On January 3rd, "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" officially landed in Shaw Brothers Theaters.

On the first day of release, the attendance rate of 18 theaters was above 80%, and the box office reached 2.3 million on the first day, which shocked the Hong Kong film industry.

You must know that with the successive rise of Golden Harvest and New Art City, Shaw Brothers has been sinking for several years. The previous best box office result was set by "The Frog Prince" directed by Wang Jing. Released for 23 days, the box office reached 18 million Hong Kong dollars. And that movie, the box office on the first day was only 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Now "Ghost Horse Flying Man" has a box office of 2.3 million on the first day, but it is far better than "The Frog Prince". The news came out, which made the Xiang brothers excited.

Jiahe had a big headache, but he didn't expect this movie of the Xiang brothers to be so fierce. In order to avoid "Happy Three Cannons" from becoming cannon fodder, he had to step up the propaganda offensive, and even the three leading actors Chen You, Chen Baixiang, and Zeng Zhiwei pretended to be the God of Wealth, and went to the street to scatter red envelopes to canvass for the movie.

However, on the evening of January 4th, after the box office statistics came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Ghost Horse and Flying Man" set another single-day box office record, reaching HK$2.6 million. The box office of "Happy Three Cannons" on the first day was only 960,000, and the average attendance rate of the theater was less than 50%, and the bottom pants of the loss were all gone.

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Although "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" achieved good results at the box office, it was unsatisfactory in terms of word-of-mouth and received bad reviews from many Hong Kong film critics. Among them, the film reviews signed "Nine Cylinder Dwellers" are the sharpest and vicious.

"This movie is just a boring farce, the plot is childish, funny and vulgar, and the shit, pee and farts are all together, it's really a piece of shit.

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Zhong Chuhong's performance, as always, is a vase. There is no need for acting skills at all. Zhong Zhentao is still pretending to be an honest young man, and there is no breakthrough at all. Zheng Zeshi and Xia Wenxi, one pretending to be stupid and the other pretending to be a coarse, are obviously acting actors, but they have no role in this film.

In fact, you can't blame the actors for being bad. It's that the director is not professional at all, and he can't give full play to the strength of the actor at all, so that the treasure is covered with dust and ruinous things.

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And such a bad movie can still sell high at the box office, and there is only one reason, that is, relying on his vulgar publicity. Find a group of people who pretend to be ghosts and horses, suddenly appear on the street, and suddenly disappear. Relying on such deviant means to sensationalize.

This move is simply opening a Pandora's box, if the film can achieve a high box office, I am afraid that other companies will follow suit in the future.

Filmmakers don't think about how to shoot high-quality films, and instead focus most of their energy on publicity. In the long run, bad money drives out good money, and Hong Kong films will inevitably suffer a devastating blow.

Therefore, for the sake of the future of Hong Kong films, I sincerely appeal to the general public not to watch this film again. I also call on filmmakers and film companies in Hong Kong to ban the director of this film. Expelled this black sheep from the film industry, and returned Hong Kong films to a peaceful world. ”

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"Damn. Who wrote this damn film review, which devalued our film to worthless. Made, if I find out who this grandson is, I will have to chop off his hand!" Xiang Huaqiang scolded angrily after reading this movie review.

"Mr. Xiang, do you really want to clean up this bullshit?" asked Xia quietly.

"Ah Tian, you talk about it first. Does this film review have a big impact on the box office of our movie?" Xiang Huasheng narrowed his eyes and asked Xia.

"Of course it did. The "Oriental Daily" sold more than 300,000 copies, and the crowd reached almost two or three million. If 1 in 10 readers are affected, then we have to lose more than 4 million box office. Summer nodded, deliberately exaggerating.

In fact, the quality of film reviews does not have much impact on the box office of the film. Because the general public's appreciation taste is seriously deviated from the preferences of film critics. is like an Academy Award-winning film, although it has been affirmed by professionals, the box office is generally not high.

And many movies are obviously bad movies, but the more they are scolded, the more popular they become, and they have repeatedly achieved amazingly high box office. For example, "X Era" directed by a well-known writer was simply scolded, but it did not prevent it from creating box office miracles one after another.

On the contrary, movies with a good reputation may also be very miserable at the box office, such as "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart", "The Piano of Steel", "Da Ming Tribulation" and so on.

The reason why he said this was because he knew that the "Nine Cylinder Layman" was actually Ni Wei's pen name. People in the media and film industry basically know about it, but because the Xiang brothers are new to the industry, they still don't know his identity.

"Bastard!" Xiang Hua Qiang slapped the table and shouted loudly.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents! Now because of this bastard, he wants to lose more than 4 million yuan, which really makes his flesh hurt. So much money is worth the protection fee on the street.

"Dare to cut off my financial route, I want his life!" Xiang Huaqiang scolded loudly again. sent the younger brother to kill people, and the settlement fee was only 200,000.

Seeing what he said, Xia provoked Xiang Hua to jump like thunder, and he couldn't wait to send someone to kill Ni Huan, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart. If he can solve Ni Hao's trouble with Xiang Huaqiang's hand, it will naturally be best for him.

"Brother Ten, don't be so impulsive. This movie review has already been published, and if it can be affected, it will already be done, and now it will not help you even if you kill him. He waved his hand to Hua Sheng and persuaded.

"Is that all, this time I was ridden to my neck and, you can bear it, I can't bear it!" roared to Hua Qiang.

From childhood to adulthood, only they have bullied others, and they have not been bullied by others. Now that someone has a movie review, they have lost millions of dollars, how can they swallow this breath.

"Of course you can't just leave it at that. However, I don't think it's a matter of teaching him a lesson, and the most important thing now is to eliminate the negative effects and stop the source from having similar reviews. Xiang Huasheng said again.

"Mr. Xiang, don't be angry yet, I also think Brother Sheng is right. Now is not the best time to retaliate, but it is important for us to solve the current troubles. When Xia saw Xiang Huasheng stand up, he knew that his plan to kill people with a knife would not work, so he hurriedly turned the rudder to implement Plan B.

"Okay, what do you say?" Xiang Huaqiang saw that he also said this, and finally put away his anger and asked.

"So, I went back to Mr. Tocha and asked a few film critics to come out. Say a few more good words for our movie. "I had a plan for the summer, and I talked eloquently at the moment, "If Mr. Cha comes forward, I think those film critics will appreciate the face." As long as there are many positive reviews, the impact of those bad reviews will naturally be diluted. ”

"Well, that's a good idea. Ah Tian. I'm sorry for you. Xiang Huaqiang applauded and said, it is thanks to Xia that this professional can come up with such a good opinion, unlike him who doesn't understand anything, only knows how to fight and kill, which is completely useless.

"Mr. Xiang doesn't have to be polite, I also have a share of this movie, of course I don't want it to hit the street at the box office. Summer smiled and waved his hand, "But this is only a symptom, and it has not achieved the effect of curing the root cause." ”

"That's right. How can we cure the root cause? Do you send someone to beat up that film critic?" Xiang Huaqiang heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"Brother Ten, don't keep fighting and killing, okay? We are doing business now, and we must value harmony, and try not to do anything if you can. Otherwise, if we have a bad reputation, who will be willing to cooperate with us in the future?" Xiang Huasheng reminded on the side.

When I saw Summer, I immediately shook my head regretfully.

Xiang Huaqiang's impulsive character. Belligerent and impatient. He could have used him to make Ni Orbit unable to eat and walk around. But Xiang Huasheng's character is cautious, rational, and plans before acting. With him assisting Xiang Huaqiang on the side, his plan to kill people with a knife was ten times more difficult.

"Brother Sheng is right. Summer nodded against her will, "In my opinion, that's fine." The Oriental Press Group is the power of the Ma family, and they also started by smuggling poison crystals back then, but now they have gone ashore to launder and turned to the right business. But I think he should still have a friendship with you Xiangjia, right? You might as well come forward and say hello to him, and let him raise his noble hand and let us go, and don't publish similar movie reviews again. ”

"Yes. Well, although our relationship between the Xiang family and the Ma family is not close, I think Ma Tingqiang will give us this face. Xiang Huasheng nodded.

", if he doesn't even give this face, he doesn't want that leg. Xiang Huaqiang yelled loudly.

Xia couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, he knew that Ma Tingqiang, who was in charge of the "Oriental Daily", was disabled and would marry the beautiful Li Zi as his wife in the future, but he didn't know how his leg was disabled.

Originally, he thought it was caused by polio, but now that he heard Xiang Huaqiang say this, it seems that Black X will seek revenge and do it. But it's no wonder who made him the son of Ma Xiru, one of the three major drug lords in Hong Kong.

"It's not going to be a fight, as long as he gives face. Xia hurriedly waved his hand and persuaded that he had no grudge against Ma Tingqiang, and he didn't want him to be implicated.

"Yes, Brother Shi, let's get rid of it. Even the two brothers, Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen, knew that they would wash their hands and go ashore in time and turn to a proper business, so why should we go against the trend? After all, now is different from the past, and it is impossible for us to cover the sky with one hand. Xiang Huasheng also persuaded.

"Okay. Although Xiang Huaqiang was still not happy in his heart, he still nodded and said,

"With that two-pronged approach, I don't think it's a big problem. Summer concluded.

"That's great. Xiang Huasheng saw that the problem could be solved, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, but that film critic who is full of feces is so easy to spare him?" Xiang Huaqiang was still a little uncomfortable.

"That's it, after all, he has caused us a lot of trouble, I think it is better to ask Mr. Ma Tingqiang to help change the word, let that bastard set up a table to apologize, and sincerely apologize to us. This way there is no need to fight and kill, we have all the face, what do you think of the two Mr. Xiang?" suggested Xia with a smile.

"Okay, that's it. Xiang Huasheng nodded. (To be continued.) )

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