My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 734 Pre-sale breaks the watch, earth-shaking? (5000 chapters please subscribe!)

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Canary Restaurant, Underground Shopping Mall, No. 13 Lanfang Road, Causeway Bay.

That's right, it's the one in "In the Mood for Love" where Zhang Manyu and Liang Chaowei sat facing each other and said, "If I have an extra ticket, will you come with me?"

Dim lights, pickup seats like old train carriages, green tablecloths and wallpapers, the dim light and shadow make this place seem cramped and quiet.

In later generations, "In the Mood for Love" and "2046" were filmed here, and even Lao Du's "Dark Flower" was filmed here.It is understandable that Lao Wang took the scene here, after all, his company is located in a nearby office building.

This western restaurant has been in business for more than 20 years. Being in the restaurant is like going back to the 60s. The restaurant's furnishings, decorations, lighting, and even menus are very nostalgic.

In front of the bald Cui Minzhi was a black pepper steak, the meat was gently cut with a knife and fork.

The side light of the lighting group increases the three-dimensionality and mystery of the characters.

"Crack~Very Good! Let's keep one more——"

Wu Xiaozu smiled and gestured at Cui Minzhi, and the prop team hurriedly restored the scene according to the content of the photo just now.

Someone brought a good steak to Cui Minzhi again.This is the 6th steak he has eaten, it is really a real meal——

peripheral.

Qiu Litao, Pu Zanyu and Wang Jiawei watched from the sidelines.

"If you have watched Sir Wu's previous movies, you will find that there are often scenes of cooking and eating in his movies. Then there are completely tense and exciting scenes outside the plot.

He likes to contrast two different scenes.In this way, the characters can be portrayed with extremely distinctive personalities and very rich and three-dimensional.

Therefore, if there is a scene of eating, it is generally not to seduce the appetite of the audience, but to serve the needs of the theme. "Qiu Litao explained to Pu Zanyu in a low voice.

"Eating is a very good way to express a person's character. In fact, in such an environment, it can also show Sir Wu's longing for peace.

And most importantly, the tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle allows the audience to experience the carefulness between the characters and the deeper inner feelings...

When the glitz fades away, people are often lonelier than fireworks. Then, you can’t take care of your own thoughts, pain, results, and happiness. "

After seeing Qiu Litao's explanation, Wang Jiawei took the initiative to help Park Chanyu expand his "knowledge points".

After listening to Lao Wang's analysis, Pu Zanyu, who had a little understanding at first, showed an unattainable tangle on his face. He suddenly felt that Wang Jiawei's words should be carefully read, and the more he read, the more profound and obscure he felt.

Especially the summary at the back, damn it, it's so fucking compelling!
Looking at Wang Jiawei who is high above and wearing a pair of small sunglasses, Park Chan-wook was shocked as a heavenly man.

Qiu Litao was also dumbfounded.

My head was buzzing, and my heart was extremely ashamed. As expected of being the most talented disciple of the Wu family, this reading comprehension... Look at Wu Xiaozu who is standing next to Cui Minzhi and directing the performance.

The shooting of "Seven Sins" was suspended some time ago, but overall there was not much delay.

He himself also needs Cui Minzhi and Gao Cangjian to experience the characters.

During this period of time, Takakura Ken went to the police station to "work" every day to experience the familiarity of the characters and fade away the strangeness on his body.Cui Minzhi often goes to prisons to chat with criminals, and also to psychologists and pastors to communicate about religious issues.

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

Originally, this film was planned to be filmed for at least two and a half to three months.

"Okay, everyone, take a break and call it a day."

After Wu Xiaozu finished shooting the last scene, he said to Ye Wei who was next to him, "Have someone clean up the scene. He borrowed us to shoot at night, so we must deal with the follow-up matters."

"Don't worry, Brother Zu." Ye Wei called for people to clean up the scene.

Naturally, the scene cannot be cleared every time when filming a movie.

For example, in this restaurant, the shooting price was negotiated, and they only entered the venue to shoot after the other party closed at 23:00 in the evening.

One shot lasted more than six hours, and it was already past 6 o'clock in the morning.

"Grandpa~"

"Grandpa-"

"Come here?"

Wu Xiaozu smiled and nodded with Wang Jiawei, Qiu Litao and Park Zanyu, "You finished work so early?"

Qiu Litao is leading Park Zanyu to film "Hotel of the Eight Immortals". As for Wang Jiawei, his studio is nearby.

"I couldn't sleep. I just heard Chang Mao talking about your filming here, so I came here together. I know there is a 24-hour tea restaurant nearby that serves very good morning tea..." Wang Jiawei took the initiative.

Wu Xiaozu looked at Wang Suqian, who was wearing sunglasses, and was surprised that the other party couldn't sleep.

Right.

The 7000 million investment is suppressed, not to mention him, the pressure will be doubled if it is him. In 1989, the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar has been hovering around 7.79-7.9 in the past six months, with an average of 7.8042, with a small increase or decrease.

Therefore, such a movie has an investment of nearly tens of millions of dollars!Although the three companies share, each is also an investment of 300 million US dollars.

of course.

With such a huge investment, the effect is also very obvious.

Walk out of the tea restaurant.

I was seeing huge posters of the movie "Days of Being Wild" hanging on the bus stop signs.

A very textured retro poster, a bust of Zhang Guoyi with a side face, with the title of the film composed of artistic characters below, and a passage written in small characters like prose:

'I heard people say that there is a kind of bird in this world that has no feet, it can only fly and fly.

When tired of flying, it sleeps in the wind. This kind of bird can only land once in its life, and that time is when it dies. '

Are you too, footless bird?
I will remember this 1 minute, from now on, we are confidantes for 1 minute.

Seeing Wu Xiaozu staring at the huge poster, Wang Jiawei smiled slightly. "You designed the poster?"

"Yes, there are also in the front. There are these posters in all the large and small bus and subway stations in Hong Kong. A few days ago, many posters were even lost. I found out later that many young people think the posters are too beautiful." Wang Jiawei's lips curled up. , chuckled, unable to hide the pride between his brows.

Stretching out his finger and pointing to the front, there really is a poster with a different style.

The poster has two parts, the upper one is the font, and the lower part is divided into a group of portraits of people, Zhang Guoying, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Xueyu, Liu Jialing, Liang Chaowei and Andy Lau are sitting or standing, and there is a slanted seal on the side——

Golden Princess, Debao and Xinbao three grand public pre-sales, instant discount 5!
Looking at this poster and the promotion, Wu Xiaozu has to admit that the 1800 million is really worth it.

The money is really not wasted, the effect is really good!
I scolded Yu Weiguo a thousand times in my heart, and the promotion fee of "Gunfire" was only 120 million.

Basically, there are no promotional posters of "Gunfire" on the streets.

At this time, an early morning bus came into the station, and there was also a photo of Zhang Manyu on the bus, with the title of the film and a paragraph of small characters written beside it——

'The sky is starting to light up, the weather looks good today, what will the sunset be like today? '

What the hell!

Is there wood?
is not it?
Let me just ask, when an office worker goes to work in the morning and suddenly sees a bus carrying this sentence to pick you up, it will explode on the spot!
Wu Xiaozu and Wang Jiawei pressed the road and walked slowly forward.

"Brother Zu, to be honest. I'm nervous not because I'm worried about the box office, I just feel that a delicious meal I've carefully prepared is about to be served, and I care about your feelings.

Especially this time, I am very happy to be able to compete with you.It's like handing in homework..."

The rays of the rising sun shone on the opponent, and the whole person was full of confidence.

"Just as long as you're happy." Wu Xiaozu lowered his head, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and kicked the soda can casually.

"You can succeed, I am happier than you. Remember what I said? In this era, no one will stop anyone from shining, and your brilliance will bloom in the most beautiful night sky, shining! I hope you can show your own light."

Wang Jiawei nodded happily when he heard this.

"I would like you to go to a film festival recently, because it involves the location of the film, so the company arranged the Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne Film Festival in Australia.

The focus could be on the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.

Because the main purpose of this film festival is to show foreign films that Switzerland has never seen, and to encourage young directors or new directors from various countries to shoot films with new styles and new content. " Wu Xiaozu suggested.

Of course he was not aimless.

The overseas copyright of "Days of Being Wild" was signed to [-] before the filming started.

If you want to sell your films, you naturally have to attend more of these trade fairs.

"I want to wait until the Venice Film Festival." Wang Jiawei smiled shyly.

"Cough... that's fine." Wu Xiaozu coughed dryly. He couldn't say that Hou Suqian's "City of Sadness" has been confirmed to participate in the Venice Film Festival. Don't you go to talk like that?
"Going out for a walk will help increase your knowledge."

"I think so too."

Wang Jiawei nodded with a smile, then pointed to the Xinbao Cinemas in front of him, "Brother Zu, why don't you go and have a look together?"

"Ok?"

"As you know, "Days of Being Wild" has launched a pre-sale instant discount event."

Wang Jiawei explained with a smile, and then quickly grabbed a pair of boys who were walking towards him, "Hey, classmates, are you here to buy tickets?"

The two boys were walking forward with a few tickets when they were suddenly interrupted by Wang Jiawei. They were taken aback, but they still answered truthfully.

"That's right, let's queue up ahead of time to buy advance tickets for "Days of Being Wild". Each ticket will be discounted by five yuan, and four tickets are equal to one white-collar ticket..."

"Oh, thank you thank you."

Wang Jiawei thanked with a smile, turned around and said to Wu Xiaozu: "Brother Zu, it seems that this pre-sale plan is quite good, this one is led by Cai Sir himself..."

"right……"

Wu Xiaozu glanced at it, and there were indeed many young people who came to buy "advance tickets" early in the morning.

After all, although 5 Hong Kong dollars is not much, there are still some people who are willing to take advantage of such activities.

In contrast, the announcement of "Gunfire" is quite satisfactory.

There are also posters pasted at the entrance of the theater, the main ones are of course the names of Wu Xiaozu and Luo Dong.

The basic treatment is equivalent to "fan" movies.

It can't be said that it is not taken seriously, but it is certainly not as popular as a big production with more than 7000 million yuan.

Days of Being Wild is everywhere.

It made "Gunfire" feel lonely, even Wu Xiaozu felt that his own movie was a bit bleak.

It's just short of a piece of "The Moon Reflected in Two Springs".

The propagandists of "Days of Being Wild" also accurately added the point of using "7300 million Hong Kong dollars" as a gimmick.

It did attract a lot of attention.

At this time, the purchasing power of 7300 million Hong Kong dollars is simply not too good.

Everyone also wants to see how awesome a movie made with so much money is!

Standing at the ticket gate of the theater, you can clearly see that many people are rushing to the movie "Days of Being Wild".

People who bought pre-sale exchange tickets came and went without interruption.

in contrast.

Although there are people who buy tickets for "Gunfire", they are definitely incomparable to others... Even the audience who buy movie tickets for "Gunfire" may feel lonely.

It's still morning.

I believe that as time goes by, the number of people who come to buy tickets will continue to increase.

"Days of Being Wild" might be a hit at the box office due to its crazy publicity.

Wu Xiaozu has seen too many bad movies, but because of the success of the announcement, the box office is a big hit.

Especially Days of Being Wild is not bad!

If you think about it, if tens of millions of funds are really invested, it will definitely be better, and the picture quality, sound effects, props, and makeup will definitely not be bad.

It may be that Xu Feng is optimistic about Wang Jiawei's investment in Tomson's side. As for Fuyi and Yingzhijie, they probably want to wash the investment.

But no matter whether there is any purpose or not, it is true that the real money is spent.

suddenly.

Wang Jiawei answered the phone, showing a pleasant surprise. He put down the phone and said to Wu Xiaozu, who was observing the audience who bought tickets, "Brother Zu, the pre-sale results of "Days of Being Wild" are very good. The statistics were just over there. As of last night, the pre-sale The sales performance reached more than 800 million..."

"So many?" Wu Xiaozu was astonished.

What the hell!

This is going to turn against the wind!
...

Yongsheng Film Company.

"1000???"

Xiang Shisan stood up in shock, Fatty Wang, who was holding a cup next to him, also sprayed out all the coffee in a sip, and looked at Zhong Shaoxiong who was reporting the situation in front of him in disbelief.

If it weren't for the other party's swearing appearance, Wang Jing would really think that the other party had a plague!
"Ah Xiong, are you sure that "Days of Being Wild" will charge more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars just because of the pre-sale discount???" Wang Jing asked persistently.

"Really, this news has spread in the whole Hong Kong circle. There is still one and a half days until the release, and it is estimated that the pre-sale score will exceed 1500 million. There are even some people predicting 1800 million." Chung Shaoxiong said quickly.
Zhong Shaoxiong has always been appreciated by Wang Jing, and now he has dinner with "Brother Jing", and in Wang Jing's studio, he is known as Wang Jing's imperial think tank.

"What is this movie about? Didn't you say that the camera crew you knew went to the Philippines to shoot?" Xiang Shisan looked at Wang Jing with a lemony expression.

His heart was really sore and painful, and he was very twisted.

1000 million pre-sale!

This is so amazing that it is a miracle in the history of Hong Kong movies.

In the past, movies were often premiered at night. After the main creator appeared, the audience would enter the theater to watch the movie before 12:12, or before the movie was officially released, the street randomly invited a group of audiences to go to the theater to watch a movie at [-]:[-] on a certain night. (The specific title will not be disclosed in advance) to observe their comments and reactions. This is the legendary "Midnight Show".

This pre-sale directly broke the "midnight show" system on Hong Kong Island!
Just ask if you are good or not (broken sound)! ! ! !
Now look at the grades!

I have to admire the person who made this marketing plan, but at the same time it seems to prove that "Days of Being Wild" is likely to be famous in the history of Hong Kong films and even Chinese films in one fell swoop. What an achievement? ?
"Brother Sheng, you also know that people in the industry have been very nervous since everyone knew that the investment in this film was huge. They kept 'receiving wind' and wanted to know how "Days of Being Wild" would turn out, but..."

Wang Jing was crying, and spread his hands helplessly, "But when everyone came back, what the fuck said was different!

I know that group of photographers who went to the Philippines to shoot, and they can't tell what Wang Jiawei took... It's so unpredictable!
I only know that the three companies continue to invest more.Now think about—

Could this Wang Jiawei have a plan in his chest?Have you been on guard against insiders?Even Wu Xiaozu concealed it? ?
From this point of view, this is definitely going to make a big bomb and release it!

If that's the case... this kid is so terrifying!

The future is limitless!
Definitely the next Wu Xiaozu!No - at least there are rumors about Wu Xiaozu's movie. "

Wang Jing is going crazy!

Since the filming of "Days of Being Wild" started, it has actually received the attention of the whole circle.

After all, Wang Jiawei is known as the next Wu Xiaozu.Even many film critics swear that he is more talented than Wu Xiaozu!

Then his movie becomes more and more mysterious!

It's really mysterious.

All you know is that it's terribly overrun—

They would also call the leading actors of the movie one after another, and he had called Andy Lau and the others.

But Liu Dehua himself didn't know what he was acting.

At first he said that he acted like a gangster, but within two days, Andy said that he also filmed himself dressed as a "young and Dangerous boy", walking through the Kowloon Walled City smoking a cigarette and holding a knife.

Then he was filmed gambling in a big stall. There was a woman wearing only a bust and panties dancing beside a boa constrictor. Then he took a knife and scratched against the wall...

What the hell!

Large-scale precision scene!If it wasn't for Wang Jing's trust in Liu Dehua's character, he would really think that the other party was just trying to fool him!

Zhang Manyu in the play also told Chen Ziqiang that she and Liang Chaowei were filming in a very narrow and cramped space. They didn't talk much. The two lazily looked at each other and handed teacups. months.

At the same time, he also said that Li Hanxiang's daughter Li Dianlang actually plays the role of Liang Chaowei's sister in it...

This scene is so scary!The actors are all mysterious!

"Why don't you ask Wu Xiaozu?"

Wang Jing looked at Xiang Shisan who was sitting there with a dull face, and fell into a half-silent autism, and quietly suggested.

no way.

He withdrew the capital, and the pre-sale exceeded [-] million, which is really a bit shocking.In particular, it is still such a famous movie in history.

"I'm afraid Wu Xiaozu is more confused than I am now."

Xiang Shisan shook his head, looked up to the sky and sighed, "I called Deng Guangrong before, but they haven't watched the full version, let alone Wu Xiaozu!

This is karma.People, if you don't believe in fate, you can't do it! "

Wang Jing opened his mouth, wanting to say that 7300 million investment was thrown in, even if the pre-sale is 1500 million, it may be difficult to recover the investment.

"God of Gamblers: Fight Now!" "With an investment of 4000 million yuan, the box office on Hong Kong Island was more than 6000 million yuan, and it didn't make any money.

Of course, the opponent's income of nearly 2 million in Asia must have made a lot of money.

7000 million, how much box office will it take to get it back?

Of course, even if it doesn't make money, but just recovers the cost, this movie is worth it!

This can be said to be a straight resume for film companies, directors, and actors!

It's a piece of cake!
"Book me a ticket for the midnight show." Suddenly, Xiang Shisan said.

"I'll go buy it now..." Zhong Shaoxiong said.

"Give me one too." Wang Jing added from the side.

The pre-sale results of "Days of Being Wild" have caused a thousand waves with one stone, shocking the whole of Hong Kong!
From the establishment of the project to the filming of this drama, it is mysterious that no one knows what is being filmed!
This is so scary!

This time it directly challenged the system of "Midnight Show" and succeeded.

What the hell, it's clearly going to turn the world upside down for Ford!
(End of this chapter)