Cai Maosheng, deputy manager of the Jiahe system, pushed open Zou Wenhuai's office, and said as soon as he entered the door: "Mr. Zou, I have already found out, Hong Jinbao has been in constant contact with Lin Xi in recent times, and I am more than eighty percent sure that the screenwriter Amu is Lin Xi!" ”

I thought that Zou Wenhuai would be very happy to hear the news, but in fact, Zou Wenhuai just nodded with a calm expression and said "I know", and then there was no follow-up.

Cai Maosheng pushed out of Zou Wenhuai's office with a sneering expression, and the expression on his face couldn't hide his doubts.

Zou Wenhuai has always been very concerned about this matter, why did his attitude suddenly change today?

Cai Maosheng didn't know that just before he entered the door, Zou Wenhuai had just received a fax from He Guanchang from the United States, and this fax was under his hands at the moment.

Although he pressed it with his hand, the figure of 3.2 million exposed between his fingers still made Zou Wenhuai feel very dazzling.

Zou Wenhuai thought that "Back to the Future" would achieve a good box office result in the United States, but he never expected that this movie would break Bruce Lee's record as soon as it came up, and according to He Guanchang's fax, because of the dual promotion of audience word-of-mouth and media evaluation, the weekly box office of the film should be quite considerable.

There is no doubt that Bruce Lee's highest box office of Hong Kong films in the United States will also be rewritten.

Although as the distributor of the film, Golden Harvest is also ∵ in this matter, w←ww. is profitable, if there is a choice, Zou Wenhuai Ningken's box office table of "Back to the Future" is worse, and it is best not to surpass Bruce Lee.

The reason is very simple, Bruce Lee is from Golden Harvest's side, and Lin Xi is not.

Although Lin Xi modestly said at the Hong Kong trial meeting, this movie is still Xu Guanwen's work. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that if there is no script and creativity provided by him. At most, Xu Guanwen will make another movie like "Modern Bodyguard", which will definitely not reach the current results.

That's just the news. Maybe it just made Zou Wenhuai feel bad, but what really made him feel powerless was the box office statistics for the premiere of "Back to the Future" in Hong Kong that he got before receiving He Guanchang's fax.

The box office of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars on the first day was frighteningly high, even in the case of a two-line joint screening.

"Back to the Future" is only a one-day box office, which is already worth the box office of many ordinary movies, which is obviously inconsistent with Zou Wenhuai's prediction that the film will lose at least 10 million in Hong Kong.

According to such a box office rising momentum, it is already a sure thing for "Back to the Future" to exceed 20 million at the box office, and after exceeding 20 million. No one knows how far the film can go.

What's even more troublesome is that "Best Partner", which was launched by Xinyicheng to fight with Golden Harvest this time, still won the first-day box office of 3.3 million when the box office of "Back to the Future" was so strong.

You must know that the number of theaters under the Golden Princess is only half of that of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers combined, and "Best Partner" is not as large as "Back to the Future" in terms of release scale, but the box office is only less than 2 million behind "Back to the Future", in fact, the two sides are tied.

Such a result not only did not make Zou Wenhuai satisfied, but only increased his worries.

"Best Partner" has such a strong momentum, if Golden Harvest does not have "Back to the Future" this time. I don't know what to compete with Xinyicheng.

Losing face is a trivial matter, the key is that Xinyicheng will sit big from now on, and it will not be easy to suppress it.

So for Zou Wenhuai at this time, it doesn't matter whether the screenwriter Amu is Lin Xi or not. The important thing is that now Jiahe can only choose to win over Lin Xi to fight against Xinyicheng.

The identity of screenwriter Amu is just that Zou Wenhuai is more determined to this idea.

On the other side, the three main generals of the new art city, Mecca, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, are also gathering together. The topic of discussion is also Lin Xi.

"It's really unfortunate to meet an opponent like "Back to the Future". Otherwise, with the current box office table of "Best Partner", it is completely possible to block and kill gods. The Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha. ”

Huang Baiming, the youngest of the three, couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Shi Tian immediately objected and said: ""Best Partner" has not lost much to "Back to the Future", you forget that Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are now double-line joint screenings, and the number of theaters is twice that of Golden Princess, in this case, the box office of the premiere of "Back to the Future" is not twice as much as ours, and in my opinion, it is not as good as our "Best Partner". ”

"You're right, but you should also know that the box office can't be counted like that." Huang Baiming lifted his glasses, and his expression still looked very depressed, "Although "Back to the Future" has been released in more theaters than us, but the more the box office of a movie increases, the more difficult it becomes, otherwise it will be simple for us to get a high box office, just open a hundred theaters in Hong Kong, but things are not so simple, 3.3 million may already be the limit of "Best Partner", because this is about the same number as we estimated before, but "Back to the Future" encountered the situation that we attracted so many audiences to the Golden Princess Cinemas, can also win more than 5 million box office, which gives me the feeling that this is not the limit of this movie. If we hadn't been with us, maybe the box office of this movie would have been even higher when it premiered! ”

Mecca finally spoke at this point.

"Actually, you two are right, we really didn't win this time, but we didn't lose either! Because the box office of "Best Partner" has reached our expectations, it is no problem to find this momentum to develop, and the final box office income of more than 20 million is no problem, we can only say that we are unlucky, and we met "Back to the Future" that is more powerful than us, I say this, don't be unconvinced, because Xu Guanjie told me that the film cost more than 20 million yuan just to shoot and produce it, and the cost is almost twice as much as us, don't look at the box office of this movie is so good now, but they have more pressure to recover their costs than us, And in the end, it's hard to say which movie is more profitable! ”

"But "Back to the Future" is also released in the United States, if it ......"

Before Huang Baiming finished speaking, Shi Tian interrupted and said: "Have there been fewer Hong Kong movies in the United States in recent years?" Except for Bruce Lee's movies, the others are not all loss-making profits! ”

Mecca agreed, but before he could say yes, the phone on his desk rang.

He made an apologetic expression at Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, and walked over to pick up the microphone.

After only two sentences, Mecca's face immediately changed, and it was ugly.

Seeing him walking back with a gloomy face, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian glanced at each other, and they both had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Sure enough, Mecca then said, "Which one do you want to hear first, a bad news or a good news?" ”

Huang Baiming and Shi Tian quickly exchanged glances, and then they both said to hear the bad news first.

"Just came back from the United States, "Back to the Future" won $3.2 million at the box office on the premiere day, which has broken Bruce Lee's previous record, and now the theater chain in the United States is ready to continue to expand the scale of this film, so it is very likely that this film will also break the previous record of the highest box office of Hong Kong films in the United States."

Huang Baiming and Shi Tian's expressions were ugly, especially Shi Tian, who decided that "Back to the Future" would not make a big difference, and then he was slapped by the facts, which was not pleasant.

After a moment of silence, Shi Tian finally couldn't swallow this breath.

"Why don't we also take "Best Partner" to the United States for release, "Back to the Future" can work, why can't we?"

Huang Baiming and Mecca glanced at each other, both showing helpless expressions.

Huang Baiming didn't open his mouth this time because he had just raised the bar with Shi Tian, and it was Mecca who persuaded him instead.

""Back to the Future" should have an advantage in terms of subject matter, after all, science fiction films are very popular in the American market, and "Best Partner" is actually a Hong Kong-style comedy, and it may not be realistic to release it in the United States, and Boss Lei may not have such a plan."

Lei Juekun invested in Hong Kong's cinema chain, so he chose to spare no effort to support Xinyicheng, but after leaving Hong Kong, the distribution of the film had to be found by Xinyicheng itself.

Originally, this was not a big problem, but now the entire Southeast Asia, except for Japan and South Korea, is basically firmly controlled by Hong Kong films, as long as a film can sell well in Hong Kong, the filmmakers in these regions will take the initiative to seek cooperation.

But this is only for the market in Southeast Asia, and there is no such thing in the United States.

It took years of hard work for Golden Harvest to form a relatively stable cooperative relationship with American distributors, and it was only through Bruce Lee's movies that it barely gained a foothold there.

Xinyicheng wants to bring "Best Partner" to the United States for release, and the shortcomings of Lei Juekun, the boss behind the scenes, are revealed.

As a non-filmmaker, Lei Juekun will not be as interested in opening up the international film market as Golden Harvest.

Mecca explained that at this point, Shi Tian can basically determine that it is basically impossible for "Best Partner" to be released in the United States.

Seeing that Shi Tian's whole person's expression darkened, Huang Baiming suddenly felt a little unbearable.

"Doesn't that mean there's another piece of good news?"

Mecca patted her bald head, and if it hadn't been for Huang Baiming's reminder, he would have almost forgotten about it.

"Do you remember that screenwriter Amu? Our people have found clues, and now it is almost certain that this person is Lin Xi! ”

"What?"

Huang Baiming and Shi Tian cried out in surprise.

Mecca spread his hands, "Don't look at me like that, I didn't expect that I had denied this answer in front of Boss Lei at the beginning, and if you want to blame it, blame Hong Jinbao, the dead fat man, who has been hiding from us for so long, and still refuses to admit it." ”

"Is it any good for us to confirm this news?" Shi Tian asked puzzled.

Before Mecca could speak, Huang Baiming hurriedly replied: "The screenwriter of Hong Jinbao's "Baby Plan" is Amu, which means that we can cooperate with Lin Xi immediately!" ”

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