In addition to reporting on the midnight preview screening of "Chasing Girls", many newspapers also reported on the recent release of movies by Shao's family, Jiahe and Xin Yicheng. This kicked off the battle for the box office at the beginning of the new year in 1981, and it is conceivable that the next box office battle will be very fierce.

What's interesting is that whether it is Shao's, Jiahe, Xinyicheng, or Donglai Company, they all have their own cinemas. However, relatively speaking, the Shao family has been in the twilight, and the threat to Donglai Company is not particularly great. However, the veteran film company Jiahe and the newly rising Xinyicheng are determined to forge ahead, and they will surely become a stumbling block for Gu Weiqi to dominate the Xiangjiang film industry in the future.

However, Gu Weiqi didn't care too much, after all, the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, he also said very clearly, a dominant family is sometimes not a good thing. Only in an environment of healthy competition will the overall film industry continue to improve.

"Modern Bodyguard" set off a movie-watching frenzy as soon as it was released, and yesterday alone, it collected 1.1 million box office, creating a single-day box office record in Xiangjiang; Not to be outdone, the veteran movie overlord Shao will also hold the premiere ceremony of "Magic Sword Love" in Shao's largest theater tonight; However, the "funny era" of Xin Yicheng's creative industry is still being promoted, and now the Golden Princess Cinema is showing "i.Q bursting".

Gu Weiqi roughly browsed the newspaper, went to the kitchen in person and worked for a long time, prepared four dishes: sweet and sour fish, garlic and sealan, steamed pork ribs with vermicelli and braised beef, and finally made a seafood soup, returned to the guest room, and whispered in Guan Zhilin's ear: "Arlene Arlene, get up and eat." ”

Guan Zhilin woke up slowly, but when she moved slightly, she felt that her lower body was tearing and painful, and she couldn't help but curse the bastard, she said that it was the first time, and she was so tormented last night, so she frowned and said: "I'm not feeling well, I have no appetite, and I don't want to eat." ”

"Arlene, you're so beautiful!" Gu Weiqi gently held her pretty face and sighed, and said, "But it's not okay not to eat, you wait for me to wipe your face and feed you." So saying, he brought half a basin of hot water from the bathroom, wiped the girl's face with a towel, and then put all the prepared food on the bedside table.

Guan Zhilin snorted and felt quite fragrant, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You did it?" ”

"That's right." Gu Weiqi nodded and chuckled: "Come, open your mouth obediently, and taste if the dishes I make suit your appetite?" Then he took a piece of beef and brought it to the girl's mouth.

The girl opened her mouth and bit into her mouth, feeling that the taste seemed to be good, and she couldn't imagine that such a big boss as her boyfriend could still cook a good dish, and then she had a good appetite. Just like that, the two of you took a bite and I took a bite and had a warm breakfast.

After eating, Gu Weiqi went out and came back not long after, but he started when he came out, but when he came back, he had an extra real estate certificate in his hand, put it in the girl's hand and said, "Arlene, I bought you a small villa at the 'Ruijing Villa' opposite." Now I've got people doing the renovation and furniture. After a few days, you can just move in. ”

"Villa?" Guan Zhilin said movingly.

"Yes."

She looked through the real estate certificate, which was more than 2,000 feet, which was more than her family's house, and was worth more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars. Now as long as she signs on the real estate certificate, this villa is equivalent to hers, although she has long known that this boyfriend is generous, but she didn't expect to give her a villa casually, and couldn't help but excitedly threw herself into the other party's arms, and said happily: "Archie, you are so good to me!" ”

"Fool, you are my woman, I am not good to you, who is good?"

Gu Weiqi chuckled, took out the checkbook from his pocket and signed 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, put it in her hand and said: "This is your pocket money, you give me an account when you go back, and I will have someone put 100,000 Hong Kong dollars into your account every month in the future." ”

The current 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is still very valuable, and the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar has been stable at 4.6:1 from 1975 to 1982 until the "Iron Lady" visited China. In other words, 4.6 Hong Kong dollars can be exchanged for 1 US dollar. However, after the "Iron Lady" fell in Kyoto during her visit to China, the Hong Kong dollar depreciated wildly.

Especially at that time, with the promotion of the British and international financial speculators, the Hong Kong dollar once depreciated to 11 yuan to be able to exchange for 1 dollar. In addition, the real estate industry collapsed at that time, and the stock market plummeted, causing many people to go bankrupt. On October 17, in order to stabilize the overall situation, the Hong Kong government had to intervene in the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate, announcing the news of 7.8:1, and the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar remained at this level until 88.

"100,000 pocket money a month?"

Guan Zhilin couldn't help but send a fragrant kiss under great joy, but the conversation changed and said, "Archie, I still don't want it." You are now in the entrepreneurial stage. In particular, Phoenix now spends a lot of money every day, and it is the time when it needs to use money. You might as well keep this money for a rainy day. Anyway, my original salary was almost 1,500 Hong Kong dollars, and now my salary has increased by 50%, and I can get more than 2,000 per month, plus this time I starred in "Chasing Girls", you also gave me a salary of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, saving enough for my daily expenses. As he spoke, he put the check in his hand again.

"Isn't it rumored that this woman likes money? Why don't you give it to her now? ”

Gu Weiqi muttered in his heart, and then chuckled: "We're not short of money, you just take it, Arlene." ”

The girl nodded, and then put the check and title deed away.

The next day, "Chasing Girls" was officially released in 11 theaters of "Tang Dynasty Cinemas". Because it was recognized by the citizens during the midnight test screening, and the publicity was quite in place. In addition, there are smears from so-called professional film critics, which invisibly stirred up this film.

So in just three days, it collected a box office of 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars, and the attendance rate once reached more than ninety percent. Because everyone's popularity of watching the movie is very high, the normal screening of four shows a day can no longer meet the requirements of the audience, so the number of screenings of this film will be added to the theater line.

At the same time, Shao's "Magic Sword Love" also began to be released. But the audience is tired of watching martial arts films, and this film is far less attractive to the audience than "chasing girls". Fortunately, this film is starring popular students Fu Sheng, Er Dongsheng, etc., and Shao's still made a small profit by relying on his good popularity.

At this time, the Golden Princess Cinema also began to release the "Funny Era" produced by Xinyicheng. After the Kowloon bus tycoon Lei Juekun injected a lot of money, this film produced by the three giants of Xinyicheng, Mecca, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming is still very interesting, and it has invisibly taken away a lot of audiences, causing huge pressure on "chasing girls". However, the saddest ones are Shuangnan Cinema Line and Anle Cinema Line.

Shuangnan Cinema Line belongs to the leftist cinema line, which has been showing movies produced by the mainland, and its competitiveness in the Xiangjiang film industry has not been very strong. And most of the films released in "Anle Cinema Line" are Western films. At this time, under the strong attack of Shao's family, Jiahe, Jin Princess and the four major theaters of the Tang Dynasty, the attendance rate fell sharply. I didn't make much money during this time, but I had to grit my teeth and persevere.

And with the strong resistance of Shao and Princess Jin, coupled with the eruption of the movie-watching craze of the blockbuster "Modern Bodyguard" released by Jiahe. As a result, "Chasing Girls", which was released in theaters in the Tang Dynasty, only received 300,000 box office on the fourth day. However, on the fifth day, it rebounded to 350,000. On the sixth day, the box office exploded again, reaching 700,000 box office.

For no other reason, Donglai Company has increased its publicity efforts. On the other hand, the Shao family, Princess Jin, and even Jiahe have not invested too much in publicity.

And when "Chasing Girls" was still being released, Gu Weiqi took the prepared new script "Lifting Little Hands" to Chen Xunqi and asked him to continue filming this movie. The latter is planning to send a few more movies and play his own signboard, and he is overjoyed after getting this script.

Especially after reading the script, I was even more attracted by the story in the play.

The general plot of this film is mainly about the two brothers of the rice cylinder and the chimney are professional pickpockets, worship the thief Master Jin as their teacher and practice a good pickpocketing ability, and work with Master Jin and his sister Ann every day to get a lot of money.

The original version of this film was produced by Chen Xunqi's Yongjia Film Co., Ltd. in 1982, directed by Hong Jinbao and starring Chen Xunqi, Liu Kexuan, Ye Dexian, Wu Yaohan, Chen Baixiang, Peng Xiuxia, etc., Tian Jun, Wu Ma, Di Wei, Yuan Biao, etc. The lineup now seems quite strong, and it got a box office of 11.8 million Hong Kong dollars when it was released that year, ranking seventh on the box office list.

The fantastic pickpockets in the film, as well as the sexy women and the dance hall, make this movie, which was broadcast in the small villages of Daxiang in the early 90s, become a good childhood memory for many people. This film can be said to be an innovative work, through which Hong Jinbao brings the exhausted Xiangjiang kung fu film into a modern action movie that is closer to real life. The actor Hong Jinbao also won the Best Actor at the Xiangjiang Film Awards for this film.

"How about Brother Qi, this script is not bad, right?" Gu Weiqi saw Chen Xunqi close the script, and asked.

"Novel ideas." Chen Xunqi exclaimed: "I think it's very good, it's quite interesting." ”

"I'm going to let you continue to direct this film, and at the same time let you star with Hong Jinbao. If the heroine is the heroine, let Miss Zhang and Arlene continue to play. If you invest, I will give you 5 million, and strive to make this film a high-quality product. ”

Gu Weiqi said slowly: "Brother Qi follow me to work hard, I will definitely not treat you badly." Next time, I'll invest you in a blockbuster movie with 10 million Hong Kong dollars. What about you, you also set up a team, like a photographer or something, we can't just be seconded from Phoenix Company, right? ”

"That's right, I'll get the behind-the-scenes team up as soon as possible, don't worry, Mr. Gu."

"I believe you, Brother Qi."

Gu Weiqi continued: "And you have been in this industry for a long time, and your acting skills are much better than Miss Zhang and Arlene, I hope you will teach them more when you are actually filming." These two beauties are both good-looking, and I think that as long as they hone their acting skills, they definitely have the hope of becoming international movie stars. ”

"I'll try my best, after all, in addition to being taught, acting skills mostly depend on your own efforts and your own understanding."

"That's just as well." Gu Weiqi nodded approvingly.

Strictly speaking, acting is a very specialized science, not the superficial thing we see in film and television as an expression or action. Professional performance students have to get up every morning to practice like traditional drama and opera actors, and call out morning exercises.

In addition to the basic body movements such as leg pressing, straightening, and lower waist, the most important thing in the morning exercise is to practice qi. This is mainly for the purpose of filming, the lines to be performed are coherent, the voice is loud and full, and the words are clear. To put it bluntly, it is to expand one's lung capacity and strengthen the resonance of the head, chest, and nasal cavity.

When ordinary viewers watch professional actors being interviewed on TV, they feel that their voices are not much different from ordinary people, but in fact, most of what they hear is the voice of a machine or microphone, and only when they speak face-to-face can they feel that they are actually talking to themselves. Especially some veteran actors who were born in drama and stage plays, they have a very penetrating ability to speak, and they feel buzzing in their ears.

Acting is simple to say, but if you don't have understanding, no matter how much you teach, it's useless. And it's not enough to have understanding, you also have to strengthen your daily practice. Of course, practice is also very important, and as the so-called practice brings out the truth, it is naturally not enough to only talk about it on paper.