Chapter 183: New Art City Changed Hands

The premiere, which was so hot that the atmosphere exploded, made headlines in the entertainment section the next day, but the focus of the newspapers was not on the movie itself, but on the premiere of "Overlord Flower".

The ingenious premiere caused a great sensation. In the words of the reporter, it was Chen Ping'an who brought the tradition of the premiere to Hong Kong, which made many film companies change from midnight to premieres, and last night Chen Ping'an taught other film companies that the premiere can still be played like this.

Each story was accompanied by more than one photograph, and Rao couldn't fully describe the excitement on the night of the premiere. In the article, the reporter made no secret of his admiration for last night's premiere, telling readers that the text was far from enough to express the atmosphere of the scene, and if they did not arrive at the scene in person, they would not be able to experience the feeling of being hilarious at that time.

Around Anita Mui's song and Hu Huizhong's energetic dance, various newspapers did not hesitate to introduce them at length, but put Ye Qianwen's signing ceremony and the subsequent release of the movie "Overlord Flower" in a secondary position.

A reporter quoted the audience as saying that last night's premiere was more lively than many concerts for a while. Many viewers even forgot that this was the premiere of the movie at a certain moment, and thought it was a concert!

In addition to journalists' reports, many women's rights groups in Hong Kong have also made their voices heard in the newspapers.

"Overlord Flower" is a commercial comedy film with a small investment and a simple plot, and the publicity of Dark Horse International is also an internal party to bring benefits to Hong Kong citizens. As far as the movie itself is concerned, the promotion of outstanding female police officers gives gold medal fighters like Hu Huizhong, Hui Yinghong, Li Saifeng, and Luo Fuluo a chance to show their skills.

The movie is interspersed with all kinds of jokes, including the competition within Overlord Flower, the competition between Overlord Flower and the Flying Tigers, and the fight between the two sides teaming up to fight the bandits, and each plot is full of hilarious and funny elements.

Although machismo is occasionally mentioned, there is no strong advocacy of Hong Kong feminism throughout the film, just to highlight the overlord flower, emphasizing women's abilities in the film, and some things women can do better than men.

Although the drama attracted the attention of Hong Kong feminism before it was launched, and many groups sent representatives to attend the premiere, the plot in the film disappointed Hong Kong feminist groups and did not meet their expectations. However, at the premiere, the song "The True Color of a Woman" sung by Anita Mui, as well as the dynamic dance performed by Hu Huizhong and the actresses live, made the Hong Kong women's rights group shine.

Many women's groups, such as the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Association, the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association, the Hong Kong Southern District Women's Association, the Hong Kong Western District Women's Welfare Association, and the Hong Kong-Kowloon Neighborhood Women's Association, also expressed their views in the newspapers, calling on all Hong Kong women to watch "Overlord Flower", feel the praise of women's self-reliance and self-reliance in the movie, and strive to improve the status of women in society.

At the same time, they also announced that the theme song of "Overlord Flower", that is, "The True Colors of Women" written by Chen Ping'an, composed by Gu Jiahui, and sung by Anita Mui, has become their anthem.

Because of the statement of Hong Kong women's rights groups, some newspapers turned out the halo of Chen Ping'an's "best boyfriend", ridiculing him as not only the best boyfriend, but also a "friend of women".

In various reports, there were long queues in front of the fifteen theaters under the Dark Horse Cinema Line. As soon as the ticket window opened, the movie tickets were sold out in less than an hour.

That night, TVB broadcast the premiere clip of "Overlord Flower" recorded by Dark Horse International, which was the part where Anita Mui sang, Hu Huizhong actresses danced vigorously, and the audience burst into hilarity. The clip lasted nearly ten minutes, but within these ten minutes, TVB's ratings soared, reaching an astonishing 71.2, shocking ATV in a cold sweat. Viewers who didn't see the footage on TV the next day called Wireless, accusing them of not having a preview and asking them to replay it.

"Thank you Mr. Zou for your mercy, "Zombie Family" was released ahead of schedule, "Overlord Flower" has one less strong opponent, and we can end it perfectly this summer!"

Looking at the reports about "Overlord Flower" everywhere in the newspaper, Zou Wenhuai finally believed this sentence. "Zombie Family" has achieved remarkable results in the past few days since its release, and is expected to exceed 20 million. If "Zombie Family" and "Overlord Flower" are released at the same time, then the public opinion reports in the past two days will not make "Overlord Flower" unique.

What a little fox!

As the last movie to be released in the summer vacation, "Overlord Flower", which has a good reputation, does not have any strong opponents in the same schedule, and it has attracted the attention of public opinion with the excitement of the premiere and has been perfectly reflected at the box office. Sixth, the theater was full in two days, and the box office in the two days was close to three million, and the police flower series posters that had been on sale for a long time ushered in the sales peak again.

All kinds of movie peripheral products are in full swing under the operation of the dark horse investment company, the police flower series album, stickers, and character modeling pens have caused panic purchases after the advent of the police flower series wall calendar, and so on until the end of the year on the market, and now accept reservations, and the number of reservations in two days is actually more than 8,000 copies.

Some Taiwanese and Nanyang filmmakers have approached Jiang Zhiqiang to discuss the agency rights of "Overlord Flower"; Ye Zhiming is also planning related products to land in Taiwan and Nanyang; Zhang Guozhong is busy signing second- and third-tier artists and discovering new talents; Shi Nansheng sits in the company and controls the overall situation, while waiting for her to be the first box office champion after she becomes vice president.

A few days later, Wu Yusen's "Bloody Heroes" was launched, and the crew of "Autumn Fairy Tale" directed by Zhang Wanting was completed and ready to rush to the United States to film, and Dark Horse International showed a thriving scene in front of Hong Kong people.

However, the day before Chen Ping'an was about to go to the United States with the crew, Hong Kong's oldest comprehensive newspaper "Sing Pao" was the first to break the news, Xu Jinheng, Yang Zhicheng, and Lin Jianyue, three business elites, joined forces in a high-profile manner to enter the new art city - the new art city changed hands!

Founded on 1 May 1939, Sing Pao is the oldest newspaper in Hong Kong and has become one of the best-selling newspapers in Hong Kong over the decades. It includes current affairs news, financial news, entertainment news, sports and horse classics reports, etc., which are aimed at readers from all walks of life in Hong Kong, suitable for all families to read, and have a wide range of audiences.

The news of the change of ownership of the new arts city spread throughout Hong Kong in a very short period of time due to the report of "Sing Pao", which stunned everyone and made the "friends of the new art city" cry bitterly.

Xu, Yang and Lin held a press conference at the Lisheng Theater to announce that the new art city officially changed hands and formed the new new art city triumvirate. At the press conference, they affirmed and thanked Mecca, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming for their contributions over the years, and told the "Friends of New Art City" that under the leadership of the new triumvirate formed by them, New Art City will continue the past glory of New Art City, create more and better works, and live up to the long-term support of "Friends of New Art City" to the company.

At the same time, they also said that the new New Arts City will be based on Hong Kong, actively expand outward, and launch the signboard of the New Arts City in the international film industry, so that more and more Western countries can understand Hong Kong films, know Hong Kong films, and finally accept Hong Kong films.

Earthquake!

This was the media's verdict on the matter, and the headline of the entertainment section the next day was only these two big words.

Unlike Pan Disheng and Hong Jinbao to form Debao, the combination of Xu Jinheng, Yang Zhicheng, and Lin Jianyue is stronger and more sensational. It marks the invasion of Hong Kong commercial capital into the Hong Kong film industry, and reminds many filmmakers of the allusion of Wall Street's invasion of the American film industry in the thirties and forties.

The three of them are all successful business elites, backed by the family tree, and the three of them have a huge power, which is quite a sense of covering the sky and the sun, and even Lei Juekun, who has always been strong, has to choose to retreat. From the new share distribution of New Art City, this point is particularly prominent. In the new Xinyicheng Film Company, Xu, Yang, and Lin each account for 30 shares, and the former major shareholder Lei Juekun only has 10 left.

The three of them join forces, representing a strong background of power and a strong cost of funds. On the first day of entering the new art city, it was announced that the salaries of all staff members would be increased by 10, and its artists would re-sign contracts with better treatment to stabilize people's hearts.

In addition, in order to show their ambitions and prepare to show their strengths, Xinyicheng has signed artists and staff, and spared no effort to poach their peers. Strong attraction of money to open the way, various film companies have suffered heavy losses, their artists, directors, screenwriters, photographers, American fingers, etc. have jumped ship, even Golden Harvest, Debao, Dark Horse International are not spared, and some people have jumped to the new art city.

Taking Dark Horse International as an example, Wu Yusen, Guan Jinpeng, Wang Jing, Bao Dexi, Ye Jinxi, Pan Hengsheng, Chen Jiashang, Zhou Runfa, Liu Dehua, Wu Mengda, Liang Jiahui, Li Zixiong, Lin Qingxia, Wang Guxian, Zhang Manyu, Li Saifeng, Wen Bibian, etc. were all tempted by Xinyicheng, but most of them eventually chose to stay at Dark Horse International. Their friendship with Chen Ping'an cannot be measured by money.

Wen Bibian was a little moved, and took the contract to the office to find Chen Ping'an. Chen Ping'an tore the contract to shreds in front of her, then stripped Wen Bibian naked and threw him on the bed, slapped him on the buttocks, and then slammed it hard in his body, until Wen Bibian's eyes were panting like silk, and he pestered him like an octopus to admit his mistake, Chen Ping'an vented his anger.

Dark Horse International was poached, all of which were second- and third-tier artists recently signed by Zhang Guozhong, as well as ordinary employees of the company, and the highest position was the department manager, only two, so the large-scale poaching of New Arts City had little impact on Dark Horse International.

The only regret is that under the persuasion of Ye Zhiming, Ye Yuqing, the younger sister who is ready to join the company, was the third runner-up of Miss Asia last year, the most stylish lady and the most bodybuilder, and was finally cut off by Xinyicheng. This made Ye Zhiming very annoyed, and he also felt ashamed of Chen Ping'an.

The new art city's style has aroused the anger of the peers, but the people are rich and powerful, and there are three wealthy families in Hong Kong standing behind the three of them.

The eyes of peers are focused on Dark Horse International and Chen Ping'an. Chen Ping'an a few months ago was still sharp, can he swallow this breath? R1152