The theater was not closed because of the Spring Festival, in fact, during the Chinese New Year, the citizens had more free time, and the reputation of "Hong Xiguan" was so good, so the number of citizens who walked into the theater gradually increased, especially after the third day of the Lunar New Year, the attendance rate of more than 200 theaters in Hong Kong reached 87%, and this data is increasing every day. 【】

After negotiating with several film and television production companies such as Concord, Shaw Brothers, Xu's, Xinyicheng, Debao, Yuan Brothers, Siyuan, Binbin, etc., the films shot in recent years, those that once made a high box office, have also moved back to the theaters.

"Film Fortnightly" reported: "The whimsical idea of the movie for the New Year came from Wang Xiaohu's hand, and I believe that the time of the entire Spring Festival file will be extended from now on, which is definitely good news for the film industry, and the Spring Festival holiday will gradually move from sluggishness to prime time." ”

So there is another fresh word in the circle: movie New Year. With the outbreak of the prime time of the New Year, the box office index of "Hong Xiguan" is also rising in the sesame blossoming festival, from the 28th day of the lunar month to the eighth day of the first lunar month, the box office in just ten days won 5 million.

What does this mean? It represents that Wang Xiaohu's popularity has not been sluggish because of time, and after a lapse of five years, he teamed up with the mainland national martial arts champion Jet Li to create a box office miracle.

Some people might say that five million in ten days is a miracle? The data of "Jingwumen" was much higher than this back then! But please think back to what has happened in the past five years, first of all, a generation of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee died, and Hong Kong kung fu films almost suffered an untimely death.

The second is the flood of Hong Kong's stock market crash, the public's spending power has gradually decreased, and the films on the market in recent years are mainly supported by Hui's , Shaw Brothers, Yuan's , Jackie Chan and others, which seem to be prosperous on the surface, but it is difficult for the public to find the passion and enthusiasm of watching kung fu movies back then. It is normal that the box office results are generally not very satisfactory.

And the release of "Hong Xiguan" made the audience find that long-lost expectation, Wang Xiaohu used chic and elegant movements, thick eyebrows and big eyes to make the audience enthusiastic again, how difficult it is for the box office to recover, from then on you can see how high the gold content of the five million is.

Like the nunchucks in "Jingwumen", this time Wang Xiaohu and Jet Li played in the movie The deadly throat gun (two kinds of molecular mother guns) has become a weapon sought after by young people, who made this silver gun used by Wang Xiaohu as pure as fire, and there are many variations, it can become an ordinary spear, and it can be disassembled into two, and when necessary, the head of the gun can be removed as a weapon, and it can even be extended and extended, and it can be turned into a three-section stick jaw-dropping!

Such a combination of weapons is far more appealing to them than nunchucks, in the words of a young viewer who has watched "Hong Xiguan": "This is our Chinese Swiss Army knife!" ”

After the film was released, Yuan Xiang, who was in charge of Bruce Lee's cultural and sporting goods store, came to the door and asked Wang Xiaohu for the production drawings of the "Deadly Throat Lock Gun". "Ah Hu, hurry up and give me the drawings, now people from the three stores come to ask for information about this gun every day, and the opinion book alone is full of three books."

Wang Xiaohu shrugged helplessly and said: "I am not responsible for this matter, it is Zhang Yuan who makes the props, you can just go to him and get it." ”

Yuan Xiang rolled her eyes and said angrily: "If I can take it out from Zhang Yuan, do I still have to come to you specifically?" That kid said that this is a trade secret, and he can't easily show it without your permission. ”

"Oh, oh." Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "Very good, it seems that since the company's film theft, the vigilance of these boys has increased a lot, ok, Senior Sister Yuanxiang, I know about this matter, I will arrange for Zhang Yuan to contact you as soon as possible, but you can't bully him, he is also for the good of the company." ”

"Got it!" Yuanxiang sighed and said, "Ah Hu, I noticed that you have been a bit chatty lately. ”

Wang Xiaohu touched his nose depressedly and said, "No way, which director is not a talker?"

Yuan Xiang is right to think about it, if the director doesn't open his mouth to communicate with the actors, then this drama wants to shoot smoothly, but she heard that Lucas caused the post-production of the film to get out of control and hid in Hong Kong for a vacation

"Ah Hu, I had a call to find you just now." When Zhao Yazhi saw Wang Xiaohu return home, she immediately sent a note over: "He said that his surname is Zhao, and he also said that you know who he is, this is the contact information." ”

"Zhao?" Wang Xiaohu looked at the number on the note, and was immediately relieved, this number is so familiar, he used this number to call home last year. "I'm going to make a call."

"Who called?" Zhao Yazhi asked curiously, "As for being so mysterious?" ”

"Hehe, old friend." Wang Xiaohu walked up the stairs with a smile, and said as he walked: "From the mainland." ”

As soon as she heard the call from the mainland, Zhao Yazhi suddenly lost interest, raised her head and said, "Don't call for too long, otherwise Ah Weng will be in a hurry if he can't get on the phone." ”

After entering the study, Wang Xiaohu flicked the note, grabbed the phone and curled the corners of his mouth: "If you are really sleepy, someone will send a pillow, and I am looking for you kid, so I will send it to the door." ”

In the 70s, telephone contact with the mainland required very complicated procedures, and the content of telephone conversations was generally eavesdropped and recorded, but Wang Xiaohu's line would not be patronized by the secret services, to be precise, after the Tangshan earthquake last year, the director of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency Liang tried his best to pull a secret line for Wang Xiaohu's home, especially the telephone in the drawer of his study, which could directly contact Zhongnanhai.

"Hey, Lao Zhao? Happy New Year. After connecting the phone, Wang Xiaohu greeted him warmly, and Zhao Gang over there laughed, and his voice was particularly hearty: "Mr. Wang, I wish you a happy New Year." ”

"Have fun together." After Wang Xiaohu finished laughing, he asked seriously: "I don't know what the leader has to tell when he calls?" ”

"You are now a big man in Hong Kong, how dare I tell you." Zhao Gang scolded with a smile: "It's just to give you a New Year's greeting, don't think too much!" ”

"Uh, really?" Wang Xiaohu didn't believe it, as the saying goes, if you don't have anything to do, you can't go to the Three Treasures Palace, the weasel is what it means anyway, he doesn't believe that Lao Zhao made a phone call for no reason just to pay New Year's greetings.

"Mr. Wang, you really wronged me this time, I really just want to give you a New Year's greeting." Zhao Gang said aggrievedly: "It's not all right, it's me who represents the people of Tangshan and the brothers who participated in the training with you back then." ”

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, the dark faces of the two hundred PLA soldiers flashed in front of him, he was just to make them the backbone of the earthquake relief, and he trained them night and night, as well as the long farewell team when he left Tangshan, and the eyes with gratitude and reluctance

felt hot in his heart, and Wang Xiaohu no longer used the tone of ridicule just now. "Are you all okay?"

"Okay, okay, it's all right." Zhao Gang's voice choked up with excitement, "The country is now trying its best to arrange for Tangshan City to build itself, and the brothers have all been promoted because of their outstanding performance in the earthquake relief!" A few days ago, we were talking on the phone, and they asked me when Mr. Wang would come to the mainland again, and we would like to have a good drink and thank Mr. Wang. ”

"Gratitude doesn't have to be expressed by drinking, right? But I know that the soldiers are all wine barrels, and if there are more than 200 of you with a glass each, it is strange that I am not drunk to death. ”

"Haha, we always drink with a bowl." Zhao Gang laughed on the other end of the phone.

"Then I don't dare to go." Wang Xiaohu pouted and said.

"Joke, joke." After this episode, the atmosphere of the two chatting eased a lot, and after a few gossips, Zhao just said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, in addition to New Year's greetings, there is still good news to tell you on this call." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Here's the thing, you also know that the current political situation in the country has changed a lot, and the Ministry of Culture has also completely changed a group of trustworthy comrades in this reshuffle, and now the newly promoted Minister of Culture Huang Zhen and I used to come out of the same army, so I talked to him about the suggestions put forward by Mr. Wang a few years ago, and after the Spring Festival, I believe there will be progress, and I will continue to follow up on this matter."

"Huh~~~" Wang Xiaohu breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this, he entered the mainland last year with three goals, the opportunity has been grasped, Jet Li's people have been dug to his side, and the rest is this promise, this promise is to cooperate with the mainland to make films in the future, and if it is released in the mainland, the box office share ratio will be a problem.

According to Wang Xiaohu's memory, since the 80s of the last century, many Hong Kong film companies have tested the mainland market through co-production, the most famous of which are "Shaolin Temple" and "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", etc., but these are basically individual combat, the forces are relatively scattered, and they have not formed much influence in the mainland.

Even so, "Shaolin Temple" also created a box office myth of 200 million in the mainland, but at that time, the mainland treated Hong Kong films as imported films, and the "box office sharing" billy used was also quite unfair, that is, the co-deception company could only obtain 15% of the national box office, such a small income made Hong Kong filmmakers mostly have a dispensable attitude towards the mainland market, and this subjective contempt led to a delay in the cooperation between the two places for more than ten years, until 2002 "The Legend of Tianmai" in Hong Kong, When the mainland was released simultaneously, the proportion of the mainland's box office revenue sharing only broke through to 40%!

And Wang Xiaohu's promise to the mainland is this, he understands too well the impact of Hong Kong movies on the mainlanders' thoughts, and knows more clearly what the box office share ratio means, think about it, you invested in the film, and the box office in the mainland reached 200 million, and you can only get 15%, how much do you have to lose!!

Therefore, Wang Xiaohu's promise is that the box office share must be maintained at 50%, that is, Hong Kong and the mainland will split the account according to the final box office, which can not only ensure the investment enthusiasm of Hong Kong filmmakers, but also promote the development of mainland films.

Wang Xiaohu knew that such a request was difficult at the beginning, so he was waiting slowly, he had already skillfully maneuvered in the Tangshan earthquake, the relationship should be sold, what should be said was said, and what should be done was done, and he also got a verbal promise from [***], and the rest was waiting for Zhongnanhai to give a reply, and now Zhao Gang's words made Wang Xiaohu feel refreshed.

"This promise is finally about to be fulfilled!" Wang Xiaohu shouted in his heart, and then said happily on the phone: "Lao Zhao, thank you, this time I owe you a big favor, I decided, when I go to the mainland for a while, I will find you to drink, of course, I use a cup, you use a bowl." ”

"You cunning fellow!" Lao Zhao scolded a few words on the phone, and suddenly felt that something was wrong: "What are you talking about, you are going to come to the mainland after a while?" ”

"That's right, you heard me right, I have two new films to be filmed in the mainland, and this matter is probably going to trouble you again!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

"What type of movie to make?" Lao Zhao asked very cautiously.

"It's all kung fu movie genres, you know I wanted to make money with "Shocking" last year, but because of the political turmoil in China, I lost all my money, so what I have to do now is to make a few movies to make money, otherwise my company will collapse!"

Wang Xiaohu pretended to be very pitiful on the phone, and Lao Zhao over there was right to think about it, after all, the amount of investment Mr. Wang invested in China last year is no longer a minority, not to mention the expenses of making movies, just the last box of national food stamps sent is amazing, and those food stamps also played a considerable role in the aftermath of the earthquake, saving many victims who were about to starve to death.

"Where was it filmed?"

"Near Henan and Xianyang." Wang Xiaohu said without thinking.

"Oh, I've made a note of this, go back and report it to the above, there should be no problem." Lao Zhao thought for a while and said: "However, the matter of box office accounting needs to go through very troublesome procedures, as for the result, I can't guarantee it now, but I will do my best." ”

"Well, I believe you." Wang Xiaohu said very seriously. He also knew that this matter would be very troublesome, but after all, it was man-made, as long as this promise was fulfilled, the mainland market would be Lao Tzu's world in the future!

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohu stood up from his seat, stretched his waist to relieve the pain caused by long-term phone calling, and didn't want to stretch his waist to the general, the phone rang again, and he was just about to say some auspicious words for the New Year, when he heard a roar from the microphone: "Lao Dou, who were you calling just now, I didn't call for fifteen minutes, woo woo, people are so pitiful"——

In other words, some readers are too sharp, and they even guessed what Xiaomi was going to shoot, dwarf oil, all of them were guessed by you, give some monthly tickets to encourage it, double!

(To be continued)