Chapter 157: On the cusp
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36.04 million!
This is the box office of "God of Gamblers" when it was painted in Hong Kong, and it narrowly broke the record set by "The True Color of Heroes" not long ago (35.73 million), becoming the box office champion in Hong Kong film history. In this regard, not to mention insiders, even ordinary people are not surprised.
Because as early as the beginning of the release, everyone had a rough expectation of the box office of "God of Gamblers". If you have to say surprise, it is only a little surprised that it can surpass "The True Colors of Heroes", after all, the box office of "God of Gamblers" in the early days was less than that of "The True Colors of Heroes".
However, it is also a box office record, and it is normal for the media to pay attention to it. But on the second day after Wei's box office results were announced, all the attention was attracted by a news from "Ming Pao" - the shocking !! Weixiong officially joined the board of directors of TVB.
Wei Xiong officially joined the board of directors of TVB on June 10 as a non-executive director. It is reported that before this, Wei Xiong successively controlled a total of 6.7% of TVB's shares through the stock market and share transactions with existing TVB shareholders, with a market value of about HK $130 million. ”
"It became the third largest shareholder after Shaw Shaw (41%) and the Lee Hsiao Wo family (17.2%), and is also the largest individual shareholder (Shaw Shaw's shares are held through Shaw Brothers Films and the Shaw Ess Fund, while the Lee Hsiao and family are held by the children of the family).
This news is undoubtedly the most watched news in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in recent months, you must know that TVB is in Hong Kong today, just like Microsoft in the world ten years later, its every move will attract everyone's attention, let alone such a big move.
Of course, if it were someone else, the reaction from the outside world might not be so big, but Wei Xiong is now gaining momentum, and he is already full of topicality, so his sudden entry into TVB naturally attracted huge attention. At the same time, I wonder why it is him?
After a few days, the answer to this question may be found. On June 15, Tianheng Film and Television Production Company was officially established, which is the first film and television company to produce TV dramas and other TV programs since the opening of Hong Kong, but this is not worthy of media attention.
What really caught the media's attention was the company's two founders, Wei Xiong and Shao Yifu, who, according to information from the outside world, owned 65 percent of the new company, while Shao Yifu had 35 percent. This shareholding structure indicates that Weixiong will be the leader of the company.
In addition, Xu Xiaoming jumped from ATV and served as the president of Tianheng Film and Television, which has also attracted a lot of attention, you must know that Xu Xiaoming's popularity in the circle is still quite high, after all, he is Qiu Dehe's right-hand man, and he has filmed famous TV series such as "Huo Yuanjia".
But because of this, many people are surprised that he will change jobs, for this reason, a reporter specially interviewed Qiu Dehe about Xu Xiaoming's views on changing jobs, but Qiu Dehe did not respond positively, but said lightly: Everyone has the right to choose a more beneficial development for themselves.
The continuous big moves once again pushed Wei Xiong to the cusp, and how many paparazzi chased and intercepted him everywhere, at the entrance of the company and outside the Qingshuiwan Villa...... Almost every day, I can see many reporters squatting, but in the end, I don't ask anything I really want to know.
On the contrary, there was a scandal between Wei Xiong and Wang Guxian. The incident started when a paparazzi photographed Wei Xiong sneaking into a newly built high-end villa complex and not leaving until the next morning. The situation quickly caught the attention of the paparazzi.
Because Wei Xiong's rumored girlfriend Zhou Huimin did not live in this community, after some investigation, the paparazzi found that Wei Xiong had an ambiguous relationship with the heroine of the film, Wang Guxian, as early as when filming "A Chinese Ghost Story". And Wang Guxian happened to have just moved into this community recently.
At this point, the fool also knew what was going on, so the scandal between Wei Xiong and Wang Guxian was reported, and it was accompanied by photos of Wei Xiong's additional seat entering and leaving the community at night and in the morning. At the same time, the report also claimed that the single-family villa where Wang Guxian lived was given by Wei Xiong.
The reason is that the single-family villa where Wang Guxian lives now has a market value of up to 3 million Hong Kong dollars, but Wang Guxian has just arrived in Hong Kong for more than a year, and he is just a second-tier actor, so he obviously can't afford to buy such a mansion. The only explanation is that Wei Xiong's rumored boyfriend gave it to her.
In the face of the surging wave of scandals, Wang Guxian was a little caught off guard, and could even be said to be flustered, because she had never experienced being surrounded by dozens of reporters, and she almost said something that she shouldn't have said under the bombardment of various questions from reporters.
However, through this scandal, the promotion of "A Chinese Ghost Story" can be said to be twice the result with half the effort. At the new film press conference, not only the invited media coefficients arrived, but the media who did not receive the invitation also rushed to the venue early to occupy a seat, and the venue of nearly 200 seats was quickly filled.
The time slowly came to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which is the time when the press conference began, Wei Xiong, Cheng Xiaodong, Wang Guxian, and the main creators of "A Chinese Ghost Story" A total of six people walked into the venue on time, it is worth noting that Wei Xiong appeared with Wang Guxian holding hands.
This is the second time that Wei Xiong and Wang have appeared so close at the same time, the last time was at the premiere of "God of Gamblers", the difference is that last time most people thought that Wei Xiong and Wang Guxian were building momentum for the new film. And this time it's really a scandal between the two.
The venue was immediately lit up with a magnesium lamp, from the door to the rostrum, and when Wei Xiong and the others sat down, the magnesium lights gradually stopped.
"First of all, thank you reporters for coming to the new film conference of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and every friend who is present can receive a ticket for the premiere of "A Chinese Ghost Story" when they leave. In fact, I announced that "A Chinese Ghost Story" will premiere on June 27. ”
"The venue for the premiere is still the Lee Stage, so everyone is welcome to come there. It was Cheng Xiaodong who spoke, and he was the host of the press conference part-time.
However, he is obviously not a qualified host, and simply announced the time and place of the premiere, and then entered the reporter's question session.
The first person allowed to ask questions was a four-eyed field chicken, a reporter from the Oriental Daily, which has a good relationship with both Webster and Media Asia.
As soon as he stood up, he directly aimed at Wang Guxian, obviously because Wang Guxian was inexperienced in dealing with reporters: "May I ask Miss Wang, how did your relationship with Xiongzai begin?
Nirvana Tianyuan is the community where Wang Guxian now lives, not far from the Hung Hom Stadium, and is a newly built high-end villa community.
"Brother Xiong and I are just good friends, and the villa in Fugui Tianyuan is also rented by me, not bought, he will go to me, I have something to ask him to help with, so don't misunderstand. Wang Guxian said with a smile on his face that before the press conference, Wei Xiong handed her over.
As long as the reporter asks about the two of them, no matter how she asks, she only needs to insist that they are ordinary friends, and the others can make up by herself.
But the reason she made up was really bad enough -- I had something to ask him for help with! What kind of help did I need to help all night? Was it a help in bed? The reporters below couldn't help but think about it, and at the same time felt that they were being fooled like fools.
No, even the four-eyed field chicken, who has always considered himself good-tempered, was a little annoyed, and immediately asked: "What is the busy, is it convenient to reveal?"
Before Wang Guxian could answer, Wei Xiong spoke first: "I said that you are a big man, is it appropriate to ask a girl like this?"
The four-eyed field chicken immediately sat down speechless, and the embarrassed appearance caused a burst of chuckles to resound in the venue. After the laughter, another reporter stood up, it was from "Tiantian Daily", and the scandal between Wei Xiong and Wang Guxian was first reported by "Tiantian Daily".
"Miss Wang, you said that Xiongzi went to you because he had something to help with, but no matter how big the help, you don't have to help all night. And at about 9 o'clock this morning, our reporter photographed the male boy driving into the Fugui Tianyuan and leaving about half an hour. ”
Wei Xiong spoke first, and always had a faint smile on his face: "This is normal, Xiaoxian is going to shoot a new promotional poster this morning, as the boss and the actor of the film, plus a man with a gentlemanly demeanor, is it strange to send a car to pick it up?"
Shameless!
Looking at Wei Xiong, who was smiling and lying, the reporter of "Tiantian Daily" almost didn't explode directly.
Perhaps knowing that he couldn't ask anything about the scandal, the next "Ming Pao" reporter wisely shifted the question to the matter of 'joining TVB', which the outside world was also very concerned about: "Xiongzai, can you tell me what prompted you to join TVB? What about Tianheng Film and Television?"
"Regarding your first question, I saw some reports in the newspaper, some said that it was because of the relationship between Uncle Six and my father, and some said that I had an undisclosed secret agreement with Uncle Six, but in fact it was not, the reason is very simple - I am optimistic about the development prospects of TVB. ”
"It just so happened that Uncle Sixth didn't object, so the two of us hit it off. As for Tianheng Film and Television, it is a new attempt at the production of Hong Kong TV dramas and TV programs. At present, the first play is already in preparation, and it should be able to meet you in three or four months. ”
"In addition, please focus on today's topic, don't ask some irrelevant questions, and hope that everyone will cooperate. ”
Next is a reporter from Taiwan's "China Times", and the question he asked is indeed related to today's topic, but it is actually selling dog meat on the head of a sheep:
"Miss Wang, I heard that you and the male boy have a large-scale passionate love scene in the play, as far as I know, this should be your first time filming a passionate love scene, can you introduce the scene at that time? Will you be nervous? And are you really fake the scene because of this scene?"