Just as Zou Wenhuai was preparing for the celebration banquet of "Police Story" and Wang Jin was writing the new script of "Black Man 2", several major theaters in Hong Kong's summer season were still continuing their struggle.

Princess Jin's "Chasing Girls", which was released at the same time as Shaw Brothers' "Book of Swords and Enmity", was very impressive at the box office, and it got a box office result of 4.46 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, almost exceeding three times the full box office of "Book of Swords and Enmity", and the box office of "Chasing Girls" is expected to exceed 10 million if it continues like this.

And Golden Harvest is not far behind, so at this time the "Zombie Dao Chang 2" produced by Hong Jingbao was released, Hong Jingbao's psychedelic kung fu films have been deeply loved by the audience in the past two years, so in the first week of the release of "Zombie Dao Chang 2", it also got a high box office of 4.13 million.

These two films, regardless of the box office performance in the future, have become the standard version of low-cost and money-making.

As for Liu Jialiang's "Martial Arts", which was arranged by Shaw Brothers to be released behind "Book of Swords and Enmity", although it got a box office of 3.57 million in the first week, which was higher than Wang Jin's "Flower Heart" in the first week, but martial arts films are not as strong as comedy films, and the attendance rate has dropped rapidly.

This Shaw Brothers is getting worse and worse.

"Hey, there's a new theater being renovated here, which theater is the new theater?" Zhong Chuhong, who was in the passenger seat, looked at the street scene on the side of the road and asked curiously.

Li Xuan and Chung Chuhong were driving to Fuk Lam Mun Restaurant to attend the celebration banquet of "Police Story", when they passed by Milton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui when they saw a new cinema being renovated on the side of the road.

"This theater ......" Li Xuan thought for a while and replied: "It seems to be Princess Jin's, not only have they opened a new theater here, but there is also a new theater in Wan Chai that is being renovated." ”

"Wow, Princess Jin already has twenty theaters, and new ones are still being built, so won't they become the number one theater chain in Hong Kong by then?" Zhong Chuhong has also been in the film industry for two or three years, but he has learned a lot.

"Well, I can't help it." Li Xuan let out a long sigh and said, "Who told you to make movies now to make money." ”

While the decline of Shaw Brothers Pictures was accelerating, the Hong Kong film industry began to prosper rapidly.

Since last year's New Year's file Chenglong's "Junior Brother Goes Out" broke through the box office of 10 million, the Hong Kong film industry has been like a shot in the arm, constantly refreshing the original box office record.

10 million, 15 million, 20 million, until "Police Story" easily broke the box office of 25 million, and finally made the Hong Kong film industry unprecedentedly prosperous, more and more new film companies opened, and there are even many people who don't know anything about movies, but are willing to invest a lot of money in making movies.

It seems that as long as you enter the film industry, everyone can make a lot of money.

And these large number of new small film companies have also made the number of movies continue to increase, which in turn has led to the continuous growth of the number of theaters. The Golden Princess Cinema Line was loosened because of the announcement of the abolition of the bottom gold system, but it was closed again in the blink of an eye, and the theater has now entered a state where there is no shortage of film sources.

The total number of cinemas in Hong Kong increased from 83 last year to 89 this year, not counting the two cinemas that Princess Kim is now renovating. More and more cinemas, accompanied by more and more inferior movies, seem to let Li Xuan see the turbulent Hong Kong at the end of the eighties.

The only good news is that Hong Kong is now at a critical moment in the Sino-British negotiations, and the Hong Kong government's several anti-crime campaigns have made the whole Hong Kong a lot more peaceful, and there has not been a situation where associations are forcing people to film with guns for the time being.

When Li Xuan and the others came to Fulinmen, they found that there were really a lot of people invited by Zou Wen this time. Not only are there overseas film companies, directors and actors, cinema executives, and even political axe officials, just reporters are seated at two tables, and even Wu Yusen, who has been refrigerated by Golden Harvest for a period of time, came. It's just that now Xu Ke has joined Xinyicheng, but at this time, he can't drink with this frustrated good friend.

Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong are the director of the movie and the other are the leading actors of the movie, so naturally they both sat at the main table this time.

"Aaron, do you have any plans for new films in the second half of the year?" Li Xuan took advantage of the fact that before the banquet began, he asked Chenglong, who was sitting next to him, and by the way, he also quietly noticed Chenglong's face.

August 1981 was definitely a happy and bitter month for Chenglong.

Cheng Long is naturally happy that the movie "Police Story" starring him has received a terrifying box office of 27 million, breaking the box office record in Hong Kong and regaining his status in Asia. And he is now a double harvest in love and career, and the Taiwanese Miss Lin has a particularly good impression of him, and the two of them are about to confirm the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend.

And the thing that made him depressed was that the news that he and Deng Lijun had fallen in love was kicked out by the media, and now it has been hyped up in Hong Kong and Taiwan. At the Golden Disc Awards ceremony held by TVB in early August, the unwitting organizer specially arranged for Chenglong, a film star, to present the award to Deng Lijun, a singer star, and then Chenglong, who had been missing a root in his head, actually agreed.

As a result, Deng Lijun endured her grief and cried bitterly as soon as she walked backstage after receiving the award from Chenglong.

It's okay now, those reporters just don't have to gossip, so within two days, a newspaper broke the news that Deng Lijun and Chenglong had fallen in love, which immediately detonated the gossip fire of everyone in the entertainment industry.

Chenglong has been busy thinking about the script of the new movie these days, and at the same time busy explaining it to his prospective girlfriend in Taiwan.

"Well, yes, I've been writing a script for a new play recently." Chenglong slowed down, and then continued: "What, Ah Xuan, do you have something?" ”

"Hmm." Li Xuan nodded and said, "Isn't this going to co-produce a new drama with Brother Sanmao, there is a role I want to make a cameo appearance with you." ”

Hearing that it was cooperating with his senior brother, Chenglong nodded and smiled: "That's no problem, Ah Xuan, you can call me when you come, I promise to be on call." ”

"This is what Aaron said, then I'm not welcome at that time, thank you Aaron."

"No ...... for guests"

"Pap, pap, pap—"

A burst of applause suddenly interrupted Cheng Long's words, and everyone fled away, and prejudice Zou Wenhuai was standing next to the main table and clapping his hands gently.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were over, Zou Wenhuai picked up his wine glass and held it high and said, "Everyone! "Police Story" was able to break the box office record in Hong Kong and win such a high box office, and director Li Xuan contributed a lot. Today, we are here to toast Director Li first,"

All the guests stood up with their wine glasses, and Li Xuan also held his wine glasses high and said: "Thank you, thank you, Li is not very honored today, raise your glass, do it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xuan raised his wine glass and drank it all, and all the guests also raised their glasses and drank.

"Haha, Director Li is refreshing." Zou Wenhuai smiled, and after waiting for the waiter to fill his wine glass again, he raised his glass and continued: "This director has thanked him, and the other person can't help but say it, I think everyone who has seen the movie will know how Chenglong fought for his life in this movie." I think half of the credit for this box office is also his credit, come, Aaron, let's all toast you, thank you for your wonderful performance. ”

"Thank you, Boss Zou, thank you!" Chenglong also stood up and had a drink with the guests.

Next is a one-man show by Zou Wenhuai, thanking this or that from time to time, and then several reporters take a few photos next to him.

But it didn't take long for the dinner to begin.

And Li Xuan, as the director of "Police Story", has received the same attention as Chenglong, and from time to time someone comes over to him to toast, this time Li Xuan can't use the trick of half a glass of wine, so he can only drink it one by one.

Not long after, Hong Jingbao walked over with Yuan Dart, and saw Hong Jingbao holding a wine glass and said, "Ah Xuan, congratulations, your movie really opened my eyes." ”

Although Hong Jingbao felt that Chenglong was working so hard to make a movie at the premiere, it would not be good for those dragon and tiger warriors in the future. But when he saw the box office result of "Police Story", which was close to 30 million, his eyes were red, and he still felt that it was not good to shoot like this. If this allows him to make a movie with a box office of 30 million, let alone jumping off a building, let him jump off a cliff.

Li Xuan smiled and said playfully: "Brother Sanmao, this is not an eye-opener, but you can't wait, right?" ”

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