When Shi Zhijian signed Zhao Yazhi, the lights were still bright at Shaw Brothers. The boss, Shao Yifu, did not rest, but was waiting for feedback from Zhou Duwen.
Soon, dong dong dong!
Someone knocked on the door hurriedly.
"Come in!"
Zhou Duwen ran in with broken steps, looking anxious and happy.
"Mr. Shao, I'm here to tell you the good news! Our premiere venue was full, and the audience responded enthusiastically! The preliminary box office estimate for the premiere is now over 100,000!"
In this era, it's already extraordinary that the box office on the first day exceeds 50,000, and if it exceeds 100,000, it is definitely a sign of a hit.
Hearing the news, even Shao Daheng, who had always been calm, couldn't help but be moved, with a hint of excitement in the corners of his eyes and brows.
Zhou Duwen observed the situation and continued to report the good news: "In addition, I also sent people to investigate. Just as you guessed, Jiahe's box office was fraudulent. The box office on the opening day was up to 60,000! In particular, the reason why the Kowloon Cinema was full was because they paid to hire
Got someone!"
Shao Daheng tapped the table with his fingers. He was not surprised by Jiahe's box office fraud.
Tonight, when he heard that Shi Zhijian's place was also full of spectators, he became a little suspicious, so he asked Zhou Duwen to investigate carefully, and the result was exactly what he had guessed.
What Shi Zhijian used were leftovers from his previous games, nothing new.
"Mr. Shao, do you want us to dig out this inside story and let the media follow up and report it?" Zhou Duwen came up with an idea cautiously.
Shao Daheng glared at him, "How did you get in just now?"
"I knocked on the door and came in."
"Didn't your head get caught in the crack of the door?"
"Uh, no."
"Then why did you come up with such a bad idea?" Shao Daheng snorted, "Now that Shi Zhijian wants the media to surround him, wouldn't you be giving him free publicity by exposing him?"
Zhou Duwen was stunned, and hurriedly bent down and slapped his face, "Oh, look at my brain, I almost fell into that Shi Zhijian's trick again!"
Shao Daheng got up from his chair, walked to Zhou Duwen with his hands behind his back, looked at him and said, "I'm very happy that you worked hard tonight, but I will be even busier tomorrow because I have to hold a celebration banquet!"
"Uh, celebration banquet?" Zhou Duwen was slightly startled.
"Yes!" Shao Daheng put his hands behind his back and looked out the window.
The starry sky outside is vast.
"I want everyone in Hong Kong to know - I, Shao Yifu, have defeated Shi Zhijian!"
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Taibai Seafood Restaurant.
Today, the entire second floor of Taibai Seafood Restaurant was reserved by Shao Yifu to hold a celebration banquet for the sequel of "The Drunken Man".
The box office of this drama on its opening day has also been released. It is not the 100,000 that Zhou Duwen predicted, but 130,000! It is almost twice the first-day box office of Jiahe's "Myth"!
With its astonishing popularity and huge fan base, this drama was screened three times in a row at Shaw Brothers Cinemas. The average attendance rate for the first show was 87.8%, and the second and third shows were sold out.
The box office on the first day was as high as 130,000. Taking 10 days of release, the box office of this movie will exceed one million, which is even sharper than "The One-Armed Sword".
Apart from the high profits brought by the box office, what makes Shaw Brothers even happier is that Shaw Brothers has once again consolidated its unshakable dominance.
Defeat Shaw Brothers,
Lu Yuntao, the tycoon of that generation, couldn't do it!
Even that little brat Shi Zhijian can’t do it now!
Everyone knew that Shao Daheng was always aloof and would rarely hold a big banquet like this, so everyone who was invited this time was surprised. No one expected that Shao Daheng would attach so much importance to this play.
Only a few people know that what Shao Daheng values is not the drama, but the opponent Shi Zhijian.
Just imagine, Shao Daheng is so old and has dominated the film industry for so many years. How embarrassing would it be if he was easily defeated by a young boy?
Therefore, the theme of this celebration banquet is: I am an old man, but I aim for a thousand miles!
He, Shao Daheng, is not old yet, and that Shi Zhijian is still just a little kid in front of his old man!
Attending the celebration banquet this time were not only the senior executives of Shaw Brothers, as well as the main creative staff of the production team, but also the company boss who has a good relationship with Shaw Brothers.
Those companies are all small companies that usually rely on Shaw Brothers to make money. It is rare for these bosses to have the opportunity to flatter them, and of course they will not miss the opportunity now.
"Mr. Shao, congratulations! Your company's new play is really popular. I queued for a long time to buy tickets last night!"
"Yes, yes, it's really hard to get a ticket! It looks like I'll have to call Mr. Shao personally next time to ask for a ticket!"
The two young bosses raised their glasses together and stood up, complimenting Shao Yifu.
Shao Daheng felt comfortable after hearing this and said humbly: "You two are joking! If you want to watch a movie in the future, all you need to do is say hello to Producer Zhou!"
After speaking, he looked at Zhou Duwen and said, "Duwen, why don't you get up quickly and say hello to everyone!"
Zhou Duwen didn't expect that Shao Daheng would mention him on such an occasion. This was obviously a disguised reward.
Zhou Duwen hurriedly stood up and said in an excited tone: "Douwen next week, please take care of me in the future!"
"Producer Zhou, thank you for your hard work! I heard that you made a great contribution this time!"
"Yes, we will also need your care and attention from Producer Zhou in the future!"
The two bosses were very polite.
Many senior executives of Shaw Brothers were envious when they saw this. Even Fang Yihua felt sad when he saw this.
Zhou Duwen was so happy that he couldn't help but feel that he had been busy these days. Mr. Shao really knew what he was doing and was thinking about him.
"But then again, Mr. Shao, we are here drinking and drinking happily, but Shi Zhijian is probably sighing and crying like a downpour!"
"Yes, that Shi Zhijian made such a huge fanfare and made earth-shattering news that he thought his drama would be so great! Now it's revealed and it's nothing!"
"Don't say that to him either. Young people don't understand the rules and are arrogant. We still have to give him more opportunities!" Shao Daheng said seriously.
The little boss gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Shao is indeed Mr. Shao, he is really highly respected!"
"Yes, Mr. Shao is magnanimous. Come on, let us toast Mr. Shao!"
Everyone stood up to propose a toast to Shao Daheng.
At this time, someone suddenly ran in with a lot of newspapers: "Oh no, Mr. Shao, something big has happened!"
"What happened? Panic!" Shao Daheng couldn't help scolding.
"Look at these newspapers!"
"What happened to the newspaper?"
"What happened?"
Everyone couldn't help but become curious.
Shao Daheng picked up the newspapers and read them. At first, nothing happened, but gradually his face became ugly.
Zhou Duwen, Fang Yihua, and others also saw it at this moment.
Today's newspapers' front-page headlines are all about "Myth"!
"Create the theme of time travel and lead the way in science fiction!"
"The Qin Emperor's mausoleum, the terracotta warriors and horses were predicted!"
"Is it a poignant love or a historical legend? Watch "The Myth" and you will experience different feelings!"
Shao Daheng remained calm and tried to turn the newspaper to the last few pages. Only then did he see some scattered reviews of Shaw Brothers' "The Drunken Man", and those reviews were the drafts he had asked someone to buy.
Shao Daheng took a deep breath and didn't know what he was thinking.
Zhou Duwen couldn't help but said: "These reports must be false! They are all drafts bought by Jiahe! That Shi Zhijian likes to do such despicable things!"
"Yes, yes! They must have been bought! Otherwise, how could it be possible that the entire "Myth" is his?!"
Just when everyone was talking, a voice said: "No, there are two articles here, one is written by Li Hanxiang, and the other is... written by Hu Jinquan!"
What?
Everyone was stunned.
Fortunately for Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan is from Shaw Brothers, and he is also the most respected director of Shaw Brothers. He actually wrote a review for "Myth"?
Everyone couldn't help but hurriedly looked around
I saw Hu Jinquan wrote in a super large title: "When "The Myth" comes out, who can compete with it?! I am convinced!"
"What a fool you are!" Shao Daheng fiercely covered his chest and his body was shaking.
