In the last month of 1984, because of the joint efforts of Ranfeng Group and Golden Harvest Films, the Hong Kong film and television industry was almost only left with the news of "Zombie Out of the Cage" in early December.

With the support of Lei Juekun's Golden Princess, Xinyicheng also increased the publicity of "Merry Christmas" subsequently, which finally made a little noise in the film market, which also laid the final pattern of the Hong Kong film market in December.

Wednesday, December 12.

On this day, "Zombie Out of the Cage", directed by Jiang Ran and co-produced by Ran Feng and Golden Harvest, and "Merry Christmas" starring Mai Jia, produced by Xinyicheng and distributed by Princess Jin, were released and distributed in Hong Kong on the same day.

Among these two films, "Zombie Out of the Cage" has organized a total of nearly 40 theaters to be released simultaneously by virtue of the joint advantages of Ranfeng Group and Golden Harvest Cinemas, and the basic screening has fully covered the entire Hong Kong.

As a competitor to "Merry Christmas", Princess Jin only organized more than 20 theaters, which is far inferior to "Zombie Out of the Cage" in terms of publicity scale and distribution scale.

7 p.m., Kowloon, Hong Kong.

A young couple is relieved from the boring work of the day and is planning to relax and exchange feelings with each other by the way.

"Shall we go see that movie?" asked the woman with some hesitation, holding her boyfriend's hand, standing on the street, looking at the two theaters that were not very far apart.

In Hong Kong, a small city, with the increasing prosperity of the Hong Kong film market in recent years, there are more and more cinemas in Hong Kong.

The young man was obviously a little strange, glanced at the other party, and asked, "Didn't you say some time ago that you wanted to watch "Zombie Out of the Cage"? Chow Yun-fat starring and director Jiang Ran, plus such a big investment, it must be very good. ”

"But... However, recently I have seen some reports mentioning that "Zombie Out" is a thriller horror film similar to "Chainsaw". ”

The woman was clearly misled by Princess Kim's propaganda campaign, "If it were a movie like 'Chainsaw', I wouldn't be able to watch it." ”

The boyfriend also became a little hesitant when he heard this, and it was obvious that he himself was very indifferent to movies like "Chainsaw".

"It shouldn't be a movie like that, right?" said the boyfriend hesitantly, he still hopes to watch "Zombie Out", after all, this is a milestone film in Hong Kong cinema, at least in terms of investment.

"I heard from a colleague of mine that there was a trailer for the movie on the TV in Burning Maple Studios, and I heard them say that although the zombies in it looked a little disgusting, they were all within the acceptable range, not as out of place as Saw Horror. ”

The girlfriend is a loyal fan of Chow Yun-fat and Jiang Ran, and after listening to her boyfriend's words, she finally made up her mind, "Then let's go watch "Zombie Out of the Cage"!"

As he spoke, he took his boyfriend and took the lead towards the Golden Harvest Cinema not far away.

On the same day, throughout Hong Kong, countless audiences continued to flock to various theaters, or watch "Zombie Out", or enter the Golden Princess Cinema.

Burning Maple Building is extremely busy today, even though it is close to the middle of the night, the lights in many offices are still on.

From Jiang Ran's office, down to the office area of the distribution company, and then to part of the office of Ranfeng Film and Television Company, countless people are busy or anxiously waiting for the opening of "Zombie Out of the Cage" today.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Ran couldn't sit still, got up and walked in the direction of the distribution company, he was actually very worried about the results of "Zombie Out of the Cage".

Not only because of the high investment, but in fact, with the current financial resources of Ranfeng Group and Jiang Ran, millions of dollars is only a small problem.

However, there was a very serious problem that Jiang Ran had to face.

That is, if Jiang Ran's "Zombie Out of the Cage" is unfavorable this time and encounters Waterloo, then Jiang Ran's own big movie plan and the external expansion plan of Ranfeng Group will definitely suffer a serious blow, and the huge negative impact will definitely make the development speed of Ranfeng Group stagnate.

Jiang Ran came to the office area of the distribution department and found that many people were already waiting here in advance. Liu Liwei of the film and television company, the three leading actors of the movie, Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, and Guan Zhilin, are waiting in an office in the distribution department.

"Mr. Jiang, you're here!" Seeing Jiang Ran coming, the people in the office stood up together and greeted him.

Jiang Ran smiled and waved his hand and said, "Everyone sit." ”

"Ah Fa, Ah Jie, Jia Hui, you are attending the premiere today, and you are running publicity, why are you still waiting in the company? ”

The leading actors of these movies are really very fortunate today, first attending the premiere of the movie, and then continuing to rush to the scene to promote, and the meals are basically solved in a hurry in the car on the way to the scene.

Although Jiang Ran is the director of the film, with his current status, it is obvious that he cannot be present in person for every promotion, and in Hong Kong, he will not participate in the subsequent promotional activities after attending the premiere.

"It's okay, I can't sleep when I go home anyway, so it's better to wait in the company and rest assured. Chow Yun-fat was the highest among several people, and he was the first to answer.

"Yes!" Guan Zhilin also said with a smile, "I have been working for more than a year, and I can settle down there at this time." ”

Speaking of which, Guan Zhilin has joined the Ranfeng Group for more than a year, but because of the relationship between "Zombie Out of the Cage", she can be regarded as the worst developed of all the actresses in the Ranfeng Group in more than a year.

After all, even Zhou Huimin and Li Lizhen, who joined Ranfeng Group in the first half of this year, already have works like "Happy Ghost" with a box office of nearly 20 million.

"If Mr. Jiang thinks we are hard, why don't you invite us to have a supper and reward us later?" Guan Zhilin's beautiful big eyes looked at Jiang Ran and said in a blink.

Jiang Ran looked away from Guan Zhilin's delicate cheeks and said with a smile: "Okay! If today's painting results are good, I will invite everyone to have a supper." ”

As soon as Jiang Ran's words fell, before the people in the office had time to cheer, the door of the office was pushed open from the outside, and Jiang Wei walked in with a smile, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"Mr. Jiang, you're here too! Today, the opening results of the movie have been counted, and I am planning to report to you in your office. Jiang greeted Jiang Ran first after coming in.

Jiang Ran looked at Jiang Wei's smiling face, and couldn't hide the joy in the other party's eyes, he already had a score in his heart about the opening results of the movie.

Therefore, his anxious mood also became calm, "Ah Wei, you came just in time. I was still making a wish to you just now, and if today's results are good, I will invite you to have a supper. ”

Jiang Ran said, glancing around at everyone, "Now that I'm putting my words here, it's up to Ah Wei to see if you bring us good news, don't mess up everyone's supper." ”

The other people in the office were obviously not in the mood to care about the issue of supper now, even Guan Zhilin, who was the initiator, looked at the piece of paper in Jiang Wei's hand with apprehensive eyes.

There is the final result of the Ranfeng Group's investment of a lot of manpower and financial resources and a year's time to produce the film, and the final result of everyone traveling around the country and working hard to produce publicity.

Jiang Wei naturally saw the expectant eyes of everyone, and he didn't sell it, and said directly: "I think today's Mr. Jiang's supper, everyone will definitely not miss it." ”

Jiang Wei smiled first and gave everyone a reassurance.

"Today, "Zombie Out of the Cage" was released for a whole day, with 35 theaters released, and the attendance rate reached a peak in the two nights, and the total box office——"

When Jiang Wei said this, he looked at everyone with some excitement.