Produced by Jiayi Film Company, starring Ti Lung, Chow Yun and Chen Baiqiang, the movie "A Better Tomorrow" was released in Jiayi Cinemas for four weeks and finally came to an end on the 26th. At the box office in Hong Kong, it even broke the record set by the God of Gamblers.
box office record, A Better Tomorrow topped the Hong Kong box office list with a box office of more than 23 million Hong Kong dollars.
In order to celebrate that the company's first film had a box office of 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, Jiayi Film Company held a celebration banquet at the Peninsula Hotel and sent invitations to major films in Hong Kong. As for whether the leaders of these companies would come, Wu Xianglin also
Regardless of the small amount, Wu Xianglin sent an invitation to Wrinkle Huai even though the battle with Jiahe was now at a fever pitch.
In the past nearly a month, Jiahe has been beaten by Jiayi's A Better Tomorrow, which has no power to fight back. Jiahe and Shaw Brothers co-released "Junior Brother" starring Chen Long, which was affected by "A Better Tomorrow", but it only lasted for half a month.
, you have to draw it down.
A subsequent movie starring kung fu superstar Sammo Hung still failed to stop Jiahe's decline, lagging behind Jiayi's heroic character in the competition.
When Wrinkle Huai received the invitation letter from Wu Xianglin, he just felt that it was a slap in the face from Wu Xianglin. It was obvious that he and Shaw Brothers were planning to suppress Jiayi in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that he would be defeated by Jiayi first.
He Guanchang said: "Wen Huai, how about I go to their celebration banquet this time, and you don't have to go there."
Wrinkle Huai knew that this was because his old friend was worried that he would lose face if he died, so he suggested this.
Wrinkle Huai said: "Are we going together just to let them take a step ahead? I believe that we in Jiahe will soon have a movie with a box office of over 20 million yuan in Hong Kong, or even a movie with a box office of over 30 million yuan. By that time
, we’ll just invite you back.”
Run Run Shaw was also very unhappy when he received the invitation from Wu Xianglin. He had originally joined forces with Jiahe to give Jiayi a head start, but he didn't expect that Jiayi was the first to give Jiahe a head-on blow, and now he came to slap them in the face.
Fang Yihua said angrily: "Yifu, I think we don't need to go at all. I don't know how Li Guangyu manages his staff. He is here to slap our Shaw Brothers in the face. Wu Xianglin really dares to do it."
Run Run Shao said: "Forget it, let Wu Xianglin be so proud. With so many groups in Guangyu now, how can he have time to manage the affairs of these subsidiaries below? It is estimated that this time it was the people below who made the decision and sent it to us. Besides,
We are also in competition with Jiayi now, and Jiayi has achieved good results this time, so it is understandable that they want to show off to us and Jiahe."
Fang Yihua thought about it, and probably would have done the same thing if he was in such a position. Shaw Brothers and Jiahe jointly suppressed them, but they immediately counterattacked and turned around, and in turn defeated Jiahe and Shaw Brothers. This was the time for this family to be proud.
Fang Yihua said: "Then shall we go to the celebration party of Jiayi Film Company?"
"Go, why not go? The newly opened sports channel of Jiayi TV has good ratings. This aspect has great reference significance for our wireless. I will go to see if Guangyu will attend this celebration party. I also
Go and learn from him. Anyway, now we are mainly focusing on wireless and film companies to see the situation. If it is not good, we will close the business." said Run Run Shaw.
Fong Yihua had long been persuading Run Run Shaw to close out of Shaw Brothers and devote all his efforts to TVB, but Run Run Shaw had never agreed. This time he was very happy to hear that Run Run Shaw had the idea of closing out of Shaw Brothers.
Fang Yihua said: "Shaw Brothers, we at Shaw Brothers are currently unable to make ends meet. If it weren't for the support of the theater chain, the film company would be losing money. No matter if we close down, we will focus on developing TVB TV stations and let the TV stations be listed on the exchange in the future.
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Seeing that the stock price of Jiayi Group continued to rise after its listing, Run Run Shaw hoped to lead Wireless to be listed on the exchange.
At 6:30 pm on April 28, Li Guangyu, accompanied by Du Yonghong and others, went to the Peninsula Hotel to attend the celebration of the true character of a hero. Since Cao Weiqing was several months pregnant, Li Guangyu did not allow her to accompany him.
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Not only many film company executives came here tonight, but many well-known artists from Hong Kong also came to attend this celebration party.
When Wang Jing arrived, a reporter asked him: "Sheng Wang, since the establishment of Jiayi Film Company, the company's best box office records have always been occupied by films directed by you, and this time by John Woo.
The director's heroic character has broken all of your records one after another, will this affect your status in Jiayi Film Company?"
Wang Jing said with a smile: "Sheng Wu, as a good friend, I can only congratulate you for achieving such an achievement. You must know that I was the one who introduced Mr. Woo to our Jiayi Film Company. As for the influence on me,
Exhibition, that doesn’t exist. Our Jiayi Film Company has a huge platform, and it’s not like just a few directors can take up all the resources.”
While Wang Jing was being interviewed, Zhou Run and others also came to the Peninsula Hotel.
The number of reporters surrounding Wang Jing immediately decreased a lot and moved to Zhou Run and Chen Baiqiang.
A reporter from Sing Tao Daily asked Zhou Run: "Sheng Zhou, now you have become Asia's top movie star with two movies: God of Gamblers and A Better Tomorrow. What do you think about this?"
Zhou Run said: "I would like to thank Jiayi Film Company for providing me with such a good platform, and also thank the company for attaching great importance to me. Because of this, I can achieve such results."
The reporter asked: "Zhou Sheng, do you have any new works to be released next?"
Zhou Run is not filming any new movies now. During this month, he has been busy cooperating with Feiyu brand to promote in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Japan and other places.
Chow Yun said: "Due to my busy schedule during this period, I haven't been involved in shooting any new films for the time being. We have to wait for the company's arrangements for details."
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked Chen Baiqiang: "Sheng Chen, you have always been in the record industry. This time, the first movie you starred in was a hit. Do you have any plans to participate in film and television dramas?"
Chen Baiqiang said: "For the time being, I will focus on the record company. As for the film and television industry, the company will make arrangements. I think the company will consider these issues for us."
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Near the beginning of the dinner, the big guys started to arrive.
When wrinkles come, reporters will naturally not miss the opportunity to dig out news from him.
A reporter from Oriental Daily said: "Whisper, what do you, Jiahe, think of the fact that Jiayi's "Heroes Are True" has a box office of more than 230 million yuan?"
Wrinkle Huai said: "This time A Better Tomorrow broke the box office record of 20 million yuan, which shows that our film industry is getting better and better. We are also very happy."
The reporter continued to ask: "Whisheng, this time the movie you released at the same time as A Better Tomorrow was hastily completed in less than half a month. Did Jiayi Film Company's exhibition have a greater adverse impact on Jiahe?"
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Isn't this nonsense, Wrinkle Huan complained in his heart, who wants to have another such a strong opponent to compete.
Wrinkle Huai said with a smile on his face: "With Jiayi Film Company competing next to us, we at Jiahe will have more motivation and the quality of our films will be better. We are also very happy about this."