Five hundred and fiftieth chapters Wu Xianglin suffocated
Time passed, and it came to June 12th in the blink of an eye. At six o'clock in the evening, countless reporters from Hong Kong were waiting here at Lisheng Theater in Hong Kong.
At seven o'clock tonight, the movie Alien, a collaboration between Jiayi Film Company and an American company, will be officially released. It will be released not only in Hong Kong today, but also in more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe and the United States.
.
It is the first time in the world for a commercial movie to be released simultaneously in so many regions, so this movie became popular before it was broadcast. Many movie fans want to see if this movie is worthy of such treatment.
The main reason why reporters all came to the Lyceum Theater instead of going to other Jiayi theaters is that Lee's senior executives and invited guests will come to the Lyceum Theater, which is the home venue for this screening.
Moreover, the tickets for the first show today at Lisheng Theater were not sold externally. They were all given to invitees, celebrity directors and famous screenwriters in the film and television industry. Some newspaper reporters also received free tickets.
Jiahe's investment in Hollywood failed the year before last, but it finally made a lot of money last year. But so far, Jiahe has temporarily given up its plan to explore the American film market. As for Jiayi Film Company's cooperation with the United States this year, they also want to know if it will
Repeat the same mistakes as Jiahe did the year before.
Wu Xianglin, the chairman of Jiayi Film Company, came very early today. He needed to come to greet the arriving guests and arrived at the Lisheng Theater just after six o'clock.
Naturally, reporters would not miss the opportunity to interview him. As soon as he got off the bus, many reporters gathered around him.
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked: "Wu Sheng, do you have confidence in the box office of this movie? We all know that this movie is said to have cost 1.5 million US dollars to create a blockbuster. Such a huge amount of money is not available even in Hong Kong Film.
Appeared."
It is unimaginable for reporters in Hong Kong to invest such a huge amount of money into a movie.
At present, the highest box office movie is created by Jiayi Film Company itself. A Hero's True Colors was popular in Hong Kong at that time, but it only just passed 30 million Hong Kong dollars in box office. This is because Jiayi shamelessly dragged its feet on not making movies for a long time before it passed 30 million.
Hong Kong dollar.
If not for this, I am afraid that there has not been a movie in Hong Kong with a box office of over 30 million Hong Kong dollars. The investment in this movie is nearly 80 million Hong Kong dollars. This amount of money is enough for a family in Hong Kong to become one of the richest people in Hong Kong.
.
Wu Xianglin replied: "I believe that this movie will achieve very good results. You must also know about the director of this movie. Mr. Spielberg is a very good director. He has had many films before.
A well-known work, Alien will not disappoint everyone. Moreover, Li Sheng is also very optimistic about the movie, which is the biggest source of confidence for our senior management at Jiayi."
They can't question Li Guangyu's vision for the time being. They have questioned some of Li Guangyu's opinions many times before, but were slapped in the face later. Now they will not do anything to slap themselves in the face. When Li Guangyu makes mistakes in the future
, that’s when they question it.
A reporter from Sing Tao Daily asked: "Wu Sheng, all the major groups of the Li Group are exploring markets around the world. Even within your Jiayi Group, several other major subsidiaries have also established branches in various places. Only your film company has only been doing this for a long time.
At the Hong Kong Exhibition, we have no intention of going global. Is this cooperation with an American film company a beginning for your film company to go global?"
Although Wu Xianglin felt very uncomfortable when he heard what the reporter said. Even though he was very aggrieved, he could only endure it. This was not what the reporter in front of him thought. Many people in Xiangjiang felt this way.
Even within their group, they believe that the film company is just enjoying the care of the Li Group, has no ambition to make progress, and is just stalling in Hong Kong.
Wu Xianglin himself also wants to follow the example of record companies and theater companies and open branches in various regions to expand the local market, and even go to Hollywood in the United States to compete with those film companies.
It's just that the senior management of the Li family did not have such an idea. The task given to the film company was to fully consolidate the Asian film market, and there was no mention of the United States.
Last year, if Jiahe hadn't pressed for urgency, there might not have been a joint venture for this movie. As for whether it would expand externally, Wu Xianglin himself didn't have an answer.
The top management of the Li family has not put forward such a plan yet, and he cannot give this reporter a definite answer here.
Wu Xianglin said: "Our Jiayi Film Company is determined to become a world-class film company. In the future, we will definitely go out of Hong Kong and enter the world market. Especially in the United States, we will definitely develop there in the future. As for when, this will take
It will be carried out according to the arrangement of the group’s senior management.”
Wu Xianglin then answered several reporters' questions, but declined those reporters who wanted to continue asking questions on the grounds that he had to receive guests.
As time 66 continued to pass, more and more people arrived, and the reporters became busy. There were too many people they wanted to interview, and they could only focus on the important people for interviews.
And Wrinkle Huai was obviously the person they wanted to interview. Jiahe was Jiayi's senior in terms of cooperating with American film companies to make films, so Wrinkle Huai had enough qualifications to speak out in this regard.
After Wuxianhuai arrived, he was immediately surrounded by many reporters.
A reporter asked: "Whisheng, what do you think of the movie that Jiayi will release this time?"
As a few years passed, although Jiahe and Jiayi had many fights over movies, Li Guangyu did not get involved, nor did he use the strong financial resources of the Li Group to target Jiahe. Now Jiahe and Jiayi have no relationship.
Not as nervous as before.
With the closure of Shaw Brothers Film Company, the relationship between the major film companies in Hong Kong is now much more harmonious, and there is no longer the competition as before.
Wrinkle Huai said: "I have heard about this movie a long time ago. I believe it is a very classic movie. This will be a very successful cooperation and Jiayi will get very good returns."
Wrinkle Huai's answer is obviously not the answer that reporters want to hear. What they need is a contradiction. How can such harmonious news attract the attention of citizens?
A reporter said: "Whisper, the Li Group's momentum this time is quite huge. It was released simultaneously in more than 20 countries and regions around the world. Obviously, you are very confident about it. And you have cooperated with American film companies many times.
Experience, do you think they will suffer a box office failure?"
Wrinkle Huai himself doesn't know what this movie is like, so how dare he make such a definition at this time. If the opposite happens to what he said, it will be a slap in the face.
Since both the Lee Group and Universal Pictures have launched large-scale publicity, the box office will definitely be high in the first two days. After that, it depends on the quality of the movie. If the quality is not good, it is quite normal for the box office to suffer.
Wrinkle Huai said: "I believe in Li Sheng's vision, and I also believe in Spielberg's ability as director. As for how this movie will fare at the box office, let's wait and see."
After Wrinkle Huai finished speaking, she walked into the Lisheng Theater without giving reporters a chance to ask questions.