No accident, Huang Jiaojiao attended the premiere of "Infernal Affairs".

The process of the premiere does not need to be detailed, and it is similar to the premiere of other movies.

In the beginning, whenever a new movie was released in Hong Kong, the premiere was basically scheduled at midnight. The crew members will also mingle with the audience to watch. If the film is wonderful, of course it will get a full house; If it's a bad movie, the audience will directly throw the sugar cane in their hands on stage!

The early Hong Kong audience was not used to eating melon seeds or anything, and they preferred to nibble on sugar cane. Therefore, those spectators who cheered were called the "Sugar Cane Party".

It can be seen that the premiere has become a test of life and death. The main creator of the crew does have the risk of being knocked out by sugar cane. There are even films that are directly re-edited after the premiere, and there are films that are directly withdrawn.

Of course, this is no longer possible. In a way, the premiere has become a show, and it's all about the filmmakers in the circle who cheer on the show, and the number of media that are sought after.

However, the filmmakers who came to cheer today are basically friends of Lau Dehua, Tony Leung, Liu Weiqiang and others, and there are few heavyweights.

Now, it is the craziest period of the golden age of Hong Kong films, and those big and small stars with names and surnames are soft on their film appointments. If it's not a very iron relationship, you can't squeeze out time at all.

Since there are no heavyweight stars, the media doesn't pay much attention to them. There were only two or three kittens sent by Yu Ji.

After all, Yuji and the previous financial reporters are two circles. A movie with no explosions, no scandals, and a bad old theme of police and gangster films? How could those paparazzi be interested?

It's nothing more than going through the motions, receiving a red envelope, and mentioning a few words in the corner of the newspaper tomorrow.

is not like the original "Infernal Affairs", because it is a work to save the market, the Hong Kong and Taiwan media bombarded indiscriminately, creating a big scene.

But now? There are many popular films on the market, and there are even several in the same schedule. So this "Infernal Affairs" is not remarkable at all. And no one will take it to heart......

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The main creator on the stage is interacting with the audience, looking happy.

Huang Jiaojiao in the audience glanced around and didn't find a few heavyweight faces. She couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked Ren Li beside her, "Uncle Li, will this be the case?" Most of the people we invited didn't come?"

Ren Li explained in a low voice, "Third Miss, with red and white, people's hearts are like this. The people outside were afraid of offending Wanwan, so they didn't dare to get too close to us. Also, starting with the next film, unless we are willing to spend a lot of money on the cinema, other cinemas will not release our company's films. I've heard rumors from people in the company that they don't think we'll last three years!"

Hearing this, Huang Jiaojiao was unhappy: "Three years? How dare they underestimate us?"

Ren Li smiled bitterly: "What do you think is good to say outside? They are all saying: Except for "Infernal Affairs" and "Rich and Powerful", we don't need people from the Hong Kong circle. We are blinded by the lard of the metaverse and are bent on following the north. So sooner or later you will end up a dead end. In fact, isn't the real reason that the people in the Hong Kong circle didn't start work?"

Due to his special status, Ren Li's words are more direct. He is not afraid of any misunderstanding by his third lady.

"They're not afraid to die." Huang Jiaojiao scoffed. It's not that there is no such Hong Kong and Taiwan team as "Infernal Affairs" and "Rich and Powerful". What about the rest with co-productions? Do people in the Hong Kong circle want to swallow it alone? "Alas! It's just that today's premiere is ugly!"

Seeing Huang Jiaojiao's sad face, Ren Li comforted, "Third Miss, it doesn't really matter. As long as the start is good, the box office will be high. After all, this time it is a joint release from more than 30 theaters."

Huang Jiaojiao nodded: "Uncle Li, we still have to have our own theater. In this way, they will not be controlled by others. After the acquisition of maritime loans, there are too many 26 business outlets, and several can be transformed into movie theaters. But it depends on the location and the contract."

Hearing that Huang Jiaojiao was still ambitious, Ren Li hesitated for a few seconds: "Third Miss, if the box office really hits the street, this time it will be regarded as paying tuition." Although the company's money is given by fate, you

It's also best not to be extravagant. If you lose too much, it can easily affect your relationship......

Huang Jiaojiao shrugged helplessly. Listening to Ren Li's continued nagging: "Also, do you want to give the director and the starring role a share? Now the bending market will definitely not be able to get, and the Southeast Asian market has an unclear prospect, and we can't make any money by relying on our local market in Hong Kong alone. Don't end up working in the company for nothing, the director and lead actor laughed and counted the banknotes."

There is some truth in what Ren Li said.

For the good start of "Infernal Affairs", the support of the metaverse is quite large, and even in order to improve the film, a lot of additional investment has been added in the follow-up, and the total investment in the film has been as high as 9.4 million.

[In view of the general environment,

At present, the Hong Kong box office market is almost saturated, and the number one film is around 40 million. You know, that's the first thing, those are basically phenomenal god movies. The films from the second to the tenth in the annual list basically have a box office between 20 million and 30 million.

Let's count it at 30 million! The theater chain took half of it, and the producer could only get 15 million. And according to the contract of "Infernal Affairs", can the main creator take 15% of the box office share? That's 4.5 million! Then that's only about 10 million left?

And in the rankings, not to mention the first, it is not easy to squeeze into the top ten. So it's basically become a loss of money and a shout.

And look at the premiere like this? It's very reluctant to even make money?

But what Ren Li didn't expect was that Huang Jiaojiao smiled "poof": "Uncle Li, Xiao Yuanzi has so many hearts, will he still do loss-making business?"

"Huh?" Ren Li was stunned, "What are you going to do?"

Huang Jiaojiao laughed in a low voice: "When the film is drawn in Hong Kong, it will be shown at the Wild Springs Cinema as soon as possible. There are more than 40 TV stations in the mainland simulcasting, and the advertising fees booked have already exceeded 10 million, and we can get more than 6 million yuan!"

"Huh?" Ren Li was taken aback, "Is the mainland so profitable? So what do they laugh at? Let's go to the North Pole and catch penguins all willingly?"

Huang Jiaojiao said: "It's nothing more than a loophole, at most a few latest films. But we don't care, how many films we can earn are how many are any, anyway, "Infernal Affairs" will definitely pay back. But in the future, only co-productions remain. There shouldn't be much else to do."

At present, it is still difficult to obtain the qualification for domestic film screening, that is, the dragon standard, and it is quite difficult to even co-produce films.

But television is a place outside the law. They dared to play pirated videotapes from Hong Kong and Taiwan. So the film bureau can't control the TV station at all.

However, with the precedent of "Infernal Affairs", this loophole will definitely be filled in the future. But that is also a matter for the future, and it will not affect Li Yuan and them to make a wave of quick money.

It's impossible to get the dragon mark anyway, and there are a lot of pirated videotapes. It's better to have a seamless connection and broadcast it on mainland TV stations at the fastest speed.

Hearing such a result, Ren Li couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, don't care about his baa, as long as we have money to make!" Hahaha!"

In the laughter, the main creator of the crew has ended the audience interaction before the opening, and the film has begun to be officially screened.

But before the screening, there was an advertisement, followed by another advertisement, and then ...... Or is it an advertisement?

Ren Li was stunned, and the invited guests and Yu Ji were also stunned. The audience was even more stunned.

Later, the pre-film advertisements that were commonplace in mainland films have never appeared now, and the metaverse is tantamount to setting a precedent!

So after the consternation, laughter slowly sounded in the cinema, and then it turned into laughter!

Choose! Don't you want your face? Is the metaverse crazy about money?

In the midst of laughter, Huang Jiaojiao said proudly to Ren Li, "Uncle Li, we sold it for more than 4 minutes, and we earned 460,000 yuan here?"

Ren Li laughed: "Yuan Shao has good skills! He was born to be rich! Hahaha......"

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At this moment, the entertainment present was also full of laughter.

"What are they doing? Are there all ads here? Thinking about money, are you crazy?"

"That's a good headline."

"Hey, don't you want to receive red envelopes later?"

"How is that possible? Then I'll scold a little softer. Huh."

In the laughter, several paparazzi around Zhang Mude also discussed: "I didn't expect them to dare to take the initiative to scold? Doesn't that tarnish the art of cinema?"

"Anyway, those movie bosses must like it. Undisciplined fishing for water."

"I definitely like making money. But the others didn't dare to do it too obviously, and they were the only ones who rushed out to be a battery."

"Eh, Brother De, what do you think?"

Zhang Mude is that Brother De. Because he became a pioneer in criticizing Brother Yuan, and published several influential reports in the media, he has become a little famous among these paparazzi.

Zhang Mude smiled: "Don't care what other people say, anyway, Brother Yuan's money has already been earned. So I still admire him very much, daring to do things that others don't dare to do."

"Huh?" Someone asked strangely, "Brother De, do you also admire Brother Yuan?" Don't you like what he's doing?"

"Huh."

Zhang Mude smiled and didn't speak. He thought to himself: Crazy line! One is business, the other is an idea. You've been a paparazzi for so long, have you really lived to be a dog?

Let's just say that Brother Yuan, he can start from scratch, become famous, be a rich lady, become a billionaire ......, and don't men treat him as an idol? Unless it's an idiot, right?

But as long as I keep touching porcelain and rushing to kill on the front line of scolding Brother Yuan, that is my brother's wealth password, and luxury cars and mansions rely on these things. Will you take it seriously, right?

Seeing that the advertisement was over and the feature film finally began to be screened, Zhang Mude hurriedly changed the topic: "The movie has begun. Let's take a look at the content first! Huh."

「……」

……

At the same time, at the entrance of another movie theater in Tsim Sha Tsui, seven or eight friends around Wu Sheng were frolicking and coaxing: "Ah Sheng, you lost the bet, you have a treat to watch a movie tonight!"

"What's the problem?" Wu Sheng smiled and agreed. They were seventeen or eighteen years old, and as long as friends got together, it didn't matter who was in charge.

Looking at the poster at the entrance of the movie theater, this group of young people was discussing: "Which one are we going to watch?"

"This is Li Lianjie's "Once Upon a Time". He's playing so well."

"It's still Master Xing! I love his nonsense."

「……」

Since the current Hong Kong film market is quite prosperous, the audience has quite a lot of choices. Especially young people like Wu Sheng, they mainly look at the cast.

"Hey, you're also watching movies, huh? Our new film from Wah Chai just premiered today."

"Handsome guy, let's have a show together?"

「……」

There are a few girls on the side who are constantly soliciting customers, and they should be Liu Dehua's support group. Although he is only a quasi-first-class star, there are still a lot of fans of Birch Boy. Many, like the later tap water, will take the initiative to promote new movies for Lau.

As soon as they saw that it was a few girls who were greeted, Wu Sheng and the others immediately came over: "Liu Dehua? What kind of movie did he make?"

"Infernal Affairs! I heard it's beautiful. Handsome guy, buy a ticket to support us!"

"Infernal Affairs? It's a great name, what does that mean?"

"I heard it's a police movie. The poster is here. Look at it."

"That...... Let's watch this?"

"Whatever you want! The cop movie is also good. Anyway, it's you Ah Sheng."

「……」

Wu Sheng: They giggled and bought tickets to enter.

In fact, in Hong Kong, the audience for police and gangster films is quite wide. Otherwise, why decades later, only Hong Kong-style police and gangster films have become a fig leaf for Hong Kong films? It's because of having a lot of them

of movie fans.

Of course, the kind of police and gangster movies in old Hong Kong films have indeed been filmed badly. The main reason is that it is still a good dock, and it has not yet formed a unique "Hong Kong style".

But in any case, there are still quite a few viewers who are attracted.

When Wu Sheng opened here, the entire movie theater was already ...... Sitting half full.

It can't be helped. The routines in the old Hong Kong film have indeed bored the audience, and the promotion of "Infernal Affairs" is not very good.

Coupled with the fact that it is difficult to reconcile the mouths, it is inevitable that someone will say something grumbling. A little friend laughed in a low voice, "Isn't it just that the police caught the thief and finally succeeded with all the hard work? You can guess it."

"Ann! Tickets have already been bought. Just see if the shootout inside is hot? Who doesn't know the plot you're talking about?"

"Dozens of mosquitoes to kill time, what else do you want to do?"

"Quiet and quiet. The movie begins."

「……」

……

The film finally begins:

First of all, a set of very strange shots introduces the origin of "Infernal Affairs". This is a Buddhist term.

The film begins with a temple.

Triad elder Han Yan (played by Zeng Zhiwei) burns incense to worship the Buddha, and he is preparing to arrange for a group of innocent brothers to break into the police. Facing this group of little brothers, Han Yan raised his glass and said, "I ...... back then. I wish you all the best for the future!"

As soon as the camera turned, I came to the scene of the police academy. One of the cadets was selected, arranged to drop out of school, and was ready to break into the triad......