The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 406 This country is unusual

For most foreigners, the biggest difference in Huaxia is the night market.

Even at ten o'clock or eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, in the first-tier cities, it is still very lively outside.

Most of the shops are not closed, and there are a lot of pedestrians and tourists.

Even developed countries cannot do this.

Just like the country of Magnesium, once the sun goes down, it becomes much quieter outside.

After ten o'clock in the evening, except for the wealthy areas or the city center, most of the street lights will be turned off.

Many people from Magnesia came to Huaxia, and they were surprised that the nights in this developing country can be so lively and prosperous.

This is the case for Toby Emmerich at this time. As a person who works and lives in Los Angeles and New York all year round, he often feels that these two places are much quieter at night.

And it's not very safe, you need to drive a car to go out, otherwise, anything may happen.

Los Angeles and New York are the two most developed cities in the beautiful country.

At this moment, it was already ten o'clock at night, and he put on a nylon coat.

With his hands in his pockets and his neck shrunk, facing the cold wind, he stood in front of a theater in the XC District of Yanjing, watching the pedestrians coming and going, and he was shocked.

It's so late, there are fewer children and fewer elderly people, but there are many young people.

Groups of young people, the streets are full of youthful atmosphere.

"Is this also the case here before? There are still so many people at this time?"

Standing next to Toby was a middle-aged man in his thirties. This man was called Vesak. He was Warner's contact person in China and usually worked in Yanjing.

He is about 1.8 meters tall and weighs about 190 catties.

At this time, he was wearing a down coat and a scarf, and he looked even stronger, like a strongman lifting weights.

Vesak nodded, "Yes, there were so many people before."

He took a deep breath and continued, "Actually, it's winter now, and there are fewer people. If it's summer, there will be more people."

"Aren't they worried about safety?"

"Don't worry, there are very few violent incidents here, the cost of fighting here is very high, few people make trouble, and there are a lot of surveillance on the street, look ahead."

Toby looked up and saw a young woman walking slowly with a cup of milk tea.

"It's safe for girls to go out at night here, and no one will worry about safety."

Although Toby finds it incredible, he doesn't quite understand why a developing country has so much electricity, and why there are street lights in the suburbs here.

But as a smart person, he knew very well that he was not here to investigate such a social phenomenon.

Knowing this is enough, you don't need to understand why.

"Do people here like to watch movies?"

Toby just went to the movie theater with Visak for a while, and the attendance rate was similar to that of the beautiful country, but he felt that compared with the beautiful country, people here spent less extra to watch movies.

Seventy percent of people in the beautiful country will buy Coke popcorn when watching movies.

The audience he just saw seemed to be more focused on the movie itself and watched it more seriously.

"It's okay. China's film market has been growing. Although the growth is relatively slow, it has been increasing."

Toby nodded, he could understand that.

After all, this thing has a lot to do with the living standards of ordinary people.

In fact, Hollywood has long conducted surveys in this area. After the per capita income reaches US$[-], ordinary people will spend more money on movies, games, or other hobbies.

China's overall per capita income at this time is less than $[-].

But like some big cities, the coastal areas already have $[-].

In the future, as more and more places have a per capita income of more than US$[-], the film market in this country will become bigger and bigger.

Vesak paused, and then said: "I think people in this country like to watch movies very much. I think some movies are terrible, but they can still get a good box office."

Toby nodded upon hearing this, and at this moment several people in police uniforms walked past them.

Toby couldn't help being a little nervous.

Visak was indifferent.

"Aren't you worried?"

"These people are not police, they are security guards, and the police here are very good, as long as you don't cause trouble, they will not care about you."

Visak glanced at the direction of the setting sun, as if he saw the beautiful country.

"In the beautiful country, all kinds of documents are always checked, but there are almost none here."

When Toby heard this, he didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while.

Isn't this a developing country?

How do you feel that it is more free and safer than the beautiful country?
When he was in the beautiful country, the most news about Huaxia was that it was chaotic, full of violence, people who didn't follow the rules, and it was very unfriendly to foreigners.

Now it seems that the reporters from the beautiful country are making up.

It is a country with a large population, fast development, very safe, and great potential.

Such a country is indeed worth investing in.

Then he thought of what Li Shengyao said, and Li Shengyao said that he could help Warner.

"How is Lee doing here?"

"He's very good and a lot of young people like him."

Visak replied casually, and then realized what Toby meant, and immediately said: "He has a lot of influence."

"He owns a company, which should be the most profitable film and television production company in China. It produces both movies and TV series."

"It goes without saying about movies. You all know his achievements. He is known by the locals as the best director of commercial films in this country."

"But in fact, their TV series are even more powerful. It is said that Fenghua's TV series are selling well in Zhongdong, Xiya, and Nanmei. For example, Southeast Asia has become a dumping ground for their TV series."

"I read some newspapers, and they counted that before "Taken" and "The Hangover" came out, their company's most profitable project was a TV series."

"He also has a chain of cinemas. Now there should be more than [-] movie theaters, and most of the big cities in this country have their movie theaters."

"Because of the advanced equipment and good viewing experience, many movies are screened in their studios."

"In addition, they own the largest video website in this country, just like Youtube. They have bought the copyrights of most excellent TV dramas on the Internet, and they are still in the expansion period. Some people have predicted that their video The website can be listed, with a market value of around US$30 billion.”

Hearing this, Toby couldn't help asking, "Is it so tall?"

Compared with the Big Six in Hollywood, $30 billion is not a big deal, but a video website in a developing country has a market value of $30 billion, which is really a lot.

Vesak nodded, "Yes, there are a lot of them. This is hundreds of millions of users."

He went on to say: "In addition, they also have variety shows, which are also very popular, if compared with Warner."

"Fenghua doesn't have a TV station, but they have theaters. Considering that Huaxia has relatively few major film and television production companies, I think Fenghua's power here is greater than Warner's in Hollywood."

Toby nodded upon hearing this, "I see."

Now it seems that Li Shengyao did not lie to him. If the Chinese film market continues to develop, Hollywood film producers may really want to curry favor with Director Li in the future.

The market is king, and whoever owns the market is the boss.

Why do everyone want to go to Hollywood to make movies, isn't it just to make money here?
In the future, the Chinese market will overtake the island country and become the second largest film market in the world, and there will be blockbuster films with tens of millions of dollars in profit.

At that time, the high-ranking Hollywood companies will sit down and communicate with the mainland theaters in a calm manner.

When he thought of this, he was inexplicably terrified. If the Chinese market continues to develop, will it surpass the North American film market in the future?

But such thoughts flashed by, he is a pragmatic person.

He knew there was no need to worry about such issues, because it was as big a deal as the national economy.

It's not something he, a Hollywood executive, can solve.

Instead of worrying about these, it is better to think about how to generate profits.

Since Fenghua has the qualifications to be a partner, let's get in touch closely.

In this way, Warner will have an extra guarantee in the mainland in the future, and Warner's film schedule will be higher and it will be able to make more money.

Thinking of this, he already had a decision in his heart, knowing what he should do next, in order to create the greatest benefit for Warner.

(End of this chapter)