With tens of millions of publicity funds, "Red Alert" quickly achieved remarkable results after it was first released in the UK at the end of November with its higher quality than traditional Hong Kong films.

was adapted by Lin Xiaozhi from the first part of the "Mission Impossible" series, "Impossible Mission, Red Alert", although the scene is slightly inferior to the original, but the fight scenes are richer. With the help of Hong Kong's premier action directors Yuen Kui and Lau Ka-fai, the fights in Red Alert are on a higher level than the original, but they also have their own characteristics.

Just look at the reports of some professional media in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, and you can see a thing or two from this.

“…… It has been 23 days since it was released in the UK, with a total box office of 1.98 million pounds, which is only one step away from breaking 20 million. As the highest-grossing Hong Kong-made film in the UK over the years, there's no doubt that dArt is an excellent film. Hong Kong films are good at gorgeous fights, delicate and plump plots, and good scene control, although compared with some big-budget films in Europe and the United States, it is still a successful commercial film......"

“…… It's a pity that some of the actors in the movie have a slightly stiff acting skills. Several scenes in the "dArt" film are clearly the result of cinematic special effects techniques. It's just that the investment in the film itself is only more than 4 million pounds, so that the effect that could have been done better in many places has not been fully made, and I have to mention that this is a big regret for this film......"

Of course, as a small-budget commercial film, "dArt" (Red Alert) has been able to break out of the encirclement and suppression of many European and American films released at the same time in the Christmas schedule since its release in Europe, not only creating a box office of nearly 20 million pounds in the United Kingdom, but also nearly 30 million US dollars at the box office in France, Spain, Germany and Italy, which is a great success. Thanks to the screenwriter and director's sensitivity to current affairs, the film cleverly borrows conspiracy theories to link the political changes in Eastern Europe, Northeast Asia and other countries that broke out frequently last year and this year with the intelligence agencies of the United States and even NATO countries, which have always been full of mystery in the minds of the audience, and the novel setting has been widely acclaimed......" - January 19, from the British "Daily Mail".

"World News": "...... Last week, when everyone was counting how many more American films were in the top five box office for the week, a Hong Kong-based film "dArt" (Red Alert) unexpectedly beat Edward Scissorhands, which was released in the opening week, to take the sixth place. Many of our readers are happy to tell us that although it is a little crudely shot, it does not have the big scenes of American cinema and the humanistic color of our European cinema. But as a low-budget film, "dArt" (Red Alert) successfully made us start to realize that there are good movies in the East."

“…… A very bad movie, the actors' acting skills are contrived, their expressions are stiff, and they are shoddy, and the director maliciously sells a little brain cell and pulls the banner of conspiracy theories to attract the audience to watch the movie. But I have to admit that as a small-budget film, it succeeded" - The Sun

The Telegraph: "I thought it should be given an eight, but Bob told me it could only be a seven. Well, I would like to recommend a wonderful movie "dArt" from the East, I give it a score of seven, but more than that, I hope that Hong Kong filmmakers can make persistent efforts, and I hope that in the future we can see more good movies from the East above is your good friend David Wright"

Half a month after landing in Europe for release, Lin Xiaozhi had already pressed the uneasy heart back to his chest. Tens of millions of publicity funds were smashed, coupled with the previous "Killer Leon" and "Friends", two movies that were more suitable for European appetite, and the word-of-mouth began to brew and ferment a week after the release of "Red Alert".

As of the fourth week of its release in Europe, "Red Alert" has successfully exceeded 20 million pounds at the UK box office, and Lin Xiaozhi's European strategy that has been planned for two years has finally seen the light of day. Finally gained a firm foothold in the box office market of the United Kingdom, the second in the world and second only to the United States, Lin Xiaozhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu suffered a loss in publicity funding, despite good results in the UK. However, it has landed in the other four countries on the European continent, and the box office of "Red Alert" is not too brilliant. Although the release time of the four countries has been in order, they together are only more than 30 million US dollars. If converted into pounds, this result would be slightly worse than the box office it had achieved in the United Kingdom.

Lin Xiaozhi quickly noticed this problem, considering that France and Germany are both big box office players in Europe, he directly gave Zheng Fei an additional allocation of 3 million Hong Kong dollars, so that he could increase his publicity efforts, in order to win the entire European market in one fell swoop.

The hot sale of "Red Alert" made the British publishing giant ODN make a lot of money. As soon as the British saw that it was profitable, they couldn't sit still, and they wanted to buy out the videotape publishing rights of Red Alert in Europe and even in North America, just as they bought out the distribution rights of "Killer Leon" and "Friends" in Europe and America last time. In fact, as early as the second week of the release of "Red Alert" in the UK, ODN contacted Zheng Fei to ask for negotiations with New Asia.

It's a pity that feng shui takes turns. At the beginning, New Asia did not have any influence in Europe, and Lin Xiaozhi had no choice but to choose to cooperate with ODN, and even did not hesitate to give up most of the profits. Now that New Asia is gradually gaining a foothold, he has also begun to broadcast and disagree, yes, if you want the right to publish the videotape, you can also want the distribution rights in North America, let's make a price, if we are satisfied with the price, we will continue to leave it to you.

Obviously, ODN can't offer too high a price. Although Zhilu Dao Red Alert makes money, ODN is not willing to give up most of its profits to New Asia, to put it bluntly, it is the British pride that is at work. Maybe in their opinion, they can't fight those Yankees, and the Yankees' movies are really good, and they just drink some soup behind their butts. But Hong Kong is a British colony, and Hong Kong movies have never been accepted by Europe and the United States, and they squeezed out a piece of meat from between their teeth to eat together.

Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides did not go well from the beginning.

As soon as the publicity of Media Asia's listing was launched, more and more attention was paid in Hong Kong, and with a large number of smelling the smell of meat, they were struggling to cope. Lin Xiaozhi quickly reached a consensus with several major securities firms and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Media Asia will be officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday, December 1, 199l, and is ready to make a good start.

With the listing date approaching, Lin Xiaozhi has also been busy in the past few days.

“…… Lin Dong, the information of the video filling factory over there was sent ......"

"Zhilu said, sort out the information and send it to my office"

"Chairman, Mr. Zhang from Goldman Sachs called again......

"The phone was transferred to Mr. Chen, and he said that it was inconvenient for me to answer the phone now......

"Regarding the design of the new standardized cinema on the side of the Debao Cinema Line, there will be no changes......

"Lin Sheng, I'm relieved to have your guarantee......"

At the subway station, we contacted a deserted remote section of the road to carry out the project, and the Kowloon subway station said that it would cooperate with our film preparation. Of course, as a condition for negotiation, the Kowloon MTR hopes that we can hand over the project to Kowloon Construction......"

"It should be Lei Qizheng's meaning, forget it...... Their Lei family has the strength, and the project can be handed over to them, but you might as well talk to them about the construction cost, but try to ensure that the construction starts before the end of the month......"

“…… Lin Dong,A week ago, you asked the side to develop the box office big data statistics software system for the MGerry,It's been figured out,Mr. Harvey said they don't understand Chinese so they can only develop an English version,If you need to sinicize, you have to hire someone else to do it......"

"Thank you for your hard work, thank you to Mr. Harvey for me. Also, recruit another batch of programmers, huh...... Let's recruit in the name of Debao Cinema Line, and the maintenance and update of this software system will be responsible for Debao Cinema Line in the future......"

"Good ......"

Time flies by on busy days. When Lin Xiaozhi finally took a break from Rushan's papers, it was not a few days before Christmas.

"Smack......

Closing the last document, Lin Xiaozhi stretched his waist and worked overtime for many days, so that he finally got rid of the mountain of documents, obviously he was in a good mood. First he walked to the window and went outside to enjoy the scenery for a while, and then he comfortably made himself a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, this good mood did not last long, and he was soon awakened by a phone call on his desk.

His brows furrowed slightly, although Lin Xiaozhi didn't like it in his heart, he still put down the coffee in his hand, walked over and picked up the phone, "Hey, ......"

"It's me, Lin Sheng"

A hearty male voice came from the other side of the phone, it was Song Nianhui.

"Why, isn't the time to market already set? Is there any saying from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange? Although Song Nianhui was appointed by him as the president of Kowloon Bank, because Lin Xiaozhi was not familiar with the specifics of the listing, he basically operated it on his behalf. Speaking of which, he is very enthusiastic about the listing of Media Asia, and it is no wonder that in order to strengthen the relationship between the two, Lin Xiaozhi sold UU00000 shares of Media Asia to him at a low price some time ago, and as one of the shareholders of Media Asia, he is naturally happy to work.

"Why, is it so strange that I call you" bought some Media Asia shares from him at a low price, Song Nianhui has been in a good mood recently, but he took the lead in making a joke, but the words just fell, and without waiting for Lin Xiaozhi to speak, he answered by himself.

"It's the Bank of China, just now I suddenly called and invited the two of us to tonight's cocktail party, do you think we should go?"

BOC ......

Finally waited for this call