The media is the media, and there is a smell of commotion all over it. It is not difficult to guess that little bit of urine, when a piece of news that catches the wind and shadows suddenly becomes popular, especially the gossip in the entertainment industry, there must be a promoter behind it.

This is a little experience of Lin Xiaozhi, and he rarely guesses wrong. When the media started to report some news chasing after the wind and shadows instead of reporting the article, he guessed that someone must be behind it, but he didn't bother to look at it.

Compared with the Best Director and Best Film honors at the Academy Awards, Lin Xiaozhi is more concerned about how much New Asia's movies can sell at the box office, how much reputation the audience has, whether New Asia already has its own hardcore fan base, and how the movie "Killer Leon" will continue to operate in Europe and overseas.

After "Killer Leon" ended its release in the UK, Chen Qiang, vice president of New Asia, returned to Hong Kong, but Zheng Fei did not come back with him, and at the same time, Sima Jie, who had just completed the procedures for Lin Xiaozhi's wholly-owned acquisition of New Yibao Records, also flew to the UK. After making millions of pounds from the distribution of New Asia, Guy ODN made a big deal out of it, and then set out to buy all the European and American distribution rights for "Killer Leon".

Zheng Fei is negotiating with ODN, and the current negotiation process is not very good. ODN attaches great importance to "Killer Leon", a film that was very profitable for them a few months ago, but it is also for this reason that they prefer to directly buy out the full rights of "Killer Leon" in Europe and the United States, rather than just becoming a springboard for New Asia Film Company to help it realize the convenience of overseas release.

In this regard, Lin Xiaozhi has instructed Zheng Fei that he can accept ODN's proposal to buy out the European release of "Killer Leon", but the North American distribution rights cannot be easily conceded.

"Killer Leon" was a hot hit in the UK, and Lin Xiaozhi was not carried away. After the film was released, he rethought his European strategy, and always felt that if it hadn't been for the recommendation of the UK's largest and most authoritative magazine, "Sight and Sound", "Killer Leon" would probably have collapsed in the UK. Because of this, it made him clearer that New Asia's overseas channels had not yet been built.

ODN is one of the largest distributors and cinemas in the UK, and it is also one of the top distribution giants in Europe. So to make less money in the early stage, Lin Xiaozhi is also willing to do it.

The reason why the two sides have not yet reached an agreement is because ODN is too stingy and is only willing to pay 4 million pounds to buy out the European and American distribution rights of "Killer Leon", which includes not only the entire European distribution rights and video distribution rights except the United Kingdom, but also the North American distribution rights of "Killer Leon".

Lin Xiaozhi was able to realize that the unexpected hit of "Killer Leon" was because it was sought after by "Sight and Sound", and ODN naturally knew better. Therefore, the price was kept very low at the beginning, and it was determined that New Asia could not leave their channel.

In the current fierce negotiations between the two sides, Zheng Fei made an international call to Hong Kong almost a day, and the two chatted for an hour or two to exchange views. So far, with the efforts of the New Asia distribution team led by Zheng Fei, ODN has relented and is willing to raise the price to 5 million pounds, but it is still domineering to buy out the European and American distribution rights.

5 million pounds converted into Hong Kong dollars has exceeded 60 million, this price even Lin Xiaozhi is a little loose, and began to hesitate whether his "Killer Leon" can make this money in the United States under their own distribution. After thinking about it for a while, he gave instructions to the British side that he could continue to negotiate with ODN, or he could agree to give up the North American distribution rights of "Killer Leon", but Zheng Fei and they had to try their best to fight for it, and the price of 5 million pounds given by ODN still could not satisfy his greed.

Zheng Fei has been calling him more and more frequently in the past two days, complaining to him almost every time that ODN is unwilling to add another penny, believing that this will be a protracted negotiation.

However, there is also good news from ODN. Because of the money made on New Asia's movie "Killer Leon", ODN's senior management began to pay attention to and evaluate New Asia's strength. Zheng Fei told him that a senior official of ODN who contacted him had inadvertently revealed that ODN was considering whether to use Ye Weixin's "Friend" to be released in the UK, taking advantage of the recent wave of Hong Kong film novelty brought by "Killer Leon" in the UK has not completely dissipated.

Although the copyright of "Friends" was completely bought out by ODN, even if it is released and sold in New Asia, it will not be able to share a penny, but Lin Xiaozhi is still looking forward to it. The worst thing about New Asia entering overseas is word-of-mouth and popularity. There are few films that can sell well in Europe and the United States and achieve a certain influence, and it is difficult for New Asia to gain a firm foothold in Europe without its own channels. The quality of "Friends" is not low, and its black humor style is more literary and artistic, and it can't be said that it can scratch the itch of some people in Europe and the United States, and no one can say whether the box office can rise after the movie is released

The advantage of being a boss is that you have a job to give to the people below, otherwise you spend millions of dollars every year to hire a group of employees, and you can still chat with the boss to show your superiority?

After having the idea of encouraging ODN to let "Friend" be released, Lin Xiaozhi immediately arranged this matter to Zheng Fei to do, as for whether it can succeed and how to lobby ODN company, this is a headache for Zheng Fei and his distribution team.

bought the new art treasure from Polygram, and Lin Xiaozhi was proud.

Finally took the second largest record label in Hong Kong into his hands, and the new Asia Record Company he planned was finally born.

The merger of the two record companies did not delay a few days, the new New Asia Records took the New Yibao Records as the root, and the Disheng Records only had two artists and more than 20 employees, except for two who chose to leave, all of them were merged into the new company, and the New Asia Records were born.

On the afternoon of the month, Lin Xiaozhi wore a casual shirt to attend the first high-level meeting after the establishment of New Asia Records, and presided over the meeting as the chairman of the record company.

“… The new label will still have Mr. Cheng Donghan as CEO and Mr. Chen Shaobao as artistic director. In terms of overall planning, as before, I do not interfere in the direct management of the company, and only occasionally inquire about the company's development master plan. As for the future of the record label, I would like to make only three comments. ”

"First, all contracted artists and employees of the company shall not participate in any political activities opposing Hong Kong's return to the motherland or involving mainland and Taiwan issues in the name of the company. The Sino-British agreement was signed, and Hong Kong will return to China in 97. This is a battle involving two behemoths, Britain and China, and we must have the consciousness of chess pieces as chess pieces. Taiwan is our market now, and the mainland will most likely become our market in the future, so the company will not participate in any political activities. If you have any opinions, you can participate in the name of a private person, but if I find an organizer in the name of the company, I find that one cleans up the other, this is the company's principle, so I'm sorry

"Second, the future of New Asia Records lies in continuing to open up new markets. Hong Kong's local market is limited, but there are hundreds of local singers and nearly 100 local bands, and unless we can open up a new market for Cantonese records, such as the two provinces in the mainland, Hong Kong's local Cantonese record market will already be close to saturation. Therefore, in the future, our company will increase investment to expand the mainland market, and at the same time consolidate and strengthen the Taiwan market. I hope that after this meeting, everyone will remember one thing, learn Chinese and Mandarin well. In the future, if you want to have the Taiwan and mainland markets, or release Chinese records, you must be able to ...... this."

"Third, as a brother company of New Asia Film Company, the cooperation between the two companies should be strengthened. I have ordered New Asia Films to formulate a new plan to strengthen cooperation with our record company, but if a slap in the face does not make a sound, New Asia Records has to move. In the future, all the film soundtracks and original music albums published by New Asia Film Company will be handed over to New Asia Records. At the same time, the film company will also select the best singers from record companies to increase the opportunities for film shooting. At present, New Asia Film Company has already selected a movie "Love Letter", and we consider choosing Chen Baiqiang for the role of the protagonist. Remember, this is just the beginning......"