Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 681 The Prologue of the Police Movie (Happy Valentine's Day)

I'm afraid no one would have imagined that a TV series and a movie released in March would actually kick off the prelude to the Xiangjiang gangster movie.

Xiangjiang's early gangster films were very rough.

The earliest dates back to the 60s. At that time, the Hong Kong society had just stabilized, but the living standards of the people were far apart. Due to the popularity of movies, the citizens were no longer satisfied with listening to radio dramas or Cantonese operas.

Moreover, because of the huge disparity between the rich and the poor, ordinary citizens hope that there will be characters in novels fighting against injustice, robbing the rich and helping the poor, so the early police and gangster movies appeared in response to the needs of this market.

The gangster films at that time were all based on the famous detective novel "The Odd Case of Sherlock Holmes".

Most of the plots use "reasoning" dialogue to explain the development of the story. The shooting scenes and action handling in the movie can be said to be quite rough.

After that, as feminism attracted people's attention in society, the series of films "Female Killer" and "Black Rose" also came out.

These female-dominated movies are very different from the usual masculine male detective image.

Replacing it with a gentle, virtuous, intelligent and kind-hearted female image, and then adding some martial arts and funny plots, it is very popular among the public.

In the 70s, because of Bruce Lee's relationship, kung fu movies began to be sought after by the world, and the market for police and gangster movies was slowly shrinking.

If it weren't for the golden combination of Jackie Chan and Lin Daoqiu, I am afraid that no one would be optimistic about what great results this "Police Story" would get.

Because Jackie Chan dared to go back to Hollywood to film, after attending the premiere, he didn't even know the box office results of "Police Story" on the first day, and left by plane the next day.

"Mr. Lin, the box office of "Police Story" is out, 295 million."

Li Maowen personally delivered the box office record of "Police Story" to Lin Daoqiu's desk.

He looked very excited, because this means that New Oriental is likely to have another movie that can break the box office of 3000 million.

Even Lin Daoqiu didn't expect that "Police Story" would be so popular. You must know that "Best Partner" just came out not long ago.

Pointing to the seat opposite him, Lin Daoqiu seemed to be in a good mood.

"Mr. Lin, New Oriental hasn't released any strong films recently. I think it's possible to cut down those films with less than [-]% attendance rate, so as to free up more screens for "Police Story"."

Li Maowen has a strong premonition that "Police Story" will definitely break through the box office of 3000 million.

Even though it is not the Spring Festival, but because of New Oriental and Baojia Cinemas, there are no strong films on the market. It can be said that "Police Story" has the right time, place and harmony.

"Okay, you can handle this matter."

At this time, most of the movies released in New Oriental were shot by the company itself.

For other independent film producers, the first choice is Baojia Cinemas, because there are enough theaters there, and they can naturally get more screens.

As soon as the box office of 295 million on the first day came out, Lin Daoqiu actually realized that it must be no problem for "Police Story" to break the box office of 3000 million.

He even secretly thought that if he figured out a way to manipulate it, he might make "Police Story" the first movie to break through 4000 million box office since the opening of Hong Kong.

And just when New Oriental was still excited about the box office of "Police Story".

The opponent, Bao Shaogang of Baojia Cinemas, couldn't help being furious because of this incident.

"The box office of "Best Partner" has broken 3000 million before, and now you tell me that "Police Story" is likely to break 3000 million, so I would like to ask, what are you doing?"

Just after the new year, Bao Shaogang is still in a good mood, even though he was given a lot of limelight by "Best Partner".

But Bao Shaogang felt that this might be the last chance for New Oriental to show off.

Because Shi Tian, ​​Zeng Zhiwei, and Tsui Hark have all been poached by him, New Oriental should be seriously injured.

What he didn't expect was that he didn't realize that there was a traitor on his side, which made Bao Shaogang very dissatisfied.

Shi Tian and the other three were all called to his office by Bao Shaogang.

As soon as they entered the door, as soon as they saw Bao Shaogang's expression, they knew that today might not be a good day.

"Bao Shao, Lin Daoqiu's ability to write scripts is obvious to all. "Police Story" can break 3000 million, which is actually quite normal."

Shi Tian took this matter very openly, and he even thought it was nothing more than normal.

When Lin Daoqiu first arrived in Xiangjiang, a movie called Young Master Qian broke the box office record of Xiangjiang movies.

Now he controls a theater chain that needs money and people, so how could it be impossible to make a blockbuster movie.

Bao Shao just turned his head and glanced at Shi Tian, ​​the other's words made him feel very harsh.

It can be said that Lin Daoqiu has been regarded by Bao Shaogang as his greatest enemy, so he must feel uncomfortable when someone speaks kindly about Lin Daoqiu in front of him.

Both Zeng Zhiwei and Tsui Hark are very timid. They dare not say these things in front of Bao Shaogang, and they still say this when they know that the other party is angry. Isn't this sincere to make the other party unhappy?

"Mr. Shi, according to what you mean, when Lin Daoqiu's movie comes out in the future, we will all have to stay away from it?"

Bao Shaogang was asking Shi Tian almost in anger.

Quietly and slowly tugged on Shi Tian's clothes, signaling him not to make trouble with TouchPal Shaogang at this time.

"It's hard to say that you should retreat far, but if you want to defeat Lin Daoqiu, it can be said to be very difficult."

Shi Tian's words made Tsui Hark and Zeng Zhiwei couldn't help but close their eyes. Didn't he know that saying these words would make Bao Shaogang even more unhappy?
In fact, anyone who knows Shi Tian knows that even though he usually plays small characters in movies.But he is actually a very arrogant person.

There are not many people in the film industry that he can admire, but Lin Daoqiu happens to be one of them.

Whether a movie is made well or not, different people will look at it from different angles.

But in the absence of a consensus, box office revenue must be used as one of the criteria for measurement.

Obviously, the movies made by Lin Daoqiu are more popular in the eyes of most audiences.

"Next year, I hope that the three of you will bring me good news during the Spring Festival next year."

Although Bao Shaogang didn't say it explicitly, his implication was already obvious. For him, defeating Lin Daoqiu was the most critical and important thing.

But at this time, the pressure suddenly came to Shi Tian and the others.

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