Chapter 1097 Embarrassment and Slap

As a major production of Chung Yuan Film Company, "Shaolin Temple" has received unexpectedly good reception in Hong Kong.

In addition to the 12 movie theaters of several small theater chains such as Anle, which they found themselves, there are another 30 independently operated medium and large theaters that have also joined the ranks of the premiere.

Needless to say, Zhongyuan Film naturally understands whose credit it is for such a large-scale release.

Although those scattered movie theaters and theaters don't care what mainland, Taiwan, or American movies you make, as long as they see that they can make money, they dare to go there.

But most of the movies in the Mainland, including those produced by Zhongyuan Film Company, have poor box office performance and are not at all in line with the tastes of Hong Kong movie fans. Therefore, no good theater chain has been willing to show it. , the least they have are 6 cinemas of their own, and the most they have is the current 12.

Among the 30 cinemas that can be added, the smallest ones are all medium-sized cinemas with a capacity of about 500 people. The three largest cinemas and theaters all have more than 1,200 seats. It can be said that the film schedules are definitely not lower than those of blockbusters.

Of course, the staff of Qilin Film Company, who was responsible for theater chain adjustment, also directly approached the negotiation with the title of "Jun Shao Investment" after asking Yu Zheng for instructions, so it was natural that it was recognized by most theaters and movie theaters.

After all, everyone can see that Yin Jun has never missed something over the years.

How could a movie that allowed him to invest 10 million Hong Kong dollars still be such an inexplicable bad movie?

In fact, the feedback from the box office on the first day of Thursday, the 21st, was not what everyone expected.

Even the movie promotion carried the slogan "Yin Jun Investment", but the impression of Hong Kong audiences on mainland movies is still very rustic and there is no old concept of fun, so the attendance rate on the first day is generally less than 3 Success, the box office result was only 380,000, which frightened a group of theater owners.

If they hadn't made an agreement with Kirin Film Company, they had to wait until after the first weekend to decide whether to withdraw. If they hadn't still thought about releasing Kirin Film Company's movies in the future, they would have sold out most of them the next day.

Because of the relationship with "Kilin Daily", the relationship between the media in Xiangjiang and Yin Jun is not good.

As early as when "Shaolin Temple" was scheduled to be released in 42 theaters, a group of newspapers launched various criticisms against Yin Jun.

Even if this decision was not made by Yin Jun, but by Yu Zheng, they all scolded Yin Jun, saying that Yin Jun "kneeds to lick the mainland", "has no conscience as an artist", and "uses power to oppress cinemas" "Wait a minute, if you don't know, you would think that Yin Jun is so arrogant and domineering.

Now the box office on the first day is so dismal. The box office of 380,000 Hong Kong dollars not only set a new box office low for such a large-scale screening in 42 cinemas, but also broke Yin Jun's "movie myth". It is the first time that Yin Jun has invested. Among the movies, the worst one is simply a disastrous result.

It was as if they had taken stimulants, and they collectively burst out with enthusiasm.

"Is it the destruction of the myth, or the result of arrogance? Yin Jun finally learned the most painful lesson!" - "Oriental Daily"

""Shaolin Temple" does not live up to its name. It is just a gimmick with no connotation or appeal. Mr. Yin Jun should review himself!" - "Ming Pao".

"Why do we admire Yin Jun so much? Do we always think that his choice is the best? Now that the slap in the face has come, you should not overestimate Yin Jun!" - "Xinbao".

"Yin Jun's true nature has gradually emerged. He is no longer the genius boy we like and admire, but a man with sinister intentions who only thinks about the mainland and wants to turn Xiangjiang into a second mainland! But God will not let him succeed. The fact that "Shaolin Temple" was boycotted by all the people in Hong Kong is a good proof!" - "Hong Kong News Today".

"We always believe that a literati must have the integrity of a literati. In order to kneel down and lick the mainland, Yin Jun has suffered such a disastrous defeat. Can he learn a lesson? I think it is difficult! As long as a smart person takes the wrong path, He will never look back! Will Qilin Group collapse because of this? Let us wait and see." - "Business Evening News".

"How dare you show such a movie all over Asia? Isn't this a disgrace to our Xiangjiang company? Mr. Yin Jun, you better stop being so stubborn! Even people in Xiangjiang can't appreciate your movie, so why bother? Are you embarrassed in front of all Asians? If this continues, will your future movies still be liked by everyone?" - "Nanyang English News".

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Thanks to the three major TV stations in Xiangjiang, one is owned by Yin Jun, one is a die-hard ally of Yin Jun, and one is cooperating with Yin Jun. They did not participate, which reduced the entire wave of opposition to Yin Jun. Half done.

But even so, many young people and the middle class in Xiangjiang have seen such overwhelming negative comments, and it is inevitable that many people will be misled.

But Qilin Film Company, in the face of such high negative reviews and such a huge box office contrast, still didn't say a word, which is a bit strange.

A source revealed to the paparazzi that it is said that Le Yiling called Yin Jun to her office as soon as she saw the newspaper.

No one knows what the two siblings said, but they definitely didn't ask Yin Jun to drink tea. According to Le Yiling's character, it is estimated that Yin Jun will definitely be scolded.

Even though Yin Jun is a genius boy outside, everyone in Xiangjiang knows that he treats Le Yiling like his own sister. Not only has he handed over all the power of the company to Le Yiling, but Le Yiling can still do it on weekdays. Teach him a lesson from time to time.

But on the other hand, Le Yiling will never allow anyone outside to scold Yin Jun or go against Yin Jun. For all such people, Qilin Group will do its best to strangle them - the newspaper industry in Xiangjiang, Today, more than 50 of them have disappeared. Most of the reasons are not due to the accelerated oppression of "Kilin Daily"?

It is very rare for two people who have no blood relationship to get along with each other and have such a relationship.

Le Yiling called Yin Jun over, definitely to let Yin Jun calm down the incident, but there was still no movement from Qilin Film Company, which made the newspapers and magazines who were full of energy and wanted to fight with Qilin Group. Somewhat confused.

What's wrong?

Are you really giving in?

No way?

Neither Yin Jun nor Le Yiling are that kind of people!

For a while, they still felt a little uneasy.

This kind of mentality of not knowing what the opponent will do is a little bit torturous.

They didn't have to wait long for the next day's box office statistics.

1.39 million.

Um?

1.39 million! ?

What a situation! ?

Didn’t you just rush out on the street on the first day? Why did it suddenly buck the trend the next day? And this is even when we are all looking down on the situation!

Could it be that Qilin Film Company is committing fraud?

Yes, that must be the case!

The reporters who had the idea immediately went to the nearby cinema showing "Shaolin Temple" to interview the boss and ask if Qilin Film Company had asked them to falsely report the box office?

Theater owners scoff at such questions.

"Are you kidding me? What good does it do me to falsely report a high box office? I still have to share the box office with Qilin Film Company according to this box office. If the price is higher, the reward will be higher. Didn't I eat too much?"

Such an answer was very vulgar, but also very direct, leaving the reporters speechless.

Since it’s not the theater owners who are cheating, it must be Qilin Film Company who paid people to watch the movie, which is why this situation of false prosperity at the box office was created!

Yes, that’s definitely the case!

Therefore, reporters waited at the entrance of the cinema that night to see what was going on.

As a result, by 5 o'clock in the afternoon, they were frightened.

Groups of young people came in droves and lined up in long queues at the entrances of major cinemas and theaters to buy movie tickets for "Shaolin Temple".

When reporters went up to interview them, their answers varied.

"I heard that this movie is so good and cool, so I came to see it."

"Hey, I also heard what my brother said. The fighting in it is gorgeous and beautiful. It is completely different from the one in Xiangjiang. It would be my loss if I don't watch it."

"I'm originally from the mainland. I didn't have time to come and see it before. Now that it's free, a group of us workers came over together... What? Did Mr. Jun give us a subsidy? Are you telling lies? How could Mr. Jun do this? This kind of thing? All our co-workers who have watched this movie said it is very good, and we are willing to spend our own money to watch it!"

"Go, go, go, I watched it again yesterday. I went home and thought about it for a long time, but I still felt that it was not satisfying, so I brought my friends to watch it today! I said, why do you reporters always keep comparing themselves here? Is it good or not? Movie How about it, wouldn’t you know if you go in and take a look yourself?”

"..."

Among the various answers, the reporters did not find the answer they wanted. On the contrary, while they were waiting, they could only see a steady stream of people coming to buy movie tickets for "Shaolin Temple". As you can imagine, What I know is that today’s box office will definitely be the same!

The result was exactly as the reporters had guessed, except that they were slapped in the face again.

On January 23, Saturday, the box office of "Shaolin Temple" soared again, with a box office of 2.82 million!

It was actually twice as high as yesterday! ?

How did that happen?

It’s unscientific!

It crashed on the first day, reversed on the second day, and climbed again on the third day. What kind of movie is this?

Journalists couldn't figure it out.

But in the complaint column of "Qilin Daily", the answer is already there.

"As expected of Mr. Jun, all the movies he watches are equally good!"

"I never thought that a mainland movie could be so wonderful. My movie ticket was really worth it!"

"I took my brother to watch it, and I have to take my parents to watch it tomorrow. It's such a good movie that you won't get tired of it even if you watch it several times!"

"Fortunately, I didn't listen to the random reports in those newspapers, but chose to trust Mr. Jun. As expected, I was not disappointed! My girlfriend also thinks Jet Li is very handsome!"

"I didn't expect that the mainland could produce such a good-looking movie? I'm afraid our Jun Shao's 10 million will play a role, right? It still needs a big production to make a good movie!"

"I won't say anything anymore. I recommend all my friends to watch it. If you don't, you will regret it!!"

"..."

Today’s complaints column has long become a benchmark for people in Hong Kong to watch movies and TV series.

As long as most of the veterans who often speak out agree with a TV series or movie, there will be a lot of people who believe it.

If it had unanimously positive reviews, more people would go and see it.

Because "Qilin Daily" has strict selection criteria, it will not publish calls from people who do not have the same phone number, letters from the same address, and even if they use the same pseudonym to make complaints.

As far as ordinary people are concerned, these complaints experts who are also ordinary people are obviously more down-to-earth and more trustworthy than those high-ranking reporters and critics.

Encouraged by such comments, on New Year's Eve in 1982, although the box office of "Shaolin Temple" dropped slightly due to the holiday, it still reached the number one box office in a single day of 2.33 million!

It was also on the first day of the Lunar New Year that "Kilin Daily", which had not made any response to the box office of "Shaolin Temple", suddenly took action.

They did not publish an article to ridicule the ignorance of their colleagues, but simply published a few statistics on the front page of the entertainment section.

"Shaolin Temple" Asian box office statistics.

Xiangjiang, released for four days, had a box office of HK$6.92 million in its first weekend!

In Japan, it was released for four days, with a box office of 25.8 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In South Korea, it was released for four days, with a box office of 17.5 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In Thailand, it was released for four days, with a box office of 11.3 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In Indonesia, it was released for four days, with a box office of 10.2 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In Singapore, it was released for four days, with a box office of 4.8 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In the Philippines, it was released for four days, with a box office of 13.5 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

In Malaysia, it was released for four days, with a box office of 9.7 million Hong Kong dollars (converted) in the first weekend!

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The total box office for the first weekend was 112 million! !

As soon as this data came out, the whole of Xiangjiang was a little stirred!

They thought they were the only ones who liked the movie "Shaolin Temple", but they didn't expect that it actually set off a movie-watching frenzy across Asia.

What does this prove?

It proves that "Shaolin Temple" is good enough, our heroes have the same vision, and our young master's vision is still unparalleled!

In the midst of the carnival and praise, those who had previously criticized "Shaolin Temple" had already been slapped in the face and had nothing to say.

All those newspapers and magazines completely stopped, as if they had never discussed this matter before.