Chapter 218: A Powerful Dream Factory

Due to the ban of Princess Jin, the release date of "If the Wine Sells Nothing" has been repeatedly delayed, but it has been smooth sailing in Taiwan, since its release, the response has been particularly great, and it has been re-screened nine times in just a few months, and fans happily entered the cinema, but they cried a lot, and the more they cried, the more they cried, the more they couldn't forget the storyline, especially the theme song of the movie, and they cried once they listened to it. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

August 11th

Hong Kong Prince Cinema Line, due to the good reputation in Taiwan, Wang Zifan decided to use the original Chinese copy of "Dry Wine If Sold Nothing", and it was released for a month before it was painted, and under the recommendation of "Apple Daily", "Next Magazine" and "Movie Biweekly" again and again, the box office finally exceeded the 20 million mark.

When the news came out, it shocked the eyeballs, and even Zhang Aijia, the chief planner of the film, was dumbfounded, you must know that this is a literary film, the box office is even higher than that of commercial films, and finally reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars, plus tens of millions of Taiwan dollars in Taiwan, which can be called a milestone movie, and also earned the first pot of gold for Taiwan's DreamWorks branch.

Interested people began to inquire about the name 'Zhang Aijia', but they didn't know that this film was just a story casually discussed by Wang Zifan and Zhang Aijia.

The film tells the story of a Taiwanese veteran who was injured on the battlefield and became mute, and after retiring from the army, he made a living by buying empty wine bottles and picking up rags, and on a cold morning, he picked up an abandoned baby girl in a high-end residential area, and since then he has been a father and a mother again, and the father and daughter depend on each other for their lives, struggling in the days of hardship and poverty. In order to make the girl have more fun in life, the dumb uncle played beautiful music for her in addition to being tired.

In the end, in order to earn money to help her father buy a house after his house was demolished, so that he would not end up on the streets, the girl agreed to sign a contract. I don't want a contract, but I cut off my freedom. After returning from the performance, she has become a popular singer, but she can't help herself and can't meet her elderly father. Uncle Dumb was in a lost mood, and was almost hit by a speeding motorcycle on the street, and at a critical moment, Uncle Dumb and the girl's dog "Laifu" pounced on Uncle Dumb, and he was run over by a car and died. The dog's death caused the lonely dumb uncle to lose his last intimate mate when his daughter was temporarily unable to get together with him, and the dumb uncle was further devastated physically and mentally, and his health deteriorated sharply.

At this time, the girl was touring Southeast Asia and couldn't get out of meeting her father, so she could only ask Yu Guangtai to hand over 200,000 yuan to her father, and after the girl returned to Taipei, she was eager to go to her residence to reunite with her father, but Yu Guangtai stopped the girl under the pretext of rehearsal tension in order to avoid extraneous complications before the concert began. By the time the girl sneaked to her lodgings a few days later, the dwellings had been torn down to rubble.

Immediately afterwards, the girl's concert started, the dumb uncle saw his long-lost beloved daughter on TV, had a heart attack and was sent to the hospital, the dying dumb uncle, listening to his daughter's familiar singing voice from the radio, passed away with longing and grief, and the girl who learned the news rushed to the hospital, but failed to see the last face of the dumb uncle.

The girl who returned to the performance scene was full of bitterness that she could not serve her father, and sang her nostalgia on stage.

If the wine is not sold

What a familiar sound

How many years with me wind and rain

It never needs to be remembered

Never forget

There is no heaven and no earth

There is no home without land

There is no home for you

There would be no me without you

If you hadn't raised me

Give me a warm life

If you hadn't protected me

What will be my fate

You raised me

Accompany me to the first word

It's you who give me a home

Let me share it with you

Although you can't open your mouth to say a word

But he can better understand the black and white and the truth and falsehood in the world

Although you won't express your true feelings

But he gave his life with enthusiasm

What a familiar voice can be heard in the distance

Reminds me of what a kind heart you have

When will you come back to me?

Let me sing with you again

If the wine is not sold

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A movie that can move people is a good movie, Rao is Wang Zifan, Huang Baiming and others have prejudices against literary films, but they have to admit that this movie is very successful, both word-of-mouth and box office have a bumper harvest, especially the next release of "Mr. Zombie", the long scene is even more popular, the box office on the first day exceeded 1.35 million, and the Prince Cinema Line completely replaced the Golden Princess Cinema Line, which directly prompted the separation of Xinyicheng.

The Golden Princess went out of business, the new art city, Yongjia and other film companies have lost their biggest backers, without the support of the gold owner, the new art city is no different from ordinary companies, Mecca and Shi Tian quarreled several times because of different destinations, and they wanted to split up, these situations soon reached the ears of Wang Zifan, and immediately dispatched Huang Baiming to collect the remnants of the defeated generals, according to his memory, in the original time and space, Shi Tian was the first to be excluded from the three monsters of the new art city, and finally the powerful Mecca was also defeated by Huang Baiming, just when Huang Baiming was in high spirits, the new art city announced its dissolution, and then the golden princess also decomposed one after another, and Huang Baiming's dream of hosting the new art city was shattered。

But now with his support, there is naturally a place for Huang Baiming to come into play, but in the future, Feixin Art City will change his surname to 'Wang'.

After absorbing the remnants of Xinyicheng and Yongjia, Wang Zifan's attention was quickly attracted to the ongoing "Mr. Zombie".

As "Mr. Zombie" continued to be released, the box office continued to increase, the premiere had a hot reputation, and the attendance rate of major theaters increased greatly on the second day, with the box office exceeding 1.56 million, reaching 1.67 million on the third day, and jumping directly to 1.97 million on the fourth day, and the fifth day was full, and the box office was 2.13 million on the same day, especially on August 16, Sunday holiday, a ticket was hard to find, and many people who took their families to watch the movie finally left disappointed!

"Mr. Zombie" was released for a week, with a cumulative box office of 10.65 million, which greatly stimulated the high-level executives of Golden Harvest, because the cumulative box office of "The Brave and Fearless" released by Golden Harvest was 2.2 million in a week, which can reach one-fifth of "Mr. Zombie", and the cumulative box office of "Ghost Dragon" released by the two blockbuster films only reached 1.9 million in a week, Fang Yihua was indignant, it is also a ghost film, why is it only DreamWorks that sells well!

In the second week, the summer boom officially came, and the potential of "Mr. Zombie" officially exploded, because students are on vacation, most primary and secondary school students are parents and sweethearts, and their way of leisure and entertainment is very simple, either to ask classmates to go on an outing, or to go to the cinema to watch movies, "Mr. Zombie" is screened twice a day, and it can't resist the enthusiasm of the audience, funny plots, novel zombies, and dazzling fighting methods are all interesting to talk about.

At this time, Golden Harvest's "The Brave and Fearless" was completely at a disadvantage, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and other Golden Harvest high-level executives The last fig leaf was also torn off, and DreamWorks had just integrated Prince Cinemas, and the average attendance rate announced was much higher than that of Golden Harvest Cinemas, which made them angry and angry, and even more ashamed.

"Damn!"

Zou Wenhuai read the movie reviews of "Sing Tao Daily", "Apple Daily", and "Oriental Daily" one after another, and slammed on the table angrily, and said angrily: "These bastards will fall into the ground, and a few days ago they boasted that "The Brave and Fearless" beat "Mr. Zombie", and now I see that "Mr. Zombie" is selling well, as if our Golden Harvest is going to go out of business!"

Liang Feng picked up a newspaper from the ground and said with a wry smile: "Especially this "Apple Daily", it is about to blow "Mr. Zombie" into the sky. ”

He Guanchang complained: "I shouldn't have let Hong Jiaban participate in the crew of "Mr. Zombie" in the first place, but now it's okay, I slapped myself in the face, fortunately, we are stronger than the Wei family, and the box office they have counted now is just half of us, and it will not be at the bottom." ”

Another giant, Cai Yongchang, has suffered several losses, and he seems to be old-fashioned: "I don't think the problem is here, Wang Zifan is ambitious, not only integrating the Golden Princess Cinema Line, but also attracting several big theaters to join, especially the Qiu Cinema Line that has been separated from our side. ”

Liang Feng said with deep sympathy: "Yes, the Prince Cinema Line is too big, there are seven leading theaters, thirteen mid-grade theaters, and as many as 23 small theaters in the countryside and suburbs.

Zou Wenhuai motioned to Liang Feng to stop, this is not to destroy his prestige for a long time, and concluded: "It's because I didn't think it well and underestimated the strength of the Prince Cinema Line, now except for the theaters that show leftist and Western films are not impacted, the situation in other theaters is similar, and our top priority now is to restore the strength of the theater chain, and it is best to release a blockbuster movie to break the record of DreamWorks." ”

He Guanchang, Liang Feng, Cai Yongchang, Liu Lianghua and others nodded again and again, this idea is not bad, but ......

Zou Wenhuai continued: "It's a pity that "The Brave and Fearless" is useless, and "Mr. Zombie" has an unexpectedly strong momentum, and now not only has the "Ghost" released by the Zodiac completely suppressed, but even our film has no power to fight back under his offensive, and the attendance rate is sliding at four or five percent every day, which is contrary to common sense!"

He Guanchang couldn't help but sigh: "Maybe we are really old, no! It's all because of Wang Zifan, this kid, when he rejected Jiahe, I also ridiculed him, but I didn't expect that in less than two years, he forced us to this role." ”

Liang Feng took off his glasses, wiped them carefully, and put them back on, in his opinion, the reason why DreamWorks can rise is mainly because there are too many traitors to Golden Harvest, three-quarters of the stars in the cast of "Best Partner" are from Golden Harvest, without their help, "Best Partner" would make millions at most, and the DreamWorks capital chain would have been broken long ago.

"Lin Zhengying, the second or fifth boy, was bland when we were in Jiahe, he even promoted him, and he just jumped to Dreamworks, so he made this show for us, and now everyone else is laughing at it, saying that our Jiahe School let go of 'Li Xiaolong'!"

Liu Lianghua muttered: "Not only Lin Zhengying, but also Zeng Zhiwei." ”

Zou Wen waved his hand tiredly, and said angrily: "What's the use of saying this, things have happened, irreparable, Zeng Zhiwei was so humiliated in Jiahe, he won't come back if he says anything, as for Lin Zhengying, Ah Chang, you pay attention to Sanmao, do his job, now it's not us to ban DreamWorks, but to prevent Wang Zifan from suppressing Jiahe." ”

He Guanchang was silent for a while, and said tentatively: "It's better to draw "The Brave and Fearless", continue to be released, the box office gap will get bigger and bigger, and finally let the whole Hong Kong audience see Golden Harvest's jokes, so many of our subsidiaries, even the wheel war will kill the momentum of "Mr. Zombie". ”

Cai Yongchang said: "But "The Brave and Fearless" has only been released for less than ten days, will such a hurried painting anger Pandey?"

mentioned Pan Disheng, Zou Wenhuai said angrily: "This Pan Disheng is also a second or five boy, I heard that he has been very close to Huang Baiming recently, and we gave him the summer file as an outsider, but he has no sympathy, no need to give him face, and paint directly on Friday." ”

Cai Yongchang calculated, today is August 19th, Wednesday, that is to say, "The Brave and Fearless" will be painted on August 21st, exactly ten days after its release, it is estimated that Pan Disheng's kid is going crazy, and he can't even recover the cost of investing in a movie.

"Will this anger the Hong family class? After all, they are also involved in the film, and now the relationship between Hong Jinbao and Wang Zifan is getting closer and closer......"

Zou Wenhuai's expression was complicated, and he sighed: "Our company is not as good as before, Sanmao can't be retained, but we can't sit back and watch Wang Zifan come to dig people, and DreamWorks will continue to talk, I heard that Wang Zifan handed over the New Year's file "Best Partner" to Xu Ke, we can start from this aspect, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng have always been focused on Meng Meng, so as to cut off Wang Zifan's right-hand man!"

……

Jiahe was in chaos, but Wang Zifan had already taken Zhao Yuzhi to fly to the UK, the young couple had no relatives abroad for no reason, and they didn't have to worry about being recognized, so they openly flirted on the street, chased and played, leaving laughter and laughter, and Zhao Yuzhi, who got rid of the shackles, was even more charming, playing everywhere during the day, and being in love at night, as if it was a honeymoon, and the relationship between the two became stronger.

One of the purposes of this trip is to acquire Hong Kong Electric Lighting, although the company is in Hong Kong, but the controlling person is the Keswick family, whether it is in Hong Kong or the United Kingdom, or looking at the world, Keswick is a veritable wealthy family, Hong Kong's famous Jardine Matheson is their family, the head is called Simon Keswick, and he is also the object of Wang Zifan's negotiations

"Hello, Mr. Simon!"

"Hello Mr. Wang!" Simon Keswick smiled when he saw that Wang Zifan spoke English and spoke fluent Hong Kongese: "You can call me Simon, and I have been working in the Far East, we can communicate in Hong Kong!"

"Ok, then I'll do whatever I want!" Wang Zifan readily agreed, he had investigated Simon Keswick's information before coming.

In 1962, Simon Keswick joined the Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson Company, initially as a trainee administrative director, and successively served in Hong Kong, North America, Singapore, and Australia.

Three years ago, he was promoted to the chairman of Jardine Insurance Group, returned to Hong Kong to serve as the managing director of Jardine Matheson, and also served as a director of Jardine Limited, Relis United Limited, and Grace Grace Limited.