125 [Attack of the Golden Harvest]
Kang Jianfei was not in a hurry, and Rizi lived a very comfortable life. He just chatted with Lin Qingxia every day and asked her to come out for dinner. In this way, half a month passed.
Song Bing was the happiest. In addition to helping Kang Jianfei track Lin Qingxia every day and inquire about some information, this guy can do activities at other times.
Traveling to Hawaii with paid long holidays, plus reimbursement of air tickets and accommodation fees, where can I find such a beautiful person?
Just when Kang Jianfei was already familiar with Lin Qingxia, "Three Minutes Hero" directed by Zeng Zhiwei and produced by Kang Jianfei was released at the same time as the opening work of "Crazy Fraud" of New Art City.
The script of "Crazy Crazy" is a mess. Fortunately, Mecca, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming and others act hard, and there are quite a lot of jokes.
At this time, the influence of "Mr. Zombie" has long passed. Sammo Hung's "Ghost Fights" and Anle Films' "Trizzy War" have also been painted one after another. The audience has no good movies to watch for a while.
It was in this case that although the summer season had passed, the attendance rate of "Crazy Big Dealer" was very high, and the first ri was won by 280,000 yuan.
"Three Minutes Hero" is not behind, because Chen You, the former Winner band singer, and Wu Mengda and Chung Chuhong were hyped up one after another, and the first ri was awarded 300,000 yuan, which is a little higher than "Crazy Big Fraud".
After the second ri, the attendance rate of both movies increased, and Princess Golden Cinema also increased the number of screenings for them. The cumulative box office of the two ris "Crazy Big Fraud" was 500,000, while "Three Minutes Hero" suddenly rose to 570,000.
On the third day, the attendance rate of "Crazy Big Crazy" dropped slightly, and "Three Minutes Hero" began to fill up and became popular all of a sudden.
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"How could this happen?" Mecca grabbed his bald head irritably.
Huang Baiming said from his screenwriter's perspective: "The story of "Three Minutes Hero" is very good, and the plot of our "Crazy Crazy" is a bit messy. In addition, the last fighting scene of their game was very good. Two martial arts masters flew around with light skills on modern high-rise buildings as the background. This is something that has never been seen in previous movies, and it is normal for the audience to watch it."
Shi Tianze said: "The performances of Chen You and Wu Mengda are very crazy. Their funnyness is a bit different from ours. You can learn a little in the future."
Mecca touched his bald head for a while and suddenly said, "How about we dig Zeng Zhiwei over?"
Mecca and others have also worked with Zeng Zhiwei before, and they know that the jokes made by this person are very pleasing to the audience. This time, "The Salted Fish Resurrection" cooperating with Jinbao Film Company, the reason why Zeng Zhiwei was invited to go there is not only to act, but also to be responsible for improving the script.
Shi Tian said: "How to dig? Oriental Company is more powerful than our New Art City, and Zeng Zhiwei may not come."
Huang Baiming said: "It doesn't have to be dug. I heard that Zeng Zhiwei signed a division agreement with Oriental Company. He made six movies in five years, and we also used the division agreement to invite him to be a director."
Shi Tian said: "That is a director contract. Zeng Zhiwei also has an actor contract in Oriental Company, and he is also a member of the Kang family."
Huang Baiming said: "Then it's not easy to dig, why don't we find another director."
Mecca asked: "Who are you looking for?"
Huang Baiming said: "Xu Ke has been very popular recently and has some ideas about making movies. We can ask him to join Xinyi City."
Shi Tian shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, this person's movies are all very popular, and it's better to find him to make movies."
Huang Baiming said: "We mainly complete the script, and we also do the final editing. He just takes care of the filming. In this way, wouldn't he be afraid that he will make a frustration in random filming?"
Mecca nodded and said, "I think it's feasible. The film directed by this person is still very interesting, but the plot and rhythm are all messy. I'll be responsible for supervising the production and putting the brakes on him."
Shi Tian said: "But we are all not familiar with Xu Ke, who will invite him?"
Mecca nodded and said, "I'm responsible for going to invite him. We said we like his movies very much, and then we wanted to sign him as director. This guy failed two consecutive movies, and no one was willing to invest in him anymore. We sent an invitation and he would agree."
Huang Baiming made an idea and said, "When I went there, I took a book called "Movie Biweekly" in my hand."
Mecca said: "Who reads a magazine that only knows pantothenic acid?"
Huang Baiming smiled and said, "You can hold it in your hand if you don't watch it. There is a cover character in the movie Biweekly that is Xu Ke, and you can find that issue."
Shi Tian said: "This is a good idea."
Huang Baiming also said: "In addition, our soundtrack is not as good as "Three Minutes Hero". Oriental Company has two people, Chen Xunqi and Kang Jianfei, to make the soundtrack, and we also need a full-time musician."
Mecca asked: "How about Teddy Robin? I've met him a few times before."
Shi Tian nodded and said, "This person is very good. He used to be very popular. Last year's "Guiding Bingbing" was the soundtrack made by Teddy Robin."
Huang Baiming said: "It's better to do this. I'll invite Xu Ke, Mecca, you go and invite Teddy Robin."
Mecca nodded and said, "That's it."
After making up his mind, the three of them immediately went to prepare separately.
A week later, Xu Ke and Teddy Robin officially joined the New Art City, much earlier than the original time and space.
However, Kang Jianfei signed Zeng Zhiwei in advance. The seven monsters in Xinyi City can only gather at most six. I don’t know if they can create a classic like "Best Partner".
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A week passed, and the gap between the two movies became increasingly obvious.
Due to the decrease in attendance rate of "Crazy Big Fraud", the box office of "Three Minutes Hero" was reduced by two theaters, with a box office of only more than 1.5 million in the first week. The box office of "Three Minutes Hero" reached more than 2.4 million in the first week.
In "Three Minutes Hero", Chen You and Wu Mengda's nonsensical prototypes made the audience laugh. Zhong Chuhong's white-collar beauty's outfit is also amazing, especially the final fight in the modern city, which makes the audience feel extremely novel.
After the hit "Three Minutes Hero", the movie quickly made Zhong Chuhong and Cheng Kui'an famous. Especially Cheng Kui'an, this guy appeared as a villain, and the villain looked like a vicious person without performing it. Before the movie was finished, many directors called to invite Cheng Kui'an to play the bad guy.
Although Wu Mengda has not yet completely gotten out of the bad reputation of a bad gambling man, at least the audience has accepted him again. I believe that after filming one or two more movies, other directors will invite him to film. Although he didn't get much money for filming this movie, Wu Mengda was already very satisfied, and the door to hope has opened a gap for him.
As for the one who gained the most, it was naturally Zeng Zhiwei. The film "Three Minutes Hero" finally made his name become famous and began to enter the ranks of well-known directors.
A week after the two movies were released, Cheng Long made a strong return with his Hollywood blockbuster "The Killer's Treasure", and Shaw Brothers Theater was released at the same time as several other duli theaters.
"Killer Trench" was very popular on the day it was released. Because Jiahe has a lot of publicity, many viewers want to see what the blockbuster filmed by Cheng Long looks like.
But after watching it, 30% of the audience thought it was good, 30% of the audience felt it was forced, 30% of the audience felt it was bad, and in the end, 10% were left to curse her directly.
In addition to his own performance, the whole movie has a little Cheng Long style, and the rest are all the same as Hollywood action movies.
Don’t think that Hollywood is very good at this time. From the perspective of the 21st century, the fighting scenes in Hollywood action movies in the early 1980s were as bad as a lump of flies. Basically, the drunkards who punched and got the fight, and if they were serious, they would add some boxing actions.
Until later, a large number of Hong Kong action directors went abroad, and Hollywood action films incorporated oriental martial arts elements and computer stunts, which made people really fascinated by watching them.
Moreover, at this time, Hollywood has not yet dominated the world, and Asia is about to become the world of Hong Kong films. Not to mention, Hong Kong and Hollywood films are both good at selling, while South Korea and Southeast Asia are dominating Hong Kong and Taiwan films. Hollywood blockbusters have not sold very well.
It was not until the 1990s that the Asian financial crisis, the decline of Hong Kong movies, and the extensive use of film special effects that Hollywood movies finally successfully eroded and occupied the Asian market.
Let’s talk about Cheng Long’s action scene designed by an American action director, which cannot exert Cheng Long’s strength at all. Can Hong Kong audiences buy it?
On the first day of the release of "Killer Treasure", more than 20 theaters were full at the same time. As a result, the attendance rate on the second day dropped to 80%, and on the third day it dropped to 50%.
Some media even laughed directly: "The action drama that Jiahe spent tens of millions of dollars this time is already going to be wasted. The action scenes are like children fighting, and the plot is extremely cliché, and they are not as good as the kung fu films made by a second-rate Hong Kong director."
Although the box office of "The Killer's Trench" was not ideal, it had a huge impact on "Three Minutes Hero" and "The Crazy Big Fraud". The audience was snatched away by "The Killer's Trench", and the attendance rate suddenly dropped sharply.
Until Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, the local box office of "Three Minutes Hero" had 3.58 million yuan and the local box office of "Crazy Big Deal" had 2.89 million yuan. After a while, "Killer Treasure" also fell earlier than expected, with a box office of 5.77 million yuan in Hong Kong.
Zou Wenhuai's face turned green, but he still had expectations for the overseas box office of "Killer Trench", hoping that "Killer Trench" could be sold well in the two largest film markets in Riben and the United States.
The overseas market of "Killer Trench" can only be said to be barely acceptable, the United States is $8.5 million, France is $5.42 million, and the ribble is $940 million, and the global box office is a little more than $20 million. But compared to the investment of this movie with a net worth of $10 million, there is only one word that can describe it: failure!
When Jiahe made this movie, he couldn't even take back all the capital.
Chapter completed!