()nbsp; “…… I have to say that 1983 can be called the year of Zhou Leap. From the sensation caused by "Heroes Bense" at the beginning of last year, to the continuous momentum of several movies such as "Bloody Heroes", "Dragon and Tiger", "Heroes and Heroes" in the middle of the year, and then to the playful transformation of "Jing Pretending to Chase Girls" at the end of the year, Zhou Yunfa alone contributed hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to the box office.

The total box office of Hong Kong films last year was 630 million.

It was also in this year that Zhou Yunfa officially changed from a TV star to a movie star. His value has grown so fast that he is not as fast as the big star Chenglong. Maxima often has Bole but Bole does not often have, Zhou Runfa, who has been in the film industry for several years, can bloom with dazzling talent, and his experience has to be envied and fascinated.

And "God of Gamblers", as Zhou Yanfa's first movie this year, has also aroused the curiosity of many fans. At the moment of official viewing of the movie, the author realized that the God of Gamblers is a different character from 'Little Brother Ma'. 'Little Brother Ma' has become a big brother, and he staged a hard journey from God to man, and finally from man to God in the movie.

is different from previous gambling films, the God of Gamblers is no longer a gangster or a bad gambling corner, but a person who can be said to be tall and righteous. It is this 'god'-like man who gives the gambling film a new connotation and se. So it is foreseeable that "God of Gamblers", like "Hero Bense", will become the vane of Hong Kong films. Perhaps from this year onwards, there should be no shortage of gambling movies in movie theaters.

After reaping a lot of fame and fortune, our superstars have also begun their own transformation path. The first comedy of "Jing Pretending to Chase Girls" can be said to be mediocre, but the conversion between stupidity and god in "God of Gamblers" can be seen that Zhou Yanfa's acting skills are only Jing Zhan. Ignorance when a fool, ...... when gambling God"

――――Excerpt from Chen Baisheng's "View, Remembering Zhou Runfa"

"God of Gamblers" got off to a good start on the first day of its release, and the box office was as high as 2.91 million Hong Kong dollars. Although Hong Kong's movie ticket prices have been rising almost every year in recent years, the box office of almost 3 million in the first day still made many people's jaws drop.

This data is already equivalent to the local box office of most Hong Kong films, and even surpasses it, such as Shaw Brothers' "RI Robbery", which only won more than 900,000 box office.

As soon as "God of Gamblers" debuted in this New Year's file, it stood out from the four big tigers and shined in the Hong Kong film industry.

As for the film that bites the back of the butt of "God of Gamblers", it is "Best Partner 3" filmed in Paris, France. The sequel to this movie has always continued the comedy style of Xinyicheng, and it also won a box office of 2.63 million on the first day of release.

In third place is Yindu's "Shaolin Kid", taking advantage of the Sino-British negotiations Hong Kong people want to know more about the blessings of the mainland, the film also got a box office of more than 2.3 million on the day of its release.

But the most embarrassing thing is Golden Harvest's Xu Yiwen, the 'King of Comedy', who has won the annual box office champion in Hong Kong for several consecutive years, and his movie was at the bottom on the first day of its release, and it only got a box office of 2.17 million, and even lost to the Yindu Cinema Line, which has fewer theaters than Golden Harvest.

With such a low score, it can be regarded as a big slap on the wrist for Xu Xiwen, and he hasn't been relieved for a long time.

But what is even more surprising is that Hong Kong's box office revenue exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars in one day. According to the average ticket price of 15 yuan and a half in Hong Kong during this period, 650,000 people watched the movie in one day, accounting for more than one-tenth of Hong Kong's total population. And don't forget, it's a time of economic depression in Hong Kong.

Such a prosperous film market has once again attracted a large number of local financial and real estate tycoons and asset tycoons from other cities who suffered in the stock market crash, resulting in another large amount of hot money pouring into the Hong Kong film market, and the Hong Kong film industry has developed unprecedentedly vigorously under the stimulus of countless gold and silver.

Countless film companies have sprung up like a rain, and you can see a film company on the streets and alleys of Hong Kong at any turn. All kinds of bizarre and bizarre movies have been made, and even stimulated the development of SE romance films for a time. Anyway, as long as the movie is shot with a little bit of heart, it can make money, and the shooting time of SE romance films is short and the money is fast, but it is an industry that can definitely make money.

So a funny thing happened in Hong Kong, not long after the New Year's stalls passed, the Yau Ma Tei Cinema in the Golden Princess Cinema Line actually broke away from the Golden Princess Cinema Line and went to join the newly established RI Live Cinema Line. And this cinema chain knows what it is when you hear the name, of course, it is a cinema that specializes in se-love films.

The emergence of a large number of movies, although most of them are shoddy, there is also gold in the river sand, which once solved the problem of insufficient sources of Li Xuan's cinema films. Therefore, thanks to this wind of film development, Wang Liquan, who has been entangled in the operation of the cinema chain, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and also let Wanda Cinema gradually gain a firm foothold.

Of course, a lot of the above is an afterthought, let's go back to the New Year's file of 1984.

Although "God of Gamblers" got off to a good start on the first day of the New Year, although the total box office of Hong Kong's movies exceeded 10 million on the first day, Li Xuan and many movie predators know that Hong Kong's population base is only more than 5 million. The tens of millions of dazzling achievements at this time are the results of the transition to consume the stamina of the film. When this momentum passes, the box office will definitely drop like a roller coaster.

The unprecedented collision of four large cinema chains is definitely a battle that hurts others and hurts oneself. Although there were also rivalries between Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess and Yindu in the past, at that time, one of the Shaw Brothers and the other was still developing, and at best it could only be regarded as a battle between three large cinemas.

But now, Yindu has developed, Wanda has risen strongly, and this New Year's file is definitely a tragic battle. This is reminiscent of the fact that the Shaw Brothers actually retreated to participate in this battle on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it has to be said that it was definitely a tactical victory for the already weakened Shaw Brothers.

Shao Yifu, after all, is not old and confused.

Therefore, with the continuous release of various movies, how to maintain or extend the stamina of this movie has become the first choice of major theaters.

Except for Yindu, which only posted a few more movie posters outside the theater, the other three theaters are all full of strange tricks.

The slogans of these films can be seen on various billboards, bus bodies, television stations and newspapers outdoors. The propaganda departments of various theaters did not relax at all during the New Year, and implemented various propaganda plans that had been prepared step by step, and fought an invisible war outside the theater.

Li Xuan's publicity budget is initially planned to be 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

Among them, he even found "Film Fortnightly", and in more than a month after the movie was released, Chen Baisheng wrote three long reviews in a row. I think that when "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" was released, the famous film critic Shi Qi had not issued three long reviews in a row. From this point of view, Li Xuan's this is also trivial.

Under the huge publicity advantage, the box office of "God of Gamblers" soared all the way, exceeding 10 million box office in just four days. By the time the news was published in the Ming Pao Morning Post on the fifth day, the whole of Hong Kong was boiling.

Countless asset predators waved the checks in their hands and joined this gluttonous feast with red eyes. (To be continued.) )