Chapter 89: The Dragon Fights
After four weeks of screening, "Chainsaw" was finally drawn, and as predicted by He Yan, the box office did not reach 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and only 26 million Hong Kong dollars were earned. Seeing this box office, Li Yihua did not feel depressed, on the contrary, he was very satisfied with this box office.
If it weren't for the ban on minors, there is no doubt that the box office of "Chainsaw" would have reached 30 million. Li Yihua did not regret it at all, money can be earned at any time, but money with a bad conscience cannot be earned, this is his bottom line.
The drama "Chainsaw", not including overseas markets for Longsheng Pictures, made a profit of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong. It laid a material foundation for the further expansion of the company, and it became a medium-sized film company in one fell swoop.
The controversy in Hong Kong's newspapers did not disappear with the painting of "Chainsaw", on the contrary, it tended to intensify. From the beginning of the discussion of films, it slowly shifted to Hong Kong film classification, and then it was a debate between the two groups.
Just as Li Yihua was watching the show without caring about himself, a murder case pushed him to the forefront again. A minor brutally killed his classmate in order to take revenge on his awkward classmate because he watched "Chainsaw".
When the homicide case reached the society, it immediately attracted widespread attention, and condemnation from all walks of life continued. And Li Yihua, as the director of "Chainsaw", is undoubtedly under great pressure. Pornographic and violent movies released at the same time were also affected, and the box office shrank significantly, and some even lost all their money!
The press industry, which has just cooled, is boiling again, and well-known media have called for film classification. Other small media outlets, in order to reach the eyeballs and increase the sales of newspapers, also joined in. The whole of Hong Kong is in the midst of a storm of public opinion.
Under the dual pressure of public opinion and media opinion, Hong Kong's political axe has checked and closed down many film companies in one fell swoop, and in view of the current number of violent films and pornographic films, many films have been banned by political axe.
A series of activities in Hong Kong's political axe shook the entire Hong Kong film industry. Hong Kong filmmakers have realized that it seems that this time the political axe is going to be real.
In order to cope with the film classification this time, the CEOs of the three major film companies in Hong Kong issued a hero post, inviting the bosses of all Hong Kong film companies to gather together for a meeting, asking everyone to discuss and formulate a detailed plan
In the luxurious conference room of the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, the bosses of the Hong Kong film companies who arrived in advance gathered in twos and threes to discuss the recent turmoil in Hong Kong, especially the name Li Yihua appeared most frequently.
When Li Yihua and Fu Baorong came in, the bosses who were sparsely discussing stopped their discussion and looked at the initiator of this incident, wanting to see if it was a long three-headed and six-armed thing.
"Li Yihua, it's all a good thing you did, if it weren't for you, would we be so embarrassed? You're a bad person, just get a movie rating by yourself, and now everyone is getting involved, what are your intentions? "The owner of a film company is a victim of this movement, and his company has lost all its money for the entire film, and he said directly when he saw Li Yihua.
His words attracted the approval of many people, and the attractive boss couldn't help but stand up, pointed at Li Yihua and scolded: "You are a street boy, do you know? It was because of your ignorant actions that two of my company's movies were banned, and my company lost 5 million, 5 million! How is this account calculated? Everyone earns money, this is a law that everyone knows. If you don't take the road to riches, you have to find yourself uncomfortable, I really don't know if your head was kicked by a donkey. Look at everyone, you have been killed in the recent past, and this time you have suffered a heavy loss. ”
"Yes, Li Yihua, I just want to know, why do you do this kind of thing that harms others and yourself, I really don't know if you have brains or no brains? If you don't want to make money, forget it, why should you suffer with everyone? A rotten boy who was born in writing scripts, a moment of success will make you unable to touch the north, and sooner or later you will have to be planted in it. You are the scum of the Hong Kong film industry, I really don't know how you can develop the company? ”
Fu Baorong listened to the ugly words of his peers, he couldn't stand it, and just wanted to reason with them. Li Yihua quickly grabbed him, shook his head at him, and the two walked to the empty seat together, ignoring them gorgeously.
Many bosses saw that Li Yihua ignored them, and they worked harder, if they weren't all cultural people, I believe they would be like shrews scolding the street.
"Who dares to bully my brother, you don't have the ability to do it, but complain about my brother, what is the reason?" Before the sound arrived, Hong Jinbao looked at a circle of people surrounding Li Yihua, thinking that he was being bullied, and reprimanded him before he entered the door.
The bosses saw Hong Jinbao walk in, and hurriedly returned to their seats, Big Brother made his debut in martial arts, and he was famous for his temper tantrums, punching and kicking at every turn, but not anyone could provoke it.
"Brother Hong, you're here, come and sit here." Li Yihua looked up and saw that it was Hong Jinbao and greeted him with a smile.
"Ah Hua, you came early, why didn't you notify me to come along." Hong Jinbao patted him on the shoulder and complained.
Li Yihua showed an innocent expression, why do you greet him like this every time they meet, don't you know that her weak shoulders can't withstand such a devastation? But still explained.
"Brother Hong, you are a busy man, there is nothing important, I don't dare to disturb you, otherwise I will be beaten by you, and I will have no place to shout injustice."
"Am I that fierce? Ah Hua, those people reprimanded you just now, why don't you give them theories, this is not your style. Hong Jinbao didn't dwell on this question, and asked with a puzzled face.
"A fool scolds you, you scold him, don't you pull your IQ to the same level as him, how stupid is that, such a thing, do you do it in exchange for you?" Li Yihua said with a smile on his face, not caring about the cannibalistic gaze of others.
"That's right, there's really no need to worry about fools." Hong Jinbao laughed when he heard Li Yihua's answer.
The three of them talked quite happily, and the bosses of other film companies didn't have such a good Yaxing, which can be described as having all kinds of tastes, but I didn't expect Hong Jinbao to have such a good relationship with him, and it was not easy to hit him in the future.