Chapter 42: Box Office 30 million
Zou Wenhuai has been resting very badly recently, and he always can't sleep at night when he is on fire. Especially watching the box office of "Police Story" rise steadily, more than one movie after another, his blood pressure also went up. The results of that drama should have belonged to him and to Jiahe!
"The Owl and Dumbo" was painted the day before yesterday. Due to the impact of "Police Story", the box office is more than one million less than the previous life, and the deadline is just 20 million. This result is actually very good, among all the films produced by Golden Harvest this year, the box office is second only to "Food Truck" (24.16 million) and "Brave Double Cannon" (20.17 million), ranking third.
Although they all lost to the "Best Partner Queen's Secret Order", "Merry Christmas" and "Family Portrait" produced by Xin Yibao in the same schedule, but that is where the strength of the people is there, Zou Wenhuai will only be willing to gamble and choose to fight again next year!
But "Police Story" is different, not so much that the play slipped out of his hands, but that he drove the hen that laid golden eggs out of the door and rushed to the Shaw Brothers. It's like a newspaper scolding him for being blind, although it's very harsh, but it's not unreasonable to think about it.
I thought that Chen Ping'an would edit it out in the cutting room without sleep after filming, just to catch up with Jiahe's Christmas schedule, but as a result, he was sent away by his sentence "I am not used to changing the company's established plan". And he did that, just to bring Chen Ping'an and Dark Horse International under his umbrella.
"Lianghua, am I too greedy?"
"You're thinking about that again." Liu Lianghua sighed lightly, walked behind Zou Wenhuai empathetically, and massaged his head, "Things have happened, I don't want to think about it anymore, isn't it?" ”
"I don't know." Zou Wenhuai closed his eyes and enjoyed, "But do you still remember, when the Shaw Brothers missed Bruce and was grabbed by Golden Harvest, how did we laugh at the Shaw Brothers at that time?" Cause and effect cycle, now it's our turn to be laughed at by Shaw, hehe. ”
"Are you exalting him too much, can he be compared to Bruce?"
"Maybe he won't be as good an actor as Bruce, but his directing talent is undoubted, and more importantly, his city and ambition. Dark Horse International, Dark Horse, Lianghua, don't you understand? ”
"So what? After all, he is only one person, and he is a newcomer, which is far from the new art city back then. This time, he was just stained with Aaron's light, and his dark horse International had no hope of becoming the second new art city. ”
"Dip in Aaron's light?" Zou Wenhuai glared at her, "How come you are as short-sighted as those people outside?" Ask Aaron yourself, does he dare to say that? ”
"Okay, I just said casually, are you so angry, I don't want to comfort you?"
Zou Wenhuai patted the back of Liu Lianghua's hand: "I shouldn't lose my temper at you, pour me a glass of water, okay?" ”
Liu Lianghua went to pour water, He Guanchang knocked on the door and came in, and walked in front of Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai asked, "Lao He, what's wrong?" ”
He Guanchang hesitated for a long time before saying: "The box office of "Police Story" ......"
"What's wrong with the box office?"
"Yesterday it exceeded 29 million."
Liu Lianghua happened to come over with water, and when she heard He Guanchang's words, she immediately screamed: "How much?" 29 million! ”
He Guanchang nodded, Zou Wenhuai suddenly thought of Chen Ping'an's words before leaving Jiahe, "I also give Jiahe a chance", and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas-blame me, it's me who is short-sighted and turned away a film that is the annual box office champion in vain." ”
If God gives him another chance, he will definitely say to Chen Ping'an, come on, the drama "Police Story" Golden Harvest will arrange for you in the Christmas schedule.
Although the Jiahe family has a big business, and the box office of 20 or 30 million is nothing, but the opportunity to get it was lost by himself, and this regret cannot be measured by money!
"It's too early to say that the box office of the year is the best." He Guanchang shook his head, ""The Best Partner" is more than 29.2 million, and "Police Story" has just reached 29 million, and now the number of moviegoers has dropped sharply, and it is estimated that the painting will be completed in two days, and the more than 200,000 may not be easy to earn." ”
"Hmph, Lao He, you also stayed in the Shaw Clan, don't you know the situation over there? I dare say that for the sake of the annual box office champion, Shaw Brothers will definitely postpone the completion time, you see. ”
Seeing that the atmosphere in the office was becoming more and more solemn, Liu Lianghua suddenly said: "Actually, the big sale of that drama is not completely beneficial to us, isn't we responsible for the distribution in the United States?" ”
"Mr. Zou, I'm a particular person!"
Chen Ping'an's words sounded in Zou Wenhuai's ears again, he was silent for a moment, and said: "It seems that it is really as he said, he is a particular person." Lao He, you ask Ah Long to make an appointment with him, and I will invite him to have dinner at home tonight, and you and Ah Long will also come together. ”
"Mr. Zou......"
"Don't ask me why, just do it. People are exquisite, and we can't be polite. ”
"Mr. Zou, I want to say that Chen Ping'an has not been in Hong Kong recently."
At this time, Chen Ping'an was shopping on Zhongxiao East Road in Taipei.
After he and Lin Yixia went to Wushan in the morning, he proposed to send Lin Yixia home. Lin Yixia was also worried that the family would worry about themselves if they didn't go home last night, so they called home first, saying that they would take their friends home for dinner at noon, and then the two took a mandarin duck bath.
After agreeing with Zhang and Cai Guanlun on the details of the establishment of the company, Chen Ping'an politely refused Cai Guanlun's banquet and chatted with Zhang Guanlun for more than ten minutes in the car. Zhang Zhaole thinks that Lin Yixia is a member of the Four Seas Gang, and there is a purpose for approaching Chen Ping'an. Not to mention, if it was a different woman, Chen Ping'an would have suspected it a long time ago, but the other party was Lin Yixiao, and he was sure that his woman was definitely not a gang from all over the world to spy on him.
After explaining, he finally dispelled Zhang Zhaole's suspicions, Chen Ping'an borrowed this Bentley and hundreds of thousands of Taiwan dollars from Zhang Zhaole, and took Lin Yixiao to the most prosperous shopping mall in Taipei to sweep the goods.
At noon, he would accompany Lin Yixia home and visit Lin Yixia's family. He just slept with someone's daughter last night, and turned someone's daughter into his own woman, this visit must be to buy more gifts to send, after all, he is not just playing with Lin Yixia. Again, he is sick and has a virgin fetish.
Zhongxiao East Road is one of Taipei's most popular streets, with many shops, restaurants, department stores, and a variety of specialty stores, making it a shopper's paradise.
Chen Ping'an took Lin Yixiao to Zhongxiao East Road, and first bought her a lot of jewelry, such as necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets.
After buying jewelry, the two bought a lot of high-end clothes, and Lin Yixiao happily tried one by one, liked each one, and wanted to choose the most suitable one. Chen Ping'an waved his hand and called the waiter: "My girlfriend tried it and bought it all." ”
When he met the wealthy gold owner, the salesman's mouth was like honey, and all the flattering words in the world were pasted on Chen Ping'an's body without money, and Lin Yixiao was praised for finding a good boyfriend. The salesman who looked like a Peugeot secretly stuffed his pager into the pocket of the young, handsome and wealthy Chen Ping'an, but Lin Yixiao turned it all over and tore it up and threw it into the trash.
There were too many jewelry, clothes, seafood and dry goods sold, and the trunk couldn't fit it, and finally Lin Yixiao sat in the back row with Chen Ping'an holding more than a dozen bags of clothes, with a happy smile on his face.
The Lin family is not wealthy. Lin's father died early, and Lin's mother ran the grocery store alone, pulling a son and three daughters to adulthood. Although Lin Yixia's older brothers and sisters have begun to earn money to support their families, the income from the grocery store is still a very important part of the Lin family.
The street where Lin's house is located is narrow and crowded, and the roadside is full of itinerant vendors, and cars can't get in, so they can only park at the corner of the street. Fortunately, the Lin family grocery store is not far from the street, only a few minutes walk.
As soon as the two of them walked a few steps, an aunt who sold tofu shouted at Lin Yixiao: "Sister, go home and take a look, something happened to your family!" ”
Lin Yixiao was shocked when he heard this, and ran towards his family's grocery store, and saw a bunch of people gathered in front of the door from a distance, and the cries of his mother and sister, as well as the cursing of his brother, came from the crowd.
"Mom!"
Lin Yixiao shouted and rushed into the crowd, and saw that his grocery store was in a mess, five or six old boys were beating and smashing, his mother and three sisters were hiding next to him crying and begging, and his brother was fighting with the other party but was beaten by the other party. The onlookers were all neighbors, although they were dissatisfied with the domineering practices of the old boy, but they didn't dare to step forward to stop it, and could only look at the Lin family sympathetically.
Lin Yixiao, who is miscellaneous with his own family, usually collects protection money on this street. Last month, her family had something to do, so the protection fee was not paid enough, and today these old boys came to make trouble.
"Stop! Mom, sister, are you all right? Don't hit my brother, brother, it doesn't matter to you! Lin Yixiao was very close to his brother, and rushed over and stretched out his arms in front of his brother, "Why are you beating people!" ”
"Hitting? It's light to hit you! The bald head of the leader grinned, "Last month's protection fee, it was just your family." Why, do you look down on our brothers, or do you have stiff wings, and you dare to shout at Lao Tzu! ”
"My family has no money, and I will make up for it when I have money."
"No money?" The bald head looked at Lin Yizhen, saw the necklace she was wearing around her neck, and ripped it off, "What is this without money?" mother, dare to lie to me, you stink...... Yes! ”
Before the bald head finished scolding, he let out a miserable scream, and the whole person flew out, Chen Ping'an stood in front of Lin Yixiao, chuckled and blamed: "Why don't you wait for me?" ”
Although it was blame, Lin Yizhen felt a strong sense of love in and out of his words. "I, be careful!"
"dad Secon!" The bald head got up from the ground, scolded and grabbed you with the iron rod, and the little brother pounced on Chen Ping'an.
"Don't blink." teasing Lin Yizhen, Chen Ping'an kicked the first Troubled Boy to fly with a side kick in the air, and then rushed towards the Troubled Boy.
He had been studying karate with Shang Gwenton for several months in the United States, and it finally came to use. Although five or six old boys have a numerical advantage, they are all street plays, and they will be Chen Ping'an's opponents. In the first three minutes, the two sides fought, and in the second three minutes, they were all reached by Chen Ping'an, and in the next five minutes, Chen Ping'an beat these old boys, especially the bald head of the leader.
The last kick kicked the inhuman-shaped bald head five meters away, Chen Ping'an pulled Lin Yixiao and said loudly: "Remember for me, she is my woman, dare to touch her again and want you to die!" Don't get out of here yet! ”