"Of course there is a difference," said Cen Jianxun. "If it's just to make quick money, then you can shoot whatever theme is popular, and invite any star to be the protagonist, unless the director's level is too bad or there is no scheduled release, it will be difficult to lose money."
Pan Disheng nodded after hearing this and asked again: "What if he was focusing on his film career?"
Cen Jianxun said: "If Mr. Pan, you want to take movies as seriously as your jewelry business, then we must first formulate the company's development strategy so that we can do it for a long time and stand out among many film companies."
"Well, you must have your own unique business philosophy when you open a company." Pan Disheng agreed with Cen Jianxun's words, because his flute and jewelry business was to win by strategy, and thus grew and grew in just a few years.
Cen Jianxun analyzed again: "Before formulating a development strategy, we must be clear about what are the advantages of Debao Film Company?"
"It seems we don't have any advantages." Pan Disheng thought for a long time and said that he himself did not understand film production and distribution, and his partner Sammo Hung is often busy with the affairs of Baohe Film Company. Although Cen Jianxun is great in film planning, he himself cannot be a director and film.
Cen Jianxun shook his head and said, "There are at least three advantages of Debao Film Company. First, Sammo Hung is the second largest shareholder of the company. Although he does not have much energy to run and develop the company, his fame is there, and sometimes he can direct and act and get good box office. This is an advantage that other small companies do not have; Second, Mr. Pan, you have a good relationship with Jiahe. As long as our movie is not too bad, you will not have to worry about distribution and release. This is the basic guarantee for the development of the film company; third, and most important advantage, that is, we... are not short of money."
"Not short of money?" Pan Disheng laughed and said, "I am indeed not short of money, but what is this advantage?"
Cen Jianxun also smiled and said, "This is a big advantage. The bottleneck of the development of many film companies is that they have no money. Lei Juekun, the funder of Xinyi City, suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash and real estate bubble in the past two years, and there is no spare money to play big productions. As a result, Xinyi City's films last year were all small urban comedies, and even last year they even sold out two theaters under the Golden Princess Cinemas."
Pan Disheng said: "Did you let me invest in big-scale movies?"
"I'm just giving an example," Cen Jianxun shook his head and said, "After knowing the advantages, we need to analyze what we lack?"
Pan Disheng smiled bitterly and said, "We lack everything except the boss and funds. Even the cameras for filming were rented from Jiahe."
Cen Jianxun said: "That's right. If a film company wants to develop for a long time, it must first make the company's movies sell at the top. To increase the chance of the movies selling at the top, it must have a good director who can cooperate for a long time. Sammo Hung is a good director, but Sammo Hung's work focus is not on Debao Film Company now."
Pan Disheng now understood and said, "What do you mean is that if Debao Film Company wants to develop, it must sign several top-notch directors?"
"No," Cen Jianxun smiled, "so I said Debao's biggest advantage is that he is not short of money, because as long as he has money, he can invite a good director."
Pan Disheng asked again: "Who do you think is better to dig?"
Cen Jianxun analyzed: "The best-selling movies in Hong Kong are comedy films now, and comedy films are divided into many types. Kung Fu comedy relies too much on actors. Without Cheng Long, it is difficult for Sammo Hung to sell; urban comedy requires idol stars, so stars such as Alan Tam, Lam Zixiang, and Zhang Guorong should be invited to be the protagonists during filming; spiritual comedy films have high requirements for screenwriters, otherwise the things shot will be a piece of garbage."
"Then what kind of comedy should we make?" Pan Disheng continued to ask.
"Campus comedy," Cen Jianxun smiled, "Since Kang Jianfei's "Happy Ghost", the box office of campus comedy has always been good, but except for the "Happy Ghost" series, other films of the same type rarely sell, and no one has ever filmed it now."
Pan Disheng said in confusion: "No more selling stocks, what are we going to do when we shoot?"
Cen Jianxun explained: "It is not clear that you don't find the right trick if you don't sell your cast. This campus comedy must first have directors and screenwriters who are good at this type of person, and secondly, you must choose the right actors. The actors are just auditions of young and beautiful girls, which can save money and give the audience a sense of freshness. The director needs to poach an expert in this field!"
"Who are you digging?" Pan Disheng asked.
"Gao Zhisen," said Cen Jianxun, "this guy is both able to write and direct. The box office of several campus comedies he filmed in New Art City is good."
Pan Disheng still knew Gao Zhisen and said, "Gao Zhisen seems to be Huang Baiming's apprentice. Can we dig it up?"
Cen Jianxun smiled and said, "The people in Xinyi City are now disintegrating. As long as we can afford the money, Gao Zhisen will definitely agree."
Pan Disheng nodded and said, "As long as he asks for the price, don't be too outrageous."
Cen Jianxun said again: "Actually, if you are willing to do it, we might as well make nonsensical comedy, but it will cause heavy bleeding when poaching people."
Pan Disheng smiled and said, "Are you going to let me dig Zhou Xingchi?"
Cen Jianxun nodded: "Not only Zhou Xingchi, but also Li Lichi, the deputy director of "God of Gambling", it will take about 15 million to 20 million to dig them."
"The risk is too great. If you don't sell the market, you will lose a lot of money," Pan Disheng said, "Then let's dig Gao Zhisen first and Zhou Xingchi will talk about it later."
Cen Jianxun was not easy to persuade him, after all, no one dared to make a guaranteed guarantee, so he just said: "I'll talk about the director and the actors. In addition to finding a scout to discover young beautiful girls, Mr. Pan, you must sign Yang Ziqiong as soon as possible. Her image and acting skills are still very promising. If you can sign it, you can try to let her shoot different types of movies, and then find the right direction to develop and train. It's best to sign one or two distinctive male actors, so that the signature of the film company can be marked out."
Pan Disheng remembered them all in his heart, but heard Cen Jianxun say again: "When the company develops to a certain scale, you must invest in theaters, otherwise you will be subject to others forever."
"The matter of theaters is too far away, so I don't need to consider it for the time being." Pan Disheng waved his hand and said. Now that the Hong Kong property market has recovered, even the rent of houses has increased significantly, investing in theaters requires at least hundreds of millions of dollars.
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On the eve of the Spring Festival.
Gao Zhisen and Zhou Xingchi received invitations at the same time, and Jiahe and Debao quickly launched a poaching operation.
As New Year's Eve approached, the box office of "The Gambler" also hit a climax again, pressing "The Great Star" firmly under oneself.
"Congratulations on the Rich" of New Art City is a bit miserable. In another time and space, "Congratulations on the Rich" has only one competitor, "The Stars of Lucky", but the box office has only won more than 18 million.
Now, there is an extra "Gambling Saint" out of thin air to grab the audience. The plot is boring and boring, "Congratulations on the Rich and Fatty", which is now cheated on the box office for a week with several stars, immediately revealing its true colors.
In the second week of its release, "The Gambling Saint" and "The Lucky Star" were still sucking box office, but the single-day box office of "Congratulations on the Rich" dropped to less than 500,000, and the attendance rates of major theaters were outrageously low.
Mecca, Shi Tian, ​​and Huang Baiming, the three bigwigs in the New Art City, have a little uncomfortable during the Spring Festival this year. After some reflection, I plan to make a good movie for the next year.
Compared to the depressedness of these three, the bosses of many small companies in Hong Kong are in a good mood.
Perhaps because it has emerged from the shadow of Sino-British negotiations, Hong Kong films have once again ushered in an explosive development since the Christmas season in December last year.
There were only 6 movies released in Hong Kong in January last year, while there were as many as 13 movies released in January this year, which was more than doubled.
The reason why so many films were released was not only the increase in the production of movies, but also thought that there were a few more theaters in Hong Kong. What made Kang Jianfei laugh and cry was that those small retail theaters actually learned the tricks he had used and began to form temporary theaters in series to provide the release of films from small and medium-sized film companies.
Even during the Spring Festival in February, 6 movies were released in Hong Kong at the same time, one in DreamWorks, New Art City, Jiahe and Silver, and the other two were released in temporary theaters by ordinary film companies.
"Bang, ninety thousand!" Wu Mengda took out the mahjong.
Anita Mui touched a card and looked at it. Suddenly, she rubbed mahjong with her palms, muttering the words: "Heaven and spiritual, bless me to rub a good card!"
"You have watched too many "Gambling Saints"!" Zhang Guorong, who sat down at her next house, complained, and said impatiently, "Please hurry up, I'm going to fall asleep."
Anita Mui has great popularity and character. Once she sits on the card table, she becomes completely different. She often does tricks. She rubs her cards for a long time before throwing them out, and sighs to her opponent Zhou Xingchi, "I'd love if I could rub cards like Ah Xing."
Zhou Xingchi usually talks very little, and he is a very boring person. Now, after hearing Anita Mui’s words, he couldn’t help but pick up the gambling money in front of him and joked: “If I could rub cards, I wouldn’t have lost every time I play cards.”
This not-so-funny joke made people laugh.
After "Love Saint" was hit half a year ago, many people still called Zhou Xingchi "Xingzai", while newcomers and poor actors called him "Sing Ge". But when the box office of "Gambling Saint" soared, anyone with discerning eyes knew that Zhou Xingchi was a star of Zhou Runfa in the future, and even Anita Mui sometimes joked about Zhou Xingchi "Sing Chi".
How popular is "The Gambler"?
Chapter completed!