Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 377 Really heartless

One thing that goes against common sense is that the market for certain industries in mainland China was much larger in the 1980s than in the 1990s.

In the case of the film industry, in the 30s, the total annual box office remained at around billion, including many films with box office sales exceeding million.

In the 90s, it fell below 10 billion, and in 1999 it fell to only 8 million.

It was not until 2007 that it returned to the level of 1987.

Although the impact of piracy is a big factor, other markets around the world are also affected by piracy. How come the box office hits new highs repeatedly?

Especially in Hollywood, technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, and masterpieces are constantly coming out, setting off wave after wave of box office frenzy!

Therefore, the impact of piracy is only secondary, and the main reason is the mistakes in film policy.

In the 1980s, that incident had just ended. The entertainment industry was in dire straits and the people's enthusiasm for consumption was unprecedentedly high. As long as your products were good, they would be willing to pay for them if they lived frugally.

But at this time, China Film Group formulated a shitty policy:

The film industry is stipulated as an enterprise, with independent accounting and responsibility for its own profits and losses. It raises funds through bank loans, realizes production profits, and pays more than ten types of taxes.

This reform sounds very good. There is nothing wrong with it. They are responsible for their own profits and losses. If the movie is good, they will make more money. If the movie is bad, they will be hungry.

But, that's not the case.

China Film also stipulates that films produced by film studios will be purchased by China Film at a price of 90 a piece.

In other words, no matter how much profit your movie creates, whether it is 90 million or million, the film studio can only get .

If you invest too much during movie shooting and cause losses, that is your own business and China Film Group will not care about it.

So how is the money earned distributed?
70% belongs to China Film and Television, and 30% belongs to provincial distribution companies.

According to the 20th policy, 80% of the money received by provincial distribution companies will go to local finance, and % will be used for the reconstruction of distribution and screening.

And it is expressly stipulated that it shall not be used for film studio infrastructure renovation, etc.

All in all, it’s like: Distribution is a waste, production is a waste.

This policy caused huge conflicts between distribution, exhibitions and studios.

The film studio can only passively slow down the work, because no matter how I make the movie, you will only pay 90, so I will just do it casually.

My studio also needs to eat!
As a result, the films became worse and worse, and the audience did not like to watch them. Naturally, they could not make money from distribution and screening.

So China Film began to refuse to acquire it again. If you deliberately make bad movies, then I won't acquire it.

What about the studios? Tired, destroy it, the factory will be closed down!

There was a game between the two sides and internal friction. Later, China Film made a compromise and raised the purchase price of the film in the later stage.

This is still useless, because after the reform, people's living standards have improved by leaps and bounds, film production costs have skyrocketed, and adding more money is of no use at all.

The end result is that the common people have no time to watch movies, but China Film has few quality films for everyone to watch.

Coupled with the impact of piracy, in just a few years, the total box office has dropped from more than 30 billion per year to less than 10 billion.

What’s even more frightening is that the number of annual moviegoers has dropped from a high of 280 billion to less than 10 billion in ten years, which is a drop from the center of the earth.

Another thing is that there are basically no prospects for talented filmmakers in this period.

If you want to survive, you must accept foreign investment, and then make movies to win awards at foreign film festivals.

After winning the award, I can make money by selling copyrights around the world to repay my capital.

For example, the films of Zhang Yimou and Kai Zige in the 1980s and 1990s were basically funded by Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Therefore, if Yang Ye chose to enter the mainland in the 80s, he could reap a wave of dividends.

If you wait ten years, the policy will naturally change and then come in, you will have to start from scratch!
On the other hand, Yang Ye is a stickler. He has transferred technology to the mainland, which will advance the rise of the mainland. This is the main reason why he is starting to enter the market now.

……

Yang Ye spent a month in contact with major film companies in Hong Kong and communicated with major media.

In the end, as soon as the issue of "Hong Kong's film rating system" was raised, it was a ground-breaking move, instantly causing an uproar on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Kong's major media outlets came out to express their opinions, and newspaper sales naturally increased in response!

In this kind of thing, everyone is afraid of falling behind.

Hong Kong's two major TV stations also rarely follow the same pace, inviting celebrities from all walks of life to talk on the station about the benefits of the rating system.

The establishment of a film rating system is a general consensus among the film industry around the world.

Hong Kong films have been developing for decades, and now they dominate Asia and are even capable of competing with Hollywood. The need to establish a rating system is urgent.

If Yang Ye does not launch it now, it will be officially established in three years.

The earlier the classification system is established, the better it will be for the development of the film industry.

Because, after the classification system was established, the electrical inspection standards naturally began to become looser.

Although, this will lead to the proliferation of a large number of videos that exaggerate violence and pornography.

However, Hong Kong filmmakers have also gained freer creative space and have continued to produce excellent films.

In the original time and space, the real prosperity of Hong Kong films was during the period from 1989 to 1995 after the classification system was established.

It's just that... the fire is cooking the oil, the flowers are blooming, and the Hong Kong filmmakers are floating.

They tried all kinds of tricks to sell movies and deceive investors, and finally angered Taiwan and lost the largest market for Hong Kong movies.

Coupled with the appearance of Big Dinosaur, the studio model of Hong Kong movies is simply vulnerable to the heavy industry of Hollywood.

So, he died suddenly!
In fact, Hong Kong movies are not without opportunities.

At that time, Hong Kong films were also developing their own special effects. "The Storm" and "Heroes of China" were both blockbusters with excellent special effects.

However... there is no strategic depth and no local market, so it cannot support the crazy money-burning special effects.

……

There has been a lot of hype about establishing a grading system, but Yang Ye, the initiator, has disappeared.

He was waiting for his wife at home, and Lijun Teng was pregnant.

After a man reaches the age of thirty, his sperm quality will decline rapidly, and it will not be so easy for a woman to conceive after that.

After a woman reaches the age of thirty, the risk of childbirth will also increase sharply, so Yang Ye wants to let his wives have babies while they are still young. He is too busy and has too many women to stay with a certain woman every day.

So if you want to maintain your relationship, the best way is...baby!

Once a woman has his child, everything changes.

First, a woman will feel less lonely because she has a baby to take care of.

Secondly, Yang Ye's family has a "throne" to inherit, and for the sake of the future of his children, the woman will not leave him easily.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, so Yang Ye is committed to sowing seeds for his women and strives to achieve it, one person and one child, without any failure!

When Yang Ye came back from get off work, he cooked for Deng Lijun with his own hands.

The house that Teresa Teng lives in now is actually the house that she lived in Hong Kong in the original time and space.

This is a two-story Western-style building with a semicircular terrace.

The original time and space Deng Lijun bought and decorated it in 1988 because she liked it very much.

It's a pity that she later moved to France and eventually died in a foreign country.

Yang Ye would not let this kind of tragedy happen, because he knew that Deng Lijun liked this house, so he bought it early, decorated it, and gave it to her as a gift.

The interior decoration and furniture are mainly in the pink and purple colors that Teresa Teng loves. This move makes Jiaren very happy because she feels that Yang Ye understands her and is attentive.

"Honey, let's eat!"

Teresa Teng was half lying on the bed reading a book, and what she was reading was the manuscript of Duras's "China Lover".

Teresa Teng is a language genius. When there was a fire in Yang Ye’s backyard, Teresa Teng and Lin Qingxia traveled to France together.

Later, Lin Qingxia went to Hawaii, while Teresa Teng remained in Paris. Within half a year, she learned French.

Now it has reached the point where I can directly understand Duras's manuscript, awesome!
When he heard Yang Ye calling for dinner, he put down the manuscript, pouted and said, "You're so slow, I'm almost starving to death."

Yang Ye explained: "I stewed your favorite pig's trotters today, so please slow down!"

"Oh!" Deng Lijun sat up and stretched out her arms towards Yang Ye.

Yang Ye had no choice but to sit over and hug her up.

After the two got tired for a few moments, Yang Ye hugged her and walked out. When going down the stairs, Yang Ye carefully looked at the stairs under his feet.

Deng Lijun suddenly said: "I want to remove the stairs between the first floor and the second floor!"

Yang Ye was puzzled and asked; "Why?"

"This way, as soon as you call for dinner, I can descend from the sky and sit directly at the dinner table!"

"Hahaha!" Yang Ye laughed and complained: "If you fall directly like this, even if you can bear it, the chair can bear it, but our son can't bear it."

"Huh, you care about your son, not me!"

Damn, you said the wrong thing!
Yang Ye quickly changed the subject and said, "Do you smell the aroma of pig's trotters? I stewed it for an hour."

Deng Lijun sniffed a few times, took a sip of fragrance on Yang Ye's face, and said: "I smell it, husband, you are awesome!"

Like a baby, Yang Ye carried Deng Lijun to the dining table and sat down. Deng Lijun first showed off a piece of pig's trotters and praised: "It's delicious!"

Yang Ye said sternly: "That's necessary!"

“It’s a pity that there is no chili pepper!”

Yang Ye was speechless and said, "We don't have chili peppers at home!"

"Then let the Filipino maid buy it!"

Yang Ye shook his head: "Filipino maids can't buy it either. Chili peppers are banned in our house."

"Oh...it turns out you prefer boys over girls."

"What's this mess?"

"People say sour children and hot girls! I want to eat chili peppers, but you won't let me eat it. It means you want to have a son. And you still say you don't favor boys over girls?"

"Hey, I can understand your desire to eat chili peppers, but it's not good to rely on me, right?"

"Look, the doctor told me to stay in a good mood, but not only did you disobey me, you even quarreled with me and made me angry!"

Yang Ye, who had one head and two heads, said in a rogue manner: "There are no peppers anyway. You can make any other requests."

"Then I want to eat sauerkraut!"

"No sauerkraut either. You can make any other requests!"

If Yang Ye didn't fall for this trick and gave her sauerkraut, then he would be guilty of favoring boys over girls.

Teresa Teng knew that it was hopeless to eat chili peppers, so she could only give up temporarily and continue to show off her pig trotters.

"Okay! Then tell me, why is there such a big difference in the image of the male protagonist in Duras's "Chinese Lover" and the previous "Lover"?"

"Oh, there was a French director named Jean Jacques. He wanted to make "The Lover" into a movie and needed a famous Chinese actor to be the leading actor, so he found me.

When I looked at it, I saw that the male protagonist was the Chinese man in Western stereotypes, thin, timid, and powerless. Doesn't this damage my image? Just refused! "

Yang Ye lied, not saying that he asked to act, but that the director wanted him to act.

"What then?"

"Later I read the book and found that there were large gaps in the book, and the image of the male protagonist was very blurry.

This shouldn't be a mistake that a good writer would make. That woman Duras is obviously hiding something.

In order to find out the hidden truth, I specially sent people to Vietnam to investigate the matter, and then wrote her a letter to tell her some truth.

Five months later, I received Duras's new book, which is now "The Chinese Lover".

Her first love changed from a buffoon to a tall, handsome and elegant Chinese man.

Now, I can act! "

Deng Lijun sighed: "You have worked really hard to maintain the image of the Chinese people. Those people still block you, they are really heartless."

"Okay, I'm not affected at all, let's eat!"

(End of this chapter)