Chapter 26: Home Alone
After leaving the Jiahe Building, Wang Jin asked strangely: "I thought you would invest in the mouse catcher, why did you invest in another one?"
"Forget it, the investment amount of the mouse-catching record will not be very large. It would be a bit unkind to collect so much money and take up a large investment. It would be better to just take the money and save money."
"It's right to think about it this way, but why do you have to invest in the killer Lyon again? This kind of movie is very invested in, and the box office may not be good. It's obviously not cost-effective. You won't want to be a good person, right?"
"Anyway, it's a business without a foundation, what are you afraid of?" Lyon, the investment killer, is completely Li Xuechu's personal preference. However, if you really want to say that Li Xuechu doesn't think that investing in this film will make a loss. Even if the local area cannot be popular, there is still a foreign market. Especially in the European market, they have always had a special liking for this kind of literary and artistic plot with action film cloak. If Jiahe can use this to open the door to the European market, it will make a lot of money. Although other comedy films are copied from Hollywood in later generations, it is hard to say whether people will buy it if they change their faces to yellow people. The racial thoughts in the 1980s were much more serious than those in later generations. Although the law has been established, the things in their bones are not gone. It is still those movies with some thoughts that are easier to gain recognition and respect from others.
In the evening, Li Xuechu was invited to Xinyi City and met with everyone in Xinyi City before the movie preview. Lei Tycoon was expected to be present, and after a conversation, he also mentioned last night's incident again. Li Xuechu took advantage of the situation to Lei Tycoon, but he did not bargain. One million movie is really good now. The soul catcher Li Xuechu also saw that Lei Tycoon was not very keen and stayed by himself.
Buying a literary script for one million in Xiangjiang is purely a brainless act. There is basically no possibility of niche literary and artistic themes here. Lei Daheng's previous packaging purchases actually meant to win over. However, now he left one and sold two of them, which shows that he only cooperated and did not enter his camp, and he was just in business.
Li Xuechu also likes this movie quite a lot and plans to invest in the filming of the third work of Oriental DreamWorks. The director has already thought about it, but he hasn't contacted it yet.
Time was almost over, so several people took a bus to the theater together.
After arriving at the theater, Li Xuechu saw another famous director in later generations: Wu Yushen, a master of violent aesthetics. Wu Yushen seems not very good at socializing now. After a few words of scenes, he didn't say much. Lei Juekun is quite enthusiastic about him, probably to win him over to the New Art City. However, after talking to Lei Tycoon, Wu Yushen actually talked about Li Xuechu about the killer Lyon. It seems that he really likes this work, but it seems a bit inappropriate to talk about the movie he was about to return to Jiahe in front of Lei Tycoon.
Li Xuechu was also a little funny when he saw Thomas Lei's embarrassing expression. The olive branch was not obviously thrown away. I guess this great director who only wanted to make movies didn't see it. However, after the later generations, Wu Yushen was swept out by Jiahe and was shot out of the house after filming comedy. No one invested in action movies. Later, he had to run away from Taiwan and didn't come back until 1985. With the butterfly effect in this life, I wonder what would happen next?
After chatting outside the theater gate for about half an hour, the time was almost over, several people walked into the theater one after another. Li Xuechu looked at the scene inside, which was obviously bigger than the King of Dahua, and the large theater with more seats was basically full. After all, he was a big director, and the publicity was relatively in place, and the scene of the movie trial was obviously much bigger.
A few minutes later, the lights of the theater dimmed and the movie began...
Unlike King of Talk, the adapted Little Killer was full of laughter at the beginning. After a movie, the laughter in the cinema was basically not stopped. The unlucky thief boss actually starred by Mecca himself, and another thief brother also brought Qian Xiaohao, the zombie series movie "Qiusheng" who later played the role of the lead child, and Li Xuechu, the actor who played the leading role, found that he also knew: Gu Juji, and this lineup looked co-production. The original Hollywood star was said to have grown old later? But now this person is quite good-looking, and later played youth idol dramas until the 21st century.
After the movie was about 100 minutes, Wu Yushen led a group of actors to greet the audience's applause and cheers. Xiao Gu Jiji, who was only eight years old, was especially welcomed by the audience. Li Xuechu smiled and shook his head. I don't know how the Gu Jijiji, which had debuted more than ten years ago, will develop in the future? The boss of the little kid will definitely have a sequel. It is estimated that he will become a household name in Xiangjiang in less than a few years. It is really unpredictable how the future development will be. It seems that many child stars are like everyone else when they grow up. Being famous too early may not be a good thing sometimes... The butterfly effect is becoming more and more obvious, Li Xuechu thought.
On the second day after the trial, the movie was warmly welcomed than Daddy King. The audience and the media praised this movie with the child as the main character. Wu Yushen's film production is obviously more refined than Daddy King, and the cast is relatively strong. Wu Yushen's careful craftsmanship of details is also very worthy in Li Xuechu's opinion. Although his share ratio has decreased again... Although the current audience in Xiangjiang is not very picky about these, it may not be much hotter. However, there are obvious differences in foreign lands, especially in the Korean, Japanese and European and American markets. I hope Princess Jin can enter. Later generations of Princess Jin almost forced Jiahe in Xiangjiang and Nanyang, but in other foreign lands, especially Korea and Japan, it has always been limited.
The preview seemed to indicate the popularity of the movie, and the performance of Little Knight Kat after its official release also verified this point. With the support of the movie quality and the full cooperation of Princess Jin in the promotion, the box office swept the end of the year with a blowout momentum, and a long queue was lined up in front of the cinema. Many viewers in the cinema were dispatched by the whole family. This advantage is incomparable to the king of big talk, and the box office is rising steadily.
The box office exceeded two million in the first week.
Two million in the second week.
In the third week, the box office was a little more popular, reaching 2.9 million, almost exceeding the weekly box office of 3 million.
Two million in the fourth week.
After almost breaking through the tens of millions of marks, it seems that it is a foregone conclusion that surpasses the junior brother and the King of Talk.
In the fifth week, 1.72 million yuan officially surpassed the junior brother and became a new box office record in Xiangjiang, and will continue to refresh.
In the sixth week, Li Xuechu's other movie, The Drunk Hero (Hangover), also began to be released, leaving most of the abortions, and the boss of the Little Imp began to paint in some theaters, but it also had a box office of one million.
The seventh week dropped to 450,000, and most theaters were painted and only released sporadically in some theaters.
In the eighth week, the painting was officially released, and finally collected 180,000 yuan.
In the past two months, the box office has reached 13.2 million. A new record in Xiangjiang has been born!
After being suppressed by Shaw Brothers Jiahe for nearly a year, Princess Jin finally became proud. Although Jiahe recently released the Ghost Fighting Ghost, the Drunk Hero and other movies also had good box office sales, the situation basically cannot shake the dominant position of the little kid.
It is worth mentioning that the two big-selling works of Jiahe New Year's New Year's New Year's New Year's New Year's New Year's New Year's New Year's Comedy Production is basically no problem, but it's lower than the original historical results, but it's not bad. The drunk hero also performed quite strongly after it was released. Although he was affected by the crowd of comedy in the New Year's New Year's New Year's Day, he left some of the box office, but it's basically no problem to see the current situation breaking through the 8 million mark. As for whether he can go higher, it depends on the situation.
Judging from the overall situation in 1980s, starting with Chen Long's junior kung fu comedy brother, the box office of Xiangjiang this year was basically the world of comedy. The "**trend" films filmed by some newly joined directors in Xiangjiang have also achieved some results, which has enriched the type of movies in Xiangjiang, but it has not yet become a climate. Shaw Brothers' twenty or thirty old-fashioned movies seem to be even more declining, and it seems that their lifespan is not long, and Shaw Brothers' overall declining state is fully displayed.
On the evening of February 13, 1981, on the eighth day after the Lunar New Year, Xinyi City held a movie celebration banquet for Little Owner at the Shangri-La Hotel in Xiangjiang.
Chapter completed!