Chapter 543: Become an ally

The Japanese premiere of "Terminator 2" was a success, especially Cameron's words at the premiere, which caused an uproar in Japan and even in the whole of Shijie*.

In Japan, Mitsuri Uda has become the focus of national attention, and is also regarded as the leader of Japan's new generation of actresses

As we all know, the international influence of Japanese films is very small, and its market is mainly domestic, and there are not many people who can enter the Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Southeast Asian markets. Its status in Asia is not as good as Hong Kong films, and even inferior to Chinese films, and there is no real and international movie star who can represent Japan, which is also an unspeakable pain in the Japanese entertainment industry for many years. The appearance of Mitsuri Uda and Cameron's attitude really gave the Japanese a glimmer of hope.

So some Japanese even shouted that Mitsuri Uda would become Japan's first real international actress

If the influence of Mitsuri Uda is still limited to Japan, then Cameron's official announcement that his new film is ready to start filming has swept the world. For a while, all Shijie's fans were excited

Before Cameron planned to make a new movie, it was only known to some people in a small circle, and it did not attract much attention, but now it has immediately attracted attention from all sides. Who makes Cameron is now in full swing, a "Terminator 2" has swept hundreds of millions of dollars at the North American box office in just over a week, and it is still soaring. The global box office was pushed up to $300 million by media speculation. Compared to its investment, "Terminator 2" is like a full-powered money printing machine, providing Emerald Bird Pictures and Kumho Pictures with a steady stream of outrageous profits. With such a large amount of income, the red-eyed people don't know how much

I don't know how many people are thinking about inviting Cameron to direct the next movie, not to mention anything else, now this Cameron three words, that is, the guarantee of the box office is just that this "Terminator 2" has just been released for more than a week, and everyone thinks that Cameron has no heart to care about the next work at this time, so everyone is watching and preparing, and many film companies are screening the scripts in their hands, hoping to touch Cameron's heart in one fell swoop.

It's not that no one is interested in Jurassic Park, it's just that Michael is not interested in it. Clayton made several contacts, Michael. Clayton has avoided talking about the rights to film adaptations of his works. Plus "Jurassic Park" hasn't officially hit the shelves for sale yet, so these people can only wait.

No one thought that Cameron would suddenly announce at the Japanese premiere of "Terminator 2" that the new movie had entered the preparatory stage, and announced in public that Japanese actress Mitsuri Uda would become the first actor confirmed by the new movie

Now that Cameron announced the news, there is no need for Emerald Bird Films and Kumho Films to hide it anymore, and soon announced that the new film is still co-invested and co-produced by the two companies, and the amount of shooting funds has not yet been determined, but the two companies will be ready to invest $100 million. For a while, Shijie media couldn't help but exclaim, and the "era of 100 million yuan" of movies has come

"The era of 100 million yuan is really a big deal" An Yixin threw the newspaper on the desk, looking up at the ceiling, but his heart was surging

At the beginning of the establishment of Kumho Film Company, An Yixin had already expected that the Hong Kong film industry would enter an eventful autumn from now on, Kumho Film Company, in Hong Kong, with background, financial resources, and strength, the only thing lacking may be experience and foundation. But that's all compensated for by time. But he never imagined that only two or three years later, Kumho Film Company had become the leader of the Hong Kong film industry. Although it has not shot any movies independently, the movies it co-produced are all excellent, especially "Terminator 2", which makes everyone in the Hong Kong film industry envious

With a box office of US$300 million, even if Kumho Pictures can only get half of it, it is enough to reach a height that all film companies in Hong Kong cannot reach. Hong Kong Star Film Company, which is already a first-class film company in the Hong Kong film industry, produced dozens of movies last year, and the total box office added up is only a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars, which is just a fraction of others, how can this be compared? How do you compare?

If it is an ordinary film company, even if it is a few other film companies with the same name as Hong Kong stars, he can find a way to get a piece of the pie, but for Kumho Film Company, which has both Hong Kong capital and mainland capital, and can also cooperate with American film companies, he does not dare to move anything. The Kwok family's influence in Hong Kong is extraordinary; Hong Kong is facing the return again, and the Fang family's influence in the country will only be greater than him, and it cannot be smaller than him; Not to mention the Emerald Bird Film Company, although it is not a first-class company in the United States, but in Hong Kong, it is a behemoth, and the US government has always protected its shortcomings, and provoking it is purely lard to blind its head

But if he said nothing, An Yixin was unwilling, as long as he thought that Kumho Films' revenue on this movie could exceed 100 million US dollars, An Yixin felt that he felt uncomfortable scratching his liver and lungs. What does he do with a film company? It's not like the kind of high-sounding nonsense that likes Hong Kong movies and is willing to contribute to the development and growth of Hong Kong films, to put it bluntly, it is for the sake of money, seeing a large amount of wealth in front of him, but he doesn't dare to stretch out his hand, for him, this kind of taste is really uncomfortable.

An Yixin also understands that Hong Kong's film market is too small, and over the years, if it were not for Hong Kong films to open up the film markets in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, it would have been absolutely impossible for Hong Kong films to develop to this point just by relying on Hong Kong's own market. But Hollywood movies are now more and more influential on shijie, and there is also a tendency to invade the Hong Kong film market, a "Terminator 2", will plunder tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars from the Hong Kong film market box office, if Hollywood movies enter Hong Kong in a big way in the future, then what will be the future of Hong Kong films?

Thinking of this, An Yixin couldn't help but shudder excitedly. After all, Hong Kong people's income is limited, and the money that can be used for movie consumption is not unlimited, so some movies make a lot of money, and other movies will inevitably be affected. At that time, can Hong Kong Star Film Company still be its own cash cow?

"Since you can't fight, then you have to find a way to turn the other party into your own people," An Yixin muttered in a low voice. After so many years of wandering in the rivers and lakes, he naturally understands that one more friend is better than one more enemy, since he can't compete with Kumho Film Company, An Yixin's mind naturally turns to how to bring the relationship between the two sides closer.

If it is an ally with Kumho Film Company, it will also be beneficial to Hong Kong Star Film Company.

First of all, you can get Fang Mingyuan's script first, An Yixin is convinced of that young man, in the field of script creation, he must be the boss of Hong Kong playwrights, so many scripts, involving multiple genres, actually filmed, all of them are well received by the market, making the film company make a lot of money. An Yixin even doubted that he would shoot his ten scripts in a year, so that the top ten at the Hong Kong box office would be monopolized by him.

Secondly, with the help of Kumho Film Company, the channel to enter the inland market will undoubtedly be smoother in the future, and the inland film market is where all Hong Kong filmmakers covet. With a huge population of nearly one billion, even if only one-tenth of the people have the need to watch movies, that is more than ten times the total population of Hong Kong, and the income is naturally even more considerable.

Again, with the help of Kumho Films, maybe one day, Hong Kong Star Film Company can also co-produce movies with Americans, the North American market, which is more exciting than the inland market with a box office of 20 million US dollars, for many American films, it can be called a failure, but if it is a Hong Kong film, it is already worth their carnival and, in this way, it is also a rare development opportunity for those famous stars under the company

Fourth, for An Yixin himself, the accumulation of wealth will also be greatly accelerated. Earning dollars is always more exciting than earning Hong Kong dollars

However, how to get closer to Kumho Film Company is another difficult problem in front of An Yixin. An Yixin's underworld background, although it cannot be said that everyone in Hong Kong is well-known, is not a secret. It is not easy to make the Guo family, the Yu family, and the Fang family willing to get close to the infamous self. But fortunately, a few days ago, I sold Yu Qiuxuan a favor, and I finally had a good start.

"Fang Mingyuan, Fang Mingyuan" An Yixin repeated softly, he was the key to the matter.

Zheng Yutong, the head of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery & Gold Store, visited the Guo family, although An Yixin did not know what happened in the Guo family at that time, but this incident was very intriguing. Zheng Yutong didn't go early or late, but after Fang Mingyuan shopped in Chow Tai Fook's store, he immediately went to Guo's house, which made him have to connect the two.

"Guo family, Yu family, Zheng family, Uncle Zhan, Cheng Long" Unconsciously, Fang Mingyuan's connections in Hong Kong should not be underestimated