"By the way, one more thing, does TVB often cooperate with domestic film crews?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.
"Yes, after the reform in China, the literary and art departments also began to plan and shoot various programs on their own. However, due to various restrictions, they came to Hong Kong to study. Not only we at TVB, but also Li's and Jiayi have been exposed to it, but currently Our TVB is the largest in Hong Kong and has the most shooting resources and equipment. Many domestic crews still cooperate with us, but because they have little funds, they basically just learn at our shooting site." Liang Shuyi said.
"Which domestic crews are filming TV series?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"Yes, it's mainly ancient costumes or mythological dramas. They come to learn how to draw wires, costume shooting, and background layout. If it's a modern plot background, they can actually shoot it themselves in China." Liang Shuyi replied: "The ones I have collaborated with recently The most common one was a crew that was going to film [Journey to the West], and they sent a lot of people to learn wires from us, and they wanted to borrow our wires to go to China, but they couldn't afford much money."
"[Journey to the West]?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "Just borrow it, it's free. We may even send people to help them or invest some money. However, 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 personally intervene. At present, within the group, only some large investments with a scale of hundreds of millions can have the boss intervene.
"Although domestic technology is a bit inferior, Journey to the West is one of the four famous classics. China will definitely invest heavily in the filming of this kind of TV series. The quality will not be bad. It will definitely be much better than the Japanese one, and in Journey to the West The background and gods all come from ancient myths. Anyone who is Chinese knows something about it." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "In other words, if the quality of this drama is good, then there is a high probability that it will become popular all over the world and win the prize. The distribution rights of this kind of TV series will be exclusively broadcast on our satellite channels in the future, which will be of great help to us in developing new users!"
Chen Zhiwen naturally knows that the 1986 version of Journey to the West is not only popular in the mainland, but also in overseas Chinese areas. Even many non-Chinese people have fallen in love with this TV series.
In terms of profit, the global broadcast of "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 stations. If TVB can earn tens of millions or even more 100 million new users, that is much more meaningful than a Central building.
Of course, users brought in through a TV series will not last long no matter how popular they are. If you want to stabilize these people for a long time, you still have to look at the long-term operational capabilities and the quality of various programs. But no matter what, if there is a hit TV series or The most important thing is that the program attracts people first, and then considers how to keep them after they are there. And because of its long-term capital investment in recent years, TVB may experience a viewing boom a few years ahead of schedule.
"Okay, then I will arrange for someone to investigate. The price should not be very high. I know that the budget of this TV series in the mainland is only 3 million yuan." Zhou Shuyi said, although TVB is nothing in the entire group, But after all, it is a company with assets close to one billion Hong Kong dollars, and a few million is nothing.
"Well, we invest money in resources to make it convenient for them, but we must also keep an eye on the quality. Don't just pursue fast shooting when you have money." Chen Zhiwen said again, the possibility of this is not high, but we still need to pay attention to it. , "Journey to the West" was originally shot well, which may have been due to a long-term lack of funds, and then it was slowly shot.
"That's no problem. We will definitely send financial and film and television professionals to participate in daily shooting." Liang Shuyi replied.
"Okay, let's pay attention to this matter. If there are any large-scale TV series filming in China, you can participate in it. The cooperation model is similar. We mainly need overseas distribution rights. In addition, although there are many celebrities in Hong Kong, After all, it is just a city with a very small population base, so we can consider looking for high-quality talents in China and then bringing them to Hong Kong for training. You can figure out how to do this for yourself first, but I want to emphasize one thing: mainlanders have come here. Don’t treat them differently,” Chen Zhiwen said.
Hong Kong TV series or movies have indeed had a strong influence on the Asian market for a period of time, but this is actually due to opportunities. Starting in the mid-1980s, Hong Kong was among the first to reap the dividends of the mainland's reform. Housing prices, stock prices, exports, and trade volumes all The sharp rise has indirectly led to a prosperous growth in culture. 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 has 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 1990s, the economies of Southeast Asian countries began to improve, and they naturally needed to take care of their own culture. Hong Kong also missed the mainland market for various reasons. Therefore, both TV and movies On the contrary, starting in the 1990s, after South Korea's 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 a position in cultural export with a small place like Hong Kong, if we can integrate with the mainland in the future and make use of the domestic talents and market, no matter how awesome it is, at least there will be a chance to survive.
Let's just say that from 2000 to 2010, Hong Kong TVB's costume dramas were still very good. Together with Mainland China's Tangren Film and Television and Zhouyi Film and Television, they were known as the three major costume film and television companies.
With our own investment of resources, it may be difficult to say what the future of satellite TV will be. After all, this thing is related to different national policies and may be banned. However, 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 in advance. Anyway, you will not lose money in multiple markets. If you train more people and create a famous one, you can still make money. .
"Okay, but due to language issues, we still choose from eastern Guangdong Province first." Liang Shuyi said.
"That's no problem, there are a lot of people in eastern Guangdong Province," Chen Zhiwen said.
"There is just one problem. If we do this, there may be problems at the Wanwan Market!" Liang Shuyi said: "The current Wanwan Market can also be regarded as a large foreign market for Hong Kong movies or TV series."
"We don't need to think about it for the time being. We invest in TV series shot in China, such as Journey to the West. Should we introduce them to Wanwan? Or we won't introduce them. As for us to find some people in China to train them, it will probably take two years before they can appear in TV series. , Besides, no one will care about a supporting role unless he becomes a superstar." Chen Zhiwen said.
The department in charge of film and television in Wanwan actually bullies celebrities. Some Hong Kong singers and movie stars who have been to the Mainland Spring Festival Gala are generally banned. In fact, the effect is still there. Wanwan is an important foreign market for Hong Kong movies. This, many movies will lose money, so there are rumors that movie stars are forced to set up stalls.
But for big capital, it doesn't matter at all. Hong Kong shouldn't invest too many factories in the mainland in recent years, and Wanwan won't expand things. Little stars and big capitalists are completely different things.
"That's good. In that case, I will follow Chen Sheng's arrangements." 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 sets the direction, professional managers like them plan and manage the operation ideas according to the strategic direction. .
Today's meeting is not long, but TVB has already made two important decisions. One is to develop overseas and gain access to the huge market in Southeast Asia through satellite signals. The second is to cooperate with the mainland to increase its talent reserve, and Appropriate use of capital to invest in domestic filming crews, etc., so that high-quality mainland programs can also provide certain help for TVB's overseas expansion.
But there was one thing that made her a little doubtful, and that was whether the mainland could film classic programs, TV series, etc. After all, they didn't even have Wia equipment, and many of them still relied on manual operations. But this matter also needs to be verified. Since the boss has spoken, he must also provide certain technical help. If you really can't get results, then you can discuss it with your boss.
"TVB's goal is definitely not to dominate the city of Hong Kong, but TV stations are indeed quite sensitive. It is difficult for us to obtain licenses from other countries and regions. Even for satellite TV stations, it is difficult to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Therefore, content quality is our most important factor. It is a safe hope that we will develop in this direction in the future. Screenwriters and directors who are capable of producing classic TV series should be given high salaries and high benefits to stabilize them, attract more talents to join, and invest in more filming. TV series can focus on ancient costumes, palace battles, etc." Chen Zhiwen continued.
" Costume shooting is not a problem, and the funds are 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 and build in the mainland. The area there is large and you can build whatever you want." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.
He forgot that he could invest in large-scale film and television cities in China. In this way, not only would TVB have enough hardware resources for filming, but they could also be leased to various mainland film and television companies in the future. Even when the mainland economy improves, the tourism industry , is also a big income!
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