In the front seats of the premiere hall, Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis, two founders of a film company from the United States, have put down the chocolates in their hands.

Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis were the original owners of Fox Films in the Twentieth World, but in '84 they were sold to Rupert Murdoch, a media magnate from Australia, for a high price.

Since then, although the two people who are partners in their careers are no longer giants in the film industry, they still pay special attention to the development of the world film industry.

Later, out of interest, they returned to work at Twentieth Century Fox, but they were no longer holders, but in a more middle-class position, engaged in the kind of film criticism that is similar to some writers in Hong Kong who specialize in writing reviews.

Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis are not short of money at all, on the contrary, they have a lot of money because they sold Twentieth Century Fox. Their love for the film industry is not comparable to that of the general public.

Not long ago, in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, there was a lot of uproar about Xu Ziming's subdivision of the film production department. This matter is not only known in the Asian film industry, but also began to be talked about on a small scale in the United States, and many film companies have been surprised by this practice and have a kind of imitation mentality.

Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis came to Hong Kong to see the truth of the matter, and after learning about the development of Hong Kong's film industry, they became interested in this person named Xu Ziming and the Oriental Film Company he runs.

It is a pity that Oriental Film Company has rarely cooperated with distribution companies in the United States until now, and the reason for this is not that Oriental Film Company is not good in quality and cannot open up the market.

On the contrary, the two have also seen many works under the Oriental Film Company, such as "The Gambler", which has been screened in many small cinemas in the United States, but this "Gambler", they estimate that the one released in American theaters should not be genuine.

So they guessed that it should be that the Oriental Film Company was positioned in a different direction and was not in a hurry to directly open the American market, so that the Oriental Film Company's reputation in the United States was not very large.

Xu Ziming's original positioning was indeed to become famous in Asia first. He believes that only by gaining a firm foothold in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian regions can we ensure the smooth entry of Oriental Film Company into the European and American markets.

Looking back at the movie, "Zombie Supreme" really has nothing to record, it is a completely psychedelic style movie, compared to Twentieth Century Fox's "Star Wars", this special effects are not enough to see, there is no sense of high-tech.

However, this movie is a big breakthrough in Hong Kong films in terms of shooting and production, which brought a huge shock to the two.

Sitting between Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis was a middle-aged blonde man with black-rimmed glasses and a bookish face.

"Mr. Diller, what do you think of this movie?" asked the man in a respectful tone.

The man commented: "Purely from the perspective of special effects movies, this "Zombie Supreme" is not bad, although it is much worse than "Star Wars", but even if it is put in Hollywood, it is a relatively high-level work." ”

Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis didn't expect the man to rate "Zombie Supreme" so highly, and Marvin Davis asked again: "How is the plot aspect of this movie, if I were twentieth century Fox."

Okay, is it possible for this movie to get a good box office?"

The man nodded and said: "This oriental type of psychedelic film, give me a very curious impulse, compared to the kind of horror films in the west, this "Zombie Supreme" gives people a cheerful and funny visual enjoyment, and it contains a lot of oriental culture, twentieth century Fox, can cooperate with a relatively good Asian film company such as Oriental Film Company." ”

In the United States, in addition to Twentieth Century Fox, there are other excellent film companies, such as Universal Pictures, Paramount, etc., but Twentieth Century Fox is, after all, the most powerful one in the American film industry.

Mark Ritchie asked puzzledly: "Can this movie really be a box office hit?"

The man laughed, "We don't have a problem with the distribution of Fox in the twentieth century, our main concern is the quality of the film. From the perspective of shooting, this movie does not blindly choose special effects, but mixes a certain flavor of special effects in it, which is very comfortable in terms of visual enjoyment and does not have too much abruptness. In terms of plot, they are quite cleverly set up, the content is compact and interlocking, and it is easy to be engaging. And then there are these actors, everyone's acting skills are very realistic, like real scenes, is there any reason why such a scene is not a box office hit?"

Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis put on a teachable look on their faces, and then continued to watch Zombie Supreme, which was nearing the end.

Who is this man who spoke to the original owner of Twentieth Century Fox?

It can make Mark Ritchie and Marvin Davis, the former owners of Twentieth Century Fox, so respectful.

This man, he is the famous American director and entertainment tycoon Barry Diller. He once promoted the rapid development of Paramount Pictures in the American film market, leaving a strong mark in the American film industry.

Last year, he left Paramount to start working at Twentieth Century Fox, and in terms of film qualifications, he is higher than the two.

In a sense, Barry Diller can be regarded as a legend of American cinema, and his status among filmmakers is extremely high.

That's why media magnate Rupert Murdoch went out of his way to poach Barry Diller from Paramount and later created the Fox Network.

Before the film ended, the trio had already made plans to leave, and Mark Ritchie said: "We can talk to the boss of Oriental Film Company about the distribution of this style of film in the United States." ”

Barry Diller said with a smile: "This trip to Hong Kong does not need this trip, movies with this theme are really rare in the United States, if they are released to the United States and properly promoted, this kind of movie should sell well in major theaters in the United States." ”

The three of them chatted a few words in a hurry, and then slowly left the theater accompanied by several entourages on the side. It's just that they all have one thing in mind, that is, Twentieth Century Fox, to negotiate the distribution rights of this kind of film in the United States.

The people of Twentieth Century Fox happened to leave from the aisle of Lin Zhengying's location, and Lin Zhengying glanced at a few ghosts out of curiosity, and he was also curious that ghosts also liked this kind of psychedelic movies.

Curious is curious, Lin Zhengying's eyes quickly moved to the big screen and watched the plot at the end of the movie.

As the ending song of the movie sounded, Huang Baiming in the front row couldn't help yawning.

He suddenly remembered the memory a few years ago, and Xu Ziming asked Huang Baiming very sincerely if he was willing to cooperate with him

, joined Xu Ziming's film company.

Now thinking about the current face of Xinyicheng, Huang Baiming regrets that he refused at the beginning.

knew that Xinyicheng would be like this, and Huang Baiming would join Xu Ziming's film company whenever he said anything.

"Didi, Didi..." Mecca next to Huang Baiming was quickly turning out the pager in the bag at the moment, and when she saw the specific information on the pager, Mecca smiled and said: "It's up, the stock I bought the day before yesterday has gone up, and this time it's big." ”

What Mecca was holding in his hand was not an ordinary communication device, but a pager of the latest generation.

If you look closely, you will find that the pager is engraved with the capitalized "Starlight Intelligent Manufacturing", which is undoubtedly the latest new product developed by Gold Fosun Communication.

Mecca took the pager in his hand and said with a smile: "This little thing, the function is still quite powerful, it can not only contact, but also facilitate stock speculation, the key is to have Chinese subtitles, this Xu Ziming and Huang Jinfu really have a set." ”

Since Xu Ziming and Huang Jinfu jointly established a scientific research studio, the two have spent a lot of money before and after, hired high-tech talents, and invested a lot of money to solve the technical problem of Chinese subtitle display.

After nearly a year, the new pager was finally developed. This latest pager is a product developed not long ago, and has many functions, the key is to provide investors with Hong Kong stock market information, but there may still be some technical problems.

In order to ensure error-free performance, pager companies are still selling them on a small scale, so that even if errors are found, they can be easily adjusted.

In other words, it was a stroke of luck that Mecca could buy it. In the whole of Hong Kong, there are still a few people who can have such pagers.

Mecca's expression of being fascinated by stock speculation made Huang Baiming half dead, and now he is the only one in the new art city Huang Baiming is still dedicated to making movies seriously, but he is restricted by equity everywhere and can't show his hands.

is so unfair, he Huang Baiming has long had the idea of leaving to work alone.

The premiere of the psychic film has been screened, Hong Jinbao loosened his tie, turned his head and said to Lin Zhengying: "A-Ying, your psychic film is going to be a big hit, the company has to win the first place in this quarterly evaluation." ”

The comedy co-directed by Hong Jinbao and Wang Jin is still being filmed, but Hong Jinbao feels that it may really not win.

Lin Zhengying said with a smile: "Brother Sanmao said that he was joking, although this film is good, it is very difficult to win an award." ”

Hong Jinbao also seems to remember "The Favorite" released with "Zombie Supreme", and can't help laughing: "Eighty percent of literary films have a low attendance rate." ”

Lin Zhengying has become extra cautious when she speaks now, and she said very cautiously: "It's hard to say. ”

It is indeed difficult for a fantasy film to win an award, and a literary film that is easy to win an award is being screened in the thirteen theaters of the rented Shaw Brothers at the moment.

The Oriental Film Company has its own 15 independent cinemas, as well as 13 cinemas that Debao had previously leased from Shaw Brothers.

"Zombie Supreme" was released in the East Theater, and the other is "The Favorite" directed and starred by Zhang Aijia, which was released in the West Theater.

Compared with the daily popularity of "Zombie Supreme", which premiered in the East Theater, "The Favorite" released in the West Theater was not as good as expected because of the great impact, but the attendance rate of eighty percent shows that "The Favorite" is still acceptable to the audience.

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