Some news media in Hong Kong, from the perspective of economic benefits, criticize the movie, which is obviously a bit abrupt, and it is even more inconsistent.

However, Golden Harvest Cinemas, as well as the competitors of Baolong Film Company, have added fuel to the fire and joined the ranks of ridicule.

An executive of Shaw Brothers said: "Hong Kong is not Hollywood, the local market is limited, and Hong Kong can't afford to shoot the kind of blockbuster film of more than 40 million, and Asian filmmakers can't afford to shoot it!" It's hard to make money when you shoot it! Only Hollywood directors, with the support of the box office in North America, Europe and other places, can make blockbusters that can recoup their costs. Zhang Shaojie made this investment, which shows that no matter how talented he is, he is just an immature child."

Mai Jia, general manager of Xinyicheng Company, said in an interview: "It is undeniable that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is indeed a good movie. In particular, the concept of the new wave of martial arts proposed by Tsui Hark has indeed played a role in guiding the innovation of martial arts film shooting concepts. However, 43 million is really not worth the cost, if I am asked to invest, remove those flashy computer special effects, only 10 million, you can shoot very well! ”

For those ridiculous accusations.

Tsui Hark, the director of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", criticized in an interview with the media, saying:

"Now many people in the media are discussing whether the 43 million yuan of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is worth it. In fact, in my opinion, this is not an issue that needs to be discussed at all. Whether it's worth it or not, only the audience who has seen the movie has the right to speak. The audience said, if it looks good, then it's worth it. The audience said that if it is average and not good-looking, then it is not worth it.

The current situation, after the audience watched it, said that it was very good. Would even like to watch it a few more times!

However, some media, as well as colleagues in the film industry, one-sidedly analyze from the perspective of investment return on investment, whether "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is worth it, which makes me very surprised. If you're only thinking about investment returns, then why invest in movies with uncertain returns? You can invest in financial, real estate and other profiteering industries.

If we analyze it purely from the rate of return, our company has also calculated an account.

About 500 films are made in Hong Kong every year, and only 400 are able to be released in theaters. And only 150 films can be released in the Taiwan market at most.

And the number of films that can be released in South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places is only seventy or eighty.

Some media swear that it is irresponsible to diversify their investment in 43 small-budget films, and the overseas box office will definitely make more money than the big-budget film "Datang". Moreover, the vision is also narrow-minded! In fact, the vast majority of Hong Kong films cannot enter the overseas market at all!

There are even some bad films, the box office in Hong Kong is so bad that it is only a few thousand yuan at the box office, and tens of thousands of yuan at the box office, and they are withdrawn from the cinema after a few days of screening.

Moreover, the Hong Kong film industry has always had the vulgarity of following the trend and imitating.

For example, when martial arts movies were rising in the 60s, major film companies flocked to make martial arts films, because a large number of martial arts films followed the trend and were similar, and the quality was seriously assimilated.

In the early 70s, after Bruce Lee's kung fu movies became popular, dozens of films imitating Bruce Lee's style were released every year, making kung fu movies almost boring to the audience. Later, the rise of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung's comedy-style action movies, and Xu Guanwen's ghost horse movies all triggered a large number of followers.

As soon as I saw that a certain theme became popular, dozens of follow-up works quickly emerged. This outrageous follow-up is also constantly destroying and overdrawing the future and future of the Hong Kong film industry!

A big production like "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" actually restricts third-rate directors and investors through the investment threshold to follow suit. Prevent an excellent subject matter from being spoiled by low-quality followers. Give Hong Kong films a way out for development"

Tsui Hark's words couldn't help but offend a large number of directors in the film industry.

Many directors have scolded:

"Tsui Hark pretended to be a criminal, didn't "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" follow the trend? Martial arts movies have existed decades ago, and they weren't invented by you Tsui Hark! "In the 50s and 60s, Hong Kong films have always developed by copying European and American films, and if they don't follow the trend, can Hong Kong films become 'Oriental Hollywood'? "Damn, this is why not eat minced meat! Did a small-budget movie provoke you? They all make blockbusters, can support a few film workers, who provides jobs, and who trains new talents for the film industry? Newcomers are all cultivated by bad movies and trendy films! "There are no newcomers, you big stars and big directors, go eat!" ", "The release of blockbusters like "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is to make small production movies, and there is no way to live! "Down with Baolong Film Company, down with Golden Harvest Cinemas!" ”

More and more unknown big directors and low-level filmmakers are inexplicably angry and condemn Tsui Hark.

Tsui Hark watched the news and couldn't help but feel sad about people's ignorance - you know, if you don't follow the trend.

It is not only conducive to the further development of the Hong Kong film industry, but also can bring better treatment to all filmmakers.

There are fewer bad movies, the competition is more orderly, and the filmmakers at the bottom only need to make one movie a year, at least the income of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and live a decent life.

Isn't it much better than a bad movie with a salary of hundreds or thousands of yuan, and it takes more than ten movies a year to make a living?

However, it is these people who have struggled a lot of people in a movie for a few hundred yuan have been used as robbers by Xinyicheng and Shaw Brothers, and they have joined the ranks of attacking Tsui Hark and attacking Baolong Film Company.

Tsui Hark couldn't help but want to pick up the pen and write an article to further analyze the stakes.

"Why bother, why bother?" Zhang Shaojie stopped Tsui Hark's behavior, "If you fight with these people, you won't be able to win, and there is no point!" The mouth can never convince anyone, only success can be convincing! ”

Tsui Hark calmed down for a moment, and finally gave up his hot-headed move.

—————————— slander cannot stop "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" from soaring in the box office market.

Entering the second week since the release of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Golden Harvest Cinemas has invested in 43 cinemas for this blockbuster, which can be regarded as a commitment second only to "Modern Bodyguard" in advance.

Because of the increase in the number of theaters, the average attendance rate of each movie theater has undoubtedly begun to decline, but the number of movie tickets sold has begun to increase to more than 220,000.

"Datang" entered its second week of release, and the box office decisively exceeded 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars in the first day.

For a time, the Hong Kong media exclaimed:

"In the second week of the release of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the more courageous the more they fought, and the box office increased by 1.6 million. Replicate the Modern Bodyguard Miracle! ”

"Zhang Shaojie is a thousand words, no one can stop him from being the champion of the two major industries of King's Land and film!"

"Gu Long jokingly said that his investment in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" failed, and he relied on "Datang" to turn over"

After the sensation in Hong Kong, there was good news from Taiwan, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has passed the review of the Ministry of Culture and can be released in Taiwan.

Large and small cinema operators in Taiwan have been waiting for this news for a long time.

When "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was approved in Taiwan, the threshold of Baolong Electronic Music Company's branch in Taipei was almost broken.

The person in charge of Baolong's Taipei branch explained with a wry smile: "The Taiwan branch of Baolong Film Company is just an empty shell for the time being. The main decision-making power of the company is on the side of Hong Kong Powerlong. We do not have the right to decide on the cooperation projects related to "The Legend of Double Dragons of Datang"! Bosses, interested in cooperation, please contact Hong Kong Powerlong company headquarters! ”

Many Taiwanese cinema companies, after hearing the news.

Crazy to Taipei Airport, scrambling for a ticket to Hong Kong.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen powerful Taiwanese cinema operators rushed to Hong Kong.

After going to Hong Kong.

Gu Long, the boss of Baolong Film Company, warmly entertained everyone, and finally said with a smile: "The film distribution of "Datang", we are completely entrusted to Golden Harvest Film Company, if you want to talk, you are looking for Golden Harvest!" ”

Although, these Taiwanese film businessmen, are already tired.

However, there were people who rushed to Hong Kong Golden Harvest Company for fear of being taken by competitors earlier.

In these Taiwanese cinema companies, when negotiating with Golden Harvest Company.

In terms of Golden Harvest Taiwan Cinemas, on March 25, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was officially released in Taiwan.

Although Golden Harvest has limited cinema resources in Taiwan, it only has 7 cinemas with 5,000 seats, and these cinemas are also concentrated in Taipei City.

However, the first release in Taiwan, the results achieved are still very amazing!

On March 25, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was released in 7 cinemas in Taipei, but it was only promoted by a simple poster. It was crazy to attract Taipei, as many as 300,000 people, queuing up outside the cinema to buy tickets!

On average, every 60 viewers are vying for a movie ticket.

The mass base is so good, which is also because the "Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" version has sold more than 20 million copies in Taiwan, with an average sales of more than 800,000 copies per episode.

Because, Taiwanese readers are more likely to read through rented bookstores.

Therefore, the actual number of readers of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is several times more than the average sales. It is conservatively estimated that the readership of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in Taiwan has reached 5 million!

It is precisely because of the unparalleled mass base of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in Taiwan that after the film version of "Datang" was released in Taiwan, a situation of 10,000 empty alleys was immediately formed.

On March 25, Taiwan's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was only screened in 7 theaters, creating a box office of NT$700,000!

I heard that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has begun to be released in Taiwan, and it has caused a sensation in Taipei!

Taiwanese cinema operators who negotiated in Hong Kong were even more anxious, and they agreed to the unequal treaty of Golden Harvest Company - 37 shares, Taiwan's local cinema chain received 3% of the box office revenue, and Zhang Shaojie, Golden Harvest, Baolong and other rights and interests received 7%.

In one breath, Golden Harvest authorized more than a dozen cinema operators such as Weixiu, Miramar, and Ximanke.

Together, these cinemas are more than 130 cinemas, which can be said to cover 7% of the scale of Taiwan's cinema market. The cinema negotiations in Taiwan were completed, and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" officially set sail in the Taiwan box office market

(To be continued)