Chapter 628 A call from Brother Cai
Liu Zhenwei was wearing a floral shirt and a pair of big sunglasses, covering half of his face. He was worried about being recognized by the audience.
Actually, this is not the first time that he sneaked in to watch a movie he made when it was released. When he was filming the movie "The Gambler" starring Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat, because the style of the film was too alternative, Chow Sing-chi and Ng Mang-tat were filming. They were all worried that the audience would not like it, so the three of them disguised themselves and sneaked into the cinema to see the audience's reaction.
As a result, the entire audience went crazy. They scolded the content as nonsense while laughing so hard that they couldn’t close their mouths and legs. The three of them looked at each other: That’s it!
Tonight, he also wanted to see the audience watching, cursing, and laughing so hard that they couldn’t close their mouths or close their legs.
Sitting in the corner of the back row, I looked at the audience. There were still quite a lot of people, and they were basically full. It seemed that Stephen Chow's appeal was pretty good.
The movie starts and the whole place falls into darkness.
Of course, Liu Zhenwei’s mind was not on the movie. He was secretly observing the reactions of the people around him.
After the screening for a while, Liu Zhenwei suddenly heard someone on the right scolding in a low voice:
"What the hell are they filming? (What is this filming?)"
Looking back, I saw a young man.
“I don’t know how to read (I can’t understand either.)” The girl who looked like his girlfriend also whispered.
Fortunately, the people around me didn’t say anything.
Liu Zhenwei was relieved.
But as the movie progressed and the plot was already halfway through, there was no sign of him scolding and laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth or legs apart. None of them were indifferent.
I wipe.
Isn’t Stephen Chow’s nonsense funny? !
It’s over.
These two words came to Liu Zhenwei's mind.
Sure enough, after the movie ended, the audience, who seemed to be holding back their anger, began to curse. Seeing the people leaving the cinema swearing, Liu Zhenwei quickly put on his sunglasses and left in dejection. He was worried that he would be criticized after being seen. Being beaten by a group of people.
It seems that the situation in Xiangjiang is not good. I wonder what the situation is like in the mainland?
After Liu Zhenwei’s scene ended, the movie Fang Minghua and his wife watched was also coming to an end.
There are also a lot of people, most of them are young people.
The two of them were naturally not focused on the movie. When the lights in the cinema came on, they paid attention to the performance of the audience around them.
“Do you understand?” a girl asked her companion.
"I don't understand it a bit, but Stephen Chow's acting is good, especially the girl who said to Fairy Zixia, "I've loved you for ten thousand years, I feel so good. It would be great if a boy could say that to me." A look of happiness on his face.
“Nympho! "
"Hey, the plot of this movie is a bit confusing. It has completely subverted "Journey to the West""
This is a discussion between two boys.
"You didn't watch it. Who is the screenwriter? Minghua! His "The Legend of Wukong" came out ten years ago, and people who watched it were shocked, so if you watch this again, it actually doesn't matter. ”
"It's a prank."
"It's quite interesting to prank it. Hey, some time ago, a review of this movie was published in the newspaper, which is quite interesting."
"Really? I'm looking for it. Come and have a look."
Fang Minghua and his wife also followed the crowd and left. Listening to the audience's discussions in groups, Song Tangtang felt relieved.
At least no one left the venue midway and no one cursed.
"Are you relieved about this?" Fang Minghua said while driving on the way home.
"Well, this is just the show. The box office in Xijing must be high, there are many college students, and it is also considered the home venue after all. I wonder how the show will fare in other places?" Song Tangtang began to worry again.
“I’m telling you, what’s the use of worrying about this? You might as well quickly organize writers to write more film review submissions to promote the film.” Fang Minghua said with a smile.
This was Fang Minghua’s idea.
These days, there is no Internet, and there are no Douban, Maoyan, or Weibo to publish film reviews, but there are "Popular Films", "Global Screen Illustrated", "China Film News" and so on. These are great places to promote your movie. Song Tangtang started to feel a little conflicted. Isn’t this Wang Po selling her melons and bragging about herself?
And he still hired a bunch of people to stand beside his melon stall and praise him!
But in the end I decided to adopt it.
Within a few days, "Popular Films" reported the film review of "Westward Journey":
"Westward Journey": A legend of love that travels through time and space, in the vast movie universe Among them, there are always some works that travel through time and space with their unique charm and touch people's hearts.
Today, let us enter the world of "Westward Journey" and explore the touch that makes countless viewers cry.
In this era of gradually accelerating pace, let us occasionally slow down and watch "Westward Journey", To experience the love that spans time and space, to feel the sincere emotion that can move people to tears.
When Fang Minghua saw this film review, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart: This little essay is so well written!
It seems that you got it from a literary club at Western University, right?
Movies are shown in various places. Although there is no Internet and it is impossible to know the box office across the country in a timely manner, Song Tangtang still received feedback from more than a dozen well-known cinemas across the country. The attendance rate is generally good and can be maintained at about 50%. No. 1 movie in this issue.
Of course, there were also many people who cursed and couldn’t understand a single sentence.
A month later, Shengshi Film and Television and Stephen Chow’s Xing Wei finally got a preliminary and incomplete box office record.
65 million yuan, 10 million yuan in Xiangjiang, 9 million yuan in Taiwan, a total of 84 million yuan.
Seeing this data, the bosses of both companies were relieved at the same time. If the second "Monkey King" can get half of the box office of the first one, it will make money!
One month after the first part was released, the second part was officially released.
When the second part of "Westward Journey" is released, neither Song Tangtang nor Liu Zhenwei will be bored to watch it.
The box office in the Mainland is beyond expectations.
Liu Zhenwei sat in his living room with a cigar in his mouth and sighed.
It seems that the road show is a good method, although it is tiring and costs more money
At this moment, the big brother placed on the coffee table made a loud noise, and Liu Zhenwei took it over.
"Who?"
"Jeffrey Lau, (Liu Zhenwei's foreign name), I am Songlin." A man's voice came from the phone.
"Brother Cai, hello." Liu Zhenwei said with a smile.
The caller is Cai Songlin, the head of Taiwan Scholar Company, a movie tycoon known to everyone in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In addition to the three giants of Xiangjiang Film, New Arts, Jiahe, and Debao, 80% of the other companies have Cai Songlin's capital invested!
Of course, including Zedong Film and Television, the film company that Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai just opened.
Liu Zhenwei said hello, but Cai Songlin said on the other side of the phone: "Jeffrey Lau, I'm very bad."
"What happened? Brother Cai?" Liu Zhenwei looked serious. , hurriedly sat down and said, "Brother Xiang is looking for trouble?!"
In Xiangjiang, whether it is a film company or a film and television artist, there is a lingering shadow in the heart - the underworld in Xiangjiang.
"That's not true, he still gave me some face." Cai Songlin said on the phone.
"Oh" Liu Zhenwei breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Cai, then who is making you unhappy?"
"Kar Wai, he took so many celebrities to the mainland to film, Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Joey Wong, Carina Lau, and Chung Chun-tao haven't even finished filming half of the plot in the past six months. They have been so slow and anxious. I'm so worried!"
Oh, that's it.
"Brother Cai, you also know that everyone is slow when making movies. Slow work leads to careful work." Liu Zhenwei explained.
“But if we pay him to keep doing this, he will lose money again like Days of Being Wild!”
"That's true, too." Liu Zhenwei agreed.
After all, Zedong Film and Television also has its own investments.
"Brother Cai, what do you think we should do? You also know Jiawei's temper, and you can't persuade him at all."
"You don't need to persuade me, I have thought of a way, you go quickly How about finding Kar Wai in the Mainland and making another film with the original cast?”
(End of this chapter)