After stepping onto the rostrum, Zou Wenhuai and Fang Yihua sat on both sides of Lin Youlun on the left and right, and the relationship between primary and secondary was clear at a glance.

Looking at this battle, although the reporters in the audience couldn't guess what news Lin Youlun was going to announce, they could guess that the matter had a major relationship with the Hong Kong film industry.

With the resurgence of Shaw Brothers, the Hong Kong film industry has returned to the situation of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers competing for hegemony before the 80s, in this case, the two sides can sit together calmly, in addition to Lin Youlun's face, more reasons are probably related to the news that will be announced at the press conference.

Thinking of this, the media reporters in the audience cheered up one by one.

"This time, I will invite you here with Mr. Zou and Miss Fang, and this matter is actually not news, about two or three years ago, I proposed a '10 billion film plan' aimed at improving the level of Hong Kong film production, that is, to spend 10 billion Hong Kong dollars in the next ten years to support our Hong Kong filmmakers to create 100 high-quality films. At that time, I was going to promote this project with my own strength, and now I am honored to announce to you that Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers have also officially joined this project, and we will work together to promote this project in the future. ”

10 billion Hong Kong dollars to shoot 100 movies, when Lin Youlun proposed this plan, there were really not too many people taking it seriously, and now Lin Youlun is mentioning this plan again, but not many people think he is joking.

The ongoing "Pirates of Malacca" has invested more than $80 million, and "Super School Bully", starring the famous American action star Shange Winton, popular student Johnny Depp, and a number of Hong Kong stars, has cost more than $100 million. The live-action film "The King of Fighters", which is all starring Hong Kong stars, has an investment of more than 80 million US dollars, and the recent investment in "Taiping Wheel", which is co-starred by stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, has directly reached 200 million US dollars, plus the big-budget films such as "Godzilla", "Jurassic Park", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and "The Mummy", which are invested in by Lin Youlun before, add up to a total investment of almost 1 billion US dollars, which is almost more than 8 billion when converted into Hong Kong dollars at the exchange rate at that time.

This "money-burning" movie is enough to prove that Lin Youlun definitely has the ability to spend 10 billion Hong Kong dollars to support the Hong Kong film industry to make 100 movies, and Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers chose to join at this time, definitely because this plan has enough benefits for them. Confuse.

"This year, Golden Harvest will cooperate with Mr. Lin to start filming more than three films with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, and will continue to increase the number of films every year on this basis in the future, and do its part to prosper Hong Kong's film industry!"

After Zou Wenhuai announced Golden Harvest's annual plan. Fang Yihua's side was not to be outdone. Immediately afterwards, it was announced that Shaw Brothers would have 5 films to be produced at the same time this year, and all of them belonged to the films in the "10 billion 100 films" plan.

Compared with the mutual promotion of the two major film companies, in fact, the on-site media reporters were more concerned about the reason why Lin Youlun threw out this plan at this time.

"Recently, there has been a lot of speculation in Hong Kong newspapers about my intention to withdraw from Hong Kong. It is clear that this is some ulterior motive. Rumors spread with ulterior motives. It's a joke to say that I'm 'divesting'. This year, I have just completed the plan to control TVB. This investment alone has used more than 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, how can it be said that the capital is divested? Arabian Nights, it's a big joke! My home is in Hong Kong. My career is rooted in Hong Kong, and I will never leave Hong Kong! ”

After the return to the motherland, Hong Kong's economic development has always been a topic of great concern to everyone, and in the past two years, British capital has begun to withdraw from Hong Kong, and many Hong Kong people are also ready to sell their assets and emigrate overseas.

"Mr. Lin, how do you explain the investment in the establishment of a film company in the United States and the large amount of investment in Hollywood films in the past two years?" The reporter in the audience couldn't help but ask.

Because his question was not allowed in advance, Lin Youlun could have refused to answer, but he noticed that the other party's identity card had the words "Xinbao" written on it, and suddenly changed his mind.

As a relatively professional economic newspaper in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Economic Journal has always maintained an objective and neutral position, and the founder Lin Xingzhi still has some roots with the "Ming Pao" group, so Lin Youlun decided to make an exception to respond to the other party's questions.

"Capital is always flowing towards the most profitable places and industries, which I believe everyone here will not have any doubts, in recent years, I have indeed increased the investment in the United States film funds, and will continue to strengthen in the future, because investment in North America has the largest film market in the world, even Japan's Sony company goes there to invest, why can't I go? Wouldn't it be better for me to take back the money I earned in the United States to promote Hong Kong's local films? So I would like to stress once again that even if the business is sold in the future, it is only for commercial reasons and has nothing to do with 'divestment'. ”

After tasting the sweetness, the reporter of the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" then asked: "What does Mr. Lin think makes this statement more and more intense?" ”

"Actually, I'm also very curious about this question, and the person who said this at the beginning may have wanted to stir up trouble, but other people don't understand it, so they just talk about it. In the past few years, I have also invested a lot in real estate in the mainland, why is no one saying that I am ready to withdraw my funds from Hong Kong and invest in the mainland? It's also a very normal investment behavior, I invested in making movies in the United States, and then I was constantly taken out and said, everyone can understand the intentions of these people if you think about it calmly! ”

Zou Wenhuai and Fang Yihua saw that the reporters in the audience were eager to try, and after saying hello to Lin Youlun, they got up and left the venue, but the media reporters in the audience didn't care much about it.

"What does Mr. Lam think about the economic environment after Hong Kong's return to the motherland?"

"I believe in one country, two systems, and I also believe that the central government of the mainland will not lose its trust in others, because there is no benefit to both sides, as for the economic environment after Hong Kong's return, now a lot of funds have been withdrawn from Hong Kong, everyone is very worried, in fact, this is completely unnecessary, because after the return to the mainland, there will be more funds from the mainland to Hong Kong, the advantage is that Hong Kong's business investment environment will get better and better in the future, the disadvantage is that housing prices and prices will be further pushed up, and the gap between the rich and the poor will be further widened. Of course, this problem is a headache for the governments of the whole world, and whether or not we can handle this issue well will be the biggest test for the Hong Kong SAR government after the reversion. ”

The whole press conference lasted for more than an hour, and Lin Youlun patiently answered many reporters' questions, of course, not all the reporters present were satisfied, among them, the reporters of those entertainment newspapers were the most depressed.

Lin Youlun first clarified the rumors of "divestment", and then talked about the future trend of Hong Kong's economy, until the end of the press conference, these entertainment reporters did not find a chance to ask questions, and this trip was equivalent to being in vain.

When leaving the hotel in the car, Lin Zhiling turned her head from the passenger seat and told Lin Youlun something.

"When Mr. Zou leaves, he invites you to attend the inauguration ceremony of the bronze statue of Bruce Lee tomorrow on the Avenue of Stars, and at the same time, Golden Harvest Company is preparing to do an event to commemorate the 21st anniversary of Bruce Lee's death."

After Bruce Lee's death, some related commemorative activities will be held in Hong Kong every July, and the only thing that Lin Youlun can't figure out is why Golden Harvest chose Bruce Lee to do this on the 21st anniversary of his death.

Lin Zhiling then explained: "Originally, Golden Harvest was ready to do something last year, because it was the 20th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death, and the bronze statue of Bruce Lee had already been made at that time, but because Li Guohao died unexpectedly at the filming site of the movie "Crow" starring him in April last year, because of this incident, Golden Harvest had to cancel the commemorative event scheduled to be held last year. ”

On April Fool's Day in 93, Bruce Lee's son Li Guohao was hit by live ammunition while filming in the United States, and was rushed to the hospital for rescue, and was declared dead 12 hours later. According to his attending doctor, the cause of Li Guohao's death was excessive blood loss, his lungs were filled with fluid and he could not breathe, and according to X-pass, his vertebrae were hit by a metal object, and the wound in his abdomen was almost 1 inch.

Because the incident happened so suddenly and unexpectedly, the view of murder theory was very popular for a while, especially the Chinese groups in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States and other places reacted strongly, and the media reported the incident one after another, and tracked down and discussed the truth of Li Guohao's death.

After watching the rough footage of Li Guohao's bullet and examining the compulsory ammunition with firearms experts, the US police came to two conclusions: one was loaded with live ammunition, and the other was that there was a bullet in the gun.

Either way, there is no direct evidence that Lee died as a result of murder.

The U.S. police eventually closed the case in an accident, but the discussion about the matter has not ended.

Twenty years after Bruce Lee's death, his son also lost his life due to an accident, and in this case, Golden Harvest had to postpone the commemorative activities that had been prepared.

Lin Youlun and Li Guohao have no intersection, and they can only regret what happened to him, and since Zou Wenhuai has invited him to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the bronze statue of Bruce Lee, if he doesn't go, he will seem a little unkind to the other party.

"Do I have any important events scheduled for tomorrow?"

Lin Zhiling flipped through the notebook she was carrying and glanced at it, shook her head and said, "Not at the moment." ”

Lin Youlun nodded, "Then you reply to Mr. Zou and say that I will go over to participate in this event tomorrow." (To be continued......)