The other two film giants in Hong Kong are Golden Harvest Entertainment Co., Ltd. and New Art City Pictures Co., Ltd.
New Art City does not have a theater chain of its own. Their boss behind the scenes, Lei Juekun, owns the Golden Princess Cinema Line. New Art City's performance depends on the support of Huang Baiming, Tsui Hark and others. Comprehensive comparison in all aspects, it is slightly better than Debao.
Stronger.
But now the internal strife in Xinyi City is becoming more and more obvious, and the original energy to conquer the world together has long been gone. If things continue like this, Xinyi City will have to disband in five years at most.
Jiahe is the well-deserved leader in the Hong Kong film industry. Jiahe is the most formal and complete film group in Hong Kong that integrates film production, distribution and exhibition.
Jiahe not only has its own independent Jiahe cinema chain, but also has a distribution network throughout Southeast Asia. More importantly, Jiahe has a strong enterprising spirit.
Since the establishment of Golden Harvest, they have taken the lead in increasing the production costs of movies and increasing the income of actors and actresses. Several major productions in Xiangjiang during this period were basically invested by Golden Harvest.
After that, Golden Harvest began to cooperate with Hollywood. Although the unexpected death of Bruce Lee, who was in full swing, dealt a heavy blow to Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest soon recovered and began to push Jackie Chan to enter the Hollywood film market.
Therefore, before the closure of Shaw Brothers Films, Golden Harvest had replaced Shaw Brothers Films and became the new leader in the film industry in Hong Kong.
Even though the emergence of New Art City has led to increasingly fierce competition among several companies for single-film box office records and annual total box office. But comprehensive comparison, no one can shake Golden Harvest's position as the leader in the Hong Kong film industry.
Generally speaking, the above three film companies with theater chains have naturally become the three giants in the Hong Kong film industry. Their huge advantages in distribution are unmatched by other film companies.
However, Sun Dahai didn't like this. He set the development direction of Youlian Agency to be on the high-quality route, rather than the integrated business model of big movie companies.
In Sun Dahai's eyes, Youlian is fundamentally a cultural, sports and entertainment agency.
In terms of film and television, it does not have to include production, distribution and theater operations. It should engage in diversified development and go hand in hand, and ultimately control the entire film industry chain in its own hands.
If he wants to develop according to this idea, will Sun Dahai also run media platforms such as TV stations, newspapers and magazines, so as to become a media empire?
Sun Dahai owns a theater, but it is only for the convenience of holding premieres or test screenings when his own movies are released. He saves having to go to someone else's place to book the theater.
Sun Dahai also has plans to open a film special effects company, and his future development direction will be computer special effects production. But this is just a separate project for Sun Dahai, to reserve technology and personnel for ten or twenty years.
This is the same as Youlian Company will build a high-level recording studio in a star gas station, but will never build a cassette or CD recording factory.
Sun Dahai's attitude towards theaters is the same.
Although in 1985, all his money was invested in Japanese yen foreign exchange futures. But as long as Sun Dahai is willing, he can find a bank to lend a sum of money to purchase Shaw Brothers' old theater chain.
However, Sun Dahai did not participate in the acquisition of theater chains. He and Hope Youlian can take an asset-light business route.
Except for comprehensive projects such as Star Gas Station that are conducive to the company's comprehensive development, Sun Dahai has no intention of letting Youlian bear a heavy asset burden.
You must know that the biggest use of theater chains is to win the right to speak in the film industry. In terms of investment profits alone, even including the government's preferential policies, the huge investment in theater chains is far less than investing in a commercial real estate
Go to the project.
The Alliance of Friendship will participate in investment in film and television projects of other companies, and may even invest on its own to produce some film and television projects.
The main purposes of Youlian's investment in film and television projects are, firstly, to obtain investment income; secondly, to create more participation opportunities for its artists.
You must know that the more excellent the project, the more intense the competition for the main roles will be. If Youlian can deeply intervene in the project and become one of the investors, then it can obtain the maximum benefits for its own artists.
In accordance with Sun Dahai's requirements for his own cinema, the future cinema has been designed accordingly.
The distance from the cinema door to the road in front of the door, the rostrum in the large screening room with 300 people, and the small screening room with 100 people. Each seat is equipped with a single-sided armchair with a folding writing board and a spotlight lamp.
Preparations have been made in advance for various activities.
People from New Art City also came. Huang Baiming, Shi Tian, Tsui Hark Shi Nansheng and his wife, as well as several contracted directors from New Art City, Wu Yusen, Johnnie To and others all came.
Behind them are a group of filmmakers from Xiangjiang. At this time, everyone has no order. They are directed by the staff of Youlian at the entrance and go in in groups.
Of course Fa Ge, Hong Gu, Leslie Cheung, and Jacky Cheung were all here to support them. Zhang Wanting and Luo Qirui, Fa Ge and Yam Kuei's classmate Lin Lingdong, and the one who appeared on the red carpet with Lin Lingdong was actually Ng Man Tat.
Speaking of which, Ng Mang-tat was also a student in the third phase of TVB, but his grades in the training class were quite good. After graduation, he officially took on acting roles and broke into the world early on.
It’s just that he became famous too early, which made him lost in the world of entertainment. He drank alcohol, gambled, and flirted with horses. Instead of making good use of his opportunities, Wu Mengda began to neglect his job and did half-hearted work when he went to work. He was considered by many to be "unable to support the wall."
mud".
By 1980, he owed 300,000 in gambling debts and was completely hidden by Wireless.
However, he learned his shame and became brave, quickly paid off the debt he owed, and closed himself off for a period of time to cultivate his mind and improve his acting skills.
Later, with the secret help of Fa Ge and other classmates, Ng Man-tat made a low-key comeback. He corrected his own problems and began to work hard to take on roles and support his family like other actors.
He plays a supporting role in "A Better Tomorrow 2", which will be released in Hong Kong next month.
Then several groups of people came over, whom Sun Dahai didn't recognize. They were probably bosses, executives of some film companies, or people working behind the scenes of the film.
Later, everyone did not form teams according to the company they belonged to, but all entered the venue with their friends. Everyone was accustomed to this, and they were not afraid that their boss would be unhappy.
The entertainment industry in Xiangjiang seems to be relatively chaotic. Except for the administrative staff of various film companies and the artists who have shares in the company, the remaining actors and actresses frequently visit each other.
As a TVB mainstay, Fa Ge is always full of film appointments. In this way, he has also starred in many movies of Golden Harvest, Debao and other film companies, and guest appearances have become more frequent.