Chapter Twenty-Six: The Devil Runs the Fire

Out of the Golden Harvest Building, Wang Jin asked a little strangely: "I thought you would invest in the Mousecatcher, why did you invest in another one?" ”

"Forget it, the investment amount of the mouse catcher will not be very large, and it will be a bit unkind to take so much money from others and then take a large part of the investment, it is better to just take the money and be happy, and the province will be said."

"That's right, but why invest in the killer Leon? This kind of movie has a large investment, and the box office may not be good, so it is clear that it is not cost-effective. You don't want to be a good person, do you? ”

"Anyway, it's a business with no capital, what are you afraid of?" Investing in the killer Leon is completely Li Xuechu's personal preference, but if you really talk about it, Li Xuechu doesn't think that investing in this film will lose money, even if the local can't be on fire, there are still foreign markets, especially the European market, which has always had a soft spot for this kind of literary and artistic plot dressed in the coat of action movies, if Golden Harvest can open the door to the European market, it will make a lot of money, although other comedies are also copied from the Hollywood of later generations, but it is really hard to say whether the face is replaced by the yellow race. The racial thinking of the 80s was much stricter than that of later generations, and although the law had been enacted, the things in the bones did not mean that they were gone. Or those movies with a little thought in them are easier to gain the recognition and respect of others.

In the evening, Li Xuechu was invited to the New Art City and met with everyone in the New Art City before the movie test screening. Tycoon Lei was unexpectedly present, and after some conversation, he also brought up the events of last night. Li Xuechu also took the opportunity to sell the adaptation rights of three of the remaining four novels to Lei Daheng, and did not bargain anymore, one million is really good now. And the soul catcher Li Xuechu also saw that Tycoon Lei was not very enthusiastic and stayed by himself.

Buying a literary script for one million in Xiangjiang is purely brain-dead, and there is basically no possibility of a big fire for niche literary and artistic themes here.

Li Xuechu also likes this movie quite a lot, and plans to invest in it as the third work of Oriental DreamWorks, and the director has thought about it, but he hasn't contacted it yet.

The time was almost over, and several people rushed to the theater by car together.

After arriving at the theater, Li Xuechu saw another famous director in later generations: Wu Yushen, a master of violent aesthetics. Wu Yushen doesn't seem to be very sociable now, so he didn't say anything more after a few dry words. Lei Juekun is still quite enthusiastic about him, and it is estimated that he is still trying to attract him to enter the new art city. However, after talking a few words with Lei Tycoon, Wu Yushen actually talked about killing Leon with Li Xuechu, it seems that he really likes this work, but it seems a little inappropriate to talk about the movie he is about to return to Golden Harvest in front of Lei Tycoon?

Li Xuechu looked at Lei Tycoon's somewhat embarrassed face and felt a little funny in his heart, this olive branch was not obvious, it is estimated that this big director who only wants to make movies was stunned. However, in later generations, Wu Yushen was swept away by Jiahe after filming comedies and hitting the streets, and no one invested in action movies, and then he only left Taiwan and did not come back until 85. There is a butterfly effect in this life, I don't know what will happen next?

After talking outside the theater for about half an hour, seeing that the time was almost up, several people walked into the theater one after another. Li Xuechu looked at the scene inside, and the big theater, which was obviously bigger than the King of Words, and had more seats, was basically full. After all, he is a big director, and the publicity is relatively in place, and the scene of the movie test screening is obviously much bigger.

A few minutes later, the theater lights dimmed and the movie began......

is different from the king of big words, the adapted little ghost is full of laughter at the beginning, and after a movie, the laughter in the movie theater is basically not interrupted. And the unlucky thief boss is actually Mecca himself to play the starring role, and another thief brother also pulled the 'Qiusheng' Qian Xiaohao, who played the zombie series of movies in later generations, to participate, and the actor Li Xuechu, who played the protagonist child, looked at the cast list xiàn himself and knew: Gu Juji, this lineup looks like it is also a good fit. The original Hollywood lead actor is said to have been disabled later? But now this one is quite good-looking, and he has acted in youth idol dramas until the 21st century.

After about 100 minutes of the movie, Wu Yushen led a group of actors to greet the audience's applause and cheers, and the eight-year-old Xiao Gu Juji was especially welcomed by the audience. Li Xuechu smiled and shook his head, I don't know how the ancient giant set that debuted more than ten years earlier will be exhibited later? The little ghost is definitely going to have a sequel anyway, and it is estimated that he will become a well-known child star in Xiangjiang in a few years, and it is really unpredictable how to show it later, many child stars seem to have grown up and become famous...... The butterfly effect is becoming more and more obvious, Li Xuechu thought.

The day after the test screening, the movie was greeted more warmly than the king of big talk. The audience and the media have praised this film with children as the protagonist, Wu Yushen's film production is obviously more refined than that of the king of big words, and the cast is relatively strong, and Wu Yushen's meticulous attention to detail The cost rise and longer cycle are also very worthwhile in Li Xuechu's view, although his share ratio has decreased again...... Although the current Xiangjiang audience is really not very picky about these and may not sell much more, but there is a significant difference in other cities, especially in the markets of South Korea, Japan and Europe and the United States, I hope that the golden princess can enter it. In later generations, Princess Jin almost overwhelmed Golden Harvest in Xiangjiang and Nanyang, but it has always been limited in other foreign markets, especially South Korea and Japan.

The test screening seemed to foreshadow the movie's fire, and Home Alone's watch after its official release also verified this. With the support of the quality of the movie and the full cooperation of the Golden Princess, the box office swept the year-end schedule with a blowout, and there was a long queue in front of the cinema. Many of the audiences in the cinema are sent by the whole family, and this advantage is incomparable to the king of big talk, and the box office is rising steadily.

The weekly box office exceeded 2 million.

Two million in the second week.

In the third week, because it coincided with the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar, the box office went up a bit, reaching 2.9 million, almost breaking through the weekly box office of 3 million.

Two million for the fourth week.

After four weeks, it almost broke through the 10 million mark, and Senior Brother Yue's departure and the king of big words seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

In the fifth week, 1.72 million yuan, officially crossed the junior and younger brothers, becoming a new box office record in Xiangjiang, and then continue to refresh.

In the sixth week, another of Li Xuechu's films, The Drunken Hero (The Hangover), also began to be released, taking away most of the crowd, and the little ghost began to draw in some theaters, but there was also a million box office.

In the seventh week, it dropped to 450,000, and most theaters were drawn, and only sporadic screenings were shown in some theaters.

In the eighth week, he officially drew and finally received 180,000 yuan.

In the past two months, the box office has reached 13.2 million. A new record in Hong Kong was born!

After being suppressed by Shaw Family Jiahe for nearly a year, Princess Jin finally raised her eyebrows. Although Golden Harvest's recently released movies such as Ghost Fighting and Drunken Heroes are also good at the box office, the situation basically can't shake the hegemony of the little ghosts.

It is worth mentioning that the two best-selling works of the Golden Harvest New Year's file are produced by the Baohe Company co-founded by Hong Jinbao and Golden Harvest, and the ghost fight has achieved a box office result of more than 5.3 million, which is lower than the original historical results, but it is not bad, and the drunken hero is also quite strong after the release, although it has been affected by the comedy of the New Year's file, and has taken away part of the box office, but there is basically no problem in seeing the current situation to break through the eight million mark, as for whether it can go higher, it depends on the situation.

Judging from the overall situation in the 80s, starting from Chen Long's kung fu comedy junior brother, this year's Xiangjiang box office is basically the world of comedy, and some of the newly joined directors in Xiangjiang have also made some "** tide" movies, which can be regarded as enriching the film genre of Xiangjiang, but it has not yet become a climate, and the twenty or thirty old-fashioned movies of the Shaw Brothers seem to be more declining, and it seems that the life span is not long, and the overall decline of the Shaw Brothers is fully revealed.

On the evening of February 13, the eighth day after the Lunar New Year, New Arts City held a movie celebration banquet at the Shangri-La Hotel, Xiangjiang.

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