Lin Cheng stood up and announced: "The contemptible Lin Cheng has invested 70 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire Oriental Cinemas, and the new cinema company will be renamed New Oriental Cinemas. In addition, I want to advertise my film "Infernal Affairs", which has been successfully completed and will premiere in Hong Kong and the mainland at the same time during the National Day schedule on October 1st.

"Boom!"

The scene once again set off an uproar, Oriental Cinema Line was officially acquired and will be renamed New Oriental Cinema, and the financier behind the scenes, as expected, is Lin Cheng's house.

What's even more shocking is that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" only held a start-up press conference on September 11, and it was announced on September 23, during which it was only twelve days, which is really too rushed!

Moreover, Lin Cheng also swore that "Infernal Affairs" will be released in the mainland and Xiangjiang on October 1 on the National Day, and he also made a world premiere.

The title of the world premiere has always been qualified for the use of tall Hollywood blockbusters, which onion is your "Infernal Affairs"?

So after the signing ceremony was held and the reporters asked questions freely, Lin Cheng's front was crowded with reporters who were eager to ask questions, and the microphones of all sizes were almost stuffed into Lin Cheng's mouth.

The reporter's question was not polite at all, "Lin Sheng, it only took 12 days for "Infernal Affairs" to be completed from start-up to completion, is this a shoddy garbage movie?"

Lin Cheng: "If it's a garbage movie, you can go to the cinema to watch it, we welcome you at New Oriental Cinema, but you remember to buy tickets." ”

Reporter: "Lin Sheng, now that the Xiangjiang film market is in a downturn, pirated video discs are popular, and all those who do cinema business are losing money, why are you still buying cinemas at this time?"

Lin Cheng: "The Xiangjiang film market is sluggish, so it is even more necessary for us Xiangjiang filmmakers to work harder to restore the prestige of Xiangjiang films." And with the rapid development of film technology, audiences will eventually find that it is more comfortable to watch movies in the cinema, and they will return to the cinema sooner or later. ”

Reporter: "I noticed that you just said that "Infernal Affairs" will also be released in the mainland, may I ask if "Infernal Affairs" has already been reviewed? If so, does it mean that the mainland censorship authorities have relaxed the censorship scale? ”

Lin Cheng: "I have no right to comment on the censorship agencies in the mainland, and I have nothing to say!"

Reporter: "Lin Sheng, after you acquired the Oriental Cinema Line, what are the new measures to increase the turnover of the cinema company? How can you attract audiences to the cinema to watch movies again?" ”

Lin Cheng: "New Oriental Cinema Company will be more market-oriented than before, and since Hong Kong audiences like to watch Western films, our cinema company will introduce more Hollywood blockbusters to increase turnover." To quote a sentence from the second generation of great men: No matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat. In my place, whether it is a local film or a Western film, what can make money for the theater company is a good film. ”

Reporter: "If that's the case, wouldn't our Xiangjiang films have no future?" It seems to be inconsistent with Lin Sheng's previous remarks about revitalizing Xiangjiang films!"

Lin Cheng: "It's not contradictory at all, the reason why Xiangjiang movies have fallen to the current point is because bad movies are popular and good movies are drowned." Therefore, I want to introduce the best movies in the world to the Xiangjiang Film Market to compete with local films, so that bad movies have no room to survive, and force film companies to make good movies, which is often called the catfish effect. ”

In fact, Lin Chengcai is too lazy to care about Xiangjiang movies to die, he is not one of those Hong Kong film enthusiasts, as soon as he is reborn in Xiangjiang, he will take the development of Xiangjiang movies as his own responsibility, and say that he wants to lead Xiangjiang movies to defeat the dream of American imperialist Hollywood.

Lin Cheng is the most practical person, and the most important thing for him is to make money, as for the important task of saving Xiangjiang Movie, it is better for other reborn people to complete it!

……

"Oriental Cinema Line was renamed New Oriental Cinema Line, and the Wonder Boy entered the theater business again, and the circle shouted wolf!"

"Wonder Boy threatens that the theater chain will be introduced into the Western film in a big way, and the living space of Hong Kong films will be squeezed again!"

"Lin Cheng threatens to be a catfish to save the Xiangjiang film market, a savior in the film industry or a gravedigger of Xiangjiang films?"

"Infernal Affairs was completed in 12 days, shoddy production is a foregone conclusion! Box office over 50 million? Big joke!"

"Infernal Affairs October 1st National Day World Premiere?

The next day, the news media in Hong Kong was once again swiped by Lin Cheng, and the headlines on the front page of the entertainment edition were all Lin Cheng's news reports, and Lin Cheng's remarks about introducing Western films on a large scale were criticized by many people in the Hong Kong film circle, and even some people went online to say that Lin Cheng admired foreign flattery.

With the completion of "Infernal Affairs" and the completion of post-production, the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" began to explode enthusiastically, and the filming cost, shooting cycle, relationship between the two kings, Lin Cheng's directing skills, and even the scandal between Lin Cheng and Xiao Yan have also become a hot topic after tea and dinner among the people of Xiangjiang.

In order to attract female audiences, the first day was printed with a large handsome photo of Wu Yanzu wearing a police uniform, so that almost every female creature who saw this handsome photo licked the paper (the sisters have no mobile phones and no computers, so they can't lick the screen and can only lick the paper).

The huge advertisement published by "Daily Express" quickly aroused heated discussions, because Lin Cheng was willing to use a full-page newspaper to promote a movie in these years, Lin Cheng can be said to have set a precedent again.

However, the whole Xiangjiang can only be played by Lin Cheng like this, because "Daily Express" is his newspaper, even if Flying Eagle Entertainment pays a high advertising fee for printing advertisements, it is Lin Cheng's pocket that flows into the end, after all, whether it is Flying Eagle Entertainment or "Daily Express", they are all his companies!

The next day, the newspaper released Xie Lemon, and then Chen Huilin, Zheng Xiuwen, Xiao Yan, Zeng Zhiwei, and Uncle Dillon appeared in turn, rendering the atmosphere of the momentum extremely strong, and almost everyone in Xiangjiang knew that a big production with countless big stars was about to be released.

On September 30, "Daily Express" published the last large-scale poster before the release of "Infernal Affairs", this time the poster is no longer the makeup photos of the actors, but the stills of Liang Chaowei holding a pistol on the rooftop and pointing it at Andy Lau's head.

As soon as this still came out, it immediately brought the upcoming momentum of the movie "Infernal Affairs" to the peak, and all the audience were extremely curious, what is "Infernal Affairs" about, what happened to make Liang Chaowei point a gun at Andy Lau's head, which one is a good person between Liang Chaowei and Andy Lau? Which one is an undercover agent?

It has to be said that the advertising effect of "Tian Tian Kuaibao" is very good, and now "Tian Tian Kuai" is already the leader of the Xiangjiang newspaper industry, with a daily circulation of 450,000 copies, almost reaching the proportion of one out of ten people in Xiangjiang who buys "Tian Tian Kuai" every day.

Lin Cheng not only advertised in "Daily Express", but also Xiangjiang TVB Jade Channel and Asia Television Hong Kong Channel, and the trailer advertising bombardment of "Infernal Affairs" appeared on the screen in turn, and the advertising density was extremely amazing.

Especially the trailer of the classic confrontation between the two kings of "traffic" broadcast on the last day before the release, which took out all the audience's addictions.

On the rooftop, the two heavenly kings were playing face to face, and Liu Tianwang said: "Give me a chance." ”

Liang Chaowei: "How can I give you a chance." ”

Andy Lau: "I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good person." ”

Liang Chaowei: "Okay, go and tell the judge to see if he lets you be a good person." ”

Andy Lau: "That's to let me die." ”

Liang Chaowei: "I'm sorry, I'm a police officer. ”

Andy Lau: "Who knows?"

The music full of suspense and pathos sounded, and Liang Chaowei neatly raised his gun to aim at Andy Lau's head, and the trailer came to an abrupt end.

As soon as this trailer came out, the audience in Xiangjiang was stunned, making all the viewers realize that Lin Cheng was not as bad as the media said, and with this trailer alone, the standard of this movie will never be bad.

In the BBS section of the Internet, many movie enthusiasts are talking about the movie "Infernal Affairs".

"This movie seems to be pretty good, right? I said, do you want to go to the cinema and see it?"

"Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei are in charge, and after more than ten years of performance after "The Legend of Deer and Ding", I will go to watch it anyway, and judging from the trailer, this movie is not bad!"

"Just think of it as supporting idols, I hope Lin Cheng's mainland boy doesn't shoot Liang Chaowei too badly, otherwise I will settle accounts with him!"

"Ditto!"

"Ditto plus one!"

……

Lin Cheng is making trouble in the Xiangjiang film industry, but as the three leading companies of Xiangjiang films, Golden Harvest, China Star, and Media Asia have no targeted action, and they have not sent out blockbusters to block "Infernal Affairs".

Now it is 1997, and the market of Xiangjiang films is already extremely difficult, perhaps in the eyes of Zou Wenhuai, Xiang Huaqiang, Lin Zhenyue and others, it is also a good thing that "Infernal Affairs" has become a big hit, at least it can make the Xiangjiang film market temporarily heat up first, and then they can launch a large wave of copycat films and make quick money.

I have to say that the boss of the film company in 97 has completely lost his heart, if it was in the golden age of Xiangjiang films in the 80s, Lin Cheng suddenly appeared as a spoiler, and the three major film companies would have joined forces to squeeze Lin Cheng out.