On the way to his younger brother Er Dongsheng's company, Qin Pei habitually turned on the radio.

changed a few channels, and then Qin Pei found a talk show with the upcoming "New Love" as the topic.

The guests invited by the show talked about it on the radio, but most of them talked about the shortcomings of the film:

"The plot is cliché, there is nothing new, the only highlight is the heroine played by Zhou Comin, and I don't see any possibility of popularity in the movie "New Love".

"So can Mr. Xu predict the box office of this movie for us?"

""New Love" has been scheduled for a very good time, and there have been no big-budget movies released for a period of time, so the box office should be able to sell 10 million, of course, I'm just talking about possibility, and if you're unlucky, it may be millions......"

"Ridiculous!" Qin Pei really couldn't listen to it anymore, so he turned off the radio directly.

When he arrived at the company, Qin Pei happened to meet Er Dongsheng when he entered the door.

The two brothers walked into the elevator together, and when the elevator door closed, Er Dongsheng tilted his head to Qin Pei's side, and asked in a low voice: "Big brother, why do you see that your face is not very good, who made you angry again?" ”

"Is there one?"

Er Dongsheng pointed to the reflection on the metal door of Qin Pei's elevator, "Of course there is, you wrote all your unhappiness directly on your face." ”

Qin Pei leaned his face over and took a photo, then shook his head with a wry smile: "It's not because you...... Your movie, when I came by on the way, I heard it talking about this topic on the radio. ”

"What does it say?" Er Dongsheng asked curiously.

Qin Pei pursed his lips, "What else can I say, saying that your subject matter this time is too old-fashioned." The last thing will definitely hit the street. ”

Er Dongsheng smiled dumbly and said, "So you're angry about this?" ”

Qin Pei asked angrily: "Should I be happy?" ”

"I mean to say. Don't take this kind of thing to heart, big brother. There is no need to be angry, after the box office of the movie comes out, all the controversial voices will naturally disappear. ”

Seeing Er Dongsheng so confident, Qin Pei couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Aren't you worried about being laughed at the end of your life?"

"Aren't a lot of people always ready to see my jokes? When I transitioned into a director, many people said I couldn't do it, but now I'm making a film with a more nostalgic color, and these people can't wait to jump out and say that this movie can't work, and the facts will prove it. They're the real joke! ”

"So confident?"

"Actually, it's not just confidence, but also a little guess." Er Dongsheng deliberately sold a pass.

Qin Pei didn't think as much about Er Dongsheng, and asked directly, "What's wrong?" ”

"I've been thinking about why Miss Zhou would be willing to lower her salary to act in my movie for the past few days, and recently I suddenly figured out that this should be what Mr. Lin meant."

Qin Pei didn't understand what Er Dongsheng meant.

"And then?"

In other words, from the very beginning, Mr. Lin was very optimistic about my movie, so he asked Miss Zhou to take over the heroine in the film...... Then big brother, think about it, what is Miss Zhou lacking most now? ”

Qin Pei shook his head, "It seems that there is nothing missing." ”

"Wrong. Miss Zhou is now lacking recognition for awards, especially in films. ”

Er Dongsheng hinted so. Qin Pei seemed to understand.

"So ......"

"So I didn't say anything, let's wait for the results to be seen!" Er Dongsheng took advantage of the elevator door to open and slipped out first, for fear that he would be beaten by his eldest brother if he was late.

Qin Pei Na Dongsheng, the younger brother, couldn't help it, shook his head, and then walked out of the elevator.

——

"This year's Academy Awards, it seems that there is a good show!"

Mecca closed the newspaper in her hand and glanced at Shi Tian, who was drinking tea on the other side.

"What's the matter, Ah Ming hasn't come over yet?"

"It should be soon, right?" Shi Tian looked at his watch and said uncertainly.

As he was talking, Huang Baiming had already walked over under the leadership of the waiter in the teahouse.

"Why are you so excited today and think of having tea together?" Huang Baiming pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Mecca and Shi Tianwen.

"Don't look at me, it's all Mecca's idea." Shi Tian immediately brushed himself off.

"After the establishment of the new company, the three of us have gathered like this, and looking for you to come over is actually to sit together and talk about how our company should be positioned in the future." Mecca put down the newspaper in her hand and explained.

Huang Baiming picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, "Comedy has always been our forte, this must not be lost, right?" ”

"In addition to comedy, Xinyicheng suffered a big loss later because the genre was too single, so this time I was thinking, in addition to comedy, what else can we film."

Mecca's words made Huang Baiming and Shi Tian think together.

"I think we can also try sci-fi comedies like "Back to the Future" and "Black Super SWAT Team".

Shi Tian first put forward his own opinion.

"But the investment in such a film is very large, and everyone is happy if it is filmed well, but if it is smashed, the loss is great." Mecca reminded.

"There is no need to worry about funding now, Ma Gongzi of the Oriental Press Group is very interested in investing in films, and if we have a good plan, he should be willing to support us to do it." Huang Baiming interjected.

"It's the fool who competed with Huang Yuyun to curry favor with a female star, and then smashed millions of sponsorships in "Chinese Heroes"?" Mecca asked curiously.

Huang Baiming laughed, "It's a good guy who is the second son of the Ma family, and he may be our gold master in the future, you don't have to hurt him so much, right?" ”

Mecca looked indifferent and shrugged her shoulders, "People are stupid and have a lot of money, I'm not wrong about these two things, right?" ”

"Okay, you two don't argue, we're not here today to discuss that Ma Gongzi, Mecca, tell mecca, what kind of films can we make in the future?"

Shi Tian interrupted the argument between the two.

"I don't have a clear idea yet, but after this year's Academy Awards, there should be a conclusion."

As soon as Mecca said this, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian both nodded.

The Academy Awards is now not only an annual event in the Hong Kong film industry, but also an indicator of the popular trend of Hong Kong films.

Speaking of the Academy Awards, the topic of the three inevitably talked about Er Dongsheng's "New Love".

Both Huang Baiming and Shi Tian tend not to be optimistic about this movie, but Mecca has a different opinion.

"There aren't many newspapers looking forward to this movie, but I think this movie should have a good box office result, and it will also have a lot of gains at this year's Academy Awards."

"Wouldn't it? This film adaptation is a Shaw Brothers movie more than 30 years ago, no matter how well it is made, the story is too old-fashioned, and the current audience is mainly young people, and this kind of old-fashioned film should not have much liking. Shi Tian couldn't help but say.

"Or shall we make a bet?" Mecca said with a smile.

Shi Tian shook his head, "Bet it, but I want to hear it, why are you so optimistic about this movie." ”

"It's very simple, I eat a lot of big fish and meat, and it's a good choice to change the taste, now Hong Kong movies have no other genre films except martial arts films, comedies and special effects films, and the audience has watched too much, and it is inevitable that they will be visually fatigued.

Hearing Mecca's words, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming nodded again and again, but this was not the main reason why Mecca was optimistic about this movie.

"Don't look at the fact that there are still more than two months before the Academy Awards, but in fact, there are already some signs that have been revealed, Er Dongsheng's "New Love" has a total investment of only more than 7 million, and it stands to reason that an actress of Zhou Comin's level will never be invited, but Zhou Comin lowered her salary to act, what is her purpose, is it really because she likes this role? This may be one of the reasons, but it is definitely not the main thing, it is more likely that she knew in advance that there was a lot to be done in the back of this movie, so who told her? ”

Mecca didn't go on, but Shi Tian and Huang Baiming had already guessed who the person he was referring to was.

"Of course, that person's vision will not be 100% correct, so this time it depends on whether "New Love" can deliver a satisfactory box office result after its release, if the box office is a big hit, this Academy Awards will have to be watched."

——

On January 13, "New Love" was officially released.

The next day, Jiayi Cinema announced the box office of this movie on the premiere day - 1.85 million!

This result is not very good, but it is definitely not very bad, especially since this is still a literary film that was not favored by people before.

Some people who watched the box office of "New Love" before were a little panicked when they learned about this box office data, but they all comforted themselves that the box office could achieve such a good box office on the premiere day because of the film's previous publicity and star appeal, and when the weekly box office data came out in a few days, it would definitely be beaten back to its original shape.

But after the weekly box office statistics were announced, these people were all dumbfounded.

The box office of more than 13 million shows that the box office not only did not decline on the day after the release of this movie, but also continued to break through the 2 million mark.

After this result came out, even the most stubborn people knew in their hearts that the direction of the wind had really changed.

All kinds of voices questioning the film disappeared from the newspapers, but the comments praising the film suddenly increased, and even before the Academy Awards began to be shortlisted, the film was already regarded as the favorite to win the award this year.

And with the increasing box office of "New Love", a wave of nostalgia soon became popular in the Hong Kong film industry, and many old films and new plans surfaced one by one. (To be continued......)