In 2016, iQiyi wanted to launch business in Taiwan.
But it couldn't enter the island, so it had to find a local agent to operate the platform. It signed a five-year agreement and its performance was pretty good, with 1 million paying members.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Taiwan soon followed the American father and began to impose sanctions and devised an "iQiyi Clause" to the effect that it was prohibited from "providing agency services" to it.
Just as the five-year deadline was coming up, iQiyi withdrew.
The people cursed.
Because this incident was so funny, some media exposed it, saying that *** likes to watch dramas before going to bed, such as "Story of Yanxi Palace", "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and other palace dramas.
Therefore, "Only officials are allowed to watch dramas, and ordinary people are not allowed to watch movies!"
We all know the virtues of the island. When Taiwan has a power outage, our Internet becomes quieter; when Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not send money, our Internet becomes even quieter...
Now that Hugelive wants to enter, Taiwan does not have the strategic position of Hong Kong and cannot be a base camp. It is purely about earning members. Yao Yuan's approach will be more brutal. There are more than 10 million netizens in Taiwan, so there is great potential.
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Japan.
Hugelive's first episode "The Naked Director" is currently being filmed.
The starring role is Takayuki Yamada, whose representative works include "Call for Love in the Center of the World", "White Night Walk", "Hot Blood High School", etc.
When it comes to Japanese male artists, one company is often inseparable from Johnny's. This is a management agency that specializes in male celebrities. The owner is Kitagawa, who likes to pout beautiful boys.
It includes Kimura Takuya, Takizawa Hideaki, Yamashita Tomohisa, Yamada Ryosuke, Nagano Hiroshi, etc. Nagano Hiroshi is the great ancient in "Ultraman"...
But Takayuki Yamada really isn't. He works for Stardust Communications. This company is just the opposite of Johnny's. The female artists are very outstanding. They include Takako Tokiwa, Yuki Shibasaki, Keiko Kitagawa, etc.
Yamada Takayuki can occupy a position in it, and his popularity is evident.
A star like this will basically not participate in pornographic films. The reason why he appeared in "The Naked Director" was, well, he was given too much...
This drama is about Japan in the 1980s. The male protagonist is unemployed, his wife is cheating, and his life is gloomy. Then he accidentally meets a young man who has a serious job: he specializes in eavesdropping on couples doing things in the hourly room and recording their voices on tape.
Sold outside, sales are very good.
The male protagonist realized the vast market of the porn industry, decided to join in, and became a director...
It can also be considered a nostalgic drama, taking the audience to understand the development history of the Japanese AV industry. For example, in the past, actresses were all fake, but due to serious involution, they gradually became real.
At this moment on the set, Dark Chirei - Hatano Yui is wrapped in a white nightgown and waiting for the set.
She debuted in 2008. When she was young, she had a top-notch figure and a slim waist, but then she lost shape. She was still fighting on the front line until 2023. She can only say that veterans will never die.
The role she plays is, well, the "first real actress in the industry."
"Click!"
The director finished filming the next scene and waved: "Yui-chan, it's your turn!"
"OK!"
Teacher Yui stood up and pulled her hands with great professionalism, wow!
The scene suddenly became anxious.
The crew is working very hard for Boss Yao's members.
Because of the special environment in Japan, Yao Yuan did not make a big bet. His strategy was to focus on quality rather than quantity, and use Japan's cultural background to export to attract members from other regions. Like this "Naked Director", the LSPs mentioned in this chapter will definitely like it.
And out of my own bad taste, in addition to Teacher Yui, there is also an actress named Aoi Mukai, who just debuted this year.
Dark Zhiling and Dark Amber Kuo are both weak, and Mukai Aoi is Dark Han!
She has short hair and wears glasses, and she looks surprisingly similar to Han Han. Han Han also joked on Weibo: "The economy is not good, so I need to work part-time."
Aoi Mukai is also very interesting. He posted a photo of himself and Han Han on Twitter, calling him "Brother~"
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at the same time.
Thailand's mockumentary "Psychic" is also being filmed.
Preparations are underway for Indonesia's "The Queen of Descendants".
The Malaysian horror film "Southern Witches" has been completed. Let's briefly talk about this film:
A Chinese family living in Kedah (a state in Malaysia) was raped by a Thai neighbor. The husband was about to die, so the wife went to a cave to ask the mountain god Granny, and with her help, she defeated the raped man.
The Mountain Goddess Granny was a princess of Quanzhou in the Tang Dynasty. She came to Kedah with rice and a big boat, and had a conflict with the local wizard. The wizard ordered the elephant to suck up the sea water and turned the whole boat into a mountain. The princess was sealed in the mountain.
You will never be able to return to your homeland... This is a legend among the local Chinese.
Yao Yuan has always emphasized that East Asia and Southeast Asia have cultural commonalities, and they must be invaded, oh no, develop the market well.
Such as head-bending, witchcraft, Maoshan magic, Mahakala Buddha, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar, they can completely form a cultural circle with no barriers to viewing movies.
Oh, forget about Myanmar, Erkang won’t be able to come back from that place...
In short, while Netflix is still focusing on the Western market, Hugelive has already conquered cities in Asia and expanded rapidly.
Yao Yuan uses Hong Kong and South Korea as the production center, Asia as the basic base, and North America as the strategic location to compete with Netflix and future Disney, Amazon, Apple, etc.
For example, "Train to Busan" will be released simultaneously across Asia.
He believed that Asians would be interested because zombies are a patent of Western cultural circles, and we play with zombies - this is the starting point of Eastern zombie movies.
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Seoul.
A high-end barbecue restaurant.
The reason why barbecue restaurants can be called high-end is because they sell Korean beef, which is Korean local beef, and costs several hundred yuan per pound.
"Zi Liu!"
Screenwriter Qian Chengri couldn't help but drool a little, looking at the large plates of meat on the table was like a dream, and what's even more awesome is that there is watermelon!
Oh my god, watermelon!!!
What's the status of watermelon in South Korea? It's like when athletes come to China to participate in the Winter Olympics, they have to eat it and then pack it away secretly!
This was reported by the Japanese team...
"teacher!"
Jin Minyong, the head of Hugelive Korea, raised his hand to pour him a glass of wine and made a gesture of inviting him to a meal.
"It costs you money!"
Qian Chengri felt a little ashamed and started eating without any courtesy.
He is a famous screenwriter, with his representative works "Pushing a Slave" and "Seventh Level Civil Servant". He won the Best Screenplay at the Baeksang Arts Awards - this is the highest award in the Korean television industry, equivalent to our Feitian Award + Golden Eagle Award.
But even so, Korean beef is not always affordable.
While entertaining, Jin Minyong told him that he wanted him to write a script. Qian Chengri naturally knew what he wanted and asked, "Do you want to customize it? What type of script is it?"
"It's not custom-made, it needs to be adapted by you."
"adaptation?"
Qian Chengri was a little unhappy. After all, I am a famous screenwriter, so he asked: "Which novel is the original work?"
"It's not a novel, it's a comic."
"Axi!"
He stood up in a hurry, still chewing Korean beef, and said angrily: "I am a screenwriter who has won the Baeksang Arts Award, and you want me to adapt a comic? Is this the attitude you have towards artists? You are so rude.