Xiao Qian has been playing with a hammer and a mallet in the past few years. It seems that he has no rules, but at the core, he is actually doing one thing.
That is to enhance the strength and confidence of the mainland's entertainment and cultural industry.
At any time, strength is the fundamental factor that determines victory or defeat.
Huangtian has paid off, and under his promotion and impact, today's mainland entertainment and cultural industry has developed very impressively.
The total annual economic benefit is more than five times that of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other regions combined.
In addition to the visible economic achievements, what he is most proud of is actually the change in the mindset of people in the industry.
Compared with people from government departments like Li Jianguo, in fact, people working in the entertainment industry on the mainland have no idea of looking up to their colleagues in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In terms of strength, most of the popular works in Hong Kong and Taiwan are produced in mainland China. Whether it is TVB, ATV, Taiwan TV, China Television, etc., they can only survive in the cracks.
In terms of fame, Shen Jue, Wen Yi, Wang Wen, Li Bingbing, Jiuji Zhang and others who came out of mainland China in recent years have been in the limelight and have already overshadowed many established Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.
There are also many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, such as Liang Jiahui, Jiao Enjun, etc., who have integrated into the mainland's entertainment production system.
What's more, although celebrities such as Zhou Xingxing, Li Ruotong, and Zhu Yin are Hong Kongers, they debuted as mainland talents and have little to do with the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
These are actually very superficial things. At Li Jianguo's level, naturally he cannot rely on these to judge the situation.
But the information Xiao Qian handed over to him was even more shocking.
"As of the end of last year, the number of people working in the Hong Kong film industry was 3,750, which is nearly 8,000 fewer than at its peak."
Li Jianguo frowned.
“Is the Hong Kong film industry so depressed now?”
But I saw Xiao Qian smiling like a weasel.
"Although Hong Kong movies have declined in recent years, they have not reached an unsustainable level. The reason for this is simply because most of the employees have come to work in the mainland. Our industry here is in urgent need of various talents. , it was too late to train them myself, so I had to poach people from Hong Kong.”
The initiator of poaching corners in Hong Kong movies is him, Mr. Xiao.
And it is completely different from the previous situation when Hong Kong filmmakers went north.
In previous lives, Hong Kong filmmakers went north, represented by capital and industry leaders.
Those who can come to the mainland and prosper are all big companies and big stars. With their abundant capital and strong popularity, they quickly dominate the entertainment and culture industry and seize the right to speak.
But when Hong Kong filmmakers go north, people at the bottom don't enjoy a penny of dividends.
Especially after those big companies and big stars behaved wildly, the reputation of Hong Kong filmmakers has become bad in the industry.
Later, when there were no jobs to be found in the Hong Kong film industry, and these people at the bottom were forced to go north, they found helplessly that there were no jobs at all.
In their words? It means that their colleagues in the mainland are discriminating against them.
Little did they know that the culprits were the upper echelons of their own industry.
Xiao Qian has always focused on the integration of industries across the Taiwan Strait and the three places, and always started from the middle and lower levels. After years of poaching, many unknown but talented people at the bottom of Hong Kong films have been poached to work in the mainland.
Being able to do this? It also depends on Starlight’s capital strength.
For the same job, the salary in Hong Kong is 5,000 Hong Kong dollars? And it is often owed. But in the mainland, the salary is 8,000 Hong Kong dollars? And the five insurances and one housing fund are paid and paid on time.
Anyone who is not a fool knows how to choose.
In the beginning, only Starlight was poaching people like this, but after seeing that Starlight’s industry operations were becoming more and more professional, other companies followed suit and started working in the Hong Kong film industry.
Hard work paid off, and today, Hong Kong's film industry has shrunk to a critical point.
"Have you not noticed that not many people talk about mainland movies or Hong Kong movies anymore? Whenever they talk about it, they are all Chinese movies."
Although Xiao Qian's words were soft, they were like thunder? It shocked Li Zhen and Li Jianguo inexplicably.
Don't underestimate it. It's just a statement. It actually represents the vast majority of perceptions in an industry and field.
If we always say this and call it this, does it mean that there are clear barriers on both sides? It is full of barriers.
But now we almost don’t say that? Doesn’t that mean? The vast majority of people have looked at the film industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places as a whole?
Facing the surprised looks of Li Zhen and Li Jianguo, Xiao Qian looked like a good student waiting to be praised.
"I don't know when the reunification of the motherland will be completed, so I will start with the entertainment and cultural industry."
Li Zhen and Li Jianguo shook their heads and laughed, but when they looked at Xiao Qian, their eyes were filled with relief.
Everyone is busy with national affairs, but they find it difficult to do their work, and they don't know which year they will be able to complete their goals.
But this little man in front of me started from humble beginnings and has achieved such great achievements.
"Now our colleagues in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have become accustomed to the current rules and don't think there is anything wrong with them. But if capital from there is allowed to enter the mainland, enter the cinema chain industry, and join forces with mainland cinema chain companies, we will
Quickly grasp the right to speak and escape from the current control
This situation will cause chaos in the entire industry. So before that, we need to build a solid film system in the mainland and not give others the opportunity to take advantage of it. In this way, when they come in, they can still only follow the rules we set.
If we leave, the film industry’s right to speak will not be lost.”
Speaking of this, Xiao Qian suddenly added a sentence.
"The entertainment and cultural industry also belongs to the field of ys form and cannot fall into the hands of others."
Li Jianguo didn't do anything, but Li Zhen's eyes were like lightning, and his expression changed.
The rollout of cinema chain reform does not happen overnight, and involves many, many interests.
Xiao Qian and Han Siping were mentally prepared to treat this as a long-term war.
However, those colleagues from various regions who faced China Film and Dongying quickly became divided.
When the turmoil was raging in private, someone had already found Xiao Qian.
"Mr. Xiao, what we want to know is, what can we get if we allow Dongying to join and hold a controlling stake?"
Xiao Qian also didn't expect that the first person to come to him was Manager Yan from Guangdong Province who was the first to oppose him at the meeting.
But after hearing his words, Xiao Qian couldn't help but admire him.
Sometimes, people's vision and courage are really limited by geography.
At least the heads of other local theater companies didn't come to see him, and they were probably still hostile to him.
Manager Yan and the people behind him were obviously on the front line against him not long ago. But after a short period of time, they started to discuss cooperation with him very frankly.
Xiao Qian knew that what prompted Manager Yan to come to him was the cooperation plan he provided to representatives of various companies.
People without vision only saw that Dongying and China Film seemed to be swallowing them up. People with vision immediately saw unlimited business opportunities.
It seems that according to Xiao Qian's plan, theater companies in various places will be swallowed up by Dongying and China Film, and lose their dominance.
But the plan clearly states that for anyone who joins the East Film and China Film Systems systems, East Film and China Film Group will take the lead in building and promoting theater chains in the region.
"Guangdong Province is different from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. Although there is the Pearl River Delta region with an equally developed economy, there are not many big cities, so it is very difficult for your theater chain to promote it. But in this regard, we
Dongying has rich experience and stronger strength. According to our predictions, if the theater chain can be successfully promoted, the annual box office in Guangdong Province will more than triple."
Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Shenzhen, the three most populous and most economically developed cities in Guangdong Province, are too concentrated and cannot radiate well to other areas in the province.
Compared with these three cities, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, Chaoshan, Meizhou and other places are not only unknown, they are not even second-tier cities.
Manager Yan is even more aware of the difficulty of promoting movie theaters in these places, and the costs involved are disappointing.
Only behemoths like China Film or Dongying can realize the vision of theater chains entering the grassroots level.
Once this layout is completed, even if Manager Yan and others lose the dominance of the theater chain, the benefits they can obtain will increase a hundred or a thousand times.
And don't forget that they are people within the system, and the political achievements they achieve will become capital for their advancement.
This is a smart person who knows what is most important and what is best for himself.
Unlike theater companies in other places, they are reluctant to give up the little bit of power they have at hand. They only regard others as villains and are satisfied after cheating a small amount of money.
As everyone knows, what is lost is a great development opportunity.
