"Forcing you to break with ATV?" Wang Jing was stunned, and then realized the cleverness of Shao Yifu's move.

ATV has cooperated with Lin Xi since its inception, and it is thanks to Lin Xi's support that it can achieve today's results, if Lin Xi no longer cooperates with ATV, then it will be much easier for wireless to deal with ATV.

Of course, Shao Yifu is also a move to protect the car, anyway, Shaw Brothers is now in a state of semi-shutdown, and the cinema is no different from chicken ribs to him, and he is still willing to do it if he can exchange the cinema for a comprehensive advantage in TV.

"Uncle Sixth knows that I am determined to win the theater, so I made such a condition, but it is really no good to promise him now, it is not a good thing to cause the vigilance and hostility of Jiahe and Princess Jin too early, and I really promised Uncle Six, we can't negotiate the price, and I can't get so much money for the time being, so I have to put more pressure on Uncle Six first?"

Lin Xi said his plan, but Wang Jing was a little confused.

"Putting pressure on Uncle Six?"

"It's to help ATV go to the next level and form a substantial threat to wireless, and the greater the role I play in it, the greater the concession of Uncle Six will be in the theater negotiation in the future, you should understand if I explain it like this, right?"

Wang Jing nodded, he knew that ATV's current development had reached a bottleneck, and the TV series had been able to compete with wireless, but the other aspects were far behind, and he guessed that Lin Xi should start from this aspect.

"You're right, but how to do it is kept secret for the time being." Lin Xi got up from his seat, walked to the glass floor-to-ceiling window and stood still, looked at the tall buildings in the distance, and turned around and said, "It's too early to discuss this. Let's wait for the box office of "Happy Ghost" to come out! ”

"And where is my old man?" Wang Jing asked hesitantly.

"Please Uncle Tianlin tell Uncle Six, just say that I can't afford the cinema for the time being, but if you use a rent, you can consider it, of course, the lease period must be at least more than ten years, if Uncle Six can agree. That qiē is easy to talk about. ”

Lin Xi's idea of "renting instead of buying" is certainly good, but Wang Jing knows that Shao Yifu's side will definitely not agree, at least not now.

Lin Xi said such a thing, which was tantamount to rejecting Shao Yifu's deal, but it also left enough room for future contact.

Wang Jing thought that this was the only way to go. He nodded and didn't speak again.

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On April 3, "Happy Ghost" borrowed the auditorium of Huairen Middle School to hold a release conference.

At the beginning, only more than 50 media seats were arranged, but before the press conference began, the number of reporters who entered the venue had already exceeded 100, and the organizers had to urgently adjust the seats. Fortunately, there are enough seats in this auditorium, otherwise it would not have been arranged.

Lin Xi and Wang Jingcai appeared at the door of the auditorium and were surrounded by reporters, but Wang Guxian, Zhou Comin, and Qiu Shuzhen were regarded by the reporters as students who followed to see the excitement because they were wearing the school uniforms of Huairen Middle School, and they let them in without paying much attention.

"Mr. Lam, what do you think about "Back to the Future" grossing $19 million at the North American box office, just a little bit closer to becoming the first Hong Kong film to surpass $20 million at the box office?"

"Now "Back to the Future" has won the highest box office of a Hong Kong film released in the United States. I am satisfied with this result, but not satisfied. This movie is only the first part of the trilogy, and the last two are equally exciting, and the total box office in the United States hopes to exceed 60 million, right? Of course, the second part has not started filming yet, and it is too early to say this question, if you are interested. You can pay more attention to my current movie "Happy Ghost", thank you! ”

Lin Xi said hello to the reporters. Then I easily turned the conversation to today's topic.

"Mr. Lin, as far as I know. Before the release of "Back to the Future", you said that the Hong Kong box office of this movie must exceed 20 million to qualify, and now "Happy Ghost" How much do you think the box office must reach to qualify? ”

"Back to the Future" was drawn in Hong Kong with a box office of 32 million, beating the 27 million of "Best Partner" in the same period to reach the top box office in Hong Kong, and according to the predictions of relevant people, it is estimated that it will be difficult for other films to exceed this number before the release of "Back to the Future 2".

The reporter asked, of course, to know how much Lin Xi expected from this movie.

"10 million is qualified, and more is a surprise."

The figures given by Lin Xi are not very surprising, after all, the three movies "Ghost Fights Ghosts", "People Are Scary", and "People Are Scared of Ghosts" have achieved a box office of more than 10 million at a cost of more than 1 million, and the cost of "Happy Ghost" is higher than these three movies, Lin Xi only talks about 10 million It does seem a little conservative.

"Mr. Lin, is this box office estimate lower?" A reporter couldn't help but ask.

"It's not low, now Hong Kong can have a few movies that reach a box office of 10 million a year, and you can't think that every movie should have a super high box office just because I have made a blockbuster movie like "Back to the Future", which is unrealistic." Lin Xi pursed his lips helplessly, and continued to say: "Of course, it's not that I don't have confidence in "Happy Ghost", on the contrary, I should be full of confidence in this movie, otherwise I wouldn't have starred in it myself." The role of Happy Ghost' just means that among the other three leading actors in this film, two are newcomers who are filming for the first time, and this drama is also a new theme, although the name of the movie will remind everyone of ghost movies, but in fact, this movie is not scary at all, it is a very relaxed and funny story, and because it is a story that takes place on campus, it is more appropriate to call it a youth campus movie. ”

As soon as Lin Xicai finished speaking, a reporter immediately asked: "This is also the reason why Mr. Lin chose the filming location of Huairen Middle School?" ”

"There's an element to it, but it's more of a nostalgia, right?" Lin Xi said and looked at Wang Jing beside him: "Director Wang and I are both from this school, of course, Director Wang graduated completely, I transferred halfway, but this school does leave me a lot of memories, it just so happens that this opportunity is this time, and the school is also willing to support, so I decided to shoot here, in fact, the three female students who just entered in Huairen Middle School uniforms are the three heroines of our movie, and I hope you will give them more shots on stage later, It can be regarded as helping this movie and Huairen Middle School to do more publicity. ”

Lin Xi mentioned Wang Jing, and immediately the reporter asked him about his job hopping from Shaw Brothers to the East.

"I am very grateful to the Shaw Brothers for cultivating me, but I also repaid the Shaw Brothers with my own efforts, and now that the contract expires, I choose to join Oriental Film and Television, which is actually nothing to make a fuss about, although Shaw Brothers is good, but I have to compete with many directors for the opportunity to direct a movie at the same time, and Oriental Film and Television Company does not have to work so hard, it is more suitable for me to develop."

After Wang Jing said a bunch of good things about Shaw Brothers, he revealed the real reason why he jumped ship, and he will have more opportunities in Oriental Film and Television.

A reporter reacted immediately and immediately asked Wang Jing if he already had a plan for a new film, but Wang Jing changed the topic without saying a word and refused to talk more about this topic.

After finally dealing with the reporters blocking the door, they had to continue to deal with the reporters in the audience after entering the venue, and after the whole press conference, Lin Xi and Wang Jingjing were a little overwhelmed, but Wang Guxian, Zhou Comian, and Qiu Shuzhen were more relaxed.

Although Lin Xi solemnly introduced the identities of the three of them to everyone on stage, and the reporters also cooperated with the camera lens at them, not many people really asked them questions.

The few questions against them are mostly for Zhou Comin, after all, she debuted early, and she is well-known for her role as Su Ying in "The Peerless Twins", and then appeared in "Back to the Future", it is said that there will be a lot of scenes in the second part of the film, so she was focused on by the media.

Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen also have the consciousness of being newcomers, except for secretly envy, they don't have many complaints.

Two days later, on the weekend, "Happy Ghost" was officially released.

Lin Xi deliberately set the box office of the zero point field, and asked Zhou Comin, Wang Guxian, and Qiu Shuzhen to watch it together, and the other two were very happy, but Wang Guxian kept complaining on the way to Lin Xi that he didn't let people sleep at night.

Lin Xi turned his head from the passenger seat, looked at the three girls sitting in the back seat and said: "Of course, there is a reason why I took you to see the zero point field, first of all, this is the first movie you starred in, life is like this, you will regret missing it; There are few people in the midnight field, and it is not easy to be recognized, now you are not famous, and you are not troubled by being followed by reporters and secretly filmed, and you will know when you really become famous in the future, although it is very beautiful to be a celebrity, but the price is to lose the freedom and happiness that many ordinary people have! ”

When he arrived at the door of the movie theater, Lin Xi realized that he was wrong, and he was very wrong.

Although it was close to midnight, there were still many people waiting in line to buy tickets, looking at the lively scene in front of him, Wang Guxian couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Xi and asked, "This is what you said about fewer people?" ”

Lin Xi was speechless for a while, and then casually stopped a few people and asked them which movie they were going to watch when they came out so late, and the answers they got were actually "Happy Ghosts", which made him even more depressed.

"Isn't it nice to have a lot of people? It shows that this movie is popular, which is why so many people watch it so late. Zhou Comin stood up to play the round, and Lin Xi could be regarded as having passed this level.

But he still wondered in his heart, is "Happy Ghost" really so popular? (To be continued)