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In the past two months, several more companies have been established in the film industry in Hong Kong.

First of all, Hong Jinbao officially established Baohe and began to film for Golden Harvest in the name of the company.

followed by Zeng Zhiwei, who united Teddy Luo Bing and Tan Yonglin, and with the funding of Fang Jianhui, imitated Xu Ke and established the Good Friends Film Studio, which is responsible for independently producing films, and Angel Pictures is responsible for investment and distribution.

There was also the establishment of Turvo Films. The company was originally founded by Chen Jianxun and was recently acquired by Pan Disheng.

After graduating from a university in the United States, he returned to Xiangjiang with a new concept and began to enter the luxury industry.

In 1980, with a capital of US$1 million provided by his father, he opened a Dickson watch and jewellery store in Landmark Central. Central is a high-end business district in Hong Kong, and rents are expensive. With the call of Swiss high-end watches - Rolex, Chopard and other precious jewelry, Pan Dickson established the concept of a famous brand in the hearts of the people of Hong Kong.

Regarding Pan Disheng's method of operating on the route of brand-name boutiques, at the beginning, many merchants in Xiangjiang had the idea of waiting to see the jokes of this hairy boy. Because at this time, only a few consumers in Hong Kong know how to enjoy brand-name products. However, Poon insists that Hong Kong has entered the ranks of the newly developed regions in Asia, and its per capita income is above the moderately developed level, and it is time to cultivate and establish the concept of consumers enjoying brand-name products. Unexpectedly, Pan Gongzi's business methods were advanced, and he conformed to the trend of the times, and his business was booming, and the following year, the second branch opened.

In 1981, he obtained the Hong Kong agency of the brand Charles Jourdan, and in 1983, he obtained the Hong Kong agency of the Polo Ralph Lauren brand.

Pan Disheng's acquisition of Debao and his entry into the film industry were by no means a whim. He believes that movies are a kind of mass entertainment, even when the economy is in recession and consumption power is declining, it will not be affected. For example, in the early thirties, when the world economy was in the midst of the Great Depression, it was also the time when the film industry was booming. In addition, through the dressing of the famous movie stars in the film, that is, advertising placement, the world-famous brands represented by Disheng can be strongly promoted, playing an indirect role in advertising and promotion. It's a win-win-win-win

On April 16, Angel Pictures, Fang Jianhui convened its film production, distribution, theaters and other leading figures to hold a semi-annual summary plan meeting.

Chen Xunqi first reviewed the market performance of the company's films in the past six months, and then introduced Angel Pictures' next stage of production plan.

Within half a year, Angel Pictures and its partner companies produced films such as "The Queen's Secret Order for the Best Partner", "Shanghai Night", "The Frog Prince", "Mr. Zombie", "Public Servant", "Unstoppable Love", "God Help", "Family Portrait" and "Gentleman".

The first four films have all been released, and their performance in the Xiangjiang market is as follows: "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret Order" has a box office of 29 million, temporarily ranking first of the year, "Mr. Zombie" has a box office of 28 million, temporarily ranking second, "Shanghai Night" has 12 million, ranking sixth, and "Can't Stop Love" has a box office of 11 million, temporarily ranking seventh.

Next, until the summer file, Angel Cinema will screen "Public Servant", "God Help" and "Gentleman" in turn, the first file of the summer file will be Fang Jianhui's "Pretty Woman", the second file is "Family Portrait", and the third file is "The Frog Prince".

Although Fang Jianhui has not yet started filming in "Pretty Woman", the preparations are ready, and he will start work as soon as he arrives in the United States.

In the next stage, the company's projects include "The Best Shot Back to the Past", "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", "British Pipa", "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", "Wishing You Prosperity", "Reiki Compelling" and "Fate".

"Best Partner: Back to the Past" is a script provided by Huang Baiming, which tells the story of the best partner trio who accidentally go back to the past, and after making a big fuss in the past, they return to the modern era.

After Fang Jianhui saw the script, he was very surprised, because in the United States, his Twentieth Century Fox had just set up a film called "Back to the Future", which also tells the story of traveling back to the past. The United States Xiangjiang has the same destination, and two people think of the same subject at the same time, what a strange coincidence!

The box office value and artistic value of "Back to the Future" are very high, Fang Jianhui was happy to see Hunting, and recommended the 'mother' who played the protagonist by Sophie Marsso, the reason why it is recommended, not specified, because the producer of this film is Spielberg, even if Fang Jianhui is not easy to forcibly stuff people, he still has to audition according to the rules.

Of course, the person recommended by Fang Jianhui, no matter how unreasonable Spielberg is, will give priority. In fact, Spielberg is very skilled and good at being a person, and Sophie Marsou, who tried it and became the first role decided by the entire crew.

"In Those Years, the Girl We Chased Together" needed to borrow school space and a large number of student actors, so it had to wait until the summer vacation to start filming. The producer of this film is the Fang Sisters Film Company on Taiwan Island, the producer is Lin Qingxia, the producer is Zhang Aijia, and the crew has contacted the relevant schools and selected extras, and the filming will start as soon as the summer vacation arrives.

Fong is confident that the film will be sold on a large scale in East and Southeast Asia during the Christmas season, with the full cooperation of 20th Century Fox, Toho and Angel Distribution.

"British Pipa" tells the story of the police officer Ye Gang (Lin Zixiang) in Chinatown, England, who uses an informant and then solves the case. There are not many violent elements such as gunfights in the film, on the contrary, it is full of small and fresh love, humorous and witty reasoning, and so on.

"Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" is produced by McDonald Bear Studios, based on a real case that happened in Xiangjiang last year, telling the story of a group of smugglers from the mainland to Hong Kong to rob.

After reading the script, Fang Jianhui thought it was a very good story, and in order to ensure the quality of the film, he suggested that McDonald Bear himself direct it (McDonald Bear's previous films were all directed by his brother McDonald's Jack). McDonald Bear accepted his suggestion, and he was ready to use no stars, all as newcomers, and the whole film was shot in a real way, which made Fang Jianhui look forward to the effect after the film.

"Reiki Compelling" tells a supernatural ghost story, and because it is directed by Rentai, the starring roles are Ye Qianwen, Zhou Yanfa and Huang Baiming.

"Wishing you prosperity" is a Chinese New Year comedy that tells the story of one day when the god of wealth (Tan Yonglin) in the sky mistakenly fell into the mortal world, in order to escape the pursuit of the masses, and happened to meet the owner of the tea room (Shi Tian) and his sister Ailing (Guan Zhilin), and then a series of ridiculous events occurred.

"Fate" is a romance film written by Chen Jiashang. Chen Jiashang just switched from Shaw Brothers Films to Angel Pictures, and was favored by Fang Jianhui and chose him as the assistant director of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", and did a lot of preliminary work for the film.

In this process, Chen Jiashang was inspired by "Those Years", and "Fate" came into being. Fang Jianhui promised him that after the filming of "Those Years" was completed, Chen Jiashang would be the director himself and start filming "Fate". In Chen Jiashang's mind, it is best for Fang Jianhui to be the leading actor in "Fate", however, Fang Jianhui disliked this film and forced his bar to be a little lower, so he resigned, and Chen Jiashang was looking around for suitable candidates.

In these films, Fang Jianhui's women all appeared again, Lin Qingxia is "The Best Partner: Back to the Past", Zhong Chuhong is "British Pipa", she will play a blind girl in the film; Ye Qianwen is "Reiki Compelling", Zhang Manyu and Anita Mui will appear in "Fate", and Guan Zhilin will also star in "Wishing you prosperity".

After talking about the film plan, Wu Diming talked about the construction of multiplex theaters and art theaters.

After the plan to build a multiplex cinema was confirmed a year ago, Angel carried out the multiplex renovation work of the three newly purchased Yau Ma Tei Cinemas, Kwun Chung Cinemas and Li Palace Cinemas in the first phase, and the construction was completed and reopened half a year ago.

After learning from the design of their American counterparts on the spot, as soon as the three theaters opened, they attracted countless audiences with their high-end and luxurious decoration, the convenience of watching at any time, and a variety of popcorn drinks and movie peripherals.

After discovering that multiplex cinemas do have advantages, Angel Cinema Line has successively renovated its original cinemas, and so far, three more have been completed, and it is expected that by the end of the year, four more will be completed, and by the middle of next year, all the leading cinemas will be renovated.

At that time, in addition to joining the cinema, Angel Cinema Line will become the first all-multiplex cinema line, leading the new trend of Xiangjiang Cinema Line.

"As for Jianhui, the art theater you mentioned." Wu Diming said: "Our plan is that for each renovated multiplex cinema, one or two cinemas will be set up, and several cinemas will be joined by the Angel Art Cinema chain. The final art theater will have about 12 theaters with more than 1,400 seats, and is expected to be officially established in mid-September. ”

"These theaters, as the first batch of franchised theaters to screen art films, are guaranteed to screen at least three art films a day, and at least 10 prime screenings a week."

"Okay." In the end, art theaters are not commercial theaters, the purpose is not to make money, there are more than a dozen theaters are enough, Fang Jianhui said: "Let's talk about the source of art theaters, first of all, let's talk about the opening of the film." ”

"Jianhui, does this issue need to be discussed?" Wu Diming felt strange: "The reason for the establishment of our cinema is your "Narayama Festival Examination", and of course it is the film that opened the line. ”

"Uncle Wu. Although "Narayama Festival Examination" is true for me, after all, it is a Japanese film, and there is no problem with the release, but I don't think it is suitable for the film to be used as the opening line. Fang Jianhui said with a smile: "Xiangjiang's art theater, I still hope that a Xiangjiang film can be the first shot." Let's help me think about it and see what kind of films are more appropriate. ”

This is Fang Jianhui's feelings, but when he says this, others can't say anything. Seeing that he seems to be really interested in this, this opening film can't be too bad, everyone thinks about a suitable film together.

Xu Ke spoke: "I know one, I think it should be very good." ”

"Oh, what film?"

"It's called "Like a Year of Water", which was directed by Yan Hao. In post-production, I watched the rough cut version and thought it was a good shot. ”

"Okay, can you ask him to come over with the video and talk about it?"

"Absolutely." Xu Ke said: "I will contact him as soon as possible. ”

"I have one here, too." Chen Xunqi also said: "Director Xu Anhua is preparing for "Love in a Fallen City", we have decided to invest, if we ask her to speed up the process a little, it should be released in October." ”

"Well, there are two candidates." Fang Jianhui said: "Let's talk about the source of this art theater. ”

For an art theater, the source of films, that is, where to find so many suitable art films to put on, is actually a big problem. If you only count the local films in Hong Kong, even if you count Taiwan Island, it will definitely not be enough. But because of Fang Jianhui's identity, this is not a problem at all, he can easily find high-quality art films from all over the world.

Fang Jianhui finally said: "Fox Asia will fully support Angel Art Cinemas, whether it is North America, Europe, or Japan, as long as they see the right film, they can do the work of importing." ”

This arrangement is reasonable, and there is no objection from everyone.