July 14, 1977, the last day before the film's release.

Xu Zhi sat in his small office, looking at the several reports handed over by Lin Siqi.

Ming Pao successfully persuaded an advertiser who often cooperates with him to remove his homepage advertisement, and Drunken Fist was put on the big list. But the price is 15,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is really painful.

On the other hand, Yuan Heping also got several advertisements from Jiayi TV, but none of them were in prime time, one in the morning, one at noon, and two in the middle of the night, which was given away for nothing.

Lin Siqi also contacted the printing factory behind it through Golden Harvest Daily, and under the effect of banknote ability, a large number of leaflets were printed in just a few days, and hundreds of student temporary workers were signed, which were distributed in large quantities in major shopping malls, cinemas, and subway stations.

The three tricks worked at the same time, and the reputation of drunken boxing began to spread in Xiangjiang, and many people had already gone to the theater to ask about the schedule of drunken boxing.

Golden Harvest Cinema also sent information about the 8 theaters that will be released soon, of which 2 are on Hong Kong Island, and the remaining 6 are in Kowloon.

In the whole of Xiangjiang, there are about 150 scattered theaters, but less than half of them are really large-scale, and the rest can only stay for about 100 people, and they are mainly salty and wet violent films.

Of the more than 60 large-scale cinema chains, Golden Harvest occupies 19 of them, and Shaw Brothers has almost 20 of them, and the location is in a prime location.

8 theaters are given at one time, Golden Harvest's sincerity is already very sufficient, unless it is Golden Harvest's own big investment movie, it will be screened in Hong Kong. And the subsequent arrangement depends on the results, and if the results are good, more theaters will be released, otherwise they will be taken off the shelves in a few days.

This period of time is very well chosen, the box office champion in history in 77 years will not be released until the beginning of August, and drunken boxing can be popular in Asia next year in history, and now it is only a year early, and the generation gap has not yet formed, so there is no reason not to be popular.

But the only difference is that Chen Long is not famous at the moment, in real history, before Drunken Boxing, Chen Long had already filmed another popular movie Serpentine Trickster, which has brought him a lot of fame, which is why Xu Zhi spent a lot of money to increase the fame of Drunken Fist with the help of TV newspapers and flyers.

Just as Xu Zhi was thinking, Lin Siqi walked in and said to Xu Zhi: "Boss, Luo Wei and Chen Long are here together." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "What are they doing here?"

Lin Siqi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but Luo Wei seems to be a little angry." ”

"Okay, I see, let them in!" Xu Zhi guessed a possibility.

After a while, Luo Wei walked in with Chen Long in a hurry, and before Xu Zhi could say a polite word, he split his head and covered his face and said: "Xu Sheng is too immoral, I lent Ah Long to you to make a movie, but you secretly tricked him into signing that kind of contract." ”

Xu Zhi smiled, he really guessed correctly, glanced at Chen Long again, and said with a smile: "What kind of contract, Luo Sheng, the contract I signed with Ah Long is your willingness, both sides have told it very clearly, there is no deception, Ah Long also took my money, what kind of scam will give you 250,000." ”

Luo Wei snorted coldly: "You can deceive Aaron with this kind of contract, you can't deceive me, this agreement is too domineering, if you don't cooperate with you first, he can't even make other films." Xu Sheng tricked Ah Long into signing this kind of agreement, it's too much!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "What's too much, I'm just an ordinary person, if the agreement is not signed strictly, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect my own interests at that time, and Luo Sheng should have also read the conditions in my contract, whether it is the investment amount of the movie or the salary given to Ah Long, just ask the stars of Xiangjiang, except for Li Xiaolong at the beginning and Xu Guanwen and others now, who has such a high salary?"

Luo Wei choked for a moment, a film with a salary of 150,000 Hong Kong dollars plus 5% of the Hong Kong box office, this kind of income is already a very top income for a star. What's more, there is an advance payment of 250,000 yuan, which is spread evenly over 5 movies, and there are also 50,000 Hong Kong dollars each.

However, it is good for Chen Long, but it is different for him, he is the boss behind him, and he prefers to invest by himself, after all, as long as he makes a big profit, the profit is millions.

Xu Zhi also knew this, and said: "Ah Long has made so many movies with you, but he has never been popular, Luo Sheng should have lost a lot of money, it is better to take my income and make a new one, and Ah Long can also continue to make the movies I prepared for him, a few will definitely be beneficial to Ah Long's fame, then Luo Sheng's future money will naturally be clear, with Luo Sheng's eyesight, this point should still be understood!"

Luo Wei snorted, and said undeniably: "Xu Sheng is also a person with courage, I really admire Ah Long for daring to invest like this, since you and I are both optimistic about Ah Long, why don't you work together? Xu Sheng can come to me directly, and there is no need to play this trick behind my back." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "If Ah Long suddenly becomes popular all over Xiangjiang overnight, Luo Sheng may not be willing to cooperate with me anymore!"

The same is true in history, after the drunken boxing fire, Wu Siyuan, who made Chen Long popular, wanted to cooperate again, but was rejected by Luo Wei. negotiated several times, and even offered a condition of three or seven points, but Luo Wei still disagreed, he didn't look down on seventy percent, he wanted all the profits, and even refused to give Chen Long's share.

Luo Wei didn't answer directly, and said: "Ah Long can sign five film contracts with you, but the overlord agreement inside must be canceled, and he must have enough time to be free." ”

Xu Zhi directly refused: "No, the contract has been signed, it is signed, do you think it is a child's house? If you want to change it, it's okay to lose money according to the breach of contract, the box office of Aaron's last movie should be 470,000, according to the contract, 5 times is 2.35 million, as long as Luo Sheng can take it out, I will immediately tear up my contract." ”

Luo Wei and Chen Long suddenly looked ugly, thinking that they were just changing one of the conditions on the contract, and with the other party's age, they could get it by saying a few words of sticks and carrots, but they didn't expect the other party to be so tough.

Luo Wei paused and said: "Xu Sheng's request is too much, I can return 250,000 yuan to you, and I can also lend Ah Long to you again, I still don't want everyone to make a lot of trouble about that contract." ”

"250,000?" Xu Zhi looked at Ah Long again and asked, "You gave him the money?"

Long Chen nodded quietly.

Xu Zhi shook his head with a smile, and said to Luo Wei: "Luo Sheng, there are laws in this world, Ah Long signed this contract, it is naturally valid, if the contract can be annulled if the money can be returned, then there is no need for the court to exist." ”

Seeing that Xu Zhi refused to give in, Luo Wei said with a pale face: "Xu Sheng may have overestimated the role of the court, and it is better to get some benefits now, otherwise, even if he goes to the court, he may not know what the outcome will be." ”

Xu Zhi waved his hand indifferently and said, "Then we'll see!"

Luo Wei looked at Xu Zhi angrily, and then looked at Chen Long and said, "Let's go!"

Xu Zhi suddenly interrupted: "Ah Long, can you stay and talk alone?"

Chen Long glanced at Luo Wei, did not speak, and Luo Wei did not object, and said, "I'll wait for you outside." ”

After Luo Wei left, Xu Zhi asked, "Didn't I tell you, did you take this money yourself, and why did you give it to Luo Wei?"

Chen Long smiled bitterly: "Ah Zhi, after taking your money, I was very excited at first, and I was very excited for a few days, but then I felt uncomfortable again, Uncle Luo almost went bankrupt for me, and has been supporting me to make movies, treating me like a relative, I can't just swallow this benefit and abandon him, it's too unrighteous." ”

Xu Zhi smiled and shook his head: "You are too righteous, Luo Wei invested in you not just for your good, if you are famous, he is the one who gets the biggest profit, so it is just a cooperative relationship between you and him, there are some things I can't talk about too much, but don't talk too much about righteousness in the shopping mall." ”

Chen Dao: "You are a businessman, I am not. ”

Xu Zhi asked: "Okay, then Luo Wei took your 250,000 yuan, and took it directly, how much did you leave for you?"

Chen Long said: "No, I was originally going to return it to you today, but you didn't agree, so ......"

Xu Zhi smiled: "So you don't know if he will give it to you?"

Chen Long was silent, and he didn't know what Luo Wei would do with such a sum of money, and whether he would return it to him.

Xu Zhi said again: "This matter is actually not necessarily a good thing for you, and getting to know this society as soon as possible is more important than this money." ”

Long Chen sarcastically said, "You're not as old as me." ”

Xu Zhi smiled and didn't answer directly, and said, "Then you can go back and see! Whether Luo Wei treats you like a relative or a money-making tool, you will soon know." ”