The Industrial Giant Reborn.

Chapter 399 New Film and Television City
"By the way, there is one more thing. Does TVB often cooperate with domestic production crews?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"Yes, after the opening of the country, the literature and art department also began to plan and shoot various programs on their own, but because of various conditions, they came to Hong Kong to study. Not only our TVB, Lidi and Jiayi have also been in contact with it, but at present In Hong Kong, we have the largest TVB, and the most filming resources and equipment. Many domestic film crews still cooperate with us a lot, but because they don’t have much money, they basically just study on our filming site.” Leung Shuk-yi said.

"Which domestic crews are making TV dramas?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, it's mainly ancient costumes or mythological dramas. They come to learn about hanging wire, costume shooting, and background layout. If it's a modern plot background, they can actually shoot it themselves in China." Liang Shuyi replied: "The recent cooperation The most common one is a filming crew of [Journey to the West], they sent a lot of people to follow us to learn from our Wia, and they also want to borrow our Wia to go to China, but they can’t get any money.”

"[Journey to the West]?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "You can borrow it, free of charge, we can even send people to help them, or invest some money, but we want the overseas distribution rights of this TV series."

"This TV series? Is it worth our investment?" Liang Shuyi asked curiously.It is relatively rare for the boss to intervene in person. In the current group, only some large investments with a scale of hundreds of millions can allow the boss to intervene.

"Although the technology in China is a bit poor, Journey to the West is one of the four famous novels. The filming of this kind of TV series will definitely be focused on in China. The quality will not be bad. It must be much better than the Japanese one, and Journey to the West The background and gods all come from ancient myths, as long as they are Chinese, they know more or less." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "That is to say, if the quality of this drama is good, then there is a high probability that it will become popular all over the world, and it will be won. The distribution rights of this kind of TV series will be broadcast exclusively on our satellite channel in the future, which will be of great help to us in developing new users!"

Chen Zhiwen naturally knows that the 86 version of Journey to the West is not only popular in the mainland, but also in overseas Chinese areas, and even many non-Chinese have fallen in love with this TV series.

In terms of profit, the global broadcast of the entire "Journey to the West" may not be as profitable as a building in Central, but its popularity can be used to drive its own satellite TV station. If TVB can earn tens of millions or even top [-] million new users, that is much more meaningful than a central building.

Of course, the popularity of users brought in by a TV series will not last long. If you want to stabilize these people for a long time, you still have to look at the long-term operation ability and the quality of various programs, but in any case, if there is a popular TV series or The most important thing is to attract people to the show first, and then consider how to stay after there are people.And because of its own long-term capital investment in the past few years, TVB may have a historical ratings boom a few years in advance.

"Okay, then I'll arrange someone to investigate. The price shouldn't be very high. I know that the budget for this TV series in the mainland is only 300 million yuan." Zhou Shuyi said, although TVB is nothing in the whole group, However, it is still a company with assets close to one billion Hong Kong dollars, and a few million is nothing.

"Well, but we invest money in resources to make it convenient for them, but we must also pay close attention to quality. Don't just pursue fast shooting when you have money." Chen Zhiwen said again, this possibility is not high, but we still need to pay attention , Journey to the West was originally filmed well, but it may also be the result of a long-term lack of funds, and then filmed slowly.

"That's no problem, we will definitely send professionals in finance and film and television to participate in the daily shooting." Liang Shuyi replied.

"Okay, let's pay attention to this matter. If there are any large-scale TV dramas in China, you can participate in them. The cooperation model is similar. We mainly need overseas distribution rights. In addition, although there are many stars in Hong Kong, but In any case, it is just a city with a small population base, so you can consider looking for high-quality talents in China, and then bring them to Hong Kong for training. How to do it, you should first explore it yourself, but I want to emphasize one point, the mainlanders come here, Don't treat them differently," Chen Zhiwen said.

Hong Kong TV dramas or movies have indeed had a strong influence in the Asian market for a period of time, but in fact it is also due to opportunities. Since the mid-80s, Hong Kong has been the first batch to enjoy the dividends of the reform of the mainland. Indirectly, even the cultural aspect has also achieved rich growth. In the whole of Asia, only Japan can compete. However, Japan's culture is very conservative and it is difficult to go out. Hong Kong seized this opportunity.

But if you want to maintain it, the most basic thing is to need a large number of talents and markets. In the 90s, the economies of Southeast Asian countries began to improve, and the cultural aspects naturally needed to be grasped by themselves, and Hong Kong also missed the mainland market for various reasons. Therefore, both TV and movies On the contrary, since the 90s, after the Korean economy took off, its cultural industry began to export the "Korean Wave" to Asia and even the world.

Although it is a bit difficult to maintain the position of cultural output with Hong Kong being a small place, if it can integrate with the mainland in the future and make use of domestic talents and markets, it will at least have a chance to survive, not to mention how awesome it is.

Let’s just say that from 2000 to 2010, Hong Kong TVB’s costume dramas were still very good. Together with Tang Ren Film and Television and Zhouyi Film and Television in the Mainland, they were called the three major costume film and television companies.

With the investment of our own resources, it may be difficult to say what the future of satellite TV will be like. After all, this thing is related to different national policies. It may be banned at will, but various high-quality content creation capabilities need to be maintained for a long time, which requires a lot of High-quality talents and a huge market.

However, the current mainland is not very attractive to TVB, but long-term planning still needs to be prepared early. Anyway, there will be no losses in multiple markets. If you train more people, you can make money if you have a famous one. .

"Okay, but because of the language problem, we'll choose from the eastern province of Guangdong first." Liang Shuyi said.

"That's no problem. There are not a lot of people in eastern Guangdong Province." Chen Zhiwen said.

"There is only one problem. If we do this, there may be problems in the Wanwan market!" Liang Shuyi said: "The current Wanwan market can also be regarded as a big foreign market for Hong Kong movies or TV dramas."

"I don't need to think about it for the time being. We invest in TV dramas shot in China, such as Journey to the West. Whether or not they will be introduced in Wanwan. As for us to find some people in China to come and train them, it will probably take two years to be able to appear on TV dramas. , besides, if you don't become a superstar, no one will care about a supporting role." Chen Zhiwen said.

The department in charge of film and television in Wanwan actually bullies and bullies celebrities. Some Hong Kong singers and movie stars who have been to the Mainland Spring Festival Gala are generally blocked, but the effect is still there. Wanwan is an important foreign market for Hong Kong movies. Well, many movies will lose money, so there are rumors that the actor is forced to set up a stall.

But for big capital, it doesn't matter at all. Hong Kong should not invest too many factories in the mainland in the past few years, and Wanwan will not expand things. Little stars and big capitalists are completely different things.

"That's good. If that's the case, I'll follow Chen Sheng's arrangement." Liang Shuyi nodded and said.

Although she likes to manage the company according to her own ideas, she is not the real boss after all. The boss is still responsible for the direction of the company's operations. After the boss has set the direction, professional managers like them plan the management and operation ideas according to the strategic direction. .

Today's meeting is not long, but two important decisions have been made for TVB. One is to develop overseas and obtain the huge market in Southeast Asia through satellite signals. The second is to cooperate with the mainland to increase its talent pool, and Appropriate use of capital to invest in domestic film crews, etc., so that high-quality programs in the mainland can also provide certain help for TVB's overseas expansion.

But there is one thing that makes her a little skeptical, that is, whether the mainland can shoot classic programs, TV dramas, etc. After all, they don't even have the equipment of Wia, and many of them still rely on manual operations.But this matter also needs to be verified. Since the boss has spoken, he is sure that he also needs to provide certain technical assistance.If you really can't achieve results, then you can discuss it with your boss.

"The goal of TVB is definitely not to dominate in Hong Kong, but TV stations are indeed more sensitive. It is difficult for us to obtain licenses from other countries and regions, even satellite TV stations. It is safe to hope that we will develop in this direction in the future. For screenwriters and directors who are capable of filming classic TV dramas, we must give high salaries and high benefits to stabilize them, attract more talents to join, and invest more in filming. The TV dramas can be biased towards ancient costumes, Gongdou and so on." Chen Zhiwen continued.

"Costume shooting is not a problem, and funding is acceptable, but there are too many restrictions on the shooting scene. Our film and television city is too small, which limits our shooting, but the Hong Kong government does not agree with our expansion." Liang Shuyi said .

"Then go to the mainland to build it. The area there is large, so you can build it as you like." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

He forgot that he can invest in large-scale film and television cities in China. In this way, not only will TVB have enough hardware resources to shoot, but it can also be leased to various mainland film and television companies in the future. , is also a big income!
(End of this chapter)