For his peers in the Hong Kong film industry, Kang Jianfei is definitely a plague god, and no one wants to release his movie on the same schedule. In the New Year, four movies starring Hong Jinbao were screened at the same time, and the biggest reason for this situation was actually that the distributor wanted to avoid "Tomb Robbery Notes", and two of the four movies were originally to be released during the Spring Festival.

But the Spring Festival file is one of the most important schedules of the year, and it is impossible for other companies to give it up directly. For example, Huang Baiming and Pan Disheng put their bets on the Spring Festival file, and they used reverse thinking - in order to avoid Kang Jianfei's "Tomb Robbery Notes", major companies have made good films in the Christmas and New Year files, and there are two big tigers, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, blocking the way, and the competition is fierce.

As a result, Vientiane Pictures and Debao Company reversed the operation and ranked their main films around the Spring Festival, and they were not afraid to compete with Kang Jianfei.

Central, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.

A sedan circled around the Queen's Building twice, and finally reluctantly continued to drive forward, and finally found a parking space that had just been vacated, and the driver parked the car there.

"It's getting harder and harder to park in Central, so it's better to take a taxi." Huang Baiming got out of the car and locked the car with a press of his hand.

Du Qifeng smiled: "You don't look at what time of year it is, it's about to be the New Year." ”

Lin Lingdong looked at his watch and said, "There are still more than 20 minutes, and it's still early." ”

The three of them chatted and walked to the Queen's Building, and walked straight to the Queen's Theater, they were in a group to watch "Tomb Robbery Notes" today.

They did not participate in the premiere and screening of "Tomb Robbery Notes", and yesterday's first-day box office numbers have not yet been announced. But the news that the whole line was full has already gone viral. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming, Huang Baiming and others didn't have any work in their hands, so they organized a group to watch the movie out of curiosity. Their reason, of course, is to know the competition. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles.

Outside the Queen's Theater is a shopping mall, at this time the citizens are busy buying New Year's goods, and the shopping mall is also crowded, and the three of them finally squeezed to the door of the theater.

Huang Baiming looked at the bustling shopping mall and couldn't help but admire Kang Jianfei's vision. This building was originally not called the Queen's Building, but was renamed after Kang Jianfei bought it. Nowadays, the real estate in Central is soaring, and the monthly rent of the entire building is gone. It's enough for Kang Jianfei to have no worries about food and clothing.

When they came to the ticket hall of the theater, Huang Baiming and the three of them were directly blocked at the door, and it was already crowded with people. The queue is almost outside.

"Tickets for "Tomb Robbery Notes" before 10:30 have been sold out."

"There is one more ticket at 10:40, sorry two, only one ticket."

“……”

The tickets for Huang Baiming and the three of them have already been bought, so there is no need to wait in line. But they were still frightened by what they saw.

It's the Spring Festival holiday. The flow of people in major theaters is very large, and it is normal for the ticket queue to line up at the door.

But the problem is that it's only less than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and "Notes on Tomb Robbery" actually sold out all the tickets before 10:30 p.m., how popular is this movie?

Fortunately, it is a holiday, and most people are not specifically watching a certain movie, and "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is sold out today, so they will choose to watch other movies or change theaters. There is a golden princess nearby, and the audience overflows from the Queen's Theater. A large part of them may turn to watch movies from Vientiane Pictures, which is "good news" for Huang Baiming.

After 120 minutes. Huang Baiming, To Qifeng and Lin Lingdong came out of the screening hall, and the audience around them was talking excitedly about the plot just now.

"Purely rely on money to pile up special effects, I don't have to learn." Du Qifeng shook his head and said.

"I want to see which time Kang Jianfei misses, it's too risky to make this kind of film." Huang Baiming shook his head and sighed. There are often ghosts or superpowers in his movies, but most of those shots are directly replaced by animation, and he thinks that movies sell plots and lines, and special effects or something are trivial.

Lin Lingdong sighed: "Kang Jianfei's film this time, I'm afraid the box office will break 40 million again." ”

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"The first-week box office of "Tomb Robbery Notes" came out." He Guanchang placed a newspaper on Zou Wenhuai's desk.

This is a copy of "Tiantian Daily", since it was acquired by Kang Jianfei, many news of DreamWorks have been published in the entertainment section of "Tiantian Daily".

"More than 15 million, right?" Zou Wenhuai opened the newspaper as he spoke, and his eyes widened when he saw the numbers on the paper, and 19.41 million were printed on it.

He Guanchang said with a wry smile: "I was also shocked when I first watched it, a new box office record for Hong Kong films in the first week." ”

Zou Wenhuai said with emotion: "This posterior boy really has a set of movies to make. ”

"It's a good thing I didn't release Ah Long's film in advance, otherwise these two dramas would have crashed and died." He Guanchang said happily.

Vientiane Pictures and Debao Company's Spring Festival blockbusters, because they could only pick up the audience who leaked out of "Tomb Robbery Notes", the box office did not meet expectations. However, fortunately, the number of moviegoers in the Spring Festival stalls is enough, and the two movies did not hit the street directly, and it is estimated that the cost will be recovered at the box office in this port alone after the painting is completed.

Zou Wenhuai lit his cigar and asked, "I heard that Ah Long has cooperated with Judeng?" ”

He Guanchang nodded: "He doesn't have many scenes in the film, and Yang Dengkui is reluctant to spend so much money to invite him to be the leading actor, just to attract the audience under the guise of Ah Long." ”

If it had been placed in the past, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long would definitely not dare to take on the show outside casually, let alone cooperate with competitors. But now that he can't hold it down, Zou Wenhuai has a headache when he thinks about it.

Taking a puff of his cigar, Zou Wenhuai asked, "Ah Chang, what do you think of "Notes on Tomb Robbery"?" ”

He Guanchang said: "Tomb robbery movies will definitely be popular at least in the next one or two years, but special effects investment is too risky. ”

He Guanchang's meaning is very simple, that is, following the trend to make a tomb robbery movie is very successful, but don't make the special effects so mysterious, in case you can't cry in the street.

Kang Jianfei's original intention was to use "Notes on Tomb Robbery" to stimulate Hong Kong counterparts, so that more and more Hong Kong directors dare to and even be keen to use computer special effects. But the effect may be far from what he expected, not to mention other companies, Jiahe, who is willing to spend money, now wants to follow the trend to make tomb robbery films, as for the movie special effects, to hell.

"Tomb robbery movies do have a trick," Zou Wenhuai nodded and asked, "I have an idea, how about letting Ah Long make a tomb robbery movie?" ”

"Aaron?" He Guanchang was very surprised, because Cheng Long's new film planning has been done, and it is the sister chapter of "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" - "Flying Eagle Project".

"I think so, computer special effects can combine Aaron's funny kung fu style with the theme of tomb robbery." Zou Wenhuai spoke his mind.

He Guanchang smiled: "It's very interesting." ”

Zou Wenhuai clapped his head and said: "Then it's decided, when Ah Long finishes filming "Flying Eagle Project", he will make a tomb robbery film." ”

I have to say that Hong Kong filmmakers, any type of movie, can be related to kung fu.

Just like Kang Jianfei didn't expect the hot sale of "Tomb Robbery Notes", it was not a boom in computer special effects, but everyone swarming to make tomb robbery films, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang also didn't expect how cheating the upcoming "Flying Eagle Project" would be.

The reason why Golden Harvest wanted to shoot "Flying Eagle Project" was because Cheng Long's "Miracle" did not sell well at the box office. Of course, the box office is not good, mainly because the cost of "Miracle" of 70 million is too high, and the box office sold is not much different from his previous 20 million investment movies.

Zou Wenhuai felt that "Miracle" didn't make much money, so he wanted to be safe and decided to let Cheng Long shoot the sister chapter of "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother". "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" was the box office champion of the year, and the sister part will definitely be a blockbuster, and the budget of "Flying Eagle Project" is tentatively set at 30 million.

No one could have expected that this movie, which was intended to invest only 30 million, cost 115 million when it was finally completed. Ninety percent of the crew fell ill because of the water and soil, and even the production manager was in prison in Africa for three months - the props and banknotes used in filming were inexplicably circulated locally, and the production manager was arrested on suspicion of making zuò and issuing counterfeit money.

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"Notes on Tomb Robbery" became a big hit during this Spring Festival, leading the box office all the way, throwing the movies released at the same time out of a few streets.

The salary of the actor Wu Zhenyu has risen sharply again, and it is actually the same as Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam, so it can only be said that "Notes on Tomb Robbery" sold too evilly. And the easter egg at the end of the movie made it clear that this film would make a sequel, and the actor Wu Zhenyu had a triple jump in salary.

The second is Zhang Meng, she basically has no chance to show her acting skills in "Notes on Tomb Robbery", she plays the iceberg girl with a cold face from beginning to end, and even uses a stand-in for most of the scenes, which is purely a vase.

But "Notes on Tomb Robbery" has only been released for a week, and it is still during the Chinese New Year, and the film appointment flew to Zhang Meng's house like snowflakes.

Zhang Meng estimated that he was afraid of being "poor" before, and he didn't read the script much when he received the film, so he looked at the high-paid pick-up, and he connected three films. If it weren't for the dissuasion of her agent Deng Baola, Zhang Meng would still want to take on more, and Zheng Yuling would not have been able to open the schedule with nine films at the same time?

For "Tomb Robbery Notes", the mainstream voice in society is praise, especially the amazing computer special effects, which have cultivated a group of loyal blockbuster fans.

As for the voice of criticism, Kang Jianfei didn't see it.

When the Lunar New Year came, Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao returned to Hong Kong with their children. Kang Jianfei now has a headache, Ye Zipei also came to Hong Kong, and he came with a big belly, this pretty widow was pregnant and came to Hong Kong to have a baby, and she stayed in the mainland for fear of provoking criticism.

The three women bumped into each other, and Kang Jianfei couldn't run on both sides yet, because he was going to get together for the Spring Festival.

The festival is always a headache for Kang Jianfei, he is really lacking in skills. (To be continued......)