Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

It was much easier for Zhao Donghuai to leave the post-editing to Mai Zishan. The actors were also on call for dubbing and other tasks. The soundtrack was his own "original" plus Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong.

All that's left is to start building momentum for the movie's release.

We had made an agreement with Shaw Brothers before filming started, and the film will be released in Shaw Brothers theaters at the local market price on Hong Kong Island.

Four bodyguards were left here again, and Zhao Donghuai took Aguang and Ayong out. Currently, the best movies released in Hong Kong are of course the summer and New Year movies.

Needless to say, the summer season usually runs from the beginning of July to the end of August every year, and then extends to one or two weeks on each side. The Five Lucky Stars was released on July 7 and took in 21.9 million box office, which is the best proof of the summer season effect.

It's a pity that Zhao Donghuai is not a fast shooter. He traveled through in early May, but he procrastinated and it is now mid-September.

Can’t get the summer slot? Waiting for the New Year?

Among Hong Kong films, Cheng Long was the first to open the Lunar New Year season. 1980 was released on February 9, one week before the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It grossed over 10 million at the box office and was the first local film in Hong Kong to have a box office of over 10 million. of.

From then on, the Hong Kong film and television industry began to pay attention to the Lunar New Year show. In 1981, Xu Guanwen and his modern bodyguards appeared in the Lunar New Year show. In 1982, he was the best partner. After the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, the best partner showed off his magic.

The concept of Lunar New Year stalls is becoming more and more popular.

Nowadays, it is generally said that the Lunar New Year period is one or two weeks before the Spring Festival and after the annual holiday.

When the Spring Festival stalls were separated from the Lunar New Year stalls... that was more than 20 years later. Avatar was released in the mainland, one week before New Year's Eve. But even on New Year's Eve, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the second day of the Lunar New Year, etc., Avatar audiences still queued up. The demand for theater movie tickets exceeds supply.

This is how the concept of Spring Festival stalls started on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and then Zhou Xingxing's Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons was released in theaters on the first day of the Lunar New Year a few years later. It was a huge hit and established the concept of Spring Festival stalls.

But, it’s only mid-September, and it’s too long to postpone New World to the Lunar New Year slot... And there are big enemies in the Lunar New Year slot before this year’s Spring Festival. One is Cheng Long’s Plan A, which has a local box office of more than 19 million.

Also, although it was released on January 26, 1984 according to the Gregorian calendar, the lunar calendar is still the 24th of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival. The best partner series "The Queen's Secret" was released in the Chinese New Year, with a local box office of more than 29 million.

Do you think this is gone?

No, what was released on the same day as Her Majesty's Secret Service was Xu Guanwen's Teppanyaki, the current king of comedy, with a box office of more than 19 million, and Jet Li's Shaolin Kid, released this year after the popularity of Shaolin Temple, with a box office of more than 22 million.

I'm speechless when I think about it. In Nan Xiaonian, a New Year's Eve movie, a group of big names such as Xu Guanjie, Mai Jia, Xu Guanwen, Jet Li and others pressed Cheng Long's A plan to avoid the edge in advance.

Plan A is the joint effort of three brothers, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao, and Hong Yinbao!

"The Lunar New Year show is under a lot of pressure. It's not that I'm afraid of them, but that fierce competition will only distract everyone's box office."

"After finishing the post-production, let's discuss with Boss Shao about releasing it in the near future, either at the end of September or early October."

In fact, in September and October, the box office of Hong Kong Island will still be good, as long as you film well... For example, this year there are Seven Days of Love, The Burning of the Old Summer Palace, Government Behind the Curtain, the Shaw Brothers movie version of The Silkworm, and Yuen Biao's Kung Fu Football film Waves ox.

These are all released from mid-to-late September to October.

Both "Fire and Mistake" grossed more than 15 million at the box office, ranking fourth and fifth at the Hong Kong box office in 1983. The Wrong Love in Seven Days will be released on September 2nd, and it will be released in the second half of the year.

As for burning the Old Summer Palace? He remembered that it was released on September 21, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Since the box office potential in September and October is not bad, then just go for it.

………………

a new day.

After Shao Yifu arrived at the TVB office, he looked at the eye-catching headlines on the newspaper rack near his desk.

"Shocked! Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li are about to stage a Hong Kong version of the duel between the two heroes."

"Sir, in three years and three years, I have become one of the biggest talkers in Hong Kong's social groups. Next time, I will become the leader!"

"Police undercover agents have unified the entire Hong Kong society and become the most powerful leader."

…………

After a few glances, Shao Daheng said, "..."

Three years and three years? The undercover agents have changed from talking heads to leading figures? What is this weird thing?

Thinking about it, it seems to be the new film of the waste paper king Zhao Donghuai? After all, director Zhao's new film is almost all rented from Shaw Brothers, from equipment rental to actors and behind the scenes.

When it was released, he, Shao Daheng, was vomiting at the beginning and promised to do it.

At his current status, it is impossible for him to say something publicly and then erase it at will.

Thinking of this, Shao Yifu picked up the newspaper and read it, and then... he discovered that the propaganda campaign of the new world was really launched, and Zhao Donghuai, the waste paper king, was unbridled and taking advantage of the popularity of Shanghai Beach.

It was first broadcast in Shanghai three years ago. At that time, "Wandering" was released. How many people hurried home to watch TV? Zhou Runfa can be said to be very popular in the television industry.

Replay? It was just re-broadcast this year. Even if the re-broadcast is still very popular, this is not the era of Internet big data in the future. If you watch it once on TV and catch up on the TV series, you can always watch it on your computer if you want to review it.

There weren’t that many computers, and the cost of video tapes was too high, so replays were really popular.

The Shanghai Bund reruns had lower ratings than many new series. At this time, you brought out Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li to preach that the Shanghai stall tycoons would compete for world supremacy again in Hong Kong Island in the 1980s... a duel between the two heroes.

The eyeball effect is pretty good.

Moreover, there are also black and white photos in some promotional newspapers. For example, the hair boy is wearing a suit that is particularly slim and shows off his figure. He has long legs and a tiger-like back. In the row behind him are dozens of boys in suits, standing flatly, and the big boss has an imposing manner. It jumped out.

Li Zhongjiu, the leader of New World 4 played by Lu Liangwei, is not bad either.

After looking at it for a few times, Shao Yifu still stared at the propaganda headlines for three years and three years. The more he read, the more he couldn't laugh or cry.

After a moment, he picked up the phone and called, "Adu, is New World going to be released?"

Du Qifeng on the other side said blankly, "No, Uncle Six, they should still be in the post-production stage." After a pause, Sir Du continued, "I also read today's newspaper promotion. Director Zhao said it was a warm-up, and he will come back after the post-production stage. You negotiate the schedule."

Shao Yifu, "..."

Do you just want to warm up to the heat of Shanghai beach? ? The key is really the two leading men in Shanghai.

The Shaw Brothers also took advantage of the popularity of the TV series and released a movie version of "Shanghai Stall", also starring Ah Fa and Ah Wei. It was released this year, but the response was mediocre and there was no splash.

After hanging up the phone and thinking for a while, he didn't bother to worry about it, "Forget it, I'll just wait to watch the finished movie... However, some junk movies have to be moved. The overall evaluation is that this new movie is good. The world may really be that bad boy’s famous work.”

From the props to the behind-the-scenes and actors, almost all of them are from Shaw Brothers or TVB. After a month or two, you don't need to ask Shaw Daheng where he got the general reputation and quality of New World.

So now the post-production is still at the Shaw Brothers Studio in Clear Water Bay.

He is sure that even if he hasn't seen the film yet, this film is at least worth looking forward to compared to "Interstellar Blunt" and the assembly-line movie version of "Cerebrate".

His Shaw Brothers has been losing money every year in recent years. In April 1985, all theaters were leased to Dickson Poon. You can imagine the dilemma of Shaw Brothers Pictures.

If there are no good films, theater chains will suffer losses. What was the concept of Hong Kong Island theater chains losing money in the 1980s? Shao Daheng is actually looking forward to more good and blockbuster movies to support his popularity in theaters.

He has worked hard in the film and television industry all his life. If he had no choice, how could he stop the film company, reorganize, open another branch, rent and sell theaters after he was in his 70s?