The final result was no surprise at all. Michelle Yeoh became the 1980 Miss Asia champion, Zhao Yongxin became the runner-up, and Kuang Meiyun became the third runner-up.
It’s not that the others are not pretty enough, it’s mainly because of the needs of Jiayi Group’s market, plus the fact that Michelle Yeoh and Kwong Mei-yun and Li Jianhui had heard of them in their previous lives, so they entered the top three.
The championship was awarded by Zhong Chuhong, the first Miss Asia champion, with a crown symbolizing the championship and a Miss Asia championship scepter.
When the finals came to an end, Li Guobao said: "Jianhui, what do you think I should also set up a film company?"
How come Li Jianhui doesn't know Li Guobao's thoughts? He is afraid that establishing a film company is fake, but his desire to establish an artist company is real.
He did not stop this. If Xiangjiang wanted to ensure the long-term sustainability of the film and television industry, it needed not only a sufficient market, but also a film company with strong capital.
The reason why American Hollywood is so powerful is that in addition to the seven major companies including Warner, Universal, MGM, Paramount, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, and Disney, there are also countless small and medium-sized companies.
At present, the eight major film companies in Xiangjiang: Jiayi, New Art City, Yongsheng, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Asia, Far East, and Uni-Asia are basically the leading film companies.
Medium-sized film companies also include Xinhui, Sanhe, Huaxin, Kowloon, Siyuan, Yindu and other companies.
With Li Guobao entering this industry, maybe another large film and television company will emerge in Hong Kong in the future.
As for competition, Li Jianhui is not worried in this regard. This era is the best era for Hong Kong's film and television industry. The Asian market is currently dominated by Hong Kong, and various regions do not limit the number of Hong Kong films released in these regions.
As long as film and television companies produce excellent works, they don't have to worry about lack of market.
Moreover, both Jiahe and our own side are trying to open up the European and American markets, hoping that Xiangjiang Films can enter the global market.
In addition, Li Jianhui is also communicating with the charter king and others, and the two parties have joined forces to promote film and television into the mainland market and establish their own theater chains in the mainland as much as possible.
As long as they successfully open up the mainland market and have their own theater chains in the mainland, Hong Kong's major film companies will have room for maneuver. Even if the number of releases is restricted by Southeast Asia and Japan and South Korea, they don't have to worry too much.
A very important reason for the decline of Hong Kong's film and television industry in the previous life was that it did not enter the mainland market in advance.
In addition, Southeast Asia and the Japanese and Korean treasure islands have carried out a number of efforts to support local film companies, and they have not been able to open up the European and American markets, resulting in a large number of film companies falling into operating losses and finally having to close their doors.
Of course, there are also factors of piracy and problems with the quality of the films themselves.
Now, due to the monopoly of the three major theater chains, several companies have set rules. Those who follow the trend and plagiarize cannot be released in the three major theater chain companies.
Since there are so many leading companies now and competition at the box office is fierce, it is difficult for movies that do not focus on quality to have a long release time.
Through theater companies, we can force major film companies to produce high-quality movies and improve the quality of the entire Hong Kong film industry.
In the past, those film companies were only looking for quick money, but several major consortiums were different. After entering this industry, they had a more long-term plan and paid more attention to their own achievements and copyrights. They imposed severe sanctions on those who followed the trend and plagiarized and disrupted the market.
Let these film companies focus more on innovation, rather than seeing a movie become a hit at the box office and everyone following suit. The end result is that a theme is quickly rejected, which is not conducive to the future development of the industry.
Wang Jing has deep feelings about this. He just joined Jiayi Film Company and is a fast shooter. He can finish a movie in ten days.
But now, because all parties attach great importance to quality, a film can take as little as three months or as long as a year and a half, and every shot is treated extremely seriously. The once-past attitude towards shooting is gone forever.
Due to changes in film companies, Hong Kong audiences are becoming more and more picky about film quality. It is difficult for films that do not pay attention to filmmaking to gain recognition.
This forms a virtuous circle, which promotes the development of Hong Kong's film industry to get better and better.
Moreover, Jiayi’s strategy of hiring actors from other regions to play important roles in its works is being imitated by every company. It is the consensus of major film companies to let the film go out of Hong Kong.
And if you want to go global, you must have good quality, let's take the Golden Princess Cinema Line. If the quality is not good, even the films of Jiayi, Xinyi City, and Yongsheng will not be able to be released in the Golden Princess Cinema Chain overseas.
Li Jianhui didn't know that Li Guobao was not just looking for pretty girls this time, but was really interested in entering the film industry.
In the past few days, Jiayi and Jiahe have made countless people jealous of their movie box office. For many large companies with thousands of employees, their profits in a year are not as much as the box office of a movie in one day.
On the 4th day alone, Jiayi's Speedy Movie grossed over 18 million Hong Kong dollars at the global box office.
Since Golden Harvest's The Killer was released simultaneously in North America, the global box office total on the 4th was even higher by more than HK$27.5 million.
However, in the Asian market, Jiayi's "Speed Speed" box office has far surpassed Killer Hao. The Hong Kong martial arts superstar is obviously not accustomed to cooperating with Hollywood.
After only three days of high-profile production, the box office began to decline rapidly, but Jiayi's "Speed Speed" continued to be popular.
Especially in the Japanese market, as of yesterday, box office revenue exceeded HK$78 million in just five days.
I believe that tomorrow’s box office ration revenue in Japan will exceed the 100 million Hong Kong dollar mark and successfully enter the top 30 in Japan’s annual box office.
Li Guobao also had to lament that Japan is indeed the second largest market in the world. As long as a movie can be welcomed by the Japanese market, it will definitely make a lot of money.
Jiayi directly cooperates with Japan's Toho Cinemas. It is the publisher and directly receives the distribution income.
Therefore, the Japanese market alone can make Jiayi Group make a lot of money.
Many people have predicted that Speed will definitely enter the top ten or even the top five at the box office in Japan. As for whether it can become the champion, it depends on the follow-up situation.
Japan’s box office ration revenue this year ranked tenth at 1.02 billion yen, which would be about 210 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong dollars, while the fifth-ranked box office revenue was as high as more than 280 million Hong Kong dollars.
Once it can enter the top five, its pre-tax income will exceed 280 million Hong Kong dollars. Calculated based on Japan's 30% tax on this aspect, Jiayi Group will gain a net profit of nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars in the Japanese market.
One of the benefits of being in Xiangjiang is that profits earned overseas do not need to be taxed in Xiangjiang. The money goes directly to Jiayi Group. This is an advantage that many areas do not have.
Not to mention the businessmen in Hong Kong, even Li Guobao is jealous of this. In less than half a year, a movie can earn hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, which is faster than the Bank of East Asia making money.
In addition, by opening a film company, he could have stars working for him, so Li Guobao was determined to get into it and make a big splash this time.