Chapter 435 Mr. Yang Wants to Set up a Film Company!

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Huang Xizhao hasn't come to see his boss Sir Yang for some time.

Compared with Rediffusion Television's former major shareholder Rediffusion Television, Sir Yang, the current owner of Asia Television, seems to be more confident in him. He never asks about the affairs of Asia Television.

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

After the closure of Jiayi Television, Asia Television and TVB not only share the Hong Kong television market equally, but even begin to slightly surpass TVB.

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

Huang Xizhao reported to Yang Ming in the study about the situation of the television station, including TV series, variety show shooting, etc.

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

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

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

Yang Ming nodded after listening.

"Xi Zhao, there are so many actors in Asia Television now. What do they mainly do besides filming TV series?"

Even TV series are limited.

A TV series can be as long as 30 to 50 episodes, and as short as 10 episodes. With so many actors, they and their families have to eat, and it is impossible to guarantee that everyone has the opportunity to participate in the filming.

TVB's strategy is that every contracted actor has a fixed salary every month, but these are basic salaries, which can barely be used to eat. Only actors in TV series with high ratings will have higher incomes.

Moreover, once you sign a contract with TVB, you can no longer switch to Asia Television.

If you do not listen to TVB's arrangements, you will not only have to pay a high penalty for breach of contract, but you may even be directly hidden, and you may not even have the opportunity to play a small role.

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

Especially in history, when TVB has the upper hand.

Now Asia Television has the support of Yang Ming and Empire Group, which is very good. It is not harsh on the actors of the TV station.

However, there are too many actors and not so many TV series to shoot, so 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 so, some actors still can't get up after being given opportunities for a few roles, and the director will not use them again. Then these actors are not suitable for this job and can only return to society to find other jobs."

"What about 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 that, when Shaw Brothers Film and Television was still good, these actors could still go to Shaw Brothers Film and Television to film movies, but now Shaw Brothers Film and Television has declined, and those 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 Run Run Shaw has focused his energy on TV stations.

However, it does not mean that Hong Kong movies are declining.

On the contrary, Hong Kong movies started to be popular in the 1980s, and until the early 1990s, they were the peak of Hong Kong and even Asian movies.

In other words, it is just the right time to enter the Hong Kong movie industry. In addition, with so many actors in Asia Television now, it would be a waste not to use them.

"I plan 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 the golden age.

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

In the 1960s, it was Shaw Brothers and Dianmao that dominated the world, but Dianmao's boss Luk Yun-to and Dianmao's management went to the Taiwan Asian Film Exhibition and encountered a plane crash, and all of them were in trouble. The remaining Shaw Brothers monopolized Hong Kong movies.

In the 1970s, Shaw's most important right-hand man Zou Wenwei left Shaw Brothers and co-founded Jiazhe Films with two friends, gradually defeating Shaw Brothers.

The emergence of Cinema City in the 1980s and a series of Hong Kong film companies completely led to the rise of Hong Kong films and made them popular in the Asian market.

Until the early 1990s, Hong Kong films were still popular, and then they began to decline slowly.

At this time, just in the late 1970s, the development of Hong Kong films was still good.

Huang Xizhao did not expect that the boss would actually set up a film company.

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

"Yes, so that the actors of Asian Television will have more opportunities to film."

Yang Ming knew.

Why were Hong Kong films 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" by a large number of movies.

Including Hong Kong's famous directors and Hong Kong actors, they all grew up under such circumstances.

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

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

In other words, those famous Hong Kong movie stars, in addition to some of them being talented, gradually became famous movie stars of an era by making a large number of movies.

In addition to their classic movies, there are many garbage movies that many people don't know or have never 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 companies, they can also become professional actors in movies, not just actors in TV series."

At this point.

Huang Xizhao understood a little.

Boss Sir Yang wanted to give more Asian TV actors the opportunity to make movies. If there are more opportunities to make movies, these actors will have higher incomes, and their acting skills will naturally improve.

Huang Xizhao didn't know, but Yang Ming knew very well that compared to the 1970s, the Hong Kong film market was already a golden market, and the 1980s was the era of real development.

The ones that impressed Yang Ming the most were Shenglong, Zhou Xingxing, Chow Yun-fat, etc.

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

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