Chapter 417: Promoting the Progress of Hong Kong Music

"I can't imagine how the Hong Kong film and television industry will develop in the future with the support of Mr. Yang." Zou Wenhuai said with great emotion.

Although Lu Yuntao and Shao Yifu were also tycoons in the film industry, they basically went with the flow. As long as there was money to be made in the market, such businessmen would inevitably emerge.

But Yang Wendong is obviously different. He is using his own resources to expand the entire Hong Kong market, while integrating resources to reduce shooting costs, release costs, etc.

Qi Ruifan said with a smile: "Mr. Yang's vision is different from that of ordinary people. Most people only care about the profit of three acres of land in front of them, but Mr. Yang obviously wants to expand and strengthen the entire market;
If Hong Kong movies and TV series can really become popular in half of Southeast Asia or other Chinese regions, then all the investment we have today will be easy and profitable.”

"Yes." Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "No wonder he can make so much money at such a young age. This layout is really amazing. Mr. Yang also told me that he will continue to invest in building theaters in Southeast Asia in the future."

"Haha, then Zou Sheng's future is limitless." Qi Ruifan said jokingly.

Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with me. I just work for Mr. Yang."

"Well, we are lucky to have a boss like Mr. Yang." Qi Ruifan said, "Let's go and see the quality of this group of people, and then discuss how to run this training class."

What kind of leader or boss a worker meets determines his or her future. As a new Chinese-funded elite in Hong Kong, Yang Wendong has great potential and it seems inevitable that he will lead the rise of Chinese-funded enterprises in the future.
And he has a very good personality, and is very polite to them and even to an ordinary worker. No matter if he is pretending or not, if he can pretend for a lifetime, then it is no different from being sincere.
"Okay, there are some things I can't figure out, let's discuss them together." Zou Wenhuai nodded and said.

To create art, one also needs to make money. This has been the case since ancient times. Only when the two are combined can art achieve the greatest results.

This is the case with Hong Kong films in the 80s, Hollywood after the 90s, Korean Wave after 2000, and mainland films after 2010. Because of the high returns, more talents can join, thus causing the prosperity of the entire market.
As a time traveler, Yang Wendong can't provide much direct help to movies, TV series or even music itself. Even if he remembers some content, he can't write it down. It doesn't make much sense. He doesn't want to make money directly from these little things. At most, he can offer his own opinions.

A true business tycoon does not need to understand the nature of the product, he only needs to support, cultivate and control the market.

The most suitable place to start right now is Hong Kong films. By controlling overseas cinema chains to ensure the increase of Hong Kong film industry revenue, it will inevitably drive the market's self-development and progress, and thus reversely gain a lot of profits for its own cinema chains.
As for TV dramas, this will take a long time and TVB has to figure it out on their own. They can only rely on themselves in the early stages. When TVB has enough internal talent, they will then push it overseas.

Time is quickly approaching the end of November:

Yang Wendong came to a small building on the edge of Central. Looking up, he saw four large characters "Hong Kong China Building" hanging at the top of the building. The whole building was relatively new, but it seemed to have shown some signs of age.

When the motorcade arrived, some familiar people were already waiting at the entrance of the building.

"Hello, Mr. Yang." When Yang Wendong came out, Qin Zhiye from Changxing Media hurried forward to greet him.

Following behind him were several of Yang Wendong’s acquaintances.

"Lao Qin, Lao Zhang," Yang Wendong also gestured to these early entrepreneurs one by one, and then set his sights on a 30-year-old young man: "Mr. Xiong, long time no see. I heard that you gave birth to another son?"

This person is Gu Long Xiong Yaohua, who was invited by Yang Wendong to come to Hong Kong in his early years. Because he was given a stable income and a relatively good living environment, he settled down and started a family in Hong Kong.

Xiong Yaohua said with a smile: "Yes, now that we have another son, we have to buy him another house."

"Haha, it's okay. Now that the Hong Kong film and television industry is starting to develop, the adaptation fee for your novel is not low." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

In the past, only a few of Gu Long's novels were adapted into TV series. The others could not be filmed due to copyright issues caused by Gu Long's early death. It was a pity. It was not until the 21st century that the situation was gradually alleviated. The more famous Zhouyi Film and Television also ambitiously wanted to film Seven Weapons, but unfortunately the company went bankrupt after filming Peacock Feather.
Although Gu Long's novels cannot compare with Jin Yong's "Serving the Country and the People" in some aspects, their contents are also very exciting, especially many of the crime-solving contents, which are very convenient to be made into movies.

Xiong Yaohua added: "I have to thank Mr. Yang for this."

It was Yang Wendong who invited him to Hong Kong in his early years and gave him a stable income, otherwise he would not be able to write books with peace of mind; and with the development of Hong Kong's film and television industry, his income has also increased greatly, and at least half of the credit goes to Yang Wendong. Although he didn't do it for him, he still feels grateful.

"You're welcome. You are very talented in writing and this is what you deserve," said Yang Wendong.

Talented people should get corresponding income. If they can write novels that are loved by tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people, their contribution to society will be greater than that of some capitalists. If such people don't get rich, who will?

Afterwards, Yang Wendong came to the top floor of the 12th floor, stood on the windowsill and looked into the distance.

Su Yiyi brought a cup of coffee over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at the scenery here." Yang Wendong took the coffee and said, "Hong Kong China Building is our first property in Hong Kong Island. When I stood here, the building in front of me was different from now."

Su Yiyi said: "It's normal. In the past few years, it's not just us that have developed. The whole of Hong Kong has developed a lot. I went to the squatter huts once a few months ago, and found that many people had left. The Hong Kong government has started to demolish the houses. Only a very small number of people are still living there."

"Well, the economic development has been good in recent years." Yang Wendong nodded.

It has been six years since he traveled from 58 to 64. These six years are also the years of extremely rapid economic development in Hong Kong. The average GDP growth rate can reach about 6%, which is much faster than the growth of the mainland after the reform and opening up.

In addition, housing prices have increased by more than three times, and people will consume their virtual assets when they have money. Manufacturing and trade have developed rapidly, which has created a large number of jobs and attracted idle manpower in the huts.

Of course, this may also be because Hong Kong is a city, while the mainland is a collection of about 10 billion people (after the reform and opening up), with economic development at different levels. Just looking at cities such as Shenzhen and Shanghai, they are actually no worse than Hong Kong.

Su Yiyi said: "It's good that everyone has something to eat. Back then, we went hungry for six meals in three days and never dreamed that we would achieve today's results."

"Things change all the time." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Such a situation will never happen again in Hong Kong in the future." Although Hong Kong will occasionally experience economic crises in the future, those are just short-term problems caused by the bursting of the bubble. Except for those speculators who take over at high prices or use large leverage, for most other people, the impact on life is not that big.

"I hope that Chinese people all over the world no longer have to live the same life we did before." Su Yiyi nodded and said.

Yang Wendong also said: "Yes, I hope so too."

My business now has enough to support my family for several lifetimes, but I still need to keep working hard. One reason is that if the business doesn’t make progress, it will decline, and I often have no choice. The second reason is that I have my own goals, otherwise life will be too boring. The third reason is that when I have the ability in the future, I can help more Chinese people get rid of extreme poverty.
"Knock, knock, knock~" There was a knock on the door. Yang Wendong turned around and said, "Come in."

The person who came in was Zhang Hui, the head of Hong Kong Commercial Radio. He said, "Mr. Yang, the equipment below is ready."

"Okay, let's go together." Yang Wendong nodded and walked downstairs with Su Yiyi.

Soon, everyone arrived at the music playback room on the 3rd floor. Yang Wendong came here today to learn about the development of the Hong Kong music industry in recent years.

Now, he has made all the arrangements that can be operated with capital in the fields of television, film and animation, and all that is left is to wait; and in the cultural industry, in addition to film, television and animation, another very important one is music.

Moreover, music has no borders and is easier to enter overseas markets. As long as your song is good enough, there will be no different opinions even in India or Africa.

Zhang Hui said, "Mr. Yang, please sit here. My people will gradually play the music that we created in Hong Kong in recent years."

"Okay." Yang Wendong took Su Yiyi to sit down, and then the studio in front began to play various music.
Yang Su and his partner's time was precious, so they naturally couldn't spend too much time, so they only played the highlights of each song. In this way, they listened to more than a dozen songs in more than ten minutes.

After listening to the song, Yang Wendong asked, "Are these all original songs by us Hong Kong people? Aren't they modified with copyrights purchased from Japan or other countries?"

Zhang Hui smiled and said, "No, these are all originals. Your request is to listen to originals, and we play originals. As for the covers you mentioned, there are actually quite a few of them. They actually account for the majority of the music played on our radio station every day.

We are also constantly conducting surveys. Judging from the market acceptance, overseas music with Chinese lyrics is more popular, but the quality and acceptability of our local music is also getting higher and higher.”

"Well, OK." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "We have to take one step at a time. These musics are pretty good."

"Yes, over the years, we have discovered quite a few talents in this area and brought them back for training," said Zhang Hui.

Hong Kong Commercial Radio has been established for 5 years and has become a part of the lives of many Hong Kong people. In addition to broadcasting news and advertisements, the radio station can only play music most of the time.

Therefore, Yang Wendong handed over all music matters to him.

Yang Wendong asked again: "How much money can the creator get for creating a piece of music like this?"

Zhang Hui paused and said, "In the first year, it will be about two to three thousand yuan. The radio station will also settle the copyright fee next year, which is about two to three hundred yuan a year. If the performance is very good, it will be a little more.

Another way is to license music for use in movies. How much money can be made depends on the demand from external film companies. Another way is to release records, but this is difficult, and few people will buy them after they are released. "

"This kind of music shouldn't be easy to create, right?" Yang Wendong asked again, "Then how much do these people earn per year on average?"

Zhang Hui replied: "It depends on their performance. The high-income ones earn about 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a year, and the lower-income ones earn about 5,000 to 6,000 yuan. There are also some part-timers who work with us but don't create much, so they may earn about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan a year."

"This income is just okay," said Yang Wendong.

In an era when the economy was not yet developed, movies did not have much impact, but music was different, because in this era, vinyl records were still the main form of music, which were not cheap and were unaffordable for ordinary families.

"Yes, it's not very high." Zhang Hui said, "It can only be said that it is better than the average clerk."

"Without a sufficient market, it is indeed difficult to get talented people to participate." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "Well, go and discuss this with Qi Ruifan of TVB and ask him to add a real-person singing program to TVB. He doesn't have enough programs right now.

If someone can sing well, they will become famous, and then they can hold concerts like in Europe and America. In this way, the market will be expanded many times."

If you want to attract people, you have to expand the market. This is a normal operation of a big capitalist. This is why Yang Wendong attaches great importance to TVB. With a TV station, the demand of the entertainment market can be infinitely magnified.

"Live singing?" Zhang Hui said after listening, "Okay, I will discuss it with TVB. It's hard to say whether the composer can sing well on stage."

"Not necessarily. You can figure it out on your own later." Yang Wendong also said: "In any case, as long as the income of the entire industry increases, it will definitely drive the development of the industry."

In the past life, there were many people who were only good at composing music but were not suitable for singing themselves, so they had to hand it over to others; but no matter what, if the overall profit is high, the profit of all groups can be increased, and this is even more so for big capitalists.

"Okay." Zhang Hui agreed.

Yang Wendong added: "In addition, I will also try to find ways to promote the development of the music industry and promote Hong Kong music creation in other areas. You should also do a good job of publicity in this regard and encourage more people to come;
Or TVB's wireless artist training class to see if there are people who are suitable for singing and train them more."

The entertainment industry must develop in an all-round way, and music is one of them.

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(End of this chapter)

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