Island Tycoon

Chapter 22 The Movie Released
"Split? The youngsters have too much appetite." Shao Yifu shook his head and said, Ye Jingcheng mentioned the issue of the share, it must be to increase the ratio.

Despite the fact that Shao Yifu took [-]% of the money, after deducting the theater's venue consumption and related taxes, the real money he got was not much more than Ye Jingcheng.

In all fairness, Ye Jingcheng's current [-]% is already very high, especially since he has not paid the basic theater fee, it is reasonable to say that it is reasonable to give him [-]%.

The reason why Shao Daheng gave in was because of Huang Tianlin's sake, and because he took responsibility for his mistakes back then.

Due to the previous overly tough approach of Shaw Cinemas, that is, the large studio system and the director's salary system, the decline of Shaw Brothers has a lot to do with these two factors.Otherwise, it would not have caused the later Wrinkle Wenhuai and others to flee and miss the chance to reach a cooperation with Bruce Lee, and then the sneering artist Xu Guanwen switched to Golden Harvest's banner.

During this time, Shao Yifu has realized that the film and television industry is no longer Shaw's world alone, such as Golden Harvest Films, which is emerging from the blue, and Golden Princess Entertainment, which will soon be composed of Lisheng Cinema.

On the surface, it is obvious that there are thousands of lights, but Shaw's has been going downhill.If Shao Yifu doesn't know how to adapt, it will only make the Shao family decline even worse.

Whether it was Shao Yifu persuading him not to be so ambitious, or Fang Yihua beside him sometimes mocking, Ye Jingcheng kept a smile on his face and said without saying a word: "The most important thing to be a man is to know how to fight for yourself, isn't it?"

"Are you so confident?" Shao Yifu asked.

"Uncle Liu, to put it bluntly, times are constantly changing, and Shaw Brothers martial arts films can no longer keep up with the aesthetics of modern men and women. If there is no breakthrough, I am afraid it will soon come to an end."

In fact, in addition to martial arts movies, Shaw Brothers also has another type of popular movie - Fengyue movies.It can be said that Hong Kong Island's current stars and meat are all Shaw Brothers.However, with Shao Yifu's current status, he would naturally not use Fengyue movies as a reason for refuting.

On the other hand, Fang Yihua, who was at the side, said in a cold voice: "The younger generation should pay attention to what they say, don't be ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the earth."

Shao Yifu glanced at his female companion, and didn't mean to blame him, but asked Ye Jingcheng: "If you choose to pay the theater's basic fee, so what if you split the bill fifty-fifty."

"Because I can't afford the money, and I don't dare to split the bill with you, Sixth Uncle. If Sixth Uncle is willing to give me more than half of the profit, I will be satisfied." Ye Jingcheng simply revealed his details to the other party.

"Hahaha, young people are honest enough." Shao Yifu seemed to relax his brows, and continued: "Forty and a half is forty and a half, but the bottom fee must be paid, this time I will charge you a dollar more preferentially .”

"One dollar?" Huang Jing asked in surprise.

"Then thank you Uncle Six."

Ye Jingcheng also breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that this authoritarian Shao tycoon would be hard to talk to.Perhaps Shao's dilemma has reached a very important stage, otherwise Shao Daheng would let a newcomer come to bargain with him.

"I heard that Golden Harvest will release a film called "Crazy Robbery" on the [-]st, which seems to be of the same type as your "Human Meat Roasting Shop". I'm afraid you will have a fight then." Shao Yifu said.

Ye Jingcheng replied: "Only with competition can we tell the good from the bad. I believe you won't be disappointed, Uncle Liu."

Then they chatted about some irrelevant issues, Ye Jingcheng and Huang Jing left first.

As for the one yuan that Shao Yifu asked for as a base fee for the theater, of course Ye Jingcheng couldn't give the other one yuan directly, and took the initiative to settle the bill for Shao Yifu before leaving.

After the two left, Fang Yihua asked Shao Yifu, "Sixth Brother, I don't understand why you did this. The base fee for the theater package is at least 30 to [-]. Are you going to cheapen that kid?"

Shao Yifu sighed, and said, "Menglan, do you think my ambition is 30 or [-]?"

Out of understanding of Shao Yifu, Fang Yihua immediately reacted and said, "Could it be that you entrust the solution to Shao's predicament on this man? Brother Six, do you think highly of him?"

Shaking his head, Shao Yifu said, "It can't be called sustenance, at least it's a hope, isn't it?"

……

On October 1979, 10, "Human Meat Roast Meat Shop" was not affected by other films, so it had a trial screening at the midnight show of Shaw Cinemas as scheduled.

During the period, Ye Jingcheng did not make a big publicity due to insufficient funds, and only carried out a series of crude methods of pasting large posters in front of the theater.

As for the few film critics who were invited to the premiere ceremony, they were all recruited by Huang Jing through her own connections. Most of them were little-known people, and they couldn't help the film at all.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Ye Jingcheng arrived with two beauties.

I saw a big poster designed by him in front of the theater. The background was all kinds of cooked cured meat.

"Heart disease and the faint of heart don't enter. Pick up a poster just to scare the uncle." There was a chewing sound from the side.

Ye Jingcheng looked back and saw more than a dozen people, big and small, who thought they were here to make trouble, but in fact they were the sugarcane biting gang who were once famous in the theater.

Most of these cane-biting gangs enter the theater in groups of three or four, and the characteristic is that everyone always likes to bring a sugarcane to chew inside.

The reaction to the good or bad of the film is very intense. When they encounter a good film, they will applaud loudly regardless of the feelings of other audiences.When encountering unsatisfactory videos, the worse ones will directly smash the screen with the things in their hands.

Seeing that the other party patronized him for more than a dozen tickets, Ye Jingcheng kindly walked over to remind him, saying, "Brother, it's best not to buy so much food in. I heard that some people vomited for several days after watching this movie."

Ye Jingcheng didn't aim for nothing. Before the film was released, the staff of the film crew had already seen it first.

The scenes that were not considered scary at the time of filming were processed by Ye Jingcheng's special effects to create an atmosphere, especially the scene where the supporting actress was dismembered, and a staff member even vomited out the overnight meal on the spot.

The leader of the sugarcane biting gang was not as courageous as he appeared on the surface. Seeing Ye Jingcheng's serious reminder, he confirmed, "Brother, are you telling the truth or joking?"

"Anyway, I'll tell you. It's up to you whether you want to listen or not." After speaking, Ye Jingcheng entered the theater.

The person who was reminded at this time finally decided to listen to Ye Jingcheng's advice and put all the food in his hands back.It was the companion behind him who saw his actions and asked curiously, "Ada, why don't you buy something to eat?"

After hesitating for a while, he cursed and said, "I...can't lose weight?"

Regarding his sudden change, the companion who didn't know why only cursed: "Crazy."

Ye Jingcheng entered the theater and found a seat in the front row, accompanied by Zhong Chuhong and Zheng Wenya, one on the left and one on the right, the two of them didn't talk and laugh occasionally when they were on the set, on the contrary, they could sense the hostility between each other.

Fortunately, both of them knew that today was an important day, and they didn't say they planned to deliberately make things difficult for Ye Jingcheng, otherwise it would be enough for Ye Jingcheng to have a headache.

As for Huang Jing, a dead fat boy, he didn't know where he was flirting last night, but now he is sitting in a corner and dozing off.

Five minutes later, all the lights in the theater went out.

The only light source came from a projector, and it didn't take long for images to be projected on the screen.Ye Jingcheng looked back at the attendance rate of the theater, the audience seemed a little sparse, maybe less than [-]%.

Sure enough, no reputation and no publicity is still not enough. He is in one of the four leading Shaw Brothers theaters. The attendance rate here is so low, and the attendance rate of other theaters may not even reach [-]%.

Of course, it wasn't just Ye Jingcheng's problem.Over the past few years, Shaw Brothers has broadcast martial arts movies in a uniform manner, which has already caused audiences to feel tired.Unless they are martial arts lovers, more people are willing to go to theaters under Golden Harvest to watch movies.

Ye Jingcheng can only let go of his normal heart. In this era, apart from publicity, the popularity of movies can only be spread through word of mouth among audiences.As long as the word-of-mouth of this movie spreads, it will naturally attract more people to consume it.

Whoa!
The eyes of all the male audiences are almost fixed on the big screen. At the beginning of the film, Zheng Wenya is lying on the bed with his hands up and down, and without any exposure, it arouses the audience's infinite reverie.

"This girl is on time."

"Then will I be your girlfriend?"

"Of course...not good, I have you enough."

After speaking, the young couple continued to watch the video. The boy leaned back and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his girlfriend.

Before the audience could have more reverie, Ajuan, played by Zheng Wenya, suddenly turned around and turned pig belly into shit.

Immediately, the male audience was shocked. If they really want to be with such a fierce woman, no matter how masculine they are, they will become impotent.

"I don't care. Is the leading actor a man? It doesn't matter if you bring such a big green hat down."

"Who told him that he was impotent and couldn't satisfy his wife."

"Fuck, if it's me, I'll die early, so as not to be ashamed."

The audience quickly got into the mood, which can be regarded as a kind of affirmation of the film, but most of them were insulting the incompetence of the hero A Chang.

At this time, Ye Jingcheng saw Zheng Wenya's strange behavior, and knew that she was sulking because the character was scolded, so he patted her on the shoulder to comfort him, and said, "Aya, you can actually look at it from a different angle. You are well integrated into this role, and the audience will recognize you."

The film finally came to the main scene. Yafeng, played by Zhong Chuhong, wanted to replace her cousin as the proprietress of the roast meat shop, and deliberately placed the wedding photos taken with the male lead at home.

"Why did I feel that this girl has weird eyes from the very beginning?"

"You think so too? I always feel that she is not a normal person."

"what--"

(End of this chapter)