At the end of 1982, the whole of Hong Kong was destined to belong to "The True Color of Heroes".

Those who have been tormented by the stock market crash for more than half a year have flocked to the cinema to watch this movie, to get rid of the sorrow of reality through this fantasy world on the other side, and to comfort the wounded hearts.

"The True Color of Heroes" was born, which instantly detonated the streets and alleys of Hong Kong, and there were 'little horses' wearing long black trench coats with toothpicks and sunglasses everywhere.

What is a phenomenal movie? That's it!

Not only are the clothes and lines of the protagonists in the film imitated, but even the dialogues such as "I hate it when people point guns at my head the most", "I must get back what I lost", "I haven't been a big brother for a long time" and other dialogues have also become the words that young people must say when they are cool and handsome.

Of course, often when a gangster pretends to be worried and says 'I haven't been a big brother for a long time', he will be kicked down by others, and then scolded fiercely, 'Pounce on your mother, you will still be a big brother'.

Zhou Yan became angry, and finally stepped into the ranks of the top movie stars he dreamed of, and his salary rose to more than one million, which was already the same level as Hong Jingbao, and countless film appointments flew like snowflakes.

Zhang Guorong became popular, he was originally unknown in the film industry, and he also made a name for himself this time, and his salary originally rose from 30,000 or 40,000 yuan to more than 300,000 yuan, which attracted a look of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Not to mention Di Long, who was already close to his age, he was gradually declining in Shaw Brothers, and he was no longer suitable for playing a handsome young student. But after this battle, Di Long finally successfully transformed, and Fang Yihua of Shaw Brothers would not let go of this opportunity, and crossed out several martial arts films on the 83-year filming schedule that Shaw Brothers had planned, and replaced them with police films starring Di Long.

As for the already unknown newcomer Huang Qiusheng, he is also famous in the film industry, and the hated anti-bone boy Ah Cheng was played by him very well, and many movies also extended olive branches to him.

However, what made Huang Qiusheng quite depressed was that these olive branches basically let him play the villain.

"The True Colors of Heroes" was released in just eight days, and it broke through the box office mark of 10 million, don't look at this data is lower than "Lucky Stars", it is because Golden Harvest did not contact several reading luxury theaters for joint screening.

Although Hong Kong's movie theaters have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in the past two years, Hong Kong's population base and place are still too small, and more than 20 cinemas in one cinema chain are enough, and any more will lose money.

So Princess Jin stopped after tossing her movie theaters to 23, and Golden Harvest didn't toss her own cinema line much in the past two years because of the shortage of funds to invest in Western films, but they accepted two small reading theaters to join, so that the number of theaters in Golden Harvest Cinema Line reached 21.

As for Shaw Brothers, there are still 16 of them......

The combined number of seats in the two new cinemas joined by Golden Harvest is only more than 900, which is only about half of the number of some luxury cinemas, so it is not surprising that the box office exceeded 10 million in eight days.

And the attendance rate of "The True Color of Heroes" is not low at all, except for the first four days that are full, the attendance rate of the next ten days is basically maintained at more than ninety. Such a tragic action movie can maintain such a lot of stamina, which makes many filmmakers in Hong Kong stunned.

This data is simply the rhythm of a comedy.

In the next month or so, everyone knows what it means to be a box office hit! 10 million, 15 million, 20 million, 25 million, 26 million, 27 million, ......, the box office of "The True Color of Heroes" is like a roller coaster, and even a week before the New Year, there are still more than 70% of the attendance rate in the six theaters where "The True Color of Heroes" was released.

It's a loss, it's a loss!

Li Xuan felt a little bitter in his heart, he knew that "The True Color of Heroes" was a popular and popular movie, but he didn't expect the movie to be so popular. The movies have been released for six weeks, and the attendance rate is still so high, if this is placed in the summer file, it will be the rhythm of two months of release. But when it comes to the New Year, it is not unconditionally necessary to make way for "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".

Fortunately, the loss is also a million, not too much, not too much.

It's just that when Li Xuan felt that he was going to be in vain, things suddenly took a turn for the better, of course, this is a later story, let's talk about it later.

When "The True Color of Heroes" was released, its album of the same name was also released. After Ye Zhiming went through a workout of "Heavenly Love", he became more and more proficient in doing things this time. This time, the record has only been on the market in Hong Kong for a week, and its sales have quickly exceeded 50,000, reaching a platinum level. And with the popularity of "True Colors of Heroes", the sales of its albums have not weakened at all, and it seems that the sales speed is no problem at all to sell three platinums in Hong Kong.

Now Ye Zhiming is gearing up, waiting for "The True Color of Heroes" to be released overseas, and then go out to make a fortune. Especially in South Korea, a neglected place, last year's "Heavenly Love" album of the same name sold 150,000 copies there, so Ye Zhiming is also full of expectations there this time.

This kind of linkage between record companies and film companies should have first evolved from TV songs and record companies in Hong Kong, such as the early Huaxing Records, and then carried forward by the Hui brothers in the film industry, who released an album of the same name every time they released a movie at Golden Harvest.

Of course, it is now Ye Zhiming who is playing this trick recklessly here.

In addition to Ye Zhiming, the most beneficiary of this record release is of course Zhang Guorong. His previous record sales have hit the streets, and this time with "The True Color of Heroes", he not only has a place in the film and television industry, but also becomes famous in the record.

Zhang Guorong and Chen Shuhua together have become Ye Zhiming's heart, and they even plan to hold a joint concert for the two of them.

As for "A Date with a Beautiful Woman" under the halo of "The True Color of Heroes", the performance was much bleaker, and it was painted after 18 days of release and a box office of 8.4 million Hong Kong dollars. Although this result is still profitable, it is really not very eye-catching, but compared with Shaw Brothers' "Men and Women", it is not bad.

This film directed by the new director of Shaw Brothers, Cai Jihuan, although it washed away the old atmosphere of Shaw Brothers, but the declining Shaw Brothers was unable to return to the sky, and finally the film was released for 14 days and received a box office of 7.2 million Hong Kong dollars, but this result is a rare good result for Shaw Brothers.

The celebration banquet of "The True Color of Heroes" does not need to be mentioned, and Li Xuan also let go of the bitterness in his heart and had a lively time with everyone.

It's just that Li Xuan was very happy at this time, but Zou Wenhuai's face over there was a little unsightly.

"Smack-"

Zou Wenhuai slapped a newspaper on the desk, and then said hatefully: "Look, look at what the hell these film critics are, do they talk like this!" ”

He Yichang cautiously picked up the newspaper on the table, and when he saw the headline on it, he sighed faintly in his heart, looking at the trouble caused by these foolish things.

"Look, look, we invited them to the premiere, what did they say?" Zou Wenhuai paced around the office, still saying to himself: "What is the special effects are not bad, what plot is rushed and sloppy and quite nonsense, what is this a movie with a chaotic structure, is this what people say?" ”

He Yichang looked at Zou Wenhuai, who was spinning around, and sighed: "That Wenhuai, what do you think of the filming of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan"?" ”

"Of course it's good!"

"Where's the good?" He Yichang asked: "Special effects? Plot? Performance? ”

“……”

Zou Wenhuai has been doing movies for most of his life, and his eyesight is still there after all, but he was stunned for a while, and then sat on the office chair and sighed: "Xu Ke, Xu Ke, took my 20 million, what did you shoot!" ”

At the beginning of February 1983, the premiere of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", which had been completed for less than a month, was hurriedly held, and this premiere was held very grandly, and celebrities in the film and television industry were invited, and Li Xuan naturally went to see it.

The result is similar to the one Li Xuan saw in later generations, although the special effects are better and more exquisite, but if such a large story wants to be told in 90 minutes, it is obviously not enough time.

As a result, there were the same mistakes as later generations, such as too fast rhythm, unclear explanation, chaotic structure, etc., which seriously dispelled the ** of some audiences.

At least, Li Xuan was not interested in watching it a second time.

So the next day, the Hong Kong newspapers were full of bad reviews, and the only two media that said good things also said that the special effects and costumes of the movie were well done, and they looked very beautiful.

Golden Harvest this year's New Year's file, this face is lost!

"Wen Huai, if there is nothing else, I will go out." He Xichang looked at Zou Wenhuai, who was silent, and asked.

"Wait! Xichang, you go and talk to Yongchang. Zou Wenhuai pressed his forehead and said slowly: "This movie, don't do anything about the whole line, let ten theaters release it first, and then try the market." ”

"Hmm."

He Yichang nodded, turned around and walked out, he didn't ask if he wanted to have a Taiwanese joint screening, now the ending is very clear, and behind him, Zou Wenhuai leaned back on the seat with a bitter face.

20 million, plus the publicity fee, did you become a big boss again?

(Note: I found that the number of chapters in the previous chapter was wrong, but I had to find an editor to change it, so I was too lazy to bother, so be it, it doesn't affect the reading anyway.) (To be continued.) )