Chapter 62: A Difficult Schedule

After chasing the two movies of Girl Girl and Martial Arts, the summer vacation is basically over, and there are no good films to be released, that is, a horror film called Gu released on September 11 is not bad, and it actually got a box office of more than 5.2 million when it was painted.

The summer season is over, followed by Christmas, New Year's Day and then the Spring Festival, although there is no concept of New Year's films at this time, the schedules of these holidays have always been the focus of competition among film companies, and the general box office blockbusters have also appeared in these schedules.

Project A was completed at the end of October, and post-production was already in mid-November.

The reason why it took more than a month longer than expected was because Cheng Long also directed and acted in a kung fu film in the late Qing Dynasty during this period, Young Master Long, because Cheng Long's own boxing film company participated in the investment, so Cheng Long also attached great importance to this play.

So I divided a lot of energy into the drama of Young Master Long, and of course Plan A took more time.Young Master Long's film has not yet been filmed, after Plan A was completed, Cheng Long took the crew to Taipei to shoot the rest of the scenes.

Speaking of returning to Plan A, of course, after the production, it is the time to set the release, the closest is the Christmas file and the New Year's Day file, Qiao Feng means that it is the most suitable to be released on New Year's Day, and the most competitive Spring Festival file can be avoided.

But Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang, the two Golden Harvest giants and Cheng Long, the leading actors, have to be arranged to be released on January 20 during the Spring Festival.

I don't know if I think Qiao Feng's script will definitely be a big seller or I think this is Cheng Long's first work after breaking into Hollywood last year, and it must be released on the hottest schedule to be worthy of Cheng Long's identity as the highest-paid actor in Hong Kong.

Qiao Feng is also speechless for the self-confidence of Golden Harvest people, you have to say that before, you Golden Harvest is the overlord of the Hong Kong film industry, only others hide from your films, and there is no one for you to hide from others.

But now it's different from the past, the new art city was born, look at the summer file, even if there is a happy ghost in the roadblock, the two films of the new art city have won a total of 14 million box office, and then look at your Golden Harvest, how much box office your company's films have gotten, I don't want to say, it's a little more than a fraction of others.

Not to mention that Qiao Feng knows very well that the Hong Kong film industry in 82 is a year of great explosion, and there are the best partners produced by Xinyi City during the Spring Festival alone1, directed by Zhang Xinyan and starring Li Lianjie Shaolin Temple, as well as Eighteen Martial Arts directed by Liu Jialiang of Shaw Brothers and other three films were released.

And Young Master Long, who is self-directed and self-acted, is in such a hurry, in order to catch up with the Spring Festival, and if it is released in such a bunch, it will be a general film, and the key is that they are all fierce films.

Best Partner 1 is the first of the original time and space to break the box office record of 20 million and reach more than 26 million New Arts City's highest-grossing series.

Shaolin Temple also has a box office of more than 16 million, allowing Hong Kong people to get to know Li Lianjie, the future emperor of kung fu, for the first time, and see the picturesque beauty of the great rivers and mountains in the mainland.

Although the Shaw Brothers' eighteen martial arts are a little worse, they also got a box office of more than 9.9 million and almost more than 10 million.

And Young Master Long is the second best partner in the annual box office, with a box office of more than 17.9 million.

If Plan A squeezes it in again, then the Spring Festival stalls will be really a big fight, whether you fight or not, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, the key is that even if the number of moviegoers in the Spring Festival stalls is large, everyone likes to watch movies, but the total number is limited, it is also a handicap of 100 million, and the profits of four movies and five movies are absolutely different.

Plan A Qiao Feng earns 10% of the total box office, not a fixed salary, selling more than 20 million or selling more than 10 million box office, that is the difference between hundreds of thousands and millions.

"No, absolutely not, Plan A will either be released on New Year's Day, then it will be postponed to the summer, but it must not be in the Spring Festival." Qiao Feng also resolutely disagreed.

"What, Mr. Qiao doesn't have confidence in himself?" He Guanchang chuckled lightly and used the agitation method.

But Qiao Feng didn't eat this, and shook his head lightly: " Mr. He, Mr. Zou, it is precisely because I have confidence in myself and know what kind of film Plan A is, that I am reluctant to let Plan A be released during the Spring Festival, because according to the release situation over the years, the films released by various theaters in the Spring Festival are all films that they are very optimistic about, and most of the films with high box office often appear in the Spring FestivalI don't want to see such a thing on Plan A."

"According to Mr. Qiao, there will be a lot of good films released on Christmas and New Year's Day, aren't you worried that the release on New Year's Day will also dilute the box office of Plan A?" Zou Wenhuai didn't know if he really didn't understand or deliberately raised the bar and asked.

"Don't worry, because as far as I know, the Shaw Brothers don't seem to have any good films released on New Year's Day, and you Golden Harvest don't seem to have either, and I'm not sure about Princess Jin's side, but the new art city they mainly rely on seems to have a scheduled schedule for the Spring Festival, so what else is there to worry about." Qiao Feng said with a slight smile.

He was so confident, he really scared Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, he really thought that he had gotten the film scheduling plan of Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin so early.

But in fact, Qiao Feng deduced it because he had a memory in his head, yes, it was just an inference, because the good-looking films in his mind were not released at the end of 81, nor were they released on New Year's Day in 82, and the earliest best partner was also released on 1.16.

"Mr. Qiao, are you so sure that it will be released on New Year's Day and will be better at the box office than the Spring Festival release?" He Guanchang helped his glasses and asked a little unwillingly, he still felt that the Spring Festival stalls were more reliable.

"Of course." Qiao Feng nodded affirmatively.

"Then listen to Mr. Qiao, put Plan A on New Year's Day and release it on January 1st, he has a 10% share of it, I believe Mr. Qiao will not joke with his own money. Zou Wenhuai made a decision.

"Okay." He Guanchang nodded.

"Thank you, Mr. Zou, time will tell, you made a very correct decision." Qiao Feng thanked him with a smile, and squeezed his eyes at Zou Wenhuai when he was finished.

"Hehe, I hope so." Zou Wenhuai smiled and shook hands with Qiao Feng.