Money is a trivial matter. It only costs a million yuan, and hundreds of millions of moviegoers. What a huge market this is. The economy will always develop. In the past, a movie ticket in Xiangjiang cost only a few cents.

At that time, but now in 1981, it is normal for a movie ticket to cost five yuan, while last year it was only three or four yuan.

There is no reserved theater for "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun". Audiences who like movies spend money to watch it. In these big cities, many people must have gone to see it. Relatively speaking, it is people who like this show.

I went to see it several times. This can explain the 120 million moviegoers.

These are only statistics for large cities at the provincial capital level. Small counties and villages cannot be counted at all. County-level cinemas turn over very little box office, most of which are distributed as welfare. This is also the case for large city cinemas in the 1990s.

Everyone followed suit, and the phenomenon of box office stealing—everyone did it, and the law did not punish the public. This was also the beginning of the decline of the mainland film and television industry.

The Shushan crew in Jiahe flew back and forth between Hong Kong and Taiwan, and many scenes had to be filmed in the island province. Xu Keke did not dare to imitate the crew of "Go to the Raging Sea" and went directly to Hainan Island to shoot on location.

》Everyone was banned by the island province.

Dongfang Sheng Pictures shoots directly in the studio, but the background and ground of the studio are all surrounded or covered with green cloth. The actors and even the director Wang Jing don't know why. However, it is just like this.

Just shoot.

Zhang Cheng did this, of course, to facilitate post-production synthesis. There is a layer of green or blue cloth, and then he can use computer synthesis software to directly replace the green or blue parts. This is to make post-production more convenient.

Dongfang Sheng Pictures' Wang Jing's version of "Shu Mountain" still spent a lot of money on costumes, makeup, props and actors. In the end, it also cost a lot, but after calculation, it was only 22 million Hong Kong dollars, which was already very economical.

After Wang Jing's version of "Shu Mountain" was completed, Wang Jing looked at the digital camera and said: "With this thing in the future, I will no longer have to worry about wasting tape. If you are not satisfied with the shot, you can shoot it as many times as you want."

Zhang Cheng explained: "Before the 1960s, the price of tape was more expensive. After the mainland Lucky Company was able to produce film, Fujifilm and Kodak were forced to lower their prices. This was also an incentive for the Hong Kong film industry to begin to prosper after the 1960s.

In the 1930s, Shao Yifu had to go to Chou Country to buy film films in person. It is said that once the ship sank and almost died. Because there is still a gap in the quality of Lucky, Hong Kong never uses Lucky film when filming, but there is no Lucky film.

At that time, the cost of filming was more expensive."

Wang Jing: "So, there is still a certain gap between the levels in the mainland."

Zhang Cheng: "Most people in the world are very ambitious. Take the military as an example. Before World War II, all the armies were on par with Germany and all the navies were on par with the United Kingdom. But in fact, it is enough for a country to have both the French army and the Japanese navy.

Have you noticed that there have been a lot more foreigners on the streets of Xiangjiang recently?"

Wang Jing: "Xiangjiang is an international tourist city. It is normal for there to be more foreigners on the streets."

Zhang Cheng: “At least half of the tourists are cancer patients and their families.”

Wang Jing understood immediately: "Oh, it's for that new drug to eliminate tumors."

Zhang Cheng: "It's a prescription drug. I heard that very few of it can be released. It's cheaper to fly to Xiangjiang for medical treatment than to buy medicine on the black market."

Wang Jing first looked around, and then whispered: "I heard that the mainland has opened a diamond foreign trade store in the Special Economic Zone. Now all the jewelers in Xiangjiang go to the Special Economic Zone to purchase goods. The monthly shipment volume there is

It’s calculated in tons. A few days ago, I quietly went to the Special Administrative Region. For two thousand Hong Kong dollars, I bought a large diamond ring for my wife, a full five carats.”

Artificial diamond technology, this technology is really not that difficult - it uses graphite to turn into diamonds under high pressure, and it makes money quickly. The unlucky one is the diamond company in the UK.

Zhang Cheng nodded and said that he had many wives at home and would go and see them later.

The time has come to December 1981, and this year's Christmas war and New Year's war on behalf of several major film companies are about to begin again.

During the summer holiday season, "A Better Tomorrow" took home 32 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, beating out New Arts City's "Chasing Girls" and "Ghostbusters". "Chasing Girls" was not as good as its historical results and only received

The box office was 6 million Hong Kong dollars. The movie "Gui Ma Zhi Duo Xing" only got 5 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

New Art City's "Modern Bodyguard" was also outshone by Yindu Cinema's "Shaolin Boys" and only received 11 million at the box office. Of course, New Art City and Golden Princess still made money, but not

Good historical results.

The reason is that after watching very mature movies such as "Shaolin Temple", "Shaolin Boys", "Once Upon a Time in the Sky", "Bloodshot", "Happy Ghost" and "A Better Tomorrow", the audience in Xiangjiang has broadened their horizons.

, ordinary movies are difficult to watch. Just the jokes about chasing girls and the clever and clever stars are really nothing when it comes to the mature stage of Hong Kong movies more than ten years later.

In terms of being funny, you guys from the New Art City Seven Monsters can't beat Star Wars and Jim Carrey.

Wang Jing asked: "The company can't be idle. What will be the next film to film?"

"I will deal with the post-production of Shushan first, and the next film will be "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance"."

Xingye hasn't grown up yet, but don't be afraid, just play the role of Tang Bohu by yourself. His performance will definitely be better than that of Xingye.

Wang Jing: “It’s a costume drama.”

"This is not an ordinary costume drama."

Tang Bohu ordered Qiuxiang. The jokes in this drama were enough to make people roll on the floor laughing in the 1980s.

But it seems that there is still a lack of Emperor Gong. Emperor Gong should be sixteen years old now, and it should be enough to play the role of maid Qiuxiang.

Fortunately, I have a good relationship with the mainland now, so I called them and asked them to go to Quancheng No. 2 Middle School to find someone.

Although Huang Huang married two old men and was married to an uncle when she was young, this does not mean that she only likes older men, but that power and wealth are generally concentrated in older men.

"What's going on with your opponents?"

Wang Jing took out the materials: "The one competing with our Shushan is Jiahe's New Shushan. After New Shushan, there will be Jiahe's "The Prodigal Son", Shaw Brothers Pictures' "The Legend of the Sparrow Fighter", and New Art City's horror film ""

"Reborn Man". Following "Reborn Man" will be released by New Art City's "The Best Partner". Here at our side, today, December 15th, "Shushan" will be released, and on January 22nd, "Peace" will be released during the New Year's Eve.

Restaurant"."

"Very good, let's have a good fight."

The premiere of "Shu Mountain" was very successful. Even the scenery on the Song Mountain side can seduce the audience in Xiangjiang. This time Zhang Cheng chose the scenery of Zhangjiajie, Jiuzhaigou and Lijiang, and used post-production computer special effects to synthesize the scenery of these three places.

The scenery is as spectacular as it is spectacular, and as beautiful as it is beautiful.

It can be called a fairyland on earth. If there are gods, they should live in these three places.

The plot of Wang Jing's version of "Shu Mountain" is just that - fight monsters, collect treasures, upgrade and pick up girls, but with such fairy-like scenery and fight scenes designed with computer special effects. In the eyes of audiences in the 1980s

That is the special effects blockbuster that shocked the audience for a whole year.

The reason why Jurassic Park is successful is that the special effects are well done. In fact, there is no story at all. But people just want to see dinosaurs.

Although there are no dinosaurs in "Shu Mountain", the aerial scenery and computer-generated special effects fights still made the audience hooked.

That's all. "Once Upon a Time in China" can be said to be a patriotic educational film, but Wang Jing's version of "Shushan" is a purely commercial film.

Of course, commercial movies are not derogatory. If you don’t make money by making movies, the boss will want to die.

On December 23, one day after Xu Ke's version of "New Shushan" was released, Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Zou, wanted to die.

"How's it going? Is the box office out?"

Looking at the anxious big boss, He Guanchang is more aware of the attendance rate of "New Shushan". The box office cannot be calculated until very late in the day, but in the cinema, the attendance rate of only 30 to 40% speaks volumes. There is still half of the movie to watch.

I just ran out, probably thinking it was a waste of time.

As the saying goes, you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparisons. He Guanchang secretly watched "Shu Mountain" released in Yindu Cinema. The scenery and special effects were really unspeakable. It even made him want to travel to the mainland.

Got an idea.

Let's look at Xu Ke's "New Shushan" during the film screening. The fighting, the special effects are not as good as others, and the story is not explained clearly. First one person and then a group of people are running around visiting the new map. This level

The plot of the movie probably means that Xu may feel good about himself. But there is no point in feeling good about yourself. The audience must feel good about it. Now it is certain that the audience feels the same as himself, which is not good.

Not only was the story not told well, the men were not as handsome as the others, and the women were not as fairy-like as the others. Even the clothes were completely compared to those in "Shu Mountain". As the master of the Fairy Castle, Lin Fengjiao,

He only had a silk gauze scarf on him, but now that he thought about the owner of a fairy castle wearing cotton clothes, it looked very strange.

Soon the person below sent the document, and He Guanchang opened it and read: "The first day's box office, 650,000."

"Hey." Zou Wenhuai sighed and sat down heavily on the chair again.

Yindu Cinema's "Shushan" was released for seven days, and the box office exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars every day. Xu Ke spent 30 million Hong Kong dollars to invite big-name stars Qiu Guan, Yuan Biao, Lin Fengjiao and others to produce "New Shushan", which only had a box office of only six on the first day.

One hundred and fifty thousand Hong Kong dollars.

After Zou Wenhuai recruited Xu Ke and his wife, he never thought that the big production "New Shushan" that Xu Ke had high hopes for would lose money. After all, in the past two years, every movie directed by Xu Ke would become a hit. How did he get to his own Golden Harvest?

This won't work.

The first-day box office and holiday box office are relatively high, but the first-day box office has not reached 1 million. After the holidays, the box office will drop off a cliff.

On this first day, there were still many people who came here because of the reputation of Qiu Guan, Yuan Biao, and Xu Ke. They thought that if big stars and directors gathered together, they would be able to make big productions. Now look at it, based on how much money they spend, it is indeed big.

Production. However, the viewing effect is compared with "Shu Mountain" produced by Dongfang Sheng Pictures. This is "Shu Mountain" shot by a county town with the efforts of the entire county and "Shu Mountain" by a provincial city with the efforts of the whole province.

The viewing effect is not on the same level at all.

And this is also truly reflected in the box office.

On the two days of Christmas Eve and Christmas, there should be more moviegoers. However, on the 23rd, the box office of "New Shushan" was 580,000, and on the 24th, the box office of "New Shushan" was 420,000. And these two

Today, the box office of Yindu Cinema's "Shushan", a competitor of "New Shushan", exceeds HK$1.5 million every day. Most of the shows are full every day.

After watching Yindu's "Shushan" and then watching Jiahe's "New Shushan", I felt cheated. This "New Shushan" should be renamed "Old Shushan". Even the clothes and make-up in it looked old.

Yindu's "Shushan" used a more modern makeup method. It felt like there was no makeup on, but in fact it was. Jiahe's "New Shushan" used a Shaw Brothers makeup method where everyone applied makeup and powder, thick eyebrows and big eyes.

On the 28th, the single-day box office of Jiahe's "New Shushan" dropped to less than 100,000. On the 29th, Jiahe urgently changed to "The Prodigal Son". The Prodigal Son is a Wing Chun teaching film, and the Hong Family Ban film is still filming.

OK, because Bruce Lee was born in Xiangjiang, Wing Chun and Ip Man are also famous.

But at this time, Wing Chun fans will go and watch "Shu Shan" in Yindu. How exciting it is. "Shu Shan" is the hot topic of discussion in the streets, bars and teahouses. If you don't watch Shu Shan, you will have no friends.

Zhang Cheng didn't feel guilty at all for beating up his former employee. He persuaded him not to leave, but he insisted on leaving. He also took away the butler of Dongfang Sheng Pictures, which made him have no choice but to move Pan Yingzi into the house.

Let the more experienced Pan Yingzi serve as the chief steward of Dongfang Sheng Pictures. However, Pan Yingzi has a long shelf life. This has been tested by history.
To be continued...