Coming out of Lin Xi's office, Cheng Long's mind was full of thoughts about forming a martial arts team, and he didn't look at the road much, and accidentally bumped into a person.

"Manager Cen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was distracted just now!"

Cheng Long apologized in his mouth, and at the same time helped Cen Jianxun to pick up Wen Jiàn who had just been knocked to the ground by him.

"It's okay, Mr. Fang is in a hurry, let's go and get busy first!"

Cen Jianxun took the text folder again and took the initiative to give way to Cheng Long.

Cheng Long said sorry to Cen Jianxun several times while retreating, and when he turned around, he almost bumped into another person, which made him apologize again for a while.

Cen Jianxun sighed while holding on to his glasses, then walked to the door of Lin Xi's office and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!"

Lin Xi was reading a report and said without raising his head.

Cen Jianxun looked down and checked the bow tie to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the dress, so he walked in slowly.

"Mr. Lin, the Great Wall Company has already sent a sample tape of "Shaolin Temple", how should you arrange the schedule for this movie?"

As the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line, Cen Jianxun does not need to ask Lin Xi for instructions in this way for the general movie schedule, but just now he said that the situation of this movie is a little special.

"What do you think is the best way to schedule this movie?"

Lin Xi put down the report in his hand, put his hands on the desk, leaned forward, and made a posture of asking Cen Jianxun's opinion very seriously.

"The conservative approach is to arrange one or two theaters to be released at random, symbolically, it is enough to have an explanation to the Great Wall Company. After all, it is estimated that there are no other theaters willing to release this movie except for us in the East......"

Cen Jianxun said as he observed the expression on Lin Xi's face. Seeing that he was silent after listening to his own construction, he knew in his heart that Lin Xi was not very satisfied with his execution method.

"Of course, we can also take a more radical approach. High-profile publicity, large-scale film scheduling, after all, "Shaolin Temple" is the first mainland film released in Hong Kong, I think many audiences will still be attracted to the cinema by this gimmick, of course, this approach is more risky, if the quality of "Shaolin Temple" itself is good enough, if the film is not good, not only will it fail to achieve the expected goal, but it will even affect some businesses of the theater itself. ”

With the release of a series of films such as "Crayon Little Life", "Baby Project", and "Drunken Fist". Oriental Cinema has completely stabilized the situation, and it is not a wise decision for Cen Jianxun to release a mainland film that may cause "political criticism" to himself in this situation.

Lin Xi's ten fingers were folded together, he was silent for a moment, and then raised his head and asked:

"You haven't seen the sample film sent by the Great Wall Company, have you?"

Under Lin Xi's gaze, Cen Jianxun's heart clenched suddenly, and he immediately realized that he had made a mistake in this matter.

"Mr. Lin, I ......"

Before the words of apology could be spoken, Lin Xi raised his hand to stop him.

"Alright. I can't blame you entirely for this, after all, this movie is a special situation, and it's normal for you to have these concerns, so be it. In the afternoon, the company organized a viewing party, called the managers of all the theaters below, and informed Debao Company and Yuan Heping by the way. If they're interested, they can also come and see it together. By the way, and also called Aaron as well. ”

For Lin Xi's arrangement. Shum Jianxun really couldn't figure it out.

Call all the theater managers below to watch the film together, this is easy to understand, it is nothing more than to let everyone have an accurate understanding of this movie, and the resistance of the following theaters will be less when the film is scheduled later.

But what's the matter with calling irrelevant people like Hong Jinbao, Yuan Heping, and Cheng Long?

Of course, Lin Xi could see Cen Jianxun's doubts, but he didn't explain much, and just ordered Cen Jianxun to arrange this matter immediately.

As soon as Cen Jianxun walked on his front foot, Zhao Ya stepped into Lin Xi's office with his back foot.

Because he spent the night at Zhong Chuhong's place last night, Lin Xi would inevitably feel a little weak when he saw Zhao Yazhi at this moment, but fortunately, Zhao Yazhi didn't mean to pursue this matter, and as soon as he came in, he told him about some recent things in the company.

In fact, it was not an important matter, Zhao Yazhi just wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Lin Xi, and in the process she also found that Lin Xi was a little absent-minded, as if there was something hidden from her.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

Zhao Yazhi looked at Lin Xi intently, with a little doubt in her beautiful eyes.

Lin Xi didn't expect Zhao Yazhi's intuition to be so keen, and after hearing this, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and he thought of a way to divert the other party's attention in a hurry.

"Recently, the Great Wall Company had a movie that wanted to be released in Oriental Cinemas, and they approached me directly through my dad, so I don't know whether to say yes or no...... Now that the samples have been sent over there, Cen Jianxun just came to ask me how to arrange the schedule, a little headache! ”

Lin Xi pretended to frown in distress, but the corner of his eye quietly peeked at the change in Zhao Yazhi's expression.

Sure enough, Zhao Yazhi was immediately attracted by this incident.

"Can make you so embarrassed, is there anything special about this movie?"

"The film is nominally invested by the Great Wall Company, but it is actually co-produced with the mainland, except for the director who is from Hong Kong, the rest of the crew are from the mainland, and then the movie was also filmed there, so strictly speaking, this is a mainland film."

As soon as Lin Xi explained this, Zhao Yazhi's face suddenly showed a relieved expression.

China and Britain are preparing to start negotiations on the future of Hong Kong, and at the beginning of the year, Jin Yong and Lin Shu were invited to visit Wèn. The will of the Beijing side, Hong Kong must be withdrawn after 97, and all negotiations must be carried out on this basis.

After Lin Shu went north to petition Wèn, he opened a special column in Ming Pao called Jiangshan Beiwang, in which he compiled and published all kinds of observations and experiences during his visit to the mainland, including the details of his meeting with the supreme leader, which caused great repercussions in Hong Kong society.

In particular, Lin Shuxiang's principle of "one country, two systems, and Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" has won strong support from many people in the press, including Jin Yong, and although the public has many doubts about whether this idea can become a reality, at least judging from the attitude of the mainland central government, it is quite enlightened, and this is obviously a good signal for all sectors of Hong Kong society.

Hong Kong's economy, which had been in a panic due to Sino-British negotiations, has stabilized and rebounded again, but until China and Britain reach a consensus, any disturbance on the mainland will touch the sensitive nerves of Hong Kong people.

At this point in time, the pressure to be borne by releasing a mainland movie can be imagined.

Zhao Yazhi now somewhat understands why Lin Xi is so distressed, Oriental Cinema has just gained a firm foothold under the left and right attacks of Jiahe and Princess Jin, and the release of "Shaolin Temple" at this time can be said to be a very risky thing.

If the box office of this movie is not satisfactory, it will have a great negative impact on the business of Oriental Cinemas, which has just been on the right track.

If the Great Wall Company came to the door directly, Lin Xi could still find an excuse to refuse, but this matter also involved Lin Shu and Xia Meng, Lin Shu used to be a screenwriter in the Great Wall Company, Xia Meng is the eldest princess among the three famous Great Wall Princesses, both of them have a deep relationship with the Great Wall Company, the Great Wall here asked the two to come forward to help talk about the item, Lin Xi couldn't even give his father's face, so he could only agree.

"Or let me be this villain, after all, I am the general manager of Oriental Film and Television Company, and if I come forward to oppose it, you don't have to be so embarrassed."

Zhao Yazhi offered to take the matter on his shoulders, which made Lin Xi feel moved and guilty.

The original intention of him and Zhao Yazhi to talk about this matter was just to divert the attention of the other party, but in fact, he was not particularly worried about the release of "Shaolin Temple".

In his impression, "Shaolin Temple" was released in Hong Kong in another time and space, and the box office entered the top ten grossing movies of the year.

When the Great Wall Film and Television Company came to the door, Lin Xi deliberately learned about the pre-closing situation of this movie, and there was no difference from what he remembered, which means that if there is no accident after the release of this movie, the box office will definitely surprise many people.

What Lin Xi is thinking about now is how to maximize this advantage.

He didn't directly express his stance on this movie, just to release a signal to the outside world that he was not too sure about this movie, so that there would definitely be many people who were ready to wait to see the excitement, and invisibly let more people know about the existence of this movie.

On the other hand, it is also a kind of self-political disguise.

After all, at this time, the relations between Taiwan and the mainland were still in a state of tension and antagonism, and it was inevitable that the Taiwan authorities would have some views on the release of a mainland movie with such fanfare.

Lin Xi just wanted to create an illusion for the outside world, and he was forced to grit his teeth and release "Shaolin Temple" out of desperation, so that he could also resolve some of the pressure from the Taiwan authorities.

It's just that these plans can't be told to Zhao Yazhiming, so Lin Xi had to work hard to persuade Zhao Yazhi to give up his plan to be a villain for him, and in order to completely reassure Zhao Yazhi, he also told the matter of organizing an internal viewing party in the afternoon.

Like Cen Jianxun, Zhao Yazhi expressed his puzzlement about Lin Xi's practice of looking for unrelated people such as Hong Jinbao, Yuan Heping, and Cheng Long to watch the sample film, and Lin Xi's explanation was: "Shaolin Temple" is a martial arts film, so it is natural to find some professionals to give advice.

Zhao Yazhi was convinced of this, but it made Lin Xi a little ashamed.

In fact, looking for Hong Jinbao, Yuan Heping, and Cheng Long to watch "Shaolin Temple" together, Lin Xi's purpose is not just to listen to their opinions on this movie. (To be continued......) R1292