On February 19, 1980, the fourth day of the first lunar month, it was sunny, which belonged to the rain in the 24 solar terms.

However, on this day, it did not rain in Hong Kong.

The warm sunlight shone into Li Xuan's study from the window, and the fine dust filled the air, looming in the sunlight. Li Xuan held a pencil in his right hand and was constantly revising the storyboard script, and his left hand was rubbing the paper from time to time. As the left hand swayed, the silvery-white platinum ring on the middle finger also reflected in the sunlight.

As the pencil slowly drew the last stroke, Li Xuan leaned back in the chair and stretched heavily. Feeling the discomfort of the middle finger of his left hand, Li Xuan stretched out his left hand in front of him and carefully rubbed the ring with his thumb.

Li Xuan laughed self-deprecatingly, this should not be an engagement ring of "engagement ring", this is Li Xuan's birthday gift to Zhong Chuhong - a couple ring.

"Jingle Bell ......"

The phone in the living room rang suddenly.

"Wife, ...... the call"

Li Xuan just shouted half a sentence, and then suddenly remembered that Zhong Chuhong went back to her parents' house early in the morning to help watch the store. Shaking his head with a wry smile, Li Xuan walked out of the study with a smile.

"Jingle Bell ......"

Obviously, the owner on the other end of the phone is very patient, and the phone is still ringing vigorously.

"Hey, hello." Li Xuan picked up the microphone and lay lazily on the sofa.

"Ah Xuan, it's me, Xi Wei." A familiar voice came out of the earpiece, but it was Liu Yiwei calling, with a joy in his words.

Li Xuan rubbed his forehead, which had been a little wooden for a long time, and replied, "Xi Wei, happy New Year, what's the matter?" ”

"Ah, good new year, good new year. Ah Xuan, guess where I am? Liu Xiwei was stunned for a moment, said congratulations, and asked happily.

What do you have to do with me? Li Xuan complained in his heart, and was just about to reply casually, when he suddenly remembered something, and quickly sat up from the sofa and asked, "Are you on stage?" Bay? ”

The intersection between Liu Xiwei and Li Xuan now is only "Mr. Zombie". Now is the time for the Chinese New Year, and "Mr. Zombie" is also in Taiwan? b. The time period of the official release.

"Haha, yes, I'm in Ximending right now." Liu Xiwei over there said with a laugh.

Ximending, located in the northeast of Wanhua District, Taipei City, is the most important consumer business district in the western district of Taipei, and it is also the place with the largest concentration of cinemas in Taipei, and there are nearly 20 cinemas on a small street inside.

"Uh, you went over today?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

"No, it came a year ago." Liu Yiwei continued to smile and said, "Ah Xuan, we succeeded!" ”

"Success?" Li Xuan was stunned.

"Haha, yes, it worked!" Liu Xiwei was obviously a little overjoyed, and kept saying over there: "You should really come to Ximending to see the scene now, the entire movie street is full of people buying tickets, and I just saw a few people fighting because of ticket grabbing." ”

"Huh? Not that outrageous, right? Li Xuan asked in surprise.

"What outrageous, you can come and see for yourself, it's really full!" Liu Xiwei argued over there.

"Well, since it's true, I'm not going to go." Li Xuan hesitated and said, "Xi Wei, how many days are you going to stay over there?" ”

"How many days? I'm going to have to see, I'm going to stay for a week or so anyway, what's the matter? Liu Xiwei asked strangely.

"It's not a big deal." Li Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "When you are over there, observe the attendance rate of the movie more, I want to budget whether it will be so popular when it is released in Hong Kong at that time." ”

"Okay, no problem! This is the ......" Liu Yiwei suddenly broke off after speaking for a while, and then said loudly: "Damn, there is a fight outside, I won't tell you, I'll go out and persuade you to fight." ”

"Hey, you ...... first"

"Toot-toot-"

Li Xuan took the microphone that had been hung up and smiled bitterly, this Liu Yiwei was the first time to be a director, it seems that he was too excited, he didn't spend the New Year at home, and went to the stage? b. Watched a movie.

However, the popularity of "Mr. Zombie" was expected by Li Xuan. In addition to some information brought by later generations, just watching this time, the whole movie took the crew more than three months to complete, which is already considered slow work in this era.

Liu Xiwei's directing skills are not weak, he works slowly and meticulously, and the quality is not much worse than that of later generations.

But this film was introduced into Taiwan under the guise of media freedom? bay's movie, Li Xuan just wants to complain, since you want to be free, you are completely free, what is it to change the title of "Mr. Zombie" to "Temporarily Stop Breathing"? The name frustrated as soon as I heard it.

"Mr. Zombie" in Taiwan? The movie was a hit, triggering a nationwide movie-watching boom. Hong Kong is not quiet either, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are fighting each other hotly, especially when movie ticket prices have risen by nearly a third.

Chenglong's movie "Senior Brother Out of the Horse", which had been hidden for several months, was finally screened on February 9 last year. At this time, Chenglong's box office appeal is not a joke, the premiere of "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" was full, and it got a box office result of 830,000 on the first day, which is really a big start.

The box office was as high as 830,000 in the first day, and in 20 days of release, the box office of "Junior Brother Out" will definitely break 10 million. When Zou Wenhuai got this data, he was overjoyed. If "Senior Brother Comes Out" really breaks the 10 million box office mark, in addition to the income of the movie itself, it will also bring huge reputation and influence. And Golden Harvest will also take this opportunity to create brilliance and sit firmly in the position of the big man in the Hong Kong film industry.

For this reason, Zou Wenhuai did not hesitate to buy the entire entertainment page in several influential newspapers such as "Ming Pao" and "Oriental Daily" to promote this movie on the basis of the full publicity of this movie.

In the face of the menacing arrival of Golden Harvest, the already aged Shaw Brothers was even more unable to resist.

The Shaw Brothers New Year's file released "Modern Dirtyman" starring Lin Zixiang and Jing Li. Both of these people are considered TV stars, but unfortunately they are not very good in the film industry. And the whole movie is shot with a tigerish tail and a scattered plot, so that the audience doesn't know what to say.

Shao Yifu also knew that this movie could not compare to Jiahe's "Junior Brother Out of the Horse", so he came to a trick to retreat and advance, and simply let this movie be screened a week later than "Junior Brother Out of the Horse" and put it on the Chinese New Year's Eve.

It's a pity that Shao Yifu's wishful thinking was obviously wrong, and the attendance rate of the newly released movie "Modern Dirty" was about the same as that of "Senior Brother Out", which had been released for a week, and even a lot lower from the next day.

At this point, for people in the film industry, this box office victory has been divided, and now many people are waiting to see when "Senior Brother Out" will break the box office of 10 million.

Li Xuan is also looking forward to this. Because he knows that from now on, the performance of large companies and movies is not measured by millions of box office, but often tens of millions of dollars.

"Ding-dong-ding-dong......"

There was another hurried doorbell.

It's really lively today! Li Xuan thought for a moment and opened the door.

"Fatty, what are you doing here?" Li Xuan looked at Wang Jin, who hurriedly walked into the house, and asked.

"Water, I'll drink it first." Wang Jin didn't take Li Xuan's words first.

Watching Wang Jin slurp and drink a large glass of water, Li Xuan asked strangely, "What did you do?" Jogging? ”

"No, I'm not going to mess around with myself." Wang Jin waved his hand and continued: "I just came back from Shu Qi, do you know that a big event is about to happen in the Hong Kong film industry. ”

Shu Qi, every time he heard this name, Li Xuan felt his head go into chaos. Rubbing his forehead, Li Xuan said angrily: "Of course I know that something big is going to happen, isn't it that the box office of "Senior Brother Out" is about to break 10 million." ”

"That's not it." Wang Jin said mysteriously: "Do you know, Lei Juekun, the owner of Lisheng Cinema Line, invited newspapers and magazines from all over Hong Kong to participate in the press conference held at Lisheng Cinema the day after tomorrow. ”

"Tsk! That's a big move. Li Xuan sighed on the surface, but secretly muttered in his heart, is this going to set up the Golden Princess Cinema?

"That's it, I don't know what Lei Juekun is doing so many things?" Wang Jin also said suspiciously.

"Whatever." Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders: "Anyway, it won't have much impact on us, let's take a look first." ”

Li Xuan still remembered that Princess Jin was supported by the New Art City, and now the shadow of the New Art City is not yet, and it is estimated that even if the Golden Princess is established now, there will be nothing to do.

"Yes." Wang Jin nodded approvingly. (To be continued.) )