The richest man

Chapter 32 Breaking the Record Again
Zhang Jun's house.

"Dad, it's already this time, why are you nervous! "72 Tenants" is good, but compared with "Drunken Master", it is still weaker, so you can relax." Compared with Zhang Zhenghao, Zhang Jun became calmer and more confident.

First of all, the movie "Drunken Master" is different from "72 Tenants", and many people may watch both movies.

Secondly, "Drunken Master" is a kung fu comedy, which is more popular with Hong Kong audiences, and the box office is definitely not bad.

Finally, the promotion of "Drunken Master" is very strong. It not only advertises in "Hong Kong Youth Comics Weekly", but also advertises in mainstream Hong Kong newspapers such as "Hong Kong Daily", "Sing Tao Daily" and "Oriental Daily". advertise.

There are also advertisements for "Drunken Master" on buses, taxis, light rail cars, etc.

Golden Harvest also gave its full support and used its resources to do a lot of publicity for "Drunken Master".

No one knows what propaganda is better than Zhang Jun.

In later generations, the publicity cost of the film even exceeds the production cost of the film.

The more publicity, the higher the box office.

12 month 12 number.

"Drunken Master" was released.

This is the first film to be screened in Hong Kong, Taiwan and RB at the same time, and the publicity is relatively strong, and fans have long been looking forward to it.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the major movie theaters under Golden Harvest Cinemas had already queued up for a long time.

"This movie is starred by the original cast of "Serpentine Hands", so it must be good!" Wang Fei said excitedly. As a veteran martial arts fan, he likes watching kung fu movies very much, but traditional kung fu movies will get boring after watching too many, until " Snake-shaped tricky hand "turned out, and immediately rekindled Wang Fei's love for kung fu movies.

"The screenwriter of "Drunken Master" is Zhang Jun, and the lead actor is Cheng Long. I'm sure I'll see this movie!" Another fan who lined up to buy tickets said.

"This movie is amazing. It's released in Hong Kong, Taiwan and RB at the same time. It's amazing!"

"..."

A classic is a classic.

Even under the pressure of "72 Tenants", the box office of "Drunken Master" is still advancing by leaps and bounds.

The box office broke the first-day box office record in Hong Kong that day, as high as 50 Hong Kong dollars.

This made everyone who was not optimistic about "Drunken Master" click their tongues.

"This is too good. The box office of "Drunken Master" was 50 Hong Kong dollars on the first day. "72 Tenants" can't compare with it. Shaw Brothers still wants to stop "Drunken Master", but it seems that they can't succeed. On the contrary, Shaw Brothers This time, "Drunken Master" may snipe "72 Tenants"..." A film critic secretly shook his head, Shaw Brothers laughed so generously, he would definitely become a laughing stock.

The movie "72 Tenants" is very good, and it could have gotten a very high box office, but it has to die, and it has to go against "Drunken Master", and the box office will definitely be greatly affected.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Since the release of "Drunken Master", the box office of "72 Tenants" has begun to plummet.

After all, Hong Kong is too small, and people's spending power is relatively limited, so few people can watch two movies at the same time.

While everyone was still amazed at the first-day box office of "Drunken Master", good news came from Baodao. "Drunken Master" also broke the box office record on the first day of Taiwan.

""Drunken Master" successively broke the first-day box office records in Hong Kong and Taiwan, what about RB??" While the media and the industry were shocked, they couldn't help but become more curious.

At noon on the 13th, Zhang Jun received a call from Watanabe Nomura.

"Zhang Junjun, after the release of "Drunken Master", it was very popular, and the box office on the first day was as high as 5400 million yen!!!" Nomura Watanabe's voice was full of excitement.

The first-day box office performance was extremely good, very close to RB's first-day box office record.

Watanabe Nomura and others have raised their estimates for "Drunken Master" again, and 30 billion yen is also possible.

Zhang Jun was also very surprised. In his previous life, the box office of "Drunken Master" was only 19 billion yen, but now "Drunken Master" seems to be even more popular.This probably has something to do with the fact that Li Xiaolong just passed away this year. RB fans miss Li Xiaolong and are still very interested in kung fu movies, so they are willing to spend money to watch "Drunken Master" in the cinema.

"Okay, I know!"

Zhang Jun exchanged pleasantries with Watanabe Nomura, then hung up the phone.

After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone again and called the editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Daily" to tell him the first-day box office of "Drunken Master" in RB, so as to ensure tomorrow's news.

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The next day, when the box office news of "Drunken Master" in RB broke out, it immediately caused a sensation in the industry.

Even Jiahe was so greedy that his eyes turned red.

On the one hand, they envy and hate Zhang's film company, and on the other hand, they want to cooperate with Zhang's film company. Some people even paid a huge sum of 10 Hong Kong dollars for Zhang Jun to write a script for them.

However, unfortunately, Zhang Jun did not agree.

Zhang Jun was reluctant to take out such a good script.

As for ordinary scripts, if Zhang Jun took them out, it would only ruin his character, so he simply refused to write scripts for them.Even when Jiahe asked for the script, Zhang Jun didn't let go.

The major film companies couldn't find a way out with Zhang Jun, so they turned to Cheng Long.

At this time, Cheng Long has become a popular fried chicken, and his net worth has soared. It is not a problem to say that he is the hottest kung fu star in Hong Kong, and even Asia.

In order to win over Cheng Long, Golden Harvest offered Cheng Long a sky-high salary - 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Cheng Long himself was a little flustered, and the money was too much.

And Cheng Long's salary when he filmed "Drunken Master" for Zhang's film company was only 8 yuan.

The disparity in remuneration is so large, it can be seen that Jiahe has the intention of poaching corners.

at home.

Zhang Zhenghao frowned, and said to Zhang Jun: "We shouldn't have agreed to lend Cheng Long to Golden Harvest to make a movie. Golden Harvest paid Cheng Long 50 Hong Kong dollars for the film. Obviously, they wanted to win Cheng Long over to get him to Golden Harvest. Furthermore, Golden Harvest pays such a high salary, how much should we pay in the future?"

Zhang Jun didn't take it seriously, and said lightly: "Jiahe wants to dig Cheng Long for sure, but we signed a contract with Cheng Long, and Jiahe has the ability to pay 1000 million liquidated damages for Cheng Long in advance. As for the remuneration we will give Cheng Long next time ..."

Zhang Jun paused and said, "Cheng Long is popular in Asia, his salary should be increased, I think 50 Hong Kong dollars is very appropriate."

50 Hong Kong dollars seems like a lot, but Zhang's Film Company can earn more from Cheng Long, so there is no need to squeeze Cheng Long too much.Otherwise, once Cheng Long quits, he will lose a cash cow, and liquidated damages are not so easy to get, and a lawsuit is also a troublesome thing.

Zhang Zhenghao thought for a while, and felt that his son was right, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhang Jun said again at this time: "Dad, I don't plan to shoot the script of "Happy Ghost" by myself, I'd better let you do it. You know, I've been very busy recently, and I'm planning to record an album."

Zhang Zhenghao was a little speechless. He planned to train his son to be an excellent director, but he did not expect that he was an all-rounder, and he also had shocking talents in music.

(End of this chapter)