As the first listed film company in Hong Kong, Media Asia's every move has attracted countless attention from Hong Kong and Taiwan. And Lin Xiaozhi is also a celebrity in Hong Kong, with a reputation for making news, he often used the media to promote himself and his film company before he grew up, and although he now has a director's identity, more people pay more attention to his other identity, that is, the boss of Media Asia Group.

It is precisely because of this that the turmoil in the north has not completely subsided, and Lin Xiaozhi, who is rumored to be acquiring ATV, is going to start filming a new movie at this time.

And it is precisely because of their wretchedness that there is information about Lin Xiaozhi's new movie "Resident Evil", which also came out at the first time.

"Lin Xiaozhi denied taking over ATV, and the news of ATV's change of ownership may be ...... inaccuracies"

"The new movie locks in the sci-fi theme, 80 million is invested in 'zombie movies,' Lin Xiaozhi proudly said that the investment is not enough to chase ......"

"It cost tens of millions of dollars and took half a year to build just for the filming of the movie. Large-scale increase in special effects, more than 100 million investment in Media Asia's ambition to seek the North American market......"

News about Lam Hsiao-chi and his new film was quickly exposed in the newspapers, and it quickly caused a huge sensation in Hong Kong.

"Media Asia wants to invest 80 million to shoot a zombie movie? Really? How did I hear that zombie movies are small-budget movies that can be made with millions of investments. Shouldn't this be the same as Cheng Long's "Flying Eagle Plan", a gimmick, right? Some people who are more knowledgeable about movies are obviously suspicious of media reports, suspecting that this news is Lin Xiaozhi's hype gimmick.

This kind of questioning is still very marketable, after all, there is "Flying Eagle Planning" in front.

Although Cheng Long's "Flying Eagle Strategy" did invest more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, he was conceited and had to serve as the director while playing the heaviest role, but he didn't have the talent to direct, but he couldn't listen to the opinions of the assistant director, and he changed one because of different opinions. And he is not proficient in finance, he also took over the financial power, and when he invited a foreigner actor to cooperate with the foreigner crew, he was praised for a few good words, and he confessed to the other party flutteringly, not knowing that the foreigner was black-hearted and profitable, and he had a lot of money.

Due to his lack of understanding of Western films, Cheng Long was limited by his experience in Hong Kong when revising the script, and although a lot of African elements were added to the film, he failed to achieve a breakthrough in the most important surprises and scenes of the Treasure Hunt movie. The scene is not significantly improved compared with Cheng Long's other movies, and the treasure hunting scene is not much different from traditional Hong Kong films.

All kinds of things led to the fact that "Flying Eagle Strategy" spent five cents to get two points of effect, and because of the later publicity, Golden Harvest openly played the slogan of investing more than 100 million yuan to attract the audience to enter the theater to watch the movie, and the market expectations of the movie were raised too high in the early stage, and the audience was really attracted to buy tickets to enter the theater to take a look, only to find that this is the effect of investing more than 100 million yuan, at most it is similar to some movies with an investment of 30 or 40 million Hong Kong dollars. It is this kind of high expectation that makes it a good quality "Flying Eagle Plan", and it has not been able to win word of mouth and box office.

Some people are not optimistic, and those who are optimistic are not less talking: "Lin Xiaozhi has denied that he said that zombie films are zombie films, I heard that they are science fiction themes, and it took nearly 10 million yuan to build a scene alone." Good guys, I'm really looking forward to this movie coming out soon......"

"Media Asia's previous investment of 50 million to start filming Red Alert" is very good, Lin Xiaozhi's directing skills are great, and Hua Zai's leading role is also very cool......"

The news spread to the Hong Kong film industry, and it also caused a violent response from the industry.

Mr. Zou has just returned from outside, and he has been busy with Golden Harvest's listing in recent months. Originally, as a veteran giant in the Hong Kong film industry, Golden Harvest has long been qualified for listing, but it is only because some aspects have not been negotiated with the stubborn Hong Kong Stock Exchange, so it has not been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a long time. At the beginning of the year, stimulated by the myth of Media Asia's listing, Zou Minhuai finally made up his mind to withdraw from the distracted real estate industry and devote himself to the film industry. In order to compete with the Media Asia Group, which was listed first and acquired Debao to form a large-scale operation, Zou Minhuai successively persuaded Sammo Hung and Cheng Long to merge their respective industries Baohe, Weihe, Baoxiang and other film companies into Golden Harvest, and was positively affected by the listing of Media Asia, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange obviously also welcomed the introduction of more powerful film companies to go public, and the two sides made concessions respectively.

The good mood was maintained until he opened today's newspaper, and when he saw the news about the new movie about Media Asia and Lin Xiaozhi in the newspaper, "Flying Eagle Strategy" was pulled out of the house again, which made Zou Minhuai's mood change one hundred and eighty degrees.

The copyright of "Flying Eagle Strategy" originally belonged to Cheng Long's Weihe, but since Zou Minhuai annexed Cheng Long's Weihe when he revived Golden Harvest under the stimulus of the myth of Media Asia's listing at the beginning of the year, the copyright and income of this film have completely belonged to Golden Harvest, and the two share honor and disgrace.

Originally, "Flying Eagle Strategy" invested more than 100 million yuan, and the box office exceeded 40 million Hong Kong dollars in more than a month after it was released in Hong Kong. But then the film did not do well at the box office in Taiwan and Japan. "Flying Eagle Strategy" landed in Taiwan at the end of January, and the final box office in Taiwan was only 30.74 million Taiwan dollars (about 930,000 Hong Kong dollars) when it was released. In Japan, "Flying Eagle Strategy" used a more powerful channel than Asia to land in Japan almost at the same time as "Red Alert", but when it was finally filmed, the box office was only 100 million yen and the revenue was 100 million yen, that is, the distributor and the producer's share).

This achievement was almost completely overwhelmed by the red alert of Media Asia and Lin Xiaozhi. And the European and American distribution of "Flying Eagle Strategy" is also not effective, I originally thought that the channel had been opened up by relying on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", who knew that foreigners in Lu Dao also saw it very clearly, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" except for investment and martial arts from Golden Harvest, the rest of the production team and publicity are all engaged in by Americans. It is completely different from the Hong Kong-made "Flying Eagle Strategy", so it has not yet persuaded the distributors in Europe and the United States to agree to a large-scale release.

It was precisely because Cheng Long and his Weihe had such a blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million yuan in their hands that Zou Wenhuai paid a lot of price when he merged Weihe.

The wound has not yet scarred, and he has sprinkled a handful of salt on people, no wonder Zou Minhuai was so angry that he tore up the newspaper when he saw someone in the newspaper holding "Flying Eagle Strategy" as a metaphor for Lin Xiaozhi's new movie.

"...... "Resident Evil", a zombie movie? How is this different from a zombie movie? ”

Sitting in the office with a gloomy face, Zou Minhuai called his old buddies He Guanchang and Sammo Hung on the phone.

He Guanchang: "Sanmao knows the zombie film best, but I really don't know much about what a zombie movie is." Sanmao, do you know this? ”

The emergence of Lin Xiaozhi and Media Asia has changed the fate of many people, and Sammo Hung is one of them. In the past two years, Sammo Hung has invested in a lot of movies, because he is too obsessed with past experience, most of the movies he invests in are losing money or barely keeping their capital, and they don't make much money, coupled with the distrust of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, which made him have the idea of immigrating to the mountains, and he also directly applied for a U.S. green card (the information on Baidu Encyclopedia is wrong, Sammo Hung is an American citizen). Considering his age and health, Ho Guanchang, who had already reached retirement age, was not worried about Golden Harvest, so he personally came forward to persuade Sammo Hung, who has considerable company management ability, to join Golden Harvest, and he is now not only one of Golden Harvest's directors, but also holds the position of vice president. Obviously, this is Ho Guanchang's preparation for the future of Golden Harvest. Once he, the president, retires, Sammo Hung is undoubtedly the best successor.

"Zombie movies are really different from zombie movies...... How to say it, most of our traditional zombie movies in Hong Kong are ghost-like themes, and now even the audience knows the Tao, Maoshan Taoist and Dao Fuke zombie zombie films Hong Kong does not have such a statement, but the United States has such a type of theme. Most of them talk about chemical poison gas or something, turning dead bodies into life, biting and eating people everywhere. However, I heard that the investment cost is not high, and a small budget zombie film can be shot in the United States for hundreds of thousands of dollars or even one or two million......"

Sammo Hung roughly explained to the two of them, but after speaking, he covered up a flash of embarrassment by wiping the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know anything about what a zombie movie was, but when Zou Minhuai contacted him, he was signing an investment agreement with Ni Zhen for a movie. If it weren't for Ni Zhenzhi's zombie theme, he would have been able to pick up some of his knowledge of American film culture when chatting with him.

Zou Wenhuai lowered his head and thought for a while before frowning and said: """Resident Evil", just listening to the name, it feels very similar to what Sanmao said, it seems that he Lin Xiaozhi is going to shoot the kind of zombie movie in the United States." ”

He Guanchang nodded, "This will not be wrong, Media Asia now wants to open the European and American markets just like us." He Lin Xiaozhi can make movies and is the boss of Media Asia, and it is not impossible for him to personally go into battle to make a movie that has an appetite for the United States."

"Sanmao, you said that the investment cost is not high, so the investment of 80 million is Lin Xiaozhi who is hyping...

"This" Sammo Hung didn't know much about this, and the more he answered, the more difficult it was to answer, but fortunately, he knew Lin Xiaozhi well, thought for a while and shook his head and said: "I have been in contact with Lin Sheng a few times, and Lao Cen is also familiar with him, I think he should be the kind of person who says the same." It shouldn't be false to say that the investment of 80 million yuan is not fake, and the science fiction theme uses a lot of special effects, maybe it is not the same as the traditional zombie movies I know......"

These words made Zou Minhuai more satisfied, and nodded when he heard the words. He lowered his head and muttered for a moment before looking at the two of them and asked, "Sanmao, you will contact the next circle later to see if any screenwriter can also get a zombie-themed script for me." Lao He, can the company's current budget squeeze out 30 or 40 million......

"This can't be ......" He Guanchang directly refused, "The investment loss of "Flying Eagle Strategy" was passed on to Golden Harvest, and we made a lot of money in the first part of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", but the budget investment in the filming of the second part alone is more than 16 million US dollars, and it is a huge expenditure for European and American publicity before the filming is completed. And in order to redeem the Golden Harvest Cinema Line as soon as possible to guarantee the listing, the company paid two huge loans from the bank in advance, in short, the company's finances are far from as good as you think. Moreover, it's still a zombie movie that no one of us understands......"

It is naturally impossible for Jiahe to run out of money, He Guanchang is in charge of Jiahe's finances, and he knows very well that there are at least 200 million funds in the company's account that can be used at any time, so his last sentence is the key. This sensible old man doesn't want Zou Minhuai to spend a huge amount of money to shoot a bad movie just because he was angry.

was directly rejected by the old man, but Zou Minhuai was not angry, but only frowned and thought for a while, then let out a sigh and nodded, admitting that He Guanchang was right.

Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Sammo Hung persuaded: "Boss, Media Asia may have really invested 100 million yuan and filmed a science fiction movie to try to seek the European and American markets, but we Golden Harvest are not nothing." Didn't you approve the filming of the second part of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" at the beginning of the year, counting the time, the movie is almost halfway through, compared to their "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which was a big hit in Europe and the United States last year......"

As soon as he said this, Zou Minhuai's face turned better, and he nodded and said: "Yes, yes, we also have "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", although Media Asia has entered Europe, but it has not yet gained a firm foothold in North America. Who is the leader in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is still in the fifth and fifth ......"

Obviously, this film tycoon, who brought down his former boss Shao Yifu and dragged down Kowloon tycoon Lui Juekun, is still haunted by the media's frequent use of the name of Hong Kong's largest film group on Media Asia.

At the Golden Princess Headquarters, Lei Qi was looking at Mecca and Huang Baiming sitting in his office, his eyebrows wrinkled.

Although after Shi Tian withdrew, he spent money to acquire the shares in Shi Tian's hands, and then sold them to Huang Baiming at a loss of millions, barely reconciling the contradictions between the high-level leaders of Xinyicheng. But after all, Mecca has been fighting with Huang Baiming for several years, and under the repeated conflicts in the past few years, the two are now almost strangers, and rarely appear in his office at the same time. And once this happens, it means that the problem is coming.

"So you two, what is the situation with you coming to me today?" Lei Qizheng rarely comes to the headquarters of Princess Jin, after all, he is the eldest son of Lei Juekun, and the huge Lei family's industry, including Kowloon Bus and Kowloon Construction, is temporarily under his control, and he comes once or twice a week and stays for a few hours to work, which is already very frequent. When Lei Juekun was in charge of Princess Jin, he always came once a week.

Mecca sat aside and didn't speak, although he and Huang Baiming have a very poor personal relationship now, but after all, the two have worked together for many years, and there is still a tacit understanding at all. He knew that Lei Qizheng was not very interested in himself, but it was really important for Xinyicheng to come today, so he handed over the right to speak to the good old man Huang Baiming.

"Lei Sheng, in fact, we are here today for two things......" Huang Baiming pushed his glasses, and the warm smile on his face made the impatience in Lei Qizheng's heart suddenly dissipate a lot, and nodded for him to continue.

"First of all, we hope that Leisheng can fulfill his promise and provide a low-interest loan of 100 million Hong Kong dollars to Xinyicheng, at least the 60 million promised to us in the first half of the year will be delivered to us......"

Last year was the most tragic year for the three giants of New Arts City, and New Arts City has not invested in any blockbusters in the past year. The only few small-budget movies made have been shot in joint ventures with other companies and shared box office dividends, so after deducting the company's money for supporting hundreds of employees, artists, drama managers, and crews for a year, Xinyicheng's embarrassing financial account has bottomed out, and there is no money to make movies.

"As for the second thing...... he looked at Mecca, and saw that the bald guy's face changed slightly, so he cautiously said: "Mr. Mai hopes to invest 40 million to 50 million Hong Kong dollars to reshoot the sixth part of the "Best Partner" series, and strive to make this series like 'UU'...... a series."

As soon as the words fell, Lei Qizheng's face changed suddenly, and the room suddenly fell silent.

After several years of infighting, Xinyicheng has run out of oil and is on the verge of bankruptcy. This Lei Qizheng is looking at the huge profits of Honghuanya's listing, and has the intention to package the golden princess to go public after the integration, so he is very bold to make some changes. These include not only the fact that he bought Shi Tian's shares at a loss and sold them to Huang Baiming, but also promised to provide a low-interest loan of HK$100 million to New Arts City within one year to support the filming of New Arts City.

In exchange, of course. The relationship between the current New Arts City and the Golden Princess has finally been straightened out, and although the Golden Princess only owns about 37 shares of the New Arts City, she has successfully taken the former largest film company in Hong Kong under its name and become its holding subsidiary. Therefore, the current large-scale investment plan of Xinyicheng requires the consent of Princess Jin.

"60 million low-interest loans, I will be credited to the account of Xinyicheng within a week. But "Best Partner" started filming the sixth part, so I just watched it. The year before last, your "New Best Partner" was promoted in the name of the fifth part, and the final box office barely exceeded 20 million, and I heard that it didn't sell well overseas, so I don't think there is any need to shoot it again

After thinking about it for a while, unexpectedly, Lei Qizheng very easily agreed to provide a low-interest loan to Xinyicheng. But for Mecca to shoot the sixth part of "Best Partner", he refused almost without much thought. As he said, "Best Partner 5" did not make much money for Xinyicheng, compared to the first four episodes of the big hits, the box office of the fifth part also seriously affected the reputation of this series, and now I am afraid that even the most iron-clad fans of this series will not buy it too much.

Mecca's face changed dramatically when she heard this, and her beard curled up, obviously ready to get angry. Huang Baiming screamed badly, afraid that he would anger Lei Qizheng, the big boss, and pushed back the new art city that was now finally dragged back from the edge of the cliff, and immediately took the first step to speak: "Lei Sheng, in fact, Mr. Mai's consideration is also reasonable. You may not know what to do, Golden Harvest spent more than 100 million yuan to invest in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and last year's first global blockbuster sold more than one billion (Hong Kong dollars), and Golden Harvest ate three or four billion yuan in dividends alone. Media Asia spent more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot "Red Alert" last year, and recently spent 80 million Hong Kong dollars to start filming a movie called "Resident Evil". Their boss Lin Xiaozhi patted his chest even more, and 80 million is not enough and will continue to make additional investments. I heard that Yongsheng has also frequently contacted directors and stars recently, and intends to directly invest in several films with more than 10 million yuan...... Now that we have entered the era of blockbusters, more investment can connect with more famous, box office appealing superstars. At the same time, you can also buy a good script at a high price, and have more money for filming. Mr. Mai has begun to use his connections to seek good ideas in the circle. We haven't made a blockbuster film in the past two years, and now investing in one can not only boost morale, but also bring back fans and tell the industry that we are still the same former boss of the Hong Kong film industry. Of course, an investment of 40 or 50 million Hong Kong dollars is indeed too much. If you are worried about the risk, why don't we choose a compromise method, half of this investment will be made by us in Xinyicheng, and the other half will contact other investors."

Hearing his words, Lei Qizheng nodded again and again, Lei Qizheng is now planning the listing of the Golden Princess, but the infighting in the past few years has hurt Xinyicheng too much. Therefore, Huang Baiming dissected and told him that making a blockbuster now would be good for the restoration of the golden sign of the new art city, and he listened to his heart.

But in the end, it was Huang Baiming's last sentence that persuaded him to nod, Lei Qizheng is indeed worried about the risk, but if someone shares the risk, only an investment of 20 million Hong Kong dollars can be exchanged for a blockbuster film like "Red Alert", which is a good thing.

He pretended to think for a moment before nodding slowly, "You guys have a point, so let's do it, if you can get a good script that satisfies me, I will approve the start of filming "Best Partner U""