At eight o'clock in the evening, the only three-star hotel in the small county, in their largest suite, the makeup artist is applying makeup to Li Shengyao, and the photographer is adjusting the lighting.

Meng Fei, as the host, stood aside and watched with a smile.

He had already called his colleagues within the TV station in the afternoon, and only then did he know how important Li Shengyao was to Gusu Satellite TV.

Only then did I know that "Winter Love Song" actually cost nearly seven million in production costs, no wonder it was expensive.

And Gusu Satellite TV looks like it spent a lot of money to buy, but it actually earns more.

It's like the second round, the three TV stations have shared it, only 30,000 yuan for one episode, and 900,000 yuan for 30 episodes.

But the audience has the inertia to watch Gusu Satellite TV's "Winter Love Song", some plan to brush it twice, or viewers who have not watched it, most of them also choose Gusu Satellite TV, Hucheng Satellite TV, and will not choose Blackwater Satellite TV.

Even if it is the second round, it will be no problem to maintain a one-point rating at that time, but a TV series with a one-point rating will cost two million in sponsorship alone.

Not to mention that there are also advertisements during the period.

Gusu Satellite TV is pure earning.

No wonder Jiang Chunming was so polite in front of Li Shengyao, if someone was willing to give Meng Fei millions, his posture would be lower than Jiang Chunming.

However, Meng Fei still prepared some sharp questions, this time it was not jealousy, nor did he want to compete.

After he knew the role of Li Shengyao in the afternoon, he extinguished the idea of competition, and all the jealousy, dissatisfaction, and envy in his heart were all swept away.

But as a professional media person, he feels that Li Shengyao is so good, and it is necessary for more people to understand Li Shengyao's thoughts.

After a while, everything was ready, the interview officially began, and after the exchange of politeness.

Meng Fei asked: "Director Li, I carefully studied everything you said before, your interview, your views on the mainland TV circle, the entertainment industry, and your views on Hong Kong Island. ”

"I want to ask you, where do you think the entertainment center of the Chinese world will be in the future?"

Li Shengyao smiled, "Of course it's in the mainland." ”

"In the mainland?"

At this time, the annual box office of movies in the mainland is only about 900 million, which is a little more than that of Hong Kong Island.

But the music industry is not as good as these two regions.

No one would think that China Entertainment has to rely on the mainland, movies have Hong Kong Island, and the music market is crooked.

Li Shengyao smiled, "We have to look at the problem from the perspective of development, I predict that in ten years, the total economic value of our mainland can surpass that of the island country and become the world's second largest economy, and our entertainment industry will naturally improve rapidly, and in more than ten years, the mainland film market will become the second in the world after the beautiful country." ”

The mainland's economy is growing rapidly, and many people think that the future economic aggregate will surpass that of island countries, but most people think that this time will take 20 years.

But he didn't expect Li Shengyao to think that it would only be ten years.

Meng Fei's originally steady beating heart suddenly thumped.

He likes crazy people.

He now knows why Li Shengyao is so talented, such a crazy character, he must be talented.

"Then you weren't optimistic about the development of Hong Kong Island movies before, are you sincere?"

"Yes, Hong Kong Island movies are too limited, they like to make kung fu movies and police movies the most, but now Hollywood's action movies and police movies are catching up, and Hollywood has seized the market of Hong Kong Island movies in Southeast Asia before, they don't have enough funds, they can't make big scenes, big-budget movies, and they can't attract audiences, this will be a vicious circle, and it will only get weaker and weaker in the future."

"Then do you think Hong Kong Island movies can still be saved?"

"Nope."

It's not that Lee Shengyao underestimated the group of filmmakers on Hong Kong Island, Hollywood has begun to exert its power in Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong Island film market will naturally become more and more sluggish.

However, it does not mean that it will always collapse, and if you do it well, you can still stabilize the local market.

But where did the group of filmmakers on Hong Kong Island have this mind?

In the late 90s, the directors and actors of the Hong Kong Island film industry did not look down on the mainland market at first, and no one went north, so they went to the peninsula to make movies, to Tyrande, to Po Village, thinking that by relying on their own ability, they would definitely be able to reduce the dimensionality.

But in fact, no, except for Liu Weiqiang's "Daisy", which is good, the movies directed by other Hong Kong directors are very average.

Actors?

Zhong Liyuan's performance in "Evening Mother" is very glamorous, but it's useless, what's the use of not selling out.

So this group of people could only slip back to Hong Kong Island and then go north en masse.

In general, whether it is this group of actors or directors, they actually don't love Hong Kong movies as much as they say, Hong Kong movies are just a tool for them to make money.

I didn't want to run it seriously.

The most obvious contrast here is the people in the Peninsula film industry, the Peninsula had no restrictions on imported films at the end of the 80s of the last century, and they had almost no film industry before the ban was lifted, and it developed from scratch.

Even the crooked filmmakers have more backbone, and the crooked commercial films have not been very good, but even after more than ten years, the older generation of masters like Yang Dezhuan have retired, and they still have a group of young directors who stick to the local market.

made good movies such as "Big Buddha Plath", "Blood Guanyin", and "The Sun Shines".

When Meng Fei heard this, his heart was excited, and then he asked some questions, and he found that Li Shengyao's answers were very bold and direct.

can obviously feel Li Shengyao's attitude, that is, he is very disdainful of the group of directors and investors who make movies on Hong Kong Island.

Meng Fei couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

"A lot of mainland children are very fond of Hong Kong Island movies, why don't you like them?"

"No, my childhood was also a Hong Kong Island movie, I respect the older generation of filmmakers very much, eldest brother, Zhou Xingxing, Liu Dehua and them, I like them very much, what I don't like is that group of wanderer-like directors, I think they have no faith."

"So will you go to Hollywood in the future?"

"No, Hollywood is actually very closed, they won't accept other people, unless you are a citizen of a beautiful country, promote the culture of a beautiful country, I will not change my nationality."

Whether "Infernal Affairs" is filmed well or not, it must be very good, Li Shengyao feels that it is enough to win the Oscar.

Will Hollywood help promote Lau Dehua and Tony Leung? Of course not.

They bought the rights, adapted it into the story of the beautiful country, and then won four awards at the Oscars.

Among them are the heavyweight Best Picture and Best Director.

"Parasite" is also one of the best films.

It can be said that if you are not a dog in a beautiful country, even if the movie is made into a flower, they will not hold you.

It is impossible for a director from the mainland to make a name for himself in Hollywood.

Meng Fei was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but admire.

Because Li Shengyao is too good, in comparison, he is too ordinary, he has always liked Li Shengyao very much, but at this time, the vast majority of people in the film and television industry want to go to Hollywood.

Lee Shengyao is so young, but he unceremoniously threatened not to go to Hollywood, this is the road to Hollywood.

It's so rare.

He admired it sincerely, and then gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, this." ”

(End of chapter)