements a vertically integrated business model, and Shaw is also used to doing his own business. Therefore, when the independent producer system gradually became popular in Hollywood in the late sixties, Zou Wenhuai and Zhou Duwen also jointly proposed "dividends." The differences between Run Shaw and Wen Huai also grew. Subsequently, the general manager Zhou Duwen resigned and left, and Run Run Shaw hired Ling Sicong to succeed him as general manager, and then hired Ms. Fang Yihua to be in charge of "procurement." But in fact, Fang Yihua is gradually taking over Wenhuai's work, which also invisibly promotes Xi Wenhuai's "departure".

"Golden Harvest's success seems to be due to the discovery of superstars such as Bruce Lee and Cheng Long. But what really determines the success of Golden Harvest is the "independent production system!" "At that time, the first day standard of the production of many independent small companies was Golden Harvest, and they had to be transferred to other theaters until they could not be ranked on the Golden Harvest line; In turn, many big-name stars can fully display their talents under Golden Harvest's independent producer system and gradually form their own styles. Xu Guanwen's satirical action comedy, Jackie Chan's thrilling and humorous fights, Sammo Hung's kung fu, comedy, and ghost hybrid films have all become their blockbusters. At the same time, in Golden Harvest, they can all become all-rounders who integrate, write, direct, and act, and Sammo Hung also has his own Baohe. Jackie Chan also has his own Weihe. In Lin Mu's view, the success of Jiahe still comes from the innovation of the system

Shaw knew that Lin Muti "had an independent production system. "It is to want and now he proposes the "New Covenant System for Artists." Make comparisons. The only difference is that the former is an important factor that contributed to Jiahe's domination of the Xiangjiang film industry in the Tian era, and the latter is the most important move in the layout of Xiangjiang. Run Run Shaw himself came to be a lobbyist, and he hadn't convinced Lin Mu yet, but he was persuaded by Lin Mu first.

Lin Mu originally did not intend to back down, but Run Run Shaw finally advised him to "take a step back, the sea and the sky, considering that his current foothold in Xiangjiang is not stable, Lin Mu finally adopted Shaw's suggestion of "retreating as advance", and finally under the intervention of veteran entertainment companies such as Shaw Brothers, both sides of the dispute took a step back. The united entertainment companies acknowledged Wireless' contract model, but Wireless was also forced to promise not to poach people from other entertainment companies for two years.

On the surface, the united Xiangjiang Entertainment Company successfully suppressed Lin Mu in this confrontation. But two years later, whether Xiangjiang's entertainment company still has the strength to compete with Lin Mu, everyone has no idea in their hearts.

Although Lin Mu seems to have taken a step back this time, the new contract has been welcomed and supported by the vast majority of artists in Xiangjiang, and Lin Mu has an advantage in terms of people's gains and losses. 2 years of time can not restrain the development of wireless at all, on the contrary, it will make the two old and new contract systems appear a catty, obvious comparison, when the time comes, the facts will prove everything. So after this strife is over. The most important thing for Hong Kong's entertainment companies to consider is to come up with a responsive reform plan as soon as possible to avoid the problem of brain drain that they will face in the future.

This round of conflict of interests in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry settled in the sound of firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve. In the past, in the United States, the Spring Festival was only a traditional festival among the Chinese, so it was difficult to feel the festive atmosphere, but in Xiangjiang, the lively Chinese New Year's Eve finally made Lin Mu regain the feeling of going home for the New Year.

The use of computer features in "Storm and Clouds" has led to the highest peak in the history of Hong Kong films, and the film intends to reproduce the glory of martial arts films. After the hit in Xiangjiang, this type of comic book adaptation film that uses popular media forms, combined with the serialization characteristics and visual requirements of comic strips, seems to have pointed out the direction for Xiangjiang's martial arts films, and the subsequent filming of "Hua Heroes" and "The Battle of the Forbidden Number" have obvious traces of imitation of this film. However, Golden Harvest Film Company, which has just been acquired by Xushan Fund, is not in a hurry to join this trend of shooting special effects martial arts movies, and the integration within the company has not completely ended after the acquisition.

The development of the comic industry in Hong Kong is not mature. Comic book adaptations can be a temporary success, but they can't get more long-term support. In Lin Mu's memory, after these films, Xiangjiang Films fell into silence for many years. However, this hot topic in the Xiangjiang media reminded Lin Mu of another thing.

Following the normal trajectory of history, Disney will buy Marvel Comics in the United States after the old year, which has led to a famous copyright dispute, before Sony Columbia owned the rights to "Spider-Man", Fox owned the rights to "Fantastic Four" and "Men", and Paramount and Universal owned some of the distribution rights to the film.

But Disney didn't get the full rights to most of Marvel Comics' superheroes, and a new copyright notice became a new variable in the acquisition, and Jack Kirby's family issued dozens of termination notices through the media to Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and other companies that had used these comic book characters. Jack Kirby is a famous comic book artist, and his "Men-Men", "Fantastic Four", "Thor" and "Hulk" are the treasures of Marvel Comics.

The copyright dispute took place in the weeks after the successful acquisition of the Disney Company and Marvel, and the key to the copyright battle was whether Kirby's comic book series was sold to Marvel as an independent author or as an employee of Marvel. Thinking of this incident, did it mean that Lin Mu had the idea of acquiring Marvel Comics in advance? It was only from this that he thought of the development of Hollywood comic book adaptations, in which Marvel Comics played an important role.

Since Warner Bros.'s "Batrainbow: Batman and Robin" smashed the pot, adapting comic book hero movies has been a "taboo" topic in Hollywood for a long time, and in Lin Mu's memory, it was not until Force Century Fox bravely put "Men of Men" on the screen at the end of the century. Sony took advantage of the collective insecurity of Americans and the "savior" plot after the "Er" time, and successfully launched the satellite "Spider-Man", and the "superhero" became a heartthrob on the screen again.

At this time, in addition to the copyright of "Men" has been bought by Blade Century Fox, and the copyright of "Hulk" has also been bought out by DreamWorks, many comics such as "Spider Girl", "Iron Man", "Fantastic Four" and other comics are still waiting to be married at this time, which gave Lin Mu the idea of long-term cooperation with Marvel Comics.