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When it came to Andy Lau, Fan Wubing couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Liu Tianwang's diligence in the industry is well known. Andy Lau's most filming time was in the three or four years before 1992. During those years, he had to make more than a dozen movies every year. It seemed that in his life, there was nothing else except movies.
In 1991, on average, a film he participated in was released every month, and the box office was very popular. The total box office revenue of the twelve films reached HK$200 million, ranking first among Hong Kong actors.
In South Korea, "The Legend of Heaven" starring him was released for nine months, and Korean audiences called him the most popular foreign male star.
Everyone will be ecstatic for such achievements, but Andy Lau cannot be happy. After weighing the trade-offs, he signed a manager contract with the American ICM Company.
Years of hard work have made Andy Lau taste many sweet things, including flowers, applause, and honor, but he has gradually tasted the bitterness of being a celebrity, such as rumors, scandals, and interests. The most terrifying thing is the entanglement from the underworld.
The word gangster is relatively small for young people in the mainland. Because the mainland officials have strongly cracked down on the gangsters, many severe crackdowns have caused ordinary participants in criminal cases to be severely punished, let alone gangsters, and they have no soil for existence.
But in Hong Kong, this underworld organization is not uncommon, and they use various means to forcibly penetrate various fields.
For a time, Jiang Yingxiong in Hong Kong was optimistic, and the Hong Kong underworld also wanted to dress up as a hero in the martial arts world. For a time, the entertainment industry became a severely affected area for the infiltration of the underworld. It was no longer a new thing for the underworld to use filming and box office to launder money.
Hua, a hero specializing in the world, was naturally seriously affected. At that time, Andy Lau set a record of 16 films in a year, and even three films he starred in competed for box office at the same time. He was known as the Iron Man in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
And so high productivity will inevitably affect the quality of the film. Andy Lau knew very well. He also thought of saying no to shoddy scripts. But he couldn't say it. He even didn't even have the power to refuse to star in the role.
Don't be a hero on the screen. But off the screen, his heroism doesn't work.
Once, Andy Lau tried to refuse a video from a company. Who knew that it was at the production site. In the public eye, evil forces drew guns and threatened! Some people would say why they didn't call the police. But what's the use of calling the police? They can protect you for a while and you can't protect you for a lifetime. In the future, they will only make deeper enemies.
Although in Hong Kong movies, they have the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Flying Tigers, the Overlords, and the Invincible Hong Kong Royal Police. However, in reality, these are all spurts and have no practical significance at all. The strength of the underworld in Hong Kong is that the police cannot afford to offend them and do not want to offend them.
So, unwilling to give in, Andy Lau had to take on one film after another that he didn't like.
At that time, similar forced filming incidents occurred in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Because Andy Lau had a guarantee of selling well in other places. In addition, he did not sign contracts with a large company with the ability to compete with various forces. Therefore, he encountered more troubles in the land. Only by starting a new business and avoiding dealing with those people can he give himself a relatively free space.
So Andy Lau first joined the American IMM company to use the powerful large companies as a protective umbrella for himself. In 1991, he joined the stock market with several friends in the circle and served as his own boss, forming the Skymuse Film Company.
Establishing a Skyscraper Company and avoiding the entanglement of the underworld is naturally one of the important reasons. Another important reason is that you can make some movies you want to make.
In Hong Kong, Andy Lau's pay is one of the highest male stars in the area. If you only want to make money, you can make more money by taking more movies. There is no need to worry about it. Now if you invest in a company, you may lose money or make money, but the risks will be great. This kind of business seems to be cost-effective.
But Andy Lau invested in filming not just to make money. He thought that if he filmed just to make money, how could he make only such a little money like now?
Investing in filming is to shoot something new and really want to shoot. This kind of creative freedom is far from something that money can buy.
After the establishment of Tian Company, the first movie filmed was "Nine One God~Couple".
According to later box office statistics, the total box office revenue of this film in Hong Kong reached HK$20 million. Although this figure is still far from the guaranteed capital figure announced by Andy Lau, it should be considered a top-notch film in any case.
However, the investment in this film was more than HK$24 million, and it was lost.
After that, I filmed seven more films, all of which were paid off.
When Hong Kong films were at its most glorious in the early 1990s, many celebrities, including Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow, etc., had opened film companies, but later they went bankrupt due to poor management. Only Andy Lau's skylight company has been standing up, and he never gave up even when he lost tens of millions of dollars in filming. It can be seen that he really loves movies.
Fan Wubing was bored and told Shen Ying some real and fake news. Shen Ying was shocked. She had never thought that there was such darkness in the entertainment industry.
"It is said that Andy Lau has already lost more than 40 million this year, and now he is holding on. What is the name of "Wangqingshui"? Give me a glass of Wangqingshui and I won't cry for a night. It would be fake to say that he is not upset in his heart." Fan Wubing said to Shen Ying.
Shen Ying said oh, looked at Andy Lau who had stepped down, shook her head and said, "Hong Kong is really not a good place. No wonder many people have come to the mainland to develop. Not only are there many people and many money here, but there is at least no gangster harassment."
Fan Wubing nodded and replied, "Yes, it will be an irreversible process for Hong Kong and Taiwan artists to enter the mainland market in the future. In this way, my new Silk Road Entertainment Company must have a little new development, and the current artist team is still a bit weak."
"Many second-tier actors in China are not worth a lot of money now? Why don't you absorb some?" Shen Ying asked curiously.
Fan Wubing replied with a smile, "You don't understand the situation here, so you say that."
Most of the mainland's performing arts resources have been monopolized by the military, especially the first-class actors, who are not allowed to do so, are even more caught by singing and dancing troupes and art troupes such as the General Staff General Political Department, so that when some large-scale programs are performed, especially in the military group.
When you move, just look at the big stars and celebrities, you will definitely be there.
In this way, it is not realistic to compete with the military for these artist resources, but it is hard to find promising seedlings in daily life.
The actors who Fan Wubing discovered before became pillars of the company were discovered by accident, so Fan Wubing was a little moved and wondered if he should be preparing to officially launch the talent show.
Only by creating a lineup of civilian stars can one make one's own entertainment company stand at the commanding heights of entertainment.
The previous national talent show has made good progress, and each competition area has selected many good seedlings worth cultivating. However, in order to improve the quality and viewability of the program, Fan Wubing asked the company to conduct comprehensive training of the selected contestants in each competition area and signed a series of contracts.
After the New Year, this work will be officially launched.
Fan Wubing's opinion is that when the day starts to warm, the formal competition can be held. Seeing the contestants wearing less lichens little by little, everyone's enthusiasm for the show will become higher and higher.
The authors of the talent show are British "Popular Idol" and American "American Idol". This kind of show builds a platform for overnight fame, and boys and girls with idol worship complex or dream of stardom see their own chances of success in this highly participatory entertainment. At the same time, this form of the show will also make people feel refreshed, close to life and close to themselves. The constant suspense and a lot of interactions can attract people's attention.
It is not difficult to imagine that in this period of time when one's heart is volatile, a talent show will inevitably cause great response and sensation across the country. Countless teenagers with idol worship tend to pay enthusiastic attention, follow suit, worship crazy, and vote enthusiastically, which will push these talent show contestants who were originally just ordinary people to the pinnacle of their lives.
On the show, people saw the vivid faces of individuals and the unconcealed brilliance. Under the show, people accompanied the transformation and growth of these ugly ducklings, and they all shouted and brought China into a situation of entertainment for the whole nation.
Although talent shows themselves have good intentions and a good market, if too many and excessive talent shows emerge, it will destroy the ecological balance of the TV program, cause aesthetic fatigue and psychological disgust of the audience, and directly lead to a significant shortening of the life cycle.
Therefore, if the organizers of talent shows do not hesitate to use vulgar and inferior hype methods in order to attract viewers, such as negative and negative factors that hype contestants, it will lead the talent show to a wrong path and misunderstanding. The focus is not on the quality of the program and the training of contestants, but shift more attention to things outside the game, deliberately creating topics, attracting attention, kitsch and even low-level fun, and that will end up.
It is also a civilian talent show, whether it is the British superridol or the American amerdol, it is the most popular TV show in the country. The champions of the amerdol every year are successful and become pop singers and superstars. Their songs frequently topped the rankings, and some have won many honors such as Grammy Awards.
Why can such talent shows last forever abroad and have a lasting influence?
First, the program is unique. Although there are many reality shows in the United States, they all have different elements and will never be repeated. As a talent reality show, amerdol has a strong monopoly, and the second is a similar program to compete with it. If you just rush forward and just see the talent show popular, you will rush to imitate, not seek differences but to seek common ground, and follow the old path of imitation, then this path can still survive in a period or field when the market competition is insufficient, but it will be difficult to understand after the competition becomes fierce.
The second is the professionalism of the program. Although the participants of the Amerdol are all amateur singers or enthusiasts, the content of their competition is singing, a competition of singing skills, and the influence of other factors is relatively small. When hosting talent shows in China, singing skills are often only one aspect. Some organizers who are eager for quick success and instant benefits are often used to use various hype and rendering to extend the content of the program horizontally and vertically. The contestants' family situation, growth environment, personal emotions, etc., whether true or false, are exposed, and the program becomes scent and loses the purity it should have.
The talent show allows the audience to witness the process of a group of newcomers from ugly ducklings to artists, integrate the audience into one and grow together. Therefore, if you want to continue a talent show for a long time, you can only take the initiative, plan for a long time, and constantly innovate. Simply put, it is actually the question of whether to choose a finishing point or a **.
"Is your talent show a beauty pageant?" Shen Ying asked in a depressed voice after hearing Fan Wubing's description of his own planning.
In Shen Ying's heart, it would be impossible to say that she would not be a little worried because of Fan Wubing's excellence. In the face of having such an excellent fiancé, Shen Ying felt a little conscientious and reserved, but she could not rule out that she would have a slight sense of crisis.
Although she felt that she was actually very good. Not only was she perfect, but she also had a smart heart that was far beyond ordinary people, it was difficult to use the word "reasonable" to regulate things like love. Therefore, Shen Ying was still a little jealous of Fan Wubing, and felt a little disappointed for his entertainment company, especially the beauties in the entertainment company.
Fan Wubing looked at Shen Ying with a little strange look, then smiled slightly, and after a long time, he said, "I thought a girl like you would not be jealous, but I didn't expect that such things have little to do with IQ. Talents and talent shows are a display of talents, and it is also possible that a middle-aged aunt who has gained the support of the audience is a completely different story from beauty pageant."
"Auntie?!" Shen Ying stared at Fan Wubing with wide eyes and said for a long time, "Okay, if I can't see a middle-aged aunt win the award in this event, you don't have to think of me paying back the money!"
"Oh! You can't do this! That's more than 100 million!" Fan Wubing said with some amusement when he heard this.
Chapter completed!