The box office trend of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is not only very concerned by Baolong Film Company.

The senior management of Golden Harvest Company is also paying close attention to the box office changes of "Datang".

Every few hours, the cinemas under Golden Harvest will report the box office data of "Datang" to the headquarters of Golden Harvest in a timely manner.

March 15th. Morning, 9:30 a.m.

At the headquarters of Jiahe Company, Zou Wenhuai received accurate data that 22,375 tickets were sold for "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and the attendance rate reached 93.5%!

"The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty is indeed very sharp, but fortunately, we Golden Harvest are the cinema publishers of Baolong, not their competitors. Otherwise, during the release of "Datang", most of our theater box office data will be ugly! Zou Wenhuai patted the documents on the desk and said with a calm face.

"Zhang Shaojie's sharpness can only be compared to Bruce Lee back then!" He Guanchang said.

Zou Wenhuai also couldn't help but regret: "Bruce Lee led Hong Kong kung fu movies to the international market, so that Hong Kong won the reputation of 'Oriental Hollywood', and it is also the great hero of our Golden Harvest company's development to this point." It's a pity that Xiaolong died young in his early 30s, what a pity! ”

In fact, at this time, the movies of superstars Xu Guanwen, Jackie Chan and others under Golden Harvest have repeatedly broken the myth of Bruce Lee's movie box office. But this kind of surpassing in box office data is only the result of inflation and rising movie ticket prices, and in reality, the most successful Hong Kong film in the world is Bruce Lee!

And now, although Golden Harvest is constantly supporting Jackie Chan, imitating Bruce Lee's international business strategy.

However, Jackie Chan only did a box office sensation in the Asian market. In Europe and the United States, many people still remember Bruce Lee, who has been dead for many years, and their attention to Jackie Chan is not as extensive as it was in the 90s.

"Bruce Lee is in the past, and in the future, it will be up to young people like Zhang Shaojie to create miracles!" He Guanchang said with confidence.

When the two bosses of Jiahe Company were talking about Zhang Shaojie.

There was a knock on the door.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Please come in!" ”

The half-concealed ones pushed away, but it was Sammo Hung, a famous fat man in Hong Kong, who came in.

"Boss Zou and Manager He, they're all here!" As soon as Sammo Hung entered the door, he was always smiling.

He Guanchang said: "It turned out to be Sanmao, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, it seems that there should be something to discuss today, right?" ”

Sammo Hung nodded and said, "I'm coming, and there's really something wrong!" ”

Zou Wen was suspicious: "What the hell, you said it!" ”

Sammo Hung started as a dragon and tiger martial artist in the film and television industry, and acted in traditional martial arts movies in the 60s and 70s. Like Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", Xu Guanwen's "Ghost Horse Double Star" and other movies, Sammo Hung also mostly made cameo appearances.

Because of his fat body, Sammo Hung martial arts movies always have a sense of joy. Even Sammo Hung's serious martial arts performance will have a comedic effect. However, due to the gradual depression of the traditional martial arts and martial arts film market since the 80s, Sammo Hung's box office appeal of action movies has also decreased in recent years.

Sammo Hung can only keep thinking and avoid hitting the street through innovation. For example, at the beginning of 81, "Ghost Fighting Ghost", which was being staged, was respected as the originator of fantasy films.

However, the film is essentially by combining martial arts action movies with traditional folk ghost tales. Combine elements such as mage fighting and zombies in ancient Chinese folklore stories with martial arts action. The elements of Maoshan Taoist, zombies, ghosts, kung fu and so on combine to form a unique fantasy theme.

Moreover, "Ghost Fighting" also inspired Lin Zhengying.

While Lin Zhengying made a cameo appearance and participated in the filming of "Datang" for a few minutes, he also served as an action director in "Ghost Fighting". During the production of the movie "Ghost Fight", Lin Zhengying keenly reimagined the innovative elements in the film to create a zombie film. Later, Lin Zhengying's zombie film can be said to have brought Hong Kong movies into the "era of big zombies"!

Sammo Hung hesitated and said: "I heard that Golden Harvest Cinemas is ready to support Zhang Shaojie's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and in the next two months, whether it is a self-made movie of Golden Harvest Company or a movie made by other production companies, it will give way to "Datang"!" ”

Zou Wen said suspiciously: "Who did you listen to, Jiahe Cinema Line, arrange the show, how can there be a saying that it is not popular." It's all based on the box office trend, if there are fewer shows and the box office is full, more shows will be added. Arrange a certain number of screenings, and if the attendance rate is too low, the screenings will be reduced. Everything is according to the market results! ”

"The box office of "Ghost Fighting" is declining now, so I guess it's going to be filmed, right?" Sammo Hung pretended to be indifferent.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Although, now the box office of "Ghost Fighting" has gradually decreased, and it can only collect 80,000 Hong Kong dollars per day, and the attendance rate is about 50%, but it is estimated that it will not be painted until at least two weeks later. ”

Sammo Hung sighed and said: "I went to some theaters to take a look, "Ghost Fight" is only 4% of the box office today, with the box office of "Tang Dynasty" rising, "Ghost Fight" is estimated to have no market this week, and it won't take two weeks! ”

"Wait, Sanmao! You have a lot on your mind today, just say what you have on your mind! Zou Wenhuai said.

Sammo Hung gritted his teeth and said: "During this time, Lei Juekun, the owner of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, found me and had a heart-to-heart talk with me. He believes that the future of Hong Kong's film industry will be an era of high-quality blockbusters. The new art city he invested in is mainly based on low-budget funny movies at the moment! However, he approached me and wanted to work with me to set up another production company with a focus on high-quality productions."

"What, you want to change jobs too?" He Guanchang's face was not very good-looking.

Sammo Hung sighed and said, "I don't mean to change jobs, just scratch it!" The investment cost of the movie "Ghost Fight" in Golden Harvest is already relatively high, but it only cost 3.2 million Hong Kong dollars to invest. But what about Baolong Film Company's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", with an investment of 43 million, a fraction of the total investment in my film. And Xu Guanjie jumped to Xinyi City, and his salary alone reached 2 million Hong Kong dollars. Baolong, Xinyicheng, these rising stars, menacing! ”

He Guanchang said: "So, do you think Golden Harvest has no future?" ”

"No," Sammo Hung smiled a little reluctantly.

Zou Wenhuai laughed: "Other companies have big productions, do you think Golden Harvest won't be able to adapt to changes?" In fact, Zhang Shaojie still owes us a script for Jiahe, and he said that he is too lazy to write a script with an investment cost of less than 10 million! ”

Sammo Hung couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai.

"Hehe, no matter what, Hong Kong's first-line big stars, the salary should indeed be mentioned! Xu Guanwen's 500,000 is too little, and 800,000 should be mentioned. Jackie Chan's 450,000 will also be increased to 750,000. And Sanmao's salary will also be increased to 600,000. Zou Wenhuai said with a smile, "However, your salary and treatment have been raised." Hong Kong's movie ticket prices should also rise! From the mid-70s to the present day has not changed. And house prices and rents have tripled! ”

In fact, the movie ticket price in Hong Kong is only 6~10 Hong Kong dollars, while the American movie ticket price in the same period is 2 US dollars ~ 4 US dollars. This means that the cheapest movie ticket in the United States is more expensive than the most expensive movie ticket in Hong Kong.

Overall, the ticket price of a movie in North America is three times that of a Hong Kong movie. Hong Kong movie ticket prices, obviously, there is still room to rise.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang appeased Sammo Hung and at the same time, dissatisfaction with the new art city that is gradually rising and constantly digging the corners of Jiahe has reached the extreme.

The rise of New Art City is too similar to the rise of Golden Harvest at the beginning!

The rise of Golden Harvest is that it has become the overlord of the Hong Kong film industry by constantly digging up the outstanding talents of the Shaw Brothers. And now, the ambitious New Art City Pictures is also constantly digging into the corners of Golden Harvest!

"Hmph, Xinyicheng, Lei Juekun!" Zou Wenhuai is extremely dissatisfied with this opponent!

He Guanchang was also a little angry: "It's too unruly, put your hand into our Jiahe company, and dig people one after another!" Is it really our Golden Harvest easy to bully? ”

"The tree is a big move! Golden Harvest is now the strongest film company in Hong Kong, and the first-class talents are mainly concentrated in our company. Competitors always keep their eyes on our talent inventory, and if we don't pay attention to it, there will be some talents that are poached by them, which is really unguardable! Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but feel a little crisis, "Right now, I think it's important to stabilize people's hearts!" For big-name stars, we must appease well. And the film talents at the grassroots level should also make them feel hopeful, so as to reduce the loss of talents! ”

"That's right! The main reason for the job-hopping of our big-name stars in Golden Harvest is that they have ambitions to surpass Xu Guanwen and Jackie Chan. The reason why the low-level filmmakers change jobs is because our production company only shoots more than 30 movies a year, and many low-level crew members have not filmed for a long time, so in order to support their families, they will choose to jump to other companies that have filming! For big names like Jackie Chan, Xu Guanwen, Sammo Hung and so on. We can increase the salary and dividends, so that they can maximize their benefits in Golden Harvest! As for the low-level filmmakers, we can allow them to go to reading production companies such as Baolong Film Company, so that they can do private work and not jump to other companies! He Guanchang suddenly suggested.

"Well, instead of cheapening Xinyicheng, it's better to support Baolong Film Company!" Zou Wenhuai smiled bitterly, "The pattern of Hong Kong movies has been disrupted by Lei Juekun!" The rivers and lakes of the film industry are no longer the rivers and lakes of the past! ”

(To be continued)