Airplanes!

As Lin Xiaozhi's last sentence fell, the venue, which could barely be kept quiet, suddenly became like a noisy vegetable market, and the magnesium lights shone violently again, much more intensely than just now, so that even Lin Xiaozhi, who was wearing a flat mirror, covered himself with the dazzling magnesium lights by waving his hand to signal everyone to calm down.

"Lin Sheng, you just accused Hong Kong of not having a law and system that can guarantee the film industry, are you dissatisfied with the inaction of the Film and Entertainment Department and the Hong Kong government?"

"What are the privileges of the establishment of the artist union?"

"You promised to set up a 'film development support fund', but set a threshold for receiving support, is this move for profit purposes?"

"Recently, I heard that many small and medium-sized institutes in the southern and central regions of Taiwan have formed a Taiwan Courtyard Business Alliance, may I ask if some of the Taiwan Courtyard Merchants you just mentioned are referring to the Taiwan Courtyard Business Alliance?"

"Since June, news has been released one after another, saying that Media Asia has reached a consensus with the mainland on the introduction of films. However, another source revealed that even if many of the films that Media Asia has recommended to the north this year have all been rejected by radio and television, will the policy of introducing 15 Hong Kong films a year be implemented? Will it end up being a dead letter? ”

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"Everyone, please be calm! When I'm done, we'll have plenty of time to interview you, and we'll have some of our guests to answer your questions. ”

As soon as it came up, several big news were released in a row, so the commotion of the reporters present was also expected by him. However, it took him a lot of effort, clapping his hands for half a day and making some promises that he would answer in detail, so that the unfinished press conference continued.

"Next, I would like to announce that in view of the fact that a large number of screenwriters in the industry have blindly followed the trend of script creation in recent years, and at the same time, many film companies have not attached importance to original scripts, and the director's innovation ability in Hong Kong has stagnated or even deteriorated, Media Asia will join hands with the Hong Kong Film Society and the Screenwriters Guild to jointly prepare for the Hong Kong Original Screenplay Competition, and encourage Hong Kong and foreign screenwriters in Hong Kong to actively create excellent original scripts. In addition to vigorously promoting scripts that have been praised by the judges, many film companies, including Media Asia, will give priority to high-priced script buyouts. Please don't doubt how eager we are for good scripts that dare to innovate, I can take a step ahead here to say that if someone can create a script like "Once Upon a Time" and "Truant Dragon", the price is up to you, and Media Asia will directly give no less than one million Hong Kong dollars in script buyout fees, and even give the screenwriter box office dividends! ”

"In addition to some measures to deal with the current crisis in the industry, we have a few news about Media Asia itself to be released to the outside world at today's press conference. First of all, we are honored to inform you that the film "League of Assassins", which I wrote and filmed myself, has completed the post-production and will begin to enter the full promotion stage in the near future. Thanks to the cooperation of distributors in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom, my film was released simultaneously in Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China and Japan on October 6, and the film will also be screened in theaters in South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom on the 7th. ”

"I think you should remember my other blockbuster movie "Resident Evil" last year, and I am happy to share with you another news about it, that is, last year, when this movie was a global hit, it set off a zombie craze, and more than a dozen European and American companies contacted us to ask for game adaptation rights. Although European and American companies offered us a sky-high price of 1.7 million US dollars (about 13 million Hong Kong dollars), after more than half a year of negotiation and screening, we finally finalized the game adaptation rights of "Resident Evil" for 950,000 US dollars plus 4% game sales dividends to Japan Jiafukang (i.e. Capcom), valid for 20 years, and Jiafukang will also have the priority right to purchase the game adaptation of the follow-up series of "Resident Evil"! ”

He smiled and spread his hands: "Many people may think that we have made a loss-making deal purely from the numbers. But I don't think so, we have carefully examined the game creation strength of Japan's Jiafukang Company, and I believe that the cooperation between the two of us will definitely produce miracles. It's still about Resident Evil, and we're honored that Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa Shoten has reached a consensus that the novel and manga of the same name adapted from Resident Evil will be released in Japan later this year. I would like to say sorry to some fans who have been waiting for the "Resident Evil" manga version since last year, in order to better enter the Japanese market, after contacting us at Kadokawa Bookstore last year, the completed "Resident Evil" manga version had to be suspended for re-creation. However, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Ma Rongcheng and others, a more exciting comic book version of "Resident Evil" has been born than the previous version, and Tianxia Company will start shipping to bookstores in the market at a later date, I hope you can enjoy it......"

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaozhi put the manuscript in his hand into his pocket, turned around and nodded slightly to the staff behind him, and in the curious eyes of many media reporters, several staff members quickly moved a beautifully packaged cardboard box from the background and sent it to Lin Xiaozhi.

He then waved his hand and continued: "Next, will be the last thing we are going to announce at today's press conference, thank you to the engineers of Media Asia Electronics, I am honored to announce to you another good news here today, that is, after decades of the birth of the video recorder, with the development of technology, we have finally invented a new alternative to replace the 'expensive' video recorder, that is, our SVCD projector." ”

He asked the staff to immediately open the box, and then took out the product that had undergone several rework and major changes, and finally finalized the product Media Asia SVCD. Because the fuselage is plastic except for the key parts, its weight is less than five catties, not only much lighter than the tape recorder that weighs seven or eight catties at every turn on the market, and under his strong request, both the shape design and the thickness have reached the height of a classic DVD in history, which can be said to have paid a lot of price.

Historically, BBK didn't spend much money on research, and it was almost a copy of a Japanese product. But in order to complete his requirements, Huanya Electronics has reduced the weight and thickness, and at the same time the clarity and service life have to keep up, and the funds spent for this are not one or two points, which are directly tens of millions, and thanks to the fact that similar products were born in Japan in the seventies and eighties, there is a reference, plus there is mature MPEG-1 compression technology support in the United States, otherwise it will take to come up with a finished product, I don't know how long.

Commanding the staff who had rehearsed, opening the SVCD and lighting it in front of a group of media reporters, Lin Xiaozhi took a box that was as thin as a cigarette box but much larger than it from another staff member, and took it out to show everyone, only to see a corner of the wonderful poster of "Resident Evil" printed on it.

He shook it proudly in front of a group of people, and then tore off the packaging on its surface, took out a brand-new SVCD disc inside, held it in his hand, and introduced: "The first laser printing technology is used to make a CD, which can perfectly compress a two-hour movie into this thin disc, and the clarity is not much worse than that of the mid-to-low-end tape recorders on the market." I am very excited to tell you that because of its birth, the large, bulky and expensive VCR may not be swept away immediately, but the market of homes and small screening halls that was once dominated by it will definitely change to a new owner a few years ago, which is the result of the hard work of hundreds of engineers at Media Asia Electronics in the past few years! We have brought a new opportunity and reform to the film industry, which is bound to greatly increase the profits of those film producers! ”

Although Lin Xiaozhi gave SVCD a high evaluation, it was a pity that he found that he had been working hard for him for a long time, and most of the reporters and media people below were generally looking at him with a skeptical or no belief at all. The spotlight that thinned out in an instant made Lin Xiaozhi immediately realize the epoch-making status of talking about SVCD with these Hong Kong entertainment reporters who don't have many scientific and technological genes, and he could only become a princess who sold melons. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough, so he immediately handed back the disc and SVCD to the staff behind him, and motioned them to step back a little, and then announced: "The news we are going to announce today is now over, and I would like to invite the invited guest team to come to the stage and join me to accept the inquiries of all media reporters and friends!" ”

Needless to say, Chen Qiang in the background just saw that he was cold when he introduced SVCD, so he immediately arranged for someone to invite invited guests. Therefore, as soon as he announced, the door on one side of the venue was opened, and a team of more than a dozen people, led by Xu Ke, Sammo Hung, Huang Baiming, and Zhang Guozhong, immediately walked into the venue and went straight to the rostrum.

After everyone stood still, without Lin Xiaozhi's signal, a group of reporters who had been suppressed for a long time immediately looked like wild cats who smelled the fishy smell and went crazy, and he could even see a few reporters with red eyes and even green tendons bulging out on their foreheads, clenching the microphone in their hands and squeezing straight to the rostrum.

"Hello Lin Sheng, can you tell us about the significance of the establishment of the artist union, and how it should ensure the legitimate interests of film practitioners? How will it be operated? ”

"We envision that the Artists' Union will be a strong organization capable of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of all artists in Hong Kong, so the union must have the support of the government, and we have been in contact with the Hong Kong government, and I myself have personally visited Mr. Governor General two days ago and discussed this issue with him, I believe that with the support of the government, the establishment of the Artists' Union is only a matter of time. Because the industry does not have a strict law and system to protect everyone's interests, for example, the recent anti-black in Hong Kong, some crews have been affected by the anti-crime because of the unknown source of film shooting funds, some directly announced the suspension of filming, and some simply ran away without saying a word from the producer and director. Who is the most unlucky, not those low-level artists. If there is any film company and crew that owes you legal income, you can hand it over to the artist union to help you fight for it, considering that the artist union also needs to hire special legal counsel and lawyers, so every member who joins the artist union must pay a membership fee with the union every year to maintain its continuous operation. ”

"You mentioned earlier that the Hong Kong film industry lacks a perfect legal system, can Lin Sheng elaborate?"

"I'll just pick up what I just said, even some big-name stars in Hong Kong can't get full salaries before the movie is released. Except for a few box office guarantees, the vast majority of artists' remuneration is given when signing a contract, part is given after filming, and the rest is made up after the movie is released. And because most of this kind of remuneration is a verbal agreement maintained by reputation, or a paper agreement that does not have a strict legal guarantee, the consequences of not being bound by the system like this are very strict. It is not uncommon for producers and directors to run away like this recently, and everyone can't get the money they deserve, and there are many newcomers and artists who are owed a lot of wages and can't get them. There are even some times, because there is no system constraint, some stars feel that the movie they receive can be popular in the process of filming, and he is a big name, so they threaten the crew director and producer to get a higher salary, otherwise it is not unheard of to threaten not to shoot. And once there is a clear legal and institutional constraint, the signed agreement is written very clearly in black and white, whether it is a big-name director, producer, film company or an artist who claims to be a big-name star, he must abide by it, and whoever violates it will be sent to court, you see, who dares to mess around? ”

"The 'Film Development Support Fund' initiated by Lin Sheng, said that it was to support local films, but it also set a threshold for receiving support, is this move for profit purposes? What are the thresholds? ”

"It's not entirely wrong if you think so, first of all, as a sound institution, an institution that can continue to operate and continue to play its role, the 'Film Development Support Fund' must ensure continuous profitability in order to continue to develop. Therefore, we will definitely repeatedly screen film companies and directors who invest and support, and kick out those leather bag companies and people with poor reputation who want to cheat money and investment. As for the threshold, at this stage, our main support object is commercial films with profitability, not that I personally despise literary films, but most of these films cannot guarantee the return on investors' investment unless they are particularly good, so we will not consider investing in literary films for a long time. For shoddy scripts, suspected plagiarism, and no creativity, we will never consider investment! ”

"In the name of the Hong Kong Film Society, you meddled in the dispute between a local film company and a Taiwanese theater company, is there any selfishness in this?"

"What selfish motives do I have? First of all, according to some statistics I have collected from the industry in the past month or so, after the birth of the Taiwan Film Merchants Alliance, relying on the scale and intimidation of the ban, it signed more than a dozen films at a price at least two to three percent lower than in previous years, causing direct economic losses of nearly 30 million Hong Kong dollars to local film companies. Do you know what this money means? We can't make money only in the local market, and the profits in Taiwan have been robbed by them, if the films in Southeast Asia and other markets can't be sold anymore, then these dozen or so movies are likely to lose money. If the investors are unhappy and the producers are unhappy, who is unlucky? Whether it is the director, the screenwriter, the crew and the low-level artists, it is likely that one or several small film companies will go out of business because of this. ”

"Why did Lin Sheng give up the Taiwan market before, and now he is fully cooperating with the mainland? Is it because of political tendencies? ”

"Politics? Your associative power is also too rich, and I believe that no one here does not know that I, Lin Xiaozhi, used to be a standard gentleman, so please don't take out such a high-end thing and impose it on me. The reason why Media Asia decisively gave up the Taiwan market before was because since Li Huihui came to power, Taiwan's extreme rejection of Hong Kong films began to appear on the island, and the most obvious thing is that the government on the island has subsidized the four major state-owned theaters and businessmen to introduce American films for many years to squeeze the market share of Hong Kong films, but they are unwilling to give Hong Kong films more and better opportunities to compete on the same stage. The reason why Media Asia chose to fully develop the mainland market is because I have seen the vigorous vitality of the land in the north and the love of the northern compatriots for buying imported goods and Hong Kong film and video tapes from several trips to the north, which made me realize that the market in the north has a lot to offer. I am first a filmmaker, then the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Society, and finally the boss of the Media Asia Group. So over the past few years, I have been committed to bringing excellent Hong Kong films out of Hong Kong, not only to the mainland, but even to bring them abroad to more fans. ”

In just a short period of time, Lin Xiaozhi answered a number of questions in a row, seeing that everyone was aiming their eyes and firepower at themselves, Huang Baiming and others next to him were idle, and couldn't help but attract firepower for them and said: "Recently, because the impact of anti-blackness has gradually spread to the industry, the bad consequences of the rupture of the capital chain of some film companies have begun to affect the entire industry environment. We support the government's anti-crime campaign, and we are willing to cooperate with the government to completely eradicate those evil black claws that reach out to the film industry. You may wish to communicate with them as well......"

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The one-and-a-half-hour press conference passed quickly, and after pulling Huang Baiming and others into the water, it does not mean that Lin Xiaozhi can be idle, because he is the protagonist of today's press conference, there are always a large number of people who can't wait to poke the microphone into his mouth. So even if there were more people next to him who were asked, he just had a few more breaks in the middle, and the main firepower was still focused on him, so that he answered a lot of questions successively, and unlike the past few press conferences, he almost refused the questions of the questioners, and even a few entertainment gossip asked about his wife Li Jiaxin's recent rumored delivery date, and he patiently answered.

Therefore, when he glanced at the time on his watch and announced that the press conference was over, not many people on the field were dissatisfied, on the contrary, most of them were excitedly clenching the tape recorder in their hands, eager to go back quickly, and write the N more revelations interviewed today into a report, so that their newspapers and magazines were a big hit.

It is conceivable that a day from now, Hong Kong will inevitably be lively again because of today's press conference. A filmmaker, followed by the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Society, and finally the boss of the Media Asia Group. So over the past few years, I have been committed to bringing excellent Hong Kong films out of Hong Kong, not only to the mainland, but even to bring them abroad to more fans. ”

In just a short period of time, Lin Xiaozhi answered a number of questions in a row, seeing that everyone was aiming their eyes and firepower at themselves, Huang Baiming and others next to him were idle, and couldn't help but attract firepower for them and said: "Recently, because the impact of anti-blackness has gradually spread to the industry, the bad consequences of the rupture of the capital chain of some film companies have begun to affect the entire industry environment. We support the government's anti-crime campaign, and we are willing to cooperate with the government to completely eradicate those evil black claws that reach out to the film industry. You may wish to communicate with them as well......"

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The one-and-a-half-hour press conference passed quickly, and after pulling Huang Baiming and others into the water, it does not mean that Lin Xiaozhi can be idle, because he is the protagonist of today's press conference, there are always a large number of people who can't wait to poke the microphone into his mouth. So even if there were more people next to him who were asked, he just had a few more breaks in the middle, and the main firepower was still focused on him, so that he answered a lot of questions successively, and unlike the past few press conferences, he almost refused the questions of the questioners, and even a few entertainment gossip asked about his wife Li Jiaxin's recent rumored delivery date, and he patiently answered.

Therefore, when he glanced at the time on his watch and announced that the press conference was over, not many people on the field were dissatisfied, on the contrary, most of them were excitedly clenching the tape recorder in their hands, eager to go back quickly, and write the N more revelations interviewed today into a report, so that their newspapers and magazines were a big hit.

It is conceivable that a day from now, Hong Kong will inevitably be lively again because of today's press conference.