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The beauty pageant night was followed by another big event - the Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony.

The Hong Kong Film Awards show that the scope of attention is much larger.

With the increasing influence of Hong Kong films, the Hong Kong Film Awards now have an extraordinary influence in Asia and even around the world.

As the "Los Angeles Times" said, the Hong Kong Film Awards are the Oscars of the East.

Therefore, it is needless to say how lively it is.

More than a dozen TV stations, hundreds of journalists from all over the world, and many Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas stars witnessed the ceremony.

Like last year, the Webster film is still the biggest influence.

But compared with last year, not only the nomination, but also the final award, are much more dispersed, which is not only a kind of cake sharing behavior of the jury.

It also shows that Hong Kong films are generally developing in a good direction.

This undoubtedly brings challenges to Wei's films, but Wei Xiong is very happy with this kind of challenge, after all, there is no progress without competition.

June 27,

Produced by Golden Harvest and starring Cheng Long, the action film "Extreme Action" was distributed by Paramount Pictures and premiered in Los Angeles.

With "Rush Hour" before, Cheng Long gained a lot of fame in the United States.

Therefore, the release of this new film has indeed attracted a lot of attention, but in terms of grandeur, it is obviously not as good as the original "Rush Hour".

It's not because Extreme Ops wasn't made by Webster.

In fact, Paramount releases films from many other studios every year, both in the United States and in other countries.

The reason for lowering the specifications is a comprehensive consideration made by the distribution department after seeing the finished film.

In addition, the scale of the release is not as large as "Rush Hour".

Although Golden Harvest is very dissatisfied, this is the consistent practice of American distributors, and if the response is good after the release, it will naturally increase the film schedule.

However, the Asian premiere held in Hong Kong was very grand.

All kinds of superstars gathered.

Even Zou Wenhuai, who has never attended the premiere of a movie, also appeared in person, which shows the importance that Golden Harvest attaches to "Extreme Action".

The film adheres to Cheng Long's usual action style.

However, in order to cater to the European and American markets, the plot setting is somewhat different from Cheng Long's previous films, but this does not affect its box office in Hong Kong.

In the first week, it achieved a box office of nearly 15 million Hong Kong dollars.

According to the rising law of the box office of Hong Kong movies, it is basically not a problem to reach 40 million by the time of the next painting, which is already a very high box office.

However, the high box office in Hong Kong does not mean that the international box office is also high.

Because of the cautious attitude towards "Extreme Ops", Paramount's first release regions were North America and the United Kingdom in addition to East Asia.

Subsequent releases also look at the results of the first batch of releases.

By July 5, "Extreme Ops" had come out at the box office in its first week in the United States: $21.78 million, not even half of "Rush Hour."

According to the rising pattern of the U.S. box office, the maximum is about $50 million by the time of the next draw.

If this box office is compared in big data, it should be okay, after all, there are only a dozen films that can break 100 million every year.

Sometimes less.

And compared to the cannonball flying cars filmed in the early 80s, this box office is already considered high. But Zou Wenhuai and others were still a little disappointed.

Because from the very beginning, their goal was Rush Hour.

They also spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and even mental effort during the shooting, and now the results obviously did not meet their expectations.

Thankfully, it shouldn't be a loss, and maybe you can make a little money.

On July 29, "Extreme Action" was successfully drawn in the United States, with a box office of $50.18 million, which can exceed the $50 million mark.

The evaluation of the American media is that the martial arts action is very ornamental,

But the plot is pale and devoid of anything new, and some of the plot connections are even far-fetched, which is the culprit of the film's poor box office.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang also saw the report.

But they are very puzzled, you must know that the script of "Extreme Operation" has been revised seven times, which is already the most satisfactory for them.

The film's acclaim in Hong Kong and other Asian countries is also a testament to the success of the script.

But they forgot,

The aesthetics and values of Westerners are fundamentally different from those of Orientals, and many things or things that are taken for granted in the eyes of Orientals.

This is not necessarily the case in the eyes of Westerners.

This is also the reason why the American media said that 'some plot connections are far-fetched', because the screenwriter of the script wrote it completely according to his own Oriental thinking.

Just two days before "Extreme Action" was drawn in the United States, on July 27.

"Terminator 2" held its world premiere in New York, and the grandeur is naturally far from being comparable to "Extreme Ops".

In addition to Paramount, the producers of this film also have Webster.

Therefore, Zeng Zhiwei also attended the premiere in person. In fact, Wei Xiong also came, but he did not attend the premiere of "Terminator 2".

This kind of occasion is not for him right now.

The day after the premiere, he met James Cameron at his villa on Long Island, and the two hadn't seen each other for almost a year.

Of course, there are still phone calls.

Since he had to fly to the UK in the afternoon to participate in the film promotion campaign, after a few words, Cameron went straight to the topic.

"Mr. Wei specially came to me, probably not only to invite me to coffee."

"Of course."

Wei Xiong smiled and said, "You are so busy during this time, if it weren't for the real thing, I wouldn't have come to you specially, you wait a minute." ”

After saying that, Wei Xiong got up and went upstairs, he wanted to go back to the bedroom to get something.

When I opened the bedroom door, I just saw a naked, hot beauty getting out of bed, frowning, and walking towards the bathroom with strange steps.

"Baby, woke up so early?"

"You bastard, you still laugh, can't you be gentle with me." Angelina?? Salzberg said angrily.

That's right, this woman is none other than Angelina, the daughter of the New York Times?? Salzberg.

Yesterday Wei Xiong called her after coming to New York, and then she came over, was tossed by Wei Xiong all night, and slept until the early hours of the morning.

"I did exactly what you told me."

Hearing this, Angelina immediately thought of her madness last night, and her face couldn't help but blush slightly, she really couldn't blame Wei Xiong for being like this.

"Even so, you're a bastard, let me go, I'm going to the bathroom."

Wei Xiong smiled slightly, lowered his head and kissed Angelina on the lips, and then rubbed greedily on the plump white rabbit before letting go of his hand.

……

Taking the brown paper bag on the table, Wei Xiong returned to the living room and put the brown paper bag in front of Cameron: "Look at the contents inside." ”

Cameron opened the brown paper bag in confusion and took out the contents of it, which was a stack of documents.

After glancing up at Wei Xiong, he began to flip through it, and after reading two pages, he looked at Wei Xiong again: "I don't understand what you mean. ”

The Titanic was a giant cruise ship built by the British White Star Line in the early 20th century.

It was the world's largest and most luxurious commercial luxury cruise ship at that time, and there was no one, known as "unsinkable" and "dream ship".

April 10, 1912.

In the midst of all the attention, the Titanic traveled from Southampton, England to New York, starting the maiden voyage of this legendary giant ship.

On the evening of April 14, the Titanic capsized when it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

Fifteen hundred people died at the bottom of the sea, causing one of the worst peacetime maritime accidents at the time, and by far the most famous shipwreck.

In the years following the shipwreck,

Myths surrounding the Titanic began to circulate, and stories of bravery and cowardice have appeared in countless historical records, poems, music, and movies.

After decades of research,

On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by scientist Robert Ballard finally found the wreckage of the Titanic about 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland.

All related doubts and controversies were also resolved.

"These are all the materials I found about the Titanic, followed by the script, I want to ask you to direct this shipwreck film with the shipwreck as the main line."

Cameron's eyes lit up.

It's a coincidence, he has recently begun to pay attention to the world's most famous shipwreck, but he didn't expect Wei Xiong to have the same idea, and move faster than him.

"To tell you the truth, I'm also collecting information about the Titanic."

"Making an epic disaster blockbuster is an idea that has come to me recently, and if you ask me to direct it, I don't think I will turn it down."

"But I want you to grant me two conditions."

Cameron's proposal of conditions was expected by Wei Xiong, and he basically guessed what the conditions were.

"You say."

"First of all I want to have full autonomy, and I can use this script as a reference, but I don't think it will be the final one."

"In addition, in terms of actor selection, I also hope that Mr. Wei will respect my ideas."

Wei Xiong smiled and said: "Yes, this film will be invested by Wei, so I hope you can take this into account when gradually making the team." ”

The script he came up with was originally written by Cameron in another world.

No matter how Cameron changes, it is estimated that he will only modify some details, and the main plot line of the whole film is basically impossible to change.

"No problem, I will mainly use Wei's people to form a production team, and their professional ability is also very good."

Cameron only thought it for a moment and agreed.

"Okay, what about the second condition?"

"I may need more time to investigate things related to the Titanic, which may cost a lot of extra investment."

"And according to my initial thoughts."

"The investment in making this film is going to be huge, including the sets, and I hope to restore the original set at a 1:1 scale."

"And post-production."

"The whole shipwreck screen will use a combination of models and computer special effects, which will be a money black hole, and you can't see the bottom."

"So I hope Mr. Wei can guarantee the investment funds."

Wei Xiong shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "This is not a problem at all, I am looking forward to the birth of an epic disaster love blockbuster." ”

"But you should also give me a guarantee."

"While ensuring the quality of the film, try to reduce the production cost, after all, the film is a commercial product, although artistry is very important."

"But if it's not profitable, it's going to be worth a lot of money."

In Hollywood's 100-year history, Cameron should be considered one of the most famous directors, but he is also a famous overspending king.

For example, in another world, the production cost of "Titanic" ended up as high as more than 200 million US dollars.

It's almost double the original budget.

You must know that this is the early 90s, not the 21st century, and there is an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, and $200 million is definitely a sky-high price for a movie.

It was the most expensive film in the history of Hollywood at the time.

"You can rest assured that I know what investors want most." Cameron had a smile on his face, clearly in a good mood.

Being able to negotiate the "Titanic" before going to the UK was undoubtedly an unexpected gain for him.

……

After Cameron left, Wei Xiong went back to the bedroom to change clothes, and Angelina was still sleeping, probably woken up by the movement he made.

"What, you're going out?"

Wei Xiong walked to the side of the bed, leaned down and kissed Angelina on the lips, and smiled: "You sleep well, I have some business to deal with." ”

"I'll be back in the evening, don't leave if you're okay today."

"Hmm."

Angelina nodded. She was able to be so obedient, not all of them were conquered by Wei Xiong in bed, but Wei Xiong used soul magic on her.

Last night was the first time, and the effect was still a little.

"I'll go first." After saying that, Wei Xiong left, and Angelina continued to sleep, it was almost noon, but she still felt very sleepy.

Half an hour later, Wei Xiong arrived at Joseph's office.

Located in the heart of Wall Street, the headquarters of the Rockefeller consortium is located, from which various orders are issued every day.

"Wei, it's really time for you to come, the official report has just come out."

Joseph first invited Wei Xiong to sit down, then took a thick document from the desk and handed it to Wei Xiong: "It seems that we have really made a fortune this time." ”

It is said that since obtaining the exclusive exploration rights for oil and gas resources in the northern waters of the Falkland Islands,

The joint drilling team formed by Kelon Petroleum and Exxon Chemical entered the relevant sea area within half a month and began to conduct formal drilling.

In response to this situation, the Argentine government was not surprised to issue a protest.

But the protests were not loud.

The main thing, of course, is that the situation in Argentina is now volatile, and the government does not have much energy to pay attention to the affairs of the Falkland Islands.

The second is that the Falkland Islands have never heard of oil before, so the Argentine government naturally does not care too much.

As a result, drilling continues to advance.

One month later, Rig 1 first detected an oil and gas reaction in the waters northeast of the Falkland Islands, about 120 nautical miles.

A week later, oil and gas reactions were also detected in the northern seas.

This excited the joint drilling team, which ramped up drilling and invited a large number of geologists to participate in the drilling.

As time goes on, the oil and gas response from drilling becomes more and more apparent.

Another month later, the distribution of oil and gas resources in the northern and northeastern waters of the Falkland Islands has been revealed.

One of the reasons why Wei Xiong came to the United States this time was for this matter.

After all, the main force of drilling is Exxon Chemical, and Kelon Petroleum has just been established, and its equipment and technical reserves are still very weak.

The drilling of the Falkland Islands was only ancillary.

Of course, he didn't come to the U.S. to drill the report itself, but to discuss how Joseph and George W. Bush business should respond next.

When Wei Xiong opened the file and saw the data on the report, Rao had already had an estimate in his heart, and he still couldn't help but be excited.

The report clearly shows that

Beneath the vast sea area of more than 10,000 square kilometres in the north and north-east of the Falkland Islands, which has been allocated by the British government to Kelon Oil,

In total, it contains a huge amount of oil from 15 billion to 25 billion barrels.

The total oil content in the waters around the Falkland Islands is estimated to be a staggering 35 billion to 60 billion barrels.

Such huge oil reserves shocked everyone involved in the drilling work.

There is no doubt that if this astonishing news were to be released, it would cause an uproar and have a major impact on the economy of the entire world.

The drilling team has identified three wells, two in the north and one in the northeast.

Recoverable oil reserves are about 2.5 billion barrels.

Now that the drilling has come to an end for the time being, the next step is the mining problem, but it is also the most complex.

The main thing is, of course, the obstruction from Argentina.

In his memory, after the discovery of oil in the waters of the Falkland Islands, it was precisely because Argentina rallied most of the countries of South America to oppose it.

As a result, the British exploitation of the oil resources of the Falkland Islands has been slow.

Even with one or two rigs, the rate of exploitation is almost the same as a turtle crawling relative to the total oil reserves of more than 60 billion barrels.

Although the strength of the countries of South America today cannot be compared with 20 years from now.

Brazil, in particular, is the largest and most populous country in South America and has yet to become one of the world's leading emerging economies.

At the same time, the situation in Argentina will also divide the government's energy.

Under such circumstances, even if Argentina did rally South American countries against British exploitation of the Falkland Islands, the effect would be greatly reduced.

But the diplomatic pressure on the British government remains significant.

He didn't know if Margaret Thatcher would be able to resist the pressure, so he had to come to the United States first to talk to Joseph and George W. Bush.

You know, it's a business worth at least hundreds of billions of dollars.

"It's incredible, the real reserves are much more than I thought, and as you said, it looks like we're really rich."