Chapter 563: Ready to Go (II)
It is not easy to get Taiwanese fans to 'rebel' for him, although Lin Xiaozhi is very confident in his new movie, he has also made a lot of preparations.
For example, Chen Qiang, president of Media Asia, was sent to the mainland to discuss with Beijing Film about the release of "League of Assassins" in the mainland, and tried his best to synchronize the release time with Hong Kong.
In addition, Media Asia has set up a special film promotion team, which is about to go to Southeast Asian countries, Japan, and South Korea to negotiate with theaters in various places to see if it can be released simultaneously in many places with a huge momentum, and no matter how bad it is, at least the screening interval in various places will be reduced to half a month, so as to get more topics and sensation.
Although it has been a common practice in the industry to release multiple places simultaneously in later generations, but now in the 90s, only some popular blockbusters in Europe and the United States can enjoy this kind of treatment.
For most films, it's not uncommon for a gap of more than a year to be shown in other places, such as "Red Sorghum" in the mainland, which took almost a year to be screened in Hong Kong, and more than a year when it landed in American theaters. Even some popular commercial films in the United States often begin to be screened in Asian countries after more than half a year or even a year after they have been screened in Europe and the United States.
In the 90s, when the Internet age had not yet arrived, and the world was still far away, it was not easy to achieve the simultaneous release of a film in multiple countries, but for others, it was not impossible for him, Lam Hau-chi, a famous Hong Kong director, to achieve a small-scale simultaneous release in Asia.
Not to mention that although he has only shot a few movies since his debut, all of them are blockbusters that have swept the box office in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, and I don't know how much real money he has earned for theaters around the world. Media Asia only needs to make slight concessions in advertising and box office sharing, and it is believed that it will not be difficult to persuade the merchants of various countries to cooperate.
Lin Xiaozhi was very confident in this, so when the post-production of "League of Assassins" was about to be completed, the publicity team here was immediately formed, and he personally allocated 50 million Hong Kong dollars for this purpose, preparing to rely on this huge amount of money to smash the advertisements of "League of Assassins" in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and even the mainland.
Play a wave of big spending, so that Taiwanese fans know that he was angrily withdrawn from Taiwan by the Taiwan authorities, which is a loss for them and not a victory!
Lin Xiaozhi, who went north in June to confer the medal, quickly felt the benefits of it with a 'pro-communist' identity on his body. "Resident Evil", which has been talking to the mainland for a full year before, has always been stuck in various small details, and has never been able to get the approval to enter the mainland for release. Radio and Television changed its attitude a few days after the Hong Kong affairs advisory group left Beijing, and finally raised its noble hand and asked Media Asia to cooperate in the deletion of several inconsequential violent and bloody scenes in the film, and approved it to be included in the list of 'excellent Hong Kong films' with a stroke of a pen.
Beiying and Media Asia don't know how long they have been waiting for this day, but the approval has only been received for less than a week, and the two film groups quickly reached an agreement, and the film is finally scheduled to be officially released in mainland theaters on August 10, leaving a full month for Media Asia to promote.
There was a light rain in Hong Kong, near the evening, Lin Xiaozhi took a bright black Mercedes-Benz sedan slowly into the Central Mid-Levels on Albik Road, after the traffic police, patrol police and the Governor's Mansion guards after three inspections, the car finally stopped in the open space in front of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion, and after a few words of explanation with the driver and asked him to drive the car to the nearby parking lot to wait, he got out of the car with a straight face, and walked to the Governor's Mansion not far away.
On 9 July, the day after the arrival of the new Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, and the day he handed over the governorship to the former Governor-General Wilson. At 10 o'clock in the morning, under the live broadcast of ATV, TVB, satellite TV and more than 200 Chinese and foreign media, the two have successfully completed the transfer of power. In order to express his pro-people image, Patten did not immediately hold a banquet at noon to invite Hong Kong business and politicians as the outside world predicted, but chose to dine with a number of elected members of the Legislative Council and dozens of media and citizen representatives to chat about Hong Kong's future development, staging a perfect catwalk.
Of course, whether Patten is a real person or a showman, this qualified politician clearly understands that it is the business and political giants who really control Hong Kong, and he has to rely on these people if he wants to fulfill his 'mission' as the last governor. Therefore, although there was no meal together at noon, a welcome reception was held in the Governor's Mansion in the evening according to the custom, and Patten personally used a handwritten invitation letter in not very pure Chinese to send invitations to hundreds of Hong Kong business and political giants from all walks of life and consuls of various countries in Hong Kong, and Lin Xiaozhi also received an invitation, because his wife Li Jiaxin is now in the period of recuperation and has difficulty moving, and Zhou Huimin also happened to go home to visit his grandmother who was unwell, so he simply accepted the invitation alone.
The Governor's Palace usually has not strict security measures, and the reason why there are a lot more today is entirely because there are too many big people coming in the evening. However, after passing the first triple security check, even the guards standing guard in front of the Governor's Mansion only glanced twice as he walked inside. There was a reception at the gate of the Governor's Palace, and he came by coincidence, just seeing that Huo Yingdong and his three sons had just arrived, he had a good impression of this red-top businessman, and he hurriedly walked a few steps to catch up and say hello.
"Huo Laozao, is your body better?"
Fok Yingdong is a typical Hong Kong 'old man', with a total of three wives and many children. However, as we all know, although he dotes on the second and third wives, he is on the side of the family industry, and almost ninety percent of the tens of billions of industries are left to the children born to him in the main room, among which the three sons born to him in the main room have taken ninety percent.
Except for Huo Ting, whom he had met a few times, the other two Lin Xiaozhi had only seen photos in the newspaper and were not familiar with each other, so they only nodded and said hello when they met. With his current net worth, although the Huo family is more than one line behind, he is also a well-known rich man in Hong Kong, not to mention that most of his property is earned by his own hard work, so in the face of the three 'sons' of the Huo family, he also stood up straight, but the Huo Gongzi looked at him differently, but they all took the initiative to say hello to him.
Huo Yingdong obviously had a good impression of him, and nodded to him with a smile: "Thank you, little brother, for still thinking about my body, except for a little joint pain and inconvenient swimming recently, everything else is very good!" ”
It is no secret that this old gentleman has cancer in Hong Kong, it is said that he tried various methods in order to fight cancer, in addition to drug treatment, there is also sports to fight cancer, I heard that he has to exercise for a period of time every day, especially like to play tennis and swimming, and it is also under his leadership that the Huo family is very good at sports, not only in Hong Kong to hold many public positions related to sports, but also the mainland wants to apply for some international events, and sometimes needs the help of the Huo family.
The last time Huo Yingdong went north to confer the medal, Huo Yingdong only brought his eldest son Huo Ting, so he introduced his other two sons to him, and then asked in a low voice: "I heard that your eldest brother has been very active recently, and I wanted to talk to you when our Chamber of Commerce organized an event a few days ago, but I didn't see you." Little brother, we're not outsiders anymore, why don't you tell me if you're going into politics? ”
This chamber refers to the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong, which is the oldest traditional Chinese chamber of commerce in Hong Kong, and arguably one of the most influential loose business organizations in Hong Kong, no more than another Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce that served foreign businessmen in its early years (until the 90s, when foreign companies were gradually replaced by Chinese businessmen). Countless businessmen in Hong Kong have cut their heads and want to squeeze in, because it not only represents a relationship but also a huge circle of contacts, and is recognized as one of the three major business circles in Hong Kong, and its influence is still above the 'Jockey Club Gang' and the 'Chaoshan Gang' of real estate tycoons. Although the membership connection is far less close than the latter two, it is not as high as the threshold of those two.
Since joining in the late 60s, Fok Yingdong has been serving as a senior executive of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and has been more active since the reform and opening up, since 84 years, except for half a year in the middle of the temporary resignation due to physical discomfort, he has been the president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and has single-handedly contributed to hundreds of Hong Kong businessmen's domestic investment, involving an amount far exceeding 100 billion Hong Kong dollars. It can be said that it is his contacts in the General Chamber of Commerce for many years that make him not as financially as good as Li Ka-shing and many other real estate tycoons able to respond to the call in the Hong Kong business community, and his influence in the local business community and his status in the hearts of the mainland are even inferior to Li Chaoren.
Lin Xiaozhi was not surprised when he heard this, although the media under his name has not moved, but the Lin family has always funded several small and medium-sized newspapers to build momentum for his eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi, which has recently attracted a lot of attention and discussion in Hong Kong, although it is a mixed bag, it can be regarded as a certain reputation, so it is not surprising that Huo Yingdong knows about it.
After thinking about it, he replied: "I can't bear the politician's set, but my eldest brother has received a good education, and the old man in the family wants him to give it a try!" ”
After another pause, he continued: "At the Chamber of Commerce, we at the Kowloon Bank applied for membership, but I don't know much about this part, so I don't usually go without asking." ”
Song Nianhui, the emperor of work, has been well-known in Hong Kong's business circles in the past two years, after all, Kowloon Bank has been able to develop from a small bank with a scale of only a few hundred million yuan to a medium-sized Chinese-funded bank that has absorbed nearly 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in savings in just a few years.
Although Huo Yingdong knows more than others, and knows that he has also contributed a lot in the development of Kowloon Bank, he is also envious of Lin Xiaozhi for meeting such a good assistant, and he sighed a few words of jealousy, and suddenly stopped before approaching the hall and reminded again: "Next year, the CPPCC will be re-elected, if you have the heart, you might as well tell me, maybe I can also help you!" ”
Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved when he heard the voice, he remembered that Old Man Huo seemed to have been appointed as the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) before the handover of Hong Kong, although he was a mascot and a well-known vice state, it can be seen that the mainland is also very grateful to Huo Yingdong, an old man who has been actively helping the mainland to recover Hong Kong peacefully. When he went north to confer the medal a month ago, Huo Lao was one of the few people who was invited to participate in the third negotiation, and I am afraid that he also heard some rumors or promises in advance. At this time, I don't know if I have the intention to befriend him, or if I plan for the future of the Huo family, so I am vaguely ready to promote him.
There were a lot of thoughts in his brain for a moment, and he was also a little moved in his heart, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you Huo Lao for mentioning it!" ”