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Chapter 234 Videotape Market

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Shatin.

Wu Xiaozu stood in front of the factory building of Aimegao Fan Factory, his eyes flashing. The factory building in front of him already belongs to the 1024 Locomotive Studio.

The area is not worth mentioning compared to the main factory area of ​​Aimeigao, which is not far away. A super-large football stadium is about 10,800 square meters, and the area in front of it covers about four-fifths, which is more than 9,000 square meters. It is converted into a square foot, which is nearly 100,000 square feet.

If it could be demolished, Director Wu probably could divide it into a community. That's right, it's not a unit or a building, but a community.

The biggest dream of Hong Kong people is a mansion of a thousand feet. Wu Xiaozu is a big dog family of 100,000 square feet.

The only pity is that the land in front of us can only be used as industrial land, and cannot be used for residential and commercial development, which directly limits its value.

In later generations, Uncle Shao Liu won the more remote Tseung Kwan O with a large amount of money, and won 520,000 feet of land for HK$78 million. In other words, Uncle Shao Liu's land price in 1998 was lower than Wu Xiaozu's current land acquisition.

However, Tseung Kwan O was a barren land at that time, and even the land needed to be refilled. Wu Xiaozu had regular factory buildings and improved public transportation supporting facilities in the surrounding areas.

At that time, Tseung Kwan O was established. The Hong Kong government wanted the cinema to drive the surrounding economy and then carry out commercial development in the surrounding areas. To put it bluntly, what Uncle Shao Liu did was to open up the old ox. Not only did he pull the soil to fill the pits, he needed to build every brick and tile by himself.

In fact, Uncle Shao Liu was full of resentment at that time, and the land he was optimistic about was stolen. After weighing the pros and cons of many parties, the land in Tseung Kwan O was sold and sold to Shao Laoliu.

In later generations, Tseung Kwan O Shaw Cinema also became Shaw's most important asset, worth billions. The reason why Shao Laoliu can control TVB for so many years is also closely related to the checks and balances of cinema resources in his hands.

In comparison, Sha Tin is much more prosperous than Tseung Kwan O at this moment.

There are also rural areas in Hong Kong!



"Azu, how about it? What do you think when you look at your own factory?"

Behind him, Jiang Ershao looked at the large factory in front of him with a jealousy face, and said, "I really don't know why your luck is so good. 5 million yuan will be exchanged for a factory and land. If this area is sold, it can be at least tripled when it is sold.

Liu Luanxiong is really generous..."

Looking at the crew members entering and leaving in front of him, Jiang Zhiqiang wanted to replace him. Such a factory with convenient transportation and appropriate space is difficult to find in Hong Kong.

"We've all caught up with the Cathay Pacific studio of Jiahe... Princess Jin's studio, studio, recording studio, and editing studio cannot be put together. This is really enviable."

Wu Xiaozu smiled and said nothing.

When Liu Luanxiong was reluctant to cut his flesh, Wu Xiaozu himself had not figured out the reason. He only knew that the harvest must be far greater than the efforts.

"This factory is not actually as glamorous as it appears. After all, it is just an abandoned old factory in Aimeigao.

Otherwise, the transformation of the venue here would not be so smooth. It was very messy inside, and it was precisely because of this that I chose a public bathroom here to transform it into the shooting venue of "Fear Room".

Wu Xiaozu smiled and said, "This is the product in front of you. It is impossible to compare with the main factory building that Aimeigao opposite."

"You really plan to settle here in the future and start an industrial business, right? Factory?" Jiang Zhiqiang joked and nicknamed Wu Xiaozu.

"Just forget to do business, but you can do some industries that are related to industry."

Wu Xiaozu looked directly at the factory and said to Jiang Zhiqiang beside him, "Do you think you have to buy a copy of a videotape and ripped second-hand equipment production line?"

"video tape……"

Jiang Zhiqiang frowned, "Now, video tapes are very expensive, and it is far less cost-effective to go to the theater to watch movies.

Only some small film companies that are not as good as the top are mainly engaged in the video tape market. After all, compared with video tape, the profits in the foreign market are much higher!"

"If we use the humanitarian spirit to help these film companies copy the movies and then borrow them and rips them to promote them, will it not only promote them but also reduce our costs?" Wu Xiaozu chuckled.

"The Hollywood movie videotape market has become more and more popular in the past two years. I think Hong Kong Island has such a prerequisite. We are even more convenient than them, without more intellectual property constraints. The cost is undoubtedly much lower.

As for the video recorder you said that it is expensive, it is not as cost-effective as watching movies. In fact, there is no need to worry about this. The video tape market and the theater market are actually complementary.

We can open several underground video halls in Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, and Tuen Mun first, and specifically display some movies they like for them. Even if we make it to a scale, we can lose money to assemble video recorders and sell them, which can be completely compensated in the subsequent video tape market.

As long as we establish strong resource channels, these are not problems. By then, I think the interests of the videotape market will definitely not lose to theater revenue.”

Wu Xiaozu held his hands behind his back, his face full of righteousness.

"We have enriched the people's spare time and met their spiritual needs for the world of light and shadow, and developed new profit channels for movies. Why not do it?"

Listening to Wu Xiaozu's endless perfect blueprint for painting, Jiang Ershao couldn't help but touch his nose.

"Azu, you just said that you copied the movies from other film companies out of the humanitarian spirit... If I understand correctly..." Jiang Zhiqiang hesitated and looked at Wu Xiaozu, looking at each other again, confirming the answer in his heart.

"The original accumulation must have to pay a little price. I think all companies can understand it." Wu Xiaozu shamelessly answered for each film company.

"We can also consider developing a new interest market for Hong Kong films. We can pay them some copyright fees later, which is not unanimous."

"Ah... Brother Zu? I am the heir of Antai Film Company. You are also a famous and fortunate director of the Academy Awards in Hong Kong. Do you think..."

Jiang Ershao expressed his embarrassment on his face for some reason.

"So you can't think like this. If you want to think about it, you are promoting and cultivating the Hong Kong film market." Wu Xiaozu interrupted the other party with a tough stubbornness, "If possible, we are of course defenders.

If we grow bigger, we can even negotiate terms with the three major film companies. But the premise of all this is to grow bigger.

Until then, I won’t be able to get over money.”

Jiang Ershao, who was not guilty of winning box offices in later generations, heard Wu Xiaozu's words and was naturally moved by his words.

The Hong Kong videotape market has just started at this time, and the concept of film derivatives is even more unfamiliar.

Although Wu Xiaozu was considering interests, if the video tape market and film derivatives market really emerged, it would indeed have great benefits for Hong Kong films.

Movie derivatives can make the influence of movies lasting and establish a brand effect. There are countless examples of Hollywood, and the most successful masterpiece is the "Star Wars" series.

The most classic case is "The Lion King", which swept the world's box office back then, but the most profitable thing was the subsequent profits of videotapes and derivatives, and its revenue even exceeded US$2 billion.

At the same time, it can also stimulate consumption and promote the development of the film industry chain.

In fact, even in Hollywood, videotapes really begin to become real profit growth points.

In 1977, "Star Wars" was sold well, but Paramount was in a financial crisis. At this time, the famous magnetic video of later generations took advantage of the situation and obtained the video copyright of many of Paramount's movies.

It was not until 1983 that Hollywood truly entered the period of rapid development of video tapes. Before that, mainstream Hollywood film companies, namely several giants, did not really regard video tapes as life-saving straws.

In 1965, North American audiences spent more than US$4.4 billion on videotapes, while theaters consumed 3.8 billion. At this point, Hollywood entered the videotape era. Independent production companies began to emerge after the rain in the late 1980s and 1990s.

It can be said that the video brings nourishment for independent production companies and independent films to survive!

The original accumulation is full of bloody smell. The early development of the video tape is also the same.
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