Chapter 397: Go High
"The box office of "Happy Ghost" on the first day was 210,000." Wang Jing's voice was a little disappointed.
When Chen Lang heard this, he calculated in his heart that the current Hong Kong movie ticket price is about 12 Hong Kong dollars on average, with a box office of 210,000, indicating that a total of about 17,500 tickets were sold yesterday.
I'm afraid most of them are fan club members called by Chen Jian, but Chen Lang knows that this obviously does not reach the highest value of his number of fans, and it seems that there are still many fans who have not entered the cinema for various reasons.
"The results are quite acceptable, after all, it was released suddenly, and the key is to see if the box office of the next day has increased significantly, otherwise it will be very dangerous." Although Chen Lang was also disappointed, he still had confidence.
"It's up to tomorrow, I hope there's good news." Wang Jing sighed.
Chen Lang also sighed, hoping for a good result tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Chen Lang got up and looked through the news reports of major media.
Because of the arrival of the awards season, many newspapers and media are now reporting on the upcoming three major music festivals in the Hong Kong music scene, and the Hong Kong Film Awards are generally held in April every year.
However, now is the Spring Festival, a very important movie schedule of the year, so there are many reports about the movie, especially the "Interstellar Blunt Tire" that was just drawn two days ago was collectively scolded by the media and newspapers, in stark contrast to the box office sales of "Plan A" and "Yin and Yang Wrong" of Golden Harvest and New Art City.
Fortunately, there is money and connections to open the way, "Sing Tao Daily", "Cheng Pao", "Ming Pao", "Hong Kong Economic Journal", "Oriental Daily" and "Southland Movie" all gave the headlines of the news to "Happy Ghost".
"The little genius Lang Lang is a big screen Virgo "Happy Ghost" is hotly released!"
""Happy Ghost" laughed all over the audience and was a big hit!"
"Lang Lang creates a new theme of Hong Kong films - campus comedy!"
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People who get up in the morning and read these newspapers realize that the first movie of the young genius Lang Lang has been released.
At the same time, TVB broadcasts the trailer of "Happy Ghost" all day long, so that more and more people know that "Happy Ghost" will be released.
However, it is still unknown whether this will attract everyone to the cinema, but more Chen Lang fans know the news of the release of "Happy Ghost", and the box office should be better than the first day.
Whether it is the front page headlines of newspapers and media, or the trailers of TVB, as well as the many promotional activities that Chen Lang participated in before, Chen Lang feels that everything he can do has been done, and the only thing he can do next is to wait.
Because he was worried about the box office of "Happy Ghost", Chen Lang felt that every minute and every second was so long, but fortunately, Zhong Chuhong accompanied Chen Lang, so that Chen Lang would not be too tormented.
In the early hours of the morning, Chen Lang received the box office statistics of "Happy Ghost" on the second day.
HK$460,000.
The box office has directly doubled compared to the first day, and Chen Lang is very happy to see this data.
However, the box office in two days added up to 670,000, which is still too big a gap from 5 million, and the most difficult thing is that there is too little time.
On the third day, the newspaper propaganda about "Happy Ghost" continued.
At the same time, Chen Lang's friends began to recommend "Happy Ghost" in front of the media.
"The movie "Happy Ghost" is so funny, my stomach hurts when I laugh." - Anita Mui
"Lang Lang's ability to make up stories is absolutely trustworthy, the movie is really funny, and everyone is very happy to watch it." -- Leslie Cheung
"The whole theater was laughing like crazy, and it was definitely worth the ticket price." -- Andy Lau
"It's a fun movie, great for the whole family to watch, and it's guaranteed to keep you entertained for 90 minutes." - Xu Guanjie
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Seeing the support of many of his friends, Chen Lang was full of expectations, after all, there is a fan economy in any era, even if only a few big stars are supported by Yicheng fans, it can bring a huge boost to the box office of the movie, especially Xu Guanjie's recommendation.
If you want to say who the first brother in the Hong Kong film industry is now, it really hasn't been recognized by everyone, but there are four of them who are the closest.
The first is Sammo Hung , although Sammo Hung and the famous brand king Pan Disheng's Debao has not yet been established, and it has not made Sammo Hung the big brother in the film industry, but with seven small blessings, especially Sammo Hung of Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao, the two brothers, has made a lot of blockbuster films.
In addition to the three brothers' iconic action comedy, Sammo Hung 's "Ghost Fight" also created a precedent for Hong Kong's ghost action films, coupled with his own ability to write, direct, act and act martial arts, as well as a neat kung fu, and has a very high status among Hong Kong's unique dragon and tiger martial artists, Sammo Hung is a well-known figure in the film industry.
The second is the eldest of the four heroes of Hui's Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanwen is also a versatile film wizard, who created his own Hui's Film Company, and can write, direct and act, and is the first king of comedy in Hong Kong, known as the cold-faced laugher.
Between 1974 and 1976, he wrote, directed and acted in "Ghost Horse Double Star", "Genius and Idiot", and "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", which achieved three consecutive box office championships in Hong Kong, and "Deed of Sale" in 1978 won the annual box office championship again after a year.
1981's "Modern Bodyguard" is still a masterpiece written, directed and acted by Hui's masterpiece, which once again won the annual box office champion, plus the four crowns in the mid-to-late seventies and the title of the cold-faced smiler, so that everyone deeply remembers this film master.
The third place is Jackie Chan, although Jackie Chan at this time has not completely separated from Sammo Hung and established a family class, but the self-directed and self-starred "Laughing Fist Tricks" and "Junior Brother Out" won the 1979 and 1980 Hong Kong film annual box office championships respectively, and for a time there was no other in the limelight, which seemed to make people see the shadow of Bruce Lee.
Later, it was praised by Golden Harvest to go to Hollywood, although it ended in failure, but Jackie Chan's strength and influence are increasing day by day, and this year's return to Hong Kong to direct and act in "Plan A" once again set off a movie-watching boom, Jackie Chan has revealed the grandeur of a generation of kung fu superstars.
The last one is Xu Guanjie, the first brother in the music world, to say that the current Hong Kong stars are all multi-habitat development, and it is indeed rare for Xu Guanjie to be the first brother in the music industry and the first brother in the film industry.
Xu Guanjie relied on the movie starring his eldest brother Xu Guanwen to win the same four championships in the mid-to-late seventies, including a triple crown, and the 1981 Hui Brothers' "Modern Bodyguard" also won the crown.
Perhaps in the Xu brothers' movie, Xu Guanjie is not the first actor, but Xu Guanjie's identity as a superstar in the music industry also adds a lot to the movie.
Subsequently, Xu Guanjie ushered in his peak in the film industry, from 1982 to 1984, the three "Best Partner" series once again achieved three consecutive box office titles for Hong Kong films, plus "Modern Bodyguard" in 1981, Xu Guanjie achieved four consecutive championships.
There are only three people in the entire history of Hong Kong cinema who have accomplished this feat.
The first is in the late 60s and early 70s, when Wang Yu, the queen actor of the million-dollar director Zhang Che, was the queen actor of the Shaw Brothers, who won four consecutive titles between 1967 and 1970, but this reputation was somewhat controversial because of the imperfection of the box office statistics system in that era.
The second place is Xu Guanjie, next year's "Best Partner 3" will help Xu Guanjie achieve this great record.
The third is the later king of comedy Stephen Chow, but that won't be until the 90s.
Whether it is from the music or film world, Xu Guanjie is now the premier superstar in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and music and movies, as a form of entertainment with a wide audience, have made Xu Guanjie super popular.
In the first battle between Chen Lang and Xu Guanjie, Xu Guanjie's fans contributed a lot of energy, and of course, Chen Lang's book fans and comic fans should not be underestimated.
Xu Guanjie has a strong appeal among people born in the 50s and early 60s, and now with the recommendation of this singer and film superstar, I believe the effect is absolutely extraordinary.
At the same time, it is a holiday, and for the eighties, when there are not many ways to be entertained, watching movies is undoubtedly a good choice.
After two days of release, the reputation of Happy Ghost is also slowly fermenting, and through word of mouth from moviegoers, it will also attract more people to the cinema to watch "Happy Ghost".
"Sam, thank you for the recommendation." In order to express his gratitude, Chen Lang called Xu Guanjie.
Xu Guanjie really has nothing to say about the support of his juniors, not only Chen Lang himself, but also Alan Tam and Chen Baiqiang have been taken care of by Xu Guanjie, no wonder so many superstars in Hong Kong regard him as an idol, and also helped Sam himself become the first singer in the Hong Kong music scene.
"I also recommended it to everyone after watching "Happy Ghost", to be honest, the filming is really good, I was also amused to laugh, I believe that you will be able to get a good box office, you kid is really so good at everything, except for the actors, of course, your performance can only be regarded as passing." Xu Guanjie said.
Chen Lang nodded when he heard this, his performance in "Happy Ghost" can only be regarded as decent, and it plays the role of a vase very well, as for his acting skills, he is still far from Chen Lang.
"I hope there will be a good box office, but this year's annual box office champion seems to be Ah Sam again, this has been three consecutive championships, and next year will make the third part of "Best Partner", then Ah Sam you will be famous in Hong Kong film history." Chen Lang said exaggeratedly.
"Hahaha...... Really. Xu Guanjie smiled when he heard this, "By the way, how do you feel about the upcoming awards season?" ”
"Although you are my idol, I will not admit defeat, the outcome is unpredictable, and everyone has a chance." Chen Lang was naturally not to be outdone when he heard this.
"Okay, then let's fight again." Xu Guanjie is also full of pride.
After ending the phone call with Xu Guanjie, Chen Lang called others again to express his gratitude.
It was early in the morning again, and Chen Lang received a call from Wang Jing again.
The box office of "Happy Ghost" rose again on the third day, earning 650,000 yuan at the box office, and a total of 1.32 million Hong Kong dollars in the three days.
There is still a gap of 3.68 million Hong Kong dollars from 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and there are only four days left.