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Chapter 622 [49] This time, you are the king of Hong Kong!

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Qiu Junjun knocked on the door: "Brother Yu, Sister Mei is here!"

"Okay, wait a moment!"

Chen He got on the computer. He had just been reading news and reviews about "Departures".

It received rave reviews, and the score actually rose by 0.1 to 9.1 points.

And as of today, "Departures" has been released for exactly one week.

3.8105 billion yuan!

This is the first week box office performance of "Departures" in mainland China. It took in 1.044 million in two days yesterday, 5133 million on Saturday, and fell slightly on Sunday to 4911 million!
Of course, this first week box office has broken the record of first week box office in Chinese film history, and it is far beyond that.

After all, "Taken" only earned 2 million in the first two days!
This time, "Departures" lasts a full week.

Of course, even Chen Yu himself estimated that not many movies would be able to break this record in a short period of time.

"Miss Mei!"

Chen Yu looked at Mei Yanfang, who was thin but in good spirits, sitting on the sofa in the suite, and the two of them hugged each other tightly.

"Your temperament is getting better and better!"

"I almost don't recognize you anymore!"

Mei Yanfang looked at Chen Yu and smiled with satisfaction.

She was treating Chen Yu to a meal at noon today, near the hotel where Chen Yu was staying, so she came early to meet Chen Yu.

Chen Yu has been on a roadshow in Hong Kong these two days. The box office of "Departures" in Hong Kong is about to exceed 2 million Hong Kong dollars. His attendance at the premiere will be very helpful for the growth of the box office.

After attending the Academy Awards tomorrow, I will go to Japan the day after tomorrow.

At present, Japan is still the undisputed number one voting base in Asia. In addition, given the nature of "Departures" as a Sino-Japanese co-production, Chen Yu obviously has to pay attention to it.

"If I didn't know where you were from, I would have thought you were from Hong Kong!"

Mei Yanfang sat there, drinking tea, and smiled at Chen Yu, "Now the streets are full of your movie promotions. Previously, "The Lonely Man" just won the first place in the Hong Kong box office, and now there is another one!"

"You will still be the star of tomorrow's Academy Awards!"

"Don't even mention Jie Zai. Even Big Brother and Xing Zai are no match for you now!"

Among the top ten highest-grossing Chinese-language films in Hong Kong, Chen Yu has 5; in the top five, Chen Yu has four, and in the top three, he has three!

Yes, the first three are films starring Chen Yu.

"Taken", "Kung Fu" and "Initial D"!
And now, if nothing unexpected happens, "Departures" will also be able to hit the top five.

Maybe even Stephen Chow’s “Shaolin Soccer” will be squeezed out.

It is said that Hong Kong people are xenophobic, but of course they will feel close to people who are truly powerful and of the same yellow skin color as them.

Although they may be xenophobic, they still stand united against external threats when faced with problems.

Flying man Liu Xiang is the pride of Asians. Hong Kong people wish Liu Xiang was born in Hong Kong, and so do the Japanese.

This is what Chen Yu is like now.

In Hong Kong, no one regards him as a mainlander, but rather as the top star in the Asian film industry, the only Grand Slam actor in Asia, and a kung fu superstar. It is this aura that has led to his absolute box office appeal in Hong Kong.

Moreover, at the 06th Hong Kong Film Awards in 25, Chen Yu was nominated for four awards.

Two Best Actor awards, plus Best Action Design and Best Screenplay for "Escape Plan".

If all awards are counted, he was shortlisted for 6.

"Departures" won the Best Asian Film, and "Extraction" won the Best Film.

He is the producer and he also received the award.

As expected, "Taken" is the favorite to win this year's Academy Awards.

That’s 4 more than another award-winning favorite, “Underworld.”

Yes, the nominations for "Extraction" surpassed those for "Underworld".

Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenwriter, Cinematography, Editing, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Best Newcomer, Action Design, Visual Effects, Sound Effects and Costume Design!

Fourteen nominations in total.

Even in the entire history of the Hong Kong Film Awards, it is one of the films with the most nominations.

Therefore, this time, Chen Yu and "Escape Plan" are definitely the biggest expectations of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.

Unlike his previous performances at the Academy Awards where he played a supporting role, this time Chen Yu can be said to be the undisputed protagonist. Even many local Hong Kong stars were completely overshadowed by him this time.

Three films in which he starred were nominated for various awards, and he himself was nominated for many awards, including Best Actor for two films at the same time. Looking at the entire history of the Hong Kong Film Awards, this is the first time for Chen Yu.

Hong Kong's local actors do not receive such preferential treatment. A mainlander who has come across the river seems to treat this place as his home court. This is what Mei Yanfang admires.

Chen Yu is not from Hong Kong, but people in Hong Kong like and admire him.

Before, the whole of Hong Kong regarded him as Jet Li’s successor, but now it seems that the vision is obviously narrow.

He is now definitely a model for Bruce Lee.

It is comparable to the fame Bruce Lee created in the Hong Kong film industry back then.

Moreover, Chen Yu won the Best Actor award in Japan not long ago, and the Japanese were all impressed, and the Hong Kong Film Awards were no exception.

It seems that all major award ceremonies are proud to have Chen Yu attend.

"The record of the highest-grossing film in the mainland has been broken. When can you break it in Hong Kong?"

Mei Yanfang chatted with Chen Yu about family matters for a while, and suddenly said something.

Chen Yu was stunned: "Xiangjiang, isn't it broken?"

"Before, Xing Zai was number one in the Chinese-language film box office, and now he is the favorite to be nominated for the Academy Awards this time, but Hollywood movies have always been very popular in Hong Kong!"

Among all the movies in Hong Kong, "Titanic" still ranks first in box office!
1.319 billion Hong Kong dollars.

It is also the first film in Hong Kong history to break the 100 million mark.

This record was achieved in 1997.

Now, nearly 10 years have passed, and this record remains unbreakable, not even other Hollywood movies have broken it.

However, this is actually normal.

In later generations, except for China, the annual box office champions and box office rankings in various countries and regions are all dominated by Hollywood.

Hong Kong lists the Chinese film box office rankings separately in an attempt to deliberately make people ignore the influence of Hollywood.

But Hong Kong was too influenced by the West, which led to the full invasion of Hollywood.

The same is true for Formosa.

In the past, China only surpassed Hollywood after the release of "Lost in Thailand" in 2012. After that, Hollywood movies began to decline in China, and Chinese-language movies officially rose.

Therefore, it is still very difficult for a Chinese-language film to truly top the list in Hong Kong.

"Take your time, 1.3 million... it won't be broken in a short time!"

In their previous lives, Stephen Chow, Gu Tianle and others failed to do it. Chen Yu definitely wants to try it in this life, but it is indeed very difficult.

"Departures" is definitely out of the question, and "Mission: Impossible 3"... emm, it's still a Hollywood movie.

“Popularity hasn’t reached its peak yet!”

"If we do it like Bruce Lee did back then, maybe it will work!"

Chen Yu was thinking about it and chatted with Mei Yanfang for a while, then the two of them walked towards the dinner place.

This time, Mei Yanfang of course invited people from the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Half of the Hong Kong entertainment industry was here, and when they saw Chen Yu, of course there was a lot of greetings and courtesies.

After all, apart from being Asia's most popular king and holding various movie emperor titles, the most important thing for everyone present is one more thing - he is a rich man!
Rich!
To put it bluntly, Hong Kong is still a capitalist society. Even if you are famous and have won awards, people will still look down on you if you have no money.

But if you have money, it's different.

Even if you have nothing, as long as you have money, the president of the Performing Arts Association, Zeng Zhiwei, will come to you and lick your boots. That's the reality.

So now Chen Yu is in the Hong Kong circle, and many people want to curry favor with him.

First, Hong Kong now relies on the mainland for its livelihood. Chen Yu's Yuxin Films is currently the leader in the mainland's film and television industry. Bona now relies on Yuxin for its investment, not to mention the Hong Kong circle that relies on Bona for its livelihood? !

Secondly, he wanted Chen Yu to invest in Hong Kong films so that they could share the profits.

However, Chen Yu is really not interested in many Hong Kong movies, but he is willing to cooperate to make money.

Zhang Guorong had said before that Hong Kong movie bosses treat movies as a business, laundering money, using intimidation...so he didn't want to cooperate with them.

This is absolutely true. As long as they can make money, they can keep shooting.

Therefore, Hong Kong movies are highly homogenized, with a constant stream of police films, gangland films, etc. There are very few realistic literary and artistic films.

Chen Yu sat between Zhang Guorong and Yip Wai-hsing. The movie "The Great Rescue" made Yip Wai-hsing completely famous in Hong Kong and became one of the top directors in Hong Kong. It was obvious that Anita Mui invited him because of Chen Yu's face.

As for Ye Weixing himself, he was of course grateful to Chen Yu.

Without him, there would obviously be no Ye Weixing today.

When he was unknown at the beginning, Chen Yu asked him to make a movie, and then he became an instant hit. Not just an ordinary hit, it became number one in the history of movies in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan, and it was also a big hit in Asia, earning 6.5 million US dollars worldwide. He was almost dumbfounded.

So now many people are looking for him to make movies, he is very nervous and is ready to listen to Chen Yu's opinion.

Moreover, investment is more inclined towards Chen Yu.

He would definitely not shoot the next one easily. Many Hong Kong bosses wanted to use his name to make movies and make money, but he declined them all.

"Leslie, has your movie started shooting yet?"

After exchanging pleasantries with a few people in the circle invited by Mei Yanfang to the box, Chen Yu returned to his seat.

He saw Zhang Guorong talking to him several times, so he took the initiative to ask.

"Not yet, I'm having some financial difficulties!"

If the Hong Kong film industry does not invest, he will lose his backing in the mainland, and if he spends money himself, the risk will obviously be great.

"How much do you need?"

Chen Yu asked.

It’s not that he has good intentions.

It's Zhang Guorong's new film, which he directed himself. It has attracted a lot of attention and traffic. If there is no problem with the script, it will definitely make money, not to mention making a profit.

Zhang Guorong is very popular in Japan, South Korea and mainland China, so his box office is considered to be quite high.

Although I can't compare with him, if Chen Yu had a cameo appearance, the movie would still be quite interesting.

"About 2000-3000 million!"

"I invested 1000 myself, and Amei invested 1000 million!"

Zhang Guorong saw through Chen Yu's thoughts and couldn't help but speak.

Chen Yu nodded: "Okay, I'll take care of the rest, but I need to read the script!"

"Have the leading actors been confirmed? Still the same ones as before, Jiang Wen? Hu Jun?"

Chen Yu knew all of these people, and he could handle them with just one phone call.

"Well, they should be the ones to start with, but we still have to rely on your help!"

Zhang Guorong knew the relationship between Chen Yu and the two of them. They had filmed "Tian Long" together, not to mention Jiang Wen.

"no problem!"

"I'll tell them!"

"Want me to make a cameo appearance?"

Chen Yu made a joke, and Zhang Guorong also laughed: "It would be great if you joined!"

"In a word, it was all thanks to Sister Mei back then, so I definitely have no choice but to do this!"

"Thank you!"

Zhang Guorong pursed his lips, and it was obvious that he really didn't expect that Chen Yu would agree to invest so readily.

Moreover, you can also play a cameo role.

Although his film "Stealing Hearts" was prepared for a long time and had a strong cast, he was still not confident enough because it was his first time as a director.

But for some reason, after talking with Chen Yu, he suddenly felt something.

"Thank you, Yuzai!"

Zhang Guorong said it again, and this time he squeezed Chen Yu's hand hard.

Chen Yu himself is quite averse to homosexuality, but he respects Zhang Guorong's orientation. However, the other party's expression is sincere, and it can be seen that it is a subconscious reaction.

"It's okay, come on!"

Chen Yu smiled at him. Zhang Guorong let go of his hand, picked up the wine glass on the table, and clinked it with Chen Yu elegantly.

The meal lasted until after 3 p.m., when Chen Yu and Ye Weixing returned to his suite office.

"Brother Yu, I have two scripts in my hand right now, and I still want to continue making action movies!"

"Can you help me come up with an idea, which one should I shoot first?"

Ye Weixing was obviously feeling suffocated at the dinner table. He tried many times to talk to Chen Yu, but he couldn't find a chance at all because there were too many people respecting him.

"Okay, send me your script and I'll take a look!"

"I definitely don't have time this year, so I can only invest in you!"

Director Ye Weixing can still make money.

Regardless of the future "Ip Man" series, "SPL" series, or even the future of the declining Hong Kong film industry, he can still produce a film like "Kowloon Walled City", which is enough to show that he has his own thoughts on movies.

After a while, there were three more scripts in Chen Yu's computer.

Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Hearts"!
"Dragon Tiger Gate", "SPL: The Prequel"!
Chen Yu knew that "Dragon Tiger Gate" was a movie adapted from a comic book, so it didn't lose money, but it didn't become a hit either.

As for "SPL: The Prequel", Chen Yu was the first to open the file. After reading the beginning, he knew what it was - "Flash Point"!
The movie did not lose money and received very high reviews and popularity online.

It tells a story about the policeman Ma Jun, also known as Pojun, played by Zhen Zidan in "SPL".

"It would be better to film Sha Po Lang and form a series!"

Chen Yu was thinking, he really hopes that "SPL" can be filmed for more episodes, and the time interval between them should not be too long, it would be best if there is one episode per year, which will make the IP more valuable.

In his previous life, Ye Weixing was still not well-known after filming "SPL". It was only with the development of the Internet that this movie became a hit online.

This is the case with "Flash Point", "The King's Avatar" and so on.

The actual box office is pretty average.

However, Ye Weixing is obviously different in this life.

After filming "Taken", his fame was enough to promote the "SPL" IP.

Chen Yu sent a message to Ye Weixing directly without finishing reading the script of "Flash Point". Then, just as he was about to watch "Stealing Hearts", his cell phone suddenly rang.

It was his own Hollywood manager, Mazen.

"Boss, I have sent you the schedule for the new film's shooting via email, please confirm!"

"Also, the casting for the second Batman movie directed by Nolan has officially started. We can now plan for the role of the Joker!"

As Mazan was speaking on the other end of the phone, a new email popped up in Chen Yu's mailbox.

This is the filming schedule for Mission: Impossible 4, or Operation Spy!

(End of this chapter)