Chapter 310: Changes in Two Years (Part )
Liu Hongmin's memory of the Haima Studio is already very vague, he only remembers that it produced many classic works.
"tell me the story!"
Chen Jiangong pointed his finger and said, "Desire and The Story of the Editorial Department are both classic TV series with excellent broadcast effects and enthusiastic audience response. Now they have signed an agreement with China National Radio and have become one of its TV series partners."
Liu Hongmin asked: "Hasn't China TV already fully implemented self-produced dramas?"
Since Liu Hongmin helped Zhongtai establish the investment and advertising system, Zhongtai no longer needs funding from higher authorities. They upgraded their equipment and gradually started the system of self-made dramas. Before Liu Hongmin went to Hong Kong, they had already started to implement the full self-made dramas, and except for foreign film and television works, they would not import any from outside.
Ma Weidu explained: "We are a co-producer, and China TV is the main producer, enjoying part of the copyright and broadcasting rights. If we only make TV series and sell them to other TV stations, we need to pay 20% of the copyright fee to China TV."
Liu Hongmin nodded. Private film and television companies have just emerged in the mainland. If you want to gain a foothold, you must find a TV station to rely on. Otherwise, even if you have great film and television production capabilities, it will be useless if you can't broadcast it, which means you lose money. Add to that the personnel company, and the company will be dragged down in less than a year.
"We set up the company because we had to sign a contract with the middle office. It was not good to use the name of a studio, so we took the formal route."
Ma Weidu used Liu Hongmin's face to sign the contract with Zhongtai. Therefore, he had to support Liu Hongmin and set up the company.
Although Haima has developed well in the past two years, it has not made much money. The main reason is that these people are lazy. They don’t want to work when they make a little money, and they only want to work when they have no money.
If it is an individual, this is no problem. One person can feed the whole family. If you want to work, you can do it. If you don't want to work, you don't have to work. But it is not the same for a company. If you stop working, you will lose money. This is why Ma Weidu has to sign a contract with Zhongtai. With the task of Zhongtai, you can't just not work, right?
Although these people are lazy, they are not disloyal. It is okay to shut down the company, but they will have to pay compensation if they breach the contract. It is okay for them to eat and drink, but they can't watch their friends go bankrupt, right?
After signing the contract with Zhongtai, Haima Film and Television Company managed to survive with difficulty.
Chen Jiangong continued, "Their company is indeed full of talented people. They trained a director with just two TV series. Boss Ma admires him so much that he bought all of Wang Shuo's books for him to shoot."
"That book?" Liu Hongmin had read Wang Shuo's book.
"'Air Hostess' and 'Forever Lost My Love' were Wang Shuo's own ideas, and he wanted to combine these two books into a movie. I thought the idea was good, so I urged Wang Shuo to write the script. Xiaogang is indeed very talented and eager to learn. He had experience in directing when he filmed 'Desire' and 'Editor's Story'. I think with some training, he should be able to make a name for himself."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Since he has talent, then we should increase our efforts to cultivate him. Being a director is also a job that requires experience, and you need to shoot a few films to see his potential. When I went to Hong Kong, Xu Xiaoming was already a mature director. However, he had not made any achievements in suspense and science fiction films. When we worked together on the first part of "Young Justice Bao", he still didn't understand a lot of things. Later, he became a famous director of suspense TV series with "Young Justice Bao" and "Justice Bao". The "Chinatown Detective" series he shot won the Hong Kong box office champion for several consecutive years. And the current "Source Code" series has broken Hong Kong's box office record for three consecutive years. Before he started shooting the "Source Code" series, didn't he have to rely on two science fiction movies to accumulate experience?"
Everyone nodded when they heard this. Xu Xiaoming has now become the recognized number one director in China. Although many directors in the mainland have high artistic level, Wu Baige has made hundreds of millions of dollars in Hollywood box office, but his status is a little behind Xu Xiaoming. Since Xu Xiaoming cooperated with Liu Hongmin, he has shot movies that are both well-received and popular, and the styles are varied. Whether it is suspense, horror or science fiction, he can handle it.
Many people in the industry understand that he relied on Liu Hongmin's help. Because many of his scripts were written by Liu Hongmin, he only needed to shoot according to what was written. If someone else were to do it, they would also be successful. But this is something that others cannot envy, because no director can shoot more than ten movies in a row completely according to the script without adding any of his own ideas.
Many directors looked down on Xu Xiaoming, thinking that he was just a puppet. But it was this puppet that produced classics step by step, making everyone look up to him.
Liu Hongmin said to Ma Weidu, "Hurry up Wang Shuo and ask him to hurry up."
"Okay!" Ma Weidu agreed with a smile. He was also tired of Wang Shuo's procrastination. Now that Liu Hongmin had spoken, it would be interesting to see if Wang Shuo dared to delay any further.
Wang Shuo is arrogant, but he respects Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin has never been ostentatious, and has come to where he is today entirely by relying on the content of his books. Liu Hongmin never promotes various ideas, but only tells stories. However, when faced with major issues, Liu Hongmin always stands up.
Just because of the mutual review of textbooks, the Japanese were defrauded of a few dollars, which was enough for Wang Shuo to bow down to him. This is the kind of person who works for the country, and does not seek credit after the work is done.
Wang Shuo thinks he can't do it, so he admires those who can do it.
The wine was almost finished, and everyone left. Liu Hongmin specifically asked Chen Yu to send a car to take them all away, and then kept Ma Weidu, "How has the Beijing branch been doing in the past two years?"
Ma Weidu took a sip of tea and stopped drinking. "The development is not bad. We temporarily hire some college students from various universities every year and have discovered many talents among them. There is news that many departments will be laid off starting next year! Therefore, far-sighted college students are also facing employment crises. Many people say that if the school does not assign jobs, they will sign contracts with the branch companies."
Liu Hongmin nodded. "All college students who sign contracts with us must be well trained. Even if some of us want to study abroad, we will support them. Feng Kan is in urgent need of manpower. It would be best if we can fill the position for him in the next two years. Otherwise, it may affect Jobs's pace of returning to Apple."
"Which Steve Jobs do you really think is right?" Ma Weidu asked in confusion.
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Some people are gold, and even sand cannot cover their brilliance. After Jobs was kicked out of Apple, he quickly re-established an animation company. This animation company is also doing well, so Jobs is a nugget of gold. I was lucky to be able to invest in him, just like seeing this nugget of gold."
(End of this chapter)
