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In view of the extraordinarily high attention paid to the new Pacific film, some reporters even took the risk and directly sneaked into several scenes being built for "Zheng He's Voyages to the West," seriously disrupting the film's planning.

Pacific held a press conference on November 20th to officially announce the specific information about the film "Zheng He's Voyages to the West".

At the press conference, Chen Qiming, the boss of the film company and the producer, producer and starring actor of this film, attended the press conference as the finale.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, he immediately aroused the excitement of the reporters in the audience, and questions came one after another.

"Mr. Chen, is "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" the movie you mentioned before?"

"What is the specific investment budget for this film? Is the cast confirmed?"

"Mr. Chen, the Asian Television Awards will be held soon. As the chairman of the awards, do you have any inside information to disclose to us?"

"As for the rumors from the outside world, you may collaborate with Jet Li in this film. Is this news true?"

The reporters were all talking, making the whole hotel noisy.

Chen Qiming tested the microphone first and confirmed that it was normal before speaking.

“Regarding the project of Zheng He’s Voyages to the West, this is one of the key projects of Pacific next year.

It has been confirmed that I will play the leading role, and Mr. Tony Leung will also star in the film.

In addition, we are contacting Brant Pitt, who is expected to join the film to play an important role.

Here, I need to clarify one thing to everyone. This film is actually not a film cooperating with Warner Bros. as I mentioned before.

The film is currently tentatively slated to be directed by Pacific, and although Warner will invest, it will not participate in co-production of the film. "

Chen Qiming first explained the reporter’s previous misunderstanding.

The outside world has always mistaken "Zheng He's Voyages" as the drama co-produced by Pacific and Warner.

Although this is good for the Pacific and can increase the popularity of "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", Warner is quite dissatisfied with this.

Because according to the agreement, the two parties will give priority to the filming and release of "The Matrix" for this cross-collaboration.

But now, due to the negligence on the Pacific side, "The Matrix" has not gained any popularity. Instead, all the popularity has been concentrated on "Zheng He's Voyages to the West".

For this reason, Warner called specifically, hoping that Chen Qiming could explain the matter clearly and let everyone focus back on "The Matrix".

Although he was very disdainful of Warner's request, Chen Qiming still agreed.

After all, Pacific Ocean also needs to invest in "The Matrix", and this film can also be regarded as Pacific Ocean's movie.

"Zheng He's Voyages to the West" is still too early to start filming. Although it needs attention, it is not as good as "The Matrix".

Today, it is said to be a press conference about Zheng He's voyages to the West, but in essence it can also be said to be about "The Matrix".

Chen Qiming will announce the news of "The Matrix" here.

Not only on his side, but in the United States, Warner will also officially announce the project of "The Matrix" today to attract some attention.

“About the previous movie, let me explain it here.

Pacific and Warner have officially entered the stage of cooperation. The film is not actually "Zheng He's Voyages to the West".

That movie is called "The Matrix" and it is tentatively scheduled to start filming in early December.

The starring role is also mine, and the director is the American director Wodesky brothers. "

As soon as Chen Qiming finished speaking, the reporters on the scene immediately became interested.

Someone immediately asked, "Mr. Chen, in other words, there will be two projects in the Pacific, one is "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" led by you, and the other is "The Matrix" led by Warner?"

"Yes!" Chen Qiming responded with a smile.

Oops...

Chen Qiming's admission made everyone present exclaim.

Both major projects require a minimum investment of over US$50 million.

This kind of large-scale production is probably the only one in Hong Kong that can handle this kind of production.

"Mr. Chen, can you reveal the specific investment in the two movies?"

Some people are very concerned about the specific investment in movies.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming paused for a moment and finally said.

"The tentative investment for "The Matrix" is US$70 million, with Warner and Pacific each bearing half, and the copyright is shared.

"Zheng He's Voyages" plans to invest US$1.2 million, with Pacific Ocean taking the lead and investing US$ million, with the remaining US$ million being borne by Warner Bros. "

wow...

This time, the reporters in the audience became even more excited.

"Zheng He's Voyages to the West" invested 1.2 million.

Still US dollars.

This is definitely the most heavily invested film in the Chinese film industry in recent years.

It is definitely an exciting thing to witness the establishment of a film project with the largest investment in the history of the Chinese film industry.

Next, while Chen Qiming was still on stage, the reporters asked questions about "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" one after another.

Chen Qiming was helpless.

He was really helpless.

His original intention was actually to let everyone focus on "The Matrix".

As a result, he forgot that China's focus on numbers is extremely fanatical.

The investment in "The Matrix" was only US$70 million.

If this number is compared to the past, it is definitely a big investment and a big production.

But if compared with "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", it quickly surpasses it.

1.2 billion US dollars!

The entire Chinese film industry has never seen such a large investment.

Don't look at the fact that each of Jackie Chan's movies claims to have an investment of hundreds of millions, but those are all Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", it can only be regarded as a fraction.

So, it goes without saying that everyone's focus is on "Zheng He's Voyages to the West".

On the contrary, no one paid attention to the movie "The Matrix".

"The Biggest Investment Ever"

"Big Action in the Pacific, Investing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars"

"If you succeed, you will take off, but if you fail, you will collapse. If Pacific's new film fails, there will be no chance to make a blockbuster in the next few years."

……

A large number of news reports are about "Zheng He's Voyages to the West".

The popularity of this film directly overshadowed Jackie Chan's recent global hit "Rush Hour" and even overshadowed the popularity of the Asian Television Festival, becoming the biggest news in the Chinese entertainment industry this year.

Jiahe.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang sat opposite each other.

Zou Wenhuai, who had rarely been involved in Jiahe affairs, put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at He Guanchang.

"What do you think about this?"

He Guanchang glanced at the newspaper and chuckled, "After all, he is a young man who sees no benefits. He has no limits after a few successes, thinking that he will succeed every time.

The investment of 1.2 million US dollars, even if it is shared by Warner, it only invests million US dollars, which is also a terrifying number.

Pacific Group's profit last year was only 80 million US dollars, and now it is investing so much in one go.

We are betting everything on this film. If it fails, Pacific will not be able to produce a big production of more than 30 million in the next two years."

"Yes! Young man, your vision is too short-sighted." Zou Wenhuai chuckled.

In Jiahe's view, Chen Qiming's move of investing so much money in one film at one time is crazy and undesirable.

Not only Jiahe, but almost all companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan feel this way.

Can Golden Harvest not afford to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a film? That is impossible.

Golden Harvest has been working in Hong Kong for so many years and has considerable assets. If they can find investors again, they can still produce a production worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

But why doesn’t Jiahe do this?
Moreover, Jiahe’s film investment is only 100 or 200 million Hong Kong dollars at most, which translates into 30 to 40 million US dollars.

The reason is just not worth it.

The first is the market. Jiahe has not opened up the European and American markets, and its main market is still in Asia.

And for such a large investment, no matter how good the movie is, it will not be able to recoup the cost in Asia, and it will even cost a lot of money.

Therefore, Jiahe never engages in such large investments.

After all, movies are not bigger than investments.

It is a small thing that makes a big difference.

If you can win more box office with the least investment, that would be awesome.

“However, Warner is also involved, and Chen Qiming probably wants to focus on the global market.

If the quality of the movie is good, it is really possible for him to succeed. "

Zou Wenhuai knocked on the table.

"Indeed, Chen Qiming has a precedent after all."

Hearing this, He Guanchang also nodded.

After a pause, he looked to the other side, "Should we give him some obstacles?"

"No, they are all Chinese companies. If they succeed, it will actually be good for us."

Zou Wenhuai waved his hand to stop.

"Benefits?" He Guanchang looked confused.

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile on his face, "Just yesterday, someone came and they planned to cooperate with us."

"The company has contacted Fox?" He Guanchang was delighted.

"Thanks to Chen Qiming, Pacific has been successful in Hollywood many times, which made Fox relent and decided to co-produce with us. It is not the previous cooperation that only participated in investment, had no copyright, and no dominance.

It’s a collaborative effort with leading authority. "

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.

"Putting aside his status as a competitor, I actually admire Chen Qiming for his talent and ability.

He almost single-handedly tore apart a solid wall of Hollywood, giving us all a chance to get a glimpse of that market. "

He Guanchang rarely expressed his admiration for Chen Qiming.

"This is the superstar lineup. The global sales of his records have successfully made these foreigners who are not interested in Eastern culture become interested in us.

News came from North American distributors that since Chen Qiming became popular in Europe and the United States, the disc distribution of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies there has more than tripled.

Coupled with the success of Jackie Chan’s Rush Hour, more people are interested in our mysterious Eastern country.

They are learning about our culture through songs and movies. "

After a pause, Zou Wenhuaicai said: "So, in the future, when dealing with the Pacific, we will compete normally and give up all unreasonable actions.

He is a label for Hong Kong entertainment and even China in the world. "

After listening to Zou Wenhuai's words, He Guanchang couldn't help but nod.

He actually had this idea too.

Although Jiahe's survival space seems to have become very small after being suppressed by the Pacific Ocean in recent years.

But actually that's just on the surface.

In fact, the real situation is that after the rise of Pacific, Jiahe is no longer the dominant giant.

But the benefits they gained have obviously begun to increase.

Especially these two years.

As Pacific opened up the European and American markets, a large number of films produced by Pacific appeared in the West, and a large number of foreigners began to pay attention to Chinese films.

All companies, including Jiahe, have benefited from this.

In fact, this is Pacific eating meat in the front, and companies such as Jiahe also got the opportunity to start eating soup in the back.

As for the soup in the global market, even if it is not much, it is still a large amount.

Affected by this, Hong Kong movies, which were originally depressed due to the economic crisis, seem to have stabilized, and there is a tendency to shift the market to Hollywood.

……

Chen Qiming didn't know that Jiahe had decided not to play tricks on his Pacific.

To be honest, even if he knew, he would just laugh it off.

He is not worried about Jiahe playing tricks!
Because what Jiahe did was completely within his expectations.

This is not because he is a god and can predict what the other party will do.

It's because he is completely different from what he used to be, and Jiahe doesn't dare to make small moves at all.

In the past two years, as he has become a global hit, the movies produced by Pacific Entertainment have been selling well all over the world.

This directly caused his name to appear on the desk above.

He is now almost equivalent to the person concerned above.

He is now China's global brand.

Pacific movies are already a stable but highly effective cultural export destination.

For this reason, Pacific movies have been given great freedom in review.

As long as it's not too outrageous, movies from the Pacific can easily be screened in the mainland.

……

"Zheng He's Voyages to the West" is very popular, but "The Matrix" is rarely asked about, which really makes Warner very unhappy.

For this reason, I made several calls to Chen Qiming, and even suggested that if Pacific Ocean couldn't handle the publicity here, they would take action themselves.

In response to this, Chen Qiming flipped over and said, "Don't push me. If you push me again, I will withdraw my investment."

In Chen Qiming's dream, the movie "The Matrix" would be a box office hit.

But that's the future.

Originally, the filming of this movie should have started a few months ago.

It is because Warner was not confident, and after Chen Qiming promised to participate in investment, they delayed the drama until now.

Warner is really worried about this film internally.

On the one hand they thought the movie might be a hit.

On the other hand, I felt that the movie might be a hit.

It is this double contradiction that gives Pacific the opportunity to participate.

Moreover, they are now extremely worried about Pacific divestment.

Therefore, Warner said nothing about Chen Qiming's threat.

I can only find Chen Qiming with kind words and hope that he will quickly get the promotion of "The Matrix" started.

At the very least, we should let everyone know that there is such a movie, so that more people will pay attention to it after it is released.

To this, Chen Qiming agreed.

However, he did not start promoting it immediately.

After all, "The Matrix" hasn't even started filming yet. Starting promotion so early is easy to achieve, but it's also easy for people to forget about it.

Therefore, instead of starting promotion early, it is better to wait until the filming of the film starts and then find a way to let Asia know about the film at once.

(End of this chapter)