Golden Harvest's "Famous Sword" adopts the method of full-line joint screening, the first day of premiere, the ticket has achieved very rare results, looking at Hong Kong in the early 80s, the box office in one day is as much as 600,000 is absolutely unthinkable. In this regard, many media have also reported on it all over the world, and some people in the film industry estimate that the popularity of "Famous Sword" will be more than that.

However, after the second day of release, due to the box office impact of "Funny Times" in Xinyicheng, the box office was lower than the first day. "Funny Times" is a comedy-style film of Chaplin with the background of a socio-economic depression, the media was optimistic about it during the test screening, and it should have achieved a good box office in the premiere, but it was unexpected for "Famous Sword", a movie starring Zheng Shaoqiu, who was popular all over Hong Kong, to cause the box office of Golden Harvest to drop.

Compared with the wonderful box office of the above two masterpieces, Wang Jin is full of bitter water. On the first day of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" and "Famous Sword", there was only less than 50% of the attendance, Shao Yifu called himself angrily at the time, saying that if the box office could not reach 50% tomorrow, he would have to consider the next painting. Thinking that the popularity of today's "Famous Sword" should be reduced, I didn't expect that the sudden release of "Funny Times" not only cut the popularity of "Famous Sword", but also harmed the theaters where "A Thousand Kings Fight a Thousand Tyrants" was released, and the attendance rate was still less than fifty percent.

After carefully comparing the box office situation for two days, Wang Jin noticed that the reputation of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is still good, but Hong Kong is such a big place, it used to be Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers Dou, and now as soon as the new art city comes out, it is nothing more than the Three Kingdoms, and the box office is inadvertently diverted. Now in the face of such a situation, after thinking about it carefully, Wang Jin still thinks that it is best to let Xu Ziming go out to talk, his identity and status are there, and Uncle Shao Liu should be able to give face.

"Why, is it useful for Ziming to talk to Uncle Six?" Miao Qianren took the time to come to the theater today, specifically to cheer for Wang Jin's movie, and before he entered the theater, he just happened to meet Wang Jin, Wang Jin took Miao Qianren as a good friend to watch, and the two of them naturally went to the tea shop near the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line to drink afternoon tea, after listening to Wang Jin's words, it was very strange.

"You don't know, you don't know Amin's abilities, he's not just an investor. Wang Jin and Miao Qianren talked about the same, but Miao Qianren still had a lot to ask.

"I want to see Ziming, do you have his phone?" When Miao Qianren asked anxiously, Wang Jin had already left, and he was busy calling to inform Xu Ziming.

Xu Ziming, who received the call, was also worried about the dismal box office of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" for two days at first, but for Wang Jin's trust in Wang Jin's ability, Xu Ziming believed that Shao Liushu would definitely have a turnaround, as an investor in this movie, Xu Ziming was obliged to have a good talk with Shaw Brothers.

As soon as the car arrived at the wireless TV station on the radio channel, many wireless staff members were curious about Xu Ziming, Xu Ziming thought that everyone had never seen himself after all, so it was not enough to be a little strange, but through the mirror at the front desk, he carefully found that there was a hole in his suit, forget it, no matter this, I have to talk to Shao Yifu quickly.

"Ziming, if you have something to do, let's talk about it in my office first, the sixth brother is in a meeting now. Fang Yihua received the news from the assistant and ordered someone to bring Xu Ziming to his office, and then spoke.

After meeting with Fang Yihua many times, Xu Ziming couldn't be angry, so he casually picked a vacant seat on the sofa and sat down. After straightening his clothes, he began to say to Fang Yihua, who was sitting in an office chair, "Aunt Fang, I heard that Uncle Sixth and Wang Jin have an agreement that today's movie "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" did not meet the expected box office, so it will be painted in advance. ”

"Yes, but Ziming, what is it to ask this", Fang Yihua took a sip of tea and looked at Xu Ziming curiously.

"To tell you the truth, "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is actually an investment made by me, and Wang Jin is just the director. ”

"Then why don't you meet with your Aunt Fang, or Uncle Six", Aunt Fang glanced at Xu Ziming angrily, if she knew that it was a movie invested by Xu Ziming, how could she advocate that "Saucer Immortal" take over, with the relationship between the two families, she would help.

But now the box office of "A Thousand Kings and a Thousand Tyrants" is sluggish, Shao Yifu wants to replace it, and it may not be useful for Xu Ziming to come.

"Aunt Fang, I asked Wang Jin to keep my investment a secret, as a shareholder of Xinyicheng, the film made was released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and it was easy to be misunderstood by other shareholders, but Wang Jin's painstaking work, I don't want it to face the risk of painting because of one of my original decisions. Xu Ziming knew that in this case, it was necessary for the Shaw Brothers to react cautiously.

Although Fang Yihua has the heart to pick up this hot potato, this person is not easy to take, so he still waits for Shao Yifu to make a decision.

After the two waited quietly for a few minutes, Shao Yifu's meeting was also over, and they walked to Shao Yifu's location together under the guidance of the assistant.

After a meeting just now, Shao Yifu felt a little tired, and when he wanted to lie down on the rocking chair to rest, he saw Fang Yihua walking in with Xu Ziming.

"Ziming, what's the matter?" Shao Yifu looked at the holes in Xu Ziming's clothes and smiled.

After Fang Yihua walked over and said something in Shao Yifu's ear, he left politely, this kind of thing can be discussed by Shao Yifu, and he still has to be busy with the problem of infinite TV series.

In the office of the director of the huge radio station, only one old and one young remained, and the atmosphere seemed very awkward for a while.

"Ziming, in fact, in terms of the current situation, you should know about the movie "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", the current box office is very sluggish, and even under the impact of "Funny Times", the theater attendance rate has fallen by less than 50%. Although our Shaw Brothers has 16 theaters in operation, and "A Thousand Kings and a Thousand Heroes" was released in 6 theaters, but judging from the current situation, every day's theaters are in a state of loss, and it is inevitable to re-take the file after the painting. From Fang Yihua's words, Shao Yifu clearly understood why Xu Ziming came today, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

"Uncle Six, I know very well the two-day release of "A Thousand Kings and a Thousand Tyrants", but I hope that Uncle Six can let me explain the reason. Wang Jin told Xu Ziming everything about the box office, and Xu Ziming also thought about these issues in the past two days.

Shao Yifu said: "Say it." ”

Hui Ziming began to explain: ""A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is a relatively novel movie, which is different from traditional comedy and martial arts movies, but it is very appetizing to Hong Kong people. ”

Shao Yifu also agreed: "I also thought the same way at the beginning, I just valued the unique style of the gambling film "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" and the audience's taste, but the box office interrupted my estimate. ”

Xu Ziming continued to explain unhurriedly: "The reason why the movie "Famous Sword" was very popular as soon as it was released, I think there are two fundamental reasons, the first is the strong star lineup. The second is that it is an accurate grasp of the martial arts film market, and it is not surprising that the audience buys tickets and has a good reputation on the day of the premiere. However, as soon as "Funny Times" was released, it overwhelmed the limelight of "Famous Sword", which showed that the shortcomings of "Famous Sword" are not in line with most people's appetite, and the humorous style of "Funny Times" is also reasonable to catch up with "Famous Sword" in the premiere, after all, Hong Kong people have generally accepted comedies. "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is a way to explore gambling films, Hong Kong citizens have relatively little contact, and it is reasonable that there is no response in the first few days, but "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is indeed a good movie, according to the reflection of the theater chain, the reputation is still very good, I believe that in a few days, maybe "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" will have good box office results. “

From the establishment of Shaw Brothers Pictures to the helm of TVB, Shao Yifu's life experience is many times more than Xu Ziming's, and he doesn't know how far his vision is wrong, but no one dares to risk the profitability of the theater.

Listening to Shao Yifu's intermittent tone, a fool can also quite think about the gains and losses of this explanation. Xu Ziming was also very hesitant about how deep Shao Yifu's concerns were.

"It's better to do this, Uncle Six will reduce the six theaters by two from tomorrow, and only four theaters will be released, if the theater chain is still losing money, I am willing to pay out of my own pocket to make up for these losses, but I hope that if the box office can be improved, the scale of the theater chain will be expanded." Xu Ziming said with a serious face.

"Okay, Ziming, your words have come to this, what else do I have to worry about. Shao Yifu immediately smiled and said.

The current Kowloon Bus can be described as a daily Jindou, or thanks to Xu Ziming's previous 200 million shares, otherwise the market value of Kowloon Bus will be affected, officially because of the Kowloon Bus card, Xu Ziming will take over such a limelight.

"Ziming, I'm curious, the investment in this movie is only a few hundred thousand, and the loss is just a small profit for you, but the loss of the four theaters in one day is more than the money you invested. Shao Yifu asked puzzled.

He still knows a little bit about what wins "A Thousand Kings Fight a Thousand Tyrants", but he is willing to take money and not lose money, is this Wang Jin's movie so worthy of the attention of the young people in front of him.

Xu Ziming stood up, habitually brushed his nose, and swallowed the words just when he wanted to speak, but he still replied with a smile: "Sixth uncle, what I want in this movie is not profit, but favor." ”

Shao Yifu wanted to speak, but his nose actually began to feel sour, how much is "human favor" worth, does this materialistic society care about this. When Shao Yifu was still pondering this, Xu Ziming had already quietly left.

When leaving the wireless, Xu Ziming consciously blocked the holes in his clothes, although he met many people along the way, and even some movie stars he was very familiar with in his previous life, Xu Ziming still got in the car and left the radio station of the broadcast channel.