The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 171 "Tiger Frog" Midnight Show
"Mr. Xu, you don't know about this. Although the Ma brothers and I both use the banner of 14K, in fact, because of the severe crackdown by the British Hong Kong government a few years ago, all the leading members of the 14K society were deported. Now the rest of Hong Kong has long been independent, not under the control of each other, and they are fighting each other." Chen Huimin explained.

"14K used to be the largest gang in Hong Kong, but now it has long lagged behind Hutchison and Xin Ngee Ann." Chen Huimin sighed and said, "I and the Ma brothers belong to different gangs, because the names of the gangs are based on It starts with characters, so it is also called 'word pile'."

"That is to say, you and the Ma brothers have no kinship, but you might be rivals instead?" Xu Guanwu frowned.

Originally thought that Chen Huimin and the Ma brothers belonged to 14K, and they could use the righteousness of the same family to mediate one or two, but they did not expect the relationship to be so complicated.

"Mr. Xu, did you have a feud with the Ma brothers recently?" Chen Huimin asked in surprise, "Impossible, although these two brothers are big drug lords, they have always acted cautiously. As a human being, how could I offend you?"

"Isn't it the "Daily Daily"? He has a few big advertisers who voted for me." Xu Guanwu explained, "In addition, the sales of the newspaper have been affected, so they have been against me recently."

"So that's the case, no wonder." Chen Huimin clapped her hands and said, "Mr. Xu, do you want me to help you make peace?"

"Well, I'd rather return those advertisers to him, and everyone will do business according to the rules in the future, and each learns from each other." Xu Guanwu said.

"Well, it's not that there is no way out, but I want to ask my boss to help. They still have contact with each other in the older generation, and they save each other some face, unlike the little ones below, who fight for a little bit of oil and water. His head was bleeding." Chen Huimin said.

"Okay, then thank you very much, I'll wait for your good news." Xu Guanwu smiled.

Chen Huimin nodded, got up and walked out.

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While Chen Huimin was busy entrusting relationships, finding ways, and establishing contact with the Ma brothers, the bustling summer vacation came.

Xu Brothers' main summer movie is Hong Jingbao's "Salted Fish". This is also the second collaboration between Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao. The box office of "Tiger and Frog", which they collaborated with before, exceeded 200 million, which was very popular.

This "Salted Fish Resurrection" is also a farce story of two people traveling together in the rivers and lakes. It wins because the story is humorous and the plots are trendy, but it loses because the plot has many flaws and absurd plots.

Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao can also be regarded as fast swordsmen. The film just started in March, and it was ready for release in June.

In comparison, Cheng Long's "Drunken Master" has been filming since the end of the new year, and it has been more than four months now, and there is no intention of finishing it.On the one hand, this shows that Cheng Long has strict requirements on himself, and on the other hand, it also shows that Mai Jia, Hong Jingbao and others are more suitable for commercial film operations.

In his previous life, Hong Jingbao established two film and television companies at the same time, Baohe and Debao, with frequent releases of good films. One person holds up two large film and television companies. It is unprecedented in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is estimated that there will be no one in the future.

At that time, everyone respectfully called him Big Brother, but Cheng Long was nothing more than Big Brother.

Xu Guanwu originally wanted to use Cheng Long's "Drunken Master" as the main feature of the summer file, and "Salted Fish Reborn" was released on the Christmas schedule. "But it was finished early.

There was no other way, so I had to let "Salted Fish Resurrection" top the schedule first. "Daily Daily. Entertainment Edition" published a large amount of advertisements, and the leading actors and directors took photos and interviews, and large color photos were obviously extremely extreme.

Brilliant Theaters’ window TVs also broadcast the funny and martial arts episodes of “Salted Fish Reborn” on a loop, attracting passers-by to watch.

Speaking of this window TV, it is amazing, and the publicity effect is excellent.Usually, not only movie clips can be played, but also song MVs, TV commercials, etc. can also be played.

Over the past six months, it has attracted a large number of audiences to watch movies in theaters. At the same time, it has also sold a lot of advertising time, and the cost of the previous investment has been recovered early.

Moreover, because of its simplicity, this window advertising model has been imitated by some luxury stores, clothing stores, and home appliance stores. Some also imitate the display of TVs in the window and broadcast product advertisements in the store to attract passers-by. .

It became a new trend of shopping in Hong Kong for a while, and even RB, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have quickly followed suit.And later, it became one of the classic cases of marketing.

"Salted Fish Resurrected" sells movie tickets for the midnight show three days in advance. Because of the effective promotion, those movie tickets are all sold out within half a day, and the sales volume is gratifying.

Brilliant Leading Cinemas, the midnight show, Xu Guanwu and Hong Jingbao arrived at the theater early.

Looking at the noisy crowd outside, Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing and said: "Did you see that people came here when they saw your name Sanmao. This means that after you made a few blockbuster movies, Sanmao, you already have box office appeal .”

"It's not all because of your promotion, Mr. Xu." Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "And the company has done a good job in publicity, otherwise I'm just a dragon and tiger martial artist now."

"Don't be so humble. Excessive modesty is pride." Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's gold, it will shine wherever you throw it. Without my promotion, you can still become a talent, but it's only a matter of time."

After hearing this, Hong Jingbao scratched his head and laughed.

"Stanley, I read the newspapers, and I really think that the movie "Jaws" you invested in is about to be released." Mai Jia said from the side.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Are you also concerned about what's going on in Hollywood?"

"Of course, that is the pinnacle of world cinema after all. As long as there are ideal filmmakers, who wouldn't want to climb it?" Mai Jia laughed.He grew up in the United States since he was a child, and behaves like an American, he doesn't pay attention to so many hierarchical concepts, and he is very relaxed in front of Xu Guanwu.

"Then if you were really given the chance, would you go to Hollywood to develop?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"Of course, you'd be a fool if you don't." Mai Jia shouted, "Why, is Mr. Xu going to send me to Hollywood to make a movie?"

"Not yet," Xu Guanwu waved his hand. "Now is not the best time to enter the United States. Wait another four or five years until I buy one of the eight major Hollywood film companies. At that time, everyone can go to Hollywood." developed."

"Pfft!" Hong Jingbao, who was drinking water at the side, immediately spouted the water out of his mouth after hearing this.

Mai Jia was not as excited as Hong Jingbao. He had been in Hollywood before, and he was the assistant director of "007: The Man with the Golden Gun".

I know that although the shelves of those film and television companies are still there, the inner capsules are already hollow. It is just that the centipedes are dead but not stiff.

Based on the fact that the boss Xu Guanwu earns [-] million US dollars a year, it really only takes four to five years to buy one of the eight major Hollywood film companies.

"Mr. Xu, don't scare me, is it real or not? Buy Hollywood?" Hong Jingbao asked with his eyes wide open.

What Hong Kong filmmakers want most now is to sell their films to Hollywood. Mr. Xu is so good that he wants to buy Hollywood directly!

Xu Guanwu smiled, "San Mao, don't be so surprised, Hollywood is not as good as you think. Do you know what my nickname is when I go to Hollywood?"

"What is it?" Hong Jingbao asked.

"Wealthy Chinese guy." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Due to the impact of TV in the past few years in Hollywood, the film box office has dropped sharply. Several of the eight major film companies in Hollywood are now on the verge of bankruptcy. So don't think they are rich, in fact As long as you have a few hundred million dollars, you can start an acquisition. And they are eager to sell it to you."

"Hundreds of millions of dollars?!" Hong Jingbao swallowed hard. If there were hundreds of millions of dollars, what movie company would the ghost buy? Wouldn't it be more profitable to use it for other businesses?
"Okay, let's stop talking, the film will start soon, are you ready to be tested by the audience?" Xu Guanwu asked loudly.

"Get ready!" several main actors and directors of "Salted Fish Reborn" shouted together.

"Then let's go and listen to the opinions of the audience." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, taking the lead and leading everyone into the theater.

(End of this chapter)