Chapter 074: Red Roses and White Roses
Friends who like military novels of the Republic of China, many of them know Mr. Jiang Baili, the military theorist and the first general of the Blue Army.
And Mr. Jiang Baili is Jiang Xiaochao's uncle and grandfather.
On Hu Jinquan's side, there is a sixth uncle named Hu Haimen, who is very good friends with Jiang Baili.
Through the relationship between these two, Jiang Jichao and Hu Jinquan met in Beiping. But a male and a father, in turn to come down to them, should be inferior to the generations.
It seems that Hu Jinquan is still a generation taller than Jiang Qichao.
But because the table was too far away, and Jiang Jiechao was also older than Hu Jinquan, the two talked about each other as equals, but Jiang Jiechao screamed at Hu Jinquan as a 'little cousin'.
So the cousin relationship between these two people was so determined.
Of course, this cousin is separated by 3,000 miles, so it can be regarded as a friend.
This time, it was naturally Hu Jinquan and Jiang Xiaochao who met inadvertently and talked about his recent affairs.
When he heard that this little cousin was still laying on the floor in Mount Tai, his cousin was not at ease, patted his chest and said that he still had a bed, and asked Hu Jinquan and the two to move over quickly.
Yang Qiu glanced over and said, "Oh, it's really a bed......
But it turned out that Jiang Xiaochao's suite was shared with friends, and there were many friends.
When Yang Qiu entered, he saw that there were four single beds in the suite, plus two bunk beds, together with eight beds.
Four of the beds were occupied, and they were naturally warmly welcomed to the two more who came to share the rent.
So Hu Jinquan and Li Hanxiang stayed there and helped their cousin share the rent.
Time passed quietly, and in a hurry, it was still August, and the later stage of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" plus a copy was finally completed.
It's also time to test the real moment of the results of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring".
The release of this movie is naturally not as grand as the release of Bu Wancang's movie, several people in Taishan looked for a relationship, and finally found a theater called International in Kowloon, and a theater called Double Happiness on Hong Kong Island, and the two were co-screened.
As for the task of advertising and poster boards, it is also that the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders to find Li Hanxiang.
Several of the main poster boards naturally highlight how Wang Yuanlong came, but there are also one or two, which depict the combination of Yang Qiu and Yang Meng, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, which made Yang Qiu proud for two days.
But as the release date approached, Yang Qiu also became nervous.
Although Cheng Gang and Li Hanxiang all like this drama and think it is very good, but seriously, if a movie doesn't hit the street at the box office, it's really not according to whether they like it or not.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is so popular, and the box office is not a mess.
Sometimes you don't have a place to reason about things like the box office.
Of course, as far as the box office of Xiangjiang's current Chinese film is concerned, there is really no need to watch it.
However, you don't want to lose money.
paid a minimum fee of 8,000 Hong Kong dollars for the two theaters, and the natural release date was determined, which was set for August 25 at the end of the month.
As for why only 7,000 bags of base fee were paid, it was because these two theaters, although one is international and the other is double happiness, they are both second-class theaters in Xiangjiang.
In that first-class theater, the ticket price is up to three and a half yuan, and here it is only two yuan and four, and the bottom fee naturally can't rise to any high price.
In addition to the bottom fee is much cheaper, Yang Qiu got another good news, that is, during the release of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Garden", there were no new Chinese films released in Xiangjiang.
This is not bad, there are a lot of competitors in the film, Yang Qiu thought.
But......
"Ah, a new film has been released. ”
"What kind of movie is this?"
"I haven't heard of it. ”
"I haven't seen the actor either. ”
"Do you want to see it?"
"Beihe Theater is playing "Kaleidoscope of the Sea of People" over there. ”
"I can't understand Cantonese films. ”
"Listen to what, let's go see the stars. ”
"Oh, that's good. ”
"Let's go!"
On the day of the release of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring", Yang Qiu and a few people squatted at the door of the international theater to see how many people would come to watch the movie.
Originally, they were full of expectations, but they knew that they had just squatted for a long time, and after seeing a few young girls casually discussing at the door of the theater, they all ran to another theater.
Yang Qiu's face darkened.
He did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that Cantonese films would compete with him for the audience.
What is "Kaleidoscope of the Sea of People"?
It all started with the 'Cantonese Film Cleanup Campaign', in which a large number of Cantonese film workers were organized and an organization called the South China Film Workers Association.
As a result, after this organization was established, I found out - hey, we don't have a meeting place yet?!
What if we don't have a meeting place? What if we don't have money to build a house? We must be filming to make money.
Just like the "Xiangjiang Directors Association" later filmed a "Double Dragon Club" when it had no money to build a house, this sorority called on a large number of movie stars to participate in the performance on a voluntary basis, and jointly filmed this "Kaleidoscope of the Sea of People", which was released two days earlier than Yang Qiu's movie.
There are celebrities with names and surnames in this movie, and there are more than 80 people in total.
Any trick is a big or small horn.
Just like those "XX Great Causes" in later generations, the box office turned out to be good, but did those audiences go to watch the movie?
That's to count the stars.
But Yang Qiuzhen did not expect that the stars of this bunch of Cantonese films would rob the audience of Chinese films.
Watching a few little girls run away all the way, Yang Qiu is egg pain for a while, you said that you cantonese can't understand it, run to join in the fun!
So the predictable result was that after Yang Qiu and others entered the theater and sat down, they found that until the beginning of the movie, the attendance rate of the film was less than 30%.
In the entire large theater that can accommodate 1,000 people, there are more than 200 people sitting sparsely.
As the movie began, Yang Qiu's face was also a little cloudy.
"Hey, how is this a drama?"
"It's a good song. ”
"Shhh ”
"It's a drama. ”
"The heroine is so beautiful. ”
“……”
At the beginning of the movie, the audience caused a commotion, but apparently most of the people who could watch Chinese films had read a few books, and their cultivation was not bad, and after some discussion, they gradually fell silent.
The film continued to be screened, and suddenly ——!
"Hahaha, this Boss Yuan. ”
"Indecent!"
"I think it's funny. ”
"Poor old Tao. ”
"I want that quilt, haha. ”
“……”
Seeing the funny place, the crowd suddenly burst into laughter, and Yang Qiu especially saw that there was a greasy-headed man in a suit and leather shoes in the front seat, who actually fell off the seat with a butt of laughter.
Voices!
This made Yang Qiu feel a lot better. At least it proves that people who have watched this show still like it very much.
And what makes him even happier is that from the beginning to the end of the film, no one has left halfway.
After the film, Yang Qiu and a group of main creators found the restaurant to ask for a table of wine and food, and got drunk.
However, the audience who has watched the film has limited publicity, and their love for the movie cannot change anything, and the attendance rate of the theater the next day is only over 30%.
But Yang Qiu couldn't manage so much anymore, and he began to worry about the film's release in other cities.
Early in the morning on the third day of the film's release, Yang Qiu and Zha Liangjian began to have a headache about the release of the film in the Xingma region.
"Cathay doesn't have to think about it, I'm against it. Yang Qiu gritted his teeth and walked two steps back and forth in the office.
"This time we don't divide. Zha Liangjian said beside him: "Buy it out directly, forgive them for not being able to make any tricks." ”
Yang Qiu stopped and sneered: "Hehe, just our group of juniors, how much can the buyout fee be? ”
"......"
"Nothing. Yang Qiu thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Shall we ...... , simply go to Guangyi. ”
"Guangyi? their buyout fee may ......"
"Yang Qiu! Yang Qiu! is not there, is it not there?"
There was a sudden excited shout outside the door, interrupting Zha Liangjian's words, Yang Qiu heard it familiarly, so he pushed open the door and looked over.
I saw Cheng Gang excitedly holding a newspaper and knocking on the door of the company to find someone.
"Brother Cheng, I'm here. Yang Qiu hurriedly greeted.
When Cheng Gang saw Yang Qiu, his eyes lit up, and his face turned red and he ran over and said happily: "Yang Qiu, it's a good thing!
"What's wrong?what's a good thing?" Yang Qiu wondered.
"Look!"
Smack——!
Cheng Gang slapped the newspaper on Yang Qiu's hand, and seeing that Cheng Gang really seemed to have something good, Yang Qiu lowered his head and looked at the supplement of "Wen Wei Po" in his hand, which had been pinched a little wrinkled by Cheng Gang.
Suddenly, Yang Qiu's eyes widened.
"I think, I saw my red roses and white roses. 》”
"When a person has lived a long time at leisure, he always wants to go out for a walk. I happened to pass by Kowloon City the day before yesterday, thinking that I hadn't seen a play for a long time, so I went into the cinema and watched a strange play......"