Mid-August.

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has released a research report entitled "Cultural Industries in Hong Kong" to assess the contribution of cultural and creative industries to Hong Kong's economy.

According to the report: [As of March 2002, the cultural industry employed more than 200,000 people, accounting for 8% of the employed population in Hong Kong; In 2001, the total export value of cultural industries reached HK$95 billion, accounting for 95% of Hong Kong's total exports of services. In the same year, the output value of cultural industries was HK$160 billion, accounting for about 10.5% of Hong Kong's GDP. Compared with the UK's cultural industry, which accounts for 4.5%, Hong Kong has become a culturally strong region.

The cultural industry is not only a reflection of its own high value, but also drives Hong Kong's tourism, retail and other fields, and has an impact on the entire Hong Kong economy, no less than trade and finance, becoming one of the three pillars of Hong Kong's economy. 】

As soon as the report was reprinted by the media, the citizens of Hong Kong felt a sense of honor spontaneously, and instantly thought of the media group, a giant 'cultural and technological group'.

Sure enough, the media group then released a semi-annual financial report, pointing out that in the first half of 2002, the media group's turnover reached 23 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the net profit exceeded 6 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the profit will steadily exceed 10 billion Hong Kong dollars during the year.

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For a time, the stock of the media group rose against the market.

"The media group is amazing! In the first half of the year, the game industry made a profit of 850 million Hong Kong dollars, and wouldn't it be necessary to obtain a net profit of more than 1.7 billion Hong Kong dollars for the whole year. ”

"You know what! Hong Kong's game industry is the world's hegemon, and game software is exported to occupy an absolute share. Let me tell you this, there is a "Lineage" in South Korea that is a very powerful online game, earning 24 million US dollars in the whole year; In the first half of the year, two casual online games such as "Adventure Island" and "Bubble Hall" were released, and in the second half of the year, online games such as "Dance Troupe" and "Running Martin" will be released. Produced by the Ninth City, it must be a high-quality product, but it is not a waste of fame, to put it mildly, every online game may earn hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars a year. What's more, there are other PC games, console games. ”

"You've met someone who knows how to do it, you're a fan of the game, right?"

"Nonsense!"

People have been talking about it, and media groups have made efforts from the game industry, entertainment industry, to the Internet and media industries, ushering in a year of skyrocketing.

"The box office of "Kung Fu Panda" in the United States is 200 million US dollars, 45 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and 80 million RMB in the mainland....... I heard that this cartoon was invested and produced by DreamWorks, and I am afraid that it will make 100 million US dollars! ”

"There is no problem with $100 million, and the best thing for the media group is to develop peripheral products, and the revenue brought by this film to the media group is far more than $100 million. How much did "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" earn back then, and "Kung Fu Panda" could earn more than double, because the copyright is still DreamWorks. ”

"Oh my God, Mr. Lin Zuhui is really good at investing, no wonder he doesn't blink his eyes when he buys a yacht of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars."

"Why blink your eyes, the richest man in the world, with a net worth of more than 500 billion Hong Kong dollars, is the combined wealth of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong."

"No, it's the sum of the top 10 richest people? That's not all the money in Hong Kong made for him! ”

"Others make money from abroad, where can Hong Kong support so much wealth."

"That's right, Lin Zuhui is a world businessman, of course, to make the world's money."

With the development of the cultural industry, Hong Kong's economy will usher in a positive growth of more than 3%, and is expected to usher in the 210 billion US dollar mark next year. However, there is still a problem - SAS, which will affect the economy of Hong Kong, so this goal may be achieved in 2004.

Of course, the opening of the Xiangjiang stock market rose from 12,500 points a few days ago.

......

Lin Zuhui took Li Jiaxin and her two sons to the Panda Pavilion in Ocean Park.

I saw that it was crowded with people, and there was a large kung fu panda erected at the door, which was extremely eye-catching, and also attracted people to take pictures with their cameras.

Ocean Park's two pandas, An An and Jia Jia, were gifted in 1999 and have always been favourites of Hong Kong residents, and they have had a very good life.

Lin Zuhui knows that one of the pandas in Xiangjiang lived to be 35 years old, which is equivalent to 105 years old for humans. It can be seen that Xiangjiang is still taking care of it.

On the contrary, in the previous life, the American Lao Ke did not take the Chinese pandas seriously, and it is said that due to the interference of some political factors, the United States was uneasy and kind, and starved the two pandas to the point that they became 'cats and bears'.

"Baba, look at Kung Fu Panda!" He and Li Jiaxin's youngest son excitedly pointed to the kung fu panda shape and said.

Lin Zuhui nodded with a smile, feeling a little in his heart that when the cultural industry brought him high profits, it also brought honor and pride.

This investment in "Kung Fu Panda" not only made a lot of money, but also gained honors, which is very worthwhile.

"Lin Sheng, you really win glory for Hong Kong people, Kung Fu Panda has become a Hong Kong thing!" Some tourists recognized Lin Zuhui and said happily.

"It's all the credit of my colleagues, and besides, the panda is originally our Huaxia!" Lin Zuhui said modestly.

At this time, many people saw Lin Zuhui, but they didn't come up directly to do anything, but just looked at Lin Zuhui and Li Jiaxin curiously.

As for his and Li Jiaxin's two sons, Lin Zuhui specially explained that they wore baseball caps, and the bodyguards would also pay attention to the possibility of being secretly photographed.

Of course, this is just a normal precaution, and even if you are photographed, you don't need to worry about anything.

Accompanying the two sons to go shopping alone is a rare interaction throughout the year to increase the relationship between father and son.

At present, the Lin family has not had a situation of 'father is not kind and son is not filial'.

While playing, Lin Zuhui also observed Ocean Park, where you can see the 'comic images' that belong to Xiangjiang, such as Pikachu, Conan, Luffy and other dolls.

This is the periphery of the comic industry in Hong Kong, which has driven the development of the entire tourism industry. At present, the business situation of Ocean Park is not bad, and it should be much better than in the previous life, which has the decisive influence of the cultural industry. You must know that in the previous life, in 2003, Hong Kong Ocean Park was already in decline, and finally Sheng Shiwen (the father of Lan Kwai Fong) became the chairman of Ocean Park, and then the business began to improve.

I don't know how much influence Ocean Park will have after this lifetime of SAS, but before I know it, Lam Cho-fai always likes to think about the public affairs of Hong Kong, and although he politely declines all public positions, he is also always concerned about the future of Hong Kong.

Therefore, next year, he may still push Sheng Shiwen to become the chairman of Ocean Park, and promote the tourism industry of Hong Kong Ocean Park.

Xiangjiang's animation industry is very developed, and it has also generated a large number of peripheral benefits, and there are a number of animation experience exhibition halls invested by Wanhui Comics, including Pikachu Pavilion, Conan Pavilion, etc.

.......

ATV Center, Variety Video Building.

On both sides of the 'celebrity commute to work', fans and reporters gathered.

The two nanny cars stopped, and out of a group of flower season girls, fans immediately went crazy.

"Girls' Generation"

"Girls' Generation Forever"

“geegeegeegeebabybabybaby”

"Girls' Generation, five consecutive championships, come on!"

For a time, the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak.

It turns out that since Girls' Generation debuted last year, it has become the general trend of the Hong Kong Stream group, and has won many honors and achievements.

However, this is nothing, in July this year, Girls' Generation released a mini album, with the title song "Gee", it was out of control, and it has achieved 'four consecutive championships' in Xiangjiang, and there are bound to be more champions in the future.

At present, Heung Kong has two music singing programs, ATV's "Music Music" and TVB's "Golden Songs" (revised), so as long as you win the championship of one of the programs every week, you will add 'one consecutive championship', and if you win two in a week, you will add 'two consecutive championships'.

It seems that Girls' Generation's current 'quadruple crown' is easy, but it is actually very difficult:

First of all, in the first few weeks of playing songs, it may be inferior to the previous group, because this score 'music source' accounts for a large proportion of sales;

Secondly, during the championship period, it is also possible that the people behind will break out and win the championship halfway.

In short, Hong Kong stream music has become the dominant position in Asia, and the competition between major groups has become fierce and quite fierce.

Even YG Entertainment is no longer 'dominating HK-POP', but facing the challenge of other entertainment companies in Hong Kong, of course, the current status of YG Entertainment is much higher than that of SM Entertainment in South Korea before 2010.

Nine young girls who are only 16~18 years old, dressed in fashionable and youthful Hong Kong stream clothes, came to the fans.

The captain shouted: "One, two, three"

The nine shouted the slogan in unison: "It's girlhood now, it's girlhood later, it's girlhood forever." ”

The fans immediately went crazy, of course, there is no problem with the security here, and the fans have almost no illegitimate meals.

That night, Girls' Generation came to play in person, and the audience was in high spirits, and some people even fell into madness.

Sometimes, even if you don't come, you may win the championship. Of course, if the group is in Xiangjiang, they will definitely come to play songs, because in this way they will get more fans.

You must know that "Music Bank" will be broadcast by local stations and islands in the mainland, and the copyright is sold, so the influence is very huge.

“geegeegeegeebabybabybaby”

With the singing of catchy girly love style lyrics (Cantonese, Hong Kong is mainly Cantonese, and will also release albums in Mandarin, Japanese, etc.), coupled with the 'crab leg dance' of nine girls, it instantly captured the hearts of men, women and children.

That night, Girls' Generation won another championship to become a 'fifth consecutive champion' and challenge for a 'sixth consecutive championship'.

........

Next to the TV.

Lin Zuhui watched the performance of Girls' Generation, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly felt a sense of accomplishment.

But in the eyes of the nine in the family, it was different, and everyone discussed it.

"We are also nine, could it be that this combination was established by Ah Hui according to our prototype." Guan Jiahui said proudly.

"Well, that seems to be! What's the effort, why don't the nine of us also set up 'Girls' Generation', and jump to Brother Hui! Li Jiaxin had an expression that I can too.

Lin Zuhui was speechless for a moment, these women!

"First of all, I have never interfered with YG Entertainment, except for the beginning to determine the singing and dancing style and learn from foreign excellent experience, I have not been to YG Building for several years."

"Secondly, although the nine of you are much more beautiful than them, your composition cannot be called the Girls' Generation, but only the Young Women's Era."

"In the end, it is impossible for me to mess with the stars of the media group, and I will not mess with the stars of Xiangjiang again, I am already very big."

Now it's good!

Everyone came to discuss it vigorously.

"What, if you're prettier than them, you're pretty, why do you want to marry us a young woman!"

"It's just that they don't always shout the slogan 'It's girlhood now, it's girlhood later, it's girlhood forever.'" Why, they will always be girls' generation! ”

"That's right! I'm also a fan of Girls' Generation, but I'm also a little jealous! ”

"So, since our men like Girls' Generation, why don't we also combine and practice Gee!"

Good guys, these women are already enchanted too.

.......

Unlike the vigorous development of the cultural industry in Xiangjiang, the cultural industry in Bangziguo has encountered big trouble.

First of all, in August, the head of the Bangzi country was exposed by the parliamentarians who "spent money to buy the Nobel Prize", and it was revealed that Mr. Kim instructed the Hyundai Group to deposit 100 million US dollars into the account of the North Korea in 1999 for the peace talks between the two leaders, so Mr. Kim was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that year.

As soon as public opinion came out, the stick country was in an uproar, and at the same time, the prosecutor intervened in the investigation, and Mr. Jin's position was instantly unstable.

And Mr. Jin's 'cultural statehood' shouted when he took office also encountered big trouble:

First, H-Pop is labeled as HK-POP, and the overall quality is far inferior to HK-POP, so it can only operate in China, and the overseas market is occupied by HK-POP; At the same time, even Bangzi has a large number of HK-POP fans in China, because in the mid-90s, HK-POP occupied a large market in South Korea. At that time, South Korea was busy banning the culture of the United States and Japan, but it just put in the entertainment culture of Xiangjiang, which was something that the South Korean government did not expect.

Second, Korean dramas have also fallen into a plagiarism storm, either buying copyright adaptations or directly buying copyright broadcasts, Korean dramas exported to Hong Kong, the mainland, and overseas always have a mediocre response, while Hong Kong dramas can always set off a lot of popularity in South Korea. Over time, several major TV stations will always buy more Hong Kong dramas.

Third, the rise of Hong Kong Wave variety shows in Hong Kong has brought the influence of Hong Kong Wave in Asia to a new height in one fell swoop, while there are no Korean Wave variety shows in South Korea.

Fourth, the development of the Korean game industry is also very unsmooth, not that the overall quality of the Korean game industry is not good, but that the game industry in Hong Kong is too domineering, dominating the markets in the mainland, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and also has a very large influence in Japan, Europe and the United States. (PS, classics aren't just about art and technology, it's also about creativity.) When the idea is preempted by others, even if the person behind comes up with the same quality of the game, it may not achieve good results)

In short, Hong Kong's cultural industry has taken the lead in seizing the Asian market, and even has a large share in Europe and the United States, which has made it extremely difficult for South Korea to export culture.

In the field of gaming, Hong Kong is the first in Asia, Japan is second, and South Korea is only in third.

At the same time, because South Korea always 'copied' the culture of Xiangjiang, its reputation in Asia is getting worse and worse, and it is often provoked by lawsuits and media accusations. Even local netizens in South Korea often complain on the Internet, feeling ashamed.

The competition in the cultural industry is a competition for whose works are good and who can conquer those audiences.

Obviously, Heung Kong has done better!

However, there is also something that Xiangjiang has done not as well as South Korea, that is, the government does not support and help the cultural industry enough.

It can be said that if it weren't for the existence of Lin Zuhui's bug, even if Xiangjiang opened the port flow a few years in advance, it might not be able to compete with South Korea.

And when a large number of works emerge in Xiangjiang, there is no need to think about losing to Koreans in the future, after all, the templates are out.