Chapter Fifty-Eight
"Big brother, don't worry, those Nanyang filmmakers can't stand it for long." After Xu Guanwu heard that the Nanyang film dealers were bargaining, he smiled and persuaded Xu Guanwen.
"Why are you so sure?" Xu Guanwen asked suspiciously.
These days have made him die of urgency, and the corners of his mouth are hot and foaming.
"The few kung fu films released by Golden Harvest this year are not blockbusters, and even Nanyang Cathay Pacific can't make money." Xu Guanwu said disdainfully, "Their daily expenses for opening a theater are also very large, and they can't make money for a long time, can they still sustain it?" Now they are anxious to make money with good films, so I don't believe that he won't raise the price after a long time. ”
Xu Guanwen suddenly realized that he had only cared about begging others for the past few days, but he didn't think that he actually had chips in his hands, and he couldn't be so low, and it was not a good deal to catch up.
"This film was released two months earlier and two months later, which actually doesn't mean much to me, but if you don't have a good movie in your theater for two months, the audience will go to Shaw Brothers' theaters." Xu Guanwen muttered, "Anyway, the cost of my two films has been recovered, it depends on whether you lose money or not?" ”
After figuring it out, Xu Guanwen was no longer busy begging for help, but took Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao to Taiwan to participate in the premiere ceremony of "Serpentine Trickster", and hung all the filmmakers from Nanyang in Hong Kong.
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After the post-production of "Little Heroes Havoc in Chinatown" in which Xu Guanjie participated, it was also released immediately after the painting of "The King of Boxing in Seven Provinces".
Kung fu director Luo Wei's latest masterpiece, the sequel to the blockbuster movie "Little Hero on the Road", Golden Horse Award actress Shangguan Lingfeng is out again, together with Hong Kong singer Xu Guanjie and Golden Harvest Jade Actress Zhang Aijia, super investment in San Francisco, USA......
A series of gimmicks have attracted everyone's attention before this movie is released.
Especially after the incident between the Xu brothers and Golden Harvest, everyone is very concerned about whether this film starring Xu Guanjie will also be implicated.
In the face of media interviews, Xu Guanjie kept silent unless necessary, and tried not to respond to this question.
In the end, "Little Heroes Havoc in Chinatown" was released as scheduled, and the box office reached 850,000 Hong Kong dollars in the first week, and it will be a million-level box office masterpiece if nothing else.
However, although this film is already a blockbuster, compared to "Serpentine Trickster" and "Fat Cold", which are all starring newcomers, this "Little Heroes Havoc in Chinatown" is quite bleak.
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Xu Guanwen, Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao and his entourage were warmly sought after in Taiwan, and Zhang Anle even put on a huge formation at the airport to welcome them, almost alarming the police.
In the face of Zhang Anle and Wu Dun's gang brothers, Xu Guanwen was very taboo.
If it weren't for the problems in Nanyang, now only Taiwan is left as a box office powerhouse, and Xu Guanwen would never come over in person.
However, Long and Hong Jingbao are very close to these gang brothers, talking and laughing, and occasionally comparing and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of real kung fu and stage actions.
Zhang Anle and Wu Dun also knew that because of the issue of distribution rights, the Xu Brothers Company had suffered various hardships and suffered heavy losses recently.
Comparing their hearts to their hearts, they were naturally more grateful to Xu Guanwu, and they also took good care of Xu Guanwen and his party.
The Bamboo Union Gang does not have its own cinema line, and it cannot afford to build it, nor can it afford to buy or rent it.
However, because they are ruthless enough to fight, Shengsheng grabbed a theater line in Taipei, and a total of fifteen companies screened "Serpentine Trickster".
The box office exceeded NT$4 million on the first day, which scared Zhang Anle a lot.
NT$4 million is the income of the Bamboo Union Gang for four months, which is enough for him to develop another 200 brothers.
Wu Dun was guarding the ticket room, counting the piles of banknotes, his hands were all bald, and he was still reluctant to let go.
He has been messing around for a decade or two, and he has never seen such a large sum of money.
"Serpentine Trickster" exceeded NT$10 million at the box office in the first week of its release in Taiwan, and Cheng Long also became a new generation of kung fu superstars after Bruce Lee.
At the same time, the movie "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" also began to be released in Japan.
The funny plot, humorous and interesting characters, and amazing lines made the Japanese audience very excited.
After its release, it immediately sparked a craze for movie-watching in Japan, and the three Xu brothers were affectionately called "MR. BOO”。
The comedy films of the Xu brothers can become popular in Japan, which Zou Wenhuai did not expect.
Because the Japanese film market has always been very closed, he is deeply influenced by Europe and the United States, and he is not very keen on Asian films.
Although Hong Kong movies were also released in Japan before, the box office results were not very high, and only kung fu superstar Bruce Lee was a blockbuster.
Zou Wenhuai sold the Xu brothers' "Ghost Horse Double Star", just with the idea of making a little money, who would have thought that after the release, it would set off a boom, so that Zou Wenhuai had a feeling of digging a pit and burying it by himself.
The Hui Brothers' works were well received in both Taiwan and Japan, and when the news reached Hong Kong, it caused a shock, and newspapers, magazines and radio stations were full of praise, believing that they had brought glory to Hong Kong and Hong Kong filmmakers!
TVB, in which Shao Yifu is a shareholder, is also abnormal, and he also praised Xu Guanwen's talent in the TV program, believing that he is worthy of being a talent jointly cultivated by TVB and Shaw Brothers, and his heart is well known.
Nanyang film dealers couldn't sit still any longer, and they all approached Xu Guanjie to discuss the issue of distribution rights.
"Serpentine Trickster" can be sold well in Taiwan, and naturally it can also be sold in Southeast Asia, because the taste is similar.
Xu Guanwen returned to Hong Kong with the halo of "the light of Hong Kong" and sat down at the negotiating table again, and his momentum was very different from that of a week ago.
At the beginning, he suffered all kinds of difficulties, begging his grandfather to tell his grandmother that he couldn't even pay for the air ticket, so he invited this group of Nanyang film dealers to Hong Kong. Then all kinds of whispers just want to get their own films released.
But now, Xu Guanwen came with the aftermath of a box office hit, so he naturally gained a little momentum, while Nanyang studios were relatively three points shorter.
""Serpentine Trickster" is 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Money Cold" is 3 million Hong Kong dollars." Xu Guanwen said.
""Serpentine Trickster" is 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Money Cold" is 2 million Hong Kong dollars." Nanyang filmmakers counteroffered.
After some verbal wars, "Serpentine Trickster" was finally sold for 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Fat Money" was sold for 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars.
Both sides took a step back, and both rejoiced.
Hui's Brothers broke Golden Harvest's monopoly in Nanyang; Nanyang studios also got two blockbuster films.
Only Jiahe suffered heavy losses, and he was not pleasing inside and outside, which made Zou Wenhuai scold Guotai and his gang for not being righteous.