Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 231 Shaw is also in the game?

Under the high expectations, the box office of "Miscellaneous Boy" and "Crazy Old Thousand" was released the next day, and it was immediately spread in the film circle.

"Miscellaneous Boy" with 108 million is better than "Crazy Big Brother" with 72. It seems that Golden Harvest can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

After all, Yuen Biao's reputation is still there, and Mai Jia's "Crazy Old Thousand" has a lot of jokes, but it can only be regarded as a qualified comedy.

Compared with Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, the pair of brothers and sisters, Mai Jia and Shi Tian are obviously much weaker.

But Lei Juekun didn't feel discouraged, on the contrary, he comforted Maijia and others.

"Yuen Biao only made a movie last year that broke Xiangjiang's box office record. This time we only lost less than 40 yuan, which is already very good. As long as we can break 300 million yuan, I will hold a celebration banquet for everyone."

Compared with Golden Harvest's ambition, Lei Juekun is much more down-to-earth. After all, he didn't open theaters to annoy Golden Harvest, making money is his main purpose.

As long as the opening of the first play can win the box office of 300 million, then he is already very satisfied.

After all, most of Xiangjiang's movies at this time have not yet earned 300 million box office, so he has nothing to feel sad about.

However, compared to Lei Juekun's relaxation, Jiahe was much more nervous.

Because in their view, the distance between the two dramas is less than 40, and if there is a slight difference, it is very likely that "Crazy Old Thousand" will overtake it.

"Let the people in the Propaganda Department do more advertising, and we must increase the box office."

In order to win this game, Zou Wenhuai decided to spend more money on advertisements, in order to increase the box office of "Miscellaneous Boys".

He Guanchang didn't have much opinion on this, because it didn't matter even if he invested hundreds of thousands.

As long as Xiangjiang's performance is good enough, then selling ports will naturally make a lot of money, and the hundreds of thousands of publicity fees are nothing at all.

"In the past few days, I heard that many people have transferred to Lei Juekun, including Wu Siyuan and others."

In Xiangjiang, Wu Siyuan can be said to be a very important filmmaker. His Siyuan Film Industry has made many blockbuster movies before.

Last year's "Serpentine Hands" and "Drunken Master" were due to his unique vision, so he went to Jackie Chan to shoot them.

Moreover, the two dramas together have a box office of more than 900 million. If such a person is attracted by Lei Juekun, it will be a big trouble for Jiahe.

But the strange thing is that Zou Wenhuai didn't care about it.

"Don't even think about it. How many years will it take for Xiangjiang to produce a martial arts star? Wu Siyuan is also unlucky. I don't believe he will be so lucky to find a dragon."

Zou Wenhuai was sure that Wu Siyuan would not be able to find someone comparable to Jackie Chan, so he didn't care about where Wu Siyuan was going to vote.

"Besides, that old fox Wu Siyuan is not stupid. It is impossible for him to put all his bargaining chips on Lei Juekun at this time. He will leave a way out for himself."

Unless Wu Siyuan believes that Princess Jin will definitely surpass Jiahe in the future, then he may put all his eggs in one basket and switch to Princess Jin.

But based on Zou Wenhuai's understanding of him, this guy is not the kind of impulsive person.

And the other party is not too young, he will not choose blindly like a young man, and in the end he will definitely choose to be a fool.

"But no matter what, apart from Wu Siyuan, there are other independent producers who have cooperated with us before, and now they have to transfer to Princess Jin, so we have to guard against it."

The news that He Guanchang received in the past few days made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles. If this continues, Jiahe will become another Shaw Brothers in less than a year.

"Okay, I will seriously consider this matter, you don't need to mention it anymore."

Zou Wenhuai seems to have made up his mind and intends to wait for a change. He does not believe that after Lei Juekun cancels the basic fee, it will not have any impact on the theater.

After all, besides Lei Juekun's own theater, several of the thirteen theaters owned by the Golden Princess are franchisees. His cancellation of the basic fee will greatly affect the theater's income.

He, Lei Juekun, had the money to afford it, but when the owners of other theaters found out that they couldn't make money, would they let this happen?
At that time, if there is a commotion, Lei Juekun will fall into a situation that cannot be adjusted. He will either have to charge the basic fee again, or he will have to break up with those theaters he joined.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang could only nod his head and sigh silently in his heart.

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Compared to the battle between Jiahe and Princess Jin, Shao's side was much calmer.

"Peerless Twins" earned 80 at the box office on the first day of its release, which made Run Run Shaw very happy.

On this day, he invited Lin Daoqiu out for afternoon tea, and wanted to know how the filming of "Mission Impossible" was going.

"Sorry Uncle Six for keeping you waiting."

Lin Daoqiu arrived ten minutes late, so he quickly apologized to Run Run Shaw.

"Mr. Lin, you are welcome. You are a busy person now. Please sit down."

After Lin Daoqiu sat down, he found that the smile on Run Run Shaw's face never stopped.

Lin Daoqiu already knew the box office of "Peerless Twins" before coming here, so he guessed that Run Run Shaw's good mood should have something to do with the box office of "Peerless Twins".

"Mr. Lin should know about Jiahe and Princess Jin these days."

"It turns out that Uncle Six is ​​also interested in this matter."

In fact, Golden Harvest and Princess Jin are Shaw's competitors. Run Run Shaw will pay attention to their activities, which is actually quite normal.

"Lei Juekun's move can be said to have pushed Jiahe to a dead end. Mr. Lin might as well guess, will Zou Wenhuai follow Princess Jin to cancel the basic fee?"

In Run Run Shaw's eyes, Zou Wenhuai was the traitor who betrayed the Shaw Brothers, and because of the "One-armed Swordsman" back then, the relationship between the two had completely dropped to a freezing point.

In the past few years, the Shaw Brothers have been crushed miserably by Golden Harvest. It is rare that there is a Lei Juekun now, who almost pushes Golden Harvest to a dead end. How could Run Run Shaw be unhappy.

"I'm not sure about this, but Golden Harvest hasn't made any moves yet. It seems that Mr. Zou is still thinking about it. I think Golden Harvest probably won't cancel the basic fee in the near future."

In Lin Daoqiu's view, Zou Wenhuai should follow up the day after Lei Juekun announced the cancellation of the basic fee.

If that's the case, Princess Jin's advantage will be gone, at least it will allow Jiahe to remain invincible.

But Zou Wenhuai has not moved until now, which means that he is still hesitating. It can only be said that he has missed the best time.

"Mr. Lin thinks, if Shaw Brothers also announces the abolition of the basic fee, how will Golden Harvest react?"

When Run Run Shaw said this, Lin Daoqiu immediately opened his eyes wide. He never expected that Run Run Shaw would join the battle in order to force Jiahe to death.

(End of this chapter)