The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 184 First Week Box Office
Although he knows that Bill Gates has unlimited potential and is a stock with unlimited potential, Xu Guanwu doesn't want to invest a lot of money for the time being, so as not to scare the snake away and make Bill Gates, a slippery loach, run away.

Thinking of Bill Gates and the later famous Microsoft, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but think of the equally famous Stephen Jobs and Apple.

"This is also a big fat sheep!" Xu Guanwu sucked his saliva and said with a smirk without grace.

It would be nice to travel back to the 70s, when the computer and Internet industries were in the ascendant, and it was time for massive acquisitions.

Thinking of this, Xu Guanwu quickly wrote down the names of computer companies he could think of, such as Intel, AMD, IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Adobe, EA, Nintendo, eBay, messenger, and so on.

Some of these companies are already world-renowned computer companies, some have just been established and are still waiting to be fed, and some have not yet appeared.

Xu Guanwu read the name on the piece of paper by heart and remembered it firmly in his heart. Then he found a lighter and burned the note directly. Even the ashes of the paper were flushed into the Pacific Ocean by the toilet.

"In a few days, when "Jaws" is released, I will go to the United States and set up a venture capital company. At that time, I will spend money like crazy and force myself to sell myself. Ten years later, I will be able to lie in Jinshan I'm going to bed now. Wow ha ha ha!" Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing, the more he thought about it, the more beautiful he became.

……

After confirming the investment plan, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel high when he thought that after a few years, he would have endless money. He stayed up until midnight without sleepiness.

But his wife Zhao Yazhi hadn't come back yet, which made Xu Guanwu a little worried.

He hurriedly called TVB, but no one answered, Xu Guanwu couldn't help fidgeting, and was about to greet the bodyguards and go to TVB to see what happened, when he heard the sound of a car outside the door.

Xu Guanwu rushed out to greet him, and saw the female bodyguard walking out of the car with the help of Zhao Yazhi, which shocked him.

"What's the matter, are you injured?" Xu Guanwu hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

But looking closer, Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing again, it turned out that Zhao Yazhi had fallen asleep while walking, her eyes were closed, she was leaning on the bodyguard, moving forward step by step involuntarily.

Seeing his wife being so tired, Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling distressed and funny at the same time, he quickly stepped forward and extended his hand, and the two of them cooperated to bring Zhao Yazhi into the room.

Looking at Zhao Yazhi who was lying on the bed soundly asleep, Xu Guanwu smiled wryly and shook his head.Originally, I stayed up so late because I wanted to tell my wife about my plan to get rich, but now it seems that I should hold it in my stomach first.

After helping his wife remove her shoes, socks and clothes, and covering her with a thin blanket, Xu Guanwu went to bed gently, trying not to make a sound to disturb his wife's sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Xu Guanwu was soundly asleep, when he felt a shaking around him, and heard rustling sounds in the dimness.

He opened his eyes and saw that Zhao Yazhi was busy getting dressed.

"Azhi, why did you wake up so early? What time is it?" Xu Guanwu frowned and asked.

"It's only five o'clock, you should go to bed for a while." Zhao Yazhi kissed his forehead, "I'm rushing to film, so I won't have breakfast with you today."

"You didn't come back until twelve o'clock yesterday, and now you're going to start work at dawn." Xu Guanwu frowned, "This must be too much work."

"Everyone is like this, I can't specialize either." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.

"But this will seriously affect our married life." Xu Guanwu said dissatisfied, "Didn't you say that there were only five or ten minutes of scenes at the beginning?"

"Maybe the director sees that I'm doing well, so he'll give me more scenes. Why, aren't you happy for me?" Zhao Yazhi said proudly.

"Happy!!!" Xu Guanwu rolled his eyes and said in a drawn-out tone.

"I won't tell you anymore, I'm going to be late." Zhao Yazhi said in a hurry.

"You didn't have breakfast?" Seeing her in such a hurry, Xu Guanwu asked quickly.

"I'll just buy some breakfast outside the studio later." Zhao Yazhi said casually.

"How can the breakfast sold outside be nutritious? It's likely to spoil your stomach. How about this, I'll make breakfast later and deliver it to you." Xu Guanwu shouted, "Anyway, I work in an office and arrive early and late It doesn't matter."

"Forget it, don't visit my class anymore." Zhao Yazhi quickly waved her hand.

"Why?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"There are so many beauties in my crew, I'm afraid that if you go too many times, you will be hooked by someone." Zhao Yazhi said.

Xu Guanwu was speechless for a while, "Do you still remember what happened yesterday? They all said it was a misunderstanding. That girl is not beautiful, so I will find a pretty one even if I look for it."

"What did you say?!" Zhao Yazhi strode to the bed and shouted, murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

"No, I didn't say anything." Xu Guanwu quickly changed his words with a dry smile.

Zhao Yazhi nodded, and went out with her bag on her back.

Xu Guanwu sighed sighingly, "Why would an obedient and gentle woman turn into a tigress when encountering such a thing? I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out! Go to sleep! Going back to the cage is the most comfortable thing."

Xu Guanwu muttered, turned over, and continued to sleep.

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After work, the box office for the first week of "Salted Fish Reborn" has been settled.

Although the box office revenue of the Palace Cinema is missing, the box office of "Salted Fish Reborn" is still as high as 150 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, ranking first in the summer film list of Hong Kong film industry.

The second seat is directed by Li Hanxiangda, "The Overwhelming Country and the Alluring City", with 120 million seats.Golden Harvest's "Eagle Claw Iron Shirt" ranked third with a slight advantage of 110 million.

There are also several movies in the summer file that have also been well received, such as "A Niu Entering the City" co-starred by Bumblebee and Wang Sha, which has a very good reputation and box office.

The wild bee and Wang Sha were partners in comedy dramas, and they were very popular in Nanyang.Shaw valued the fame of the two, and saw that the comedies co-starred by the Xu brothers were very popular, so they strongly invited the two to Hong Kong Shaw to develop.

This "A Niu Entering the City" tells the story of the country boy A Niu who came to Hong Kong and saw many weird and bizarre things, blood and tears, sadness and joy, making people laugh with tears, and a lot of emotion.This film is more satirical than the Xu brothers' spooky comedy, and it also makes people cry and sigh for it.

However, compared to Xu's films, "A Niu Entering the City" is a bit rough, and although many parts are moving to tears, it is hard to escape the suspicion of deliberate exaggeration.

In addition to "A Niu Entering the City", the Cantonese opera film "Three Smiles Marriage" directed by director Li Tie was released for two weeks, and the box office broke through the million Hong Kong dollar mark. It was a surprise.

Cantonese opera plays played a very important role in the early days of Hong Kong film development. Cantonese opera masters themselves had many fans, and there was no need for audiences to buy tickets when making opera plays.In addition, the stories, lines, costumes, and props for shooting opera films are all ready-made, and you can shoot as long as you install a machine.Often a movie can be filmed in three or two days, and it was also called "Seven Days Fresh" at that time, which means that shooting for seven days is already a big production.

But later, with the improvement of the audience's viewing level and the shoddy production of Cantonese opera and opera films, the "Seven Days Fresh" film gradually lost its market, and Cantonese opera and opera films also fell into a slump.

In the past, Hong Kong had to produce [-] Cantonese opera films a year, but after the decline, it could not produce more than two films a year.When many Cantonese opera veterans became popular, they both sang on stage and appeared on the big screen, and they were even more popular than popular movie stars.But after the decline, not only did they not go on the big screen, but there were also fewer Cantonese opera performances on the stage.

Li Tie, the director of the movie "Three Smiles Marriage", is a veteran director of Cantonese opera and opera films. He has directed many blockbuster classic films, such as Cantonese opera opera "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" and "Snow in June"; the realistic film "Tears in a Sea of ​​People" , "Spring Dawn in a Dangerous Building", literary films "The Resentment of a Rich Family", "Penang Beauty", etc., were well-known masterpieces at that time.

The two leading actors in the play, Long Jiansheng and Mei Xueshi, are the proud disciples of Cantonese opera actresses Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian. Ren Bai is a household name in the Nanyang area of ​​Hong Kong. They have been on stage for more than 20 years. Famous Cantonese opera singer.As Long Jiansheng and Mei Xueshi's disciples, it is natural that a famous teacher produces a high-level apprentice, and they also learn a whole body of good skills.

This "Three Smiles Marriage" is based on the Cantonese opera "Dian Qiuxiang". It tells the story of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang's marriage with three smiles. It is well-known in Hong Kong.Zhou Xingchi, the king of comedy in later generations, also adapted this story and put it on the big screen - "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance".

The story is good, the director is good, and the actors are excellent. This "Marriage of Three Smiles" is meticulously crafted and can be said to be a masterpiece of Cantonese opera.

Hong Kong filmmakers are always on the lookout for thieves. Once they find a certain type of movie is popular, they immediately follow suit and shoot the same type of film.

Golden Harvest's boss, Zou Wenhuai, is one of the masters. Although Golden Harvest's performance this year is impressive, overall, it still earns less and pays more. The lack of a leading star is such a sad reminder.

Except for the movies directed by Wu Siyuan, Yuan Heping, and Wu Yusen, which were still hits, the rest of the investment or screening movies were losing money, which made Zou Wenhuai jealous.

So when he saw the box office of "Three Smiles Marriage" surpassed one million, he immediately found Wu Yusen, who was currently idle, and asked him to follow suit and make a Cantonese opera film.

Wu Yusen has been idle at home since filming "Face and Heart" last year, working on the script.He himself is not a prolific director, and he studied under Xu Guanwen when he made comedies, so he didn't learn anything else, but he learned a lot about the strictness of the script.

Over the past six months, Zou Wenhuai has also collected a batch of scripts for Wu Yusen to choose from, but Lao Wu himself is not very interested in making comedies, and these scripts are shoddy and follow the trend, and none can compare to the Xu Brothers, so he declined all of them. I would rather hide at home and work on my own script than just copy a script and start working.

This made Zou Wenhuai feel very dissatisfied, but he was reluctant to dismiss him.

Several films Wu Yusen has made in the past two years have been very popular, and he is also well-known in the Hong Kong film industry. If he leaves Golden Harvest and does not mention other small film companies, I am afraid that Xu Brothers will be the first to make a move.

　I am confused, "Tiger Frog" should be "Salted Fish Reborn", sorry!
　　
　
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