"If the mainland really has the heart to open the market to our Hong Kong films, it will also be a beautiful thing. Lin Sheng and Media Asia worked together to promote this matter, which is very helpful for the future development of our Hong Kong films! ”

Huang Baiming said with emotion: "Taiwan has not been quiet in the past two years, and the authorities do not know what Lu Dao thinks. The quota for the introduction of American films and Japanese films has been increased year after year, but the influence of our Hong Kong films has been reduced. I heard that the four major state-owned cinema companies are squeezing our small and medium-sized film production companies in Hong Kong, and three film companies that often schedule films in Golden Princess have stopped production this year! ”

The past two years have undoubtedly been the most glorious period for Hong Kong films, with movies with a box office of more than 40 million or 50 million appearing frequently, and many people have made a lot of money by investing in making movies.

But the hidden crisis behind the prosperity can now be seen, such as the scope of Hong Kong films-Taiwan has cut and suppressed Hong Kong films in recent years, and the four major state-owned theaters have made no secret of their attitude of suppressing Hong Kong small and medium-sized film producers. Southeast Asia is also very bad, following the Philippines and Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries are beginning to formulate policies to restrict the introduction of Hong Kong films and protect the local film industry.

Although so far, some local small and medium-sized film companies have been affected, such as Media Asia, Golden Harvest, New Art City, Yongsheng and other large companies have not been affected by influence and word of mouth, or by strength. But now some people with lofty ideals in the Hong Kong film industry have begun to issue warnings, and even pessimistic voices have appeared to sing about the future of Hong Kong films.

Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved, looked at him and said: "It is an indisputable fact that the authorities' attitude towards my Hong Kong has become worse and worse since Li Huihui came to power, and in addition, Southeast Asian countries have also begun to introduce various local protection policies in recent years, and it is too difficult to develop the markets of Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States. Taking precautions, the development of the mainland market is imminent for Hong Kong films. Don't be an alarmist who ignores the threat of our other competitor while countries are practicing protectionism! ”

"Competitors?" Sammo Hung was stunned.

"American Movies!" The smile on his face was retracted, and there was no other expression on his face than seriousness.

American films are undoubtedly the biggest competitors of Hong Kong films, and it took half a century to completely conquer the European market. Relying on the influence of the United States in the world, American films have gained a firm foothold in Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and other Asian countries and regions since the 80s, and have begun to swallow these traditional forces that originally belonged to Hong Kong films.

His eyes swept over the faces of the group present, and Lin Xiaozhi was somewhat disappointed in his heart. Even now, American blockbusters have greatly squeezed the living space of Hong Kong films in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, but few people in the Hong Kong film industry have noticed this. On the contrary, most of the top management of film production and distribution companies believe that the challenge faced by Hong Kong films in other cities is at most due to the counterattack of local conservative forces. Even many film company executives, including his own Media Asia, may not think that Hong Kong films can resist American films, but they never thought that there would be a day when American blockbusters could enter Hong Kong and gain a firm foothold, and then ruthlessly knock local films into the abyss, and they will not be able to thwart it ever since.

It's not like he's thinking too far, because in another piece of history, that's what happened a few years later.

Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen glanced at each other, but they were a little disappreciative in their hearts. In fact, American films have been entering Hong Kong since the 70s, but they have been crushed by local films until now. Hong Kong people are more accustomed to the local tricks and witty, and they are not interested in Hollywood blockbusters that always incorporate American values in their movies.

Therefore, although Hong Kong local filmmakers are jealous of the glory and power of American films, they are also a little dissatisfied with Lin Xiaozhi's regard to American films as a competitor, that is, Huang Baiming, who is the president of New Arts City.

However, Lin Xiaozhi's face still has to be given. Gao Zhisen jokingly said: "What Lin Sheng said is true, in the past two years, American films have grabbed a lot of our share in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. But the headache should also be us, Lin Sheng, you Huanya, Boss Zou, and Sanmao's Jiahe, haven't you already gained a firm foothold in Europe and the United States? "Resident Evil" has earned at least one billion for you Media Asia, I heard that the media in the United States has begun to spread that Lin Sheng's film may be shortlisted for next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which makes people envious and jealous. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for Lin Sheng, you rarely write scripts for outsiders, I would have wanted to come to the door in person and ask you for a good script!" Huang Baiming also looked envious, and there was no adulteration.

Just two days ago, Lin Xiaozhi's "Resident Evil" was just painted in North America, and it took away $74.55 million at the box office in the United States alone, and counting Canada's 14.27 million, almost almost broke the $90 million mark. So far, this film has also received an astonishing box office of 113 million US dollars in Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy in Europe, and in terms of box office dividends alone, Media Asia can eat more than 60 million US dollars, almost more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

Watching movies is so popular, presumably the videotapes will not sell too badly in Europe. It is conservatively estimated that Media Asia can at least receive at least $20 million in dividends. Counting the distribution income from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, it is really not an extravagant hope to rely on the income of a movie to sell more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. It is precisely because of such a report card that the recent stock price of Media Asia will be so strong, and it is rare to see a fall all the way up.

Chen Yi, the boss of Jardine Matheson Wealth, and Liang Qiuhao, the director of Sing Tao Newspaper, who were sitting on the side, were originally a little bit at the same time because they talked about movies, but the two listened to it with relish on the side. At this time, when I heard Gao Zhisen and Huang Baiming break the news, I was surprised and surprised, and the expressions on both faces changed. One looked at Lin Xiaozhi with a look full of surprise, and the other was not much better, and even his lips trembled a little. One billion Hong Kong dollars Looking at Hong Kong, some large groups with a market value of 10 billion may not be able to have this profit in a year, but Media Asia only relied on a movie to do it, and the two of them also understood a little when they ate it, no wonder Lin Xiaozhi and his Media Asia Group have been so popular this year, and the shareholders are not all stupid, and they will not be sought after without two brushes.

was praised by the two of them, Lin Xiaozhi just shook his head, "Don't be too optimistic, the audience used to be unaccustomed to watching American movies, but in one year, two or three years, one day they will get tired of watching Hong Kong films and want to try something new." Taiwan is an example, in the past, we were able to import at least 200 films to Taiwan every year, and it is good to have more than 100 videotapes directly distributed in the past two years. According to the data from Taipei, the proportion of Taiwanese audiences renting American film tapes every year has risen far faster than our Hong Kong films, and now it has almost caught up with half of our Hong Kong films! ”

He really asked someone to investigate this matter, and this kind exposure was just a wake-up call for a few people. Media Asia is now tied to the entire Hong Kong industry, with both prosperity and loss, and the current Hong Kong is far from the period of sixty or seventy years, or even the early eighties, when all competitive means were used. There may be some chaos in the industry, but it's good for multiple local competitors to keep their own alive and even fight the invasion of American cinema together.

Of course, reminders are reminders, and others who are willing to listen to him will not want him to say much.

At this time, when I saw that I was talking too heavily about the topic, everyone stopped talking. Lin Xiaozhi immediately changed the topic after thinking about it for a while, "I heard that American film companies want to make films, and major banks in my country are vying to provide loans, and there are countless automobile and department store giants sponsoring them. However, if you look at me in Hong Kong, the local banks are disdainful, and the business community also has a lot of disdain for my film industry. So this time last year, I asked some people to meet up at the Mandarin Hotel to discuss building a cooperative alliance in the film industry, so there was the Mandarin Club. I didn't think about it that much at the time, there were no rules and regulations, and thanks to everyone's support, everyone in general made money from this cooperation for a year, which is a good thing. ”

Xu Guanwen, Sammo Hung, and Deng Guangrong were a little embarrassed on their faces, when Lin Xiaozhi wanted to hold a Wenhua meeting a year ago, they were the first people to be invited. However, at that time, the three of them were unwilling to tie up a chariot with Huanya, and as a result, Xu Pictures was only afraid of making a few million dollars from a movie in a year; Sammo Hung went to Golden Harvest as vice president; The worst thing in the past year is Deng Guangrong, the two generals under him are ready to leave, and Ying Zhijie has not made a movie except for a small-budget movie in the past year. This is not a slap in the face for Ying Zhijie, who used to be known as the 'Five Little Strong' with Lin Xiaozhi's New Asia.

However, Lin Xiaozhi said this not to slap his face, but continued to say: "When I went north to visit the mainland at the beginning of the year, I had face-to-face exchanges with many bigwigs in Beijing, and talked about a lot of cooperation, many of which were well-thought-out suggestions that are beneficial to the development of our Hong Kong films. Among them, there are many suggestions such as urging the mainland to carry out film classification, the two places jointly establishing a film association to jointly check the review of films, and fully opening up film screenings and talent exchanges to each other. Therefore, this year's Wenhua Club has been expanded, and some friends from the film industry and some friends from the media industry have been invited, and I believe that if we all strengthen cooperation and exchanges with each other, it will be beneficial to each other. ”

His words made Sammo Hung, Huang Baiming and others' eyes light up, but they soon dimmed again.

How can it be so easy!

It's no more than Lin Xiaozhi himself is the boss of Huanya, what he means is the will of Huanya. Sammo Hung came here in his personal capacity, even though he is now the vice president and director of Golden Harvest. Huang Baiming is the same, don't look at him now as the major shareholder and president of Xinyicheng, but under Lei Qizheng's capital operation, Xinyicheng has now completely become a subsidiary of the Golden Princess, even if Lin Xiaozhi proposes to cooperate comprehensively, he has to negotiate with Lei Qizheng and Mecca before he can get a reply from Xinyicheng.

Liang Qiuhao is similar, he sounds fresh, but he can't replace the meaning of Sing Tao Newspaper, so he is not in a hurry to express his position.

Even Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect that the first person to react was Chen Yi, the boss of Jardine Wealth. Some smiles appeared on his face, and he seemed to be very moved by Lin Xiaozhi's proposal. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a few applause not far away, and a group of people were attracted by Lin Xiaozhi's speech, and then they found out that they didn't know when another guest came. He was wearing a brand-name suit, with a capable seventy-three head, standing not far from everyone, he looked to be in his thirties at most, and the top of his left wrist when he applauded was like a watch engraved with broken diamonds flickering to reflect the sun's rays, and he was not tall, but he had a pride that could not be looked at directly.

Yu Pinhai!

Lin Xiaozhi, who had seen his photo in the newspaper, recognized who this person was at a glance.