Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1085 Didn't even come out with the script

Of course, "Merry Christmas" has a happy ending at the end, after all, this is the eve of Christmas and New Year's Day, and Mai Jia would not be so stupid as to arrange a scolding ending.

Even if the movie is bad, the ending must be arranged well. Zeng Zhiwei's "Big and Small" is a very typical example.

There are a lot of jokes, the acting skills are also online, and the charisma of the actors is not bad.

And the special thing about this drama is that the three singers of Xiangjiang co-starred.

Leslie Cheung, Chen Baiqiang, Xu Xiaofeng, any one of them is definitely a famous figure in the music world.

But this time Leslie Cheung did not sing in the play. The opening and ending songs were "This Is True Love" and "Song of a Thousand Queens" sung by Xu Xiaofeng, while Chen Baiqiang sang "Waiting".

Even leaving aside the movie, for the fans of Xu Xiaofeng and Chen Baixiang, just paying money to listen to their singing is already an extremely enjoyable thing.

On the other hand, the situation of "Owl and Dumbo" is also very good, and the attendance rate on the first day is almost full.

Except for very few small theaters, the lowest attendance rate is [-]%.

And when the first-day box office of the two films was released, "Owl and Dumbo" took in 320 million, ahead of "Merry Christmas" by 300 million.

This time, Pan Disheng finally overwhelmed Lin Daoqiu from the very beginning.

However, the reason why "Owl and Dumbo" won "Merry Christmas" this time is not only that the quality of the play is good enough, but also some off-site factors.

Ticket price discounts, plus popcorn and Coke, relying on these practices, "Owl and Dumbo" surpassed "Merry Christmas" at the box office on the first day.

Based on past experience, if the box office starts at 300 million, if the trend does not collapse, at least one of the two films will exceed 3000 million when it is released.

While the box office war between "Merry Christmas" and "Owl and Dumbo" was still going on, Lin Daoqiu suddenly called Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen to his office.

The reason why he called them over was entirely because of what Zhong Chuhong said in the theater before.

Lin Daoqiu naturally heard her wish to act in a play with Xu Xiaofeng very clearly, and he certainly couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it.

"What's Miss Xu Xiaofeng's attitude towards acting in movies?"

After Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen sat down, Lin Daoqiu asked about this directly

When Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen heard this, they first looked at each other, and then Mai Jia was responsible for answering Lin Daoqiu's question.

"Miss Xu is still very interested in filming. When "Merry Christmas" was filming, we talked about this topic. She said that if she has plenty of time and it is an interesting movie, she can invite her."

In fact, Xu Xiaofeng's salary for the film "Merry Christmas" was not high, and Mai Jia only offered her 50 yuan.

But even so, this price is considered a high price among ordinary actresses.

And the reason why Mai Jia would charge such a high price is entirely because she is Xu Xiaofeng, and if she is replaced by other actresses, if it is not like Brigitte Lin and Zhong Chuhong, the price will be around 30 yuan, or even lower.

"Now that the first-day box office of "Merry Christmas" has come out, I think this drama will probably break through the 3000 million mark in the end."

Lin Daoqiu's speculation is actually not unreasonable. Although the box office on the first day was only 300 million, which is not very good, but as long as the box office of "Merry Christmas" does not fall below 200 million, it is definitely not unreasonable to get 3000 million at the box office. questionable.

And Lin Daoqiu remembered that the drama "Merry Christmas" should have sold very well in the last life, otherwise Xu Xiaofeng would not continue to cooperate with Maijia in the future.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, we also see it this way. To be honest, I am really surprised that I can get such a result this time."

For Mai Jia, a comedy like "Merry Christmas" can get a box office of 3000 million. Before that, he never thought of such a possibility.

Originally, he predicted in his heart that the box office should be between 1000 million and 2000 million, but he never dared to think about the box office of 3000 million.

"Since the movie "Merry Christmas" has gotten a good box office, I think we should make persistent efforts and ask Ms. Xu to make a movie."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen were stunned for two seconds.

Although the success of "Merry Christmas" has something to do with Xu Xiaofeng, but seriously, it doesn't really have much to do with her.

Lin Daoqiu actually said that he would make persistent efforts and asked her to act in another play. What did the other party mean by this?
Looking at Gao Zhisen next to him, Maijia's face was completely blank.

"Mr. Lin, I think your proposal is really right, and I'm about to talk to the boss about it."

Compared with Maijia, Gao Zhisen obviously reacted faster, he nodded while smiling, as if Lin Daoqiu spoke out what was in his heart.

Seeing Gao Zhisen's appearance, Mai Jia thought that the other party really had this plan.

"If this is the case, then write the script as soon as possible. I will make a comedy film, and let Zhong Chuhong act as the heroine."

Lin Daoqiu didn't even think about it, and directly decided on the heroine of this movie that didn't even have a script.

Although Mai Jia was a little slow at the beginning, when he heard that Lin Daoqiu chose Zhong Chuhong as the heroine of this drama, if he couldn't figure it out, then Mai Jia might buy a piece of tofu and hit the wall .

"Ms. Zhong will be the heroine of this drama. I believe it will sell well at the box office. Don't worry, Mr. Lin. I'll go back and hurry up to write the script."

Gao Zhisen replied hastily.

Maijia next to her was also nodding repeatedly.

"I hope this matter can be done as soon as possible, thank you for your hard work."

Lin Daoqiu looked like he couldn't wait to see the script.

After Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen left New Oriental and got into the car, Mai Jia turned to look at Gao Zhisen without speaking.

"A Sen, you did a great job today. I didn't realize it at the time, and almost made Mr. Lin unhappy."

When Mai Jia thought about it, she felt a little scared, and she didn't realize what Lin Daoqiu was talking about at that time.

Fortunately, Gao Zhisen responded quickly, otherwise his actions at that time would definitely arouse Lin Daoqiu's displeasure.

"Teacher, don't thank me. You don't blame me for making my own decisions. I'm already very happy."

At that time, Gao Zhisen had no choice but to agree to whatever Lin Daoqiu said.

"Don't worry, how can I blame you? I will leave this play to you. You must write a work that satisfies Mr. Lin. I believe you can."

Mai Jia patted Gao Zhisen on the shoulder.

Hearing what Mai Jia said, Gao Zhisen could only smile wryly, it seemed that he had to stay up late again during this time.

(End of this chapter)