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    After briefly attending the announcement of the top eight in the screenplay competition and the signing ceremony of ATV and the Hong Kong Film Awards, Lin Xiaozhi had to spend time with Li Jiaxin and her son during the day, comfort Zhou Huimin who had been very depressed recently, and also had to take time out of his busy schedule to deal with the company and "The Assassin"  He was extremely busy with some things that he had to take personal responsibility for in the Alliance.  Because it used many shooting concepts that should have appeared in top European and American blockbusters only a few years or even more than ten years later, "Assassin's League" not only had a strong response in Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China, but also became a hit in Japan and South Korea, where it was released almost simultaneously.  Within four weeks, more than 14 million people watched the movie.  In Japan, "League of Assassins" has been overshadowed by "Lethal Weapon 3" since its release in the same period. Although "Lethal Weapon 3" has a much worse reputation in Europe and the United States than the previous two films, it is timely in terms of scenes and exciting conflicts and fights.  It is the top level of action movies of this era. It is not difficult to understand why distributors and Japanese cinemas are willing to give it a more in line with the aesthetics of Japanese audiences, and it can obtain a total number of screening screens that far exceeds that of "League of Assassins".  Although the reputation of "League of Assassins" has gradually grown over time since its release, after Media Asia's acquisition of Kadokawa Pictures was revealed, many Japanese cinema developers were worried that Media Asia would encroach on the Japanese cinema system. However, it did not become as popular as in other markets.  This scene, which many local cinemas came to ask for expanded screenings, has been shown on more screens, but it has always been 20 to 30% less than "Lethal Weapon 3".  This has resulted in the box office gap between the two movies always hovering between 3 and 5 billion yen, never getting closer.  However, it is unique in South Korea, completely defeating all imported and local films released in October, and breaking multiple records with more than 7.4 million moviegoers, shocking South Korea, and almost all ten  It accounted for two-thirds of South Korea's total box office in March, so much so that even the South Korean government was alarmed. I heard that at the request of many local film artists, the South Korean government promised to prepare more local film support programs.  Half a month after its release in the UK, "League of Assassins" firmly topped the UK box office charts in October. This achievement quickly attracted the attention of many European and American distributors.  Coupled with Lin Xiaozhi's hard work in the past few years, Media Asia is able to export two or three high-quality films to Europe and the United States almost every year. The cumulative effect is that now it finally has a stable reputation and distribution foundation.  So this time we did not wait for Media Asia to come to our door. In mid-October, dozens of European and American publishers sent people to discuss distribution matters. Among them were some large European and American publishers who had never cooperated with Media Asia before. Even those who had worked with Media Asia before  Almost all of the cooperative companies we have cooperated with have taken the initiative to make greater concessions, giving Media Asia a higher share ratio and advertising negotiations.  As a result, in early November, when "League of Assassins" closed with a final box office of 33.65 million pounds, it not only defeated "Basic Instinct" which had a box office of 15.84 million pounds a month ago, but also easily surpassed the previous one and maintained nearly the same number.  "The Bodyguard", which has topped the UK box office for more than four months, has nearly doubled its box office take of more than 17 million pounds, which it had held for several months, making it even more difficult for the British themselves to do so since the currency crisis this year.  The general consensus that it would be difficult for a movie to earn more than 20 to 30 million pounds at the box office has been ruthlessly overturned, especially since the one that created this miracle was not an American blockbuster that has become more and more powerful in Europe in the past ten years, but a movie from Eastern Hong Kong.  The success of "League of Assassins" in the UK has undoubtedly affected the direction of the entire European and American markets. In just half a month, Media Asia has begun to release it in economically developed European countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium, with favorable conditions that were unimaginable in the past few years.  .  In the United States, the Weinstein brothers of Miramax used its British results to successfully persuade several major theater companies in the United States to schedule films in 3,202 theaters. Although this number is not as good as the treatment of top commercial blockbusters in the United States, it is  It is already a first-class film arrangement level.  "League of Assassins" is about to be released in the United States in mid-November. As the world's largest box office market, not only Lim Hyo-chi but everyone in Media Asia is looking forward to how much box office it will eventually win. It is inevitable that she has been very busy with it recently.  After its success in the Japanese and Korean markets, "League of Assassins" was quickly scheduled to be released in Southeast Asia. Relying on the reputation accumulated by Hong Kong films and Media Asia over the years, it easily defeated the films currently being released in many countries at the same time, firmly placing the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia on the map.  It has won the box office championship in , Thailand, Singapore and other countries.  However, it is a little regrettable that due to the continuous word-of-mouth and publicity fermentation, although many movie fans in Taiwan began to criticize the theater company for not introducing the film, the attitude of the provincial government and the official media representing its will did not immediately appear.  The change made Media Asia, which had been waiting behind the scenes, a bit disappointed.  Lin Xiaozhi also began to realize that he seemed to have underestimated the importance of political stance. He was afraid that he had previously planned to force the four major state-owned academies who represented the will of the Taiwan Provincial authorities to surrender to him.If you rush to buy a movie, I am afraid it will be difficult to see it in a short time.  November 9, 1992, was an extremely important time for Lin Xiaozhi.  On this day, Lin Xiaozhi, who had been so busy recently and had not appeared in the media for a long time, finally appeared again. However, this time, Lin Xiaozhi's appearance was not to celebrate the box office success of "League of Assassins" in Hong Kong in January.  The breakthrough of 45 million Hong Kong dollars was not to announce the new member of the fourth generation of the Lin family that the outside world is most concerned about now, but to build momentum for the launch of Media Asia Electronics' long-standing flagship product - SVCD.  Since he himself is very aware of how popular new electronic products such as VCD will be in the future, even though many people at Lianmedia Electronics are not very confident in it, Lin Xiaozhi still ordered the company to build a factory in Shenzhen and put it into production in the past six months.  Media Asia Electronics' factories are operating at full capacity and have accumulated nearly 200,000 units.  At the same time, Media Asia's film recording factory has fully recorded more than 1.4 million SVCD discs from dozens of popular movies owned by Media Asia in the past six months.  Due to mass production, Media Asia's factory cost of each SVCD has been reduced by nearly HK$80 compared to before. Although the finished SVCD disc production is slightly higher than previously expected, it is still acceptable. A single production of more than 100,000 SVCDs is acceptable.  In terms of copies, the price of each genuine optical disc can be controlled at around 24-16 yuan, and it is sold at a retail price of 35 to 40 yuan. Not only is the movie definition much higher than that of pirated video tapes, but it is also cheaper than the 40-40 yuan commonly found on the market today.  The price of pirated video tapes ranging from RMB 70 to RMB 70 is overwhelmingly competitive.  It is a little regrettable that because some patents are in the hands of Japanese and American companies, Media Asia needs to pay about US$32 in patent fees to Japanese and American companies for every SVCD it produces. Fortunately, at the request of Lin Xiaozhi,  Media Asia Electronics has applied for nearly 300 international patents for its products - SVCD, from shell design to function key arrangement, from circuit layout to laser recording. This means that any company in the world will try to enter this market and produce products in the future.  For similar products, unless Media Asia obtains a patent license and pays a patent fee of at least more than 70 US dollars per unit, this is still for Panasonic, Sony, Texas Instruments, Siemens, Philips and other companies with massive patents. Other companies  If you want to pay for production, you can only pay more, otherwise you will have to find another way.  Media Asia Electronics, on the other hand, is not worried about the emergence of competitors at all. Under Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s guidance and requirements, after SVCD was finally formed and entered the factory assembly line production, Media Asia Electronics¡¯ technical team has returned to battle. In addition to trying to develop products based on SVCD  Upgrading to the second generation, the technical reserves and exploration of more advanced DVD products are already in progress.  Being number one will give Media Asia several years of leadership. It can be predicted that in the future SVCD and DVD consumer electronics markets, Media Asia will definitely become a giant.  Since Lin Xiaozhi announced at the previous press conference that his electronics company has produced SVCD, Media Asia Electronics has not stopped publishing in many of its media outlets such as Sing Pao, Ming Pao, and Tian Tian Daily.  advertisement.  Media Asia Electronics not only invited the media to participate in its press conference, but also contacted its sister unit, ATV, a week before this press conference, and invited more than 200 movie enthusiasts to participate in Media Asia through the media and Media Asia Film Group.  Asia Electronics' SVCD press conference.  Because the outside world did not pay enough attention, Lin Xiaozhi had to attend the press conference in person, preparing to shout out for him in the hope of becoming an instant hit.  The press conference will be held in the unused Building B of the Media Asia Twin Towers. Media Asia has mobilized nearly 500 SVCDs and 10,000 optical discs at one time. All media reporters and invited movie fans participating in the press conference can use SVCDs for free.  Try watching a movie.  At the same time, Media Asia will also take the opportunity to conduct a lottery, and one hundred lucky viewers will be selected to receive an SVCD and genuine copies of any five movies including "Resident Evil", "Once Upon a Time" series, and "Fighting Back to School" series.  CD.  As the news about these advertisements became known to the public, many people couldn¡¯t help but find it a bit strange.  Even though Lin Xiaozhi has now become a recognized business giant and media tycoon in Hong Kong, after the acquisition of Japan's Kadokawa Pictures was exposed, he began to become famous throughout the Asian business community.  But as a third-generation member of a banking family, his success in filmmaking, television and media has made many people feel incredible. Now he is preparing to get involved in the home screening market. In a previous press release  At the meeting, they even made bold claims that Media Asia had created a product that would definitely replace the video recorder, which made everyone feel like it was a fantasy.  So much so that even the media became worried about it, "Lin Xiaozhi has entered the electronics manufacturing industry, and Haoyan's subsidiary companies have developed a new product that can replace video recorders!" "SVCD? What is it?"   "The young man from a wealthy family is very ambitious. In addition to the rapid expansion in the film industry in recent years, the family bank and the media he controls have also begun to expand comprehensively. Now they have begun to get involved in electronic manufacturing. Be careful that the snake can swallow the elephant!" "It's a winning ticket!  Are you in control? Or have you been dazzled by the previous series of successes? "Although, Lin Xiaozhi is very well-known in Hong Kong and has a large number of supporters in the fields of film, media and so on.  But after Media Asia made a big move to enter the electronics manufacturing industry, many people expressed their obvious disapproval.  Hong Kong¡¯s special geographical location and historical background have given birth to many wealthy families in traditional industries such as finance, trade, and real estate. However, it has no foundation in precision industries and heavy industries such as electronics and automobiles.  As Media Asia Electronics previously exposed a product that was not favored by the media - SVCD, new news came out this time and the news of its upcoming release was widely spread in the Hong Kong media.  For a time, keywords such as "Lin Xiaozhi invested in electronic manufacturing" and "Media Electronics" began to quickly become popular in the Hong Kong media.  Hundreds of major newspapers began to reprint and report the news.
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