Chapter 606: Four Surnames and Liuwang Enter the Entertainment Circle
Building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a big project.
In later generations, the first phase of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau took nearly thirty years to build.
Of course, the first phase was built starting in 1958. At that time, the technology was quite backward, not much better than the Tang Dynasty today.
As for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway built by Li Min now, it is estimated that the construction time will be shorter than that of later generations, but it will not be much shorter.
Because now this railway is only recruiting people on Jiannan Road.
When later generations built it, manpower from many regions was mobilized.
It can be said that it brings together the strength of the entire country.
However, this railway must be built successfully.
Without this railway, there would be no control over Tibet.
Li Min's focus now is to build railways and integrate the resources of Tubo and Nanzhao.
Before we knew it, it was February.
The people are busy with spring plowing.
In the court hall, Li Shimin began to discuss whether to attack Goryeo again.
Goryeo, a small country, is one of those that doesn't go to bed for three days.
How many days had it been since you beat him?
I just sent someone to apologize, but within a few days, I started dancing again.
He is simply a typical example of not forgetting to eat but not to fight.
After a heated discussion, it was finally decided to send troops to attack Goryeo.
It is said that a filial son emerges from under a stick. If he is not given a good beating, Goryeo will not be obedient.
First, they sent partial troops to disrupt Goryeo's farming and reduce their food production.
In March, Li Shimin ordered Niu Jinda and Li Shiji to flank Goryeo by sea and land.
In March, Li Shimin suffered from a stroke.
Now Li Shimin's health has become very poor.
It can be said that his body is getting worse day by day, and it seems that his time may be running out.
But until now, Li Shimin has not established a prince.
Many of the officials in the court came to persuade Li Shimin to establish the crown prince as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it will easily cause chaos in the court.
Yes, if the crown prince is not established, all the princes will think that they will have a chance.
Then, they will definitely make various little moves in private, which is definitely not the blessing of the Tang Dynasty.
However, for some unknown reason, Li Shimin ignored the memorials of these ministers and never decided to establish a prince.
In April, the Yanran Protectorate was established, and the six prefectures and seven states of the Chile tribe were newly established.
In May, Li Shiji led the army to cross the Liao River and attack Goryeo, but he did not gain much and ultimately returned without success.
This month, a movie finally came out.
Of course these movies were all shot by those disciples.
Of course, since they are all novices, their shooting techniques are somewhat unsatisfactory.
Even compared to Li Min, there are still many disadvantages.
Fortunately, this is the pioneering era of movies.
Even if you write a popular science article, it is estimated that many people will read it.
Therefore, although the filming was a bit poor, what they filmed was either an opera, a cross talk sketch, or some new scripts.
So, these, these movies, all became popular.
But the most popular one among them is undoubtedly a movie called The Legend of White Snake.
This movie is definitely one of the movies that have been broadcast recently. It has the best shooting techniques and the most interesting plot. It is also the best movie they have watched, bar none!
I heard that this movie was actually shot by a little girl.
This little girl is the apprentice of the King of Shu.
Every apprentice of King Shu seems to be so powerful!
Um, okay, in fact, the shooting of other movies was also shot by the disciples of King Shu.
But they were directly ignored by others.
There is certainly a reason why the legend of White Snake is so popular.
First of all, the legend of White Snake is about a shepherd boy who rescued a white snake.
Then reincarnated for thousands of years, the story of White Snake repaying kindness.
This setting itself was very novel and was rare at the time.
Therefore, it caused a great sensation once it was broadcast.
Then, we have to talk about the special effects in this movie.
The scene where the white snake incarnates, that lifelike white snake, made all the audience scream in fright.
It’s so real!
And the spells inside, the ones they cast, seem to be really spells!
Unlike other movies, it is fake at first glance and very bad.
Um, okay, in fact, these special effects were added by Li Min later, and they are actually only fifty-cent special effects.
But at the time, it was absolutely awesome and the special effects were extremely high-end!
Furthermore, this story is really fascinating.
Even in later generations, when so many TV movies with themes have appeared, the legend of the White Snake can still be popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, let alone in the era of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, The Legend of White Snake caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released.
During this time, almost the entire Tang Dynasty was discussing the movie The Legend of White Snake.
In this movie, the actor Ouyang Ruoshui, who played the role of White Snake, suddenly became famous throughout the Tang Dynasty.
She is even more popular than Li Yuanfang before.
And the other actors in The Legend of White Snake are also very popular.
What's even more popular is that The Legend of the New White Snake is actually a TV series with about thirty or forty episodes.
But they only released the first episode.
Just when Bai Niangzi and Xu Xian met at the bow of the boat and were about to get married, the relationship broke off.
During this time, the people of the entire Tang Dynasty were going crazy.
They really want to know what happens next.
Well, although inside the theater, there is actually a stage play of this play.
But how can stage plays and movies be the same?
Some details in the movie have also been slightly changed, making them different from the stage play.
Even after Li Shimin watched this movie, he directly ordered Li Min to continue filming the second part and broadcast it as soon as possible.
And Cheng Yaojin and a bunch of other old guys blocked Li Min's door.
It seems that if Li Min does not appear in the second episode, they will block the door and not leave.
At this time, the second episode of White Snake was really released.
Of course, not in the form of a movie, but in the form of a disc.
This time, one episode of the disc was sold for 100 yuan.
As soon as the DVD of the new episode was sold, it immediately caused a rush.
Of course, after buying the disc, you have to buy a projector.
If not, how can I watch it with just the disc?
So, the camera didn't fire.
But now, projectors and discs are popular.
Now, of all the wealthy homes, which one doesn’t have at least one projector?
Even some middle-class families will bite the bullet and buy a projector.
And in those stores, smart store owners bought a projector as early as possible.
After I bought it, I put it at the door and started playing the second episode of The Legend of White Snake.
It will immediately attract a large crowd of people to watch.
As long as a few of these people are converted into customers, they will be successful.
Of course, other businesses are not fools, and they will naturally follow suit and buy projectors.
As a result, projectors and discs were immediately sold out.
Other sketches, cross talk, storytelling and other operas have also been released on disc.
These discs are all selling like hotcakes.
Every time one was released, it was snapped up.
Anyone who buys a projector cannot only play one disc every day.
Now they basically buy whatever is launched.
Basically, I don’t bring them to read, I just grab them if I have them.
And this also leads to the fact that this year China Film and Television City has launched many stars.
Also because of the emergence of projectors and stickers, the sales of previous tapes also dropped significantly.
Especially the tapes of cross talk and sketches. Now that we have discs and can be seen in person, who would buy the tapes?
This directly led to a sharp decline in tape sales and a decline in tape prices.
Recently, China Film and Television City has slowed down the rollout of tapes.
At the same time, the sharing model between artists has also begun to become different.
In the past, we had a split model with them, one-to-nine.
Nowadays, many of them have directly changed to the buyout mode. You can buy out directly according to the one-time payment.
And how much this tape sells and how much it can sell has nothing to do with you.
This contract model makes many artists feel that they are at a disadvantage and are unwilling to sign contracts with China Film and Television.
Especially the old people who have already released one or several cassettes and are used to eating meat. Now if you ask them to drink soup, they will naturally refuse to do so.
But apart from cooperating with China Film and Television, they had no other choice. In the end, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and choose to cooperate with China Film and Television.
Otherwise, they won't receive a penny.
But this year, all the previous tape giants are gone.
On the contrary, this year's disc upstarts are gradually coming to the fore.
Every one of these actors who can release an album has earned a lot of money.
For every disc, they can get 37%.
Of course, this 37 refers to a single disc.
If it is a sketch, for example, five people are acting, then the five people will get a total of 30% of the income.
And for something like The Legend of White Snake, because there are so many characters on the scene, you have to look at the scenes.
But like the starring actors in it, because there are so many episodes, about forty in total, their income will also reach a very exaggerated level.
Last year's tape artists declined, but this year's film and television upstarts are rising.
For those artists who were disobedient last year, Datang Film and Television will not play with them at all this year.
But it was only now that they discovered that they were nothing without Datang Film and Television.
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At this time, the five surnames, Qi Wang, um, have now become the four surnames, Liu Wang.
At this time, they also spotted this business opportunity.
In the past ten years, Four Surnames and Six Prosperities have almost stagnated, and there is not much room for development.
Because the Chinese Commercial Bank is developing too fast, and the emperor is also deliberately cooperating with the Chinese Commercial Bank to suppress them.
The development model of the Chinese Commercial Bank is to bring the San family and other small aristocratic families to jointly deal with them.
This further squeezes their development space.
Their various businesses were gradually eroded.
Today's imperial examinations are becoming more and more stringent.
Beginning to increase the knowledge of natural subjects, and reduce the proportion of the Four Books and Five Classics.
During the exam, it became a nameless system.
This kind of development is a great restriction to the aristocratic family.
Over the past ten years, they have almost stood still and even experienced regression to varying degrees.
Of course, if the four surnames are prosperous and the six are prosperous, the family will be big and the business will be big.
Even if they do nothing but eat and drink every day, they will not lose their family fortune in a hundred years.
However, you will be poor only if you don't have enough to eat and drink, and you won't be poor if you don't calculate.
How could they, aristocratic families, just sit there and have nothing?
How about just sitting back and watching the family decline step by step?
The fourth surname is Liuwang, who is cultivating his own scientific researchers and research team.
Unfortunately, they had little success.
Their research and development cannot even keep up with the update speed of Yizhou University’s textbooks.
Whenever they develop a result after a year or two, they sadly discover that Yizhou Daxue's recent textbooks contain these contents.
And the research is more in-depth, more detailed and more comprehensive than their research.
How could this not make them feel infinitely aggrieved?
They are always looking for opportunities.
And now, after seeing how developed the movie is and how crazy the disc sales are these past four or five days, I can't help but feel excited.
This entertainment industry is really hugely profitable!
You can make money by entering this!
Too simple and crude!
As long as someone has a camera and buys blank discs, they can continue to make discs and sell them for money.
The discs on the market today are in short supply.
Every time a new disc is sold, it is snapped up!
Every disc is a huge profit!
If they could enter the entertainment industry and discover a thousand discs a year, how much money would they make?
Just thinking about it makes them excited!
Therefore, the four surnames, Liuwang and one, decided to enter the entertainment industry together.
They have plenty of funds, but what they lack now is talent.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of actors at all.
Especially after China Commercial Bank's contracts became harsh and picky, they were able to sign many artists with ease.
As for director talents, they can be cultivated slowly.
The fourth surname, Liuwang, was very wealthy. After he decided to enter the entertainment industry, he directly spent a lot of money to build a film and television city.
Hundreds of cameras were purchased at one go. As for director talents, there was no choice but to select talents from within and train them bit by bit.
Next, they directly used the 40-60 split model to sign a large number of artists.
Then use these artists to do a small trial first, and test the market by releasing tapes.
The magnetic tape market is now sluggish, but it is not without a market.
Families that bought phonographs still have the consumption habit of buying tapes.
The four surnames and Liu Wang jointly established Tengfei Films and released more than a dozen tapes in one go.
In fact, the tape industry does not have much technical content.
All the artists signed by Ascendas Film and Television have experience in producing tapes.
Therefore, after these tapes were launched, although the sales volume was not as good as before, it was still considerable.
These dozen tapes have brought considerable income to Tengfei Films.
This brought great confidence and encouragement to Si Xing Liu Wang.
It turns out that making money in the entertainment industry is so simple!
Next, they began to officially enter the disc industry.
Because Si Xing Liu Wang also knows very well that within ten years, the tape industry will fall into a trough.
If you want to make money, look to the disc industry.
Next, Ascendas Film and Television began filming movies.
As for the scripts, they looked for some best-selling books on the market, bought out the copyrights, and directly found actors for filming.
In this era, the authors of some best-selling books are still relatively unknown.
You only need to give them an extremely low price to buy their copyright.
Regarding whether the script was suitable, Si Xing Liu Wang did not consider these issues at all.
Because there is an urgent shortage of discs in the market now.
I didn’t realize that if a CD is not released by China Film and Television, it will be robbed.
They don't care at all what they are filming, as long as there is a film, they will grab it.
So, what they need now is speed.
Although it released the disc, and then occupied the market with China Film and Television.
It would be best to outnumber them.
Now, quantity is money.
Of course, it's not just the Four Surnames and Liu Wang who are eyeing the entertainment industry for making so much money.
There are many people who are also eyeing this circle.
In addition to the four surnames and Liuwang, there are also many wealthy people who have established film and television companies and are preparing to shoot movies.
Even a group of veterans such as Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, Qin Qiong, and Li Daozong also formed a joint venture to form a film and television company.
It turns out that these old guys became completely popular after they released Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
They couldn't bear the loneliness anymore and pestered Li Min over and over again. They wanted to be the protagonist and make a movie.
But where does Li Min have so many scripts for them?
Furthermore, apart from Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, what else can these old guys film?
Li Min couldn't be entangled, so he bewitched them.
"Veteran generals, you have also seen that I am very busy now!"
"Actually, if you want to make a movie, it's very simple. You can buy a camera and shoot it yourself!"
"When the time comes, you can take pictures of whatever you want? Based on your popularity, are you still afraid of not being popular?"
Huh?
This seems to be the case!
We are so popular ourselves, why do we have to ask others?
We are all so angry, but this kid still likes to ignore me. Don't you think it's irritating?
So, Cheng Yaojin and a group of veterans put their heads together and established a film and television company called Tiger Films.
Then, after they bought a camera, they started shooting movies excitedly.
However, on the first day of filming, they had serious differences and disputes.
There wasn't even a script, so these old guys just came to make a movie with weapons in hand one by one.
Then one person thinks it should be shot this way, and that person thinks it should be shot that way.
Each of them had an ugly and tough temper, and no one could convince anyone. They started fighting while talking, and in the end even the camera was smashed.
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In July, Niu Jinda led a large army and entered Goryeo by sea.
Niu Jinda was extremely brave and launched more than a hundred attacks, winning almost every time.
Finally, Shicheng was captured.
However, the terrain of Goryeo was very complex, and Niu Jinda did not achieve greater gains in the subsequent war.
So in August, Li Shimin ordered Jiangnan to build hundreds of large ships and prepare to use them to attack Goryeo.
Speaking of which, in the Tang Dynasty, the DVD of The Legend of White Snake has been released to its thirtieth episode.
Now, almost everyone in the Tang Dynasty is talking about the legend of White Snake.
The Legend of White Snake has become a phenomenal film in Datang this year.
And a group of actors and actresses from the legendary White Snake have also become popular all over the country.
In August, more than a dozen discs suddenly flooded into the market.
This made those who bought the projector very happy.
I didn’t expect this month to be so awesome!
Normally there are only a few movies in a month, but in August there were almost 20 movies!
This month, they are blessed!
But when they bought the disc and watched it, they couldn't help but be disappointed.
Among the nearly twenty discs, more than ten of them are not good to watch.
It was really too shoddy and very different from the discs they had seen before.
First of all, the filming was too rough, and then the actors' acting skills were very embarrassing and fake.
And the plot is also very cliche.
Although the film industry has just started, it has to be said that these dozen or so movies are definitely bad movies.
Watching it made countless people feel embarrassed and sick.
These videos have caused countless people to complain. What happened to the current discs?
Why are you taking random pictures?
In the future, what kind of discs can I buy and what kind of discs can’t be bought?
I’ve never seen it, who knows if it’s good or not?
At this moment, an article suddenly appeared in Yizhou Daily.
The article states that all discs produced by China Film and Television must be high-quality products.
When you buy a disc, you can pay attention to the disc packaging, including the main body of the disc, which is also engraved with the words "China Film and Television".
Now Yizhou Monthly News has entered the lives of thousands of households.
Even Chang'an also publishes other newspapers.
But in terms of scale and influence, they are far from being comparable to Yizhou Monthly.
After reading the Yizhou Monthly News, some customers who bought the disc went home and read the disc.
it is as expected.
Among the dozens of unsightly discs, all were not produced by China Film and Television.
After taking a closer look, it turned out to be produced by Tengfei Films.
Some customers who were so angry took the discs back to return them.
But when the Four Surnames and Liuwangs are doing business, since they have been sold, how can there be any reason to return the goods?
Of course it cannot be withdrawn.
Those customers who purchased the discs had no choice but to consider themselves unlucky.
The fourth surname is Liuwang. In fact, they have not understood the true meaning of the movie at all.
They are just businessmen and just want to make money.
Therefore, in just two months, we spent money to produce more than a dozen movies.
When they first started selling it, the sales were very hot and they made a huge fortune. They were very surprised.
As expected, money comes quickly in the entertainment industry!
This time, their bet was right!
snort!
If this is the case, they will step up their progress!
This time, they decided to produce at least a hundred films before the next year!
