The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 434 is not a level
On January 2009, 1, at 27:6 in the morning, before the sun came out, gongs, drums and suona sounded in some streets in Kowloon, Hong Kong Island.

Today is the second day of the new year, and many local young people on Hong Kong Island go to the clan ancestral hall for activities.

Kowloon is not bad, like Yuen Long, Kwun Tong, there are many villages with single surnames, and it is even more lively during the Chinese New Year.

Moreover, Kowloon is an urban area, and setting off firecrackers is prohibited.

If it is the village on the other side of Kwun Tong, there is no way to manage it. During the Chinese New Year, there are constant firecrackers.

In a beautiful high-end apartment, Huang Baiming rubbed his eyes and shook his head speechlessly.

He hadn't slept well in the past few days, but just now he heard the sound of suona outside, and almost thought that Black and White Wuchang came to lock him to the underworld.

He was so scared that he collapsed to a height of one meter. After the age of 50, he did not jump so high.

It took me a while to come back to my senses,
He actually has a villa in the mid-levels, but many of his friends and relatives live in Kowloon. During the Chinese New Year period, he went back to the old house he bought in Kowloon a few years ago.

It was still dark at this time, he was obviously very tired, but he didn't feel sleepy, rubbed his eyes, then took out his mobile phone and wanted to call the secretary.

"Boss, "Happy Family 2009" got the most box office in Hong Kong yesterday. We are the daily box office champion, with a total of 280 million."

The secretary's voice was a little tired, but his tone was very excited.

The films produced by Huang Baiming, or produced by the supervisor, have actually become more and more unbearable in recent years.

For example, "Seven Swords" spent so much money and hired so many stars, but ended up losing money.

This time, on a whim, Huang Baiming recruited a group of stars to act in a Chinese New Year comedy.

The last time Huang Baiming organized a game like this was in "The Nine Stars Announcement" in 1998. At that time, Leslie Cheung was still alive, and ten years passed in a flash.

Huang Baiming made such a comedy again this time, and the situation is good, winning the Hong Kong Island daily box office champion in one fell swoop.

"Well, what about "Taken 2", what's going on?"

"Boss, "Taken 2" isn't very good, it's only 200 million at the box office."

"Taken 2" has a very good reputation in the mainland, in the beautiful country, and in Xinmatai.

In Hong Kong Island, it was so-so, probably because Cheng Long and Ying Huang got close, and he had helped Tingfeng and Teacher Chen before, plus his own personal affairs.

The audience on Hong Kong Island did not buy him.

Huang Baiming felt a little better after hearing this.

He then asked, "What about in Malaysia?"

"We were suppressed by "Taken 2" in Malaysia."

"What about Po Village?"

"It's not so good in Po Village. "Taken 2" No.1, No.2 is Bollywood's "Moonlight Market to China", and No.3 is our "Happy Family 2009"."

There are many Asan in Po Village, and many Asan movies will be screened in Po Village, and some movies can even get a good box office.

But Huang Baiming was still very upset, "Taken 2" overwhelmed the third brother's movie, why couldn't "Happy Family 2009" overwhelm it?

"Where is Tyrande?"

When it comes to box office in Southeast Asia for Chinese-language movies, they usually refer to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. In fact, it is mainly Singapore and Malaysia, and Tyrande’s box office is much worse.

The main reason is that almost all the Chinese in the Tyrande area have assimilated, and their tastes are different from those in other Chinese-speaking areas.

The secretary's voice was much softer, ""Taken 2" was the highest-grossing movie yesterday, followed by Hollywood's "Ghost Mother", followed by two Tyrande movies, and finally "A Happy Event 2009" .”

Huang Baiming didn't expect that "Taken 2" could be so good in Tyrande, and it could suppress two new local movies.

He then realized that apart from Hong Kong Island and Wanwan, "Happy Family 2009" could not beat "Taken 2" anywhere else.

And the reason why they were able to beat "Taken 2" in Wanwan is because Wanwan didn't introduce it.

He poured himself a cup of tea to calm himself down, and also to give himself enough strength to meet the next message.

"What about in the Mainland? How is the situation?"

Although Hong Kong Island earned 280 million on the first day and became the daily box office champion movie, this result is not comparable to Huang Baiming's ideal result.

The premiere day was more than 200 million, and the final box office was more than 2000 million.

There is a big gap between the 4000 and [-] million he expected.

If "A Happy Family 2009" wants to return its capital, it still needs to be harvested in the mainland.

"Our first day was 820 million, ranking second. In Guangdong Province, we are the daily box office champion."

Huang Baiming rolled his eyes when the secretary said this in a secretive way, "Tell me about the results of "Taken 2"."

"The first day of "Taken 2" reached 700 million, twice as much as ours."

Huang Baiming was mentally prepared, sighed secretly, and then calmly said: "It's okay, let our people hype on the mainland Internet, say that we are the daily box office champion of Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and Guangdong Province."

"..."

The secretary didn't reply immediately.

"Did you hear that?"

"I heard, boss, are you really going to hype this topic?"

"Any questions?"

"I don't think it's very good. There are a lot of news in the mainland. It is said that "Taken 2" won the daily box office champion in the beautiful country, and in many European countries. I have overwhelmed several Hollywood movies, including Jolie, Pitt, and Xiao Li, and many stars said that this movie is very good, and it really exploded in the beautiful country."

Then the secretary's voice sounded, "In comparison, we are too shabby."

Only then did Huang Baiming understand what the secretary meant. He didn't expect "Taken 2" to have such a good score.

"Not only in the beautiful country, but also in Europe?"

"Yeah, you can check the news. This movie is very popular in Europe and the United States. I even called my friend in Great Britain. He also said that many people will watch it."

"so smart……"

Huang Baiming thought for a while, "Then change the subject and say that we are the most powerful comedy in the Spring Festival schedule."

After a while, Huang Baiming hung up the phone, and there were bursts of suona sounds outside the world, and it was unknown who wanted to worship God.

Huang Baiming suddenly wanted to worship God, and begged God to let himself be rich in "Taken 2".

In the beautiful country, it was 800 million a day, and it was also a hit in Europe. The total global box office is probably more than 3 million US dollars.

Li Shengyao can make a lot of money again, which is really something that Hong Kong Island filmmakers dare not even think about.

When Cheng Long was in Hong Kong Island before, Golden Harvest held global releases, and the highest-grossing "Sweet Sweet Potato" is said to have tens of millions of dollars.

At that time, everyone felt incredible.

Unexpectedly, Director Li is even more aggressive now, with three or four billion US dollars at every turn.

Although Huang Baiming is in his sixties, when he was in the entertainment industry, Lee Shengyao was not born yet, but it has to be said that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead, and he is no match for Director Li.

He is a real global harvester, and he can only show his strength in the bend of Hong Kong Island.

(End of this chapter)