In the blink of an eye, time has unconsciously come to the end of June, and the day of the first Hong Kong International Film Festival on July 3 is getting closer and closer.

There are also many foreigners from all over the world on the streets and alleys of Hong Kong Island, and the movie society has already set up screening booths along the coastline of Victoria Harbour.

In order to cooperate with the first Hong Kong International Film Festival, the government also gave great support, not only temporarily dismantling some public facilities near the observation deck, but also blocking the section of the road, in order to better organize the first film festival.

There are more than 21 countries in total, a total of 53 films to participate in the film festival, among which Fok Yaowen is the largest contribution, he not only contacted some overseas film companies such as Twentieth Century Fox and Toho Co., Ltd., but also cooperated with the British BBC television to invite them to participate in this Hong Kong International Film Festival, in order to promote the name of the film festival as much as possible.

After more than two months of publicity, the Hong Kong International Film Festival has gradually gained some fame overseas, in addition to the filmmakers who came to sign up for the exhibition, there are also many passers-by who buy tickets and fly to Hong Kong to participate.

Since Bruce Lee's kung fu movies swept the world a few years ago, kung fu films, a special film genre, also have a small number of fans overseas, so after the news of the upcoming opening of the first Hong Kong Film Festival was publicized, those greedy European and North American film distributors also rushed over, looking forward to finding another "Enter the Dragon".

As the date of the film festival gets closer and closer, all the members of the film association are busy with this matter, and Phoenix and Radio are also advertising the film festival almost around the clock, so as to attract audiences to buy tickets to see those foreign films during the festival.

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Soon, July 1.

On the first two days of the opening of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, in order to ensure that the scene was correct, Fok Yiu-man put on formal clothes early in the morning and drove to the vicinity of Victoria Harbour.

When Huo Yaowen entered the activity area of the film festival with a name tag, he saw Wen Yingguang and the members of the association from afar.

"General Manager. When Wen Yingguang saw the boss coming, he hurriedly ran over.

"How's the preparation going?"

Huo Yaowen looked around, in addition to the projection booth built of steel and tarpaulin, there were also a lot of light poles, thinking that it must be bright at night.

"It's almost all set up. ”

Wen Yingguang pointed to the largest tent inside and said, "I went in just now to see it, and the scene is very well arranged, enough to accommodate more than 600 people." ”

The opening ceremony was held in a tent set up outdoors, not that there are no suitable indoor venues in Hong Kong, but the main reason is that there are too many films on display, with a full 53 films!

You must know that at this time, Hong Kong Island does not have a large theater that can show more than 50 movies at one time, and it is not easy to disperse the movies into several theaters, and secondly, Hong Kong is the most comfortable climate in July, and it will not be hot during the day or night.

And in this era, there is no red carpet project, and Huo Yaowen doesn't want to engage in these bells and whistles for the ratings of the wireless station, so he agreed to put the film festival in Victoria Harbor.

"How is the preparation of the wireless station?" Huo Yaowen noticed that outside the tent of the opening ceremony, there were two signal vehicles specially used for live broadcasting.

Wen Yingguang said: "Ready, when I went over just now, Manager Fang told me that there was no problem with the live broadcast signal." ”

"It's okay to live streaming, I don't want something to go wrong. ”

Saying that, Huo Yaowen walked straight to the fence of the observation deck, looked into the distance, looked at the entire Victoria Harbour from afar, listened to the sound of the waves lapping and the whistle of the ship, I have to say that it is indeed good to put the film festival here.

After all, it's a beautiful part of Victoria Harbour day or night.

Enjoying the caress of the sea breeze, Huo Yaowen suddenly thought of something, turned back to Wen Yingguang and said, "By the way, the film must be kept well, I don't want to hear that some exhibitors' films have been lost." ”

Many of the more than 50 film films participating in the film festival this time are films that have not yet been released, although few people should come to steal them, but they still take precautions.

"Don't worry, general manager, I have contacted the people at the police station, they will send people to patrol here 24 hours a day in the past few days, and we have hired a large number of security personnel to guard the surroundings. ”

"Well, then you can keep busy here, I still have some things. ”

Huo Yaowen looked at his watch, it was already nine twenty o'clock, and it was not long before he made an appointment with Dongbao Club to discuss the release of Jurassic Park.

"Good general manager. ”

After saying goodbye to Wen Yingguang, Huo Yaowen went to the temporary parking lot outside, sat in the cab, and drove to the Mandarin Hotel.

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A little more than an hour later, in the conference room of the Mandarin Hotel.

Haruta Asai said: "Mr. Huo, you can rest assured, in order to cooperate with the release of "Jurassic Park", we Toho Co., Ltd. will screen all the films during the movie release period and make every effort to promote our movie!"

After listening to the translator's words, Huo Yaowen looked at Haruta Asai with a smile, nodded and said, "Don't worry about Hong Kong, I have already contacted another theater, and the movie Jurassic Park will be screened together at that time." I also sent someone to promote it during this time in Nanyang, and I think it will definitely attract a lot of viewers to see it when the time comes. ”

is different from the previous "1999", this "Jurassic Park" is because of the cooperation of the three companies, so although Huo Yaowen does not have much money to invest in the movie, it consumes a lot of energy and time!

Not only for the box office of the movie, but most importantly, for the big project of the dinosaur theme park!

Since the last time he asked Sir Chow for help, Fok Yiu-man has also cooperated with the Lands Department and paid 20% of the shares in exchange for the land on Lantau Island and part of the funds of the Lands Department, as well as the help of its infrastructure engineering team.

At this time, half of the first phase of the project has been completed, and according to the construction plan, it is estimated that the first phase will be completed by the end of this year, and it will be officially open to the public at that time.

And this point in time for completion is precisely stuck at the end of the global screening of the movie "Jurassic Park".

At that time, as long as the box office of the movie is high and the audience is enough, the opening of the world's first dinosaur theme park will definitely attract a large number of fans from all over the world to watch and play.

This is not like a movie is a one-shot deal, although the dinosaur theme park is not as good as Disneyland, but if it is done well, it is definitely the premier existence of the amusement park, and it is also a long-term business.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation. Huo Yaowen picked up the wine glass and raised it with a smile.

"Of course, it is our honor to be able to cooperate with Mr. Huo. ”

Haruka Asai happily picked up the glass and drank it dry.

With the first "1999", which sold 800 million US dollars worldwide, Dongbao Club has invested heavily in this "Jurassic Park", which is adapted from Huo Yaowen's original book, which can be described as full of confidence!

After drinking, Haruta Asai suddenly said, "Mr. Huo, why don't we go to the conference room next to us and have a look?"

"The conference room next to it?" Huo Yaowen was stunned.

Haruta Asai said, "Yes, I heard from director Akira Kurosawa before I came that there were a lot of directors and producers in the conference room next door. ”

Kurosawa's film was made two years ago called Delsu Uzara, which won the 1976 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

With this honor, he didn't need to come to Hong Kong, a little-known film festival, but because of Toho Club, he still brought the film to the exhibition.

"Then go check it out. ”

For Akira Kurosawa, who filmed classic films such as "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai", and at the same time created the era of Japanese films, Huo Yaowen still wants to see him.

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