Chen Dong spent a long time cuddling with Zhou Huimin before finally getting down to business with her.
Zhou Huimin told Chen Dong, "With your strategic guidance and financial support, Huaxia Star has developed rapidly over the past year."
"Especially recently, we've started going global and connecting with the Hollywood market. That's really great news!"
As she spoke, Vivian Chow appeared radiant, exuding a bit of the aura of a domineering female CEO.
Chen Dong was certainly aware of the achievements that Hong Kong cinema had made.
After all, Zhou Huimin would sometimes talk to him about the development of Huaxia Star, and he would also receive evaluations from the investment department regarding the industries in which he had invested, as well as their recent development.
In this life, Hong Kong cinema has taken this step much earlier than in the previous life, by several years.
"Hehe, not bad! You've put a lot of effort into this!" Chen Dong said to Zhou Huimin with a smile.
He wasn't flattering or saying anything nice; he was stating the truth.
Over the past year, Zhou Huimin has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the development of Huaxia Star.
Although Chen Dong offered guidance, he only provided a general direction and offered a few pointers, as he wasn't particularly clear on the specifics.
On the contrary, after hearing Chen Dong's suggestion, Zhou Huimin, combined with her own understanding of the Hong Kong film industry, did a lot of detailed work, such as conducting research and studying the similarities and differences between Hong Kong and Hollywood in terms of film.
This led to a change in the strategy for Hong Kong films to enter Hollywood. Instead of directly producing and selling films there, they first sent a group of people to Hollywood to familiarize themselves with the environment, study the rules, and learn what was useful there.
It's fair to say that right now in Hong Kong, the people who understand the Hollywood film industry production process best are all concentrated at Huaxia Star.
Chen Dong was delighted to hear Vivian Chow recount the history of Hong Kong cinema.
My own efforts have finally yielded some results.
With this understanding and reference to the Hollywood film production mechanism, even if Hong Kong cinema, like in its previous life, is ultimately destined to decline due to limitations in region, market, and capital, it shouldn't be so soon.
At least, it can still struggle.
Furthermore, Hong Kong's market is small, but the mainland market is quite large. As the mainland's huge film market matures, Hong Kong can provide the corresponding talent.
Of course, while promoting cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland, we must also avoid the phenomenon of Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television personnel being superior to mainland talents, and capital deliberately suppressing the mainland and ruthlessly exploiting its talent.
"You can go all out and get things done! Just tell me if there's anything I can do for you. I'll definitely offer as much help as I can!"
"Thank you, my husband, you're so wonderful!" Vivian Chow said, her eyes shining with tenderness.
She leaned forward and gave him a kiss.
The two then engaged in another passionate embrace.
"Oh, by the way, I also had Annie from the investment department acquire an animation studio in the US. The company is called Pixar. The owner is Steve Jobs. You know Steve Jobs, right? He's a big shot in the US."
When talking about Steve Jobs, Chen Dong's words were filled with admiration.
He truly deserves to be called a genius, especially in later generations, for launching smartphones, which can be said to be a major initiative that changed the world.
After resigning from Apple, the company he founded, Jobs spent $10 million in 1986 to acquire the computer animation effects studio in Emeryville, California, from George Lucas, and founded the independent company Pixar Animation Studios.
Subsequently, the company became a well-known 3D computer animation studio and released the world's first fully 3D animated feature film, *Toy Story*, in 1995. In 2006, Pixar was acquired by Disney, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest individual shareholder.
Chen Dong's early acquisition was essentially a snatching away of Disney, thus leading Pixar onto a different development path.
However, at this moment, Zhou Huimin was not focused on names like Jobs or Pixar, but on Annie.
When Zhou Huimin heard Chen Dong mention the name Annie, her eyes flashed, and she felt a little jealous.
She glanced at Chen Dong, wanting to say something, but held back.
Because she knew that she couldn't possibly hold onto a man as powerful and perfect as Chen Dong on her own.
In other words, she will have to share with other women and will not be able to have exclusive favor.
Then, with an incredulous expression on her face, she asked, "Animation? Are we going to make animation?"
Chen Dong, however, was lost in his own thoughts and did not notice Zhou Huimin's unusual behavior.
Upon hearing her question, I began to explain:
"Heh, Pixar's animation is no ordinary thing; it's something that can shake the entire world. And animation isn't just animation, especially Pixar Studios. Do you know who its founder is? It's Steve Jobs, the owner of Apple! All the technologies this animation studio develops are computer-generated special effects. The future belongs to special effects!"
It has to be said that men can be so clueless about romance at times, a classic case of male chauvinism.
For example, Chen Dong is completely oblivious to Zhou Huimin's emotional changes.
Special effects?
"Yes, you've seen Star Wars, right? There are also many sci-fi and fantasy films that use a lot of special effects shots."
"Hehe, I know more about this than you do, okay? But no wonder Star Wars is so good!"
"Actually, I heard that Jobs originally wanted to develop computer special effects technology, but later they found that in order to make good use of this technology, they had to create the works themselves, so they acquired Pixar."
Chen Dong's words successfully piqued Vivian Chow's interest.
This kind of topic falls under the category of gossip, and gossip is what women love most.
Chen Dong continued:
"Our special effects in Hong Kong are all done using rudimentary methods, while Hollywood has developed a mature special effects industry."
Hearing Chen Dong's words, Zhou Huimin's mood became depressed.
"Now that you mention it, I feel so much pressure! A computer company in Hollywood can make great animations and develop such amazing special effects technology, but Hong Kong has nothing right now, and even its film market is getting smaller and smaller..."
"Hehe, don't be afraid, I'm here for you! My wife and I will join forces, and once I make a name for myself in Hollywood, we'll also save Hong Kong's film industry!" Chen Dong said with great enthusiasm.
"Wow, honey, you're amazing! You have such great ambition!" Vivian Chow clasped her hands together in front of her chest. She looked up at Chen Dong with an expression of utter admiration.
Mr. Chen found Zhou Huimin's childlike actions incredibly cute.
However, her action, performed while dressed in an office lady uniform, seemed somewhat unusual.
This is reminiscent of certain scenes in Japanese adult films.
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