Chapter 392 The world of Hong Kong film industry has changed
The news that Jiahe's Cannon Ball Speedster made a huge profit of HK$100 million has just begun to ferment. A bigger news instantly overshadowed this hot topic of Jiahe and became the new focus of Hong Kong.
On the morning of August 8, New Art City and Shaw Brothers held a joint press conference. New Art City officially reached an agreement with Shaw Brothers Cinemas. From now on, New Art City's movies will be released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas.
There is a lot of discussion about this from all walks of life in Hong Kong. Since Lei Juekun established New Art City, he has always cooperated with Jiayi Cinemas. Lei Juekun himself has maintained a relatively friendly relationship with Li Guangyu, and Jiayi Cinemas has never
After suppressing Xinyi City, I didn’t expect that the two companies, which had cooperated so well together, would suddenly part ways. This was beyond the expectations of many people.
The film industry in Xiangjiang will also usher in earth-shaking changes. In the past, with the decline of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest often faced joint suppression from Jiayi and New Art City. Now New Art City has invested in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and Xiangjiang has once again become a tripartite state. Competition in the future
More intense.
Reporters from Xiangjiang also went out one after another and began to interview relevant people to learn more about the inside story and report it to the public. They also wanted to find out the truth behind Jiayi and Xinyi City's escape.
Jia Yunhua, general manager of Jiayi Cinemas, became the first interviewee of many reporters, who all wanted to know from him why New Art City left Jiayi Cinemas and cooperated with Shaw Brothers Cinemas.
A reporter from Sing Tao Daily asked Jia Yunhua: "Jia Sheng, we all know that Li Sheng and Lei Sheng have a very good relationship. New Art City has always cooperated with your Jiayi Cinema Line. Why is this situation happening now?
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Jia Yunhua said: "Lei Sheng has personally communicated with Li Sheng about this matter. We express our blessings for the choice of New Art City and hope that New Art City can develop better and better."
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked: "Jia Sheng, is there any inside story behind Xinyi City's departure this time?"
These reporters hope that the bigger the problem, the better, and it is best that it is within the dissatisfaction of New Art City, so that they can take a close-up. As long as they do not maliciously attack Li Sheng, Li Sheng is good at reporting some things about his companies.
We won't take care of it. There happens to be such hot news this time, and it is related to Li Sheng Company. They don't want to let this matter pass easily.
Jia Yunhua said: "Due to the continuous development of our Jiayi Film Company and Xinyi City, there is still some overlap in some schedules. Our theater company has also been in a neutral state and has not favored any party. Lei Sheng feels a little bit about this.
He feels guilty and thinks that Li Sheng wronged Jiayi Film Company just to give him face, and Lei Sheng himself is also optimistic about the development of the film industry. This time Lei Sheng has already negotiated the theater acquisition issue with Shaw Brothers, so Xinyi City will
It will be released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas."
Jia Yunhua's revelation made them even more excited. They didn't expect that this was not a matter of cooperation, but that Lei Juekun directly took over Shaw Brothers Cinemas. From now on, New Art City would completely become the third largest film company in Hong Kong. They
It also has the strength to compete with Jiayi and Jiahe for the top spot in Xiangjiang Film Company.
A reporter from the Xiangjiang Evening News asked: "Jia Sheng, will the departure of New Art City have a greater impact on the filming of your theater chain?"
Jia Yunhua replied: "Everyone can rest assured that we have already made plans for the departure of New Art City. Our Jiayi Film Company will increase production, and at the same time, other film companies in Xiangjiang will take over the space vacated by New Art City.
To fill in. In the past, because our Jiayi Film Company and Xinyi City basically accounted for 80% of our film schedule, we rarely received films from other film companies in Hong Kong for release. Now we can serve the medium-sized film companies in Hong Kong. "
Mai Jia, the person in charge of New Art City, also faced many questions from reporters, and everyone also wanted to know the attitude of New Art City.
A reporter asked: "Mai Sheng, we all know that many actors in your New Art City are affiliated with Jiayi Group. You have chosen to cooperate with Shaw Brothers Cinemas this time. Will this be detrimental to your future film shooting?"
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Mai Jia replied: "This has no impact. The relationship between our Lei Sheng and Li Sheng has not been affected by this. The actors in our Xinyi City films will still cooperate with Jiayi artists, and there will be no problems."
The reporters were quite disappointed when they heard such an answer. This is good, but there are no hot spots. People don’t want to see this. Hello, I am good, everyone. What are the citizens of Xiangjiang talking about?
A reporter from Ming Pao asked: "Mai Sheng, now that you have left Jiayi, you can say that you have the capital to compete with Jiayi and Jiahe. What are your plans for Xinyi City in the future?"
Mai Jia naturally hopes that one day New Art City will also be able to take the position of the boss of Xiangjiang Film Company. However, the current strength of New Art City is still far behind that of Jiayi and Jiahe. It is better for him to keep a low profile to avoid attracting attention.
Jiahe and Jiayi Film Company jointly suppressed.
Mai Jia said: "Our New Art City is currently stabilizing our current position, and at the same time, we are also reserving more film talents. I believe that our New Art City will always have a place in the Hong Kong film industry."
While these reporters were busy interviewing these relevant people, a piece of news came out that once again shocked the Hong Kong film industry.
The once-splendid Shaw Brothers Film Company officially announced its closure, and all its staff were merged into Wireless. The Shaw Brothers Film Company, which competed with TVB in the 1960s and Golden Harvest in the 1970s, ultimately did not survive the 1980s.
With the rise of Jiayi Film Company and Xinyi City, some systems of Shaw Brothers Film Company have become increasingly unable to keep up with the development of the times. In addition, Run Run Shaw has fully entered into TVB TV stations and does not have much experience in handling the business of Shaw Brothers Film Company.
, so at this time, the film company that had been established for more than 20 years ended.
Even Run Run Shaw even sold his theater chain in Hong Kong to Lui Kuk Kun, and Run Run Shaw invested all the proceeds into Wireless. The wireless stock market also plummeted, and he just happened to make a big investment and completely controlled Wireless.
Because of the excellent results achieved by Jiayi TV's star launch, especially the high advertising fees, Run Run Shaw was jealous. He also planned to turn Wireless into a satellite TV station, and the money from selling the theater chain was prepared for this.
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In Shaw's office, Fang Yihua knew that Run Run Shaw was not in a good mood. The company she had built for decades had finally closed down. She knew that Run Run Shaw also loved the film industry very much, but the development of Shaw Brothers' films was really disappointing.
He was disappointed. In the past two years, the theater chain had to fill the hole for him. This was the reason why Run Run Shaw made up his mind to close down Shaw Brothers Film Company.
Run Run Shaw said: "Yi Hua, how's it going with the Asian Commercial Bank we entrusted to acquire our stocks?"
Fang Yihua said happily: "Mr. Chen Youqing said that the collection has almost been completed, and the acquisition will be completed tomorrow. By then we will have 51's shares, and we will be able to completely control the TVB TV station."
This time, the stock market plummeted, otherwise they would not have been able to acquire so many shares so easily. With 35% of the shares in hand, the Ritchie family can only become the second largest shareholder.
Fang Yihua had long wanted to control Wireless. Although Wireless was managed by Run Run Shaw and himself in the past, after all, the largest shareholder was the Lee Family, and there were still relatively large restrictions on some of their decisions. Now, he and others finally have the final say.