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Chapter 355 Surprise
"Then there are many reasons."

"People have been saying that Stephen Chow has a bad eye and left his old company, but some newspapers are also saying that I am deliberately retaliating against Stephen Chow, saying that I have no vision and am narrow-minded."

"Cooperating with Stephen Chow's company, can this be called being narrow-minded or petty?"

"Besides, this time, we originally wanted to give Stephen Chow a warning. Now he can still make money for us, isn't that good? To be honest, Liu Dehua's performance is acceptable, but he is not suitable for nonsensical comedy after all, and is far behind Stephen Chow. If we force it in, the box office can't be said to be bad, but it can't get a higher box office number."

"We can't just pursue that little bit!"

Of course, these are just the superficial reasons.

The main thing is that Huang Ze still wants to prove to everyone, look, if he doesn’t cooperate with him, the box office will flop, but if he cooperates with him, the box office will be a big hit!

Even Stephen Chow would have the same idea.

It's good to believe it. Although you are independent, you still have to make money for yourself in the future. Without you, the other party will feel insecure.

If you don't believe it, the other party will definitely be anxious to prove himself.

But is this so easy to prove?
By then, the Hong Kong Island market will no longer be this year's Hong Kong Island film market. The dinosaur "Jurassic Park" has already begun to rampage on the world film scene.

In its previous life, the film broke into the Hong Kong market at the end of July this year, and directly brought the box office to the level of 60 million, leaving a number of Hong Kong filmmakers far behind.

The Taiwanese market has also been completely opened up to Hollywood. By then, whether Stephen Chow wants to prove himself or not will not matter to him, as he won't make much money anyway.

Besides, when people are anxious, their mentality changes, and what kind of film they will make at that time is another matter.

"Don't make up a "A Chinese Odyssey" to prove yourself."

Huang Ze couldn't help but smile.

"A Chinese Odyssey" is indeed a good movie and was particularly highly praised in later generations, but when it was first released, it failed to achieve either good reputation or box office success.

The kind that directly drives the company into bankruptcy.

"Okay, I have a plan in mind, don't worry, it's just a movie, what can it affect?"

"I understand." Liu Zhenwei stopped asking questions and hung up the phone.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-February. On the 11th, nearly a month after the release of "Journey to the West" and "The King of Comedy" were taken off the screen one after another.

In the end, "The King of Comedy" earned a box office of 30.2 million.

Because of its terrible reputation, coupled with the two competing products, "A Happy Time" and "The King of Comedy", the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquer the World" was even lower than its previous life, and in the end it only took in more than 19.5 million.

Just a little short of 20 million.

"Didn't you buy 20 million?" Gong Yu saw Huang Ze reading a newspaper, glanced at it casually and asked, "500,000 is not a lot, 20 million box office sounds great."

"All the films that should be sold in the Hong Kong Wanwan market have been sold out, and only some in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are left. Stephen Chow's films are not as popular there as those of Jackie Chan and Lee Hyun-sang, so they don't sell that many anyway."

"Besides, the film producers are not fools. They know the Hong Kong market too well. Whether it's 20 million or more than 19 million, it's still a big loss. So why should they pay more for a few hundred thousand in box office?"

"Well, that's a thing of the past."

Huang Ze put the newspaper aside and said with a smile, "I have a flight at 2 o'clock this afternoon, so I have to go to Berlin."

"Hmm? What are you going to do in Berlin?" Gong Xing asked casually, and then he realized it the next second, "West Berlin Film Festival?"

"What West Berlin?" Huang Ze corrected the other party, "They merged three years ago."

"Berlin International Film Festival." Gong Xing rolled his eyes at Huang Ze, "When will the awards be presented?"

"tonight."

"Tonight?" Gong Xing was surprised. "It's several hours later there than here. So your flight at 3pm will take more than ten hours. When you get there, they will almost have finished the awards ceremony, right?"

"Not attending the awards ceremony?"

"Why participate in that?" It's not my own film that's participating. Huang Ze has participated in too many film festivals and he is too lazy to go. Anyway, participating can't change the result, and he has to dress properly, which is not very meaningful. "It's better to stay at home and be comfortable."

"The awards were given out while you were on the plane. What else were you going to do?"

"Sell movies, maintain relationships with film producers from various countries, and celebrate the success of The Wedding Banquet crew!"

"Celebrating?"

Gong Yu tilted his head and glanced at Huang Ze, and saw that Huang Ze was suppressing a smile on his face. "Are you so sure? You're sure you can win the prize?"

“It’s not just a matter of winning or not winning.”

"Hey, you'll know when the time comes." After all, the result hadn't come out yet, and Huang Ze was afraid of taking the trophy away, so he waved his hand and stopped talking. He just smiled and said, "Wait for good news."

"I might know it sooner than you do."

"Hmm!" Huang Ze shrugged.

In the afternoon, Huang Ze got on the plane and took out a book to read.

It is nearly 10,000 kilometers from Hong Kong to Berlin. After a twelve-hour journey, Huang Ze got off the plane in Berlin at night.

Walking out and feeling the temperature, Huang Ze couldn't help but smack his lips.

In the middle of winter, the temperature in a place with a similar latitude to Mohe is slightly lower than that in Shanghai.

After walking out of the airport and hailing a taxi, Huang Ze headed straight to the hotel where the "The Wedding Banquet" crew was staying.

When we arrived at the hotel, Li An and Liang Jiahui were already waiting in the lobby.

Liang Jiahui's face was full of undisguised smiles.

Li An had his hands behind his back, with a reserved expression on his face.

"Hahaha!"

“It’s a great harvest.”

Huang Ze strode over and his eyes fell on Li An, "Let me guess, Golden Bear?"

"Wow, Mr. Huang, you really dare to guess!"

“But it’s a pretty accurate guess.”

Li An smiled and took out the thing behind him, which was a golden standing bear.

"Golden Bear Award!" Li An smiled, "I won the Golden Bear together with the film 'Scented Soul Girl' directed by Xie Fei from the mainland!"

After saying this, Li An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, no longer able to suppress the joy on his face.

My second film won the Golden Bear Award, and I finally made it!

From now on, at least if I want to make a movie, I will not lack investment, and I can keep running on the road to pursuing my movie dream!

"Very good! Good job!"

Huang Ze patted Li An's arm and said, "I was right about you. You've given me a big surprise!"

"I don't know how much it will sell for yet." Li An said, "There were not many people asking for the price during the screening."

"Why worry about this?"

“Before that was because you didn’t win the prize.”

"With the subject matter of The Wedding Banquet, if it wins the Golden Bear, the copyright fee will definitely be sold at a good price!"

(End of this chapter)