Chapter 36: The Celebration Banquet
The test screening effect of "Evil Police" was surprisingly good, at least Shi Qi, a special film critic of "Ming Pao", wrote an article for "Evil Police" in the "Ming Pao" film review column the next day to comment on "Evil Police", and the title was "Evil Police".
can be commented by Shi Qi, whether it is good or bad, it means that the movie is in his eyes, and many movies want to ask Shi Qi to comment on the movie.
Shi Qi's evaluation is very pertinent, in his opinion, from the perspective of the drama table, the whole movie is an exaggerated and presumptuous existence, but it has a compact plot to attract people to watch, the shots and details are vivid, supplemented by a dazzling fight plot, it seems that the whole movie seems to have been filmed by the director to the extreme, but it is only a fire, and it does not dig into the depth of the theme of the evil of the police, but on the whole, as Wang Kun, who is directing for the first time, whether it is the first work or the last work, it is enough to make people shineγ
As for the comments of other newspapers on this movie, there is no depth, either they have received Yongsheng's money, praising this drama ** is unstoppable, Zan Dillon has played the gangster and then played the policeman, or it has received money from others, "The True Color of Heroes" is a work that follows the trend, and it is extremely rough.
On the third day after the test screening, "Evil Police" was officially released.
At the same time, the Golden Harvest Line was also released as well as the comedy "Twisting Miscellaneous Army" produced by Weihe.
Maybe Dillon brought enough attraction to the movie, and many people who have watched "The True Colors of Heroes" from the Golden Princess Cinemas came to Golden Harvest Cinemas to enjoy Dillon's new work "Evil Police", and then they were instantly attracted by the action scenes that were completely different from the style of "The True Colors of Heroes".
On the third day of release, the box office statistics of "Evil Police" were 790,000, and it continued to grow, Golden Harvest has begun to increase the number of films for "Evil Police", from the original seven theaters to twelve, and there are nine theaters screened in the Golden Field.
The increase in the scheduling rate of "Evil Police" means that the scheduling rate of "Twisted Miscellaneous Army" is being eroded.
In the end, "Evil Police Guard" was replaced by "Zombie Family" produced by Baohe for 17 days in Golden Harvest Cinemas, and "Zombie Family" began to be screened by Debao and Golden Harvest.
The total box office income of "Evil Police" is 9.7 million, with an average daily box office of 570,000, and the highest single-day box office is the twelfth day of release, with a single-day box office of more than one million, reaching 1.06 million Hong Kong dollars.
As for the "Twisted Miscellaneous Army" with the blessing of He Guanchang, it was hurriedly painted on the 11th day of its release, making way for "Evil Police", and Golden Harvest made every effort to pave the film "Evil Police", with a total box office income of more than 5 million
Compared with the popularity of another "True Colors of Heroes" starring Dillon, which has a box office of 24 million in 35 days after its release, and is still scheduling films on a large scale, the box office of this movie is not very high, but the cost performance is one of the highest films this year, with a total investment of 3 million, and the most expensive salary of the participating stars is actually the male Miao Qiao Wei, whose salary is 500,000 yuan by TVB, and the rest such as Dillon, Liang Jiaren, and Gao Fei are completely friendly to join, with a salary of only 100,000 yuan per person, which is not as good as Zeng Jiang's 200,000.
And Chen Dong and Huo Dongjun took the price of Wu Zhi, 30,000 yuan each.
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Causeway Bay, Yee Wing Street, Fung Shing Restaurant.
This is a time-honored Cantonese restaurant, Xiang Watson's Yongsheng held a celebration banquet here, most of the cast and crew of "Evil Police Guard" rushed to the scene, and even Dillon took time to come, but Zeng Jiang was absent because of the TVB play.
The box office of more than 9.7 million yuan, which was completely unimagined by Xiang Watson when he invested, he was willing to invest in Wang Kun, and thought that Wang Kun's first movie would be at most three or four million, after all, the investment was there, and if it couldn't attract big-name stars to join, fans wouldn't buy it, but where did you think about it, halfway through the filming, "The True Colors of Heroes" was born, Dillon, an outdated Shaw Brothers star, became a popular figure in a blink of an eye, and the film contract was soft, with this momentum, "Evil Police Strike" actually sold for nine million, which can be regarded as borrowing Dillon's name.
Otherwise, a low-budget police film without publicity will be hastily painted within a week of release at most.
Xiang Watson is very dissatisfied with the fact that the Golden Harvest Cinema has only released this movie for seventeen days, he believes that if it continues to be released, it will be very easy for the box office to break 10 million, but there is no way, it is useless to open his own mouth in this matter, after all, the cinema is Jiahe Zou Wenhuai's words, Zou Wenhuai wants to be on Hong Yubao's movie, Xiang Watson doesn't even have the idea of fire, because in the next Mid-Autumn Festival, he also hopes that Golden Harvest and Debao will jointly screen their company's large-scale "Magic Jade".
In the eyes of ordinary people, the surname Xiang Jia is very mysterious and full of rivers and lakes, but in the eyes of big people, it is just a joke.
"Ah Jun, this movie won 9 million, you have the greatest credit, the script, the action is your responsibility, and the future is terrifying. After Xiang Watson and several leading actors drank wine, they walked to the table of Huo Dongjun and said to Huo Dongjun.
Huo Dongjun stood up and raised his glass to Xiang Watson and said: "Without investment in Xiangsheng, where would there be this movie, but the credit is the greatest, I think it is Brother Kun, and the entire crew was formed by him." β
"To Akun. Xiang Watson and Huo Dongjun touched their wine glasses, and after drinking this glass of wine, Xiang Watson did not leave in a hurry, and sat on the seat next to Huo Dongjun, and asked Huo Dongjun: "After the filming of this drama, what are you and your brothers going to do?"
"If there is a job, start work, and if there is a job, you will practice boxing in the martial arts hall and write scripts. Huo Dongjun seemed to know what Xiang Watson was interested in, and opened his mouth to talk about Xiang Watson's itch.
Xiang Watson laughed: "Ah Jun, get straight to the point, you and Ah Dong can't hide talents like you, after this play, because you don't even have a phone, I can't count the calls to Yongsheng to ask you about the two starts, my tenth brother, Xiang Huaxuan may have heard of you, I have made a lot of films before, and recently opened a Sanhe film company, ready to make my own movies, I want to recommend you and a few brothers to go to my tenth brother's Sanhe Film Company." β
Huo Dongjun was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I thought Xiang Sheng was going to sign a few of us by himself." β
Xiang Watson held the wine glass and said: "Of course I want to, but Yongsheng relies on Jiahe to get water, Zou Wenhuai is eloquent, but He Guanchang will be biased, he is Cheng Long's deed, you beat him, staying under Jiahe Satellite Company is not conducive to the exhibition, near the water building first to get the moon, since you want to let go, of course you have to introduce it to Sanhe Film Company, my tenth brother has a good relationship with Debao Cinemas......"
"Xiang Sheng, I want to open my own company, are you interested in investing in my company's films?" Huo Dongjun said suddenly, very abruptly.
Xiang Watson's expression froze for a moment: "Start your own company?"
"You can't start a company as a martial artist?" Huo Dongjun said as he looked into Watson's eyes.
"No, I just didn't expect Ah Jun that you have this kind of thought, I have already thought that you are mature enough, but I still underestimate you, of course there is no problem in starting your own company, if the script and actors are suitable, of course Yongsheng can invest money in it, just like Ah Kun. Xiang Watson sighed, he just finished saying that Huo Dongjun couldn't hide, this guy was ready to open a small company by himself, but it's okay, the difficulty of opening a company by himself can only be understood when he really understands it, and when he hits the south wall, he is helping him.
"This is a check for 500,000 yuan, I know that Ah Kun did not talk to you about his salary when he was alive, the movie was a blockbuster, only counting the local box office was nearly 10 million, Taiwan, Japan, and overseas income has not been counted, and the cost was recovered early, and this 500,000 yuan is my dividend to you with Adong. Xiang Watson said as he took a check from his bosom and put it on the table.
"Xiang Sheng, this is not in accordance with the rules, where are we eligible to get the dividends of the movie. Huo Dongjun didn't touch the check.
In Hong Kong movies, those who are eligible for dividends are all big-name stars and directors, who signed contracts before filming started and participated in box office dividends, whether it was Huo Dongjun, Chen Dong, or even the dead Wang Kun, they did not have this qualification.
"A little heart, you and Ah Dong have been busy for this drama for so long, it should be, otherwise Yongsheng will want to find you to start work in the future, and ask me to open your mouth? If you think this money is difficult to accept, it is better to think about Ah Kun, if he is alive, I will give him this money, and he will accept it." Xiang Watson pushed the check in front of Huo Dongjun and said.
"Yang Zai?" called out to Watson to the driver who was standing in the distance, "Bring me what I prepared for Ah Jun and Chen Dong." β
The driver turned around and went out, brought two mobile phones, and distributed them to Huo Dongjun and Chen Dong to Watson: "It will be more convenient to carry the phone with you, you are working in the film industry, and you don't even have a phone, so ask someone to ask you to cooperate? Those who called Yongsheng, I have asked the secretary to leave these two numbers for them, and they will call you again." β
Huo Dongjun sighed, no wonder Wang Kun was respectful to Xiang Huasheng, Xiang Huasheng's communication methods made it really difficult to find problems, everything was done enough, and people were full of good feelings for him in their hearts.
"Thank you, Xiangsheng, thank you. If you are refusing now, it is not to give Xiang Watson a little love, Huo Dongjun said thank you to him, and he accepted 500,000 yuan and a phone call.
Xiang Watson seemed to want to leave with a wine glass, but he didn't get up in a hurry, and finally couldn't help but ask Huo Dongjun:
"Ah Jun, when did you think of opening a film company?"
"After Brother Kun's death. Huo Dongjun said truthfully: "I want to find an opportunity to overturn Weihe." β
The latter sentence, Huo Dongjun did not say it, he only knows kung fu, but he is a reborn, he knows that the troubled times of Hong Kong movies are coming, in the troubled times of the previous life, Yongsheng dominated the Xiangjiang in one fell swoop, and in this life, he Huo Dongjun can also overthrow the Golden Harvest throne.
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