"The boss it's real, unbelievable...... In the second week of our release in the UK, our film really reached No. 9 in the UK box office chart for £40,000, and ODN has already informed me that the release of "Killer Leon" will be extended. Boss, you wouldn't imagine that there are now more than 170 cinemas across the UK showing our films. This number already accounts for about a quarter of the total size of cinemas in the UK today, and it is almost a treatment that can only be enjoyed by popular movies. ”

When Zheng Fei made a transatlantic phone call from England to Hong Kong, Lin Xiaozhi felt that he was about to go crazy with excitement.

“…… Calm down, this is just our first film. ”

Hanging up the phone, Lin Xiaozhi walked back and forth in his room for more than half an hour, laughing and dancing for a long time with excitement, before he finally vented the excitement in his heart and was able to think calmly. The UK box office grossed 9.43 million pounds in two weeks after its release, and New Asia's first foray into the European market was a hit. Although the theaters that were released later were all contacted by ODN, according to the agreement, they could only share the box office dividends, and most of them were eaten by ODN. However, Lin Xiaozhi is not a little dissatisfied in his heart, without ODN's theaters and channels, Xinya still doesn't know when Lu Dao will be able to open the British market.

And this "Killer Leon", if it can achieve good results in Europe, at least it must leave a certain degree of popularity in Europe, which will be of great benefit to New Asia's follow-up films landing in the European market. Europe is the world's second largest box office market after North America, and the combined box office of Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy exceeds $5 billion.

Far away and not to mention, if the final box office of "Killer Leon" exceeds 10 million pounds in the UK, they will be able to get a box office dividend of 00,000 pounds, even if the British impose heavy taxes on non-domestic films in order to sanction the invasion of Hollywood films, but rounding off New Asia can still get about 20 million Hong Kong dollars in box office dividends, which is not bad than "Friends" selling all the copyrights in Europe and the United States. What's more, the other copyrights of "Killer Leon" are also still in the hands of New Asia.

Not to mention that "Killer Leon" unexpectedly became popular in the UK, and the box office of "Killer Leon" in Hong Kong is also rising. On the 10th, Xu Ke's "True Colors of Heroes 3" with infinite regret and anger from fans announced the completion of the painting with a box office of more than 18UU more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars. Although Xu Laowei and his Xu Ke studio made a lot of money because of this movie, there is one thing that even Xu Laowei himself can't deny, the golden signboard of "The True Color of Heroes" has been completely damaged by him. Not surprisingly, Wu Yusen's fans will not be able to wait for the sequel to "The True Color of Heroes" that they are really satisfied with for at least five years.

With the painting of "True Colors of Heroes 3", "Killer Leon" has no rival in Hong Kong in November this year, and enjoys the tail market after the production reduction of the Big Three, and the box office has been rising in controversy and hype. In the first week of release, it won a box office of 97l Hong Kong dollars, only a few hundred thousand to achieve a single-week box office of more than 10 million. "Killer Leon", which was released in the second week of release, still performed strongly, once again winning the Hong Kong box office championship for two consecutive weeks with a box office of 8.16 million, which was really applauded and popular.

"A rare boutique in Hong Kong films this year, congratulations to Xu Jinjiang and the little girl Xu Ruoxuan, especially Xu Jinjiang, there will be a place in the future among Hong Kong's first-line male stars." —Cheng Pao

"There is no doubt that the Hong Kong film industry has another talented person who can write and direct, Lin Xiaozhi has made another good movie, and those doubts about right and wrong can already come to an end" - "Ming Pao"

"Sing Tao Daily": "The latest news from the United Kingdom, the film "Killer Leon" personally shot by the New Asia Investment giant Kuo Shaolin Takashi was released in the UK and won the box office after its release, not only appeared in the most authoritative film journal in Europe "Sight and Hearing", but also won wide praise from British filmmakers and audiences, and it has exceeded 10 million pounds in just half a month after its release, which is expected to set a new record for the highest box office of Hong Kong films released in the UK."

"Killer Leon" swept the box office in Hong Kong in two weeks, and unexpectedly became an instant hit in the UK. Lin Xiaozhi and Xinya naturally couldn't help but use it to hype, and after revealing a little bit of news to the outside world, they spontaneously promoted it on the overwhelming newspaper media.

As a group of immigrants from the provinces of South China and Southeast Asia in the past 30 years, Hong Kong people are proud and confident, but also have low self-esteem and lack of confidence because of their rootless past. After Hong Kong people became wealthy in the sixties and seventies with the opportunity of the relocation of light textile and plastic industries from Europe and the United States, most of the so-called wealthy families in Hong Kong to ordinary people were proud of the residents under British rule, not only imitating Britain in their living customs and laws, but also respecting British food, clothing, housing and even brands.

At first glance, I heard that a Hong Kong film had achieved a big hit in the UK, and some high-income people who rarely went to the movies couldn't resist the curiosity in their hearts to enter the theater to watch the movie, and it was the existence of these people that further drove the box office of "Killer Leon", and "Killer Leon" fell slightly in the third week of release and still won the Hong Kong box office champion in the third week with UR million Hong Kong dollars, and "Killer Leon" also became the first film in New Asia to achieve three consecutive weeks of release.

As more and more people know that the movie "Killer Leon" was screened in the UK, there are reports about "Killer Leon" in the Hong Kong media, and it has finally achieved a one-sided reversal. Some of the people who originally shouted that "Killer Leon" was the evil Rita second, and the figures of third-rate film critics and gossip newspapers that had to be banned disappeared from the newspapers. Even the attitude of the Oriental Daily has achieved a huge change, and no one mentions that Lin Xiaozhi took the credit of Ye Weixin again, as if it had never happened.

"Congratulations...... Lin Dong, your new Asia is getting more and more amazing now, especially Lin Dong, your new movie, I heard that even in the United Kingdom, it is selling very well"

The day before, the distribution rights of "Killer Leon" in Southeast Asia were packaged and sold to Meiya on the condition of 10 million Hong Kong dollars plus some Southeast Asian release dividends. On the day, Lin Xiaozhi finished his day's office and was about to go back to the Lin Mansion, where he hadn't been back for more than half a month, for dinner, when a phone call temporarily stopped him. It was Cai Songlin who called from Taiwan, since the box office of "Killer Leon" came out in the first week, Cai Songlin has always hoped to be able to buy Taiwan's films, but there are some conditions between the two sides that have not been negotiated, and as a result, they have been deadlocked until now.

"Hehe, if there is no British side, our film was unexpectedly recommended by "Sight and Sound", it's hard to say whether the movie can sell well, it's just luck."

Seeing that Cai Songlin had been waiting for a few days, he couldn't help but call him again. Lin Xiaozhi also stopped, and asked with a smile: "How about Cai Sheng, our cooperation with scholars has been very good, and if I can, I naturally hope that this cooperation can continue." ”

Overseas issuance buyouts are not a long-term solution, although it is safe, but it does not bring more profits from sharing. The success of "Killer Leon" to test the waters of European screening made Lin Xiaozhi can't help but speed up the construction of New Asia's channels. After selling the distribution rights of the videotapes in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia to Meiya at a price of 10 million Hong Kong dollars, Xinya reached an agreement with Meiya to receive 30% of the dividends of the film "Killer Leon" in Southeast Asia. It's just that the United States and Asia have negotiated, but the new Asia in Taiwan has not been able to reach a consensus with Cai Songlin's scholars.

As the owner of Taiwan's largest film company and the largest private distributor, Tsai Songlin not only brings a lot of profits to the theaters under his name for every film that operates from Hong Kong to Taiwan, but also ensures that he receives film subsidies from the Taiwan authorities, which is far more than the films he pays to buy out.

"Just as Lin Dong said, we scholars are also full of sincerity in cooperating with Lin Dong. But Lin Dong, why do you have to choose to release it in parts. The buyout is not only stable, but also gets a lot of money, and the share not only does not guarantee money, but also harms the interests of our scholars. In this way, I will raise the price even higher, 9.5 million Hong Kong dollars to buy out the entire distribution rights of "Killer Leon" in Taiwan, if Lin Dong is still not satisfied, then the scholar can only say sorry"

Cai Songlin's voice on the other side of the phone was as gentle as ever, doing business with him should probably be the most comfortable thing, and buying and selling is not benevolent, he probably admires this the most, so although it is not appropriate to negotiate with Xinya because of the sharing and buyout, he can't hear the slightest annoyance in his words.

On the phone, Lin Xiaozhi frowned, "Cai Sheng, it should be beneficial to scholars to divide it." At least the risk is shared equally between the two of us......

"Lin Dong, as you said, wouldn't it be more in line with the interests of your Xinya to buy out, not only is it stable, but the price decision given by our scholars is the highest," Cai Songlin also replied to him.

There was silence on both sides of the phone for a while, and suddenly Lin Xiaozhi couldn't help laughing, and Cai Songlin over there also laughed, and the two laughed for a while before Cai Songlin said: "The last time I was in front, I thought I had thought that Lin Dong was high enough, but I didn't expect that when it came in August, Meiya became a shareholder of Xinya, and Lin Dong had to sigh that the hero was a teenager when he laid down hundreds of millions of family businesses by himself at a young age. But now it seems that I still underestimate you Lin Dong. I'm in a hurry to start dividing now, it seems that Lin Dong has a lot of confidence in your new movie......"

Lin Xiaozhi wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and shrugged his shoulders to himself, as if Cai Songlin could see it: "I also want to buy out all the time, but stability also means that I am complacent and lose my self-motivation." I can't talk about any confidence, but I just think that instead of you patrollers no longer buying out our pieces in the future, you will be forced to fight for a share, it is better to adapt to this model as soon as the company is still vibrant."

His words made Cai Songlin savor them for a while before he said with a smile: "Taiwan's local films are not good, the authorities have a policy to encourage local film companies to invest in foreign film shooting to get back to Taiwan for release, and there is a large subsidy every year." But this is also a requirement, just make some bad movies and want to cheat money, we scholars want to eat subsidies this year, and there are a few fewer movies. Lin Dong, give a face, if you Xinya want to eat a share, I will arrange more movies for you next year, let me use this movie to make up the number, the Kuomintang's money will not be eaten in vain."

The Taiwan provincial authorities have a supportive policy for local films, and Lin Xiaozhi still knows it, but although he is curious about how much money there is, he can't help but be tempted by a big man like Cai Songlin.

After thinking for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief: "Since Cai Sheng said so, if I don't give face again, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to settle in Taiwan in the future." Well, "Killer Leon" we will eat another buyout. However, Cai Sheng, Xinya has been a little nervous recently, and there are new movies to start shooting, if you can, after we sign the contract, can we get all the money at once? ”

Cai Songlin finally nodded to give himself a face when he heard him, and agreed without hesitation, but his voice was a little surprised: "This is naturally no problem, but Lin Dong said that you Xinya has no money, but I was a little surprised." What, are you going to make any movies lately? ”

"Yes, now Xinya has three movies that are being filmed at the same time, and I recently got a new script, which is also quite interesting, and I am ready to make a fourth movie, so I am a little nervous at hand."

"Silly Guy Greeting Birthday", "A Comic Book Goes to the World", "Cheating Treasure", Xinya now has three movies being filmed at the same time, Lin Xiaozhi also has a book in his hand, which was originally a movie prepared for Chen Baiqiang, but he forgot about it when he was busy during this time, and now the release of "Killer Leon" has gradually reached a climax, whether it is Hong Kong or the United Kingdom, the box office is rising, far exceeding everyone's expectations. Lin Xiaozhi naturally took the time to shoot the new movie he prepared for Chen Baiqiang.

There was silence on the phone for a while, and then Cai Songlin sighed: "Lin Dong is so courageous, you Xinya is probably the only film company in Hong Kong that never allows others to participate in investment and shooting." But it's okay if the movie becomes popular like this, the family eats all-you-can-eat, but if it loses, no one else will bear it together......"

In other words, he once again expressed his intention to participate in New Asia Investment. In fact, this is not the first time that Tsai Songlin has hinted like this, he is Taiwan's largest film dealer and private theater businessman, and his assets under his name alone have billions of Taiwan dollars, plus those Taiwanese capital gathered under the banner of scholars, it is not a rumor that he can command and understand tens of billions of Taiwan dollars.

It's a pity that Lin Xiaozhi is not the kind of person who likes to give money to others, he thought about it and felt that Xinya didn't need to continue to introduce investors for the time being, so he pretended not to understand Cai Songlin's hints, and chatted with him for a while before hanging up the phone.

A phone call from Cai Songlin caused Lin Xiaozhi to delay some time in the company. By the time he left the Kowloon Bank Building, it was half past six o'clock, and the night was getting dark. I made a phone call home first to remind myself to come back later, but I heard from Fu Bo that my father Lin Jiannian and my eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi haven't gone back yet.

Hearing this, Lin Xiaozhi didn't go directly to the basement to pick up the car. went downstairs directly along the elevator, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked to the door of Lin Jiannian's office, he heard a voice coming from the room. Because the sound insulation of the door is good, Lin Xiaozhi didn't hear what was going on inside, knocked on the door and then pushed the door in, and saw his father sitting in the seat, and his eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi was holding a document book, standing there and saying something, as soon as he heard someone come in, he also turned around.

“…… Dad, big brother"

He said hello, "I just delayed a while, and I was about to go home, so I hung up the phone to Grandpa Fu, and he said that the two of you haven't arrived home yet, so come and have a look."

"Wait a minute, we're almost ready."

Dad smiled and nodded with him, Lin Xiaozhi has often seen him smile recently. The second child, who is only a loser and the most useless, suddenly seems to have changed as if he is a different person, and he has earned hundreds of millions of family properties in less than two years, which makes Lin Jiannian sometimes laugh when he dreams. In the past, when he attended events to meet old friends, he was most afraid of others mentioning a few children in his family, but now the second child in the family has suddenly become a Hong Kong celebrity, and now even if he doesn't pay attention to the news of the entertainment industry the most, he also knows that the Lin family has a great child, rebellious and rebellious, can't bear the ability of others, and has made hundreds of millions of dollars in more than a year, and now he has acquired a film company and a record company. Comrade Lao Lin's face was stained, and he has been in a good mood recently.

The eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi also smiled and nodded with him, there is no kind of-for-tat brotherly contradiction between the two brothers, he Lin Lao Er has already made it clear that the carriage and horse go out alone, and if he does not compete with him for the future industry of the Lin family, he will naturally not be able to rub sparks.

“…… As of October this year, the bank has lent a total of 440,000 Hong Kong dollars, with actual deposits of 4l billion Hong Kong dollars, and a total of seven loans of about 95UU more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars will be issued in the first few years of maturity at the end of the year, with a total profit of 13.48 million Hong Kong dollars, and by the end of the year, the bank will have actual funds close to 300 million yuan, and the number of long-term lending funds will exceed 100 million ......"

It turned out that the eldest brother was reporting the situation of the bank to his father, and after the run after the stock market crash in 87, the Kowloon Bank, which gritted its teeth and survived, has finally recovered a little bit of the bank's appearance.

Lin Xiaozhi listened to it for a while, he didn't know much about those things in the bank, but he also heard something, and asked curiously: "Dad, why does the bank not lend so much money now?" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Jiannian's father and son knew that he was still a layman in the bank. The eldest brother glanced at his father and saw that he didn't react, so he had to explain to him: "There are several reasons, first, there are no good loan projects recently; Second, the current political environment is not good, and there is a disturbance in the north, and now Hong Kong people are panicking, and they can rest assured if they have money in their hands; And the mistakes we made before the stock market crash in '87 are now remembered by us, so we have some money in our hands and don't dare to lend money excessively......"

"That's a shame......"

Lin Xiaozhi felt a little sorry, there were opportunities to make a fortune everywhere these years. Some people who don't invest in their hands are the biggest waste, for example, he, the most worrying thing now is that there is not enough money.

Suddenly, Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved, and he quickly raised his head and asked, "I said Dad, if there is a good loan project, is our bank willing to accept it?" ”

"What, you have friends who want money?" Lin Jiannian was working on the last document, Wen Yan glanced up at him, lowered his head and continued to write, preparing to finish the family home as soon as possible for a rare reunion dinner.

Since Lin Xiaozhi moved out of Lu, he only went back to Lin Mansion once or twice a month, and sometimes he didn't even stay at home for one night, he is now in his fifties, and it is inevitable that he will be a little lost when his son is not around.

"If you really have friends who want to use money, and it is a good loan project, as long as the mortgage is no problem, and the money is not used for more than two years, the bank can provide an amount of 10 million to 30 million."

Although he answered this seriously, Lin Xiaozhi heard a bit of a casual feeling, and it seemed that he just said it to send him away, and he didn't really believe that he had any good loan projects.

"Why do you have to use someone else's money, can't my Xinya Film Company take out a loan?" Lin Xiaozhi was dissatisfied, "My Xinya is now a famous film company in Hong Kong."

His words made Lin Jiannian and Lin Xiaoyi look at each other and frown,

"You want money?"

Lin Jiannian stopped the pen in his hand, "Haven't you Xinya made a lot of money from a few movies recently, why do you still need a loan?" ”

"I have made a lot of money, especially my "Killer Leon", and the UK alone can give us more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars. But the settlement of overseas distribution films is more troublesome, how to say, sooner it will probably take two or three months for the end of the screening in the UK before we can get the money, if it is slower, it may take half a year," he replied sullenly, and the sharing is not necessarily a good thing.

"I recently got a few good scripts, and I want to take advantage of the current production reduction of the three giants of Golden Harvest, Xinyicheng and Debao, and try to make a few more movies to see if I can increase the company's market share and influence a little more. As you may know, I have acquired two new record labels, and I recently wanted to talk to PolyGram about the complete acquisition of Xinyibao Records, and PolyGram has also loosened up a bit, so I need money recently......"

After finishing his words in one breath, Lin Xiaozhi stared at the two of them with blazing eyes.

Lin Jiannian lit a cigarette for himself, thought about it and asked uncertainly, "How much do you want to use?" Ready to use two or three years? ”

Lin Xiaozhi thought for a while and gestured three fingers: "At least 30 million Hong Kong dollars, preferably 50 million." As for the loan period, it doesn't take too long, a year. The profit is calculated according to the proportion of the bank loan, and the family has to calculate it clearly so as not to gossip about other shareholders of the bank, of course, the contract also goes through the formal procedure, and the shares of the New Asia Film Company under my name are also worth more than 100 million yuan, which can be used as collateral"

He doesn't have to ask for this loan, if he can have it, it is naturally the best, and it can save a lot of trouble. If not, it will be half a year at most, who let him meet Song Nianhui before, and his head is hot, and he smashed all the nearly 80 million funds he can use into the black market. Now Lin Xiaozhi does regret it a little, as soon as the Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the mainland opened, the whole Hong Kong is now making more trouble. The ratio of Hong Kong dollars to renminbi in the black market is still falling rapidly, and recently a major shareholder has shouted a strange price of l:l:10. Although Lin Xiaozhi also knows very well that the renminbi will never collapse so easily, he still can't see the meaning of the mainland's bailout, and he is somewhat anxious.

His words made Lin Jiannian nod secretly, and he was completely relieved of his son, who had indeed grown a lot in the past two years. Lin Xiaozhi also said very clearly before, all go through the formal procedures, and others will do whatever they want on his side.

After discussing with his eldest son Lin Xiaoyi for a while, he nodded and said, "The bank is now overcrowded, and there are too many loans of 50 million, and if you want to win 30 or 40 million, you should agree to a few old people." In this way, I will take a look at the loan application form when you take the time to get it, and then I will give you an appropriate discount on the interest rate."

When he was relieved, Lin Xiaozhi was suddenly overjoyed and hurriedly responded.

After a few more exchanges, Lin Jiannian finished his official business, locked the door of the office, and the father and son went downstairs together, got into a car in the basement, and prepared to rush back home.

The driver who drove the car was still Lin Xiaozhi's old acquaintance, Gao R Gao Sen, who was the captain of the Lin family's bodyguards who had been arranged by Lin Jiannian to go to Taiwan with him.

Gao Sen's driving skills are good, the car drives steadily and fast, Lin Xiaozhi has sat a few times, and he also admits that his driving skills are far better than himself.

However, just as he was passing through a street turn, suddenly Gao Sen braked suddenly, causing Lin Xiaozhi, who was sitting in the passenger seat to forget to fasten his seat belt because he was careless, and his head came into close contact with the car window.

Several muffled snorts came out of the car at the same time, obviously the father and eldest brother sitting in the back of the car did not expect this accident and suffered a small loss.

"Gao Sen, what's wrong?"

Lin Xiaozhi was just about to ask, when he heard his father behind him speak, and his voice was somewhat annoyed.

"Boss, the gangsters in front were beating people, and suddenly a person rushed out and almost hit our car"

As soon as his words fell, Lin Xiaozhi heard a few snapping sounds from his car window.

"Sir, save me ......"

Lin Xiaozhi vaguely heard a man's cry for help, and couldn't help but raise his head and look out the car window......