After Davide left, Huo Yaowen stood by the window alone, looking at Victoria Harbor in the distance, and was full of emotion for a while.

Decade!

It's been ten years!

From the rebirth of Hong Kong to 1968, ten years have passed.

Next to Victoria Harbour, there are many more high-rise buildings than there were ten years ago.

In the previous life, Huo Yaowen liked Jia Dao's "Swordsman" very much: he sharpened a sword for ten years, but the frost blade was never tried. Show the king today, who has injustice.

Although ten years later, he still can't be a swordsman, and he can't draw his sword, but in ten years, from an ordinary person living in a housing estate who needs to endure the stench of toilets, step by step to today, it is not easy to live in this mid-level villa full of wealthy businessmen and dignitaries in Hong Kong.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

was thinking about it, when suddenly Huo Yaowen heard a knock on the door.

Looking back, I saw Anna open the door, saw him standing at the window, and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that you were going to Sir Zhou and Uncle Huo's house to pay New Year's greetings? ”

"I almost forgot if you didn't say it. ”

This year is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and in previous years, I went to visit Sir Zhou and Huo Guantai during this time period.

Huo Yaowen smiled and stepped forward to hug Anna's waist and asked, "Have you taken all the gifts for the New Year?"

"Well, it's already in the car. ”

"Let's go, then. ”

……

Time flies quickly, and before you know it, it's April.

During this period, in addition to writing the fourth part of "Game of Thrones" at home, Huo Yaowen devoted more energy and time to the listing of Huanyu Newspaper.

However, if you want to go public in the United States, it is much more complicated than listing in Hong Kong, and it involves many aspects, and it may be difficult to do it for a while.

Regarding this situation, Huo Yaowen also instructed David to let him devote himself to the operation of the listing, and if there is anything he needs, he can mention it directly to him.

On the other hand, Hollywood Twentieth Century Fox has also transferred the box office share of "Jurassic Park" to the account of Universal in the United States, and Huo Yaowen does not want to move this money for the time being, but just asks the American branch of Universal to use various tax avoidance methods as much as possible.

Waiting for this matter, Huo Yaowen finished lunch and drove to Huanyu Film Company.

In a few days, it will be the day when the second part of "1999" will be released, and Huo Yaowen is also looking forward to this movie, not seeking to break the box office of one billion, as long as it can reach 500 million US dollars, it will already be a big profit.

After all, this is a series of movies, and the success of the second part means that the third and fourth parts in the future can also be successful.

Inside the small screening room of Universal Films.

Huo Yaowen watched the movie with Wen Yingguang and other company executives.

In general, the shooting is not bad, the sense of special effects is still quite strong, in the way of aerial photography, shooting the space battleship built next to the Grand Canyon, giving people a strong sense of shock, in the final process of human beings taking up arms to counterattack, with the famous American soundtrack artist John Williams, the majestic symphony, tragic and a touch of desolation.

As if to indicate the act of humanity counterattacking a powerful alien enemy, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

But in the end, it was only at the expense of one-third of humanity that the advance force of Alpha Star was completely defeated.

That's right, this massive space battleship is just an advance force for aliens!

"General manager, this is a great shot, I believe it will definitely exceed a billion dollars!"

Wen Yingguang was very excited after watching it, the final battle was no less than some documentaries about the war in the early years, the pictures of hundreds of tanks, dozens of fighter planes bombing alien spaceships, and the dense resistance army that could not be seen at a glance, it gave people a feeling of blood boiling.

"If it's less than a billion dollars, you gave it?" Huo Yaowen glanced at Wen Yingguang and asked with a smile.

"This ...... Haha, I have so much money, but this movie is really good!" Wen Yingguang snorted, he didn't dare to guarantee the ticket.

"It's a good shot. Huo Yaowen nodded and praised.

This time George Lucas is very powerful, although the previous plot is a bit boring, but it does not prevent this movie from being a very good-looking popcorn movie, whether it is Armageddon, or the laser weapons used by alien spaceships, or all kinds of wonderful black technology, it is enough to be worth the ticket price.

"It's May 1st, isn't it?"

"Yes, on May 1st, we have recently advertised it in various theaters, TV and newspapers. ”

"May 1st......" Huo Yaowen counted the days, and it was only half a month, and suddenly remembered "Antarctic Love" and asked: "How is the movie Antarctic Love?"

"Originally, it was planned to be released in March, but because of the release of "Galaxy Showdown", it had to be postponed. ”

"Galaxy showdown?

"It's Warner Studios Hollywood, it is said that it has invested more than 30 million, but the box office is not very ideal, listening to the branch, it has only been almost two months and has only got more than 20 million box office. ”

Speaking of the box office of this movie, Wen Yingguang is still a little gloating, who let you rob the release schedule of "Antarctic Love", now you will reap the consequences, an investment of 30 million, at least more than 70 million will not lose money, at present, the American market is not good, I can only hope that foreign countries can sell a little more to earn back.

As he was talking, suddenly the door of the screening hall was opened from the outside, and Manager Zhang of the production department walked in, and after seeing the boss, he hurriedly said: "General manager, just now Uncle Shao of the Shaw Brothers called in person, saying that he was looking for you, the general manager." ”

"Sixth Uncle Shao?" Huo Yaowen frowned, wondering why Sixth Uncle Shao was looking for himself at this time?

"General manager, what is Uncle Shao looking for you?"

"I don't know, I'll answer the phone later. ”

After Huo Yaowen walked out of the screening hall and arrived at the general manager's office, he picked up the phone that had been waiting for a long time.

"Hey, is it Uncle Six?"

When Uncle Shao heard the voice, he said impatiently: "Yaowen, you finally answered the phone!"

Huo Yaowen said apologetically: "I'm sorry Uncle Six, I've kept you waiting, I was watching the film in the screening room just now." ”

"No ......

Where would Uncle Shao care about this little rudeness at this time, on the other end of the microphone, he was anxiously saying: "Yaowen, this time you have to help your sixth uncle!"

Help?

Huo Yaowen was confused, although Shaw Brothers movies have not been very good in recent years, and wireless stations are not as dominant as in another time and space, but he is a former overlord in the film industry, and he has more connections in Hong Kong than himself, how could he ask for him?

"Sixth uncle, don't worry, you can tell me slowly if there is anything. ”

"Alas, I regret that I didn't listen to you at the beginning!" Uncle Shao Liu said angrily: "I don't know if Yao Wenxiao knows about a science fiction movie that I cooperated with Warner America?"

Forehead?

Huo Yaowen's face was strange, and he secretly wondered if it could be ......

"Uncle Six, it won't be the movie "Galaxy Showdown", right!"

"It's this movie, Yaowen, you know? That's easy, I invested a full $10 million in this movie! It was released in the United States in March, and the total box office is now less than 20 million!"

10 million US dollars, equivalent to almost 50 million Hong Kong dollars, this is not a small amount!

Even if Uncle Shao Liu's family has a big business, it can be regarded as the limit if he takes out 50 million Hong Kong dollars in cash at once, not to mention that the box office of this movie will fail!

I don't dare to say that I will directly let Shaw Brothers go bankrupt, at least it will hurt my muscles and bones.

In another time and space, after tasting the sweetness of "Cannonball Speed", Golden Harvest spent tens of millions of dollars to invest in and co-produce a "Dragon Detective" with American film companies, which grossed less than one million dollars in the United States, almost bankrupting Golden Harvest, which was still tens of millions of dollars in 1985!

Now 78 years, 10 million US dollars, for Shao Liushu, a movie tycoon, is also not a small amount, once the loss is serious, it is easy to affect the development of the entire Shaw Brothers film.

Originally, Shaw Brothers was not doing well now, and if it tossed like this, it might not be possible to stop production earlier than another time and space.

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