When Chu Huan left Bao Tianming's apartment that night, it was already three o'clock in the morning. At this time, Xiangjiang already had a touch of fish belly white.
Chu Huan drove the car, and Cao Yunshang sat next to Chu Huan. As for Lin Feng, who was driving before, Chu Huan had already pushed him into the car behind.
Chu Huan, who was driving the car, noticed that Cao Yunshang next to him was twisting his body unnaturally.
Because Cao Yunshang had discovered that the direction Chu Huan was driving was not his home, but the apartment where Chu Huan now lived.
But this time, Cao Yunshang did not reject Chu Huan's behavior like before.
"You were not like this or that just now..."
Chu Huan adjusted the atmosphere in the car.
"Don't mention what happened just now!" Cao Yunshang said with a blushing face at this time. He looked so tough just now. Now that he thinks about it, it is really unladylike.
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Okay, I won't mention it anymore."
Cao Yunshang hurriedly changed the topic, looked at Chu Huan with some worry and asked: "What you just told Brother Tianming, is there any hidden danger?"
Chu Huan smiled easily and said: "What hidden dangers could there be? The person who did it is not one of ours. Since Lin Jiang has chosen to do it, he should have guessed what consequences it will bring to him!"
Cao Yunshang nodded and said: "I don't have any objection to what you did, but I just feel that if you encounter such a thing, I'm worried that you will continue to use this idea in the future?"
Some things are addictive, especially the things Chu Huan decided to let Bao Tianming do.
It is easy for people to fall into madness and appear lawless in the process of doing things in the future!
Chu Huan comforted him: "Don't worry, I never take the initiative in this kind of thing. This time Lin Jiang stepped over the line. If I didn't take any action this time, there will be more such things in the future."
Cao Yunshang reminded: "But behind Lin Jiang is Xin X'an after all. If it is just Lin Jiang, we naturally don't have to worry, but if the people from Xin X'an investigate by then..."
Chu Huan said: "That's why I didn't let Brother Tianming take action directly, but took a detour. Even if Xin X'an wants to cause trouble, there is no reason."
Naturally, associations do not need evidence when dealing with ordinary people.
But if it is a person with status, the association must have evidence. Otherwise, it is impossible for such an association to have a long vitality in Hong Kong.
"What's more, I guess there won't be any action from Xin'an!" Chu Huan thought for a moment and said.
Cao Yunshang looked at Chu Huan in confusion and asked, "Why?"
"Do you still remember that mysterious phone call I told you about before?" Chu Huan asked.
Cao Yunshang nodded and said, "Remember, what's wrong?"
Chu Huan said: "I suspect that the call was made by someone from Xinx'an."
"What?" Cao Yunshang was surprised by Chu Huan's guess.
"Since Chu Tianxiao wants to deal with me, this matter must be kept secret, which means that not many people know about it. I have no one of my own on Chu Tianxiao's side, and the few people around him
There is no reason to call me this way.
Then the only person who can make this call is Lin Jiang.
Since they are from Lin Jiang's side, they are naturally from Xin'an. There is no reason for the people around Lin Jiang to call me. As for Si Y Long and the others, I heard that Lin Jiang and Si Y Long have always been
Not compatible."
Chu Huan analyzed the matter to Cao Yunshang.
"But this is just speculation!" Cao Yunshang judged, and at the same time said: "What if it's not the Four Y Dragons?"
Chu Huan said nonchalantly: "If it's not, then it's not. Anyway, no one can stop what we want to do. I think it won't be long before that person takes the initiative to show up."
Cao Yunshang had no doubts about Chu Huan's guess. That mysterious man could not have told Chu Huan this news for no reason, and there would definitely be more follow-up.
While chatting, the two of them had returned to Chu Huan's apartment.
Cao Yunshang was silent at this time, but there was a cunning look in his eyes. Chu Huan was thinking about what kind of posture the two of them should use to start the next stage of getting along, so he didn't notice Cao Yunshang's expression.
The two returned to the room, and Chu Huan directly pushed Cao Yunshang against the wall. Cao Yunshang was caught off guard and was slammed against the wall by Chu Huan before he could react.
"Wait, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter? We'll talk about it later. This is not the time to talk about things." Chu Huan took advantage of the opportunity to say something and then continued his actions.
Then Chu Huan picked up Cao Yunshang and returned to her bedroom, slamming the door shut with her feet.
A minute later, Chu Huan walked out with a frown like an eggplant beaten by frost, looked back angrily at Cao Yunshang in the bedroom, and then asked helplessly.
"With wings, right?"
Cao Yunshang's suppressed laughter came from the room: "Thank you, Brother Huan!"
Relatives came to visit, today Cao Yunshang held up the no-war card!
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"Will the kings of the past continue to dominate Hong Kong's film industry, or will today's upstarts succeed in challenging authority?" - "Sing Tao Daily"
As one of the newspapers with the largest circulation in Hong Kong, "Sing Tao Daily" has been paying attention to the release of "Big Boss" and "Young People".
This article was published early this morning.
In the article, "Sing Tao Daily" called Shaw Brothers the king of the past, and Black and White Video as the upstart of today.
"Shaw Brothers, under the leadership of Yifu Shaw, has been invincible in the Hong Kong film industry for more than ten years. The emergence of Golden Harvest has made Shaw Brothers feel pressure. I thought that Golden Harvest was already Shaw Brothers' biggest enemy, but I didn't expect that black and white images suddenly emerged this year. First, in
Golden Harvest obtained the leasing rights of Lisheng Cinemas, and then snatched Li Hanxiang from Shao Yifu, becoming the company's anchor.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not only that, as the boss of Black and White Video, Chu Huan also spent a lot of money to buy multiple theaters, which was called a crazy acquisition at the time.
Now it seems that the madness of the past laid a good foundation for the rise of black and white images now.
"The Big Brother" has become the movie that has been shown in the most theaters in Hong Kong since the opening of the city this year. According to the feedback from the midnight show, the audience was very optimistic about the movie, and there were countless applause and laughter during the period.
Although the movie "Young People" is only shown in Shaw Brothers theaters, Shaw Brothers Theaters is the largest theater company in Hong Kong. Similarly, our reporter also observed at the midnight screening that during the screening of this movie, The applause and laughter that appeared were no worse than those of "Big J"!
Today, these two movies will enter their full release period. This newspaper will continue to pay attention to whether the king is firmly seated on the throne, or the upstart slays the dragon with one sword..."
"Sing Tao Daily" focused its attention on Shaw Brothers and black and white images.
The Oriental Daily, another newspaper with the largest circulation in Xiangjiang, focused on the feud between Li Hanxiang and Zhang Che.
"The number one director in the film industry in the past versus the number one director in Hong Kong today, who is the real number one director in Hong Kong?" - "Oriental Daily".
"This is the third film Li Hanxiang has shot since his return to Hong Kong, but everyone knows that this is the battle to prove whether Li Hanxiang can defend his reputation as the number one director in Hong Kong.
The former Li Hanxiang must have never imagined that the director Chang Cheh, whom he looked down upon, would quickly become the number one commercial film director in Hong Kong after he went to Taiwan to develop his career. He would never have imagined that today Chang Cheh would become his most important rival on the road to directing. .
Chang Cheh, Hong Kong's first commercial film director with a box office of over one million, is now the number one director in Hong Kong's film industry, but he will never forget how he was humiliated by Li Hanxiang back then.
You and I were once out of reach, but now you can only catch up with me!
I believe this is the truest portrayal of Zhang Che's heart. He wants Li Hanxiang to understand that today's Hong Kong is no longer the same as before, and he, Zhang Che, is the best commercial film director in Hong Kong..."
The two newspapers appeared on the desks of Chu Huan and Shao Yifu almost at the same time.
Chu Huan looked at the two newspapers, smiled and said to Li Hanxiang, who was sitting opposite him: "Director Li, it's no use if you don't win now. The whole of Xiangjiang is watching you. It would be too shameful if you lose."
Li Hanxiang laughed and said: "It's just a gimmick that the newspaper came up with for sales. Do I care about this?"
Chu Huan joked: "But why did I hear Mr. Fang say that when you were having supper last night, Director Li was also extremely excited when he talked about this movie?"
Li Hanxiang's old face turned red and he said: "Young Master Huan, if you expose others and don't expose others' shortcomings, it will be fine if everyone agrees on this matter."
Seeing Li Hanxiang's embarrassed look, Chu Huan laughed and said: "Okay, I won't say anything else, but don't worry, according to the news that just came, even though it was a morning show, the movie "Big J" The box office is very good, and the attendance rate is much higher than that of "Young People".
I believe that in the future, the movie "Big J" will suppress the movie "Young People" in all aspects."
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Li Hanxiang was also very proud.
"Thanks to Mr. Huan for your support of this movie. Without your support, I don't think this movie would have achieved the results it has now."
Chu Huan nodded and said without humility: "I think so too."
Hearing such immodest remarks from Chu Huan, Li Hanxiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed helplessly.
Then Chu Huan asked: "Director Li, are you going to take a break for a while, or do you have other ideas?"
Li Hanxiang laughed and said: "I already have an idea for a new movie. I will get the script for you, Mr. Huan, after a while!"
Chu Huan has no doubts about Li Hanxiang's work efficiency. Filmmakers in this era are very efficient. Four or five movies a year is the norm.
If Chu Huan hadn't appeared, in another time and space, next year, Li Hanxiang would have released five movies in one year.
This would be unimaginable in later generations.
"Okay, once the script is written, I will allocate funds for filming."
Chu Huan preached generously.
Since according to current trends, Li Hanxiang's movies can fully guarantee sales, Chu Huan naturally doesn't mind Li Hanxiang improving his work efficiency, because the more movies Li Hanxiang makes, the more money he will make.
Shanhai Cinema is still carrying a huge loan.
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Hanxiang left Chu Huan's room.
After Li Hanxiang left, Fang Jianhui walked in with a smile. The trend of "Big J" was very good. At this time, it was basically concluded that this movie might be a big hit, and Fang Jianhui was naturally very happy.
Fang Jianhui's friendship with Chu Huan made him seem much more casual when he spoke.
"Brother Huan, what did you do last night? The dark circles under your eyes are too heavy. Although we are young people with strong firepower, we should also exercise restraint!"
At this time, Chu Huan couldn't bear to hear what happened last night. He picked up the documents on the table and threw them directly on Fang Jianhui.
"Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong, get out of here!"
Fang Jianhui chuckled, picked up the documents that fell on the ground, and said, "Could it be that your confidante came to visit relatives yesterday?"
"Mr. Fang, have you ever seen a fist as big as a sandbag?" Chu Huan stood up with a sneer and fiddled with his wrist.
When Fang Jianhui saw this, he hurriedly said: "There is something serious, there is something serious!"
Chu Huan sat back in his chair and asked, "What's the matter?"
Fang Jianhui hurriedly said: "It's like this. We can know in advance this time that someone wants to cause trouble at the midnight show of "Big J" because of the existence of Cai Huiling and Rachel. But I'm worried that after this
After what happened, Chen Xiao will doubt them, and in this case, won’t we lose these two free intelligence agents?”
Chu Huan sneered and said: "So you are planning to dedicate yourself. What ulterior things happened to that Rachel?"
Fang Jianhui chuckled and said: "If she takes the initiative, I will definitely not refuse, but what I want to say is, should we also give them some information, so that they can gain their trust for a longer period of time?
?”
Chu Huan thought for a while and said: "If you do this, when you meet them again, you will tell them that you have received news that I am going to Japan in two days to broaden the distribution channels in Japan."
Japan, like Taiwan, is one of the most important movie theaters in Hong Kong.
Fang Jianhui showed an excited expression and asked: "Brother Huan, if we can open the ticket warehouse in Japan, then we no longer have to worry about issuance in other places."
Chu Huan directly poured cold water on Fang Jianhui and said, "What are you thinking? Japan is different from Taiwan. It was thanks to the emergence of Gu Long that Japan was able to open up Taiwan's market, but the uncertainty about this kind of thing is too high.
, it is basically impossible to open distribution channels in Japan at this time."
Seeing what Chu Huan said, Fang Jianhui was stunned and couldn't help asking: "Then why are you going to Japan?"
Chu Huan chuckled softly and said: "My going to Japan is a personal matter and has nothing to do with the company. However, during the period when I leave Xiangjiang, you must be optimistic about the company's situation and not let anything happen to the company again.
"
Seeing that Chu Huan did not tell her the real purpose of going to Japan, Fang Jianhui did not continue to ask, but just said that he would definitely be optimistic about the company.
...
Just like this, the day passed. After twelve o'clock, Chu Huan, Li Hanxiang, Xu Guanwen, Tian Ni and others were still in the company.
They are waiting for the first-day box office of the movie "The Big Boss".
It wasn't until one o'clock in the morning that Fang Jianhui excitedly came over to preach.
"The box office is out!"
Everyone immediately looked at Fang Jianhui. Although everyone already knew that according to the current release trend of "Big J", the box office of this movie would definitely not be bad, but everyone could not help but be curious and wanted to know.
specific number.
"The first-day box office of "The Big Boss" is..." Fang Jianhui lengthened his tone, looked at the expectant eyes of everyone, and finally called out the number that everyone cared about.
“197,600 Hong Kong dollars!”
call!
After everyone heard this number, they all sang loudly. This number was more than double that of "Dragon and Tiger Fight".
However, the number of theaters in which the movie "The Big Boss" was released was only seven more than that of "The Fight between Dragons and Tigers," which was less than double.
At this time, the box office performance of "Big Boss" has far more than doubled, which only shows that the attendance rate of this movie has completely exceeded that of "Dragon Tiger Fight".
"There is another good news, there is another good news!" Fang Jianhui continued to preach excitedly.
"Today we have signed a contract with Anle Cinemas, and tomorrow the two theaters of Anle Cinemas will also show "Big J"."
Hearing this good news, Chu Huan and others were very happy. With the two theaters of Anle Cinema Line, the box office of "Big J" will even decline instead of falling tomorrow.
"And there's good news!"
Fang Jianhui completely dominated everyone's emotions at this time.
However, Chu Huan felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Fang Jianhui's moaning. He rubbed his hands and said, "I think your skin is itchy. What's wrong? I have to beat you up before you finish everything at once?"
"
The rest of the people were also gearing up.
Seeing that he had offended the public, Fang Jianhui hurriedly said: "Don't be like this, everyone. We are all civilized people. A gentleman should talk but not do it. I will say it now.
Because of the popularity of "Big J", three more independent theaters have contacted us and want to show "Big J", and there are still a few that are waiting to see. I believe that as long as the attendance rate of "Big J" continues to be high tomorrow
If it doesn’t, more theaters will definitely want to show our "Big J"."
After hearing the news, everyone finally cheered.
The attitude of independent theaters actually illustrates the gap between the two movies "Big J" and "Young People". Independent theaters also need to make money. Although they do not implement a share-sharing system like Shanhai Cinema, they also
I want to establish my own cinema brand system.
It is also a good thing for them to have more successful movies released in their own theaters.
As for "Young People", Chu Huan and others only found out about the film's first-day box office receipts on the second day - HK$116,700!
It's 80,000 Hong Kong dollars less than "Big J", and the attendance rate isn't very good either.
Obviously, the audience in Hong Kong is not too optimistic about Chang Cheh's modern youth film.
Then, as the two newspapers said, the whole of Hong Kong was paying attention to the box office battle between the two movies.
On the second day, the box office of "Big Boss" rose instead of falling. The single-day box office exceeded the 200,000 mark and reached HK$241,500.
The movie "Young People" did not fare so well. The box office dropped in a single day, reaching HK$100,500, barely holding on to the HK$100,000 mark.
On the third day, the single-day box office of "Big J" once again increased inversely, reaching HK$252,100.
The single-day box office of "Young People" fell below the 100,000 mark, HK$88,200.
On the fourth day, the single-day box office of "Big Boss" finally began to fall, but it still maintained the 200,000 mark, 221,800 Hong Kong dollars!
The single-day box office of "Young People" was HK$73,500.
.......
In this box-office battle, "The Big Boss" won a complete victory, and the black and white image also defeated Shaw Brothers, the giant in the Hong Kong film industry.
From the beginning, the media in Xiangjiang focused on the box office battle between "The Big Brother" and "Young People". Later, the media in Hong Kong focused on how high the box office of the movie "The Big Brother" could reach.
Can we break Li Xiaolong’s monopoly on the box office of Hong Kong movies?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Prior to this, Hong Kong's box office record was held by Li Xiaolong's "Fist of Fury" with HK$4.4314 million.
And now the movie "The Big Boss" is so popular that many film practitioners can't even imagine it.
Everyone wants to see if this movie can break Li Xiaolong's record.
When the movie "The Big Brother" was released for 20 days, the box office of the movie exceeded the 4 million mark. Then Black and White announced the postponement of the release time of "The Big Brother", and then the box office of the movie dropped bit by bit.
Chasing the box office record of "Fist of Fury".
When "The Big Boss" reached its 30th day of release, the box office exceeded the 4.5 million mark, officially breaking the box office record held by "Fist of Fury" for less than a year.
When this news spread in Hong Kong, the single-day box office of "The Big Boss" once again experienced reverse growth. Many people wanted to see why this movie broke Li Xiaolong's box office odds.
When the movie was finally released, the box office reached a high of HK$4,677,200.
It set a box office record for Chinese-language films since the opening of Hong Kong as a port.
"It's a pity that if the movie is released next year, the box office will definitely be higher."
After "The Big Boss" broke the Hong Kong movie box office record, Fang Jianhui said to Chu Huan with some regret.
Because according to Xiangjiang’s new policy, ticket prices will be increased next year...
However, Chu Huan is very satisfied with the current box office record.
There will be movies released next year, so there is no need to worry about the record.
In addition, the Hong Kong media also analyzed the film "The Big Boss" that could break the box office record in Hong Kong. They believed that the most important one was the overwhelming publicity of the film with black and white images before it was released.
This successfully aroused the curiosity of the Hong Kong audience.
Everyone wants to see what this movie is like, which can promote such a black and white image regardless of cost.
This kind of analysis has also made many film companies in the Hong Kong film industry begin to pay attention to the importance of publicity.
In fact, it was precisely because of Chu Huan's publicity that the box office of this movie reached a height that had not been reached in another time and space.
In another time and space, the box office of the movie "The Big Boss" was only 3.4647 million Hong Kong dollars, which was more than one million less than this time and space.
Box office does not represent revenue. After the release of "The Big Boss", Black and White also calculated how much revenue the film brought to the company.
First of all, this movie will share 20% of the box office share of Shanhai Cinema, and at the same time, the independent theaters that screened the movie will have to cover the base fee. Because this movie is a popular movie, when negotiating with the other party to cover the base fee,
I also have more say.
On average, it takes almost 30% of the box office of all independent theaters.
In this case, the black and white image got back about 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and after deducting the shooting costs and publicity costs of the movie itself, the actual profit from the black and white image was about 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars.
When this number was obtained, the entire black and white image looked very happy, and Chu Huan was even happier. After all, Shanhai Cinema was also his own, and he benefited more.
In addition, with the external distribution of this film, every penny earned from the black-and-white images will be earned.
In fact, the film did not live up to the expectations of black and white images. Under Shaw Brothers' overseas distribution operation, the film finally brought HK$8.15 million in profits to black and white images in other places.
One movie made more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars in profit.
However, profits from out-of-town box office will not be credited to Black and White Video’s account until the end of the year.
Time is brought back to the present.
The popular release of "The Big Brother" made everyone in the black-and-white movie very happy. It was also on such days that Hung Kam-bao's new film "The Monk of Three Virtues and the Chung Mi Liu" was started.
However, this time Chu Huan did not attend the opening ceremony of "Sande Monk and Chung Mi Liu".
Chu Huan was paying attention to another thing during this time.
On the third day after "Big Boss" was released, Bao Tianming found Chu Huan and calmly told Chu Huan: "The matter has been settled, and the other party should take action in the next few days."
Chu Huan nodded, and then asked: "How is the negotiation between eldest brother Cheng and Lin Jiang over there?"
Bao Tianming said: "It was Master Su who came forward to negotiate with eldest brother Cheng. He took part of the money and redeemed his own people. Moreover, I also found out that Lin Jiang had sent his family out of Xiangjiang. Even
He himself has not appeared at Black Cat Nightclub in the past two days!"
Chu Huan chuckled and said: "This is what it should be. If he can go to Black Cat Nightclub with such arrogance at this time, wouldn't it mean that I am too intimidating!"
Bao Tianming continued: "One more thing. Brother Cheng has come to see me several times in the past two days and wants to have a meal with you!"
The two had no interaction before, but now that the eldest brother Cheng has helped Chu Huan do something, he naturally wants to deepen the relationship with Chu Huan.
Chu Huan thought for a while and said: "Let's make an appointment tonight. Although we don't like this person, we always have to meet. As for what happens next, it's up to you to make your own decision!"
Neither Chu Huan nor Bao Tianming has forgotten that the reason why Bao Tianming was arrested by Lin Jiang's people was actually because his eldest brother Cheng sold Bao Tianming.
The current cooperation between the two parties is just about getting what they need, but the grudges will definitely not be forgotten!