There are more and more people, and with the arrival of Chen Yi, the boss of Jardine Wealth, the time is gradually approaching eleven o'clock.

Among the people who received Lin Xiaozhi's invitation and promised to come, only Yu Pinhai, the new boss of Ming Pao Newspaper, Xiang Qiang, the boss of Yongsheng, and Ma Chengkun of Oriental Newspaper have not yet arrived.

Lin Xiaozhi glanced at the time on the wall, and his brows furrowed slightly.

The three people who didn't arrive were a little bit of a holiday with him. Yongsheng's two previous "The Legend of 500 Million Tycoon Lei Luo" faced the impact of "Resident Evil", and the box office of the first one was still more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars away from 40 million Hong Kong dollars until the next painting.

Ming Pao and Oriental Newspaper have been grabbing his pigtails recently, and the scandal case of Lin Xiaozhi has published some articles that splashed ink on him. If there was only one Oriental Newspaper, Lin Xiaozhi would have been accustomed to the style of the Ma brothers, and he would not be angry, at most he would find a chance to return it in private. But the Ming Pao newspaper industry has just changed its new boss, and it has put out articles with such obvious pertinence, and all kinds of three flavors are worth tasting.

Yu Pinhai, the new boss of Ming Pao Newspaper, is known for his arrogance in Hong Kong, and Song Nianhui once told him that the other party has a good reputation in Hong Kong's local capital market, and has made several wonderful series of acquisitions, and has made a lot of money by relying on the careful layout of one ring after another. Last year, Jin Yong wanted to sell Ming Pao, and more than a dozen local and overseas capital and media giants wanted to buy it at a high price, but they all failed under his mouth. What is even more admirable is that the price at which he finally bought Ming Pao Newspaper from Mr. Jin was far lower than the offer made by the media tycoon Murdoch.

Although he asked Chen Qiang to send an invitation before, he was not sure whether the three of them would come. So later, I accidentally heard that all three of them would reply, which surprised him a little. It's just that it's about to be time, but no one has come, he gave Chen Qiang an inquiring look, and Chen Qiang nodded affirmatively, and confirmed with him again that someone would come.

It's not lunch time, and everyone hasn't arrived yet, so naturally they won't be seated so early.

The waiter kept sending bottles of famous wine and refreshments, and everyone was relaxed to talk about, but the seats were highlighted. Li Xiuxian, Chen Xunqi, Zhang Guozhong, who were good friends with him, sat down next to him with Chen Qiang, Gao Zhisen and Xu Ke, who had good personal relations with him, sat not far from a few people, Huang Baiming was next to Gao Zhisen, Zeng Zhiwei was sitting on the other side, and Deng Guangrong was sitting with Sammo Hung . Liang Qiuhao and Chen Yi sat next to each other, but there was some space between the two, not as close as a few filmmakers.

Lin Xiaozhi did not forget to apologize to Chen Yi, the boss of Jardine Wealth, "It's also a shame, Chen Sheng, I agreed to accept an interview with your "Hong Kong Fortune" magazine before. But I encountered some things temporarily, disrupting some of my daily arrangements, these days I will put the trivial matters in hand to settle, if Chen Sheng does not dislike it, I will definitely give "Hong Kong Fortune" a satisfactory interview! ”

Hu Gang, the editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Fortune", personally came to the door and wanted to give Lin Xiaozhi, who is the boss of Media Asia, an exclusive interview. He agreed at the time, and even made an appointment for the time. But he never thought that two days after agreeing, his scandal was exposed by "Next Magazine", which made him very busy during that time, so he could only ask Media Asia to notify "Hong Kong Fortune" magazine to postpone their interview.

Chen Yi, who is fifty-seven this year, is a man who does not smile, and he has always had a face since he came, even if he chats with others occasionally, he is serious, so people can't tell whether this is due to his temperament, or whether he was recently sued by a consulting company and his Jardine Fortune company suffered a lawsuit that affected his mood.

However, Lin Xiaozhi opened his mouth, and Chen Yi obviously gave him a face, barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and nodded: "Sudden things are always disturbing, and Editor-in-Chief Hu has already told me about it." Don't mind Lam, we are looking forward to your interview with Fortune Hong Kong! ”

He is not a predator in the media industry, but his "Hong Kong Fortune" magazine has a lot of fans like "Hong Kong Economic Journal", especially among middle and high-level earners, and he is also the number one person in the media industry. After eating his flattering words from his 'senior', who was obviously obsessed with himself a lot, Lin Xiaozhi felt very good, and also gave him a smile back, and was ready to find time to talk to him in private.

A group of people from the film and media circles get together and chat with the news related to their profession.

“…… Lin Sheng, recently I heard rumors that your film has passed the review of the mainland, and it will be released in the mainland soon, is it convenient to reveal? It was Sammo Hung who spoke, this seemingly cool man is not as vulgar as he appears on the outside, and his mind is finer than a needle.

Lin Xiaozhi glanced at him vaguely when he heard this, he didn't believe that Sammo Hung was 'inadvertent' questioning, and it was more likely that Sammo Hung was the confusion of the senior management of Golden Harvest behind Sammo Hung .

When politics is involved, anything simple can become troublesome. For example, the cooperation between them and Beijing Film to introduce three films to the mainland for release is a typical problem complicated by political interference.

Originally, it was very common for the mainland, which had been cut off from the outside world for decades, to introduce a few Hong Kong films to be released in the mainland. But falling on the mainland is a twist and turn, when the mainland film delegation led by Xie Tieli went south, it was unexpectedly approved by the mainland that Beiying introduced three films to the mainland for release, Lin Xiaozhi wanted to promote it in the Hong Kong media at that time, first, to further bind the relationship between him and the mainland, and secondly, to fight back against those who thought that he organized a group to go north at the beginning of the year and achieved nothing but flattery.

But as soon as he had this idea, he was categorically rejected by Beiying. Not only did they not want Media Asia to publicize it, but on the contrary, Xie Tieli also vaguely conveyed to him some meanings that were very likely to be a certain bigwig from the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. It's nothing more than that they are the masters and delegate power, and Beiying has also taken on a lot of pressure to introduce three Hong Kong films for trial screening in the mainland, and no one is sure whether the decision to introduce three Hong Kong films for screening is right or wrong. Therefore, before the results come out, I still hope that Media Asia will not be in a hurry to release the news, lest the mainland box office will be too hot at the time, and both sides will have to bear the accusations and pressure from all walks of life.

Therefore, so far, topics such as Media Asia and the mainland film industry have reached some secret agreements have been speculated by the local media in Hong Kong, but Media Asia does not say it, the mainland does not say it, and the news spread in the 90s is far less developed and convenient than the Internet era 20 years later, but it has also been hidden from the Hong Kong film industry for most of the year.

Sensing a question from Sammo Hung, the eyes of many people present attracted all the attention of him, and the corners of Lin Xiaozhi's mouth curved slightly, everything was expected by him.

He didn't intend to hide it, and he let Chen Qiang take the initiative to release the news to the outside world two days ago, so he would naturally answer at this time. nodded affirmatively at the moment: "There are no outsiders here, so it's okay to tell everyone about it." We at Media Asia have indeed taken the lead and reached some cooperation agreements with the mainland film industry. One of the most satisfactory cooperation agreements that we have obtained is that the mainland's radio and television departments have relaxed their mouths to open up the mainland box office on a trial basis, and introduced a number of films from our Media Asia to be released on the mainland. ”

Just allowing co-produced films to be released on the mainland, the mainland's relaxation on this article has made the faces of knowledgeable filmmakers like Sammo Hung and Huang Baiming change. When he heard him admit it himself, Media Asia did reach a secret agreement with the mainland, and when the film was introduced from Media Asia to the mainland when it was released, it was as if a huge wave had been set off in his heart.

The box office of mainland movies is not the reason for their envy. Due to the restrictions of the times, they could not see the mainland, which they looked down on a few years or more than a decade later, like the reborn, and became the second largest film box office market in the world, second only to the United States. But behind this, Lin Xiaozhi's Media Asia can be regarded by Hong Kong filmmakers as a 'closed secret land' has opened a gap, and in the future, not only will Media Asia be more competitive than other Hong Kong filmmakers if it uses the mainland's cheap manpower and rich geographical beauty to shoot.

Huang Baiming said enviously at the moment: "I have also heard rumors, but I didn't expect it to be true." I want to congratulate Lin Sheng......"

The big-mouthed Zeng Zhiwei has never been particular about speaking, and he also praised: "I heard that Boss Zou talked to the mainland many years ago, but Beijing just stuck and didn't let us show Hong Kong movies." This is a good thing, if it can really open up the mainland market, we Hong Kong is the same kind of culture, I heard that the pirated videotapes of Hong Kong films are selling very well in the mainland, I believe that even if the box office is not as good as Taiwan, as long as there is half of it, everyone has a lot more money in their pockets. ”

Although he was telling the truth, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, not only Lin Xiaozhi wanted to glance at him, but even Huang Baiming and Xu Ke coughed and turned their faces sideways.

Needless to say, the boss Zou in his mouth is the boss of Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai, and he is usually mentioned in chats, but when he comes out of his mouth at this time, it is inevitable that he will be compared to Lin Xiaozhi by people with a heart. Imagine that he Zou Minhuai did what he didn't do for Lin Xiaozhi, isn't this a clear slap in the face.

Thanks to Sammo Hung's good personal relationship with him, he didn't forget his heart at a glance, and everyone put their hearts at ease for him, knowing that most of the offending words would not come from Sammo Hung's mouth to Zou Minhuai's ears.

Lin Xiaozhi knows that many Hong Kong filmmakers look down on the mainland, so from Zeng Zhiwei's mouth, he is not optimistic about the mainland box office, and thinks that Hong Kong films can reach half of Taiwan's box office in the mainland, even if they pass, they don't care. He also knows that the box office of movies is directly related to a country's economy, and even if the black uncles in Africa want to enjoy the art of movies like the Yankees, they must have the income of the Yankees, otherwise it is all vernacular.

However, as soon as this topic came out, it made everyone elastic.