In a small screening room on the Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay studio, when the theme song "Happy Ghost" sounded, everyone in the crew gave warm applause.

There were no outsiders in the screening room, just Kang Jianfei, Zhao Yazhi, Hu Juncai, Wu Chenggang, Zhong Zhiwen, Qibo, Zhong Yuan, and Wen Bixuan, who became Kang Jianfei's little tail.

"How do you feel after reading it?" Kang Jianfei asked. Although he is sure that this film will be a hit, he still can't help but want to be recognized by the crew, after all, this is the first film he has directed in his two lives combined.

Wu Chenggang said half-encouraging and half-affirming: "The audience should like it, this kind of comedy ghost movie is rarely filmed." ”

Zhong Yuan, the dead fat man, had a bad mouth, and poured cold water and said: "I don't think this movie is in a good situation, it is not as funny and humorous as others in terms of comedy, and it is not as scary as other ghost movies in terms of ghost movies." Where does it sell out? If you don't have a selling point, you won't be able to sell well at the box office, and you will hit the street! ”

"Say less." Uncle Qi quietly poked Zhong Yuan.

Zhong Zhiwen was also uncertain, and commented: "The footage of "Happy Ghost" is great, as for the rest, I can't say." ”

Speaking of which, everyone is actually not very optimistic about this film.

For what?

The inexperienced new director and the unknown new actor made another strange movie that the comedy is not like a comedy, and the ghost movie is not like a ghost movie. Except for Kang Jianfei himself, no one else could have confidence in it.

Movies are like that, even the most discerning veterans in the industry can't be prepared to predict the box office of a movie until it's actually released.

In another time and space, the filming cost of "Happy Ghost" was two million, and because the bigwigs of Xinyicheng were not optimistic about this film, they refused to promote it. and "Happy Ghost" was released at the same time as "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" had the strongest behind-the-scenes combination in Hong Kong at that time: Hung Jinbao, McDonald's Bear, Shum Jianxun, and created a crowd of people to promote it.

The result was a big surprise, with both films being released at the same time and a long queue at the ticket window of the theater. The audience of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" only bought one or two tickets per person, while the audience of "Happy Ghost" bought six or seven tickets, and some even drew a line.

When the painting was finally completed, the new director, new actors, and small production "Happy Ghost" got a box office of more than 17 million, while the large-scale production and big publicity of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" only had a box office of 10 million.

Such a result made everyone in the Hong Kong film industry look away at that time, including Gao Zhisen, the director of "Happy Ghost", who did not expect it.

Kang Jianfei couldn't help but comfort himself, it is also "Happy Ghost", even if it can't sell crazy box office like Gao Zhisen, at least it can't hit the street!

However, Kang Jianfei really can't pack tickets, and there are many factors that affect the box office of the movie, such as the quality of the film, schedule, publicity, stars, cinemas, other movies in the same period, and so on. Any change at any point could make a movie that should have been a big hit hit hit the street to death!

Kang Jianfei exhaled and smiled at everyone: "Everyone wait for my news." ”

Zhao Yazhi comforted: "Ah Fei, I think "Happy Ghost" is very good, and it will definitely be a box office hit." ”

Wen Bixuan also said: "Yes, yes, I think it's so great and interesting, everyone must like to watch it." ”

Kang Jianfei said to them: "Xie Lu Xie, I won't let everyone down." ”

After Zhong Zhiwen, Qibo and the others left, Wu Cheng just said: "Ah Fei, are you going to release it in Lisheng Cinema?" ”

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Wu Chenggang said: "I'll go with you, maybe I can meet a few acquaintances." ”

Kang Jianfei also refused, and took Wu Chenggang and Hu Juncai to go straight to the Lisheng Cinema under Lisheng Cinema Line, where the headquarters of Lisheng Cinema Company is located.

When he arrived outside the Lisheng Theater, Kang Jianfei was directly dumbfounded.

The door of the Lisheng Cinema was closed, and a notice was posted at the door - "This cinema is renovated and temporarily closed", and there was a clanging sound from inside the cinema.

Kang Jianfei and Wu Chenggang glanced at each other, then walked around the construction office towards the general manager's office, and Hu Juncai followed closely behind with the sample of "Happy Ghost".

Maybe it was because of the closure of business for rectification, and I didn't see the figure inside, Kang Jianfei knocked on the door for a long time, and then a middle-aged man came over and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "Hello, I am the owner of an independent film company, I just shot a movie, and I want to find Mr. Li Maowen, the general manager of Lisheng Cinemas." ”

The middle-aged man said: "All the movie theaters under the Lisheng Cinema Line are being renovated in a unified manner, you can come back after the New Year." ”

"What?" Kang Jianfei was like being struck by lightning, and he was directly stunned on the spot. Before the filming of the movie, he calculated and calculated, but he didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected situation, and he actually encountered the unified decoration of Lisheng Cinema.

Isn't that a joke!

It's Christmas soon, and then it's New Year's Day and Spring Festival, which happens to be the most popular time for the movie box office, why did Lisheng Cinema choose to decorate at this moment?

Don't you want to make money if you burn your hands too much?

Wu Chenggang asked: "This gentleman, is it true that all the movie theaters of the Lisheng Cinema Line are renovated?" ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "Yes, anyway, there is no attendance, so take advantage of this time to decorate it uniformly." ”

As soon as Kang Jianfei heard what this person said, he hurriedly forced himself to calm down and asked, "Why is there no attendance, this theater is in a good location." ”

The middle-aged man glanced at Kang Jianfei, who suddenly stepped forward, grabbed a handful of Hong Kong dollars and quietly stuffed them into his hand. The man looked at Qian's face and said: "Alas, let me tell you straight, for more than a month, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have banned Lisheng Cinema, which scared those film companies and directors to dare not take the film to Lisheng to be released. Lisheng played a few bad movies of small companies back and forth, and the audience refused to come, so the general manager decided to take advantage of this time to decorate all the theaters in a unified manner. ”

This person doesn't say much, but he reveals a lot of information.

Kang Jianfei quickly thought about the whole thing clearly, facing the suppression of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, more than a dozen independent cinemas that had just joined the Lisheng Cinema Line, I am afraid that there were already a lot of people who were about to break up at this time. And Lei Juekun, the owner of Lisheng Cinema Line, chose the decision to delay time in the situation of internal and external difficulties.

Procrastination is not the same as burying your head in the ostrich, but accumulating energy.

First, the new Lisheng Cinema Line has just been established, and many of its theaters are very dilapidated, and after unified decoration, the hardware equipment of the old cinemas can be upgraded.

Second, the outside must be settled first, Lei Juekun can take advantage of the time when the renovation is closed to straighten out the contradictions within the theater.

Third, Lei Juekun must be looking for a capable film company at this time, and plans to pick up one or several film companies by himself, using Lisheng Cinema as the base to fight with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest on the box office battlefield.

Wu Chenggang was a little panicked and asked Kang Jianfei, "What should I do then?" Ah Fei, why don't we go to the theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest to try, maybe we can get some theaters to show it. ”

"No, you don't." Kang Jianfei shook his head, he was completely free of the panic just now, and his expression was calm and confident.

Although his cousin Wu Chenggang is doing things safely, his vision is really not wide, he only hears the predicament in the words of the middle-aged man, but Kang Jianfei sees a rare opportunity.

In another time and space, how did the new art city get up? It's not Lei Juekun who is fully supporting behind his back.

Lei Juekun is facing the dilemma at this time, I am afraid that he is more anxious than his own movie cannot be released. I came to the door with the movie and planned for Lei Juekun, and the Oriental DreamWorks in the future will definitely be fully supported by Lisheng Cinemas.

This harvest is the growth of Oriental DreamWorks in a strategic sense, which is rarer than a big hit of a movie.

Kang Jianfei had a friendship with the middle-aged man and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Li, the general manager of Lu Dao Lisheng, is free now?" ”

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "I am just a supervisor who looks at the construction site, where do I know about Manager Li." ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "Then do you know where Manager Li's home is?" I have something important to discuss with Manager Li. ”

"I don't know what to do." The middle-aged man said.

"Let's go back first." Kang Jianfei said to his cousin and Hu Juncai. He was going to go back and ask Wang Tianlin to see if he could get Li Maowen's contact information, or simply go directly to Lei Juekun, the big boss behind the scenes of Lisheng Cinema.

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