Since it was late at night, the organizer had no other arrangements except airport pick-up, and left in a hurry after arranging guests to check in.
There is a reason why they strongly invited Liu Qingshan this time, because next year's Asian Film Festival will be held in Hong Kong.
This film festival was founded by the Southeast Asian Film Producers Association. The film festival is held once a year, lasting about a week each time. It has no fixed location and is held in rotation by each member country every year.
The purpose of the event is to promote mutual cooperation and understanding among Asian film organizations, strengthen connections between film workers, and discuss the situation of the Asian film market and the world film market.
The member countries are countries in the Asia and Pacific region. Its main activities include holding competitions, holding seminars, holding viewings or special screenings, conducting trade activities, etc., so it is also called the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
The jury panels of previous Asian Film Festivals are composed of honorary consultants, advisory groups and jury members. For the sake of fairness, the jury members are composed of famous filmmakers from various Asian countries and international filmmakers.
This is also the most successful international commercial project in Southeast Asia. Note the word "commercial", which indirectly shows that this type of film festival is closely related to commercial trade.
For them, there is nothing they can do about it. The countries in Southeast Asia are all small countries. If they do not unite and act together, it will be difficult to gain international respect.
Furthermore, the main development direction of most of their countries is closely related to the tourism industry. Having such a film festival that sells meat at the expense of others just satisfies the common interests of the countries in the Pacific Rim region.
In fact, the influence of this film festival in the entertainment industry is not as good as the Shanghai International Film Festival or even the Zhuhai Film Festival in China. Of course, the gap with the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards in Bay Island is even greater.
But what is amazing is that this so-called Asia-Pacific Film Festival actually existed as early as 1954, and has never been disconnected over the years. It is obvious that the economic benefits generated by it still exist for a long time, otherwise it would have been eliminated long ago. The market is eliminated.
Therefore, the influence of this film festival on special business is not great. To put it bluntly, it is like tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon it.
But after all, it is a rare international large-scale commercial event founded by the Southeast Asian Film Producers Alliance. If they don't work hard to pay attention, sooner or later it will really become useless.
Therefore, I think of Liu Qingshan, who is currently gaining momentum. The key is that he is still the only truly international star in Asia so far. This is something that even the leaders of the entertainment industry, Xiaodaoguo and Hanguo, have not achieved.
With this understanding, Liu Qingshan would be interested in taking on this job. He would just go to Xiangjiang in March next year to help them stand up.
Besides, people have said that if you recruit more European and American celebrities, you will get an extra salary bonus. Of course, those celebrities also get market-price advertising fees.
The operating expenses for the participation of more than 20 countries are quite sufficient, but the money must be spent wisely. In previous years, a large amount of expenditures were spent on the so-called international stars.
And after so many years of business experience, they know best that there is really no star with international influence in Asia, and most of them just wear fancy hats.
For example, Hanguo's Boy and Girl Band can spend money every year to get one or two high-ranking songs on famous European and American music charts.
It has to be said that there are fans, but they are quite limited, and most of them are young boys and girls who are still in the development stage.
But now Liu Qingshan's Chinese album can achieve platinum sales in Europe and the United States, and his English album has sold out.
The first movie he produced made it into the top 20 in the history of the global film industry. The film special effects company under his name was responsible for 70% of the special effects production of "Avatar", which currently has the highest box office in the world.
It can be seen that this person has all-round influence in the European and American markets. It is said that even the young people of indigenous Africans are mostly his fans.
Even when the Southeast Asian Film Producers Association first discussed this matter with Liu Qingshan on the phone, they said half-jokingly that as long as the owner
If the organizer could afford it, he could invite half of Hollywood's big-name stars.
Regarding his international influence, it is by no means hearsay, but a real reality.
As for the impact of this kind of thing on Liu Qingshan, he doesn't really care. As long as there is money to take, and it is just to help the other party stand up and say a few words, he will not refuse such good things.
The key is that next year's organizer will be in Hong Kong. After people in the producer alliance see that his appeal is far greater in Hong Kong than in the mainland, his films will not have to worry about the box office in the Southeast Asian market in the future.
And why did he bring Jin Xishan and Grace here together? There is a reason for this.
It goes without saying that Jin Xishan is an artist. The Hanfu series he and Grace jointly created needs the Southeast Asian market.
Under his influence, if Huashang Shengyi Company can gain a certain market position, it will not only be as simple as adding another sales channel for the Twelve Flower Gods sequence Hanfu.
The deeper significance lies in the successful export of Chinese culture. With exported culture, there is the possibility of accepting more markets for Chinese film and television dramas.
He would not consider the historical significance at the national level and felt that he did not have the ability to do so, but it was also a fact that he could successfully export Chinese culture.
Early the next morning, a special car came to pick me up. Today's main itinerary was to go to three movie theaters. This time I couldn't delay my business.
Apparently the organizer had revealed the group's itinerary. Before they even arrived at the destination, they could see many people holding banners welcoming him or supporting signs.
The first thing I went to was Dadi Cinema. Although the label was not in Chinese, it was still in Chinese Pinyin.
The cinema is located in the famous Pavilion Plaza, not far from the more famous Pavilion Shopping Mall.
Today's Pavilion Square was packed with people. Liu Qingshan didn't know what it was like here in normal times, but he also knew that it had a lot to do with his arrival.
But as soon as he got off the bus, someone from the organizer brought someone over. This person was not a Malay, but a blond and blue-eyed Western beauty.
But she belongs to the Western minority with a small and exquisite figure. When she opens her mouth, she speaks English with a strong Italian accent: "Hello Mr. Liu, you can call me Rosalia. I am here on the order of Ms. Vanriel to take orders!" "
No introduction was needed, Liu Qingshan understood immediately: "Hello, Miss Rosalia, is there also our Prada store here?"
Van Riel is the CEO of Prada, second only to Miu Miu, the chairman of the board of directors.
And he is the global general spokesperson of Prada and has the right to choose the clothing in all stores.
Since this Rosalia is under Van Riel's command, she will naturally understand the reason why this general spokesperson status is specially created for Liu Qingshan.
Rosalia's face was filled with excitement: "I have received an order. I will provide all the clothes for Liu Qingshan in Malay, including of course all the clothes for Miss Jin's trip!"
Jin Xishan does not have any status in Prada, but Taylor has an endorsement contract for a series of clothing.
This is because she is the spokesperson of Mulberry, but it does not affect her wearing other brands outside of major public occasions.
Strictly speaking, she signaled the status of the staff this time. As long as she is not attending an award ceremony or a large-scale commercial event alone, there is generally no need for strict restrictions. .
Liu Qingshan asked curiously: "The clothes I need are all special series. Do you have finished products in your store?"
Rosalia smiled and nodded: "The Qingshan series is actually the most popular high-end men's clothing in Malaysia, and our store is the flagship store in Southeast Asia. We have display cabinets specially designed for you, and they are not for sale!"
The most obvious symbol of Liu Qingshan's "Qingshan Series" is the abstract "mountain"-shaped logo just below the collar on the back of the neck.
Of course, the biggest difference between special products and products for sale is that the "mountain"-shaped logo on the former is genuine high-end bright diamonds. The products for sale also have top-quality genuine diamonds, but they are limited to ordinary diamonds.
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Because of the kind of diamonds Liu Qingshan wears, each one has a special mark on it that can only be seen with a microscope. The pinyin for "山" begins with the letter "S".
Liu Qingshan spread his hands: "My mission here today is to promote the movie. There is no need to wear such expensive clothes, right?"
Rosalia's smile continued: "Of course it's based on your opinion, but as far as I know tonight you, Miss Jin, and Ms. Grace will be asked to wear formal attire for an important occasion. ! By the way, Ms. Grace is also our main partner of Prada and can also receive a full set of services!"
Grace had been hiding far away from the crowd during this trip. When she heard her name, she had to stand up. After all, there were several cameras filming around her.
"Thank you Prada, thank you Vanriel and Miss Rosalia!" She is very good at socializing in this kind of public places.
"Then we agreed to go to our store before lunch. In the staff restaurant upstairs, Malay-style delicacies will be prepared for you in advance!"
Shi Hui was very discerning and immediately went up to exchange phone numbers with Rosalia.
For Liu Qingshan, this was just a small episode, because before Rosalia could walk away like a willow, a large number of onlookers gathered around her.
He cupped his fists and raised his hands to everyone around him: "This is a parking lot, not suitable for crowds to gather. Let's go over there!"
The direction he pointed was the long queue in front of the theater. I don't know whether it was because of his arrival or because of the popularity of the movie itself.
So he posed this question to a little Chinese-looking girl who was following him: "Did the queues to buy tickets for "Assembly" also happen yesterday?"
The little girl did reply to him with words, but her accent had a strong whiff of Bay Island's sweetness; "This is what happened on the first day of global release! Ale, you don't know, as long as all your works, the first It’s hard to buy movie tickets for a week! Even for the last show!”
