Kang Jianfei was not in a hurry, his life was very comfortable, he just chatted with Lin Qingxia every day and asked her out to eat, so half a month passed in a flash.

Song Bing was the happiest, except for helping Kang Jianfei track Lin Qingxia every day and asking for some information, he could move freely at other times.

Traveling to Hawaii on a paid long vacation, plus reimbursement of air tickets and accommodation expenses, where to find such a beautiful trip?

Just when Kang Jianfei was already quite familiar with Lin Qingxia, "Three Minutes Hero", directed by Zeng Zhiwei and produced by Kang Jianfei, was released at the same time as the opening work of New Art City.

The script of the movie "Crazy Boss" is messy, but fortunately, Mecca, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming and others acted hard, and there were a lot of jokes.

At this time, the influence of "Mr. Zombie" has long passed, and Hong Jinbao's "Ghost Fight" and Anle Pictures' "Painful War" have also been painted one after another, and the audience has no good movies to watch for a while.

In this case, although the summer has passed, the attendance rate of "Crazy Boss" is very high, and it won 280,000 at the box office on the first day.

"Three Minutes Hero" is not lagging behind, because Chen You, a former Wenna band singer, and Wu Mengda and Zhong Chuhong have been hyped repeatedly, and they got a box office of 300,000 on the first day, which is a little higher than "Crazy Boss".

On the second day, the attendance of both films increased, and the Golden Princess Cinemas also increased the number of screenings for them. The two-day cumulative box office of "Crazy Boss" was 500,000, while "Three-Minute Hero" rose to 570,000 all at once.

On the third day, the attendance rate of "Crazy Boss" dropped slightly, and "Three Minutes Hero" began to be full. All of a sudden, it became popular.

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"How so?" Mecca clutched at his bald head in irritation.

Huang Baiming said from his screenwriter's point of view: "The story of "Three Minutes Hero" is very good, and the plot of our "Crazy Boss" is a bit messy. Other than that. The fight scene at the end of their game is very good-looking, and the two martial arts masters are set in a modern high-rise building. Flying around and fighting with light power, which has never been seen in previous movies, it is normal for the audience to look strange. ”

Shi Tian said: "Chen You and Wu Mengda's performances are very crazy, their funny is a little different from our ghost horse, you can learn a little in the future." ”

Mecca touched her bald head for a while, and suddenly said, "How about we dig Zeng Zhiwei over?" ”

Mecca and others have also cooperated with Zeng Zhiwei before, and the small jokes made up by Zhilu Dao are very appealing to the audience. This time, the reason why Zeng Zhiwei was invited to come over in the "Salted Fish Reborn" cooperated by Xinyicheng and Jinbao Film Company was not only to let him act. And he is also responsible for perfecting the script.

Shi Tian said: "How to dig?" The momentum of the Oriental Company is even stronger than that of our new art city, and Zeng Zhiwei may not come over. ”

Huang Baiming said: "You don't have to dig, I heard that Zeng Zhiwei signed a head contract with Dongfang Company, and he will make six movies in five years, and we will also use the head contract to invite him to come over as a director." ”

Shi Tian said: "That's a director contract, Zeng Zhiwei still has an actor contract in Dongfang Company, and he is also a member of the Kang family class." ”

Huang Baiming said: "Then it's not easy to dig, or let's find another director." ”

Mecca asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Huang Baiming said: "Xu Ke has been in the limelight recently, and he has some ideas for making movies. We can find him to join New Arts City. ”

Shi Tian shook his head again and again and said: "No, no, no, this person's movies are all popular or not, and it is not a loss to find him to make a movie." ”

Huang Baiming said: "The script is mainly done by us, and the final editing is also done by us. He just shoots, so he won't be afraid that he will shoot and hit the streets? ”

Mecca nodded and said, "I think it's feasible, the film directed by this person is still very tasteful." It's just that the plot and rhythm are going to be messed up. I'll be in charge of the production and put the brakes on him. ”

Shi Tian said: "But we are not familiar with Xu Ke." Who is going to invite him? ”

Mecca nodded, "I'm in charge of going and please, and I'll just say that we like his movies very much." Then I want to sign him as a director. This guy has hit the street with two movies in a row, and no one is willing to invest in him anymore, and he will definitely agree to our invitation. ”

Huang Baiming came up with an idea: "When I went, I had a copy of "Film Fortnightly" in my hand. ”

Mecca said: "Who reads that kind of magazine that only pantothenic acid." ”

Huang Baiming said with a smile: "You can hold it in your hand if you don't read it, the cover character of an issue of "Film Fortnightly" is Xu Ke, you can find that issue." ”

Shi Tian said: "That's a good idea. ”

Huang Baiming said: "In addition, our soundtrack is not as good as "Three Minutes Hero", Dongfang Company has Chen Xunqi and Kang Jianfei as the soundtrack, and we also need a full-time soundtrack. ”

Mecca asked, "How is Teddy Robin?" I've met him a few times before. ”

Shi Tian nodded and said: "This person is very good, he used to be very popular, and last year's "Guiding Soldiers" was the soundtrack made by Teddy Robin. ”

Huang Baiming said: "It's better to be like this, I'll invite Xu Ke, and Mecca, you go and invite Teddy Robin." ”

Mecca nodded, "That's it." ”

After making up their minds, the three of them immediately went separately to prepare.

A week later, Xu Ke and Teddy Robin officially joined the new art city, much earlier than the original time and space.

It's just that Kang Jianfei signed Zeng Zhiwei in advance, and the Seven Monsters of Xinyicheng can only gather six at most, and I don't know if they can still create a classic like "Best Partner".

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A week has passed, and the gap between the two films has become more and more obvious.

Due to the decrease in attendance, "Crazy Boss" reduced two theaters to "Three-Minute Hero", and the box office in the first week was only more than 1.5 million. The box office of "Three Minutes Hero" reached more than 2.4 million in the first week.

In "Three Minutes Hero", Chen You and Wu Mengda's nonsensical comedy made the audience laugh on the spot, and Zhong Chuhong's white-collar beauty's outfit was also amazing, especially the fight in the modern city after the most deluctance, which made the audience feel extremely novel.

After the hit of "Three Minutes Hero", the movie quickly became popular with Zhong Chuhong and Cheng Kui'an. Especially Cheng Kui'an, this guy appeared as a villain, and the villain looked like he didn't need to perform at all. Before the movie was finished, many directors called and asked Cheng Kuian to play the bad guy.

Although Wu Mengda has not completely gotten rid of the notoriety of a bad gambler, at least the audience has re-accepted him, and presumably after making one or two more movies, other directors will invite him to film. Although he didn't get much paid for making this movie, Wu Mengda was already very satisfied, and the door of hope had opened a gap for him.

As for the biggest gain, it is naturally Zeng Zhiwei, a "Three Minutes Hero" made his name as a director finally stand up and began to enter the ranks of well-known directors.

A week after the release of the two films, Cheng Long made a strong comeback with his Hollywood blockbuster "Killer Trench", which was released simultaneously with Shaw Brothers Cinemas and several other independent theaters.

"Killer Trench" was very popular on the day it was just released, and because Golden Harvest was very publicized, many viewers wanted to see what this blockbuster shot by Cheng Long looked like.

But after watching it, thirty percent of the audience thought it looked good, three percent of the audience felt reluctant, three percent of the audience thought it was very bad, and one percent of the audience was left to scold the mother directly.

In addition to his own performance and some Cheng Long style, the whole movie is full of Hollywood action movie flavor.

Don't think that Hollywood at this time is good-looking, from the perspective of the 21st century, the fight scenes in Hollywood action movies in the early 80s are as bad as a lump of flight. It's basically a fight between a drunk guy with one punch and one leg of you, and if it's serious, you can add some boxing action.

It wasn't until later that a large number of Hong Kong action directors went overseas, and Hollywood action movies incorporated oriental martial arts elements and computer stunts, that people were really fascinated.

Moreover, at this time, Hollywood has not yet ruled the world, and Asia is about to become the world of Hong Kong films. Not to mention Japan, Hong Kong films and Hollywood films are selling well, while Hong Kong and Taiwan films are dominating South Korea and Southeast Asia, and Hollywood blockbusters have not sold very well.

It was not until the 90s, the Asian financial crisis, the decline of Hong Kong films, and the massive use of special effects in movies that Hollywood films finally succeeded in eroding and occupying the Asian market.

It's far away, and let's say that Cheng Long's "Killer Trench", an action scene designed by an American action director, can't give full play to Cheng Long's strength at all, can Hong Kong audiences buy it?

On the first day of the release of "Killer Trench", more than 20 theaters were full at the same time, and as a result, the attendance rate fell to 80% on the second day, and even to 50% on the third day.

Some media directly ridiculed: "The action drama that Golden Harvest spent tens of millions of dollars to create this time seems to be about to be wasted." The action scenes are like children fighting, and the plot is extremely old-fashioned, which is not as good as the kung fu movies made by second-rate directors in Hong Kong. ”

Although the box office response of "Killer Trench" was not satisfactory, it had a huge impact on "Three Minute Heroes" and "Crazy Boss", and the latter two films were robbed of the audience by "Killer Trench", and the attendance rate suddenly plummeted.

Until Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, the local box office of "Three Minutes Hero" was 3.58 million, and the local box office of "Crazy Boss" was 2.89 million. And after a period of time, "Killer Trench" also fell earlier than expected, with a Hong Kong box office of 5.77 million.

Zou Wenhuai's face turned green with anger, but he still had expectations for the overseas box office of "Killer Trench", hoping that "Killer Trench" would be a big hit in the two largest film markets in Japan and the United States.

The overseas market of "Killer Trench" can only be said to be barely passable, with $8.5 million in the United States, $5.42 million in France, and 940 million yen in Japan, adding up to a little more than $20 million at the global box office. But compared to the investment of more than $10 million in this movie, there is only one word to describe it: hit the street!

Golden Harvest made this movie, and even the capital could not be recovered.

Of course, the global box office of "Killer Trench" will finally be counted by the end of next year. Boss Zou was not discouraged at this time, and after contacting the record company to give Cheng Long a few records of the same name from previous movies, he decided to make persistent efforts and spend a huge amount of money to cooperate with 20th Century Fox to shoot an international action movie "Cannonball Speed", which also pulled Xu Guanwen on this time. (To be continued......)