Chapter 37: The Celebration Banquet
On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the curtain finally came down after four weeks of screening. In this short period of time, the three major film companies have exhausted all means for the box office of the film.
On the second day after the release of Jiayi Film Company's new films in Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, the companies of Jiayi Group that it relies on began to promote on a large scale, and the TV station did not stop during the release of the movie "Thousand Kings and Thousand Heroes". Subsequently, Xiangyu Group also began to promote Jiayi's films.
Not to be outdone, Run Run Shaw saw Jiayi's momentum, and immediately promoted the thief detective produced by TVB for his film company. And Golden Harvest's wrinkled Huai saw that both companies were menacing, and immediately arranged for He Guanchang to contact Li's TV station and cooperate with Li to compete with Wireless and Jiayi.
In January this year, Xiangjiang fans are happy, and the three major companies have come up with their own sincere works, with big stars they are familiar with. Sammo Hung 's Mr. Zan and Looking for Qian Hua, Wu Yaohan's thief and clever detective, and Xie Xian starring in the Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants.
At the beginning of 1979, the competition between the three major film companies was fierce, and Heung Kong Media focused on several companies during this time, and could always find various topics in the three companies for the entertainment of Heung Kong citizens.
With the films of Shaw Brothers and Jiayi painted together, the first battle between the three major film companies at the beginning of the year also came to an end. The vigorous promotion of Jiayi Film Company Jiayi Group and Xiangyu Group, coupled with the fact that the film is really good, finally reached a box office of 5.02 million Hong Kong dollars. Although it is still a big gap from the box office of the 78-year deed of sale, and it is not as high as the box office of the previous life. But so far, it's already very good, especially for Jiayi's first film.
Shaw Brothers Thief Detective Duoduo has achieved a box office of 4.26 million Hong Kong dollars, which is higher than the box office in the previous life, and the wireless publicity is really not covered. The worst is Golden Harvest, under the attack of Jiayi and Shaw Brothers, Mr. Zan and Zhao Qianhua only had a box office of 1.81 million, and they had no choice but to paint it after three weeks of release. This movie, which achieved a box office of 2.86 million in its previous life, lost 1.05 million at the box office under the influence of Li Guangyu.
In order to celebrate the company's good start, Jiayi Film Company held a celebratory reception at the Peninsula Hotel.
At half past seven in the evening of January 26 (the 28th day of the lunar month), Li Guangyu's motorvoy arrived at the Peninsula Hotel. At this time, the senior management of Jiayi Group has been in place, and the company's famous artists have also come to the venue.
Li Guangyu said at the reception: "First of all, I want to thank all the crew members of the Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants, it is with your efforts that our film can achieve such good results." In order to thank you for your contribution to the company, I have decided to reward it with 300,000 pairs. ”
As soon as Li Guangyu said this, all the crew members of Qianwang Douqianba immediately thanked: "Thank you Li Sheng." "Especially a few leading actors and Wang Jing, which means that they have an extra income of tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.
Li Guangyu continued: "Don't be envious of the rest of our staff, all the staff of my Li family have red envelopes during the Spring Festival, and I, Li Guangyu, will not make everyone pay for the company without returning." Since last year, we have paid an additional month's salary to our employees during the Spring Festival, and this year it will continue to be the same, and our company will form a practice in the future. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Li. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Li. ”
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The employees of the reception were very happy to hear that Li Guangyu gave them a red envelope of one month's salary.
Li Guangyu said: "Today is a cocktail party to celebrate the fight of thousands of kings, everyone has fun, and at the same time I wish everyone a happy New Year!"
After Li Guangyu finished speaking, everyone began to find familiar people and start chatting. Li Guangyu's side, Zhou Liang Shuyi, Qin Jiao, Shi Nansheng and others chatted about the company together. As for the original general manager of the film company, Li Guangyu has been transferred to the Li Industrial Park to serve as the deputy general manager of the printed circuit board company. Now Li Guangyu, the general manager of Jiayi Film Company, transferred Shi Nansheng, who works at Jiayi TV, to serve as the general manager in the past.
At this time, Wang Jing came over to toast Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, thank you for giving me the opportunity to become a well-known director." ”
Li Guangyu still attaches great importance to Wang Jing, and said: "Jing Zai, it is your ability to be famous, I just provide you with a platform." I believe that with your ability, even without me, your name as Wang Jing would still be able to make a name for yourself in Asia. ”
"Li Sheng is too famous, I still know my own ability, if it weren't for Li Sheng, I would still be an inconspicuous screenwriter in Shaw Brothers now. Wang Jing said modestly.
"Jing Zai, I can trust your ability, if you have any questions in the future, you can directly tell Manager Shi, with a good script, we will start filming directly, and our company will not lack that amount of funds for the time being. ”
"Li Sheng, thank you for your trust, I will definitely make a blockbuster movie. Wang Jing said.
Shi Nansheng saw that Li Guangyu valued Wang Jing so much, and also said: "Li Sheng rest assured, as long as Jing Tsai comes up with a good script, our company can invest money to start filming at any time." ”
Li Huanyu then said to Zhou Liang Shuyi and Qin Jiao: "Our group must do a good job in the overseas distribution of films, especially RB, which is the second largest box office market in the world, and we must seize it." ”
After Zhou Liang Shuyi heard Li Guangyu say this, she responded: "Li Sheng, relying on the relationship of Xiangyu Group in these places, we have contacted the cinema operators in Southeast Asia, Baodao, and RB, and we have not yet negotiated the release layer, we will negotiate as soon as possible, so that Qianwang Dou Qianba can be released in these regions." As for the American side, we have nothing to do for the time being. ”
Lee Guangyu was very happy to hear Zhou Liang Shuyi's answer, at least in Asia, he has been able to establish his own distribution channel. As for the United States, due to cultural differences, it is really not so easy to enter, so let's stabilize the Asian market for the time being.
Li Guangyu said: "This is very good, the United States does not have to worry about it for now, our company is currently putting the Asian market in jail." How's the TV station's preparations for tomorrow's party?"
Qin Jiao saw Li Guangyu asking about tomorrow's party, and immediately returned: "Li Sheng, I am mainly responsible for the TV station's party. Our group is mainly composed of TV station and record company personnel, and we prepare songs, sketches and dance programs. ”
Li Guangyu heard her say this, and he didn't ask anything more. Said to the senior management of Jiayi Group: "Tomorrow night, I will attend this party with the senior management of several other major companies under the Li family, I hope you can do a good job of this party, and let other major groups see the ability of our Jiayi Group." ”
Seeing Li Guangyu say this, several senior executives of Jiayi Group immediately assured: "Li Sheng rest assured, we will make this party an unforgettable party for the citizens of Xiangjiang, and we have gathered the high-quality resources of the group." We must let the brother group see the ability of our Jiayi Group, and prove that we are also a large group under the Li family. ”
Li Guangyu also chatted with Xie Xian and Huang Xingxiu for a while during the reception, and thanked them for participating in the filming of the Thousand Kings Fight.
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