Xiangjiang was originally an important British colony. After its return in 1967, it became one of China's three special administrative regions. It has retained its original political system and social structure and will not change within a hundred years.
Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Xiangjiang's return to the motherland.
The past 50 years have also been 50 years of Xiangjiang's economic prosperity and development. With finance and trade as its pillar industry, Xiangjiang's per capita GDP has always been among the top in the world, and many world-class tycoons have emerged.
However, different political cultures have also created a social atmosphere in Xiangjiang that is different from that in the mainland. This international metropolis has shown an aloof and independent trend in recent years, instinctively rejecting political, economic and cultural influences from the mainland.
The social situation is very complex.
The entertainment circle in Xiangjiang is also a self-circulating, relatively closed circle. Although there are exchanges with the domestic entertainment circle, they are completely different from each other, and they have a tendency to keep their distance from each other.
The locals in Hong Kong usually only care about local artists and lack interest in understanding domestic stars. The media in Hong Kong will also selectively ignore entertainment news from China and only report on Hong Kong entertainment gossip, or add Baodao,
News from Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, etc.
All these are manifestations of this aloofness and independence, even as more and more people in the entertainment industry continue to seek development opportunities in the country, and more and more Hong Kong artists appear on domestic TV and movie screens.
The Hong Kong government has joined forces with the domestic State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to formulate new regulations to support the film industry in Hong Kong. Any film production company registered in Hong Kong is encouraged to apply for preferential and supportive policies to share the domestic and Hong Kong film markets. On the one hand, it is to revive the declining film market.
The Xiangjiang movie is also about breaking down barriers.
But time will tell how effective it will be.
As one of the first to set up a film and television institution in Hong Kong, if Lu Chen Studio wants to develop smoothly here, it is not enough to just rely on preferential support policies.
After decades of development, Xiangjiang's film and television industry has already formed inherent rules and patterns, forming natural barriers to outsiders. It is not easy to break them!
So when Lu Chen shoots a movie in Xiangjiang, it doesn't mean that he can easily hire a few photographers, recorders, sound recordists, etc. to form a crew. He must first understand, be familiar with, and finally know how to use the rules here.
The advice given by Chen Wenqiang is very simple, that is, find a powerful local film and television company to co-produce a new film.
This is the fastest and easiest way, but it is more troublesome depending on which film and television company is involved.
In the 1980s, there were so many local film and television companies in Xiangjiang that they produced an astonishing number of movies and TV series every year, which were continuously sold to China and Southeast Asia.
Although the glory is no longer there, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Large film companies such as Jinrong, Wang, and Polyda still firmly control the market and control the voice in the film and television industry.
Chen Wenqiang does not have a high opinion of these time-honored film companies. Even though they all have a glorious past, if they want to steadily get the quota to export to the mainland, it is very difficult to go it alone or find a third- or fourth-rate film and television company.
Problem.
The new problem is that big companies like Jinrong, Wang and Baolida are very difficult to deal with, and outsiders like Lu Chen Studio are newly established small businesses. Even if they agree to cooperate, the conditions they offer are too low.
Very high, even to the point of harshness.
The biggest headache for Wan Xiaoquan right now is exactly this problem!
And if you don’t take this step well, the road ahead will be very difficult.
Lu Chen could see that Wan Xiaoquan was worried about this, and thinking that this might be the reason why he pulled him here, he comforted him: "Don't be anxious now, let's take our time to think of a solution."
Since Lu Chen is here, he must be here to help. Although he is not familiar with the place in Xiangjiang, he can still contact a few people in the circle through friends such as Filia Chen and Tan Hong.
Chen Wenqiang did not speak, because filmmaking cooperation involves a very high level, and he is familiar with the middle and lower class circles. He has no say in the top management of the film and television industry, so of course he cannot talk nonsense.
Several people discussed in the conference room for two hours and formulated preliminary follow-up plans and work arrangements.
After the impromptu meeting, Chen Wenqiang said to Lu Chen: "Boss, it's your first time coming to Xiangjiang. Can you let me serve as a host today and treat you to a taste of Xiangjiang's delicacies? It can be regarded as a blessing for you.
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Lu Chen smiled and said, "If you do the work and I pay the bill, then there will be no problem!"
How could he ask his subordinates to treat him to dinner when they first met?
Of course, Chen Wenqiang’s face must be given.
Chen Wenqiang was stunned, and Wan Xiaoquan laughed loudly: "That's it, let's go!"
He reached out and patted Chen Wenqiang, who was still a little confused, and said: "Brother Qiang, we don't have to save money for the boss. He charges millions to write songs for others!"
"ah!"
Li Zhen, who was sitting aside, exclaimed softly and looked at Lu Chen with stars in her eyes.
Does it cost millions to write a song for someone else?
Wouldn’t it be possible to just write dozens of songs and buy a house in Xiangjiang?
Chen Wenqiang couldn't believe it. As far as he knew, the price of one of the top songwriters in Hong Kong was only two to three hundred thousand yuan. How many times was Lu Chen's price?
Lu Chen is very good at original music, but the price is too amazing!
Lu Chen couldn't laugh or cry: "Uncle Qiang, don't listen to Director Wan's nonsense, let's go to dinner!"
The place where Chen Wenqiang took Lu Chen was the typhoon shelter in Causeway Bay.
Together with the two assistants Li Zhen and Zhang Xiaofang, there were five people in total. Everyone had dinner on a specially built cruise ship. While admiring the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbor, they tasted the first-class fresh seafood. The real local characteristics made Lu Chen feel like
Full of praise.
After eating this sumptuous seafood dinner, Chen Wenqiang asked: "Boss, which hotel are you staying at tonight? Have you booked a room?"
Lu Chen said: "I don't live in a hotel. My friend lent me a house in Repulse Bay. Brother Zhang will send me there first, and then you can arrange a place for him."
House in Repulse Bay!
Chen Wenqiang secretly sighed, that was a high-end residential area in Xiangjiang, and there were many luxury houses worth hundreds of millions.
I don't know which of Lu Chen's friends lent him a house in Repulse Bay.
He quickly said: "No problem, then I will wait here for Xiaofang to come back, and then I will take him to the apartment where the employees live. The rooms have been prepared and arranged."——