After a while, everyone calmed down, and Chu Xiangqian asked Wrinkle, "The movie should be considered a success, but the song "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" sung by Ah Long is good or average in the eyes of the audience who watched it in the morning.

Wrinkle said hurriedly, "Of course I like it." ”

Chu Xiangqian was relieved at this time, looked at Guo Zhenhua and said, "Ah Long, I have been fortunate to you these days, every day during the broadcast of different time periods in 11 theaters, you go on stage to sing this song to the audience. ”

Guo Zhenhua was busy patting his chest and assured that the 3 times bonus would be equal to his income of 4,000 yuan for a movie.

This is twice as much as the popular Xiaosheng and Hua Dan.

In addition, the boss said before that although the copyright of the song belongs to the boss, he can sing it casually in the nightclub.

When he is really famous, maybe he will go out and sing a song, and his income will be two or three hundred.

This is also the simplest and most direct way for most celebrities to make money in this era, and it is also the highest-paid way to make money.

And many companies, even this income, have to take away at least seventy or eighty percent.

But the boss didn't hesitate to let him go out and sing for free.

This comparison alone made Guo Zhenhua satisfied with Chu Qianqian.

If someone wants to dig him, unless the conditions are better than this, Guo Zhenhua will not be able to leave.

But there are only two or three theater owners in Hong Kong.

Uncle Shao would rather not have Guo Zhenhua than offer this condition.

Once they do, the other celebrities will demand the same treatment the next day.

If you don't agree, it won't take long to keep it, and at least half of the people will run away.

This is a big loss for Uncle Shao, who has always been known for his careful calculations.

In the short term, reducing costs is indeed conducive to the company's profitability, and star-making is not as difficult as imagined.

But in the long run, if the talent drains out, it will inevitably become the opponent of Shaw Brothers.

And facts have also proved that most of the people who fight in the ring with Shaw Brothers movies are basically cultivated by Shaw Brothers.

"Boss, don't worry, even if I run 11 movie theaters a day, I'm happy to sing it to the audience."

Sometimes, a good song can increase the total box office by at least 30%, or even 5%.

Before 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Zhenhua was outside the Causeway Bay Cinema, and just sang "Men Should Be Self-reliant", which attracted all the pedestrians who were shopping around.

Originally, the 1 point movie with 9 percent of the attendance rate was sold out in just a few minutes.

Even the tickets for the 3 o'clock stall and the three performances in the evening were bought by pedestrians in only half an hour.

Seeing that the effect was so good, he didn't need Chu to give an order, and Wrinkle Huai immediately called a band.

Sitting in two vans, pulling the band members and Kwok Chun-wah to Wan Chai's movie.

Wrinkle Huai originally disagreed, after all, the four movie theaters in Wan Chai, Admiralty, Central, and Sheung Wan were for rice fish.

But Chu Qianqian said, "In the future, if you, as the general manager, want to really sit firmly as the general manager of the theater chain, you have to go to the four movie theaters of Bai Fanyu first." ”

Wrinkled Huai immediately didn't say more, and asked Zhang Rongfei to lead the team, take the band and Guo Zhenhua to the Wan Chai Cinema, and prepare to sing "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" again at 3 o'clock.

And Chu Xiangqian is naturally not so stupid, there are six on the Kowloon side, and now it is more than 1 o'clock, and he can't finish running at all.

On the contrary, the four families of white rice fish have just arrived and can sing them all at 3 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 7 o'clock, and 9 o'clock in the afternoon.

As for the 11 o'clock midnight show, even if it is sung, it will not attract pedestrians.

It's better to let Guo Zhenhua go home and sleep early, and before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, rush to Kowloon and run all 6 movie theaters.

Chu waited until more than 3 o'clock, and the phone rang again.

Picking it up and listening to it, the movie theater manager in Wan Chai opposite reported excitedly, "Boss, boss, it's full, all the movie tickets for today are sold."

Even the tickets for the day after tomorrow have been sold. ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, said a few words of encouragement, hung up the phone, and nodded at Wrinkled Huai and He Guanchang, "Wan Chai is the same as our side, today's tickets are sold out."

More than half of the tickets for the day after tomorrow were also sold. ”

Wrinkled Huai, He Guanchang was overjoyed, "Boss, according to this trend, in a month, maybe the box office will break 800,000."

If the screening time is increased by another ten days and half a month, it may be able to break one million. ”

As soon as they heard this, more than a dozen employees including directors, photographers, actors, and behind-the-scenes who were present all swallowed their saliva.

Chu Xiangqian shook his head, "The current population of Hong Kong Island is just over 3 million, even if someone watches it a second time, it is still too idealistic to attract eight or nine million people to the movie. ”

Everyone is a practitioner in the film industry, and they know that what Chu Xiangqian said is right.

But if the box office can exceed 800,000, it will actually be a big hit.

The ticket price of 1 yuan to 1 yuan 2 is equivalent to at least 700,000 people entering the cinema, which is 20 years later in 1980, the box office of a movie for 8 yuan will be 5.6 million.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it carefully, Nima's, in 1980, Uncle Long's junior brother came out, and the box office seemed to be 11 million Hong Kong dollars.

According to a movie ticket of 8 yuan, it is equivalent to 1.37 million people entering the cinema of Golden Harvest.

And the third place happens to be 5.6 million, and this movie is a ghost fight made by Hong Fatzi.

Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt in his heart that it seemed impossible for the box office to exceed one million.

Made, fighting a hand, sat down on the table, and began to compose "Wishing you prosperity" sung by Hua Tsai.

When the movie-watching tide drops down a little, let Guo Zhenhua go to major shopping malls to sing this song.

When the time comes, on the stage, pull up the propaganda canvas of the serpentine trickster, maybe even the grandmother who doesn't watch movies on weekdays can attract the cinema.

There is a high probability that these grandmothers will pull their girlfriends, or husbands and children to watch them together.

But Wrinkle Huai read the music score, lyrics and Chu Xiangqian's plan for his grandmother, and couldn't help but look at Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian is not a person of this era, and he doesn't know that Cantonese songs only really entered the public eye in the late 60s and early 70s, and slowly became popular.

Throughout the 60s, Hong Kong Island listened to the most Chinese songs on the bend side.

In other words, on Hong Kong Island at this time, pure Cantonese songs were basically not heard in the streets, alleys, nightclubs, and radio.

Yang Luming is so famous in the Litz nightclub because she is one of the few pillars who sings Cantonese in this era.

And after Chu Xiangqian went to listen to Yang Luming's singing, he thought that Cantonese songs were actually very popular, so he didn't think much about it.

But Wrinkle Huai is different from He Guanchang and the crew.

Wrinkle Huai said without hesitation, "Boss, you are much more handsome than Ah Long, tall and famous, if you want to talk about the killer of the grandmother, ten Ah Long can't compare to you." ”

He Guanchang and director Shen Zhang immediately nodded, "Boss, why don't you sing this song yourself?" ”

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but roll his eyes, this matter made him sacrifice his hue!

Wrinkled Huai saw that he obviously didn't want to agree, and his eyes rolled, "Boss, otherwise, let's invite a rice country boxing champion." Or the island nation comes with a master empty-handed.

One more fight with you. ”

Chu Xiangqian was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, don't say it, this idea definitely works.

It's just that I invited someone from the island country or the United States, not to mention the money, and it was too late in time.

When Wrinkle Huai and the others heard this explanation, their expressions immediately darkened.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it, "Or, invite the karate martial arts gym here on Hong Kong Island, and they said that I want to fight ten." ”

Hope was rekindled in everyone's hearts, and this gimmick was more attractive than playing karate champions and rice country boxing champions.

Wrinkle muttered excitedly, "If you take a picture of the situation in the ring and put it in the hands of the snake as an easter egg, let alone the audience who has not seen this movie."

Even those who have watched it once will most likely enter the cinema again. ”

Chu Xiangqian immediately clapped his hands and said, "Okay, go and do it immediately." ”

Wrinkled Huai hurriedly nodded and went to make a call, while He Guanchang looked at the music sheet on the table, "Boss, then this song, are you singing it or let Ah Long come?" ”

Chu Xiangqian naturally heard what he meant.

Seeing that he is obviously reluctant to sing, He Guanchang, as the production director, will not only cooperate more harmoniously in the future, but also make He Guanchang's position more stable.

Chu Xiangqian picked up the score and handed it to He Guanchang, "Let Ah Long sing." ”

Then, in He Guanchang's excited expression, he pulled him and whispered, "Ah Chang, if you can, you want to find a way to be Ah Long and Yang Luming's master, do you understand?" ”

Of course, He Guanchang could understand what Chu Xiangqian meant.

There are too many things to worship godfathers here on Hong Kong Island, and they have not been demonized in these years.

Not only is the relationship more intimate than that of the master, but the mutual constraints are also stricter.

Godfathers have to stand up for their godsons and daughters.

On the contrary, juniors can't dismantle their godfather's platform, let alone be traitors.

Of course, there are no absolutes, but people in this era still value face.

Unless the godfather or master does too much, no one wants to be scolded by others.

And Chu Xiangqian was not worried that He Guanchang, Guo Zhenhua and Yang Luming would form a small circle, and finally betray themselves and start anew.

After Guo Zhenhua made three movies, he originally planned to let him form his own crew and make the movies he wanted to make.

lost it, and honestly went back to the company to make a movie.

If you make money, you can also set an example for other stars in the company.

took advantage of the situation to pick up Hong Sanbao and Zhang Rongfei.

And Chu Xiangqian absolutely believes that Guo Zhenhua will not be able to hit the box office of several movies in a row.

After all, in Uncle Long's movies, there are a lot of people who really make money, but there are actually a lot of people who lose money.

Three martial arts films that proved the box office in his previous life were taken out by Chu Xiangqian and filmed first, and he wanted to continue to maintain 800,000 or even one million box office in the field of martial arts films, which is not ordinarily difficult.

When the time comes, when he fails once or twice, he will take out the police and bandit films, and he can pick up a handful of wool.

In a few years, push him to go to Hollywood and grab Uncle Xiaolong's model in advance, not only Guo Zhenhua will be beautiful, but the company will also earn US dollars.

After he gained a firm foothold in Hollywood and his salary exploded, he once again let him organize the game by himself.

Basically, Guo Zhenhua had to come back honestly in the end.

Because of the experience of Uncle Long in his previous life, it has been proved that he cannot be successful in Hollywood all the time.

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At 6 o'clock in the evening, Chu Xiangqian was eating a boxed lunch at the Causeway Bay Cinema, and while listening to Wrinkle Huai's report, he saw Bai Fanyu smiling and walking in with a few subordinates and several food boxes.

"Achu, you still have a way, I heard from the movie theater manager that the tickets for your movie will be sold out until a week later. And the tickets for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are all sold out. ”

Chu Xiangqian knew that Bai Rice Fish had heard that Guo Zhenhua had gone to four cinemas in Wan Chai, Admiralty, Central and Sheung Wan to pull the box office, and he came to thank him.

"Uncle, when we build a movie theater, we just want to eat up and down. After eating the profits of the movie, you still get all the profits from the theater and distribution.

You see, this is just the first step, in a year of storage, we can make millions a year just by relying on 11 movie theaters. ”

Bai Fan Yu was overjoyed, "Doesn't that mean that we can open another movie theater in two or three months?" ”

Chu Qianqian glanced at Bai Rice Fish, "Uncle, there are so many prosperous places, instead of expanding the cinema aggressively, it is better to focus on the additional profits brought by the cinema." ”

The rice fish was suddenly said unknowingly, so it got up.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, "I plan to leave half of the money earned by the theater chain in the next three months, and invest the rest in the commissary selling Coke, popcorn, and snacks." ”

"With the customer flow of our cinema chain, it is better than the business of those commissaries outside. A company has a turnover of three to five hundred a day, and eleven companies have three to five thousand a day.

Even if the net profit is only 20%, there is a profit of about 2 or 30,000 yuan a month.

This money is basically enough for us to pay for the salaries of our employees, utilities and other expenses. ”

For things that can make money, Rice Fish is naturally 100% in agreement.

And just by adding a commissary, you can level out the two big heads of employee wages and electricity bills, and it would be a fool not to do it.

Chu Xiangqian saw that Bai Fanyu agreed, so he continued, "When the commissary is built, all the money earned by the theater will be kept."

Millions a year, enough for us to choose a movie theater, build a store on the first floor, a movie theater on the second floor, and a comprehensive entertainment venue with a billiard room, mahjong hall, and roller skating rink above.

The rent of stores, billiard rooms, mahjong parlors, and roller skating rinks alone should be twice as much as that of movie theaters every year.

If everything goes as I expected, in four or five years, we'll be able to renovate all 11 films.

Not only has the income tripled, but the property output value can also soar from the current 11 5.5 million to at least 30 million.

After that, only 10% of the annual income needs to be used to maintain 11 entertainment buildings. The annual profit of five or six million can also be used to invest in other businesses. ”

Chu Xiangqian didn't have to make a fortune with rice fish.

But if the movie theater on your side is renovated, the rice fish will definitely follow suit.

In this case, it is better to take the initiative and let the rice fish owe yourself more favors.

After listening to this, the white rice fish breathed heavily.

This is not only a golden rooster that lays golden eggs, but the property output value alone can double its net worth.

And there are 11 entertainment cities, and there are a lot of people watching the scene.

The younger brothers under his command will also have an additional source of income in the future, and at the same time, they can also expand the number of people under him.

This business has to get started.

But Bai Fan Yu still underestimated the appreciation rate of the property, and Chu Xiangqian did not mention that in the next five or six years, the housing prices on Hong Kong Island will double, which is too easy.

(End of chapter)