On the morning of August 7th, the front pages of all major newspapers were dedicated to Jiahe. After last year's failure, Jiahe was not discouraged. This year, he once again cooperated with the Hollywood film giant to shoot Cannonball Speed, with Chen Long continuing to serve as the director.
Starring.
This time they are no longer losing money and making money like they did last year. The failure of Last Year's Killer Trench did not dampen Golden Harvest's courage to enter Hollywood. In this cooperation with 20th Century Fox, it achieved a box office of 50 million US dollars in the United States, and
It was also released in various European countries, bringing huge profits to Jiahe.
Just at the beginning of this month, as the screening in West Germany came to an end, the screening of Cannonball Speed in various regions also came to an end. This time, Golden Harvest was able to get a total profit of 20 million US dollars, which means that one movie was
Jiahe brought in profits of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This news shocked Hong Kong as soon as Jiahe announced it.
Li Guangyu also received an invitation from Jiahe to the celebration banquet that morning, and invited Li Guangyu to attend the celebration banquet held by Jiahe at the Peninsula Hotel.
Li Guangyu didn't expect that the invitation letter from Jiahe would actually come to him. Li Guangyu really didn't care how much money Jiahe could make from movies. Li Guangyu established Jiayi Group just to control some of the public opinion in Hong Kong.
This allows you to have more say, and making money is just incidental.
But since Wuxianhuai has sent me the invitation, I might as well go over there tonight and have a look. This person really wants to bring Xiangjiang movies to the world, which is quite admirable. Li Guangyu and Lei Juekun are even more admirable.
Most of the time, film companies are just treated as money-making investments.
The Peninsula Hotel was crowded with stars in the evening. This time, Wrinkle Huai was perhaps really pleased. After Bruce Lee, he once again led the company's kung fu stars to the world, so tonight was also more heroic, not only inviting major film companies to take the helm
people, and also invited relatively well-known celebrities in Hong Kong.
When Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing came to the banquet hall, artists under Jiayi greeted Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing one after another.
These artists in Jiayi Group are very grateful to Li Guangyu. There are no hidden rules in Jiayi Group, and they will not be threatened by external forces. As long as they are willing to work hard and have the strength, they can have their own world.
Of course, they all hope to be recognized by the top management of the Li Group, so that they will have more opportunities. However, the top management of the Li Group rarely pays attention to the affairs of the Jiayi Group, so it is difficult for them to have such an opportunity.
It is rare for these people to meet Li Guangyu several times a year, so with the arrival of Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing today, the artists of Jiayi Group want to leave a good impression on Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing.
Wrinkle Huai said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, Mrs. Li, thank you for coming to our celebration banquet. I was just thinking about it just in case. I didn't expect that you would actually be able to come."
Wrinkle Huai does not dare to compare with Li Guangyu now. This person is now at the top of Xiangjiang, and he is not even from an upper-class family. This time Li Guangyu came in person, but it gave him Jiahe enough face.
You must know that no one who can let Li Guangyu attend the dinner party is not a big boss. Smaller families will not dare to disturb Li Guangyu except for important matters.
Guangyu.
Not to mention that his movie only made 100 million Hong Kong dollars, even 100 million US dollars is nothing to mention in Li Guangyu's eyes. The profit of his group in one month is more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, so who would care about such a small profit.
Li Guangyu said: "Whisheng, this time is indeed worthy of celebration. It is a very happy thing for our Hong Kong artists to go global. Among the bosses in the Hong Kong film industry, you are definitely the one who loves Hong Kong movies the most. This is also the reason why Hong Kong artists love Hong Kong movies the most."
Good luck to the film industry.”
Cao Weiqing went to look for his own circle, while Li Guangyu and Wuzhihuai came to Lei Juekun's side, and Run Run Shao was also here.
Run Run Shaw was the most sentimental. The Hong Kong film industry is booming. Jiayi, Golden Harvest and New Art City are all able to achieve good results, but only his own Shaw Brothers Pictures is declining, getting worse day by day.
After Li Guangyu and Wuxianhuai sat down, Run Run Shaw said: "Wenhuai, you have achieved huge returns this time. In the future, should you continue to work in the Hollywood market, or turn around and focus on the Asian market."
Wrinkle Huai said: "Brother Six, our cooperation with Hollywood is not very pleasant. We have invested heavily, but the profits are very low. Coupled with the problems with the actors, I have to temporarily give up continuing the cooperation there. I plan to
After stabilizing the Asian market first, we will attack the Hollywood market again."
Thinking about these several cooperations, Wrinkle Huai became angry. Those Americans were too bullying. If it weren't for Chen Long to become famous in the world, he would not be willing to cooperate with American film companies on such terms.
Wrinkle Huai also understands why Li's Jiayi Film Company has been reluctant to enter the United States. Li Guangyu must be aware of the difficulties, so he has been consolidating his position in Asia and preparing for the future.
Li Guangyu listened to Wrinkle Huai's complaints and didn't say much. Without the support of theater chains in the United States, he would be unable to avoid the fate of being squeezed. This is true even for American film companies, not to mention that they are not even from the United States.
company. Hollywood will always be the territory of those major film companies, and the shareholders behind them also control some theater chains in the United States through other means to support the film companies.
While they were chatting with Li Guangyu, Cao Weiqing came to the female artists of Jiayi Group and started chatting with them.
Cao Weiqing said: "Have you received any unfair treatment in the company? If so, you can tell me and I will send someone to investigate. You also know that our Li Group has recently been reviewing major groups.
, so that we can understand some of the moths that are lying on the Li Group."
Regarding some rumors in the entertainment industry, Cao Weiqing had known about them for a long time. However, after Li Guangyu took over the Jiayi Group, he put strict requirements on it, so Jiayi did not spread these things. As for what happened underground, she did not
I'm sure, look at the Tin Shui Wai Industrial Zone and the Pengyu Group Shoe Company, these are the masters who can hide things.
Ouyang Peishan said: "Madam, I am very good in the company. There are no bad factors. The group is much better than when I was in Li."
Cao Weiqing felt relieved when she heard that everyone had no problems. However, considering that these celebrities were already famous and could not represent everyone, she felt that she still needed to communicate with some newcomers who had just entered the group.
Relatively speaking, it is more realistic.
Nowadays, Cao Weiqing is completely integrated into her duties. Even at such a banquet, she wants to learn about the company's situation from the employees, and she is increasingly becoming a strong woman.
This dinner didn't end until after ten o'clock. During today's dinner, Li Guangyu, Lei Juekun and others were also discussing movie-related issues and nothing else was involved.
After tonight, the landscape of Hong Kong's film industry will undergo another big change.