Chapter 22 Get Rich

Throughout May, the Hong Kong film industry was dominated by "Seven Days of Love".

The "Seven Days of Love", which has been making great strides along the way, when it was released on May 31, it broke countless records, and it also gained the last record - the first film to break the 10 million box office in Hong Kong! ! With a box office of 10.37 million, this year's box office champion was booked in advance.

This result is already twice that of "Fa Qianhan", the box office champion last year!

As for the so-called 1977 box office champion "Pretty Detective Girl x", which ranked before "Fa Qianhan" in later generations, the data of 7.7 million is itself tricky.

The data says that the box office in 7 days is 7.7 million. Is this possible?

If the box office of "Pretty Detective Girl x" in seven days is 7.7 million, a fool wouldn't let it show for a full month, it's all money!

Why do you paint in seven days?

Of course, it was very bad.

But why does the data of later generations show that "Pretty Detective Girl x" has a box office of 7.7 million?

Quite simply, that's because this box office is revised.

That's because "Pretty Detective Girl X" was released in the United States in September 1979. The box office performance was actually good, and it still had about 1 million US dollars. So Shaw Brothers shamelessly added this box office into it, and it was formed. We saw the box office of "Pretty Detective Girl x" 7.7 million Hong Kong dollars.

Come back to your eyes.

It can be said that almost all filmmakers are full of envy, jealousy and hatred for "The Seven Days of Love".

Of course, many people understand that the popularity of "Seven Days of Love" is so popular, in addition to the fact that the movie is really good, there is actually a big accidental factor.

The biggest reason is that the release time chosen by "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" is too good.

April and May were originally the off-season for Hong Kong movies. The peak season for Hong Kong movies should be around New Year’s Day, around the Spring Festival, and around six months before and after the summer vacation. In April and May, small-scale productions are usually produced, and there is never any big production.

This resulted in the fact that when "The Mistaken Seven Days of Love" came out, there was no movie that could compete with it, and many of the audiences who didn't watch the movie watched it more than once.

Also because there were no good movies, Jiahe gradually contacted and added screens to "The Wrong Seven Days of Love". During the week of mid-May, one-third of the cinemas in Xiangjiang were showing "The Wrong Seven Days of Love". How can you say the box office is not high?

Then, this kind of light-hearted urban comedy doesn't have so much talk, and it doesn't have so much martial arts. It just relies on the plot to promote it. It is deeply liked by girls. Many white-collar women often have to form a group to watch it. Five times is definitely not a minority.

When people around you are talking about this movie, and it's basically getting good reviews, you will definitely be interested in this movie, so you will definitely contribute to the box office.

Then, both Li Du and Yang Naidong are ordinary people in life. Li Du represents ordinary people from Hong Kong who work hard but have bad luck, while Yang Naidong is an ordinary housewife—at best, married a Just a rich husband, she is still a very traditional woman in essence.

Therefore, everyone will look at it and resonate, and can taste the taste that they want to express.

Then there is, at the end of the film, Li Du and Yang Naidong bid farewell to the pier and leave. This ending is very targeted.

Although many people are no longer disgusted and complained about this matter, they still have many opinions on the ending itself, which has caused disputes with those friends and colleagues who support this ending.

After everyone was arguing, the topic of "Seven Days of Love" was naturally heated up again, and then the two sides of the quarrel continued to go to the cinema to contribute to the box office.

Of course, some people are still saying that "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" can break the 10 million ceiling. The reason is that the price of movie tickets has risen again this year. If it is the level of last year, it is about 8 million at best, and 76 The box-office champion of 2019, "Half a Catty Eight Two", was far behind, because the ticket price at that time was only more than four yuan.

But no matter what they say, "Seven Days of Love" broke countless box office records in Hong Kong and became the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong's history, which is indisputable.

Historically, it will take two years for Cheng Long's "Junior Brother to Go Out" to be the first film in Hong Kong to break the 10 million box office.

It's just that now, this honor has been transferred to "The Wrong Seven Days of Love".

As the director and starring of "The Wrong Seven Days of Love", Guan Shan has gained both fame and fortune, and the scenery is fleeting!

According to conservative estimates, Guan Shan will receive about 4 million box office dividends in the movie "The Seven Days of Love". His net profit is also 2 million Hong Kong dollars!

2 million Hong Kong dollars!

In 1977, the monthly salary of ordinary people in Xiangjiang was only about 800, and it only rose to 900 in 1978.

Now to buy a house in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, an ordinary apartment is only 400 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and a luxury apartment of 1,000 square feet is only 400,000! 3 million Hong Kong dollars is enough to buy 5 large houses!

Even on Beacon Hill where Guan Shan lives, a 3,000-square-foot villa has been increasing in price over the years, but it is only 1.5 million yuan, and 2 million is enough to buy a 4,000-square-foot villa!

One movie can make so much money, I really don't know how many people are jealous!

However, the storm caused by "Seven Days of Love" is far from over.

The next day, that is, on June 1, the famous "South China Morning Post" published another piece of news that "Seven Days of Love" has been screened in Nanyang, Japan, South Korea and Treasure Island through the operation of Jiahe, and the box office Very nice.

Among them, Nanyang countries contributed more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in two weeks, Baodao’s box office was converted into Hong Kong dollars and more than 4 million, and Japan and South Korea jointly contributed more than 8 million box office. As of May 31, the box office of these foreign cities also reached about 20 million.

It is said that even European and American filmmakers are also interested in the box-office hit film "The Misunderstanding of the Seven Days", and are discussing with Jiahe.

As soon as the news was published, more media reprinted it immediately, so everyone even praised "The Misunderstanding of the Seven Days" to the extreme and regarded it as another pride of Xiangjiang!

You know, since Li Xiaolong and Xu Guanwen, there is no third person in Xiangjiang who can sell so well in other cities, and now Guanshan has become the third one!

But in fact, in Guan Shan's heart now, he is very regretful.

Because on May 7th, the box office of "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" had reached as much as 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars, Zou Wenhuai of Jiahe personally asked him to discuss the "Wrong Seven Days of Love" in other cities.

At that time, Guan Shan remembered Yin Jun's advice and wanted to wait until the release of "The Seven Days of Love", but Zou Wenhuai was also a hero, and he quoted him a buyout price of 2 million in one breath. His mind was suddenly filled with money, so he signed the contract in a daze.

Well, it's not a mess.

In Xiangjiang, even if it is 8 million at the box office, after all costs are removed, he will only get about 2 million in the end. Now it is equivalent to earning 2 million in other cities for nothing, and everyone will agree.

What I didn't expect was that "Seven Days of Love" is so popular abroad. According to this calculation, plus the buyouts in Europe and the United States, the total box office can at least reach about 40 million Hong Kong dollars, and Jiahe can make at least 10 million, really. So profitable!

If he listens to Yin Jun's advice, he will wait until the middle of May, or even after the movie, to talk about it, and he will not dare to say too much. There will definitely be a buyout from a foreign city that doubles to 4 million!

If one fails to stabilize, he will lose 2 million in income, which is really depressing!

Of course, it is definitely not so depressing to turn off the shirt now.

The buyout from other cities was given to him at one time, and the box office settlements were also made one after another. The red envelopes for the company employees were given. Guan Shan still had more than 3 million in cash in his hand, and he suddenly felt that his waist was thick.

Many men have money, they will like to spend their time.

Guan Shan is no exception, not to mention that he has a precedent before. In the first few years of the company's establishment, there were several women who were entangled with him.

Why was Guan Sihua born? Isn't Zhang Bingqian giving birth at an older age in order to keep her husband's heart?

When the company's situation was not good in the past two years, Guan Shan naturally took his heart away and worked hard to support his family.

But now that he is rich and powerful, Guan Shan has moved his mind again. Facing a woman who has been in love before, he is once again defeated.

When Guan Zhilin came back from school, she saw the scene of her parents arguing fiercely.

"You bastard! Life was so hard back then, and I've never left you. Why are you looking for a woman when it's just right now? Are you ignoring the two children at home?" Standing in the living room, Zhang Bingqian pointed roared loudly.

In the corner, Guan Sihua cried out in fright.

Guan Shan's clothes were torn at this time, and there were scratches on his face. Of course, his tone was not good: "What's wrong with me? Isn't it normal for men to be on the scene? How can our company develop without socializing?"

"Are you playing a show?" Zhang Bingqian was trembling with anger: "I didn't come back the night before, and I didn't come back last night. When I came back, my body smelled like a woman's perfume. Are you going to move to the vixen's house? Why didn't you die on her belly?"

"So what? I have money and I can do whatever I want!" Guan Shan roared without hesitation, and he stretched out his hand and wanted to push his wife.

Guan Zhilin couldn't listen anymore, ran to her parents, stretched out her hands, and blocked Zhang Bingqian: "Daddy, what are you doing?"

"Go away!" Guan Shan pushed his daughter away.

Guan Zhilin staggered back a few steps, and blurted out angrily: "What are you fierce? Are you capable of making money? It's not my brother Jun who wrote all the script and filming content for you. You can make such a big sale. Movies? Brother Jun is not like you, who made a fortune through other people's abilities, but still beats his wife!!"

"Snapped!"

Guan Shan, who was so embarrassed, slapped his daughter in the face with a hot head.

Although he told himself time and time again that "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" is his classic work, the fact is that 80% of the credit for "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" should be attributed to Yin Jun. Nothing to do with him at all.

Several scenes he did not shoot according to the split-shot script written by Yin Jun were criticized by some harsh film critics during this period, saying that it was the bone scum in a bowl of good chicken soup, and it was slightly insufficient.

Under such circumstances, how could he be proud?

Therefore, it is normal for him to become angry after being directly poked by his daughter.

Guan Zhilin, who had never been beaten, was completely stunned, and her pretty face quickly became red and swollen.

"You...you hit me? I...I...wow..."

When she cried out with a "wow", she turned around and ran out, crying as she ran, very sad.

To be honest, Guan Shan made such a slap, and he immediately regretted it.

But his weak self-esteem did not allow him to apologize immediately, and could only watch his daughter run out.

Zhang Bingqian also reacted at this time, crying and rushing up.

"The old lady fought with you... You are heartless... Dare to beat your daughter? Are you still a man?..."

The sound of the husband and wife's slapstick, accompanied by Guan Sihua's crying, broke into a mess in the Guan family's mansion.