As a high-end club owned by Jinggao, Blue Lake Club has exquisite and elegant gardens and buildings. In the afternoon, a ray of autumn sunshine slanted outside the water pavilion, and the shadows of the trees were reflected in the pond.
Hearing Jing Gao's second question, Wang Hailin took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Jing, there are always different opinions on one thing, from different angles and different people. I'll just tell you my opinion."
Jing Gao nodded and gestured to Wang Hailin to continue.
Fang Shaofan and He Qingsha, who were sitting at the precious Eight Immortals table in the waterside pavilion, both looked at Wang Hailin. Sitting on a wooden chair in the corner of the waterside pavilion, Feng Wan, dressed in an office girl's outfit and wearing flesh-colored stockings, was gentle and demure, with her back straight and straight, and she looked over.
Wang Hailin coughed slightly and said: "Mr. Jing, I have been in the industry for twenty years. From my personal opinion, the entertainment industry will always be invaded by capital. No matter where the capital comes from!"
Jing Gao said with great interest: "This is interesting! Teacher Wang, please explain it in detail."
Wang Hailin talked eloquently: "Mr. Jing, to put it simply, the entertainment industry can be divided into three major parts: film, television and songs, which are the three stars in the early years. Even in the 1980s and 1990s, due to domestic environmental restrictions, singers were the most profitable of.
But with the proliferation of pirated tapes and the later digitization of songs, the song business became less and less profitable. Even though the country is paying more and more attention to and protecting copyright, music platforms are constantly competing for the copyright of songs. Tencent Music, NetEase, and Alibaba’s Xiami Music. However, singers are obviously inferior to TV stars and movie stars in terms of income, influence, and commercial value.
The two areas of film and television dramas are divided into the production and procurement of TV dramas and the production and sales model of movies. Because the sales targets are different and the user groups they target are different, the profit models of film and television dramas are different.
But no matter which model it is, making movies and TV series requires money! The most source part is capital. It is impossible to produce a good drama without capital. Let me give you an example.
I used to work as a producer on a drama out of town. One day the director of our team scolded the assistant director for casting, saying that the actors he hired were too ugly. The assistant director was scolded and kept silent. Later, he became angry and gritted his teeth and said..."
Wang Hailin gritted his teeth and imitated the assistant director's expression at the time, "Can you add a thousand yuan and I'll invite that person over?
I didn't know who they were at the time, so I said to the side, "Okay, I'll give you an extra thousand yuan."
When I looked at the actresses I found the next day, they were indeed much prettier than yesterday. Nowadays, extras and special actors get what they pay for. If you want to make a good show, you have to spend money. If you look at the current dramas, they are very beautiful, even if they have a budget for styling.
In the early years, the country maintained a large number of studios. Later, when it was time to shed the burden and take responsibility for its own profits and losses, all kinds of capital came in.
Therefore, for those of us in the film and television industry, we will always have to face capital and need them to support our literary and artistic undertakings. "
Jing Gao nodded gently. He has his understanding.
That is to say, in today's era, prices and labor have long risen. If you want to make good and high-quality movies and TV series, you must have the most basic investment. No matter how small the cost is, it will not work.
Therefore, whether they are passive or active, all employees in the entertainment industry have accepted the status quo of capital coming in, so that they can make money, survive, and continue to create.
Wang Hailin continued the topic just now, "From the situations and phenomena I have seen in the 20 years since I have been in the industry, Hong Kong capital has never dominated the world. There is mainly a saying here, control the entertainment industry, how do you think this boundary is?
If we talk about the awards controlled by Hong Kong capital, the early rankings are the Academy Awards, Golden Horse Awards, and Golden Rooster Awards. Later came the Golden Horse Awards, the Golden Statue Awards, and the Golden Rooster Awards. Now the Golden Horse Awards are getting more and more rubbish. From this perspective, Hong Kong capital does control the entertainment industry!
After all, within a period of time, the best actor, best actress, best director, best picture, etc., who are the most valuable and can enhance the status of celebrities and their net worth, are all divided by others!
However, from a creative perspective, Hong Kong capital has no way of controlling the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, Golden Eagle Awards, Magnolia Awards, and the three major overseas film festivals. We practitioners do not only serve this one capital, we all obey their instructions obediently.
Not all of the many high-quality film and television dramas produced in the past two decades were produced by Hong Kong investors. Their proportion is not as large as imagined.
At most, the current situation in the industry is that the Hong Kong and Taiwan capitals like to use artists from there as the protagonists, and then use mainland movie stars as supporting roles. They are engaging in double standards, suppressing our artists, etc. Before 2010, it was very common in the industry, such as Zhang Jiazhen and John Woo's Red Cliff.
However, the audience is not sold on the Hong Kong and Taiwan drama. I like our mainland male and female celebrities. So these capitals have changed their way of playing, that is, investing in the personal studios of leading stars.
As far as my personal feelings are concerned, in fact, capital can be roughly divided into several stages: coal bosses, real estate, and the Internet. "
Fang Shaofan sighed: "Teacher Wang said it very clearly! Hong Kong companies did have a glorious time in the entertainment industry. They are like the world's three major rating agencies, using awards to control the power of criticizing actors. And after winning the award, Actors' net worth and remuneration are completely different. Of course, although our mainland awards are not well organized, they do have their own position. Not to mention that the evaluation of national actors is more professional and authoritative. There are also veterans of major drama troupes. Actors. These veteran actors are even better than young freshmen and popular celebrities in terms of acting skills and audience popularity."
Jing Gao pondered slightly, knowing that this was similar to running a business. As the saying goes: first-rate companies make standards, second-rate companies make brands, and third-rate companies make products. Therefore, if Phoenix Films and the capital behind it want to make a difference in the entertainment industry, they must create an award and formulate an evaluation standard!
This is completely different from his original idea of clearing out Hong Kong capital from the entertainment industry. However, he did not express his position easily. With his position and the capital and power he possesses, he should be cautious in his statements.
Jing Gao stretched out his hand to make a gesture and said, "Teacher Wang, please continue to tell me about the impact of these three capitals on the entertainment industry."
Wang Hailin said happily: "Mr. Jing, the impact of these three types of capital on the entertainment industry is completely different. In the 1990s, the coal industry was very good. Coal bosses entered the film and television industry one after another. In addition to praising female stars, they , does not interfere with our creation.
This has to do with their industry. Because there can be no chaos in coal mines. Mismanagement will cost lives. Be respectful of professionals. I miss that time very much.
Later, the real estate industry boomed, and they were actually pretty good. Real estate developers like to manage, and they manage a drama as a project. The intervention in our creation is not bad either. Now that Internet capital has come in, they have to get involved in everything and think they know everything.
Once, I cooperated with a large platform to hold a script discussion meeting. At the meeting, each screenwriter who belonged to the platform spoke about my script, and I took notes carefully. After the meeting, the person in charge of the play asked me: Teacher Wang, what do you think of this script discussion meeting?
I said: The speeches are all rubbish.
He said: Then you took notes so seriously during the meeting.
I said: I am recording people’s names. Look who's there. The next time one of these idiots shows up to one of my screenplay sessions, I won't be there. Later, these people never showed up for my script discussion.
Therefore, sometimes, I miss the days when the coal boss invested. I appeal to them to come back. Of course, the coal industry is also in recession now. "
"Ha ha!"
Everyone in the waterside pavilion about this joke burst into laughter. I have to say, it’s really interesting to listen to the screenwriter tell the story. Professionals after all.
