In fact, the popularity of "Happy Ghost" far exceeded Lin Xi's expectations.

The hot scene of queuing in front of the theater to buy tickets in the early morning of the first day of release lasted until the third day, and everyone was dumbfounded as soon as the box office statistics on the day of the premiere came out.

"3.1 million?"

Zou Wenhuai fell into deep thought after getting this statistic, others may still suspect that this box office has moisture, but Zou Wenhuai will not, because half of the "Happy Ghost" movie was released in Golden Harvest Theaters, and the box office number of the premieres on Golden Harvest's side was actually counted yesterday, a total of 1.53 million.

Coupled with the box office figure of 1.57 million provided by Shaw Brothers this morning, the 3.1 million premiere box office did not have any disagreement and doubt.

You must know that the box office of the premiere of "Best Partner" was only 3.3 million, and finally won the box office of 28 million.

Taking this as a reference standard, it doesn't seem to be an unacceptable thing for "Happy Ghost" to win more than 25 million at the box office.

The cost of "Best Partner" alone exceeded 10 million, while "Happy Ghost" was less than 2 million, which shows Lin Xi's ability even more in comparison.

Of course, this is not what makes Zou Wenhuai the most depressed, the most difficult thing for him to accept is that the box office of Shaw Brothers Cinemas is 40,000 more than that of Golden Harvest, although this money is completely negligible in the box office statistics of millions at every turn, but at this moment it is like a thorn in Zou Wenhuai's heart.

Also angry was He Guanchang, who rushed to Zou Wenhuai's office after hearing the news.

"The Shaw Brothers are so bold about Lin Xi, do you really think that everyone else is blind?"

Zou Wenhuai put down the box office statistics table in his hand and said with a worried face: "Shao Yifu is playing this hand, I'm afraid the purpose is not just to muddy the water, I guess he should have other plans!" ”

He Guanchang nodded, and then put forward a possibility: "Do you think Shao Yifu will sell the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line to Lin Xi?" ”

Zou Wenhuai's eyes flashed, but then turned to deeper confusion.

"There is such a possibility, but do you think Lin Xi can eat Shaw Brothers Cinemas now? Shao Yifu may really want to use this to set up a strong opponent for us, but if doing this will not do him any substantial good, do you think he will do such a loss-making business with his shrewdness? ”

As soon as He Guanchang heard that Zou Wenhuai's analysis was indeed reasonable, he could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart and decided to take a look at the situation before drawing conclusions.

Zou Wenhuai picked up the phone and asked him to fax a copy of the box office statistics of the premiere of "Happy Ghost" to Lin Xi, and by the way, test Lin Xi's reaction to this matter.

"3.1 million, really?"

Wang Jing put down the fax paper in his hand and looked at Lin Xi sitting behind the desk with envy, "Do you think it is possible ......for this movie to be at the box office in the end?"

"More than Best Partner?" Lin Xi said the latter words for Wang Jing, and then snorted coldly, this attitude clearly ridiculed Wang Jing's whimsy.

"I didn't say that it should be as exaggerated as "Best Partner", but the box office of the two movies is so close at the first time, and the final box office is only two or three million if nothing else, which is more than double the box office of 10 million you expected!"

The more Wang Jing spoke, the more excited he became, but Lin Xi poured a basin of cold water on him.

"Don't forget, how did the 3.1 million premiere box office of "Happy Ghost" come about, and how did the 3.3 million premiere box office of "Best Partner" come about, the two are not comparable at all!"

"Why should it be compared?" Wang Jing asked incomprehensibly, and then suddenly reacted, "Are you talking about double-line screening?" ”

Lin Xi glanced at Wang Jing, after all, the fat man had not arrived home in a daze.

"Happy Ghost" was co-screened in Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers theaters, and the release scale was twice that of "Best Partner", and it is not particularly something to boast about achieving a premiere box office similar to that of "Best Partner".

"And it's not just a matter of the number of screenings, but more importantly, the follow-up box office potential of the film!" Lin Xi got up from his seat, walked to the window with his hands and stood still, looked at his reflection on the glass window and said leisurely: "In the context of the double-line joint screening, the box office potential of "Happy Ghost" will be released in advance, and the box office will continue to blow out in the first few days, but after this period, it will plummet, according to this momentum, this movie may only be painted in three weeks." ”

Wang Jing was stunned, Lin Xi mentioned that this issue was indeed ignored by him, so the box office of "Happy Ghost" would indeed not be as high as he thought before.

The next box office trend of "Happy Ghost" also further confirmed Lin Xi's judgment.

In the first week of its release, the box office of this movie directly rushed to a high of 17 million, and affected by this, many Hong Kong media were shocked and optimistic that the final box office of the film would directly break through 30 million, and even break the highest box office record set by "Back to the Future", but the box office table of "Happy Ghost" in the next week was shocking, and there was only more than 4 million box office receipts for the whole week, so that everyone wondered if they had made a mistake when they received the news.

When the news was finally confirmed, many people felt unbelievable, but in the eyes of insiders, this result was not too difficult to accept.

"Miss Zhao, is this result wrong? Why is there such a big gap between the front and back? In a café, Wang Guxian's mother looked at Zhao Yazhi sitting opposite with wide eyes, with a puzzled expression.

"Mrs. Wang, you can rest assured about this, because the company has always sent people to the theater to check the situation, compared to the first week's full house, the second week of each show can't even reach half of the attendance, so this box office statistics must be no problem." Zhao Yazhi patiently explained to Wang's mother.

"That's it......" Wang's mother nodded, but her expression was somewhat regretful, "So it's really impossible for the box office of this movie to exceed 25 million?" ”

Zhao Yazhi's expression froze for a moment, and then returned to normal.

"I can understand Mrs. Wang's feelings, "Happy Ghost" is Xiaoxian's first film, both you and the company of course hope that the higher the box office, the better, but small-budget movies still have limitations after all, and the box office potential is definitely not as long-lasting as the big-budget Zuò movie, and it is already difficult to break through 25 million."

Her mind was broken by Zhao Yazhi, and Wang's mother looked a little embarrassed.

"Miss Zhao, I'm sorry, I'm too anxious, mainly because I heard that "Happy Ghost" won such a high box office within a week of its release, and then the newspapers said that the box office of this movie could exceed 30 million, so I ......"

Zhao Yazhi smiled and shook her head to say that it was okay, but she also felt that it was necessary to take this opportunity to popularize the basic knowledge of the Hong Kong film industry with Wang Guxian's mother.

"Mrs. Wang, when you stay in Hong Kong for a long time, you will know that many newspapers like to exaggerate things in order to attract the attention of readers, in fact, there is only one movie with a box office of more than 30 million in Hong Kong, and the cost of making the movie over there alone has lost 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Happy Ghost" can win more than 20 million at the box office with a production cost of only 2 million, which is really a great achievement, Xiaoxian has this movie as the foundation, As an actor, the www.biquge.info of Biqu Pavilion is far higher than others. ”

Wang Guxian's mother nodded while listening, at this time she had never mentioned that she wanted to take her daughter back to Taiwan, and decided to let her daughter stay in Hong Kong for development.

"By the way, Miss Zhao, last time Mr. Lin said that he would arrange Xiaoxian to attend the ATV training class, but I heard that there seem to be some problems in the relationship between Mr. Lin and ATV recently?"

Zhao Yazhi looked at Wang Guxian's mother a little speechlessly.

"Newspaper again?"

Wang's mother smiled awkwardly, and acquiesced to Zhao Yazhi's statement, because the matter involved Wang Guxian's future development, so she couldn't help but care.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Wang, things are not as you think, the specific reason is too convenient for me to explain to you now, there should be news in the newspaper in two days, you can pay special attention to it then."

Zhao Yazhi lightly brought this topic over, although Wang Guxian's mother was still puzzled, it was not good to ask again.

At the same time, in Shao Yifu's office, Fang Yihua also happened to mention this matter.

"The box office of "Happy Ghost" is so good, I don't believe that Qiu Degen has no idea about Lin Xi at all!"

Shao Yifu didn't agree with Fang Yihua's point of view in his heart, so he didn't answer.

Wang Tianlin's feedback showed that Lin Xi was indeed interested in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and the idea of renting instead of buying was also very groundbreaking, but the twenty-year lease period was still too long in Shao Yifu's eyes.

With Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Lin Xi will completely have the strength to call Jiahe and Xinyicheng, and it won't take 20 years for these two companies to be defeated by him, and then Lin Xi will have enough time to consolidate his position in the film industry, and no one can say what the situation of the Hong Kong film market will be in 20 years.

The most important thing is that after 20 years, Shao Yifu will be in his nineties and almost a hundred years old, and he himself is not sure that he will live to that time, and of course he does not want to leave this problem to be solved later.

Therefore, Shao Yifu is still more inclined to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas directly.

Of course, whether it is rented or sold, as long as Lin Xi takes over the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, he will no longer be able to continue to cooperate with ATV, this is Shao Yifu's bottom limit, and now he is still hesitating whether it is worth it.

Lin Xi has proven his strength in movies, and the 2 million filmed "Happy Ghost" won more than 20 million box office in half a month after its release, which can be described as "knife and sawing big trees", but in terms of TV, ATV only tied with wireless in the field of TV dramas with the help of Lin Xi, and other aspects were left far behind by wireless.

Whether it is cost-effective to force Lin Xi to withdraw from the competition in the film field on the condition of selling the theater chain, Shao Yifu has not completely made up his mind in his heart. R1152