1novels Chapter 245 is not a raptor but Jiang
Chapter 245 is not a raptor but Jiang
Hong Kong is undoubtedly a very special existence on the map of Asian movies. In the 80s, Hong Kong movies not only led the movie trend in Asia, but also Hollywood's only rival on this planet.The Japanese, Korean and Indian films of later generations are all influenced by Hong Kong films. Even decades after Hong Kong films have declined, you can still see the shadows of Hong Kong films in Thai films.
When Jade arrived in Hong Kong for the first time in an official capacity, he also had a little bit of admiration for this Pearl of the Orient.Hollywood movies have been rampant all over the world since the 50s and 90s, but there is no market in Hong Kong alone.Not only the mainstream theaters in Hong Kong will not arrange Hollywood movies in prime time, but even some independent theaters and art theaters do not have a place for Hollywood movies. In the end, Hollywood movies have to make a separate Western movie theater for foreigners working in Hong Kong Just watch one or two.It's just that such a prosperous Hong Kong movie declined instantly after the [-]s, as if a beautiful soap bubble disappeared in an instant.
The biggest culprit during this period was probably the Hong Kong colonial government. On the one hand, they used the high profits of films to squeeze the Hong Kong film industry; on the other hand, they did not have any protection for the developing Hong Kong film industry.In the most prosperous period of Hong Kong movies, Hong Kong movies were almost the money laundering tools of the gangs in Southeast Asia. It is precisely because of this that some Hong Kong stars were implicated as members of international gangs and could not immigrate.Whether a country or region's films can prosper depends on the market and investment.
Whether it is the United States, Japan or India, the film industry of the three countries can become a leader, and all of them are able to support the film industry of the country in their own markets.In contrast to Hong Kong, although the local box office is very important, the overseas box office is the lifeblood of Hong Kong movies, especially Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets.However, with the gradual implementation of the "National Film Project" in Taiwan, anti-Chinese sentiment in Southeast Asian countries has intensified, causing the overseas market for Hong Kong films to almost completely shrink.With just tens of millions of Hong Kong people, how can a complete film industry be supported?
Because of their innate inadequacy, coupled with the influx of various black funds, Hong Kong movies have been completely reduced to money laundering tools.To put it bluntly, the Hong Kong movies of the 90s are almost just a residual flower blooming in a rotten place.
It is precisely because of the information of later generations that this life Jade has been deployed in Hong Kong through the Universal Film Group early on.Relying on the strong strength of the Asia Broadcasting Group, the Universal Film Distribution Company under the Universal Film Group quickly controlled more than [-]% of the movie theaters in Hong Kong, and indirectly controlled the remaining [-]% of the movie theaters. Through cooperation with AMC Cinemas, Universal AMC Cinemas has also established public and platinum theaters in Hong Kong. At the same time, it has also established Venus Cinemas to support independent films and art films in Hong Kong.
After taking control of the theaters, Universal and Asia Broadcasting Group formed the Universal Asia Brokerage Company. A large number of Hong Kong directors, screenwriters and stars have become clients of this brokerage company, which has indirectly increased the quality and income of Hong Kong practitioners. .Thanks to the deployment of the two giant companies, Universal Films and Asia Broadcasting, even in the new century, Hong Kong films have not yet declined.Although Hong Kong films at this time are no longer comparable to Hollywood films, they are still a leader in the Asian film circle. This is why the "International Film Academic Exchange Forum" is set in Hong Kong. Not qualified.
The news of Jade's visit to Hong Kong is a very big news for the local media in Hong Kong. For Hong Kong people who are keen on gossip, Jade's family history is simply a legendary novel.The prodigal son of a wealthy family encountered a murder in his family, and despite his hard work, he came from behind.The love between Jed and John, the friendship between Jed and Michael Jackson, and even the largest male adult film company in Asia under Jed's name are all things that Hong Kong people like to talk about these days.
The three major Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong, "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and "Apple Daily" all made extensive reports on Jade's visit, and also analyzed Jade's investment in Hong Kong and even Asia.Jade has been adhering to a limited monopoly in Hong Kong. For example, although Jade has a monopoly on cable TV and satellite TV, it has not killed TVB in wireless TV.Even artists from Universal Asia Management Company are completely free to cooperate with TVB.At the same time, Jade did not acquire or invest in any print media on the island. It is precisely because of this that Hong Kong's print media reported on Jade more neutrally.
Jed still came to Hong Kong on his private plane. Besides John and Shannette, Jed also came with Josephine, who was newly promoted to the ranks of the company's executives.In addition, Jia Fei, the president of Galaxy Pictures, and Lan Xin, the president of Galaxy Animation, also accompanied Jade to Hong Kong.For Yinhe's cooperation, the Hong Kong side also arranged for officials from the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Tourism Bureau to pick them up at the airport.Because this pick-up was of an official nature, Jade and others were not surrounded by reporters.After a group of people chatted for a while in the office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Jade and others returned to the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.
In the past, Jade came to Hong Kong to stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which is closely related to the Lin family, but this time it is slightly different.The Four Seasons Hotel is actually one of Jade's father's small investments. It was a hotel management group established by Bill Gates and others.Jed's father is one of the top ten shareholders, and is also the property owner of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jed is very optimistic about Hong Kong's financial center plan, so he also bought a building here, so he remodeled it. It became the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.
In addition to the Four Seasons Hotel, a nearby residential area is also the property of Jade, named Sijihui Community.This community is a typical one that only rents and does not sell. It is convenient for business people who travel to and from Hong Kong to move in with their bags.Since accepting the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, which will belong to Sun Hung Kai Properties in the future, Jade has not forgotten to highlight the "six-star quality" of Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, and has made Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong the benchmark of luxury hotels in Hong Kong since its opening.
The Chinese restaurant Long Jingxuan on the fourth floor of the hotel became the first Michelin three-star restaurant in Hong Kong last year, and the French restaurant Caprice on the ninth floor has also been promoted to a Michelin two-star restaurant this year. Promoted to Samsung.As the only hotel in Asia that may have two Michelin three-star restaurants in the future, Jade, who is passionate about food, naturally cannot give up.Of course, some small media interpreted this behavior as the alienation of the relationship between the Lin family and Jed.
The International Chinese Film Art Exhibition was opened together with the Hong Kong International Film Academic Exchange Forum, and Jade twitched a little when he heard the name.Hong Kong has always wanted to host its own international film festival, but it has not been affirmed by the International Film Producers Association.Because what Hong Kong wants to hold is a non-specialized competitive film festival, but Shanghai has already taken this spot.Generally speaking, there are rarely two non-specialized competition film festivals in a country or a language region.
The Koreans are smarter, knowing that if they hold a comprehensive film festival, they will definitely not be able to compare with Shanghai and Tokyo, so they simply take a slant.Jeonju has dedicated an international digital film and avant-garde film art festival, while Busan has a documentary and short film festival.Speaking of which, the South Korean government is shameless enough for the development of films. After the Busan Film Festival gradually became famous, it first opened a non-competition section of "World Cinema Window" to broadcast feature films.
In the end, the Window of World Cinema and the Busan Film Festival were simply merged, so that the Busan Film Festival became a nameless comprehensive competition-type film art festival in Asia, and has the qualifications to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Shanghai Film Festival and the Tokyo Film Festival.Jade was very annoyed by the fact that the Busan Film Festival made such a show. If he had known that he would make one in Hong Kong first!But I didn't expect that the self-proclaimed shameless self would be more moral when meeting Bangzi.
As the distinguished guest of this forum, Jed only showed his face at the opening ceremony, and then basically nothing happened.Fortunately, there are enough delicacies in Hong Kong, otherwise Jade would really make trouble in Hong Kong.I originally thought that I would be very busy to participate in this forum, but I only had three schedules in this two-week forum: the opening ceremony, the international film producer exchange meeting and the Chinese film forum of tomorrow.Not enough, as the most popular foreigner in Hong Kong at this time, the photos of Jed and John haunting the major restaurants in Hong Kong have become the new favorite of the media, which also makes the owners of the major restaurants in Hong Kong appreciate this generous, refreshing and Foreigners who can bring advertising effect are especially fond of it.In the next few days, when Jade went to eat in a restaurant, the boss would always give away side dishes or something.While Jed was busy eating, the secretary informed himself that a man named Han Shanping came to visit.
Jed laughed secretly in his heart, the master finally came out.How much influence Han Shanping had on mainland movies, Jed didn't have to repeat it.If Jade is the czar of Hollywood, then Han Shanping is the emperor of the entire Chinese film industry.Fortunately, there is no conflict of interest between the two of them, and they have met once, so Jed is still looking forward to this meeting.The meeting between the two people was arranged in the tea restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel - Feather Tea.This is a Japanese-style tea house, so it became the best cover for the two of them to have a secret conversation.The two made an appointment to meet in the VIP box of the tea house at two o'clock in the afternoon, which made Jed feel like an underground party.Thinking of this, Jed couldn't help being amused, but the movie "The Wind" came to mind.Thinking of this, Jade felt that this might be a work that Universal Films showed favor to the mainland.
Now that I thought of this, I had to write down the outline of the story in a notebook, and then ordered someone to send it to Lin Jianyue, and asked him to contact Huayi Company in the Mainland to prepare to start shooting the film.Jade believes that with this film as a nomination certificate, his Hong Kong film co-production plan should be a matter of course.If Hong Kong films can bring the big mainland market, Hong Kong films may have the capital to compete with Hollywood films in another ten years.
"Did you just write another script?" John watched as Jed handed a document to the secretary and asked her to pass it on.
"Yeah, a spy story that happened in China." Jed explained, "This country was once invaded by her neighbors. Although there is a huge difference in strength between them, there are still many sons and daughters of this country who fought for the country. to fight against that powerful evil neighbor. The story I wrote is just one of many of them, and I hope this story will be successful in the Chinese-speaking market.”