The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 425 Review Seven Eight
Although Xu Guanwu was absent for a long time due to business in [-], he still achieved very good results with the efforts of his colleagues in the company.

In terms of movies, whether it is Zhang Jian's "The Way of the Dragon", Mai Jia's "Chasing Girls", or Gui Zhihong's "Evil" and "Gu", they all achieved very good box office results.

Among them, "The Raptors Crossing the River" invested 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office was as high as 950 million Hong Kong dollars, almost breaking the 150 million Hong Kong dollar mark.And "Chasing Girls" invested 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office reached 10,000 million Hong Kong dollars, which can be regarded as a big profit.The investment of Gui Zhihong's "Evil" and "Gu" is only 200+ Hong Kong dollars, but the box office has more than [-] million, which is a typical example of sawing a big tree with a knife.

What is really eye-catching is "Pointing Fingers" directed by Zhang Guoming. Although it only cost more than 60 Hong Kong dollars, it returned a super high box office of more than 400 million, which is really eye-catching.

Zhang Guoming was originally recruited by Xu Guanwu together with Zhang Jian. As the first batch of members of the Asian Rising Star Director Program, Zhang Jian had already made a name for himself with "Men Thieves and Women Singing" and "A Bad Life", but Zhang Guoming did not. He hasn't found a film path that suits him for a long time. The films he made, whether it is "Amin" or "Yin Ling", are all experimental films with his own style, but the box office is not ideal.

This put Zhang Guoming under a lot of psychological pressure. Fortunately, Xu Guanwu has always believed in his talent and never gave up on him, so now he finally became famous with "Pointing Finger Bingbing".He finally took revenge on those who looked down upon him.

In addition to Zhang Guoming starting to shine, the mustache Chen Xunqi, who was praised by director Chu Yuan, also became a dazzling new star in the Hong Kong film industry last year.Chen Xunqi set foot in the film and television industry a long time ago, but at that time he was responsible for the soundtrack and was a behind-the-scenes staff, so although he was well-known in the industry, he was not well-known among the people.

Now with the three Lu Xiaofeng movies he starred in, "Before and After the Decisive Battle", "Ghost Villa" and "Silver Hook Casino", all of them have achieved good box office results.Not only does he look like Lu Xiaofeng in appearance, but his martial arts skills are not weak at all. At the same time, his personality is also somewhat humorous. He seems to be the incarnation of Lu Xiaofeng. Even Gu Long praised him as the Lu Xiaofeng in his mind.

Even Lu Xiaofeng's creator praised him so much, which made Chen Xunqi's already high popularity soar again, making him the most popular martial arts star in [-] and [-].

Of course, this is also because the three brothers Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, and Yuan Biao have been absent from the film market for seven or eight years because they are fully preparing for the filming of "Project A".The collective absence of their three top stars undoubtedly gave the later generations room for advancement, and Chen Xunqi just seized this opportunity and became famous in one fell swoop.

Therefore, it is not enough for a celebrity to simply be qualified. The most important thing is to pay attention to chance.It's just that the back may be due to lack of stamina, so the ascent is as fast as the fall.

In addition to the good box office of these well-known directors, this year Xu has launched several young new directors. Most of them were assistant directors before, and they have accumulated considerable experience and honed enough qualifications. So the company will give them the opportunity to try it.

Although the investment in the first film is usually not very high, if the box office is good, the investment in the next film will increase, allowing them to enjoy the addiction of being a big director.Of course, if the box office fails, then you have to go back and start from scratch.

However, these new directors introduced by Xu this year are not bad. Although the films they made were not big hits, they still made small profits or kept their capital. up.

Xu Guanwu has no impression of these newly launched directors, but considering that there are tens of thousands of film practitioners in Hong Kong, it is inevitable that there will be hidden jewels in the sea. Some directors are powerful, but their reputation is not obvious.So Xu Guanwu didn't mean to underestimate them. As long as they can continue to work hard and continue to create profits for the company, Xu Guanwu will fully support them.

Just like director Zhang Jian, in his previous life, he was just the initiator of the Hong Kong Love Film Society, who specially advocated the shooting of independent films. In Hong Kong, a society that pursues commercialization, his proposition is naturally not recognized, so although he Talented but unused.

In this life, because of Xu Guanwu's funding, he first made a few films that were not very popular, accumulated experience, and found a way, and then he made "The Man Thief and the Girl Sing", "A Deadly Life", "The Raptors Crossing the River" and so on. " and so on, all have a very strong personal style, but they are highly compatible with the current popular commercial elements, which makes the audience very excited to watch, and naturally the box office is guaranteed.

With such a good example like him, who knows that among the few directors introduced this year, there will be no more talented people like Zhang Jian.

As for "The House of Fortune and Gold" co-starred by elder brother Xu Guanwen, third younger brother Xu Guanying, and fourth younger brother Xu Guanjie, it was usually released during the Spring Festival, so it was not included in the [-] financial report.With the current super high support of his three brothers, and the fact that the audience's expectations have been extremely high since the one-year vacancy, maybe this time the box office will be a miracle at the box office.

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In addition to movies, TV stations, TVB and Li's TV station formed an alliance last year. "Poison Group", "Tycoon", "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", "We Are Not Enemies, No Gathering" and so on, there are urban business themes, criminal themes, costume martial arts themes, and male and female love themes, which can be regarded as all-inclusive. There is.

Because the two TV stations jointly invested and shared the cost, the investment in the TV series was relatively high, even a part higher than TVB's previous investment, and Li's would naturally pay for the extra part.Therefore, the quality of the TV series produced is much higher, which can naturally attract viewers to watch.

When it was first broadcast on TVB, it had an audience rating of more than [-]%, and when it was rebroadcast on Li's TV station, it also had a rating of about [-]%, which made Li's prestige.

As for Jiayi TV, although it has formed an alliance with TV stations in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore to jointly fund and shoot TV dramas.But because the customs and customs of the three places on the two sides of the strait are different, there are many troubles when filming TV dramas.

The first is the language problem. People in Taiwan speak Mandarin, which is very similar to Mandarin. The Mandarin in Malaysia and Singapore is relatively weak, with many local dialects mixed in. As for the people in Hong Kong, they speak Cantonese.Therefore, actors from both sides of the strait and the three regions get together to film a movie, and it is difficult to kill a person just by the lines.

And because the language and characters are not the same, the script has to be written in triplicate, one for the actors in Taiwan, Malaysia, and one in traditional characters; one for the actors in Singapore and one in simplified characters; and one for the actors in Hong Kong in Cantonese.Simply proofreading the script would take a long time, and professional dubbing would be required later, which was really troublesome to the extreme.

The second is the difference in customs and customs, so that their preferences are also different.Due to the relatively fast economic development in Hong Kong, TV dramas with urban themes are preferred, such as "Crocodile Tears" and "Tycoon", which were co-produced by TVB and Li's, which are about urban business warfare. , Family affection, revenge and other elements are melted in one furnace, which is most suitable for these ordinary people to watch.

However, many people in Taiwan and Malaysia live in the countryside, so they prefer to watch TV dramas with local themes, such as "A Boat in the Ocean" and "Grandma Tea Mother".There is also Taiwan's local Thunderbolt puppet show, and the adaptation of long-form TV series has created miracles in Taiwan's ratings one after another, and the government has restricted electricity and banned the broadcast.

These two differences caused the four TV stations a headache every time they cooperated, so although the alliance was relatively early, they only filmed five dramas, which is even less than the later alliance of TVB and Li's.Moreover, most of the dramas they shoot are martial arts TV series, because this is the most popular theme in the three regions, but the ratings are not very satisfactory.

Now, thanks to the popularity of movies, Gu Long's novels can be said to be at a climax, and he has launched "Chu Liuxiang", "Lu Xiaofeng" and other popular TV series, which have formed a boom in ratings in East Asia, and even overwhelmed the others. Jin Yong, a master of martial arts, so the Jin Yong drama co-produced by four TV stations is not as popular as expected.

As for Jiayi TV, because of TV dramas, it has always been inferior to TVB's investment and Lidi's proximity to the water, so the ratings have always been unsatisfactory, and it still loses money every year.However, with Sir Shao Yifu's character of becoming more and more courageous as he fought, it seemed that he didn't want to quit like this, and continued to grit his teeth and carry on.

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In addition to the competition in TV dramas, TV stations actually also have competitions in variety shows.Since TVB launched the column "I'm a Big Beauty" which was well received, Jiayi TV also launched the column "Beauty Afternoon Tea", and Lidi TV also launched the column "I'm the Biggest Woman", all of which explain makeup, slimming, and whitening , health care as the content, invite celebrity guests, makeup artists and hosts to blindly hala.

This kind of blatant plagiarism of creativity is not legally defined in Hong Kong, so TVB can only watch them take away its audience without taking any legal measures.

In addition, in December, Xu Guanwu and Lin Qingxia made a huge news, which also affected the program hosted by Zhao Yazhi, which forced this program to temporarily replace the host.But the new host is beautiful, but she doesn’t have the aura of a wealthy wife like Zhao Yazhi, and she doesn’t have her own unique views on cosmetics, whitening and slimming, and brand-name clothing, so it is difficult to support the overall situation, so the ratings lower again.

After the news about Xu Lin and the two of them came to an end and the influence gradually dissipated, TVB originally planned to invite Zhao Yazhi back and start a new version of "I Am a Beauty", but it was a pity that Zhao Yazhi was pregnant just in time.Originally, in the early stages of pregnancy, there were also things that could be done, but for the sake of the baby's health, Xu Guanwu didn't want Zhao Yazhi to touch cosmetics made of chemical raw materials, and also didn't want the baby to be exposed to the colorful entertainment industry in advance, so Zhao Yazhi had to reluctantly resign. All the work, obediently stay at home and have a baby, waiting for the baby to be born.

Because of the loss of its flagship variety show program, TVB last year was relatively bleak. Only "Happy Tonight" was left to support the overall situation. Under the outflanking attack of Jiayi and Lidi, it seemed a bit stretched.

But fortunately, as TVB's top ratings leader, so many talents are not free for nothing. In addition to strengthening the program quality of "Happy Tonight", they have successively launched "Yangshengtang", "Beauty's Private Kitchen", and other two programs. file column.

One program pays attention to the common sense of health preservation, and the other program invites beautiful stars to cook. Let the young and beautiful actresses on the screen cook and cook food on the spot. Naturally, some of them cook well, while others Some are horrible.Seeing these glamorous actresses scrambling on stage naturally made the audience very happy.

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