On July 2, 1983, the day of Xinmao in the Wuwu month of the year of Guihai, it is advisable to pray for blessings, get married, seek wealth, and open the market.

Of course, this auspicious day is also a good time to travel.

Chen Baisheng was sitting on the public bus at the moment and rushed to the entertainment building. Today is the big day for the opening of Wanda Cinema Line, and there is also an opening ceremony in the entertainment theater. And after the ceremony is completed, the first movie of Wanda Cinema - "Happy Ghost" will be officially screened.

There is no premiere, direct screening!

It seems that Li Xuan is very optimistic about this movie, Chen Baisheng's eyes swept over the "Happy Ghost" promotional advertisement on the roadside bus stop or billboard, since half a month ago, Wanda Cinema Line has begun to do its best to promote this movie. Every street in Hong Kong, as well as every bus stop, is plastered with advertisements for "Happy Ghosts".

And, of course, there's a billboard for Police Story 2 next to it.

Of course, filmmakers like Chen Baisheng know that this summer file will depend on how Golden Harvest and Wanda fight, and even Princess Jin has kept a lot of low profile in this summer file.

As Li Xuan's good friend and editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", Chen Baisheng of course also received a red invitation to participate in Wanda's opening ceremony, but there is not only one invitation in his arms now.

Chen Baisheng's trip was to give Li Xuan an invitation to the Hong Kong Film Awards.

The editors of Cinema Fortnight traveled all over Hong Kong and finally found another sponsor of the Academy Awards: Sing Tao Daily, which coincided with its 60th anniversary. Chan Pak-sheng is going to hold the Academy Awards, and "Sing Tao Daily" is going to hold the 60th anniversary ceremony, and the two hit it off. Let's just hold it together.

Chen Baisheng, who has worked hard for many months. At this point, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When Chen Baisheng arrived at Queen's Road Central. It was around 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the entertainment building was crowded with people and reporters who came to see the excitement. Chen Baisheng, the poor editor-in-chief, also made a cameo appearance, raised the camera in his hand and took a few photos gently, then handed the invitation to the doorman, and then stepped into the entertainment building.

In addition to being the leading theater of Wanda Cinema Line, the Sihai Cinema, where Wanda is headquartered, is a new type of multiplex theater, although it has more than 1,000 seats, it is divided into four small viewing halls. Therefore, it is inconvenient to hold large-scale events.

Unfortunately, the Taiping Theater, which is the most suitable for large-scale events, has been demolished because there have been no buyers willing to sell for a long time, and it is about to be built into a small commercial building, Huaming Center.

Of course, this is gossip and does not need to be said.

"Hey, Baisheng, you're finally here." Li Xuan, who was standing in the lobby to greet guests, said with a smile.

"Haha, how could I not come on such a big day." Chen Baisheng shook the camera in his hand and continued: "Don't say it. I'd like to do an interview with you. ”

Li Xuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't! You know what I don't like the most. ”

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you. Take it. Chen Baisheng said, took out the invitation card for the Academy Awards and handed it over.

"Huh?" Li Xuan was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "What's the matter, you have found a sponsor?" ”

Chen Baisheng nodded in response: "Hmm." ”

Seeing that Chen Baisheng didn't want to say more, Li Xuan took the invitation card into his arms, pointed to the stairs behind him and said, "Then you go up to the fourth floor to rest first, and you have to wait a little longer for the opening ceremony." ”

As soon as Chen Baisheng was gone, the two brothers Xiang Huasheng and Xiang Huaqiang came again, and as soon as they entered the door, Xiang Huasheng smiled and said: "Ah Xuan, what a spirit, a theater has been built quietly." ”

"Come on, Brother Sheng, what kind of courage is this." Li Xuan said with a smile: "I don't believe that if the two of you build a theater, it won't be built." ”

Xiang Huasheng shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "That's right, we built it, but if we build a theater, it is estimated that trouble will come." ”

That's the truth, not to mention whether spending one or two hundred million to build a cinema chain will provoke the police to target it, just say that your cinema chain has to build one or two in every place in Hong Kong. As soon as the theater outside the New Ngee An site is built, it is estimated that it will be burned down by people from the hostile territory overnight.

"Alright, it looks like you have a lot of guests." Xiang Huaqiang interjected next to him: "The two of us will go in first, but Ah Xuan, your theater will take care of us Yongsheng more in the future." ”

"Haha, that's natural, I'm also lacking a source for films." Li Xuan patted his chest and reassured.

Yongsheng is definitely a special feature among Hong Kong producers, and the films he makes are sometimes released by Golden Princess, and sometimes by Golden Harvest. Anyway, both sides didn't dare to refuse, who called Yongsheng has a deep background, but fortunately, Yongsheng didn't do anything to bully others.

Now, they're on Wanda's line again.

Wanda's opening ceremony began at 3:40 p.m., which was the auspicious time for Xian Qilu to find a fortune teller. However, at about three o'clock, a large number of reporters rushed over to occupy the venue, and the open space in front of the entertainment building was filled with all kinds of long guns and short cannons. In order to grab a good shooting position, reporters from nearly 100 media outlets simply crowded a wide sidewalk.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the reporters in front of the door made a noise, and everyone looked up into the building, only to see Li Xuan, Wang Liquan and Zhang Youxin, the chairman of the Municipal Bureau, walking out together. They are followed by a large number of celebrity tycoons, such as Qiu Dacheng, the fourth young master of the Qiu family, such as Lin Qingxia, and Zhang Guorong......

At the entrance of the entertainment building, a long red cloth has already been pulled by two hostesses. There were no whips and no gongs and drums, but it was just as lively, and the flow of people on Queen's Road was not vegetarian.

After Li Xuan, Wang Liquan and Zhang Youxin stood in front of the red cloth one after another, Zhou Runfa, who was temporarily the guest emcee, held the microphone and said: "Thank you for supporting the Hong Kong film industry, thank you for your hard work, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to participate in the opening ceremony of Wanda Cinemas, thank you!"

Now I would like to introduce to you these people around me, this one is Chairman Zhang Youxin of the Hong Kong Municipal Council, and the development of Hong Kong film and television entertainment is inseparable from the support of Chairman Zhang; And this one, everyone must know, Mr. Li Xuan, he is not only a famous director in Hong Kong, but also the chairman of Wanda Cinema Line; The other person is Mr. Wang Liquan, the manager of Wanda Cinema Line, who is the main person in charge of our Wanda Cinema Line.

Now, we all warmly welcome Chairman Zhang Youxin to deliver a speech for everyone! ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

A burst of lively applause rang out, Zhang Youxin was not a person who dragged mud and water, so he pressed his hand and said directly: "This, I speak first but it seems a bit noisy, not much to say, I hope that Hong Kong's film and television entertainment industry can get better and better with the joint efforts of everyone, rush out of Asia, and rush to the world!" Thank you, and we would like to invite Mr. Li Xuan to say a few words for you. ”

"Ha, Chairman Zhang seems to be modest." Li Xuan watched Zhang Youxin retreat, then stood up and said: "Then I won't say much, whether it is making movies or doing theaters, I know one thing - Hong Kong films have prospered." For those of you who don't know, when I came to Hong Kong five years ago, the annual box office revenue in Hong Kong was 110 million. And what about last year? 400 million Wu 10 million! That's more than four times over. I don't know what you think, but I know that Hong Kong films are now fully equipped with the ability to break out of Asia and rush to the world, and I hope that in the future, we can all work together to create a prosperous Hong Kong film world, thank you! Thank you! ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

Zhang Youxin's words were too brief, and they didn't have the hundreds of millions of words in Li Xuan's mouth, so after Li Xuan's speech was completed, the scene suddenly remembered a lively applause.

In this paragraph, Li Xuan almost said that people are stupid and money is coming quickly. Of course, only God knows whether people are stupid or not. Anyway, Li Xuan only hopes to have more producers to solve his film source problem.

After Li Xuan finished speaking, it was a short speech by Wang Liquan as usual, and finally under the witness of hundreds of reporters in the audience, the three ribbon-cutting people picked up scissors and cut the red cloth 'click'.

Wanda Cinema Line has officially opened! (To be continued.)