Shaw's "Modern Dirtyman" is a musical, and the highlight of the film is the large number of songs by Lin Zixiang in the movie, such as the singing of the Chinese version of "Genghis Khan". In the film, in addition to Lin Zixiang, the heroine is also Taiwan's singer Qi Yu!

I heard that fans said that "Modern Dirtyman" was a follow-up work, and a lot of public opinion cursing Shaw Brothers.

Run Run Shaw's face turned pale, and he scolded in the entertainment news of TVB: "Although Shaw Brothers has made all kinds of mistakes in the past, it has a little credit after all, right? Xu Guanwen, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and other big names that are now more popular, who have not done Shaw Brothers. I admit that many of the Shaw Brothers' rules are out of date, but in the 50s and 60s, the credit of the Shaw Brothers system to the Hong Kong film industry cannot be erased, right? Also, "Modern Bodyguard" is not a follow-up, we filmed it last year, and the script of "Modern Bodyguard" was written by Zhang Shaojie in March this year! Audiences who have watched the two movies should know that the bridge and style of the two movies are not similar at all! There are similar words, just the word 'modern'! However, these two words, could it be that Golden Harvest used it, and Shaw Brothers couldn't use it? ”

Zou Wenhuai heard Run Run Shaw's comments, and also wrote a letter to apologize: "Attacking "Modern Dirtyman" is not Golden Harvest's original intention, it is just the personal behavior of some fans. For this, Golden Harvest solemnly apologizes! "Modern Dirtyman" really didn't follow suit, and I can testify to Shaw Brothers."

Zou Wenhuai actually helped Shaw Brothers explain that "Modern Dirtyman" did not follow suit? Many audiences, the first is to feel the generosity of Golden Harvest, and the second is to be a little interested in Shaw Brothers' "Modern Dirtyman"!

As a result, the box office of "Modern Dirtyman", which was already dying, suddenly rose again.

Although it is not as ferocious as "Modern Bodyguard", on June 18, "Modern Dirtyman" actually achieved a box office of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars on the same day, which seems to be a bit of a "phoenix nirvana, reborn from the ashes" with the help of the trend of "Modern Bodyguard".

Zou Wenhuai's apology made Shaw Brothers' "Modern Dirtyman" rise again at the box office. Run Run Shaw couldn't help but admire Zou Wenhuai a little! Later, after the strong debut of Xinyicheng and Golden Princess Cinemas, the relationship between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest changed from the past rivalry to a relaxed relationship, and even Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest shared cinema resources and began to release each other's movies. The future cooperation between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest is also an opportunity planted at this time

Zhang Shaojie originally didn't pay attention to "Modern Dirty".

However, after hearing about the controversy in the media, I curiously walked into the Shaw Brothers theater to watch it. After coming back from watching "Modern Dirtyman", I was deeply touched!

In good conscience, Shaw Brothers' "Modern Dirtyman" is quite creative and good. In particular, the protagonist in the movie shoots fashionable advertisements with professional techniques, and shoots musical dramas with the techniques learned from shooting commercials - the pictures, music and scenes all make Zhang Shaojie feel refreshing.

If this idea is repackaged with more fashionable elements, even in the 21st century, it will be refreshing!

"Be stylish! Music, commercials, and entertainment are very fashionable, but it's a pity that Shaw Brothers' movie won't be named - "Modern Dirtyman", just the word "Dirtyman" will make a large number of audiences disappointed outside the cinema. Zhang Shaojie commented on the gains and losses of Shaw Brothers' movie!

—————————— the raindrops in the sky in June, bursts of raindrops, but they can't extinguish the heat of the box office of "Modern Bodyguard".

"Modern Bodyguard" said on June 18 that it once again achieved a box office of 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars, although it was lower than the box office two days before its release. However, the cumulative box office in three days has exceeded 5 million Hong Kong dollars!

Moreover, by June 18, the cumulative box office of "Modern Bodyguard" had surpassed the two movies "Modern Dirtyman" and "Money Makes Strange", and its position on the local box office list in Hong Kong had risen to the third place.

At this time, on the box office list of local films in Hong Kong in 1980, there were only "The Bitter War", which ended with a box office of 6.7 million, and "Killer Trench", which had a box office of 5.8 million, ranking ahead of "Modern Bodyguard".

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the momentum of "Modern Bodyguard" is not much suspense to surpass those two movies and win this year's box office championship!

In fact, a comedy movie like "Modern Bodyguard" with relatively relaxed and unburdened content, plus it is still a 5 million Hong Kong dollar production, Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie, and Xu Guanying co-starred, and the script is the outstanding work of Zhang Shao, the popular king of martial arts novels. This lineup is enough to attract most people's attention!

Moreover, many viewers who care about the suspense of the bridge even walked into the cinema repeatedly to observe some details, until every detail was clear, they had already watched it seven or eight times.

The main factor in the box office fire was the summer holidays, which are home holidays for millions of students in Hong Kong, and in this era, watching movies is the mainstream pastime in the city. Therefore, many students took some friends to the cinema to watch the most popular and famous masterpiece "Modern Bodyguard".

There are also some families, young and old, dragging their families, into the cinema, to enjoy "Modern Bodyguard" together!

Those viewers who have watched "Modern Bodyguard", after returning to the company or returning home, often discuss the plot in "Modern Bodyguard" with colleagues, friends, family, and neighbors.

"It's incredible!" "The plot is simply wonderful! ", "Deng Xiaolong is actually the most incompetent", "Captain Zhou is actually a knife mouth and tofu heart", among the citizens, they gathered together to discuss the plot.

Some people who rarely go into movies feel like they can't interject at all when everyone around them is talking about "Modern Bodyguard".

Therefore, people who have not watched "Modern Bodyguard" undoubtedly feel that they are outdated, so they have bought movie tickets to watch "Modern Bodyguard"!

This series of factors has attracted countless audiences to go to the cinema to watch the movie.

Because "Modern Bodyguard" has become a city-wide focus in Hong Kong, and the audience is willing to watch "Modern Bodyguard" repeatedly, the theaters that show other movies seem to be particularly cold.

Anle Cinema Line, the more famous Lao Parkway Cinema, a large cinema that can accommodate more than 3,000 spectators, can only have dozens of spectators per movie, and the entire cinema is almost empty enough to run mice.

For this situation, let the owner of Anle Cinema realize that unless he is psychologically prepared to have no business in the next month, he must introduce "Modern Bodyguard"!

Because, the audience is only willing to watch "Modern Bodyguard", and the media is all talking about this movie, after the audience watches "Modern Bodyguard", they will continue to discuss it after returning home to attract more audiences to watch "Modern Bodyguard"!

All the movies released at the same time were powerless to fight back, and they were all slaughtered by this movie!

Not only did the major film studios smile bitterly, but the bigger movie theaters also sincerely felt what a terrible movie this was!

Anle Cinema Line was the first to know the current affairs as a junjie, Jiang Zhiwen went to Golden Harvest Company to talk about the introduction of "Modern Bodyguard".

"Golden Harvest has no shortage of cinemas in Hong Kong!" Zou Wenhuai didn't want to pay attention to him.

However, Jiang Zhiwen said: "Why is Boss Zou so domineering? The film industry, that is thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi! Shaw Brothers was so domineering before, how could Run Run Shaw expect to be surpassed by Golden Harvest? One more friend and one more way, give the small cinema a bite to eat, maybe when you are down, you will be able to have a friend to help you in the future"

He Guanchang smiled: "You know how popular "Modern Bodyguard" is, just if we Golden Harvest Cinema Line screens it ourselves, we can make more money!"

Jiang Zhiwen said: "Anle Cinema Line is willing to hand over 45% of the box office revenue to Golden Harvest. In addition, if the box office hits the street, I also guarantee that I will give Golden Harvest a minimum of 50,000 yuan per day! ”

"Boss Jiang's conditions are better than refreshing, but for "Modern Bodyguard", it is still lower!"

"Then what conditions do you want!"

"No need to guarantee the bottom! "Modern Bodyguard" will not hit the street, 6% of the income will go to me, and you will 40%! ”

"This"

"Don't worry, it's not blackmailing you! Because, Xu Guanwen wants a 5% dividend, and Zhang Shaojie also has 5%. As the largest investor, Golden Harvest has invested a total of 7 million Hong Kong dollars! The shooting cost is ours, and we also pay for the advertising fee, and the 50% share is well deserved! ”

Jiang Zhiqiang thought about it, such a big production, and the box office results shown, really can't be like ordinary movies.

Lawyers for both parties draw up the contract.

Zou Wenhuai and Jiang Zhiqiang signed the contract respectively.

"Boss Zou and Manager He, happy cooperation!" Jiang Zhiqiang of Anle Company held the contract and said with a smile.

"Boss Jiang, happy cooperation!" Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are also quite polite.

Soon after the release of "Modern Bodyguard", Jiang Zhiqiang began to draw his company's "Tragic War", the purpose of which is naturally to free up theater resources and release the more profitable "Modern Bodyguard"!

Although Anle is not strong, there are also famous cinemas such as Hong Kong Lao Parkway, which can be regarded as a relatively strong small cinema chain outside the three major cinema chains of Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers and Golden Princess.

With An Le joining the screening of "Modern Bodyguard", the threshold of Golden Harvest Company is about to be broken.

The owners of major scattered movie theaters have come to the door one after another, in order to introduce "Modern Bodyguard"!

As the number of cinemas has increased to more than 80, the attendance rate of each cinema has decreased.

However, the average attendance rate of "Modern Bodyguard" in major theaters also remains above 50% during the peak period, and it is full when office workers get off work or on weekends!

In fact, when "Modern Bodyguard" was screened, when other movies in the same period had better results, the attendance rate was only 40%, and most movies in general had an attendance rate of less than 10%.

For the attendance rate of other movies on the street in the same period, the owners of major movie theaters judged the situation and would rather repeatedly screen "Modern Bodyguard", which is sure to make a profit without losing money, and no longer use the mantis arm as a car to block the momentum of "Modern Bodyguard"!

(To be continued)