Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 592: Asian Cinema, the Uncrowned King

After listening to what Luo Zhaohui and Deng Jiaming said, Hanyu Hideki roughly understood the situation in Hong Kong and felt more confident about what would happen next.

As they talked, they began to chat aimlessly.

Soon, the topic turned to the current Hong Kong entertainment industry.

According to the two, the film industry, the leader of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, is now booming.

Naturally, Hanyu Hideki would not doubt what the two said.

After all, 1988 was a very meaningful year for the Hong Kong film industry.

With the release of "Rouge" at the beginning of the year, Anita Mui took the most important step from singer to actor.

Liu Dehua, who is now signed to Yunshang Entertainment, starred in Sunglasses King's debut film, As Tears Go By. At that time, there was no such thing as the Four Heavenly Kings.

With this movie, Zhang Manyu was nominated for the Best Actress at the Academy Awards for the first time. She began to sort out her acting style and rushed towards the path of becoming a "Best Actress".

The future comedy king Stephen Chow will also officially star in his first drama "Pili Pioneer".

At the end of the three people's casual chat, Luo Zhaohui asked in a mysterious tone.

"We opened a shop in Tsim Sha Tsui some time ago. Guess who we invited to cut the ribbon?"

"Who?" Hanyu Hideki asked curiously.

"Wang Zuxian, she became extremely popular last year with the movie A Chinese Ghost Story. She is now the most popular star in Hong Kong. Do you know how much I spent to invite her?"

Hearing that Luo Zhaohui was keeping things a secret again, Hanyu Hideki immediately said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense and tell me quickly."

When hearing about Joey Wong, Hanyu Hideki actually didn't feel any emotion.

After all, as a top boss in the industry, he has to get in close contact with too many celebrities.

After losing the halo of stardom and the filter brought by movie roles, these stars who were well-known in their previous lives have long ceased to be mysterious to Hideki Hanyu, and are no longer so "rare".

After all, if you think about it, with the volume of business that Hong Kong stars have nowadays, they don’t have the time to maintain and manage their body shape.

The glamour and beauty brought to future generations is basically supported by cosmetics and low-resolution media lenses.

As for her figure, in order to maintain her camera-like appearance, her touch feels even worse than that of a female hostess in a nightclub.

In fact, many times, Hideki Hanyu is interested in these women more because of psychological stimulation.

After all, there are many female stars who have played friendly matches with him in Hong Kong.

Often, once the novelty wears off, interest disappears completely.

At this time, Luo Zhaohui said exaggeratedly, "Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, and it only took half an hour. It's really easy for them to make money!"

Hideki Hanyu didn't care.

Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars was certainly nothing to him, but he thought of another thing and immediately said to the two people in front of him with a smile.

"This Wang Zuxian should have signed a contract with TVB's Fang Yihua. According to Fang Yihua's style, his commission must be high. I guess he didn't get much money."

"If that's the case, sir, can my modeling agency spend money to recruit her?"

When Luo Zhaohui said this, a sly smile appeared on his face, and he clicked his tongue and said, "Think about Miss Wang's long legs, tsk tsk tsk ..."

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki immediately poured cold water on Luo Zhaohui.

"My company has always had a pleasant cooperation with Mr. Shao. Don't even think about this kind of thing!"

Deng Jiaming, who was standing next to him, immediately agreed in a fawning manner, "That's right, what the boss said makes sense. Besides, if you really recruit Wang Zuxian, Miss Li Jiaxin will definitely be unhappy again. She was unhappy for several days because Wang Zuxian stole the limelight at the last ribbon-cutting ceremony."

When Deng Jiaming said this, Hanyu Hideki asked in surprise, "What is Li Jiaxin busy with recently?"

Although he often calls his lover in Hong Kong, they usually just kiss and talk about love, and he rarely cares about the woman's "career".

Anyway, no matter what I do, I won't earn as much as he gives me, so there is no point in wasting time trying to understand him.

However, according to the original history, this girl should have signed up for the Miss Hong Kong contest recently.

I just don't know if anyone would still sign up after his fate was changed.

"I don't quite understand this, you should ask Jiaming," Luo Zhaohui said.

Deng Jiaming followed up, "I know something about this. Miss Li nowadays, in addition to occasionally taking some work at our modeling company and going shopping, she most often goes to the headquarters of the big boss company in Hong Kong to take classes with those artists."

"Class?" Hanyu Hideki wondered what was going on.

"I don't know the details. That's all Ms. Li told me during the conversation."

Deng Jiaming said, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Boss, can you discuss with Miss Li? If she still wants to work, why not just terminate the contract with us and sign a contract with your company directly? Wouldn't it be more work and easier that way?"

Looking at Deng Jiaming's expression, Hanyu Hideki seemed to have guessed something.

"Why, did she give you a hard time?"

Deng Jiaming said helplessly, "It's not that it's difficult, but since Miss Li followed the boss, she has become more and more picky about her work in the company, and even interferes with the company's work arrangements. Many times, not only does it make it difficult for the company to do business, but in turn, we have to apologize to the customers."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki frowned slightly.

When I watched the news in my previous life, although everyone said that "Li Jiaxin" used her beauty to commit crimes, they also praised her for her high emotional intelligence.

How come his story is completely different from what the media said?

Although the modeling company is affiliated with Shengshi Real Estate, it was founded by Luo Zhaohui and Deng Jiaming after all, and Hideki Hanyu has never been interested in it.

Deng Jiaming was in such a difficult situation that he really couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

"I know about this matter, I will deal with it as soon as possible."

Deng Jiaming quickly said, "Thank you, big boss."

Luo Zhaohui, who was standing next to him, saw that the investigation into the model company was complete, and immediately changed the subject deliberately, "Boss, you come to Hong Kong once in a while, don't keep saying these things that spoil the fun."

"That's right, keep talking about Joey Wong. If you want to meet her, I have her contact information..."

Deng Jiaming hasn’t finished talking about you yet with his “pimping” remarks.

Then there was a knock on the study door from outside.

Zhang Qi's voice came from outside, "Dear, are you done talking? The food downstairs is ready."

"We're done talking, we'll be right down."

Hanyu Hideki agreed first, then turned to the two and said, "Okay, I'm here for business this time. I'm not interested in meeting any female celebrities. Let's go downstairs to eat first. After eating, you two can go back and rest early."

"Boss, how can we sleep so early? Why don't we go to Lan Kwai Fong after dinner?" Deng Jiaming said excitedly.

"No need. I've been on the plane for half a day and I want to have a good rest."

Hideki Hanyu refused directly.

The aftermath of the Forbes magazine article has not yet subsided, so it is better for him to keep a low profile for now.

Besides, if you want nightlife, Tokyo is much more lively than Hong Kong.

After being rejected by Hideki Hanyu, Luo Zhaohui and the other person never mentioned the matter again.

After that, after a sumptuous dinner, Hideki Hanyu saw the two off.

After returning home and washing up, Hideki Hanyu went straight to the study.

It’s still early now, which is perfect for doing some “creative” work.

For example, the catalog and introduction of Yunshang Entertainment’s works.

For example, the introduction of the projects to be developed by Elf Entertainment.

Even the plot direction of several comics from Elf Publishing that he has let go of.

The reason for doing this is mainly because we don’t want the content of important IP to go to a dead end.

Neon’s cultural products are certainly doing very well.

However, most cultural creators in Japan always have a strange taste in content creation due to nationality, culture, region and other reasons.

Many times, these problems cannot be seen at the time, but they often require a lot of energy and money to clean up later.

In addition to his work at the company, he also creates some picture books for "Home Alone 2" in his spare time.

In the short term, he probably won't "create" any other works except "Home Alone 2".

Come to think of it, he has gone from weekly updates to monthly updates, and now to annual updates, and there will be no updates next.

Just as Hanyu Hideki was burying his head in his work, there was a slight knock on the study door.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Qi's voice rang out.

"Honey, can I come in?"

"Come in." Hanyu Hideki responded without even raising his head.

Then he heard the study door open and soft footsteps approaching.

Turning around, I saw Zhang Qi wearing a silk suspender pajamas, revealing her plump and sexy figure.

Seeing Hanyu Hideki looking over, Zhang Qi put the cup in his hand on the table and said, "I made you a cup of tea."

Hanyu Hideki ignored the tea and reached out to hold Zhang Qi in his arms. After feeling him up and down, he suddenly frowned and asked, "Huh? Why are you thinner?"

"Really?" Zhang Qi suddenly became a little nervous.

Because she knew that Hanyu Hideki liked her to be a little "fat", so even if Yongsheng wanted her to lose weight, she never considered it.

"Well, I'll know after I try it again."

The scumbag said as he placed Zhang Qi on the table. The fleeting smile on his face made the beauty immediately understand something, and she immediately punched his chest with her little fist, "You just know how to tease me!"

"Ha ha……"

The scumbag who was seen through just smiled and then buried his head in the desk again.

But this time, what I was busy with was not work.

……

The next day.

In a detached house in Kowloon Tong used for filming movies, the early morning shooting has not yet begun. Since it is the first time to shoot here, various preparations before shooting are being carried out on site.

The crew may not seem large, but their background is not small.

The investor is Yongsheng, and the film is a follow-up movie to "Best Friends", which sold over HK$28 million after Wang Jing released it last month.

Although he was following the trend, Yongsheng also put his heart into it. He not only directly invited Wang Jing, the director of "Best Friends", to direct the film himself.

The original starring actors such as Andy Lau, Chiu Shu-ying, and Idy Chen were also brought in, with the company's own Zhang Li and rising star Zhang Xueyou as supporting actors.

Of course, even if Yongsheng tried his best, he still couldn't escape the rush work that was unique to this era.

The crew was already preparing to start filming before they even had breakfast.

Even many of the crew members who had just arrived had worked all night in other crews to rush here.

But don’t be fooled by the messy scene. Some people are yawning while working, but their efficiency is not low at all.

Everyone performed their duties and the on-site arrangements progressed rapidly.

At this time, the leading actors also arrived one after another.

However, because the arrangement work was not yet completed, the actors stood outside the courtyard and chatted casually. Liu Dehua, who arrived first, brought a tray of dumplings and ate while chatting with Zhang Xueyou.

After all, we are all from the same music industry and we are already very familiar with each other.

The two were not far away, and it was not known whether they met halfway or not, but Qiu Shuzhen and Chen Yulian, who arrived together, just sat casually on the chairs, chatting while the makeup artist put on their makeup.

For a film crew with a shooting period of only half a month, they have to move to another location after each shot. It is naturally impossible to set up a dressing room in every shooting location.

In addition to these four main actors, there are naturally other supporting actors and extras, who gather in groups of three or four to talk.

Just as everyone was waiting for the crew to start filming.

Suddenly, a low roar of an engine was heard in the distance.

Soon after, a dark red sports car with a cool shape turned out from the corner of the street.

There are many wealthy people in Hong Kong today, but the older generation of wealthy people are more conservative in spending money. Supercars that cost millions of Hong Kong dollars are relatively rare.

Therefore, when this car appeared, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Just when everyone was wondering which rich young master's car this was, the dark red sports car suddenly braked and stopped steadily in front of the villa where the movie was being filmed.

At this time, everyone looked at the car logo and realized that it was actually a Ferrari sports car, but they had never seen this type of car before.

And there were two black Audi sedans parked right behind the Ferrari.

The Ferrari's right door opened.

A young man in a dark blue suit came down.

When everyone saw the young man for the first time, there was only one thought in their mind.

What a rich gigolo!

With gold-rimmed glasses, an angular face, and handsome features, he is more eye-catching than any celebrity.

Of course, compared to others,

Liu Dehua, who was eating buns, immediately put down the bag of buns at his feet when he saw the person coming. He looked at Zhang Xueyou, and they stood up at the same time and walked straight towards the young man.

Both of the people who signed the contract last year recognized that the young man was the boss of the head office of the Cloud Music company they signed with, Hideki Hanyu.

Although Hanyu Hideki did not show up at the signing ceremony and basically did not care about Hong Kong's affairs on weekdays, the two had met Hanyu Hideki more than once.

For example, they met Hideki Hanyu at last year’s TGC fashion show, and got to know him a little bit, knowing that he speaks very good Mandarin.

Therefore, when they came up to Hanyu Hideki, they greeted him in Mandarin.

"Mr. Hanyu, I didn't expect to see you here."

The two people greeted each other in a similar way, and what was even more similar was that they spoke almost the same plastic Mandarin.

Hanyu Hideki extended his hand and shook hands with the two men, saying with a smile, "I just sent someone here for the photo shoot, and I didn't expect to meet you two."

Hideki Hanyu was not surprised at all that Liu Dehua and Zhang Xueyou were here.

Because on the way here, Zhang Qi had already told him about the situation of the crew.

To be honest, he was a little surprised after hearing about the configuration of this crew.

After all, in his memory, there was definitely no such movie in another time and space.

Moreover, the box office of Wang Jing’s film “Best Friends” was only 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

Now that the box office of "Best Friends" has skyrocketed, Yongsheng has been stimulated to launch a follow-up movie.

Hideki Hanyu can be sure that it was definitely influenced by the Butterfly Wings he founded the Asian Cinema Chain.

After all, for Hong Kong's film producers, Asia Cinemas has completely broken the theater monopoly of the major studios and given them a fair chance to compete.

The overseas box office market opened up by Asian cinema chains has further improved the profitability of Hong Kong films.

After all, overseas box office did not exist for small companies before.

Since Asia Cinemas was acquired by Crescent Cinemas, the channels in this regard have become more convenient.

By simply accepting the distribution package provided by Asian Cinemas, producers can not only enjoy the most convenient distribution package, but also greatly reduce their own investment risks.

Under such circumstances, Asia Cinemas' business in Hong Kong is naturally growing steadily.

At the same time, Asia Cinemas also used its powerful capital to continue to conquer Hong Kong and continue to encroach on other small theaters.

In this situation of growth and decline, it can be said that in today's Hong Kong screening and distribution market, apart from Golden Harvest, Golden Princess and other cinema chains, Asia Cinema Chain has become the dominant player.

However, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess are not only inferior to Asian cinemas in scale, but also have vastly different hardware conditions in their cinemas.

After all, one of the biggest ways Crescent Cinemas expand around the world is to modernize theaters immediately after purchasing them.

The movie-watching experience in a new cinema is far beyond that of an old theater.

In this case, not only movie fans prefer to watch movies in Asian theaters.

Producers also like to work with Asian theaters.

Because new-style cinemas can even help producers distribute peripheral derivative products to a certain extent.

Although the revenue in this area is not high, every little bit counts, and for the producers, basically every bit of money they can make is money they make.

All of these things require strong capital to drive them forward.

With the backing of the bubble-booming Japanese financial market, Crescent Cinemas can spend money unscrupulously to do these things.

But how could Hong Kong's film investors possibly follow suit?

Moreover, in the absence of scale, even if they follow up, the effect will not be significant.

So from this we can see that although Asian cinema chains have always advocated neutrality and fair competition, they have not imposed a choice between two options on producers.

But even so, Hong Kong's old-fashioned theaters are completely unable to withstand fair competition from Asian theaters.

Compared with the powerful Asian cinema chains, they are just barely holding on and struggling.

The film market is clearly booming, but they are teetering on the brink of losses.

Princess Golden even contacted Asia Cinemas more than once, wanting to actively sell her theaters.

But no matter how much they lowered their prices, they were all rejected by Asian theaters.

In the past, Asian theaters would certainly be happy.

But now Asia Cinemas has already established its layout in Hong Kong. Although it does not participate in the investment and production of any Hong Kong films, it has become the uncrowned king of Hong Kong films.

Eliminating all rivals and leaving Asian cinemas without any competitors in Hong Kong is not a good thing for Asian cinemas.

This is the current situation.

It can be said that Hideki Hanyu has inadvertently promoted the development of Hong Kong films.

but.

Just like the film crew in front of me that never existed in my previous life.

Hideki Hanyu doesn’t know yet whether the development promoted by Asian cinemas for Hong Kong films will ultimately be good or bad.

Of course, he must be hoping for better.

It's not about likes or dislikes.

As a mature capitalist, he just wants to make more money.

　After finishing the plot, I found that my hand speed dropped sharply, and I tried my best to recover it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)