Chapter 1077 Let’s Just Make Movies Safely (45)

Shen Xudong is a veteran at stirring up emotions.

"Ghost Town" and "Snowy Road" are both themes about comfort women...

Natural political correctness.

If it is a theatrical movie, the box office may not be very good - "Ghost Country" has a better box office, with a record of 3.5 million moviegoers, and "Snowy Road" has less than 100,000 moviegoers...

But this kind of subject can easily spark discussion...

The so-called friendship between China and South Korea depends on Japan~

Anyway, PPTV is not developing smoothly in Japan, and it is unlikely to be smooth in the future - even Netflix cannot handle the Japanese market!

Netflix can’t squeeze into Japan’s mainstream film and television industry-animation!

Because, like Korean dramas, Nippon Animation does not need to wait for "Squid Game" to open up the situation and verify the subsequent value of the IP.

The subsequent income from IP copyright has always been the lifeblood of Nippon Animation. How many traditional chaebol companies "enjoy eternal happiness" because of an enduring IP.

According to Wikipedia's "Media Franchise Product Bestseller List", Nippon Animation IP's profitability surpassed Disney's Mickey Mouse, taking first and second place.

Nintendo and the Pokémon Company have earned more than $100 billion in total revenue from the Pokémon IP;

Sanrio's revenue from Hello Kitty exceeds $80 billion;

In 2021 alone, Sanrio's character licensing business will generate sales of 10.321 billion yen...

Having already tasted the benefits of IP, Nippon Animation will not be able to give up subsequent IP copyright income because of high production fees like Korean dramas, and it will not become a pure content processing factory for Netflix.

Why do you, Netflix, take these away?

What to do?

If you can't get a big IP to make your own animation, you can only buy classic Japanese comic IP to make 3D and live-action copyrighted dramas.

But this path has been verified by the Japanese and Japanese film and television industries, and the success rate is extremely low...

The 3D version of "Saint Seiya" produced by Netflix was a hit on the street, and the live-action version of "One Piece" also had a poor reputation...

You see, even Netflix can’t hit the Japanese benzene market, and Shen Xudong... I really think PPTV can’t do it either...

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Jiahe's performance this year is not as good as last year's because "Fuxing Tour Group" failed to succeed...

After all, Sammo Hung is not Jackie Chan, and his battery life is indeed much worse.

In addition, the two movies "Welcome to Dragon's Restaurant" and "Chinatown", which have been heavily invested in, will not be released until next year...

Although it is not a book loss - "Sunshine" with the main control is supporting the performance.

But Chung Lifang clearly felt the changes in the entire atmosphere of Hong Kong.

Especially after an incident...

Jiahe must have been the first to stand up and condemn, and then these forces targeted Jiahe...

It’s still quite troublesome!

Shen Xudong came to Hong Kong mainly to see her and comfort her...

He can't solve this problem!

This thing is something that belongs to the national level...

When the two met, Zhong Lifang complained about the current situation for half an hour, and then said: "I really don't understand these people..."

"With different systems, differences will naturally arise. It's normal!"

"...Then don't they know that Hong Kong's film and television industry relies entirely on the mainland for its livelihood?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "People's food is different from normal channels... Let's not talk about this anymore. What are the key projects for next year?"

"A police movie..."

"Another cop show?"

"The only competitive Hong Kong film is the police and gangster film. It can compete with films produced in the mainland of China...it's even worse than comedies and costume dramas!"

On the contrary, in addition to having many restrictions on making police and criminal films in the Mainland, there is also a lack of culture for making police and criminal films.

Hong Kong is very big and very international;

Hong Kong is also very small, so small that people are extremely crowded.

In the small space of Hong Kong, there are Hong Kong natives, mainlanders, third brothers, Filipino maids, foreign devils, Japanese and Japanese...

The cultural gap between people is very large, but the distance between people is very small. When different people come into contact every day, friction and disputes will occur. If there are disputes, there will be police stories.

In addition, the local film market in Hong Kong is very small. It is impossible to make war movies or science fiction movies if you want to make local drama-themed movies. The remaining ones are police and gangster movies.

Moreover, police movies can be very commercial or very artistic, and can be suitable for audiences of all levels.

Zhong Lifang suddenly remembered something: "Liu Dehua visited me for three consecutive years..."

"Liu Dehua...what does he want to do?"

"Cooperate!"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Wait a minute..."

Zhong Lifang was surprised: "I thought you would refuse."

"There is nothing to refuse. There are not many celebrities in Hong Kong. At least Andy Lau is very dedicated and has never expressed political views..."

"Okay..." Zhong Lifang glanced at him, and then asked, "Are you coming to see Huang Baiming this time?"

"I came here on an impromptu basis. I have to leave tomorrow. I won't look for him anymore...what?"

"You always look for him every time you come to Hong Kong..." After a pause, Zhong Lifang added: "You still have to leave a mess for me to clean up!"

"There's no such thing as a mess...it's just a matter of using me for hype."

"You know they want to hype it up, so they still go."

"Then I am romantic..."

"You're just horny!"

"The true nature of a man..."

Zhong Lifang rolled her eyes at him with disdain, and thought of something else: "I heard that Huang Baiming was on the line with a rich man from the mainland... What's his name..."

"Shi Jianxiang?"

"Yes, yes, that's his name. What does he do?"

"Those who are engaged in finance... can also be said to be engaged in fraud."

"Fraud?"

Shen Xudong briefly introduced Shi Jianxiang’s operation, which is ‘Internet + Finance + Movies’!

For example, for "Ip Man 3", Shi Jianxiang packaged it into multiple box office asset securitization products, guaranteed it through his own Donghongqiao Guarantee or Kuailu Group, and then through P2P online lending and crowdfunding platforms , financial management companies for financing. In this way, before the movie is released, the cost has been recovered in advance through the mutual financial platform.

At the same time, Shifang Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed company where Shi Jianxiang serves as the second largest shareholder and chairman of the board of directors, originally had no film business. However, after acquiring "Ip Man 3", Shifang Holdings purchased "Ip Man 3" for 110 million 55 % of the mainland box office revenue rights, officially announced its entry into the domestic film market.

In addition, Shenkai Shares, an A-share company controlled by Shi Jianxiang, subscribed for the limited partner share of Shanghai Guigao Investment Management Partnership for 49 million yuan, and the fund invested in "Ip Man 3".

The publisher of "Ip Man 3" is Huo Media. The company's legal representative Yang Zi is Huang Shengyi's husband and one of the controllers of the A-share listed company Juli Rigging.

In other words, the box office performance of just one movie is related to the rise and fall of the stock prices of three listed companies. So the box office performance of "Ip Man 3" is no joke. Then, a magical scene happened. As soon as "Ip Man 3" was released, the box office was very good.

Originally, it was planned that the movie would be released, sell well at the box office, boost the stock price, and then cash out at a high level.

As a result, the appearance was so ugly that the General Administration investigated and the stock price plummeted. The real box office of "Ip Man 3" was also revealed...

A capital chain crisis broke out in "Kuailu Department" and the company was run on by investors. Immediately afterwards, two platforms under "Kuailu Department" were filed for suspected illegal fund-raising.

Once the hole is opened, it will only get bigger and bigger. The illegal fund-raising methods of the "Kailu Group" are exposed. Those who are caught, those who are fined, and those who escape...

After Shen Xudong roughly explained, Zhong Lifang quickly understood: "This... this is a crime!"

"Yes"

"Then...what should we do? Should we take care of it?"

Shen Xudong thought for a while and then said: "I will report it to the superior department. As for the specific things, let's just leave it alone and just make the movie safely!"