The box office of 1.83 million in a single day of the premiere is undoubtedly a pretty good result, you must know that it has not yet entered the real summer file.

As soon as this number came out, after watching the whole film of "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes", Pan Disheng, who was full of confidence, couldn't help frowning, feeling a heavy burden in his heart.

Liu Weiqiang and the others were the same, the smile on their faces suddenly dimmed.

Anyone in the industry knows very well that the box office of a movie's premiere largely determines the next box office trend of the film.

Judging from this result, the total box office of "Jianghu Love" exceeded 20 million, which is almost a sure thing.

20 million, this is a watershed, "Film Fortnightly" made a prediction as early as the beginning of the year, according to the trend of the vigorous development of Hong Kong films in recent years, a list of professional data, rational analysis of the 1987 Hong Kong film annual box office list of the top 10, will start with 20 million.

In other words, any film with a box office of more than 20 million has the strength to hit the top ten of the annual box office list.

In this way, it can also be seen that the box office of the premiere of "Jianghu Love" is 1.83 million, which represents.

Presumably over there in the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, I'm afraid it's already having a celebration banquet at this time.

In the room, only Li Yadong smiled indifferently, "One million eight hundred and thirty thousand, huh...... Not bad. Okay, it's not early, everyone is gone, tomorrow is our harvest day. ”

As he spoke, he stood up first, ready to say goodbye and leave.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, so far, I really don't understand why this guy can still be so calm.

Pan Disheng is also a person who has seen strong winds and waves, and quickly stabilized his mind, and said with a smile, "Dong Tsai is right, let's go back and rest, recuperate, and fight tomorrow's battle." ”

……

May 22nd.

On this day, the main content of the major morning newspapers in Hong Kong was almost all the news of the premiere of "The Man Who Troubled the Boy is in the Jianghu".

I don't know how many people can't wait to see what kind of charm this low-budget movie contains.

Of course, there are also many people in the industry who already know the record of yesterday's "Jianghu Love", waiting to see Debao's jokes.

At ten o'clock in the morning, "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes" finally appeared on the big screen, and the first screening began in 22 theaters under Debao.

The attention of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry is almost focused on this.

As opponents, Jiahe and Xinyicheng naturally paid close attention to it, and had already sent people to collect first-hand information.

At half past ten in the morning, the new art city company.

Lei Juekun, who is over sixty years old, but is still in good spirits, rarely appears in the company today, and the three giants of Xinyi City all put down the work at hand and accompany him personally.

In the company's largest office, at the oval conference table, almost all the executives of the New Art City Cinema Line are sitting around, and the premiere box office of "Jianghu Love" yesterday has brought them a lot of pressure, and they are discussing the specific matters of the release of "A Chinese Ghost Story" tomorrow.

When everyone expressed their opinions, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged woman in professional clothes walked in.

"Lei Lao, leaders, the first data from Debao's side has been obtained. ”

"Oh?" everyone looked at each other, their expressions were natural, and they looked like they were listening.

are all thinking, the heavy pressure on Jiahe's side is gathered in their hearts, and listening to the information from Debao at this time may be able to alleviate it appropriately.

From beginning to end, they did not put their high-quality production of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and Debao's second-rate production "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes" at the same level.

"Let's talk about it. Huang Baiming gestured to Lei Juekun with his eyes, and after seeing him nod, he said with a smile.

"The attendance rate of the Debao Mong Kok Cinema is 80%, the attendance rate of the Tsim Sha Tsui Cinema is 80%, the attendance rate of the Hung Hom Cinema is 80%, the attendance rate of the Causeway Bay Cinema is 80%, and the attendance rate of the New Territories Cinema is 70......"

"What?!"

The woman was holding a document in her hand and reporting it one by one, but the faces of everyone at the conference table were becoming difficult to look at little by little.

"How is it possible, the attendance rate of the theaters in the New Territories has never been high, and this is only the morning show, how can it reach seventy?" someone questioned, his face full of incredulity.

The New Territories and Yuen Long, compared to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, are undoubtedly poor and remote, and the movies there are not blockbusters, which is no secret in the industry.

After the middle-aged woman glanced at the person who asked the question, she replied very seriously: "Manager Zheng, there is absolutely no problem with the data, you can rest assured of this." I was also very puzzled when I got the data, so I also inquired, and the news from there was that many old boys who were basically invisible during the day before, didn't know what medicine they were jealous of, and went to the theater in groups early in the morning to watch movies. ”

It is also no secret that there are many underworld forces in the New Territories and Yuen Long.

After hearing her say this, everyone seemed slightly speechless.

At this time, Lei Juekun, who had never spoken, turned his head to look at Huang Baiming, who was frowning, and asked without seeing his joy or anger: "Ah Ming, why is this happening, according to this momentum, Debao's drama is not worse than Jiahe's "Jianghu Love" yesterday. ”

"Impossible ......"

Huang Baiming replied without thinking about it: "Lei Lao, I guess it should be an advertising effect, don't forget, the previous advertising war was provoked by them, in fact, many people have a doubt, where did Debao's small-cost production come from?"

He paused when he said this, his brows gradually relaxed, and then continued: "I think it is precisely because of this curiosity that they made their first fire, but after all, a small cost is a small cost, from the scene to the actors, there is nothing to be desired, and when the first audience watched it, they found that it was actually just like that, and this kind of information was transmitted, and they couldn't be so popular again." ”

After hearing him say this, Lei Juekun thought for a while, and after a while, he asked again: "You mean to say that their popularity is destined to be just a flash in the pan, right?"

"Yes. Huang Baiming nodded vigorously, "Lei Lao, I have already reported to you before, the lines of Debao's movie are vulgar, the picture is bloody, and there is a polarization trend, as I said above, the audience's curiosity is satisfied, and the heat subsides or develops on the good side, maybe after watching this movie, it is possible to be scolded as!"

Lei Juekun nodded subconsciously, he was still convinced of Huang Baiming's vision, and several big hit films in Xinyicheng in recent years were basically discovered by him.

So he said, "Okay, let's go on." However, the situation on the side of the Debao Cinema Line will continue to pay attention to it, and report any situation as soon as possible. ”

The middle-aged woman in charge of information collection nodded in response, "Yes, Lei Lao." ”

……

Huang Baiming's analysis is actually not unreasonable, most of the people who walked into the Debao Theater in the early morning were driven by curiosity, wanting to see why this small-budget production movie was clamoring for the big production of Golden Harvest and New Art City.

For example, Chen Bosheng, editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly".

His family lives in Tsim Sha Tsui, and he didn't go to work this morning, so he came to the Debao Cinema in Tsim Sha Tsui.

As a professional film critic, Chen Bosheng's appreciation of movies is definitely one of the best, and even some big bosses will come to consult him for his opinion when investing in a certain movie.

In the morning, the attendance rate of the theater actually reached 80%, which Chen Bosheng did not expect, which made him think of a new research direction: how much impact does advertising have on the box office of the movie?

The film began to play, and Chen Bosheng watched quietly like an ordinary audience.

The vulgar lines, the bloody street fights, and the bewitching costumes made him feel a little disgusted, but also a little surprised.

Such a shooting technique is really something that I have never seen in my life.

He subconsciously observed the reactions of the audience around him, and most of them were the same as him, but within an acceptable range.

Gradually, the plot began to unfold, and an underworld that ordinary people had never been exposed to slowly emerged in front of everyone's eyes.

In this world, deceit is the norm, bloody fighting is like eating, if you don't agree with each other, you do it, so rough that it is unimaginable, and it is so direct that it is not disguised.

Looking at it, everyone's eyes were extremely bright, staring at the big screen without blinking, including Chen Bosheng.

Everyone was immersed in the dark world that was not far from them, but they were never seen.

When Brother B died, Chen Haonan wanted to go to the mourning hall to offer incense, but due to Hongxing's gang rules, he needed to kneel and greet everyone through everyone's fists and feet in order to obtain the qualification for incense, and there was a cry in the theater.

At this time, the audience knew that the world of the old boy was not only about fighting and killing, but also full of friendship.

When Chen Haonan decided to re-emerge and avenge Brother B, but there was no one to help him, and the pheasant drove a luxury car and came back with a large number of brothers, the sound of "big brother" instantly brought the audience's emotions to the top.

"Good!"

"Cool!"

"Brother Pheasant is finally back!"

"Now Chen Haonan is going to send it, Brother Pheasant is obviously a developed rhythm!"

The scene was full of cheers, and many people even burst into tears.

Chen Bosheng's eyes were also slightly red, thinking that he had read countless films, how long had it been since there had been no movie that could drive his emotions to such an extent.

Looking at the first half of this movie alone, it is just some fights and killings, which makes people curious about the world of the old boy, but it doesn't really resonate with him much, but the emotional drama in the second half is like the finishing touch, interpreting the friendship of the rivers and lakes to the fullest.

The one-and-a-half-hour film was quickly over, and in the entire theater, no one got up immediately, everyone sat in their seats, one by one, excited, enthusiastic, and even didn't want to miss the end credits.

At this time, the lights in the theater had been turned on, Chen Bosheng slowly got up, looked at the scene in front of him, and muttered: "Debao, this time it's really going to counterattack!"