Chapter 708 The Decline of Hong Kong Entertainment Industry

How long has it been since I sat down with Fu Decai and talked?

Yang Dongxu couldn't remember the time clearly. He only remembered that when Fu Decai retired from the executive director due to personal scandals and became a shareholder, the time for private conversations between the two people became less and less.

So when there were only two people left in the office, the atmosphere suddenly became a little silent and neither of them knew what topic to talk about.

"What are your plans recently?" Yang Dongxu was the first to break the silence.

"There is no specific plan. I was mainly discussing things with Uncle Liu some time ago." Fu Decai smiled and said.

Although his status in Haina has plummeted, he is a shareholder of Haina after all, and he has undeniable contributions to Haina's current status, so he still has a say in some things in the entertainment industry.

And it is precisely because his status in Haina began to become awkward, so his status in the Hong Kong circle unexpectedly began to improve. Perhaps those competitors of Haina want to find a breakthrough from him to lift a mountain that is pressing on the delivery.

But this idea now seems to be a pipe dream, because anyone with a discerning eye can see that the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan has begun to lose its momentum, or there is a gap in the ladder of star training.

It's not that they don't want to promote newcomers. While major entertainment companies are keeping old people to make money for themselves, they are also actively expanding contracts for newcomers, but things are so strange.

In the past, when they didn't promote newcomers and only wanted to exploit them, excellent newcomers emerged one after another. As for the current Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, almost all of them have fought their way out from the grassroots step by step to have their current status.

But now they spend a lot of energy and resources to promote them, and even have top stars and big names to take them to film, but there are only a few young people who can be regarded as impressive in recent years, and the others can only be regarded as slightly famous, and then they are like stuck and can't become popular no matter how they promote them.

Some people say that the decline of the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry from glory is due to being too arrogant and not being proactive, or it is related to the fact that the world entertainment industry is developing too fast and Hong Kong and Taiwan are lagging behind.

But the reason is that there is a gap in the current star echelon. In terms of newcomers, there are really few who can be shown off in the past two years. Take female stars as an example. At the beginning, there were Mei Yanfang, Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi and others.

Then there were Zhang Manyu, Qiu Shuzhen and Wang Zuzu, who faded out of the film and television industry last year and returned. But this year, Zhang Baizhi became popular with Stephen Chow's movies, and basically none of the other female stars can be on the stage.

There is no need to say more about male stars, whether it is Zhang Guorong and Alan Tam in the early days, or the four kings later, or even Zhang Jiahui and Louis Koo who are now being promoted by Haina.

Compared with the past, the number of female stars is not only small, but also the fame is getting worse and worse. As for male stars, no matter how popular the movies of the later ones are, or how popular they are, they always feel a little bit lacking.

Even the people promoted by Haina give people this feeling, let alone other entertainment companies. For example, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and others promoted by other companies are still inferior to the current popularity of Nick Cheung and Louis Koo.

So many people in the circle feel that the Hong Kong 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 whole of Asia. But when looking at the new generation, there is always a sense of decline.

"The ice is not formed in a day. The path taken by the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry before was correct, which is beyond doubt. The current popular stars are also proof of this. But it is precisely because of too much success that when we want to change, we find that this ship is too big. It is not just one or two people who say change, or even the people on the ship who say change can easily turn around."

"I know this, but it is impossible not to change. It's just a matter of time, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry gives people a feeling of living off the old capital." Fu Decai said helplessly.

In fact, what Yang Dongxu said was quite harmonious. In fact, not everyone on the ship wants to turn around, or there are many people on the ship who are still preventing the big ship from turning around.

The glorious Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry has nurtured many tycoons, who are currently the helmsmen of this big ship, and they can still draw endless funds from this ship.

And it is very obvious that not every tycoon can be as far-sighted as Uncle Six, willing to give up part of his profits to replenish fresh blood. They can't wait to swallow the cake that has already begun to dry up into their stomachs.

Why did Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment companies turn to the mainland in the future? This is certainly directly related to the development of the mainland, but more of it is that the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry is too controlled by these tycoons, and the younger generation of entertainment companies can only go to the mainland to find opportunities. This is also the reason why most of the entertainment companies coming to the mainland are new entertainment companies, while traditional entertainment companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan are not so active.

"Taiwan is trying variety shows. If you have time, you can talk to Uncle Six about this." If you are poor, you must change, and Taiwan has done a very good job in this regard.

Whether it is TV series or movies, Hong Kong crushed Taiwan at the beginning. Later, the popularity of Qiong Yao's dramas made Taiwan regain a city in TV series, but it was still in a weak position. Needless to say, movies were basically beaten.

Therefore, under this all-round suppression, although costume dramas have achieved certain success, Taiwan later began to turn to youth idol dramas. Movies are really not enough, so people began to switch to variety shows instead of movies.

These two changes seem to be helpless, but they also confirm the old saying that moving trees will kill people and moving people will live. Taiwan's entertainment industry has achieved remarkable results in both aspects and successfully walked out of its own path.

And the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry wants to get a breakthrough opportunity and introduce Hollywood elements. It can only take time. After all, Hong Kong is only one of the four Asian dragons and has no way to attract the attention of superstars 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 model of variety shows, they have a strong foundation. With a good plan, even if you find a second-rate director, you can get good ratings.

"I really mentioned this. Uncle Six meant to try it, but other people didn't respond so positively." Fu Decai sighed.

As a shareholder of Haina, although he lives behind the scenes and even his power has been reduced, he is obviously more informed about Haina than others.

Since Yang Dongxu helped Haina branch open up the situation by doing variety shows overseas, Fu Decai noticed this new entertainment model. Later, at the end of last year, Haina signed a contract with Anhui Satellite TV to create indoor variety shows. Fu Decai felt that this might be a good way, otherwise Yang Dongxu, who has always been a hands-off boss, would not pay so much attention to it.

But when he made this suggestion at the meeting, there were few responses. The fundamental reason is still the one mentioned before, that the big sharks can still draw blood from the already thin Hong Kong entertainment industry.

The reality is not so bad that they have to change at the moment of life and death. Only a few people like Uncle Six have a long-term vision, and it is obviously impossible for them to change the direction of this big ship.

In fact, this deadlock is not only in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but also in the mainland entertainment industry in later generations. Without the sentimental factor, Yang Dongxu would admit that the acting skills of the new generation of young actors are still young and need time to hone compared to the old actors. But at least how can we say that they don’t have the professionalism of filming?

So in a few years, the mainland entertainment industry will be similar to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although the variety show has made some people famous, and there are dozens or hundreds of TV series and movies a year, the young generation of stars are accepted by the public except for a few.

The others are basically based on various debates on entertainment headlines, or even simply increase traffic. There are many more stars with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan in salary than the old generation of stars, but if you exclude those young people who browse their phones and read gossip news, you can know these people.

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Audience

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 compared to the political center.

So, except for the headquarters of Haina, which 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, Hurricane, Huaxiu, Dongxu, and even the newly established Sunrise Technology, etc.

Hurricane's headquarters building 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, which is the tallest building under construction in Shanghai. It surpasses the injection, which was just completed in April this year, that is, the Jinmao Building with 88 floors on the ground.

There is nothing big about Hurricane in the new year. Basically, it is centered around the construction of the headquarters building, and then continues to digest the land that was circled in Pudong in previous years.

As for the development plan of Wanda Plaza that was formulated before, it is slowly advancing at a rate of 1 to 2 per year. Although the operation of Wanda Plaza has brought Wanda considerable income, it has also buried considerable hidden dangers. For example, Wanda's high debt ratio was pushed up by Wanda Plazas one after another.

Yang Dongxu dare not say that all the land in the circle has been circled, but basically there is a very solid foundation. Therefore, when it comes to expanding territory, his choices can be more rational, and he can analyze more from the perspective of profitability, rather than rushing to grab land and add burdens to himself.