China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 444 The mainland boy who is expected to top the Hong Kong box office chart
There is a one-day gap between the release dates of Xiangjiang and the mainland. When "New World" just premiered in the mainland, the Hong Kong media was already blown up because of "New World".

"New World" Xiangjiang box office on the first day - 429 million Hong Kong dollars.

This amount does not seem to be particularly large, after all, there are several movies in the mainland that have exceeded [-] million on the first day.

But Xiangjiang is not the mainland after all. Since the new century, the local Chinese film market has become more and more withered.

Let’s just say that in 2004 last year, except for Master Xing’s "Kung Fu", which broke the historical box office record of Hong Kong films and won 6129 million Hong Kong dollars for the first time, the second, third and fourth were all imported Hollywood blockbusters.

The fifth is "New Police Story" co-produced by the two superstars Cao Xuan and Cheng Long. The box office is less than 3000 million Hong Kong dollars and the last of the top ten, with only 1500 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

The total box office of last year's movies, which was once the stronghold of Eastern Hollywood, was not as good as one-fifth of that in the mainland.

It is true that last year was a year of great explosion in the mainland, but even a fool can see the weakening trend of the local market in Xiangjiang.

Halfway through 2005, Xiangjiang box office top ten, except Jay Chou's "Initial D" is the champion, almost all other Hollywood blockbusters and Japanese anime, local Hong Kong films are under pressure.

At the beginning of the summer vacation, everyone was counting on "Seven Swords" to win, but it turned out to be silent.

Before August, the Hong Kong media even exclaimed in despair that the Hong Kong film market is dead and Hong Kong films are over.

However, no one expected that at this critical moment, a [pseudo-Hong Kong film] starring, invested and written by Cao Xuan, a pure mainland boy, would stand out.

The box office of HK$429 million on the first day was already the best start for Chinese-language films released in Hong Kong in 2005, and the box office on the second day was even better, with the single-day box office steadily increasing to 614 million.

The two-day box office broke 1000 million Hong Kong dollars!
Since entering the 21st century, only three Chinese-language films in Xiangjiang have achieved this achievement.

"Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu" by Wang Xingye, the top box office in Hong Kong, and "Infernal Affairs", which is known as the savior of Hong Kong movies.

Therefore, the Hong Kong media went crazy.

Although "New World" is heavily influenced by the mainland, Xiangjiang has more "bloods".

At least on the bright side, Cao Xuan's Xiangjiang Company, Inphoenix, Yinhe Image, and Cheng Long took more than 80% of the shares.

The male lead, the second male lead, and the female lead are not Xiangjiang actors, but the other roles are Xiangjiang actors, and the story is also Hongkong. of.

Such a movie is not a Hong Kong movie, who is a Hong Kong movie?

The Hong Kong media forcibly ignored many key points, and it was definitely a Hong Kong film, or a co-production film led by Hong Kong.

There is no way, Xiangjiang Films needs such a movie to cheer up.

Although the "Infernal Affairs" series is excellent, it also has other historical responsibilities.

Master Xing has always been squeezed out by the mainstream of the Hong Kong film industry. He was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards many times before, but Mao didn't get it.

Afterwards, "Shaolin Soccer" won the "Best Actor" and "Best Director" awards at the Academy Awards. This year, "Kung Fu" won the "Best Film" award at the Academy Awards, and was nominated for Best Actor and Best Director.

As long as Master Xing is more "popular" in the Xiangjiang circle, the nomination of "Kung Fu" may become an award.

It can also be seen from this that the Hong Kong industry insiders are going crazy, especially the Hong Kong media.

With Hong Kong films gone, actors, directors and related practitioners can still go north to the mainland to make a living.

And the media really ruined their jobs, so even if people in the industry don't care, the Hong Kong media have to blow up "New World" and continue to build momentum for Hong Kong films.

"The undercover masterpiece that is comparable to Infernal Affairs, Cao Xuan and Liang Jiahui's peak duel"

"Li Zicheng, a more real undercover agent"

"Touching brotherhood, "New World" has a great reputation"

"Sun Honglei laughed and talked about the Elevator God of War, filmed several times"

"Mainland and Xiangjiang double box office, "New World" is stronger than "Infernal Affairs" series"

"..."

The above are all rainbow farts, and of course they are not without derogation, mainly around three points.

The three views of the plot are not correct. After all, the protagonist becomes the boss of the underworld in the end, and there is no punishment for killing people.But Xiangjiang doesn't pay much attention to this, except for a few moralists, no one cares about it.

It is just that there is another one that is a bit like "Infernal Affairs", suspected of plagiarism.

To be honest, there is no trace of reference, and it is definitely not objective, but the plot structure of the two films is completely different, and plagiarism is definitely over.

Moreover, it is already an unspoken rule for Hong Kong films to copy each other and follow suit. If it is really pursued this way, more than 50% of Hong Kong films are plagiarized, and even many Hong Kong films themselves are copied from others.

It's not that plagiarism is right, but this gang of plagiarists are holding up a pawn of justice, which is really embarrassing.

The last point is that the villain in it intentionally sabotaged the plot of the comeback, and was suspected of mapping and smearing friendly people in Xiangjiang, causing adverse effects on both sides of the strait.

This Cao Xuan made a public rebuttal directly through the blog——

[Golden Gate Group, you know it's fake, Li Zicheng, you know it's fake, why do you think it's true what the villain did?

A fictional plot, where do you think of mapping and discrediting friendly people.

No, no, no one will take the plot of the movie seriously, right? 】

Cao Xuan taunted, but he didn't take these people to heart. His connections in Xiangjiang were not built, and he was not afraid of being disturbed if he dared to show the movie.

Audiences in Xiangjiang don’t care about the scale. Mainland audiences pay more attention to the story because the background of the story is not in the mainland, and they don’t immerse themselves too deeply.

Fanxing and Yinghuang have controlled the direction of public opinion, and the rest is to watch the box office take off.

On August 8, "New World" was released at the domestic box office. Fanxing Cinemas took out 2% of the films in one go, and other cinemas also gave a high rate of filming.

The box office on the first day was 1515 million RMB.

Although it did not break the 1600 million first-day box office of "House of Flying Daggers", it also became Fanxing's best opening result so far.

"Seven Swords", which is struggling to hit the billion-dollar box office, has an even more difficult path to rise, while "New World" has undoubtedly become the overlord of the summer film in August, sweeping the same period.

It took only fifty hours for the box office to officially break through 3000 million, and when the box office broke through 5000 million, it was only a little over five days.

On August 8, "New World" was released for a week, with a cumulative box office of 9 million, officially breaking the first-week box office record of 7200 million set by "Kung Fu" just a few months ago.

On the day the record was broken, many authoritative media gave heavy coverage, and the influence of "New World" began to spread widely.

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Black Province, Harbin City

"Hong Lei, you did a great job."

"I really like your role as Ding Qing, can you sign me?"

"It really gives us a long face in the northeast."

"The God of Elevator, awesome."

"..."

Sun Honglei squinted his eyes, happily signing autographs with the elders in his hometown, and his fierce face was full of naive smiles.

Before "New World" participated in the program, it was almost a unified action, and the national road show was divided into several teams.

Sun Honglei, who just came back from the crew of "Seven Swords", led a team by himself, mainly responsible for the Northeast side. He happens to be from the Northeast, and he can also play the fellowship card to increase the distance.

As the saying goes, if you are rich, you don’t go back to your hometown, it’s like walking at night in brocade clothes. This time "New Vision" is a big hit, and when he comes to the road show in Heilongjiang Province, it's a show.

Sun Honglei runs several movie theaters a day, and his body is as tired as his third grandson, but he is happy and happy in his heart.

It's not only because I feel that the elders in my hometown have face, but also because of the good results of "New World".

In order to squeeze into the crew of "Seven Swords" before, he went to great lengths. To put it bluntly, in private, he flattered the producer of Xiangjiang and Old Freak Xu.

But there is no way. There are only a few major commercial productions in China every year. If you want to catch up with others and enter the film industry, you have to make them comfortable.

In contrast, Lu Yi is much more popular than him. Apart from Cao Xuan, there are a few young male actors who dare to say that they can hold Lu Yi down, but in the end, they still lie low in front of others. small.

As a result, Sun Honglei never expected that the "Seven Swords", which he had given great hope to, would actually pounce.

It can’t be said that the box office data of nearly [-] million yuan is actually very good, but compared to the investment cost, it is difficult to call it a success.

More importantly, the reputation of the movie is bad. Such a movie that loses money and has a bad reputation obviously cannot help Sun Honglei to become famous in the movie circle.

But what Sun Honglei personally didn't expect was that he would be valued by Cao Xuan and participate in "New World".

Then the movie exploded, not to mention breaking the box office record, but more importantly, the role of Ding Qing he played was very charming and brilliant, which made Sun Honglei famous.

To give the simplest example, before Sun Honglei’s film salary was only tens of thousands per drama, after “Conquer”, it has increased a lot, and he can get 10,000+, or even hundreds of thousands.

But now "New World" has just become popular, and the crew has contacted him with a salary of 2 per episode, for a total of 80 episodes, which is [-].

The remuneration of TV dramas and movies is different, and the remuneration of actors in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is also different. In 2005, mainland actors could earn 80 yuan for a single film, which is comparable to the price of some ordinary first-line actors.

And this is just the beginning. Sun Honglei believes that as the influence of "New World" continues to ferment, his film salary can easily reach 100 million or even more.

What is overnight fame?
That's overnight fame!
Sun Honglei signed his name in his hand, and he already planned to buy a new house for his mother in Harbin, and he could also start to buy one in the capital.

At this moment, Sun Honglei expressed his gratitude to Cao Xuan without words.

He is a bit arrogant, although sometimes it is difficult to hide the situation and bow his head, but it is still hard to convince him.

What he respects most in his life is his mother who raised him alone. After entering the entertainment industry, his mentor in Chinese opera, Zhao Baogang and others are all objects of his gratitude.

Now, Cao Xuan is another noble person in his heart.

Although it's not a timely help, the benefits given to him by "New World" can definitely establish and change his career.

After signing the name, Sun Honglei chatted with several other actors and the theater manager, and then prepared to go back to the hotel to rest, and then rushed to the next road show tomorrow.

Back at the hotel, Sun Honglei called his family. He is actually from Harbin. This is a serious road show task, so he took time to go home and take a look.

Just after making the phone call, a young man with short hair came over holding a magazine: "Brother Hong Lei, look quickly, our movie has exceeded 3000 million box office in Xiangjiang."

This young man is called Zhuang Lei, from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. He used to film in Xiangjiang TVB, and later returned to the Mainland to develop.

As mentioned earlier, there are not many mainland actors in "New World", and Zhuang Lei is one of the few.

He had acted in a movie with many stars before, and he knew an assistant director. It happened that the crew needed someone who could understand Cantonese and had lived in Xiangjiang. He was very qualified, so he got a good role.

Do you still remember the undercover agent who lurked next to Ding Qing and Li Zicheng and was later killed by Ding Qing? It was played by Zhuang Lei.

Both he and Sun Honglei have the same name, and both have the word "lei", and they are born to hit each other.And because there are many rivalries, frequent private exchanges, and a good relationship, the road show originally arranged for him to be in the south, so he went to the northeast to find Sun Honglei.

"Is this grade good or bad?"

Although Sun Honglei also pays attention to this information, he is not a data king after all. The relevant data in the mainland is not bad, and he barely has an impression, but Xiangjiang's is difficult for him.

In contrast, Zhuang Lei, who has been in Xiangjiang for several years, knows a lot, not to mention the analysis of data and data listed in magazines.

"This box office performance is very good."

Zhuang Lei shouted excitedly, then organized his words, and introduced with a magazine.

"The number one box office in Xiangjiang's history is "Titanic" in 1997, with a box office of 1.15 million Hong Kong dollars. This box office is too much, so I won't discuss it for the time being.

The second place is "Jurassic Park" in 1993 with a box office of 6223 million Hong Kong dollars, and the third is last year's "Kung Fu" with a box office of 6127 million Hong Kong dollars.

In less than ten days, the box office of "New World" exceeded 3000 million Hong Kong dollars. According to this momentum, it is very hopeful that it will break into the top three. "

"So fierce?"

If there is no concept just now, this has hit the top three in Xiangjiang's historical box office, and Sun Honglei is also aware of it.

However, the impact of those classic Hong Kong movies when he was a child still made him a little unbelievable.

"This is the top three, it's not reliable."

"Anyway, I read in magazines that many people are optimistic about "New World". Even if it doesn't break into the top three, it will definitely exceed the 5500 million Hong Kong dollars of "Infernal Affairs" based on this momentum."

Now Sun Honglei really believed it, and his heart was full of enthusiasm.

"Infernal Affairs" ah, what has become popular in the past two years, even the promotion period of "New World" can't help but take advantage of it, and now it is expected to surpass the other party at the box office.

Even if time and inflation are counted, the box office gold content is not the same, but it also shows that the popularity of "New World" in Hong Kong, at least not much difference.

Considering the ferocious momentum of "New World" in the mainland, Sun Honglei couldn't help but imagine.

I won't rush to the front line in one go with this movie, right?

.........

"It's really possible."

Jiang Yue looked at the large number of reports on "New World" in front of her, many of which were written by Ding Qing/Sun Honglei, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

What a great opportunity, it turned out to be cheap for outsiders.

But looking back, Cao Xuan had more reports, and she felt much more at ease.

Although "New World" Ding Qing is very pleasing, but the most brilliant thing is the hero Li Zicheng.

Especially the last part of blackening and anti-killing directly elevates the whole character, and the topic discussion and character arc of this character are also very high, and it is the first core C position of the whole movie.

Cao Xuan was already very popular, and with this role, he directly swept all major film and television forums and related media reports.

Many people compare him and Li Zicheng with Liang Chaowei & Chen Yongren in "Infernal Affairs".

Two characters, who is better and who is worse, and whose choice is more correct, has recently become the number one hot topic on film and television forums, and it is not uncommon for long-form movie reviews with small numbers.

Many people think that "Infernal Affairs" is very deep, and "New World" is too commercial and has made a lot of compromises.

But there are also many people who think that "Infernal Affairs" is a compromise, and "New World" is the most authentic undercover choice, and it is more in line with the audience's psychology.

Although at present, more people think that "Infernal Affairs" is more classic, but "New World" can be compared with it, which is also a victory to some extent.

The previous "When Men Are in Love" had limited influence, while "Embroidered Spring Knife" was popular, but if it were to be said to be a classic, it was still somewhat underwhelming.

Now this "New World" can be regarded as the most beautiful answer sheet that Cao Xuan has produced since he participated in the movie.

We need quality to have quality, we need word of mouth to have word of mouth, and we need results to have results!

Cao Yingdi's reputation has been greatly shaken!
A series of works such as "Xiu Chun Knife" and "New Police Story" last year have greatly improved Cao Xuan's status in the film industry, but it has not yet been completely stabilized.

Although he is in the limelight in the film industry, but regardless of his identity as a producer, from the perspective of an artist, Cao Xuan relies more on his popularity to overtake others. His real achievements and professional level are not enough to be on an equal footing with those top actors.

But this time the outbreak of "New World" has finally completely sublimated Cao Xuan's status, qualifications, and reputation in the film industry.

He, a superstar of the new generation, can finally use his works to keep pace with veteran big names such as Liang Chaowei, Xing Ye, and Fa Ge.

Although the qualifications and grades are still slightly inferior, they are still at the same level.

In the future, when the outside world mentions Cao Xuan's movies, popularity and popularity are not the biggest criterion, but his acting skills and the quality of his works are also the top priority.

As a popular superstar, such a transformation is difficult.

For example, Chef Xie, although his acting skills are not top-notch, it cannot be summed up purely as a vase.
But because of the benefits of too many popular stars in the early years, even if there is a sense of strength in the back, it is difficult to get the recognition of most people.

Including Cao Xuan, who has many good works in his hands, and even won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Double Best Actor, but there are still many people who are prejudiced against him.

There is no way to do this, but to slowly build up his qualifications, smashing works one by one, each actor proves himself, and when he is full of classics, there will be countless actor.

Even if there are still people who are dissatisfied, speaking out is just asking for humiliation.

Cao Xuan is young and powerful, which means that the future is unlimited. Even if he is not as good as he is now, it will be hard to say in a few years.

Even now, it may be hard to say about other aspects, but simply competing for box office appeal, Cao Xuan is definitely the first echelon of Chinese-speaking actors.

Even if they brought Master Xing, they wouldn't dare to say that they could beat him. After all, the momentum of "New World" was even worse than last year's "Kung Fu".

As Cao Xuan's manager, even if she can't control her, Jiang Yue is honored to have such a powerful superstar under him.

As long as Cao Xuan doesn't retire for a day, she, Jiang, will be the number one manager in China.

Even if Cao Xuan retires, as long as the stars are safe, few people will be able to threaten her status in a short while.

Jiang Yue couldn't help looking at the other newspapers, which were Fan Bingbing's pictorials.

Although Fan Xiaopang doesn't have many roles in "New World", he is at least the heroine.

It is naturally better to be able to rely on the role to be outstanding, but if it is not outstanding, with Fan Xiaopang's current business and exposure resources, Fanxing can also produce the effect.

The so-called heroine of a billion-level movie has not been new in the past two years.

Last year alone, there were Gao Yuanyuan in "Embroidered Spring Knife", the international chapter of "House of Flying Daggers", Huang Shengyi in "Kung Fu", Liu Milk Tea in "A World Without Thieves", and Yang Caini in "New Police Story". Artists Achievement.

But the effect, it varies from person to person.

The international chapter can break into Hollywood, Huang Shengyi became popular overnight, while Gao Yuanyuan and Liu Milk Tea's income is relatively weak, let alone Yang Caini, I am afraid that many audiences don't know her name at all.

So in this matter, the key is to look at the growth of the character and the post-hype.

The role of Zhou Miaotong in "Embroidered Spring Knife" is not lovable, but the reason why he can be compared with Liu Milk Tea is not only the popularity of the movie, but also the support of the stars.

The so-called heroine of "New World" is not outstanding, but Fan Xiaopang is full of popularity and high commercial value, and all parties are willing to cooperate. This heroine of the billion-dollar movie can bring her great benefits.

To be honest, "New World" plus "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" at the end of the year, there is also a major heroine drama "The White-haired Witch" that is going all out, and there is also an urban romance drama in which Guolan participated in the investment.

With this series of works, coupled with various commercial exposures, Jiang Yue is confident that by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, Fan Xiaopang will be able to completely push Fan Xiaopang to the position of a top actress.

To be honest, if it weren't for the appointment with Huayi, and I have been pushing [Sidan Shuangbing] vigorously before.

Jiang Yue really wanted to kick Li Bingbing away and come to a four-ten-one soldier.

She didn't even pay attention to the four dans, she wanted to turn the four dans and double soldiers into one soldier and four dans.

But it's a pity that one of the four dan is Mrs. Hu, and she and Fan Xiaopang don't want to leave, so it's best not to imitate Wu Dalang's drink - sip (job) with jumping feet.

Seeing Fanxing's movie delivery is hot, but Fanxing's entertainers don't get much benefits, Jiang Yue is really anxious, and plans to go back to the boss for hints.

Don't patronize outsiders, but also praise your own family more, the leading role is not good, and the supporting role is not good...

And when Jiang Yue was thinking about how to bring this matter up with Cao Xuan, the box office of "New World" was also killing wildly in the mainland and Xiangjiang.

On August 8, "New World" had a domestic box office of over 11 million, surpassing the struggling "Seven Swords", and officially won the box office champion of the golden year summer season.

2003 "When Men Are in Love" - ​​5240 million

2004 "Embroidered Spring Knife" - 1.5 million

2005 "New World" - 1 million+...

For three consecutive years, Cao Xuan has won all the summer titles, and he can be called the king of Chinese summer box office.

At the same time, in the past two years, Cao Xuan won the runner-up of the annual box office twice, but this time, "New World" is gaining momentum, and Cao Xuan also wants to taste the taste of the annual box office champion.

As for Hong Kong, under the frenzied momentum of the Hong Kong media, the box office performance of "New World" was even crazier than that of the mainland.

As of August 8, "New World" was screened in Hong Kong for two weeks, and the box office officially exceeded 15 million Hong Kong dollars.

It is only a matter of time before "Infernal Affairs" is surpassed. Now more people are curious about whether the two 6000 million Hong Kong dollar films of Star Master can stop "New World".

At this moment, the entire Hong Kong film industry and the Hong Kong media are in mixed emotions.

From the perspective of the market, they hope that the box office of "New World" will be soaring, the higher the better, it will stimulate the industry and stimulate the market.

But from an emotional point of view, if "New World" really surpasses Master Xing's "Kung Fu", then "New World" will become the highest-grossing Hong Kong film & Chinese-language film in Hong Kong history.

The Xiangjiang film industry has experienced ups and downs for half a century, and the highest box office record was occupied by "Titanic". Anyway, Xiangjiang is not the only place in the world.

But now even the highest domestic box office record may be occupied by a co-production film led by a mainland boy, and the whole Hong Kong circle has mixed feelings...

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ps: After explaining it several times, let me say it again. In the future, the plots of non-important movies will be omitted, but the plots of important movies will still be written
There are few descriptions in the movie, which affects the sense of substitution, so there must be a certain amount of space. I will remind you in the [Chapter Header] or [Chapter Title] in the future for similar situations. Subscribe carefully
And there is a saying that I don’t like to vomit. I don’t like to watch movies, I don’t like to watch the rainbow fart data in the back, and I don’t like to watch the plot itself. Can some friends teach me how to write...

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