In the December movie market, "God of Gamblers" produced by Jiayi took the lead. After four weeks of release this month, the box office reached more than 18 million Hong Kong dollars. Not only did it become this year's box office champion, it also became the first box office record in Hong Kong.
, the highest movie.
On the night of December 28, Jiayi Film Company held a celebration party at the Peninsula Hotel, which was specially ordered by Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing also watched this movie. There is still a big gap between this movie and the previous life. Chow Yun-fat's acting skills are obviously not as superb as his later ones, and the plot of Wang Jing's current movie is also somewhat different from that of later generations.
Same, but overall, it's still good.
Jiayi Film Company also worked hard for this drama, and none of the characters in it are simple. There are two female leads, Chen Yulian and Ouyang Peishan, and the role of Xiao Dao was poached from Li by Jiayi Group.
Popular young actor Lin Guoxiong plays the role. Liu Jiang, a backbone talent from Jiayi TV, also makes a guest appearance in the movie. This movie is packed with big names.
At 7:30 in the evening, Li Guangyu's motorcade arrived at the Peninsula Hotel. Naturally, reporters from all walks of life would not miss such an opportunity and wanted to interview Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu didn't answer many questions. He answered a few perfunctorily and walked into the hotel. Although these reporters wanted to interview Li Guangyu more, they had no choice but to shift their targets to other people.
Tonight, many senior executives of Jiayi Group attended the celebration, and there were quite a few celebrities who came.
When Liu Tianci and others saw Li Guangyu's arrival, they immediately came over and said hello to Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing.
Li Guangyu said: "This time is very good. We can have such good news when our group is about to go public. It is very beneficial to the market value of our group."
The happiest person today is Wu Xianglin. His bold words at the group meeting have become reality. Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing came here to attend the celebration in person. His weight in Jiayi Group has increased a lot.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the celebration dinner officially started. Li Guangyu said: "Thank you everyone for your efforts. This movie will have a historical significance for our Jiayi Film Company. This is our first Hong Kong box office exceeding 10 million."
Hong Kong dollar movie, I hope this is a good start and continue to refresh this record in the future."
After Li Guangyu finished speaking, he came to Wang Jing's side, where were some directors from the company and some of Wang Jing's friends.
When Wang Jing and others saw Li Guangyu coming, they immediately stood up and said, "Hello, Li Sheng."
Li Guangyu said: "Jingzai, you did a good job. The company would like to thank you for making such a good movie this time."
Wang Jing replied: "Li Sheng, I would also like to thank the company for supporting me. If it weren't for the company's help in terms of artists, I'm afraid I wouldn't have such good results today."
Wang Jing knew that in order to successfully shoot this movie, Jiayi TV Station had adjusted the schedules of several artists. If he were not in the Jiayi Group, he would have wanted these few to be in a movie.
It can't be done.
Moreover, small film companies have to carefully consider costs. Unlike Jiayi Group, as long as they have the script, there is basically no problem. This investment does not need to be considered in Jiayi Group.
Wang Jing then introduced several friends to Li Guangyu, and the one Li Guangyu got to know best was John Woo. This later hero’s true character put Chow Yun-fat on the altar, and the image of Ma Xiaomao spread across the Taiwan Strait and three places.
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Wang Jing said: "Li Sheng, John Woo is still very capable. He intends to come to our company for development. I wonder what Li Sheng thinks."
Li Guangyu said: "Our group welcomes any talents to join. If Mr. Wu Yusen is willing to come, we will naturally welcome it. Why, Wu Xianglin disagrees?"
Wang Jing knew that Li Guangyu had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Li Sheng, no, I haven't told Manager Wu yet. The main reason is that the film Ah Sen wants to make is different from today's comedies and martial arts films. Ah Sen wants to make a gunfight type
Yes, he just doesn't have such an opportunity in Jiahe, so he wants to consult you first."
Li Guangyu naturally had no objection. John Woo is famous for his gun war films. Li Guangyu said: "Mr. John Woo, our group will not restrict the types of movies you shoot. As long as the movie does not contain political attack elements, you can shoot it."
John Woo has been a bit depressed in the past two years. Although he has also shot some movies, they are all comedies. The boss of the film company does not agree with the type he likes. As a result, he has never had the opportunity to try to shoot the style he likes. This
For the first time, good news finally came to Li Guangyu.
John Woo said: "Li Sheng, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I believe that movies like this will also be popular."
Li Guangyu naturally believes that this has been proved by later generations. Li Guangyu said: "You're welcome, Mr. John Woo, I believe that your talent will definitely achieve good results, and your name will be included in the title of tens of millions of directors."
After chatting with Wang Jing for a while, Li Guangyu came to the actors. Li Guangyu expressed his gratitude to them for their contributions to the company and wished everyone and the group better and better development.
After returning to the management, Li Guangyu said to Wu Xianglin: "Wang Jing has a friend named John Woo who will join our company. You should pay attention to him. If he has any scripts to shoot, directly invest in following up. I
I am very optimistic about his future.”
Wu Xianglin knew that he was another top talent as soon as he heard it. Now only Wang Jing in the entire company has such treatment. And Wang Jing has indeed lived up to expectations and directly refreshed the box office record of Xiangjiang movies. Now Li Sheng gave Wu Yusen the same treatment.
I'm afraid this guy's abilities won't be any worse than Wang Jing's.
Wu Xianglin said: "Li Sheng, don't worry, our company will take it seriously. What the company lacks now is talents like Director Xiang Wang Jing."
Li Guangyu said: "We can't just sit around and wait for talents to invest in the group. If you think they have good abilities, you can take the initiative and invite talents to the company."
Wu Xianglin thought about it too, but nowadays it's hard to find talents like Wang Jing, either at Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers, or because someone else is the boss and can't hire them, but there's no shortage of talented directors who can be hired.
Wu Xianglin said: "Li Sheng, we will dig it out."
Li Guangyu then said to Liu Tianci: "You have to do a good job in the group's work. We will be listed on the 3rd of next month. I don't want bad news to come out of the group these days."
Liu Tianci said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, we will pay attention and manage the group's affairs well and never let it affect the market value of our listing."
The dinner lasted until eleven o'clock in the evening. Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing left the Peninsula Hotel under the wishes of the senior management.