Chapter 36: The Celebration Banquet (I)
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"Tiger Field Chicken" was drawn, and because "Happy Ghost" grabbed the box office, the final box office of "Tiger Field Chicken" was only more than 1.8 million, which was more than 600,000 less than the previous life.
The one who took over "Tiger Field Chicken" was the "Deed of Sale" that Xu Cun had been worried about. Moreover, in order to make "Deed of Sale" get a good box office, Golden Harvest even arranged for more than 20 theaters of Golden Harvest to screen "Deed of Sale".
In addition, the three Xu brothers had a strong box office appeal in Xiangjiang at this time.
Xu Cun couldn't help but secretly say, "The wolf is coming!"
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"What do you think of "Deed of Sale", I thought I would watch "Happy Ghost"?" Zhao Yazhi asked Xu Cun.
"If you like to watch "Happy Ghost", I will accompany you to watch "Happy Ghost" in a while. Xu Cun said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhao Yazhi showed a sweet smile, then said lightly, and then took Xu Cun's arm and walked with Xu Cun into the theater.
To be honest, since the big hit of "Happy Ghost", Zhao Yazhi has begun to suffer from gains and losses - on the one hand, Zhao Yazhi is overjoyed to pick up Xu Cun's treasure. On the other hand, Zhao Yazhi began to doubt whether he was worthy of Xu Cun.
Actually, it's no wonder that Zhao Yazhi has gained and lost - after all, she has been married and had children, and she is five years older than Xu Cun. And Xu Cun is versatile, capable, good-looking, and has a good personality...... In short, in her eyes, Xu Cun is the most perfect man in the world.
Fortunately, Xu Cun was very obsessed with Zhao Yazhi's body, and asked Zhao Yazhi to come out every once in a while, and he also doted on Zhao Yazhi very much, which made Zhao Yazhi's heart settle down a little.
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Xu Guanwen is definitely a comedy genius, and he is worthy of being the king of comedy before Zhou Xingchi - although the story of "Deed of Sale" is average, the funny plots in it are very cleverly designed, and the plot is compact, which makes the audience laugh constantly.
After watching "Deed of Sale" and personally feeling the audience's love for "Deed of Sale", Xu Cun confirmed that "Deed of Sale" is the enemy of "Happy Ghost".
Facts have proved that Xu Cun's worries are correct - the box office of "Deed of Sale" reached 570,000 on the first day.
Affected by the impact of "Deed of Sale", on August 3, the average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" immediately dropped from 92% in the second week to 81%, and the box office dropped to 537,000.
On August 4, the average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" dropped to 75 percent, and the box office dropped to 490,070.
On August 5, the average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" dropped to 62 percent, and the box office dropped to 410,000.
Fortunately, in the three days from August 5th to August 8th, the average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" was stable at about 58%, and the box office was stable at 380,000.
On August 9th, August 10th, and August 11th, the average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" was 50%, 42%, and 39% respectively, and the box office was 330,000, 278,000, and 250,080 respectively.
On August 12, "Happy Ghost" was drawn, with a total box office of 10.96 million.
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Central, Lee Garden, is a time-honored Cantonese luxury restaurant, and the XO sauce that later swept the Chinese world was the first to be launched in Lee Garden.
Today, Xu Cun's luxurious private room on the second floor of Li Yuan held a celebration banquet to celebrate the box office of "Happy Ghost" with a group of people from DreamWorks and friends.
As soon as Xu Cun took Zhao Yazhi, Li Saifeng, Lin Zhengying and others to the gate of Liyuan, a large group of reporters surrounded them.
One of the reporters preemptively said: "Mr. Xu, congratulations on becoming the first director in Xiangjiang to break 10 million at the box office." ”
"Thank you. Xu Cun stopped and turned around and smiled at the reporter.
"May I ask Mr. Xu, have you ever thought that the box office of "Happy Ghost" will break 10 million?" the reporter asked again.
"The sixteen Shaw Brothers theaters have been screened for so many days, if the box office doesn't exceed 10 million, won't I have to lose money?" Xu Cun joked.
"Mr. Xu, will you continue to work with Shaw Brothers?" asked another reporter.
"If you have money to make, why don't you cooperate?" Xu Cun said as he looked at the reporter.
"Mr. Xu, what do you think of "Deed of Sale", do you think it can exceed 10 million at the box office?" asked a female reporter.
"Mr. Xu Guanwen is a director and actor I like very much, and "Deed of Sale" is also a very good-looking comedy. As for whether its box office can exceed 10 million, I don't dare to say this, I can only say that if the box office of "Deed of Sale" exceeds 10 million, I have a share of the credit, because I have also contributed eleven yuan to the box office of "Deed of Sale". Xu Cun replied with a smile.
"May I ask Mr. Xu, who did you watch the Deed of Sale?" asked a reporter who reacted quickly.
"This is a personal **, and it is inconvenient to share it with everyone. Xu Cun ruthlessly avoided this question.
"May I ask Mr. Xu, when are you going to start a new play?" the reporter who had congratulated Xu Cun asked again.
"It's going to start soon, and Mr. Lin Zhengying, Ms. Zhao Yazhi, and Miss Li Saifeng around me are all the protagonists of my new play. In addition, I will reveal a little secret to you - the initial budget of my new play "Mr. Zombie" is 3 million, and there is no upper limit. Xu Cun said.
"Three million! Mr. Xu, aren't you afraid that "Mr. Zombie" will lose money?" asked the reporter who had congratulated Xu Cun.
"I believe that as long as I shoot with my heart, the audience will never let me lose my money. Xu Cun replied with great confidence.
"Ah Zhi, what are you playing in Mr. Xu's new play? Are you the heroine?" a female reporter asked Zhao Yazhi.
"I haven't gotten the script yet, so I don't know what to play. Zhao Yazhi replied with a smile.
"Mr. Lin, are you the leading actor in Mr. Xu's new play?" asked Lin Zhengying by a reporter who only remembered Lin Zhengying's surname.
"Well, yes. But I'm just one of the male leads, and Mr. Xu and Mr. Xu Guanying are also the male leads. Lin Zhengying replied.
This is what Xu Cun told Lin Zhengying in advance - the current Lin Zhengying is not famous, and it is not enough to support "Mr. Zombie". And Xu Guanying has been famous for many years, and last year's starring "Fa Qian Han" also achieved the second best result in the box office list, and Xu Cun is the actor of the 10 million box office "Happy Ghost", saying that Xu Guanying and Xu Cun are also the leading actors in order to better ensure the box office of "Mr. Zombie".
"Ah Feng, you are in Director Xu's two plays, is it because you have a special relationship with Director Xu?" asked Li Saifeng by a reporter with bad intentions.
Li Saifeng has never experienced a reporter's interview, and his face is thin and shy, and the questions asked by this ill-intentioned reporter are too harsh. So, she froze in place for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing this, Xu Cun took a step to the left without a trace to block Li Saifeng behind him, and said: "It's not too early, the guests are almost here, let's get here today, I'm sorry, everyone." ”
After speaking, Xu Cun escorted Zhao Yazhi and Li Saifeng into Liyuan......
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