On the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, a whole week before "The Great Stars" was released.
It was New Year's Eve in two days, and the filmmakers' teahouse in the Peninsula Hotel was particularly lively. Many big stars called their friends to come here for afternoon tea, and then they found a place to play mahjong.
During this big holiday, if there is no reservation, there will be no seats at the Peninsula Teahouse.
Zou Wenhuai drank tea and looked into the distance. Run Run Shaw was drinking tea and chatting with his old friend Qiu Degen, while Fang Yihua, the actual controller of TVB, was also accompanying him, interrupting from time to time to create an atmosphere.
The box office of "The Gambler" has exceeded 15 million, right?Zou Wenhuai withdrew his gaze and asked him about He Guanchang at this table.
He Guanchang nodded: It seemed that it had exceeded 15 million the day before yesterday. According to this momentum, the box office of "God of Gambling" must be more than 30 million.
Liu Lianghua said in disgust: It has exceeded 30 million. This Kang Jianfei is really unbeaten to be beaten. He is still alive when he was banned by Taiwan.
After entering the 1980s, the standard for selling blockbusters in Hong Kong was to have a box office of over 10 million, and it would be called a box office hit.
As for the magical films with a box office of more than 30 million, there have not been more than 5 movies in a few years, and director Kang Jianfei accounts for half of them.
"The Gambler" was released on Friday of the 19th day of the 12th lunar month, while Jiahe's "The Stars of Lucky" was two days late because of the adjustment period.
As for the New Art City "Congratulations on the Richness", it is placed between two movies, which is the premiere on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
After the nonsensical craze in "Love Saint" in the summer, many film companies, including Jiahe, followed suit, but the audience seemed to have recognized Stephen Chow and did not buy into other nonsensical comedy movies very much.
Kang Jianfei then asked Stephen Chow to film "The Gambling Saint", which was in line with the eager demands of the majority of Hong Kong audiences.
This movie, which broke the Hong Kong box office record in another time and space, received a box office of 2.47 million on the first day of its release, and the box office reached as much as 14 million in a week.
Now "The Saint of Gambling" has been released on its tenth day. Although the box office statistics in the past two days have not yet been released, the box office has reached at least 17 million.
"The Best Stars" starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao has just been released for one week, with a box office revenue of 12.76 million, nearly 2 million less than the first week of "The Gambler".
As for "Congratulations on the Richness" in New Art City, the plot sound and boring laughter are serious. Fortunately, some of the plots are well designed, and fans of Alan Tam and Lam Zixiang bought them. In addition, Shi Tian's comedy appeal, the box office was also sold for 7.32 million in eight days of release.
Whether in the previous time and space, or now, "Congratulations on the Richness" is a watershed in the decline of New Art City.
The core creative team of New Art City, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng, have already left and cooperated with DreamWorks to establish a film studio; then Sylvia Chang ran back to Taiwan, helping Jiahe film some time ago; recently Teddy Robin also had a conflict with Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming. Teddy Robin did not participate in the production of this "Congratulations on the Richness", and it is estimated that he will leave New Art City soon.
The former core creative team is now the only three bosses, Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming.
Among these three people, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming felt that Mai Jia had too many shares and repeatedly asked to redistribute the company's equity, but they were all ruthlessly rejected by Mai Jia.
If they hadn't had common interests, New Art City might have split up.
Moreover, the mentality of the three bosses of Xinyi City has long changed. When they first started their business, they were ambitious and passionate, and often worked all night to discuss the plot.
But what about now?
There is a computer in Mai Jia's office. This guy's daily energy is not on creating movies, but on studying the Hong Kong stock market.
Since September last year, the Hong Kong stock market has been rising, and all of Mai Jia has continued to invest in the stock market. Now he makes much more money by buying stocks than making movies. How can he focus on film creation?
Shi Tian and Mai Jia are in similar condition, but he is not selling stocks but building buildings.
Last year, the news that Kang Jianfei made hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate speculation was exposed. Shi Tian's eyes were red with envy. Even when filming "Congratulations on the Richness", he always had a bunch of real estate books.
Huang Baiming is not as vulgar as the first two, but this elder brother doesn't want to be so tired after he has money. He has been traveling abroad some time ago. I guess he will come back to continue making movies after spending almost the money.
"Congratulations on the Rich" was filmed under this situation. It didn't have much thought in it. It was able to get more than 7 million yuan in 8 days, and it was purely supported by several star actors.
Xinyi City is not worth mentioning, DreamWorks is the most powerful opponent Ah.He Guanchang said with sigh.
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: It would be great that New Art City could last for another three years without breaking up. At that time, the pattern of Hong Kong film industry would change drastically.
He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai are not gods. The reason why they dare to conclude in this way that the New Art City cannot last for a long time is very simple. Just look at the people behind the recent movies of New Art City.
In the past, Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin, Sylvia Chang, Tsui Hark and others participated in the film, but now there are only one or two people in each film, and they basically do their own things.
In another time and space, there were no good films produced in New Art City in 1985. Fortunately, directors such as Gao Zhisen, Yu In-tae, and McDonald Jet joined in and continued until the 1990s.
As for good films such as "The True Color of Heroes", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Dao Ma Dan", etc., although they are marked as produced by Xinyi City, they are all works belonging to Tsui Hark Film Studio, but the film studio is only affiliated with Xinyi City.
Now Yu In-tae and McDonald Jet are both in DreamWorks. Gao Zhisen's famous work "Happy Ghost" has been filmed by Kang Jianfei again. Even Tsui Hark Studio is under the name of DreamWorks. Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming have lost their passion and ambitions when starting a business. It is really hard to say whether New Art City can last for three years.
When Liu Lianghua saw Zou Wenhua sighing there, he comforted him: Our "Good Stars" is not bad, and the box office in the first week was only about 1 million lower than "The Gambling Saint".
This is not what I worry about. Zou Wenhuai's turbid eyes showed a wise light. He looked at Run Run Shaw who was leaving in the distance and said that now someone has called Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow "Bi-week".
He Guanchang's face also became serious, because he already understood what Zou Wenhuai was worried about.
When Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and Liang Feng broke up with Shaw Brothers and formed Jiahe, it was not very smooth at the beginning. The appearance of Bruce Lee allowed Jiahe to develop smoothly.
If Bruce Lee had not been Bruce Lee, Jiahe would have probably gone bankrupt in the early 1970s. It can be said that one Bruce Lee supported the entire Jiahe, and the independent accounting model that Jiahe relied on for growth and is still being implemented is the original setting for Bruce Lee.
After Bruce Lee died, Jiahe signed in again the Xu brothers, and now Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung again.
Anyway, Jiahe has its own pillar stars in every period. These stars are Jiahe’s main box office source and the fundamental reason why Jiahe can grow step by step.
Although there are Brigitte Lin and Cherie Chung on DreamWorks, female stars are not the mainstream of Hong Kong movies after all, and real signature stars still need male stars.
DreamWorks had only one Chow Yun-fat before. Now, with the support of two movies Kang Jianfei, Stephen Chow has launched like a rocket. In the future, DreamWorks will definitely create movies with a biweekly center.
Chow Yun-fat can’t dig it out, is it possible to dig Stephen Chow?He Guanchang asked suddenly.
Liu Lianghua shook his head and said: Stephen Chow's ten years will not expire in more than nine years. If the liquidated damages plus the money given to Stephen Chow, you must prepare at least 15 million.
He Guanchang smiled and said: With Stephen Chow's potential, if he can dig it up, 15 million is worth it.
Six years ago, Jiahe spent 5 million to dig Jackie Chan. At that time, the average ticket price of Hong Kong movies was only 7 yuan, but now the ticket price has become 17 yuan, and the average box office of movies has increased by more than triple.
According to this standard, the price tag of 15 million Stephen Chow is actually similar to the price tag of Jackie Chan that year.
Please note that He Guanchang is talking about Stephen Chow's potential, not about Stephen Chow's current fame.
Jiahe was desperate to dig Jackie Chan because the kung fu films began to decline at that time, and Jackie Chan's humorous kung fu films were unique.
The same is true for Stephen Chow now. Hong Kong audiences only recognize Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy. If this comedy style can continue to be popular, then Stephen Chow's value will be no less than Jackie Chan.
This is the harshness of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang's vision. Other investors and directors only saw Stephen Chow's fame, while Zou and He looked at the potential for cultivation and development.
Let Yongchang go and talk, he is very eloquent.Zou Wenhuai thought about it and said.
Jackie Chan was dug up by Cai Yongchang, and Zou Wenhuai wanted to use the same trick again on Stephen Chow.
……
While Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were discussing poaching people, Pan Disheng and Cen Jianxun were also discussing the same thing.
As soon as Pan Disheng came back, he invited Cen Jianxun to his house and discussed the company's development plan.
Pandison originally founded Debao Film Company, and its main purpose was to promote his jewelry brand. However, the sales of his entrepreneurial work "Owl and Dumbo" in the Christmas season made Pandison taste the sweetness of making a movie for the first time, and he felt unstoppable.
Ah Xun, Sammo Hung has to work on his own Baohe, and he has never had time to shoot movies for Debao. What kind of scene should we shoot now?
Pan Disheng is still a movie layman, and everything has to be decided by Cen Jianxun, and he is only responsible for paying the money.
In fact, before "The Owl and Dumbo" was released, Chow Kin-hoon found director Liang Puzhi and invited Chow Yun-fat and Wan Ziliang as starring actors to prepare for a realistic film "Waiting for the Dawn".
As a result, "Waiting for Dawn" just one week after filming, the Taiwanese authorities suddenly announced the ban on Kang Jianfei and his subordinates.
Among the three protagonists, Chow Yun-fat and Wan Ziliang were affected by the fish. "Waiting for Dawn" had to be put on hold indefinitely. Pandison did not want to be labeled as a leftist because of a movie.
Cen Jianxun did not answer what movies should be made next, but asked: Mr. Pan, do you want to make a movie and leave after you get a few votes, or are you planning to do movies as a career?
Pan Disheng said in surprise: Is there any difference?
It was New Year's Eve in two days, and the filmmakers' teahouse in the Peninsula Hotel was particularly lively. Many big stars called their friends to come here for afternoon tea, and then they found a place to play mahjong.
During this big holiday, if there is no reservation, there will be no seats at the Peninsula Teahouse.
Zou Wenhuai drank tea and looked into the distance. Run Run Shaw was drinking tea and chatting with his old friend Qiu Degen, while Fang Yihua, the actual controller of TVB, was also accompanying him, interrupting from time to time to create an atmosphere.
The box office of "The Gambler" has exceeded 15 million, right?Zou Wenhuai withdrew his gaze and asked him about He Guanchang at this table.
He Guanchang nodded: It seemed that it had exceeded 15 million the day before yesterday. According to this momentum, the box office of "God of Gambling" must be more than 30 million.
Liu Lianghua said in disgust: It has exceeded 30 million. This Kang Jianfei is really unbeaten to be beaten. He is still alive when he was banned by Taiwan.
After entering the 1980s, the standard for selling blockbusters in Hong Kong was to have a box office of over 10 million, and it would be called a box office hit.
As for the magical films with a box office of more than 30 million, there have not been more than 5 movies in a few years, and director Kang Jianfei accounts for half of them.
"The Gambler" was released on Friday of the 19th day of the 12th lunar month, while Jiahe's "The Stars of Lucky" was two days late because of the adjustment period.
As for the New Art City "Congratulations on the Richness", it is placed between two movies, which is the premiere on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
After the nonsensical craze in "Love Saint" in the summer, many film companies, including Jiahe, followed suit, but the audience seemed to have recognized Stephen Chow and did not buy into other nonsensical comedy movies very much.
Kang Jianfei then asked Stephen Chow to film "The Gambling Saint", which was in line with the eager demands of the majority of Hong Kong audiences.
This movie, which broke the Hong Kong box office record in another time and space, received a box office of 2.47 million on the first day of its release, and the box office reached as much as 14 million in a week.
Now "The Saint of Gambling" has been released on its tenth day. Although the box office statistics in the past two days have not yet been released, the box office has reached at least 17 million.
"The Best Stars" starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao has just been released for one week, with a box office revenue of 12.76 million, nearly 2 million less than the first week of "The Gambler".
As for "Congratulations on the Richness" in New Art City, the plot sound and boring laughter are serious. Fortunately, some of the plots are well designed, and fans of Alan Tam and Lam Zixiang bought them. In addition, Shi Tian's comedy appeal, the box office was also sold for 7.32 million in eight days of release.
Whether in the previous time and space, or now, "Congratulations on the Richness" is a watershed in the decline of New Art City.
The core creative team of New Art City, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng, have already left and cooperated with DreamWorks to establish a film studio; then Sylvia Chang ran back to Taiwan, helping Jiahe film some time ago; recently Teddy Robin also had a conflict with Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming. Teddy Robin did not participate in the production of this "Congratulations on the Richness", and it is estimated that he will leave New Art City soon.
The former core creative team is now the only three bosses, Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming.
Among these three people, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming felt that Mai Jia had too many shares and repeatedly asked to redistribute the company's equity, but they were all ruthlessly rejected by Mai Jia.
If they hadn't had common interests, New Art City might have split up.
Moreover, the mentality of the three bosses of Xinyi City has long changed. When they first started their business, they were ambitious and passionate, and often worked all night to discuss the plot.
But what about now?
There is a computer in Mai Jia's office. This guy's daily energy is not on creating movies, but on studying the Hong Kong stock market.
Since September last year, the Hong Kong stock market has been rising, and all of Mai Jia has continued to invest in the stock market. Now he makes much more money by buying stocks than making movies. How can he focus on film creation?
Shi Tian and Mai Jia are in similar condition, but he is not selling stocks but building buildings.
Last year, the news that Kang Jianfei made hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate speculation was exposed. Shi Tian's eyes were red with envy. Even when filming "Congratulations on the Richness", he always had a bunch of real estate books.
Huang Baiming is not as vulgar as the first two, but this elder brother doesn't want to be so tired after he has money. He has been traveling abroad some time ago. I guess he will come back to continue making movies after spending almost the money.
"Congratulations on the Rich" was filmed under this situation. It didn't have much thought in it. It was able to get more than 7 million yuan in 8 days, and it was purely supported by several star actors.
Xinyi City is not worth mentioning, DreamWorks is the most powerful opponent Ah.He Guanchang said with sigh.
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: It would be great that New Art City could last for another three years without breaking up. At that time, the pattern of Hong Kong film industry would change drastically.
He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai are not gods. The reason why they dare to conclude in this way that the New Art City cannot last for a long time is very simple. Just look at the people behind the recent movies of New Art City.
In the past, Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin, Sylvia Chang, Tsui Hark and others participated in the film, but now there are only one or two people in each film, and they basically do their own things.
In another time and space, there were no good films produced in New Art City in 1985. Fortunately, directors such as Gao Zhisen, Yu In-tae, and McDonald Jet joined in and continued until the 1990s.
As for good films such as "The True Color of Heroes", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Dao Ma Dan", etc., although they are marked as produced by Xinyi City, they are all works belonging to Tsui Hark Film Studio, but the film studio is only affiliated with Xinyi City.
Now Yu In-tae and McDonald Jet are both in DreamWorks. Gao Zhisen's famous work "Happy Ghost" has been filmed by Kang Jianfei again. Even Tsui Hark Studio is under the name of DreamWorks. Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming have lost their passion and ambitions when starting a business. It is really hard to say whether New Art City can last for three years.
When Liu Lianghua saw Zou Wenhua sighing there, he comforted him: Our "Good Stars" is not bad, and the box office in the first week was only about 1 million lower than "The Gambling Saint".
This is not what I worry about. Zou Wenhuai's turbid eyes showed a wise light. He looked at Run Run Shaw who was leaving in the distance and said that now someone has called Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow "Bi-week".
He Guanchang's face also became serious, because he already understood what Zou Wenhuai was worried about.
When Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and Liang Feng broke up with Shaw Brothers and formed Jiahe, it was not very smooth at the beginning. The appearance of Bruce Lee allowed Jiahe to develop smoothly.
If Bruce Lee had not been Bruce Lee, Jiahe would have probably gone bankrupt in the early 1970s. It can be said that one Bruce Lee supported the entire Jiahe, and the independent accounting model that Jiahe relied on for growth and is still being implemented is the original setting for Bruce Lee.
After Bruce Lee died, Jiahe signed in again the Xu brothers, and now Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung again.
Anyway, Jiahe has its own pillar stars in every period. These stars are Jiahe’s main box office source and the fundamental reason why Jiahe can grow step by step.
Although there are Brigitte Lin and Cherie Chung on DreamWorks, female stars are not the mainstream of Hong Kong movies after all, and real signature stars still need male stars.
DreamWorks had only one Chow Yun-fat before. Now, with the support of two movies Kang Jianfei, Stephen Chow has launched like a rocket. In the future, DreamWorks will definitely create movies with a biweekly center.
Chow Yun-fat can’t dig it out, is it possible to dig Stephen Chow?He Guanchang asked suddenly.
Liu Lianghua shook his head and said: Stephen Chow's ten years will not expire in more than nine years. If the liquidated damages plus the money given to Stephen Chow, you must prepare at least 15 million.
He Guanchang smiled and said: With Stephen Chow's potential, if he can dig it up, 15 million is worth it.
Six years ago, Jiahe spent 5 million to dig Jackie Chan. At that time, the average ticket price of Hong Kong movies was only 7 yuan, but now the ticket price has become 17 yuan, and the average box office of movies has increased by more than triple.
According to this standard, the price tag of 15 million Stephen Chow is actually similar to the price tag of Jackie Chan that year.
Please note that He Guanchang is talking about Stephen Chow's potential, not about Stephen Chow's current fame.
Jiahe was desperate to dig Jackie Chan because the kung fu films began to decline at that time, and Jackie Chan's humorous kung fu films were unique.
The same is true for Stephen Chow now. Hong Kong audiences only recognize Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy. If this comedy style can continue to be popular, then Stephen Chow's value will be no less than Jackie Chan.
This is the harshness of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang's vision. Other investors and directors only saw Stephen Chow's fame, while Zou and He looked at the potential for cultivation and development.
Let Yongchang go and talk, he is very eloquent.Zou Wenhuai thought about it and said.
Jackie Chan was dug up by Cai Yongchang, and Zou Wenhuai wanted to use the same trick again on Stephen Chow.
……
While Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were discussing poaching people, Pan Disheng and Cen Jianxun were also discussing the same thing.
As soon as Pan Disheng came back, he invited Cen Jianxun to his house and discussed the company's development plan.
Pandison originally founded Debao Film Company, and its main purpose was to promote his jewelry brand. However, the sales of his entrepreneurial work "Owl and Dumbo" in the Christmas season made Pandison taste the sweetness of making a movie for the first time, and he felt unstoppable.
Ah Xun, Sammo Hung has to work on his own Baohe, and he has never had time to shoot movies for Debao. What kind of scene should we shoot now?
Pan Disheng is still a movie layman, and everything has to be decided by Cen Jianxun, and he is only responsible for paying the money.
In fact, before "The Owl and Dumbo" was released, Chow Kin-hoon found director Liang Puzhi and invited Chow Yun-fat and Wan Ziliang as starring actors to prepare for a realistic film "Waiting for the Dawn".
As a result, "Waiting for Dawn" just one week after filming, the Taiwanese authorities suddenly announced the ban on Kang Jianfei and his subordinates.
Among the three protagonists, Chow Yun-fat and Wan Ziliang were affected by the fish. "Waiting for Dawn" had to be put on hold indefinitely. Pandison did not want to be labeled as a leftist because of a movie.
Cen Jianxun did not answer what movies should be made next, but asked: Mr. Pan, do you want to make a movie and leave after you get a few votes, or are you planning to do movies as a career?
Pan Disheng said in surprise: Is there any difference?
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