The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 33: A Great Success (Please Read)

On December 1st, Shuangnan Cinemas will officially screen "Legend of Northeast Hunter"!
Together with the two cinemas that temporarily joined, the film was screened in ten cinemas in total. This scale of screening is considered acceptable in Hong Kong Island, at least for a low-budget suspense adventure film.

After the previous war of words between "Mong Kok News" and many other newspapers, the fame of this movie has spread throughout Hong Kong Island.

Not to mention the linkage effect of novel serialization, book publishing and comic strips, there are many viewers who want to see the real movie of the same name.

The content of the movie did not disappoint the audience, as it was almost exactly the same as the plot of the novel.

Not only that, the plot at the end of the movie surprised many viewers.

That’s right, the novel serialized in the newspaper is now at its final stage. The readers didn’t see the final result, but they saw it in the movie. How could they not feel excited?
Of course, "Legend of Northeast Hunters" is just a low-budget movie, and its scenes and other aspects can only be considered acceptable. Even though the protagonists of the movie are the combination of actor Liang, who was banned in Taiwan, and a famous mainland actress, it is still inevitable that it will be severely criticized by some newspapers.

Originally, Chairman Liao of Yindu Organization wanted to ask left-wing newspapers to help speak out, but was stopped by Wu Feng.

It is okay for left-wing newspapers to review movies, but once they engage in cross-examination, the movies will be labeled as mainland China movies.

Wu Feng was not afraid of this, but he did not want the movie to be deliberately introduced into sensitive areas. The consequences of that would be unpredictable, and even "Mong Kok News" would be affected.

It’s better to let “Mong Kok News” criticize on its own and reap the benefits of the traffic.

In fact, the newspapers on the other side did not know that the more they criticized, the more obvious the promotional effect on the movie would be. Even the sales of the "Mong Kok News" that was criticizing them increased to 90,000 copies.

The movie was shown in Shuangnan Cinemas for almost a month and the box office reached an astonishing 13 million.

When "Mong Kok News" proudly announced the box office data, it once again shocked many people, but also made some people so angry that they started cursing.

They really didn't expect that a low-budget suspense thriller like "Legend of Northeast Hunter" could have such a high box office.

This time, not only did the Yindu Organization, which had always been in an obscure state, gain some pride, but Wu Feng also became famous in the film and television industry.

The popularity brought by the movie directly increased the sales of "Mong Kok News", the book of the same name published by "Legend of Northeast Hunter", and the comic book.

Just a rough estimate, including box office revenue, the total revenue from the various peripheral products of "Legend of Northeast Hunter" alone in December exceeded three million.

As soon as the movie was released, the Silver Capital Organization held a celebration party.

Not many people came, only Actor Leung, who was still banned in Taiwan, and Sister Xiaoqing who hurried over from the mainland. The rest of the mainland cast and crew were not present.

That’s right, except for Actor Leung, the rest of the cast and crew of "Legend of Northeast Hunters" are from the mainland. To be honest, it can be considered a standard mainland film.

Of course, the director used a pseudonym from Hong Kong Island, but he did not show up at the celebration party, which shows the difficult situation of Silver Metropolis Organization.

Chairman Liao personally presided over the celebration banquet. Seeing his flushed face, he was obviously in a very happy mood. He grabbed Wu Feng and raised his glass to drink.

He had no intention of hiding anything and directly stated that the box office success of "Legend of Northeast Hunter" had made a huge profit for the Yindu Organization.

After all, with cinema chains under his belt and as the film's primary producer, his income naturally surpassed that of a mere investor like Wu Feng. Fortunately, unlike Golden Harvest, Silva Group didn't manipulate box office revenue. Wu Feng was able to take his share of the profits immediately, making Silva Group a truly generous partner.

Seeing the lively atmosphere, Chairman Liao directly asked whether it was possible to start filming the second thriller "Legend of the Qinling Wild Man" directly, with the same investment ratio as the first one?
"As long as the director, actors and behind-the-scenes staff can handle it, I don't care!"

Wu Feng smiled and said, "It's a good thing to give me money, how could I object!"

"Haha, it's settled then!"

Chairman Liao laughed heartily and continued, "How about Huizi still be the protagonist this time?"

"I won't interfere with the specific filming. Just let Yindu decide directly!"

Wu Feng waved his hand and said, "I just need the specific filming schedule to match the serialization schedule of the novel in the newspaper. There are still many mistakes and omissions in this collaboration!"

Ignoring the look of disapproval on Chairman Liao's face, he continued, "Of course, I think the Silver City Agency can recruit all those artists or directors who have been banned by Taiwan, so that we don't have to borrow people from outside every time we shoot a new movie!"

"I need to think about this!"

Chairman Liao listened carefully and nodded solemnly, saying, "If the second thriller and suspense film is also successful, Yindu Organization will make efforts!"

Wu Feng just mentioned it briefly and didn't say much. He just had a brief contact with Actor Liang and Sister Xiaoqing, then said goodbye and left.

I immediately went to my newspaper office and reviewed the collaboration between the film, television, novel, and comic strip with the main staff. I checked for any gaps and tried to minimize them in the next collaboration to maximize profits.

Wu Feng was very generous. He directly set up a reward pool and put 20% of the profits into it.

Hundreds of thousands of bonuses were distributed according to positions, merits, and other influencing factors, which immediately caused cheers.

No amount of pie in the sky can compare to the rewards of real money!
Even if Wu Feng just went to a small restaurant outside to hold a celebratory banquet, no staff would say anything.

You've already paid real money, so why bother about whether the celebration party is held in a big restaurant?
Wu Feng didn't drink too much, he wanted to keep his mind clear.

After all, he is the famous leader of Hongyi Hall. Even if he has no criminal record at the police station, there is no guarantee that any force will attack him.

Wu Feng has always paid great attention to his own safety.

Whenever he went out, he would always bring at least four capable men with him. Even when he returned home, the rooms to his left and right were filled with men responsible for security, ready to rush over to support him at a single shout.

He could scheme to make other small clubs' leaders get eliminated, leaving them feeling very frustrated. Who knows, the old silver coins from other clubs might use the same trick on him.

That’s right, the three small gangs that occupied Fa Yuen Street and Tung Choi Street were all secretly taken over by his new subordinates under his orders. He didn’t want to get his hands stained with blood.

At this time, my cousin was commanding the society to fight against the local thugs in Xintiandi Street. Who knew if the other party would lose their temper and directly send people to kill me, the leader of Hongyi Hall?

(End of this chapter)