After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, "A Plan" officially began to be screened.

Xu Guanwu and Daryl. Zaniuk, Lei Shidong and others sat in the front row together, enjoying the movie together.

Although the story of this movie is the same as that of the previous life, because of the greater investment, it is not a little stronger in terms of props, special effects, pictures, etc., and almost all of them have the potential of American blockbusters.

European and American audiences have always only paid attention to their own films, and occasionally European films and Japanese films are more popular, while Hong Kong films lack distribution channels and have relatively small capital investment, so there are not many films that can cause a sensation in the United States.

This time, "A Plan" was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released in theaters under National Entertainment Company, and the distribution channel can be said to be unimpeded.

At the same time, the film invested 5 million US dollars, which is actually equivalent to almost 10 million US dollars based on Hong Kong's relatively low labor cost. Coupled with the negligible remuneration of Hong Jingbao and others, this film is almost comparable to an American blockbuster with an investment of 20 million US dollars.

Therefore, when the movie was screened at the beginning, seeing such a well-crafted picture couldn't help but surprise the American audience in the audience. In the small place where they want to come to Hong Kong, it is almost impossible to make many good-looking films, so they are appreciating Hong Kong films from a condescending, overlooking angle.

But Xu's thirty-second LOGO at the beginning shocked these audiences all of a sudden.

In order to make the movie "A Plan and Planning" have a preemptive effect, Xu Guanwu specially found someone to redesign the LOGO at the beginning of the film. The newly designed logo is made of computer animation, which is much more flexible than the previous design. At the same time, it is also very atmospheric.

This logo was designed by Hong Kong people. It's not just famous people who design icons. At the same time, there are also students who have returned from the industrial light and magic special effects company to design special effects, which are not inferior to the logos of the eight major Hollywood film companies in terms of excitement.

Sure enough, Xu Guanwu's hard work was not in vain, as soon as this new LOGO came out, it immediately made the audience look awe-inspired, and knew that this movie may not be as bad as imagined.

The film then began to show in earnest, starting with a meeting of high-ranking government officials to discuss the fight against pirates. Because the geography and history of Americans are generally good, in order to make it easier for them to understand, Xu Guanwu specially asked people to add a background introduction in front. It tells the story of Hong Kong's prosperity through shipping trade, but the emergence of piracy has greatly harmed Hong Kong's economy, so the government has repeatedly tried to eradicate piracy......

Then came the favorite bar scuffle, which is not easy to see in European and American movies. In fact, because European and American films are more expensive to work on, the salaries of extras are also quite high, so most of the fight scenes are fought alone.

An epic war requires no more than a hundred people, and together it is like two villagers fighting in groups. It wasn't until later that computer special effects really solved this problem, and it was only then that American films really showed the temperament of blockbusters.

Like in "007: Love from Russia", there is a scuffle in a gypsy refugee camp, and dozens of actors are used at most. It has been called a rare big scene and is considered one of the best scenes in action movies.

And Hong Jingbao in order to shoot the drama bar scuffle. However, more than fifty dragon and tiger martial artists were used, and the melee scene was also carefully designed, although there were many people involved in the melee, but it did not look chaotic.

As for the lines, in order to facilitate the understanding of European and American audiences, some jokes that non-Hong Kong people cannot understand have all been re-adapted and dubbed.

After a scuffle, the opponent becomes the boss, first there is training and tricking, and then there is a guild to arrest people, the storyline is very dense, there is no cold time at all, and every fight is very exciting.

Especially in the section where the guild hall arrested people, Cheng Long took the spirit of immortality to the extreme, fought to the death with the criminals, and finally succeeded in arresting the fugitives.

In the scenes filmed by Cheng Long, in addition to a few cameo movies, in other movies, he always designs his image very brilliantly, such as the brave, enthusiastic and wise Ma Rulong in "A Plan", the jealous and hateful detective Chen Jiaju in "Police Story", the Asian Flying Eagle who is willing to be born and die for his friends in "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", etc......

And in this episode of arresting people in the hall, although Yuan Biao is also one of the three protagonists of this film, he hardly showed anything in the process of arrest, and the limelight was all robbed by Cheng Long.

And in the next alley chase battle, Cheng Long snatched Hong Jingbao's role again. In the two most brilliant scenes, Cheng Long is a well-deserved protagonist, and it is no wonder that all Cheng Long's movies are almost Cheng Long's one-man show, and everyone else is just a foil.

Then the biggest climax was the battle between Sanying and Luo Sanpao, Cheng Long disguised himself and mixed into the pirate's den, and met Hong Jingbao, who wanted to eat black, plus Yuan Biao, the commander of the marine police who followed, and the three of them fought to the death with Luo Sanpao.

In the last fight, he gave full play to the skills of Hong Kong martial arts directing. The three of them fought together against Luo Sancannon, but the fight was not chaotic, and all kinds of difficult actions appeared frequently, which made the audience dumbfounded.

The fight scenes of European and American action movies are generally very simple, like 007 of the classic action movie series, Bond almost never fights with people for more than a minute every time, and often ends the fight after just a few hits, and it is actually a bit unworthy of the name to say that it is an action movie.

However, it took Cheng Long and the three of them a full five minutes to fight the three guns, and during this time, the four of them all showed their own magical powers. Di Wei's taekwondo, karate, swordsmanship, etc., Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao's combined attack...... Compared with the three-fist and two-foot fight in Europe and the United States, I don't know how many times better it looks.

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After the film screening, the audience burst into applause.

Hearing so much applause at the scene, Xu Guanwu knew that the box office of "A Plan" was guaranteed.

Subsequently, Xu Guanwu took Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long. Yuan Biao. The four of Di Wei took the stage. Thank you to all of you who are here today.

Seeing so many well-known Hollywood filmmakers applauding themselves, Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao, Di Wei and others felt unprecedented glory, and their faces were red with excitement.

After the premiere, Hong Jingbao and the other four people were immediately surrounded by a group of media reporters, wanting to get the news from their mouths as soon as possible. This was a spontaneous interview by media reporters. There is no need for Xu Guanwu to scatter any more money.

"Stanley, congratulations, this is going to be another blockbuster film." Richard said with a smile.

"Yes, it's the first time I've seen such a wonderful action movie, it's really much better than 007." David also said with a smile.

"It's too famous, the 007 series is a masterpiece of American action movies, with handsome men, beautiful women, suspense, and conspiracy. There were fights, there were shootouts. There's a chase, there's an explosion...... It's almost all the elements you need for an action movie. Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "In terms of commerciality, the current Hong Kong movies have not been able to compete with the 007 series, but I hope it will appear in the future." ”

"Actually, you don't have to be too modest, it's not easy for a place as small as Hong Kong to produce such a good film." David said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, it is true that Hong Kong films are congenitally insufficient, and their own market is narrow, so they can only rely heavily on the box office of other cities, and once the box office of other cities fails, Hong Kong films will fall rapidly.

Unlike American films, the local market is already very large, and with the advantages of American national strength, culture, and language, the film is sold to all corners of the world, and the market alone is almost the first in the world.

"In fact, Hong Kong movies can be a little better." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, although "A Plan and Planning" has been officially released now, the publicity offensive must not stop, and you must pay attention to the distribution work." ”

"Rest assured, in addition to the newspapers and magazines that we bought, we also arranged some TV interviews, and I promised them that they would not leave the public eye for the next week." Richard said with a smile, "But after a week, whether the intensive publicity campaign can continue depends on how well the film does at the box office." ”

"Well, I understand that." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Although the distribution company is responsible for the distribution and publicity of the film, if the box office of the movie is not very good, the distribution company will not be stupid to throw money into it.

……

On the day of its premiere, "A Plan" grossed $1.2 million at the U.S. box office, which is not a standout achievement compared to blockbuster movies such as "Jaws" and "Star Wars". However, it has already set a record in the field of Hong Kong films, which makes Hong Jingbao and others very happy after listening to it.

"It's only a million dollars, and it's not enough to recover the cost, so don't be so happy. Tomorrow, cheer up and continue to cheer for the promotion of this movie. Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, judging from the box office on the premiere day, do you think it is possible to recover the cost?" Hong Jingbao asked Xu Guanwu curiously, "I have calculated, if I want to recover the cost, I will have to sell it for at least 178 million US dollars." ”

"Don't worry, you don't have confidence in the issuing company, you should have confidence in yourself. I'm sure this movie will pay for itself. Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu was so confident, Hong Jingbao couldn't help but nodded, and a stone in his heart was also put down a little.

"Okay, don't play too late tonight, starting tomorrow we have to travel all over the United States to do propaganda, that's a very hard thing." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"We've got it, Mr. Xu." Hong Jingbao nodded, "I'll take care of them." ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, returned to his room, lay on the bed and wanted to sleep, but suddenly sat up and dialed the phone at the bedside.

"Hello?! Husband, isn't it you? Zhao Yazhi asked in surprise on the other side of the phone.

"Of course it's me, otherwise someone would have called you so early." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "How is it, nothing happened at home in the past two days, right?" ”

"No, but people miss you so much, when will you come back?" Zhao Yazhi asked coquettishly.

"It's still early, at least half a month, and I'll take them all over the United States to do propaganda." Xu Guanwu thought for a moment before replying.

"Huh?! Wouldn't it take that long? Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but exclaim miserably when she heard this, "Is there a mistake?" Why don't you come back first, anyway, there are companies in the United States, so let them be in charge of publicity. ”

"No, this film is very important to me, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to someone else, I have to participate in person to feel at ease." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "You are good, have a good rest at home, and wait for me to come back with peace of mind." ”

"But I miss you so much, why don't I go to the United States to find you?" Zhao Yazhi suddenly proposed.

"Excuse me, you don't know that it is very dangerous for pregnant women to take a plane, and besides, I am not here to travel in the United States, and there are a lot of things to be busy every day, and I can't accompany you after you come." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "If you are bored, go and talk to Qingxia, or find your sister-in-law to do your charity fund and find something to do for yourself, and you won't have time to think about me." (To be continued......)

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Alas, unconsciously 1.6 million words!

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