Just when Li Xuan and his entourage were rushing back to Hong Kong by plane from Taiwan, in the tea restaurant on the first floor of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, the two bigwigs of Xinyi City, Mai Jia and Huang Baiming, were also whispering something.

Huang Baiming is a well-known Kuaishou screenwriter in Hong Kong, and his speed is about second only to Ni Frame, who only writes but does not change. Just like "The Wrong Car", which was a big hit in Taiwan in later generations, only took two days to write, "Aura Compelling" took three days, and "Best Partner", which caused a sensation in Hong Kong, was only written for a week.

Of course, this script is not called "Best Partner" yet.

Huang Baiming looked at the script in his hand, and asked Mai Jia next to him, "Bald guy, is it really good to find Zhou Yanfa to play that thief?" You know, he's box office poison. ”

"Aren't you looking for a pretty boy to play?" Mai Jia took a sip of coffee and said loudly: "Zhou Runfa is beautiful enough, besides, isn't his "The Story of Hu Yue" popular and popular, box office poison?" I think he just hasn't met a good director. ”

"Do you think Xu might train him well?"

"Xu Ke, that kid, still has some ability." Mai Jia touched her bald head and said: "You see that this "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars" was shot very well, and it made us a lot of money in Xinyicheng. ”

"But ......"

"Hey, don't say it, don't say it, Zhou Yan sent it." Mai Jia hurriedly interrupted Huang Baiming's words, stood up and shouted to Zhou Yanfa who was not far away: "Hello Mr. Zhou, I'm really delaying you today, I've been busy lately, right?" ”

"Haha, no delay, no delay, I've not been very busy lately." Zhou Yan sent back, then stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello Mr. Mai!" ”

"Okay." Mai Jia shook back gently.

After the two said hello, Zhou Yanfa and Huang Baiming greeted each other again, and then the three of them sat down again.

After Zhou Yanfa gently explained to the waiter, he looked at Mai Jia and asked, "Listen to what Mr. Mai means on the phone, do you want to ask me to make a movie?" ”

"Hmm." Mai Jia nodded and continued: "Our company recently tossed a script, and I feel that the protagonist in it, Mr. Zhou, is quite appropriate. ”

"Oh?" Zhou Yanfa was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Then can I read the script first?" ”

"Yes, I'm sure Mr. Zhou will like this script." Huang Baiming, who was on the side, interjected, and then handed the script in his hand to Zhou Yanfa. He didn't shoot Zhou Runfa to leak the script, in addition to believing in Zhou Runfa's character, the tens of millions of investment required for this script is not something that ordinary filmmakers dare to come up with.

"Bald Detective"?

Zhou Yunfa looked at the cover page and muttered silently in his heart, then opened the script and read it carefully.

"Hey, baldhead." Huang Baiming patted Mai Jia's arm and whispered.

glanced at Zhou Yanfa, who was concentrating on reading the script, Mai Jia turned her head and asked quietly, "What's the matter?" ”

"You have a good eye, just now when you stood up and shook hands, I saw that you are all about the same height, and it is very good to be a partner!"

"Needless to say." Mai Jia replied proudly.

Zhou Yunfa was obviously very attentive to the script, and he only read half of it until Mai Jia and the two drank a whole cup of coffee, but even so, he could tell whether the script was good or bad.

"Mr. Mai, I like this script very much." Zhou Yunfa closed the script in his hand, and said while handing it back: "And I'm very happy to be able to cooperate with Mr. Mai, but I don't know when this movie will start shooting?" ”

"When will filming start...... Mai Jia paused, and then continued: "It will probably be around September." ”

Zhou Yanfa was slightly stunned, and then said: "September? Can't you do this a little earlier or a little later? ”

“……”

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming glanced at each other, and then Huang Baiming asked, "Why, Mr. Zhou has no schedule in September?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yunfa nodded with a wry smile and replied: "I have already taken over the filming of a new drama in Zhucheng in September, and I won't be able to spare any other time at that time." ”

"Then it's troublesome." Mai Jia sighed, he didn't expect that he would encounter such trouble finding an actor.

"yes!" Zhou Yunfa said: "So I want to ask, how ...... you can do in this movie"

"Mr. Zhou, our movie is going for the New Year." Mai Jia explained with a bitter face: "You can see how big the investment in this drama is when you look at the script, so it is definitely not possible to shoot early, it will take more than a month to prepare for anything, and if it is postponed, it will definitely not be able to catch up with next year's New Year." So at this time in September, it must not be changed. ”

"Ahh

Zhou Yan sighed and said slowly: "Then I can only say that I have nothing to do with this script." ”

“……”

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming looked at Zhou Yanfa's disappointed back and wanted to be speechless for a while, and only after half a sound did Huang Baiming murmur and ask: "Now that the actor is gone, what should we do?" ”

"What should I do?" Mai Jia pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Why don't we find Xu Xijie." ”

“……”

Huang Baiming's eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "Xu Xijie, isn't he from Jiahe?" ”

"He didn't sign a contract with Golden Harvest, since Li Xuan can use one million to ask him to help Shaw Brothers film, then we ......" Mai Jia thought for a while and continued: "Then why can't we spend two million to ask him to help us film in Xinyicheng, the best thing is that we can directly poach all his people." ”

Huang Baiming was stunned and said: "You bald guy, you really dare to think!" ”

"Think what you want, go quickly." Mai Jia replied casually and got up from her chair.

"What are you going for?"

"Looking for Xu Xijie!"

…………………………………………………………

Just when several bigwigs in Xinyicheng were quietly discussing how to dig the corners of Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai, the bigwig of Jiahe who didn't know anything, smiled at this time.

"Police Story" collected a super box office of 11.69 million in the first week, and another 8.27 million Hong Kong dollars in the second week. The overall box office is only 40,000 Hong Kong dollars away from 20 million, although this makes Zou Wenhuai a little regretful, but when I think of the box office of 20 million Hong Kong dollars in half a month, these small regrets are not a problem!

The summer of 1981 is destined to belong to "Police Story"!

This is not only the consensus of the whole Hong Kong people, but also the consensus of the two theater chains of Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin, the two originally planned to release their own "Book of Swords and Enmity" and "Chasing Girls" two weeks after the release of "Police Story", but after seeing the super performance of "Police Story", the two theaters have postponed the release date of the movie by another week.

But no matter how good a movie is, the number of moviegoers after two weeks will be almost half as low as when it was first released. Therefore, two weeks after the release of "Police Story", Golden Harvest Cinemas began to reduce the number of screenings, and several luxury theaters also withdrew from the screening alliance.

In the third week of its release, "Police Story" continued to earn 5.16 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally successfully broke the record of the highest box office in Hong Kong that "Modern Box Office" had just held for half a year.

Golden Harvest has broken the box office record in Hong Kong in three years, and this glory really makes Zou Wenhuai happy, and at this moment he can proudly say that the achievements of Golden Harvest, a rookie, have far surpassed the 'Hollywood of the East' Shaw Brothers!

And Zou Wenhuai also booked a whole floor at Fulinmen, preparing to hold a big celebration banquet after the painting of "Police Story".

At this time, taking advantage of the fatigue of "Police Story", Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin released their own boutique movies one after another, and the two guys bypassed Golden Harvest Cinemas to start the third battle.

Needless to say, Chu Yuan's "Book of Swords and Enmity" continued to fail miserably at the box office in Taiwan, and ushered in another fiasco in Hong Kong. "Book of Swords and Enmity" was only seven days after it was released in Hong Kong, but because the number of viewers was too small, it was painted together with Golden Harvest's "Police Story".

In the end, "Book of Swords and Enmity" received a box office of 1.57 million Hong Kong dollars, which was a fiasco of defeats for Chu Yuan, especially the results of "Police Story" in the last week were nearly 800,000 Hong Kong dollars more than "Book of Swords and Enmity".

As for "Police Story", although the police film is not as strong as the comedy, it still got a total score of 27.4 million when it was released four weeks later.

"Police Story" was a masterpiece and caused a sensation in Hong Kong.

"Chenglong's successful transformation has set off a new boom in Hong Kong films. -- Overseas Chinese Newspaper"

"Police Estimates" broke the record again, and Golden Harvest made three leaps in two years! -- Ming Pao Evening News"

"When will it break 30 million again? The future of Hong Kong films is looking forward! -- Oriental Newspaper"

"The advent of the era of police and bandit films, the rise of life-fighting martial arts? -- Sing Tao Morning Post"

"A new sign of Hong Kong's economic take-off, the film industry has exploded one after another. -- Hong Kong Commercial Daily"

“……”

And when "Police Story" caused a lot of applause in Hong Kong, its performance in Taiwan was also good.

"Police Story" was squeezed by the two powerful western films "IQ IQ Zero Egg" and "Superman 2", and it still got a super high box office of NT$17 million in three weeks after its release. Although the scheduling time of Hong Kong films in Taiwan is generally about a month, the box office of "Police Story" breaking 20 million Taiwan dollars has been confirmed, and now it is a matter of watching this movie when it can break the box office record of "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

As for whether the box office of "Police Story" can beat these two Western films, Li Xuan doesn't have to think about it, the extra nearly half of the screens in Western films cannot catch up with the quality of the movie alone. This scene is similar to the big battle between "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and "Modern Bodyguard" in Hong Kong at the beginning of the year.

And just when Hong Kong people were still discussing this "Police Story", and Zou Wenhuai was busy fiddling with his celebration banquet, a news broke by the Oriental News that immediately shocked the entire Hong Kong film industry, and also caught Zou Wenhuai off guard.

"The singer Xu Xijie transferred to Xinyicheng, and Xu's company officially dissolved!" (To be continued.) )