Rebooting the Peak Years of 1985

Chapter 397 The grumpy old man versus the film critic

"Boss, here's a movie ticket for "Heroes 2". Don't you have one? Tell me, don't you? Why would there be a movie theater without you? Come on!"

"I remember your cinema is owned by Shaw Brothers, right? It doesn't even have "Heroes 2"? "Heroes Have No Tears"? I don't want to watch that kind of garbage movie."

"Let's go, let's go, what a shabby movie theater, it doesn't even have "Heroes 2", why don't we go to another movie theater to watch it."

A group of people queued up to buy tickets at a theater owned by Shaw Brothers in Yau Ma Tei. There were so many people.

But when they learned that "Heroes 2" was not being screened here, everyone in line became angry and left cursing.

The crowd that was originally swarming was reduced by more than half in an instant, and it seemed very cold.

There are also some people who went to see "Heroes Have No Tears", but after watching it, they wanted to see "Heroes 2". They wanted to see what the differences between the two movies were said by others?
In three days, in just three days, "Heroes 2" achieved a box office of 200 million.

"Heroes Have No Tears" only had a box office of 600 million, and its reputation has been completely ruined.

And on this day, something big happened.

"What are you doing? Don't mess around. Don't come over. Help, help."

In a cafe, a well-dressed middle-aged man in his forties crossed his arms, his face full of fear and panic.

He is the famous film critic Guang Weizhi, who uses the pseudonym "Objective Film Viewer" in newspapers and is very famous.

His arm was bleeding and was stabbed by the naked middle-aged man in front of him.

At first glance, he looked like a low-level migrant worker. He was wearing gray and gray three-quarter pants, and his upper body was bare. His skin was tanned, and his shoulders were even torn.

At this time, he was holding a fruit knife in his hand, with blood on it.

"Run!"

"Killed, killed!"

"Come on, let's kill someone!"

Things happened very quickly, and everyone was watching the excitement while the two were arguing. As a result, the strong man drew a knife and stabbed the person, which immediately frightened everyone watching the show.

Suddenly, the cafe was buzzing with excitement, and a man ran outside wildly, shouting.

"You lied to me, pay me for it!"

The strong man stared at Guang Weizhi fiercely and said.

There is a kind of person in this world, who is called the grumpy old man in later generations. He has a violent and impulsive personality.

If the grumpy old man still doesn't know how to turn around, then the strong man in front of him is a typical example.

His name is Zhang Hao, he is a porter and works as a coolie carrying bags. He usually likes to watch some movies.

In particular, "Heroes and Glory" is his favorite. When "Heroes and Glory 2" came out, he was looking forward to it and even asked for leave to watch it.

However, after reading the film reviews, he fell into entanglement and incompetence. Finally, he believed the critics in their unobjective reviews and bought a ticket to see "Heroes Without Tears".

The movie was so-so, which made Zhang Hao unhappy, but it didn't make him angry or irritable.

But when a group of people came out of the screening room of "Heroes and Glory 2", their faces full of excitement and excitement, and talked about the big scenes of "Heroes and Glory 2", how beautiful and exciting they were, he was attracted.

So he gritted his teeth and bought another movie ticket for "Heroes 2". This viewing naturally made him excited and satisfied.

But after leaving, he became angry because he suddenly discovered that the film critics were talking about the advantages of "Heroes 2" and all of them were assigned to "Heroes Without Tears".

He felt cheated at the time, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he got, so he dug out the newspaper that caused him to be cheated, and asked the newspaper agency for justice.

Of course the newspaper wouldn't care. Faced with Zhang Hao's eagerness and aggressiveness, they directly pushed the blame on film critic Guang Weizhi.

The people at the newspaper office are also smart with words. They paid for the film critic's objective film review service, but as a result, the film critic wrote nonsense. They are also victims.

Just like this, Zhang Hao went around in circles, spent some time and drank some wine, and finally found Guang Weizhi.

The first step was to ask the other party to apologize to him and pay for his movie tickets.

Naturally, Guang Weizhi could not agree. There was no precedent in this regard.When I saw the other person dressed like a low-class person, I couldn't look down on him at all.

Guang Weizhi made some disdainful remarks, but instead accused the other party of not understanding art appreciation. He actually felt that "Heroes of Pride 2" is better than "Heroes Have No Tears", which is due to the lack of professional movie-watching literacy.

In the end, he also criticized Zhang Hao's poverty. If you don't have money, don't go to the movies. Wanting him to pay for the movie tickets is simply too poor to look at the money.

Zhang Hao was so angry that he touched the fruit knife on the next table and stabbed Guang Weizhi on the spot.

Things got bigger.

"Don't move, put down the hostages!"

"Don't act rashly, put down the hostages!"

"Again, put down your weapons!"

A group of police officers arrived at the door and aimed their weapons at Zhang Hao.

At the same time, a group of reporters who got the news also swarmed in and took pictures frantically around the entrance of the cafe.

"Why on earth did you kidnap him?"

"I heard that he is a film critic. Did you come to him to refund your ticket after being deceived by his film?"

"Sir, why are you asking him to refund your ticket? The hostage is a filmmaker and not the owner of a cinema, so why should you refund your ticket?"

Reporters only want ratings and hot spots, and of course they don't care about the lives of Guang Weizhi and Zhang Hao.

They don't care if the matter is big enough, they only care if the matter is not big enough. The more exciting the matter, the more news and ratings it will get.

It was also Zhang Hao's first time encountering such a big scene, and he was also panicked.

However, as the reporters asked questions, he began to feel angry again and told everyone about the matter.

In the end, Zhang Hao was captured by the police, but the next day major newspapers began to report it as news.

For a time, the different reputations between "Heroes 2" and "Heroes Without Tears", as well as false comments from film critics, became rampant.

Following the news reports, Chen Huajiang naturally also saw the news. He had a flash of inspiration and asked his staff to arrange a lawyer to sue the film critics for applying the positive film reviews belonging to "Heroes of Pride 2" to "Heroes Have No Tears".

At the same time, Chen Huajiang also asked Li Min to contact ATV for advertising and release the exciting clips of "Heroes 2".

Soon Li Min contacted ATV and told Chen Huajiang that the other party wanted a "sky-high price" of 100 million.

Because the advertising is temporary and the advertising volume is only for a few days, the price is indeed too high.However, Chen Huajiang only thought for a moment before she agreed. One million was not much, as it would bring more exposure, and she could earn back the money from subsequent movie tickets.

And the most important thing is that if "Heroes 2" becomes a big hit, this series will be considered alive.

In this way, on the fourth night, when many people were watching TV at home, the ATV channel suddenly inserted an advertisement.

boom--

(End of this chapter)