As we all know, the shooting and production of Hong Kong City movies have always been known for their fast speed. A movie rarely takes more than a year from its initiation to its release, and most of it even takes a few months.

Hollywood is not as good as this point.

According to the usual model of Port City movies, Ronan speculates that "Infernal Affairs" should be in the preparation stage.

Why are it being sold at the fair now?

"Mr. Anderson?" Wan Qian walked over, and before she could ask the words behind her, she was stopped by Connie.

Ronan looked at the two actors in Shanghai SIPG City poster, and contacted the diving-like decline speed of Hong Kong City movies, and soon had a guess in his heart.

This is very likely that Universal Asia Films is conducting pre-sales of "Infernal Affairs". After all, the investment in "Infernal Affairs" is definitely at the level of top-tier productions for Hong Kong City movies in this era. With the situation of Hong Kong City movies, it is quite normal for Universal Asia Films to raise funds from abroad to reduce risks.

The decline of Hong Kong City movies does not mean that the decline of Hong Kong City movie market. In fact, the total annual box office of Hong Kong City is almost the same as that of Hong Kong City movies in the golden age, but the number of viewers who choose to watch Hong Kong City movies is decreasing every year.

Even if you have countless feelings for Hong Kong City movies, this cannot be denied.

Hong Kong City audiences are choosing more Hollywood movies and even Korean movies...

In the past, the prosperity of Hong Kong City movies was closely related to Baodao and the entire East and Southeast Asian markets, but now these places are either local film industry is emerging or Hollywood movies are conquering cities and land everywhere.

If "Jurassic Park" shocked movie audiences all over the world and knocked on the door to the movie market one by one.

"Titanic" is an unstoppable momentum that makes people see the magic of the film industry.

This advantage of high industrialization accumulated over the past decades cannot be changed by a certain person, some film companies, or even the entire Hong Kong City film circle.

In fact, for example, the changes in the movie audience around Ronan's previous life can reflect the rise and fall of Hong Kong City movies from a certain perspective.

Not to mention "Titanic", 2000 is used as the dividing point.

Before 2000, many mainland audiences were most familiar with Hong Kong City movies, and almost all Hong Kong City movies were displayed in the video hall.

In that era, there were fewer cinemas and were not commercialized enough. Many times, they had to undertake arranged screening tasks, and few Western films were introduced.

Many things are harmless without comparison.

"Titanic" lets most viewers know about Hollywood movies. After 2000, theaters gradually became commercialized, and the number of foreign movies introduced increased. China Film's Hollywood movies are limited every year, so naturally they are the most outstanding industrial productions in Hollywood.

In the face of the limitations of the times, the lethality of the large-scale special effects brought by large-scale industry can be imagined.

In contrast, Hong Kong City movies are inevitably a bit petty.

The impact of the social situation on the film industry is also real.

For example, before this, the film resources across the country: people, funds, technology, etc. were all concentrated in the port city.

The advantages of resource collection can be imagined.

In the past, the mainland was closed, and Hong Kong City was exposed to industrial culture earlier. The mainland saw the outside world through the window of Hong Kong. Everything was fresh.

In addition, the Hong Kong City is first developed than the mainland, just like the nouveau riche in the countryside who have entered the city and seen some worlds, so it is more fascinating to Hong Kong City movies, mainly to find a fresh look.

But after 2000, the mainland economy developed rapidly, and the so-called advantage of the previous port city is no longer...

While the economy is developing, people's needs have also changed. Coupled with the impact of Hollywood blockbusters, audiences have begun to pursue higher production and newer films.

However, Hong Kong City movies are still the same, and they have not kept up with the development of the times.

Ronan looked at the poster carefully. Since he encountered "Infernal Affairs", he naturally had no reason to let it go. Gangster films have always had a pretty good market in North America and have a lot of audiences.

Of course, it is not the Hong Kong City version. The Hong Kong City version is very beautiful, but it is not suitable for North American audiences.

Just as Ronan was looking at the poster, the people in the exhibition hall also noticed Ronan, among which a middle-aged man wearing glasses quickly came to a mixed-race man with short brown hair.

"Eros, look at that person." The middle-aged man in glasses signaled Ronan with his eyes and said in Cantonese: "This man seems a little familiar."

The mixed-race man put down his work, looked at Ronan carefully, and said in Cantonese: "I have read it on the opening ceremony and the organizing committee's list. This person is called Ronan Anderson, the boss of Hollywood Relativity Entertainment, and has a distribution company called Embassy Film."

The middle-aged man wearing glasses immediately became shocked and asked, "Are you sure?"

The mixed-race man said solemnly: "Andrew, I'm very sure."

The middle-aged man gently pushed down his glasses and said, "And Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released by Embassy Films. The last time I met Xu Ligong, I heard him say that this movie was bought by Ronan Anderson."

The mixed-race man patted his shoulder: "Don't be impatient, I'll go explore the way first."

There were not many people in front of the exhibition shed, and as soon as the mixed-race man came out, Ronan saw it.

"Hello." The mixed-race man came to Ronan and spoke very fluently in English, asking tentatively: "Are you Ronan Anderson from Relativity Entertainment?"

Ronan had quickly looked at this mixed-race man. The other party looked like he was about fifty years old and seemed to be a business elite.

He nodded and said, "I'm Ronan Anderson."

The mixed-race man quickly shook hands with Ronan and introduced himself: "I am Elos Garland, senior vice president of Universal Asia Pictures." He then turned to the topic: "Mr. Anderson is interested in Universal Asia Pictures' videos?"

Ronan said: "I have watched a lot of Hong Kong City movies since I was in my teens."

Elos Garland made a gesture of invitation: "Mr. Anderson, if you don't mind, let's talk inside."

Luo Nan followed him into the reception room separated by the exhibition hall, and the few people behind him also followed.

There was also a middle-aged man wearing glasses who came in together.

"Mr. Anderson," said Elos Garland. "This Andrew Liu, who is a basic film production company, is also a famous film director and producer in Harbor City."

Originally, Ronan just thought this person was a little familiar, but when he heard the director's identity, he immediately realized who he was. While shaking hands with the other party, he said: "Director Liu, I have watched "The World of the World" directed by you, which is a very good movie."

There is a saying in it that impresses people: golden scales are not objects in the pond.

Later, this even became a sensitive word.

Andrew Liu was a little surprised and quickly replied: "It's over the award."

Ronan did not intend to spend too much time and said directly: "I have a good impression of many of the old films of Huanya Film. I hope to introduce these films to North America, release DVDs or promote them on emerging Internet channels."

Elos Garland quickly said: "Huanya Film is willing to cooperate with friends from Hollywood."

Most of the exhibited films are old films, and they come here with relevant information about these old films. The purpose of China Asia Film Group is to promote them to the international market as much as possible.

Ronan said again: "Maybe some of the videos, my company has obtained relevant copyrights, and I will ask someone to conduct targeted negotiations with you. I wonder what you mean?"

"Yes." Elos Garland responded: "Mr. Anderson, you can have someone come here at any time."

Ronan nodded slightly. After Netflix acquired Ruio, he obtained many copyrights for Hong Kong movies, including some of them. He could not remember exactly which ones were, but he roughly remembered that there seemed to be no copyright for the zombie series of Universal Film.

Just when I saw the famous Uncle Ninth in the exhibition hall, Luo Nan thought of the teacher of countless powerful people from all walks of life...

It costs less than a lot of money to obtain the North American copyright of these old movies. It can not only release DVDs, but also enrich Netflix's film library. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

For zombie films, there are some audiences in North America. For well-known reasons, things like Taoism and gods and weirdness are actually spread more widely among overseas Chinese.

Then, Ronan and Elos Garland made a few polite words.

Andrew Liu couldn't help but touch Ellos Garland with his feet. Ellos Garland thought that there were very few buyers from North America at this film festival, and Embassy Films was one of the best choices.

"Mr. Anderson." Elos Garland asked tentatively: "Don't you be interested in the new films of Universal Pictures?"

It is not easy to meet a capable Hollywood buyer.

Luo Nan knew the company he represented was attractive to these overseas film manufacturers, so he felt like he was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai.

"New film?" Ronan thought of the poster I just saw, with the words "Latest masterpiece" marked on it, and asked, "Is it the large poster in front of the exhibition hall?"

Elos Garland said: "Yes, this is the masterpiece of China Asia Film in 2002 and the highest investment film in the entire Hong Kong City Film in the past two years. We have gathered four Hong Kong City actors and directed by Andrew himself."

Speaking of this, he took a stack of information from Andrew Liu and placed it in front of Ronan.

Ronan picked it up and read it carefully. This is a detailed introduction to the film project, including the general plot, the list of main creators and market prospect analysis, etc., which are explained in detail one by one, which is comparable to the first-line production in Hollywood.

Of course, for Hong Kong City movies, "Infernal Affairs" can be said to be a veritable top production.

Ronan has watched this video too many times, and I don’t know how many related news has been watched. After the release of "Infernal Affairs", many people regard it as a rescue work of Hong Kong City movies, and want this film to revive the dead Hong Kong City movies.

After "Infernal Affairs", the Hong Kong City movie did take a brief refresh, but unfortunately it was just a revival.

Ronan had browsed the information generally and asked tentatively: "Can you watch the video?"
Chapter completed!