As a competitor, Lin Zixuan knows the shooting plans of other film companies very well.

He doesn't like following the trend, but this is a social trend and cannot be stopped. He can only avoid losing money in his own movies as much as possible.

It is conceivable that a large number of mythological movies poured into the market, and audiences would soon get tired of this type, and some film companies that followed the trend would definitely lose money.

This is exactly how many families are happy and sad.

Fortunately, celebrity film companies are shooting audio films, at least currently ahead of other film companies.

After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is released, martial arts films will definitely become the new follower.

Lin Zixuan has been trying to expand the genre of domestic films and broaden this path as much as possible so that everyone can have a way to go.

Except for horror films and science fiction films, he has tried other types of movies.

The celebrity film company is preparing to film "Jade Pear Soul" written by Xu Zhenya, a writer of the Mandarin Duck Butterfly School. If this movie is successful, many novels from the Mandarin Duck Butterfly School will have the value of adaptation.

In this era of extremely scarce movie scripts, novel adaptation will be a new way out.

"Yu Li Soul" is a romance novel serialized by Xu Zhenya in the "Minquan Daily" in 1912. It is an important representative work of romance novels in the early Republic of China and is known as the "ancestor of romance novels".

At that time, the novel was popular in China, and it was reprinted dozens of times, and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It also reprinted many times as far as Nanyang and Hong Kong.

It is said that Lu Xun's mother especially likes "Jade Pear Soul".

There is a reason why Lin Zixuan chose the novels of the Mandarin duck butterfly school. First, there is a huge readership, and secondly, the plot is wonderful and touching.

If he filmed "The Legend of Ah Q", it would be great if he could recover the cost.

This is not because he is pessimistic about the prospects of new literature. On the contrary, he feels that the prospects of new literature are bright, but the development of anything requires a process.

A few years later, with the success of the Northern Expedition, the Republic of China will usher in a ten-year prosperous period.

That is the so-called "golden decade".

By then, it was the period from the development to the prosperity of new literature. With this condition, he could shoot some movies that reflected social reality and had a certain audience base.

If you shoot now, you will be in trouble like Guo Moruo's Creation Society.

Moreover, at that time, he would have a lot of novel resources to adapt.

For this reason, Lin Zixuan once wrote a letter to urge Zhang Henshui to create a novel. If he was not afraid of affecting Zhang Henshui's writing, he even wanted to send the outline and setting of "Crying and Laughter" to Zhang Henshui.

But writers like Zhang Henshui are different from writers from the Wanxiang Bookstore. His creations require his own conception.

The competition among film companies is multifaceted. In addition to filming the movie itself, there are many off-site factors.

Lin Zixuan and Dan Du Yu reached an agreement that Shanghai Film Company would merge into Star Film Company. This was not an ordinary merger, but rather that Shanghai Film Company was a satellite company under Star Film Company.

Shanghai Film Company maintains independent operation, can choose the movies it shoots itself, and can use the theater of the celebrity film company.

However, we must maintain a consistent position with celebrity film companies and advance and retreat together.

In other words, in the future, Du Yu would be responsible for filming the movie. Lin Zixuan was responsible for the subsequent promotion and distribution, and the two signed a share agreement at the box office.

This is how Lin Zixuan learned from the practice of later Hong Kong film companies, and Jiahe has many satellite companies.

He wants to build a celebrity film company into a film group integrating film financing, distribution, theater operations and film printing business.

With Shanghai Film Company as a role model, other poorly managed film companies will also use the same conditions to join celebrity film companies, so that they can continue to erode Shanghai's film industry and expand their scale.

The key point of this plan is to control the theater.

With the rise of the film industry, there are many new theaters in Shanghai now under construction, including super luxurious theaters.

For example, the Calden Grand Theater, which was built in February 2019.

The Calden Grand Theater is located on Parker Road, Shanghai and was built with the British.

This is a comprehensive entertainment venue including cafes, pine houses, dance halls, theaters, etc., and has reached an agreement with the American Paramount Production Company to serve as the first round of its film theater.

In February 2019, the Calden Grand Theater premiered "The Secret History of the Palace" produced by MGM Films in the United States, with a ticket price of 2 yuan.

In Shanghai, the ticket price is quite high, and it can be compared with Remas' summer kettle luxury cinema in terms of facilities.

Lin Zixuan also did not relax the construction of the cinema. He inquired about the Li family in Xiaogang, who acquired land in the public concession last time.

The Li family in Xiaogang was told by Zhang Shichuan to invest in a cinema. After the theater was completed, Zhang Shichuan was appointed as the manager of the theater. Several of the land had begun construction, with an investment scale of about 800,000.

The Li family in Xiaogang was very cautious and only developed in the public concession and did not enter the French concession.

Feng Jingyao and Huang Chujiu's past lessons are not far away. They are unwilling to provoke Feng Jingyao, but only want to use commercial competitive means.

The Li family in Xiaogang did not know that Feng Jingyao encountered some minor trouble at this time because a new force appeared in the French Concession.

The French Concession includes Luwan District, Xuhui District and some Huangpu District, with a large area.

Feng Jingyao could not manage it. He adopted the method of dividing territory, distributing the territory of the French Concession to his subordinates and collecting accounts every month, which is the main source of income for Feng's trading company.

But in March, one of his younger brothers was killed.

The other party immediately apologized to Feng Jingyao, willing to submit monthly accounts according to the rules, and had a very respectful attitude.

As a big shot, Feng Jingyao rarely cares about the following things, and Uncle Xiang is usually responsible.

Uncle Xiang was Feng Jingyao's confidant and a loyal thug. Seeing that this man was very good and gave him a generous gift, he handed over the land to the other party for management.

It was originally just a small matter, but it involved only a block of territory, and it was no big deal.

But within a month, the man actually occupied the neighborhood, and the two sides fought and made a big fuss.

Uncle Xiang had to report the situation to Feng Jingyao. Feng Jingyao was considering whether to deal with this guy named Xu Wenqiang. He could detect that this person was not very at ease.

It is a good thing to have ambition, but if you don’t know how to be sensible, you will be seeking death.

Feng Jingyao decided to meet Xu Wenqiang and take a look at it in person. If it is available, use it. If it is not available, get rid of it as soon as possible.

On this day, Lin Zixuan and Feng Chengcheng went back to Feng’s house for dinner together.

When the car drove in, he saw a tall young man walking out of the Feng family through the car window. Uncle Xiang was sending him off from behind, and the two of them said a few words.

When Lin Zixuan parked the car and walked in with Feng Chengcheng, the young man was gone.

"Uncle Xiang, who was that person just now?" Lin Zixuan asked casually.
Chapter completed!