Chapter 022: The film is released
"Shared? The offspring's appetite is too big. Shao Yifu shook his head and said, Ye Jingcheng mentioned the issue of sharing, it must be to increase the ratio.
Don't look at Shao Yifu's sixty percent of the majority, after deducting the theater's venue consumption and related taxes, the real money in hand is not much more than Ye Jingcheng.
In all fairness, Ye Jingcheng's current forty percent is already very high, especially when he didn't pay the theater bottom fee, it stands to reason that it is reasonable to give him thirty and a half percent.
The reason why Shao Daheng gave in was because of Huang Tianlin's sake, and secondly, he took responsibility for his mistakes back then.
Due to the previous overly tough approach of Shaw Brothers Cinema, that is, the big studio system and the director salary system, the decline of Shaw Brothers has a lot to do with these two factors. Otherwise, it would not have caused Fu Wenhuai and others to flee later, and they had no chance to reach cooperation with Bruce Lee, and then the cold-faced smiling craftsman Xu Guanwen switched to Golden Harvest.
During this time, Shao Yifu has realized that the film and television industry is no longer the world of Shaw Brothers alone, such as the blue Golden Harvest Pictures, and the Golden Princess Entertainment, which is about to be combined with Lisheng Cinema.
On the surface, it is obviously the lights of thousands of homes, but the Shaw Brothers has been going downhill. If Shao Yifu doesn't know how to be flexible, it will only make Shaw Clan decay even more.
Whether it was Shao Yifu who persuaded him not to be ambitious, or Fang Yihua beside him sometimes mocked, Ye Jingcheng always maintained a smiling face, and said without humility: "The most important thing in being a man is to know how to fight for yourself, isn't it?" ”
"You're so confident?" Shao Yifu asked.
"Sixth uncle, to put it mildly, the times are constantly changing, and Shaw Brothers martial arts films can no longer keep up with the aesthetics of modern men and women, if there is no breakthrough, I am afraid it will come to an end soon."
In fact, in addition to martial arts films, Shaw Brothers also has a type of popular movie - Fengyue films. It can be said that Hong Kong Island's current starlessness and **** are all out of Shaw Brothers. However, with Shao Yifu's current identity, he naturally will not use Fengyue Pills as a reason to refute.
Fang Yihua, who was on the side, said in a cold voice: "Pay attention to what Hou Shengzi says, don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick." ”
Shao Yifu glanced at his female companion, and did not mean to blame, but asked Ye Jingcheng: "If you choose to pay the bottom fee for the theater, what if you split the account fifty-fifty." ”
"Because I can't afford to pay this money, I don't dare to split the account with Uncle Six. If the sixth uncle is willing to give me most of the profits, the kid will be satisfied. Ye Jingcheng simply revealed his details to the other party.
"Hahaha, young people are honest enough." Shao Yifu's brows seemed to be relaxed, and he continued: "Forty and a half is forty and a half, but the bottom fee must be included, and this time I will give you a discount." ”
"A dollar?" Huang Jing said in astonishment.
"Then thank you Uncle Six."
Ye Jingcheng was also relieved, he was really afraid that this dictatorial Shao tycoon would not be able to speak. Perhaps the Shaw Brothers dilemma has reached a very important link, otherwise Tycoon Shao would not let a newcomer bargain with him.
"I heard that Golden Harvest will release a film called "Crazy Robbery" on the No. 1, which seems to be the same type as your "Human Meat Roast Shop", I'm afraid you will need to fight in the ring then." Shao Yifu said.
Ye Jingcheng replied: "Only when there is competition can we distinguish the good from the bad, and I believe that you will not be disappointed by the sixth uncle when the time comes." ”
Then they talked about some innocuous issues, and Ye Jingcheng and Huang Jing left first.
As for the one dollar that Shao Yifu wanted, of course Ye Jingcheng couldn't directly give the other party a dollar, so he took the initiative to settle the account for Shao Yifu before leaving.
After the two left, Fang Yihua asked Shao Yifu and said, "Sixth brother, I don't understand why you are doing this, the theater has a minimum fee of at least 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, and you are so cheap that kid?" ”
Shao Yifu sighed and said, "Menglan, do you think I am aiming for those two or three hundred thousand?" ”
Out of understanding of Shao Yifu, Fang Yihua immediately reacted and said, "Are you pinning the problem of solving the Shaw Brothers' dilemma on this person?" Sixth brother, do you think too highly of him? ”
Shao Yifu shook his head and said, "It's not sustenance, at least leave a hope, right?" ”
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On October 30, 1979, "Human Meat Roast Shop" was not affected by other films, and was screened at the midnight theater of the Shaw Brothers Cinema as scheduled.
During this period, Ye Jingcheng did not hype up because of lack of funds, and only carried out a series of simple methods of pasting large posters in front of the theater.
As for the film critics who were invited to the premiere ceremony, there were not a few film critics, all of whom were brought by Huang Jing through her own connections, and most of them were unknown little people, who couldn't help the film at all.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Ye Jingcheng arrived with two beauties.
I saw a large poster designed by him in front of the theater, with a variety of fired cured meat in the background, the hero and heroine were processing the 'ingredients' with big knives and knives, and there was a hideous and terrifying human head on the table.
"Don't go for heart disease and the faint of heart. Pick, make a poster and want to scare the uncle. There was a chewing sound.
Ye Jingcheng looked back, there were more than a dozen people, big and small, I didn't know and thought they were here to make trouble, but in fact, they were the famous cane biting gang in the theater.
Most of these cane biting gangs enter the theater in groups of three or five, and the characteristic is that everyone always likes to bring a sugarcane to nibble in.
The reaction to the quality of the film is very fierce, and when they encounter a good film, they will cheer loudly regardless of the feelings of other audiences. When encountering unsatisfactory videos, the worse ones will directly smash the screen with the things in their hands.
Seeing that the other party had patronized more than ten tickets for him at one time, Ye Jingcheng kindly walked over and reminded, "Brother, it's better not to buy so much food to go in, I heard that some people vomited for a few days after watching this film." ”
Ye Jingcheng is not untargeted, before the film was released, the staff of the crew had a sneak peek.
Originally, the scenes that didn't feel terrifying when they were filmed were processed by Ye Jingcheng's special effects and created an atmosphere, especially the scene where the supporting actress was dismembered, and a staff member even vomited out the overnight meal on the spot.
The leader of the Cane Biting Gang was not as bold as he appeared, and when he saw Ye Jingcheng's reminder, he confirmed: "Brother, are you really joking?" ”
"Anyway, I'll tell you, it's up to you whether you listen or not." After speaking, Ye Jingcheng entered the theater.
At this time, the person who was reminded finally decided to listen to Ye Jingcheng's opinion and put back the food in his hand. It was the companion behind him, who saw his actions and asked curiously, "Ah Da, why don't you buy something to eat." ”
After hesitating for a while, he scolded and said, "I... Can't lose weight? ”
For his sudden change, the unknown companion only scolded: "Neurotic." ”
Ye Jingcheng, who entered the theater, found a seat in the front row and sat down, accompanied by Zhong Chuhong and Zheng Wenya, one left and one right, the two of them did not occasionally talk and laugh when they were in the crew, but on the contrary, they could detect the hostility between each other.
Fortunately, both of them knew that today was an important day, and they did not say that they planned to deliberately embarrass Ye Jingcheng, otherwise anything would be enough for Ye Jingcheng to have a headache.
As for Huang Jing, the dead fat boy, he didn't know where to go last night, and now he actually sat in the corner and dozed off.
Five minutes later, the lights in the theater went out.
The only light source came from the projector, and it didn't take long for the picture to be projected onto the screen. Ye Jingcheng looked back at the theater attendance, and the audience seemed a little sparse, maybe less than seventy percent.
Sure enough, it's not okay to be famous, no publicity, he is in one of the four leading theaters of Shaw Brothers, and the attendance rate here is so low, I am afraid that the attendance rate of other theaters will not even reach sixty percent.
Of course, it's not just Ye Jingcheng's problem. Shaw Brothers has been playing martial arts films in the past few years, which has already made the audience feel tired. Unless they are martial arts lovers, more people are willing to go to the cinemas under Golden Harvest to watch movies.
Ye Jingcheng can only relax his usual heart, in addition to publicity, the popularity of movies in this era can only be passed on by word of mouth among the audience. As long as the word-of-mouth of this movie spreads, it will naturally attract more people to consume.
Wow!
The eyes of all male audiences almost stayed on the big screen, and at the beginning of the film, Zheng Wenya was lying on the bed and putting her hands up, without any exposed lens, but it caused the audience to infinitely reverie.
"This woman is good and punctual."
"Would you like to be your girlfriend?"
"Of course... Oh no, I'll have you enough. ”
After saying that, the little couple continued to watch the film, the boy leaned back, and looked at his girlfriend secretly relieved, if he really said that he would have to kneel durian if he really said that he would have to kneel durian when he turned around.
Before the audience could have more reverie, Ajuan played by Zheng Wenya suddenly reversed that the pork belly was, and ruthlessly kicked the male protagonist to the closet, and played the shrew to the fullest with a scolding.
When he landed, the male audience's body was shocked, if he really wanted to be with such a fierce woman, no matter how masculine he was, he would have to become impotent.
"I lose, the hero or not a man? It's not the same thing to bring such a big green hat down. ”
"Who called him sexually impotent and couldn't satisfy his wife."
"Rub, if I died early, so as not to be embarrassed."
The audience quickly entered the state, which can be regarded as an affirmation of the film, but most of them are insulting the incompetence of the actor Ah Chang.
At this time, Ye Jingcheng saw Zheng Wenya's strange appearance, knew that she was sulking because the character was scolded, patted her shoulder to comfort Yu, and said: "Aya, in fact, you can look at it from another angle, it is precisely because you are well integrated into this role that the audience will recognize you." ”
The film finally came to the main part, Yafeng played by Zhong Chuhong wanted to take the representative sister to become the proprietress of the roast meat shop, and deliberately placed the wedding photos taken with the male protagonist at home.
"How did I feel that her eyes were strange from the very beginning when I first came to this woman?"
"You think so too? I always felt that she was not a normal person. ”
"Ahh