"5.25 million!"

Cen Jianxun's head was a little dead, and it was a long time before he asked his assistant Ah Ming very uncertainly.

"That's right, I just called the theater again, and they said that the number was completely true and accurate. ”

Ah Ming was also very surprised when he first got this number, thinking that the theater chain had made a mistake, and specially called to inquire.

"Okay, I know. You go out and get busy first. ”

Immediately after that, Shum Kin-hoon was in ecstasy, and there is no doubt that the first-day box office of "Tales of the Night" will be a glorious milestone for Hong Kong films. After the ecstasy, Cen Jianxun hurriedly called Su Chenyu and Wu Yusen to report the good news.

Su Chenyu was sitting on the lawn with Zhong Chuhong drinking morning tea, and the maid Chen's mother came over.

"Sir, madam, the phone is ringing. Chen's mother said to Su Chenyu.

Zhong Chuhong watched Su Chenyu go to answer the phone, also stood up, and then said, "Mother Chen, clean up here." ”

As soon as Zhong Chuhong walked to the door of the study, he heard Su Chenyu say on the phone: "Okay, I know." You call Wu Yusen, I guess he is also waiting for news. ”

"The box office came out on the first day?" Zhong Chuhong said a little nervously: "How is it?"

Su Chenyu looked at Zhong Chuhong, who was nervous, and said with a smile: "Guess." ”

Zhong Chuhong sat on Su Chenyu's lap, pushed him, and then said, "I hate it, say it quickly!"

"5.25 million, now you can rest assured. ”

"Really, fake?" Zhong Chuhong didn't believe that the news was true at all, this number shocked her too much.

Su Chenyu said seriously: "Of course it's true, this is just the beginning." ”

When he heard this box office figure, Wu Yusen also couldn't believe it, although he had thought of the big hit of "Legend of the Night", but he didn't expect it to be so popular.

Many people are like Wu Yusen, they all know that "Legend of the Night" will be a big hit, but they didn't expect that "Legend of the Night" is moving towards the "road of supergod".

Today, there is only one number on the front page of Sing Tao Daily - "525", which seems to show the birth of a "myth" to the whole of Hong Kong.

Subsequently, "Sing Tao Daily" detailed the grand occasion and shocking box office records of "Tales of the Night" on the premiere day. At the end of the report, Sing Tao Daily even predicted that "Tales of the Night" was likely to set a daunting number at the box office.

Compared with the full praise of Sing Tao Daily, some newspapers naturally and inevitably sang the opposite tune - so that there is attention and sales. In addition to objectively reporting the box office figures on the first day, "Oriental Daily" is comprehensively "black" in terms of evaluation of "Legend of the Night".

"I can't see anything but stunts. ”

""Legend of the Night" is completely a bent mythological history of China, and this screenwriter named Chen Shiyu is completely illiterate, I want to ask him if he has read "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?"

"I really can't see how this film will cost 100 million Hong Kong dollars, except for Zhong Chuhong in a sexy outfit, is there anything else to watch in "Legend of the Night"?"

……

After Sing Tao Daily and Oriental Daily, Ming Pao was not far behind in reporting on Tales of the Night. Compared with the extremes of the two factions, the evaluation of "Ming Pao" is much fairer, and Mr. Jin Yong personally wrote a film review.

“…… There are a lot of people who say that the script of "Tales of the Night" is a failure, but I don't see it that way, on the contrary, I think it is very successful. Tales of the Night cleverly combines myth and legend with modern technology to form a new concept. There is no doubt that he is more attractive to young people than pure fairy novels like "The Legend of Shushan Swordsmen", and he also caters to the hearts of some people more than martial arts novels. In terms of the setting of the plot, although "Legend of the Night" is not perfect, it is also suspenseful......"

Overall, Jin Yong still appreciates "Legend of the Night", of course, this is mainly due to Mr. Cha's good impression of Chen Shiyu - Jin Yong had read many of Su Chenyu's novels when he was in the mainland.

No matter what the newspapers say about "Tales of the Night", his box office says a lot. The amazing box office of "Tales of the Night" really stunned the entire Hong Kong film industry, anyway, these "battle-hardened" filmmakers didn't expect his ability to sell well.

The employees of Debao Film Company watched Pan Disheng with a black face walk by, and they were all so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe. Some employees who know the inside story know that the boss was angered by the previous President Cen, and the reason is naturally the box office success of "Tales of the Night".

After Pan Disheng arrived in his office, he looked at the newspapers that the secretary had already sent on the table, and angrily tore them all up. After venting, Pan Disheng sat down a little decadently, closed his eyes and pondered the coping strategy.

"Pan Sheng, are you looking for me?" Hong Jinbao walked in and said, he looked at the situation in the office, and immediately understood what had just happened.

Pan Disheng heard Hong Jinbao's voice, so he stood up, and then said, "Sanmao, you sit first." Ah Ling, let's clean up. ”

After a while, after Pan Disheng's secretary cleaned up the company, the two sat down. Pan Disheng handed over a cigar, and then said to Hong Jinbao: "Sanmao, you also saw the box office of "Legend of the Night" on the first day, right?"

"Yes, it's amazing. Hong Jinbao said in disbelief: "No one thought that zombie films could be filmed like this." ”

Pan Disheng nodded, and then said: "You are an expert in zombie films, can you make a similar film." This summer's "One Eyebrow and Long Road" is very good, a combination of Chinese and Western, and the box office is also good. Do you want Lin Zhengying to help the company make a modern zombie film similar to "Tales of the Night"?"

Hong Jinbao frowned, he now knows that this Pan Disheng is planning to fight with Cen Jianxun - but Hong Jinbao is not optimistic about Pan Disheng.

Pan Disheng saw Hong Jinbao's frowning appearance, and hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry about investment, the company absolutely supports it." And if necessary, we can also call in Hollywood's special effects company. ”

Although Hong Jinbao was not optimistic that Pan Disheng could win, it did not prevent him from making a movie with a large investment, so he said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go back to Lin Zhengying to discuss the script, and I'll give you good news when the time comes." ”

Compared with Pan Disheng's anger, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are much calmer. When they first heard this number, they were also shocked by the first-day box office of "Tales of the Night", and from their point of view, the follow-up box office of this film is even stronger.

"Ah Chang, do you think we should try this type of film as well?" Zou Wenhuai said.

He Guanchang took a puff of his cigar, and then said: "The reason why this "Legend of the Night" can have such a high selling ability, in addition to the novel script creativity, the most important thing is the huge cost of stunts. At this stage, it is impossible for the company to spend so much money to make such a movie, and once it is smashed, the consequences will be very strict. ”

"yes. However, we can find Lin Zhengying to shoot a few low-cost urban zombie films and take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie. Zou Wenhuai said after thinking about it.

Although He Guanchang didn't agree with this approach, he still nodded.

Among these movie tycoons, Lei Juekun should be the happiest one, and the huge blockbuster ability of "Legend of the Night" has made his golden princess earn a lot of money. However, he didn't forget that he was still the big boss of Xinyi City, so after seeing the box office of "Legend of the Night" on the first day, he instructed the bald guy and Huang Baiming and others to make a few similar movies.

If the most proud person in the current Hong Kong film industry is Wu Yusen, then the most disappointed person is undoubtedly Xu Ke.

As a proud person, Xu Ke was naturally very unconvinced by Wu Yusen's achievements, and he felt that if he directed this movie that cost more than 100 million yuan, then the box office would definitely be high. The former friend and now Molu have made such great achievements, which undoubtedly stimulated Xu Ke fiercely, and after seeing the huge box office call of the special effects, Xu Ke's mind couldn't help but come alive.

Not to mention what other people think of the first-day box office of "Tales of the Night", nor what so-called insiders say about the movie "Tales of the Night", "Tales of the Night" has taken care of itself and frantically swept the box office all over the world.

On the second and third days...... box office of "Tales of the Night" was all the way to the sky, and when the box office statistics of the first week came out, even though many people were mentally prepared, they were still shocked.

Hong Kong's local box office reached a staggering 20.5 million Hong Kong dollars, Taiwan's box office reached NT$25.35 million, Japan's box office approached 1 billion yen, North America's box office reached $21.8 million, Europe's box office also exceeded 10 million US dollars, and Southeast Asia and South Korea also set new box office records.

When the box office of the first week was summarized to Su Media, Shum Jianxun did not believe that it was true at all, and the box office of the first week alone had completely recovered the cost. And judging from this situation, "Legend of the Night" will definitely make a lot of money in the end, you must know that his follow-up sales potential is still very huge, just now the TV also reported on the long queue at the door of various theaters to buy tickets to watch "Legend of the Night". Now all Hong Kong people, as long as they are not stupid, know that "Tales of the Night" is just around the corner to break the local box office record, but it is still unknown what kind of box office record it will set in the end.

The global success of "Legend of the Night" really excited the newly established Su Media, and also made the newly established "Zhong Chuhong Film Studio" an instant hit. In view of the big hit of "Legend of the Night", Cen Jianxun held a celebration banquet in advance after obtaining Su Chenyu's consent - which can be regarded as making up for the regret of not holding a premiere. Because of the big sale of "Legend of the Night", Shum Jianxun distributed red envelopes to each crew member on behalf of Su's Media, so everyone at this celebration banquet was naturally happy.

After the celebration banquet ended, Wu Yusen and his wife Niu Chunlong saw that everyone was almost gone, so the two found Su Chenyu, who was chatting with Cen Jianxun.

Zhong Chuhong, who was sitting next to Su Chenyu, saw Wu Yusen coming over, and quickly stood up and said, "Director Wu, Mrs. Wu, Xiaoyu and I mentioned you just now, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Honggu. Niu Chunlong naturally dealt with Zhong Chuhong.

When Su Chenyu saw Wu Yusen's solemn look, he knew that there might be a door for the things mentioned some time ago, so he gestured to Cen Jianxun with his eyes. Cen Jianxun smiled knowingly, and then said to Wu Yusen: "Old Wu, how are you thinking about that?"

Wu Yusen replied directly: "I promise ......"