107 [Murder with a Knife]
On January 3, the Ghost Horse Flying Man officially landed on Shaw Brothers Cinema.
On the first day of the release, the attendance rate of 18 theaters was above 80%, and the box office on the first day reached 2.3 million, which shocked the Hong Kong film industry all at once.
You should know that with the rise of Jiahe and Xinyi City, Shaw Brothers has been in decline for several years. The best box office result before was set by the Frog Prince directed by Wang Jing. The box office reached 18 million Hong Kong dollars on the 23rd day of release. The box office of that movie was only 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars on the first day.
Now the box office of the Ghost Horse Flying Man on the first day is 2.3 million, but it is far better than the Frog Prince. The news came out, which made the Xiang brothers very excited.
Jiahe felt a headache. Unexpectedly, the movie of the Xiang brothers was so fierce. In order to avoid the three cannon fodders of happy three cannons, he had to increase his publicity offensive again. Even the three starring actors, Chen You, Chen Baixiang and Zeng Zhiwei, played the God of Wealth, went out to the street to distribute red envelopes to canvass votes for the movie.
However, on the evening of January 4th, after the box office statistics were released, everyone was stunned again.
The Ghostly Flying Man set another single-day box office record, reaching 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars. The box office of Happy Three Fire Cannons was only 960,000 on the first day, and the average attendance rate of the theater was less than 50%. All the underwear that lost was lost were lost.
Although the Ghost Flying Man achieved excellent box office results, his reputation was not satisfactory and he received bad reviews from many Hong Kong film critics. Among them, the film reviews signed by "Jiuzan Jushi" are the most sharp and vicious.
"This movie is a boring farce, with a childish plot, funny and vulgarity, and it's really a piece of shit.
Chung Chuhong's performance is as always, just a vase. There is no need for acting skills at all. Zhong Zhentao still plays a simple young man without any breakthroughs. Zheng Zeshi and Xia Wenxi are pretending to be stupid and the other are pretending to be sexy. They are obviously acting actors. They have no performance in this film.
In fact, it is not a fault for the actors that are not good, but the director is not professional at all and cannot exert the strength of the actors at all, resulting in the treasures being covered with dust and waste of resources.
There is only one reason why such a bad movie can still be sold at a high box office, which is that it relies on his vulgar propaganda. It finds a group of people to pretend to be a ghost. It suddenly appears on the street and disappears, relying on this kind of rebellious means to attract attention.
This move is simply opening Pandora's box. If this movie can achieve a high box office, I am afraid that other companies will follow suit in the future.
Filmmakers do not think about how to shoot high-quality movies, but focus most of their energy on publicity. In the long run, bad money drives out good money, and Hong Kong movies will inevitably suffer a devastating blow.
Therefore, for the sake of the future of Hong Kong movies, I sincerely urge the general public not to watch this movie again. I also call on all Hong Kong filmmakers and film companies to ban the directors of this movie. I will expel this black sheep from the film industry and give Hong Kong movies a peaceful world."
"Damn it, who wrote this damn review, actually derogatory our movie to be worthless. Mad. If I find out who this grandson is, I will chop off his hands." Xiang Huaqiang was so angry that he sucked his feet and cursed.
"Mr. Xiang, do you really want to deal with this bastard who makes a fuss?" Xia Tian asked calmly.
"A Tian, let me talk first, will this review have a great impact on our movie box office?" Xiang Huasheng narrowed his eyes and asked Xia Tian.
"Of course it has an impact. The sales volume of Oriental Daily is more than 300,000 copies, and the number of people radiating is about two or three million. One tenth of the readers are affected, so we will have to lose more than four million in box office." Xia Tian nodded and deliberately exaggerated.
In fact, the quality of the film reviews does not have a big impact on the box office of the film, because the general public's appreciation taste is seriously deviated from the preferences of the film critics. Just like the Film Awards winning films, although they have been recognized by professionals, the box office is generally not high.
Many movies are obviously bad movies, but they become more and more popular, and they have repeatedly achieved amazing and super high box office. For example, the X era directed by a well-known writer was simply scolded, but it did not prevent it from setting box office miracles one after another.
On the contrary, movies with a very good reputation may have a very bad box office, such as thousands of arrows piercing the heart, steel piano, Ming Dynasty disaster, etc.
The reason he said this is because he knew that "Jiu Gang Lai Shi" was actually Ni Geng's pseudonym. People in the media and film industry basically know it, but because the Xiang brothers are new to the industry, they still don't know his identity.
"Bastard" Xiang Huaqiang slapped the table and shouted loudly.
Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Now because of this bastard, he has to lose more than 4 million yuan, which really makes him feel so painful. So much money, it seems that Hei X will seek revenge. But it is no wonder, who made him the son of Ma Xiru, one of the three major drug lords in Hong Kong.
"It's not about fighting, killing, as long as he gives face." Xia Tian waved his hand and persuaded him. He and Ma Tingqiang had no grudges, and he didn't want him to be implicated.
"Yes, Brother Ten, please calm down. Even the two brothers Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen know to wash away the land in time and turn to the business of the right business. Why do we have to go against the trend? After all, it is different from the past now, and we can't cover the sky with one hand." Xiang Huasheng also advised.
"Okay." Although Xiang Huaqiang was not happy, he nodded and said,
"I think there is no big problem when I work like this," Xia Tian concluded again.
"It's great." Xiang Huasheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the problem could be solved.
"Well, but that film critic who was full of feces spraying, could he just let him go so easily?" Xiang Huaqiang was still a little uncomfortable.
"Let's do this. After all, he has caused us a lot of trouble. I think it's better to ask Mr. Ma Tingqiang to help me tell me, let that bastard set up a table of apology banquet, and sincerely apologize to us. In this way, there is no need to fight and kill, we have all the face in our hearts. What do you think, Mr. Xiang?" Xia Tian suggested with a smile.
"Okay, that's it." Xiang Huasheng nodded and said. To be continued.
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