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Volume 1 Chapter 586 The craze is coming (Part 2)

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    When on the big screen, the protagonist used almost the same technique that his father had used to assassinate Mr.  when.  The sound of rock music with a slight heavy metal style sounded, and a detailed list of cast and crew members appeared on the end credits. The film ended and the screening was announced.  When the movie ended, a few whistles and buzzing conversations suddenly sounded in the originally quiet screening hall, but not many people were in a hurry to leave their seats.  "Sure enough, it was really worth it to watch this movie on a rainy day. I would say that the movie of the great director Lin Xiaozhi is the most worth watching!"  When it comes to passion and coolness, you have to watch his movies. Yang Lin is so cool. He can jump two buildings in one leap and the bullets he shoots have curves. This movie ticket is cool.  "It's worth the money. Dabi Fei and his girlfriend bought the tickets and didn't want to come when it rained. It was a big loss to sell the tickets to us. I can still imagine his feelings when we go to work tomorrow."  His face. The filming of "Assassin's League" is so good that you may not be able to buy tickets within a week. This guy is the most fascinated by Fa Ge. He can make you cry! " "Fa Ge and Long Ge are super cool. If you ask me, the director let them two  The biggest failure was to die so early. The person who played Yang Lin had a charcoal face. Although his acting was good, he was too bad. I have to buy another ticket to watch it!¡±¡­ The theater was buzzing.  The discussion continued until the lights in the hall came on, and the staff had to come in to inform them that the screening was over. Only then did some audience members who were still unfinished and had made an appointment to watch the movie get up and leave one after another.  Chen Baisheng frowned slightly, patted the old man Lin Fu next to him on the shoulder, and stood up.  "How's it going?" Lin Fu put the palm-sized notebook into his pocket. In order to avoid looking back and forgetting the highlights of the movie he had watched before, he just used his notebook in the dark to write down some highlights of "Assassin's League"  A place for innovation.  When Chen Baisheng asked him, he thought for a while before shaking his head and said: " It's a common problem among film critics. I know that the outside world always accuses us of having different vision from ordinary people, but although Lin Sheng's film is a bit 'just for heaven'  , the connotation of 'supporting justice', but in terms of purely artistic analysis, it is not as good as "A Tale of Two Cities".  Living up to his reputation as Hong Kong's leading commercial film director, innovation can be seen everywhere in the film!" Lin Fu looked at Chen Baisheng in surprise, but he did not expect that he would take the initiative to speak for Lin Xiaozhi.  He knows much better about the temper and temper of the old man than others. After so many years of quarrel with Sammo Hung, Sammo Hung no longer cares about it. On the contrary, he occasionally pulls people out and scolds them.  Head shower.  After Lin Xiaozhi won the Academy Award at the beginning of the year, his "Movie Weekly" was almost on the verge of death. Now Chen Baisheng made some pertinent comments on his behalf.  However, he was a little surprised, and he soon understood Chen Baisheng's thoughts. His eyes suddenly widened and he said in a voiceless voice: "Old Chen, are you planning to" Before he could finish speaking, Chen Baisheng sighed and nodded.  He cut off his words: "Let's go, I will go to ATV in person tomorrow. It has been postponed to October and cannot be postponed any longer. If we don't sign a contract, next year's Academy Awards will definitely not be held." Three years ago, "Movie Biweekly" and  TVB, the overlord of Hong Kong TV at the time, reached a consensus on cooperation and gave the live broadcast of the 'Golden Film Awards' to TVB on a three-year contract.  After the Academy Awards ceremony in March this year, the contract between the two companies also expired.  Although TVB wants to continue to renew its contract with the Hong Kong Film Awards, they have taken into account the ebb and flow of influence between TVB and ATV in the past few years. In addition, the influence of the past three Hong Kong Film Awards has also fluctuated to a certain extent.  .  Of course, there is another main reason, which is that the impact of the suspension of Shaw Brothers, the former giant of the Hong Kong film industry, which belongs to the same company as TVB, has become more and more serious.  After careful consideration, the film group, Film Fortnight and the Academy Awards organizing committee took the initiative to show goodwill to Lin Xiaozhi and his ATV, hoping to change the contract with ATV.  However, no one expected that this originally win-win cooperation intention would be complicated by Lin Xiaozhi's dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Film Awards in recent years and ATV's request to intervene in the management of the Hong Kong Film Awards.  With his slap in the face at this year's Academy Awards ceremony, the relationship between the two families suddenly dropped to a freezing point. At one point, the two parties accused and abused each other on various media platforms, and they didn't even care that they were divided.  Pass.  Taking advantage of the disagreement between the two companies, TVB took the opportunity to request a renewal from the Hong Kong Film Awards.  However, Chen Baisheng and others scolded Lin Xiaozhi, but they knew one thing very well in their hearts, that is, once they compete with TVB, the company still has the highest ratings in Hong Kong.Cooperating with the top TV giants, the Academy Awards, which have been managed for many years, will definitely be destroyed because of the boycott between Lim Hyo-chi and his Media Asia. The worst-case scenario is that Media Asia completely abandons the Academy Awards, and Lim Hyo-chi relies on his hand.  The many media platforms under its control kicked off the Academy Awards and created a new grand prize to compete with the Academy Awards.  Judging from what Chen Baisheng and others know about Lin Xiaozhi, he is completely capable of doing such a thing.  However, Hong Kong is just a small place. Although the local market has expanded in recent years, it is now probably close to its peak. However, the markets in other places such as Southeast Asia and Taiwan have successively seen the disadvantages of squeezing out Hong Kong films.  At this time, if there is really another award to compete with the Academy Awards, whether it wins or loses, it may not be a good thing for Hong Kong films.  Mai Jiaqi picked up her cute handbag and stood up, her slightly youthful face full of excitement: "Fa Ge acted really well. Although it's a pity that he died in the ending, this movie is so good. Big star  "If you become popular, don't forget to sign for me!" Chen Xiaochun also stood up, with a smile on his face. Now the lights in the screening room were on, and he could see clearly.  The girl who has been sitting next to him is actually very young and beautiful, no worse than some popular actresses.  With a thought in his heart, he asked: "Jiaqi, please stop teasing me. You know it by looking at me like this. I'm just a little actor now. But you are so beautiful and you are a model. Have you ever thought about filming a movie?"  Become a star? " During the nearly two hours of the movie, the two of them kept talking to each other. In addition, Chen Xiaochun was very good at making girls happy. Although they had just met each other, they had already exchanged contact information.  .  Mai Jiaqi smiled and rolled her eyes when he praised her, but she still replied shyly: "Yes, there is. I originally wanted to prepare to participate in this year's Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, but my aunt told me that the threshold for Miss Hong Kong is very high, so I missed it as soon as I hesitated.  , I have to wait until next year!" Her voice was as sweet as a lark.  Chen Xiaochun has heard this girl who can't hide her words say before that the agency where she is currently working belongs to her uncle. Because she has no ability, she only takes jobs such as being a cover model for some small companies or magazines, and her aunt is  Her current agent.  Seeing that Mak Jiaqi's conditions were so good, Jordan Chan couldn't help but feel moved and said: "I would suggest you consider participating in next year's Miss Asia pageant. ATV's current boss is the great director Mr. Lin Xiaozhi. He is not only a rich man, but also a famous celebrity in Hong Kong.  Media giant, its subsidiary Media Asia Film Group is also a leader in the industry. Nowadays, almost every artist signed by ATV can get several movie invitations with the new contract. I should be able to receive at least one more movie invitation now!  "Mai Jiaqi was obviously excited. Chen Xiaochun smiled and looked at the time on his wrist. "It's already reached this point. No wonder I feel a little hungry. It's fate that we meet. I know there is a very popular restaurant nearby.  It's a nice little shop. Why don't we have lunch together? If you have any ideas about joining ATV, I can help you with it!" "Okay!" Mai Jiaqi just thought about it for a moment and agreed with a smile.  The two of them immediately mixed in with the crowd and walked outside the screening room.  Cheng Xiaodong was afraid of being recognized by people in the circle and would be embarrassed. He didn't stand up until everyone had left and stretched, "I learned a lot of new moves!" He smiled and said to Xu Ke next to him, who repeated  He fiddled with a bunch of beard on his chin and nodded slightly after a while.  After digesting the shock brought to him by Lin Xiaozhi's new movie, Xu Ke's face was rarely full of annoyance, "Repeatedly ignoring special effects and new visuals is definitely the biggest mistake I have ever made" Cheng Xiaodong heard this, although he didn't  He answered, but secretly nodded in his heart.  Xu Ke can definitely be said to be one of the first filmmakers in Hong Kong to be exposed to film special effects. He even invested in New Vision, the first special effects company in Hong Kong.  It's a pity that although "A Chinese Ghost Story" became a hit, Xu Ke made money, but he also realized how expensive special effects are. Therefore, in the following years, he always regarded it as a chicken that lays golden eggs, but repeatedly refused to continue to fund it.  New Vision spent money on improving technology and upgrading equipment. In the past two years, New Vision even short-sightedly packaged and sold most of its technical personnel to Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s Media Asia.  Although the power of Media Asia's special effects today cannot be entirely attributed to the New Vision of the past, the group of technicians who were taken away by Lin Xiaozhi at a huge price have now become the backbone and foundation of Media Asia's special effects.  However, in the past two years, when Media Asia was willing to spend money on special effects to improve the scale and quality of movie scenes, although Xu Ke realized the importance of special effects again, he only went to Taiwan to recruit some Taiwanese special effects personnel to supplement the strength of New Vision.  (When Lin Xiaozhi recruited people, the 'New Vision Studio' sign was still retained by Xu Ke), but then his investment in New Vision was still insufficient.  In the past two years, Xu Ke has worked withHe made a lot of money from his cooperation with Media Asia, but like most Hong Kong filmmakers, a large part of his income was used to buy properties and the properties were used to preserve their value. Only a small part was continued to be used for film investment, and then divided into  New Vision's total additional investment is probably not even as good as 11% of Media Asia's annual investment. What's even more pity is that even he himself didn't realize this.  Cheng Xiaodong tried to comfort him and said, "It's not too late to find out now. I often hear Lin Sheng say that special effects will become an inseparable part of future movies. Although we are not as good as Media Asia, our starting point is much higher than other companies."  !¡± Xu Ke nodded but said nothing. Seeing that the audience in the screening room had almost left, the two of them walked out of the screening room without any further delay.  The box office of "League of Assassins" on the first day was basically settled at 3:30 a.m. the next day. Since the UK is in the zero time zone, which is eight hours earlier than Hong Kong, it is not yet dark here in Hong Kong.  The completed box office data has been sent. "League of Assassins" premiered in 297 theaters in the UK with a total of 951 screens. Due to the early publicity and Lin Xiaoji's reputation in the UK, it received 1.57 million on the first day of release.  Although the box office in pounds was far inferior to the previous American movie "Basic Instinct" (¡ê2.1696 million), which was released in mid-September, and "Batman Returns" (¡ê2.7747 million), which was released on the same day, it almost tied the box office.  "Alien 3" (¡ê1.6229 million), which was released five days earlier, has the strength to compete in the UK box office rankings in October.  In Hong Kong and Macau, "League of Assassins" premiered in a total of 57 theaters owned by Debao Cinemas and other theater companies, and a total of 287 screens were screened.  Because among the movies released at the same time, there are only two movies, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "New Dragon Inn". The former is not as good as "Assassin" at all, while the latter is simply close to the bottom line. Strictly speaking, "Assassin"  There was no other movie competing with it at the box office at the same time, so it almost outperformed the box office on the first day regardless of the weather. It easily earned a box office of 2.677 million Hong Kong dollars in the local city on that day, and also received 443,000 Hong Kong dollars in Macau.  The Australian dollar box office, the first-day box office in the two places alone exceeded HK$3 million, which shocked Media Asia.  Although the mainland and Hong Kong belong to the same time zone, the mainland has not yet formed a unified box office market. Therefore, if you want to calculate the mainland's first-day box office revenue at this time, you have to wait at least until the provinces compile the data around noon on the second day.  Beijing can only count, so Media Asia did not include the mainland's first-day box office in the statistics, and could only wait impatiently for Beijing Film to complete the statistics.  Although Japan is separated from Hong Kong by a time zone, because Japan has a developed economy and the national box office market system was established as early as the 1970s, the box office statistics on the first day were very fast, almost the same as those in Hong Kong, and were delivered to Lin Xiaozhi.  And when he saw that Kadokawa Pictures, which had just signed a contract with him in Japan, had received a box office of 7,423.6 million yen on the first day in Japan, he breathed a sigh of relief and knew that he and Media Asia would finally stand firm in Japan.  Feet.  Media Asia has obtained the box office data, and even if it hides it from others, it will still be known from other channels at most later.  Therefore, Lin Xiaozhi never meant to hide it, not to mention that it could also have an impact on the audience's choices. Therefore, after receiving the box office data compiled from various places, he immediately spread it to others.  So when I woke up on the second day, on the entire Hong Kong media and entertainment version of the next day, there was only one protagonist, Lin Xiaozhi and his new movie-"Assassin's League".  Among the piles of newspapers in newsstands and alleys, the headline of the entertainment section of "Sing Pao" is particularly conspicuous: "The box office myth strikes again. "Assassin's League" broke box office records everywhere on the first day of its release. Let you experience the charm of commercial blockbusters!  ""Chu Pao" has been the throat newspaper that Lin Xiaozhi used to influence the direction of public opinion since he bought a stake a few years ago. This status did not change even after he later acquired "Ming Pao" and "Tian Tian Daily".  Because Lin Xiaozhi did not immediately carry out large-scale purges of the management of "Ming Pao" and "Tian Tian Daily", the two newspaper groups he acquired maintained a considerable degree of autonomy, which was far less than that of "Sing Pao".  This film review report from "Sing Pao" occupies almost a full page and comprehensively introduces the surprising aspects of this movie: "a stunning and whimsical idea. Undoubtedly, the great director Lim Hyo-ji has brought us another film.  A perfect commercial blockbuster. With its grand scale, scenes, and wonderful innovations and ideas, I want every audience to see the protagonists on the screen leaping over two tall buildings dozens of meters away when they buy a ticket and enter the theater.  Building, the turning bullets shot out of the gun with a flick of the arm, and the cool gun fighting skills, you will not feel sorry for the 35 yuan ticket price. It is another blockbuster commercial blockbuster with a huge investment of hundreds of millions.  Director Lim Hyo-ji once again used his imagination and talent to bring us a work full of sincerity! "
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