My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 509 Box office explosion, turning enemies into friends

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In the small backyard of a simple detached house, a thin and old-fashioned man bowed his waist, carrying a kettle, watering the flowers carefully, and the small shovel beside him was still stained with wet soil.

The yard is very narrow, but it has been carefully taken care of. The flowers, potted plants, and green plants are arranged in an orderly manner. The gravel road is only wide enough for one person. Standing behind him, Zou Dingou couldn't help interrupting.

"Boss~"

With his body on his back, Zou Wenhuai raised his hand, and used the scissors beside him to repair a potted Japanese red maple in front of him. Then he tore off the towel hanging on the branch, wiped his hands and face, and turned around , glanced at Zou Dingou, picked up the tea cup next to him, and took a sip.

"It seems that the situation is not very good~"

"The situation is really not good."

Zou Dingou helped put away the opponent's coat, put it on his arm, turned sideways, and said: "The box office of "God of Gamblers" is too hot! The box office of "First Blood 3" has been seriously affected. Even being a Hollywood star is hard to do."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help sighing when he thought about the long queue in front of the gate of Xinbao Cinemas when he passed by Yau Tsim Mong and Xinbao Cinemas.

Even though I was prepared in my heart, I was still very helpless when I saw the opponent's strength.

For a week, "God of Gamblers: Fight Now!" "Received more than 2300 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island! !
It's scary! !

More than a dozen copies of the Xinbao Cinema Line have been broadcast, all employees have canceled their vacations, and its theaters and partner theaters continue to add more shows
Directly overwhelm the domestic and western films of the same period, such as "First Blood 3", "School", "Die Hard" and other similar types of action movies.

The worst is Lin Lingdong's "School Situation".

The box office was directly cut in half!It was released for more than a week, and the box office was worth 320 million!
It's really shocking, it's definitely a mess.

Lin Lingdong didn't know if he was influenced by Wu Xiaozu's double blossoming of art and business, Zhang Kou deliberately arranged a lot of self-thinking in the storyline.

Compared with the previous two "Fengyun", this drama pays more attention to social issues.Directly attacking campus violence and education issues also involves many social realities. The film's lineup almost follows the cast of "Prison Storm".

The reason why it is almost... is because Fa Ge and Hui Ge, the two absolute protagonists, are no longer acting.It was replaced by Uncle Jiu and Liu Songren.Obviously they miscalculated Ninth Uncle's box office influence...

Uncle Nine should be regarded as a "first-line star in the series". Nowadays, he has a strong box office appeal in the theme of zombies, but other themes... really have no influence.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been impoverished after the zombie theme was unfinished.

When he passed away, his family had spent all their savings to treat him, so they could only do things hastily, and the entire mourning hall could not move their feet with more than a dozen people.

The drama "School Wind and Cloud" has a profound theme, and there is no star with a box office appeal... I don't know how confident Lin Lingdong and Xinyicheng are--Xiao Linzi is like the female student who refuted the teacher at the end of this drama, stubborn Be yourself.

He may also want to prove that he can bloom in two... Unfortunately, it's a split!
On the contrary, comedies such as "Chicken Head Duck Talk" and "Courtship Expendables" have influence, but they are much smaller than action movies.

As soon as the summer vacation started, "God of Gamblers" detonated the summer archives.

The popularity of a big hit movie is not only because of the chicken pressing on the breasts of the skirt, but also because it can bring about the popularity of the entire schedule and arouse the enthusiasm of movie fans.

After every hit movie, the entire movie market will go up in a straight line.

The servant served the tea, and Zou Wenhuai pressed his hand to let the eager Zou Dingou sit down, motioning for him to drink tea.

"The movie "God of Gamblers: Let's Fight Now!" was released last Friday, with a box office of 1030 million in the three days of the weekend. In the next four days, it caught up with the weekdays, but the box office still rose, and won more than 1300 million. The overall ticket The market continues to rise..."First Blood 3" currently has a box office of 850 million, according to our box office target of 2500 million, the gap..." Zou Dingou said this, seeing his boss smiling and beckoning him to drink tea, he had no choice but to stop talking .

Golden Harvest was founded by Boss Zou, He Guanchong, and several old courtiers who had run away from Shaw Brothers together.But Boss Zou is the consistent "talker" of the company, and He Guanchang is the spiritual pillar.The impact of two people on the company is huge.

Throughout Southeast Asia and even the international film industry, Boss Zou can be regarded as the number one figure.Otherwise, future generations of Oscars will not remember this Hong Kong film master.

Although Zou Dingou is the manager of Golden Harvest, his influence is limited.The previous strategy of "driving away wolves and tigers" came from his handwriting.

"The influence of Western films is an argument we have made before, and there is no need to make a fuss."

Smiling, Zou Wenhuai took out the glasses from the glasses case passed by the servant, picked up the newspaper on the coffee table, turned to one of the pages, and pointed to the other party, "Compared to us, the loss of Princess Jin is more serious!" Blood 3" has too much feces, but its performance in the North American box office market is not as good as the previous two. On the contrary, "Die Hard" introduced by the Golden Princess... a popular movie with a box office of over [-] million in the United States, if you want to come to the Golden Princess The cost of introduction will not be too low.

There is also this "School Wind and Cloud" led by Mecca, which is known as the last part of the "Storm Trilogy".It can be said that for the box office, painstaking efforts were made, and the word-of-mouth of the first two films was consumed, but now it seems that the results are really appalling! "

In the newspaper, it happened to be the box office results of several films released in the same period.

It is the result of the "Film Biweekly" statistics. The box office figures may not be accurate, but the credibility is still high.

"God of Gamblers: Fight Now!" "topped the list with 2300 million Hong Kong dollars.

The second place is "Chicken and Duck Talk" with 980 million.Being able to break through nearly [-] million under the pressure of "God of Gamblers" in more than a week is enough to see the box office appeal of the Xu Brothers comedy films in the box office market.Director Gao Zhisen also showed his business talents again, and Debao was able to beat his old rivals Jiahe and Princess Jin, and he felt proud for a while.

The third place is Golden Harvest's "First Blood 3", with a box office of 850 million, and the results are not bad.Of course, it must be very different from expectations.

In the local market, for two films of the same type, local films definitely have the upper hand, let alone "God of Gamblers: War Now!" "This kind of vaguely pioneering action movie style is a high-quality movie that is obviously higher.

"Mr. Evil" and "Courtship Expendables" followed closely, with 580 million and 510 million respectively!
Two low-budget films actually beat "School" and "Die Hard", which surprised many people in the industry.

"Courtship Expendables" and "Mr. Evil" are rising at the box office. Like "Chicken and Duck Talk", comedies have their own audiences and are more popular in the market. For many audiences, Wang Jing's brains and shit are still It's funny...

Fatty Wang really made a big splash this time, vaguely showing signs of entering the ranks of 'first-line commercial directors'.

If it works well, it is not impossible for the two films to break [-] million at the same time.Although it is incomparable with Wu Xiaozu, it is already very glorious.

My two dramas are competing at the same time in the summer file, and they are marching toward tens of millions at the same time, which is enough to surprise the eyeballs.

If it wasn't for "God of Gamblers: Let's Fight Now!" "In the summer of 1988, Wang Rixiang really proved the truth by slaughtering the gods in the summer of [-], and stepped into a climax.

前世，1988年，王京一年内上映五部戏，从年初爆到年尾。五部戏全都过千万！其中《最佳损友》2200万、《精装追女仔2》1700万、《最佳损友闯情关》1680万、《撞邪先生》1350万、《求爱敢死队》1270万.
Proper line!
Even so, Wang Jing still started to step into the front line.The two films that were released before this year both had a box office of more than 100 million. As long as the performance of these two films is not bad, Wang Jing can be said to have entered the first-line series, comparable to the Jiupin who has walked out of the [-]-meter original path... O(∩_∩)O!

Of course, Wu Xiaozu is the most eye-catching in the summer file!

2300 million a week!
This kind of achievement was unimaginable in the past, and the most important thing is that this drama obviously has a lot of stamina.

At the same time, the trend of "God of Gamblers" is gradually gaining momentum!

Many young people began to buy "God of Gamblers" comics. In just one week, the sales volume of "God of Gamblers" published by Tianxia Company exceeded 7, and it has been steadily increasing.

Compared with comics of the same level as "Dragon Tiger Gate", "Drunken Master", and "Tathagata Palm", this result is definitely not as good as it is, let alone Ma Rongcheng's own comic book that created a record of selling 20 copies in the history of Hong Kong comic publishing. "Chinese Heroes" on a par.

But as a new manga, to be able to achieve such a result is already eye-catching enough!
Ma Rongcheng finally got rid of Huang Yulang's suppression and restraint, and began to develop his own style.Now he is gathering screenwriters and painters to plan a fantasy martial arts.This is the later "Fengyun".

I believe that as Tianxia Publishing Company continues to innovate with the support of Wu Xiaozu, it will definitely be able to release new excellent works.

The comics are a big hit.The sales of peripheral products are also good. Although many pirated peripheral products have come in from Luohu in just one week, "God of Gamblers" is still profitable.

The most affected is 'Aoyu', all the way up.Recently, the number of tourists going to Austria to play first-hand games has increased by 800% compared with usual. This figure is absolutely shocking for the gaming industry.

At the same time, the sponsors in the film also benefited a lot.

Rolex watches, Mercedes-Benz cars, Remy Martin XO, Feodora chocolate, I·T clothing, Shige clothing... the sales of more than a dozen brands, large and small, all rose sharply.

Especially Mercedes-Benz, Rolex and Feodora chocolates benefit the most!
...

Zou Dingou took over the "Film Biweekly" and frowned.

"I also can't figure out why Princess Jin must launch two movies at the same time to attack Wu Xiaozu...Even if you want to suppress him, you can't make fun of your own interests? I can't figure it out..."

"Can't figure it out?"

Zou Wenhuai smiled cunningly, "There are only two reasons why I can't figure it out: First, Princess Jin has a big follow-up plan, and these two works gave way to the big plan."

"Impossible? It's not like Princess Jin doesn't have us. Everyone usually keeps their heads down and doesn't look up. The circle is so big. It's easy to talk about it if it's done in secret, but it's really hard to hide the big plan, right?" Zou Dingou was puzzled.

"That's the second possibility." Zou Wenhuai poked his finger on the newspaper——

"Lei's family has bought the Daohua Mansion in the middle of the mountain area with tens of millions of dollars, and it seems that a good thing for the second bedroom is about to come! "——"Oriental Daily".

"I'll ask someone to scan, this mansion is bought for Lei Yunlong to live in."

"Brothers fight against the wall?"

Zou Dingou was a little surprised, "Old Ghost Lei is still there, so the two boys can't make trouble, right? What's more...it's not unusual for a rich family to have such a thing, but..."

He stared.

"Boss, what do you mean..." Zou Dingou swallowed his words and fell into deep thought.

"Whether it's true or not, Princess Jin must have lost a lot this time. They hold the drama appointments of Zhou Runfa, Zhong Chuhong and many other stars. I don't know how many people are jealous. But this time is also an opportunity... just right, don't you want to Let "The Son of Love" take advantage of Azu's Dongfeng? This time the opportunity has come..."

"The Son is Passionate" is a big-cast movie produced by Golden Harvest.Zhou Runfa, Anita Mui, Zeng Zhiwei, Cheng Kui'an, Li Zhi, Li Meifeng...

"I intend to join forces with Wu Xiaozu, what do you think?" Zou Wenhuai's words were not surprising, and Zou Dingou's face froze instantly.

"Join us?"

Zou Dingou was a little unable to turn the corner.

This summer, when it comes to sniping Wu Xiaozu, Jiahe is the most active.Otherwise, I wouldn't have invited Shi Tainong to come to Hong Kong to promote it in person.

Now the boss told him to turn the enemy into a friend... Fortunately, Zou Dingou didn't know Durant, otherwise he must think that his boss is Trant who likes to drink bath water!
Seemingly aware of his younger brother's doubts, Zou Wenhuai explained slowly and carefully.

"Aaron came to see me yesterday and talked with me about some things. He mentioned his intention to cooperate with Wu Xiaozu in filming. I was also moved by him. Aaron is currently the most popular and influential Chinese actor in Hong Kong Island. A star. Azu is also an up-and-coming director in the world, and their cooperation is also very beneficial to us!
The development of Hollywood has not been very smooth for Golden Harvest in the past two years.Maybe this time is an opportunity, maybe..."

Boss Zou's eyes flickered.

He has always been eager to see through the North American market, and never gave up his plan to enter Hollywood.With his vision, it is natural that he cannot fail to discover the limitations of Hong Kong films.

At the beginning, Bruce Lee gave him a taste of US dollars, and this was the reason why he later pushed Chenglong to film in Hollywood.

Although the box office of the few films I tried before was not bad, Golden Harvest basically lost money and made money.Now it's enough to yell, and Boss Zou has almost touched the door.

But there is a lack of a certain person.

The big nose is only a general, and he can charge forward.

But Wu Xiaozu is different.

This scumbag is a scumbag, but he is shameless!What can't be done for profit?Others didn't ask Wu Xiaozu much at the beginning, but Zou Wenhuai stepped into this circle from the other party, and he paid attention to him because of the series of events in "Rainy Night Butcher" led by the other party at the beginning, and he understood the other party's character very well.

Although he is a scumbag, he is still a reliable partner.

What's more...

Just like what Liang Jiahui said to Bayu: My character is not necessarily very good.

Although Boss Zou is worthy of admiration in future generations, but at this time, his character is not very good.

Back then, James Zou from the Brothers Basketball~Peak newspaper group... Bah!At his peak, he and Shaw Brothers "double-screened" to sanction New Art City, but I didn't see him blushing.

At this time, it is not embarrassing to turn an enemy into a friend with Wu Xiaozu.

For the boss, what is the face?
I have 嚒?
The so-called slap in the face... helplessness is just touching his own cheese.

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(End of this chapter)