Although, many people in the film industry had predicted that this blockbuster would be a big hit before the release of "A Chinese Ghost Story". However, when this movie adapted from the story of Liaozhai won a box office of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars in just 6 days, it was really surprising. ”

"This movie contains love, righteousness, classical, CG special effects, and other elements, and finally makes people feel that the group is deeply beautiful! The beauty of the lens, the beauty of the characters, the beauty of love"

"This year, there are two ghost movies that don't look like ghost movies in the Hong Kong film industry! "Happy Ghost" at the beginning of the year made people forget all kinds of troubles after watching it. "A Chinese Ghost Story" at the end of the year does not have the slightest horror of ghost movies, but it is full of gorgeous and beautiful mood. The most unforgettable, Xiaoqian's amorous and seductive eyes"

Recent media articles about "A Chinese Ghost Story" are innumerable.

Any newspaper or magazine in Hong Kong that has been published recently will inevitably have some review articles about the film.

Some of the articles are soft manuscripts written by Baolong Film Company, but the vast majority of them are film reviews written spontaneously by film critics, writers, journalists, and ordinary audiences.

The non-stop film reviews and news brought exposure are also part of the promotional advertisements for "A Chinese Ghost Story".

The huge publicity has made this blockbuster popular with more audiences, and the box office is naturally rising.

"A Chinese Ghost Story has a good result, it broke 10 million in a week!" Zhang Shaojie smiled and looked at a bunch of data from market tracking reports.

Compared with the data of the media, the data of the research team of Baolong Film Company is undoubtedly more detailed, which makes it clear at a glance the daily box office trend of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Gu Long's face was full of red light, he smiled and said, "Yes! In the newspapers, they all use 'metamorphosis' to describe the box office data of "A Chinese Ghost Story"! ”

"This is just the beginning, and we will let the Hong Kong film industry realize the power of blockbusters more and more! At present, the Hong Kong film industry invests in five or six hundred films every year. There are many numbers, and there are many bad movies! The success of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is to stimulate the film industry to pay more attention to quality, rather than blindly pursuing production! Zhang Shaojie said with a smile, "Take Taiwan's film industry as an example, the annual output is also four or five hundred!" But what's the use, a bunch of bad movies will make the box office market worse! Hong Kong films should avoid following the old path of Taiwan's film industry, and there is no other way than to improve quality! ”

Gu Long took a statistical report and said: "Since the beginning of this year, there have been more than 5 blockbusters in the Hong Kong film industry with a cost of tens of millions. And there are as many as 15 movies with a cost of more than 3 million. It can be seen that the atmosphere of attaching importance to quality in the Hong Kong film industry is also gradually taking shape! ”

"I think that the number of Hong Kong-made films has dropped to about 150 every year, and the mainstream films are mainly invested in more than 5 million yuan, which is a more ideal data. If you don't develop quickly, it will become more and more difficult in the future! Zhang Shaojie sighed and said, "Time is running out!" ”

Gu Long was puzzled: "You are too harsh, film is a complex industry, even if it is a transformation, it can't be completed in one or two years!" ”

Zhang Shaojie can only be silent, some things are difficult to explain clearly! Could he clearly "predict" the collapse of the USSR? In the 90s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States enjoyed the benefits of becoming the world's sole superpower, and Hollywood began to really take the world by storm.

Hong Kong films, if not complete the industrial upgrading and transformation before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Then, it is still difficult to avoid the tragedy of history

———————————— as the finale of the Hong Kong film industry in 1983, "A Chinese Ghost Story" chose to be released at the end of the year, and it has the intention of winning the box office champion in 83!

A blockbuster without a champion's heart doesn't deserve to be called a blockbuster at all!

Baolong Film Company, a high-investment and high-box office exquisite blockbuster, generally only has one release per year. In order to break the record and win the championship.

In fact, many media in Hong Kong are sighing, thinking that Baolong is a "box office champion professional"!

On November 28, "Ming Pao Weekly" counted the box office data of last week, and the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the first week was 10.87 million Hong Kong dollars, becoming the box office champion with an absolute advantage.

The more than ten movies released during the same period only accumulated 857,000 at the box office last week, which is a fraction of that of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Invested by China Film Group and filmed by Li Hanxiang, "Listening to Politics with the Curtain", relying on the audience's curiosity about the theme of the Empress Dowager Cixi, was released on October 20 and has been in the champion position for more than 1 consecutive month.

However, after "Listening to Politics with the Curtain" met "A Chinese Ghost Story", it had to be withdrawn from the theater in gloom!

After all, the charm of the Empress Dowager Cixi is far less than that of Xiaoqian. Even if it is the Empress Dowager Cixi played by Liu Xiaoqing, no matter how realistic it is, no matter how interested the audience is in learning about history, it can't resist the poignant love of people and ghosts.

"Listening to Politics with a Curtain" was originally released by Yindu Institution, but after the strong performance of "A Chinese Ghost Story" for a week, the theater of Yindu Institution also changed to screen "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Yindu also has more than 25 cinemas, plus 37 screening halls of Golden Harvest. After entering the second week, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has been released simultaneously in 62 theaters, and the daily box office data has also surged rapidly to more than 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars.

November 29, morning.

Baolong Film Company seems to be very busy.

Since participating in the Academy Awards this year, Baolong Film Company's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty 1" and "Happy Ghost" have achieved global distribution, and have partners in Europe, Asia, the United States, Africa, Australia and other continents. Through these partners, some of Baolong's heavyweight films can be distributed globally.

At this time, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is busy negotiating cooperation with European and American theater companies!

"Big brother, congratulations on the big sale of "A Chinese Ghost Story"!" Wang Jing came to the company early in the morning, and after seeing Cheng Xiaodong, he said with a smile.

Cheng Xiaodong was also proud, and said: "It's not my success alone, it's the success of the company's strategy!" ”

Wang Jing smiled: "Big brother, I don't like to hear what you say!" How many directors in the entire company can handle a 50 million Hong Kong dollar blockbuster? If it were me, I wouldn't be able to think of a reasonable amount of money to shoot such an atmospheric work as "A Chinese Ghost Story"! ”

"It doesn't matter, you're young enough to learn! The size of the budget of the movie is actually similar to the ability of an officer in the army to command the soldiers. The directors who initially made hundreds of thousands of movies were squad leaders and platoon leaders, and they were only able to command a few people, dozens of people. Later, the investment of five or six million was equivalent to a company commander, commanding more than 100 soldiers. Later, the investment of one or two thousand was the head of the regiment, and he considered it more, which was equivalent to the head of the regiment. The investment of 50 or 60 million Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to the command ability of the division commander, special effects, market, and basic bridge, and the use of funds at this time is already like a strategic layout. Further up, 100 million, 350 million, or even 1 billion, that is the real talent, and the blockbuster made is able to influence an era and change the trend of world fashion, there are many directors of that level, Hollywood, but Hong Kong has not yet one" Cheng Xiaodong said to Wang Jing about his recent understanding.

Wang Jing's eyes widened: "Could it be that Baolong will have several hundred million blockbusters in the future?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't? "Datang 2" is said to have a budget of more than 100 million, in fact, Tsui Hark is also the company's most important director, and Baolong intends to train him to become a world-class director like Spielberg! Cheng Xiaodong said.

"I see, big brother, you are not worse than Tsui Hark!" Wang Jing said.

"It's still a little worse, although I am the director of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Tsui Hark has given me a lot of guidance. If it weren't for him, this movie wouldn't have been made in this small country! Cheng Xiaodong said.

Baolong Films, the whole company atmosphere, is very different from the ordinary film industry in Hong Kong. The big directors in the company are keen to discuss blockbusters, and the films they often study are some of the highest-funded and most influential blockbusters in Hollywood and the world.

The directors also continue to learn the knowledge of computer special effects, and constantly communicate with the company's computer special effects personnel. The directors of Baolong Company constantly tell the special effects personnel what kind of effects they need, and the special effects personnel are constantly carrying out scientific and technological research and development in order to meet the requirements of the director.

This also fully reflects the advantages of Baolong Company having its own special effects research department.

Historically, at the end of the 90s, stimulated by "Titanic", Chinese directors also sought after movie special effects. Since there is no world-class CG special effects studio in China, I have to seek technical support from overseas. Chinese directors who have no experience in controlling CG special dramas are often improvised and make special effects for the sake of special effects, and as a result, the movie is a mess.

Now, Baolong has its own special effects research and development team. Most of the company's directors also take the time to learn the basics of special effects, and the company's big directors even continue to work and communicate with special effects technicians.

Because, the number of communication is increasing, and the use of special effects is becoming more and more frequent. Therefore, the first-line directors of Baolong Company have continuously improved their ability to control the special effects of movies.

To some extent, Baolong's director's experience in using special effects has exceeded the average level of Hollywood.

Cheng Xiaodong grew up in this environment, and the technical level of the film has progressed rapidly. For the use of CG special effects in movies, Cheng Xiaodong is now a first-class expert in the world.

(To be continued)