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    The premiere momentum of "Daoma Dan" was even better and more prosperous than that of "Happy Ghost". At the end of the week, box office statistics found that it was actually 7.06 million, while "Happy Ghost" was only 6.85 million.  . The rivals of "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Ma Dan" in the summer season are "Rush to Yau Tsim District", "Retired Detective", "Young Master Weiwei", "Martial Arts Sacred Fire Order", "Heavenly Master Clashes with Evil", "  "Uncle and Nephew", "The Rise of the Wind", "Shaolin and Wudang", "Male and Female", etc., whether they are from New Art City, Shaw Brothers, or Siyuan, they all have great success at the box office.  They were beaten to pieces and completely defeated.  So many filmmakers shouted: "The summer schedule is the summer schedule of Time and Space Film Studio, and it is Lin Jing's summer schedule." Now in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the golden age of movies is about to come.  In recent years, it has been obvious that the total annual box office revenue of Hong Kong movies has been getting higher and higher, especially after entering the 1980s.  In 1980, the total box office revenue in Hong Kong was more than HK$184.3 million. In 1981, the total box office revenue in Hong Kong was more than HK$241.91 million. Last year, in 1982, it was more than HK$241.91 million.  More than HK$429.61 million. Although the increase is partly related to the increase in seat prices, it is an indisputable fact that the total annual box office revenue is growing rapidly.  And as Hong Kong¡¯s economy booms, movie box office revenue will get higher and higher until it reaches its peak in the early 1990s, and then slowly declines from the mid-1990s.  The decline of Hong Kong movies seems to be doomed.  Although Lin Jing is a time traveler, she does not think that she is a "savior" who can save Hong Kong movies because of this.  In fact, Lin Jing is not a pessimist, but in her view, the decline of Hong Kong movies is an inevitable fate.  Because the decline of Hong Kong movies cannot be changed by one person, just like movies cannot be made by one person.  In Lin Jing's view, Hong Kong is like a smaller version of the United States. The United States is a country of immigrants, and due to historical reasons, in Hong Kong, since the 20th century, mainlanders from all over the world have been fleeing or fleeing famine.  Either live in seclusion or retreat to Hong Kong. Many of these people are very outstanding talents.  ¡°But Hong Kong is different from the United States. The United States is big enough to accommodate no matter how many talents come.  And Hong Kong is too small, a tiny place, and the more people come, the more people come and the more people come, the more people come.  The development of the film industry requires a steady stream of talented people to prevent it from declining.  Because Hong Kong is too small and has few resources, when the number of people coming reaches a certain level, it cannot accept any more people.  Ask the canal how clear it is, so that there is a source of living water.  And when the batch of talents who came to Hong Kong slowly aged, Hong Kong, a cultural desert, gradually exposed its foundation. The talents trained locally were not enough to meet its large-scale economic needs.  hour.  There are of course many reasons for the decline of Hong Kong movies. For example, the local film market in Hong Kong is too small, piracy is serious, filmmakers follow the trend and make shoddy films, the British and political inaction in Hong Kong, and the impact of Hollywood movies But talent  The cultivation of film industry cannot keep up with the development of the film industry. This is Lin Jing¡¯s view as the fundamental reason for the decline of Hong Kong films.  Movies are made by people. Without people, there would be no movies.  Hong Kong is called a cultural desert for no reason. Its foundation is too thin. Just like a kingdom built on sand, its glory can only be temporary.  In later generations, entering the 21st century, the Hong Kong government realized that Hong Kong must change its policies to maintain its status, so it opened its universities to accept outstanding talents from the mainland.  But that¡¯s all for the future. Today¡¯s Hong Kong movies are making great efforts and are constantly setting off new box office hits.  It¡¯s just that the box office situation of these two movies is very good in Hong Kong, but whether it is "Happy Ghost" or "Dao Ma Dan", they have encountered some troubles in the distribution outside Hong Kong.  The first one to bear the brunt is Taiwan, opposite Hong Kong, which is the most important box office for Hong Kong movies at this stage.  Time and Space Film Studio does not control theaters, so whether it is "Dry Wine", "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Ma Dan", they are all distributed by Golden Harvest.  The distribution of "Dry Wine If You Sell Nothing" in Taiwan was also handed over to Golden Harvest because Time and Space Film Studio did not establish an effective distribution channel with Taiwan.  Golden Harvest Company also has cinemas in Taiwan, but they are not comparable to those in Hong Kong. Therefore, in addition to Golden Harvest's cinemas, there are other distributors involved in the release of "Dry Wine" in Taiwan, and the films that participate in the distribution are  The company includes representatives of Taiwan's four major state-owned publishers.  These four things in Taiwan?State-owned distributors, because they control the theater chain covering the entire Taiwan, are equivalent to controlling the fate of a movie, so they are very domineering when distributing movies.  For movies produced by many film companies, they ask for up to 70% of the box office share, leaving only 30% for the film production company.  And this 70% is based on the 30% film tax.  For example, if the total box office of a movie is 10 million, you must first pay a film tax of 3 million, and the remaining 7 million, the distributor will take 70%, which is nearly 5 million, and the remaining 2 million will be given to the film production company.  As for the film production company, it is likely that the cost of producing this film was only two million.  This leads to the fact that although the box office of "Dry Wine" is very, very high, as its production company, Time and Space Film Studio's income is not high.  So when it came time to prepare for the release of "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Ma Dan" in Taiwan, Mo Ziqi, the CEO of Time and Space Film Studio, hesitated in front of the distributor Jiahe Company.  If the distribution rights in Taiwan continue to be handed over to Golden Harvest, "Happy Ghost" and "Dao Ma Dan" may be successful, but it will probably have little to do with Time and Space Film Studio.  In order to maximize profits, Mo Ziqi used his previous contacts in Taiwan to find a rapidly rising publishing company-Scholar Co., Ltd.  A rich man from Taiwan?  !  When Lin Jing heard from Mo Ziqi that Scholar Company heard the name Cai Songlin, such an idea immediately flashed through her mind.  Cai Songlin is a successful businessman, and Scholars Co., Ltd., established by him in 1980, has produced two pretty good movies in the past few years, "Brothers of the Dragon and Tigers" and "A Thousand Blades and a Thousand Journeys".  Because Cai Songlin has strong financial resources, monstrous means, and both black and white connections, although Scholars Co., Ltd. was established only a short time ago, 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.  Now Scholar Company has not developed into the giant that it will be in the future. It only owns theaters but does not have enough movies or good movies to release. By cooperating with it, Time and Space Film Studio should be able to gain the greatest benefits.  (To be continued.)
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