The richest man

Chapter 103 "Junior Brother Going Out" and "Mr. Zombie"

The first day of the opening of the Legendary Cinemas, many people came to the Legendary Cinemas to watch movies in anticipation of the opening of the new cinema.

The movie theater is luxuriously decorated, hygienic and clean, and the seats are comfortable, giving people a sense of grandeur. Watching movies here is a kind of enjoyment.

And the movie theater also sells popcorn, drinks, snacks, toys, etc...

Today, not to mention the box office, just selling popcorn, drinks, etc., has made the Legendary Theater Company make a lot of money.

In fact, the profit from selling popcorn is even higher than the profit from selling movie tickets.In the previous life, many movie theaters made a loss when showing movies, but they made a lot of money selling popcorn.

The next morning, Legend Theater Company announced the box office of "The Painful War" and "Ghost Fighting Ghost".

As soon as the box office of these two films came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the media and film circles.

The box office of "Bad War" is 82 Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of "Ghost Fighting Ghost" is 94 Hong Kong dollars.

However, the box office of "Killer's Trenches" was only 84 Hong Kong dollars, perhaps because of the influence of the legendary theaters, but the film itself was not good enough.Film critics from major media have made negative comments on the movie "Killer's Trenches".

"Cheng Long's movie "Killer's Trench" is disappointing. I want to see Cheng Long's kung fu comedy, but in this movie, I didn't see..."

""Killer's Trenches" is purely an American action movie. Cheng Long's performance in the film is quite satisfactory, and it has already deviated from his best humorous fighting style!"

""Killer's Trench" was made nondescript in order to please the West, it's a pity that Cheng Long made such a bad film!"

"..."

After the media and word-of-mouth broke out, the box office of "Killer's Trenches" plummeted to only 70 Hong Kong dollars the next day.

On the other hand, the box office of "The Painful War" and "Ghost Fighting Ghost" is still strong.

Especially for the documentary "Bad War", the second day's box office exceeded 90 Hong Kong dollars, which shocked everyone's eyes.

It is hard to believe that a documentary edited from historical materials can achieve such dazzling box office results.But this also shows that Hong Kong people in this era are more interested in history.

After watching "The Painful War", many movie fans have moist eyes, hoping that the motherland will become stronger and will no longer be bullied by others.

a week has passed.

The box office of "Bad War" is 570 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of "Ghost Fighting Ghost" is 510 million Hong Kong dollars.

When Run Run Shaw read the newspaper report on the documentary "The Miserable War", his heart bleeds.

"The box office results of this documentary are really outstanding, why did I reject it in the first place?!"

"It's 570 million a week. When this documentary is released, the box office is estimated to be as high as 1500 million?"

Run Run Shaw finally chose "Gu", which only grossed 700 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is far behind when compared with "The Painful War".

And "Gu" is not very popular in Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia is also very interested in this documentary "The Painful War" because it was invaded during World War II.The film was released in Southeast Asia, and it also achieved good results.

"Hey, I regret it at the beginning. If I chose "The Painful War", Shaw Brothers could earn at least 3000 million Hong Kong dollars!!!"

……

a bar.

Cheng Long got drunk late at night.

It's fine that the box office of "Killer's Trenches" is not satisfactory, but the point is that he was scolded bloody by newspapers and fans.

Cheng Long took a big gulp of beer and muttered to himself: "Fuck it, it's the American producers who insisted on making me do this. I'm so upset! Now that the movies are no longer on the street, I'm all to blame. On top of me!"

Gulong Gulong!

Cheng Long cursed and poured another gulp of beer down his throat.

This cooperation with Jiahe made him very unhappy.

At first, I thought I could go to Hollywood, and I was so awesome. I didn’t expect that my Hollywood dream would collapse, and my popularity in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other places would plummet. The loss outweighed the gain!
Jiahe is still poaching him recently, but Cheng Long refuses, he is smart in his heart, only by hanging out with Brother Jun can he have a future.This time "Killer's Trenches" is an example.

Moreover, how can Jiahe's strength compare with that of Legendary Film Company?
Now that Legendary Films has its own theater chain, it is even more powerful, and Golden Harvest may not be able to catch up with it.

Besides, Cheng Long actually wants to go to Hollywood again, but he is very clear that Hollywood is not so easy to go to. Only by following in the footsteps of Zhang Jun can he gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Hangover overnight.

Cheng Long didn't wake up until noon the next day.

In the afternoon, Cheng Long came to Zhang Jun's office.

"Brother Jun, "Assassin's Trenches" hit the street, I want to make a new movie as soon as possible, so as to regain some popularity!"

"Well, you have also rested for a while, and it's time to make a new movie. But don't be too discouraged. The failure of "Killer's Trenches" is not your responsibility. It is Golden Harvest and the American producers who don't know how to take advantage of you. Alright, I've already written the script for the new movie, you can study it carefully."

As Zhang Jun said, he took out a script from the drawer.

Cheng Long took the script and flipped through it. The name of the script was "Junior Brother Goes Out".

"By the way, have you ever thought about being a director yourself? Hong Jinbao has already directed two films. As his junior, do you want to try it too?" Zhang Jun asked suddenly, because the movie "Junior Brother" In fact, it was directed by Cheng Long.

When Cheng Long heard this, his eyes lit up, he thought for a while, and nodded heavily: "Brother Jun, I also want to try to be a director!!!"

Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers.

Of course Cheng Long also wants to be a director. In this way, not only will he have a higher status, but he will also earn more.

"The filming of "The Junior Brother" is not difficult, and it suits your style." Zhang Jun patted Cheng Long on the shoulder, "If you don't understand, just ask. It's not difficult to be a director."

Cheng Long left excitedly with the script.

Zhang Jun looked back with a smile, picked up the kettle on the coffee table with his right hand, and made himself a cup of tea.

Sipping tea, leisurely.

His eyes couldn't help noticing that in today's newspaper, "Hong Kong Daily" serialized his new novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" today.

Needless to say, this morning, the streets were empty, and everyone went to buy the "Hong Kong Daily".

Send out the seal of the hill, touch the golden talisman, move mountains and unload the mountains to find the dragon formula; people light candles, ghosts blow lamps, and geologists look for star peaks upside down; If the horoscope is not hard, don't come near.

Once the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was serialized, it immediately became popular.

Countless people were horrified when they read the book, but they couldn't bear to put it down. The plot is so beautiful!
Hong Kong people are very interested in ghosts and ghosts, otherwise there would not be so many ghost and zombie films in Hong Kong.

Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door.

After a while, Hong Jinbao walked in with Lin Zhengying.

Zhang Jun greeted the two with a smile, "Sit down quickly, both of you."

"Boss, you asked us to come, do you have something to tell us to do?" Hong Jinbao asked curiously.

Zhang Jun smiled and nodded: "Yes. I recently wrote a new script called "Mr. Zombie", and I plan to use Brother Ying as the leading role."

After speaking, Zhang Jun turned his gaze to Lin Zhengying.

Lin Zhengying was extremely surprised when he heard this.

He never thought that Zhang Jun would ask him to play the leading role.

He is not good-looking, and his whole face has no comic effect, so it is difficult to play the leading role in the movie.

Hong Jinbao was also very surprised. He looked at Lin Zhengying and thought that if he was to play the leading role, the movie would probably hit the street. With his upright face, how could he make everyone laugh?
Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Zhang Jun couldn't help but chuckled, and explained: "My script needs someone with Brother Ying's temperament to act it. Others really can't act it!!!"

"I plan to let Brother Ying play the upright Taoist priest wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe! In fact, there are many kinds of funny, and Brother Ying is a kind of upright and cold comedy! I believe that after the film is made in the future, the funny effect will be better." It will be very good! Oh, by the way, a new book of mine was serialized in Hong Kong Daily today. The title of the book is "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp". When the movie is released, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" should play a certain role in the movie's box office!"

"So that's the case, I understand! Lin Zhengying's temperament and image are indeed the best candidate for Taoist leader!" Hong Jinbao nodded knowingly.

Lin Zhengying bowed to Zhang Jun and thanked him: "Thank you boss for your support, I will definitely play this role well!"

"Ah."

Zhang Jun took out the script to Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying, and said, "This is the script, how about Brother Hong Jinbao as the director?"

Hong Jinbao nodded readily and agreed, "No problem!"

"Well, it's fine, there's nothing else to do, you guys go to work, prepare this movie well, and try to create a classic!"

"Ok!"

Lin Zhengying left with Hong Jinbao.

After walking out of the office, Lin Zhengying still couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

Hong Jinbao put his arms around the other party's shoulders, and laughed loudly: "The boss let you be the lead actor, you are going to be popular! Tonight you must treat guests to dinner!!!"

Lin Zhengying responded with a smile: "Okay, no problem! I'll invite you to Lu Yu's teahouse to have a big meal tonight!"

(End of this chapter)