As soon as the League of Assassins came out at the box office in various places, it immediately caused a tsunami sensation in Hong Kong.

"Ignoring the torrential rain hitting Hong Kong, the box office of "League of Assassins" in Hong Kong and Macao exceeded 3 million on the first day, and Media Asia once again announced with success that the era of blockbusters belonging to Hong Kong films has arrived!" ——Ming Pao

"Media Asia has finally gained a firm foothold in the European market, and it is difficult to stop the assassin storm from coming, and the great director Lin Xiaozhi's sincere new work - "League of Assassins" has reached a new high in the UK, with a box office of more than 18 million (Hong Kong dollars) on the first day, which has made the industry lose its voice!" ——"Daily Daily"

Not to mention that only Hong Kong + Macau, which is regarded as the home port by Hong Kong films, "League of Assassins" created an astonishing box office of more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars on the first day that blinded the attention of countless people in the industry, and when the first-day box office figures achieved by the United Kingdom and Japan were revealed on the same day, the Hong Kong industry and the media were completely silent.

In the United Kingdom, "League of Assassins" relied on the popularity accumulated by Lin Xiaozhi's painstaking management in the past few years, and on the first day of release, it won an astonishing box office of nearly seven times that of the city. In Japan, the foreign market that Hong Kong films have paid the most attention to in recent years, "League of Assassins" also won nearly twice the box office of Hong Kong on the first day, and the Japanese market is undoubtedly several times larger than Hong Kong, and the subsequent box office growth momentum is obviously only higher than Hong Kong and will never be lower.

Therefore, after handing over such an impeccable report card, not to mention the original group of people in Taiwan who were waiting for Lin Xiaozhi's new movie to encounter Waterloo, the Taiwanese media who had the best fall to Grandma's house were dumbfounded, and could only stand aside and watch dryly.

As soon as the box office came out, even the "Oriental Daily", which had a lot of conflicts with Lin Xiaozhi in Hong Kong, had to change its tone and wrote a sour soft article to praise: "...... Undoubtedly, Lin Xiaozhi, who is extremely good at commercial filmmaking, has found a shortcut to success that most filmmakers have yet to discover. In Hong Kong, he is not the first filmmaker to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to shoot blockbusters (Cheng Long and "Flying Eagle Project"), but he is the first director of a large-scale commercial film with an investment of more than 100 million yuan in consecutive films, and every one of them can bring him rich returns! ”

"It has been more than half a century since the birth of Hong Kong films, and there are very few people who can make a name for themselves in Southeast Asia, but only a few people can gain a firm foothold in Japan. As the world's largest European and American box office market, it has always rejected Hong Kong films because of differences in values and culture. If the success of a movie can be described as a fluke, then two or three successive blockbusters that have caused a sensation in Europe and the United States can only prove one thing, Lin Xiaozhi and his Media Asia have found out the aesthetics and preferences of European and American audiences, and have begun to prescribe the right medicine to make a lot of profits in the European and American markets......"

Although the mainland market is now far less brilliant than in later generations, because it is regarded as a local port by Lin Xiaozhi, and attaches great importance to other overseas markets, since the film was allowed to be screened in the north last year, it quickly set up a branch with high authority in the mainland, and both publicity and public relations are carried out in full accordance with the standards of the local port. Although Media Asia was unable to contact CCTV this time and landed on the mainland's most covered propaganda platform, it also reached cooperation with a number of heavyweight provincial newspapers and even Shenzhen TV, and the advertisements of "League of Assassins" were spread all over South China and the economically developed coastal areas.

In addition, there is also the initial word-of-mouth of the previous introduced films such as "Huang Feihong", once "The League of Assassins" was released on the mainland, it was quite objective on the first day of release under the overwhelming advertising, according to the incomplete statistics sent by Beiying at noon on the first day, "The League of Assassins" only in the nine coastal and southern provinces plus Shanghai, Sijiucheng and other regions that have completed the statistics, the total box office on the first day exceeded 3 million yuan, although there is a significant gap compared with Japan and the United Kingdom, but it is also a line higher than when "Huang Feihong" was first introduced last yearIt can also be seen that the mainland film box office market is showing an upward posture with the re-emergence of the economy.

When he returned to Hong Kong, Lin Hsiao-chih, who was in high spirits, naturally arranged for Media Asia to publicize it in an orderly manner, so as to eliminate as much as possible the accusations against him that his opponents had never stopped accusing him since he lost the Taiwan market. At the same time, he did not forget to order the branch on the mainland to continue to increase advertising efforts, in order to get a greater response in the mainland.

I have to say that for good movies, there is no real off-season or prime time. With the release of "League of Assassins", the continuous advertising and publicity in the early stage and the fermentation of word-of-mouth soon set off a wave of movie-watching craze in various places.

“…… It's obviously not a Sunday, why are there still so many people?! ”

In Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, a young man stood in the ticket hall of the Old Admiralty Cinema under the Debao Cinema Line, looking at the long line in front of him, and couldn't help but cry out angrily.

His name is Zhang Xi, 20 years old this year, is an ordinary office worker who started working at the cargo terminal after graduating from secondary 7 under the introduction of his family, because he is tired and dirty, although the income is good, he can make not many friends of the same age, let alone a girlfriend, and his only holiday entertainment is to rent some videos and watch movies at home alone.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Xi is a movie enthusiast, since he was in school before, he was very fond of the kung fu movies of Brother Xiaolong, Dillon, Cheng Long, Sammo Hung and others, and was once obsessed with Cheng Long to dress up and learn from him, for Cheng Long's movies, he has watched them almost at least ten times. Later, after Fa Ge relied on "The True Color of Heroes" to create a new pattern of Hong Kong hero films, there was another Zhou Runfa among the movie superstars he admired.

However, after watching too many movies, even brain-dead fans will feel that in recent years, Cheng Long's movies have been striving for innovation but have never been able to jump out of the old framework of 'Cheng Long's traditional style', although the big brother on the screen is still fighting hard, but Zhang Xi still feels that the attraction of his movies to himself has been worse year by year.

Fa Ge is not much better, although the tide of Hong Kong hero films was created by him, but in recent years, Hong Kong has at least dozens of shoddy productions imitating "The True Colors of Heroes" every year to meet the audience, and he has tried his best to make money but has not seen much innovation, but has almost filmed Fa Ge and Wu Yusen on the coast of pioneers, although the two have tried to change and cooperate to shoot many new movies in recent years, it is also difficult to jump out of the deep-rooted routine of hero films. In addition to the amazing "God of Gamblers" filmed with the ghost genius Wang Fatzi, the box office of Fa Ge's other movies is much worse than "The True Color of Heroes".

originally thought that Hong Kong movies were nothing to look at, but since two years ago, an actor named Chow Xingchi was born, and has relied on many movies such as "Truant Dragon" and "Gambling Saint" to repeatedly refresh new new highs in Hong Kong comedies, and there is also a talented commercial film director Lin Xiaozhi from a wealthy family who has spent a lot of money to shoot many blockbusters, such as "Red Alert", "Resident Evil" and other types have not been repeated compared to previous types, and they always bring fans a completely different visual experience from traditional Hong Kong films. After watching it, people couldn't help but pay attention to him.

Since watching "Red Alert" directed by Lin Xiaozhi the year before last, Zhang Xi has also been completely obsessed with the movies of the young commercial film director who was still a little cold. Even after Lin Xiaozhi's first blockbuster "Resident Evil" with an investment of more than 100 million yuan was released last year, in order to get a sneak peek, he even changed his habit of renting a video tape to watch it at home, and ran into the theater to buy tickets to watch the movie for the first time since work. And "Resident Evil" did not disappoint him, Zhang Xi watched it in the theater three times before and after, and when he rented a video tape to rewatch it at home after half a year, he still felt nervous and excited.

Although there have been many good movies in Hong Kong every year in recent years, for him who is chasing novelty and excitement, there is still a little less flavor. Therefore, at first glance, when he saw the novel movie directed and shot by Lin Xiaozhi, Zhang Xi suddenly couldn't help but be excited, and now he has become one of Lin Xiaozhi's die-hard fans. As early as the beginning of the year, he learned that Lin Xiaozhi had a new movie, and he has been secretly looking forward to it, and after watching the promotional video of "League of Assassins" in ATV's program gap some time ago, he is even more looking forward to the arrival of the movie's release date.

Although he couldn't take a leave of absence on the first day of the movie's release, he finally changed the rest time of the day with his friends today, and after waking up in the morning, he hurried to the theater to prepare for the movie.

Where did Zhang Xi think that as soon as he came to the theater of Debao, which was closest to his home, he found that there was already a long queue in the ticket hall. Listening to the discussion of the other people in line around him, he was waiting to buy tickets for the League of Assassins movie.

"I heard from a colleague that this movie is simply amazing, and it's definitely a big loss if you don't watch it, I don't know how?"

“…… really took the big-nosed girl, and she actually ran out to watch a movie in such a heavy rain. But listening to her excited tone on the phone, most of the time this movie is very good, I can't help but watch it! ”

"I'm here for Fa Ge, he hasn't made any good movies in the past two years. I heard that this time I cooperated with the great director Lin Xiaozhi, I must watch it! ”

"Lin Xiaozhi's movie is amazing, I heard that it is even more exciting than the promotional video, I can't wait to buy tickets to watch it immediately!"

Looking at the long queue to buy tickets, and then listening to the sound of conversation in his ears from time to time, the irritability and unhappiness in Zhang Xi's heart gradually subsided.

Because "League of Assassins" chose to be released on the same day in Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, the United Kingdom, and Japan, when it created a miraculous box office and sensation on the first day of release, it also happened almost everywhere in other places outside Hong Kong, fans queued up to grab tickets just to see a new movie.

For Western audiences, summer and Christmas should be the two most important prime periods of the year. However, compared with the traditional off-seasons such as February, May, and September, there are two smaller schedules that have always been a must for European and American film distributors, namely 'Easter' in March and April, and 'Halloween' in October and November. In the early years, before 'Easter', you could always see a lot of religious and God-praising movies in European and American theaters, and before and after 'Halloween', it was a period when European and American ghost movies and horror films were bombed and released.

Originally, there should be a lot of ghost films and horror films this year to meet the audience around 'Halloween', but I don't know if it was because last year's American "Silence of the Lambs" response was too strong, or because it overdrew too many horror cells in the heads of European and American filmmakers.

As an old capitalist power, although just last month because of the 'pound case' created by international fast money, the British government was financially tight, and in the battle with many pretenders, Britain paid tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange to repel a group of hungry wolves of international fast money capital. However, although there were some temporary price fluctuations in the UK, vicious changes such as runs and inflation did not appear. As the former empire on which the sun never sets, even if it is now in decline, it still leaves too many rich family foundations for its descendants, which is far from being comparable to some of the newly rising countries in Asia.

The wealth in hand has not been reduced much because of the turmoil, and the British have always liked to watch movies, so before Halloween is coming, countless excited fans and fans flock to the cinema almost every day, "Alien 3" was released, "Lethal Weapon 3" was released, and the American hit movie "Instinct", which was released at the beginning of last month and has been criticized by European film critics, is close to the end of its release at this time. And at this time, the American superhero film "Batman Returns" and the Hong Kong movie "League of Assassins", which have been advertising in the UK for a month or two, also came, and it was really a wonderful October.

As a foreign commercial film director with a good reputation in the UK in recent years, Lin Xiaozhi has arranged a number of films with Media Asia to be released in the UK in the past few years, and even had to accept the discriminatory treatment of British distributors that is far inferior to that of European and American films. From the initial skepticism and distrust, in the amazement and applause again and again, British fans have gradually become familiar with and accepted him and the 'Hong Kong films' he represents, especially in his films, which often show that the commercial structure and story creativity are not inferior to American blockbusters, and they are also loved by British fans who are dissatisfied with the declining local films in recent years, especially the younger generation who like novelty and pursue excitement.

“…… Weston bet to me that if I hadn't watched League of Assassins, I'd have regretted it, where did this guy get his confidence! ”

Outside a movie theater in London's Brent District, a few young people laughed with each other and walked to a nearby theater.

They didn't look very old, and it seemed like they were still in college or maybe younger. However, Brent District is the area with the largest number of immigrants among the many districts of London, especially the large number of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, which makes the security in this area far more chaotic than other districts of London, and therefore some local young people are affected, who disobey family discipline at a young age, or skip classes to hang out with some gangsters, and some simply join some local gangs.

"Chinese Kung Fu, Cool!" Among several people, a young man who looked five big and three thick made a gesture in his mouth, and there was a bit of a 'Cheng Long' posture, "Daisy also urged me to help her buy a movie ticket the day after tomorrow, you know that we just dated, and she is different from us!" ”

"Yes, that little will pretend to be a princess in front of men, we are all gangsters, and she is a good child in the eyes of teachers and parents!" A young girl dressed as a sister opened her mouth and sarcastically said that she had long nails covered with all kinds of trinkets, and she should not be very old, because her voice was very immature. It's just that her face is painted with a thick outfit, and the purple rich eyeshadow makes it difficult for outsiders to tell her age.

"Carmela, do you want to quarrel?"

"What's noisy, don't follow if you don't like it. Carmela, don't you like 'Andy Lau' in "Resident Evil" the most, as far as I know, Liu is not the star of this movie! ”

The little sister glanced at a few people, and suddenly raised her already developed breasts, "I like all Lin's movies, his movies are cool, I don't want to watch them?" ”

"Okay!"

……

Walking into the theater ticket hall, Koji Tamaki pushed his sunglasses, and saw that no one around recognized him, and he felt a little proud and annoyed.

"I didn't expect the popularity of League of Assassins to be so good, it seems that we didn't attend the premiere held by Kadokawa Pictures the day before yesterday, and we missed a lot of things......" He whispered to his wife, Yakushimaru Hiroko, who was also tightly wrapped.

As one of Japan's best pop singers, Koji Tamaki married Hiroko Yakushimaru, known as 'Miura Momoe No. 2', last year, but their lives after marriage were not good.

On the one hand, it is because it is unanimously rumored that Yakushimaru Hiroko was adopted by Haruki Kadokawa, the former president of Kadokawa Pictures, which affected the relationship between the couple after marriage. Another reason is because his wife Yakushi Maru Hiroko's fame in the Japanese entertainment industry is far greater than his, although Yuzhi Koji has tried to enter the entertainment industry several times and become a real amphibious superstar, but after working hard for so many years, although his pop songs once deeply affected Hong Kong and Taiwan thousands of miles away, he has never been able to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, so he has some inferiority complex in front of his wife.

Yakushimaru Hiroko smiled sweetly at him, she also wore a hat and sunglasses to avoid being recognized, and whispered back to him, "...... Kadokawa Pictures was just acquired by Hong Kong Media Asia Group some time ago, after all, Mr. Haruki has become popular and I have a great favor to me, although he is now accused of drug trafficking and imprisoned, I can't fall into the trap! ”

Tamashiki Koji knew that her relationship with Haruki Kadokawa was extraordinary, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, but he didn't show it. Nodding, his brows quickly raised, and he suppressed his voice and said excitedly: "Although Mr. Kadokawa is talented, he is still a lot worse than Lin Sang in terms of management. Media Asia Group is one of the few large-scale film companies in the world, and you can see that they have just acquired Kadokawa Pictures not long ago, and they have made a lot of moves. I heard that this "League of Assassins" was released on the same day in Asia and many European countries and regions, and the box office in the UK alone exceeded 300 million yen on the first day, I heard from a friend that Lin Sang's film may be able to recoup its cost and make a lot of money in the UK alone! ”

Yakushimaru Hiroko's eyes flickered slightly, she knew that her husband was seriously suspicious, so the two of them were not as beautiful as the outside world said after marriage, and they even quarreled just a month ago. Not long ago, Haruki Kadokawa, who praised her debut, lost to her younger brother Kadokawa Norihiko in the power struggle around Kadokawa Bookstore, and was arrested by the police for drug trafficking, tax evasion, embezzlement of company assets, etc., in Japan, whether drug trafficking or economic crimes are serious crimes, although they will not be sentenced to death, but once it is confirmed, it is indispensable to be imprisoned for at least seven years.

As soon as Haruki Kadokawa fell, her husband Tamaki Koji naturally felt comfortable. What's more, after the recent acquisition of Kadokawa Pictures, Media Asia has gone further in cooperation with Kadokawa Bookstore, and it is also a big move in Japan. Some time ago, I first invited the couple to dub the new movie "League of Assassins" by the big director and boss of Media Asia Lin Xiaozhi, listening to her husband Tamaki Koji, Kadokawa Pictures seems to be ready to sign a contract with him, inviting him to co-star in several movies and score the movies, which makes Tamaki Koji, who has always wanted to enter the showbiz but has never been able to find a way, is very excited, and today he pulled himself out together, saying that he also wanted to see the "League of Assassins" that they dubbed for.

Because of the movie tickets given by Kadokawa Pictures, naturally there is no need to queue up to buy tickets. Therefore, as soon as Yuzhi Hao and his wife entered the ticket hall, they just stopped for a while, and looked at the long queue of at least twenty or thirty people waiting to buy tickets, so they walked directly to the ticket gate at the entrance of the screening hall. Because his wife Yakushi Maru Hiroko's fame in the Japanese entertainment industry is far greater than his, although Yuzhi Koji has tried to enter the entertainment industry several times and become a real amphibious superstar, but after working hard for so many years, although his pop songs once deeply affected Hong Kong and Taiwan, thousands of miles away, he has never been able to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, so he has some inferiority complex in front of his wife.

Yakushimaru Hiroko smiled sweetly at him, she also wore a hat and sunglasses to avoid being recognized, and whispered back to him, "...... Kadokawa Pictures was just acquired by Hong Kong Media Asia Group some time ago, after all, Mr. Haruki has become popular and I have a great favor to me, although he is now accused of drug trafficking and imprisoned, I can't fall into the trap! ”

Tamashiki Koji knew that her relationship with Haruki Kadokawa was extraordinary, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, but he didn't show it. Nodding, his brows quickly raised, and he suppressed his voice and said excitedly: "Although Mr. Kadokawa is talented, he is still a lot worse than Lin Sang in terms of management. Media Asia Group is one of the few large-scale film companies in the world, and you can see that they have just acquired Kadokawa Pictures not long ago, and they have made a lot of moves. I heard that this "League of Assassins" was released on the same day in Asia and many European countries and regions, and the box office in the UK alone exceeded 300 million yen on the first day, I heard from a friend that Lin Sang's film may be able to recoup its cost and make a lot of money in the UK alone! ”

Yakushimaru Hiroko's eyes flickered slightly, she knew that her husband was seriously suspicious, so the two of them were not as beautiful as the outside world said after marriage, and they even quarreled just a month ago. Not long ago, Haruki Kadokawa, who praised her debut, lost to her younger brother Kadokawa Norihiko in the power struggle around Kadokawa Bookstore, and was arrested by the police for drug trafficking, tax evasion, embezzlement of company assets, etc., in Japan, whether drug trafficking or economic crimes are serious crimes, although they will not be sentenced to death, but once it is confirmed, it is indispensable to be imprisoned for at least seven years.

As soon as Haruki Kadokawa fell, her husband Tamaki Koji naturally felt comfortable. What's more, after the recent acquisition of Kadokawa Pictures, Media Asia has gone further in cooperation with Kadokawa Bookstore, and it is also a big move in Japan. Some time ago, I first invited the couple to dub the new movie "League of Assassins" by the big director and boss of Media Asia Lin Xiaozhi, listening to her husband Tamaki Koji, Kadokawa Pictures seems to be ready to sign a contract with him, inviting him to co-star in several movies and score the movies, which makes Tamaki Koji, who has always wanted to enter the showbiz but has never been able to find a way, is very excited, and today he pulled himself out together, saying that he also wanted to see the "League of Assassins" that they dubbed for.

Because of the movie tickets given by Kadokawa Pictures, naturally there is no need to queue up to buy tickets. Therefore, as soon as Yuzhi Hao and his wife entered the ticket hall, they just stopped for a while, and looked at the long queue of at least twenty or thirty people waiting to buy tickets, so they walked directly to the ticket gate at the entrance of the screening hall.