How long has it been since you sat down and talked with Fudecai?
Yang Dongxu can't remember this time clearly. He only remembers that when Fu Decai stepped down from executive director to just being a shareholder because of a personal scandal, the two had less and less time for private conversations.
So when there were only two people left in the office, the atmosphere suddenly became a little silent. Neither of them knew what topic to talk about.
"Do you have any plans recently?" Yang Dongxu took the lead to break the silence.
"I don't have any specific plans. I was mainly discussing things in a meeting with Uncle Six and the others some time ago." Fu Decai said with a smile.
Although his status in Haina has plummeted, after all, he is a shareholder of Haina. At the same time, he has undeniable contributions to Haina's current status, so he still has a say in some matters in the entertainment industry.
And it was precisely because his status in Haina began to become awkward that his status in the Hong Kong circle unexpectedly began to improve. Perhaps those competitors of Heiner want to find a breakthrough from him to lift the mountain that is pressing down on delivery.
It’s just that this idea seems to be a fantasy now, because anyone with a discerning eye can see that the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan has begun to lose its ability to succeed, or that there is a gap in the ladder of star cultivation.
It's not that they don't want to promote newcomers. While major entertainment companies are stabilizing the old people to attract money for themselves, they are also actively expanding contracts for newcomers, but things are just so strange.
In the past, when we did not praise newcomers but only wanted to exploit them, outstanding newcomers emerged one after another. As far as the current Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are concerned, almost all of them have worked their way from the grassroots level step by step to achieve their current status.
But now we spend a lot of energy and resources to support them, and there are even big names like top stars taking them to film movies. However, only a few young people who have been promoted in recent years can be considered worthy, and the others can only be regarded as minor celebrities. , and then it’s like it’s stuck, no matter how hard you push it, it just won’t catch fire.
Some people say that the decline of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan is due to being too arrogant and not proactive, or because the world's entertainment industry is developing too fast and Hong Kong and Taiwan are lagging behind.
But in the final analysis, the reason is that there is a gap in the celebrity echelon. In terms of newcomers, there are really not many good ones in the past two years. Take female stars as an example. At the beginning, there were Anita Mui, Brigitte Lin, Zhao Yazhi and others.
Later, Maggie Cheung, Qiu Shuzhen, and Joey Wong, who retired from the film and television industry last year and came back again, etc. But this year, Cecilia Cheung became popular with Xingye's movie, and basically none of the other female stars were able to make it to the stage.
It’s even less important to talk about male celebrities, whether it was Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam in the early days, or the Four Heavenly Kings later, or even Nick Cheung Jiahui and Louis Koo, who are now being praised by Haina, etc.
As for female stars, not only are they fewer in number than before, but their reputations are also becoming less popular from generation to generation. As for male stars, since the Four Heavenly Kings, no matter how popular their subsequent dramas are or how popular they are, they still feel a bit uninteresting.
Even the people that Heiner strongly supports give people this feeling, let alone other entertainment companies. For example, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and others promoted by other companies are even less popular than Nick Cheung and Louis Koo.
Therefore, many people in the circle feel that Hong Kong's entertainment industry still seems to be full of stars. After all, so many big stars have absolute box office appeal not only in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland, but also in the entire Asia. But when looking at the new generation, there is always a sense of decline as the sun sets.
"Three feet of ice did not freeze overnight. There is no doubt that the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles were on the right track. The current stars who are so popular are also evidence of this. But it is precisely because they are too successful that they want to When it was time to change, I realized that the ship was too big, and it couldn’t be turned around easily by just one or two people, or even by the people on the ship.”
"I know this, but it won't work if I don't change. Now, the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles feel like they are resting on their laurels." Fu Decai said with some helplessness.
In fact, what Yang Dongxu said was quite harmonious. In fact, not everyone on the ship wanted to turn around, or in other words, many people on the ship were still preventing the big ship from turning around.
The brilliant Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles have produced many predators, and these predators are currently at the helm of this big ship. They can still draw far and constant funds from this ship.
And it is very obvious that not every predator can be as far-sighted as Uncle Six and is willing to give up part of their profits to replenish fresh blood. They are eager to swallow all the cakes that are now starting to shrink into their stomachs.
Why did Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment companies move to the mainland in later generations? Although this is directly related to the development of the mainland, more importantly, the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan is too controlled by these giants, and the next generation of entertainment companies can only look for opportunities in the mainland. This is why most of the people coming to the mainland are new entertainment companies, while traditional entertainment companies from Hong Kong and Taiwan are not so active.
"Taiwan is experimenting with variety shows. If I have time to sit down with Uncle Six, I can mention this." When poverty leads to change, Taiwan is doing a very good job in this regard.
In both TV series and movies, Hong Kong initially crushed Taiwan. Later, with the popularity of the Qiong Yao drama, Taiwan regained ground in the TV series but was still at a disadvantage. Needless to say, the movies were basically beaten.
Therefore, in this situation of being completely suppressed, although costume dramas have achieved certain success, Taiwan later began to turn away from youth idol dramas. Movies were really unable to do so, and people began to switch to variety shows instead of movies.
These two changes seem to be helpless moves, but they also confirm the old saying, the tree moves the dead and the living moves. Taiwan's entertainment industry has achieved great results in both aspects and has successfully carved its own path.
If the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles want to gain opportunities for breakthroughs, they can only introduce Hollywood elements slowly. After all, Hong Kong is only one of the Four Asian Tigers, and there is no way to attract the attention of superstars from all over the world. So variety shows are a good entry point.
After all, there are many comedy stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are enough superstars to attract attention. No matter what type of variety show, there is a strong foundation. With a good plan, even if you find a second-rate director, you can achieve good ratings.
"I really mentioned this. Uncle Six meant to give it a try, but other people's feedback was not so positive." Fu Decai sighed.
As a shareholder of Haina, although he lives behind the scenes and even has his power reduced, he is obviously more informed about Haina than others.
After Yang Dongxu started a variety show overseas to help the Haina branch develop, Fu Decai noticed this new entertainment model. Later, at the end of last year, Haina signed a contract with Anhui Province Satellite TV to create an indoor variety show. Fu Decai felt that this might be a new entertainment model. Not a bad idea, otherwise Yang Dongxu, who has always been a hands-off shopkeeper, would not take it so seriously.
But when he put forward this suggestion during the meeting, there were very few responses. The fundamental reason is still what I mentioned before, the predators are still able to draw blood from the already thin Hong Kong entertainment industry.
The reality was not so bad that they couldn't change it if they were in a life-and-death situation. Only the Sixth Uncle had a long-term vision, and it was obviously impossible for them to change the direction of this big ship.
In fact, this deadlock is not limited to the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but also the mainland entertainment industry in later generations. Taking away the factor of emotion, compared to the old actors, the new generation of young actors have acting skills that are still young and need time to hone. Yang Dongxu will admit it. But at the very least, you don’t have the professionalism for filming, what can you say?
Therefore, in a few years, the mainland entertainment industry will be somewhat similar to that of Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although variety shows have made some people famous, and various TV series and movies are dozens or hundreds of times a year, only a few stars of the younger generation are accepted by the public. outside.
The rest are basically based on various debates and entertainment headlines, or even simply by surfing the traffic. There are many more celebrities who are paid tens of millions or hundreds of millions than the older generation of stars, but if you exclude the young people who scroll through their mobile phones to read gossip news, it is Know these people outside.
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After staying in Yanjing for a few days, Yang Dongxu flew up. Although Yanjing is where he started, he undoubtedly feels more comfortable in the economic center than in the political center.
Therefore, except that Haina's headquarters is still in Yanjing, although he has many assets in Yanjing, most of his business is concentrated in the economically developed areas in the south. For example, Huanxiu, Huaxiu, Dongxu, and even the newly established Xuri Technology, etc.
The headquarters building of Hurricane Architecture started construction last year and is expected to be completed in the second half of next year and put into use in March 2001. The total design is 108 floors and it is currently the tallest building in Shanghai under construction. Beyond the syringe that was just completed in April this year is the 88-story Jin Mao Tower.
The hurricane construction in the new year is not a big deal. Basically, it is centered around the construction of the headquarters building, and then continues to digest the land under the Pudong circle in previous years.
As for the previously formulated development plan for Wanda Plaza, it is slowly advancing at a rate of 1 to 2 buildings per year. Although the operating projects of Wanda Plaza have brought Wanda a lot of income, they have also laid a lot of hidden dangers. For example, Wanda's high debt ratio has been pushed up by the Wanda Plazas.
Yang Dongxu cannot say that he has completed all the circles, but he basically has a very solid foundation. Therefore, it is convenient to expand the territory, and his choices can be more rational and analyzed from the perspective of profit, rather than burdening himself with non-stop horse racing.
