Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 599 The Western Expedition of Hong Kong Filmmakers

"Alas, the Hollywood film 'Love Letter,' directed by Hong Kong director Peter Chan, has been a complete box office and critical failure!"

That night, in the hotel bed, Wang Zhuxian nestled in Aaron's arms and sighed.

Love Letter is an American romantic comedy film, produced and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, starring Steven Spielberg's wife, Kate Capshaw.
Peter Chan's previous film "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" received good reviews, which caught the attention of Kate Capshaw, who specially appointed him as the director of "Love Letter".

Aaron patted the woman, "Of this group of Hong Kong directors who went west, John Woo was the most brilliant."

"However, Ronny Yu, who directed 'Child's Play 4' last year, is also quite good, and he should still receive scripts."

In the 1990s, with Jack Cheng and John Woo achieving success in Hollywood, Hong Kong cinema was in a slump and urgently needed new external markets, which triggered a wave of Hong Kong filmmakers trying to break into Hollywood.
But then came the failures of director Tsui Hark's Hollywood debut, "The King of Fighters," as well as the failures of Stanley Tong's Hollywood debut, "Mr. Offbeat," and Ringo Lam's "Extreme Adventure."

Another Hong Kong action star, Sammo Hung, did not receive any film offers in Hollywood, but collaborated with Stanley Tong on the TV series "The Crossing Dragon". The first season of "The Crossing Dragon" had good ratings, but the ratings for the second season declined, and then Sammo Hung left the series.

"Most directors who try to break into Hollywood these days fail. As for actors, Jack Cheng goes without saying, he's a superstar."

"As for the rest, although Chow Yun-fat made two unsuccessful low-budget films, he landed a role in the blockbuster 'Anna and the King,' so we'll have to see how it fares at the end of this year."

“Jet Lee made a stunning appearance in Lethal Weapon 4 last year, and filmed Romeo Must Die this year, which will be released next year.”

Wang Zhuxian couldn't help but sigh, "It's really difficult for Chinese filmmakers to break into Hollywood!"

Aaron smiled and kissed the woman. "It's already difficult enough. Hollywood is very xenophobic; even white people from Europe have difficulty, except for those from English-speaking countries."

"Not to mention other races. Universal is filming a 'Charlie's Angels' movie this year, which features an Asian female lead, a Chinese-American."

"If Media Asia wants to develop, it would be best to cultivate its own big stars!"

Wang Zhuxian said with some helplessness, "Hong Kong films are in a slump right now, it's hard to cultivate talent, and everyone is only interested in veteran actors."

Aaron shook his head. "I'm talking about stars from mainland China. They're easy to cultivate now; they can just act in TV dramas."

"We'll wait until the policy allows private film production to resume before entering the film market."

"Furthermore, you can focus your future attention primarily on the broader Chinese cultural sphere; the East Asian and Southeast Asian cultural spheres are all influenced by Chinese culture."

"Now that we have a branch in Japan, let's create a branch in South Korea. The entertainment industry in South Korea is currently being strongly promoted by the South Korean government!"

Wang Zhu flipped over and pinned the man down. "If you're interested, give it a try. Anyway, Huanya Entertainment is also supported by Haihua Investment Company."

“Of course, I’ll help you build Asia Entertainment into a top entertainment company in Asia,” Aaron said, stroking the woman’s skin.

Wang Zhuxian smiled, snuggled against Aaron's chest, and whispered, "I'm going back to Hong Kong. Do you want to come with me?"

"The weather in Beijing is getting colder and colder; it's not as comfortable as in Hong Kong!"

Aaron closed his eyes. "Let's come find you in a few days. You've only been in Beijing for a few days." "Okay," Wang Zhuxian said, and then she crawled into the blanket.

Aaron took a deep breath. "Tomorrow, I'll be meeting with the chairmen and other high-ranking officials of China Film Group and China International Television Corporation."

"Let's talk about Dawn's film and television import business with China. Will you come with me?"

Moreover, Lin Zhiling is currently staying at the Kempinski Hotel in Beijing, and Aaron plans to stay with her for a while longer.

"Um……"

This year, eight national-level entities, including China Film Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, China Children's Film Studio, China Film Co-production Corporation, China Film Equipment Corporation, China Movie Channel Program Center, Beijing Film Processing and Video Technology Factory, and Huayun Film & Television Optical Disc Co., Ltd., merged to form the new China Film Group.
China Film Group is the only company in mainland China with film import rights, and it is also the largest film producer in China.

China International Television Corporation is the only company in mainland China approved by the relevant government department to engage in the agency business of overseas satellite programs, and it is the only company in mainland China with the right to import television programs!

The following day, in a conference room at the China World Hotel, Ariel discussed film cooperation and television series importation with China Film Group and China International Television Corporation.
After all, in addition to owning studios such as Universal Pictures, Dawn also owns the American CBS wireless broadcasting network, holding a large number of television copyrights.

In the afternoon, Aaron and Wang Zhuxian were talking in the room when someone suddenly came looking for them!
"Oh, who is it?"

Wang Zhuxian smiled and said, "Mr. Han Sanping, the vice chairman and deputy general manager of China Film Group, wants to pay you a visit!"

"Han Sanping!" Aaron was quite familiar with this name. The future bigwig of Chinese cinema was now the vice chairman and vice general manager.

Wang Zhuxian leaned close to Aaron's ear and said, "Mr. Han was previously the director of the Beijing Film Studio, and now he's in charge of film production at the China Film Group."

"I'd like to meet with you to talk about filmmaking!"

Aaron nodded. "Okay, we can have dinner together tonight."

"Okay, I'll go and respond for you!"

Actually, this morning, Aaron was mainly communicating with senior executives of China International Television Corporation to introduce some CBS or Dawn Global Television series to mainland China.

After all, China currently only has 10 imported blockbuster films with revenue sharing, and the revenue sharing ratio is low, so there's not much to discuss.

Now, the vice chairman and deputy general manager of China Film Group, who is in charge of film production, wants to visit him, so it must be to discuss film production business.

Besides, Aaron was also very curious about this future bigwig in the Chinese film industry. Meeting and talking to him was no problem for him!

A little while later, Wang Zhuxian arrived. "Yes, it's already arranged. We'll eat and chat together at this restaurant tonight."

"Mr. Han will arrange everything."

Aaron smiled and kissed Wang Zhuxian on the cheek. "These people are very important for your future development of Huanya Entertainment..."

(End of this chapter)