Volume 1 Chapter 396 May
's thirtieth birthday passed uneventfully in the busyness of filming. If it weren't for the women around him who were still thinking about it, I'm afraid that even Lin Xiaozhi himself wouldn't be able to remember such a day, and it would have passed in a daze
Rao is like this, sandwiched between two women, and busy with film shooting, he still adheres to the principle of simplicity, and eats a few cakes with his two women at noon and evening respectively, and the commemorative day of entering the door of thirty years old passed so plainly.
Day after day, the filming of "Resident Evil" is still repeating, and as soon as the freshness at the beginning of the start-up has passed, every day is a kind of torture and test for the repeated check-in and N reshoot of those who stay in the crew, whether it is for director Lin Xiaozhi, or the more than 100 field affairs of the crew or the actors. Some people endured loneliness and remade again and again, and their acting skills were improved; Some people can't bear the loneliness and mistakes again and again, and they begin to desert in their thinking, and there are more complaints behind them, this is life
However, the crew will not stop for anyone's complaints, even director Lin Xiaozhi has never used his birthday as an excuse to stop filming, although it has entered a dull period, but the filming will continue.
Hong Kong, which has entered May and has completely entered the summer, not only is the weather a little hotter and hotter, but also the hot and dry.
Compared with a group worth tens of billions, it is obvious that the attractiveness of ATV, which is only a billion in assets assessed by the outside world, is not a level at all. In March, Lin Xiaozhi was caught off guard, "Force, after he became a pick-up man, facing ATV with good performance, Lin Jianming was afraid that he already had the intention of giving up, and was ready to compete with his younger brother Lin Jianle for Lixin Group. After the ATV board meeting held after a delay of more than a month, it took the initiative to announce the news of Lin Xiaozhi's stake in ATV.
“…… This cooperation is a win-win move for both ATV and Asia Asia. Through the combination of capital, ATV and Media Asia have built a broader cooperation platform. With the increase in the cost of film shooting, the investment funds required for a small and medium-sized cost movie are far above the investment in a high-quality TV series, and as we all know, even the hottest artists on the small screen have a lot of income compared to movie stars. On the one hand, ATV can not only export rich artist resources and provide convenience in advertising for Media Asia, on the other hand, ATV can also provide basic training and guidance for some new artists in Media Asia. As a two-sided aspect of the partnership, the cooperation with Media Asia has also brought more revenue and tangible advertising revenue to many of our ATV artists, which is a choice made by our board of directors after careful consideration......"
A statement finally closed the coffin for Lin Xiaozhi's acquisition of ATV, which had been boiling for more than a month, although it was different from the rumored that Lin Xiaozhi successfully controlled ATV, but it was finally confirmed from ATV, and it was learned that Lin Xiaozhi spent another 300 million Hong Kong dollars to buy shares and obtained ATV 17. After the shares, the follow-up impact still lasted for more than a week before gradually receding from the first two editions of the media.
As "Ming Pao" sighed: "...... In recent years, when it comes to the most legendary figure in Hong Kong, Lin Xiaozhi is not allowed to be in the first place. The recent frequent, sprawling buy-in spree has also caused some distress to some of the Hong Kong media outlets trying to keep statistics on his net worth, and it is worth mentioning that Fortune Hong Kong magazine announced in the latest edition that it has about 46 after five revisions of the manuscript not long ago. With a net worth of 3.9 billion Hong Kong dollars, he ranks 47th on the list of Hong Kong's 100 richest people, and the most amazing thing is that most of the wealth is created by him in the past three years. It is no wonder that when ATV only announced that Lin Xiaozhi had become a shareholder, there was no doubt in Hong Kong that ATV would become his Lin Xiaozhi's industry in the near future......
Affected by Lin Xiaozhi's shareholding in ATV, the share price of Media Asia soared in a single day, and after the share price of Media Asia soared to 14 yuan in North America with the help of Red Alert, several copies have calmed down, and the occasional small rise and fall are also within a single day. With this day's rise, the market value of Media Asia has reached more than 9 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it is only one step away from the 10 billion mark.
In this year's post-Chinese New Year schedule, needless to say, the biggest winner in Hong Kong is the "Truant Dragon" invested by Media Asia. Although it is different from the original director in history, there are a few actors who have changed, but under the direction of Liu Zhenwei, a famous director invited by Lin Xiaozhi, there is a far better shooting resource tilt than in history, and it is difficult for "Truant Weilong" to succeed, and after it was released at the end of this year's Lunar New Year, it quickly grabbed attention from Golden Harvest. Relying on Zhou Xingchi's increasingly exquisite acting skills, and his nonsensical style honed the day after tomorrow, "Truant Dragon" defeated "Flying Eagle Planning" with a far inferior reputation as soon as it came out, and the total box office was as high as more than 46 million when it was released for almost six weeks, which was more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars higher than "Flying Eagle Planning".
Relying on four blockbuster movies such as "The Saint of Gambling", "The Gambler", "Tricky Expert", and "Truant Dragon", it has taken away an astonishing box office of 140 million in Hong Kong alone. Zhou Xingchi, who has been tepid for a few years after his debut, can be described as 'not a hit, a blockbuster, beating Zhou Yanfa, Cheng Long and other powerful superstars, becoming the most dazzling star artist in the Hong Kong film industry in 1990.
After becoming famous, the star has unlimited scenery, and suddenly became the object of pursuit by many film companies such as Golden Harvest, Yongsheng, and Xinyicheng. In the face of the fierce pursuit of several film companies, especially Golden Harvest and Yongsheng, Media Asia will not be able to retain Zhou Xingchi, a grassroots superstar who is also unwilling to be ordinary, unless the contract expires in advance. No, "Truant Dragon" has just been released, and Zhou Xingchi got a big contract with a salary of more than 2 million from Yongsheng, and was dragged by Wang Fatzi to film "The Gambler".
The four films "Tricky Expert", "Flying Eagle Scheme", "Color is Empty", and "Truant Dragon" overconsumed the Chinese New Year stalls, and the Hong Kong box office was bleak in April, with a total box office of just over 50 million Hong Kong dollars in a single month, which can be seen in the decline. However, the Hong Kong box office in May has gradually come out of the decline after excessive consumption in the Lunar New Year stalls and ushered in a comprehensive recovery.
On May 8th, Golden Harvest teamed up with Mai Donald Pictures to co-produce Hong Kong's first underworld tyrant film "Lame Hao" landed in Golden Harvest Cinemas for release, taking advantage of the hot 'Wu Xihao's parole incident in Hong Kong in the past six months, "Lame Hao" was very brutal on the first day of release and won an astonishing box office of 2.24 million Hong Kong dollars in a single day, which made countless people's eyes red.
Princess Jin and Xinbao Cinema have no resistance to this, Xinyicheng has already come to the brink of suspension because of the previous infighting, if it weren't for Lei Qizheng's courageous intervention at the beginning of the year, Xinyicheng may have been discontinued at this time. But Rao is like this, after being reconciled by him, the new art city is still in the recovery stage, except for two or three small-budget movies, it has not been a blockbuster for almost a year. Not to mention Xinbao Cinema Line, as a pure cinema business, Xinbao does not have its own film production company, and it usually relies on this to attract many small and medium-sized film producers to schedule films, but at this time, the disadvantages are exposed, in the face of the hot attendance rate of Golden Harvest Cinema Line, I can only watch with my eyes, and then let its manager call various film companies to ask if there is a big production released.
Compared with the powerless Golden Princess and Xinbao Cinemas, Lin Xiaozhi's Debao Cinemas are undoubtedly fully prepared. Wu Yusen, who completed post-production at the beginning of March and was waiting for the release, has been pressed by him not to be released in April, just to prepare for Jiahe's "Lame Hao". As soon as the amazing box office created by "Lame Hao" came out on the first day, Lin Xiaozhi, who was still filming "Resident Evil", immediately called Debao Cinema, and the 33 theaters under its name were fully inclined to its resources, and the "Across the Seas" that he was waiting for with a mouthful of evil fire was released, relying on the amazing box office appeal of Fa Ge, Zhang Guorong and Zhong Chuhong, "Across the Seas" also easily exceeded 2 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on the first day of release, attracting countless attention.
Golden Harvest soon sensed the threat from Debao, and soon after the release of "Across the Seas", Golden Harvest's cinema chain immediately started activities, such as "watching "Lame Hao" to give Lu Liangwei and Ye Tong signed photos, "buying tickets to draw a three-day tour of New Malaysia and Thailand", etc., almost brandished a big knife and went straight to Debao to kill. It's a pity that backed by the wealthy Media Asia Group, Debao Cinemas was not to be outdone, and immediately had "watch the movie and send Fa Ge, Zhong Chuhong posters", "If you come to see, you will give Zhang Guorong concert tickets" and other tributes. Fortunately, since the mid-80s, Hong Kong cinemas have rarely had vicious competition at high cost, although the event has slightly reduced some profits, but for the box office of the two blockbusters, it is just a drizzle.