Everything is ready now, all we need is the east wind.

One is whether Yequan Cinema can successfully take the stage.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether it can be on Beijing TV. Even if there is no aunt like Beijing TV, there are still a lot of aunts from other local TV stations. Besides, even if it doesn’t work, can’t you still pay for advertising by yourself?

But having said that, neither Beijing nor Taiwan has given a clear reply yet. Bureaucracy kills people, and their efficiency is really low!

The other one is the advertising production of Yeshan Qingquan and Yequan Beer. When he left Hong Kong, Li Yuan had already arranged the production of advertising to Yuan Universe.

After being summoned by Li Yuan, several people from the Yuan Universe hurried to the capital with the prepared advertising samples...

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"Damn it! Are you just making ads like this? Look at this shot, Hua Zai is smiling like a fool?" After watching these two ads, Li Yuan was furious. There was a strong feeling inside.

It has a strong rustic flavor, very old-fashioned and very silly.

"The third lady thinks it's good. We have found the best advertising and creative company in Hong Kong, and they all have degrees from prestigious foreign universities." The manager in charge, Guo Xing, also looked very aggrieved. They really didn't feel anything wrong.

That's right. In the eyes of Guo Xing and others, this kind of advertisement already belongs to the ranks of high-quality products.

Seeing that Guo Xing's expression didn't look like he was lying, Li Yuan frowned slightly and suddenly became thoughtful.

Due to the rapid development of the times, the advertising field is also advancing by leaps and bounds. Decades of changes have been replaced by n generations. No wonder I look like a country bumpkin. It’s just that my appetite has been cultivated, and my aesthetics has been completely

Different. In addition, with the earth-shaking revolution in digital photography technology, the exquisiteness of the pictures is changing with each passing day. Especially the special effects...

Fantastic special effects. It is impossible to realize such technology now, so we should work harder on advertising creativity!

Since it was not Guo Xing's problem, Li Yuan became patient: "Ah Xing, our theme this time is the Spring Festival. The picture should be warm in color, don't be afraid of being gaudy, and use bright red as the keynote."

Guo Xing nodded quickly and immediately recorded Li Yuan's words.

To be honest, the people in the Yuan Universe are not very capable. Guo Xing is the eldest son among the dwarfs, so they made him the manager. But on the other hand, they still cherish this job and their attitude is relatively correct.

"Let's talk about Yeshan Qingquan first. The theme is...Lion dance! The Lion King celebrates the spring! Invite the previous lion kings of the Hong Kong Lion Dance Club and let them hold the moon and birches with stars. Yequan beer is simpler...eat hot pot! The whole family is lively

Let’s eat hot pot and drink beer to welcome the New Year.”

"Young Master Yuan, I understand."

"How long will it take to complete it? I may be on TV soon?"

Guo Xing thought about it for a few seconds: "I'll send a fax back to Hong Kong right away. We'll take the fastest flight back to supervise it. We should have the finished product... within a week."

Guo Xing's "lack of ability" is also relative. After all, they have been in the Hong Kong film industry for so many years. For simple tasks such as shooting commercials, their execution ability is relatively strong.

"Shao Yuan, in this case, the budget may not be able to deal with it?"

"Don't think about budget issues. Isn't it just a few hundred thousand more? Two hundred million Hua Zi! Hua Zi may not say anything to his face, but we have to support his cards!"

"understand."

"Have you brought those three scripts?" Li Yuan continued to ask.

"I brought it. I asked the screenwriter in the company to finish it quickly."

Li Yuan got three copies of the script. He flipped through it briefly and said "fuck" in his heart. What the hell are these?

Not to mention that the few intern screenwriters left by the company are of inferior quality.

The script writing process in Hong Kong is very informal. Usually one or two sheets of paper are the script. The director writes the content while filming, and the screenwriter also writes the lines while filming. There are indeed many inspirations that lead to the creation of very good works.

works. But most of them are big bad movies.

So now that I can take out six or seven pieces of paper, I should admit that the screenwriters have really... worked hard. Ahem!

As for the content? Li Yuan looked through it again. Alas! Brother Yuan, a layman like me, can see that these are basically street goods. Even "Two Smoking Barrels", Li Yuan provided some information in advance

They can still change the script of a complete story into a mess?

I am not in the mood to continue blaming. Blaming is useless anyway, these people are at this level.

Putting down the script, Li Yuan said: "Don't worry about the script. I will find someone to complete it as soon as possible."

"Where is the third lady...?"

"Her? Will she care about the script? Just tell her that work will start after the Spring Festival!"

"receive!"

"Ah Xing, go tell the company that this year is the running-in period, and we are focusing on these three projects. If we lose less, we will make a profit, and we will treat it as paying tuition. Starting next year will be the time for us to really show off our ambitions."

To be honest, Li Yuan became more and more pessimistic when he realized that he was surrounded by these defeated soldiers.

I don’t know if they can make great achievements next year, but the prospects this year are definitely not good. Considering the morale problem in the Yuanverse, Li Yuan still gave them a shot of chicken blood.

"Shao Yuan, should we sign a few artists? The most profitable people in the industry now are artist managers?" Guo Xing suggested.

Maybe Li Yuan didn't care, but Guo Xing did. He was afraid that if there were too many losses on his books, his position might be unsafe.

"We are not artist managers." Li Yuan answered resolutely. Could it be that Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Debao, and Princess Jin had learned from the past and that their own universe would still jump into this pit of fire?

Artist management is a double-edged sword. When it is good, it can make a lot of money, but when it is bad, it can make things worse. Don't forget, the Hong Kong industry will enter a recession in a few years. It will depend on who survives longer.

And the sky-high contracts for artists are like a reminder!

However, we can't generalize. After thinking for a few seconds, Li Yuan ordered: "If there is a director's contract, we can sign it. Even if the price is higher, it doesn't matter. Tell them, we can even give them Yuanverse stocks."

"Director?" Guo Xing and the others were dumbfounded. To be honest, RTHK really doesn't pay much attention to directors as a group.

At present, super first-class stars like Fa Ge and Long Ge are popular at the box office, and their salary is around 3 million. Top female stars, such as Hong Gu and Brigitte Lin, are usually three-thirds of the top male stars.

One, it’s over 1 million. It’s almost the same as first-class stars like the Four Heavenly Kings. And directors generally only have half of the top female stars, which is about 500,000?

It can be seen that in the entertainment circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, directors are paid less attention than stars.

Of course, if the box office is a hit, the film studio will usually give the director a big red envelope, even hundreds of thousands or millions. But it is just a red envelope, and the director will rarely be given an appointment.

However, doesn’t Li Yuan know the importance of directors? In the future, one director, one brother, and one IP will be enough to support a large entertainment group. And what is a director? They are copyright producers, continuously providing film sources for their own film library.

You will never suffer any loss.

But when they heard Li Yuan's "layman's talk", Guo Xing and the others could only smile bitterly. Young Master Yuan did not engage in profitable business, but only focused on losing money? Rich young masters are so willful!

Guo Xing remembered another thing: "Young Master Yuan, someone came to us to tell us that our Yuan Universe is deeply cooperating with the mainland. Wanwan is very unhappy. If we are blocked by them, we will definitely be in trouble."

"block?"

"Yes! These few years are not as strict as in previous years. Wanwan generally does not target actors and crew members, and it will definitely not allow our company's films to enter the island. Even people here have scruples. They will not

Accept the film contract from our company. Even if you accept it, it will be much higher than the market price. It is better to give up cooperation with the mainland. The company will transfer some people from within and invite some from outside. The shooting cost will be a lot at most. If you are lucky enough

If we want to give opportunities to the mainland, we just need to arrange a few people in a symbolic way."

For current Hong Kong films, the Wanwan market is definitely the most important overseas market. If it is lost, the original big profits may turn into losses.

However, Li Yuan sneered at this statement. Wanwan wants to compete with the mainland market? Just ask what it will be like to win the Golden Horse Award in the future? How about banning it? Come on! Wanwan and the others are not crazy, are they?

Besides, in a few years, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places should be fully open, right? Is this still a problem?

"Don't think about it. If you don't have it, you won't have it. I don't care!" Li Yuan flatly refused.

"What if...?"

"Ah Xing! You can't be half-hearted. You want everything, but in the end you get nothing. Mainland or Wanwan? Do you still have to choose?"

"Young Master Yuan." Guo Xing said with a sad face, "According to what you are doing, is there any problem with the company's capital turnover?"

He felt very helpless. Not only did Yuan Shao want to do business that was losing money, but now he didn't even want to go to Wanwan Market. God has no eyes, something is wrong with the Yuan Universe, this lousy company is taking jujube pills!

"You don't need to consider financial issues. Our goal this year is to lose 20 million!"

"puff--!"

Guo Xing and the others collectively complained. A loss of 20 million? Who else is doing this kind of business? Mr. Yuan has never been kicked in the head by a donkey...

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Regarding the sentence "loss of 20 million"! Li Yuan is not pretending, nor is he talking nonsense.

For the three film projects tentatively scheduled for this year, together with the announcement, plus preparations to block them, and unable to find outside investors, Metaverse has prepared to invest all of them themselves - with a total budget of 20 million!

In addition, there are employee wages and benefits, company operating costs, and other expenses... 5 million has also been prepared for this expense.

Li Yuan has already prepared those three movies to hit the streets together. But no matter how much they hit the streets, it should be no problem to get a share of the box office of 5 million... right?

So, a loss of 20 million!

But looking at it from another perspective, this extremely low requirement? This shows how pessimistic Li Yuan is about the prospects of the project.

To be honest, I haven't heard any good news since I was planning to make the movie.

Alas! Silly girls are not terrible in fact, but two silly girls who want to be educated are a huge disaster!

Fortunately, at this time, Liu Yan finally gave a reply, and good news came from Beijing and Taiwan—it was agreed that Yequan Cinema would play it for two hours on Monday night at 11:30 p.m.

However, the conditions are a bit "harsh". The opening is 1 and a half minutes, the middle of the film is 2 minutes, and the end of the film is 3 minutes of advertising. Part of it is counted as Beijing and Taiwan's investment in exchange for the broadcast rights of those Hong Kong films. The other part is all given to the Metaverse agent. From now on.

For each program, Beijing and Taiwan will be charged a total of 80,000 yuan for drought and flood guarantees!

Of course, if there are enough ads, Beijing and Taiwan can add some more advertising time, and then they will have to add additional shares.

In other words, Beijing and Taiwan simply regard Metaverse as an advertising agency?
To be continued...