"Truman's World" is good enough, and naturally Lin Xiaozhi was included in the list of movies that sniped "Jurassic Park".

The film will be released in mid-to-late July and is the first major film to be released in the summer season of Media Asia. In the next half month, it will be released in theaters in Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, and it is one of the box offices of the first sniper "Jurassic Park" launched by Media Asia.

Because of the different themes, Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect "Truman's World" to achieve any results, he actually had only one request, to attract some potential fans of "Jurassic Park" to buy tickets to watch the movie as much as possible, so that everyone could see that when monsters were raging and no country or movie in the world could compete with it for the box office at the same time, Media Asia's works have always been on the front line.

Sniping "Jurassic Park", it is obviously not enough to rely on the movie "Truman's World", Lin Xiaozhi has prepared a total of five movies, one of which is "Death is Coming" shot by Miramax Company.

The script of "Death is Coming" was left by him when he went to the United States to inspect Miramax Company, and there were several other scripts left behind, but unfortunately they were not valued by Miramax for a time. Later, after not hearing the movement of filming, he was a little annoyed and asked Ye Weixin to go over and supervise it in person, and several of the scripts he left for Miramax finally gained attention.

At the end of last year, the more well-made "Killing in Another Dimension" was released in the United States, and it got a box office of 54 million US dollars in three North American countries alone, and later swept away more than 40 million US dollars at the box office in several countries after landing in Europe. Media Asia also took the opportunity to add two Chinese actors, a man and a woman, as supporting roles in this movie, and in the future, he plans to let more and more Chinese actors show their faces in Miramax's films, and by the way, brush up the familiarity of American audiences.

"The Grim Reaper is Coming" was the hit of "Killing in Another Dimension", and Miramax immediately put it on the shelves for filming, because there are not too many scenes and there is special effects technical support from Media Asia, by June, "The Grim Reaper is Coming" has completed post-production and entered the publicity link, and it will also be released at the same time as "Truman's World", Lin Xiaozhi wants to try to rely on the novelty of this movie to see if he can start from? The monster "Jurassic Park" grabs some meat from its mouth.

Like "Truman's World", "Death is Coming" is one of the two pioneers, but the main battlefield between the two of them and "Jurassic Park" is in Europe and the United States.

"Once Upon a Time 3" Lin Xiaozhi is also ready to snipe "Jurassic Park", as the highest-grossing series of movies in Hong Kong in recent years, "Once Upon a Time 3", a joint venture between Media Asia and Tsui Hark, has already completed filming, and it is still the same group of old actors, but there are also many mainland artists among them, and the cost of the film has exceeded 80 million Hong Kong dollars for the first time. Lin Xiaozhi also has to admit that for a genius like Tsui Hark, you only need to give him enough money and a little technical assistance, and he will make a work that you dare not imagine.

The full name of "Once Upon a Time 3" is still "Once Upon a Time 3: The Lion King", the richness of the plot has not changed much from the one in Lin Xiaozhi's memory, but the progress in the fight scenes and special effects is very obvious, it can be seen that Tsui Hark was also stimulated by his previous "League of Assassins", "Once Upon a Time 3" The climax of the tournament used a lot of special effects, and when watching it, Lin Xiaozhi once had a feeling that he was watching a domestic special effects martial arts film in later generations.

According to the plan, "Once Upon a Time 3" will be released slightly earlier than "Jurassic Park" in mid-August, on the one hand, Lin Xiaozhi needs it to stir up the atmosphere of the summer file first, and at the same time, it is also to take the lead in letting it use this new Chinese series of films, the hottest Chinese film series in recent years, in the Japanese, South Korean and Taiwan markets, to consume the momentum of "Jurassic Park" first, and create a favorable environment for "Hurricane Rescue" and "The Mummy" that will be head-to-head with "Jurassic Park".

This is also the most helpless choice, because the monster "Jurassic Park" has refreshed countless records since its release, not only in the United States until the end of the year before it was completely painted (the main screening theaters were only shown for less than two months), in other countries and regions of the world, such as it was screened in Japan for nearly three months, and in Taiwan it was screened from mid to late July to the last day of December, even in the original history of Hong Kong, "Jurassic Park" was screened by several theaters for more than two months because it was too popular, The vitality as strong as a prehistoric beast is destined to be far from being easily affected by one or two movies.

As for why "Once Upon a Time 3" can be released in Taiwan, it is thanks to Cai Songlin, a Taiwanese theater business boss. As a private cinema businessman in Taiwan Province, he has a larger theater than the four major state-owned cinemas in the province, so he needs to introduce a lot of film screenings every year, so he has a good relationship with Hong Kong film companies, including Lin Xiaozhi.

Not long ago, after investing in Tianmu and UFO film companies, and finally having his own stable film supply company, after a period of negotiations, Tsui Hark finally chose to let him take a stake in his own film company under the temptation of 600 million New Taiwan dollars (about 200 million Hong Kong dollars).

With this identity, coupled with the personal relationship between Cai Songlin and Lin Xiaozhi, it is also good, although the documents of the Taiwan provincial authorities to ban some of Media Asia's works are still there, but for example, "Wong Fei Hung 3", although the copyright is in the hands of Media Asia, it is a film co-produced by Media Asia and Tsui Hark Studio, so it can openly cover up the background of Media Asia and operate in the name of Tsui Hark Studio to be released in Taiwan.

Although he is far less than Lin Xiaozhi to understand how terrifying "Jurassic Park" is, Ye Weixin has served as the executive director of Media Asia for many years, and he is also a blockbuster film director, so he still has a basic vision, and naturally sees how much of a threat it will pose to Hong Kong films once it is released in Hong Kong.

However, he still had a doubt in his heart, obviously holding it for a long time, and finally he couldn't hold back, and asked out loud: "Since Lin Sheng also knows the threat of this movie, why did he take the initiative to contact and introduce it to Hong Kong for screening?" ”

Lin Xiaozhi was still thinking about things, and his thoughts were a little scattered, but he still remembered that there were others in the office, so he turned around as soon as he spoke.

Laughing dumbly, how to answer this question, in fact, is like asking him why he invested in "Jurassic Park".

"Is we the only cinema in Hong Kong? If we don't let it go, will others too? Rather than letting other theaters screen and give various schedules and show tilts, it is better to control it in our hands! ”

Ye Weixin immediately understood, this is indeed the case, and nodded immediately, "I see!" ”

After sitting for a while, chatting for a while, and by the way, he also explained some things about this year's summer file, Ye Weixin handed Lin Xiaozhi a document bag he brought, but his face was a little puzzled, "Lin Sheng, this is the information you told me to collect before I went to the United States with Mr. Li." ”

Lin Xiaozhi was overjoyed when he heard this, "Give it to me!" ”

Hurriedly took the document bag from him and opened it, in addition to some computer hand-typed paper, there were also a lot of scattered English newspaper clippings, Lin Xiaozhi didn't care to explain to Ye Weixin, who was full of doubts, and hurriedly lowered his head and looked at it seriously, it took seven or eight minutes to finish reading the things, frowning and seemed to think for a while, and after a while, he saw him let out a long breath, as if relieved.

Ye Weixin couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Lin Sheng, are you still preparing to acquire the information and news of these American publishers that you asked me to collect?" ”

He just guessed curiously, and as soon as the words fell, he saw Lin Xiaozhi nodding his head with a serious face: "That's right, I do have the idea of acquiring one of the publishing companies, because owning it is equivalent to owning the future!" ”

Ye Weixin was stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he ask suspiciously: "Are several doll painting publishing companies so important?" ”

"Important, very important!"

Lin Xiaozhi's tone was very affirmative, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the slightly messy newspaper clippings in front of him, one of which was impressively printed with the logo of an American publisher he most eager to buy - Marvel-Comics, translated into Chinese is Marvel (in this era, it should also be translated as surprise).

Although the history of the United States is very short, its unique geographical location and the rich land blessed by God have created its status as a superpower after World War II, and the domestic publishing industry has always been very developed.

There are a large number of comic book publishers in the United States, but most of them have little strength, among the five giants of American comics discharged by domestic netizens in later generations, the dark horse is still just a cub, the ID copyright library is too single, and image has just split from Marvel this year, so although there are a large number of publishers in the United States, there are only two Marvel and DC that can make him red-eyed and coveted.

Marvel Comics Division is a comic book giant in the United States on par with DC Comics (DC-Comics). Founded in 1939 and officially named Marvel in 1961, it has more than 8,000 comic book characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Wolverine, Daredevil Dared, Ant-Man, Ghost Rider and superhero teams such as Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

DC Comics is not ordinary, it was created in 1934. In June 1938, the company created the world's first superhero, Superman, in the inaugural issue of Action Comics, which rewrote the history of American comics. In May 1939, the company created the world's first superhero without superpowers, Batman, in the 27th issue of "Detective Comics". Since then, Superman and Batman, as DC's signature characters, have their own serialized comics, and have also started a long-term partnership, known as "the world's best partner". In 1967, the company was officially named DC Comics, and it is still used today. It also has superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Green Arrow, Constantine, and superhero teams such as Justice League, Teen Titans, Birds of Prey, Storm Guard, Winning Seven, and Super Hero Legion.

With the advent of the 21st century, it will eventually become possible to realistically represent superheroes in movies thanks to the rapid development of computer technology – and the time is ripe for comic book adaptations.

This is not a dream language, but Lin Xiaozhi's personal experience before he was born.

In my memory, superhero movies such as the "X-Men" series, "Spider-Man" series, and "Fantastic Four" authorized by Marvel to be filmed by American studios swept the global box office charts. Among them, only the two successful series of "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" have swept billions of dollars at the box office from around the world (before the establishment of Marvel Studios, the profit from licensing was less than 100 million US dollars), it can be said that once whoever buys Marvel and DC before the arrival of the 21st century, in a few years, when the special effects technology is more mature, he will have a steady stream of golden eggs for himself.

Lin Xiaozhi did not own the life of DC Comics, because as early as 1969, DC was acquired by Time Warner Group, and many comic book copyrights owned by DC have long been under the operation of Time Warner, even if the computer special effects are still underdeveloped at this time, Time Warner still relies on its other subsidiary, Warner Bros. Pictures produced a series of movies such as "Batman" and "Superman", which have won countless green tickets in the United States.

Lin Xiaozhi believes that he is not capable of snatching food from the mouth of Time Warner, a media giant, so he set his sights on Marvel, which is as famous as DC, as early as two years ago, and patiently waited for the arrival of 93.

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