As mentioned before, the Chinese film industry is basically divided into four major factions.
South, Jingcheng, Northwest and Jiangnan.
The representative of the Southern Department is Weibao Film and Television Company. This largest established film and television giant founded by Zhou Dou once occupied half of the world of movies, or even a little more.
The number one among the movie kings, Chen Hao, the most famous Chinese superstar in the world, was supported by Zhou Dou.
To this day, Chen Hao still calls Zhou Dou godfather.
The second-ranked actor Sun Dahe is also from the South, but he relies more on himself.
But after he became famous, he still cooperated more with the familiar Weibao Film and Television. Generally, these southern actors are more likely to be favored and supported by him.
Ranked second is the Beijing Department.
The capital here mainly occupies the terrain, because it is one of the centers of the country, and it is even number one in film and television, not second, so the most film and television companies and film and television actors stay here.
Many outstanding talents from all over the country, including those from the Southern Department, come to Beijing to seek opportunities.
The remaining two of the traditional three major film groups, Daqi Entertainment and Yanhuang Pictures, are headquartered in Huajing.
Shanhai.com, the largest video website in the world, has also moved its headquarters to Huajing.
This giant company, with a valuation of more than 120 billion US dollars, is a company that attracts more attention from actors and movie fans than Daqi Entertainment and Yanhuang Pictures.
There are more than a hundred film and television companies, large and small, which dazzles people in the industry.
The third one is the Northwest Department, which mainly produces directors.
Among the top six directors in the country, three are from the northwest.
Hao He, Wang Mu and Yan Shan ranked first.
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Among the top ten films, there are also super popular films such as "The Gift of Room No. 7". Six of them are directed by them.
With this strength alone, they can become number one in the director circle.
Originally ranked fourth was the Jiangnan system, which was the weakest.
Originally, they relied on Shanghai, where there is Shanghai Opera, one of the three major film and television schools, and there are also many TV drama production and variety show production companies.
The second-tier Mavericks Film and Television and Xuanwu Film are both based in Shanghai.
But things are different now.
The Jiangnan system gradually shifted to Lin'an as the center.
Because there are two giants in Lin'an, Abao Technology and Shining Technology, both of which have successively set foot in the entertainment industry.
Yang Feng established Abao Entertainment at the beginning of last year, merging four companies including Xincheng Film and Television, Aowei Culture, Fengrui Media and Youzi.com, and then went public through a backdoor merger, setting a market value of up to 150 billion yuan.
At that time, Abao Entertainment surpassed Weibo Film and Television's market capitalization of US$11.5 billion and became the number one film and television group in China.
It is a pity that such a cobbled-together entertainment company does not have its own works to speak for itself.
When several movies and TV series suffered huge losses in a row, even Yang Feng's face no longer mattered.
Abao Entertainment plummeted to less than 60 billion, which was already lower than the acquisition cost.
Yang Feng even became a joke in the entertainment industry during this period. Many people who once admired him secretly laughed at him for overestimating his abilities.
Shining Technology is also developing rapidly. They are not only actively learning from Shanhai.com to produce their own movies and TV series, they also buy out movies and TV series, produce variety shows, etc.
Although the momentum is not too fierce, it is progressing very quickly.
If they can develop, they might be able to compete for the second or even first position.
The most important factor supporting the development of these two companies is money.
Money is a good thing.
Ma Daba is rich, so he can be the father of many people, and countless people are vying to call him daddy.
Even a great director like Hao He will bow down for money.
This is no longer the simple era of 40 years ago. In that era, various film studios paid for making movies, and the director received a salary of one to two hundred yuan, and nothing else was used.
The actors are even more pitiful. They receive a salary of 50 yuan a month and a subsidy of 50 yuan, which is a very high salary.
At that time, everyone regarded filmmaking as a serious job. They didn't care about other things and just wanted to make a good film.
Therefore, all kinds of literary and artistic films of that era appear to be very classic.
It's different now.
The first thing to focus on when making a movie is investment.
The more you invest, the more likely you are to make a good movie.
For example, hiring a good director, good actors, buying a good script, better post-production methods, and even all kinds of intensive bombing publicity.
These are all important factors that contribute to the success of a good movie.
You can say that if you have these, you may not be successful, but without these, out of a hundred movies, only one or two will be successful.
Therefore, even Hao He, after turning to commercial film shooting, hopes to have a large amount of funds on hand so that he can have more choices.
With Hao He's current status, there are only a handful of companies that can support his movies.
Because in recent years, Hao He's cost of filming movies has continued to increase, and the requirements have become more and more demanding, which cannot be met by ordinary companies that want to make quick money.
Basically, it was the dozen or so film companies that were qualified and able to hire Hao He to shoot movies.
Hao He is not like Zhang Huawei, who can make a movie with as little as 20 to 30 million, or 30 to 50 million, and Zhang Huawei is famous for not choosing actors.
Zhang Huawei is an excellent director who can cook with any ingredients. Although not necessarily delicious, he can definitely impress people.
Hao He can't.
He doesn't have good conditions, a script that really inspires him, and without the best actors to cooperate, the movies he makes will be unsatisfactory.
Therefore, Hao He's films in recent years have not actually achieved very good results.
The most recent film, "Everlasting Sorrow", was the film for which Ye Xiaoyu rejected "Love Letter". He invested 100 million, but the result was barely enough to make back the money.
Although the artistic effect is good and it has won several awards, compared to the box office and word-of-mouth success of "Love Letter", Chen Qian won the Busan International Film Festival with this movie, which is far behind. .
Ye Xiaoyu didn't say anything on the surface, but in fact he must be very depressed in his heart.
Hao He knew this.
But he didn't say anything at that time.
Because he didn't know what to say or how to avenge his shame.
However! !
Now, Hao He finally found the opportunity!
With 100 million in advance preparation funds given by Yang Feng and Master Chu Liuxiang's "New Dragon Gate Inn" script in hand, Hao He knew that after so many years, he had finally caught a king bomb! !