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The box office of "Lucky Stars" reached 10.73 million in the first week.

As soon as this achievement came out, the people in the Xiangjiang film circle were collectively red-eyed! Among them, Shao Yifu was the most, and he even put down his old face and didn't want Wang Hongbing to come to Xu Cun, wanting to talk to Xu Cun again.

In order to get more benefits, Xu Cunying made an appointment to meet Shao Yifu.

However, in the process of negotiations, Shao Yifu always insisted on taking a stake in DreamWorks, but he was willing to reduce 40% to 20%, and was willing to exchange 15% of the shares of Shaw Cinemas.

Xu Cun would never let anyone get their hands on his dream factory! Therefore, this negotiation with Shao Yifu finally collapsed again.

Going to Hollywood to shoot "ET" must have been a drain. Therefore, before going to the United States, Xu Cun has to relax!

So, during this time, Xu Cun dated his women one by one and spent romantic nights with them.

The set of "Crazy Robbery".

Xu Cun came to visit Zhao Yazhi's class in civilian clothes.

In this regard, the crew of "Crazy Robbery" has become accustomed to it - this is the fourth time Xu Cun has come to visit Zhao Yazhi's class for more than a month, and they all know the relationship between Xu Cun and Zhao Yazhi.

While waiting for Zhao Yazhi to change clothes, Xu Cun threw an olive branch to Xu Anhua, the director of "Crazy Robbery", and said, "Are you interested in coming to DreamWorks?"

Xu Anhua smiled: "I don't know how to make commercial films. ”

Xu Cun said with a stern face: "What's the matter? Discrimination against DreamWorks, thinking that our DreamWorks only makes commercial films?"

"Who dares to say that "The Wrong Car" is a commercial film?" Xu Anhua quickly explained.

"Well, in addition to money, I still have a certain artistic pursuit. Xu Cun said shamelessly.

Without waiting for Xu Anhua to answer Xu Cun's words, Xu Cun continued: "Of course, the premise of pursuing art is that at least don't lose money. ”

Xu Anhua didn't expect the famous Xu Cun to be such a funny person! Immediately, she also figured out why a superb beauty like Zhao Yazhi would be one of Xu Cun's girlfriends.

Xu Anhua, who is not a beauty, knows that Xu Cun must have thrown an olive branch to her because of her directorial talent. This is both an affirmation and a great thing for her. Therefore, does she have any reason to disagree?

Xu Cun invited Xu Anhua to DreamWorks, not because he wanted Xu Anhua to help him make money, but because he wanted Xu Anhua, who was very thoughtful, to train a few stars for him.

Of course, although Xu Anhua is not a high-grossing director, he is still okay, much better than Wang Jiawei, the pit king, so Xu Cuncai personally invited her.

In addition, Xu Cun invited Xu Anhua for another noble reason:

Xu Cun remembers that in an interview, Xu Anhua said: "At my current age and stage, I won't count whether I can win awards or make breakthroughs, I just hope that after working hard, I won't lose money, otherwise the pressure will be very high, and I can't stand it." ”

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine that this passage came from the mouth of Xu Anhua. She has been in the film industry for more than 30 years, and has always been a frequent visitor to major film festivals, winning three golden statues, two golden horses, and many actresses such as Andy Lau, Xiao Fangfang, Siqin Gaowa, etc., and she herself is the president of the Xiangjiang Directors Association.

But in fact, the most outstanding female director in Hong Kong was still dependent on her mother when Xu Cun was reborn, renting a cheap apartment to live in, and only by bus and taxi to get in and out. And almost every movie she wants to make will struggle to find investment, and some can only die. She made Andy Lau can't help but sigh to the media: I really don't want to see such a good director again, and I have to work so hard to find money to make a movie.

Since the mid-to-late 90s, the general environment of Xiangjiang movies has been poor, which is not very unusual news. However, after entering the new century, going north to the mainland has become the tacit consensus of most Xiangjiang filmmakers. "People in the mainland are stupid, there is a lot of money, come quickly." It's a joke that mainland filmmakers make fun of themselves, but in fact, this is also an indisputable fact on a certain Cheng dù. Co-productions have become a trend, and Xu Anhua, who stayed in Xiangjiang, is naturally a little lonely.

There are also people who ask her to film with a large-scale script and bank card, but what they get is Xu Anhua's refusal. "That's not what I wanted to make," she said. Even though he has lived in the industrialized city of Xiangjiang all his life, Xu Anhua still resists the operation of the assembly line, spends every penny meticulously, and pays attention to the quality of the film. Counting the TV scenes she filmed, from "Tin Shui Wai", "Dexian Fried Rice" to "Sister Peach", they are all slow work and meticulous work, all of which will resonate in Xiangjiang, but it is difficult to arouse the enthusiasm of mainland people to watch movies, and even movies that cannot be released in the mainland at all.

Therefore, this strong female director is full of gratitude to her investors and actors, she hopes that her films can be nominated for an award, but not for herself, but for the actors, "Otherwise, it will be difficult to find someone in the next play", she will feel sorry for others. She also repeatedly warned every reporter, "Don't say that I'm not living a good life anymore, I don't want to complain anymore, and now I'm lucky to be able to keep making the movies I want to make." ”

It is the misfortune of the times that such an excellent filmmaker cannot be provided with a good creative environment. Although Xu Cun is not a good person, as a person who really likes movies, he also wants to provide a relatively good creative environment for filmmakers like Xu Anhua for the times - of course, the premise is, as he told Xu Anhua, don't let him lose money.

Although he signed Xu Anhua, because Xu Anhua had promised others to shoot "Hit the Right", Xu Anhua had to wait for a while before he could come to DreamWorks to work for Xu Cun.

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The box office of "Lucky Stars" plunged in the second week, and only sold a total of 6.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Seeing this, the Golden Princess Cinema Line and the Golden Harvest Cinema Line have simultaneously reduced the number of theaters for the release of "Lucky Stars".

In the third week, the box office of "Lucky Stars" dropped to 4.07 million.

In the fourth week, the box office of "Lucky Stars" dropped to 2.91 million.

In the fifth week, "Lucky Stars" was painted offline in the Golden Princess Theater, and Golden Harvest released "Lucky Stars High" alone, and it took a week to sell 1.5 million.

In the sixth week, "Lucky Stars" was only released for five days and sold 730,000 before it was painted.

In total, the box office of "Lucky Stars" in Xiangjiang is a total of 26.44 million Hong Kong dollars.

In other words, "Lucky Star Gaozhao" killed "Royal Senior Sister" and became the box office champion of Xiangjiang this year.

And this is only the beginning of the legend of "Lucky Stars" - before "Lucky Stars" was painted under the Xiangjiang River, Golden Harvest couldn't wait to release "Lucky Stars" to Nanyang, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Moreover, Zou Wenhuai is also ready to bring "Lucky Star Gaozhao" to North America to develop the market.

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