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Chapter 806 The Next Governor of Hong Kong Challenges Tang’s Richest Man

Although "Who Am I" hides a lot of soft advertisements serving Tang's industry, the American film critics still gave a lot of affirmation seriously.

For example, James Platinari, a film critic and novelist who has begun to use the latest interactive means of the World Wide Web to publish film reviews, paid special attention to the highlights of "Who Am I", which mainly focused on failed stunts, and thought it was This hilarious and funny 3 minutes brought out the hard-won splendor of the whole movie.

For another example, Richard Harrington of "HSD Post" pointed out that Jackie's stunts are obviously different from Hollywood's stunts in style; "Dead by Daylight" in the "007" series that I have seen is exciting.

It has to be said that Cheng Long is now at his peak, and the quality of the movies he starred in is strong enough, and the audience is easy to buy it—from receiving Tang Huan’s "Who Am I" filming plan the year before last, to the present period, he still has In my spare time, I am busy with other production projects.

Take this year's "Double Dragon Club", which Cheng Long performed impromptuly with the cooperation of 100 directors to raise funds for the Xiangjiang Directors' Association, was released in time for the Lunar New Year file, which is extremely competitive, and won more than 3300 yuan. million Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong box office.

You know, at this stage, the best-selling reference standard for Xiangjiang commercial films is the highest level.

It is entirely conceivable that with the global release of "Who Am I" invested by Mr. Richest Man, films co-operated by Golden Harvest and Cheng Long, such as "Police Story 3", which has already filmed its second sequel, will definitely have It's a ride - this is one of the great benefits of following Tang Huan.

I don't know if the success of "Who Am I" will affect the "Bourne Shadow" that Li Lianjie is filming, which also has the protagonist's amnesia.

Compared with these two action stars, Lin Qingxia is naturally more recognized in Hollywood. The beautiful coexistence of the Eastern Invincible is so amazing that there is no need to repeat it-the word Eastern Invincible has quickly become a symbol.

With these three successful examples, Tang Huan became more and more familiar with the creation of Zhou Runfa, and directly paired him with two-time Oscar queen Jodie Foster. The work he chose was "Anna and the King" ".

Of course, this theme has been rigorously demonstrated. It is adapted from the famous work "Anna and the King of Siam" by American female writer Margaret Langdon, and this biographical novel comes from British travel writers, educators, and social activists. Memoirs by Anna Leonowens, born in British India.

Anna Leonowens, a widow with two children, traveled from Singapore to Siam at the invitation of the Siamese royal family in 1862 to serve as the tutor of Rama IV until 1867, when she moved to As far as Canada, there was a memoir based on this experience——"Anna and the King: Memoirs of Six Years in the Bangkok Palace".

Due to the real needs of life, there must be many inaccuracies in this memoir. For example, Anna Leonowens deliberately raised her status in Siam and her influence on the royal family - claiming that it was because she was Siamese. The little prince narrated "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which led to the abolition of slavery in Siam 40 years later.However, her description of the life of the Siamese royal family is undoubtedly in place.

Besides, based on "Anna and the King: Memoirs of Six Years in the Bangkok Palace", Margaret Langdon, who fictionalized the novel "Anna and the King of Siam", went to Siam with her husband Kenneth Langdon as a missionary in 1927. Luo, who was in charge of the church school, had the opportunity to read a lot of books on Siam and learned about the deeds of Anna Leonowens.

By 1937, Margaret Landon, who had given birth to three children in Siam, returned to the United States with her husband and family, and began writing "Anna and the King of Siam" at the same time.

Now, Margaret Langdon is still alive, living in Alexandria, Virginia, very close to the capital of the United States, and is 89 years old.

This old lady had her first book in her life, which was "Anna and the King of Siam" published in 1944. Because the "idea of ​​abolition of slavery" catered to the mainstream American values ​​at that time, it became a bestseller; And it was put on the big screen by Twentieth Century Fox in 1946.

So far, based on Margaret Langdon's "Anna and the King of Siam", a total of one film, two musicals, and one TV series have been adapted.

However, the 1972 show was a flop, and [-]th Century Fox and Margaret Landon filed a lawsuit over creative differences, which ended up being settled out of court.

Just like "Madame Butterfly", "The World of Suzie Wong", and "Miss Saigon", which is currently being performed at the Broadway Opera House in New York, this kind of Western men go to Asia, just like Eastern women staged lingering and romantic tragedies, "Anna and the King of Siam", which is centered on representing advanced Westerners, has also been favored by the American media, and they are full of praise, such as "exotic" praised by "New York Times" and "amazing talents" praised by "Atlantic Monthly". "etc.

All in all, the theme of "Anna and the King of Siam" is promising, and it is time to follow the trend and launch it.

Of course, "Anna and the King of Siam" also has a tricky point, that is, although the original author Margaret Langdon had a good talk, the King of Siam in it, Rama IV, is now The Siamese king's direct ancestor, and the Siamese royal family was dissatisfied with the work's depiction of Rama IV, and thus has banned the adaptation of the film from being released in Siam.

This is in sharp contrast to "Madame Butterfly", which tells the love story between an American military officer and a RB geisha, which is very popular in RB and even Xiangjiang.

In order to develop in Hollywood, Zhou Runfa took a long time to adapt to language and working methods.The richest man just took advantage of this gap to discuss the issue of "Anna and the King of Siam" with Siam through his contacts, but there was little progress - the plan to go there to make a movie basically could not be realized; the hope of releasing it in the future Not much; at best, the two sides have reached an undisclosed understanding.

Now, time is running out, anyway, the box office value of the Siam market is dispensable, so the richest man decided to start the filming plan - if you can't take a scene in Siam, then go to your own site - adjacent to Siam Funan.

Acting with two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, the filming budget was as high as 7000 million U.S. dollars, and the entertainment media's follow-up reports... Zhou Runfa really couldn't bear such heavy pressure.

Tang Huan couldn't help being funny, so he called over alone to encourage him: "From Xiao Ma to the king, the style leap is indeed a bit big, but I believe you can't help it. As long as you pass this level, you will continue to hang out in Hollywood capital."

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Although these matters are complicated to deal with, they are all step-by-step. Tang Huan just talks about it, and the specific work is done by his subordinates, so he doesn't need to worry about it.But the newly announced candidate for the governor of Hong Kong inevitably made the richest man frown.

This year is an election year in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, and an "absolutely unexpected" drama has been staged in advance - due to the deepening economic recession, according to most opinion polls, the Labor Party will win the general election.But the reality is quite the opposite, and the so-called predictions amount to an international joke.In the most popular election in 4 years on April 9, with a turnout rate of 18%, the Conservative Party not only won unexpectedly, but also won the most votes in history.

However, although the Conservative Party as a whole has won the British general election for four consecutive terms, nine ministers in the current Conservative Party government have lost their seats, especially the Conservative Party chairman Peng Dingkang, who has made great contributions to winning the general election. Candidate Don Foster was defeated, losing his Commons seat in the constituency of Bath, also due to the deadly taxation issue.

Peng Dingkun is very good at politics, and he has a close personal relationship with the current British Prime Minister John Major. It was under the latter's arrangement that he became the chairman of the Conservative Party and became the leader and deputy leader of the Conservative Party. number three.If he continues to occupy that House of Commons seat personally, he will most likely be the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Foreign Secretary in Major's cabinet.

How can we say that John Major and Peng Dingkang have a good friendship? In order to make up for the empty-handed latter in this general election, the former provided some candidate positions for him to choose from, and the vacant next Governor of Hong Kong is One of them, and was finally photographed.

Peng Dingkun, who is still a short time away from officially taking office, talked a lot about his next work plan when he was interviewed by the media. The phenomenon of being monopolized by Heung Kong Telecom does not conform to the competition rules of the free market.

Although Heung Kong is eight time zones away from the mainland of the United Kingdom, in recent years, through the promotional window of Chelsea Club, which has gradually become the overlord of British football, Far East companies such as Heung Kong Telecom have gained a certain reputation in Europe, and they have also followed suit. Opened up some new markets.

Therefore, as soon as Peng Dingkun said that after he took office, he would take Xiangjiang Telecom into a knife, lest the world would not be chaotic.Immediately, he thought of Qinhe's family, and Tang's richest man behind him, and was portrayed as Peng Dingchan standing in front of the stage for his buddy John Major, challenging the influence of the Tang consortium in Hong Kong.

The richest man has always attached great importance to Xiangjiang Telecom. From the perspective of making money, the comparison between the amount of profit it contributes and the difficulty of obtaining profits is worthy of his love. During the tide of Hong Kong immigrants, so many businessmen I didn't follow the crowd, not because it was easy to get rich in Xiangjiang.

When Tang Huan came to London, England, and was asked by the media for his opinion on Peng Dingkun's remarks, he replied lightly: "I'm not interested in finding out whether there are political motives in it, but what I want to make clear is that Xiangjiang The local long-distance monopoly in the communication industry is inherited from history, and the franchise period in the hands of Xiangjiang Telecom is only ten years left, so there is no need to bother people."

It is obvious that the conversation between Peng Dingkang and Tang Huan is considered to be a bridge, but it is only because the former has more than a month to take office and is still in the fermenting period.

Tang's richest man came to the UK this time to attend the naming rights ceremony of the English Premier League.

Due to untold interest disputes, 20 English football clubs broke away from the English Football League and created this new top league on February 2 this year. Its first game will be held on August 20 this year.And Fangyuan Computer won the title sponsorship right for ten years at one time, which made it known as the FA Fangyuan Super League.

After attending this event as the spiritual leader of Fangyuan Computer Company, Tang Huan did not stay in the UK for long, and went directly across the English Channel to Paris to watch the final of the French Open—Steffi Graf, who came back from childbirth, and the present A matchup between Monica Seles, the world number one in women's tennis.

Steffi Graf, who just came back this year, only won one championship in the German Hamburg Women's Tennis Championship held at the end of April in a short period of time. It can be regarded as a good start in her hometown.

This good state continued until the French Open held at the end of May, advancing all the way to the final, which amazed the media who have been paying close attention.

After being away from competitive professional competitions for such a long time, ordinary athletes often need a period of technical and psychological adaptation in the process of coming back. Steffi Graf, who has disappeared from the WTA for more than 18 months, is like going to spend It was a vacation, and when I came back, my hands were still very hot.

Professional media analysis pointed out: After the comeback, Steffi Graf has changed a lot. First of all, he has stronger self-confidence and more sophisticated skills; his forehand is as aggressive as ever, and his backhand is more tricky; Here, there are many times when the Ace ball is sent directly to score.

The WTA at this stage already has a lot of momentum around the world.Just from the perspective of bonus income: In 1976, Chris Evert’s total income exceeded 100 million US dollars; in 1982, Martina Navratilova won 100 million US dollars in one year. In 1984, she raised this record to 200 million US dollars; Steffi Graf, who won the "Golden Slam" in 1988, set this record to 300 million US dollars in the second year.

Under this general trend, Steffi Graf, who is well-known and high in status, will inevitably be overwhelmed by media hype for his first Grand Slam match after his comeback. He will compete with Monica Seles in the final The encounter is regarded as a key battle to determine the future pattern of women's tennis.

The richest man came to watch this game, and he was holding a pair of twins with Steffi Graf - Jin Xing and Jin Guo. Anyway, this matter has been exposed, and being upright is more conducive to releasing pressure.

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PS: The name of the son of the richest man, I refer to the suggestions of book friends, don't mention copyright, haha...

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