Chapter 219: Job-hopping
On February 15, the new drama "Wishing you prosperity" was released, followed by the co-production of Goodman Pictures and Fujian Studios, "Kapok Robe", which was also released on the same day.
There is Debao in the front, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in the back, the premiere is more pompous than the other, as one of the big three, the new art city, the pomp and circumstance of the premiere of the new drama will naturally not be small.
In addition to the artists and celebrities under the New Art City, the four heroes of the Xu family led by Xu Guanjie, as well as Zhang Guorong, Chen Baiqiang and other celebrities in the music world also appeared on the red carpet one after another, and Hong Jinbao, a fat man, also appeared in the finale.
In comparison, the premiere of "Kapok Robe" is much shabby, except for the main creator in the play, there are no premiere guests at the premiere site, and the low-key degree is comparable to when "Prison Storm" was released.
Two completely different premieres, it stands to reason that the box office of the day will be different, but the final first-day box office of the two dramas is almost the same, "Wishing you prosperity" 1.8 million, "Kapok Robe" 1.5 million.
Although "Wishing you prosperity" is ahead of the box office of 300,000, compared with several other films that are being screened, Xinyi City is undoubtedly a slap in the face, and the good thing Xiangjiang Media announced the box office ranking of the day the next day.
On February 15, the box office of Xiangjiang movies ranked on the same day.
No. 1, "Plan A Sequel", box office 2.6 million on the same day, release days/2 days, cumulative box office 5.4 million.
second place, "Lucky Star Gaozhao", the box office on the same day was 2.1 million, the number of days of release/6 days, and the cumulative box office was 12 million.
third place, "Prison Storm", with a box office of 2 million on the same day, and the number of days of release/3 days, with a cumulative box office of 6.5 million.
The fourth place, "Wishing you prosperity", the box office on the same day was 1.8 million, the number of days of release / 1 day, the cumulative box office was 1.8 million.
fifth place, "Kapok Robe", the box office on the same day was 1.5 million, the number of days of release/1 day, and the cumulative box office was 1.5 million.
Judging from this ranking, "Plan A Sequel" is unbeatable, 500,000 ahead of the second place "Lucky Star Gaozhao", although the latter is the sixth day of release, but the total box office is likely to be slowly overtaken.
The results of "Prison Storm", which ranked third, are a bit flat, but fortunately, the box office in the three days of release is relatively average, with a box office of about 2 million every day, as long as this average is maintained, it is not impossible to surpass the top two and win the championship of the Lunar New Year.
After returning from Macau, the Shaw Brothers started the New Year's holiday, Guan Zhilin accompanied Zhang Binqian's group of Shanghai sisters to buy and buy on the street every day, and Wang Zheng was not convenient to follow, so he simply stayed in the dormitory of Dunhoulou to sort out the new drama script that will be launched after the New Year.
The second co-production film prepared by Wang Zheng for Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Weihe, Zheng Fei Xingwei, and the four companies is Chenlong's masterpiece "Police Story", which was originally released at the end of 85, but it has not yet been filmed.
In the 80s, among so many Chenlong movies, "Police Story" is undoubtedly the most well-known and the most profitable film.
"Police Story" is one of Chenlong's most important works, and at the same time, this play established its own film style, and because of this, "Dragon and Tiger Brothers", "Flying Dragon Warrior" and other masterpieces were born.
Grabbing the copyright of "Police Story" is equivalent to grabbing Chenlong, as the most profitable action star in the 80s and 90s, whether it is for Zheng Fei Xingwei or for himself, Wang Zheng needs to do this.
In addition to "Police Story", another drama "Mr. Zombie", which is not inferior to the former in terms of popularity and earnings, Lin Zhengying has also become a first-line celebrity in the Xiangjiang film industry from an outdated martial arts instructor because of this play.
In addition to being well-known and making money, the two dramas have another thing in common, that is, they can shoot multiple sequels, and the results of the sequels are no worse than the first one.
I believe that Zheng Fei Xingwei has become the producer and producer of these two dramas, and his reputation will definitely resound throughout Southeast Asia, even if Wang Zheng's new dramas in the future are all on the street, Zheng Fei Xingwei can also occupy one acre and three points of land in Xiangjiang, so that he can also make his favorite movies, not commercial films just to make money.
The scripts and plots of the two plays are very simple, Wang Zheng took less than two days to sort out the framework of the story, and while wireless was not yet on holiday, he handed over the script of "Police Story" to Fang Yihua for review first, so that he could start the film as soon as possible after the year.
In 85 years, Wang Zheng has too much to do, and time can be saved.
Fang Yihua, as the co-head of Shaw Brothers and Wireless, seems to be very busy every day, Shao Tycoon only designates Jiangshan in the office, and she is responsible for all things.
Wang Zheng felt more than once that Fang Yihua did not look like the tycoon's wife, but more like the tycoon's left hand and right arm, and it was his blessing that Shao Daheng could accompany him in his old age.
"What do you eat? Such a big mistake will also occur, what does the company want you? ”
As soon as he came to Fang Yihua's office, he could hear her roar through the door, which made Wang Zheng a little embarrassed, and he didn't know whether it was better to go in or not, but the secretary had already made a report, so he could only knock on the door.
"Enter." Seeing that it was Wang Zheng, Fang Yihua rarely squeezed out a smile and said, "Ah Zheng, you are here, sit down for a while, and it will be fine for a while!" ”
After Fang Yihua finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the middle-aged man in a suit in front of the desk, and said coldly: "Do you know how much loss it will bring to the company because of your negligence this time?" ”
The middle-aged man looked ashamed, didn't dare to look directly at Fang Yihua's somewhat cold gaze, lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, Manager Fang, it's all my fault this time, I hope you can give me a chance to make up for it!" ”
Fang Yihua waved his hand a little impatiently, and said, "Everyone has been signed, what do you make up for?" You go back and think about it, if you can't come up with a solution, you can do the job of wireless manager. ”
Seeing that Fang Yihua gave an eviction order, the middle-aged man walked out of the office with a bitter face and a little lonely.
After getting along with Fang Yihua in the past few years, I have a generous and elegant impression of her, and it is the first time I have seen her lose her temper so much, which makes Wang Zheng sitting on the sofa a little embarrassed.
Noticing the change in Wang Zheng's expression, Fang Yihua left the desk, sat down on the sofa together, and said with a slight smile: "Let Ah Zheng make you laugh, it's really the company's manager who made a mistake that was too low." ”
Wang Zheng hurriedly smiled: "It's okay! After a pause, he asked curiously, "I don't know what kind of mistake it is?" ”
"Ugh." Fang Yihua sighed lightly and explained: "The company's artist Zhang Manyu's contract has just expired, and the manager responsible for it did not renew her contract in time, so Chenlong's manager Chen Ziqiang took advantage of the loophole and signed her to Golden Harvest. ”
Wang Zheng was stunned after hearing this, this mistake is really too big, no wonder Fang Yihua is so angry.
Zhang Manyu is popular all over Xiangjiang because of "Happy Events in the Family" produced by Shaw Brothers, and now the "Plan A Sequel", which is being screened, the four heroines in it also belong to her with the most scenes, it can be said that now in addition to Guan Zhilin, the most popular Hua Dan of Shaw Brothers belongs to her.
Shaw Brothers and wireless artists, all belong to the management of the wireless artist department, there are more than a dozen managers in the department, each manager manages a group of artists, responsible for their contracts, salaries, schedules and other affairs, but it is said that these managers arrange a very large workload for artists, and the salary is relatively low compared with Golden Harvest and New Art City.
"Aunt Six, everyone understands the truth that people go to high places and water flows to low places, although this sentence is ugly, it is the reason why wireless artists frequently change jobs."
Anyway, Wang Zheng has nothing to do with wireless, and it is not polite to count the wireless.
Fang Yihua smiled faintly, did not answer Wang Zheng's words, but asked: "Ah Zheng, aren't you on vacation now, what is the matter with coming to me this time?" ”
Since Fang Yihua didn't want to mention more about the internal affairs of wireless, Wang Zheng didn't ask more, took out the script of "Police Story", and said: "This is the second co-production with Golden Harvest, please review the sixth aunt and sixth uncle, if there is no problem, start forming a crew after the New Year." ”