In this year's summer file, the Shaw Brothers, who have decided to stop production, returned to the past, and a small-budget movie "30 Virgins" got a box office of 7.2 million, which can be regarded as saving the Shaw Brothers from several months of decadence.

However, the popularity of one or two dramas could not restore Shao Yifu's determination to stop Shaw Brothers, especially the drama "30 Virgins", which was filmed by Zhang Jianting and Chen You.

However, the reputation of Zhang Jianting and Chen You has risen again, and the films of various small companies have snowflakes.

And a week before the release of "Love Saint", Princess Jin also launched Chen Xunqi's "See You Again".

After Chen Xunqi left DreamWorks, he formed his own film company with the help of Lei Juekun. In the past two years, the movies he has made have been selling well, and none of them have lost money, and his works have already entered the prime time of the Golden Princess.

However, this time Chen Xunqi finally missed, and "Yiren Sees Again" was intercepted by "30 Virgins", "Happy Ghost 5" and "Double Dragon Goes to Sea" (Golden Harvest), and the attendance rate dropped sharply.

As soon as Kang Jianfei's "Love Saint" was released, "Yiren Sees Again", which had only been screened for 10 days, was finally forced to leave the film and replace it with "Family Portrait" directed and acted by Shi Tian and starring Xu Guanjie.

This is also a turning point in Chen Xunqi's directorial career, starting from "Seeing Yiren Again", although his future films can also be ranked in the summer and Christmas files of the Golden Princess, they can no longer squeeze into the top 20 at the box office. And Chen Xunqi also had a first-class director from then on, and gradually began to become a second-tier director, until Lei Juekun refused to invest in him to make movies.

Unlike the poor box office of "Seeing the People Again", "Family Portrait" in Xinyicheng received rave reviews as soon as it was released, and the box office went up like a rocket.

In late July, the Hong Kong film market was completely dominated by "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait". Golden Harvest's "Double Dragon Goes to Sea" couldn't resist it at all, but it had to hold on, because Zou Wenhuai wanted to wait until the right time to release "Food Truck". Otherwise, the three fierce movies collide, and everyone will have to hit their heads and bleed.

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Queen's Road, Central.

In a short section of the street, there are several large theaters, which belong to the Golden Princess, Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers and Oriental Cinema Line.

The theaters of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are deserted, in stark contrast, but there is a long queue to buy tickets outside the theaters of Golden Princess and Oriental Cinemas.

Xu Guanjie's reputation in Hong Kong at this time is no worse than Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia, and "Family Portrait" plays the signboards of Xu Guanjie and Shi Tian, which is enough for the audience to pay for the theater continuously.

It is worth mentioning that the heroines of "Family Portrait" in the original film are Zheng Wenya and Zhen Ni. Since Zheng Wenya was an artist of Oriental Entertainment Company at this time, Xinyicheng specially invited Hu Huizhong from Taiwan to be the heroine this time. With the box office success of "Family Portrait", Hu Huizhong is also determined to develop in Hong Kong, and rarely returns to Taipei to film.

As the sky gets darker, a young couple makes an appointment to go to a restaurant for dinner.

The couple are both white-collar workers in office buildings near Central. The man's name is Lin Zhiming, and he works as an administrative worker in a company. The woman's name is Meng Chunjiao. Currently working as a sales accountant.

Young white-collar workers like Lin Zhiming and Meng Chunjiao, although their salaries are not very high, they still have to pursue a high-quality life - even if they can't afford to buy a house in ten years.

After having a candlelight dinner, Lin Zhiming and Meng Chunjiao held hands again and went to Lan Kwai Fong to get a petty bourgeoisie.

Compared with the chaotic nightclubs of Lan Kwai Fong in later generations, Lan Kwai Fong at this time has only been on the rise for a year or two. It is a decent and elegant bar, and the customers are young people with petty bourgeois feelings.

After drinking a few glasses of wine in the middle of the pretend, the young couple walked hand in hand to Queen's Road, ready to watch a movie before returning home.

Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers have the least number of people in their cinemas. You can buy a ticket to a movie without queuing at all, but it's not in their range.

"Look at "Family Portrait", there seems to be fewer people in line over there." Lin Zhiming, who was in a suit and leather shoes, said.

Meng Chunjiao, who was slightly drunk, immediately retorted: "More people mean that the movie is better, I want to watch "Love Saint"!" ”

"Xu Guanjie's film is very good-looking, plus a stone Tian, it is absolutely funny." Lin Zhiming tried to convince his girlfriend.

"No, people just want to watch "Love Saint"!" Meng Chunjiao began to be coquettish.

Lin Zhiming lost his temper in an instant, and honestly joined the ticket buying line, the movie directed by Kang Jianfei is still guaranteed, and there is no loss in more queues.

Half an hour later, the ticket seller said to Lin Zhiming expressionlessly: "The tickets for the nine o'clock show of "Love Saint" are gone, and there are still those at half past ten. ”

Lin Zhiming sweated wildly, how late it was after watching the show at half past ten, he knew that he would buy a movie ticket first and then go to Lan Kwai Fong.

Turning his head to look at his girlfriend holding milk tea a few steps away, Lin Zhiming nodded helplessly and said, "Let's have two, I don't want to be too far in front of the seat." ”

"There aren't many tickets left, and the seats at the back of the row are also in the third row, do you want them?" The ticket drawer was tired of the day and did not have the patience to say more.

Lin Zhiming, who bought two tickets, was depressed, and went to the mall with his girlfriend for nearly two hours, and then pinched the time to enter the theater.

Ten minutes later, the depression in Lin Zhiming's heart disappeared completely, and was replaced by a big smile, and his girlfriend laughed so much that she lay directly on him.

On the big screen, Huang Shrimp and Zhou Xingchi exposed each other's identities as liars, and the two had a conversation with a serious face.

Yellow Shrimp: Who the hell are you?

Stephen Chow: The rivers and lakes are sinister, and I will never leave my name.

Yellow Shrimp: If you don't want to leave your name, you have to keep your head.

Stephen Chow: I have been lonely all my life, and the only person who depends on me for my life is this head, and you are afraid that it is not so easy if you want this head.

Yellow Shrimp: You forced me to do it, and I want to stain this sea red with your blood.

Stephen Chow: My life has been adrift, like a lonely boat in the ocean, and I have long put life and death out of the way.

Huang Shrimp: Okay, in that case, you can learn how I can attack and kill people in the invisible Tai Chi.

Zhou Xingchi: I was about to ask for advice.

In the ancient dragon dialogue, the two circle around each other, and suddenly they shout in unison and leap towards each other at the same time, and it is a tragic battle.

Just when the audience thought that the two would fight, Zhou Xingchi and Huang Shrimp suddenly played in slow motion, gently pushed each other's arms as if flirting, and chatted while pushing around, making the tension just now disappear.

"Poof......

When Lin Zhiming saw this scene, he burst out laughing directly. Until the most embarrassing Dasha caught his own brother crazy, he was already holding his girlfriend and laughing so hard that his cheeks were sore, and tears of laughter were squeezed out of the corners of his eyes.

After watching a movie, even if he walked on the street, Lin Zhiming could still hear all kinds of discussions about "Love Saint", and from time to time someone learned Zhou Xingchi's funny lines.

"Ah Xing is so funny, he fell down the stairs and brushed his teeth while rolling the stairs. Giggle......" Meng Chunjiao said as she seemed to remember the funny scene in the movie, and couldn't help but laugh again on the side of the street.

Lin Zhiming said: "I think the funniest thing is that Zhou Xingchi and Mao Xianyun pretended to be plumbers to steal things, and Ah Xing laughed me to death when he pinched Mao Xianyun." ”

Meng Chunjiao smiled: "Yes, Maomao is too cola, I used to host "Happy 60 Points" I liked to watch." ”

The two of them talked about this "Love Saint" sentence by sentence, and only walked out of the theater more than 30 meters away, and met a colleague from a company.

"Ah Fang, are you also watching the movie?"

"Yes, I just paid my girlfriend and finished watching "Family Portrait".

"Is 'Family Portrait' good?"

"It's not bad, it's funny, didn't you watch it?"

"I watched "Love Saint"."

"How about "Love Saint"? Director Kang Jianfei's film should be good. ”

"It's not bad, I almost didn't catch my breath when I laughed just now."

"Is it that pretty?"

"Anyway, I laughed from beginning to end, I couldn't stop at all, and it was definitely your loss not to watch "Love Saint".

"Then I'll check it out another day."

“……”

Such conversations began to take place in various parts of Hong Kong, and viewers who watched "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait" recommended the two films to their relatives and friends.

The time soon entered August, and "Love Saint", which was released for ten days, has already won 16.29 million box office, and the box office of "Family Portrait", which was released one day later, has also successfully exceeded 13 million.

The two movies are chasing after me, forming a crushing situation for other movies released at the same time, and as for the Hollywood song and dance film "Break Dance" introduced by Anle Cinemas, there are even more miserable audiences.

"Family Portrait" mixes family affection, love and comedy, which is one of the rare masterpieces of Xinyi City, coupled with Xu Guanjie's box office appeal, it is only reasonable to get a high box office.

But with the increase in release time, the box office of "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait" finally distanced themselves.

Two weeks after its release, the box office of "Love Saint" has soared to 22 million, while "Family Portrait" has only 17 million.

Nonsensical comedy performances have not appeared before, but the previous nonsensical performances were not mature, and Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical acting skills also slowly took shape during the filming of "He is from Jianghu".

is the kind of crazy and neurotic performance that suddenly set off a trend this summer, allowing people to vent their laughter unscrupulously, and its influence is far higher than that of "Family Portrait", which was released at the same time.

The film review section of "Ming Pao Weekly" wrote: "The biggest highlight of this year's summer file is the new film "Love Saint" directed by Kang Jianfei. Zhou Xingchi and Mao Xianyun's nonsensical limelight in "He Comes from the Rivers and Lakes" tends to mature, bringing the audience a novel viewing experience. You don't need to think about watching this kind of movie, you just need to bring Hong Kong dollars and a mouth, and then you can forget all your worries and laugh loudly without any scruples......"

At this time, Golden Harvest thought that the strong period of "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait" had passed, and finally launched "Food Truck" co-produced by Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, and Yuan Biao. (To be continued......)