Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 246 Jackie Chan's Request

Chapter 246 Jackie Chan's Request

The interview lasted about an hour and a half.

After the interview, the guests began to leave in an orderly manner under the arrangement of the staff and went to the hotel arranged by Hengyu.

In the past two years, premiere banquets have gradually decreased in Hong Kong.

The market has been very sluggish in the past two years.

The emergence of discs and television has had a great impact on the box office of movies.

With many TV stations setting up dedicated movie channels and VCD discs becoming cheaper, fewer people are going to theaters to watch movies.

Affected by this, film producers have to choose to reduce some expenses.

For example, this premiere party.

In the past few years, whenever a movie of any size was released, the producers would basically invite guests to a banquet.

But in the past two years, small productions have directly cancelled this expense, and only a few large companies are still insisting on it.

In terms of influence, Hengyu was established only a short time ago, and its influence is certainly not comparable to that of Jiahe, an old company that has been established for many years.

However, in the past two years, Hengyu has had good profitability and ranks among the top among Hong Kong film companies.

Therefore, not only did Hengyu's movie not cancel its premiere party, but it was held on a large scale.

Today's banquet is huge in scale.

In addition to the guests, all the company's employees were also present.

Family members are also allowed.

In addition, some people who were unable to go to the theater before will also be invited.

Banquets like this are commercial in nature to a certain extent.

Many projects in the Chinese film industry were initiated at such banquets.

Therefore, most people are unwilling to miss this kind of activity even if they don’t want to participate.

Therefore, even if they had to be shameless, many people in the circle still rushed over.

As the organizer of the banquet, Zhou Ziheng was undoubtedly the focus of the whole event.

Wherever he goes, there is always a group of beautiful women around him to show his courtesy.

At the same time, there are also colleagues who come to say hello.

Under Florence Hui's stabbing gaze, Zhou Ziheng was surrounded by several TVB actresses who toasted him with several large cups of wine. He drank so much that he felt dizzy and had to retreat temporarily and find an excuse to go to the bathroom.

Huo Wenxi followed behind, taking out the hangover medicine skillfully while muttering:

"Those vixens are probably hoping that you'll pick their cards tonight.

Tell me! Who do you like? Do you want me to help you pick the right one? "

Zhou Ziheng pretended not to hear.

This is what’s annoying about Florence Hui.

Whenever it comes to women, she would always chatter in Zhou Ziheng's ear.

Sometimes Zhou Ziheng also feels annoyed.

But I got used to it after a long time.

I took some hangover medicine and washed my face, and the dizziness in my head felt a little better, but it was still a little bloated and painful.

Zhou Ziheng found a quiet place to sit down and asked Florence Hui to help him massage.

"I'm so unlucky. I'm your agent, but I do your assistant's work every day.

I'm afraid I can apply for a job as a masseur now."

Although she was complaining in dissatisfaction, her hands did not stop moving. She put both hands on Zhou Ziheng's temples to help him relieve his drunkenness.

To be honest, her technique was rough at first, but now that she has become proficient, she looks like a master chef.

Under her massage, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help feeling sleepy and wanted to sleep.

"Hengzi!"

Just as he was about to fall asleep, a voice brought him back to reality.

Looking across, I saw Jackie Chan sitting on the sofa opposite.

"Let's talk?" Jackie Chan asked inquiringly.

Zhou Ziheng sat up straight and glanced at Florence Hui.

After Florence Hui nodded, he nodded and said, “Brother Long, just say it if you have something to say.”

Although he was a little drunk, his mind was still clear.

Besides, Mani Fok was right next to him, so he wasn't afraid that Jackie Chan would take advantage of his drunkenness to set him up. "In recent years, the Hong Kong film industry has been declining. You should have noticed that Hong Kong used to be able to make two or three hundred films a year, and production was ongoing all year round, supporting hundreds of thousands of people.

There are no less than 30,000 to 40,000 families in Hong Kong who rely on the film industry for their livelihood.

This year, although the top ten of the box office list seems to be no different from previous years, there are only less than thirty movies with box office revenue of over 10 million, including Hengyu.

The annual output has dropped sharply from more than 94 films in to less than .

The shrinking market has greatly affected the income of tens of thousands of households in Hong Kong.

This year, the number of films shot has decreased, and a large number of people working in the industry have lost their jobs and have to rely on subsidies from the guild..."

"so?"

Of course Zhou Ziheng knew all this.

In his previous life, Zhou Ziheng had no direct feeling about the decline of Hong Kong films.

In this life, after becoming one of them, his feelings about it have become much more intuitive.

In the early 1990s, Hong Kong films were at their peak.

In order to supply the movies needed by the dozen or so cinema chains in Taiwan, more than a dozen cinema chains emerged in the small city of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong ranks among the top in the world in terms of the number of films produced throughout the year, and almost all of these films make money.

It can even be said that as long as you use the banner of Hong Kong films, even if you make a piece of shit, there will be a large number of Southeast Asian film producers waving money to your door.

At that time, Hong Kong's film industry was full of gold and a large amount of capital flowed in.

Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

However, with the demarcation between the Taiwan market and Hong Kong.

In addition, countries such as South Korea have successively carried out reforms and started to pay attention to supporting local films.

As for Hong Kong movies, except for the blockbuster films, other films simply couldn't be sold for a while.

It is almost impossible to make money just by relying on the box office in Hong Kong.

However, foreign markets were gradually closed to Hong Kong films.

This caused a large amount of hot money that had originally entered Hong Kong to realize the decline of Hong Kong films and they began to withdraw one after another.

Without the market and investors, the huge Hong Kong film market was facing collapse in an instant.

Just like a factory would lay off employees if there are no orders, the same is true in the film industry.

The sharp drop in the number of films being made has naturally led to a large number of film and television professionals losing their jobs.

Some of these people choose to continue waiting, hoping that Hong Kong films can rise again, while others seek other ways out.

The God of Gamblers said something nice, like making it in Hollywood.

In fact, it’s just that the Hong Kong market has shrunk, and fewer people are looking for him to make films. It’s not like before when people would wave money at him.

The same is true for others. Jackie Chan's return to Hollywood may also be due to the fact that there is not much market for making movies in Hong Kong.

Of course, the shrinking market does not actually have much impact on people like Jackie Chan.

But if we want to go further, it is obviously impossible and it would be good enough if we don't regress.

“Hengyu has made good profits in the past two years and is the only company that has not been greatly affected.

I was wondering if Hengyu could consider using local staff when filming. "

Jackie Chan thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Pfft!" Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard that.

"Brother Long, do you think this is possible? You know, your circle has always been ostracizing me!"

Zhou Ziheng sneered, "Do you know what your guild said when we were filming "Red Sea" and looking for a supporting role in Hong Kong?"

“I still remember it clearly. The original words were:
Isn’t Hengyu Films awesome? Go back to the mainland to find actors! We have nothing to do with each other, he can’t use our people, and we don’t want to participate in his projects.”

Zhou Ziheng spread his hands and said, "I still remember this very clearly. I still remember when I was filming The Man from Nowhere, I needed a location in Kowloon Tong.

As a result, after a certain crew knew that we were going to use it, they dragged it out for five days.

Five days, five days for a play with an investment of tens of millions, you should know how much I need to lose."

“We all know about this, and I apologize to you for that.

But not everyone here is targeting you. When you need a martial arts director, just find Yuen Kwai and he will come to help you as soon as possible!
And there was Chin Kar Lok, who was helping me shoot a very important scene at the time.

When I knew you needed him, I sent him to help as soon as possible."

A figure came in from behind.

Zhou Ziheng looked back and saw a huge figure walking towards him.

Sammo Hung!
(End of this chapter)

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