"Mr. Zeng, the source of piracy of "Diary of a Big Husband" was found, and sure enough, there was a problem in Japan. Sumiyoshi would threaten to buy the manager of a movie theater owned by Sony Cinemas and get a copy of the movie from him!" said Asia Pictures' distribution manager, knocking on the door of the company's CEO's office with a gloomy face.

"Sony, it seems that they have just announced their full support for VHS recorders, and it seems that the support is really strong!" Zeng Zhiwei raised his head, leaned back in the boss's chair, and said with a smile.

"My colleagues in the Tokyo office have collected enough evidence, what should I do next? Do I want to report the case to the Metropolitan Police Department?" asked the manager of the distribution department cautiously.

"Of course, Japan is a country with very strict copyright protection, and it is rare for such serious piracy and infringement incidents to occur! Sumiyoshikai, hehe, when did they stop charging protection fees and switch to making pirated videotapes?

It seems that the conspiracy behind this is not simple! Ah Tao, you will invite the major media in Hong Kong to hold a press conference tomorrow. Although these pirated videotapes and VCDs are sold on a large scale in Taiwan and Southeast Asia rather than in Japan, we still hope that the Japanese government will earnestly fulfill its responsibilities and obligations to combat piracy and safeguard our legitimate interests!

Of course, you can also make a few timely remarks about the anomalies behind piracy. For example, the only VCD disc manufacturer we have designated now is Taiwan's Guanrun Group. And ordinary copycat factories have not had time to update the equipment needed to make pirated VCDs!

However, the technology required to produce VCDs is actually similar to that required to produce CD discs. Except for ourselves. In Asia, only Japanese electronics companies have the technology to manufacture VCDs.

And our VCD player and Japanese electronics company's video recorder products, just in the fierce market competition. How to guide the media next, I guess I don't need to say it anymore!" Zeng Zhiwei gently tapped the boss's table with one hand. Said unhurriedly.

"Mr. Zeng, I know how to deal with it!" the distribution manager nodded, and immediately went out to deploy the next arrangements.

"Diary of a Big Husband" is one of the main films promoted by Asian Pictures in the first half of this year. It is an urban light comedy that tells the story of Ah Rong, a successful angel investor, who meets two beautiful women, flight attendant Sally and fashion designer Anny, on a business trip to Japan.

Ah Rong soon began to step on two boats. Dating two beauties at the same time. And in order to prevent the two girlfriends from discovering each other's existence, Ah Rong played all tricks. But his lie was eventually exposed, so the two beauties quietly formed an alliance. It was decided to join forces to rectify this flowery carrot.

played the actor Ah Rong in "Diary of a Big Husband", and Zhang Guorong, who officially became popular throughout Asia with "The True Color of Heroes". In another time and space, the original protagonist of this movie was Fa Ge, but under the influence of the butterfly effect. Now it has become Zhang Guorong's first challenge to a comedy role.

Japan is undoubtedly the largest film market in Asia. The annual box office reached hundreds of billions of yen, almost more than the box office of other Asian countries combined. Although Hong Kong films have swept South Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, the development of the Japanese market, Asia's biggest fatty, has not been satisfactory.

The Japanese film industry flourished as early as the fifties, but with the large-scale invasion of Hollywood, the Japanese film industry soon declined. The current Japanese film market has been completely reduced to the backyard of Hollywood.

And after decades of cultivation, the taste of Japanese audiences has also become completely Americanized. Hong Kong films are compared to Hollywood films. It can only be said that it is relatively shoddy, so it is difficult to gain the approval of Japanese fans with tricky tastes.

As for the films of Japan. After being defeated by Hollywood, they can only seek extreme development to survive, such as animated films and horror films. Because the mainstream moviegoers in Japan are housewives, some people have even conducted special research, and there may not be restaurants or casinos around Japanese movie theaters, but there will always be beauty shops.

When housewives go to watch movies, they always like to drag their families with them, so animated movies that meet children's tastes are becoming more and more popular. In addition to animated films, horror films are also a major feature of Japanese films. And its movie-going crowd is mainly Japanese teenage couples.

Because they generally like to hunt for curiosities, and you know, when a horror plot appears, couples who are still only in the hand-in-hand stage may hug each other all of a sudden.

In contrast, in Japan, where machismo is rife, there are the least cases of a group of buddies ganging up to go to the movies. Therefore, Hong Kong films, which are dominated by martial arts films, gunfight films, and gangster hero films, are far from being as hot in the Japanese market as other parts of Asia.

So far, there are only two Hong Kong movie stars who have really knocked on the door of the Japanese market and have great appeal in Japan. One is Bruce Lee, who has been trending for a long time, and the other is Chen Long.

Chen Long's success in Asia and in Hollywood in the future relies on the design of various thrilling stunts that dare to fight and are not afraid of death. "Plan A 1" grossed 3.1 billion yen in Japan. And the sequel "Plan A 2", which was released just last year, also achieved a box office of 2 billion yen. Chen Long can be said to be the most important trump card in the hands of Golden Harvest Company.

In the past two years, Zhou Runfa, who has successfully turned over through "The True Color of Heroes", and is popular enough to compete with Chen Long in other parts of Asia, has far less influence in the Japanese market than Jackie Chan. In fact, the two movies in the "True Colors of Heroes" series also did well at the box office in Japan.

But the person who really impressed Japanese fans with this movie was Zhang Guorong who played Song Zihao. In terms of appearance, Zhang Guorong is indeed more fresh meat than Zhou Runfa, so it is easier to capture the love of a large number of Japanese grandmother fans.

Asian Pictures naturally covets the Japanese market, and Zhang Guorong, who already has a good foundation, is the pioneer of Asian Films in opening up the Japanese film market. This "Diary of a Big Husband" is one of the stepping stones for Zhang Guorong to enter the Japanese market.

In order to make Japanese fans more immersed, not only did Sally, one of the heroines, be set as a JAL flight attendant, but also specially invited Japanese actresses to star, and the movie was also filmed in Tokyo.

But less than a week after its release in Japan, a film that embodied the ambitions of Asian Cinema began to appear in large quantities of pirated tapes and VCDs.

This naturally hit the box office of "Diary of a Big Husband" hard, according to the estimates of the distribution department of Asia Pictures, the box office shrinkage alone will exceed 20 million Hong Kong dollars, not counting the loss of the video distribution market. (To be continued.) )