Stephen Chow didn't brag, in fact, he was quite modest. ∠，→x.

"Dao Ma Dan" is a big hit in Hong Kong, although the box office did not break 40 million, but in terms of literary films, "Dao Ma Dan" does not know how many tens of thousands more than the second place.

Before the release of "Truant Dragon" starring Stephen Chow, the main voice in the Hong Kong film industry was made by "Sword and Horse".

However, after the gradual end of "Sword and Horse", other film companies did not wait for a breath of relief. Stephen Chow's "Truant Dragon" appeared in 100 movie theaters in Hong Kong.

Tianxia Pictures was almost not scolded to death by those small and medium-sized film companies that crashed this time.

Ordinary films are frantically advertised before their release, and after their release, they win the box office by virtue of the quality of the movie and the audience's word of mouth.

But who knew that Tianxia Pictures was actually playing yin this time, and after the silent release, it began to spread all over the world as if it had to spend money on advertising.

Phoenix TV, TVB, Ming Pao, Film Fortnightly, Cheng Pao, Oriental Daily......

In short, almost all media industries have the introduction and release of this film.

Countless people were driven into the theater by their propaganda at any cost.

10 million film investment, 6 million ...... for publicity

However, with strong publicity and the excellent quality of the film itself, the film presents a burst of the river.

All the movies that were released under unknown circumstances were like gravel in front of the flood peak, and they were rolled up and disappeared nowhere.

The most depressed are Poon Disheng and Sammo Hung of Debao Film Company.

Originally, relying on the storage of Xinbao Cinema Line, Debao Film Company should live very chic. There are distribution channels, and they can also be ranked in prime time. It can be said that as long as the quality of the film is passable, then it can be 100% profitable.

However, what makes the two depressed is that Debao and Xinbao Cinemas have no inventory of film libraries because of their shallow foundations, so they have been established since their establishment. The movies released are all small and medium-sized single. The only one made by Li Film Company. Standing Films.

The reason why these films are willing to be released in Xinbao instead of choosing to be released in the world's cinemas, which has 100 cinemas in Hong Kong, is simply because their films cannot survive the censorship system of the world's cinemas.

Most of them are films invested by community forces, using all kinds of ulterior means to invite directors, screenwriters and actors, and then make a film indiscriminately, just to make money.

There is absolutely no possibility of this kind of rough movie in the world's theaters, so a large number of such shoddy follow-up movies were released in Xinbao Cinemas.

In the early days, Hong Kong citizens may be willing to go to the nearest theater of Xinbao Cinema Line to watch movies, but once they were disappointed, and twice they were disappointed. Three times people didn't go, and the reputation was bad!

With a large number of crudely manufactured films, Xinbao Cinemas began to lose money from the first day of opening and maintained a growing financial deficit.

In the beginning, there was a good production of Debao films, and from time to time there was a little hope. But since the influx of a large number of bad movies, the attendance rate has become less and less.

In order to save the situation, Sammo Hung and Pan Disheng spent a lot of energy to carefully produce a very good movie, called "Royal Senior Sister".

The screenwriter of this film is Wong Ping-yiu, one of the most famous screenwriters in Hong Kong cinema, who spent a lot of effort to write it. The director is the famous action film director Yuan Kui, who directs action movies with designed actions that are elegant and free. It is also known for being fast and superb, and can embody the essence of Chinese martial arts.

And the starring roles of this movie are Miss Malaysia Michelle Yeoh, who is crazy about Pan Disheng, and Jiang David, who became the Asia-Pacific actor in the 70s.

In short, this movie can be called a strong soldier and a masterpiece of the best.

If this movie is released in theaters all over the world. It's definitely a first-line big cast, and the reputation must be good. I can't say that I can compete with "Truant Dragon".

However, due to the large amount of investment in the early stage, the publicity expenses of the guide are limited. As a result, the film could only be advertised on the fringes of wireless and a few newspapers. Debao originally wanted to develop with the good reputation of the audience and drive the box office.

If it weren't for Stephen Chow's "Truant Dragon", I wouldn't have been able to say that "Royal Senior Sister" would really be able to pull back a game for Debao!

Pity. In the face of the overwhelming advertising of "Truant Dragon", as well as the strong distribution channels of a whole hundred theaters in Hong Kong.

The little word of mouth that "Royal Sister" has accumulated from the audience is like the shallow blood of the scorching sun, which quickly melted and disappeared.

Fiasco!

With an investment of more than 13 million, the final box office in Hong Kong did not even reach 15 million.

At the same time, "Truant Dragon" was like taking drugs, 10 million, 20 million, 30 million, 40 million, and 40 million, and there was still no stop at 40 million, and in the last week of release, it broke through the 50 million box office mark strongly!

Tianxia Pictures has once again set a new box office record, but under their feet, there are wails everywhere and white bones......

And after the mainland released "Dao Ma Dan" was completely painted, after the box office record was transmitted back to Hong Kong, all the filmmakers looked at Tianxia Pictures with scarlet eyes.

Wang Zuxian has become a well-deserved female tycoon in the Hong Kong film industry!

HK$150 million!

This is the box office that a "Sword and Horse" earned back from the mainland!

Listening to the amazement and wow, it is no exaggeration to describe it in the Hong Kong film industry.

Now Wang Zuxian's favorite topic at home is work in addition to wanting to get pregnant......

And Stephen Chow is already walking sideways, carrying the titles of Yan Qingyu's "life mentor" and "spiritual leader", and few people dare to force him to film with a gun.

The Xiang brothers of New Ngee An are polite to him, and now the salary of a drama has reached a sky-high price of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

You must know that although Hong Kong's economy has developed rapidly in the past two years, the stock market has skyrocketed, and the salary of actors has also increased significantly, but 5 million is still an unimaginable sky-high price.

Chow Yun-fat's current salary is just over 3.5 million, and Jackie Chan's salary is less than 4 million.

And his Stephen Chow's salary is a full five million, even so, it is still priceless.

Stephen Chow's pickiness about the script is outrageous! And the style on the set, even Wang Jing and Wu Mengda and others are a little unacceptable.

He doesn't seem to be able to tolerate any flaws, and the slightest mistake by his opponent is a scolding on his face, and it is in front of everyone.

Even if he is trying to keep improving, he has already made many people look down on it.

Now the name of arrogance in the entertainment industry has been overshadowed on his head. He even dared to slap the table with the Xiang brothers because of the change of the script......

After the news broke, there was another uproar.

After Yan Qingyu heard the news, he only felt that his head was about to explode, so he called Stephen Chow and asked Stephen Chow to come to his house.

"Xingzai, are you a ghost? Are you tired of being alive? Do you really think I'm some kind of bullshit emperor crown prince? ”

As soon as they met, Yan Qingyu roared.

Stephen Chow was a little confused and said, "Xiao Yu, what do you mean?" ”

Yan Qingyu laughed and said, "Are you brave enough to slap the table with those people?" Even if they give me some face on the surface, but they really want God to kill you unconsciously, do you think I have a way to avenge you? ”

Stephen Chow breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and smiled disapprehantly: "Will they be brave enough to kill me?" I'm your big brother! ”

Yan Qingyu laughed angrily: "Why don't you continue to say that you are my life mentor?" Are they not brave enough? Star Boy. Your salary is so high, if the movies you make don't meet their expectations, don't say that you are my bullshit life coach, you are my own brother and they will be you, believe it or not? ”

Stephen Chow's face changed when he heard this, and he finally said with some fear: "No, it won't, right?" ”

Yan Qingyu looked at Stephen Chow in disappointment and said, "I told you before, don't be too arrogant." From ancient times to the present, which arrogant person have you ever seen have a good end? Why are they afraid of me? It's because I can destroy the interests they can't give up, and I haven't touched their bottom line interests. Why would I rather spend more than a billion to integrate the three major cinema chains? It's because the community forces haven't entered in a big way yet, and I want to rectify it in advance before they invest too much in profits!

If it were another two or three years. They invested tens of billions of dollars into the film industry to make money, and I did this again at that time, don't say that I am just the fourth young man of the Zhang family, I am the crown prince of the Queen of England, and I will be killed by them! For them. What can make them afraid, only profit! Other than that, what are they afraid of?

Star Boy. The people who really mixed up with the society are outlaws who lick the blood from the knife edge, and they will be afraid of me? Do you dare to slap the table with the Xiang brothers without knowing the sky, the tenth and thirteenth of the Xiang family have now completed the integration of New Ngee An, and they have expelled their own brothers from New Ngee An. And not for profit!

I can tell you in no uncertain terms that I don't have many means to restrain New Ngee An right now. After the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the British government in Hong Kong has begun to turn a blind eye to the power of associations. There are hundreds of thousands of community forces in Hong Kong, do you know how terrifying this is?

You are my brother, you are my friend, I don't want to see you dead on the street one day, I will go and give your mother a white envelope. ”

Stephen Chow's face was covered with cold sweat when he heard this, and his face was also pale, he didn't expect that Yan Qingyu would not be able to completely suppress the Xiang family brothers. He also thought that Yan Qingyu was the uncrowned king of the Hong Kong community, so he said nothing.

Stephen Chow didn't even have the strength to cry in his heart, he said weakly: "Xiao Yu, what should I do?" ”

Yan Qingyu said angrily: "Now I know that I'm afraid, you had water in your brain earlier?" ”

Stephen Chow hung his head and said: "I'm not just trying to show prestige, I also want to make a good movie, I want to pay my salary!" But they knew it on the set, they didn't take it seriously at all, I really couldn't watch it......"

Yan Qingyu said speechlessly: "I ask you, is there anything perfect in the world?" Does the world need you to save it? Who do you think you are? You just have to do your own thing, whatever? ”

Stephen Chow was unconvinced: "But it's not good to make a movie like that." ”

Yan Qingyu said helplessly: "That's not your problem, that's the director's and producer's business." If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, this is a wise saying. Your actions will not only not increase the efficiency of the crew, on the contrary, you will cause everyone's disgust and drag down the crew's progress. It's not good for you or the crew. Xingzai, your temper is too hot at work. ”

Stephen Chow lowered his head when he heard this, rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, and said in an inaudible voice: "I just want to make a good movie, I really just want to make a good movie......"

…… (To be continued......)