In the tea restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel, Wang Tianlin sat down, and his fat body tortured the chair to squeak, as if it would fall apart at any time.

Shao Yifu sat opposite Wang Tianlin, watched Wang Tianlin swallow a lotus paste bun in two bites, and couldn't help but say: "Tianlin, if you eat so much, beware that you are too fat to walk one day." ”

Wang Tianlin wiped the dregs on his mouth and said: "I have been eating like this for decades, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't eat for a day." ”

Shao Yifu asked casually: "Do you have any plans to shoot a new drama recently?" ”

"Not yet" Wang Tianlin knew that Shao Yifu didn't come to ask him about this today, and took the initiative to explain, "Ah Xiang (Wang Jing) can't help Xiang Hua to make a film, sixth brother, you know the background of the Xiang family." ”

Shao Yifu nodded, in fact, before the promotion of "Hardcover Chasing Girls" began, he already knew that Wang Jing was helping the Xiang brothers make films. However, on the one hand, on the face of Wang Tianlin, and on the other hand, the Xiang brothers' community background is there, Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua both chose to turn a blind eye to this matter.

But I didn't expect "Hardcover Chasing Girls" to sell well at the box office, which made Shao Yifu have to ask. Shao Yifu said: "I also know the background of the Xiang family, the purpose of my coming today is not to ask about the crime, but to ask Ah Xiang, what is the situation of this "Hardcover Chasing Girls"? ”

After Wang Tianlin received a call from Shao Yifu asking him to have afternoon tea yesterday, he had already asked Wang Jing what had happened, and immediately replied: "Xiang Huaqiang felt that making movies made money, so he opened a film company. He didn't have any team under him, and he didn't know where to get a script, so he took the script and asked Zeng Zhiwei from DreamWorks to direct it. Later, Kang Jianfei personally inquired, and took out another script to Xiang Huaqiang, and recommended Ah Xiang to be the director, and the result was like this. ”

Shao Yifu asked: "Did Kang Jianfei invest in "Hardcover Chasing Girls"? ”

Wang Tianlin nodded and said, "There should be, but Ah Xiang doesn't know very well." It may be that Xiang Huaqiang and Kang Jianfei privately shared the box office. ”

Shao Yifu didn't delve into the matter further, but said with a smile: "Tianlin, Ah Xiang is a talent, the director's two plays are box office hits, and the future is terrifying." Now that the directors of the older generation of Shaw Brothers are outdated, they can't keep up with the movie-watching tastes of young people, and it is only right to vigorously support young people like Ah Xiang to make films. ”

Shao Yifu said that he wanted to fully support Wang Jing as a director, and Wang Tianlin was naturally happy that his son was promising, and said: "I'll discuss with that decrepit boy when I go back, and let him write the script first." ”

Shao Yifu smiled: "That's good." I don't blame him for letting him make movies with peace of mind and helping Yongsheng make movies. ”

"I'll do my best to get him to get the script out." Wang Tianlin nodded and said.

After eating two steamed buns, Wang Tianlin drove home with a big belly.

I saw that Wang Jing was playing with his daughter. Wang Tianlin said: "Ah Xiang, the sixth uncle wants you to make a movie, you should think about it." ”

Wang Jing has been in a good mood in recent days, and he was originally reluctant to be "invited" by Xiang Huaqiang to film "Hardcover Chasing Girls". As a result, the movie is now a box office hit, not only getting a considerable director's salary. And Xiang Huaqiang also said very boldly that as long as the box office of "Hardcover Chasing Girls" can exceed 10 million, he will be sealed with a red envelope of 100,000 yuan.

Not only that, after the release of "Hardcover Chasing Girls", the bosses of many independent film companies called him to ask him to make movies. It's a terrible feeling.

After Wang Jing put his daughter down, he ran into the study and took out a script and said: "I have already written this "King of Thieves", because I was invited by the boss to make a movie. So I never took it out. ”

Wang Tianlin looked at the script and asked, "When are you going to shoot?" ”

Wang Jing said confidently: "It's January 10th, and I already have a score in my heart for the actors of "The King of Thieves", as long as the sixth uncle is willing to invest, I will be able to finish filming at the end of January, and I will take a few more days to do the post-production." It will be released on February 10 at most. ”

What is a fast gunslinger?

Wang Jing is this goods.

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In the days after New Year's Day, the box office battle between "Hard Brothers" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls" was inseparable. Both films fall under the category of urban comedies. The genre and style are very close, so the actors are very strong.

In the end, the battle for the box office of the two films evolved into a war between two theater companies, Golden Princess Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas. Both theaters have freed up most of their theatrical canvases to fully support the release of the two films, and have made a lot of hype during the release.

Just when the battle between the two theater companies was hot, "Shaolin Temple" was suddenly and quietly released in Lianhua Cinema. (Lianhua Cinema Line is the name of Shuangnan Cinema Line after the reorganization, and its backbone cinema lines include Nanyang, Nanhua, Yindu, Guobin and so on)

"Shaolin Temple" was released on January 1 without much fanfare, and even the film's director didn't expect the film to be a big hit in Hong Kong.

Lianhua Cinemas generally shows films shot by Hong Kong leftist film companies and mainland China, and has a loyal audience, which was very prosperous in the mid-to-early 50s and early 60s, and even held Shaw Brothers firmly down for a time. However, during the ten years of movement, Lianhua Cinemas declined along with leftist film companies. Nowadays, whether it is the Nanhua Cinema Line or a few leftist companies, most of the time they are operating at a loss, and they need to be subsidized by the mainland's finances.

In the first few days of the release of "Shaolin Temple", the box office situation was not very good, and the attendance rate was only a pitiful 3 percent, and most of the Hong Kong audience went to watch "Difficult Brothers" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls".

However, in the second week of the release of "Shaolin Temple", the box office revenue suddenly soared, and the attendance rate increased in a form of rebellion.

Judging from the audience base in Hong Kong, it is already the limit to have two movies selling at the same time, and if three good movies compete for the box office, then one of them will inevitably be greatly reduced due to the audience being robbed.

Due to the explosive growth of the attendance rate of "Shaolin Temple", "Difficult Brothers", which has been released for 20 days, cannot hold up in the first place. This one was no problem with a box office of 18 million, but Shengsheng was made to fall in advance by "Shaolin Temple", and the final box office was only 1528.

"Hardcover Chasing Girls" was released later because it was released later, and it had more stamina, and it finally relaxed after "Difficult Brothers" was painted, and the total box office in Hong Kong was just over 14 million.

The mainland was very mysterious to Hong Kong people at this time, and that mystery was both a fear of a special regime and a strong curiosity to understand.

Unfortunately, at this time, there were almost no ways for foreigners to learn about the mainland, and although the South China Cinema Chain often staged mainland films, most of them were stereotypical propaganda films or art films that Hong Kong people were not interested in. Although leftist newspapers such as Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao are the party's propaganda windows in Hong Kong, they mainly propagate major policies in the mainland, such as the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee and the implementation of reform and opening up.

As for the lives of ordinary people on the mainland, and for the great rivers and mountains in the mainland, Hong Kong people want to see but cannot see them.

"Shaolin Temple" is completely different from the previous mainland-made promotional films, it is actually a kung fu movie that Hong Kong people like to watch, and it was also filmed in Shaolin Temple.

Without much hype, this movie quickly attracted most of the audience by word of mouth and became a veritable box office dark horse.

The vast majority of Hong Kong people saw the true face of Shaolin Temple for the first time on the big screen, and the monk practice scene in the movie also convinced Hong Kong audiences.

Li Lianjie became an instant hit, quickly occupying the front pages of major newspapers - not the entertainment edition, and Shuangnan Cinema also reversed the long-term loss-making situation and made a lot of money with a "Shaolin Temple".

If you want to ask what is the hottest movie in this year's New Year? No one will answer that it is "Difficult Brothers" or "Hardcover Chasing Girls", everyone will only say that it is "Shaolin Temple".

In fact, the box office number of "Shaolin Temple" is not much stronger than that of "Difficult Brothers". It's just that as the first commercial film jointly produced by the mainland and the Great Wall, "Shaolin Temple" is so eye-catching that the attention of the audience and the media is focused on this movie.

"Shaolin Temple" was popular for half a month, and the box office frenzy it set off finally cooled down, and the box office smoothly surpassed "Difficult Brothers" - 16.15 million. Although it is only a few hundred thousand more than "Difficult Brothers", don't forget that this movie has not been promoted much, and it has become popular by word of mouth.

At this time, it is almost the Lunar New Year!

A few days before the painting of "Shaolin Temple", "Oriental Daily" finally took the lead in publishing the news of Kang Jianfei's new film.

This time he went to the mainland to shoot "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", and Kang Jianfei went to more than 8 million, which is a very rare blockbuster for a costume martial arts film. Although Cheng Long's costume kung fu movies are also very costly, most of the budget is on Cheng Long's salary, which cannot be compared with "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".

Since he has already spent so much money, there is naturally no need to save any more.

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, Kang Jianfei put out a full-page advertisement in the "Oriental Daily". There are no stills on the advertisement, only a few promotional advertising contents.

Kang Jianfei's return to Wudang's Taiji Zhang Sanfeng was officially released on the 25th of the month, these children were written by Chen Mingsheng, and a large number of newspaper pages were left blank, and these few brush words were very eye-catching, and they attracted great attention on the same day.

Just when the media paid strong attention, the next day "Oriental Daily" and "Ming Pao" again published full-page advertisements, this time with an additional movie poster.

However, all the people on the poster are silhouettes that can't see their faces clearly, only a chivalrous woman dressed as Wen Bixuan, carrying a soft whip in her hand and smiling smartly.

On the third day, advertisements appeared again in "Oriental Daily", "Ming Pao" and "Industrial and Commercial Daily", this time in addition to Wen Bixuan, Hui Yinghong's image of a double-knife heroine was also clear.

Only then did readers understand that Kang Jianfei was going to reveal a protagonist one day, and other media also speculated who the next actor to reveal his true face would be.