After more than a month of preparations, Lei Juekun's company's first pioneering work "Funny Times" was officially released at 8pm on October 15th, and the theater chain where it was released was Li Guangyu's Jiayi Cinemas.
Lei Juekun also sent out invitations on this day, inviting many film company owners and artists to attend his company's premiere, and Li Guangyu was naturally among his invitations.
Li Guangyu did not expect that inertia would be so strong. Even if Li Guangyu acquired Lei Juekun's theater, he still contacted Shi Tian, Mai Jia and Huang Baiming to establish New Art City Film Company. Its first opening film was still
"Funny Times".
The stars of the Lisheng Theater were shining tonight, and Hong Kong's journalists were not to be outdone. They gathered outside the Lisheng Theater in large numbers, looking for the targets they wanted to interview.
At 6:30 in the evening, after having dinner, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing went to Lisheng Theater together.
At this time, some stars have already arrived at Lisheng Theater, and three people from New Art City also arrived early to prepare to welcome the stars tonight.
Reporter xīng dǎo rì bào asked Mai Jia: "Mai Sheng, we all know that you have established Struggle Film Company before. What makes you willing for Lei Sheng to take control of your company and change its name to New Art City?"
Mai Jia replied: "Nowadays, the film industry in Xiangjiang is developing rapidly. In the past, our company's financial resources were relatively weak and could not support the company's rapid development. Lei Sheng also likes this industry and can provide a lot of help to the company. For example, Lei Sheng
Having a good relationship with Jiayi Group can bring great convenience to our company."
Facing questions from many reporters, the three of them, after answering a few questions, said goodbye to the reporters and entered the Ritz Theater on the grounds that they had to prepare for the movie premiere. Among them, Mai Jia stayed outside the door of the Ritz Theatre.
Prepare for the arrival of personnel.
As the time reached seven o'clock, Hong Kong's well-known artists and directors all appeared one after another.
When Wu Xianglin, general manager of Jiayi Film Company, came to the Lisheng Theater, reporters gathered around him.
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked: "Wu Sheng, we all know that your film company has always occupied a major position in Jiayi Cinemas. Now with the establishment of New Art City, and with the relationship between Lei Sheng and Li Sheng, will this have any impact on you?"
Impact on the company?”
It is impossible to say that there is no impact. The Lei family is also the owners who are not short of money now. The establishment of New Art City will definitely occupy a part of the film schedule of Jiayi Cinema Line.
If a movie shot by one's own company does not perform well, even if it belongs to the same group, Jiayi Cinema Line will allocate good schedules to Xinyi City. Jiayi Cinema Line will not make money just for its own sake. The year-end results are based on profits.
Talking.
Wu Xianglin replied: "Jiayi Cinema Line has many schedules. Obviously, our film company cannot meet the needs of the theater chain. With the emergence of New Art City, the competitiveness of Jiayi Cinema Line can be better improved. We belong to the same company."
Group, I’m happy about that too.”
"As for whether it will have an impact on our film company, I think even if it does, it will be good and positive. Only with competition can we produce better movies."
A reporter from Jiayi TV asked: "Wu Sheng, now Vice President Shi Nansheng has concentrated on the affairs of the group headquarters. You have taken over the film company from Vice President Shi Nansheng. Do you have any plans in the future?"
Wu Xianglin replied: "I will lead the development of the film company according to the plan formulated by Vice President Shi Nansheng. Our company is currently focusing on stabilizing the markets in Southeast Asia, Japan, Taiwan and other places."
After Wu Xianglin answered a few questions, he left the crowd of reporters and walked toward the Lisheng Theater.
At half past seven, Lei Juekun arrived at the Lisheng Theater. He was filled with emotion about this place. The place that once belonged to him now belongs to others.
However, he has no regrets about selling the theater. Not to mention that it was sold at a price higher than the market price at the time, but Kowloon Construction took over the project of Lee's Building, which made him a huge profit. Moreover, the funds from the sale of the theater were invested in Kowloon Construction, and today's
I am already the controlling shareholder of Kowloon Construction, and I no longer worry about the day when I suddenly discover that Kowloon Construction has changed hands.
After Lei Juekun got off the car, a reporter from Heung Kong Daily asked: "Lei Sheng, the real estate industry is developing rapidly. What is the reason that made you take time off from Kowloon Construction to join a film and television company?"
Lei Juekun said with a smile: "Nowadays, the real estate industry in Xiangjiang is very good, but I also have to consider the future. No industry can continue to be good forever. Now the film industry in Xiangjiang is on the rise. Entering the film industry is our Lei Juekun.
The first step to diversify the family."
A reporter from Ming Pao asked: "Lei Sheng, you have never entered the film industry before. Do you have confidence in the development of New Art City? What are your plans for New Art City in the future?"
"I have handed over the specific management of New Art City to Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming. I think they are very experienced in the development of movies. I also believe that they can lead New Art City well. As for the future plans, I will leave it to them.
I can’t reveal it to everyone yet.”
Not long after Lei Juekun arrived, Jiahe's Wrinkle Huai, He Guanchang and Chen Long came to Lisheng Theater together.
What reporters here want to interview most today is Wrinkle Wai. You must know that the competition between the two film companies of Xiangjiang Jiahe and Jiayi has become fierce. As Run Run Shaw devotes all his energy to TVB, Shaw Brothers movies are in decline, and now
Jiahe and Jiayi are competing for the leading position in Hong Kong movies.
After Wuxianhuai and others came over, the reporters all greeted him.
A reporter from TVB asked: "Whisheng, when the competition between you and Jiayi entered a stalemate, the Lei family invested heavily in establishing Xinyi City, and it is obvious that they are currently in alliance with Jiayi. What do you think of this?"
Wireless reporters are here to fan the flames. Anyway, several companies are competitors of Shaw Brothers, and the fiercer the competition between them, the better.
Ever since Li Guangyu entered the film industry, he has been feeling very depressed. It seemed that by defeating Shaw Brothers, his own film company would be able to reach the top spot in Hong Kong, but Jiayi came in.
Although the two film companies are now evenly matched, it is only through the resources of Jiayi Group and Li Group that Jiayi Film Company can compete with its own Jiahe. Wrinkles has the confidence to compete with Jiayi.
It's good now, before Jiayi and Jiayi can decide the outcome, Lei Juekun breaks in again. This is another owner who is not short of money, and he is obviously an ally of Jiayi. Wrinkle has been pregnant for more than a month and has not felt better.
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Wrinkle replied forcefully: "We welcome the addition of New Art City. If our Xiangjiang film industry wants to go global, it is not enough to rely on just one or two film companies. We hope that there will be more and more excellent film companies in Hong Kong, so that we can