By the end of mid-July 1984, the weather in Hong Kong was getting hotter and hotter. The scorching sun baked the earth, making everyone's hearts feel as uncomfortable as a fire. Staying in the room with cool air conditioning and electric fans has become the best choice for many people who are afraid of heat.

"The Saint of Gambling", which has been released for a week, is as hot as this weather.

In fact, "The Saint of Gambling" is not the first movie in the summer file, and in front of him is Wang Jin's "Happy Ghost 2". This movie, which Li Xuan handed over to Wang Jin as soon as he started, was played by him very well. Especially after Li Xuan cooperated with Cathay Cinema in Nanyang, "Happy Ghost" released by them was a big hit in Nanyang, and several girls in the Happy Girl Group have become household names in Nanyang.

So as soon as "Happy Ghost 2" came out this time, Cathay Pacific rushed to release this movie to Nanyang. Ye Zhiming's record company is not far behind, and now he is full-fledged, and he has taken out a new record of the Happy Girl Group, which is promoted and sold all the way with "Happy Ghost 2".

In the past few days, Wang Jinzheng has taken the Happy Girl Group to promote "Happy Ghost 2" in Nanyang, and I heard that when they were doing live promotion of the movie in Kuala Lumpur, the whole stage was crowded by fans and there was no way to leave, but Cathay Pacific wasted the boss's strength to save a few of them.

When Wang Jin called Li Xuan to talk about this, there was a smug feeling in his words, and Li Xuan just said a set of numbers very flatly, and then made Wang Jin mutter.

17.31 million! This is the set of numbers that Li Xuan said.

This set of numbers is also the total box office of "Happy Ghost 2" in Hong Kong. Although this data looks very good, it is actually 5 million Hong Kong dollars less than the box office of "Happy Ghost", and it is far from the threshold of 20 million. Therefore, as soon as Li Xuan said this number, he was hit by Wang Jin's body.

The results of "Happy Ghost 2" are a little lower than expected, but at least they are not ugly.

But something more surprising happened. In the same period, the movies that fought in the ring with "Happy Ghost 2" include Yongjia's "Gentleman" and Debao's "Double Dragon Goes to Sea". and Shaw Brothers' "Thirty Virgins". And this "Thirty Virgins" is the last film shot by Zhang Jianting and Chen You before they left Shaw Brothers.

But we're not focusing on this "Thirty Virgins". It's Debao's "Double Dragons Go to Sea".

In the first battle of the four major theaters, "Thirty Virgins" won 7.16 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Gentlemen" won more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. And what is surprising is that in this first battle, it was not "Happy Ghost 2" that won, but Debao's "Double Dragon Goes to Sea".

18.45 million, this is the box office of "Double Dragon Goes to Sea".

This film is a variant of "Lucky Stars", which shows Hong Kong's style of following the trend from another aspect. Hong Kyung-bo served as the executive producer of the film. It is not surprising.

If the first battle was a dark horse, then the second battle of the four major theaters was a one-man show without surprise.

Because of the limelight of "The Saint of Gambling", it is simply too strong!

Even Golden Harvest's "Cannonball Speed 2", which is the main hit of this summer file, does not dare to fight hard with "The Saint of Gambling". was scheduled to be released at the end of early August, and then it would fight with Wu Yusen's "Across the Seas".

And the film that Golden Harvest put in the second schedule is "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" filmed in cooperation with McDonald Bear Studios. This movie, which combines the power of McDonald Bear and Hong Kyung-bo, is highly acclaimed, but it is obviously not the opponent of "The Saint of Gambling".

"Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", which was released a week earlier than "The Saint of Gambling". Attendance has been jerked down since the second week. As a result, when "The Saint of Gambling" was a box office hit in the first week, "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" had already been painted and received a box office of 10 million Hong Kong dollars. However, although this box office does not look good, McDonald Bear is clearly still making money.

The second round of Golden Princess's movies is "Aura" by Xinyicheng.

Quite interestingly. The first movie starring Huang Baiming in history should be "Happy Ghost". It's a pity that now "Happy Ghost" let Li Xuan take it first, and he broke off Huang Baiming's way of interpretation. However, the inertia of history cannot be ignored, without "Happy Ghost", Huang Baiming starred again in "Aura". And the director of "Reiki is Compelling" is called Gao Zhisen, but he is Huang Baiming's very important apprentice.

This is true, there is a providence in the dark.

Xinyicheng is really on the same page as "The Saint of Gambling", and the release time of "Aura" is one day later than "The Saint of Gambling". As a result, the film was forced to fight half of its way out, and it got a box office of 7 million in the first week of release. However, the outlook is not optimistic, and the attendance rate is declining rapidly.

As for Shaw, uh......

Since Li Xuan refused to invest in Xu Anhua's "Fleeing to the Angry Sea" last year, there has been a sense of separation between the two. The second round of Shaw Brothers movies this time is Xu Anhua's new film "Love in a Fallen City". The producer of this movie is Shao Yifu, the producer is Fang Yihua, and the producer is Huang Jiaxi.

Moreover, the actor of "Love in a Fallen City" is Zhou Runfa, and the remuneration Xuan Yuan and he only received a friendship price.

Xu Anhua is now the same as Wu Yusen under Li Xuan, who regards Zhou Yunfa as his favorite, and the film will not start filming unless he is the leading actor, which makes people a little crying and laughing when you think about it.

Shao Yifu, who had already closed the door, was even more lazy to fight with Li Xuan, so he simply arranged "Love in a Fallen City" to be released a week after the screening of "The Saint of Gambling", so now "Love in a Fallen City" has only released a first-day box office.

1.24 million Hong Kong dollars, this is a very unoptimistic data, under the squeeze of "The Saint of Gambling", the box office prospect of breaking 10 million has become a big problem.

The defeats of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess have made the achievements of "The Saint of Gambling" very brilliant.

Li Xuan said that the box office of "The Saint of Gambling" exceeded 30 million, which is really not an exaggeration. In the first week of the release of "The Saint of Gambling", the box office passed the 15 million mark, and the attendance rate has not dropped significantly, and breaking 30 million is just around the corner.

Now many filmmakers in Hong Kong, although they are all envious, jealous and hateful, are also counting their fingers, calculating when "The Saint of Gambling" will break the box office record of 30 million.

This time is not far off.

"Bell, bell, bell—"

Lei Juekun carried a bunch of keys on his waist pants, and there was a clanging sound when he walked. I saw him slowly descend to the sixth floor of the Lei headquarters building, and the new art city is located here.

"Hello Mr. Lei!"

"Hello, Boss Lei."

"Lei Sheng, good afternoon!"

“……”

As soon as they walked into the new art city, there were no fewer employees who greeted Lei Juekun, the big boss behind the scenes. And Lei Juekun only dealt with a few casual sentences, and then walked straight to Mai Jia's office.

"Click-"

Lei Juekun didn't even knock on the door, nor did he let the secretary announce, so he directly pushed open the door of the office.

"Who, this big ......" Mai Jia just wanted to scold this daredevil, who came in without knocking, and when he saw the figure clearly, he stood up and said in surprise: "Mr. Lei, why are you here?" ”

Lei Juekun looked at the book "Dow Theory" on Mai Jia's desk, frowned for a moment, and then replied: "Last time I gave you funds to poach people, how did you go?" ”

"Uh......"

Mai Jia was stunned, then rolled her eyes and said, "There are already several goals, but they haven't been implemented yet." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it, which ones did you choose? Lei Juekun sat down opposite Mai Jia and asked directly.

"Well......" Mai Jia was also anxious, and opened her mouth after a moment of stunned and said: "Zhang Wanting, the director of Shaw Brothers, although she is a woman, her filming is very delicate. Xuanyuan's Lin Linggu is even better, he is good at romance films and gunfight films, and Zheng Zeshi, who is now a free man, acts and directs, and his directing skills are not weak now. ”

"The three of them?" Lei Juekun frowned and continued to ask, "Are you sure you can dig it up?" ”

The grasp of the fart, I'm here to make a difference! Mai Jia muttered in his heart, but of course he couldn't say that, only to see Mai Jia touch his big bald head and smile dryly: "I'll do my best." ”

"I don't want you to do your best, I want you to be sure and sure." Lei Juekun stood up and said hatefully: "What am I building a theater in Taiwan for this year? It's not that I want to make the Golden Princess and the new art city bigger. But now, the new art city has returned to its original state, and I am really sad! ”

"I'm sorry, Boss Lei, for disappointing you." Mai Jia replied with a sigh.

"Forget it, don't say anything sorry at this time." Lei Juekun waved his hand and said, "Now you have to boost the prestige of the new art city first, and we'll talk about the rest later." That's it, since you already have a candidate, then hurry up, hurry up and not be late, dig people back first, and then say, if there is nothing else, I will leave first. ”

"Mr. Lei, don't worry, I will redouble my efforts and walk slowly!"

"Whew-"

Watching Lei Juekun pacing out of the room, Mai Jia quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about the task assigned by Boss Lei, Mai Jia was so worried that she touched her bald head. Then, as if he had figured out something, he walked towards the office door.

But......

Mai Jia, who had just walked two steps, suddenly realized something, turned around and picked up the "Dow Theory" on the table and held it in his arms, then opened the door and walked straight out.