Chapter 77: Trouble Comes to the Door
As the scorching heat of September slowly ends, the movie "Scary" has also been drawn in other cities.
Li Xuan's most anticipated big box office warehouse only contributed 220 million yuan to the ration box office, which is equivalent to only 7 million Hong Kong dollars. Excluding the share between the issuing company and Sammo Hung , Li Xuan only got a million Hong Kong dollars. From here, Li Xuan can see that this psychedelic kung fu movie does not have a big market in the world, and it is not as rich as a pure kung fu movie or a horror movie.
But in Southeast Asia, the performance of "Scary" is very eye-catching. It received a total box office of nearly 2 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars. finally made up for the lack of box office and made Li Xuan's heart feel more comfortable.
What made Li Xuan cry and laugh the most was the box office of the movie. For his company's first film to enter Taiwan Bay, Li Xuan was full of expectations at the beginning. It's a pity that after two weeks, the box office of the movie can reach 4.8 million Taiwan dollars, which is equivalent to less than 1 million Hong Kong dollars. Except for the distribution fee and the theater reserve money, Li Xuan didn't make any money, and simply took "Scary" to go around the Taiwan market.
At the root of this, the most important reason is the severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Taiwan and the Gulf at the beginning of the year. As soon as this incident came out, the people of the entire Taiwan and Bay areas panicked, and many people emigrated one after another, and even the local economy was greatly affected. Therefore, the film industry, which has prospered by relying on the economy, has also been hit by a lot of impact, and the film market has been sluggish at the box office throughout the year.
After a movie is shown in other cities, it brings Li Xuan less than 3 million in income, although there is a reason to share it equally with Sammo Hung, but it also makes Li Xuan cry and laugh. But no matter how tangled you are, it will take a month for the money to arrive. As for now, Li Xuan has also devoted himself to the filming of "Mr. Zombie".
At more than eight o'clock in the evening, in the courtyard of a red brick house in Ngong Ping Market, Li Xuan and others were filming.
Thanks to the Lands Office, in addition to helping the crew close the streets, the authorities also helped rent an old-fashioned house to shoot exterior scenes. The red brick house was rented from local fishermen, and now several gates have been fenced with iron and converted into a prison cell.
Li Xuan was carrying the camera, and the camera was aimed at Dong Wei, who was standing on the tiled house.
"The 81st Scene 5th Shooting."
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"Smack!"
With a soft sound of the clapperboard, Dong Wei jumped down from the tile house more than three meters high, and in less than half a second, he stood firmly on the ground.
Li Xuan's camera also closely followed Dong Wei's figure and moved quickly from top to bottom.
"Click!" Liu Qiwei stood up from behind the monitor, clapped his hands and smiled: "It's over, Ah Wei's kung fu is very good, it's hard!" β
As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause around him, and Li Xuan, who was carrying the camera, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He is learning to take videography, just like the fast-moving camera of jumping off the building just now, which is not easy. Dong Wei jumped five times just now, and failed twice because of Li Xuan's relationship, which made Li Xuan suffer for a while, but fortunately, the shooting was finally successful.
"Seafood stall supper at night, I'm in for a treat!" Delaying everyone's time, Li Xuan was embarrassed, waving his arms and shouting at everyone.
"Wow, thank you boss!"
"Drink a few more bottles at night, don't get drunk and don't go home!"
"Oh oh oh, boss, Ho Kee's lobster is good......"
"What a noise!" Liu Yiwei carried the loudspeaker and laughed loudly: "As soon as you say that I am hungry, hurry up and finish the filming and call it a day!" The field service, the lights are dimmed, and the next one is ready. β
The next scene is Lin Zhengying alone in the cell, the shot is relatively simple, there are several cameramen in the crew, and it is not the turn of Li Xuan, the boss, to go into battle in person.
Looking at Dong Wei with a relaxed face next to him, Li Xuan held the camera and smiled: "Ah Wei, your Hong family's kung fu is good, there is nothing wrong with jumping down from such a high place." The last time I filmed "Scary", Chen Long and a few of them jumped off the building like drinking water. β
"Hehe, that's all practiced since childhood, Brother Xuan, you don't know how much we have suffered for this little effort!" Dong Wei boasted unashamedly.
"That's the real ability to not endure hardship." Li Xuan nodded in response: "Anyway, I can't jump from a height of more than three meters so easily." β
"If you want to say that the highest kung fu among us is Brother Hua, it's a pity that he is now in the Shaw Brothers." Dong Wei replied casually.
"Brother Birch?" Li Xuan thought for a while: "You mean Yuan Hua?" β
Dong Wei nodded: "Yes, I came back from Taiwan this time." If Brother Xuan hadn't asked me to act, I would have followed Brother Hua to Shaw Brothers. β
Yuan Hua is a person, Li Xuan has a very good impression of him in later generations or now. Especially at the celebration banquet of "People Are Scary" last time, Yuan Hua, as a member of the Shaw Brothers, came to participate despite the danger of snow hiding, I have to say that this guy is very righteous.
However, Yuan Hua, this guy likes to eat stable meals, and he runs around the Shaw Brothers all day to do martial arts, and he doesn't think about coming out to break through.
Listening to Dong Wei's words, Li Xuan suddenly found that there was another meaning, and asked tentatively: "Why don't you mess with your Sanmao brother, and you still want to go to the Shaw Brothers?" β
"Hehe...... Dong Wei smiled awkwardly when he heard this: "I just have this idea." Besides, Brother Xuan, you also know that there are too many brothers in the Hong family. β
"Well, it's a lot." Li Xuan nodded.
The Hong family class is a big family, and Hong Jingbao naturally can't take care of any of them with all his might. So it's a supporting role here, so it's better to go out and break through by yourself. But thinking about it this way, does Yuan Hua also have such a thought? Li Xuan thought suspiciously.
"Click! This is over, ready for the next one! β
Liu Xiwei shouted from the patio, Dong Wei looked at Li Xuan and said, "Brother Xuan, it's my turn, I'm going to film." β
"Oh, you go, go, go!" Li Xuan, who was thinking, was interrupted and hurriedly waved his hand and said.
It is estimated that the supper stimulated everyone in the crew, and the filming speed was much faster.
"Ah Ying, are you ready?" Liu Yiwei asked.
Lin Zhengying, whose head was stuck in the railing of the prison door, drew a V and replied: "Okay! β
"Then each of them is buried and ready to start filming."
"The first shot of the 87th scene."
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"Smack!"
The ninth uncle played by Lin Zhengying got his head stuck in the railing, and he struggled several times before he could get his head out. Inadvertently, I found a person next to me, and when I looked closely, it was the apprentice Qiusheng......
Li Xuan didn't need this set of lenses, but Li Xuan still held the camera and gestured beside him for a while, but he didn't turn it on.
"Hey! Xuan Tsai......"
Li Xuan's left shoulder was suddenly patted, and a familiar voice came from behind. Looking back, Li Xuan was shocked to find that this guy Wang Jin was standing behind him.
What's going on? It's past eight o'clock in the evening, and it's getting dark. Wang Jin didn't stay in the radio channel, what are you doing here?
"What are you doing here so late?" Li Xuan asked curiously.
Wang Jin looked around and whispered, "I'm in trouble." β
"Trouble? What's the trouble? Li Xuan frowned and asked.
Wang Jin's "King of a Thousand Kings" has long been filmed, and he has been doing post-production recently. There was trouble with this, and Li Xuan chuckled in his heart, could it be that something happened to the movie film? You must know that in these years, there are many accidents with movie films for no reason. On several occasions, in particular, several small film companies finished copying their films, and finally they were inexplicably burned down, and the film companies went out of business.
After making such a fuss a few times, all the filmmakers in Hong Kong finally knew the important surname of protection money, and this kind of thing rarely happened. However, Li Xuan remembered that he had paid protection money.
After listening to Li Xuan's questioning, Wang Jinyou looked around cautiously. Finding that no one was paying attention to him, he whispered: "It's not clear here, you come out, let's go outside." β
Looking at Wang Jin, who turned around mysteriously and walked out, Li Xuan had a strange feeling coming over him.
This guy doesn't act like something went wrong in the movie.
So what's the trouble anyway?
(Note: It is estimated that it will be encouraged to be put on the shelves tomorrow.) A little sad, the update is not powerful, pounced. But I'll keep writing, this scumbag can't write anything else. Besides, if I don't write articles, I guess I'll have to indulge in online games again, and I find it very good to write something to quit online game addiction. οΌ