The fans outside continued to curse Li Xuan, who was the director of "Black Man", but he himself was very excited at this time.

Because the premiere of "Black Man" happened to be Sunday, which was also the beginning of the summer season, coupled with the continuous publicity of newspapers for a week, the theater attendance was close to full during prime time. The box office result of the first day of the movie was as high as 860,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was 30,000 yuan higher than the premiere score of Chenglong's "Senior Brother Comes Out". However, judging from the release of "Black Man" in four more luxury theaters than "Senior Brother", it is still "Black Man" that loses.

Moreover, Li Xuan didn't think that this movie would be as likable as those comedy movies, and someone could watch it more than a dozen times.

The current audience is just trying to be fresh.

But what's even more gratifying is that on the second day's work, because of the play of easter eggs, many people actually returned to the theater to watch it for the second time. As a result, the average attendance rate of the theater on the second day was close to ninety, and "Black Man" got a single box office of 800,000.

The summer war between Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers was kicked off by Li Xuan. As for the Golden Princess, one of the three major theater chains, she is still making a small fuss now, and she is not in the climate.

The vanguard of the Shaw Brothers summer file is a movie called "The Legend of the Heroes", the director is not famous, and the actors are not famous, they are completely here to warm up. As a result, the film was released 8 days after its rapid release, and the total box office was just the same as the first box office of "Black Man", with a harvest of 860,000 Hong Kong dollars.

And the first-week box office results of "Black Man" have also been counted, reaching an astonishing 4.41 million Hong Kong dollars, successfully breaking the first-week box office record held by "Senior Brother Out".

The media exclaimed, another 10 million box office movie is about to be born!

However, Li Xuan was not so optimistic.

The storyline of "Black Man" is weak and dark, and the number of moviegoers is certainly not as good as "Brother and Brother" and "Mr. Zombie". In the end, whether the box office can break 10 million depends on whether God gives Li Xuan this face.

And Li Xuan also thinks that in the 4.41 million box office, at least more than 10% of people were pitted back to the theater by easter eggs. Now that people know about Easter eggs, there will be fewer people who can pit in the future.

And after a simple hot end, Shaw Brothers finally threw out his summer work, but it was the horror film "Evil" directed by Gui Zhihong. Li Xuan has heard of this movie in later generations, but not because he has seen this movie himself, but because of an anecdote.

It was rumored that the box office performance of the movie "Evil" was good at that time, so Gui Zhihong hurriedly filmed "Evil Fighting Evil". As a result, the box office was better after "Evil Fights Evil" came out, and now Gui Zhihong became addicted to filming, and another "Evil is Finished and Evil" came.

After finishing the trilogy, Gui Zhihong withdrew his hand.

After crossing over, Li Xuan knew a little more about Gui Zhihong.

"Shaw Brothers stars, as many as stars in the sky!" ——This is a previous promotional slogan of Shaw Brothers Pictures, and many viewers also agree with it. And the director of Shaw Brothers, who controls these stars, is no less than the stars.

However, among these directors, there are few who can really become famous and have box office appeal. counting, in addition to Li Hanxiang, Zhang Ce and Chu Yuan, who have their own styles and can maintain their standards, Liu Jialiang, who fights the world with kung fu films, and Cheng Gang, whose works are uneven, are also counted as two. This last one is Gui Zhihong, who is good at shooting movies of various styles.

Sure enough, as soon as this "Evil" came out, the box office exceeded 500,000 in the first day. This achievement is nothing for a number of blockbuster films that have broken 10 million box office. But for Shaw Brothers and even the entire Hong Kong film industry, it is already a very bright achievement.

A game of great disparity is still going on, but Li Xuan has no time to take care of these at this time.

"Black Man" catapulted him to fame as a director, and with it, interviews with various newspapers and magazines.

Li Xuan, who didn't like to face these interviews, directly rejected all the invitations, and went back and forth between home and the company every day. While he was working on the script to be filmed next, he waited for those screenwriters or directors who had never met with talents to come to the door.

It's just that Li Xuan didn't expect that the director who Huaicai didn't come to the door, but a director who had recently shined in Huaicai came to the door.

"Sister Hua, why are you here, I haven't seen you for a long time, please come in, please come in!" As soon as Li Xuan came out of the office, he saw Li Li walking towards his office with Xu Anhua, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet him.

"Ah Xuan, I'm going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing!" As soon as Xu Anhua entered the office, he smiled at Li Xuan.

"Oh? Sister Hua, please take a seat first. Li Xuan gestured to the sofa seat in the office, and without waiting for Xu Anhua to answer, he whispered to Li Li, who was still standing aside, "Xiaoli, go pour a cup of tea and come in."

Seeing Li Li cover the door and walk out, Li Xuan looked at Xu Anhua suspiciously and asked, "I don't know what Sister Hua is looking for me?"

"That's right." Xu Anhua took out a script from the briefcase she was carrying, handed it to Li Xuan and said, "I have a script that I want to make into a movie, but I can't find an investor after looking for a long time, so I ......"

"......" Li Xuan glanced at Xu Anhua, who was no longer speechless, took the script and asked curiously: "Sister Hua still can't find an investor?" What about the company? ”

Bigao Film Company is a film company co-formed by Zhang Aijia and Liang Shuyi, a senior executive of TVB, and "Crazy Robbery" was invested by this company, and Zhang Aijia, the boss, also played a role in it.

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Xu Anhua smiled bitterly: "I broke up earlier than Gao, but I can't be an investor."

“……”

Li Xuan was speechless for a while, Hong Kong is like this now, new film companies are born every day, and old film companies are closed, and he is no longer surprised.

Seeing that Xu Anhua, who was a little bitter, took the tea in Li Li's hand, Li Xuan lowered his head and began to read the script.

"The Story of Hu Yue"?

Li Xuan was stunned by the name of the script, he must have never seen this movie in his later life, but he had a very familiar feeling.

Then it should be that this movie will be a little famous in the future, Li Xuan thought for a while, maybe he can invest and try.

So Li Xuan opened the script and read it cursoryly.

The script is about the events of a Vietnamese refugee who fled to Hong Kong, but the content is in line with Hui Anhua's general style, and it is a film that combines art and commerce. This kind of film generally has a good reputation, but the box office is not very outstanding. Of course, the investment will not be very high, and even if it loses, it will not lose much.

But, strange......

Li Xuan put down the script, looked at Xu Anhua and asked suspiciously: "Sister Hua, I read the script and feel very good." But I'm very strange, it stands to reason that this kind of script should not be difficult to find investors, right? I think Gao Yun, who just worked with you, should not refuse this script. ”

After filming "Crazy Robbery", Xu Anhua filmed another movie called "Hit the Front". This movie was invested by Xiao Shushu's Gao Yun Film Company, and as a result, the film was released at the end of May and received a box office of more than 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, making Gao Yun make a lot of money.

"Well...... why?" Xu Anhua pondered for a while, and said thoughtfully: "It's this movie that I plan to shoot on the spot, and ......"

Depend on!

Hearing this half sentence, Li Xuan finally knew why Gao Yun didn't invest. Most of the scenes in this script are in the Philippines, and to maintain a film crew abroad, the investment must be increased by at least about 30%, which is a condition that few small companies can withstand!

Li Xuan was still secretly complaining on the side, but saw Xu Anhua continue: "Also, I want to choose the actor of this movie myself."

Choose your own male lead? The corners of Li Xuan's eyebrows furrowed, his company has not yet taken out the actor, and it doesn't matter if the actor is handed over to Xu Anhua for selection.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xuan asked directly, "Then how much investment do you need Sister Hua?" Who did you choose for the actor? ”

"The investment needs about 1.3 million, as for the actor ......" Xu Anhua hesitated, gritted his teeth and said: "I chose Zhou Yanfa, I think he is the most similar to the protagonist's temperament among Hong Kong actors."

Sweat!

No wonder Xu Anhua can't find an investor, 1.3 million is already a lot for ordinary people, and the actor has to use Zhou Runfa, the famous 'box office poison', how determined the investor is to take out the money!

And Li Xuan finally remembered why the name "The Story of Hu Yue" was so familiar at this time, this film seems to be Fa Ge's early famous work?

"Ah Xuan, I know this is very embarrassing for you, if it's inconvenient, forget it, I'll go first." Xu Anhua picked up the script on the coffee table, stood up and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, Sister Hua!" Li Xuan suddenly stood up as well, looked at Xu Anhua and said, "I promised you two conditions, but ......"

"What?" Xu Anhua exclaimed in surprise and interrupted Li Xuan's words.

Looking at Xu Anhua, who was a little excited, Li Xuan pressed his hand and smiled slightly: "Don't be excited, Sister Hua, I said that I promised you those two conditions, but I also have one condition......"

"I'm sorry, I'm too out of shape, Ah Xuan, what conditions do you have?" Xu Anhua still asked with a little excitement.

"My condition is very simple, that is, if there are other roles, I have to consider the actors of my company first." Li Xuan smiled lightly and continued: "Of course, if the temperament is not in line with me, I will not force it, you must know that I am also a filmmaker and know how to make trade-offs."

"Yes, that's fair, and I agreed." Xu Anhua said happily.

"Then, Sister Hua......" Li Xuan stretched out his right hand and said with a smile: "I wish us a happy cooperation!"

"Happy working together!" (To be continued.) )