Chapter 131: Return to Hong Kong

  (The last day, asking for three rivers ticket, brothers support black night!!!)

  Hong Kong, this city with the Oriental Pearl and shopper's paradise, after more than a hundred years of development, has its own glory and pride. At the same time, Hong Kong movies are also the pioneers of Chinese-language films. Every year, numerous movies and TV dramas are produced here. The market for Hong Kong movies is mainly concentrated in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asia. Coming to this beautiful city again, Song Tang still feels like he's in a dream!

  This time, Song Tang came to Hong Kong, but unlike last time, he didn't sneak in quietly. Many people and reporters were unaware of his visit until after he left Hong Kong. Only a handful of insiders knew about it beforehand. Before arriving in Hong Kong this time, Song Tang inadvertently leaked the news again, and many media outlets had different views on his visit to Hong Kong.

  In the US, the host's Los Angeles Times described Song Tang's trip to Hong Kong as "After feeling that America is too small, our little friend chose the Orient, chose Hong Kong. Is this a sign? The Hong Kong market? Or the mainland market?"

  In addition, as a reporter for the New York Daily News, Annie wrote after Song Tang went to Hong Kong: "Although he has achieved many achievements in the past year that may not be achievable in his lifetime, it seems that the situation of the genius director is still not optimistic. Da Tang is not MGM, not Universal, not Paramount, nor any other film giant. I don't think Da Tang currently has the strength to expand overseas. Doesn't he know what he should do now is to consolidate the market he has gained?"

  "This is our chance, the great Japanese Empire should seize this opportunity and defeat the Tang Dynasty once and for all, conquer the cinema of China!" The president of Colombia Film Company said to his subordinates at the headquarters.

  "Grandpa, you said Song won't be able to run the company, doesn't he understand the principle of gradual progress?" In a luxurious villa in New York, a beautiful female journalist Annie, dressed in her work attire, said to an elderly man beside her who was over 80 years old.

  "Alright, my dear Annie, why are you concerned about a yellow person's affairs? New York has so many excellent young people, and I've never seen you pay attention to any of them!" The old man looked at his little granddaughter with kind eyes. He felt helpless towards this little girl in front of him. Annie had a noble birth, but she was interested in the work of a reporter who exposed herself every day. Countless excellent young people in New York fawned over their own daughter, but Annie didn't pay attention to any of them. Outside, the old man was a respected figure, but facing his little granddaughter, he always felt full of kindness and fondness. This had also made his granddaughter Annie become an unconventional role in the family who feared neither heaven nor earth!

  "Grandpa, I'm just talking about the matter at hand!" Annie's face suddenly turned a bit red after hearing the old man's words, as if she had thought of that hateful face again, and suddenly felt a surge of hatred!

  As the news of Song Tang's arrival in Hong Kong spread, a well-known entertainment magazine in Hong Kong reported with the title "The Wolf is Coming": It's hard to believe that this director has come to Hong Kong for what, and it's believed that everyone has heard of this Hollywood Chinese director. It's said that he had been to Hong Kong once before, although we don't have any evidence to prove it, but since then, the sudden rise of Emperor Motion Pictures in Hong Kong is not unrelated to him. In short, the wolf is coming...

  "Hong Kong films are famous for their mass production, but with his arrival, what kind of change will be brought about, we cannot know. However, it is undeniable that he has played a certain role in promoting Hong Kong films, and this is something we must acknowledge!" Oriental Daily News

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  The headquarters of the Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Film Company, a man in his seventies held a newspaper reporting on Song Tang's upcoming visit to Hong Kong and couldn't help but smile at someone around the same age next to him: "Guanchang! What do you think about this?" As he spoke, the old man gently waved the newspaper in his hand.

  "Haha, what opinion can I have! You don't know, and now I'm not in charge of things anymore. Big matters are all up to you!" The old man named Guanchang said with a smile to the person beside him.

  These two men were none other than the two founders of Golden Harvest, Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho. In 1970, Chow, Ho and Leung Fung founded Golden Harvest, which has since become one of the three major players in Hong Kong cinema, along with Shaw Brothers and Cinema City.

  "You're not worried at all, I heard that the newly established Emperor Entertainment in Hong Kong was co-founded by this person and Old Shao!" Zou Wenhui smiled and said to He Guanchang.

  "Ah, we've been fighting with Lao Shao for many years now. From the founding of the film company in 1970 to now, it's already been over twenty years. Now, I'm quite indifferent to all these things!" He Guanchang said with emotion.

  "Yes! However, whether this matter is good or bad, it's not entirely bad, it just depends on how to operate it. But for Jiahe to go to Hollywood, it's an opportunity!" Zou Wenhui's eyes flashed with insight, and his inner voice said.

  The headquarters of the Eastern Film Company, at this time Huang Baiyan also held a report about Song Tang, constantly pondering, but at this time Huang Baiyan's heart was no longer the ambition and heroism of the past. The glory of Xin Yi Cheng had long since faded, and the Eastern Film Company was only established by Huang Baiyan after the disintegration of Xin Yi Cheng. However, the Eastern Film Company was now incomparable to its former self. In the past, before Xin Yi Cheng's disintegration, it was once known as one of the three giants of the Hong Kong film industry, along with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. But when it came down to it, the reason why "Xin Yi Cheng" was able to rise so quickly was due to the collective creativity and brainstorming of its members. The seven-person creative team consisting of Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Huang Baiyan, Xu Ke, Shi Nan Sheng, Zeng Zhiwei, and Teddy Robin had a lot to do with it, as they sparked many ideas and created many classic works together. However, as the group's views diverged and disagreements grew, Xin Yi Cheng eventually disintegrated. Thinking about all this, Huang Baiyan couldn't help but let out a sigh of regret. Was he regretful? It was hard to say, but as the saying goes, "people are not made of wood," and it was only natural to feel some lingering emotions. At this moment, thinking about the past glories, Huang Baiyan still felt a faint sense of disappointment in his heart.

  "If New Art City were still around, I think this would definitely be an opportunity! Alas, what a pity!" With that, Huang Baiying let out a deep sigh and casually tossed the newspaper onto the desk, starting his own work.

  In short, for Stephen Chow's high-profile return to Hong Kong, the views of Hong Kong film companies on this matter are not uniform, but the most intense reaction is from Hong Kong movie fans. With the previous films directed by Stephen Chow being released in Hong Kong one after another, many Hong Kong movie fans feel excited and thrilled about having such a famous Chinese-American director in Hollywood. Now that the object of their excitement and thrill is finally coming to Hong Kong, how can Stephen Chow's fans not be excited?

  "Soong, you've really gone to great lengths this time in coming to Hong Kong!" On the plane that was about to land, Ng Yu-sen couldn't help but laugh and say to Soong Tung, who had made a big show of his trip to Hong Kong.

  "Hehe, what expression do you think Hong Kong's movie fans and film companies will have when I come to Hong Kong?" Song Tang was very curious about this matter. Although there were rumors circulating outside that he was coming to Hong Kong, Song Tang believed many people would not be clear about his purpose for coming to Hong Kong!

  "Didn't you come to Hong Kong just for the premiere of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'?" When Ng Yu-sam found out that Song Tong had arrived in Hong Kong in a big way, it was just for the premiere of a movie, but he didn't know about this matter. If those entertainment magazines and newspapers knew about it, they would have saved themselves a lot of publicity costs! The boss in front of him really knows how to utilize resources. This incident made Ng Yu-sam's understanding of Song Tong even deeper!

  "Of course, haha, what did you think? Doing it this way will save the company a lot of advertising expenses!" Song Tang said with a smile.

  "Alas!" Wu Yusen was even more speechless at Song Tang's words!!!