The richest man

Chapter 142 "Mr. Zombie"

As soon as "Next Magazine" and "Hong Kong Entertainment Daily" were published, Hong Kong stars complained one after another.

Even Cheng Long came to find him.

"Boss, "Next Magazine" reported that I went to nightclubs, and I was just drinking and eating with my friends." Cheng Long said with an aggrieved look.

Zhang Jun said: "As a celebrity and a public figure, you should bring a positive image to everyone and spread positive energy. It's fine if you go to nightclubs, and I won't talk about asking beautiful women to accompany you. After all, you are a man, so I understand. But You still have to pay attention to your image. If you look at the photos secretly taken by the paparazzi, you put your hand on someone's thigh and stare at someone's chest with a smiley look. Let me tell you what to say. But it doesn't matter, it's not a big deal , just need to deal with it coldly, and after a while, everyone will forget about it. During this time, you can concentrate on writing scripts at home!"

"Okay, boss!"

"Pay attention in the future. Although I am the boss of the "Hong Kong Daily" group, I have never participated in the management of the company..."

"Well, I see."

Cheng Long said goodbye to Zhang Jun with a bitter face.

Affected by the gossip news, Cheng Long's exposure has greatly increased, and the attendance rate of the new film "Junior and Brother" has skyrocketed, making colleagues dumbfounded.

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At this time, Dou Wu came to South Africa with more than 20 people and established the Blackwater Private Armed Company.

The mercenary company is a regular and legal company here, and it can also buy weapons from arms dealers.

The initial investment of Blackwater Private Armed Company is 5000 million US dollars, which is considered a relatively large investment at the end of this year.

As soon as he came to South Africa, Dou Wu began to purchase a large piece of land as a training base according to Zhang Jun's instructions.

"Brother Dou, isn't our training base too big? It can accommodate thousands of people for training! And we only have dozens of people..."

Dou Wu replied with a smile: "This is the boss's instruction. What's more, the training base is so big, it can just show our strength, which is conducive to recruiting excellent mercenaries and winning the trust of the employer!"

"I understand, such a large training base is not only for training, it is also a brand of our company!"

"Well, that's pretty much what it means! The boss really plans to recruit thousands of people to this training base, so it's not a waste. Besides, it's a bit remote, and the price of buying land is not expensive."

Dou Wu paused, and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. For us now, there are two problems. One is to recruit retired special forces from various countries, and the other is to build the reputation of Blackwater Company."

"Brother Dou, why don't we just advertise in the newspaper..."

"Have you ever seen a mercenary company advertise in a newspaper? Even if we are willing, other newspapers may not agree..."

"Brother Dou, what should we do?"

"Don't panic, the boss told me, let's hire active military officers to be our company's consultants. To put it bluntly, it is a bribe, and then let these officers promote us, recruit people, and even help us get some orders."

Dou Wu said with a smile, "The better the company's performance, the higher the income of these consultants. I'm not afraid that they won't work hard! Even if they retire, they can still come to the company to continue to be officers and help us train recruits!"

"Damn it, it's a great trick!"

"Of course, how powerful our boss is, don't you know? All right, hurry up and get busy!"

"Okay, Brother Dou!"

At the end of September, the Blackwater Private Armed Group, a mercenary company that will be famous in the future and make the enemy fearful, was quietly established...

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In early October, "Film Biweekly" was officially launched.

The cover character of the first issue was Cheng Long, coupled with the exclusive interview with Cheng Long, once the "Film Biweekly" was released, it attracted attention among movie fans.

Such a professional, authoritative and content-rich film magazine quickly won the favor of readers. The sales volume of the magazine has been rising steadily, and it has quickly become one of the top ten magazines in Hong Kong, which once surprised the industry.

However, they didn't know that "Film Biweekly" was backed by a financial backer, and a lot of money was spent just to advertise and promote this magazine.

From mid-September.

"Junior and Brother", which was released for a month, has an Asian box office of more than 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Seeing that "Junior and Brother" is so popular in Asia, 750th Century Fox paid [-] million US dollars to buy out the film's distribution rights in Europe and the United States.

Cheng Long's kung fu comedy films also have a certain market in Europe and the United States. Previously, "Serpentine Hand" and "Drunken Master" both sold well.

"Junior Brother Going Out" was a huge hit, and once again let Legendary Films make a lot of money, which made people enviable and jealous.

However, the news has not yet been digested by everyone.

Legendary Films' new movie "Mr. Zombie" has begun to be released.

With the hype of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Mr. Zombie" has attracted the attention of many people. In addition, the screenwriter of this movie is Zhang Jun, so many people have expressed their expectations.

"Film Biweekly" used a large layout to focus on this movie.

Of course, there are people who don't like this movie.

Shaw Studios.

A tvb reporter asked the director of Shaw Brothers Film Company for an interview: "Director Lu Tao, hello, Legendary Film Company's movie "Mr. Zombie" will be released on October 10. It is said that your movie "Big Sword Five" Released on the same day, can you tell us your thoughts on "Mr. Zombie"?"

Shaw Brothers director Lu Tao said with a sneer: "Shaw Brothers Film Company has made several zombie films before, but the box office was not satisfactory. It can be seen that Hong Kong people do not like to watch zombie films. "Mr. Zombie" invested by Legendary Film Company It will definitely hit the market! And my film "The Great Swordsman Five" directed by Lu Tao is a very passionate kung fu film, and it should achieve a good box office result, at least it will be higher than "Mr. Zombie"!"

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On the news that night, tvb broadcast this interview video.

Lu Tao was furious at Legendary Film Company's "Mr. Zombie", threatening that the film would hit the market and become a hot search.

Hong Jinbao is straightforward and has a violent temper. Seeing Lu Tao crazily belittling "Mr. Zombie" in front of the media, he couldn't help being furious.

"Damn it, what the hell is this guy named Lu? He has made so many movies, but is one of them a hit? Don't you know what to do? If you want to hype your own movie, you deliberately belittle other people's movies, isn't it true? people!!!"

"Sanmao, is it worth getting angry with him? If you were bitten by a dog, can you bite back?" Lin Zhengying comforted, "When the movie is released, let's talk by the box office!"

"Well, you're right, there's really no need for me to get angry with a director like him!" Hong Jinbao laughed, picked up his glass and started drinking.

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Soon, "Mr. Zombie" was released.

To everyone's surprise, the first-day box office of this film was as high as 110 million Hong Kong dollars. Although it was a little less than that of "Junior and Brother", it must be known that Lin Zhengying, the leading actor of "Mr. Zombie", is just a little-known third-tier artist at this time.

Seeing this, at this moment, the industry seems to have exploded, causing a great sensation!
"My God, what the hell, the movie "Mr. Zombie" has achieved such a high box office!"

"It's unbelievable. Shaw Brothers went to grandma's house to make a zombie film. Legendary Film Company's "Mr. Zombie" became a huge hit!"

"I did some research and found that "Mr. Zombie" became popular for a reason. Although the film is a zombie film, it is actually a Kung Fu comedy. It is funny and has exciting fights. It also uses a lot of Maoshan Taoism. , I almost believed it was true...it's hard not to get angry!"

Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and other independent film companies had impromptu meetings and discussions, and decided to follow suit.

(End of this chapter)