Chapter 499: A Lively Summer Vacation
In the late 70s and early 80s, Hong Kong comedy was the world of the Hui brothers, and at that time, the Hui brothers' films were not only the guarantee of the box office in comedies, but even the best level of Hong Kong films.
And Zhao Yazhi also participated in the Xu brothers' movies one after another, and Fa Qian Han, which was directed by Wu Yusen, Xu Guanying and Xu Guanjie, and became the highest-grossing actress and the highest-paid actress in Hong Kong at that time.
It's a pity that just when the Xu Brothers company was in full swing, Xinyicheng was born, and then the third of the Xu's brothers, Xu Guanjie, was dug up to Xinyicheng for the best partner, and then the best partner was sold, and the Xu's brothers also turned against each other and fell apart, resulting in the Xu's brothers not being majestic, and they could no longer have the momentum and strength that dominated the film industry at the beginning.
However, although the Xu brothers are no longer in the limelight, there are still a number of big stars and big independent production companies, even if the Xu brothers' movies can't win the annual championship, as long as they appear, the top ten or even the top five at the annual box office are still quite sure.
It's just that the Xu brothers have produced fewer and fewer movies in recent years.
However, the luck of the ancient and modern wars of the Qin Warriors was not too good this time, and in the second half of the movie's release, they actually met the Xu brothers' film.
This is also a matter of no choice, although Qiao Feng is the largest shareholder of Longteng Cinema and is the boss, but behind the Xu brothers is Jiahe, which is not bad, and is also a shareholder of the cinema.
Therefore, it is impossible for Qiao Feng to arrange the ancient and modern wars of the Qin Warriors to a time period when the schedule is good and there are no strong competitors, which is completely impossible.
You must know that this is a summer file, and the most films released in a year are also the best time of the year.
Golden Harvest alone has two other films to be released around August in addition to this film by the Xu brothers, one is a sequel to Cheng Long's police story, and the other is Childe Amorous.
This is still Golden Harvest's, if you add films such as the school situation in Xinyi City on the Golden Princess's side, plus Qiao Feng and Shaw Brothers' cooperation in the beauty pageant, this is the four films to be released in August.
With such a schedule and such a production scale, even if Longteng Cinema is the largest and widest cinema giant in Hong Kong, it can only release four films with big investment, big production and big influence at the same time.
Don't dare to do more, otherwise it will be internal friction.
The chicken and duck can only be arranged in July, because September will be out of the summer file.
July is not the case, and if you talk about the quality of time, July is even better than August.
Because July is the school holiday, and August is about to start, the students are all playing, and when the school is about to start, everyone has to do a certain amount of homework, pre-homework, and there is less time.
Therefore, the ancient and modern wars of the Qin Warriors can only usher in a strong opponent after enjoying a period of dominance.
The Xu brothers' new film is called Chicken and Duck, and this film can be regarded as the combined production of the Xu brothers again, although Xu Guanjie is just a cameo, or a cameo himself.
In Hong Kong, there is a famous "Hui Kee Roast Restaurant", in which Hui Guanwen plays the mean and unkind old Hui Kee Roast Duck Restaurant owner. But Lao Xu has a conservative personality and blind confidence, and his business philosophy has obviously lagged behind the times but refuses to make any changes, and he is also very harsh on his guys. Lao Xu is in constant conflict with his mother-in-law, who is a working woman with a modern mind, who believes that people should keep up with the times and constantly innovate and change, so as not to be eliminated in the end.
Soon, a new fast-food fried chicken restaurant funded by foreign investors suddenly opened near the Xu Kee Hotel, and its magnificent decoration attracted many customers, coupled with their business methods full of the atmosphere of the times, so that Lao Xu's shop became less and less frequented.
Frustrated, Lao Xu planned to sell the store to an international consortium. After waking up, with the support of his wife, son and buddy, he borrowed a sum of money from his mother-in-law to reform the store business, combining traditional and modern packaging, and finally brought "Xu Ji" back to life and became one of the top ten "business wizards".
The film is based on the actual life of Hong Kong citizens, and the main line is closely around the theme of innovation and change, which is closely related to the tastes, opinions and experiences of many people.
The names of the films are based on the main food of the two shops, and the duck seller meets the chicken seller, so it is called chicken and duck.
This film is different from the general slapstick comedies in Hong Kong, which is popular but not vulgar, which makes people laugh and feel and inspire. The conflict between Lao Xu and his buddy and his mother-in-law is depicted in the film, which is appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar, and after the reform, the relationship between everyone is full of warmth and cordiality.
Xu Guanwen mainly focuses on personal performances in the film, and other people's performances are to set off his performances. His colorful expressions and sonorous language all tightly grasped the hearts of the audience.
In the case of Sister Ya's residual heat, especially about Zeng Xiaoyan and Le Bei's black material scandals, the chicken and duck talked about the box office of nearly 3 million on the first day of release, which is not inferior to the ancient and modern wars of the Qin Warriors.
The next day, Chicken and Duck Talk once again received a box office of 3.1 million, 6 million in two days, which is really worthy of the luxurious starring lineup, the collective return of the three Xu brothers, and the cameo of the actress Zhang Aijia, who is not the leading actress.
And when all kinds of movies in the summer are either cold or hot, the wireless publicity about Sister Hong Kong and the stepping on Sister Ya have also reached the most critical time.
For Sister Ya's stepping low, wireless is just a convenient one, because compared to TV stations that do TV and serious programs, those sales are not very good, or sales are very good, but the gossip magazines and newspapers with low style are the main force of stepping on ATV.
All the bad reports are all due to them, and they have little to do with wireless, which at most is just a fall into the well and fueling the fire.
The wireless side is stepping on the ATV, and the ATV will naturally not sit idly by, and when he is in the public relations of the Asian sister on his side, he is also contacting the media to write an article to report some black material of the Hong Kong sister.
However, there are really not too many black materials for Sister Hong Kong, even if they are more, they have become those who became Sister Hong Kong in the early years, and at least there is no bad news about the beauties participating in this year's election.
And even if there is black material, Sister Hong Kong is not afraid at all, because this year's Sister Hong Kong has several killer features, and any one of them can instantly occupy the focus and let the black material roll to the root of the wall.
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