The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 216 Generous!

After talking about the troubles on Australia Island, Chairman Liao brought up the matter of the movie.

"Yindu Agency, planning to shoot an action movie?"

Wu Feng asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly change your style?"

"Didn't you make all of this?"

Chairman Liao said with a smile, "The Hong Kong arcade market is so hot right now, and movies are a great source of stories for arcades. Our company wants to get a piece of the action!"

Indeed, the profits from arcade games are simply too staggering.

As long as there is a certain degree of playability, in this era when arcade games are still in their early stages, you can easily make a profit of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

At that time, the strength of the Silver Metro Group was quite good. In the Hong Kong film industry, even though its influence was not as great as that of Golden Harvest, it was on par with Cinema City and D&B.

Although most of the investments were in small and medium-budget films, most of them made money, which is quite remarkable, considering that filmmaking is a high-risk business.

I heard that Silver Metro Group has begun to get involved in the production of medium and large-budget films!
Obviously, with arcade games making staggering profits right now, making action movies is a good direction to go.

With the previous experience of coordinating the filming of "Shaolin Temple", I am quite confident about similar practical kung fu films.

In fact, Yindu Organization has already invested money in Wu Feng's game production company, hoping to produce an arcade game of the same name as "Shaolin Temple", which is about to be launched on the market.

It is said that the playability and early market research results are quite good.

In this way, at least sales in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan will not be a problem!
Seeing the bright prospects, Silver Capital Institution also wants to continue. They also like the feeling of making a lot of Hong Kong dollars.

"I think making more movies about the Tang Dynasty might have a good effect!"

Wu Feng reminded: "The mainland may lack experience in commercial films, but Hong Kong Island is far behind in terms of experience in war and historical films!"

"Over there, they particularly like the history of the Tang Dynasty, and of course they like the history of the Three Kingdoms even more!"

"As long as the movie is good, the arcade machine with the same name will easily sell well in the daily life!"

"Once Xiao Rizi's sales are good, the market in Taiwan will basically be opened up!"

"If you think large-scale war scenes are too time-consuming, then you can just take some exciting clips from 'Water Margin' and make a movie!"

"At least in the East Asian Confucian cultural circle, as long as the filming is not too bad, it will be popular!"

As an ally in the film market, Wu Feng is not stingy with his suggestions.

If the Yindu Group can really break into the daily life market by producing historical war films or kung fu films of a higher standard, Fengrui Film and Television, as its ally, will also be able to join in and reap the benefits.

In fact, as a state-owned enterprise, Yindu Institution still has considerable advantages.

At least that's the case at the moment, but Chairman Liao and the top management of Yindu Organization are unaware of it. Their current life is easy to deal with.

After all, it was the peak of their life, and they were even clamoring to buy out the beautiful country. They were very confident.

Generally speaking, at times like this, people are extremely tolerant of foreign cultural products.

The situation in the United States was similar at that time. Even mainstream theaters were willing to embrace Chinese-language films, but Chinese-language films were unable to do so.

"I will think carefully about what you said!"

Chairman Liao solemnly stated, "The mainland does have a huge advantage in filming war and period dramas!"

"Since we have an advantage, we must make good use of it!"

Wu Feng smiled and said, "For Fengrui Film and Television, we can only focus on modern action films. The Ong-Bak series is quite good!"

"Isn't it the third season of Asia Television's 'Unlimited Fighting Tournament'? According to the trailer, they'll be adding contestants from Southeast Asia, Japan, and South Korea this time?"

Chairman Liao asked curiously, "This situation is so big, can you control it, Wusheng?"

"It's not a big problem!"

Wu Feng said confidently: "We have accumulated enough experience in the previous two sessions!"

"For the third session, we will expand our influence to the entire Southeast Asia and East Asia!"

"As long as the competition is popular, the revenue from peripheral products will be astronomical!"

"Just the development of novels, comics, TV series, and movies involves considerable profits. Not to mention the development of various portrait rights such as dolls, stickers, and postcards. That's also a huge amount of money, and the key is that it can easily attract traffic!"

"That doesn't even include arcade game development, but also the development and production of cartridge games!"

"Not only that, but we can also gradually promote our culture through the surrounding areas of the event, at least covering Southeast Asia and East Asia. It's much easier and simpler than other promotion methods!"

"In short, the Unlimited Fighting Tournament is very important, and I will not give up its control easily!"

"We really can't give it up so easily!"

Chairman Liao nodded solemnly and said, "Now that you've said that, I understand now!"

But then, he changed the subject and said with a smile, "What about the beauty pageant show? It's also very popular recently. What do you think?"

"A very normal, even positive talent show!"

Wu Feng spread his hands and smiled, "Now, it seems that the competition for the top 40 to the top 20 has begun, right?"

He was also a little uncertain and hadn't been paying much attention to the progress of the show recently.

"more or less!"

Chairman Liao affirmed, "I heard that ATV made a fortune just from telephone voting!"

Obviously, he had some understanding of the specific circumstances of the beauty pageant.

"Mr. Liao should have also seen how these contestants displayed their talents!"

Wu Feng replied irrelevantly, "Do you feel it's quite novel?"

"Indeed!"

Chairman Liao nodded and said, "Three months of continuous skills training is quite surprising!"

"Haha, that's my special request!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly, and then told him all his thoughts when preparing for the beauty pageant.

After that, she explained the reason for the beauty pageant, and then she said slowly, "Although it's just something I did casually, it can also be considered a good deed!"

"At least, after three months of professional skills training, all the official contestants have learned a way to make a living. I'm very satisfied that I can achieve this!"

"Also, this kind of beauty pageant can be considered a way for ordinary people to create stars!"

"My idea is simple: to give ordinary people more opportunities!"

"Of course, as a beauty pageant, the threshold for appearance is a bit high, but there's nothing we can do about it. Otherwise, it's hard to attract enough viewers!"

"Without enough influence, there won't be enough traffic. The peripheral development for these players won't be very effective, and their income will be greatly reduced!"

"After all, this is the first edition, so we need to make a name for ourselves first. So far, it seems to be working pretty well!" "More than just well, I heard it's caused quite a stir in Hong Kong Island!"

Chairman Liao smiled and said, "But you have to be careful too. It's best to make sure the show starts and ends well. It wouldn't be good if it ends up being criticized!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Liao, I know what's going on!"

Wu Feng was not joking. The beauty pageant had reached this stage, and he could start reaping the benefits from the rich, and even the gamblers could not be spared.

After accompanying Chairman Liao to have a meal in the internal cafeteria of Yindu Organization, Wu Feng said goodbye and left.

He did not return to Tuodi, but came to Fengrui Film and Television Company.

At this time, Fengrui Film and Television Company occupied a twelve-story commercial office building.

In the whole of Hong Kong Island, it is also a very popular film and television production company.

Of course, the various departments of the film and television company only occupy five of the floors, and the remaining seven floors have other uses.

Either it is the internal cafeteria and bar, or the internal staff dormitory, or the internal gym and training unit.

In short, Fengrui Film and Television Company is definitely a very powerful film and television company.

Wu Feng's office is on the twelfth floor, a spacious space of nearly one thousand square meters, with a small helicopter pad on the rooftop.

The eleventh floor is the lounge and small studio for the company's top artists, including Li Saifeng and Weng Hong, who rest and handle some business affairs here.

Although Fengrui Film and Television has an artist department, it is not as strict and exaggerated as other film and television companies.

Instead, it is aligned with the studio model of later generations!
Once an artist's fame and commercial value reaches a certain level, they can set up their own studio.

The film and television company only invests money to hold part of the shares, which is considered a partnership model.

Hong Kong Island is a highly developed commercial society, and the scale of its film and television industry at this time can support such a model. At least Fengrui Film and Television has such strength.

Let’s be realistic, how much money can a movie make at the box office?

Even if a movie grosses 30 million, after deducting various costs and taxes, the final profit is probably only a small profit.

The real big profit comes from the sales of films and videotapes in Southeast Asia!
This is also the main reason why the Hong Kong film industry attaches so much importance to the Taiwan market.

But Fengrui Film and Television is different!
All that is needed is the huge traffic brought by the hit movie.

Then, by attracting traffic, we help sell surrounding novels, comics and other products, as well as develop the most profitable arcade games.

Of course, selling the film to Southeast Asia and even Japan and South Korea will also bring considerable profits.

At the same time, the sale of videotapes is also an important source of income!

Because there are community channels, even if you cannot enter the Taiwanese market normally, it is still easy to enter the Taiwanese market through other channels, and you can make a lot of money.

A blockbuster movie that grosses 30 million in Hong Kong Island can easily earn equivalent box office revenue in East Asia and Southeast Asia through various channels and means.

If it meets the viewing tastes of some people in Europe and the United States, the profits will naturally be higher.

But the income from those abnormal channels has nothing to do with the film company.

Therefore, Wu Feng has only one request for Fengrui Film and Television: make a good film!

There is no need to pay attention to other miscellaneous matters!

The kind of gang harassment that is prevalent in the Hong Kong film and television industry does not exist at all in Fengrui Film and Television.

In addition, Fengrui Film and Television has many affiliated companies and many channels for attracting traffic and making money, which really attracts a lot of film and television talents in Hong Kong.

The company has never had the habit of manipulating film remuneration and revenue.

The philosophy we uphold is simple: let’s make money together!

If you are really unhappy, then just part ways amicably. There is no need to make everyone unhappy.

With the huge amount of funds that Wu Feng controls now, how could he still care about the income of the film and television company?
However, film and television companies are the top priority in his entertainment-related industry.

Because film and television companies are the key upstream content producers in the cultural and entertainment linkage industry chain in his hands.

As long as we can produce a steady stream of good movies, the entire entertainment industry chain will benefit!
The profits that roll in are huge profits in the tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Similarly, he is very generous towards people working in film and television companies!
For example, the company's top actress Wen Bixia, after nearly two years and the accumulation of nearly ten profitable movies, she has now successfully become one of the top actresses in Hong Kong Island.

Apart from anything else, her film pay has already reached the level of 400,000.

Among the top female stars in Hong Kong, although she can only be considered a goalkeeper, she is already quite good.

At least, her status is higher than hers at her peak in the normal world.

The bulk of her income comes from advertising endorsements and product sales.

It can be said that he is definitely the queen of selling products at Fengrui Film and Television Company!
In particular, Wu Feng's small garment factory has its own brand Fenghua Clothing, and her annual sales revenue now exceeds one million.

Don’t think that earning millions from selling goods is a small amount. It was already a lot in 1988.

Combined with advertising and sales revenue from other affiliated companies, the annual income is definitely more than 2 million!

Combined with the film remuneration from other companies, her total annual income is close to three million.

Don’t think it’s a small amount. The income of Hong Kong actresses is far less than that of male stars.

Otherwise, why do they all want to marry into a wealthy family?
If one's own income is high enough, and can even attract the attention and even envy of ordinary wealthy people, why would one still need to improve one's status by marrying into a wealthy family?

When a large amount of hot money from Taiwan flows into the Hong Kong film market, it will be easy for her to double her annual income as long as her fame can be maintained.

Following closely behind are Li Saifeng, Weng Hong, Ye Yuqing and even Gigi Wong, whose annual income has easily exceeded one million, which is not bad in today's Hong Kong Island.

Of course, film and television companies not only value the star artists they have cultivated, but also successful directors, who are the focus of the company's attention.

For example, Wang Jing at this time was one of the ace directors of Fengrui Film and Television Company.

Right now is the time when this guy is at his peak.

Not only is the number of films shot astonishing, but the quality is also quite good.

Although he has not yet made a movie with a box office of 30 million, he has made four or five movies with a box office of more than 20 million.

Such movies all easily sold overseas copyrights and made quite good profits.

Wu Feng was not stingy and directly gave him a red envelope according to a certain ratio.

For a movie with a box office of 20 million, the profit he was able to get in the end easily exceeded 2 million.

Such income is quite outstanding among all directors in Hong Kong.

Even for those directors who run their own companies, few can earn more than two million from a movie.

(End of this chapter)