Chapter 715: Founding Hong Kong Film and Television University

Run Run Shaw was the earliest filmmaker. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "First of all, the division of this subject. We all know that all the prerequisites for a successful movie are very strict. In addition to the most important actors and directors and screenwriters, there are more than a dozen or twenty positions such as photography, recording, art makeup, scene notes, lighting, drama, setter, producer, sound effects, etc. If you want to combine them, we can learn from the American Film Academy and divide them into seven majors, including the director department, performance department, photography department, recording department, art department, literature department, and management department. As for the detailed division, it depends on everyone's content."

"Old Shao, you still have one more time to say it," Lin Yu said: "Have you watched Star Wars? I also watched "Jaws"? So let's talk about how this kind of movie was filmed?"

"Special effects," Johnnie To said, "It's like a racing gun battle, and it's all handled by the special effects company."

"By the way, that's right," Lin Yu smiled and said, "So we also need to set up a professional film special effects major. At the same time, this special effects major is generally very closely related to animation. Therefore, we have to add a major subject, that is, the special effects and animation majors, what do you think?"

"It's nothing to add a major, but where can this teacher be hired?" Lao Huang asked a question that everyone was embarrassed about.

"Don't I have the most famous film special effects company in Hollywood?" Lin Yu said with a smile: "I can invite some advanced special effects masters to teach them on Industrial Light and Magic. At the same time, we can also contact Beijing Film Academy, National Film Academy, London Film Academy, etc. to hire some master film workers with rich teaching experience, rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience to attend the class."

"Will they sell their face?" Run Run Shaw said with some concern: "Will those famous figures come over to our freshly-off academy?"

"Haha, you don't have to worry about this, I will arrange it." Lin Yu said with a smile: "In this way, the total construction fund of the school is 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, I will pay 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and Uncle Six has no problem. Uncle Zou 50 million Hong Kong dollars, Lao Huang and Lao Du, you all pay some money. Everyone is participating in the stocks. Looking back, I will tell Mr. Huo and others that letting them participate in the stocks will also benefit the development of the school."

"The school needs to be bigger, and the approval of the listing and land will be handed over to Lao Shao. The position of the first principal was also held by the Sixth Uncle. I am only responsible for investment, so it should be fine?"

"I'm the principal?" Uncle Six laughed, then nodded and said, "I do care about my reputation very much, but I don't have the position of this genuine principal. I can still give me an honorary principal."

"If you don't do it? Who can do it?" Lin Yu said affirmatively: "If you don't say anything else, just talk about your previous TVB artist training class. Think about how many excellent filmmakers you have trained? If you don't do it, I'm afraid there will be no suitable one in Hong Kong."

"You are an investor and a screenwriter. If these are combined, it is definitely the most suitable for you to be the principal. Don't object to it." Run Run Shaw stopped Lin Yu's discrimination and said with a smile: "I will not refuse to run errands as long as you invest, then I will go through the procedures. If you are the principal or you are the principal, I think everyone has no problem with this. Everyone, right?"

"Don't look for me for this. I'm very busy and I'm only responsible for funding. You can do the rest yourself." Lin Yu waved his hand and said

"Okay, I'll take it first, and I'll step down when I find the right person in the future." Uncle Six said helplessly.

"This is the best." Lin Yu also laughed and looked at Lao Huang and said, "Lao Huang, then choose the school land, build the school site, purchase the equipment... These trivial things will be left to you." Then he said to Run Run Shaw, "Uncle Six, you are a jazz awarded by the Queen of England. I think it should be fine to approve a university. Well, if I can't handle it, I will go out and ask Standard Chartered Bank for money later."

"By the way, is our company profitable?" Lin Yu asked

"The profit has been more than 1 billion in recent times," said Lao Huang.

"Oh? So much?" Lin Yu looked at Lao Huang and said curiously, "I remember there shouldn't be so much money in the company?"

"I made hundreds of millions of dollars in the mainland, and the profits of the company's movies are almost the same." When talking about this, Lao Huang couldn't help but sigh and said, "We sent some old movies that do not involve mainland politics to the mainland. The results were very good. Many people were tired of watching the same revolutionary war themes. So although the ticket price was not high, the box office would be higher with more people. Haha, generally speaking, after opening up the mainland market, our Hong Kong Island movies are no longer the former Beng movie base without a safe haven. I believe that in the future, the box office of a movie exceeds 230 million Hong Kong dollars is definitely not a problem."

"Well, very good, very good." Lin Yu hammered the table hard and laughed loudly: "Haha, it would be a blessing to have a box office of 30 million in Hong Kong movies in the past. But now with the vastest market in the mainland, if we can't get at least 100 million in box office, it will be a failure. Very good, great."

"If we keep doing this, mainland movies will probably be impacted." Lao Huang said with some concern: "Mainland movies blindly pursue the environment and have no creativity at all. However, before we entered, their lives were still easy. But now, I'm afraid that many of them will go bankrupt."

"We don't care about this," Lin Yulin smiled and said: "It's worth it for people who are not enterprising to go bankrupt."

After pausing, he said, "But we can't do it too well. Well, in this way, we can hire those actors and directors who really love movies to Hong Kong Island in the future. The director will first learn and figure out what a real commercial movie is. Then when the time is ripe, they will ask them to hand in the notebook. If you pass the review, we will invest in the shooting. The actors will be simple. First, send them to the performance class to study. When they are mature, they will find them to be supporting roles or protagonists. Well, you can do it anyway. In a word, you should not be buried in real talents."

"Okay, I've recorded it." Old Huang nodded

"Well, there is another thing to remember for me." Lin Yu said with a serious expression: "There are many so-called nobles and second-generation ancestors in mainland China and Hong Kong Island. These people just like to keep female celebrities. Here I will make it clear that no one in our company's artists can be bullied by anyone, if I know, I don't mind letting them go to Africa to mine. In addition, our school's school rules should be made more stringent. Not all nobles who are not that material will get out of the way. Don't put those black sheep in for some friendship. This is especially the performance department. Those who are beautiful but don't have any performing arts cells. We are not collecting vases, but we want to cultivate actors and actresses."

Seeing everyone nodding, Lin Yu continued: "The tuition fee should not be too high. When encountering students with family difficulties, as long as the actual investigation is true, we can reduce tuition fees; when encountering excellent grades and family difficulties, I will also help them with living expenses. In addition, you can also introduce them to advertising models and other work-study work. In short, this is a school full of humanity, artistic atmosphere, and competition. If you find that some teachers do not abide by the rules and mess around inside and outside the school, you will be expelled directly. If the teacher uses the unspoken rules, not only will he be expelled, but he must also be sent to prison. I hope everyone will remember this, it is best to write it into the school rules. Humph, what I hate the most is the guy who uses unspoken rules to mess around."

The first one is understandable, and the next ones are some things Lin Yu saw in the newspapers in his later generations. Some teachers used their power to force timid female students to have sex, which made the society boil and the college lose face. This is also the reason why he is so strict. After all, scandals are the most troublesome, let alone a school for educating people?

"Well, I will set up a department that specializes in school rules," Shaw said with relief: "There was something like that in the University of Hong Kong a few years ago. We must take it as a warning. Never give some guys who are worse than beasts a chance. Haha, after all, there are the most beauties in the performance academy. If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. When a man sees so many beauties, who can guarantee that he will not be moved?"

"Okay, just remember it," Lin Yu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I think I have to focus on enrollment. After all, the performance department is okay. As long as you have a little standard and love acting, you can recruit people. However, the director department and recording department are not so easy to deal with. You have to think of a solution."

"This is simple, I have a way," Johnnie To stood up and said: "The director may not be proficient in performance, but he must have his own vision. We can divide it into two exams: written test and interview. Well, the interview means that we take the candidates to a screening room, and then play a short film or movie we shot ourselves, so that they can write down their opinions and ideas, and then hand them over to us for review. If the score reaches a certain level, you can take the written test. This written test means that we borrow equipment for them to explain some truths through a short film. Whether this short film is a documentary or a behind-the-scenes scene, as long as it expresses its own ideas, we can choose the best" (To be continued)

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