In the Peninsula Hotel's tea restaurant, Wang Tianlin sat down, his fat body causing the chair to creak, as if it would fall apart at any moment.
Shao Yifu sat opposite Wang Tianlin and watched Wang Tianlin swallow a lotus seed bun in two mouthfuls. He couldn't help but said: "Tianlin, if you continue to eat so much, you may become so fat that you can't walk."
Wang Tianlin wiped the residue from his mouth and said, "I have been eating like this for decades. I feel uncomfortable if I don't eat for a day."
Shao Yifu asked casually: "Do you have any plans to shoot a new drama recently?"
"Not yet," Wang Tianlin knew that Shao Yifu was not here to ask him this today, so he took the initiative to explain, "Axiang (Wang Jing) can't help Xiang Huaqiang in filming. Sixth Brother, you know the background of the Xiang family."
Shao Yifu nodded. In fact, he already knew that Wang Jing was helping the Xiang brothers film before the promotion of "Hardcover Girls" started. But firstly, it was for Wang Tianlin's sake, and secondly, what was the Xiang brothers' social background?
, Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua both chose to turn a blind eye to the matter.
But I didn't expect that "Hardcover Chasing Girls" sold like crazy at the box office, which forced Shao Yifu to intervene. Shao Yifu said: "I also know the background of the Xiang family. The purpose of my coming today is not to ask questions, but to ask Ah
Xiang, what is going on in this "Hardcover Chasing Girls"?"
After Wang Tianlin received a call from Shao Yifu asking him to have afternoon tea yesterday, he already asked Wang Jing what happened and immediately replied: "Xiang Huaqiang felt that making movies would make money, so he opened a movie company.
He didn't have any team under him, so he didn't know where to get a script. He took the script and asked Zeng Zhiwei from DreamWorks to direct it. Later, Kang Jianfei personally asked about it, and gave another script to Xiang Huaqiang, and recommended A Xiang.
As a director, this is the result."
Shao Yifu asked: "Did Kang Jianfei invest in "Chasing Girls"?"
Wang Tianlin nodded and said: "There should be, but Axiang is not sure. It may be that Xiang Huaqiang and Kang Jianfei secretly share the box office."
Shao Yifu did not delve into the matter further, but smiled and said: "Tianlin, Axiang is a talent. He directed two movies that were box office hits. His future is terrible. Now the older generation of Shaw Brothers directors are falling behind and cannot keep up with the younger generation.
People's movie-watching tastes are only right if they strongly support young people like A Xiang in making movies."
Shao Yifu's words meant that he would give full support to Wang Jing as a director. Wang Tianlin was naturally happy that his son was promising and said, "I will discuss it with that bad guy when I get back and let him write the script first."
Shao Yifu smiled and said: "That's good. Let him make movies with peace of mind. I don't blame him for helping Yongsheng make movies."
"I will ask him to take out the script as soon as possible." Wang Tianlin nodded and said.
After eating two steamed buns, Wang Tianlin drove home with a big belly.
Seeing Wang Jing playing with his daughter, Wang Tianlin said: "Axiang, Uncle Six wants you to make a movie. You should think about it carefully."
Wang Jing has been in a good mood in recent days. He was originally reluctant to be "invited" by Xiang Huaqiang to film "The Girl in Hardcover". As a result, the movie is now a hit at the box office, and not only has he received a considerable director's salary, but also
Xiang Huaqiang also said very boldly that as long as the box office of "Hardcover Chasing Girls" can exceed 10 million, he will receive another 100,000 yuan red envelope.
Not only that, after the release of "Girls", many independent film company bosses called him to ask him to make movies. This feeling is really exciting.
After Wang Jing put his daughter down, he ran into the study and took out a script and said: "I have written this "King of Thieves" a long time ago, but I never took it out because I was invited by my boss to make a movie."
Wang Tianlin looked at the script and asked, "When are you going to shoot?"
Wang Jing said confidently: "It's January 10th now. I already know the actors for "King of Thieves" in my mind. As long as Uncle Liu is willing to invest, I can finish filming by the end of January. I'll give it a few more days."
We are in post-production and it will be released on February 10th at the most.”
What is a quick shooter?
That's what Wang Jing is.
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In the few days after New Year's Day, the box office war between "Brothers in Trouble" and "Girls in Hardcover" was inextricably fought. Both movies are urban comedies. The genres and styles are very similar, so the competition for actors is very fierce.
In the end, the battle for the box office of the two movies turned into a war between two theater companies, Golden Princess Cinema and Jiahe Cinema. Both theaters freed up most of the theaters to fully support these two cinemas.
The movie was released and spent a lot of money to promote it during its release.
Just as the battle between the two cinema chain companies was raging, "Shaolin Temple" suddenly and quietly released on Lianhua Cinema Line. (Lianhua Cinema Line is the name of Shuangnan Cinema Chain after the reorganization. Its main theater chains include Nanyang,
Nanhua, Yindu, state guests, etc.)
"Shaolin Temple" was released on January 1 without much publicity. Even the director of the film did not expect that the film would be a hit in Hong Kong.
Lianhua Cinema usually screened films produced by Hong Kong left-wing film companies and mainland China. It had such a loyal audience and was very prosperous in the 1950s and mid-to-early 1960s. It even firmly suppressed Shaw Brothers for a time. However, in the 10s
During the movement in 2001, Lianhua Cinemas declined along with the leftist film companies. Now, whether it is Nanhua Cinemas or several leftist companies, they operate at a loss most of the time and require financial subsidies from the mainland.
In the first few days of its release, the box office performance of "Shaolin Temple" was not very good, and the attendance rate was only a pitiful 30%. Most of the Hong Kong audiences went to watch "Brothers in Need" and "The Girl Who Wants to Die".
However, in the second week of the release of "Shaolin Temple", the box office revenue suddenly increased sharply, and the attendance rate increased in an unnatural way. By the tenth day of its release, the venue was actually sold out.
Judging from the audience base in Hong Kong, it is already the limit for two movies to be successful at the same time. If three good movies compete for the box office, one of them will inevitably lose the audience and the attendance rate will be greatly reduced.
Due to the explosive growth in the attendance rate of "Shaolin Temple", "Brothers and Brothers", which had been in theaters for 20 days, could not hold on at first. This film originally had no problem with a box office of 18 million, but "Shaolin Temple" caused it to fail prematurely. In the end,
The box office was only 1528.
Because "The Hardcover" was released relatively late, it had more stamina. It finally relaxed after "Brothers in Trouble" was completed, and the total box office in Hong Kong just reached 14 million.
For Hong Kong people at this time, the mainland was very mysterious. That mystery was accompanied by fear of the special regime and a strong curiosity to understand it.
Unfortunately, at this time, there were few ways for foreigners to learn about the mainland. Although the Nanhua Cinemas often screened films from the mainland, most of them were stereotyped propaganda films or art films that Hong Kong people were not interested in. "Wen Wei Po", "Ta Kung Pao"
》 and other left-wing newspapers, although they are the party’s propaganda window in Hong Kong, they mainly promote mainland policies, such as convening the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and implementing reform and opening up.
As for the lives of ordinary people in the mainland and the great rivers and mountains of the mainland, Hong Kong people want to see it but cannot see it.
"Shaolin Temple" is completely different from the previous promotional films produced in the Mainland. It is actually a kung fu movie that Hong Kong people like to watch, and it was shot on location in the Shaolin Temple.
Without much publicity, the film relied solely on word of mouth and quickly attracted most of the audience, becoming a veritable dark horse at the box office.
The vast majority of Hong Kong people saw the true face of Shaolin Temple for the first time through the big screen, and the scenes of monks practicing in the movie also convinced Hong Kong audiences.
Li Lianjie became an instant hit and quickly occupied the front pages of major newspapers - not the entertainment pages. Shuangnan Cinemas also reversed its long-term loss situation and made a lot of money with the movie "Shaolin Temple".
If you want to ask what is the most popular movie in the New Year's holiday this year? No one will answer "Brothers in Need" or "The Girl in Hardcover". Everyone will only say "Shaolin Temple".
In fact, the box office data of "Shaolin Temple" is not much better than that of "Brothers and Brothers". However, as the first commercial film jointly produced by the mainland and Great Wall, "Shaolin Temple" is so eye-catching that it attracts the attention of both the audience and the media.
on this movie.
"Shaolin Temple" has been popular for half a month, and the box office frenzy it set off has finally cooled down. The box office has successfully surpassed "Brothers in Trouble" - 16.15 million. Although it is only a few hundred thousand more than "Brothers in Trouble", don't forget this movie
The movie didn't receive much publicity and became popular solely through word-of-mouth.
It’s almost the Lunar New Year!
A few days before "Shaolin Temple" was released, "Oriental Daily" finally took the lead in publishing the news about Kang Jianfei's new film.
Kang Jianfei spent more than 8 million on this trip to the mainland to shoot "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng". This is a very rare blockbuster for a costume martial arts film. Although Cheng Long's costume kung fu movies also cost a lot, most of them
The budget was all spent on Cheng Long's salary, which is incomparable with "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
Since you have already spent so much money, there is no need to save anymore.
On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Kang Jianfei placed a full-page advertisement in Oriental Daily. There were no stills in the advertisement, only a few promotional advertisements——
Kang Jianfei
King's return
Wudang
Of
Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng
Officially released on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month
These slogans were all written by Chen Mingsheng. A large number of newspaper pages were left blank. These calligraphy slogans were very eye-catching and attracted great attention that day.
Just as the media was paying intense attention, the Oriental Daily and Ming Pao published full-page advertisements again the next day, this time with a movie poster.
However, all the people on the poster are silhouettes whose faces cannot be seen clearly, only Wen Bixia is dressed as a chivalrous woman, holding a soft whip in her hand and smiling sweetly.
On the third day, advertisements appeared again in "Oriental Daily", "Ming Pao" and "Business Daily". This time, in addition to Wen Bixia, Hui Yinghong's image of a swordsman with two swords became clear.
Only then did the readers understand that Kang Jianfei was going to reveal a protagonist one day, and other media outlets were also speculating on who would be the next actor to reveal his true face. (To be continued) 8