""Crazy Robbery" was released for ten days, and now the box office is 8.23 million Hong Kong dollars." Jiang Zhiqiang reported: "At present, the daily box office is maintained at about 4o, and at the end of the screening contract with Shaw Brothers, there should be no problem in breaking the box office record of 8.53 million for "Half a Pound and Eight Taels". ”

"Thanks to Boss Wan's heart disease." Shen Chong looked at the box office statistics and said with a smile: "The box office fell back to more than 6o on Monday, and rebounded to more than 8o on Tuesday, presumably because his news was in the newspaper." ”

"Frightened a rich celebrity is naturally more gimmick than scaring a little girl." Luo Weiming joked on the side: "Mr. Shen should give Boss Wan a big red envelope." ”

Shen Chong snorted and asked Jiang Zhiqiang: "You went to deliver flowers that day, didn't you run into trouble?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile on his face: "Boss Wan said that his heart attack was due to drinking too much wine at the sixth uncle's banquet, and it has nothing to do with the movie. ”

"A dead duck has a hard mouth." Luo Weiming laughed and said: "If it were me, I wouldn't admit it, people in their fifties and sixties are stunned by the movie and lose face." ”

"Drinking alcohol does have the potential to cause heart disease." Shen Chong pointed to the cigarette in his hand and said; "If you're scared, do you think it's because you've smoked too much? It's not good for the body, smoke less. ”

"No way." Luo Weiming waved his hand and said, "I've been smoking for more than ten years, and I can't quit." ”

Shen Chong shook his head and didn't say anything anymore, he asked Jiang Zhiqiang again: "On the Shaw Brothers' side, did you mention the renewal of the screening?" ”

"Not yet."

It shouldn't be......

Now that it has entered the second week of screening, the account sharing ratio is 37 open, and if the box office is 4o million in a single day, Shaw Brothers will receive 2.78 million yuan a day, and still maintain the income level of the highest-grossing movie, there is no reason not to continue to screen it.

"Manager Jiang is a square person and doesn't like to gossip." Luo Weiming saw Shen Chong's doubts, and he said with a smile: "I am a magazine, and I like to inquire about gossip the most, Mr. Shen, I will sue you, Shaw Brothers will not renew the screening contract." ”

"Why?"

"According to Shaw Brothers' original arrangement, on May 5th, "Out of the Cage" was to be released, but it was squeezed out by "Crazy Robbery". Luo Weiming smoked a cigarette and said: ""Out of the Cage" is a small production that makes up the schedule, whether it is the director or the actors, they are all leftovers of the Shaw Brothers, and they have no right to speak, and if they are squeezed out, they will be squeezed out, but Fang Yihua also postponed "The Great Destiny of the Family", which was originally scheduled to be released this week, and it caused a hornet's nest. ”

Shen Chong put down the report in his hand and asked with interest, "What's the matter?" ”

"The director of "The Great Destiny Fisherman" is Huashan!"

Shen Chong didn't know anything about this name, and he asked blankly, "What's wrong with Huashan?" ”

"Mr. Shen, you don't even know Huashan, but you're embarrassed to run a movie magazine?" Luo Weiming teased, and then explained: "Huashan is an old courtier of the Shaw Brothers, in the early sixties, he studied photography with the Japanese Nishimoto Zheng, and it took many years to be promoted to director. ”

"There's nothing wrong with postponing it, "Crazy Robbery" is so popular, even if it is released, what can it do?"

"The Shaw family has a big business, and there are many internal factions." Luo Weiming flicked the cigarette ash, and said in a cloudy voice: "Now Zhang Che is old, Li Hanxiang is not in good health, and the two giants are showing signs of abdication, do you think Huashan will have ideas?" ”

"That's for sure." Shen Chongru listened to the commentary, praised it, and said with great interest: "You go on." ”

"Last year, Huashan filmed "Killing", and the word-of-mouth box office was very impressive, Mr. Shen still remembers, right? When we did "Film Fortnightly", we rated this movie as one of the top 10 movies last year. ”

Shen Chong nodded, he was deeply impressed by this movie of killing his wife and seeking truth.

"So this year he's ambitious and wants to take it a step further." Luo Weiming rubbed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, took another one out of the cigarette case, clamped it in his hand, and said: "Huashan borrowed Li Xiuxian, one of Zhang Che's five tiger generals, and brought the popular Mi Xue and Lin Jianming from TVB to shoot this "Destiny Fishing Home", hoping to sell well and sit in the position of the top director of Shaw Brothers, but the schedule was postponed, do you think he is angry? ”

"It's understandable to be angry." Shen Chong touched his chin, he was still a little puzzled, and said: "But it doesn't seem very wise to fight against "Crazy Robbery", he dares to guarantee that the movie will be a blockbuster?" ”

"He doesn't really want to fight against "Crazy Robbery"." Luo Weiming sold Guan Zi and asked Shen Chong: "Do you guess what movie Shaw Brothers is going to release at the end of this month?" ”

Shen Chong shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Luo Weiming said word by word: "Chu Yuan's "Peacock Dynasty". ”

Shen Chong suddenly realized and said, "You mean he wants to grab the slot between "Crazy Robbery" and "Peacock Dynasty"? ”

"yes." Luo Weiming had an expression that you can only understand, he lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then said: "Since Chu Yuan filmed "Meteor Butterfly Sword" in 76, more than a dozen movies have exceeded 10 million at the box office in Taiwan, and they have been dubbed "Chu Million", which is the signature and cash cow of the Shaw Brothers, as soon as "The Peacock Dynasty" is released, all the resources of the Shaw Brothers will definitely be concentrated on him, and now it is past the middle of the month, if Huashan does not make trouble, let the Shaw Brothers Cinema continue to release "Crazy Robbery", and at the end of the month, his "Great Destiny Fishing Family" will be cannon fodder." ”

"It's still possible to grab the positions of Zhang Che and Li Hanxiang." Shen Chong nodded in understanding and said, "Chu Yuan is in full swing now, and no one in the Shao Clan can compete with him. ”

"A crying child has milk to drink." Luo Weiming said: "I heard that Huashan made a big fuss in front of Fang Yihua, and it didn't stop until the sixth uncle came forward in person, "Crazy Robbery" is not Shaw Brothers' own child after all, and it will definitely be stopped and let out the schedule to appease him, so I said that Shaw Brothers is unlikely to renew the screening contract of "Crazy Robbery". ”

"What is he doing in such a hurry?" Shen Chong was puzzled and asked, "Isn't it okay to wait for "Peacock Dynasty" to be released after it goes offline?" ”

"Huashan is also difficult to ride a tiger." Luo Weiming said with a smile: "He started to promote this movie early, our "Film Times", in the last issue, before Xu Anhua, the cover star was Mi Xue, and it was arranged to promote "The Great Destiny", if "Peacock Dynasty" is released after it is offline, the previous publicity will be all in vain, and Shaw Brothers will definitely not invest money in him to re-publicize, without publicity, how good can the box office be, wouldn't all the hard work be in vain? ”

After Luo Weiming's explanation, Shen Chong touched his chin and sighed regretfully.

With the current box office trend of "Crazy Robbery", if there is no trouble, Shaw Brothers will definitely continue to screen it, even if it is only two or three more days, the box office can exceed 10 million, setting a new box office record for Hong Kong films.

And now, there are only 4 days left before the movie goes offline, and it is basically impossible to exceed 10 million.

That's right...... There is also a theater that is not Shaw Brothers.

Shen Chong rummaged through a pile of reports, found the box office statistics of a single museum, and after reading them carefully, he asked Jiang Zhiqiang, who had not interjected, "Manager Jiang, is your theater interested in continuing to show "Crazy Robbery"?" ”

"Yes." Jiang Zhiqiang replied succinctly: "My eldest brother mentioned to me that he wanted to continue the screening for one to two weeks. ”

Shen Chong was overjoyed.

When Jiang Zhiwen wanted to jointly screen "Crazy Robbery" with Shaw Brothers Cinemas, no one expected that "Crazy Robbery" would sell so well, and the Jiang family was quite popular in the Hong Kong film industry, so Shaw Brothers did not object.

Although the Jiang family has only one theater, it is located in the prosperous area of Mong Kok, the attendance rate is not low, and the box office has accumulated to be quite considerable.

"Then you find a time to renew the contract." Shen Chong instructed: "If necessary, the proportion of account sharing can be discussed." ”

"No, my eldest brother said, just at the current proportion."

Shen Chong nodded, and was about to speak, when the phone on the table rang.

"Mr. Shen, Editor-in-Chief Shu Ming is here."

"Let him in."

Shu Ming is the editor-in-chief of the First Film Review, in his forties, a bit of a top performer, he wrote film reviews in newspapers in the 60s, and he knows European and Asian films very well, especially Japanese films, and is an old-timer in the Hong Kong film critics' circle.

"I'm sorry." Shu Ming carried the briefcase, walked into the conference room, apologized and said: "I'm late for the latest issue of statistics in the magazine. ”

"It doesn't matter." Shen Chong stood up to welcome, shook hands with him, and said, "Editor-in-Chief Shu had to go to Taiwan in person a few days ago to raise manuscripts, which is really hard. ”

"It should be, it should be."

Shu Ming sat down, took the tea sent by Qiu Siyu, took a sip, took out the second issue of "First Film Review" that had just been published from his briefcase, and handed it to Shen Chong.

The inaugural issue interviewed Run Run Shaw, which made a good start, and then when I interviewed other bigwigs in the film industry, there was no barrier, and the second issue naturally used Golden Harvest's boss Zou Wenhuai as the cover.

Shen Chong originally planned to go to the interview in person, but he flew to the United States temporarily, so he had to give up and let the editor of the magazine do the work for him.

Picked up the magazine, flipped through a few pages, and heard Qiu Siyu's announcement: "Mr. Shen, there is a Mr. Yan Haoyan looking for you." ”

Yan Hao?

Shen Chong was stunned, wasn't he busy with the post-production of "Night Train", what was he doing here?

"Let him in."

"Ah Chong!" Yan Hao's face was slightly red, and he was a little excited, and as soon as they met, he shouted loudly, "You invested in Akira Kurosawa's film, why didn't you sue me?" I'm going to be his assistant too. ”

"Akira Kurosawa?!"

Luo Weiming and Shu Ming shouted in unison, Luo Weiming put down the cigarette butt, and Shu Ming stood up directly.

Yes, it seems that there are many die-hard fans of Akira Kurosawa in Hong Kong......

"Who sued you about Akira Kurosawa?"

"Sister An sues me." Yan Hao and everyone are old friends, he casually found a chair to sit down, and said: ""Night Train" is going to Japan for post-production, I called Sister An to introduce the hotel, only to know that she is working as an assistant to Akira Kurosawa in Japan. Ah Chong, you are not kind, such a big thing, you don't sue me! ”

"That's right, Boss Shen, it's too unkind." Luo Weiming also helped, saying: "Investing in Akira Kurosawa's new film, he didn't notify us of the magazine, so he gave us a chance to interview." ”

"We should have gone for an interview." Shu Ming is a good man, and he also argued at this time.

"Before I could say it, he came, don't fight, you have a chance to interview." Shen Chong smiled, turned his head to look at Yan Hao, and said, "You are busy with the post-production of "Night Train" now, what can you do if you sue you?" ”

"There are a lot of people who can make zuò in the later stage." Yan Hao glared at Shen Chong and said, "How many opportunities can you give Kurosawa as an assistant?" ”

Kurosawa's influence is really extraordinary, and this is exactly the effect that Shen Chong wants, he said very simply: "If you can get the Golden Harvest side, I will arrange for you to go to Japan." ”

"Okay, that's what you said." Yan Hao stood up and was about to leave, "If you say it, I'll go to Jiahe." ”

"Wait, what's the hurry." Shen Chong smiled slyly and said, "It's okay to go, but when you come back, you have to help me make a movie." ”

"Don't say one." Yan Hao waved his hand and said arrogantly: "It's 1oo, it's no problem." ”

"Is it okay to go back to the mainland to shoot?"

Yan Hao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Ah Chong, others don't dare to go to the mainland, don't I dare?" ”

He sat down again, pointed to his nose and said: "When I was 15 years old, I participated in the Red Guard Brigade, running all the way from Hong Kong to Xinjiang, do you think I dare to go back to the mainland to film?" (Note 2)

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Note 1: See interview with Yan Hao.

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