1990: Starting from Baojia Street

The movie is two hours long and the pace seems slow, but throughout the whole movie, there was not a single boring moment, and Zhong Wen Ze and the others did not feel that any part was boring.

Regardless of the plot of the movie, the soundtrack of this movie is really rich. When watching the movie, as long as a new soundtrack comes out, the audience will react greatly.

From beginning to end, the soundtrack alone kept the audience excited.

Before Zhou Yan appeared, there had never been a movie that could make the audience pay so much attention to the soundtrack, and there had never been so many people who went to the cinema to buy tickets to watch a movie just for the soundtrack.

During the movie watching process, the audience’s feedback was very good.

Especially when the wedding scene came out, Zhong Wen Ze suddenly heard the girls in the theater screaming in surprise.

“Wow, it’s beautiful.”

"It's so beautiful."

“This dress is so pretty.”

"It's a good-looking person."

“Both the person and the clothes are beautiful.”

Even Zhong Wen Ze wanted to say it was so beautiful.

Joey Wong in this movie gives people a feeling of vitality. Whenever she appears, the audience's mood will become very happy.

Obviously in this movie, Joey Wong’s makeup doesn’t look that delicate, and she doesn’t give the impression of being a stunning beauty, but she still looks very comfortable somehow.

Zhong Wen Ze couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Yan really knew how to photograph women, and the female characters in his films all left a deep impression on people.

Even in a movie like "The Chorus" which does not have many female characters, the audience still remembers the role of the male protagonist's mother.

After watching the wedding scene, the audience finally understood why the "Dream Pier" at Jiaochangwei was so popular. It was because the wedding scene in the movie was shot so well that it was hard not to be moved.

After the movie ended and the audience left, the topics discussed the most were the soundtrack and the wedding scene.

"I will also go to Jiaochangwei to take wedding photos when I get married."

When they were leaving the theater, Zhong Wen Ze and Qi Qi ran into the girls who were in the hall just now. They were discussing the wedding scene with longing on their faces.

“I heard that the scene will help shoot a video similar to the one in the movie. I wonder how the effect will be.”

"It must be very good, otherwise, so many people wouldn't buy that package."

"Zhuo Wen, isn't your cousin getting married in the second half of the year? Ask her to go take some photos and then come back to show us the results."

"Yes, Zhuo Wen, ask your cousin to take a set."

"I'll go back and talk to her."

"Don't tell her, just buy a movie ticket and bring her to the cinema to watch the movie. I believe that as long as she sees the wedding in the movie, she will definitely want to go."

"Yes, yes, I definitely can't help it."

"If the effect is good, I will definitely shoot a video for my wedding."

"Haha, do you have a boyfriend? What are you talking about getting married?"

"Just because there isn't one now doesn't mean there won't be one later."

"You should find a boyfriend first, and then think about getting married."

……

Listening to the discussion of several girls, Qiqi smiled and said, "It seems that the popularity of Jiaochangwei is going to increase again. Let's take the children there to play when we have time."

"No problem, it's not far anyway."

Walking out of the hall, Qiqi took a breath of fresh air, "I left the kids behind to watch a movie today, and finally I wasn't disappointed."

Zhong Wen Ze said with a smile, "Has Zhou Yan ever disappointed you?"

“Disappointed.”

Zhong Wen Ze was stunned. His wife was a loyal fan of Zhou Yan. Although she was not as crazy as those young girls in chasing stars, she would basically spend money to buy Zhou Yan's works.

From Zhou Yan's debut to today, Qiqi has seen, listened to, and read all the movies he has made, all the music albums he has released, and even the novels he has published.

Not to mention the works led by Zhou Yan, Qiqi will support any work in which Zhou Yan participates.

Zhong Wen Ze couldn't remember when Qiqi had ever been disappointed with Zhou Yan.

"Which of his works have disappointed you?"

Qiqi smiled slyly, "I have never been disappointed by his works. What disappointed me was that it was too difficult to buy tickets for his concerts."

Zhong Wen Ze rolled his eyes and said, "If the tickets are too easy to buy, you will be unhappy again."

"of course."

This is the true mentality of fans. They hope that their idols can sell well, but they also hope that it won’t be too difficult for them to chase their idols.

This is obviously a contradiction. Stars who are easy to follow generally do not have good sales, and stars who have good sales are definitely not easy to follow. You can't have both.

If one day tickets for Zhou Yan’s concert can be bought at any time, it means that Zhou Yan is finished.

"There's more music in this movie than I expected, but it's a pity that many of the songs in it weren't released like "How Long Will I Love You" and "All of Me".

Qiqi nodded, "Well, now I just hope that the soundtrack of this movie can be released soon... Of course, the soundtrack is not enough, we must make each song into a complete song and then release an album so that we can listen to it all at once."

After watching the movie, she was eager to hear the full versions of the songs in it as soon as possible.

……

On May 31st, Zhou Yan's studio was very busy early in the morning, with people busy inside and outside the cafeteria.

I don't know what rules they followed when they got married, but they left the man's house in the middle of the night, arrived at the woman's house before dawn, and took her home.

Zou Yong first left his home and went to Fang Xiu's residence to pick her up, and then they went to the hotel together.

The bride and groom arrived at the hotel at about 8:30 in the morning. The bride stayed in the lounge while the groom was responsible for entertaining the guests outside.

The bride does not show up until the wedding ceremony begins in the evening.

During lunch, Zhou Yan went to chat with Zou Yong for a while.

Zou Yong exudes a scholarly air. He is tall and thin, wears black-framed glasses, is not particularly good at speaking, and most of the time he smiles with his teeth showing when he sees guests.

Zhou Yan knew that if Zou Yong wanted to speak, he would definitely be able to speak. After all, it would be difficult for someone who couldn't speak to be a teacher in school.

Even the most introverted person can become very talkative if he stands on the podium for a long time.

He had met Zhou Yan a few times, but they didn't communicate much. This time when he saw Zhou Yan, he smiled and thanked him, "Teacher Zhou, thank you so much for the wedding."

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome. This is our studio's employee benefit. Fang Xiu is the leader of our band, so it's normal for her to enjoy this benefit."

"Mr. Zhou is so considerate of the staff, and everyone will definitely be grateful."

Zou Yong gives people the feeling that he is not very good at flattering, but he has to flatter people anyway.

Seeing that he was a little reserved when talking to him, Zhou Yan exchanged a few simple greetings and then left.

Afterwards, he did not rush back to the office, but strolled around the scene. He also wanted to take this opportunity to learn and observe, so that when he gets married in the future, he will not be at a loss.

Zhou Yan didn't learn anything useful after just walking around the scene. The groom didn't have to worry about anything else except welcoming the guests.

Today, Zou Yong's parents and some close relatives arrived here early in the morning and helped maintain order at the scene. Tasks like serving tea and water, and offering cigarettes were all done by the man's relatives.

After walking around, Zhou Yan returned to the office.

Not long after he sat down, the phone call about Han Sanping's movie came in.

"congratulations."

As soon as the call was connected, Han Sanping began to congratulate Zhou Yan.

As soon as he was happy, Zhou Yan knew it must be related to the box office of "Time Traveler".

"Is it that "Time Traveler" has made another breakthrough at the box office in Japan?"

"There hasn't been any big breakthrough in the box office in Japan. It has been rising continuously. I congratulate you because the movie has had a great start in Hong Kong. Yesterday alone... no, it was half a day yesterday, the movie earned 4.5 million at the box office."

"Four and a half million, that's really good."

"More than good." Han Sanping's voice rose. "As far as I can remember, there has never been a movie with such a high first-day box office. The previous Jurassic Park probably didn't have such a high either. I don't have the specific data here."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Third brother, have you also paid attention to this?"

"Of course there is attention. With 97 million and on the first day, there is a high probability that it will break million in the first three days of the weekend. This should also break the record and become the fastest movie to break million. The box office performance of the popular movies released in Hong Kong this year is very average. A Good Man took million and All's Well, Ends Well took million, which seemed okay, but the third place, Once Upon a Time in China: The Lion of the Western Region, only took million."

"It's not June yet, but it should be available later."

Han Sanping sighed, "It's very difficult. Most of the potential movies in Hong Kong were released at the beginning of the year. Among the remaining movies, there are some that are competitive, but not many. I predict that the Chinese-language movies released later will probably not be able to shake the top three positions. It is very likely that by the end of this year, there will be few movies that have grossed more than 20 million on the box office rankings."

Hearing what Han Sanping said, Zhou Yan also raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that it would be so difficult for Chinese-language films in Hong Kong to survive this year.

In fact, as early as a few years ago, Hong Kong's film market was strongly stimulated by Hollywood.

In 1993, "Jurassic Park" was released in Hong Kong and took in over million at the box office, becoming the first movie in Hong Kong to take in over million and million at the box office.

But in the following years, Chinese-language films did not perform badly.

Especially in the second year, seven of the top ten films on the box office rankings were still Hong Kong local films, and "God of Gamblers 2" beat "Speed" to win the championship that year.

Moreover, "God of Gamblers 2" earned more than million at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing local film in Hong Kong film history.

Except for "God of Gamblers 2", the box office of the top ten Hong Kong movies all exceeded 1994 million. It can be said that was a bumper year for the Hong Kong film industry.

Last year, that is, in 1996, Hong Kong's local films also performed very well at the box office. "Police Story 4: Simple Task" took in more than million, once again breaking the local film box office record.

That is to say, from 1993 to 1993, although the box office of Hong Kong local films has never exceeded "Jurassic Park", the second place has been changing and is getting closer and closer to "Jurassic Park".

"Police Stories 4: Simple Task" has already earned million at the box office, leaving it only million away from the million of "Jurassic Park". If the situation continues to develop in this way, Hong Kong local films may regain the championship throne in two years.

But this year, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.

The highly anticipated "A Good Man" and "All's Well, Ends Well 97" only earned million and million respectively, which is getting further and further away from "Jurassic Park".

Not to mention "Jurassic Park", "Jurassic Park 2" which was released on May rd had a very strong box office performance and is likely to continue to exceed million or even million.

If this continues, Chinese-language films will probably be left far behind in Hong Kong’s box office charts this year.

Therefore, after the release of "A Time Traveler", it was actually given high hopes. Many people hoped that "A Time Traveler" could stop "Jurassic Park 2". Not to mention whether it would win or not, at least it would not let "Jurassic Park" win too easily.

However, now that "Time Traveler" has been released, many people have discovered that their expectations of Zhou Yan were too low.

With the popularity of "Jurassic Park 2" and the inability to fully schedule new movies, "Time Traveler" directly took in million in box office on the first day.

Now that the box office of "A Time Traveler" is so high, in order to earn higher profits, cinemas will definitely increase the screening schedule of "A Time Traveler".

Before the release of "A Time Traveler", the majority of the screenings in Hong Kong's cinemas were for "Jurassic Park 2". Now that "A Time Traveler" has been released, most of the screenings were taken away from "Jurassic Park 2".

Now "Time Traveler" needs to increase its screening schedule, so naturally it will have to take advantage of "Jurassic Park 2".

In this way, the blocking is half completed.

"If 'Time Traveler' can maintain this state, I believe it will eventually surpass 'Jurassic Park 2' to take the top spot in this year's box office chart. It may even have a chance to break the million box office record of 'Jurassic Park' that year, and then it will top the Hong Kong film box office charts in history."

Han Sanping was quite excited. It was impossible for him to win the box office champion in Japan, but it would be nice if he could win the box office champion in Hong Kong.

It just so happens that Hong Kong is about to return in July, and at this time, a mainland movie winning the box office championship in Hong Kong's film history has a very special meaning.

Hearing Han Sanping so excited, Zhou Yan smiled, because he knew that even if "Time Traveler" could eventually surpass the 62 million box office of "Jurassic Park", they could only sit on the throne of the film and television box office champion for a few months.

If Zhou Yan remembers correctly, the box office of "Titanic" in Hong Kong far exceeded that of "Jurassic Park". (End of this chapter)