2238 [Good wealth is hard to give up]
The thundering methods of summer really shocked a group of sluts.
But some clubs still decided to take risks, ignore his words and continue to do evil.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. These underworlds are all greedy for money, otherwise they would not have taken this evil path.
A movie can earn at least a few million Hong Kong dollars, and at most tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, which is indeed too attractive to them.
Shancai is hard to give up, and even if there is a shock from summer, they still decide to ignore it.
Several clubs continued to get entangled with film companies, forcibly investing in shares, forcibly extorting, and threatening the film company boss not to tell them, otherwise they would kill his whole family.
In fact, many small and medium-sized film company owners are just ordinary rich people, and many are celebrities and directors start their own businesses.
Like Shaw Brothers' veteran actor Gao Fei founded Dragon and Tiger Film in the late 1980s, he also discovered Fusang's Kung Fu actress Yugali, and mainland China's national martial arts champion Qiu Yunbo.
These small film companies generally have no background. Compared with those notorious underworlds, they are simply broilers and can be slaughtered.
Faced with the threat of death from the underworld, they can only compromise. Otherwise, if porcelain touches tiles, they cannot joke about their lives.
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Other clubs are smarter and no longer invest in making regular movies, but instead make third-level films.
In 1988, the British Hong Kong government officially launched the inspection regulations, establishing the rating system for Hong Kong films, which also triggered a craze for shooting third-level films.
The sage has its own meaning, and it is food, sex and nature!
As a movie that meets the normal needs of the audience, the third-level film has always performed well in the box office.
However, the production of a third-level film does not cost much money. Generally speaking, one or two million Hong Kong dollars can shoot a third-level film. Its box office can earn one or two million yuan, and with the release of videotapes and overseas food port income, it can definitely make a big profit.
So in order to make money, many small and medium-sized film companies have been involved in the army of shooting third-level films.
According to incomplete statistics, in the year when the 1988th Inspection Ordinance was launched, Hong Kong film companies produced 123 third-level films, which was more than the number of regular films.
The third-level film craze has also given birth to theaters that specialize in screening third-level films. In order to make money, many independent small and medium-sized theaters have changed from regular movies to special in screening third-level films. At the time, there are so many audiences, which is much better than before, and makes a lot of money.
However, Tianxia Pictures has never produced third-level films, and does not allow third-level films to be released in its own theaters. Jiahe and Xinyi City do not produce third-level films, but they will fund some satellite companies to shoot.
For example, Huang Baiming from Xinyi City invested in the production of third-level films in the name of Oriental Film, and Cai Lan, one of Jiahe's senior executives, also established Dalu Company...
However, in order to avoid damage to their own reputation, they did not allow third-level films to be released in their own theaters.
Because many people in Hong Kong watch movies like couples or whole families, if they show third-level films in the theater, they will lose a large number of passenger flows.
Therefore, the third-level films secretly produced by Jiahe and Xinyi City will also be handed over to a special third-level film theater for release.
Because they have many unsuccessful stars, in order to earn more money, want to break through themselves, or be tempted by the company, many of them have participated in the shooting of third-level films.
Although Jiahe's male star Cao Chali is not too popular, he is also a very familiar comedian. He is known for his good at playing vulgar men. For example, he has very exciting performances in the "Police Story" series.
In order to earn more money, he participated in filming many third-level films. Being the male lead in each film is much better than filming regular scenes. Moreover, the salary is also nearly 40% more than filming regular scenes.
Chen Jialing, a member of the Happy Girls Group under the Xinyi City, debuted as a pure female student. However, after so many years and as the grade grows, it is no longer popular to play female students.
Faced with the decline in fame, Chen Jialing, at the suggestion of Huang Baiming, participated in the filming of a third-level film, but she did not show off. However, she also made her gossip magazine covers several issues, making her a big hit.
The success of Cao Chali and Chen Jialing has led to more and more unsuccessful stars participating in third-level films, and has also made the three-level films produced by Jiahe and Xinyi City have relatively strong lineups and relatively well-produced, and can achieve good box office.
In fact, third-level films have become an important source of income for Jiahe and Xinyi City. Box office, videotape and port copyright can earn HK$200 million in wealth for the two companies every year.
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And such a piece of fat meat is naturally difficult not to be targeted.
Those underworld members knew they were investing in serious films, and there were no theaters available for them to release.
In this case, they were lucky enough to shoot a third-level film.
The investment is small and the returns are high, and it can also be released in third-level film theaters. There is no need to worry about being strangled by the three major theaters. For them, it is more cost-effective than shooting regular movies.
Moreover, when making third-level films, their conditions are better. Because third-level films, stories, and acting skills are not important, as long as there are enough women, they can show off.
These underworlds are generally involved in pornography, gambling, and drugs, and there are not a thousand ladies under their jurisdiction, but there are five hundred. It is easier to find someone to film.
Therefore, many clubs have set up their own film companies and then started filming third-level films. For a time, the production of third-level films in Hong Kong has exploded.
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Xia Tian's statement destroyed the domineering spirit of the underworld and made them all clamp up their tails to be human.
Although they still make small moves in private, they are no longer so arrogant on the surface.
Xia Tian received the news from feedback and learned that they had not bullied the market anymore, so he put the matter aside.
To him, the underworld in Hong Kong is just a disease of scabies and is not worth spending too much effort.
His main energy is now focused on the acquisition of Marvel Comics, and on the expansion of world production.
Tianxia Productions is now discussing the acquisition with Miramax and Orion Pictures.
Miramax, the largest independent producer in the United States, has produced many wonderful films, but his life has not been very good in recent years.
Orion Pictures was founded by senior executives of Lianmei Pictures, which was once one of the eight major Hollywood films. In the past thirteen years, it has also produced and filmed many movies. Well-known ones include "Terminator", "Dancing with Wolves", "The First Drop of Blood", "Robot Men", etc.
Its development has not been smooth in recent years, especially in Hachijiu, where four consecutive movies failed, which made its business in trouble.
If there was no summer acquisition, it would have officially declared bankruptcy in 1992 in the previous life. However, now there is summer acquisition, I believe it can escape the disaster.
Chapter completed!