Hong Kong 1980: The Savage Era

Chapter 197 [Movie Box Office]

Monday, September 2
The New Year's Eve holiday has passed, and the streets have lost a lot of their liveliness and are beginning to return to their previous levels.

"An Autumn's Tale" has been showing in Shaw Cinemas for 8 days and in Golden Harvest Cinemas and Cinema City Cinemas for 3 days, with a total box office of over 5 million yuan. It seems that it will not be a problem for the box office to cross the million yuan threshold.

The movies that ranked ahead of "An Autumn's Tale" in the Spring Festival box office are "Best Partner", "Young Master Dragon", "Shaolin Temple" and "Boat Man". Among them, the box office of "Best Partner" has exceeded 8 million yuan and has a chance to challenge the new record of 2 million yuan.

As an art film, "Autumn Fairy Tale" ranks among the top 5 at the box office, which shows the potential of this movie.

Baoxiang Film Company Meeting Room

Luo Qihong, Hong Jinbao and Shum Kin Fun were discussing the box office and other matters of "An Autumn's Fairy Tale".

"It's only been released for one week, and it's already amazing to have a box office of 1 million yuan. Originally, I thought it would be great if "Autumn Fairy Tale" could have a box office of 5 million yuan, but now a box office of 5 million is a foregone conclusion." said Cen Jianxun with a bright smile.

Luo Qihong glanced at Cen Jianxun and had to say that this guy was really ugly. It was surprising that he married such a beautiful wife.

"It's great that "An Autumn's Fairy Tale" has a box office of tens of millions, but I'm more optimistic about how many awards it will win in the film industry. I suggest that after it's released, we send the film to Taiwan, Paris and other places to participate in the film industry's selection." Luo Qihong is very optimistic about "An Autumn's Fairy Tale" and wants to use this film to promote Baoxiang Film Company.

Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun looked at each other and both agreed with Luo Qihong's suggestion.

"Okay! In order to make "An Autumn's Fairy Tale" do better at the box office, I will help with dubbing as soon as possible and send it to Southeast Asia and Europe for screening." Sammo Hung is more optimistic about "An Autumn's Fairy Tale".

"Yes!" Luo Qihong nodded. "'The Lucky Stars' must be filmed as soon as possible and released in May. I suggest that the company ensure that at least 5 films are filmed this year and that the box office revenue is no less than 6 million yuan."

Sammo Hung and Sammul Sham widened their eyes, this level of box office was really scary. No one could guarantee that every movie would make over 10 million, or even that the movie would be profitable.

"Mr. Luo, have we taken too big a step? I think shooting four movies and earning 4 million yuan at the box office is already pretty good," said Sammo Hung.

"Mr. Hong, 8 million is not a lot. We own the Shaw Cinema Line, so we can schedule our movie first. We don't need to look at other people's faces. As for the quality of the movie, it depends on you. The most I can do is to help look at the script."

Sammo Hung and Sammul Sham still believed that Luo Qihong's ability to write "An Autumn's Tale" was just a lucky coincidence, and the real estate tycoon in front of them did not understand movies at all.

Luo Qihong saw what the two were thinking, so he took out two new movie scripts from his briefcase, handed them to Hong Jinbao and Shum Jianxun, and said with a smile, "How about you two take a look at these two movies first?"

The two of them opened the script with doubt and read it carefully.

"Mr. Luo, who are you going to invite to be the director of this "A Better Tomorrow"? " Cen Jianxun felt that this drama had great potential, but it also depended on the director's ability.

"Wu Yusen! What do you think?" Luo Qihong asked hypocritically.

"Okay, then I will be responsible for the contact. Uncle Shao Liu should give me this face." Cen Jianxun said somewhat shamelessly. I'm afraid Uncle Shao Liu won't care about his face.

"Mr. Luo, can you let me direct this movie 'The Rich Train'?" Fatty Hong was overjoyed after reading the script. He was so reluctant to exchange the script with Cen Jianxun.

In the previous life, the movie "The Millionaire's Train" was directed by Fatty Hong, and the box office reached 2 million yuan. Although it was released in 8 and the consumption level was much better than it is now, it was also the second highest-grossing movie in 86.

"Of course you can, but you have to finish filming 'Five Lucky Stars' first." Luo Qihong laughed and said, "Little guy, I haven't even started yet."

"It's still a little bit insufficient to rely on just these three movies. You have been working in the film industry for so many years, you should be more familiar with it than I am. You need to attract some talents for the company." Luo Qihong reminded him. Hong Jinbao rolled his eyes and said, "What do you think of supernatural movies, Mr. Luo?"

Supernatural?

He immediately thought of "Uncle Nine" Lin Zhengying, and felt that Sammo Hung was talking about Lin Zhengying. This is a big IP and will never be outdated in later generations.

"I think there is a market for any movie. The key lies in the script, director and actors."

So, Sammo Hung began to introduce Lam Ching-ying, and he also expressed his sympathy for Lam Ching-ying.

"Okay, then let Mr. Lin make a movie first, but the investment cannot exceed 1 million yuan. We can increase the investment budget after there are some results." Luo Qihong still thinks it is better to follow the old rules.

Hong Jinbao smiled and said, "Okay, Luo Sheng!"

Sham Kin-hun had no opinion on Lam Ching-ying's affairs. Instead, he was more interested in the script in Sammo Hung's hands, so he took the opportunity to snatch it away.

Luo Qihong laughed out loud. He didn’t expect that Cen Jianxun had such a funny side.

Then, Luo Qihong met with Zhong Chuhong again.

"Ms. Zhong, I haven't seen you for a while. You're getting prettier and prettier." Luo Qihong praised Zhong Chuhong in a slick manner.

Zhong Chuhong chuckled and said, "Luo Sheng, if you talk like this, Jiahui will be jealous. If Jiahui misunderstands, we can no longer be friends."

Cherie Chung is very knowledgeable about the ways of the world and sees through Luo Qihong's purpose. She pulls Guan Jiahui out as a shield so as not to offend Luo Qihong and to reject his teasing.

"Ms. Zhong, Jiahui won't be jealous. I have already broken up with Jiahui." Luo Qihong lied with his eyes open.

Zhong Chuhong was slightly stunned. Without Guan Jiahui as a shield, Luo Qihong would be a little difficult to deal with.

"Jiahui is so beautiful, how could Luo Sheng bear to break up with her? Jiahui really likes you, she might be throwing a tantrum at you, you two should be reconciled in a few days."

When Luo Qihong heard Zhong Chuhong's refusal, he suddenly realized that he should not be too anxious and he still needed to take it slow.

"Yes. I asked Miss Zhong to come here today to discuss another play. I wanted to ask if Miss Zhong is interested in playing the leading female role?" Luo Qihong was not vague and handed over the script directly, "This is part of the script of "Ghost Bride", you can take a look first."

The starring roles of "Ghost Bride" are still Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung. This drama tells the story of failed businessman A-bo (played by Chow Yun-fat) and Jin-hua, who are good at feng shui and fortune-telling. A-bo's girlfriend A-mei is greedy and vain, and makes friends with rich boyfriends. By chance, A-bo finds the suicide note of Wei Xiaodie (played by Cherie Chung) and helps Wei Xiaodie's ghost.

This movie was released in 87 and grossed 2 million yuan, ranking eighth on the box office charts.

Cherie Chung felt that this drama was not very different from "An Autumn Fairy Tale", but the role she played was different, which was a little challenging for her, so she agreed, but she would still ask the company for their opinion on the details.

Luo Qihong was naturally very generous to the beauty he had not yet obtained, otherwise he would not have specially dug out such a play from his memories of his past life and asked Cherie Chung to star in it.

(End of this chapter)