Chapter 391 International Business and Hot Film Performance

Chapter 391 International Business and Hot Film Performance

Chapter 391 International Business and Hot Film Performance (asking for monthly tickets)

The real estate crisis that began in 1965 saw many property prices cut in half in the first year alone. The average price of high-end residential properties in Causeway Bay dropped from 15 to around 8. Other places saw their own changes, but the magnitude of the decline was similar.
There will be a slight increase in 66, but in 67, there will be another knee-cut at the same level as that year, and many properties will fall to 15-20% of their peak.

In this case, only large properties in Central, Causeway Bay, Admiralty, or similar rare properties are worth holding; or in another extreme case, large plots of land in marginal areas cannot be sold for much money even at high prices now, but they can also be held.

With still a year left, Yang Wendong is also preparing to conduct a thorough clearance of properties that have no retention value and then prepare for the future.

After Zheng Zhijie left, Yang Wendong called Yao Jingyi, the person in charge of human resources at the headquarters.

"Sister Yao, Yiyi should prepare." Yang Wendong also told her the general situation and said, "I have arranged for Lao Wei to be in charge of various technical, equipment, and factory matters. As for the personnel, you should also discuss with him and work together to set up a team for the new clothing factory."

When it comes to the recruitment of core personnel for subsidiaries, the headquarters must step in. However, the human resources at the headquarters are not omnipotent. When it comes to manufacturing, the subsidiaries below also need to review it. If both sides agree, then it's basically done.

"Okay." Yao Jingyi agreed.

Yang Wendong added: "Also, this is Yiyi's business, so the final person needs to be approved by me and her. After you confirm, we will also interview them."

Yao Jingyi smiled and said, "No problem. There are many people in Hong Kong who are proficient in the clothing industry."

"I know that, but you also know that when our group participates in an industry, we must want to make it bigger and stronger. There is no such successful precedent in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong paused and said, "In addition to self-use, clothing must be exported, so the person in charge of this team does not necessarily need to be from Hong Kong, but can also be overseas, especially practitioners with connections in the European and American clothing industry. I think this kind of person is the most suitable."

Without a domestic market and focusing on overseas markets, external relationships are often very important, because for products with low technical content such as clothing, the core is to rely on channels.

Previously, the various industries within Changxing Group could help each other to a certain extent in terms of channels and supply chains, but now the clothing industry is completely separated.
Everything needs to start from scratch, and this is the difficulty. It is much more difficult than Changxing Industrial's previous market development because Changxing Industrial's products, at least, are creative enough and easy to promote themselves and even to each other. However, clothes have no advantages, so they can only rely on quality, price and channels, which requires the management of high-quality managers.

Yao Jingyi thought for a moment and said, "I understand. The clothing industry in Europe and the United States has been declining in recent years. Many factories have gone bankrupt due to competition from Japanese factories and even factories in Hong Kong. There will be many unemployed people. I will arrange for an international headhunter to check and see if there are any suitable Chinese people."

"This doesn't necessarily require a Chinese person." Yang Wendong paused and said, "Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to find a foreigner."

"White man? The person in charge of a business of our group?" Yao Jingyi found it a little unbelievable.

Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "He is not the person in charge, but the person in charge of overseas business. The production in Hong Kong is still managed by Chinese. Our group is now large enough and involves a lot of overseas business.
From now on, for external business, we don’t need to distinguish between Chinese and foreigners. We will choose whichever is suitable. However, for internal production, we still give priority to Chinese people. "

In fact, large groups do not care much about the cost of hiring several or even dozens of overseas managers, especially the more capable the people are, the less restricted they are by regional wage levels, because such people can find suitable jobs in Europe and the United States. If you want them to stay in Asia, the salary you offer must be at the European and American levels.

When it comes to international business, it may be more convenient to choose European and American employees. In the 80s, many Hong Kong Chinese groups also hired British people to be responsible for overseas business.

However, the Chinese community will definitely be given priority in factory production. One reason is that it is easier to manage, and the other is that Hong Kong itself is good at manufacturing, unless it invests overseas in Europe and the United States in the future, but this possibility is not high.
"Okay, I understand." Yao Jingyi agreed and said, "I will pay attention to the recruitment of foreign-related business in the future."

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded.

As a boss, he only needs to arrange the allocation of resources. Even his subordinates will have relevant plans, which only require his authorization.
Industry will still be the core of one's own enterprise. Even if finance, real estate or shipping surpasses physical factories in profits one day, it will always be industry that has a huge impact on the world.

Even if Hong Kong is not really suitable, he would like to participate in shipbuilding. Unfortunately, this is impossible. Relatively speaking, oil derivatives are possible. After all, there is Singapore as a precedent. Even if he cannot be that strong, a certain scale is enough. There is no need to compare with a country. In addition, Hong Kong will have more than 700 million people in the future, and too many industries cannot be given up.
Once we have the petroleum derivative industry, many of our own manufacturing industries will form a semi-closed loop, and we can also significantly reduce production costs. When we carry out reform and opening up in the future, we can also move in appropriately. Although the domestic petroleum industry is restricted, there will not be much problem with derivatives.

Time soon came to March 3rd. On that day, Yang Wendong came to a 3-story office building in Tseung Kwan O. When the bulletproof Mercedes-Benz convoy arrived, many people were already waiting at the door.

After the bodyguard opened the door, Zou Wenhuai, the leader of the welcoming team, stepped forward and said, "Mr. Yang, welcome to the headquarters of Changxing Film Company."

"Old Zou, is the area of ​​this building enough for you to use?" Yang Wendong asked after taking a look at the building.

Zou Wenhuai smiled and said, "That's enough. This is much better than when I was in Shaw Brothers. Moreover, Mr. Zheng also told me that he would look for new land in Tseung Kwan O at the right time and build a new building with at least 12 floors. The area will be more than five times that of this place."

"Well, I know about this." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "But you have to wait two or three years. It's not that I don't want to give it to you, but you must make achievements and make high-quality movies. There must also be data to support the box office and the training of movie stars. Then I will naturally give you a good working environment."

Another reason is naturally the real estate crisis. This year is the last year of the bull market, and no approval will be given for the construction or purchase of non-essential properties. So just make do with what you have.

"I understand. If I can't make a good movie, I'm embarrassed to ask for it." Wrinkle said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, the box office for the movies during the Chinese New Year has come out. Please come upstairs and I'll give you a report."

"Okay, I heard that this month's results are pretty good." Yang Wendong nodded.

The Chinese New Year period is also the most exciting time for film companies, because wealthy clients finally have time, and clients without much money will also be willing to spend money during these days, so it is also the most profitable time every year.

Whether it is Hollywood, Hong Kong or even the mainland in the future, the Chinese New Year period is of utmost importance, and many film companies have made every effort to release their films at this time. Zou Wenhuai was a little embarrassed and said, "The results are okay, but there are also some shortcomings..."

"Well, you mean the box office record of a single movie?" Yang Wendong said as he walked.

"Yes." Zou Wenhuai nodded.

"It's okay. The previous record was ours anyway." Yang Wendong didn't care. This historical record is not so easy to break.

Everyone quickly arrived inside the building and prepared to climb up because there was no elevator for the six floors.

Zou Wenhuai said, "Mr. Yang, our office is on the third floor. We can only walk up."

"It's okay. We can take a look at the first and second floors first." Yang Wendong smiled. He was still young, and the third floor was nothing.
Zou Wenhuai smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Yang, please come this way."

Zou Wenhuai also introduced the headquarters office, departments, personnel, various filming equipment, etc. of Changxing Film Company to Yang Wendong and several people from the headquarters.

It was also the first time that Yang Wendong saw so many strange and bizarre equipment. He was very interested and asked some questions. It was not until the end of an hour that he came to Zou Wenhuai's office.

A female secretary made tea and left. Zou Wenhuai handed over a document and said, "Mr. Yang, during the Chinese New Year, Changxing Film Company released a total of five movies, one of which was Mr. Jin Yong's The Return of the Condor Heroes, three martial arts movies, and a modern urban movie.

这五部电影的票房分别是65万、41万、36万、29万以及.8.9万，这里就是清单记录。”

"It seems that urban-themed movies are not very suitable now." Yang Wendong said with a smile after taking the list and looking at the form.

Wrinkle nodded and said, "Yes, my movie tells a love story, but because it doesn't have any sexy scenes, after getting a good result on the first day, the box office immediately flopped."

"Well, the market is like this, don't force it. Even if you shoot urban scenes in the future, don't shoot pure love." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "You can develop in the direction of supernatural or comedy, such as with gui, or something else. I don't know the details, you can do some research among yourselves."

Although he grew up watching Hong Kong movies when he was young, he only knew the genres and didn't remember the specific content, so he couldn't film them even if he wanted to;

Besides, even if it is possible, it would be too embarrassing for him to participate in such a movie with his status. With this golden finger of memory, he must find a way to make Hollywood movies. Of course, the prerequisite is that he has the ability to not be cheated by Hollywood. But this is basically impossible. Those people in Hollywood are too cruel to cheat people.

"Gui? Funny? Okay, I'll let the screenwriters think about it." Zou Wenhuai nodded and agreed, and then said: "The performance of these three martial arts movies in the middle is average, not too good nor too bad;

But the performance of The Return of the Condor Heroes was really not good enough. Although the box office of 60 yuan was also in the top five last year, we did a lot of publicity for this movie in the early stage. This performance is definitely not good, and it is far worse than the previous The Legend of the Condor Heroes. "

"Then where do you think the problem lies?" Yang Wendong asked back.

Zou Wenhuai paused and said, "I think the core problem is that the plot of the novel is too long. No matter how much we cut it, it won't be finished. If we forcibly cut too much, it will cause the plot to be messed up."

"Yes, I think so too." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The reason why The Legend of the Condor Heroes was successful before was because it was the first one. Many people were not familiar with the situation and went to watch it anyway.
Now that everyone has experience, the results will naturally not be as good as the first one. I predict that if you make a third one, the results will be even worse. "

Decades of experience in the past have shown that movies adapted from Jin Yong's novels have basically all been flops. If it weren't for their great fame, they probably wouldn't even deserve to be mentioned.

This is inevitable. The plot of the novel is so long, it would be strange if it could perform well if it is compressed into 90 minutes.
"Yes, so I am not going to make Jin Yong movies anymore." Zou Wenhuai paused and said, "But I think we can give Gu Long's movies a try. For example, Lu Xiaofeng, many of his novels are about solving crimes, which can be split up. The plot is not long, so it is very suitable."

"That's fine." Yang Wendong agreed and said, "Then let's shoot one first and try it out. If it's successful, we can continue shooting and train this actor to become our star."

Promoting celebrities through movies can be considered a part of the cultural industry, because when a TV series or movie becomes famous, people will remember the plot, but when the actors become famous, there will be more things that can be interacted with.

In the past, some stars were just on TV, but they were able to release records. Their singing wasn’t that good, but they still had fans paying for their songs.

When it comes to cultural exports, the most important thing is people. In history, many male and female superstars from Hong Kong in the 80s were very famous in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. Joey Wong was able to make Japanese fans obsessed with her. This is the most powerful symbol of the cultural industry.

"Understood. I will carefully select the right people and sign some long-term binding agreements." Zou Wenhuai paused and said, "But Mr. Yang, if such a person is trained, how should his income be determined?"

Yang Wendong replied: “You can give more, but there is no need to refer to Hollywood. The results there are also many years later. We in Hong Kong are still different;

It also depends on the person's ability. If he is truly outstanding, then it doesn't matter if we give him a little more. Otherwise, if he is using our resources to maintain his fame, then it's fine if he gives us a little more."

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