Island Tycoon

Chapter 300 Golden Harvest and Shaw's Response
A week after "The True Colors of Heroes" was released, the box office did not drop as expected by Zou Wenhuai and others.Originally, they planned to take this opportunity to promote "Plan A" again, so that they might still have a chance to overtake each other.

Even if it failed in the end, it would still lower the other party's box office performance somewhat, and it would not allow Ye Jingcheng to achieve the title of 3000 million producer.

It's a pity that they still underestimated the craze of mark brothers led by Zhou Runfa. There are all kinds of equipment and handsome people everywhere in the streets and alleys.Boys as young as five or six years old, wearing a pair of crotch pants and a pair of sunglasses, walked in Tandanan with a big swagger.

An old man in his 80s and [-]s, wearing a black windbreaker with a toothpick, would turn around frequently even if no one called him when he was walking on the street, trying to show his side that he thought was 'so cool'.

The business of the theaters under the Nanguo Cinemas and the Golden Princess Cinemas is booming day by day.Those who haven't seen it are to see it, and those who have seen it are to relive the classic episodes.

As a result, "The True Colors of Heroes" was released for a week, and the box office on the first day successfully exceeded 200 million. The highest box office reached 98 million with 230% attendance rate of the two theaters. The total box office of the seven days has exceeded 500 million.

It was about to become the second "Plan A" to break through 2000 million box office, but it was directly overwhelmed by the opponent's strength.It can break through 1000 million at the box office. With the current box office of 50 per day, it needs at least 20 days of consecutive screenings.

50 compared with the daily expenses of the two theaters, it is already a bit beyond the means.Can Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers afford it?They can afford to consume them, but are they that stupid? They are doing business now, not human favors, and they won't pay for it knowing that they will lose money.

If it is possible to use this to attack Dangqingdeng and Princess Jin, then it doesn't matter if they lose some money.The question is, can they resist this situation?Zou Wenhuai might get angry, but Shao Yifu would definitely not go crazy with him.

Not only that, but Shao Yifu even made trouble.The next day, it was announced that the alliance with Golden Harvest would be terminated, and the screens occupied by "Project A" at Shaw Brothers would be withdrawn, so that the people in charge of Golden Harvest's handover would go back and forth with their geographical location.

Because Shao Yifu has seen the whole situation clearly, the rise of Qingdeng Entertainment, including the Nanguo Cinemas under its name, is inevitable.As for the Shaw Brothers, which was approaching dusk, the existence of Qingdeng actually had no effect on it, and the conflict between Jiahe and Qingdeng was the most important thing.

Because their goal is to be No.1 in the Hong Kong Island film circle, Shaw Brothers no longer has the capital to covet the leading position.The reason why Lei Juekun's Golden Princess exists is entirely as a means of making money, so it is even more impossible to participate in this battle.

"Project A", which was in theaters, was withdrawn from the entire line of Shaw Brothers, and the box office results were instantly cut in half, leaving only 25 box office per day.It was even more tragic than when "Project A" suppressed "Happy Ghost", but it made Huang Baiming, who had been depressed for several days because of this incident, let out a sigh of relief.

Just when Golden Harvest's top executives were helpless, Zou Wenhuai, as Golden Harvest's largest shareholder, made a wise and stupid decision.He knows that "The True Colors of Heroes" is a big investment, but this big investment is also relative.

Compared with the general cost of hundreds of thousands of film productions on Hong Kong Island, "The True Colors of Heroes", which cost more than 300 million, is indeed a conscientious and generous production.

But don't forget that when it comes to big productions, even Hong Kong Island can't keep up with Hollywood.And Golden Harvest is currently in Hollywood, and there is a big investment that has just completed production - "The Killer".

Zou Wenhuai's seemingly wise decision was to bring the film to the screens of Hong Kong Island when "Killer's Trenches" was released in North America, and regain Golden Harvest's lost home.

In fact, after Ye Jingcheng learned about it from the newspaper, his reaction was a bit dumbfounding.Secretly thought, is Zou Wenhuai going to make himself cry this time?
Does he know that "Killer's Trenches" is destructive in Hong Kong Island, and it really wants to replace "Project A", which is still warm, but it's a good ending not to mention competing with "True Heroes" at the box office. .

As soon as the news was released, Shaw Brothers also made a series of big moves the next day.Shaw Yifu personally announced that Shaw Brothers will release a big Hollywood production in a few days -- "2020" and "Blade Runner".

The background and story of this film seem to be similar to "The Killer".Or in other words, the current theme is the most popular mainstream in Hollywood.

The only difference is that "Blade Runner" uses an all-Western face, which is less likely to attract the attention of Hong Kong people.And "Killer's Trench" uses Chenglong as the leading role, and it can indeed call on a group of Hong Kong residents who support him at the beginning.

But whether Shao Yifu's move is aimed at Qingdeng or Jiahe is a matter of opinion.It may also have both aspects. On the one hand, it can seize the box office of "Killer" in North America, and on the other hand, it may be able to take the opportunity to suppress "The True Colors of Heroes".

As long as the two points reach one of them, Shao Yifu is already considered a winner.

As expected of an old fox who has matured and matured, he is prepared for everything to ensure that he can advance and retreat in a certain way.Even Zou Wenhuai, who is 50 years old, still shows his tenderness in Shanlun.

Of course, these two people are old foxes to Ye Jingcheng, no matter their scheming or age.It's just that Ye Jingcheng thought they had some trump card, but in the end they brought out two foreign language films, and two... not so good films.

As far as a foreign language film is concerned, no matter whether it is really exciting or not, the language barrier will cause a certain audience to leave the crowd.

Even if subtitles will be added in post-processing, for some viewers with more traditional personalities, unless the movie is really popular and everyone around them is discussing it, they will not take the initiative to buy this ticket.

Furthermore, neither Golden Harvest nor Shaw Brothers had a background in foreign language films.On Hong Kong Island, Anle Films, which does the best foreign language films, will become their potential rival at this time.

It is very likely that during the release of their films, the Broadway theaters under Anle Films will also release a high-quality foreign language film, thereby attacking Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers who are trying to compete for the foreign language film market.

In other words, Ye Jingcheng didn't need to make a move at all, and the three of them would fight to the death.As for the impact on the essence of "The True Colors of Heroes", there will definitely be.

After all, the population of Hong Kong Island is so large. If the audience went to other theaters today, they would not be able to come to the theaters in Southern China.But Ye Jingcheng wasn't worried about the impact, or in other words, the impact was harmless.Especially compared to the three film companies of Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, and even Anle.As soon as he put the stall in his hand, Li Ying waited for someone to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)