Chapter 150: Not admitting defeat
A few days later, on Monday, Gu Chen appeared on the cover of the latest issue of Time magazine, as we all know, Time Magazine is a newsweek with a long history and wide influence in the world, which reports, expounds and explains all the events that affect the lives of people around the world, so being on its cover has always been regarded as a symbol of status and status.
In this issue of "Time" magazine, an interview report with Gu Chen was also published, which covered all the major events that have happened to Gu Chen since his debut and topics of interest to the audience, such as revealing the news that Gu Chen will release his first English album next year; For example, it was revealed for the first time that Gu Chen also has a financial investment company under his name, and it is located in the famous new HSBC head office building; For another example, under the perseverance of the beautiful reporter, Gu Shi finally vaguely admitted that he had a girlfriend, which was the first time Gu Chen gave a positive answer to his scandal. It's a pity that who is this girlfriend Gu Chen has always refused to say, is it business partner He Chaoqiong? Is it Wang Ku-yin, who is known as Hong Kong's first beautiful leg? Or is it Zhou Comin, the head of the new science jade girl?
The issue caused a sales boom in Asia, and Time magazine had to print several more editions to meet market demand.
With the hot sale of "Time" magazine, Gu Chen has once again become the focus of media attention, but Gu Chen does not like to deal with reporters because Hong Kong is famous, and all reporters don't expect to get any useful news from him, so except for a few reporters who continue to follow Gu Chen with a fluke mentality, hoping to get some fierce information, the rest of the reporters have turned their targets to He Chaoqiong and Wang Guxian.
Even Zhou Comin, who was far away in Japan to promote the album, was chased and beaten by Japanese reporters when he held an event, which made Zhou Comin very helpless......
Seeing that the headlines in almost every newspaper are related to Gu Chen, Pan Disheng only feels as disgusting as eating flies, since the previous time he and Gu Chen fired in front of reporters and did not take advantage, he and Gu Chen can be described as new hatred and old hatred, every time I see Gu Chen's positive news in the newspaper, I feel disgusted, and I want to get back one percent in the movie several times, but although the box office of several movies made by Debao in recent months is okay, it is far worse than the Tang Dynasty movies, and it is not a level at all. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but throw the newspaper in my hand on the sofa with hatred.
At this time, Cen Jianxun opened the door and walked in, he gestured to the sofa opposite, and asked, "Is the release schedule of "Royal Senior Sister" arranged?" ”
Cen Jianxun sat down on the sofa and said, "I have already discussed it with the Golden Princess Cinema according to your wishes." After a pause, Cen Jianxun said with some hesitation: "Mr. Pan, I still think it is very unwise to arrange "Royal Senior Sister" to be released on the same schedule as "Double Dragon Club", we have invested so much for this movie, and now it is too risky to put it on the same schedule as "Double Dragon Club". ”
For example, if he knew that Cen Jianxun would say this, Pan Disheng said unhurriedly: "It's a bit risky, but opportunities and risks are the same, if the box office of "Royal Sister" can surpass "Double Dragon Club", then Debao can become famous in one fell swoop, bringing huge publicity effect to the company's future films." Besides, haven't we all seen the release version, everyone thinks it's very good, and we don't necessarily lose to "Double Dragon Club", which is a good opportunity for Debao. Or do you not have confidence in "Royal Sister"? ”
Cen Jianxun shook his head and said: "I naturally know very well whether "Royal Senior Sister" is good or not, but "Double Dragon Club" is a script created by Gu Chen himself, and then starring Cheng Long, a martial arts superstar, both of which have very large box office appeal, in contrast, Miss Yang's popularity is much worse, and the balance in the hearts of the audience has not yet been released in favor of "Double Dragon Club", unless Gu Chen's script is substandard this time, otherwise the box office of "Royal Senior Sister" wants to surpass "Double Dragon Club", I don't think it's optimistic. ”
Although he thinks Cen Jianxun is reasonable, "Royal Senior Sister" is the best movie he has made since he joined Debao, and he really doesn't want to let go of this opportunity to step on Gu Chen: "Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense, but "Royal Senior Sister" was only released on the same schedule as "Double Dragon Club", not the same day, as long as we don't deliberately target "Double Dragon Club" when promoting, no one can say that we are fighting in "Double Dragon Club", and "Royal Senior Sister" and "Double Dragon Club" It's a completely two-genre movie, and the competition at the box office is not great, so you don't need to worry too much about it at all. That's it, no more discussion. ”
Cen Jianxun still thinks that if "Royal Senior Sister" wants to achieve the best box office, it should not be released on the same schedule as "Double Dragon Club", but Pan Dee is resolute, and he has no choice, so he sighed helplessly, and did not continue to dwell on this matter, but said another thing: "I have already told Lei Juekun what you mean, but Lei Juekun said that he has no plans to sell the Golden Princess Cinema for the time being." ”
If you want to really have a place in the Hong Kong film industry, mastering the cinema chain is the primary condition, otherwise you will always have to be controlled by others, which is also the reason why he wanted to buy the Shaw Brothers Cinema in the first place, but unfortunately he killed Gu Chen, Cheng Biting Jin, halfway, and snatched the meat from his mouth.
Later, he turned his target to the Golden Princess Cinema Line. As for what is not Golden Harvest? The reason is very simple, Jiahe is still strong, Zou Wenhuai will never sell the theater chain, and the new art city under Princess Jin is already going downhill, and Lei Juekun's main business is not movies.
Hearing this, Pan Disheng's brows suddenly wrinkled: "Didn't you say that he had a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital some time ago, how do you think of his complexion when you see him today?" ”
Although he had the idea of playing the Golden Princess's theater before, he never found a suitable opportunity, until he heard that Lei Juekun had a heart attack, so he asked Cen Jianxun to discuss the release of the movie and probe Lei Juekun's tone by the way, but he didn't expect the result to disappoint him.
Cen Jianxun thought for a moment and said, "The complexion is quite good, and there should be no major problem when I was admitted to the hospital last time I had a heart attack." In addition, I don't think Lei Juekun wants to quit the film industry like this, which can be seen from the fact that he let Lei Wenjun enter Princess Jin as the deputy general manager, and it may not be so easy to get him to sell Princess Jin. ”
Pan Disheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "What do you say if I open a new theater by myself?" ”
Shum Jianxun was stunned, he didn't expect Pan Disheng to be so persistent in the idea of controlling the cinema chain, but he didn't agree with Pan Dickson's idea: "The new opening of the cinema line can indeed greatly improve Debao's status and strength in the Hong Kong film industry, but now that the Hong Kong cinema market is close to saturation, I think it is not wise to spend a lot of time and money to build a cinema chain." Moreover, the newly opened cinema chain will definitely have an impact on the other three cinema chains, and it may attract their joint encirclement and suppression at that time, and then the gains will outweigh the losses. ”
Hearing Cen Jianxun directly deny his thoughts, Pan Disheng has gradually lost patience: "This is not good, that is not good, then what do you say should be done." ”
Cen Jianxun himself is also very helpless, he doesn't want Debao to develop and grow, when Pan Disheng became the owner of Debao and planned to acquire Shaw Brothers Cinemas, he thought he would be able to show his strength, but he didn't expect that the truth was far from what he imagined, and now he has nothing to do.
After a while, he said, "I heard that Lei Wenjun doesn't seem to have much interest in connecting with the Golden Princess Cinema, maybe things will turn around after a while." ”
This sentence is not so much a way as a comforting word to Pan Disheng. I only heard Pan Disheng sigh with a slightly lonely expression, and said: "It's only like this, you use more dim sum about the promotion of "Royal Senior Sister", don't worry about spending money, everything is important at the box office." ”
Cen Jianxun naturally knew that Pan Disheng didn't say this all for the box office of the movie, and now no one in the company knew that Pan Disheng was pursuing Michelle Yeoh, the heroine of "Royal Sister", but this was Pan Disheng's private matter, and it was not his turn to ask, so he nodded and said: "I know what to do, if there is nothing else, I will go out first." ”
As the office door closed again, Cen Jianxun picked up the newspaper on the sofa again, looked at the cover photo of Time magazine with Gu Chen as the cover on it, and muttered to himself with a gloomy face: "I won't admit defeat like this, and no one can make me Pan Disheng admit defeat." ”
Since he returned from his studies in Switzerland in 1980, he borrowed $1 million from his father to open his first watch and jewelry store, and his career development has been smooth sailing, because he has taken the business method of famous brand boutique route, and the luxury brands he represents include Rolex, Chopard, JOUR, DAN and other luxury brands covering watches, jewelry, clothing and other industries, leading the consumption trend and concept of Hong Kong's upper class. This made him a great success in his career, but also gained high popularity and reputation, and was known as the 'famous brand king'.
The word 'young and successful' is very appropriate for him, so it gradually develops his proud and unyielding character.
After sitting alone for a while, seeing that the sky was already dark, he picked up Big Brother and dialed Michelle Yeoh's number, and he had already made an appointment with the other party to have dinner together in the evening......