Just like in "Police Story", Jackie Chan wore a police uniform and rode a police motorcycle in various promotional advertisements, and appeared in front of major police stations in Hong Kong in just half a month. In particular, where the headquarters of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hutchison Building is located, the billboard with a huge photo of Jackie Chan directly blocks the lighting side of the three-story building, for fear that others will not know about the super police.

Of course, the Hong Kong police are not limited to superficial fuss, with the popularity of "Police Story", the Hong Kong police fully cooperate with the Independent Commission Against Corruption to carry out self-reflection and inspection work, at this time, the amnesty decree issued by the Hong Kong Governor also played a certain role, many police officers with previous convictions began to change their minds, in fact, it is impossible for them not to change their ways, and the whole police station is conducting introspection, striving to be a good policeman like Chen Jiaju, if you do not show a positive point, it is very likely to be dismissed directly.

Hong Kong's political axe has also taken relevant measures, such as increasing the salary, subsidies, overtime pay of front-line police officers, etc., these measures have been greatly praised by police officers, after all, after the standard of living improves, they will go back to the wrong way to make a living.

If you walk on the streets of Hong Kong, you will be surprised to find that the policemen who used to have fierce faces at every turn are now kind and pleasant, and even take the initiative to help citizens in need.

The citizens also quickly discovered such a strange phenomenon, they were not very comfortable at first, thinking that these policemen were not showing, but after a month, the policemen still maintained such a work style, which made the citizens amazed.

"A film that has completely changed the corrupt [***] Hong Kong police, and we can't help but talk about the magical influence of "Police Story"."

"Good medicine has always been bitter, but this time "Police Story" has taught Hong Kong's police officers a vivid lesson in laughter and applause, which is the social impact of a good movie."

"The Hong Kong police have changed their faces, and everyone is vying to be Chen Jiaju."

"According to the investigation of this newspaper, most of the citizens are very satisfied with the reform of the police sector, and at the same time thank Mr. Wang Xiaohu of Concord Company, who has allowed the citizens to regain their confidence in the police and Hong Kong's political axe."

At the same time, the major newspapers in Hong Kong paid attention to the changes in Hong Kong's police force, and devoted a large amount of space to the various measures taken by the Hong Kong police during this period.

At the end of the month, he wrote in his report to the British political axe: Movies have played an immeasurable role in the stable development of society, since the release of "Police Story", the police have a new mental outlook, the police have not received any complaints within a month, the staff of the Independent Commission Against Corruption have not conducted relevant investigations on other police officers in addition to routine investigations, and the crime rate in the community has obviously declined. Wong is very cooperative with the propaganda work of the political axe, and I believe that his social influence has exceeded his own influence in the entertainment industry, so I recommend him to Her Majesty the Queen as my knight of the British Empire

Wang Xiaohu didn't know that the Governor of Hong Kong recommended him to do jazz, and he was leisurely watching the North American box office statistics sent by Winterdur from Los Angeles in his office.

In the past half a month, "Police Story" has been released in 700 theaters in North America, and at the beginning, American audiences were not very interested in Jackie Chan, because in their minds, Jackie Chan's style was not popular, they liked Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu's style, so the attendance rate was not very high, and Twentieth Century Fox even had to withdraw the movie.

But such an embarrassing phenomenon was logically broken after a senior American police officer watched it, because the American police officer is a Chinese kung fu fan and a die-hard fan of Wang Xiaohu.

"Joe, go see Jack. Chen's "Police Story", a very good film. I have never seen such a desperate Asian policeman, God, you know how backward Asia is, but the image of the police he created makes me feel extremely real! ”

Colleagues didn't believe it at the earliest, because who could be more powerful than Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu, and they were dragged into the theater not far away, but the film completely attracted these policemen at the beginning, and they applauded loudly in the theater one by one regardless of their image, which was not enough, they found out after watching the film that it was Tiger. Wang's work was recommended to his colleagues, friends, and family after he went to the theater.

"Tiger. Wang filmed a police story, hey, the action they designed was so thrilling, I never did"

After word of mouth from the police, this movie, which is not very popular in Hollywood, turned out to be spontaneously driven by the police, and the police watched "Police Story" itself is a big gimmick, and dozens of senior officials in San Francisco also watched the movie. Wang, Jack. Chan (Jackie Chan's English name) came to the United States to meet.

So this film, which should have been taken off theaters, caused enough sensation in North America, and the box office also rose to a record high, 7 days, in just one week, "Police Story" earned 8 million US dollars, which greatly encouraged Winterdour, who was considering whether to inform Wang Xiaohu of bad news, and Twentieth Century Fox also wanted to increase its publicity efforts, expanding the original 300 theaters to 700, and Winterdowl's phone rang non-stop every day, and other film companies also told Lao Wen that they were willing to act as an agent for " Police Story.

"Boss, you have to make a trip, the senior police officers in San Francisco and Los Angeles have urged three times!" "If you don't come back, there's a good chance I'll be invited to coffee, you know, the coffee at the police station isn't very good," Winterdur said on the phone. ”

"Well, thank you for the kind invitation from the police in the United States, and I'll be in Los Angeles in the near future." Wang Xiaohu thought about it and said, "But what happened to the things you were asked to handle?" ”

"Which one do you say?" After a pause, Winterdur said, "I remember that the boss has arranged a lot of things, the most important of which is to contact the author of "First Blood", right? ”

"That's right, that's it." Wang Xiaohu said in an aggravated tone: "I don't want to hear bad news!" ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, boss, I've already taken care of this, the author of "First Blood" is called David. Merair, this is what I found a week ago, boss, you know, this guy is very hard to find, and I used a lot of connections to dig him out. ”

"Hehe, Lao Wen, you have worked hard! I'll give you a big red envelope when I'm thinking about it! Wang Xiaohu laughed and said, "What is the result of the negotiation?" ”

"Not very ideal, David. Merair took his novel to find investors a few years ago, and several film companies read the novel and thought it was worth filming. Merair demanded more rights to the adaptation than they expected, so no one has decided to invest in it yet. Winterdur said depressedly: "I think the boss you will definitely refuse when you hear the adaptation fee, a novel that reflects the Vietnam War period actually asked for 2 million US dollars, David. Merrell is simply poor and insane! ”

"$2 million?" Wang Xiaohu frowned at first, this amount is indeed a lot, after all, he Wang Xiaohu only bought "Jaws" for a mere $200,000, but what about $2 million? You must know that "First Blood" is a box office vampire.

"Yes, boss, are you going to give up when you hear this?"

"No, no, Lao Wen, listen to me, 2 million is 2 million, you talk to David first. Mr. Merrell continues to communicate and see if we can lower the price, I know you are very good at this, if you can lower the price, I will give you another big red envelope, how about it? ”

"Great idea!" Winterdur hung up the phone, and Wang Xiaohu also breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately, no one took the lead, if someone bought the adaptation rights, he would buy it at all costs.

In mid-October 1977, Sir MacLehose, the Governor of Hong Kong, personally awarded Concord Film Company a pennant, and also gave a red envelope to each member of the crew of "Police Story" to thank Concord for the positive image established by Concord for the Hong Kong police, and also thanked Wang Xiaohu, Jackie Chan and others for their contributions.

During the casual conversation, Sir MacLehose said to Wang Xiaohu: "Tiger, from a personal point of view, I really appreciate that you have worked so hard to help me this time, you must know that I am very troubled by the problems within the police community, and one of your films has made a huge change in the public's perception of the police, which really surprises me." ”

"Sir, don't say that, if it weren't for your determination, even if my movie was wonderful, it wouldn't have such a good effect, it should be that we have taken advantage of the political axe, which is a win-win situation in itself!"

The merit is not arrogant, and even knows how to be humble, which makes MacLehose appreciate Wang Xiaohu even more, "Tiger, you are becoming more and more gentlemanly." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, I think I just did what all Hong Kong people should do." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, although these words made him numb when he said them, but there was no way to do it, who let the person in front of him be the governor of Hong Kong-

Another 10,000 words, huhu, persisted for 8 days, it's not easy, come on!

(To be continued)