Hong Xin took a long breath and was a little shocked, "So cheap?"

Just like Sadako's video tape, a blank tape costs more than 100. In it, the heroine climbs out of the TV where the disc is playing. It is a laser disc, and a blank tape costs more than 300.

That’s why the video rental and sales profit chain is so stable and long-lasting.

It is not something that ordinary people can afford to open a video parlor, so piracy will not spread easily. The cost is too high.

But the retail price of a new VCD player is 2,000 yuan, and the profit is nearly 1,000 yuan? How low is the cost? What is even more outrageous is whether the disc is good! You can make a stable profit with a retail price of only 5 yuan, small profits but quick turnover?

For Hong Kong Island, 15 yuan for a movie ticket is not too much, because...the big screen and the small screen are different. At this stage, the resolution of VCR tapes and VCD discs is basically around 480p.

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Laser discs are high-definition, but they are really expensive!

Although it costs 15 yuan to watch a movie in a cinema, which is more expensive than a disc, 480p is equivalent to 4k high-definition mode in the cinema. The overall sound effect of the cinema is also comparable to that of a TV.

The minimum retail price in the Mainland is 5 yuan per piece. The retail price in Hong Kong Island is definitely more expensive than this. What about the transportation, customs clearance, etc. costs? If you ship to Benzhou, the cost of Xingma Tai will also increase dramatically.

Generally speaking, a retail price of HKD 5 in mainland China will make a profit, but for Xingma Tai, it is at least HKD 10 per disc, which is still the lowest profit.

Jennifer Connelly continued to explain with a wry smile, "This is a disguised dimensionality reduction blow to the film and television industry. It won't leave theaters empty, right? Why do I think it's better to hide it? Do we really need to mass-produce and sell it?"

"We have applied for technology patents all over the world, and they are hidden..."

Zhao Donghuai smiled and shook his head, "No, at least at the current price, it will have a certain power to attack the Korean, Star, and Thai theaters on the island, but it will not collapse. The mainland theaters are still stable and reliable."

Zhao Donghuai remembers that around the turn of the millennium, the big guys selling CDs and discs in the Mainland often sold things for five yuan a piece or three for ten yuan. Those were all pirated copies.

If a genuine disc were to be sold for five yuan a piece in the Mainland, it would be two and a half movie tickets, and the movie-watching experience would be completely different.

The advantage is that you can only watch a movie once with a ticket, but you can watch a disc dozens of times, or switch discs with other people to watch, and the video halls are expanding rapidly and springing up like mushrooms after a rain...

The take-off of the profession of teachers in the island country also started in the era of VCD and DVD. Otherwise, in the era of video tapes and laser discs, how many people can afford it when a disc is so expensive?

As early as 1988, Sun Yansheng, a Chinese from North America, established c-cube company. The following year, Zhao Donghuai fully invested in the company. At that time, Zhang Min and Qiu Shuzhen purchased the company. After the acquisition, he wondered whether in 1992, VCD would still be on its original track.

Appear??

At that time, he didn't think much about suppressing technology.

It is really getting closer and closer to 1992. This is like thousands of supermarkets and theaters entering the island country, and handing over technology to Pacific Manufacturing in advance. VCD machines include various patents on the body shape and VCD discs.

various related patents.

From Europe and the United States to East Asian monster houses, the entire series is serially registered.

Hong Xin continued to be shocked. After being numb for a while, she didn't bother to think so much anymore. It would be more appropriate for her to just be responsible for my general's ups and downs and explore.

Connery said curiously, "The Mainland has set the price at 5 yuan, so pirates can't compete with us. The production costs of their small factories are much more expensive than those of Pacific Manufacturing. Whether it's raw material purchase or mechanized production, the cost will be several times higher than ours."

"In the Mainland, if the price is set at 10 yuan per disc, the profit will be higher, but piracy will definitely occur. Fortunately, with this price, it is easier to control piracy. If the price is set at 15 yuan or 20 yuan per disc, it will be much more troublesome to fight against piracy.

Now, how do you choose?"

Zhao Donghuai took a breath of cold air, "Wait a minute and call Wang Dashuo and Lao Cao. Let's talk about the war with the pirates."

"But even if it was launched into the market in batches, it would only be after the Spring Festival in 1992."

At this stage, there are so many successful examples, even and have brought a total of more than 1 billion in box office profits to Bayi Factory and Shangmei Factory at the box office.

With the help of film and television production companies, Dashou made more money than the first-generation real estate speculators in Yecheng.

We are all theater giants and major film studios, so there is no shortage of people and strong connections.

Controlling piracy is actually not that difficult.

What’s really difficult is that with the development of the times, anyone with a small digital video recorder can record the content on the big screen in a movie theater. Or in the chaotic era of theater chains, you send a copy of the theater chain’s copy, and the other party directly

Transcribed into high-definition DVDs for sale in theaters.

Two hours later, Ah Xin complained, "Connery is so foul. I'm jealous of the heavy fruits..."

Connery also rolled his eyes and said, "I also envy your skin with small pores and no downy skin. Your skin is so supple and supple. I've been improving for so long. Although it's much better than Julia and Courteney, I'm still better than you."

There is still a gap.”

"People with big frames are most afraid of gaining weight. Once they gain weight, they will lose weight. Fortunately, I have always maintained the best shape."

She is a big-framed girl with a net height of 1.75 meters. She is really afraid of gaining weight.

………………

December 13, early in the morning.

Zhang Jiahui and Luo Tahua took the pony to Wanjia Cinema in Shek Kip Mei. During the walk, Ah Fai and Ah Hua were very excited.

"Xiao Ma, the movie in which you are the male protagonist for the first time is about to be released. Although it is two new movies at once, they will be released together, including Qian Xiaohao's."

"But comedy and action movies are still different. When you become popular, Ah Hui and I will count on you to lead us."

Today is the normal first semester of Yaxi. Xiao Ma has just moved out of the dormitory and doesn't live in the dormitory much. After all, in the third phase of Huayuan, he can play on the computer and browse BBS at will in his own bedroom.

A quadruple room is far less relaxing than a single bedroom.

Today is Friday? Teacher Yaxi also knows that today is the release date of a new movie starring him, and Xiao Ma has already asked for leave.

During the conversation, Xiao Ma still suppressed the strange feeling and smiled, "Brother Hui, Brother Hua, don't have high hopes. I'm also afraid that I will fail in my performance. Once the box office hits the market, I won't have many opportunities to do the same next time."

ah."

Movies that have been released for less than three weeks still account for 40% of the film schedule, while the two new movies each account for 30%. But again, the number of theaters on Hong Kong Island is seriously overflowing at this stage.

Even if the film schedule is 30%, Descendants of the Dragon will still be in the same situation as when it was first released. Today's opening day limit at 8 o'clock is more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and starting tomorrow, the daily limit will be more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

It took three takes to completely finalize it? Whether it’s a mule or a horse will depend on the next few days.

At the end of the filming, Lee Hsiu-hyun was embarrassed and gave all the main creators a new paycheck, which was equivalent to filming three times with double paychecks. Xiao Ma himself went from 30,000 Hong Kong dollars to 60,000 Hong Kong dollars.

This is a lot of money!

Even if Ma Ge, an ordinary citizen, earns 60,000 yuan in a few months? In the craze of taking a leave of absence without pay, there are not many such opportunities.

Zhang Jiahui was beaming with joy, "No, how could it be possible? You are a genius who forced the director to reshoot it twice in a row. With your hard work and hard work, this movie will definitely be a success!"

Luo Dahua hugged the pony's shoulders tightly and encouraged him, "It will definitely work!"

pony,"……"

Well, Xiao Ma later discovered that it was his first time as a leading actor, and his performance seemed to be okay? Did he live up to his reputation as a big trap in the crew?

In three days and one weekend, it earned more than 5.2 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on Hong Kong Island, saving more than 4.7 million Hong Kong dollars, which is nearly 10 million!

Stars, Malaysia and Thailand have more than 9 million Hong Kong dollars, South Korea has more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars...

To put it simply, the total box office revenue in three days was more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, plus the cumulative total of more than 30 million yuan in the mainland??

He is not a big hit, but he has taken the first step towards becoming famous.

As the boss of a film company, Li Xiuxian has completely recovered his capital and made a profit in the past three days at the box office. The rest of the time will be his period of making huge profits.

In the final analysis, the crew, Yuen Hua, Liang Jiaren, Mo Shunyun, including the billiards director Jimmy White who was only invited for the third filming later, and supporting actors such as Long Fang, Cheng Kui'an, etc., were paid too cheap!

Everyone was given double salary, which was not much money. The total cost was only a few million Hong Kong dollars, and then the publicity and distribution cost hundreds of thousands.

The total box office revenue was more than 50 million, and we still made a profit regardless of how we paid taxes and divided accounts.

On December 17, Xiao Ma was still awake from his hangover when he heard a fierce knock on the door. When he walked to open the door in a daze, he saw Zhang Jiahui with shining eyes outside the door, "Fuck, you

You haven’t woken up yet, but Director Li is here and has not only prepared a red envelope of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars for you.”

"There is also a new film contract, the salary is 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, the book is called."

"Fuck, Xiao Ma, you are really going to be Brother Xiao Ma!"

Xiao Ma was still dazed as he digested the information. Li Xiuxian came over and laughed, "Ah Hui, please don't fuck me. Xiao Ma is still a child."

"Xiao Ma, don't be dissatisfied with my lack of red envelopes. My Magnum is a small company after all, and it was Jiaren who came up with the book. Asheng helped him fill it in. When the time comes, the director will be Brother Jiaren. At most, Asheng can help occasionally."

"The salary is 200,000, and I will pay you in full before filming starts. If it continues to be successful afterwards, we will continue to celebrate with champagne and parties!"

Following Li Xiuxian's words, Xiao Ma dazedly accepted the red envelope and asked curiously, "Director Li, how was the box office of our movie yesterday and Monday?"

Li Xiuxian laughed, "Hong Kong Island is RMB 870,000, and the province is RMB 870,000, which is below one million, but the reviews are still good, especially some film critics, who still recognize your acting skills."

God knows how pitiful this is. A movie that started shooting in late July was not released until mid-December? For many fast-paced big shots, this is close to a movie every half a year? This really cannot be the case for everyone.

Looking at the trends and film reviews, he can eventually earn a net profit of 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and it is estimated that it will be more in the mainland. Who will have trouble with money? There will be profits from video rental and sales in the future.

Xiao Ma finally woke up, and his brain suddenly became bright. After thanking him, he asked curiously, "It was shown with us??"

Li Xiuxian smiled and smoked, "It's slightly better than us, but it's just about the same. The total box office in Hong Kong is more than one million yuan higher than ours. It's the same everywhere else. At most, Brother Sanmao's Debao is better than mine."

Earn about 10 million more."

Although Zhang Manyu is a big star in the Frozen Heroes crew, and the salary from outside movies is more than Xiao Ma, Mo Shunyun, Yuan Hua, Long Fang and others combined... But it was shot by Debao, and the internal price was paid

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Zhang Jiahui also interjected, "It's almost 1992, Brother Xian, we must work hard to embrace the new era."

Li Xiuxian glanced at him calmly. He felt that although Ah Hui was introduced to the film industry by him, he was also Ah Hui's favorite, but this guy was really unappreciative.

Are you still trying to embrace the new world? Look at Pony Ma, who has been studying in the Asia Theater Academy for two years. In the first battle, Director Li will make tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. There is no comparison between people.
To be continued...