Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

At the press conference, dozens of reporters gathered in a group, not knowing what was going on. However, since Fang Yihua showed up, something big must have happened.

After all, Fang Yihua represents TVB and Shaw Brothers Film Company, and there are a large number of celebrity artists in TVB and Shaw Brothers Film Company. These people are the targets that reporters from all walks of life are crazy about, so after receiving the notice, they are willing to wait in the audience for the specific content to be announced at the press conference.

They just saw Fang Yihua and Xu Xiaoming appeared at the same time, and they were wondering what had happened and how it was related to Xu Xiaoming?

Everyone knows who Fang Yihua is, and reporters are also familiar with Xu Xiaoming. After all, he is also a famous screenwriter, director and singer. It's just that the appearance of these two people at the same time makes people curious.

As the representative of Brilliant Entertainment and the acquirer, Xu Xiaoming was the first to speak out to announce the theater chain transaction.

Xu Xiaoming walked to the podium:

"Ladies and gentlemen, dear journalists, I am Xu Xiaoming, the general manager of Brilliant Entertainment.

You may not have heard of Brilliant Entertainment, but I believe this name will appear frequently in newspapers and on TV in the future, and everyone will be familiar with it.

I called everyone here today because I have something important to tell you. Our Brilliant Entertainment Company and Shaw Brothers Film Company have reached an agreement.

Our company acquired the entire cinema chain of Shaw Brothers Film Company for HK$1.5 million, including cinemas in Hong Kong and various countries in Southeast Asia.

After that, Shaw Cinemas was renamed Brilliant Cinemas.

In addition, Ms. Lan Jieying’s contract has officially been transferred to our Brilliant Entertainment Company. She will be an artist of our company from now on. I hope everyone will take care of her.

At the same time, our Brilliant Entertainment Company, Shaw Brothers Film Company and TVB have reached a strategic partnership, and will cooperate sincerely in many fields for common development in the future.

We have two movies currently being filmed at Brilliant Entertainment. They will be shown in Brilliant Cinemas soon after they are completed. You are welcome to watch them there.”

After hearing Xu Xiaoming announce so many new pieces of information, the most explosive of which was the deal with Shaw Brothers Cinemas, the reporters in the audience began to get excited.

This is big news. Shaw Brothers films have a huge influence in Hong Kong and have been deeply rooted in people's hearts over the past few decades.

It’s just that its development has not been smooth in recent years, and it has been suppressed by Golden Harvest and Cinema City.

But no one expected that Shaw Brothers would suddenly sell its own cinema chain. This was really shocking. Was Shaw Brothers Film Company going to fail and go bankrupt?

Reporters from all walks of life began to rush to ask their questions.

South China Morning Post:

"Ms. Fang, is what Mr. Xu said just now true?

Is Shaw Brothers Film Company really going to sell its cinema chain?

Is there something wrong with Shaw Brothers films?

May I ask what Shaw's specific plan is?"

Fang Yihua:

"Before answering your question, I have to make an announcement. Shaw Brothers Film Company has decided to reduce the number of films it shoots starting today due to unsatisfactory performance. However, Shaw Brothers Film Company has not closed down. We will continue to provide good films for the citizens of Hong Kong to the best of our ability.

Now let me answer the reporter's question. We have indeed reached an agreement with Brilliant Entertainment Company, and the news just announced by Manager Xu is absolutely true.

Shaw Brothers Film Company has not closed down, but has only reduced the number of films it shoots. We will continue to accumulate strength and lay a solid foundation for future glory."

Oriental Daily reporter:

"Ms. Fang, has Ms. Lan Jieying's contract really been transferred to Brilliant Entertainment?

I heard that she was recently hidden by TVB due to contract issues, and her original role of Yuan Ziyi in Snow Mountain Flying Fox was also replaced. I wonder if the reason for this is due to contract issues.

Is this also the reason why she has switched to Brilliant Entertainment now? "

Fang Yihua:

"I don't know where you heard this from, it's all nonsense. Our cooperation with Miss Lan Jieying is very pleasant.

But now she wants to develop into the big screen, and we have established a strategic partnership with Brilliant Entertainment Company, so we can naturally fulfill Miss Lan Jieying's wish.

All of this has nothing to do with the contract between us and Lan Jieying."

Sing Tao Daily reporter:

"Mr. Xu, have the specific screening dates for the two films produced by your company been set?

What are both movies?

Who is the director and which actors are involved?

How much was the investment in the two films?

What is your company's box office target for these two films? "

Xu Xiaoming:

"The release date of the two films has not been determined yet, but it should be soon. The filming of both films will be completed in a month, and after production, they will meet you soon.

The two films are "A Better Tomorrow" and "The Flying Spurs".

The director of "A Better Tomorrow" is Wu Yusen, and the actors include Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, Stephen Chow, and Wu Xiuling.

The director of "Flying Ghost" is Wang Jing, and the starring actors include Chow Yun-fat, Zhong Chuhong, Zhou Xingchi, and Wang Zuxian.

The investment cost of "A Better Tomorrow" was 900 million, and the investment cost of "The Flying Ghost" was 400 million.

Our company is very confident about these two films. The scripts of these two films have been carefully polished, the directors are experienced and talented with great ideas, and the actors' performances are even more attentive.

Our company hopes that both films will have box office revenues of more than 1,000 million yuan, with A Better Tomorrow’s box office revenue expected to be more than 3,000 million yuan.”

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Many reporters directed most of their questions to Fang Yihua, and most of them were concerned about whether Shaw Brothers Films would go bankrupt.

Some people also focused their attention on Lan Jieying's contract issue and were very interested in her sudden switch to Brilliant Entertainment.

Of course, there were also some reporters who were given red envelopes by Xu Xiaoming. They would naturally do their job after taking the money and asked a lot of questions about the two films.

Originally, many reporters did not focus on Brilliant Entertainment Company, let alone the two movies. However, Xu Xiaoming was indeed smart. He set the box office targets for the two movies very high and shouted slogans loudly.

The box office of both movies exceeded 1,000 million, and the team was so confident in "A Better Tomorrow" that they set a target of 3,000 million, which caused an uproar.

With a box office of over 3000 million, doesn’t that mean it will compete for the box office champion on the box office charts?

Does Chow Yun-fat, the "box office poison", have that ability?

Does this newly established Brilliant Entertainment Company have such capital?

However, no matter how Xu Xiaoming boasted, the reporters at the scene were indeed happy. The more Xu Xiaoming boasted, the happier they were, because these were all news.

Journalists are never afraid of big events; the more exciting the event, the more attractive their news will be, and the more their newspapers will sell.