"What? And the big guy of Katsuwa is not available? Ah, no, I'm still very grateful to Mr. Lan, let's drink tea together another day, definitely! Wang Zijun put down the phone and filtered all kinds of questions in his heart: he didn't offend He Shenghe, but they didn't give face. Either they deliberately dismantled with 14K and Xin Yi'an, or someone had ulterior motives and secretly made stumbling blocks.

Now the streets are full of rumors about him Wang Zijun, and if this continues, I believe his reputation in Hong Kong will be ruined. The most infuriating thing is that the "Word Daily" did not mention his Wang Zijun's name from beginning to end, making him powerful and nowhere to go. If you overreact, it's as if you admit that you are writing it.

Wang Zijun asked the hotel waiter to buy a pack of cigarettes, leaned on the bed and thought quietly.

Lin Zhenfa is definitely not that capable, and he can move and win. But the initiator of this incident is indeed Lin Zhenfa, so will someone take the opportunity to fall into the ground?

Either he Wang Zijun has an old grudge against that person, or it may be the enemy of the predecessor of this body, or there is a conflict of interest!

Conflict of interest? At present, his own movie is about to be released in Hong Kong, so it is most likely related to the movie.

Wang Zijun called back and asked Bai Muyang: "Manager Bai, has there been any problem with the release of our movie in Hong Kong?" ”

"No, everything has been negotiated with the filmmaker over there. Boss, did something go wrong with that incident yesterday? Bai Muyang asked.

Wang Zijun asked again: "Which of our movies has the least number of theaters?" ”

"Shaw Brothers, they are about to release a blockbuster, and they can't vacate extra theaters. But it doesn't matter, Golden Harvest's cinemas fully support us, plus some other cinema chains, we don't suffer. Bai Muyang said.

"I see." Wang Zijun hung up the phone, dialed Zou Wenhua's phone again, and asked, "Boss Zou, is there any blockbuster movie in Shaw Brothers recently?" ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "Yes, "Fourteen Heroines". By the way, Mr. Wang, you have to be careful about today's newspaper. The Shaw Brothers movie was suddenly screened 12 days ahead of schedule and will be released today. ”

Is it hinting at me something?

Wang Zijun hung up the phone, patted his forehead, and scolded himself for being stupid.

I only remember Bruce Lee's "Jingwumen" and "Raptors Across the River", how did I forget Shaw Brothers' "Fourteen Heroes". After Zou Wenhuai betrayed Shaw Brothers, he used Bruce Lee, who Shaw Brothers didn't want, to make a box office champion last year, which slapped Shaw Brothers greatly.

At the beginning of the year, a "Jingwumen" swept the box office in Southeast Asia, "Fourteen Heroines" is going to take revenge, and the popularity of his "Bloody Lonely City" in Taiwan, I believe Run Run Shaw has heard of it, and it will be very unhappy to block people's money.

This kind of thing is actually very easy to communicate, but he sang the theme song for "Tangshan Big Brother" last year, which probably made Run Run Shaw see himself and Zou Wenhuai as a group.

"Fourteen Heroines" is a super masterpiece of Cheng Xiaodong's father Cheng Gang, which was filmed for one year and filmed for two years, costing nearly 4 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to nearly NT$20 million (like Wang Zijun used most of the money to build a cinema, there is a lot of water in it, most of which is the salary of his own actors). Only investment will leave all the current movies behind, and this drama concentrates almost all the popular actresses of Shaw Brothers, and it is full of gimmicks.

How did this Bai Muyang do it? actually collided with the Shaw Brothers' big show!

But don't blame him, it's July, and it's the best time for the movie to be released, so it's not to be missed.

Wang Zijun originally had a very good impression of Run Run Shaw, and later Chinese mainland was full of teaching buildings donated by Run Run Shaw, how could such charity not make people feel good.

It's just that the clearer people are also very turbid when they are turbid, and Run Run Shaw's stick is so hard.

Run Run Shaw estimated that he wanted to use formal means such as compressing theaters to crack down on "Bloody Lonely City", but as soon as Wang Zijun's negative news came out, the old fox immediately smelled the blood and took the opportunity to intervene.

And "Bloody Lonely City" is about to be released tonight, and he doesn't even have time to react.

Wang Zijun thought about it for half an hour, and finally made a decision, called Bai Muyang and said: "Inform the Hong Kong film company that the total box office of "Bloody Lonely City" in Hong Kong will be donated to the Red Cross, and the special funds will be used for the relief and reconstruction of the '6.18' rain disaster, and if there is a surplus, schools will be built in poor areas of Hong Kong." Let them put the news at the door of the theater, in the most conspicuous place, and we will bear the money alone. ”

"What?" Bai Muyang screamed in shock, the box office was supposed to be distributed to almost half of the filmmakers, but now he took 20% to donate, and Wang's company was equivalent to doing it for nothing. When Wang Zijun explained the situation to him, Bai Muyang felt that Wang Zijun had overreacted, and it was just a negative report, so he didn't need to pay attention to him.

"Don't persuade it, execute it immediately!" Wang Zijun ordered.

"Okay." Bai Muyang had no choice but to agree.

Wang Zijun did overreact, he has always been a person who cherishes feathers, whether it is the appearance or the impression in the public's mind, he is trying to maintain it. This may be the reason why his parents died when he was a child, and he hopes to be recognized by others. In his previous life, he committed suicide for the first time after being injured, not because of his girlfriend's betrayal, but because his appearance was ruined, which shows how much he cares about his image.

And if this time the matter is not handled well, the loss of fans and fans will have an even worse impact.

Wang Zijun then asked Ni Kuang to call Yishu and asked her to meet her in the café.

Yishu now works as a reporter at Ming Pao and as a film magazine editor. She looks in a good mood today, with shoulder-length hair, a white shirt and jeans, and she looks very smart.

"Why is Director Wang still free to ask me out for dinner now?" Yishu teased.

"Yishu beauty is still so mean, I have a headache to death about this matter." Wang Zijun touched his head and made a painful appearance.

Yishu is very smelly and beautiful, Wang Zijun's big beauty made her very happy, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I'm not a doctor and can't treat headaches." ”

"Of course Miss Ni does." Wang Zijun said, "Today I came to send Miss Ni an exclusive interview about "Bloody Lonely City". ”

Yishu blinked and said, "You want me to say good things to you?" ”

"Not bad." Wang Zijun said.

Yishu said in a joking tone: "What price does this look like?" ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and sighed: "I can't imagine that Yishu is such a philistine. ”

Yishu said: "Actually, I'm still very interested in movies, when will your next play start, I want to play a cameo role." ”

"It's easy." Wang Zijun opened his mouth and agreed.

Yishu took out the pen and paper he had brought with him from his bag and said, "Let's start." By the way, who made you this time? ”

Wang Zijun smiled helplessly: "The Shaw family should have a share, it's really lying down and getting shot." ”

"Haha." Yishu couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard him say it funny.

...... "Watch the play, watch the play." Taiwanese director Wang Zijun's epic Anti-Japanese War blockbuster "Bloody Lonely City" donated 20% of the box office to the 618 rain disaster. When you watch a movie, you are giving a love to the victims......"

In the afternoon of the same day, all theaters in Hong Kong, where "Bloody Lonely City" was screened, all the gates were replaced with huge promotional signs. And those who sell propaganda are some dragon and tiger martial artists invited by Wang Zijun's old pocket.

The gimmick of 20% box office donations did not attract much attention, some time ago various donations emerged in an endless stream, even Bruce Lee personally performed to raise donations, and Hong Kong citizens are now used to seeing donations.

However, this shocked some industry insiders, who naturally know what it means to donate 20% of the box office?

The negative reports about Wang Zijun have mixed effects. Some people who originally liked him decided not to watch the movie after reading the report. And others who don't know Wang Zijun at all, but after reading the report, they came to see what the movie made by the big bad director was like.

However, due to the wonderful film released on the TV station some time ago, coupled with the donation, it still attracted some people to come.

Wang Zijun, Teresa Teng, and Guan Weihua came to a movie theater, but they didn't sell many tickets, and until the film began, the attendance rate was less than sixty percent.

Guan Weihua asked: "Today's report has a great impact, right?" ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "It's not just the reason for the report, Shaw Brothers' "Fourteen Heroines" also started tonight. ”

After the three of them sat down, they heard someone complaining: "I asked you to watch "Fourteen Heroines", why did you come here!" What is there to watch about the films of the war, these films in Taiwan are all preaching, and people can fall asleep when they see it. ”

Wang Zijun couldn't cry or laugh, it seems that he was given a cold reception on the first day of release, and another reason was that he was poisoned by Taiwan's political propaganda films.

"What's so good about "Fourteen Heroes"? I heard my friends in Taiwan say that this "Bloody Lonely City" is so good-looking, that scene, no martial arts movie can be compared! Another retorted.

"Cut, there are Li Jing, Ling Bo, Lu Yan, He Lili in "Fourteen Heroines", ...... who is there in "Bloody Lonely City"? Not a single famous actor. ”

"What's wrong with the famous actors? Bruce Lee wasn't a newcomer last year? ”

"Anyway, it's not interesting, it's up to you to see it yourself, I'll go to "Fourteen Heroes". That movie is cool, fourteen Shaw Brothers masters, all of them are so beautiful that they are in the water. If nothing else, it's enough to look at their appearance and screams when they fight. ”

"Sick! You might as well go read the Yellow Book. ”

"If you don't go, forget it, I'll envy you tomorrow."

"Go by yourself, my Taiwanese friends want me to watch "Bloody Lonely City", let's compare which drama is better tomorrow."

Wang Zijun listened with a solemn expression on the side, Shaw Brothers is really wealthy. Those fourteen women, take out any of them, they are all hot first-line actresses, and the salary can scare off some small directors. is actually starring in a movie at the same time, just like putting the later generations of Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Wang Zuxian, Zhong Chuhong...... and so on all the first-line actresses came to film, and its attraction to the audience can be imagined.

And with an investment of 4 million Hong Kong dollars, look at these actresses to know how the money is spent.

What Wang Zijun didn't know was that Bai Muyang originally wanted to release it with Shaw Brothers for half a month, so that the two sides would have a buffer. As a result, after Run Run Shaw watched the copy of "Bloody Lonely City" two days ago, he immediately realized that he had met a fierce guy again, and he had to suppress "Bloody Lonely City", otherwise the investment of up to 4 million Hong Kong dollars and the big drama that gathered all its stars were sniped out by a Taiwanese film, and the loss was not only money, but also the signboard of Shaw Brothers!

(To be continued)