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Volume 1 Chapter 628 The monster is coming

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    In the early morning of June 25th, at the Crystal Pavilion Villa, Lin Xiaozhi got up early in the morning. After briefly washing up in his pajamas, he asked the Filipino maid to bring over the newspaper he ordered. He went up to the rooftop on the third floor and lay down in the sea breeze.  He sat on a recliner and read the latest issue of the newspaper.  ??It was only four days ago that he hid it from the media and took a look at Hong Kong, which he had just returned to after taking a flight to Bangkok.  The outside world is still making a fuss about the acquisition of Standard Chartered by Kowloon Bank. However, with Song Nianhui handling the matter and the overall situation has been basically decided, Lin Xiaozhi returned to Hong Kong with peace of mind. First, to avoid being attracted to the UK.  To attract the attention of all forces, on the other hand, it is also to sit in Hong Kong and urge to speed up the post-production of "The Mummy".  "Darling!" Li Jiaxin was also wearing a silk pajamas, one hand was still covering the towel on her wet hair, and the other hand was holding an ordinary bottle of butter whiskey and two goblets.  Come over.  Zhou Huimin has reached the critical period before giving birth. Not only has her mood fluctuated frequently recently, but her sleep quality is also not good. He coaxed her to sleep for a long time last night and she still hasn't gotten up yet.  The old man¡¯s health is getting worse day by day. Last month, he accidentally caught a small cold. In the end, his fever reached nearly 40 degrees and he went to the hospital. When he came out again, he didn¡¯t have the same energy as he had in the previous two years.  He also knew that he only had a few days to live, so he wanted to see more babies at home, so he personally asked two wet nurses with good reputations in the industry to take care of Zhou Huimin, because she also went to the hospital not long ago for a nurse.  After the examination, it was found that this pregnancy is also a twin pregnancy. Even if they are both girls, the family will be happy to have more popularity.  Lin Xiaozhi heard the footsteps and knew who was coming. He raised his head and smiled at her, then shook the newspaper and continued reading.  Just yesterday, the epic monster was finally released.  On June 24, "Jurassic Park" was released in North American theaters. If the time difference is taken into account, it is still the night of the 24th in the United States.  Even though they are thousands of miles apart, and even though there is still a time difference between the two places, even if Lin Xiaozhi doesn't look, he can still guess the current situation in the United States, and it must be boiling.  "Jurassic Park" is a masterpiece that is impossible to imagine with human eyes and imagination!  Li Jiaxin knew that she didn¡¯t like to talk while reading the newspaper, so she sat down next to him silently, poured him a glass of sweet wine and pushed it next to him, and followed his example and lay down on the recliner on the other side.  Beside him, Lin Xiaozhi was still reading the newspaper, searching for news that interested him.  "Golden Princess Chairman Luo Zhaohui announced that he will invest 300 million in film shooting, and Ma Jiahaoyan will personally serve as the director. "The Best Partner 7" will be launched at a certain date!" "Andy Lau promised to make five more movies this year and will  Put all the money you earn into it!¡± ¡°UFO Company has recently reached a cooperation with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and will recommend five to ten new screenwriters to enter the academy for at least six months of professional training!¡± Lin Xiaozhi subscribes to many newspapers, many of which are with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  Entertainment related.  Lin Xiaozhi couldn't help but feel excited when he saw that the news reports about movies in newspapers took up at least one-third of the entertainment section.  The current development process of Hong Kong movies made him feel a little dazed for a while, as if the scene before his rebirth when the three domestic Internet giants BAT and many real estate and capital tycoons were vying to seize the film industry were happening in Hong Kong now.  Capital has focused on the film industry. Although it has brought about a series of problems, the biggest benefit is that it has brought sufficient capital for the development of Hong Kong films. Although it is not necessary to have money to make good films, the more  Works with big casts require more investment, which is something he has been actively promoting in recent years.  The newspapers were quickly read through. Lin Xiaozhi didn't read too much about the news about his company. He basically read it at a glance.  After quickly flipping through a dozen newspapers, he breathed a long sigh of relief, drank down the sweet wine that Li Jiaxin poured for him on the table next to him, then stood up and looked at the Victoria Bay not far away, stretching lazily.  Lazy back.  "The easy days are coming to an end. Fortunately, the weather is nice now!" "Jurassic Park" premiered at the National Building Museum in Washington. On the first day of release, the box office was low and then increased. On that day, it handed over a single-day box office of 1864  The report card worth 10,000 US dollars shocked the United States.  Yes, it really shocked the United States.  In fact, although Michael Crichton, the author of "Jurassic Park", is well-known in the United States, and the original novel adapted from the movie was published in 1990, it quickly set off a reading craze in the United States due to his broad imagination.  When the well-known director Spielberg announced that he would shoot this work, not only the original author tactfully told him that it would be difficult to produce the desired effect with current technology, but also many American film giantsThey are not even willing to invest.  The outside world is not optimistic about him. The American media once ridiculed Spielberg. Even when he finally attracted investment and extended invitations to Harrison Ford and William Hurt, Harrison  Ford declined to play the leading role with excuses, and William Hurt simply refused without even reading the script.  The general disapproval of American society even caused Spielberg's confidence to waver for a time. When the filming was completed in only three months and entering post-production, he wrote in a letter to his friends: "  Shooting it was probably the worst decision I've ever made in my life. Tippett (who provided CG support on Jurassic Park) had a huge workload and wasn't happy with it. I was even considering asking Lucasfilm  (Industrial Light and Magic, part of Lucasfilm) asked for help, at least their robots did a good job! "But even though the movie was not well received before it was completed, "Jurassic Park" quickly proved it with the box office after it was released.  Shooting it was the most correct choice Spielberg made in his life.  ¡°Jurassic Park¡± won a lot of exclamations at its premiere, and on its first day of release, ¡°Jurassic Park¡± topped all the movies released on that day in North America.  Although it only had three screening days in its first week of release, "Jurassic Park" shocked the United States with an astonishing weekly box office of $91.47 million.  After handing over a perfect report card, Spielberg became more and more confident and contacted his two main investors, Universal and Lin Xiaozhi, and began to plan for global release.  As a major investor, Lam Hsiao-chi not only owns the largest theater chain in Hong Kong, but also, after numerous acquisitions, is now one of the major theater developers in Japan and the UK.  So after a short negotiation, Lin Xiaozhi successfully obtained the main distribution rights in the three places, and then changed hands and arranged the release time of "Jurassic Park" in the UK to August 5th. As for Japan and Hong Kong, respectively  He arranged it on August 19th and August 27th!  After making this arrangement, Media Asia turned from being passive to being proactive, creating a favorable battlefield for its many movies to attack "Jurassic Park" starting early in the morning!  Media Asia Pictures Group, in Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s office.  Quietly avoiding possible media reporters through the back door, Lin Xiaozhi came to his office, where Ye Weixin had been waiting for a long time.  "Lin Sheng" "Sit" Lin Xiaozhi took off his coat and hung it on a hanger nearby, with a bit of a smile on his face: "I go to and from get off work every day and have to hide like a thief. I really hope it's over there in London.  Mr. Song and the others can get it done as soon as possible! "The battle to acquire Standard Chartered Bank has entered a fever pitch. After Song Nianhui flew to the UK, the main battleground for the equity battle around Standard Chartered has moved to the UK. With the efforts of Standard Chartered's management, it has already  More than a dozen small and medium-sized shareholders have defected to the current management, and the Goldstone family is working hard to absorb stocks. Currently, Standard Chartered¡¯s senior management holds close to 30% of the shares that they can influence, which is no better than Kowloon Bank, which was preparing half a year in advance.  The shares taken are much less.  Fortunately, in the past period of time, Song Nianhui also won over several small and medium-sized shareholders and increased his shares.  At the same time, after a period of public relations, Lloyds Bank's quotation gradually fell back into the range acceptable to them. Just yesterday morning, when Song Nianhui called him from London, he speculated that it should be able to offer 335 million yuan.  At a price below the pound, Lloyds Bank acquired about 6.03% of Standard Chartered shares!  Once they win Lloyds, their stake in Standard Chartered will jump to more than 45%, firmly gaining the upper hand.  When the situation becomes clear, I believe many Standard Chartered institutional investors who are still waiting to see the situation will turn to them.  Weixin Yip had just returned from the United States. He and Li Guoxing went to the United States and negotiated with Spielberg and Universal Pictures about the distribution rights of "Jurassic Park" in Hong Kong, Japan and the United Kingdom. By the way, he also contacted a few people.  An American theater company that has cooperated with Media Asia in recent years has discussed the release of several films in the United States.  After the negotiation, Ye Weixin returned directly to Hong Kong, while Li Guoxing, who went with him, transferred to the UK to temporarily take over the management of UCT Cinemas. He would have to temporarily take over the management of UCT Cinemas until the new president completed the handover procedures and went to work in the UK.  Staying in the UK, the two people Lin Xiaozhi likes the most are the former president of Debao Cinemas and the former president of Golden Princess Cinema. He had previously invited Sum Jianxun, but he was rejected.  Since Debao left his job, he has set up a leather film company called Maverick Production Company. In the past few years, he has invested in several movies. Unfortunately, this veteran doesn't know if it is.  The brain is so funny, I have made several artistic films that are so painful that I will not pay for my life, although the cost is not high.?? also lost three to four million.  After entering the New Year this year, Shun Jianxun seems to have finally enlightened his mind. It is more likely that he has almost wiped out all his capital due to a series of money-losing movies. He finally stopped making literary movies and returned to his old business.  As for low-budget comedies, this type of film is no longer a hot spot in the market, but it is not difficult to make money. Moreover, as a former Hong Kong film giant, Shum Jianxun also has extraordinary appeal and connections in the industry.  It was quite lively.  Cen Jianxun was reluctant to part with his film company, so Lin Xiaozhi had no choice but to send someone to contact Wu Zhaocan.  This time Wu Zhaocan did not refuse him anymore, but readily agreed.  Ng Siu-chan has been managing the Golden Princess Cinema chain for the Kowloon tycoon since the days of Lei Juek-kun. He has been working hard for more than ten years. He also pioneered the Hong Kong cinema catering retail business model. At one time, he also wanted to establish a movie membership system, but unfortunately his several suggestions were rejected.  Lei Juekun's excuse for taking risks was suppressed. During Lei Qizheng's period, he proposed again and was rejected. When Luo Zhaohui even proposed funding to upgrade the theater configuration, he was not approved. He watched helplessly as the biggest golden princess in the industry in the past.  The theater is now several blocks ahead of its old rivals, Jiahe and Debao Cinemas. It¡¯s no wonder he feels frustrated and wants to leave.  However, it is not easy for Wu Zhaocan to resign. His contract with Princess Jin has expired long ago. However, Luo Zhaohui has few connections in the industry, and he cannot choose a suitable person to take over his job. After all, Wu Zhaocan still  Thinking of his old club, he agreed to give them two to three months to find a suitable successor.  After taking a seat, Lin Xiaozhi made two cups of black tea and handed one to Ye Weixin. He took a few sips and then put it down. He smiled and said, "You performed brilliantly at the Cannes Film Festival this year. "The Truman Show" has been one after another.  He won the Palme d'Or, the Jury Prize and the International Federation of Film Critics Award for his outstanding performance. Don't you blame me for delaying the screening of the movie for so long? " His eyes looked a little weird when he mentioned this movie.  , he had obviously changed the name to "Whose World" when he was writing the script, but when it came to post-production after filming, Ye Weixin felt that the name was not good because the protagonist's name was "Truman"  , so he took the initiative to change the name of the movie back to "The Truman Show". Unexpectedly, it went full circle and became a reincarnation.  At this year¡¯s Cannes Film Festival, ¡°The Truman Show¡± performed really well.  When the international media group watched the movie, it aroused exclamations and admiration. If Lin Xiaozhi had not told Ye Weixin to slowly talk about distribution, distributors in many countries including the United States even promised to have it released by the end of June at the latest.  Released in the country.  You must know that this is definitely a treatment that only popular movies can get. Many movies that are favored by distributors from various countries at the film festival can only have the opportunity to land in theaters in various countries half a year to a year after the film festival.  Ye Weixin just came back from the United States and went to see two "Jurassic Park" movies in person. He shook his head solemnly: "I know the company's plan. In order to snipe "Jurassic Park", it is acceptable to sacrifice a little box office. Although  Lin Sheng, you have already told us in advance that this movie is extraordinary, but Mr. Li and I still didn't believe it at the time. We went to the theater to watch it twice before coming back, and finally understood Lin Sheng's worries.  Letting such a movie be released in Hong Kong will definitely be a disaster for Hong Kong films" "Jurassic Park" also has investment from Lin Xiaozhi. It's not that he is stupid and insists on struggling with money. If he doesn't target "Jurassic Park"  He felt uncomfortable, but no one knew better than him how much impact this movie had on Hong Kong films in history.  Historically, although American blockbusters had already established a foothold in the Taiwanese market before 1993, Hong Kong films still firmly controlled more than half of the market in Taiwan. It was not until 1993 that small and medium-sized film producers were established and "Jurassic Park" was established.  In 1994, Hong Kong films were defeated by American blockbusters for the first time in this most important foreign city. Their market share fell below 40%, and they have never recovered since.  The same is true in Southeast Asia. Since the late 1980s, Southeast Asian countries have successively launched local protectionism to support their own films. The life of Hong Kong films has not been so easy.  The same goes for Japan and South Korea, the two important foreign markets that Hong Kong films are most eager to develop. South Korea and Japan both belong to the Four Asian Tigers and are one of the richest countries in Asia. Their box office is more than twice or twice as big as that of Hong Kong. However, the two countries¡¯  Local films were not very good, and the government did not dare to offend the United States. As a result, "Jurassic Park" quickly triggered a movie-watching frenzy in Asia as soon as it was released. From then on, the concept of American blockbusters became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.  "For Hong Kong films, the most cruel thing is the defeat of the local city.  As a British colony, Hong Kong has actually had British films released in Hong Kong since before World War II. However, British films did not live up to expectations. With the rise of local films in Hong Kong, in the 1950s and 1960s, they were squeezed out of the market in Hong Kong.  Sixty or seventySince the 2000s, American films have also begun to pay attention to the Hong Kong market. A series of American hit blockbusters including "Star Wars" and "Terminator" have actually been screened in Hong Kong. However, due to the huge cultural differences, this  A series of movies have failed at the box office in Hong Kong. The only two American movies that have exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars in box office were both produced in recent years, namely "Terminator 2" and "Batman 2".  Although there are only a few successful ones, it cannot be ignored that Hong Kong movie fans' attitudes towards American movies have begun to change with the increase in their appreciation level and their continuous absorption and contact with foreign cultures. Now Hong Kong movies alone can no longer fully satisfy their desire for novel movies.  pursuit.  That's why historically, once "Jurassic Park" was released in Hong Kong, it quickly defeated all Hong Kong films released in the same batch and dominated the August box office alone, and then took over most of the September box office.  With a revenue of more than HK$60 million, it was able to maintain the title of the highest box office in Hong Kong until another shipwreck movie also came from the United States in 1997, and it was content to give up the title of "the highest box office movie in Hong Kong".  Just think about it, Hong Kong movies, which are called "Oriental Hollywood", were dominated by an American movie in the box office in 1993, and were not taken over by another American movie until the second half of 1997. And this  In the past few years, Hong Kong filmmakers and Hong Kong films have been defeated one by one while constantly trying to regain this honor that should belong to them. What a cruel blow it is. It is no wonder that a well-known Hong Kong filmmaker would say this  There are desperate words like "Hong Kong films were defeated in 1993, died in 1997, and there will be no more Hong Kong films after 1998."  Since he has been reborn, Lin Xiaozhi will naturally not allow such a thing to happen again.  He has been preparing for "Jurassic Park" for a long time, and investing in its filming is just the next step he can't stop. On the one hand, he can share part of the box office dividends, and on the other hand, he can also take the opportunity to gain first-hand control of the film.  Movie information.  After all, with Spielberg's connections and net worth, although he was not favored at first, he was eventually able to win over investors to film "Jurassic Park."  In fact, it also proved that his investment in "Jurassic Park" was a clever move. Media Asia relied on this relationship to obtain the distribution rights for it in Hong Kong, Japan and the United Kingdom. At least it can calmly distribute it in these three Media Asia  The main market of sniping the box office of "Jurassic Park".
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