"The film market in Taiwan is different from that in Hong Kong!"

After Chu Huan told Li Hanxiang his purpose of coming, Li Hanxiang preached to Chu Huan.

Chu Huan was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know much about Taiwan's film market. He just subconsciously thought it should be similar to that in Xiangjiang. But now listening to Li Hanxiang, it seems that there are some things that he doesn't know or takes for granted.

matter.

"What's the difference?"

Facing the boss's inquiry, Li Hanxiang patiently explained: "I know what Mr. Huan means. He thinks that we can completely avoid the influence of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in Taiwan, and then find another way to find a new theater chain company.

cooperate?"

Chu Huan nodded without speaking, waiting for Li Hanxiang to continue explaining to him.

"To put it generally, the film industry is actually..."

Under Li Hanxiang's explanation, Chu Huan gained a systematic understanding of Taiwan's film industry.

If we were to classify the film industry, it should be divided into three categories: ‘distribution’, ‘production’ and ‘theatre’, and studios should also be included in the production category.

However, there is an additional industry of "film arrangement" in Taiwan. This industry has been quite prosperous in Taiwan in the past few decades, and has become a unique industry in the island's film industry.

There are cinemas in every county, city, and town in Taiwan, but film companies, whether distributors or producers, were all concentrated in Taipei City at the beginning. If theaters from all over the country wanted to show movies, they had to go to Taipei City to rent films from film companies.

Counties and cities near Taipei, such as Keelung, Yilan, Taoyuan and other places, are not far from Taipei City, so you can directly contact the film companies nearby. However, it is not so simple for theaters in the central, southern and eastern regions that are far away from Taipei.

In this era, transportation in Taiwan was not as convenient as in later generations. It took a whole day to take the train from Kaohsiung to Taipei. Taking the night express, it left Kaohsiung at 10 o'clock that night and did not arrive in Taipei until 6 o'clock in the morning the next day.

Taking a car is even slower, and civil aviation within the island has not yet been opened.

Therefore, theater owners in these remote areas entrusted relatives and friends living in Taipei or designated special personnel to be stationed in Taipei to deal with film companies. These "representatives" are the so-called "film schedulers."

As time goes by, the profession of film arranger gradually developed into a profession.

Film arrangers often visit film studios in Taipei to book and rent films and arrange schedules. They have to negotiate prices and secure good films.

For example, there are 5 theaters in Taichung City, and it is discovered that there is a blockbuster movie in Taipei, and everyone wants to win it, so the representatives of these theaters in Taipei will go across the sea to show their magic, build relationships, and find ways; sometimes they will also go to the film company manager

When giving gifts at home, whoever can grab the "good movie" will be able to do it even if he or she has the means.

"In other words, if we want to develop our own distribution channels in Taiwan, then we must know some film arrangers?"

Chu Huan grasped the key to the problem.

Li Hanxiang nodded and said: "Although that is true, it is not that simple. Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have been developing in Taiwan for so many years and have already established their own personal relationships. Even the film arrangers have personal contacts with them.

, the relationship is very good, it is almost impossible to break through with them."

Chu Huan frowned slightly, not expecting that things would be so troublesome.

But if you think about it, you can understand that with the decline of Taiwanese movies, Hong Kong movies have now become one of the important industries of Taiwanese movies.

It is precisely because of this that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have become the gods of wealth for these film producers.

When black-and-white video was first established, there was only one "Dragon Tiger Fight" in theaters. How could those film arrangers take the risk of offending Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest to gamble on themselves?

Moreover, Chu Huan also understood that if he wanted to spare the film schedulers and directly contact various theaters in Taiwan, it would not be a realistic thing. The amount of manpower and material resources invested would be an unimaginable amount.

First of all, such an investment is obviously not something that can be repaid by the box office of a movie. More importantly, Taiwan’s theater chains rely on film arrangers to survive. This is just like Chu Huan’s desire to bypass Shaw Brothers and find Golden Harvest.

The film arrangement companies in Taiwan are the same.

Theaters are also worried about offending film schedulers by showing movies in black and white. In this case, they will really have no movies to show except black and white movies.

Chu Huan asked: "Is there no other way? I don't believe that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are really unavoidable in Taiwan. Do all film arrangers in Taipei have irreconcilable relationships with them?"

Li Hanxiang smiled and said: "Of course this is impossible."

After thinking for a while, Li Hanxiang said: "Young Master Huan, there are two people who may be able to help you."

After hearing what Li Hanxiang said, Chu Huan finally smiled. What did he do to come to Li Hanxiang? He wanted to get Li Hanxiang's connections in Taiwan.

"you say!"

Li Hanxiang said: "The first one is called Chen Hanchao. This person is a film arranger in Taiwan. We have some friendship. When we were drinking, he told me that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have very strong control over Hong Kong movies."

He is dissatisfied, but there is nothing he can do about it even if he speaks softly. Maybe it can be used as a breakthrough for this person.

The second one is Taiwan’s best-selling author Qiong Yao. The movies adapted from her novels are guaranteed to be hits in Taiwan. She has very good relationships with the bosses of many film companies and film arrangers, and Qiong Yao’s movies are basically sold in Hong Kong.

There is no market, so she doesn't care about Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest."

"If we can get his help, it shouldn't be a problem for our company's movies to be released in Taiwan."

Finally, Li Hanxiang gave a speech.

Chu Huan did not expect that Li Hanxiang would mention Qiong Yao, but after thinking about Li Hanxiang's experience in Taiwan, he understood that after all, Li Hanxiang had also directed a movie adapted from Qiong Yao's novel.

"Dodder Flower"!

"Looks like I have to go to Taiwan!" Chu Huan thought helplessly.

The Taiwan Island market is the first stop for black and white images to open up foreign markets. There is no room for error. Chu Huan is not at ease when leaving this matter to Fang Jianhui, not to mention that Fang Jianhui still has a lot of things to do in Xiangjiang.

"Director Li, please give me the contact information of these two people." Chu Huan said to Li Hanxiang.

Li Hanxiang found paper and pen, wrote down the contact information of Chen Hanchao and Qiong Yao, and handed it to Chu Huan.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Huan!" Li Hanxiang joked.

"Are you here to serve everyone?" Chu Huan replied with a joke.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, knowing that this trip to Taiwan will definitely not be easy, and it is more likely to be a waste of effort.

"Then I won't delay Director Li from filming your movie."

After getting the answer he wanted, Chu Huan was ready to leave. Now he just figured out the affairs of Taiwan, and there were still markets in Nanyang, Japan and other places that Chu Huan needed to be busy with.

After leaving the set, Chu Huan did not leave the Clear Water Bay set, but walked straight towards the office building.

The journey went smoothly to Shao Yifu's office.

After knocking on the door and hearing the angry voice inside, Chu Huan opened the door and walked in slowly.

Shao Yifu was not surprised to see Chu Huan coming because Chu Huan had already spoken to Shao Yifu on the phone before coming.

"Ah Huan is very punctual!"

Looking at the time, Shao Yifu said with a smile. There was no trace of any gap between the two.

Chu Huan smiled and said: "How dare I be late when I come to see Uncle Six!"

"Please sit down!"

After Shao Yifu asked Chu Huan to sit down, he ordered his secretary over the phone to bring Chu Huan a cup of coffee.

"If you have nothing to do, come to the Three Treasures Hall. Ah Huan, you are definitely not here to drink tea with me. If you have anything to do, just tell me!" Shao Yifu said with a smile on his face.

When he received the call from Chu Huan, Shao Yifu was a little suspicious at first. Now the two sides have fought twice. For the first time, without Shao Yifu's knowledge, Chu Huan succeeded in a sneak attack and snatched the black and white image of Li Hanxiang.

But as Chu Huan later took the initiative to apologize, the first confrontation was considered a draw.

In the second fight, Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, old enemies, tacitly understood each other and tried to suppress the black and white images at the same time. However, Chu Huan came up with a share-sharing system that directly eliminated their suppression.

In this fight, Shao Yifu lost.

The two sides fought twice, but Shao Yifu never won, which made Shao Yifu still a little unhappy.

Now Chu Huan suddenly came to look for him, why?

However, the answer to this question was quickly guessed by Shao Yifu.

The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight" is released in other places!

Chu Huan solved the troubles in the Hong Kong film industry, but Shao Yifu knew that based on Chu Huan's character, he would definitely not give up the foreign market.

When thinking of this, Shao Yifu felt quite proud, thinking that this was his chance to defeat Chu Huan.

Of course, according to Shao Yifu's character, such thoughts would quickly disappear. He wanted to see how Chu Huan wanted to convince him.

"Uncle Six, please stop teasing me. I don't believe you don't know why I came to you?" Chu Huan showed that he had a very close relationship with Shao Yifu, and his manner of speaking was somewhat casual.

"Unsatisfied, Uncle Liu, you said, I came here this time just to ask Uncle Liu for help. The box office of "Dragon Tiger Fight" in Hong Kong is still good, so I wanted to see if this movie can be distributed in other places.

, now in Xiangjiang, apart from you, Uncle Liu, I can’t think of anyone else who has this ability.”

This is the reason why Chu Huan did not tell Fang Jianhui and Pang Haoyang about the second method he thought of.

Shaw Brothers and Black and White had just finished fighting before. It can be said that the two sides were already enemies. Now Chu Huan came to Shaw Brothers to be responsible for distributing his own film company's movies. This kind of thing sounds like a fantasy.

Sure enough, I came here for this matter.

Shao Yifu was not confused by Chu Huan's attitude, and said with a smile: "Originally, Ah Huan, as a junior, I helped you when you first started your business, which is what I, as an elder, should do, but I'm really sorry.

Everyone in Hong Kong knows that we are actually separate from Nanyang Cinemas, and they are two companies.

Their company also has its own set of review procedures for selecting Hong Kong films to be released in its theaters, and I’m not even talking about that!”

Look at the face of the shopping mall tycoon. Even if he has rejected you, his words are high-sounding.

Naturally, Chu Huan could not just give up. Before coming to Shao Yifu, Chu Huan had already understood that this would be a difficult negotiation.

"Uncle Six, I know this matter is difficult, but I really can't think of anything that can stump you in the Hong Kong film industry."
To be continued...