The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 746 Rising to Fame! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Only when someone's status, position, or power reaches a certain level can they easily obtain information that is quite confidential to ordinary people.

This is exactly the situation Wu Aiguo is in right now!
Previously, when I was an ordinary employee at Sky Films, I obtained most of my information from the outside world by watching television and reading newspapers.

Or perhaps it's something you hear from gossip among other colleagues, and you don't know how much of it is true or false.
But now, he's become the producer of a small film crew, which is considered a high-level position in the company.

Information that I had wanted to know but had no way of finding out came to me so easily.

The beautiful town of Nanzhen is involved in many things.

There's "Art of Fighting" and "Fatal Fury"!
I'm just not sure how far these two stories have progressed.

Before finding a better way to make money, Wu Aiguo naturally has no intention of leaving Sky Film Company, at least not for the time being.

In fact, he thinks making movies is quite profitable.

Of course, it only works if it gains the audience's approval.

In this respect, Wu Aiguo felt that he was quite talented.

It directly targets the crime genre, and the intricacies within it are quite diverse, which may be of great interest to the average viewer.

There are so many stories to film among people from all walks of life.

Once you've built up a certain level of fame, you can make medium-sized or large-scale films, and the profits will be substantial.

In any case, making movies is a good way to accumulate initial capital.

He takes the film, for example, which he produced based on a script outline he provided, very seriously and has been staying on set all the time.

As the producer, he has access to many details of the production team, and he turns a blind eye as long as it doesn't affect normal filming.

Hong Kong's established commercial film directors are quite fast at shooting low-budget commercial films.

In just twenty days, Wu Aiguo and his colleagues successfully completed filming their third film, "The Great Theft of Cultural Relics," and entered post-production.

Then, the promotional campaign was launched simultaneously.

This time, the focus is on criticizing "Once a Thief".

The more popular this movie was two years ago, the more it has been criticized and disparaged during this year's promotion.

This kind of verbal propaganda is exactly what TV stations and newspapers love.

Once the company gets started and sparks the audience's interest, TV stations and newspapers will actively follow up.

The antique business, no matter where you are, is a treacherous and complex affair!
When did it become possible for Asian thieves with yellow skin to plunder high-end cultural relics and oil paintings from Europe and America?

To put it bluntly, if you're not an expert, even if you want to dispose of stolen goods, you can't find the right people.

In short, spending money to print this content in the newspapers did indeed attract a lot of attention from viewers, and then the TV stations and newspapers followed up with timely reports.

For Skyscreen Company, all they need to do is add fuel to the fire to keep the topic trending when the discussion and attention drop.

Then, once the film's post-production is complete, the release date and theaters will be announced directly through familiar major newspapers.

Incidentally, it should be stated that the film's plot is adapted from real events, providing the audience with the most authentic picture of how cultural relics are processed.

In just one move, at least half of the hype and traffic that had been built up before was drawn over.

In other words, the relevant professionals are unwilling to appear on television programs. Otherwise, Wu Aiguo would not mind letting them appear on the show to "popularize" the model of buying and selling cultural relics.

Even so, he still used a pre-recorded dialogue format and spent a lot of money to give it a big push during prime time on ATV. As a result, the film grossed 1.3 million on its opening day, which was quite eye-catching.

At least, his peers in the film industry were quite surprised.

If they can maintain this performance, they might even rank in the top 15 or even the top 10 of the annual box office charts!
Wu Aiguo, as the film's producer and screenwriter, has also attracted the attention of his peers in the film industry.

In fact, the film's box office performance has been quite stable.

It's not just about criticizing "Once a Thief"; there are also many ways that ordinary viewers can make money.

The main plot of the film is an antique theft case, which exposes the entire antique trade chain in Hong Kong Island. There are many things in it that laymen simply do not understand or know.

At the same time, by taking advantage of the era dividends of reform and opening up in mainland China, even ordinary Hong Kong people can make some extra money.

Hong Kong people are incredibly proactive when it comes to making money!

Given any opportunity, they would never give it up.

The movie itself is quite exciting and entertaining, and some of the plot points can even help viewers make money, making it even more popular.

After a month-long run, the box office reached an astonishing HK$23 million, surprising the entire Hong Kong film industry.

Well, the company's boss, Dehua, was both frustrated and pleasantly surprised by the box office results.

Frustratingly, none of the films he starred in this year have grossed over 20 million at the box office, which is quite a bit of a slap in the face.

What's surprising is that the box office is so high!
In the end, he was able to get more than ten million Hong Kong dollars!

This time, we're definitely going to throw a big celebration banquet and invite colleagues from the film and television industry to come and join in the fun.

The only pity is that Sky Films was heavily in debt and had no signed artists.

As a result, the film was a great success, which greatly boosted the fame of the lead and supporting actors, benefiting other companies.

Wu Aiguo didn't take this to heart at all.

As long as the red envelope is in place and the amount inside is satisfactory, these are not issues at all.

Originally, the script he wrote was all about the plot, and he didn't have high requirements for the actors.

As long as the plot flows smoothly, it doesn't matter who plays the role.

"Unfortunately, time was still too tight!"

"Once word gets out that some viewers made a little money based on the movie's plot, the box office could add at least a few million more!"

At the celebration banquet, Wu Aiguo said without any politeness, "Of course, the current box office results are also quite good, at least the boss is very satisfied!"

Then, he received a huge red envelope of 660,000 yuan!
Haha, as expected, Boss Dehua did not disappoint him. The money for the next two or three months of medicinal diet and the purchase of high-quality protein foods has arrived.

As for the revenue from the sale of the port, that has little to do with Wu Aiguo or his other company colleagues.

High box office returns can still attract many film distributors from other regions to come and buy the films.

The intricacies of this matter are not well understood, not only by Wu Aiguo, but also by his other colleagues in the company.

Why is it that, in the past, few of the films produced by the company achieved particularly outstanding box office results?
Through his third film, Wu Aiguo successfully entered the upper echelons of the Hong Kong film industry, gaining access to things that interested him.

(End of this chapter)