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After Wang Jixian left, Xia Wenxi joined the group, and "Mr. Zombie" continued to shoot.
Although there was no supervision from Wang Qixian, in the face of Xia Wenxi's temptation, Xia was not moved, let alone the sperm in the brain, and she was so fascinated that her soul was lost.
Because summer knows which is more important.
For this movie, he himself invested 1 million Hong Kong dollars, plus 5 million Hong Kong dollars from the Xiang brothers, for a total of 6 million Hong Kong dollars.
He must be conscientious and meticulous in filming, otherwise if something goes wrong, he will be unlucky. Losing money is still a trivial matter, the key is that you can't afford to lose that person. He didn't want to really run around Central Plaza, it would really be stinking for 10,000 years.
Therefore, although Xia Wenxi is charming, sexy and seductive, he still tries to turn a blind eye and do business, which makes Xia Wenxi feel bored, and secretly scolds Xia Wenxi for not understanding amorous customs and not being a man.
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The Xiang brothers invested HK$3 million in "Mr. Zombie".
Summer designed two payback models for them beforehand. One is that no matter how much the final box office is, the brothers will have to pay back 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars in the summer. In other words, the three million is equivalent to the summer loan, and the interest rate of fifty percent is much higher than that of usury.
The other is that the three million is equivalent to the investment of the Xiang brothers. In the summer, the director's fee, producer's fee, actor fee, venue fee, etc., all tangible and intangible expenses are added together to calculate the total cost, and finally divide the box office according to the proportion of investment.
He set a director's fee for himself, which is 1 million Hong Kong dollars plus 10% of the box office, and the producer's fee is 1 million Hong Kong dollars plus 105% of the box office, these two things alone dilute the share of the Xiang brothers by a large film. Coupled with the cost of actors, venue fees, crew costs, etc., in the end, although the Xiang brothers contributed 3 million funds, accounting for the majority of the funds, they only accounted for about half of the box office.
After the final accounting of the Xiang brothers. It was decided to adopt the first return model. In this way, no matter whether they win or lose at the box office in the end, their funds are guaranteed.
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And when he hid on the set in the summer and buried himself in the filming of "Mr. Zombie". Outside the set, the box office of "Lucky Stars" is soaring, and since its release, the daily box office has exceeded two million. Leaving New Art City's "Wishing you prosperity" and Shaw's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" far behind.
New Arts City's "Wishing you prosperity" starring popular singers Tan Jinglin and Lin Zixiang, Ishida, one of the three giants of New Arts City, Bai Annie of the Happy Girls Group, and genius child star Xiao Binbin, the cast is very strong, and the theme is also the best family movie in New Arts City.
But after the release of this blockbuster, although it also had a single-day box office of one million, it was left far behind by Golden Harvest's "Lucky Stars". This backward situation has made the new art city very angry.
You must know that they have won the Spring Festival champion for three consecutive years with three films such as "Best Partner: Bald Detective", "Best Partner: Showing Magical Powers" and "Best Partner: The Queen's Secret", and they have also won the annual box office champion for three consecutive years.
Now the Spring Festival champion is about to disappear, and the annual box office champion is obviously gone, which is equivalent to losing the good fortune of the year. This result can make several bosses of Xinyicheng very angry.
It is said that the three giants quarreled because of this, because Mai Jia and Huang Baiming both proposed to land on the Spring Festival file with the fourth part of "Best Partner", striving to win the annual box office champion for another year. But another giant, Ishida, is biased against public opinion, and insists on entering the Spring Festival file with this "Wishing you prosperity".
As a result, the Spring Festival stalls were lost. The championship was transposed, and Mai Jia and Huang Baiming certainly had the right to express their dissatisfaction with Ishida. And Ishida has a perverse personality. In the face of such a result, he was already unhappy, and he was naturally even more unhappy when he was counted down by Mai Jia and Huang Baiming. This caused a rift between the Big Three, causing the first split of the New Arts City.
Five months later, Xu Ke first withdrew from Xinyi City, and with the support of Princess Jin. He founded his own film studio. His girlfriend Shi Nansheng naturally accompanied him, and also withdrew from the new art city. And Teddy Robin then established a good friend film company with Zeng Zhiwei, and made a film with the funding of comic book king Huang Yulang.
The "Seven Monsters of New Art City", which was famous in the Hong Kong film industry, fell apart. And the starting point is because Ishida's "Wishing you prosperity" lost to Hong Jingbao's "Fuxing Gaozhao". And Summer, who is a screenwriter, is undoubtedly the key person who contributed to this.
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Shaw Brothers' "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" is the sequel to the blockbuster movie "Seven Days of Wrong Love" that year. However, the actors were all replaced. The male protagonist was replaced by Zhong Zhentao to Er Dongsheng, and the heroine was changed from Ye Tong to Liao Jianren.
In fact, the heroine of this play was Wang Jixian, and she also had a passion scene with Er Dongsheng in this play. But somehow, the yin and yang are wrong, and this role has been changed to be played by Liao Jianren.
Although he lost this opportunity to be a starring actor, he didn't feel sorry for Wang Jixian in the summer. First of all, "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" is a bad movie.
It tells the story of the male protagonist who is a security guard who is ordered to guard the gay son of a rich man and prevent him from getting into a ji. And he fell in love with the beautiful young woman in the mansion next door at first sight, but this young woman was a canary by a married man**.
The male protagonist pursues hard and finally spends a good night with the young woman. And the miraculous thing is that this young woman asked for a man, and after being known by the gold owner, he came to the door and forced her to kill the child. In the end, the young woman decided to sell the mansion and go abroad, while the child was raised by the guards.
is such a bad movie, the story logic doesn't make sense, and box office failure is inevitable. In the end, it was able to get a box office of more than 7 million, thanks to the Spring Festival stalls, which had a box office bonus effect. Otherwise, it will be three or four million box office at most.
Moreover, the heroine of this film is a young woman who is a married man, and Wang Jixian is not yet eighteen years old, and she is still an authentic girl. It's too funny to play such an old-fashioned role now.
Like the schoolgirl in "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" recommended by Xia to play, the eldest lady of the Ren family in "Mr. Zombie", and the brutal and cute Bai Su in "The Legend of Wesley", which is the most suitable role for Wang Jixian.
In the last play, the young woman and the guard also have a lot of passion scenes, which makes Summer even more unbearable. Although he is also a member of the entertainment industry, he knows that this is "acting on the spot", everything is "hypocrisy", even when he dismisses the actors, it is also this set of rhetoric.
But these words can persuade others, but he can't persuade himself, he will never allow his women to make love with other men, even if it is a show.
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Shaw Brothers' "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" was as expected in the summer, and after its release, the box office was extremely dismal.
Compared with Xinyi City's "Wishing you prosperity" starring Tan Xinglin, Lin Zixiang, Bai Annie, Xiao Binbin, Ishida and other heavyweight stars, "Fuxing Gaozhao" has Cheng Long, Yuan Biao, Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei, Qin Xianglin, Wu Yaohan, Feng Qifan, Hu Hui and other big stars, "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" only Er Dongsheng can carry the box office, naturally belongs to the lightweight player.
In the Spring Festival box office championship battle of the three major film companies, he was knocked out directly without even finishing a round.
And although Xinyi City's "Wishing you prosperity" is also a heavyweight, it is still a big step worse than "Fuxing Gaozhao", so the two rounds were not finished, and they were also knocked out of the ring.
Since then, "Lucky Stars" has been unbeatable, and the box office quickly exceeded 20 million, approaching the 30 million level, which made the Hong Kong film industry excited for a while.
You must know that in the 100 years of Hong Kong film development, no movie has exceeded 30 million box office, and last year, the "Best Partner: The Queen's Secret" in Xinyi City was released for 28 days, and finally unfortunately stopped at 29.2 million, not breaking the 30 million mark. If "Lucky Stars" can break through the limit this time, it will undoubtedly set a box office record in Hong Kong's history.
Therefore, not only the Hong Kong film industry is paying close attention to the box office, but the Hong Kong media is also excited, looking forward to the miracle.
Finally, on March 5, 24 days after the release of "Lucky Stars", the box office successfully exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a new box office record for Hong Kong films.
For a while, the Hong Kong film industry was shaken, and the media was in an uproar.
Not only did Golden Harvest Film Company become famous, but the popularity of all the stars who starred in this movie also rose rapidly. In particular, Hu Huizhong, the only heroine in the movie, became famous with this film and established her status in the Hong Kong film industry.
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And there is another person who is even more eye-catching, and that is the screenwriter of this film, Summer.
His last play, which he wrote and directed, sold 23 million at the box office. This time, the screenwriter set a box office record of 30 million again. For a time, Summer's fame skyrocketed again. Film companies of all sizes wanted to ask him for a script, and even offered a sky-high price of one million scripts, which was simply jaw-dropping.
But what's even more unbelievable is that even in the face of such a high price, the summer is not at all tempting, which makes many film companies shut up.
And after the popularity skyrocketed in the summer, the media also paid special attention to his recent movements. It's just that although everyone knows that he is filming a new film, because he has done a good job of secrecy, the media doesn't know what he is filming. It's only occasionally that there are secretly taken stills leaking out, and it looks like a kung fu movie in the early Republic of China.
This again surprised the media. You must know that kung fu movies in the early Republic of China have long been lonely, and even Cheng Long, who started with kung fu films in the early Republic of China, has now transformed into urban action movies. In the summer, he even fried cold rice, picking such a part-of-the-way theme, aren't you really afraid of a box office fiasco? !
Thinking of the poisonous oath he made before, the box office was only 20 million, and he was running around in Central Plaza, and for a while, the media was like chicken blood, and he couldn't wait to see the results immediately.
And the new drama about the summer, as well as the poisonous oath he made before, are also known to women and children promoted by major media. Everyone is looking forward to when this new drama will be filmed, when it will be officially released, whether the box office will exceed 20 million, and whether he will fulfill his promise and go to Central Plaza for a ride. (To be continued.) )
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