Hong Jingbao couldn't help but be thrilled when he heard it, he sat there alone and laughed stupidly for a long time, and suddenly came to his senses, it seems that he came here today not to talk about the album, but to intercede for Zeng Zhiwei.

Hong Jingbao secretly patted his face, fixed his mind and worded, showing a sincere smile, "Mr. Xu, in fact, I came here today because I want to talk to you about something." ”

"I know that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, don't you tell me to be right, you are interceding with Zeng Zhiwei, right?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"I can't hide anything from you, Mr. Xu, you are indeed here for this matter." Hong Jingbao smiled, "I know that this incident makes you very unhappy, Mr. Xu, and I also know that it is all Zhiwei's fault." But I still hope that Mr. Xu, you will let him go. ”

"Okay, for the sake of your face, I won't punish him. But you have to remind him to keep this in mind and stop drinking and making trouble with me. Otherwise, I won't give face to Da Luo Immortal. Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

"Mr. Xiexie Xu, I remember." Hong Jingbao said with a happy face, "I'll call him in now and personally ask Mr. Xu to daoqian." ”

"No need, you can take him back, it's useless to engage in these formalisms, the most important thing is to do things well in the future." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

"Oh, I made a note of it." Hong Jingbao nodded and retreated.

"How?! What did Mr. Xu say, did he forgive me? As soon as Zeng Zhiwei saw Hong Jingbao come out, he immediately jumped up from the sofa and asked with his mouth like a machine gun.

"It's okay, Mr. Xu forgives you. Let me tell you, that is, Mr. Xu's generosity. I don't want to be like you. If you change to Boss Shao. You're hidden in the snow right now. Hong Jingbao said with a long breath.

"I remember. Brother Sanmao. Zeng Zhiwei nodded, "Are you telling me to go in and ask him now?" ”

"No, Mr. Xu said that there is no need to engage in formalism, you will drink less alcohol in the future, cause less trouble, and do things in a proper manner is the most important." Hong Jingbao waved his hand.

"That's it, Brother Sanmao, Mr. Xu does this. Didn't you forgive me? If I don't go to him in person, I always feel unsure. Otherwise, please go in again and ask for instructions, I really want to face him in person. Zeng Zhiwei said with a frown.

"Why are you so troublesome, Mr. Xu has made it very clear just now, don't engage in these formalisms, it's important to do things well in the future." Hong Jingbao frowned and said, "Now if you want me to go in and ask again, isn't it clear that you want to make Mr. Xu unhappy?" ”

Seeing this, Zeng Zhiwei had no choice but to dispel this idea, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart. It always feels a little unsteady.

……

In order to thank all colleagues in the company, the Xu brothers held a New Year banquet for seven consecutive days. The banquet invited thousands of employees from all over the company and spent more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which was really a big deal.

Xu Guanwu only attended the banquet on the first day, and did not attend again for the next few days. Many people in the company speculated that it was because of Zeng Zhiwei's drunken relationship that day, which made Mr. Xu's mood a little affected. So up and down can't help but have some opinions about Zeng Zhiwei.

Xu Guanwu didn't know that because of this incident, Zeng Zhiwei had become the company's public enemy, and he actually had activities in the past few days.

HSBC also held a Chinese New Year party, Henderson Land also held a banquet, Hopewell Land also invited celebrities to celebrate the New Year...... So many parties sent invitations to Xu Guanwu, which made him a little lacking, so he didn't participate in the company's banquet. But not everyone knows why.

In the second week of the new year, Xu Guanwu finally got rid of the tiring party, and although he had pushed off many banquets these days, there were still a few that he had to go. For example, the party of HSBC, such as the party of the Governor's Office, such as the party of Henderson...... So these days have also kept him busy.

Now that the banquet is almost over, Xu Guanwu has finally made time to deal with affairs.

Within a week of its release on the shelves, 100,000 copies were sold in Hong Kong, which was really heartbreaking.

In Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and other places, this album has also achieved excellent sales results, and has exceeded 500,000 copies in total, making it a rare best-selling album in recent years.

With this album, Yisheng Records not only made a lot of money, but also made a more stable position in the record market in Southeast Asia, making the name of Yisheng stars spread throughout Southeast Asia.

As for movies, Xu Guanwen's new masterpiece "Deed of Sale" will also be released during the Spring Festival, and Hong Jingbao's "Loser" with Yuan Biao as the protagonist will also be completed soon.

In addition, Zhang Guoming's "Ah Ming", which he had filmed for nearly a year, was finally completed, which made Xu Guanwu breathe a long sigh of relief, and he was glad that it had not dragged on for a year.

The mess "Big Brother Cheng" left by Gui Zhihong, Zuihou still handed it over to Mai Jiacai to finish, and he hated this fake foreign devil and scolded him. But there is no way, whoever lets Zhang Guoming kill is unwilling to take other people's second-hand goods, and Mai Jia happens to be free.

Among the four films, "Deed of Sale" and "Loser" are confirmed to be released during the Spring Festival, while "Big Brother Cheng" and "Ah Ming" will be released after the Chinese New Year, after all, those two films are all fighting and killing, and it is not good to watch that kind of film during the New Year, and there is no market.

In addition to these few things, there is another thing that is Zeng Zhiwei's "Li Sanjiao Shocking Hell Gate", even if it is reduced to five theaters, the attendance rate is still only one or two percent, and the theater can't even make back the capital. Xu Guanwu had no choice but to let it fall into the picture, and it also made it the first movie to be painted because of the poor box office performance since the establishment of the brilliant cinema.

However, many people didn't know what was going on, and thought it was Xu Guanwu's revenge, and they wanted to teach Zeng Zhiwei a lesson for his rudeness that day. In short, there were many rumors, and they were very serious, but they were all said in private, and they did not reach Xu Guanwu's ears.

The box office failure of "Li Sanjiao's Megatron Hell Gate" is the first time in the Xu Brothers, except for the niche movie "Queen of Temple Street" that he invested in before. If you don't invest before you have already yujian to the point of loss.

But the "Lee" film company still has high hopes. Zeng Zhiwei also wants to rely on this film. Compete with Cheng Long's "Drunken Fist". But now it seems that the so-called competition is just a joke.

The reason why this movie failed at the box office, Xu Guanwu also did some research and thinking, there are basically two reasons, one is that the concept of this film is too advanced, and spoof films did not have much market in the 70s, and people still like movies with rules and regulations, such as Master Liu Jialiang's "Shaolin Thirty-six Rooms", "Lu Acai and Huang Feihong". For example, Hong Jingbao's "Sande Monk and Chung Mi Liu", "Tiger Field Chicken", such as Cheng Long's "Snake Trick" and "Laughing Fist Strange Moves......

The protagonist's personality is all positive xiangshang, even if he is occasionally rebellious and occasionally naughty, but he does not lose his innocence, which is very in line with the current morals and values of Hong Kong audiences.

In the 70s, Hong Kong was making great strides from an agrarian society to an urban society, and the New Territories used to be a large area of agricultural land, but now it is also a processing factory, and the former farmers are now gradually becoming workers.

The environment in which we live changes. Naturally, people's traditional values have also been impacted. The heroes and chivalrous warriors on the screen who robbed the rich and helped the poor have gradually become small people who rely on their cleverness and good skills to seek personal gain.

The former is such as Huang Feihong, who has filmed more than 200 episodes. The latter are such as "Best Partner" in New Art City and Golden Harvest's Five Lucky Star series.

In the 60s, the big screen was still full of martial arts films such as "The Drunken Man", "One-armed Knife", "Rulai God's Palm", etc., the protagonists and villains were clearly distinguished, and they could be distinguished almost at a glance, and they were always evil and invincible.

In the 80s, it was replaced by urban movies such as "Best Partner", "Prying the Corner", "Five Lucky Stars", and "Hardcover Chasing Girls". The protagonist is no longer a good person in the traditional sense, but mostly selfish, occasionally breaking the law, and occasionally playing a little clever......

For example, King Kong in "Best Partner", such as Wufuxing in "Five Lucky Star Series", such as the three in "Hardcover Chasing Girls......

Of course, the villain also has more room to play than in the 60s, with the same flesh and blood, and the same multiple faces, and is no longer just a little monster beaten by the protagonist. Such as the eldest brother in "The True Color of Heroes", such as the godfather in "Across the Seas", such as Ah Hu in "Dragon and Tiger......

It was not until the 90s that Xu could repackage martial arts movies with modern consciousness and jishu methods, and launched films such as "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "New Dragon Gate Inn", and "Huang Feihong".

However, the characters in Xu Ke's martial arts movies, compared with the characters in traditional martial arts movies, are inevitably tainted with some of the troubles of the world. For example, the gold inlaid jade in "New Dragon Gate Inn", that is, opening a black shop to sell human flesh, and killing people for money; For example, Huang Feihong in "Huang Feihong Series" not only has to play kung fu, but also has to fall in love with the thirteenth aunt who returned from abroad; For example, Ling Hu Chong in "Smiling Proud Jianghu" was tempted by the undefeated demon of Dongfang......

Moreover, most of the new-school martial arts movies use stunts, high and high, imaginative, and very exaggerated martial arts pictures to please the audience, while the chivalrous spirit, character building and storyline have been moved to a secondary position by the director. Therefore, the new martial arts movie rises quickly and falls faster, and in just three years, it has been powerless, starting with "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and ending with "Sword Laughter".

The 70s, sandwiched between the 60s and 80s, also happened to be the period when traditional martial arts movies gradually declined and urban movies gradually became popular, which played a role in connecting the past and the next.

In the early 70s, Zhang Che led the trend of sword and martial arts movies, and his masterpieces such as "New One-Armed Knife" and "Stabbing Horse" passed by; Bruce Lee led the trend of fist and foot kung fu, such as "Enter the Dragon", "Jingwumen" and so on. Although most of the characters played by Bruce Lee are modern people, the characters still behave in a very traditional way, such as eradicating traitors and cleaning up the portal for the master in "Enter the Dragon", isn't it exactly the bridge in traditional martial arts novels? Chen Zhen in "Jingwumen" is also avenging his master, and it is also a well-known martial arts novel...... The characters played by Bruce Lee are all chivalrous, not seeking fame or profit, and acting bravely, they are completely a modern version of Huang Feihong.

In the late 70s, martial arts movies gradually declined, and director Zhang Cheda was unable to succeed, and in the 80s, he had to go to the mainland to develop. Urban-themed movies are gradually rising, such as Gui Zhihong's "Big Brother Cheng", Wu Siyuan's "Honest Government Storm", "Five Million Robbery", Zhang Guoming's "Pointing Soldiers" and so on.

The protagonist is no longer a hero, a chivalrous man, but a character who is closer to life, such as black X-elements, such as policemen and criminals...... It is also a story that is familiar to the audience.

And now in the mid-70s, martial arts movies are still surviving, there is still a market, and urban movies are in the ascendant and have not yet formed the mainstream.

Compared with the spoof movies that only emerged in the 90s and even the Internet era, they are naturally too far ahead of their time, and it is purely normal for them to fail miserably at the box office.

Xu Guanwu was summarizing here, when suddenly the phone rang, he picked it up and listened, and was stunned for a moment, "Premier Zhou has passed away!" (To be continued......)