On April 12, the first "Binyang Tower Dialogue·China Film Investment Spring" themed forum was held in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. As one of the important series of activities of the "2023-2024 Chinese Film Big Data and Film Channel M List Honor Night", the "Binyang Tower Dialogue" invited many film company "heads", front-line film workers and academic experts An in-depth discussion on hot topics in film investment.
Co-founder, Vice Chairman and CEO of Huayi Brothers Media Co., Ltd. Wang Zhonglei was invited to attend the event and met with Yu Dong, Chairman of Bona Film Group Co., Ltd., Zhao Haicheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Huaxia Film, and Director of 1905 Movie Network Chairman Li Wei, President of Light Chasing Animation Yu Zhou, and Editor-in-Chief Zhu Yuqing of "China Film Investment and Financing Development Report" jointly discussed the topic of "two-way empowerment of China's film investment and consumer market", analyzing and looking forward to the development trends of the film market and China Film investment value strives to inject new vitality and wisdom into the steady growth of film investment and the continued prosperity of the market.
Talking about Huayi Brothers’ future layout and key projects in the film industry, Wang Zhonglei said that the word “small” will be the main focus of Huayi Brothers’ future films, which does not mean that the film investment scale is small or the film itself is small, but that the focus is In the lives of ordinary people, small people can also realize big dreams. The movie " Rooftop Football ", which will be released on April 20, tells the story of girls deep in the mountains of Yunnan who fight for their football dreams. They are all starred by amateur actors, and their emotions are sincere and touching. The film "Dogs" directed by Guan Hu shows the living conditions of small people and was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard unit of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival. "Laifu Hotel" starring Huang Xuan and Liu Yan tells the story of "home" and is expected to be released during the Dragon Boat Festival.
talked about how high-quality IP can take on new vitality as film IP development becomes more and more diverse. Wang Zhonglei said that the most important thing in IP exploration is to return to the simplest and most original origin of movies, which is a good story. Only good stories have room for expansion and value. First have a good story, and then it can be extended into short video dramas and other product forms. His generation of Chinese filmmakers has grown from a few hundred million Chinese film market thirty years ago to tens of billions now, relying on the pursuit of content quality.
At the end of the forum, Wang Zhonglei expressed his message for the spring of investment in Chinese films. He said that we must maintain the original intention when we started our business. This year is the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Huayi Brothers. We are thirty years old. We hope that we can continue to maintain the same focus on content as we did thirty years ago. love.
Wang Zhonglei will also attend the 2023-2024 Chinese Film Big Data and Film Channel M List Honors Night as an award guest to witness the birth of the Chinese film annual honors and the "Movie Channel M Index".
