The premiere of "The Dao Ma Dan" is even better and more prosperous than "Happy Ghost". After a week, box office statistics found that it was 7.06 million, while "Happy Ghost" was only 6.85 million...

"Happy Ghost" and "Sword and Madan" have a lot of opponents in the summer season, such as "Fighting in the Yaujian District", "Retired Inspector", "Young Master's Power", "Wulin Holy Fire Order", "The Heavenly Master's Fighting Evil", "Uncle and Nephew. Shrink", "Shaolin and Wudang", "Male and Female", etc., whether it is from Xinyi City, Shaw Brothers, or Siyuan, they were all beaten to pieces and collapsed in the box office.

So many filmmakers shouted: "The summer season is the summer season of the Time and Space Film Studio, and Lin Jing's summer season."

Nowadays, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the golden age of movies is coming.

In recent years, it has been obvious that the total annual box office revenue of Hong Kong films has been getting higher and higher, especially after the 1980s.

In 1980, the total box office revenue of Hong Kong was more than 184.3 million Hong Kong. By 1981, the total box office revenue of Hong Kong was more than 241.91 million Hong Kong, while in 1982 it was more than 429.61 million Hong Kong dollars. Although the increase was related to the increase in the seat price, it is indeed an indisputable fact that the annual box office revenue is growing rapidly.

Moreover, with the hottest economy in Hong Kong, the box office revenue of movies will become higher and higher, until it reached its peak in the early 1990s, and then it will slowly decline in the mid-1990s.

The decline of Hong Kong movies seems to be a destiny.

Although Lin Jing is a time traveler, she does not think that she is the "savior" and can save Hong Kong movies because of this.

In fact, Lin Jing is not a pessimist, but in her opinion, the decline of Hong Kong movies is a destined fate that cannot be escaped. Because the decline of Hong Kong movies cannot be changed by someone, just as movies cannot be made by just one person.

In Lin Jing's view, Hong Kong is like a smaller version of the United States. The United States is a family. Hong Kong, due to historical reasons, began in the 20th century, there were continuous mainlanders who came from all over the country, fled, fled famine, lived in seclusion or retreating to Hong Kong. Many of these people were very outstanding talents.

But Hong Kong is different from the United States. The United States is big enough that no matter how many talents there are, they can be accommodated and digested. However, Hong Kong is too small, and there are more people coming, so you have to hold on.

The development of the film industry requires a steady stream of outstanding talents to not decline. Because Hong Kong is too small and has too few resources, when there are too many people to a certain extent, it will no longer be able to accept more people.

I asked the canal so clear that it is because there is a source of fresh water.

When the group of talents who came to Hong Kong gradually grew old, Hong Kong's cultural desert gradually exposed its foundation, and the talents cultivated locally were not called its large-scale economic needs.

Of course, there are many reasons for the decline of Hong Kong movies. For example, the local film market in Hong Kong is too small, the piracy is serious, the filmmakers follow the trend and shoot shoddy, such as the British Hong Kong government, the inaction of political axe, and the impact of Hollywood movies...

However, the cultivation of talents cannot keep up with the development of the film industry, which is what Lin Jing believes is the fundamental reason for the decline of Hong Kong films.

Movies are made by people, and without people, there will be no movies.

There is not no reason why Hong Kong is called a cultural desert. Its foundation is too thin, just like a kingdom built on sand, and its glory can only be temporarily.

In later generations, entering the 21st century, Hong Kong Political Axe realized that Hong Kong must change its policies to maintain its status unchanged, so it opened its university and accepted outstanding talents from the mainland.

But that's all for the future. Hong Kong movies are now making efforts and are constantly setting off new box offices.

However, the box office situation of these two movies in Hong Kong is very good, but whether it is "Happy Ghost" or "Sword and Madan", there are some troubles in the distribution of other places outside Hong Kong. The first thing to bear is Taiwan opposite Hong Kong, the most important ticket store for Hong Kong movies at this stage.

Time and Space Film Studio does not have an effective distribution channel, so whether it is "Wine Dried or Sold Nothing", "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Madan", they are all handed over to Jiahe. The distribution of "Wine Dried or Sold Nothing" in Taiwan is also because Time and Space Film Studio has not established an effective distribution channel with Taiwan, and is also handed over to Jiahe.

Jiahe Company also has theaters in Taiwan, but it is incomparable to Hong Kong. Therefore, in addition to Jiahe’s theaters, there are other publishers participating in the release of "The Legend of the Condor Heat" in Taiwan. Among the film companies participating in the release are the shadows of Taiwan’s four major state-owned publishers.

These four state-owned distributors in Taiwan have mastered the theaters covering the entire Taiwan, which is equivalent to mastering the fate of a movie, so they are very domineering when releasing movies. For many films produced by film companies, they requested up to 70% of the box office share, leaving only 30% for the film production companies.

And this 70% is also based on the movie tax of 30%.

For example, the total box office of a movie is 10 million. First, you have to pay a movie tax of 3 million, and the remaining seven million. The publisher takes away 70% of it, that is, nearly five million, and the remaining two million is given to the film production company. The film production company is likely to cost two million to make the film.

This leads to the fact that although the box office of "Drink Drinks and Sells" is very, very high, the profits of Time and Space Film Studio, as its production company, are not high.

So when "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Madan" were preparing for the release of Taiwan, Mo Ziqi, the CEO of the Time and Space Film Studio, hesitated in front of the publisher Jiahe Company.

If the distribution rights in Taiwan are continued to be handed over to Jiahe, perhaps "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Madan" are sold well, but they may have little to do with the Time and Space Film Studio.

In order to maximize profits, Mo Ziqi used his previous connections in Taiwan to find a rapidly rising issuing company - Scholars Co., Ltd.

A rich man from Taiwan?!

When Lin Jing heard the scholars' company heard the two names Cai Songlin from Mo Ziqi, this thought flashed through her mind.

Cai Songlin is a successful businessman, and Scholar Co., Ltd., which he founded in 1980, has produced two pretty good movies, "The Dragon Brother and the Tiger Brother" and "Thousand Swords and Ten Thousands of Travels" in recent years.

Because Cai Songlin has strong financial resources and vast means and connections between black and white, although the establishment time of Scholar Co., Ltd. is still very short, it has developed very quickly and has already gained a certain reputation among private film companies in Taiwan.

In Lin Jing's memory, this scholar company has not only developed into one of the best private film production companies in the 1990s, but also the largest private distribution company in Taiwan.
Chapter completed!