Chapter 107: A trip to Taibang

Guan Zhilin was greatly frightened by the kidnapping, and Gu Weiqi accompanied her for three days before she finally recovered.

And just yesterday, Oriental Hollywood International Film Company announced that it would start filming three new films at the same time: "Five Lucky Stars", "Good Boy: Little Dragon Out of the Mountain" and "Prison Lock Raptor"; At the same time, the news that Lin Qingxia joined the company was released through Chen Xunqi's mouth, and these two exciting news made the media in an uproar.

In particular, the filming of three new films at the same time made the peers in the film industry look sideways again. In order to expand Lin Qingxia's popularity and popularity, Gu Weiqi also arranged interviews with newspapers and TV personalities for her, and asked her to reveal the news that a new film will start filming in a month. All in all, under the behind-the-scenes hype, Lin Qingxia's fame and popularity are rising gradually.

However, with the rise of Lin Qingxia's fame, it invisibly stimulated the box office of the "Descendants of the Martial Saints" filmed for "Dark Horse International", which made Gu Weiqi unexpected. In fact, this film written and directed by Wang Jing, a commercial director known as the "King of Bridges", is indeed good.

Although the attendance rate was very low at the beginning because it was in a hurry to be released without publicity, with the capital investment in publicity and advertising and the spread of word of mouth, especially with the improvement of Lin Qingxia's fame and popularity, the attendance rate of this film finally climbed. However, with the arrival of the summer vacation at that time, the attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" has shown a blowout trend, and six games are arranged to be full every day.

It is rumored that the ticket price of the "Happy Ghost" movie on the black market has been fried to more than 20 yuan. In order to alleviate the audience's viewing needs, Xu Yanbing, who is in charge of the "Tang Dynasty Cinema Line", hurriedly increased the number of screenings, and played eight shows a day to meet the viewing needs. However, there is still a long queue to buy movie tickets from morning to night.

With the launch of the publicity offensive, the attendance rate of "Dragon Hunt" filmed by "Oriental Charm" also began to rise sharply, which made the movie tycoon Shao Yifu finally breathe a sigh of relief. It must be known that this is the first film made by "Oriental Charm", and if it hits the streets, then it will not make any sense to invest in this company.

As for the "Golden Princess Cinema Line", there is still a tepid screening of "Innocent and Toothless". All in all, this year's summer movie box office battle is very fierce. But for the time being, the box office of "Happy Ghost" auctioned by Donglai Company ranked first in the summer file, and the box office reached nearly 9 million Hong Kong dollars in just five days after its release.

"Descendants of the Martial Saint" is second, but it has also reached nearly 6 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Dragon Hunting" is nearly 5 million. Although this box office is not very high, it has already reached the expected box office of Shao Tycoon, which is not bad. After all, in recent years, "Shao's" has gradually shifted its focus to operating the TV industry with the reduction of production, and there are not many movies that can reach a box office of 5 million, not to mention that this movie is still in theaters, and the box office potential is still gradually growing.

In fact, the reason why Shao tycoon cooperated with others to invest in "Oriental Charm" is also a matter of no way, in the original history, with the collapse of "Jiayi TV", there are only two TV stations left in Xiangjiang: "Wireless" and "Lishi". After Qiu Degeng took over "Lishi", he has been made a mess by the British, and the brain drain is very serious.

Therefore, although they are nominally two TV stations, in fact, they are Shao tycoons who almost dominate the Hong Kong TV industry. Therefore, Shao Tycoon slowly gave up movies and concentrated on running a TV station. But now with Gu Weiqi's incurrence, everything has changed. After spending nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars to get a TV license, it has once again formed a three-country situation with the current "wireless" and "ATV".

In particular, Gu Weiqi has the advantage of being reborn with "foresight", creativity and good scripts are emerging in an endless stream, and he is even more backward in the operation of TV stations. In one fell swoop, it broke the good situation of "wireless" dominating the Hong Kong TV industry, and with the decline in business and profits, Shao tycoon rose up with the idea of running his old film business.

In particular, several movies produced by the "Donglai Company" have been sold well, which has made Shao tycoon's idea of "returning to his old business" even more firm. However, "Shao's Pictures" has been declining, and the large-scale studio system restricts the development of the company, so Shao Tycoon has to create a new company. Now it seems that Shao Tycoon is still very strategic, and in any case, this "Dragon Hunt" will definitely make money in the end.

However, when "Jiahe", "Shao's" and "Xinyicheng", as well as the emerging "Oriental Charm" and "Dark Horse International" were still staring at the box office of Xiangjiang, Gu Weiqi had already looked at the world and planned for the future.

After Guan Zhilin recovered his spirits, he dealt with the backlog of documents and the company's affairs, and gathered the heads of various companies together for a meeting. arranged the general work, and with the 1.4 billion Hong Kong dollars box office of the "National Art Grandmaster" that he had just received, he took Meng Chai and Alice on the ferry to Taibang Bangkok.

Originally known as Siam, Thai Bang began to form the "Sukhothai" dynasty in 1238. "Sukhothai" means "happy dawn" in Pali. At that time, there was no unified script in Taibang, so "Sukhothai" was used as the era name of the first dynasty to indicate the beginning of a new period.

This was followed by the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the Thonburi Dynasty and the Bangkok Dynasty. At the end of the nineteenth century, Siam became the only country in Southeast Asia that did not become a colony. In June 1932, during the reign of King Rama VII, the X People's Party staged a coup d'état and changed the monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. On June 24, 1939, it was renamed Taibang. However, it was reverted to its old name after World War II until 1949, when it was renamed again.

It is located in the middle of the Indochina Peninsula in Asia, extending south to the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, bordering Lao, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malay. It is bordered by the Gulf of Siam in the southeast and the Andaman Sea in the southwest, with a coastline of about 2,600 kilometers. It covers an area of about 514,000 square kilometers, with a population of more than 5,000 in 1984 and more than 30 ethnic groups. The official language is Thai, English is the lingua franca, and the capital is in Bangkok.

Taibang Pattaya is famous for its sun, sand and seafood, and is known as the "Oriental Hawaii", which is a very famous seaside tourist resort. It is located in the southeast of the capital Bangkok, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate. However, after World War II, the military elite held power for a long time, the situation was turbulent, and the area was constantly subjected to large-scale military attacks and wars, so the tourist attraction at this time had not yet been formed.

Now Gu Weiqi has come to this famous metropolis under the leadership of the Thai "Raptor" Mengchai and Alice, a member of the Polish Mobile Reflection Combat Force, known as the nickname "Rattlesnake". The reason why I came to Taibang was naturally to develop cinemas in other cities. To form a strategic layout for building Hong Kong into a base for the Asian film industry and a leading role in the global film industry in the future.

However, as soon as Gu Weiqi got off the ferry, he heard a violent explosion in the distance, and he couldn't help but be shocked, especially when he felt that the atmosphere around him was very tense. In fact, Taibang Masaharu during this period showed a high degree of instability. Of the 17 constitutions/charters promulgated from 1932 to the new century, 13 appeared before the 80s of the 20th century, accounting for 76.5% of the total. Of the 20 coups d'état up to 2006, 18 occurred before the 80s of the 20th century, accounting for 90 per cent of the total.

There is no doubt that the 80s were the most chaotic time for Taibang. However, although Gu Weiqi is said to be a "person who has come over", it is impossible to understand everything. But it's not a great opportunity for him to fish in troubled waters. Especially with Tang Bo's continuous recruitment, now that the team of the "Dragon King Mercenary Group" is expanding, coupled with the heavy money in hand, it is not difficult to form a strong armed force, so although the atmosphere is quite tense, he doesn't even care at all.

In addition to Gu Weiqi, there were only two people who came to Taibang this time, Meng Chai and Alice. However, when he came, Tang Bo said that as long as there was a need for manpower here, he could send a large number of people from Xiangjiang with just a phone call. However, Gu Weiqi came here to open up the theater chain, not to fight, so naturally there is no need to bring so many brothers over. The most important thing is that he came first, also with the purpose of finding out the situation first.

On the street not far from the pier, motorcycle tricycles line up to greet customers, and most of the Thai people in plaid shirts show their dark chests and point to visitors. There are also travelers walking slowly along the streets on the back of elephants, which seems to have a different flavor.

It's just that Gu Weiqi is not here for fun, but to set up a theater chain and create a grand cause. Therefore, after getting off the ferry, he asked Meng Chai to recruit a motorcycle tricycle and go straight to the nearest hotel, intending to settle down first to recuperate and then plan to set up a cinema. These things need to be done slowly, and there is no hurry.

The nearest hotel is the "Oriental Antai" Hotel, Gu Weiqi asked for three rooms, and Meng Chai and Alice lived next door to him, so that if there was an emergency, they could take care of each other. After all, the current situation in Taibang is so chaotic, no one knows what will happen, as the so-called careful sailing of the 10,000-year-old ship, especially for the first time in Taibang, it is better to be careful.

After taking a shower, Gu Weiqi changed into a well-cut casual dress, walked out of the room in good spirits, and called Meng Chai and Alice to come to the restaurant together. When he arrived in Taibang, he naturally couldn't help but try Taibang's specialties, but he couldn't name it, so he asked Meng Chai to order the food.

Meng Chai grew up in Taibang since he was a child, and he is naturally very familiar with the dishes of Taibang, and immediately ordered some "Tom Yum Gong Soup", "Charcoal Roasted Pork Neck", "Lettuce Wrapped Meat", as well as "Perilla Crab Fried Rice", "Pineapple Rice" and so on. Gu Weiqi took the ferry for twenty or thirty hours, and now he is indeed a little hungry. At this moment, facing a table full of delicacies, it is like a wind and clouds.

But just as he was feasting, suddenly there was a burst of "bang" gunfire on the street outside the hotel restaurant, he frowned slightly, stared through the glass on the window, and found a team of soldiers dressed in camouflage uniforms and carrying guns in their hands were chasing and killing a thin young man with blood stained on the street, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the situation in this Thai state is really chaotic enough. It seems that it was a bit of a mistake to choose to come to Taibang for the first stop of the cinema line in other cities.

But if you come, you will be safe, since you are here, you can't return in vain, and you have to set up the theater no matter what. It's just that how to do it, Gu Weiqi has no clue in his heart. According to his previous idea, he spared no expense, bribed local officials, and used the power of political axes to develop cinemas, but it is obvious that this idea seems a little unrealistic now. After all, in such a chaotic situation, even if the officials are bribed and the theater is successfully opened, once it is attacked by the war, it will undoubtedly be ruined, and the loss will be great at that time.

Fortunately, Gu Weiqi is not a brainless person, since this road is not passable, then he can only find another way, and he can't hang himself from a tree. The living cannot be suffocated by urine. However, the specific way to do it needs to be carefully pondered.