Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Andy Lau's idea is not a fantasy.

He's really on fire.

"One Man" premiered to rave reviews from many film critics.

As an action film with a distinct theme, "The Last Man" has successfully attracted these critics in terms of controlling the audience's attention.

Andy Lau's more than three months of martial arts training, as well as John Woo's specially designed shootout, made American audiences deeply fascinated by this film.

The movie didn't do well at the box office on its first day of release, taking in less than $1 million.

But as word of mouth gradually grew, the box office grew higher day by day in the following days.

In the end, the film actually ranked third on the box office list that week with a box office of US$15 million in its first week.

After entering the second week, the box office of this film directly entered the stage of explosion.

In the second week, it grossed US$25 million and won the first place in the box office list that week.

With the explosion of movie box office, Andy Lau quickly became famous in Hollywood and was overwhelmed with invitations to various events.

In fact, because this film portrays the protagonist a lot, it is a complete one-man show.

This made Andy Lau's influence in the Hollywood film and television industry once exceed that of Chen Qiming.

There is nothing we can do about it.

Chen Qiming's most famous movie in the Hollywood film and television circle is undoubtedly "Anaconda".

Although Chen Qiming is the male protagonist in this movie.

But when it comes to the level of brilliance, he is definitely not as good as the Python.

He is a secondary protagonist at best.

Like Chen Qiming, there is Lai Ming. Although his starring role in "Death is Coming" also achieved a good box office in North America.

But the style of this film means that he won't have much to offer.

As for "The Lonely Agent", this is a male-led movie through and through.

The first male lead is Andy Lau.

And this character is full of the heroism that America admires.

Comparing the two, even though "Alone" may not be as popular as "Anaconda", in terms of actor influence, Andy Lau is obviously better.

The huge sales of "The Alone Agent" kept John Woo and Andy Lau very busy.

I'm on this TV show today, and I'm invited to a movie premiere tomorrow.

The two of them were so busy that they were both painful and happy.

While they were busy, Chen Qiming was not idle either.

In December he attended several more music awards.

Baodao's Golden Melody Award.

This year, Chen Qiming once again won the best male singer.

This is the fifth time he has won this award, consecutively.

Chen Qiming, who made history, was reported by the media and also received hints from the organizers of the Golden Melody Awards.

He won't win the award next year.

Yes, the organizers of the Golden Melody Awards made it clear that they will not award the award to him next year.

As for why...

It’s funny to say it.

Because Chen Qiming's achievements have been too dazzling in the past few years. After winning the Golden Melody Award for Best Male Singer several times in a row, all other singers have become autistic.

This year, several singers refused to attend the Golden Melody Awards.

It's normal to think about it. Every year, Chen Qiming takes away all the grand prizes. So instead of being a foil, it's better not to go.

In addition, there are many singers who do not attend the awards.

Even the media doesn’t pay much attention to this award.

The best male singer every year is Chen Qiming, and everyone already knows it before the awards begin.

The news reported by the media is not innovative at all, and the audience does not buy it.

Newspapers cannot be sold, so naturally, the media will not pay attention to this award.

Therefore, in order to revive the glory of the Golden Melody Awards and attract attention, the Golden Melody Awards have decided to do something big.

They plan that no matter how awesome Chen Qiming is next year, they will not award the award to Chen Qiming.

Although this will cause the Golden Melody Awards to be questioned, it will attract a lot of attention!

Don’t think that awards don’t deserve attention.

Counting the past and the future, the winner of the award will never be the one everyone expects.

In order to attract attention, award organizers will often award the award to someone else at the expense of infamy in order to attract attention.

In addition to the Baodao Golden Melody Awards, Chen Qiming also attended music awards in several other European countries and received several fairly heavyweight awards.

For example, at the European MTV Music Awards, Chen Qiming’s baby won the Best MTV Music Award.

Then came the British BBC Music Awards, where Chen Qiming won the Best International Artist Award.

After running around the map, the time came to January 1997, and 1 officially became a thing of the past.

For Chen Qiming, 1996 was undoubtedly another successful year.

This year he released two albums, one in Mandarin and one in English.

The sales of both albums have become records that are difficult for ordinary people to break.

The success of these two albums has allowed Chen Qiming to truly stand at the top of the industry.

Especially in the Chinese entertainment industry, when it comes to singers, Chen Qiming has become an indelible presence.

Just like when everyone talks about music, the development of Chinese music cannot be separated from Teresa Teng.

In the field of pop music, Chen Qiming has undoubtedly become a milestone.

In 1996, many new people emerged.

Tao Zhe, Jay Chou, and Ren Xianqi, a guy who is still new but not old (Ren Xianqi had already released an album as early as 1993, but he was not popular until 1996).

Of course, there is also Zhang Huimei, who has recently become popular in the Chinese music scene.

The songstress, who will be unrecognizable to casual fans in the future, released her first record in December.

This record was created by Zhang Yusheng himself.

Zhang Yusheng is indeed a top creator and producer in the Chinese music scene.

As soon as this album was released, it became popular all over the country, selling three million copies in just one month (the protagonist appeared, so history changed. If the sales of future albums do not match, please do not dwell on it).

With sales of three million, Zhang Huimei surpassed Jay Chou and Ren Xianqi in one fell swoop, becoming this year's super newcomer.

Zhang Huimei became famous in one battle, and Rolling Stone even named her the number one female singer in the Chinese music industry.

Faye Wong: "I shouted like that too, and I was taught a lesson!"

The emergence of newcomers one after another has led the media to say that the Chinese music scene is about to usher in a new peak.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Chen Qiming.

In addition to his achievements in the music industry in 1996, his achievements in film and television declined significantly.

He acted in "The Storm 2" this year.

On the investment side, he was doing very well.

Many consecutive film investments have been successful.

Especially after the success of "The Last Man" which has just won 67 million US dollars in the United States, Chen Qiming has become a favorite in the Chinese film and television industry.

Many actors hope to hook up with him and become the next Andy Lau.

Even Chow Yun-fat, the guy who had publicly criticized Chen Qiming, came to the door in person, apologized for what happened last time, and asked Chen Qiming if there was any drama suitable for him.

In this regard, Chen Qiming only said, "I want to eat shit!"

He now hates Chow Yun-fat to the extreme.

He was already given face without directly suppressing him.

This guy actually dared to come and introduce himself, it was so shameless.

In addition to film and television investment, Chen Qiming also had good results in other businesses in 1996.

His PEACEBIRD clothing brand officially entered the sports industry this year.

There are also sneakers. Not only has it reached cooperation with the China Table Tennis Association, it has also signed a contract with the CBA, which was just established two years ago, and became a CBA sneaker supplier.

In addition to the CBA, Chen Qiming is also about to enter the United States and is in contact with NBA stars, hoping to enter the United States.

In addition, Chen Qiming relied on his future dream memory to win many shares of companies that will be successful in the future this year.

Such as Apple.

1996 was definitely the most difficult year for Apple. Apple's stock fell to the bottom this year and it owed more than one billion in foreign debt.

Chen Qiming took this opportunity to acquire a lot of shares, accounting for about 2% in total.

And, of course, the Thai baht.

However, compared to Soros’s sniping, Chen Qiming did not invest much money here.

It's mainly a question of impact.

At the beginning, Chen Qiming wanted to use this incident to make more money.

After thinking about it later, I decided to forget it.

I still have many fans in Thailand.

If this kind of thing is exposed in the future, he will more or less be labeled as a vampire.

So after Chen Qiming hesitated for a while, he returned part of the Thai baht he had borrowed, leaving about 20 million US dollars in Thai baht.

Seeing that the time was approaching the Chinese New Year, Chen Qiming did not continue to take on the work, but returned to Treasure Island.

I play golf every day, spend time with my mother, and find some new poses with Michelle Reis and Vivian Chow when I have nothing to do. My little life is so comfortable.

"Stephen Chow's "God of Cookery" did well at the box office!

A Ming, you are going to make a lot of money again! "

At a golf course in Taipei, Chen Qiming and several bosses from the Taipei film and television industry were playing golf.

It was no one else who spoke.

It was Wang Yingxiang of Yongxiang Pictures who bought Zhou Xingchi's "Ji Gong" and led other film producers to force the Hong Kong film and television industry to join the film after the box office failure of Baodao.

This guy has never touched Hong Kong movies again since he lost a fortune on Stephen Chow's movie.

No, Baodao also relaxed its restrictions on Hollywood movies in 1994.

Since then, he has been buying the copyrights of Hollywood movies to be screened in Treasure Island.

However, although Hong Kong films are no longer shown, he is still in this industry after all, and he still pays attention to the popular Hong Kong films.

"Why, Boss Wang is interested in this movie?"

Chen Qiming hit a shot, and the white ball flew far away and went out of bounds.

Chen Qiming didn't care whether the ball went in or not, he looked at Wang Yingxiang with a smile on his face.

"I'm not interested, Stephen Chow is a piece of shit!"

"Haha, I think you are afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake once."

Li Dengkui next to him laughed loudly, then looked at Chen Qiming, "A Ming, you should have invested in this film! It is released in your theaters, so you should be able to decide the copyright.

Why don't you sell it to me? You know my strength well. We can work together to ensure that the movie sells well in Treasure Island! "

Chen Qiming shook his head and said with a smile: "Then you are mistaken. Boss Cai also invested in this film. When he invested, he said that the screening rights of Baodao would be given to him.

You might as well ask him if he is willing to let go! "

Boss Cai, Cai Songlin, the boss of Baodao film and television industry.

This name is known to everyone in Baodao and even the Hong Kong film and television circles.

It is no exaggeration to say that this guy indirectly and directly promoted the development of Chinese-language films.

The Xiang brothers are so awesome in Hong Kong!

But the real situation is that Cai Songlin is the driving force behind them.

Without Cai Songlin, Wing Seng would not have become Hong Kong's premier company.

In addition to the driving force behind the Xiang brothers, Yongsheng is the major shareholder.

He is also the boss of Wong Kar-wai, the benefactor of Andy Lau, and the investor of Stephen Chow. Without him, there would be no "Westward Journey", "In the Mood for Love", "The Poison of the West", "Farewell My Concubine" and thousands of other Hong Kong movies. The birth of Taiwan’s outstanding Chinese-language films.

Wong Kar-wai has become the No. 1 literary and artistic director in the Chinese film industry, and he has played a big role in it. He has invested in almost all of Wong Kar-wai's films.

In addition, the reason why Andy Lau was able to establish Tianmu Film Company in the first place was because of his help. He served as the producer of "The Legend of God of War" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". It is a pity that Tianmu Film Company eventually became a failed company.

Also, the reason Stephen Chow was able to leave Yong Sheng without being held accountable by Yong Sheng was because he was standing behind him.

Stephen Chow's first film company Cai Xing was co-founded with him.

And his own film company, Scholar Films, is even more famous.

Since the mid-eighties.

Among Hong Kong movies, except for the wholly-owned movies of Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers and New Arts City, almost most of the other movies have investment from Scholar Films.

It is no exaggeration to say that this film company is an invisible giant among Hong Kong film companies.

In the past two years, Chen Qiming's Qiming Film and Television has grown bigger and bigger. Naturally, cooperation with scholars is indispensable.

Because Chen Qiming has never obtained the film distribution rights in Baodao.

Therefore, so far, Scholar Film Company is responsible for the release and distribution of all movies released in Pacific Cinemas on Treasure Island.

"That's it! Forget it, Boss Cai can't vomit out what he's eaten."

Yang Dengkui said with a smile.

Cai Songlin can own so many industries in the film industry, so he has a lot of abilities.

He still has a very good background in Baodao, and there are people in both black and white circles.

Although Yang Dengkui is one of the eight major businessmen in Baodao, he does not dare to provoke him easily.

"Actually, we invited you here today, A Ming, because we want to talk to you about "The Lonely Agent".

You filmed this film as a Hollywood company, so the copyright should not be in the hands of Boss Cai.

As long as you are willing to make a move, you can quote whatever price you want! "

Compared with "The Alone Agent" when it was first released in North America, no one cared about it.

In Asia, because Andy Lau himself is the king of the Chinese entertainment industry and is extremely popular, and this film has received very high box office in North America, film producers in Baodao are very enthusiastic about this film.

No, Chen Qiming had only been resting at home for a few days when he was asked out by these people.

"How much do you bid?"

Chen Qiming asked calmly.

He has a plan for "The Lonely Agent".

Recently, he is actively applying for film distribution rights on Baodao.

If he can get the permission, he is very hopeful to use "The Lonely Agent" to make a name for himself.

"Thirty million Taiwan dollars, what do you think?" Wang Yingxiang and Yang Dengkui looked at each other and asked.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Boss, I don't think you are sincere at all!

This is a movie that is expected to exceed US$100 million in North America. If you want to buy the copyright for NT$30 million, you are treating me like a fool! "

"A Ming, this price is not low. I have learned that Wu Dun offered you a price, and he only gave you 20 million.

We paid 30 million, which is already a lot more.

Moreover, you have to leave some room for us to make money!

I don't want to meet "Ji Gong" again! "Wang Yingxiang said.

"It's impossible. We can't even talk about it for 30 million yuan."

Chen Qiming refused directly.

"Then how suitable are you?" Yang Dengkui asked.

"NT$60 million! This is my bottom line!"

"Shit! You're like a lion with a big mouth. Sixty million, I'd rather buy a few more Hollywood blockbusters!"

"This is a Hollywood blockbuster, certified by Hollywood!" Chen Qiming spread his hands.

Needless to say, there are really many benefits to the movie being released first in Hollywood and then being released again.

At the very least, a Hollywood production can increase the copyright fee for a movie by more than one dollar.

Regardless of whether it is a good or bad movie, it is a Hollywood blockbuster when it comes back from Hollywood.

"The Lonely Agent" can't even be said.

(End of this chapter)