In most economies around the world, there is a rule that economy comes first, culture comes later. An economy is gradually becoming richer. Then, in about 20 years, there will be a wave of prosperity in the cultural world.

Hong Kong's economy has gradually risen since the 50s~60s. In the 70s ~ 80s, major cultural products such as movies, comics, and music began to show signs of prosperity.

In particular, the 80s were a golden decade for Hong Kong's cultural industry. During this period, the music industry set a peak record of more than 2.5 billion yuan, and the film industry alone hit the scale of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong's local box office market.

If it is according to the golden decade of the Hong Kong film industry in Zhang Shaojie's memory, it is often marked by "Best Partner" in 82 New Arts City, and the prelude to the golden decade was started from this year. The end of the golden decade was also marked by the announcement of the dissolution of the new art city at its peak in 92.

However, at this time, the golden decade of the Hong Kong film industry was launched 2 years ahead of schedule. In the 80s, "Modern Bodyguard" set a box office record of 43 million, which is regarded as a symbol of the golden decade.

The successive establishment of Baolong Film and Xinyicheng Film is regarded as the start of the golden decade.

The current Hong Kong film industry is developing at a faster pace! The scale of annual film investment, the scale of the box office, and the remuneration of top stars have entered a rapid rising channel in an all-round way.

In 80 years, Jackie Chan's salary was only 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. But by 83, Jackie Chan's salary reached 1.5 million. and Hong Kong's top star Xu Guanjie has a salary of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, which is comparable to the annual salary of the general manager of a first-class company in Hong Kong.

In 1983, Hong Kong's film market made great progress compared with 1982, with a box office of more than 20 million, which was already regarded as idle by the Hong Kong film industry.

Back in 79, the HK$10 million box office mark was regarded as an unbreakable barrier. At that time, Hong Kong filmmakers were very small-minded, and they all saw themselves as working in an industry with no future.

And when the box office mark of 10 million yuan, 20 million yuan, and 40 million Hong Kong dollars was broken. Many of Hong Kong's tycoons have already looked at Hong Kong's top filmmakers differently.

And "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", a blockbuster that has won 100 million US dollars in the international market, even Li Ka-shing, Bao Yugang and other super-rich people are also amazed, and feel that the Hong Kong film industry is really not simple.

In fact, even if it is to get rid of the anti-heaven existence of Baolong Films, other companies in Hong Kong have made great progress.

For example, in January, Golden Harvest's "Five Lucky Stars" won a box office of HK$27 million with a strong star lineup, which made Golden Harvest raise its eyebrows.

At the same time as Golden Harvest's "Five Lucky Stars" was a big hit, Shaw Brothers Film Company made "Interstellar Blunt Tire", which failed at the box office and won the title of the most famous bad film of the year.

However, even if "Interstellar Blunt Tire" is a bad movie with huge losses, it is still a vigorous loss. With an investment of 12 million, you can only get a box office of 6 million, and the cost recovered is only 3 million.

This also proves in disguise that the Hong Kong film industry as a whole is optimistic about the prospects of local film production.

Otherwise, in the 70s, the budget of 3 million is already a blockbuster. Then there will be blockbusters with an investment scale of more than 10 million?

The hustle and bustle of January is over.

In February, the Hong Kong film industry seemed to have a lot of good films! The most eye-catching movie on the market is "Best Partner 2", because this movie not only has a production cost of more than 10 million yuan, but more importantly, Xu Guanjie participated in the first film after joining New Arts City with a salary of 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

The Hong Kong dollar of 2 million is actually the highest salary in Hong Kong.

Therefore, after Xu Guanjie has the nickname of the god of songs, he once again became the biggest film and television star in Hong Kong! is bigger than Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen!

It's not that Xu Guanjie's box office appeal really surpasses that of Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen. It's because Xinyicheng took Xu Guanjie's net worth of 2 million yuan for hype!

Xu Guanjie was praised as the highest-paid superstar in Hong Kong. Therefore, his participation in "Best Partner 2 Shows Magical Powers" has also received enough attention. After 10 days of release, it has already achieved a box office of 9.2 million Hong Kong dollars. For two consecutive weeks, it occupied the top spot in the box office list.

During the period when "Best Partner" was at its sharpest, even the box office of "Happy Ghost" was slightly inferior.

Only after most of the audience has already watched "Best Partner", so that the box office gradually falls. At that time, "Happy Ghost" will have a chance to surpass "Best Partner"!

And when "Best Partner" vs. "Happy Ghost", the audience was basically attracted by these two blockbusters.

Other movies released at the same time were also mostly popular. Shaw Brothers made matters worse, after "Interstellar Blunt Tire" was withdrawn from theaters ten days after its release, the box office of the entire Shaw Brothers cinema chain suffered a huge setback.

After the bad movie "Interstellar Blunt Tire" caused Shaw Brothers' reputation to plummet. Shaw Brothers has launched several new films by word-of-mouth directors in a row, hoping to save word of mouth and box office.

Originally, the most high hopes were Chu Yuan's "Hero Shen Shengyi".

However, after "Hero Shen Shengyi" was not good, Shao Film Company quickly came up with a new film "Descendants of Shaolin".

And the Shaw Brothers for the theme of Shaolin Temple was already very good in the 60s, and it was already a killer in the 70s. In 82, the "Shaolin Temple" of the Yindu Organization was released, and the theme of Shaolin Temple was once again raised to a new high. Naturally, the Shaw Brothers are not to be outdone, and once again invest in the theme of Shaolin Temple, ready to make a lot of money again in the box office market.

However, the goal of "Descendants of Shaolin", which was released at this time, is only to save the reputation of Shaw Brothers Film Company, and there is no ambition to compete for the top ten of the annual box office list in 83.

"Shaw Brothers is not having a good time, last year Shaw Brothers only had one movie, "Eighteen Kinds of Martial Arts", enter the top ten at the box office. And Xinyicheng is "Best Partner", "Difficult Brothers", "Little Fear", and "Beware of Little Hands" 4 movies have been included in the top ten of the box office list, becoming the biggest winner on the Hong Kong film list! Seeing the Hong Kong film rankings summarized in 82 years on "Film Fortnightly", Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but say with emotion.

"Hehe, our "Six-Fingered Piano Demon" is listed second!" Gu Long was already quite satisfied.

Zhang Shaojie shook his head and said: "It's not enough to be included in the top ten!" This year's goal is to have at least 3 movies in the top 10, and we can't let Xinyicheng dominate the list! ”

From the point of view of quality, at this time, Hong Kong's Baolong Film Company has been recognized as the first.

However, the number of movies produced by Xinyicheng far exceeds that of Baolong.

Moreover, New Arts City has invested in 6 film films in 82 years, all of which are blockbusters, and 4 of them have entered the top 10 of the Hong Kong box office. It can be seen from this point that the strength of New Arts City has the possibility of dominating the local film industry in Hong Kong!

"The development of the new art city is too fast!" Gu Long now, there are only a handful of film companies he admires, "However, in the whole of last year, we only had one movie "Six Fingers Demon" released. There are already two films that can be released this year, "Happy Ghost" and "A Chinese Ghost Story". If you invest in some small-budget films with a relatively short cycle, it is estimated that five or six movies will be released this year, and the number will keep up, and it is estimated that you can also compete with Xinyicheng to see who is the most compulsory film company! ”

"This year's goal - the top ten at the Hong Kong box office, there are three Baolong!" Zhang Shaojie said.

———————— as soon as "Happy Ghost" was released, it aroused the hostility of a bunch of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods.

After denigrating Zhang Shaojie to no avail, many haters targeted Wang Jing.

"Wang Jing jumped ship only for a high salary, for loyalty, and dedicated the poisonous plan of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" to frame the old club and make the old club Shaw Brothers suffer a huge loss."

"Wang Jing, the director of "Happy Ghost", is actually an actress through filming, unspoken rules!"

These catch-all news, because of their lack of quality, have already made the audience impatient.

Therefore, a bunch of reporters began to make things difficult and spread rumors in the media: "Wang Jing said that "Best Partner" is a bad movie, and "Happy Ghost" can surpass "Best Partner" at the box office at any time! ”

Wang Jing was attacked a lot by rumors, and she couldn't help but be annoyed, and declared to the media: "I never thought about the box office champion, let alone commented on "Best Partner"!" I just hope that the boss who invests in me will be profitable, and the actors I work with will be popular, and that's enough! ”

This statement was distorted by the media and turned into a negative news: "Wang Jing, the new director of Baolong Film Company, must say that he will make money." said that making movies is only to make money, and there is no higher pursuit"

"We must resolutely resist the vulgar and kitsch directors like Wang Jing!"

Director Wang Jing said that there is no other goal for making movies except to make money!"

was attacked by the media one after another, and Wang Jing almost had to PK with reporters. In the end, he was persuaded by Tsui Hark, Cheng Xiaodong and other big directors.

Cheng Xiaodong said earnestly: "Is it meaningful to quarrel with the media? Even if you win the quarrel, can you earn half a dime more at the box office? Can the company get more honors and reputation? ”

When Wang Jing heard this, she also began to avoid reporters automatically. Anyway, those hostile reporters are nothing more than the competitors of Baolong Film Company who bought them, and no matter how Wang Jing responds, they will be made difficult.

Even an answer that is neither arrogant nor humble can be misinterpreted.

In fact, every rising director is constantly moving forward with doubts and infamy at the beginning.

When a director is no longer scolded, or he has a high status, the praise drowns out the scolding. Either that, it is outdated and out of the stream, and naturally it can't attract "hatred points".

(To be continued)