July 7, 1980.

If Double Seven is the lunar calendar, it is Valentine's Day, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl's Magpie Bridge meet. It's a pity that it's the Gregorian calendar, and it doesn't mean that much. However, this day is still called "Black July" in the mainland, because it is the college entrance examination, the major day of countless candidates crossing the single-plank bridge, and it is also a watershed moment in the lives of countless people.

But for Hong Kong movie fans, today is a day worth looking forward to, because the much-anticipated "Modern Bodyguard" officially entered theaters today.

According to the Hong Kong film tradition, before the film is released, it has to go through a process, which is commonly known as the "midnight test screening".

The midnight test screening has a big purpose, that is, to prevent the existence of bad movies.

At that time, if the film was not recognized by the audience at midnight during the test screening, then the director of the film, and even the actors, might be beaten up by the angry audience present, of course, they would generally shoot at the director, who called the movie he made, and he had to bear all the responsibility for the bad movie, and the actor was just deceived by the director and took this bad movie, which the audience could still distinguish right from wrong; And the director must be present at the midnight test screening, and at the final curtain call, the director must also come on stage to give a speech, and the audience can also beat this director who made himself watch a bad movie.

And at that time, it was very popular to eat sugarcane when watching movies, but the role of sugarcane was not only to eat, but also to be a weapon for the audience. Therefore, directors who generally don't have much confidence in their films are very afraid of this midnight test screening, and even more afraid of this group of "sugar cane parties"; Originally, the film was not recognized, and it was already sad and sad, and it was a tragic tragedy to be beaten up.

The most important thing is that you were beaten up, and you have nowhere to redress your grievances, just like being a thief, you were caught red-handed and beaten violently, who can you sue?

"Modern Bodyguard" can't escape the midnight test screening, but neither Chen Shaoyi nor the Xu brothers are worried that such a tragic scene will happen to them, the excellence of "Modern Bodyguard" is obvious to all, and it is impossible for the audience not to buy it.

Because he was not worried, Xu Guanwen also invited "Hero Posts" and invited some friends in the circle to come to help.

In fact, at the midnight test screening, there were not many people who dared to participate, although even if the film was not recognized by the audience, the audience would generally not be angry with these invited people, but they were not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if it was really affected by the pond fish, it would really be Dou E's grievances and June Flying Frost.

However, everyone still won't have much worry about Xu Guanwen's films, because Xu Guanwen's works have always been synonymous with high-quality products, none of them are bad movies, and this "Modern Bodyguard" is a big production that costs five million, so everyone will not be worried. So after receiving Xu Guanwen's "Hero Post", except for some particularly important things, everyone else should accept it and agree to participate in the midnight test screening of "Modern Bodyguard".

Golden Harvest attaches great importance to Xu Guanwen's new work "Modern Bodyguard", and after watching the finished film first, it was decided to fully release it in all theaters of Golden Harvest Cinemas.

With one more theater, the box office will be much more, this is all money, how can it not make people envious, jealous and hateful.

"Modern Bodyguard" will be screened in one more theater, which means that other films will have one less place to be screened, and this will squeeze before and after, how much box office can other films have.

Whether other films have a box office is not a matter of concern to Chen Shaoyi, and now the most headache and concern for him is how to enter this theater.

When Chen Shaoyi came to the theater where "Modern Bodyguard" was tested, he found that there were all media and fans outside, surrounding the largest theater in Golden Harvest, not to mention a person, it was difficult for even a fly to fly in.

When Chen Shaoyi was worried about how to get in, he was discovered by a reporter on the side.

This reporter was like a cat eating fish, he rushed to Chen Shaoyi with agility, raised the microphone and asked: "Mr. Chen Shaoyi, I am a reporter from "Sing Tao Daily", do you have confidence in tonight's midnight test screening of "Modern Bodyguard"?" ”

Chen Shaoyi said in his heart: If I don't have confidence, will I invest five million?

Thinking so in his heart, he couldn't say that, Chen Shaoyi put on a smile and replied: "Yes, I am very confident that tonight's audience will be satisfied with this "Modern Bodyguard". ”

"Where does your faith come from?"

"First of all, this drama is a script I wrote, I am very optimistic about it, and I invested five million to shoot this drama; Secondly, the three main actors of Hui Guanwen, Hui Guanying, and Hui Guanjie are among the best actors in Hong Kong, and their joint performance completely shows what I want to express in the script, and even better than the script I wrote. Finally, of course, after the production of this "Modern Bodyguard", the effect is indeed very good, and the audience will definitely like it. ”

After the reporter of "Sing Tao Daily" asked Chen Shaoyi two questions in a row, the colleagues around him also noticed the situation here.

"Wow, everyone, come on, it's Chen Shaoyi here."

"Chen Shaoyi is here, where is he?"

"Over there."

"Let's go, let's go interview him, I've finally caught him."

"Today, we must find out all the secrets of Chen Shaoyi."

"Yes, I won't even have a pair of underwear left."

……

Chen Shaoyi's popularity as a big screenwriter is getting bigger and bigger.

During the period when Chen Shaoyi was filming "Modern Bodyguard", Zai Li's broadcast of "The House of Kindness of the Earth in the Pearl River" was also broadcast, and the ratings broke through 30 points and reached 32 points due to the ratings of the habitual surname and its own excellent production; At present, Li's TV station has taken over a "Chen Zhen" written by Chen Shaoyi, and the ratings of the first broadcast have exceeded 30, and the average ratings after the broadcast must be quite terrifying. This makes Li's time of beauty infinite, and the corresponding wireless is a lot dimmer.

Three consecutive TV series have exceeded 30 ratings, and Chen Shaoyi is now a well-deserved screenwriter and talent. Many people who have been in the screenwriting industry for many years have made far inferior achievements to Chen Shaoyi.

Usually, because Chen Shaoyi has been staying in the crew of "Modern Bodyguard", even after the movie was completed, he followed Xu Guanwen and others to the editing room, and stayed for a while, and the media couldn't interview Chen Shaoyi, the big screenwriter, at all.

Now it's okay, Chen Shaoyi threw himself into the net and ran into the group of reporters by himself, so it's no wonder that he is not stared at by these wolf-like reporters; The reporters rushed like a shark meeting the smell of blood, trapping Chen Shaoyi in the center, and a lot of questions were thrown at Chen Shaoyi, Chen Shaoyi was very helpless, but he had to stand in place and answer the reporters' questions.

Fortunately, the movement on Chen Shaoyi's side was too big, and the flow of people kept squeezing on Chen Shaoyi's side, so that Xu Guanwen and others in the theater knew the situation.

Xu Guanying looked at it and laughed heartlessly: "This Shao Yi is too miscalculated, why don't you know how to cover it up, now it's okay, surrounded by people, it is impossible to get out of this posture without an hour or two." ”

Xu Guanjie hooked Xu Guanying's shoulder and said, "That's it, that's it." Although I am often interviewed by reporters, I feel numb on my scalp when I see Shao Yi being surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and I don't know what mood he is in now. ”

"Okay, you two are less sarcastic and Shaoyi, why don't you hurry up and ask someone to rescue Shaoyi." Xu Guanwen scolded his two younger brothers with a smile.

Xu Guanwen is different from the two younger brothers' love of trouble, there are so many people on Chen Shaoyi's side, and it is easy to have accidents if there are many people, if Chen Shaoyi really has an accident, it will be very bad; And it's not a way for everyone to crowd there, the traffic is blocked, and no one can get in.