Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 118

On June 2nd, “The Eight Immortals Hotel’s Barbecued Pork Buns” was completed, with a box office score of 15.76 million Hong Kong dollars.

This film can win more than 15 million box office, which made Luo Junyan feel quite surprised. It seems that Xiangjiang audiences need more freshness, and the film supported by the stars will only decline more and more.

Bian Sicong was exasperated this time, and he didn’t waste his efforts in vain.

Snowman Century Entertainment made 4.25 million in revenue, director Qiu Litao accounted for 790,000, and Qiu Litao made a net profit of 1 million Hong Kong dollars in directing this film.

Subsequently, the Snow Knight Publishing Company launched the “Baxian Pork Pork Buns at the Eight Immortals Restaurant” to the outbound market. At the request of Bian Sicong, the film was even released to the Japanese and Korean film markets. Snowman Century Entertainment directly transferred 1 million Hong Kong dollars in overseas marketing expenses.

At the same time, the Oriental Snow Country Theater also screened “Sunset Carmen” and “Happiness” produced by the Oriental Film Company, but the box office was only 810,000 and 1.16 million, and the results were quite miserable.

Huang Baiming felt very depressed, luck is really not clear. The last Oriental Film Company’s film “Li Luofuqi Case” distributed by Snow Knight Distribution Company, won at least 8.86 million Hong Kong dollars in the box office in May. As a result, after switching to its own distribution company, the film was released. Began to pounce on the street continuously.

In fact, many people in the film industry are very depressed this year, and Huang Baiming is not the one with the worst luck.

The movie “Three Heroes of the East” directed by Johnnie To, starring Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, and Michelle Yeoh, was produced by a major production cast on the Spring Festival file, and the box office was only 1.94 million Hong Kong dollars. A film directly turns a multi-millionaire into a beggar, and the risk of investing in film production is gradually increasing.

It wasn’t until the release of “Water Margin Laughter” produced by Oriental Film Company in June that Huang Baiming’s mood was a little better. But he didn’t have a long time. “Water Margin Laughter” started well, but then the attendance rate began to plummet again.

At the same time, Jiahe Cinemas began to screen “Fang Shiyu Sequel” and “The Crime Squad” starring Long Ge. The Golden Princess Cinemas line has launched a series of “Super School Overlord” and “Once Upon a Time in the Wind of the Four Kings” by Wang Jing’s search for the four heavenly kings.

The Oriental Snow Country Cinema Line and Xinbao Cinema Line double-screened “Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang” produced by Yongsheng and starring Zhou Xingchi. Nowadays, as long as it is a film of Yongsheng, there is no opportunity for the exclusive screening of Oriental Snow Country Cinema.

As a matter of fact, the Oriental Snow Country Cinemas line was picked up this time and won the screening rights of “Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance”.

Jiahe Cinemas has screened two films produced by its own company, and will definitely not be screened with Xinbao Cinemas again. Even if Jiahe agreed to the joint screening, Yongsheng couldn’t agree. “Fang Shiyu Sequel” and “Criminal Crime Squad” are both major productions. How many canvases can be left for “Tang Bohu Point Autumn Fragrance”?

The Oriental Snow Country Cinemas screened in the summer archives “Water Margin Laughter” and “Jurassic Park”.

Yongsheng considers it this way. The competitiveness of “Water Margin” can basically be ignored. “Jurassic Park” is a foreign film, and it’s not bad that it can sell for 20 million at the box office. In the Oriental Snow Country Theater, it is basically the dominance of “Tang Bohu Pointing Autumn Fragrance”. As long as one or two weeks of screening, it should be able to get more theaters and performances. Therefore, Yongsheng chose to cooperate with the Oriental Snow Country Theater this time.

Yongsheng guessed the first half correctly, but guessed the second half incorrectly. As a result, the Oriental Snow Country Cinema was completed.

Of course, this will only be revealed after a period of screening, and no one is a mortal god, who can predict the future. Brother Cheng has a chance to become an immortal, but I’m very sorry. A little understanding and a deep understanding are two different things. A little bit of cultivation is very likely to develop chaotic energy.

Luo Junyan can’t take care of other businesses now. He has to grasp the opportunity of this transformation and climb out of the quagmire of action movie stars.

Yuan Jieying still owes him a film in the movie, and Luo Junyan brought him from home to play the supporting actress. Yuan Jieying vowed to stop cooperating, and she couldn’t hold back Luo Junyan’s push, shamelessly, and she had to act for him while cursing.

Zhige was also found, and Luo Junyan needed his temperament. The role of inspector was given to Farong Chen, who was recommended by Cai Shaofen. The two were colleagues who entered TVB at the same time, and they were also better friends in private.

On July 6, the film crew of “Wu Shuang” started worshipping God.

In this brain-burning crime action film, the narrative is interspersed with a lot of memories of the male protagonist, and the filming has to be broken down into different roles for the filming.

At the beginning, there was an internal fight between the counterfeit banknote group in the hotel and the two leading tycoons were killed. Only Li Jun (played by Luo Junyan) and Xiuqing (played by Yuan Jieying) escaped.

Fa Ge’s separate scenes will be shot by Zou Zhaolong in groups. The “painter” he played robbed special inks in Canada, killed several guards, then severely damaged the local jungle guerrillas in the Golden Triangle, and finally killed Shu Xin (played by Zhige) in the dye factory and set fire.

And Luo Junyan filmed his own scene alone. Li Jun, who he played, was detained in prison. Because of the suspected trading of counterfeit money, it was Xiuqing (played by Yuan Jieying) who framed him. When the interrogation began, Li Jun recalled the “painter” Wu Fusheng, the leader behind the counterfeit banknote group, and the process of the “painter” killing people in Canada, the Golden Triangle, and the dyeing factory, and the process of making three generations of counterfeit coins.

Later, Xiuqing brought a big brother to bail Li Jun, because Li Jun wrote to Xiuqing, in which Xiuqing was painted instead of Ruan Wen (played by Cai Shaofen).

After the interrogation, the police believed that Li Jun and the “painter” escaped from the hotel. With proof of alibi, Li Jun was successfully released on bail.

Inspector He Weilan (played by Chen Farong) found the “painter” drawn by Li Jun posing as a policeman (played by Zhou Runfa) in the police station. After the arrest and interrogation, he was really just a small police officer, the driver who escorted Li Jun back then.

He Weilan found that the situation was different. It was not Ruan Van who found out that Li Jun was released on bail, but Xiuqing, who had a facelift to Ruan Van. The “painter” was just a figure made up by Li Jun. Li Jun explained everything he did himself, and he is the real leader behind the counterfeit banknote group.

At this time, Li Jun and Xiuqing had killed the hotel guard and successfully escaped. The two plan to take a yacht to the Philippines, but Xiuqing regrets it. She is tired of being a substitute for Nguyen Van and having to run around.

At this time, the police surrounded the yacht and Xiuqing detonated the bomb on the ship, killing both Li Jun and Li Jun.

He Weilan found the real Ruan Van, but Ruan Van had nothing to do with Li Jun. The two were just neighbors. He Weilan knew that Li Jun only admired Ruan Wen, and he used to watch from so far away.

Luo Junyan also read the script several times to understand the script, and admired Cheng Cheng in his heart. People who can play with antiques have a high IQ.

The protagonist Li Jun is a personality splitter, and the “painter” Wu Fusheng is another of his personalities. He is brutal and cold-blooded and has no compromises. The personality of the “painter” admires Ruan Van.

Li Jun’s master character is inferior and cowardly, and he aspires to become a character like a “painter”. This made his feelings for Xiuqing erratic, and then he made Xiuqing face like Ruan Wen, in order to make both personalities agree with her existence.

The film uses a reminiscence narrative, which increases the excitement of the plot. In his memory, Li Jun can modify the truth arbitrarily, which will make the audience unable to distinguish the truth from the false and create more conflicts.

In the process of directing “Wushuang”, Luo Junyan put the suspense in the first place, so that each character is kept in a state of plausibility and distorted mental state.

Cai Shaofen and Yuan Jieying played quite painful because they had to change their mental state to another character at any time. Had it not been for Luo Junyan and Cheng to break down the script very carefully, the two actresses could confuse their roles.

Fa Ge is absolutely worth 3 million bonus points, and his acting skills are amazing. He has a very thorough understanding of the split personality, which is a realm of true and false when false is true. If the audience is careful enough, he can also find out what is false in the film, this is the wonderful thing. .

Zhige and Chen Farong were unexpected surprises. The supporting role acting skills are bursting, and every move will bring out the temperament that Luo Junyan wants in his heart. Needless to say, Zhige’s accumulated performance skills, I didn’t expect this little girl to be suitable for acting as a policeman.

Just when Luo Junyan was meticulously sculpting “Wushuang”, the Xiangjiang film market was already in an uproar. The box office of “Jurassic Park” was far ahead, and then “Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance” followed far behind. Foreign films occupied the leading position of the box office in the Xiangjiang movie market. How could it not be jaw-dropping?

“Water Margin Laughter” was finished ahead of schedule in mid-July, with a box office of 12.95 million, basically in line with Yongsheng’s prior judgment. After the Oriental Snow Country Theater line, the theater was divided into “Jurassic Park” and “Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance”. Only these two films were scheduled to be released during the same period, and everything seemed to be expected.

“Once Upon a Time: The Four Winds of Kings” was defeated earlier, and only got 11.19 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. The Golden Princess Cinemas line can only rely on one “Super School Overlord” to support, other films are released on the street.

On July 20th, Long Ge’s “Squad of Serious Crimes” was completed, and the final box office was 27.44 million Hong Kong dollars.

This result is much lower than the unpainted “Jurassic Park” and “Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance”. Jiahe originally wanted to catch up with the overall box office by relying on “Fang Shiyu Sequel”, but after Oriental Snow Country Cinemas added theaters to the two films, the attendance rate of “Fang Shiyu Sequel” dropped like a crash.

On July 28, “Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance” was completed, and the final box office was 40.17 million Hong Kong dollars. The Oriental Snow Country Cinemas won 25.52 million of the total box office, while Xinbao Cinemas only received 14.65 million.

At this time, “Jurassic Park” is still advancing, single-handedly defeating the curse that Xiangjiang’s local market cannot squeeze into the top ten of the annual box office. In the end, Yongsheng still guessed the wrong ending.

Jiahe Cinemas faces more than one competitor, and “Jigong” starring Zhou Xingchi will be screened at Xinbao Cinemas. As long as Stephen Chow is starring, no one dares to underestimate the competitiveness of the film.

“Jigong” was produced by Shaw Brothers after the resumption of labor and directed by Du Qifeng. Shao still holds the boss’s mentality and will not sit back and watch the dominance of the Oriental Snow Country Cinemas, so naturally he will not give the film to the army sister for screening.

The cost of “Jigong” is quite high, Zhou Xingchi’s pay is about 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and the pay of other actors such as Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Wu Mengda are not low.

Fortunately, the film has not yet been released in Hong Kong. One of Taiwan’s capital’s spokespersons in Hong Kong, Wang Yingxiang, bought out the filming copyright of “Jigong” in the Taiwan market for 7 million Hong Kong dollars, which relieved Shaw Brothers a lot of pressure.

In short, “Fang Shiyu Sequel” wants to make new achievements and there is little hope. Until August 19, the “Fang Shiyu Sequel” was released on the Jiahe Cinemas, and the final box office was 23.01 million Hong Kong dollars, which was more than 9.5 million lower than the first one.

As a result, there was another accident. People in the circle were unanimously optimistic about “Jigong”, but the box office trend was not outstanding.

“Jigong” was released in a hurry on August 18, and the box office was only 21.56 million Hong Kong dollars. The screening situation in Taiwan was even more miserable. This time Wang Yingxiang must have suffered a blood loss, and his 10 million yuan was lost.

Afterwards, Huang Baiming’s good fortune finally came, and “The Story of the White-haired Witch” produced by Oriental Film Company was screened in Oriental Snow Country Cinema.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys dominate. In this schedule, except for “Jurassic Park” whose attendance rate has declined, which can insist on self-protection, all other films can be ignored. After the release of “The Story of the White-haired Witch”, a large number of movies in the Xiangjiang Market began to explode.

Sister Army has been nervous after the Spring Festival stalls. The overall box office has fallen too much this year, and the competition for high-quality stalls has become more intense. To be honest, I have to thank the Oriental Film Company this year, otherwise the box office revenue of the theaters will be quite ugly.

Sister Army is now looking forward to the completion of “Wushuang”. The box office of the Christmas stall must be contested. If there is no good film source, she would rather let “Wu Shuang” be screened for 3 months.

By the beginning of September, “Eight Immortals Restaurant’s Pork Barbecued Pork Buns” was launched in other cities, and it even won a total box office of 42.7 million Hong Kong dollars, which surprised the insiders.

Snowman Century Entertainment accounted for 10.68 million box office income in other cities, and Bian Sicong relied on this inconspicuous film to reap a net profit of 12 million. Luo Junyan knew it would be so high a long time ago, so he transferred the copyright to XJ International Entertainment Media and released it in other cities. He really felt sorry for the tax of nearly 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

The shooting progress of “Wu Shuang” will definitely be postponed, and the cost will also be overrun. Luo Junyan took care of the details of the film very seriously. The blasting scene and the props of the scene all put forward the most stringent requirements. If the effect is not good, it will be re-produced.

Bian Sicong calculated that it would take 12 million Hong Kong dollars to support it.

Since “Jigong” became a dog gnawing style in Taiwan, it has not been so easy to distribute in other markets. The agency distributors have to use the box office of Hong Kong as a benchmark. If the box office of “Wu Shuang” in Hong Kong is not satisfactory, I am afraid it is not a question of whether to make a lot of money, but a question of whether it is not on the street.

Hu Xin just returned to Xiangjiang, she bought another “Phantom Heroes” for the Hong Kong market screening rights for 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and plans to pick up “Jurassic Park” in mid-September.

According to her idea, “Wu Shuang” will be released simultaneously in the Asian market. This requires hard work to persuade the work of various market theaters in other Asian cities to become Hu Xin’s top priority.

Luo Junyan admired Hu Xin’s idea very much. Simultaneous screening is definitely a good idea. Although it will pay a lot of tax, it avoids the risk of Xiangjiang’s rushing on the street and rejection of screening in other cities.

Therefore, Luo Junyan allowed Hu Xin to adopt the old method and promised to guarantee the box office, but this time it should not be too outrageous. Losing a little bit can be regarded as a lesson. In order to make greater progress in the future, Luo Junyan would rather never make progress because of a lot, and don’t want this lesson.