The 1983 Hong Kong movie Christmas prime time was affected by the stock market crash, and it was very cold compared to previous years.

Princess Jin has to take a few steps earlier every year, and on December 15th, she released its Christmas movie "Yin and Yang Wrong", which should have been the first film directed by Lin Linggu in later generations, because Li Xuan took the lead in digging the wall, so the director became the ghost Liang Puzhi.

Of course, the film producer is still New Art City.

Immediately behind Princess Jin is the Shaw Brothers, who is still a dead duck with a hard mouth, and it pushed a mysterious movie "The Day Tribulation". This fantasy movie directed by Chu Yuan has a bit of the flavor of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", but Chu Yuan, who is used to making martial arts films, can't show that fantasy flavor at all, let alone the rough set of the movie due to lack of funds.

This year's December 22 is the winter solstice day again, so the unhurried Golden Harvest and Wanda did not release their Christmas main movie until this day.

Needless to say, Golden Harvest's "Mislabeled Ginseng" is not low, and Hong Jingbao's box office appeal is not low. However, when Wanda's "Hardcover Chasing Girls" came out, the three bosses of Xinyicheng almost scolded their mothers, who called "Chasing Girls" their masterpieces.

However, the day after Wanda's Christmas war started, he suddenly found that he was missing an opponent, of course, needless to say, everyone knew that it must be Shaw Brothers. The "Day Tribulation" was released on December 16, but the movie didn't survive until Christmas, and it was drawn on December 23, with a box office of only 930,000. This achievement is already a loss for both the production company and the theater chain.

So when it really came Christmas Day, many people suddenly found that Shaw Brothers didn't have a main movie that day. This made the people who had supported Shaw Brothers for most of their lives feel very uncomfortable.

Later, Shaw Brothers stayed up until December 29 before taking out the next movie "Planting Ghosts" to compete for the Christmas box office. This film is directed by Yang Quan, the most powerful horror master of the Shaw Brothers. also lived up to expectations and won nearly five million box office, which can be regarded as earning back a little face for Shaw Brothers.

The remaining three theater chains have been tepid from the beginning. Xinyicheng's "Yin and Yang Wrong" couldn't bear it at first, and it was painted half a month after its release, and it got a box office of 14 million, which is neither high nor low.

In the end, it was Golden Harvest and Wanda who fought in the ring.

"Mislabeled" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls", two movies released on the same day, were almost inseparable for the next three weeks. The box office of the two films has always been similar. Although the attendance rate of "Hardcover Chasing Girls" seems to be a little more, Wanda's theaters are not as good as Golden Harvest, so on the whole, the number of moviegoers every day is about the same.

However, everyone is obviously very interested in Zhou Yunfa's first comedy role, and the plot of Wang Jin's spoof of the hero's true colors also makes people laugh.

In the end, when "Hardcover Chasing Girls" was drawn, it got a box office of more than 18 million, which was more than 300,000 more than "Wrong Reference", and the two sides were tied.

Wanda, which has only been established for half a year, has successfully trampled on several other major cinema chains.

However, Li Xuan is not happy yet, because this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is February 1, so the schedules of several major theater New Year files are basically set to start around January 26. Wait for the Christmas stall to just end. Before people come to their senses, the New Year's stall has arrived. Li Xuan also devoted himself to the intense promotion of "God of Gamblers".

This year's New Year's file is very interesting, Shaw Brothers may have hurt their roots at Christmas, and even put their New Year's file video on February 2, the first day of the new year, and even gave up Chinese New Year's Eve.

The vacancy of the Christmas stalls, coupled with the retreat of the New Year's stalls, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Shaw Brothers have sunset.

However, this year, Shaw Brothers retired, but another major cinema chain silver capital came up. Zhongyuan Film Company found Zhang Xinyan, the director of "Shaolin Temple", and filmed a Shaolin kung fu film with Li Lianjie - "Shaolin Kid". Obviously, "Shaolin Temple" tasted the sweetness the year before last, and Yindu also came to grab the schedule, and the date was set on January 26 very proudly.

So on January 26th, in addition to the Shaw Brothers who have retreated, Golden Harvest's "Teppanyaki". Golden Princess's "Best Partner 3", Wanda's "God of Gamblers" and Yindu's "Shaolin Kid", these movies collided strongly.

The three on the other side are all strong enemies, and Li Xuan didn't bother to toss any more premieres, and he didn't even do a midnight show, but just organized a simple test screening within the company. Of course, some well-known newspapers and film critics, Li Xuan still sent a few public movies to the past.

26 January 1984, Entertainment Theatre, Central, Hong Kong.

The three men sneaked into the entertainment theater, and without going to the ticket counter to line up to buy tickets, they took out three tickets from their pockets and walked into the screening hall.

Although the movie has not yet started, the theater is already full of people who have come to watch the movie. The three men looked obscenely at the movie tickets in their hands while looking for their place.

"Found it, Ah Wei, this way, this way!" A man shouted in a low voice with one in his hand.

The strong man who walked at the back looked at his two companions, couldn't help but cover his forehead, and sighed: "Isn't it necessary to be so cautious when watching a movie?" ”

"Slut, what you said is not right, Ah Wei is a star now, and I ......" Zhou Xingci pointed at himself proudly and continued: "I will soon become a star, do you want to sign for free first." ”

The strong man didn't care about the title of 'slut', and sat down directly and said: "Excuse me, you have been mixed for a few years to finally become the protagonist, or the next movie, what's so good about this." Speaking of celebrities, if my dad hadn't stopped me, I would have become a star a long time ago, and I still have to work as a clerk for others every day. ”

"Forehead......" Zhou Xingchi sat down cowardly and speechlessly, and suddenly turned his head curiously and asked, "Slut, why do you say Uncle Youtang doesn't let you enter the movie industry?" You're a family student. ”

"How do I know! Wait a minute......" The strong man suddenly looked at Zhou Xingchi with a cold face and said, "When you called me by name just now, didn't you scold me?" ”

“……”

"Uh, haha, uh, you think about it too much, how can I scold you."

The 'slut' is Zhou Xingchi's friend Li Jianren, the flower girl who often makes stunning appearances in Zhou Xingchi's movies in later generations is in her prime. His father Li Youtang is the cameraman of Golden Harvest, and he has many cameramen under him, so Zhou Xingchi said that he is a family student.

However, just as Ye Yuqing's brother Ye Zhiming doesn't like his sister to enter the entertainment industry, Li Youtang also resolutely opposes his son Li Jianren's entry into this industry. So Li Jianren, a good boy, obeyed his father's orders, gave up his hobby, and went to a company to work as a clerk and a small white-collar worker.

"Hmph, it's good if you didn't scold me." Li Jianren snorted coldly, and continued to ask: "By the way, you are the protagonist, so when will your new play start?"

"It should be March, not April at the latest." Zhou Xingchi was also a little unsure, and said guessingly.

Li Jianren nodded, looked at Liang Chaowei again and asked, "What about Ah Wei's movie?" ”

"It'll open when the year is over."

"So fast?" This time it was Zhou Xingchi who was surprised to ask first.

Liang Chaowei shrugged his shoulders and said lazily: "It's not that you don't know Director Wang Jin's nickname, fast gunner, what is a fast gunner, this is." ”

"Tsk!"

Li Jianren smacked his lips, looked at Zhou Xingchi and said with a smile: "Xingzai, look at Awei, and then look at yourself, people became stars earlier than you, and now the drama is faster than you, tsk......"

"Street fighter, what kind of attitude do you have?" Stephen Chow half-tilted his head and said, "Haven't you heard of it, I'm working slowly and carefully." ”

Li Jianren bared his teeth and teased: "Say you're fat, you're still panting......"

"Stop, stop, the movie is about to start, you two stop arguing."

Liang Chaowei on the side saw that the lights in the theater suddenly dimmed, and hurriedly exited to stop the two of them from continuing to talk. Zhou Xingchi and Li Jianren were also very cooperative, watching the lights dim and closing their mouths, finding the most comfortable position to sit and prepare to start watching the movie.

Just when the three of them were concentrating on sitting down and preparing to watch a movie, Chen Baisheng, who was sitting in the front row, also took out a notebook, ready to write down some movie viewing feelings later. This year is definitely a good year for Chen Baisheng, the Academy Awards that he has carefully prepared every year have finally not gone wrong this year, and Sing Tao Daily's continued support for the holding of the Academy Awards has saved him a lot of trouble.

He's been busy with these things lately, because the Academy Awards are still more than a month away.

However, Li Xuan's new movie was released, and he still gave him a movie ticket, so as a friend, he couldn't help but take a look. At the beginning of the movie, it is a scene where Zhou Yunfa gambles money in a San Francisco casino. Looking at this character who is completely different from 'Little Brother Ma', Chen Baisheng picked up his pen and wrote a few words in his notebook.

"In 1983, Zhou Yan ......" (to be continued......)