“…… This year's summer movies are quite exciting, and the good films of major film companies have appeared one after another, bringing a movie feast to the majority of fans......

Golden Harvest's "Food Truck" has been released a few days ago, with a cumulative box office of 21.46 million yuan in Hong Kong, and only Wang Jing's "Best Friend" is still in theaters in the summer file. ”

"Purely in terms of box office, Oriental DreamWorks is the biggest winner of this year's summer file, with a total box office of 56.27 million in Hong Kong for the three films "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", "Happy Ghost 5" and "Love Saint", plus "The Best Friend", which has a box office of nearly 20 million, the total box office of the summer file is expected to reach as much as 78 million."

In comparison, New Art City and Golden Harvest are much inferior, except for the two movies "Family Portrait" and "Fast Food Test", other films in the summer file have no outstanding performance. The box office data of DreamWorks this summer is already equivalent to the sum of the two companies of New Arts City and Golden Harvest, and has become a well-deserved predator in Hong Kong's film industry. ”

Due to the popularity of "Fatal Express" last year, Golden Harvest has great expectations for "Food Truck", not only has Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, and Yuan Biao three kung fu stars to join, but also went to Spain to film, with a total investment of about 25 million Hong Kong dollars. But after the release of "Fast Food Truck", its box office situation was very unexpected, and it was not as good as Cheng Long's "A Plan" and Hong Jinbao's "Five Lucky Stars". ”

Zou Wenhuai frowned and flipped through the newspaper, only half of it was read and thrown aside.

The box office of "Food Truck" in Hong Kong surprised Zou Wenhuai, and they still haven't figured out why this is happening.

Is the box office of 21.46 million considered a good result?

Of course, this data can already rank in the top five of the current Hong Kong annual box office list.

But it is really not proportional to the investment cost of "Food Truck", and it is too far from the box office that the film itself should create.

Rubbing his face to wake up, the assistant quickly sent a box office analysis report in, which was the data analysis sent by Golden Harvest Cinema Line.

Zou Wenhuai read it word by word. I finally couldn't help but sigh.

Judging from the box office curve of "Food Truck" and other relevant data, the box office potential of the film has not been fully stimulated. When it was first released, it had to face "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait" at the same time to compete for the box office, although it killed "Family Portrait" at the end of the strong crossbow, but it did not suppress "Love Saint", which had been released for half a month.

And after the attendance rate of "Love Saint" dropped to a certain extent, Oriental Cinema Line decisively removed "Love Saint" from the film and replaced it with "Best Loss Friend", which also has a nonsensical style, which just met the audience's requirements for watching nonsensical comedy.

"The Best Friend" brings together a group of stars such as Guan Zhilin, Li Yuanfeng, Wu Junru, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Zhiwei, etc., which is still relatively attractive to the audience, and Kang Jianfei deliberately asked Wang Jing to shoot according to the feeling of "He is from Jianghu". Although it is a pseudo-nonsensical comedy of Wang Jing's, pee, and fart, it is enough to make the screening hall laugh non-stop.

That is to say, after the release of "Food Truck", it was surrounded and suppressed by three high-grossing blockbusters. The box office of 21.46 million is high enough, and it only lost more than 1 million in "Family Portrait". Even with the appeal of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, they really can't get more box office.

Zou Wenhuai carefully read the box office analysis report of "Food Truck". I can only consider myself unlucky. lamented that "Food Truck" was born at the wrong time.

"Knock knock ......"

There was a sharp knock on the door.

Zou Wenhuai said without raising his head: "Come in!" ”

Liu Lianghua walked over anxiously and quickly, and just took two steps before he began to say: "Wenhuai, something is wrong. ”

Zou Wenhuai saw Liu Lianghua's panicked appearance, and already had a bad premonition in his heart, and asked, "What's going on again?" ”

Liu Lianghua said with a stern expression: "I just received the news that Shao Yifu is about to announce the suspension of Shaw Brothers Pictures. I also want to package and sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas to Kang Jianfei! ”

"What?" Zou Wenhuai stood up directly when he heard this, "Shao Lao Liu will sell the theater to Kang Jianfei?" The feud between the two of them is so big, it is impossible to sell it to anyone to Kang Jianfei! ”

Liu Lianghua couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Jiahe didn't cooperate with Shaw Brothers in the past two years, and the grudge between you and Shao Yifu is much bigger than Kang Jianfei." ”

"That's different." Zou Wenhuai was so anxious that he walked around the office and said, "Cooperation is cooperation, and that is purely commercial interests." But Shao Yifu regarded the theater as his lifeline, how could he sell it to a competitor? ”

"Maybe I can't find a buyer," Liu Lianghua speculated, "Shaw Brothers Cinemas has been losing money since the year before last, and several theaters have withdrawn one after another." If Shao Yifu keeps the theater in his hands, he will only lose more and more, and it is the best choice to pack and sell it. ”

Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said, "With what I know about him, he will never sell out the theater." Do you know the specific details of the transaction? ”

"It's not clear." Liu Lianghua said. She used to be a star of Shaw Brothers and had a lot of old friends in Shaw Brothers, so she could receive news about Shaw Brothers "quickly", but the specific details were difficult to inquire.

……

……

Zou Wenhuai's doubts did not last long, and the "Oriental Daily" and "Ming Pao" published big news.

"Sir Shaw Yifu officially announced that Shaw Brothers (Brothers) Film Company will cease production indefinitely on September 10, ending a 24-year film production business ......"

"Mr. Kang Jianfei and Mr. Shao Yifu recently reached an agreement to spend 43 million yuan to purchase 6 theaters in the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, and spend 70 million Hong Kong dollars to obtain the right to use the four leading cinemas of Shaw Brothers for 8 years......"

"The Oriental Cinema Line will become the largest cinema chain in Hong Kong, with 24 cinemas, and the second-ranked Golden Princess Cinema Line will only have 22 cinemas......"

"The Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City, which was independently founded by Mr. Kang Jianfei, has been officially completed a few days ago, and the headquarters of Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Entertainment Company, Fengxing Records, and Phoenix TV will be relocated to Tseung Kwan O ......"

News pops up one after another, for ordinary citizens it is just to watch the excitement, but for practitioners in the entertainment industry, it is undoubtedly a big earthquake in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Shaw Brothers, the film giant that influenced a generation, finally ended its production business, and also announced the complete end of a film era.

Although the Shaw Brothers film kingdom collapsed. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and its legacy is a huge film resource, and the Shaw Brothers Cinemas is the most important part of this legacy.

Countless discerning film company owners are heartbroken, if they can inherit the legacy of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, they may be able to become the second Golden Harvest. But this is just thinking about it, how can they have spare money to spend more than 100 million to win the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line.

Among the Shaw Brothers' legacy, in addition to the expensive cinema chain, the Clear Water Bay studio was bought by TVB at a low price, and some Shaw Brothers employees also signed to join TVB.

However, TVB can't eat the entire Shaw Brothers, and the Shaw Brothers movie shooting equipment alone will be endless. A large part of them were auctioned off by wireless stations, which cheapened many small and medium-sized film companies.

And the most important thing is the old Shaw Brothers employees, even if they are absorbed by TVB, there are still more than 1,000 people who have no jobs. After the skilled film practitioners were recruited by the wireless station and many film companies, there were only a bunch of actors and handymen who ate on the set of Clear Water Bay. These people flocked to Kang Jianfei's Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City, which can be regarded as solving the problem of insufficient labor resources for the film and television city.

There is still a special batch left. That's the well-known director and actor of Shaw Brothers. For example, martial arts celebrities such as Zhang Che, Chu Yuan, and Dillon. Traditional martial arts films have long passed, and it is impossible for Zhang Che, Dillon and others to enter TVB, because there is no suitable place for them, but no other company will make martial arts films, and they will face the dilemma of having no film to direct and no film to act.

……

Zhang Che's home.

Dillon fidgeted on the couch and finally couldn't help but ask, "Master." Do you have any plans? ”

Zhang Che shook his head and said, "I'm old and ready to rest for a while." ”

Dillon still has a wife and children to support, but he can't retire like Zhang Che. He asked, "Master, do you think I should stay in Hong Kong or go to Taiwan to develop?" ”

"Taiwanese movies are dead, what are you going to do in Taiwan?" Zhang Che asked angrily.

"But as soon as the Shaw Brothers fell, no one in Hong Kong made martial arts movies now." Dillon's words are actually not accurate, there are still martial arts films in Hong Kong, but they are all small costs, and I can't afford to hire a martial arts star like him.

Zhang Che smiled: "Except for martial arts films, you won't act in other movies?" ”

"I don't know what to do in other types of movies," Dillon sighed, "Besides, martial arts films have been declining more and more in recent years, who else will value me as a martial arts star?" ”

Zhang Che was also silent when he heard Dillon say this.

With the decline of martial arts films, those of them who have made a name for themselves by making martial arts films seem to really have a "bright future".

Hua Shan, the martial arts director of the Shaozhuang faction of the Shaw Brothers, went to TVB to work behind the scenes after the Shaw Brothers stopped production. Chu Yuan, a great director who is as famous as Zhang Che, has just entered Golden Harvest by relying on his previous friendship, but he is also giving people a hand, and it is almost impossible to redirect the tube in a year or two.

Even these two top directors are so miserable, and the remaining second- and third-rate martial arts film directors are really desperate, and there are those who go to other companies to work as handymen.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Che warned: "Don't treat yourself as a big star, go to other companies to play a supporting role, and get up again step by step." ”

Chu Yuan's fists clenched and loosened, and he finally made up his mind and asked, "Golden Harvest, New Art City and DreamWorks, which one should I go to?" ”

"It's not good, none of the three companies have a place for you. New Arts City focuses on urban comedy, and its resources are inclined to comedy, which is something you are not good at; There are too many male stars in Golden Harvest, and they are biased towards kung fu movies, no matter how mixed you are, you can't surpass Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao," Zhang Che stared at the newspaper headline on the coffee table and said, "There are too many actors in DreamWorks, and the competitiveness is quite large, but fortunately, this company shoots all types of films, you can go over and try it, and it can be used as a kind of exercise." Take 10,000 steps back and say, I really can't go on, and I can still make martial arts movies for Phoenix Channel. ”

Dillon followed Zhang Che's eyes and saw a huge headline in the newspaper: Kang Jianfei's Entertainment Kingdom. (To be continued......)