Chapter 435 Mr. Yang wants to set up a film company!

Repulse Bay mid-level villa.

Huang Xizhao has not come to see his boss Sir Yang for some time.

Compared with the previous shareholder Li Yingsheng of Li's TV station, Sir Yang, the boss of Asia Television, seems to be more assured of him now. Asia Television has never been involved in any affairs, big or small.

It is also because of that that at the end of last year, Asia Television began to break even, and it should still be profitable this year.

After the collapse of Jiayi TV, now Asia Television and TVB not only equally share the TV market in Hong Kong, but have even begun to slightly outperform TVB.

Huang Xizhao sighed that it was great to meet a boss like Sir Yang.

Huang Xizhao was in the study, reporting to Yang Ming on the situation of the TV station, including TV series, variety show shooting, etc.

Especially after the launch of the "Miss Asia" and "I Am a Singer" auditions last year, Asia TV's ratings have been very good, and Red Bull Beverage Company has become Asia TV's strategic cooperative advertiser.

In addition, many of Empire Group's advertisements have cooperated with Asia Television, which makes Asia Television's advertising revenue pretty good.

Nowadays, the ratings of Asia TV are not low. Even if the companies under the Empire Group do not have advertisements, there will still be many companies willing to put advertisements on Asia TV.

Yang Ming nodded after listening.

"Xizhao, there are so many actors on Asian TV now. What do they usually do besides filming dramas?"

Even TV episodes, that’s limited.

A TV series can last thirty to fifty episodes at most, and the short one may be only a dozen episodes. With so many actors, they and their families have to eat, and it is impossible to guarantee that everyone will have the opportunity to participate in the filming.

TVB's strategy is that each contracted actor will receive a fixed salary every month. However, these are basic salaries, barely enough to make ends meet. Only actors in TV series with high ratings will have higher incomes.

Moreover, once you sign a contract with TVB, you cannot switch to Asia Television.

If you don't listen to TVB's arrangements, you will not only have to pay a high amount of liquidated damages, but you may even hide it directly, fearing that you won't even have the chance to play an ordinary role.

This kind of thing is extremely normal in the film and television industry in Hong Kong.

Especially when TVB had the upper hand historically.

Now Asia Television, with the support of Yang Ming and the Empire Group, is very good, and it is not harsh on the actors of the television station.

However, with too many actors and not that many TV series to film, problems will arise sooner or later.

"Boss, our TV station still has a lot of dramas. In addition, variety shows also need a lot of actors. Even then, some actors still can't get a few roles after being given a chance, and the director won't use them again. , then these actors are not suitable for this job and can only return to society to find other jobs."

"What about the TVB actors?"

"Boss, they are almost the same. They have signed a contract and can only act according to the contract. In fact, many TVB actors have not had a chance to film for half a year. Before this, when Shaw Brothers Film and Television was doing well, these actors could still go to Shaw Brothers Film and television make movies, but now that Shaw Brothers Pictures has declined, TVB actors have fewer opportunities to film."

Yang Ming nodded.

Since the mid-1970s, Shaw Brothers Film and Television has begun to decline, and it is precisely because of that that Shao Yifu focused his energy on television.

However, this does not mean that Hong Kong’s movies are in decline.

On the contrary, Hong Kong's movies became popular in the 1980s, and until the early 1990s, they were the pinnacle of Hong Kong and even Asian movies.

In other words, it is just right to enter Xiangjiang Movies at this time. In addition, now that there are so many actors on Asian TV, it would be really a waste not to use them.

"I'm going to set up a film company."

Yang Ming said directly.

Set up a film company?

There are many film companies in Hong Kong now.

In the early 1970s, Hong Kong movies began to enter a golden age.

For example, Guan Jiahui's father Guan Shan established his own film company, but it just didn't develop.

In the 1960s, the world was dominated by Shaw Brothers Film and Television and D\u0026M. However, the boss of D\u0026M, Luk Yuntao, and the management of D\u0026M went to the Wanwan Asian Film Festival and encountered a plane crash. Everything went wrong, leaving Shaw Brothers Film and Television. Monopolizes the movies in Hong Kong.

In the 1970s, Shaw's most important right-hand man, Chow Wen-tai, left Shaw Brothers Film and Television and co-founded Jiazhao Film and Television with two friends, gradually defeating Shaw Brothers Film and Television.

The emergence of New Art City in the 1980s, as well as the emergence of a series of film companies in Hong Kong, completely led to the rise of Hong Kong movies and became popular in the Asian market.

Until the early 1990s, Hong Kong movies were still a popular era, and then Hong Kong movies began to slowly decline.

At this time, it was just the late 1970s, and the film development in Xiangjiang was pretty good.

Huang Xizhao didn't expect that his boss would actually set up a film company.

"Boss, do you want to set up a film company?"

"Yes, it will give Asian TV actors more opportunities to film."

Yang Ming knew.

Historically, why were Hong Kong movies so popular in Asia in the 1980s?

In fact, there are many reasons.

One of the most important reasons is that many famous actors were not popular at the beginning, but were 'fed' through a large number of movies.

Including the famous directors and actors in Xiangjiang, they all grew up under this kind of situation.

Why Hong Kong movies of this era are so good has a lot to do with these.

Later, in China, many freshmen who had never made a movie were directly cast as the protagonists of the movie. Such people didn't even know what a movie was, so how could the movie they made be good?

In other words, those Hong Kong movie stars who became famous, in addition to some of their talents, also gradually became famous movie stars of an era by making a large number of movies.

In addition to their classic films, there are also junk films that many people don't know about or haven't seen.

"I plan to set up an Asian Film Company, and the actors will also come from Asian TV. If these Asian TV actors do well in Asian Film Company, they can also become professional actors in movies, not just actors in TV dramas."

This time.

Huang Xizhao understood somewhat.

Boss Sir Yang wants more Asian TV actors to have filming opportunities. If there are more filming opportunities, these actors will earn more, and their filming skills will naturally improve.

Huang Xizhao didn't know, but Yang Ming knew very well that compared to the Hong Kong Film Market in the 1970s, which was already a gold market, the 1980s was the era of real development.

The ones that impressed Yang Ming the most were Sheng Long, Zhou Xingxing, Chow Yun-fat and so on.

Especially in the 1980s and 1990s, the world was almost dominated by Shenglong, Zhou Xingxing and Chow Yun-fat.

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