The later stage of "Police Story" is obviously much easier to produce than "Smiling Proud Jianghu", after all, its picture is not as exquisite as "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Li Xuan plans to use the whole June to do the post-production, but the time is more than enough.

And just when Li Xuan was busy with the post-production of the movie, the summer file wars of major theaters in 1981 also started.

This year's summer file in Hong Kong is very interesting, and on the side of Golden Harvest Cinemas, there are "Police Story" by Li Xuan in post-production, "Zombie Road Chief 2" supervised by Hong Jinbao, and "Cannonball Speed" by Golden Harvest in the United States; On the side of the Golden Princess Cinema, there are "A Can on an errand" produced by Wu Siyuan's Siyuan Company, "Ghost Horse Zhi Duoxing" directed by Xu Ke, and "Chasing Girls" directed by Mecca; On the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, there are "Corpse Demon" directed by Gui Zhihong, "Flower Heart Da Shao" directed by Wang Jin, "Dragon and Tiger Young Master" directed by Liu Jiarong, "Book of Swords and Enmity" directed by Chu Yuan, and "Martial Arts Hall" directed by Liu Jialiang.

This Shaw Brothers, now is a typical quality is not enough, just use quantity to make up.

And in June, the first to start the summer war was Princess Jin's "Ah Chan Errand" and Shaw Brothers' "Corpse Demon", but this time Gui Zhihong obviously did not continue the glory of the "evil" series, "Corpse Demon" was painted after only nine days, and the box office just broke 2 million. On the other hand, Wu Siyuan's "A Can Errand" is amazingly explosive, with a box office of more than 2.9 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, and the movie is popular and popular.

Shaw Brothers, an old theater boss, was slapped in the face by Princess Jin again. So in a hurry, the senior management of the Shaw Brothers hurriedly took out "Young Master Dragon and Tiger" directed by Liu Jiarong, which was worthy of moving back a little face.

"A Can's Errand" was released two weeks later, and the box office continued the usual level of Siyuan Company, earning 4.51 million Hong Kong dollars. Although "Young Master Dragon and Tiger" helped Shaw Brothers regain a little face, it also performed averagely, with a box office of 2.63 million in the first week, and a box office of 3.84 million in the second week of its release.

This is a more interesting result for Li Xuan, because the box office of "Young Master Dragon and Tiger" is only 400 Hong Kong dollars less than "The Story of Hu Yue".

The first meeting of the summer file ended with the Golden Princess's small victory over the Shaw Brothers, and Golden Harvest did not participate.

But before Golden Harvest could participate in this grand event, Princess Jin and Shaw Brothers exchanged hands again, and people on both sides of them knew what the name Chenglong represented in the Hong Kong film industry. So in order to stagger the release date of "Police Story", Princess Jin and Shaw Brothers launched their own selected movies early.

In the last week of June, Xu Ke's "Ghost Horse Zhiduo Xing" faced Wang Jin's "Flower Heart", a frolicking comedy and a romantic comedy fought.

However, after the box office of these two movies came out in the first week, Wang Jin's face was a little unpleasant. "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Star", the comedy film directed by Xu Ke for the first time, got a box office of 3.04 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, while Wang Jin's "Flower Heart" was only 2.98 million Hong Kong dollars. Although there is only a difference of about 60,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office between the two, Wang Jin did lose first.

After the box office results came out in the second week, Wang Jin's mood was even worse.

The box office of "Ghost Horse Smart Star" in the second week was 2.58 million Hong Kong dollars, while "Flower Heart" only had a box office of 2.21 million, and the box office gap between the two movies is getting bigger and bigger.

In this summer file, Wang Jin, the '10 million director', was defeated by Xu Ke, a street fighter, which made Wang Jin itch no matter how he thought about it.

And when Princess Jin defeated the Shaw Brothers again, Princess Jin's big boss Lei Juekun was not happy at all. Recently, Lei Juekun has been very anxious about some things.

Since the mainland's reform and opening up in 1978, Hong Kong's stock market has broken the bullish boredom, and the Hang Seng Index has risen from 383 points to 1,810 points in the past three years, a force more than four times.

Due to the promising prospects, land prices in Hong Kong have been rising, triggering many consortiums to compete for listed companies that hold land. Among its leaders are Li Jiacheng's acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, the acquisition of Wharf by Bao Yugang, and the acquisition of Telephone Company and Hongkong Electric by Hongkong Land.

And just when Lei Juekun was complacent about the victory of the Golden Princess Cinema last year, and was ready to show his strength in the film industry, he didn't know that their land-owning bus companies had also become the target of those big conglomerates.

First of all, at the beginning of January this year, Luo Xurui, the third son of Luo Yingshi, chairman of Eagle Real Estate, sniped at China Bus in the name of Paliburg and won nearly 30% of the shares of China Bus in one fell swoop. Then in June, these 30% of the shares were sold by him, with a net profit of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

And the crocodile that followed Luo Xurui was the real estate predator Sun Hung Kai, which shot at Lei Juekun's Kowloon Bus.

Although Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index has been skyrocketing, because Hong Kong has an infrastructure management ordinance, Kowloon Motor Bus' profits have not doubled as much as the stock market. Since profits do not rise, the price of the stock will certainly not rise, so shareholders have long lost confidence in Kowloon Bus.

As a result, when Sun Hung Kai announced the acquisition of Kowloon Motor Corporation's stake in the stock market, the minority shareholders sold their shares. In just one week, Sun Hung Kai successfully acquired nearly 40% of the shares of Kowloon Motor Corporation, and there is no intention of stopping.

Sun Hung Kai's speed made him the largest shareholder of Kowloon Motor Bus before Lui Juekun could react. Lui Kokku-kun, who has become the second largest shareholder of Kowloon Motor Bus, lost control of KMB Group in a trance.

I lost the Kowloon Bus?

Lei Juekun, who was sitting in the office, has not yet recovered from this major blow. Kowloon Construction Yip and Kowloon Bus are one of the pillar industries of the Lui family, and now without the Lei family of Kowloon Bus, they are like a cripple, and they are half shorter in an instant.

As for buying back shares? Lei Juekun doesn't even need to think about it, Sun Hung Kai is much richer than him! Now I have to find a new industry from another place.

"Knock knock—"

Suddenly a knock on the door interrupted Lei Juekun's contemplation, and after sorting out the chaotic thoughts, Lei Juekun loosened his tie and said loudly, "Please come in." ”

"Click-"

The door of the office rang softly, and the bald guys Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian, the three bigwigs of the new art city, walked in together. Mai Jia took the lead and asked, "Boss Lei, are you looking for us?" ”

"Hmm." Lei Juekun nodded slightly, pointed to the chair in front of the desk and said, "Sit down first, and then we'll talk slowly." ”

"Thank you!"

The three of them thanked each other first, and then sat down in their chairs together.

"I'm very happy with the last few movies you've made." Lei Juekun nodded and continued: "Whether it is "Funny Times", "Happy Fairy Nest", "No U-turn", "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars" or the "Chasing Girls" that has not yet been released, there is not a movie that makes me lose money, which shows your wealth. ”

"Haha, Boss Lei has won the prize." Mai Jia smiled and replied quite smugly: "These movies don't have to rely on the support of Boss Lei." ”

Lei Juekun waved his hand and smiled slowly: "Haha, don't bring me any hats." I came to you this time to ask if you have any ideas for making a big difference? ”

"Bigger?" The three members of the Mai family asked in surprise with wide eyes.

"Hmm!" Lei Juekun nodded heavily and said: "These movies of yours are just a small fight of millions of dollars, although you make money, you don't make much, let alone influence." Look at Golden Harvest, it only took a year from the box office of 10 million to the box office of 2,000, and the investment in their films is getting bigger and bigger. For example, that Li Xuan, he used 8 million for the previous "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and now this "Police Story" has spent 10 million Hong Kong dollars, the bigger the investment, the greater the benefit if you meet the right person. I've been thinking for a few days, why can't we also have a big investment movie? The three of you are no worse than that Li Xuan. ”

"Forehead ......"

Mai Jia and the three of them glanced at each other, and they all saw the burning heat in each other's eyes, and then Mai Jia asked tentatively, "Boss Lei, do you really plan to straighten it out?" ”

"This can still be fake!" Lei Juekun said a little unpleasantly: "What, you don't want to? ”

"Yes, willing—"

"Do you have any ideas now?" Lei Juekun asked slowly.

"Forehead......" The three bigwigs of Xinyi City glanced at each other, and then Mai Jia replied: "This, not yet, but if you give us a few days, you will definitely be able to give Boss Lei a great script." ”

"That's right." Lei Juekun pondered for a while and continued: "Then next week, at the premiere of Golden Harvest's "Police Story", you can go with me to see if there is any big gain. ”

"......" (To be continued.) )