1020 [Ms. Shi holds you up, you still haven't taken off? 】
In this era, Hong Kong audiences generally have low cultural literacy and little education. Their appreciation of movies is similar to readers in another time and space who only like Internet short articles. They only pursue one word when watching movies, and that is - cool!
It just so happens that Bruce Lee's movie is so enjoyable both in terms of storyline and martial arts scenes!
Coupled with the adulation and criticism from the surrounding entertainment media, they are even more curious. Especially during the premiere, a ticket was 30 yuan, but now it is only 10 yuan per ticket for all Hong Kong screenings, and the Shaw Brothers blockbuster "Ma Wing Jung"
Keep up!
Invisibly, people feel that they have taken advantage of it! Others spent 30 yuan to watch a premiere, but I only had to wait three days and spent 20 yuan less to watch one. What a bargain!
If you don't take advantage, you are a grandson!
This is also the philistine side of Hong Kong citizens in this era!
As a result, when "Tangshan Brother" was fully released, the 18 cinemas in the Kowloon Cinemas chain, the 13 cinemas in the Lai Cinemas chain, and the seven cinemas in the Golden Harvest Cinemas chain were full, and the other five cinemas were fully booked.
The attendance rate is over 90%!
Kowloon Cinemas and Lai's Cinemas are partners of New Arts City, directly Golden Harvest Cinemas - Shi Zhijian said, even if they don't want to show it, it won't work!
Such a grand occasion is in sharp contrast to the highest attendance rate of 70% on the first day of the release of Shaw Brothers' "Ma Wing Ching"!
At the same time, the reputation of the two dramas has also begun to become polarized!
Before "Tangshan Brother" was released, there were rainbow farts everywhere praising "Ma Yongzhen", saying how exciting the drama was and how fierce the fights were, especially how powerful Ma Yongzhen played by Chen Guangtai was. At the end, his intestines came out and he fought with the enemy. It was simply
Makes your blood boil!
But when "Tangshan Brother" is released, I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I am afraid of comparing goods!
Compared with Bruce Lee's cool Jeet Kune Do, Chen Guangtai's traditional hard bridge is a bit novel! In addition, Bruce Lee's blood-heated scream during the fight made the audience fascinated.
Ru Zui, I feel that this is the real skill!
In addition, in terms of script, "Ma Wing Ching" is an old story that has been changed without changing the medicine. Hong Kong people can tell a little bit of it, especially those who like to listen to storytelling, and they know this story very well! In addition, this is
The drama ended tragically with the death of Ma Yongzhen, which left more viewers distraught!
In contrast, the story of "Tangshan Brother" is original, and the story first suppresses and then develops. In the end, Bruce Lee fights a big wave of SS, and he directly lifts it up and throws it, it is so exciting!
According to the words of the audience who watched this drama, "Bruce Lee is simply Li Yuanba in "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties"! Not only is he great in kung fu, but he is also extremely powerful!"
No comparison, no harm!
Those viewers who watched "Tangshan Brother" immediately became New Art City's trolls, saying how good this drama shot by New Art City was and that it was worth watching once, twice, or even three times.
On the other hand, Shaw Brothers' "Ma Yongzhen" was still very popular before the release of New Art City Movies. After all, it is a major Shaw Brothers production. Shaw Brothers also spent a lot of money to promote this drama.
But when the new film from New Art City was released, the audience felt that although the film was exciting, it was too frustrating. In addition, the story was not fresh enough, and Chen Guangtai's acting was not exciting enough, so they almost immediately watched the film.
I went to the theater opposite to watch "Tangshan Brother"!
The trolls hired by Shaw Brothers worked hard to write reviews and praise for "Ma Yongzhen" in newspapers. They couldn't bear the fact that the audience had long legs, so they voted with their legs, so that the audience continued to leave, and "Ma Yongzhen" was ruined.
The box office is getting worse day by day, from 14,000 a day at the beginning to 3,000 at the end! The attendance rate has reached an astonishing 20 to 30%!
The journalists hired by Shaw Brothers were not calm anymore. They felt that they were very ashamed. They took money but did not help Shaw Brothers turn around. As cultural people, they were very shameless, so they secretly sneaked into the theater of "Tangshan Brother" and wanted to watch it.
Let’s see how this drama goes.
Finally, when they walked out of the theater, they couldn't help but wipe their mouths and said: "It smells so good!"
…
The popularity of Bruce Lee's "Brother in Tang Shirt" shocked the entire Hong Kong film industry!
The movie "Last Life" exceeded HK$3.5 million within three weeks of its release, making Golden Harvest proud and triumphant over Shaw Brothers.
In this life, the box office in three weeks directly exceeded 4.5 million! It was a million more than the previous life!
The total population of Hong Kong is only about 4 million. A movie ticket costs 10 yuan, but the box office of this movie is as high as 4.5 million. What does this mean?
Such abnormal results immediately shocked other filmmakers who received the news.
"Three to four and a half million?" The boss of Golden Harvest Film Company, Liu Jianxiong, burned a part of the cigar in his hand and still didn't know it.
Zou Wenhuai looked haggard, smoking a cigarette vigorously, putting one hand in his hair and scratching vigorously.
They felt a chill rising from the bottom of their hearts in response to Xinyi City's huge box office performance.
Jingle bell bell!
The phone rings.
The two of them were startled, you looked at me, I looked at you.
Finally, Zou Wenhuai picked up the phone: "Hello, I'm Zou Wenhuai, who are you?"
Someone said something on the other side of the phone.
Zou Wenhuai's expression became very strange.
"Wen Huai, are we looking for you?"
"It's...Shi Zhijian!"
"What did he want from you?" Zou Wenhuai sat up from his chair, looking nervous.
"He said there will be a meeting on the Kowloon Peninsula at three o'clock in the afternoon!"
"Having a meeting? He thinks he's just a sideshow? Calling us around?" Liu Jianxiong was furious.
Zou Wenhuai read the news in the newspaper that the box office of "Tangshan Brother" reached 4.5 million in three weeks, and sighed: "Do we still have a choice now?"
Shaw Brothers Film Company.
Shao Daheng has been very irritable these days. He has always had a good temper. He not only likes to curse people, but also likes to throw tea cups!
At this moment, the tea cup on his desk is the third one that has been replaced.
"Are you sure that all the audiences in our theater have gone to watch "Tangshan Brother"?"
"How do you draw traffic? You know what I say, either draw the audience to the cinema, or you will resign voluntarily!"
"You don't have to pay for promotions? Send balloons? Only children like these things, why don't you give them away!"
Shao Daheng cursed and drove some of his men away, then sat down on the chair angrily and loosened his tie with his hands.
Fang Yihua saw the gray-headed and scolded people outside, smiled apologetically at them, and then knocked on the door with ginseng tea.
"Come in!"
Fang Yihua pushed the door open and saw Shao Daheng holding a newspaper and looking at it angrily.
"Drink tea to relieve your anger!"
Shao Daheng didn't even raise his head, "What's the news? Those guys didn't dare to sue me personally and asked you to make the fire extinguisher?"
Fang Yihua smiled and put down the ginseng tea, "You also know that you have a bad temper and can easily scare people, so calm down!"
Gu Min
"I thought about it too, but - hey!" Shao Daheng sighed, "Okay, okay! I promise you! Even if something terrible happens, I will endure it!"
"Then let me tell you, the box office of the New Art City movie has been released today——"
"How much?" Shao Daheng thinks that the box office in Hong Kong today is at most 100,000. After all, it has been in theaters for three weeks, so any popular movie should go down.
"Because of the audience's return and the extra show, the box office today is 500,000!"
"What?" Shao Daheng was shocked and suspected that he heard wrongly.
In this era, if the box office can exceed one million or two million, it is already great! If it exceeds three million, it is the best! But now, if the previous four and a half million are added, wouldn't "Tangshan Brother" directly exceed five million?
!
Shao Daheng stood up suddenly, his head was dizzy, and he reached out to hold the table.
"Uncle Six, what's wrong with you?" Fang Yihua stepped forward to help.
Shao Daheng tried to stand firm and asked Fang Yihua: "Is everything you said true?"
Fang Yihua nodded.
Shao Daheng felt dizzy again and felt the world spinning. He said after a long time: "Where did this evildoer Shi Zhijian come from? I, I, I will punch his lungs out!"
Fang Yihua was originally worried about Shao Daheng's health, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" Shao Daheng was slightly angry.
"I laugh that you haven't cursed like this for a long time!" Fang Yihua said, "In my impression, you have always been calm and calm in situations."
Shao Daheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, sat down on the chair again, waved his hands and said: "No! I'm old!"
"How come you are old? In my eyes, you will always be so young." Fang Yihua said softly, handing over the ginseng tea.
Shao Daheng was a little moved when he heard this. He took the ginseng tea in his hand and felt the temperature of the tea cup: "You are the only one who can comfort me at this time."
"Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."
"Hey!" Shao Daheng put the tea cup on the table, "I can just say this once. The problem is that I have lost to the boy named Shi many times! No matter how thick-skinned I am, I can't handle it! Besides, I make movies.
After all these years, it’s still hard to understand why those audiences rush in like crazy to watch it once, twice, or even three or four times? Don’t they all think the ticket price is expensive and it’s such a waste? If I hadn’t stayed in Nanyang,
I must suspect that the boy surnamed Shi has condescended to those people!"
Fang Yihua walked up behind Shao Daheng with a smile and helped him massage his shoulders: "You don't have to lower your head, but you do have chicken blood! Shi Zhijian has always liked to figure out people's hearts. You saw it at the premiere, whether it was the clip of "Fist of Fury"
"Gate", or the song "Descendants of the Dragon" are all sensational! After all, people's hearts are the most difficult to predict, but Shi Zhijian has a good grasp of people's hearts!"
Shao Daheng was speechless after hearing this. It was really hard for him to accept that a young boy in his early twenties knew how to manipulate people's hearts better than himself, a veteran who had been immersed in the silver sea for many years!
Just then, jingle bell!
The phone on the desk rang.
Shao Daheng was stunned for a moment. Fang Yihua helped him pick up the phone and handed it to him.
After a moment, Shao Daheng put down the phone, his face gloomy.
"Uncle Six, what happened?"
"Hmph!" Shao Daheng slammed the phone on the table, "This guy Shi Zhijian actually invited me to the hotel for a meeting at three o'clock in the afternoon! Needless to say, he must be trying to shame me and make me admit defeat on the spot!"
"Then...are you going or not?"
"Of course I'm going!" Shao Daheng stood up with a sharp look, "If you lose, you won't lose. I, Shao Yifu, will never be a coward!"
…
New Art City Film Company, Auditorium.
"Hello Mr. Shi!"
"Hello, Congressman Shi!"
"Hello, Boss Shi!"
The auditorium was packed with people. In addition to Lei Juekun, Bruce Lee and others, there were also Seven Little Fortunes such as Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, as well as Lin Zhengying, Dong Wei, etc. who had been doing martial arts and stunt doubles.
When everyone saw Shi Zhijian coming in from outside, they all greeted him.
Shi Zhijian nodded towards everyone, while Chen Huimin and Dasha followed behind him with great momentum.
Shi Zhijian walked to the stage, nodded to Lei Juekun and Bruce Lee, then turned to face everyone and told everyone the current total box office of the drama "Tangshan Brother".
Although everyone knew that the box office performance was very good, they were still shocked when it exceeded 5 million!
In this era when the per capita monthly salary is only 500 to 600 yuan, a single movie has a box office of 5 million yuan. What kind of miracle is this?
Immediately everyone shouted excitedly.
Hong Jinbao clenched his fists!
Cheng Long even jumped up!
Yuan Biao bared his teeth!
Yuan Hua even wanted to do somersaults on the spot!
Shi Zhijian finally appeased everyone, and then said: "I will definitely fulfill my promise to everyone! In addition to holding a celebration banquet, I am also preparing to set up the New Art City Li Family Class!"
After speaking, Shi Zhijian looked at Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others: "According to our previous discussion, Mr. Hong Jinbao will serve as the first class leader of the Li family class, and Mr. Cheng Long will be the deputy class leader! Regarding the financial situation, I will invite experts
Personnel management, as for the salary of everyone in the Li family class——"
Shi Zhijian pointed three fingers at Hong Jinbao and others: "Three times! Your salary is three times that of other film companies!"
"Wow! It's developed!"
Everyone hugged each other and shouted excitedly.
Better kung fu stars such as Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying can earn up to 3,000 yuan per movie in other companies. Three times that is 30,000 yuan! But now the highest salary for a super star is only 10,000 or 200,000 yuan.
There are very few people like Yu, Ti Lung, and David Chiang who are paid 300,000 yuan per film.
They can get one-tenth of each other's salary, which is absolutely amazing!
Especially the big-nosed Cheng Long almost cried with joy. Compared to his Sanmao eldest brother Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long debuted a little later, and most of the roles he played were sidekicks. He often acted as a stand-in for actresses, and he did a better job than anyone else.
Although the salary was the least, because he was young, he was always bullied by the senior actors on the set. Now it's better. As soon as the Li Family Class was established, he had a family. Not only did his salary skyrocket, but he also had someone to rely on in the future.
Finally, Shi Zhijian reiterated their role to the soon-to-be-established "Lee Family Class", which is to assist Bruce Lee in shooting good martial arts scenes, in addition to doing good martial arts design, and handling some difficult action scenes, etc.
In short, Shi Zhijian stressed: "You guys in the Li family class, don't underestimate yourselves! Because each of you is a rare talent! In the future, I will also give you the opportunity to design stories for you based on the characteristics of each of you and help you
Give your wings and let you fly as high as you can!"
Hong Jinbao and others look at me, and I look at you.
Some of them questioned whether it was true or not. After all, in this era, not many people were willing to spend money and go to great lengths to support dragon and tiger martial arts masters like them! First, it cost money, and second, it was easy to lose money!
