December 26th is an ordinary and special day.

Christmas has passed in Hong Kong, but the Christmas atmosphere has not yet dissipated, and the major merchants are still struggling to eat and drink, trying to sell more things with the help of the festive season.

On this day, Huang Yuanshen finally failed to defeat ATV, and was forced to sign his name on a new three-year contract under ATV's priority signing regulations. The first of the ten heroes was re-'retained' by ATV's high salary.

Also on this day, the Chen Rongmei family, which is engaged in international foreign trade, with the assistance of Feng Bingzhong, the former general manager of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, established the Xinbao Cinema Line based on the four cinemas with three screening halls that have been built and bought in the past year, becoming the fourth cinema chain in Hong Kong after Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Debao. Relying on the financial resources of the Chen Rongmei family, they declared to the outside world that "Xinbao Cinemas adheres to the principle of only operating cinemas and not establishing film production institutions." At the same time, they sent invitations to more than 30 small and medium-sized film companies in Hong Kong, promising that if they schedule films in their theaters, they can get loans from Xinbao Cinemas to make films, and Xinya Film Company also received an invitation from Xinbao Cinemas.

Different from the traditional three major cinema chains, Xinbao Cinema Line has adopted a new cinema operation mode, and by providing loans to film production companies, it guarantees the source of Xinbao Cinema Line. At the same time, it is easy for these films to recover loans and interest when they are released in their own theaters. Moreover, in the form of loans, Xinbao Cinema Line, which was engaged in international foreign trade earlier and has no connections at all in the film industry, can quickly establish cooperative relations with a large number of independent producers and accumulate contacts; On the other hand, it is also easy to control independent production companies to complete the film at a budgeted cost, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone

However, there are not many people who can see these at present, and I am afraid that in the whole of Hong Kong except for Lin Xiaozhi's accident, everyone could not have imagined that this cinema chain, which now only has four cinemas, would replace Golden Princess and Golden Harvest two years later and become the most profitable cinema chain in Hong Kong, and three years later, through the acquisition of Debao and Golden Princess Cinemas, it became the largest cinema in Hong Kong.

On December 26, Debao Cinemas announced that American action superstar Schwarzenegger's first comedy "Dragon Brother and Mouse" landed on Xinbao Cinemas and announced that it would meet with the Hong Kong audience. A restless atmosphere began to brew and transpire in the hearts of many filmmakers, and some far-sighted people were suddenly horrified to discover that Hong Kong has been painstakingly built by three generations of filmmakers since the 60s, and an irreparable crack has appeared because of the birth of Xinbao Cinema Line.

An American blockbuster is coming!

Also on the day of December 26th, New Asia finally invested more than 3.4 million yuan to shoot "Can't Help It", which has just experienced a media hype that has affected the whole Hong Kong media, and it is an ugly daughter-in-law who is also going to meet her in-laws, and finally will land in the theater to meet the audience.

did not hold a midnight preview screening, because New Asia does not have the influence and hardcore moviegoers for the time being, and as a tertiary film, Lin Xiaozhi really has never heard of any film company that has made a glamorous film, and invited celebrities to make a premiere.

"Can't Help It" debuted in a total of 25 theaters, some time ago the hype for the film brought a lot of popularity, although limited by the three-level film audience restrictions, but the first day of the theater box office still lived up to New Asia's expectations, in the incredible eyes of some concerned media, the first day of the box office exceeded 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, reaching a good result of 710,000. You know, this is the report card it handed over on Monday.

Since the Film and Television Department completed the "Film Classification Act" more than a month ahead of schedule and implemented it under the pressure of the media, "Can't Help It" is not the first film to be rated as Level III, and there are several films such as "Black Sun" before it, either because it is too bloody and violent, or because it is not suitable for the public to watch, in short, it has been given a Level 3 rating by the Film and Television Department. But most of these tertiary films are not very good at the box office, even the best box office "Black Sun" failed to exceed 500,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office on the day of the premiere.

After winning a box office of 710,000 on the day of the premiere, with a good plot and the hard performance of Sister Ye Yuqing, its reputation has been rendered by the media and spread by word of mouth among moviegoers, attracting more and more people to enter the cinema.

It took only six days for the release of "Can't Help It" to win the box office of 4.72 million Hong Kong dollars with an absolute dark horse attitude, becoming the highest-grossing film in Debao Cinema at present, and the rating of the third-level film can't stop the audience's curiosity, and after the previous hype, many adult audiences who can afford to pay for theater viewing have also developed a strong interest in it. As the media continues to report on its box office success, book tickets by phone, or simply go to the Durvo Cinemas and other cinemas where "Can't Help It" is filmed to buy tickets to watch the movie, in Hong Kong, where the atmosphere is relatively open, especially at midnight, there is an endless stream of adult audiences queuing up to buy tickets to enter the theater.

Seeing that the income of the TV theaters where the movie "Can't Help It" was released, more movie theaters finally couldn't sit still, and they dialed Xinya's phone one after another, and took the initiative to contact the theaters that asked for their film scheduling. In just one week, the number of theaters in which "Can't Help It" increased from 25 to 53, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of 194 theaters with more than 100 seats in Hong Kong

"Can't Help It" is on fire

Now people all over Hong Kong have learned through media reports that the previous tertiary film shot by Xinya Film Company, which was very hyped in Hong Kong, was hot at the box office, although more and more voices began to question the plot of the movie and the acting skills of the actors, and even some media and filmmakers accused it of relying on hype and topics to become popular, and the movie itself was not desirable

Place. But an indisputable fact is in front of me, I can't help it" is on fire, and the box office of the movie is launching a ferocious impact towards 10 million or even higher.

“… Mr. Li, although we have cooperated very well before, but you want to buy the overseas trailer and videotape of our company's film for 7 million to publish, hehe, this is impossible

Lin Xiaozhi's whole person fell into his soft boss chair, his toes gently turned in circles from time to time, while chatting leisurely on the phone, and his mood looked very good.

Just five minutes ago, he received another call from Li Guoxing, president of Meiya Entertainment Group. According to Lin Xiaozhi's inquiry, the movie "I'm Crazy for Qing" brought him at least more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars. It is precisely for this reason that before the release and promotion of "Can't Help It", he proposed to buy out the distribution rights of overseas films and videotapes for 4 million. After being rejected by Lin Xiaozhi, he was not angry, after the release of "Can't Help It" on the 26th, he contacted Lin Xiaozhi again only the next day and increased the price to 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars, this price was obviously Lin Xiaozhi was not satisfied, so he was politely rejected again.

Now that the movie has been released for a week, after seeing the box office of "Can't Help It" in Hong Kong, he was still a little angry after being rejected twice in a row, and Li Guoxing, who was ready to wait for Xinya to take the initiative to contact him, couldn't sit still again, he was worried that as the box office continued to rise, Lin Xiaozhi's price would be higher and higher. So today he dialed Lin Xiaozhi's phone again!

"Lin Sheng......" was repeatedly rejected by New Asia, as the largest distributor in Hong Kong, Li Guoxing couldn't help but be a little unhappy in his words, "I went to see your movie, I admit that it is a little better than your last movie in terms of plot, but this movie is not as much as the previous one, and now it can sell well in Hong Kong, or the effect of your Lin Dacai's advertising and promotion. I bought 7 million and went to Southeast Asia to screen it, but there is actually a certain risk. Cooperation is to be mutually beneficial and win-win in order to be called cooperation, you can't let us Meiya have no money to make......"

Lin Xiaozhi is not angry, the box office is getting better and better, and his confidence is getting more and more, but Lin Xiaozhi doesn't want to offend him too much, making him think that Xinya is not sincere: "It's the same as last time, Mr. Li. At a fixed price of 6 million, we will sell the overseas trailers of "Can't Help It", as for the rights to the videotape, we will sell it in packages for 5 million Hong Kong dollars!"

Meiya is a very good partner, Li Guoxing has channels throughout Southeast Asia, although he can't compete with the head snake Cai Songlin in Taiwan, but he is also the head of the raptor, not to mention in Southeast Asia, Meiya has two short legs, the first is that he has not been able to gain a firm foothold in Japan for a long time, and he has a share of the largest box office market in Asia; Second, Meiya does not have its own film company to provide the best quality film sources, and it is constantly sent overseas to explore new markets.

The only two potential film companies that have cooperated with Meiya today are Yongsheng and their new Asia. Yongsheng, who just set foot in the film industry the year before last, spent a year last year adapting to the rules of the film industry, and this year will be the year when Yongsheng began to exert its strength in the film industry. However, the current Yongsheng and Xinya are only half a catty, and Yongsheng has only shot a few movies for the time being, and the only ones that can be taken out are Wang Fatzi's two. Before the "God of Gamblers", which swept Southeast Asia, came out, on the list of powerful customers of Meiya, Xinya and Yongsheng should be at the same level.

"Eleven million...... You new Asia are asking too much!"

Rao is Li Guoxing was prepared, and he was even ready for Lin Xiaozhi to shout a high price of eight million or nine million, but he didn't expect that he would shout a sky-high price of 11 million at a fixed price. He was in no mood at the moment, and complained angrily, and he didn't care about any politeness or impoliteness, so he hung up the phone directly

"Hehe......"

Listen to the phone on the other side, beep beep beep. Lin Xiaozhi is not angry, he knows that Li Guoxing will still call, and even if he doesn't call, when the final box office of "Can't Help It" comes out, if Meiya can still calm down, he will take the initiative to beat it.

Now, the two sides are just fighting for a breath, and they are betting on the final box office and influence of this movie. Whoever can't help it first, I'm afraid that the interests of millions will be given away.

Putting the phone on the telephone, Lin Xiaozhi got up and stretched, walked to the water dispenser next to him and poured himself a glass of water, walked to the window comfortably, opened the window to feel the unique humid and warm sea breeze in Hong Kong in January, and squinted his eyes to enjoy this rare peace. These days, he has been busy before and after, busy and busy all in order to operate the promotion, release and distribution of "Can't Help It", not only has he not slept well for half a month, but even the crew of "Color is Empty" has gone less, unless he has to go to the play, otherwise he is sitting in the headquarters of New Asia, directing the distribution and release of the film.

1989 ......"

Looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, he whispered softly for a while, and the smile on his face gradually decreased, "A year of many disasters and hardships......

yes, the storm in the North Continent is about to blow. But he can't control that, so let it be. After drinking the water from the teacup, he had just turned around and put the quilt on the table, when suddenly, his mobile phone rang not far away.

Lin Xiaozhi was slightly flustered, and walked quickly to the front room to turn on the telephone, and before he could ask who the other party was, he heard a hurried voice: "Hey...... Mr. Lin? Hurry up and come to Nanshan Hospital, Ye Dao and they are injured, and now they are in the hospital......"

"What ......"