My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 485 Box Office Failure, B-level Movie

Chapter 485 Box office failure, B-grade movie (6000 chapters for subscription)
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"Little Man Weekly" failed at the box office. It was released for nearly ten days, and the box office was worth 520 million Hong Kong dollars.

This score is not bad for other movies, but it is definitely a disastrous failure among the movies produced by 1024 Locomotive Films. . .Box office flop.

Mainly, this drama is regarded as a sustainable fashion drama IP in the company's internal expectations.

The target audience is white-collar workers and middle-aged men, groups with idiot attributes.

Lin Qingxia starred, Honggu made a cameo appearance.

Coupled with the icing on the cake of Qiu Shuzhen, Zhou Huimin, Ye Zimei and Li Xiaoxun, even the appearance can attract male audiences.But this movie with many star guest stars really encountered Waterloo.

Even Wu Xiaozu couldn't have expected this kind of weird thing.

"What is it?"

Walking into the meeting room, you can see Yu Weiguo, Qiu Litao, Chen Jiaxuan and a young man sitting around. The whole room is filled with smoke and the atmosphere is very depressing.

"Grandpa!"

"boss!"

"Director Wu!"

Seeing Wu Xiaozu enter the door, the four quickly got up to say hello, among them Qiu Litao was even more ashamed and dejected.

It's true that Chen Jiayan is a newcomer, but isn't he? !
Many of the disciples trained by Wu Xiaozu have become directors. Whether they are fat, stupid, or long-legged kings, their achievements are quite amazing.

Instead he...

Speaking of it, he is the number one disciple of the Wu family.

Although the box office of "Pretty Girl" was unsatisfactory with several "wet brothers" at the box office, the rate of return was not low. The main reason was that the cost of the film was too low. Taking advantage of Mai Dangxiong's success, it made a lot of money.

But... this "Little Man's Weekly Diary" really made him ashamed to face others.

He, Wu's long-haired man, fell for some unknown reason... Hugely humiliated.

Silly Qiang called to comfort him: he is old and his butt is loose, so why not hit him.Chrysanthemum has snow showers, not wet at all.

"What's the matter? You look bad..." Wu Xiaozu patted Qiu Litao on the shoulder, joking in a relaxed tone, "It's just a failure at the box office, not wearing a cuckold. Don't look so bad..."

"Brother Zu...I..." Qiu Litao hesitated to speak, with shame in his eyes.

"Okay, it's a big deal. There is no guarantee in making a movie, and this movie is not a loss now." Wu Xiaozu kept smiling, and patted Chen Jiaxuan on the shoulder to give encouragement, and finally his eyes fixed on the last young man face...

"Brother Zu, this is Chaozi——Lin Chaochen." Qiu Litao took the initiative to introduce him, and touched the nervous Lin Chaochen, "Chaozi, you haven't said hello to Brother Zu."

"Brother Zu!" Lin Chaochen hurriedly bowed his head to say hello, unable to hide the excitement on his face.

Wu Xiaozu hey!

Among the four major directors in Hong Kong Island, Director Wu has boundless magic power!
Wu Xiaozu has become the "god" in the hearts of many young people in Hong Kong Island.

A Palme d'Or really has a huge impact!

The problem is that not only does he have honors, but he is also the best at the box office!
"Double Heroes" stands on top of all filmmakers!
"Chaozi...has been in the computer industry before?" Wu Xiaozu glanced at the other's bald head, this head, without ten years of experience in the industry, it's hard to be so chic!

"???"

Lin Chaoyan's face was stunned, not knowing why.

After thinking about it again, maybe... this is the speech style of a great director? ? ?
Thinking about it again, he seems to have heard that Hollywood has tried to combine computers with film production. Could it be that Director Wu told him to keep learning? ?Constant exposure to new things?
Think of this!
The face of the bald Piao Lin Chaocheng changed slightly, no wonder many people mentioned "Wu Dao", all of them looked up to the mountains, and even said that Wu Xiaozu was a "good teacher"... Even, many people asserted that Wu Xiaozu would be the next movie in Hong Kong Island Grandmaster, as expected!

Seeing his calm and unhurried demeanor, he really deserves those four words: Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi!
Master Wu!Master Wu!
Bald Piaolin was very excited and looked up at Master Wu as he was seated... an infinite sigh rose in his heart. . . . .

"Ah Guo, tell me about the specific situation."

Wu Xiaozu was also very surprised that "Little Man Weekly" failed at the box office... Logically it shouldn't be.

Of course, commercial activities such as movies often have the nature of gambling.

It is a common thing in this industry that a good show fails at the box office!
Later, Lao Du's "Three Women in Leather Clothes", Manshen, Yang Ziqiong, and Anita Mui, cost tens of millions, and could have become the Chinese version of "Girls in the Thunderbolt". Street to sewer.

And Tsui Hark's "New Shushan Swordsman" two years ago...

In comparison, "Little Man Weekly" can only say that the box office did not meet expectations, and it is not really so miserable.

Now the main reason why the outside world is bad-mouthing is because this movie is produced by 1024 Locomotive!

Therefore, Wu Xiaozu's first thought was to ask Yu Weiguo.The other party is responsible for market research and determines the target audience group, so that the publicity department can target it!

This time the box office did not meet expectations, he needs to know if the target audience made a mistake!

"Okay, boss."

Yu Weiguo shared the data with everyone, and explained: "According to our previous goal guidance requirements, we immediately surveyed 300 citizens with box office spending power, 178 of them have listened to "Little Man Weekly", and more than half of them listened to "Little Man Weekly". People are interested in making radio plays into movies.

This survey lasted three times. After comparison, it was found that the target group of this movie is males aged 25-35, accounting for more than 78%. It can be said that this is a movie that is mainly composed of male audiences.

After the movie was released, we surveyed 200 moviegoers. 16 bits were given to A+, 54 bits were given to A, 106 bits were concentrated between B- and B+, and the rest were C and below.

From the data, combined with our announcement, the box office target of this movie is set at between 1200 million and 1500 million. "

"Jiang Shao's box office goal set within the company is 1250 million." Qiu Litao added.

"I remember that Debao's movie and Golden Harvest's new movie were released at the same time? Suppress our box office space?" Wu Xiaozu tapped his finger on the table and waved to the secretary suspiciously, "Check the box office of the two movies for me!"

"Brother Zu, the two plays have some influence, but not much."

As a professional data expert, Yu Weiguo is very sensitive to numbers. He memorizes all kinds of data in his head, and he just opened his mouth, "The box office of "Shuang Fei Lin Men" is 670 million! "Three Pairs of Mandarin Ducks and One Bed" has only earned 190 million so far!"

"?"

Wu Xiaozu was taken aback, Zhang Xueyu and Honggu's play, the box office is too bad... You don't need to think about how miserable the plot of this drama is, and you can't bear to bet on it.

Not to mention Honggu, Zhang Xueyu's life has been rejuvenated because of Wu Xiaozu's "Carmen in Mong Kok" that he played at the beginning.

This time it's alright, it's completely bottomed out!

It is estimated that the box office will be up to 300 million, and it will be cut off by the theater.

"Actually..."

Yu Weiguo took a peek at Wu Xiaozu, and whispered: "The main reason for the box office is not actually the above two movies, but...western movies and...salty movies!

For the western film, Golden Harvest introduced the movie "Fly to the Future" from Hollywood, and the Golden Princess introduced Hayao Miyazaki's animation film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" and "The Great Dragon" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger... "

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Cantonese translation of Arnold Schwarzenegger!The governor had already begun to emerge at this time. "The Terminator" made him popular, while the "Devil Series" sci-fi and "The Ultimate Warrior" further cemented his status as an action star.

At this time, it was indeed the era when the eastern and western action superstars began to blow out!Unlike later generations, it is difficult to produce superstars in action movies... Although Dwayne Johnson has stepped into the front line, his box office appeal and influence are not at the same level as those of his predecessors, let alone Guo Da Statham in B-level movies up...

Wu Xiaozu frowned.

What the hell... Before I started as a [-]-year-old boy, these shameless guys started to introduce Western films one by one.

Have to say, no one is a fool!
In the face of interests, these businessmen really have no bottom line!What about co-creating a great era of Hong Kong films?

Wu Xiaozu thought about it for a while, it seems that he, a [-]-year-old boy, needs to work harder!

How can you overdraw your potential?
The flowers are already opened!It seems that I can only make money in the stock market... Hey, I am still too kind...

"Excluding the western slices, the biggest impact is actually the salty wet slices!"

Yu Weiguo said with a helpless face, "The male audience is all attracted to the theater by all kinds of salty movies. Although they are still shoddy, the titles are more attractive every time! Like...

Wu Xiaozu didn't even know how many of Yu Weiguo's recitations would turn into pornography. As for attracting people... just look at Qiu Litao, Chen Jiaxuan, and Lin Chaochen when they breathe faster to know the effect!

These salty wet slices are really simple and crude.A movie that can be made by just one or two people... Or is it said that Fei Cheng's "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty·Yantan's Last Love: The Last Love of the King's House with the Green Hat" is a work of art?

Behind these movies are all young and Dangerous boys in various small societies. It really starts shooting today, edits tomorrow, and will be released the day after tomorrow... It is more efficient than stabbing the director of a big iron stick hospital!
"The box office of each of these movies is not high, at most it's in the millions, not more than 200 million! But the amount is really too big..."

Yu Weiguo looked helpless when talking about this, "I can't find out after doing investigations, all the theaters smell like fish... In the entire ticket market, many theaters showed all these movies after the midnight show. In just ten days, they were on file. More than 35 salty wet slices..."

"...(ΩДΩ)..."

Director Wu felt like he was stuck in his throat, and he felt like he was lifting a rock to shoot himself in the foot.

He directed the revival of the salty wet film, but he did not expect the salty wet film market to be so vigorous... Especially in the off-season of movies, when the audience is aimed at the male "idiot attribute" group, these salty wet films are really too powerful.

The film replacement rate is also very high, and a film will be re-staged within a few days at the earliest.

After the midnight show, it became a world of salty and wet films!
Although the types of movies are different, the overall ticket market will not fluctuate too much without the stimulus of blockbusters.The pockets of these men were all drained by the salty and wet movies, so naturally the amount invested in other movies was relatively reduced.

Especially this is the off-season, relying on these young and middle-aged men... It's better now.Men on Hong Kong Island are already stressed and have no resistance to saltiness.

This means that Lin Qingxia, Honggu, Zhou Huimin, Qiu Shuzhen and others raised the box office, otherwise, it would be really horrible! !

In contrast, "Shuang Fei Lin Men", which set the movie as a family carnival, was the least affected.The moviegoers are not limited to white-collar workers and middle-aged male audiences, but more family groups on Saturdays and Sundays.

This is also one of the reasons why actresses in the 80s did not sell for money.It is really that they have too little support for the box office.

Of course, later generations have not seen a few female stars who can really resist the box office.

There is really nothing comparable between those famous Huadans and the four new Mesozoic traffickers in the Mainland: hairstyle model Xu Dantu, Qingdao lady Huang Wuwang, military art school grass king Duoyu, and steel straight man Wu Langwang. sex.

These four should be regarded as the four major traffickers of the Mesozoic generation in the mainland film market.

At this point in time, what can really be called the top four box office traffic should be 'Fa Ge', 'Uncle Long', 'San Mao' and 'Xu Guanjie'.

Of course, as his brother became more and more popular, he also began to transform towards movie traffic.

"Salty wet slices..." Wu Xiaozu chewed a few words, fixed his eyes on Qiu Litao, "Changmao, please contact Brother Zhen later to see if the French woodpecker company structure has been smoothed out. Arrange for Woodpecker to start filming ASAP!"

The salty wet film is flooding, Wu Xiaozu never thought of being a saint.

What he has to do is to grab a piece of fat from this wave of fast money, and at the same time establish his own "woodpecker" brand special effect.

"Okay, Brother Zu." Qiu Litao nodded, hesitant to speak but said: "Brother Zu, I..."

Seeing Wu Xiaozu's smiling and encouraging eyes, he gritted his teeth and continued, "Brother Zu, I want to restart the second part of "Cell of Fear"!" After speaking, he looked at Wu Xiaozu expectantly.

No one is more suitable for the "Fear Chamber" series than Qiu Litao. Originally, Wu Xiaozu wanted to let his big apprentice become the director of this series, and the other party is very happy, and has already started preparations——

but……

Maybe the other seniors under his banner were too talented...but it made him hesitate, and in the end he gave up halfway.

It's not his fault either.

Brothers and sisters, even big-breasted brothers, in the history of Fengyue films, a "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty: Yantan Legacy: Green Hat King's Legacy" is enough to be ranked in the top ten Chinese-language history. He is one of the new generation directors of Fengyue Films!

Although this film has Wu Xiaozu's lens style and Li Hanxiang's artistic style, no one can deny the contribution of the big breasted brother!
What's more, the other party of "Young and Dangerous 1" is also the director.Although everyone knows that it is a work under the supervision of Wu Xiaozu, which can basically be regarded as Wu Xiaozu's movie, but decades later, who knows this? ?

This also made Qiu Litao always a little unconfident, and kept trying to beat others up.

This one has lost its sharpness!

Wu's family, enterprising first!Without sharpness, it is difficult to achieve!

Wu Xiaozu did not expect this setback to inspire Qiu Litao's fighting spirit... He is indeed the famous "Godfather of B-movies" on Hong Kong Island in later generations!
If you study Hong Kong films, after the 90s, you can't skip the king of B-level film directors!Because he is so prolific!And every play can make investors a small profit, which is terrifying!

Although his films are limited to cult films such as ghost films and LLL-level films, he can actually become the favorite director of film companies, especially Wu Xiaozu, who owns a video tape company, is a well-established video tape boss.

The status is equivalent to that of China Literature... (⊙o⊙)... the same as the mobile client boss...

What's more, apart from making money, cult films can actually refresh their standards.

It's just that the limitations of Hong Kong Island restricted Qiu Litao.

Of course, with the guidance of a famous teacher like myself, it might not be impossible for my loyal apprentice to become a first-class Chinese director!

Don't mention the past, just look at the present, Director Wu's Whampoa Class [-] has four major protectors fully equipped:
The commercial box office weapon of the manga adaptation plan and the leading commercial director-Liu Weiying!

Refresh your life with force, and use money to dig out a huge literary and artistic pit-Wang loses money!

Li Licheng, the master of Fengyue who supports the pinnacle of Chinese Fengyue with his own strength!

Forging sharp blades with high yield, paving the way for the king of cult movies with hard work——Qiu Litao!

"Okay, I will personally be the producer of your new play." Wu Xiaozu, the master of all masters, nodded slightly, "You will hand over the shooting plan to the production department later, and we will discuss the script together."

"Thank you, Brother Zu!" Qiu Litao concealed his emotion and nodded fiercely.

"If you have a shooting idea, don't be disappointed. Give it to the production department. As long as the plan is feasible, I will not be stingy!"

Wu Xiaozu also comforted Chen Jiaxuan and Lin Chaochen, and they were also very grateful.

-

"Waterloo~"

Zou Dingou pushed the newspaper onto the table with a smile on his face, and he could not hide his gloating in his tone, saying: "Our big Cannes director also made a mistake. The play he picked failed at the box office. It is said that this play spent a lot of money on publicity and release." Less than 150 million! Even if Lin Qingxia and Honggu are all at friendly prices, the cost will not be less than 200 million, only more, not less!

The most conservative estimate of the messy expenses in the later stage is about 380 million. Now the box office is only 500 million. Losing money is an indisputable fact.

Director Wu is probably in a bad mood right now...hehehe..."

"Young boy, if you underestimate the enemy, you will always suffer."

He Guanchong smiled and changed his voice, "However, this movie is directed by a newcomer, so it is understandable. If every movie of 1024 Locomotive is a hit, it would be a miracle. This will make me feel more at ease."

"Brother Chang, what's my elder brother's attitude?" Zou Dingou asked with a smile.

"Your brother?"

He Guanchong pushed his glasses, looked around, and chuckled softly, "He went to Hollywood to talk about the movies that are currently showing in North America... We Golden Harvest have been in touch with Hollywood since the 70s, so it's not a waste of time... If Shaw Brothers was able to compare back then, but now, no one in Hong Kong can understand Hollywood better than us.”

"Introduction of Western films?" Zou Dingou nodded thoughtfully with a fixed gaze.

Who doesn't know that director Wu Da will release a new film in the summer vacation, it seems that his elder brother is cheerful on the surface, but there are a lot of stumbling blocks that should be caused.

Wu Xiaozu is in the limelight, but no one will be willing to give the summer file with both hands!

It can be said that at this time, the summer file is the most important battlefield of the year, bar none!

……

Fuyi Film Company.

"Azu sometimes misses..."

Cai Zhiming was wearing a suit, with his legs resting on the desk, and he leisurely threw the newspaper aside.

"1024 encounters Waterloo, inevitable after the peak? "-"Sing Tao Daily".

"There is no way to achieve [-]% film investment, and this film has also been affected. I watched "Little Man Weekly", and this Chen Jiayan is still quite talented! It can only be said that he was unlucky."

Wen Jun, with a rosy nose and a short, fat body, raised his voice: "I would suggest that we talk to such a talented director and see if he can be of use to us."

"You can give it a try. If you come first, Azu won't attack us because of a loser. However, our top priority is Wang Jiawei's new drama "Days of Being Wild."

When Cai Zhiming said this, his expression was solemn, "This movie is an opportunity I have finally negotiated. The whole movie is divided into two parts to be filmed together, and there is an investment from Xiang Shisan, and an investment from Ying Zhijie Deng Guangrong. What investment from Tomson Films. We must pay close attention to it, this is the rooster that lays golden eggs!"

"I will pay attention." Wen Jun listened to the other party's firm words, and some words were difficult to say.

He always felt that Wang Jiawei had an "author-director" temperament.

The common feature of the films of these directors is that it is difficult to sell high box office.Especially in the case of tens of millions of investment in this drama...

However, Wang Jiawei is hailed as "the next Wu Xiaozu", and it is very hot now, and it is an opportunity that the boss bought with his company, so he naturally pays attention to it.

"These few salty and wet films are making a small profit. We can support these films more." Choi Chi Ming thought for a while and said, "The summer schedule of Hong Kong films is very important. Let's see if there is any suitable candidate to make a film as soon as possible."

The meaning of the words is self-evident.

The summer holidays are not only the most competitive battlefield for the box office, but also a time for small companies to take advantage of the opportunity to cheat money.

"Didn't Azu come up with a movie, you study it, and get some investment!"

Movies are the best money-making weapon for these companies with the shadow of the society.

"Okay, but if you want to make money, you still need a celebrity to guarantee it." Wen Jun said.

In his later generations, he seemed to expose the admission of clubs, but in fact he was not less accomplices.During this period of time, no one should say who is clean, the world is as black as crows!

……

"play golf?"

When Wu Xiaozu received the call from He Chaoqiong, he had a weird expression.

Miss Gao... Bah!Miss Guan was used by me last time, and she went on vacation, not to mention golf balls... Pooh!I can't remember to close the ball without mentioning golf.

"Yes, there just happened to be a gift for you." He Chaoqiong on the phone was in a good mood, "It can be regarded as consolation for your failure at the box office."

Director Wu's face darkened.

My company hasn't lost much money yet, and the bad news spreads far and wide!
There is no way, the previous 1024 locomotive is really full of momentum, and every movie makes a lot of money.This sudden bumpy encounter naturally made the news immediately.

"Okay, see you later." Wu Xiaozu shook his head, not paying much attention to He Chaoqiong's teasing.

On the contrary, he was a little surprised that He Chaoqiong suddenly asked him to play.

Think about it, maybe the other party is also worried about "God of Gamblers", right?

No way, this is a little negative impact of "Little Man Weekly".

Fortunately, 1024 Locomotive is not a listed company at this time, otherwise the stock price may be affected to some extent.

Just like the drama of the previous life doctor was removed, the stock price of the production company plummeted...

In fact, Wu Xiaozu himself didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Even if I have a unique vision, the success or failure of a movie is affected by many things, and I can't control it.His only advantage is to guarantee the quality of the movie itself...but he can't control the market!

The box office failure of "Little Man Weekly" may not be a bad thing in retrospect!
Here Wu Xiaozu is heading towards Fanling Golf Course by car.

(End of this chapter)

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