Chapter 628 A Call From Brother Cai

Liu Zhenwei wore a floral shirt and a pair of large sunglasses, covering half of his face. He was worried about being recognized by the audience.

In fact, this is not the first time that he has sneaked in to watch a movie he made when it was released. When he was filming the movie "The Gambler" starring Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat, because the film style was too alternative, both Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat were worried that the audience would not like it. , so the three of them disguised themselves and sneaked into the cinema to see the audience's reaction.

As a result, the entire audience went crazy. They scolded the content as nonsense and laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths or legs apart. The three of them looked at each other: That's it!

Tonight, he also wanted to see the audience watching, cursing, and laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths or close their legs.

Sitting in the corner of the back row, I looked at the audience. There were still quite a lot of people, and they were basically full. It seemed that Stephen Chow's appeal was pretty good.

The movie begins and the whole place falls into darkness.

Of course, Liu Zhenwei's mind was not on the movie, he was secretly observing the reactions of the people around him.

After the screening for a while, Liu Zhenwei suddenly heard someone on the right curse in a low voice:

"What are these pictures of? (What are these pictures of?)"

Looking back, I saw a young man.

"I don't know how to read (I can't understand either.)" The girl who looked like his girlfriend also said in a low voice.

Fortunately, no one around said anything.

Liu Zhenwei felt relieved.

But as the movie progressed and the plot was already halfway through, there was no sign of him scolding and laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth or legs apart. Everyone was indifferent.

I wipe.

Stephen Chow's nonsense, isn't it funny? !

It's over.

These two words came to Liu Zhenwei's mind.

Sure enough, after the movie ended, the audience, who seemed to be filled with anger, began to curse. Seeing the people leaving the cinema cursing, Liu Zhenwei quickly put on his sunglasses and left in dejection. He was worried that he would be beaten up by a group after being seen.

It looks like the situation in Xiangjiang is not good. I wonder how it is in the mainland?

After Liu Zhenwei's scene ended, the movie Fang Minghua and his wife watched was also coming to an end.

There are also many people, most of whom are young people.

Naturally, their minds were not on the movie. When the lights in the cinema came on, they paid attention to the performance of the audience around them.

"Do you understand?" a girl asked her companion.

"I don't understand it a bit, but Stephen Chow's acting is good, especially the girl who said to Fairy Zixia, "I've loved you for ten thousand years, I feel so good. It would be great if a boy could say that to me." A happy look on his face.

"anthomaniac!"

"Hey, the plot of this movie is a bit confusing. It completely subverts "Journey to the West""

This is a discussion between two boys.

"You haven't seen who the screenwriter is? Minghua! His "The Legend of Wukong" came out ten years ago, and people who watched it were shocked, so if you watch this again, it actually doesn't matter."

"It's just a prank."

"The spoof is quite interesting. Hey, some time ago, the newspaper published a review of this movie, which is quite interesting."

"Really? I'll come and have a look."

Fang Minghua and his wife also left the stage with the crowd. Listening to the audience's discussions in twos and threes, Song Tangtang breathed a sigh of relief.

At least no one left midway and no one yelled.

"Are you relieved about this?" Fang Minghua said while driving on the way home.

"Well, it's just this one. The box office in Xijing must be high, there are many college students, and after all, it is the home venue. I don't know how the show will be in other places?" Song Tangtang began to worry again.

"I'm telling you, what's the use of worrying about this? Why not quickly organize writers to write more film reviews and submit them to promote the film." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

This was Fang Minghua's idea.

These days, there is no Internet, and there is no Douban, Maoyan, or Weibo to publish film reviews, but there are "Popular Films", "Global Screen Illustrated", "China Film News" and so on. These are great places to promote your movie.

Song Tangtang started to feel a little conflicted. Isn't this Wang Po selling her melons and bragging about herself?

And he still hired a bunch of people to stand beside his melon stall and praise him!

But in the end I decided to adopt it.

Within a few days, "Popular Films" reported a review of the film "Westward Journey":

"Westward Journey": A legend of love that travels through time and space. In the vast movie universe, there are always some works that travel through time and space with their unique charm and touch people's hearts.

Today, let us enter the world of "Westward Journey" and explore the touch that made countless viewers cry.

In this era where the pace is gradually accelerating, let us occasionally slow down and watch "Westward Journey" to experience the love that spans time and space, and to feel the sincere emotions that can move people to tears.

When Fang Minghua saw this film review, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This little essay is so well written!

It seems that he got it from a literary club at Western University, right?

The movie was screened all over the country. Although there was no Internet and it was impossible to know the box office across the country in time, Song Tangtang still received feedback from more than a dozen well-known movie theaters across the country. The attendance rate was generally good and could be maintained at about 50%, ranking No. 1 in this issue of the movie. One person.

Of course, there are also many people who curse, and I can’t understand a single sentence.

A month later, Shengshi Film and Television and Stephen Chow's Xing Wei finally got a preliminary and incomplete box office record.

65 million yuan, 10 million yuan in Xiangjiang, 9 million yuan in Taiwan, a total of 84 million yuan.

Seeing this data, the bosses of both companies breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. If the second part of "A Chinese Odyssey" can get half of the box office of the first part, it will make money!

One month after the first part was released, the second part was officially released.

When the second part of "A Chinese Odyssey" was released, neither Song Tangtang nor Liu Zhenwei would be bored to watch it.

The box office in the mainland was beyond people's expectations.

Liu Zhenwei sat in his living room with a cigar in his mouth and sighed.

It seems that the road show is a good method, although it is a bit tiring and costs more money.

At this time, the mobile phone on the coffee table rang, and Liu Zhenwei took it over.

"Who is it?"

"Jeffrey Lau, (Liu Zhenwei's foreign name), this is Songlin." A man's voice came from the phone.

"Brother Cai, hello." Liu Zhenwei said with a smile.

The caller is Cai Songlin, the head of Taiwan Scholar Company, a well-known movie tycoon in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Except for the three giants of New Art City, Golden Harvest, and D&B, 80% of the other companies in Hong Kong have Cai Songlin's funds invested!

Of course, including the film company that Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai just opened - Zedong Films.

Liu Zhenwei greeted him, but unexpectedly Cai Songlin on the other end of the phone said: "Jeffrey Lau, I'm not feeling well."

"What happened? Brother Cai?" Liu Zhenwei's expression was stern, and he sat up quickly: "Is it Brother Xiang who is looking for trouble?!"

In Hong Kong, whether it is a film company or a film and television artist, there is an indelible shadow in their hearts - the underworld of Hong Kong.

"That's not the case, he still gave me some face." Cai Songlin said on the phone.

"Oh," Liu Zhenwei breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Cai, who made you unhappy?"

"Jackie Chan brought so many stars to the mainland to make movies. Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Joey Wong, Carina Lau, and Kenny Bee have not even finished half of the plot in the past six months. They are so slow, it makes me anxious!"

Oh. That's it.

"Brother Cai, you also know that Jiawei is slow in making movies. Slow work makes fine work." Liu Zhenwei explained.

"But, we paid for it. If he continues like this, he will lose money again like "Days of Being Wild"!"

"This is also worrying." Liu Zhenwei echoed.

After all, Zedong Film and Television also has its own investment.

"Brother Cai, what do you say? You know the temper of Jiawei, and he can't be persuaded at all."

"No need for you to persuade me. I have an idea. You quickly go to the mainland to find Jiawei and use the original team to make another movie. How about it?"