Chapter 93 "The Boy in the Laughing Forest" is released
On January 18th, the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang were filled with the New Year atmosphere. The film industry in Hong Kong has entered the Lunar New Year period, and many people watch movies every day.
"The Boy in the Laughing Forest" was released at midnight on the 18th. Xu Xiaoming came to a theater with a kind of creative staff and sat down in the back row to see the audience's reaction. This is a custom in Hong Kong movies. The midnight show is the time that best reflects the audience's true feelings. After the movie ends, the main creative staff will go on stage to receive comments from the audience.
Those who come to watch movies at midnight are those who really love movies. Of course, because midnight movie tickets are cheap, the quality of people who watch movies at midnight movies varies. If the movie is well made, they will praise it without hesitation. But if the movie is poorly shot, they will not be stingy with the sugar cane or rotten eggs in their hands, and some may even rush to the stage to beat people.
Liu Hongmin also followed him to the midnight show. Lan Jieying sat directly next to him and turned to Liu Hongmin and said, "Mr. Liu, will you stay in Xiangjiang for the New Year this time?"
"Yes, this is the company's first movie. I want to see how it goes."
Lan Jieying said with a smile: "That's great. During the Chinese New Year in Xiangjiang, there are a lot of fun things. How about I take you there then?"
Liu Hongmin nodded and pointed at the screen: "It's starting!"
Lan Jieying sat up helplessly, but she was quickly moved by the movie. The content attracted me. It was also the first time for her to watch this movie, and she found it very interesting.
Liu Hongmin focused on the audience. The audience had not seen the original version, so they watched it with gusto and laughed from time to time. Especially when Fan Shaohuang played tricks on He Jiajin, he laughed very loudly.
He Jiajin is very famous in Xiangjiang, and the audience especially likes to see him lose his temper. Driven by this bad taste, the theater was filled with laughter.
When Liu Hongmin saw this, he knew that "The Laughing Forest Boy" was done.
Sure enough, after the movie ended, the audience couldn't help but stand up and look to the back row.
Xu Xiaoming took the lead and stood up, "Let's go! Let's go up!"
He Jiajin took a deep breath and followed him, followed by Zhou Xingxing and Lan Jieying.
Seeing the main creative staff take the stage, warm applause burst out in the theater. Many people shouted and praised, "He Jiajin, you did a great job. You should act in movies from now on!"
"Beautiful girl, what is your name?"
Work The staff brought a microphone, and Xu Xiaoming said with a smile: "The beautiful girl next to me is called Lan Jieying. Do you like it?"
"Yes!"
"Thank you for your likes. Thank you all for liking "The Boy in the Laughing Forest". Let me tell you one thing. If you think "The Boy in the Laughing Forest" looks good, please help us promote it when you go back..."
The high reputation of the midnight show has been fermented during the day. The attendance rate of "Laughing Forest Boy" is very high, and almost every venue is full.
"The Boy in the Laughing Forest" is a family-friendly movie that has various elements and can be adapted to all kinds of people. Adult men can watch martial arts, adult women can watch handsome guys, old people and children can watch comedies, and young men and women can watch romance on dates.
Many people walked out of the cinema smiling. Seeing this, the theater chain immediately promoted the filming of "The Laughing Boy". Their decision was very correct, and the attendance rate of "Laughing Forest Boy" remained high in the following days.
After the box office came out on the first day, Zou Shifang never closed his mouth.
“It’s done! We can recoup the cost from Xiangjiang’s box office alone, and the box office in Southeast Asia is completely pure profit.”
Xu Xiaoming is also very happy, “It’s just that the theater chain’s reimbursement is a little slow. , otherwise, we can shoot another movie and continue to make money."
Liu Hongmin asked: "1.63 million, is this a high box office?" "It's very high!" Xu Xiaoming explained: "According to this. The box office pattern of Xiangjiang is that the first week's box office is about 30% to 40% of the total box office. Now is the gap period for movie releases. New movies basically have to wait until the Spring Festival to be released. The potential of old movies has basically been exhausted. We can completely enjoy this. The box office in a few days. Therefore, most of the total box office of "The Boy in the Laughing Forest" will be achieved this week."
Liu Hongmin nodded, Cheng Long is scheduled for the Spring Festival. "The Young Master" and Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" were both at the top of the Hong Kong box office list in 1982. Under the attack of these two movies, the box office of "Laughing Forest Boy" will definitely be cut in half after the Spring Festival.
That's why Xu Xiaoming let "The Boy in the Laughing Forest" be released on the 18th, just to occupy the gap one week before the Spring Festival. It now appears that this strategy was successful.
Zou Shifang said: "Hongmin, now that the movie is released, I have nothing to do. You write me an outline of a unit first, and I will try to write it out before the year."
"Don't be so anxious, right? It’s already the New Year!”
“I want to save some manuscripts first, and then I want to write a martial arts novel.”
Liu Hongmin nodded, “Don’t worry, that’s a good idea. I'll take some time to write it for you these days. If I have more time, I'll see if I can write another script. Let's finish the preparations first, and then we'll start shooting after the money comes in."
Xu Xiaoming: "Aren't you going to wait for the theater chain to get the money back?"
Liu Hongmin shook his head, ""Bao Qingtian" sold more than 600,000 copies in Green Island, and the royalties are millions of Hong Kong dollars."
< br>Zou Shifang thought for a while, "The company still has more than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars left, and it's not close to making a movie."
Liu Hongmin said: "When I go back this time, I will find China Film Group to make "Laughing Forest" The copyright of "Boy" is sold. We need help from Jingying Film Studio and we need to give them 300,000 yuan." "There are still 600,000 yuan left," Zou Shifang did the math. If it's shot in the mainland, that's enough."
Xu Xiaoming immediately said: "I will start filming "Bao Qingtian 2" after the Chinese New Year. After that, we will make a new movie."
Wang Yaowei remained silent. After the three people discussed it, he said: "I will urge the theaters to settle the rebate as much as possible first. Otherwise, the company's operations will be difficult."
< br>"Let's do it!"
Liu Hongmin trusts Wang Yaowei very much. Although he has many bad habits, he is very calm in doing things.
The four of them separated, each busy with their own things. Liu Hongmin returned to the office and helped Zou Shifang write the outline of the third part of "Bao Qingtian".
Xu Xiaoming took the main creators to various theaters for promotion until the 23rd. The effect of the publicity is very significant. As of the 23rd, the total box office of "The Boy in the Laughing Forest" has successfully exceeded 10 million.
This result is very good. In the box office rankings of 1981, it ranked second, second only to "Modern Bodyguard".
On the 24th, Lan Jieying came to the company to find Liu Hongmin, "Mr. Liu, we agreed before, I will take you shopping."
Liu Hongmin looked at her in shock, when As promised?
“Today is New Year’s Eve, so I’ll put my work aside for now and wait until the New Year is over to see it again.”
While saying this, Lan Jieying pulled Liu Hongmin up and walked out of the company. , took a taxi to Dapu Lin Village.
(End of this chapter)