Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 384 The Trapped Jiahe
"Ah Wei finished filming? Go slowly."

"Viagra worked hard today, go back and rest early."

Lu Liangwei had just finished filming and came out, and he met many people who greeted him on the way. It would have been absolutely impossible for him to happen a year ago.

Lu Liangwei, who played the role of Ding Li in "Shanghai Bund", has been playing tricks in Clear Water Bay before. It can be said that with the play of "Shanghai Bund", he suddenly turned around.

He has transformed from an obscure actor to an actor who will be called by his name when he walks on the road.

Although Lu Liangwei had a hard life when he was a child, he was still very lucky in general. He had the opportunity to play the main supporting role of "Shanghai Bund" after only two years in the industry, which is how many times better than others.

This time, Lu Liangwei was entrusted by Zhao Zhenqiang to continue to play the role of Ding Li in "Shanghai Bund Sequel".

Originally the protagonist of this drama was Xie Xian, but because of being poached by Lin Daoqiu, Guan Haishan was temporarily replaced to act. Zhao Zhenqiang simply took this opportunity and directly added Lu Liangwei's role as the protagonist.

And this "Shanghai Bund Sequel" TV series, TVB intends to use it against ATV's "Heroes Huo Yuanjia".

But after the filming, Fang Yihua always felt uneasy. In fact, even Zhao Zhenqiang, the producer of this film, felt that it was too difficult to use this film to compete with Lin Daoqiu's "Heroes Huo Yuanjia".

But it's too late to say these things now, because ATV has announced that "Heroes Fearless" will officially start broadcasting next Monday, and they are forcing TVB to make a move.

"Shouldn't there be any problems with this play?"

Although Fang Yat Hua was also worried, she felt that "Shanghai Bund" was not favored by everyone before it was released, but the result was unexpectedly good.

And this time "Shanghai Bund Sequel" is almost facing the same situation, maybe it will have miraculous effects instead.

"Miss Fang, don't worry, I don't think we can win this drama, but we won't lose badly."

If Zhao Zhenqiang said such things in normal times, I am afraid Fang Yihua would be very upset, because she only thought about winning and never thought about losing to ATV.

But only when she met Lin Daoqiu, Fang Yihua's thoughts were calmer. The idea that a small loss should be a victory, which is impossible to appear in her mind, always pops up at this time.

"It would be best if it could be done like this."

TVB's recent situation is pretty good. After "Shanghai Bund", the ratings of TVB and ATV have returned to the [-]-[-] situation, which made Run Run Shaw and Fang Yat-wah very happy.

As for Shaw Brothers, since forming a joint theater chain with Golden Harvest, the situation has been much better than before.

Shaw Brothers' films still follow the big studio system, and they shoot films that are made in an assembly line.

The director and those actors still mainly focus on kung fu movies, and occasionally make other themes like romance movies.

But generally speaking, due to the relationship between the double-screening, the box office of the films made by the Shaw Brothers is much better than before.

But on the other hand, Golden Harvest, since the loss of Sammo Hung and the others, the situation has become even worse than that of Shaw Brothers.

Although there are Jackie Chan and the Xu brothers supporting the stage, starting from this year, Jackie Chan suddenly took the path of boutique.

This year, he only had one "Junior and Brother" released. Although it took over [-] million at the box office, he went to Hollywood to film "Cannonball Speed".

Although Jackie Chan's movies are very popular, it is far from enough for Golden Harvest. After all, they run a theater chain rather than a production company.

As for the other Xu brothers who supported the stage, it was even worse. Since the filming of "Deed of Sale" in 1978, not even a movie has been released, and Xu Guanwen has also followed Jackie Chan to Hollywood to play supporting roles for others.

Originally relying on Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, at least five or six films could be released in a year, but now they have invested in New Oriental, causing Golden Harvest's vitality to be seriously injured.

Golden Harvest hadn't realized that Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao were so important to Golden Harvest before, but when they left like this, Golden Harvest realized that they had lost a lot.

Originally, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were still thinking about whether they could completely wipe out Lin Daoqiu's New Oriental by joining forces with the Shaw Brothers.

But now it seems that not only are they unable to eliminate Lin Daoqiu, but they may even give Shaw a lot of advantages because of this joint theater chain.

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"Since forming a two-line screening with Shaw Brothers, our earnings don't look very good."

He Guanchang looked worried. Since forming a dual screening with Shaw Brothers, the income has not increased as much as they imagined, but it has decreased a lot compared to the same period last year.

And what worries He Guanchang even more is that the number of people who come to Golden Harvest to watch movies seems to be less than before. I don't know if it's because of the double screening or other reasons.

Zou Wenhuai had a sullen face, and it seemed that he was not in a good mood. After all, he had known about the decline in theater revenue before, and now it was not easy for them to come up with a good solution.

"Unless Sanmao and Abiao are willing to come back, we won't be able to find someone to replace them for a while."

Although Zou Wenhuai said so, he also knew that this was impossible.

Because he had already received the news that as soon as Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao joined New Oriental, Lin Daoqiu immediately asked them to participate in the Hollywood movie he invested in. Now even if He Guanchang tried to persuade them to come back, it would be useless.

"I don't think it's a question of whether New Oriental can be defeated, but if it continues like this, we may be sucked to death by Shaw Brothers. Let's see what kind of movies they bring to the dual screening."

Thinking of Shaw Brothers' martial arts and old-fashioned kung fu movies, He Guanchang could only cover his head and didn't know how to feel.

The good schedule was filled with those Shaw Brothers movies. It was okay at first, but after a few months, the attendance rate of those movies just dropped to only [-]% to [-]% in a few days. make money.

What's even more unfortunate is that they agreed that as long as the movie's attendance rate does not drop to [-]% as soon as the movie is released, it will not be allowed to go down.

At the beginning, Zou Wenhuai and the others were anxious to team up with Shao Brothers to deal with Lin Daoqiu, so they agreed without thinking too much.

But they didn't know until later that the attendance rate of Shaw Brothers' movies had been maintained at this stage, which made them miserable.

It is no wonder that the revenue of Golden Harvest Cinemas has dropped a lot recently. I am afraid that most of the reasons are dragged down by the movies brought by Shaw Brothers.

"If it was Lin Daoqiu who cooperated with us back then, maybe we wouldn't have these troubles now."

He Guanchang just muttered something in a low voice, but Zou Wenhuai heard his words clearly.

Although Zou Wenhuai didn't say anything, He Guanchang's words were like a seed, quietly planted in Zou Wenhuai's heart, but he didn't realize it.

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