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Chapter 352 Wait and see
After Xinghai decided to release "The King of Comedy" on the 15th, the other side also got the news.

"Mr. Zhou."

"Come in." Zhou Xingchi was sitting at his desk, looking at something, looking very busy, without even raising his head. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Boss Zhou, according to the information we received, Xinghai Films' "The King of Variety" will also be released on the 15th, the same day as ours. They are going to compete with us!"

"Fighting in a ring? Hehehe..."

Stephen Chow laughed.

He laughed with disdain.

It would be fine if you did it yourself or made a horror movie, but I, Zhou, admit that you are very accomplished in this area.

But you actually want to challenge me with just a random nonsensical comedy.

He simply doesn't take me seriously.

"Let's fight. Let's fight Xinghai to the death."

"It also lets them know who is the boss of nonsensical comedy."

Stephen Chow slammed the table, feeling extremely proud.

Ever since he became famous, other film companies have followed suit and started shooting nonsensical comedies, but their films just didn't do well at the box office.

His film, Stephen Chow, is better than the last.

There’s nothing we can do, the audience recognizes this face!
"Okay, you can go out." Waving his hand to let his men go out, Zhou Xingchi took out a cigar and put it in his mouth, walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside.

"This is the first work of my company. It's a great start. I'm going to book it."

Stephen Chow doesn't feel any pressure.

no way.

Who would have thought that the investment in this film has already made back a lot of money?

Yang Dengkui was reluctant to spend a large sum of money, but Wang Yingxiang was very wealthy. Before "Journey to the West" was released, he directly paid NT$30 million, or nearly HK$10 million, to buy the distribution rights of Taiwan.

You know, after he lowered his salary to 4 million, the cost of this film was only 12 million Hong Kong dollars. It can be said that the investment would be almost recovered just by selling the distribution rights to Taiwan.

Hong Kong Island can be sold at will. Even if the producers in Hong Kong Island only get 30%, it is not a dream for the company to make tens of millions!

There are also Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places. The price offered by the other party now is not high and does not meet my psychological price. But there is no need to rush. Once the box office results of "Journey to the West" in Hong Kong are released and it is a big hit, they will naturally come to us.

"It's about 10 million."

Zhou Xingchi's mouth corners couldn't help but start to curl up.

After dividing the profits from this business, the profit I will get should be more than tens of millions, which is enough to cover my marketing salary.

What’s more important is that I don’t have to give half to the company like I did in Xinghai.

"The 20 million yuan penalty is worth it!"

Zhou Xingchi couldn't help but think of the penalty that made him sad until now, and he felt relieved for a moment, "A year of freedom is more important than anything else. I can obviously earn more, and I don't have to beg for food on my knees and look at the director and the company's face!"

Thinking of the conflict between him and the director when filming in Xinghai, and Huang Ze's actions that were clearly aimed at him, Zhou Xingchi's eyes flashed coldly, "It's actually being released at the same time as mine. Get ready for your speech of failure, Mr. Huang."

...As the release dates of the two films approached and promotion began, not only the people from the two companies but also the reporters sensed the tension between the two films.

Journalists are always striving to create chaos in the world.

Not to mention the famous Hong Kong journalists, who immediately began to arrange people to stake out after receiving the news, preparing to interview Huang Ze and Stephen Chow, in order to fan the flames in order to obtain enough explosive news.

However, after Huang Ze came back, he inspected his company and stayed in the villa the rest of the time.

Coupled with the tight security measures, reporters were not given any opportunity to interview.

The reporters had no choice but to focus more attention on Stephen Chow.

As his company's first film was about to be released, he naturally had to show up. He was easily surrounded by a group of reporters, who then bombarded him with questions without caring about Stephen Chow's feelings.

"Xingzai, your Jigong and Xinghai's The King of Changes are released on the same day. Do you feel any pressure? Can you predict how much the box office of Jigong will be behind the other?"

"You asked the wrong question." Stephen Chow was not annoyed at all, and was still so confident, "I am very confident in "Ji Gong". This is definitely a very good ancient costume nonsensical comedy. Among the movies I have filmed, he can at least be in the top three!"

"Are the other two both works by Xing Hai?"

"..." Stephen Chow realized that he had been taken advantage of by the reporters.

Because he couldn't refute it at all.

His rise and glory were indeed achieved in the sea of ​​stars. If he forcibly denied it, it would make him seem too petty and unable to afford to play.

Therefore, he could only choose to skip this question and express his own views. "The box office of Jigong will definitely give everyone a surprise. I have this confidence! You can buy a ticket and go and have a look."

"There is a saying that Xingzai's previous success was more due to the platform, and that it was Director Huang who was in charge of each of your movies, which made your movies a big hit at the box office. Without Director Huang, you would be out of ideas. What do you think of this statement?"

"Boring." Zhou Xingchi smiled, "How do you want to watch it? Wait until "Journey to the West" is released and see how the audience likes it, right?"

"Well, let's wait and see whether I'm welcome or not. I need to go to work, so please don't block my way."

Stephen Chow was afraid that these reporters would ask him something that would make him uncomfortable, and he was also too lazy to deal with them, so he simply found an excuse and chose to escape with the help of his company employees.

"Xingzai, are you afraid of Xinghai, so you don't dare to answer our questions?"

"Xingzai, even if you lose in the end, there's no need to escape..."

The reporters were loudly prodding Stephen Chow, hoping to break his defense and ask for more material, but Stephen Chow left without looking back. As he walked away, he clenched his fist and said, "Let's see the result at the box office."

Time hurried into number 15.

Some young audiences have been looking forward to this day and went to the cinema with their partners.

"Oh, we should go watch 'The King of Comedy'. Andy Lau is so handsome. We can watch Stephen Chow's movie in a few days, but you have to watch it on the first day." A young woman complained to her boyfriend.

"What do you know? Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy is definitely worth watching. If we don't get a sneak peek, how are we going to respond to what others are talking about? Besides, when it comes to being good-looking and fun, don't you believe in Stephen Chow?"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and find a seat. Find a seat."

The two of them sat down, staring at the screen intently.

The one and a half hour movie went by very quickly.

But after watching it, the lovers frowned slightly.

(End of this chapter)