Reborn Hong Kong Wild Age

Chapter 130 Super Lineup
"Boss Gu, I really hate seeing you so late!"

Li Guoxing, who followed Ju Jueliang in, was all smiles, and when he saw Gu Xiayang, he quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand.

"Boss Li, you are a rare visitor. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

With a smile on his face, Gu Xiayang looked at Li Guoxing who was shaking hands. The other party was not much older than himself, and his potential should not be underestimated.

"In the current Hong Kong film industry, who doesn't know that Tianxiayi's dramas are all excellent. The local box office is nothing to say, and they are also top-notch in Asia. I really admire it!"

Li Guoxing, who was in his thirties, looked at Gu Xiayang, who was in his early twenties, and felt very emotional in his heart. A rich man is just an identity, but it is rare to be able to advance by leaps and bounds.

"Boss Li is admirable. Your distribution capabilities are getting stronger and stronger now. There are more and more film production companies in Hong Kong cooperating with you. It is a great thing for everyone to benefit from each other."

Gu Xiayang smiled and said: "Boss Li, you started from scratch, you can be said to be a legend! This time "A Match Made in Heaven" has received a very good response in the foreign market. It is all due to the distribution ability of the United States and Asia, which also makes the brand of Tianxiayi more resounding."

"Boss Gu, I am here this time to increase our cooperation, and I hope to have a long-term cooperation."

Li Guoxing said with a smile: "I heard that Tianxia Yi is currently filming a new film starring Liu Dehua. And there is another film in preparation, with a stronger lineup."

"I don't know if the Southeast Asian show rights and videotape rights of these two films can be handed over to Meiya? There is absolutely no problem with the price, and we all believe in the quality of Tianxiayi!"

Hearing this, Gu Xiayang looked at Li Guoxing with interest.

Meiya is just a film distributor. The reason why it was able to buy the screening rights and copyrights of Hong Kong films with huge sums of money, and even compete with Cathay Pacific, relied on the theater owners in Southeast Asia and some financial backers.

At present, "Carmen in Mong Kok" and "God of Gamblers" have not yet seen the clues, and the other party wants to buy the copyright. This is the so-called buying of "movies".

This kind of gamble in the film market is, in a sense, the first of its kind in the Hong Kong film market.

Hong Kong filmmakers only need to give a plausible script, and then tell you which popular stars I have invited to star in. After a few words, the model that can make Southeast Asian investors and Taiwanese filmmakers pay for it has already here we go.

With a single mouth, he earned the money he should have earned in advance, and also settled the film crew's investment and shooting funds. Wang Jiawei is a good hand in this regard.

Don't look at the King of Sunglasses pretending to be indifferent in front of the camera, good guy, in private with the filmmaker boss, it's you and me, and you can comfortably pay for what you say with one mouth.

However, the influx of those funds is tantamount to buying shares, and Meiya bought the screening rights and video copyrights in advance. To put it bluntly, it is a bet in advance.

There is no need for Gu Xiayang's movie to prove its box office in the local Hong Kong market, and they don't need to hold a meeting to discuss how popular the movie will be.

In a word, I believe in the level of Tianxia Yi, and we are willing to buy the copyright of this movie in advance!
"Boss Li is buying a film, isn't it too risky?"

"Other film companies may be too risky, but with Tianxiayi's current achievements, we are not afraid at all!"

Li Guoxing did not hesitate at all. Since Meiya wants to seize market share, it needs more high-quality movies to support their Southeast Asian theaters.

Regardless of whether it is Cathay Pacific, Meiya and other major Southeast Asian film studios, they are all betting, spending at least tens of millions or even over [-] million yuan each year to purchase overseas distribution rights for films.

In the past, everyone waited for the movie to be released and watched the local box office in Hong Kong to study and place their bets. Now that Hong Kong movies are becoming more and more influential in Asia, everyone scrambled for it, and began to gamble by buying copyrights in advance.

This kind of gamble has never been guaranteed. If the copyright of a movie purchased with a lot of money ends up on the street, it will really be a loss to grandma's family.

"Boss Gu, I might as well just say it straight. At present, the three major cinema companies in Hong Kong, New Arts City and Cathay Pacific are very close. We have also won some distribution rights for some of Debao's films, but we hope to be able to cooperate with films like yours." cooperation with production companies.”

Li Guoxing said: "Their company is very large, and we have to rely on film sources to support it. Not every movie will make money. But like Tianxiayi and Mai Shanxiong Film Production Company, your film sources are high-quality, and we I don’t have to worry about losing money at all.”

"We at Meiya are eager to compete with Cathay Pacific for the Southeast Asian market. We need enough film sources, and we need a brand like Tianxiayi, so I am willing to take a gamble."

Li Guoxing said bluntly that he may not be able to get blockbuster movies from other film companies, but he snatched "A Match Made in Heaven" from Cathay Pacific, and he wanted to reach a long-term cooperation with Gu Xiayang.

"Okay, I really appreciate Boss Li's courage. We also need good friends in foreign markets in Tianxiayi. The foreign markets of the next two films can be handed over to Meiya besides Taiwan and Island."

……

Gu Xiayang and Li Guoxing chatted for several hours about Tianxiayi's long-term cooperation with Meiya, and then Li Guoxing left Tianxiayi with a satisfactory contract.

"Boss, this boss Li's attitude is low enough, no wonder he can make the business bigger and bigger!"

Ju Jueliang came back after seeing off Li Guoxing, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Gu Xiayang laughed, and said: "On the one hand, they really need the high-quality film sources of Tianxiayi. On the other hand, Xinyi City taught Cathay Pacific a good lesson the year before last, and they must all know."

Ju Jueliang was puzzled: "New Art City and Cathay Pacific? Haven't they also been cooperating for a long time?"

"Long-term cooperation also requires correct attitude!"

Movies in New Art City are distributed in Taiwan by filmmaker Wang Yinxiang, which has remained unchanged for ten years.

Before Xinyi City landed on Taiwan Island, Wang Yinxiang's cinemas were all showing Qiong Yao's movies during the golden period of the Lunar New Year.

But since the success of New Art City, Qiong Yao handed over to the virtuous, and the golden period of the Spring Festival will be dominated by New Art City.

Later, New Art City simply went to Taiwan to open a branch.

As for the copyright in Singapore, Malaysia and other places, it has always been handled by Cathay Pacific, and the relationship has been very good for ten years.

However, the year before last, there was a movie released in Xinyi City in Singapore, and Huang Baiming brought actors Luo Mingzhu, Li Lizhen and others to Singapore to promote it.

The staff of Cathay Pacific Singapore warmly entertained the film, held a press conference, and went on stage to promote the film very well.

Cathay Pacific has always done its best to promote New Arts City's films, but when Huang Baiming finished the promotion in Singapore and then went to Malaysia, the situation was completely different.

First of all, when they arrived at the airport, the scene was deserted. There were no reporters or crowds, and only a small employee of Cathay Pacific Malaysia came to pick them up.

Huang Baiming immediately felt something was wrong, he asked the staff when will they hold a press conference?

The answer was that the press conference was cancelled, and he said that Mr. Zhu, the company's consultant, wanted to see him.

Huang Baiming never knew this consultant Zhu. After he settled the actors in the hotel, he went to see this consultant Zhu alone.

The other party asked him to meet him in a third-rate tea room. He arrived on time, but Shi Shiran arrived 15 minutes late. Huang Baiming was most annoyed that the other party actually wore the right pair of slippers to meet him. This is very impolite behavior up!
Later, this manager Zhu had a very unpleasant conversation with Huang Baiming, and even said that the movie in New Art City caused them to lose money.

An angry Huang Baiming said: "Mr. Zhu, starting from this minute, the contract between our New Art City and your company has been terminated, and I am embarrassed to let you continue to lose money!"

The final result was that the consultant Zhu from Cathay Pacific in Malaysia was fired, and the person in charge in Singapore rushed to Hong Kong.

Because there was a problem with the film source, and New Art City, the largest film source supplier, cut off the film source for no reason, the film scheduling department urgently informed that there were only two films in the warehouse.

In other words, after two weeks, all Cathay Pacific theaters will be without rice.

Although the person in charge of Singapore explained that Cathay Pacific Naju Consultant had nothing to do with their company, he still had to respectfully listen to the lesson of the female director, Shi Nansheng, for a whole hour.

In the end, Shi Nansheng asked the public relations officer to take the other party to the taxi stand to pick up the taxi and go back to the hotel. This is tantamount to an order to evict the customer.

For a distribution organization as big as Cathay Pacific, Shi Nansheng reprimanded the regional director for an entire hour when they came to New Art City, which shows the status of New Art City.

So film suppliers and distributors are mutually beneficial, but the premise is that you are big enough.

Of course, Gu Xiayang couldn't reprimand Meiya like Shi Nansheng did. After all, Tianxiayi is not as good as Xinyicheng, and there should not be too many film sources.

But Li Guoxing has also learned his lesson, and never puts on airs when he goes out in person, not to mention that Gu Xiayang is a billionaire, Tianxiayi's movies are excellent, who knows if he will be the next New Art City.

"In the past, Southeast Asia was dominated by the Shaw Brothers and Cathay Pacific. Now Uncle Shao is not interested in the film industry, and the theaters in Nanyang are gradually withdrawing. It is obviously impossible for the Cathay Pacific to dominate."

Gu Xiayang intends to invest in Meiya, but now he does not have enough funds.

To put it bluntly now, Meiya is actually a middleman, and the real funders are behind it.

What Gu Xiayang wants is not a small distribution company, but a theater chain that can be set up in Southeast Asia that belongs to the world. This is not a small project, and it will take a long time to lay it out.

Now we have reached a cooperation with Li Guoxing. This person is very capable. In the future, we might not be able to work together to build theaters in Southeast Asia.

Just 3 days after Gu Xiayang and Li Guoxing reached a cooperation agreement, the launching ceremony of "God of Gamblers" was officially held.

Tianxia and Debao jointly announced the casting lineup of "God of Gamblers", causing an uproar in the media, because the cast of this movie is definitely the strongest lineup of the year so far.

This year's hottest male artist Zhou Runfa, and this year's most popular actress Wang Zuxian, together with Andy Lau, Kwan Chi Lam, last year's Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Wu Mengda, and this year's wireless TVB ratings champion Wan Ziluan.

With such a lineup, everyone said that Tianxiayi and Debao were unwilling to lose the No. [-] box office of "A Match Made in Heaven", and planned to join hands again to win "The True Colors of Heroes".

(End of this chapter)