The richest man

Chapter 125 "Chinese Superman" Released

On the morning of June 6th, Zhang Jun's new album of all English songs was finally completed.

At this moment, he received a call from Shao Yifu.

"On June 6th, Shaw Brothers' new movie "Chinese Superman" will be released. Zhang Sheng, you must come to join us and participate in the film's premiere!" Shao Yizhen invited over the phone, his tone full of confidence and joy , seems to think that the movie "Chinese Superman" must be popular, and can't help but want to show off in front of Zhang Jun.

"Uncle Liu, the blockbuster film invested by Shaw Brothers is about to be released, congratulations! I will definitely come to join you!" Zhang Jun said with a smile.This "Chinese Superman" cost 800 million Hong Kong dollars, which can be regarded as the most invested in local Hong Kong films. Shaw Brothers is full of confidence, but Zhang Jun knows that the box office performance of this film is not satisfactory. It is definitely a blood loss if only relying on the local box office in Hong Kong .

After finishing the conversation with Shao Yifu, Zhang Jun thought for a while, picked up the phone and dialed Huang Baiming.

"Boss, hello, what can I do?"

"The blockbuster "Chinese Superman" invested by Shaw Brothers will be released on June 6. What movies will our Legendary Film Company release next?"

"Boss, there will be a few films from independent film companies that will be screened in Legendary theaters, but the summer vacation is coming, we plan to arrange for "Happy Ghost 2" to be released on July 7th."

Huang Baiming paused slightly, and asked, "Boss, "Chinese Superman" is coming aggressively. Do you mean to postpone the release time of "Happy Ghost 2"?"

"There is no need to postpone, this arrangement is very good!"

"Chinese Superman" is useless, and it will not affect the box office of "Happy Ghost 2" at all.On the contrary, the release of "Happy Ghost 2" will squeeze the living space of "Chinese Superman".

However, "Chinese Superman" was released a week earlier, when the box office and word of mouth came out, and I didn't mean to deliberately suppress the other party.

Shao Yizhen should have nothing to say.

It is no wonder that Shaw Brothers is not losing money when it comes to shooting special blockbusters and finding some RB team to cooperate with.

Zhang Jun felt that he should recommend his film special effects company to Shaw Brothers. By the end of the year, the first batch of people who went to Industrial Light and Magic to study would return to Hong Kong one after another, and then set up Hong Kong Industrial Light and Magic Company to undertake special effects work for Hong Kong films.

If a film special effects company wants to develop, it needs a large number of orders.

Shaw Brothers shoots dozens of movies every year, so it is undoubtedly a potential big client!
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The promotional work of "Chinese Superman" has started. In order to promote this movie, Shaw Brothers also spent a lot of money. The advertisements are overwhelming, sweeping the whole Hong Kong. Even taxis, bus stops, bus bodies, and major shopping malls are plastered with "Chinese Superman". " promotional poster.

Such a large amount of publicity has naturally triggered discussions among the public.

Many office workers chatted about "Chinese Superman" with their friends and colleagues while reading the newspaper.

""Chinese Superman" is about to be released, are you going to see it?"

"Look, I've been looking forward to this movie for a long time. I heard that the production cost of the movie alone is 800 million Hong Kong dollars. With such a large investment, the movie must be very good!"

"The screenwriter of this movie is Ni Kuang, a well-known sci-fi master. I really look forward to it!"

"..."

Many people are attracted by the huge investment gimmick of "Chinese Superman".

Previously, the production cost of Hong Kong movies was generally only hundreds of thousands or millions of Hong Kong dollars. It is no wonder that Hong Kong movie fans are so curious about "Chinese Superman".

Moreover, Ni Kuang's identity as a screenwriter also made this movie attract the attention of many people.

It's a pity that DC Comics Magazine's "Superman" is not popular in Hong Kong, otherwise Shaw Brothers' hype will cause an even bigger sensation.

Soon, 5 days passed.

The premiere of "Chinese Superman" began.

Zhang Jun and his father Zhang Zhenghao attended the premiere together.

Shao Yizhen was high-spirited and seemed confident. At the premiere ceremony, his old face kept smiling.

"Sixth Uncle, I wish "Chinese Superman" a big box office hit in advance! Right now, "Chinese Superman" is being discussed in Hong Kong, and this movie is not going to be popular!" Zhang Zhenghao said to Shao Yipin with a smile.

"Haha, thank you for your auspicious words! But our Shaw Brothers can't compare with your Legendary Film Company now. You have all started investing in Hollywood movies, and I, Shaw Brothers, are still spinning around in this small pond in Hong Kong."

"Uncle Six, you are a steady person. Golden Harvest also invested in Hollywood movies, but "Killer's Trenches" failed at the box office."

"Hehe, Hollywood is not easy. Although it is easy for you to make money, the investment is too aggressive. If you invest in several movies at once, if you lose money, you will lose a lot."

"Yes, yes, it's a pity that what I said doesn't count. Now it's my son who makes up his mind in the company."

Hearing the words, Shao Yifu smiled faintly, glanced at Zhang Jun, and thought, although this kid is a genius, he is still too young and not stable enough. He is young and frivolous if he has some skills. Four movies.

Shao Yizhen quickly came up with the materials of "Jaws", "Star Wars", "King Kong" and "Spiderman" in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Jun was unreliable.

Zhang Jun stood aside with a warm smile on his face.

He could naturally hear Shao Yipin mocking him for investing in Hollywood movies.

Hehe, I'm afraid you don't know how high the box office of "Jaws" and "Star Wars" is. By then, Boss Shao, you may be stunned and envious.

Half an hour later, the premiere ceremony ended, and we began to enter the theater to watch the movie formally.

Zhang Jun has never seen "Chinese Superman" in this life, and he is also very curious about what this bad movie will look like.

The movie starts quickly.

The story tells that the Institute of Space Science has learned that there are monsters transformed by humans from the Ice Age that will endanger all humans on Earth.These monsters are extremely ferocious, powerful, and have great ambitions to occupy the entire world.In order to deal with these monsters, Liu Yingde, the director of the Scientific Research Institute, used his decades of research experience to make the brave scientific researcher Li Ma into an almighty superman.The Chinese Superman started the battle with the monster...

During the movie watching process, Zhang Jun kept complaining in his heart that the level of special effects is really rubbish, the dialogue is boring, and there are all kinds of weird rustic titles.The only thing that caught Zhang Jun's eyes was that the actresses were pretty pretty...

The movie ends after more than an hour.

Shao Yizhen deliberately walked up to Zhang Jun, and asked, "Zhang Sheng, what do you think of this movie?"

"I think, the special effects of the film are a bit poor. You should not go to the RB technical team, but you should come to me. I have a company that specializes in special effects for movies, called Industrial Light and Magic, and it is full of worlds. The top-notch technology masters at the top level, the prop models they make are lifelike and lifelike, which can make monsters look like real ones.”

Shao Yizhen didn't pay much attention to special effects, Xindao Industrial Light & Magic is an American company, and the cost must be very expensive, so he said perfunctorily, "Wait for the next opportunity to cooperate."

"Okay, I have a chance to cooperate..." Zhang Jun nodded on the surface, but he looked down on Shaw Brothers' attitude in making movies. He was reluctant to invest in making movies, and he could do anything by picking and searching. No wonder in the 80s, The Shaw Brothers film company will go bankrupt, and it is entirely their own fault.

You don't take the opportunity to cooperate with you.Forget it, let's eat meat and drink soup by ourselves, Shaw's decline will continue like this.

(End of this chapter)