Chapter 398: [The superiority of the times]
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Chapter 398 【The Superiority of the Times】
"One-Armed Knife" was released hotly, and the box office was Changhong. Within ten days of its release, it received more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and the number of movie viewers reached 160,000.
Oriental Pictures won its first battle, and for a while, Hong Kong and Kowloon citizens talked a lot.
"A shark can make money by doing everything, what kind of luck is this!"
"No way! You can burn like this if you have a lot of money. His Oriental Pictures doesn't know how much money he has invested and how many movies he needs to make to pay back, and he is also acquiring land to build a studio in Tseung Kwan O, which is a huge investment."
"That's true! The bare land of the Oriental Studios is worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the subsequent construction costs must not be thousands of Hong Kong dollars. This Hong Kong Island is afraid that only Sharks can get so much money!"
"I heard that Cheung Kong Industrial is still in that chaotic place in Singapore and invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars to build the Yangtze River Center; isn't this a nonsense? It hurts Cheung Kong's stock!"
"Maybe it can be developed over there, just like Hong Kong Island!"
"Develop a P. I heard that the Chinese people over there have a hard time. Surrounded by Southeast Asians who are staring at me, Singapore does not know which day it will be submerged in the surrounding powers."
On Hong Kong Island, people mention Wu Guangyao too often every day!
Shaw Brothers Movie
Shao Laoliu saw the box office news about "One-Armed Knife" in the newspaper and couldn't help but threw the newspaper into the ground and shouted: "Traitor! Traitor! What a Zou Wenhuai, it doesn't count as if he left by himself, he robbed my director. , Grab my actor, and grab my script!"
vented for a while, Shao Laoliu said to the new production director next to him: "How is our film preparation, can it be released before the Spring Festival?"
"Yes, the boss can rest assured, everything is ready! At that time, we will show the color of Dongfang Pictures, what is Shao Brothers movie!" said the production director following the boss's mood.
Unfortunately, the flattery hit the horse's leg, and Shao Laoliu didn't appreciate it at all.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. Although our "Journey to the West" is a pioneering work, the shooting method of "One Armed Sword" is also very classic. It integrates Hollywood factors to give people a large scene and fast-paced effect. This time we can I'm very satisfied with a tie. This Zou Wenhuai has taken half of my country!"
Shao Laoliu said, finally, heartbroken and moved the new production director;
The new production director couldn’t help but think that when he left in the future, he must take some people with him.
On January 12, 1966, Shaw Pictures finally made a move, offering the ultimate move of "Journey to the West" to compete with Oriental Pictures' "One Armed Sword".
Everyone on Hong Kong Island knows about the grievances between the two families!
The two film companies fought each other in the newspapers, and fought a war of words;
Shaw Pictures believes that Oriental Pictures is not kind and does not cultivate talents on its own, but instead digs out a large number of talents trained by others;
Dongfang Pictures said that Shao Laoliu deducted money, and severely exploited employees, which led to this "collective job hopping." Not only that, Dongfang Pictures also cited various evidences of Shao Laoliu’s deduction, poor food and deduction of director’s fees. Wait.
At this time, "One Armed Knife" has already won 600,000 Hong Kong dollars in the box office in 18 days. It is no problem to break through 1 million Hong Kong dollars according to the trend.
And at this time, Shaw Pictures produced "Journey to the West", a masterpiece of Chinese mythology, which made melon-eaters think that Shaw Pictures was attacking Oriental Pictures.
When "Journey to the West" was released, it was well received by many parties;
The movie uses the most advanced optical special effects, combined with ancient costume action kung fu, which is refreshing. It also uses special effects makeup and a variety of special props. The images of monsters are endless, fantasy and novelty.
This is very marketable in this era!
Wu Guangyao called Zou Wenhuai to his office and gave a face-to-face instruction.
Wu Guangyao said: "Shaw Brothers Pictures released "Journey to the West" at this time. Obviously, we don't want our "One Armed Knife" to exceed one million box office."
Wenhuai was also indignant at this time, after all, he was about to create a record soon, and someone would interfere;
Generally, according to the practice on Hong Kong Island at this time, a film company has a movie in hot show, and other film companies will not take out the movies that they have high hopes for.
Because this is not good for both sides!
Zou Wenhuai said: "Although Boss Shao has such thoughts, things may not follow his wishes! The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the number of people watching movies will increase at that time, so "One Armed Sword" is very hopeful to exceed 1 million Hong Kong dollars. ."
Wu Guangyao heard Zou Wenhuai mentioning the Spring Festival, and he seemed to be inspired, and he immediately searched for distant memories in his mind!
No way, it’s been 18 years since this era;
Except for some things in the past life that I often think about and remember, many other things, the memory is vague.
Wu Guangyao thought for a while, and finally thought of a way.
"In this way, since Shaw Pictures wants to have a battle, then we can't persuade it. From now on, you use the resources of Oriental Media to promote the term'New Year's File'. The so-called'New Year's File' is a movie to congratulate the public on the New Year. It’s a big production movie. Let’s not be stingy, and simply bring out "The Drunk Man" as a'New Year's Movie' for the citizens of Hong Kong Island to celebrate the New Year."
Zou Wenhuai listened to Wu Guangyao's words, thought first, then surprised!
"The term ‘New Year’s file’ and ‘New Year’s film’ mentioned by the boss is simply an honor for the film industry.
Just looking at Zou Wenhuai, Wu Guangyao is also more pleased. It is no wonder that later generations can bring Jiahe Pictures out of the containment of Shaw Pictures.
Fortunately, Wu Guangyao gave him 5% of the shares. I believe he will have no other ideas!
He switched from Shaw Brothers because he didn’t want to be poor;
If he quit from Oriental Pictures, I am afraid that the industry on Hong Kong Island will really spit at him!
You all have shares, and you still want to change jobs. Isn’t this a character problem?
On the second day after Shaw Pictures released "Journey to the West", the media industry on Hong Kong Island greatly promoted it-Oriental Pictures released the "New Year Movie" "The Drunk Man" on January 18. Introduced the two terms "New Year's File" and "New Year Film" proposed by Oriental Pictures.
To fight against Shaw Brothers movie "Journey to the West" this time, Oriental Media Group can be said to have given Oriental Pictures a lot of propaganda resources.
Naturally, there is Wu Guangyao's care in this. As a later generation, Wu Guangyao knows that even if the movie is not well promoted, the box office will definitely not be high.
No, in order to promote the movie, the actors and directors of "The Drunk Man" frequently move out to participate in some road shows.
Shao Laoliu watched Dongfang Pictures’ publicity and put forward the new words of ‘New Year’s File’ and ‘New Year Film’, and the director also took the actors to some densely populated places to promote, was stunned by Lei.
It turns out that movies can still be played like this!
learnt!
(End of this chapter)
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Chapter 398 【The Superiority of the Times】
"One-Armed Knife" was released hotly, and the box office was Changhong. Within ten days of its release, it received more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and the number of movie viewers reached 160,000.
Oriental Pictures won its first battle, and for a while, Hong Kong and Kowloon citizens talked a lot.
"A shark can make money by doing everything, what kind of luck is this!"
"No way! You can burn like this if you have a lot of money. His Oriental Pictures doesn't know how much money he has invested and how many movies he needs to make to pay back, and he is also acquiring land to build a studio in Tseung Kwan O, which is a huge investment."
"That's true! The bare land of the Oriental Studios is worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the subsequent construction costs must not be thousands of Hong Kong dollars. This Hong Kong Island is afraid that only Sharks can get so much money!"
"I heard that Cheung Kong Industrial is still in that chaotic place in Singapore and invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars to build the Yangtze River Center; isn't this a nonsense? It hurts Cheung Kong's stock!"
"Maybe it can be developed over there, just like Hong Kong Island!"
"Develop a P. I heard that the Chinese people over there have a hard time. Surrounded by Southeast Asians who are staring at me, Singapore does not know which day it will be submerged in the surrounding powers."
On Hong Kong Island, people mention Wu Guangyao too often every day!
Shaw Brothers Movie
Shao Laoliu saw the box office news about "One-Armed Knife" in the newspaper and couldn't help but threw the newspaper into the ground and shouted: "Traitor! Traitor! What a Zou Wenhuai, it doesn't count as if he left by himself, he robbed my director. , Grab my actor, and grab my script!"
vented for a while, Shao Laoliu said to the new production director next to him: "How is our film preparation, can it be released before the Spring Festival?"
"Yes, the boss can rest assured, everything is ready! At that time, we will show the color of Dongfang Pictures, what is Shao Brothers movie!" said the production director following the boss's mood.
Unfortunately, the flattery hit the horse's leg, and Shao Laoliu didn't appreciate it at all.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. Although our "Journey to the West" is a pioneering work, the shooting method of "One Armed Sword" is also very classic. It integrates Hollywood factors to give people a large scene and fast-paced effect. This time we can I'm very satisfied with a tie. This Zou Wenhuai has taken half of my country!"
Shao Laoliu said, finally, heartbroken and moved the new production director;
The new production director couldn’t help but think that when he left in the future, he must take some people with him.
On January 12, 1966, Shaw Pictures finally made a move, offering the ultimate move of "Journey to the West" to compete with Oriental Pictures' "One Armed Sword".
Everyone on Hong Kong Island knows about the grievances between the two families!
The two film companies fought each other in the newspapers, and fought a war of words;
Shaw Pictures believes that Oriental Pictures is not kind and does not cultivate talents on its own, but instead digs out a large number of talents trained by others;
Dongfang Pictures said that Shao Laoliu deducted money, and severely exploited employees, which led to this "collective job hopping." Not only that, Dongfang Pictures also cited various evidences of Shao Laoliu’s deduction, poor food and deduction of director’s fees. Wait.
At this time, "One Armed Knife" has already won 600,000 Hong Kong dollars in the box office in 18 days. It is no problem to break through 1 million Hong Kong dollars according to the trend.
And at this time, Shaw Pictures produced "Journey to the West", a masterpiece of Chinese mythology, which made melon-eaters think that Shaw Pictures was attacking Oriental Pictures.
When "Journey to the West" was released, it was well received by many parties;
The movie uses the most advanced optical special effects, combined with ancient costume action kung fu, which is refreshing. It also uses special effects makeup and a variety of special props. The images of monsters are endless, fantasy and novelty.
This is very marketable in this era!
Wu Guangyao called Zou Wenhuai to his office and gave a face-to-face instruction.
Wu Guangyao said: "Shaw Brothers Pictures released "Journey to the West" at this time. Obviously, we don't want our "One Armed Knife" to exceed one million box office."
Wenhuai was also indignant at this time, after all, he was about to create a record soon, and someone would interfere;
Generally, according to the practice on Hong Kong Island at this time, a film company has a movie in hot show, and other film companies will not take out the movies that they have high hopes for.
Because this is not good for both sides!
Zou Wenhuai said: "Although Boss Shao has such thoughts, things may not follow his wishes! The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the number of people watching movies will increase at that time, so "One Armed Sword" is very hopeful to exceed 1 million Hong Kong dollars. ."
Wu Guangyao heard Zou Wenhuai mentioning the Spring Festival, and he seemed to be inspired, and he immediately searched for distant memories in his mind!
No way, it’s been 18 years since this era;
Except for some things in the past life that I often think about and remember, many other things, the memory is vague.
Wu Guangyao thought for a while, and finally thought of a way.
"In this way, since Shaw Pictures wants to have a battle, then we can't persuade it. From now on, you use the resources of Oriental Media to promote the term'New Year's File'. The so-called'New Year's File' is a movie to congratulate the public on the New Year. It’s a big production movie. Let’s not be stingy, and simply bring out "The Drunk Man" as a'New Year's Movie' for the citizens of Hong Kong Island to celebrate the New Year."
Zou Wenhuai listened to Wu Guangyao's words, thought first, then surprised!
"The term ‘New Year’s file’ and ‘New Year’s film’ mentioned by the boss is simply an honor for the film industry.
Just looking at Zou Wenhuai, Wu Guangyao is also more pleased. It is no wonder that later generations can bring Jiahe Pictures out of the containment of Shaw Pictures.
Fortunately, Wu Guangyao gave him 5% of the shares. I believe he will have no other ideas!
He switched from Shaw Brothers because he didn’t want to be poor;
If he quit from Oriental Pictures, I am afraid that the industry on Hong Kong Island will really spit at him!
You all have shares, and you still want to change jobs. Isn’t this a character problem?
On the second day after Shaw Pictures released "Journey to the West", the media industry on Hong Kong Island greatly promoted it-Oriental Pictures released the "New Year Movie" "The Drunk Man" on January 18. Introduced the two terms "New Year's File" and "New Year Film" proposed by Oriental Pictures.
To fight against Shaw Brothers movie "Journey to the West" this time, Oriental Media Group can be said to have given Oriental Pictures a lot of propaganda resources.
Naturally, there is Wu Guangyao's care in this. As a later generation, Wu Guangyao knows that even if the movie is not well promoted, the box office will definitely not be high.
No, in order to promote the movie, the actors and directors of "The Drunk Man" frequently move out to participate in some road shows.
Shao Laoliu watched Dongfang Pictures’ publicity and put forward the new words of ‘New Year’s File’ and ‘New Year Film’, and the director also took the actors to some densely populated places to promote, was stunned by Lei.
It turns out that movies can still be played like this!
learnt!
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 398 The Superiority of the Times"One-Armed Knife" was released hotly, and the box office was Changhong. Within ten days of its release, it received more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and the number of movie viewers reached 160,000.Oriental Pictures won its first battle, and for a while, Hong Kong and Kowloon citizens talked a lot."A shark can make money by doing everything, what kind of luck is this!""No way! You can burn like this if you have a lot of money. His Oriental Pictures doesn't know how much money he has invested and how many movies he needs to make to pay back, and he is also acquiring land to build a studio in Tseung Kwan O, which is a huge investment.""That's true! The bare land of the Oriental Studios is worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the subsequent construction costs must not be thousands of Hong Kong dollars. This Hong Kong Island is afraid that only Sharks can get so much money!""I heard that Cheung Kong Industrial is still in that chaotic place in Singapore and invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars to build the Yangtze River Center; isn't this a nonsense? It hurts Cheung Kong's stock!""Maybe it can be developed over there, just like Hong Kong Island!""Develop a P. I heard that the Chinese people over there have a hard time. Surrounded by Southeast Asians who are staring at me, Singapore does not know which day it will be submerged in the surrounding powers."On Hong Kong Island, people mention Wu Guangyao too often every day!Shaw Brothers MovieShao Laoliu saw the box office news about "One-Armed Knife" in the newspaper and couldn't help but threw the newspaper into the ground and shouted: "Traitor! Traitor! What a Zou Wenhuai, it doesn't count as if he left by himself, he robbed my director. , Grab my actor, and grab my script!"vented for a while, Shao Laoliu said to the new production director next to him: "How is our film preparation, can it be released before the Spring Festival?""Yes, the boss can rest assured, everything is ready! At that time, we will show the color of Dongfang Pictures, what is Shao Brothers movie!" said the production director following the boss's mood.Unfortunately, the flattery hit the horse's leg, and Shao Laoliu didn't appreciate it at all."Don't underestimate the enemy. Although our "Journey to the West" is a pioneering work, the shooting method of "One Armed Sword" is also very classic. It integrates Hollywood factors to give people a large scene and fast-paced effect. This time we can I'm very satisfied with a tie. This Zou Wenhuai has taken half of my country!"Shao Laoliu said, finally, heartbroken and moved the new production director;The new production director couldn't help but think that when he left in the future, he must take some people with him.On January 12, 1966, Shaw Pictures finally made a move, offering the ultimate move of "Journey to the West" to compete with Oriental Pictures' "One Armed Sword".Everyone on Hong Kong Island knows about the grievances between the two families!The two film companies fought each other in the newspapers, and fought a war of words;Shaw Pictures believes that Oriental Pictures is not kind and does not cultivate talents on its own, but instead digs out a large number of talents trained by others;Dongfang Pictures said that Shao Laoliu deducted money, and severely exploited employees, which led to this "collective job hopping." Not only that, Dongfang Pictures also cited various evidences of Shao Laoliu's deduction, poor food and deduction of director's fees. Wait.At this time, "One Armed Knife" has already won 600,000 Hong Kong dollars in the box office in 18 days. It is no problem to break through 1 million Hong Kong dollars according to the trend.And at this time, Shaw Pictures produced "Journey to the West", a masterpiece of Chinese mythology, which made melon-eaters think that Shaw Pictures was attacking Oriental Pictures.When "Journey to the West" was released, it was well received by many parties;The movie uses the most advanced optical special effects, combined with ancient costume action kung fu, which is refreshing. It also uses special effects makeup and a variety of special props. The images of monsters are endless, fantasy and novelty.This is very marketable in this era!Wu Guangyao called Zou Wenhuai to his office and gave a face-to-face instruction.Wu Guangyao said: "Shaw Brothers Pictures released "Journey to the West" at this time. Obviously, we don't want our "One Armed Knife" to exceed one million box office."Wenhuai was also indignant at this time, after all, he was about to create a record soon, and someone would interfere;Generally, according to the practice on Hong Kong Island at this time, a film company has a movie in hot show, and other film companies will not take out the movies that they have high hopes for.Because this is not good for both sides!Zou Wenhuai said: "Although Boss Shao has such thoughts, things may not follow his wishes! The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the number of people watching movies will increase at that time, so "One Armed Sword" is very hopeful to exceed 1 million Hong Kong dollars. ."Wu Guangyao heard Zou Wenhuai mentioning the Spring Festival, and he seemed to be inspired, and he immediately searched for distant memories in his mind!No way, it's been 18 years since this era;Except for some things in the past life that I often think about and remember, many other things, the memory is vague.Wu Guangyao thought for a while, and finally thought of a way."In this way, since Shaw Pictures wants to have a battle, then we can't persuade it. From now on, you use the resources of Oriental Media to promote the term'New Year's File'. The so-called'New Year's File' is a movie to congratulate the public on the New Year. It's a big production movie. Let's not be stingy, and simply bring out "The Drunk Man" as a'New Year's Movie' for the citizens of Hong Kong Island to celebrate the New Year."Zou Wenhuai listened to Wu Guangyao's words, thought first, then surprised!"The term New Year's file' and New Year's film' mentioned by the boss is simply an honor for the film industry.Just looking at Zou Wenhuai, Wu Guangyao is also more pleased. It is no wonder that later generations can bring Jiahe Pictures out of the containment of Shaw Pictures.Fortunately, Wu Guangyao gave him 5% of the shares. I believe he will have no other ideas!He switched from Shaw Brothers because he didn't want to be poor;If he quit from Oriental Pictures, I am afraid that the industry on Hong Kong Island will really spit at him!You all have shares, and you still want to change jobs. Isn't this a character problem?On the second day after Shaw Pictures released "Journey to the West", the media industry on Hong Kong Island greatly promoted it-Oriental Pictures released the "New Year Movie" "The Drunk Man" on January 18. Introduced the two terms "New Year's File" and "New Year Film" proposed by Oriental Pictures.To fight against Shaw Brothers movie "Journey to the West" this time, Oriental Media Group can be said to have given Oriental Pictures a lot of propaganda resources.Naturally, there is Wu Guangyao's care in this. As a later generation, Wu Guangyao knows that even if the movie is not well promoted, the box office will definitely not be high.No, in order to promote the movie, the actors and directors of "The Drunk Man" frequently move out to participate in some road shows.Shao Laoliu watched Dongfang Pictures' publicity and put forward the new words of New Year's File' and New Year Film', and the director also took the actors to some densely populated places to promote, was stunned by Lei.It turns out that movies can still be played like this!learnt!End of this chapter
