Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 131 Zhou Ziheng is definitely a potential stock
"Didn't you just set up a record company? I heard the investment was not small. Why are you thinking of starting a film and television company now?"

Carina Lau, who was sitting next to Tony Leung, had just finished singing "Courage" and sat down. She happened to hear the conversation between Zhou Ziheng and Tony Leung and couldn't help asking.

"I plan to develop in two directions. Movies and records are closely related, and I am also interested in this area, so I plan to set up a film and television company."

Zhou Ziheng explained.

"Opening a film and television company is risky, so you should be careful."

Carina Lau hesitated and warned.

She felt that she got along well with Zhou Ziheng and didn't want to see him fall into this pit.

It’s a big pit!

It’s actually not that easy to start a film and television company.

Look at Hong Kong, there are so many big stars, but how many of them have started their own companies?

Even if they have opened a company, many of them went bankrupt because the movies they invested in failed.

Andy Lau is a typical example.

He was a famous star in film, television and music, but he was almost ruined by the movie "God of War".

I have been working hard on filming and releasing records in the past two years just to pay off my debts.

At this moment, Li Ming next to him suddenly interrupted:

"Jia Ling, you underestimate Heng Tsai, he is now a hidden tycoon.

He earned no less than 20 million from the two albums, "Sad Pacific" and "Fairy Tale".

In addition to the fact that the records are still selling and there are various royalties, by next year, he will be able to earn no less than 30 million from these two records alone.

This round of his concerts is very popular, which can at least earn him tens of millions.

In addition to the sky-high franchise fee he received from EMi, plus other miscellaneous income, his income from last year to this year would definitely not be less than 60 or 70 million.

With so much money in hand, as long as he doesn't touch big productions, small productions are just like playing for him."

As soon as Liming said this, the private room, which had been a little noisy because of the music, suddenly became quiet.

Carina Lau looked incredulous, "This is impossible! Hengzai, you've only been in the industry for two years, and your record revenue is already so high."

She turned to look at Wang Fei, "A Fei, I remember your record revenue last year was less than five million!"

Wang Fei stared at Zhou Ziheng and nodded, "It's not five million, to be exact, it's four million and six hundred thousand."

"Oh my god! Hengzai, how did you manage to survive? You've only been in the industry for two years and your income is already so high.

Among all the artists in Hong Kong, I’m afraid only a few top artists can achieve this number!
Ah Wei's current salary is 3 million, which is just over 10 million per year."

Carina Lau's eyes almost popped out, "When I first debuted, I only made a few thousand dollars a month, less than 50,000 a year, which was considered a high-income newcomer in TVB.

You have been in the industry for two years and your income is no less than 40 million.

Oh my god! ! Comparing yourself to others makes you angry! "

“It’s mainly because I work with record companies as an independent singer, and my record revenue mainly comes from profit sharing.

As you know, the sales of Fairy Tale and Pacific Rim were good, so the income was quite considerable. "

Zhou Ziheng said this and glanced at Liming.

This guy actually knows so much about his income.

"Don't look at me. I'm not asking about you on purpose. It's PolyGram that has estimated your income."

Li Ming was a little frightened by his gaze and hurried to explain.

"That's amazing! If you keep going this way, Hengzi, you will become a billionaire next year."

Carina Lau's tone sounded a little sour.

Looking at Tony Leung Chiu Wai who was silent next to me, I suddenly felt that he was not so attractive.

I usually only know that Zhou Ziheng's records are selling well, but I didn't expect that this guy's annual income has quietly surpassed Tony Leung Chiu-wai by a large margin.

This is definitely a potential stock!
If she were a few years younger...

On the other side, Li Zhi also looked at Zhou Ziheng with surprise.

Zhou Ziheng's financial capabilities are almost on par with Jet Li's.

It’s true. Jet Li signed a contract with the Xiang family for six movies, and his salary was 75 million.

Although this is a discounted amount, based on Jet Li's actual salary for the six films, the figure should be around 100 million.

But six plays a year is obviously not easy to do.

Last year, Jet Li was considered very productive, filming a total of four movies, including those for his own company and the Xiang family.

Glancing at Gigi Lai who was holding Zhou Ziheng's arm like a little bird, Lizhi couldn't help but sigh.

"Pity……"

She has a cousin who is not bad looking. If Zhou Ziheng was not with Gigi Lai, she would be ready to be a matchmaker.

"Hengzi, if you want to open a film and television company in Hong Kong, you need to pay attention that you have to find three employees who have been in the industry for at least two years.

Otherwise, the procedure will be difficult to handle.”

Compared to others who were extremely envious of Zhou Ziheng's income, Tony Leung seemed very calm. Instead, he reminded Zhou Ziheng of the things he needed to pay attention to when opening a film and television company.

"Thank you, Brother Jiahui. I understand."

Zhou Ziheng knew about this.

No matter where you are, there are standards for opening a film and television production company.

It doesn’t mean you can open it just by registering.

First, there is the legal person, and then the shareholders.

Most importantly, for a film and television production company, you must have no less than three employees with several years of experience in the film and television industry.

Just look at the current Hong Kong film companies and you will know that most of them are basically established by several people working together.

Cinema City, D&B, Yongsheng, and even Jet Li's Zhengdong Films, which was founded less than a year ago.

These film companies were jointly established by several people.

Generally speaking, the current Hong Kong film and television companies are mainly composed of directors, screenwriters, and actors.

This was the case when Cinema City was first established. Michael Hui was the director, Wong Jing was the screenwriter, and Shek Tien was the actor.

But there can be changes, such as Jet Li's Zhengdong movies.

The three members of this company are actor Jet Li, director and screenwriter Yuan Kui, and producer Cui Baozhu.

Therefore, if Zhou Ziheng wanted to set up a film and television company.

In addition to various financial issues, the first thing to do is to find the key personnel of the other two companies.

Whether it is the director, screenwriter or producer, they all need to be contacted in advance.

Without these core personnel who can support a film and television company, the company cannot be run.

At present, although Zhou Ziheng has decided to set up a film and television company, he has not yet found a director and screenwriter.

He had two directions, one was to look in the mainland, and the other was to look in Hong Kong.

According to the rules, people from the mainland can also do so.

As long as you have works and information proving that you have been engaged in this industry for more than two years, you can be included.

There are quite a few people of this kind in the mainland.

However, Zhou Ziheng was a little hesitant about whether to look for one from the mainland.

The film and television company he founded will definitely give priority to making commercial films.

However, mainland directors and screenwriters have too little experience in this area.

There are actually only a few directors in mainland China who can make good commercial films.

As for why the director’s company is not set up directly in the mainland.

It’s really not that Zhou Ziheng doesn’t want to.

But can't.

Although last year the mainland once again introduced reform policies on various film aspects.

But this reform is just to lay the foundation. In 1993, Document No. was issued, and although the mainland cinema system underwent large-scale reforms, the effect was not very good.

The promulgation of this document does have very positive historical significance, but it is still subject to the development of the times and has great historical limitations.

Although China Film Corporation liberalized the distribution rights of domestic films, imported films, as the most important market resource at the time, were still controlled by China Film Corporation alone.

Although producers can negotiate directly with provincial and municipal film companies and cinemas to distribute films, the cinema terminals are still heavily stigmatized by the planned economic system, which is resistant to market operations and local protectionism, and the efficiency of film copy distribution is very low.

Since 1993, the film market has not shown significant development. The peak number of moviegoers in Chinese film history reached 1979 billion in 293, and there were still 1991 billion in 144. However, after 1993, the number of moviegoers dropped sharply to only a few billion.

The market was shrinking, and the mainland had not yet truly relaxed restrictions on private films.

Zhou Ziheng didn't even dare to set up a film and television company in the mainland.

If it is established, it will most likely be a huge loss.

A typical example is Huayi Brothers.

The company was actually founded in 1994.

However, due to various restrictions, they did not start to take action until a new reform document was issued in 1996.

And it became completely famous in 1999.

And set up the film company in Hong Kong.

There will be certain restrictions though.

But overall the benefits are still huge.

Although Hong Kong films have been declining since 1994, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

Even if it has declined, its market share is still very good, and you can still make money if you want.

Besides, Zhou Ziheng actually just wanted to stay in Hong Kong for a while.

When the new document was issued in 1996, further relaxing the control over private film and television companies, it would be time for him to move the company back to the mainland and make his mark.

……

If we were to say who was the most prosperous period in Hong Kong from late April to May 1994.

That is undoubtedly Alan Tam.

In late April, after his concert at the stadium, all 120,000 tickets for three concerts were sold out in just four days.

However, three or two days before the concert, the Civil Affairs Bureau, which had approved the holding and rental of the concert venue in advance, announced that it might ban the concert.

The reason is that the authorities believe that holding large-scale concerts in the open air may involve noise management regulations. Of course, there are other issues such as traffic. Hong Kong is a small place, and more than 40,000 people gathering for an event is obviously a big problem for Hong Kong, where traffic has always been congested.

You have to know that at that time the whole of Hong Kong had a population of only about 600 million.

Especially since the stadium is located in the bustling Causeway Bay.

The simultaneous traffic of tens of thousands of people is also a problem for Hong Kong, which has little experience in hosting large-scale outdoor concerts.

This move is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the organizers Yao Rong Entertainment and Alan Tam. Since the authorities could rent out the venue and approve the concert, why were these issues not communicated in advance? After the venue was rented out, the relevant departments did not take steps to resolve these problems, but only discovered these problems when everything was ready and the concert was about to start?

After many negotiations between the organizer and the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Civil Affairs Bureau finally allowed the concert to be held as scheduled, but the next three shows will depend on the situation.

After the first concert, the Civil Affairs Bureau received more than 50 complaints from residents living near the stadium, saying that the concert was too loud and was causing nuisance to the residents.

The Civil Affairs Bureau immediately issued a document to stop the concert.

This incident not only angered Alan Tam himself, but also angered the more than 80,000 audience members who had bought tickets for the next two shows.

The phone calls to the Civil Affairs Bureau exploded.

Although Alan Tam's next two concerts were eventually held as scheduled.

But this incident caused a huge disturbance in Hong Kong.

It became a hot news that everyone was talking about.

Be affected by it.

Zhou Ziheng's two concerts in Hung Hom were sold out, with all 12,500 seats filled on both nights.

But it only occupies a small space in the news these days.

Zhou Ziheng, who originally planned to use these two concerts to create some news and make headlines, understood Wang Feng's feelings for the first time.

It's really uncomfortable when someone else steals your headlines.

However, despite the influence of Alan Tam, his two concerts did not cause any big news.

But for fans, these two concerts are well worth the price of the ticket.

For the two concerts, Zhou Ziheng invited Faye Wong and Leon Lai as guests respectively.

Well, there’s also Gigi Lai, she attended both shows and is considered a regular guest.

In addition, Zhou Ziheng performed these two concerts with full force and sang live throughout.

It finally let Hong Kong fans know what a talented singer is.

I also understand why Zhou Ziheng dared to challenge Jacky Cheung.

His singing skills are really not as good as Jacky Cheung.

As for other people, except for a few like George Lam and Alan Tam, there is no comparison with him at all.

Because lip-syncing is a trend in Hong Kong.

The Four Heavenly Kings often lip-sync during concerts.

Zhou Ziheng's level of singing live throughout the whole performance is so high that fans can't find any fault with it at all.

After the two concerts at Hung Hom, Zhou Ziheng immediately moved to Singapore.

Here, no one can compete with Zhou Ziheng for the headlines.

His popularity here is unimaginable to ordinary people.

The total number of people attending the two concerts reached 16,000.

Well, Singapore is a small place with few people, and even though it is rich, 8,000 people at a concert is actually a very high attendance.

The guests for these two concerts were invited by EMi.

They are all singers under EMi.

They are Eric Moo and Michael Cheung.

Yes, it’s Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu joined EMi at the beginning of this year.

Currently he is considered the third brother of EMi.

The number one is naturally Zhou Ziheng.

With the popularity of "Fairy Tale" and "Pacific Heartbreak", no one can shake his position in EMi.

Now, even if the Four Heavenly Kings jumped over, they couldn’t shake his position as the boss.

As for why Eric Moo is the second.

Eric Moo has actually been quite popular in the past two years.

The songs "Too Stupid", "This World Is Just a Dream", and "I've Been Waiting for You Until My Heart Hurts" are popular in all Chinese-speaking regions.

At this time, he can be called the king to a certain extent.

If he can continue to work hard, there is no doubt that he will occupy an important position in the future Chinese music scene.

Sadly, this seems to be his peak.

As far as Zhou Ziheng knows, his subsequent works are mediocre.

Zhou Ziheng and Eric Moo get along quite well.

He is also a singer-songwriter.

He wrote all his own songs.

Having common topics makes chatting comfortable and natural.

Plus, since we are in the same company, it is natural for us to become friends.

(End of this chapter)