Chapter 63: Another New Record

In the new art city company, a handsome man, under the protection of two bodyguards, broke free from the crowded reporters and came to the office alone.

Seeing the people coming, Lei Juekun said to the people: "Okay, everyone is here, our "Best Partner" this time is very good, in the past ten days of release, the box office has reached 13 million, and now the attendance rate is still more than 70%, I believe that if it continues to be released, "Modern Bodyguard" will be surpassed by us sooner or later." ”

Such a gratifying result is beyond most people's expectations, of course Huang Baiming didn't expect that when he took over Xu Ziming's script revision, he just changed it according to a taste of interest, but he didn't expect it to be so suitable for the fun of Hong Kong citizens, and it is not surprising that the box office is higher than "Modern Bodyguard", but such a good result is enough to be surprising.

During the filming of "Best Partner", Lei Juekun and Xu Ziming used some cars of Kowloon Motor Bus, and the two also benefited a lot.

The one with a flat expression in the crowd belongs to Wang Jin, although this fat man only used 500,000 yuan to make a movie with a box office of more than 3 million, but in the eyes of everyone present, it seems too bland, and now "Best Partner" is a big hit, not to mention, Wang Jin didn't have half of his strength in this movie, what is he happy about, at most he is happy for Xu Ziming.

Huang Baiming had a whim and suggested: "Boss Lei, "Best Partner" seems to be very suitable for the interests of Hong Kong citizens, I suggest that we might as well release another series for next year's Chinese New Year." ”

After the first "Best Partner" was a big hit, New Arts City had the idea of continuing the series and topped the box office for three consecutive years.

Lei Juekun neither agreed nor denied that the production of this big cast requires too much investment, and the first time "Best Partner" can achieve such good results, it is beyond expectations, and it is difficult to guarantee that the second part will deviate.

He knocked lightly on the table, thought for a while, and turned to Xu Ziming and asked, "Ziming, what do you think of Mr. Huang's idea?"

Xu Ziming is the screenwriter of this movie and the second largest shareholder of Xinyicheng, so it is better to ask others than to ask him.

When it comes to making a sequel, Xu Ziming is not particularly clear, but there is one thing he heard his former friends complain that Xinyicheng's "Best Partner" is not as good as one, and it is almost all old-fashioned, so that it was later surpassed by Golden Harvest's "Summer Lucky Star", "Lucky Star Highlight" and other masterpieces, Xu Ziming was very hesitant about this.

Yes, Xu Ziming thought in his heart, he could directly shoot "The Queen's Order of the Best Partner" in advance to serve as a sequel, which would be much better than the second part of "Best Partner".

He nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Huang has an idea for the next script?"

Huang Baiming hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I still have to discuss the matter of the script with Mr. Xu." ”

"Of course there is no problem" Xu Ziming said immediately, Lei Juekun has no objections, Xu Ziming still has too many secrets that he is a little unclear.

Xu Ke and others didn't say anything, because they couldn't decide these things, but to Tsui Hark's satisfaction, his "Ghost Horse Smart Star" will start filming soon, and this film can be said to be the first film he directed in Xinyicheng.

"Best Partner" was finally released twenty-five days later, and when the theater attendance was less than 50%, it was immediately drawn, and the box office was 3 million less than the 27 million in the original time and space, but compared to the movie "Modern Bodyguard", it was 7 million more!

"Oriental Daily" is the object of Xu Ziming's cooperation, and after the news of the box office of the Golden Princess Cinema was just counted by Shi Nansheng of Xinyicheng, Xu Ziming informed Ma Chengkun of the box office of "Best Partner".

When he heard the news of the box office of more than 20 million, Ma Chengkun was also stunned, wondering if Xu Ziming was fabricating data casually in order to find his own happiness, but listening to Xu Ziming's emphasis was very serious, not to mention that Xu Ziming was a member of a wealthy family after all, Ma Chengkun was also ridiculous of his suspicions, and immediately notified the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily" to publish the report.

As the so-called fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, Xu Ziming sold Ma Chengkun such a hot news, and Ma Chengkun himself also firmly remembered Xu Ziming's friendship.

"What, "Best Partner" has a box office of 20 million, this can't be a nonsense report. The next day, a newspaper owned by the Oriental Daily News was crowded with people, and many newspaper residents were attracted by the headline of the entertainment section that had been published this morning.

"It should be true, I have an iron buddy from the Golden Princess Cinema as a statist, and he told me so much last night, because it shouldn't be wrong. ”

In the crowd, you and I said, "This is another box office miracle, many times more powerful than Golden Harvest's "Modern Bodyguard", it seems that the new art city is very powerful." ”

A bespectacled young man pointed to the newspaper in his hand, as if he suddenly found something interesting, "The screenwriter of this movie is Xu Ziming." Obviously, this person should not have gone to the cinema to see it in person, and Xu Ziming's name appeared in the prologue at the beginning, otherwise he would not be so surprised.

Another point is that I didn't read the newspapers and periodicals of "Oriental Daily" very much before, because the previous "Oriental Daily" gave a detailed explanation of the screenwriter of this film.

Everyone sighed, of course they knew about this Xu Ziming, and they had talked about it in "Oriental Daily" some time ago, but they were not very optimistic about Xu Ziming's screenwriting ability, maybe in their opinion, Xu Ziming's crown of wealth was too dazzling, almost covering his own advantages and strengths.

Looking at the whole of Hong Kong, many people know Xu Ziming's number one, and the original wealthy feast has always been their after-dinner conversation, and they have the impression that Xu Ziming is a rich second generation, who speaks nicely and can play with stocks. The rest is gone.

Today's "Oriental Daily" reported such a powerful news, it is indeed very surprising to everyone, I didn't expect that people are really unseemly, the sea water is incomprehensible, Xu Ziming and Huang Baiming actually wrote the highest-grossing movie in the Hong Kong film industry.

However, everyone is also wondering, other newspapers and periodicals have not yet had the latest news on this matter, but the "Oriental Daily" knows it, and it is no wonder that the "Oriental Daily" has been selling particularly well recently.

Since Zhou Yanfa finished filming "Hu Yue's Story", he has been on vacation and rest over there in the past few days, and he has rarely gone home from newspapers and magazines like before, a new newspaper, and when he didn't enter the house, he saw a chubby figure sitting peacefully on the sofa, Zhou Yunfa didn't have to think about it, this was Wu Mengda looking for himself.

"Ah Fa, you can be counted as back, Ada has been waiting here for a long time, and he has something to talk to you about. After saying that, Chen Yulian got up from the sofa and went to work in the kitchen.

"Fa Tsai, you're finally here, you read today's newspaper. Wu Mengda's excited expression was mixed with a little disappointment.

"Not yet, I just bought today's newspaper, I haven't read it yet", Zhou Yunfa sat in the place where Chen Yulian was sitting, and began to unfold and watch today's newspaper.

Wu Mengda pinched his nose lightly and said: ""The Best Partner" written by Mr. Xu won more than 20 million box office, and Mr. Xu is really powerful. ”

Wu Mengda really envied Xu Ziming's talent, and he didn't know whether the box office data of Oriental Daily was reliable, but there was one thing he was happy and sad about, that is, after he entered the New Art City, he rarely saw Xu Ziming, let alone making movies, there are not many opportunities to be a supporting role, which seems to be drifting away from Xu Ziming's original words.

"Oh, Ziming has been silent for the past two months, so he was working as a screenwriter. Zhou Yunfa was more satisfied with the change in Wu Mengda's arrival, and the tone of his conversation with him was less stiff than before.

Zhou Yunfa focused on the content of the entertainment page, no wonder I haven't heard about Xu Ziming recently, and I haven't seen him much, it turns out that "Best Partner" was planned and screenwritten by him.

"Fat boy, can you do me a favor. Wu Mengda pleaded.

"What's the favor? You really helped a lot last time. Hearing that Wu Mengda began to put forward conditions again, Zhou Yanfa's face was also difficult to look at, thinking that Wu Mengda would be somewhat restrained, but he didn't expect to come to ask for help again.

"Fa Zai, this time I didn't borrow money, I wanted you to come forward and talk to Mr. Xu about my affairs. Wu Mengda was so anxious that his face was flushed, and his two big hands shook in a panic, he didn't want to be misunderstood, he knew that the relationship between Zhou Runfa and Xu Ziming was extraordinary, and his own affairs were only useful if Zhou Yanfa said it.

After listening to Wu Mengda's explanation, Zhou Yanfa's wrinkled face began to stretch, and he also clearly remembered Xu Ziming's promise to Wu Mengda in the hospital, but it has been two months, and I don't know if Xu Ziming still remembers this incident.

"Okay, Ziming and I haven't seen each other for a long time, I invited him out today, but you have to remember one thing clearly, don't make any mistakes, let alone mention any excessive conditions. ”

Wu Mengda complained in his heart, he still dared to mention what conditions Xu Ziming was from a wealthy family, and said that he would look up to himself when he played a role.

I saw Wu Mengda nodding again and again: "Fa Zai, am I that kind of person? I will take care of my mouth." ”

Zhou Yunfa thought about whether he should call other friends to go with him, Wan Ziliang, or Miao Qianren, or Zhong Chuhong. He thought about it for a long time, so let's call it, they are all good friends, and they should be lively together, and it should be a celebration for Xu Ziming, the screenwriter who created a box office miracle.

On the day when the box office results of "Best Partner" were announced, a group of shareholders of Xinyicheng also began to hold a celebration banquet, which should be applauded, hoping that the box office will continue to sell well in the future.

"Eh, Brother Fa, you want to ask me out at night, I also have a celebration banquet in Xinyi City at night, and there may be a conflict in time. Xu Ziming explained that Zhou Yanfa called him and said that he was inviting him to celebrate together, but he couldn't postpone the matter in Xinyi City.

"Oh," Zhou Yunfa was a little disappointed, and then comforted him: "It's nothing, it's the same if you ask you to drink another day." Wu Mengda stuck to the phone, eavesdropping on the chat between the two, and accidentally touched Zhou Yanfa's face with his ear.

"Ada, put your ear over again, beware of my bite. Zhou Yanfa was very uncomfortable by Wu Mengda's ears, and said to Wu Mengda.

Xu Ziming on the other end of the phone also heard it, Wu Mengda, Xu Ziming had the impression that after putting him in Xinyi City, he didn't care about him, it seemed that it was a big mistake of his own.

Xu Ziming said suddenly: "Tomorrow night, I will definitely arrive on time." ”

"Okay" Zhou Yan was refreshed, Xu Ziming promised to come tomorrow, he was also relieved, and Xu Ziming would take care of his face no matter what he said.