Chapter 86 Tens of millions of local box office
Just as the box office of "Happy Ghost" is approaching tens of millions, the annual leave is coming.
Hong Jinbao's "Lin Shirong" was removed from the shelves and the box office did not even reach 3 million. It can be said that he was suppressed by memorizing "Happy Ghost". But this time it was Cheng Long's "Junior Brother Takes Out".
"The Junior Brother Comes Out" is Cheng Long's first movie into Jiahe. In history, it is also the first movie in Xiangjiang that successfully breaks tens of millions. Unfortunately, due to "Happy Ghost", this title will inevitably be added to "Happy Ghost".
When "The Junior Brother Comes" was released, "Happy Ghost", which was released for half a month, was undoubtedly greatly affected. The attendance rate that could have been maintained at 70% suddenly reached 60%. As for other failed movies, they suffered heavy losses.
"The Junior Brother Comes" is Cheng Long's first kung fu movie after entering Jiahe. Cheng Long is also the most popular star in Jiahe today, resulting in the release of "The Junior Brother Comes" by Jiahe. However, due to Cheng Long's fame, almost every cinema was full at the beginning, with the box office of more than 800,000 on the first day.
But after two or three days of maintenance, the attendance rate was undoubtedly declining, but the downward trend was slow.
Just as "The Junior Brother Comes Out" was getting higher and higher, after nearly twenty days of release, "Happy Ghost" successfully reached tens of millions in front of everyone's surprise, becoming the first movie in Hong Kong to reach tens of millions.
When "Happy Ghost" exceeded 10 million, all the media reported it, and many of them were front-page headlines. This undoubtedly gave a strong advertisement for the already weak "Happy Ghost", causing "Happy Ghost", which has less than 60% of the attendance, to rise against the trend, and the box office is still rising.
The rise in "Happy Ghost" against the trend undoubtedly had some impact on "The Junior Brother" and at least the box office of the rise was not as strong as before.
While various media were singing praises, "Happy Ghost" finally successfully painted, and the local box office in Xiangjiang reached 12.57 million. It can be said that this movie alone brought Zhao Chen quite a lot of profits, and at the same time made him a well-known film screenwriter, and his status in the Xiangjiang screenwriter industry has risen a lot.
Sixty percent of the box office of over 10 million needs to be paid to Shaw Brothers Theater, and the rest must be distributed to Shaw Yifu, and the rest is his. But even so, the local box office alone brought him more than four million in profits, which is enough for him to pay the high amount of debt.
Not only that, after "Happy Ghost" was painted in Xiangjiang, it will start to win box offices in markets outside the local area, mainly including Nanyang, Baodao and Island Country. However, if you want to successfully get these box offices, you will have to wait several months.
Not long after "Happy Ghost" was finished, He Guanchang came to Tianxia Comics again. However, unlike before, Zhao Chen called him to come this time.
"Mr. He, please read the script first. If you are not satisfied, then this check can be collected!"
As soon as he saw He Guanchang coming, Zhao Chen put a notebook and check in front of He Guanchang, and then regardless of He Guanchang, he worked with peace of mind. He was quite confident in his script.
"Police Story!"
When He Guanchang saw the name of the movie, he couldn't help but frown. The name was named mediocre. He looked at Zhao Chen who was dedicated to his work in front of him. He Guanchang felt a little dissatisfied, but he still watched it.
As he watched, He Guanchang began to be attracted by the script, and he was even brought into the script. The script was written in too detailed, so detailed that it was not only a large number of words but also some drawings! These drawings basically list various actions, most of which were designed for Cheng Long and the main villain.
When He Guanchang finished reading the script carefully, he was shocked to find that he had been sitting silently for more than two hours. But when he looked up at Zhao Chen opposite the table, he showed an expression of admiration in his eyes. Zhao Chen was still drawing comics seriously on his face, as if he had been drawing comics since he read the script. With this professional quality alone, He Guanchang thought that Zhao Chen would definitely succeed in the future.
"Screenwriter Zhao, I've finished watching it!"
He Guanchang's voice was relatively light when he spoke, and he was afraid that he would scare Zhao Chen, who had been obsessed with work.
Zhao Chen was freed from work, but he would not easily be freed from work as soon as he entered the work state. This was a habit in his previous life. Only in this way can the quality of the comics be improved and the speed will be faster.
"Oh, Mr. He, what do you think? If you are not satisfied, you can take the check back!"
"Satisfied, quite satisfied! Screenwriter Zhao's skills are probably in the entire Xiangjiang River. Please ask Screenwriter Zhao to collect this check!"
"Mr. He has been awarded! Oh, by the way, this is the theme song I made for this movie!"
Zhao Chen seemed to remember something and placed a piece of paper full of notes and words in front of He Guanchang. He didn't mind selling Jiahe for more face, and maybe he would be able to use Jiahe's connections in the future.
"This... Then I will thank Screenwriter Zhao for yourselves, and the cooperation is pleasant!"
He Guanchang just took a few glances at the paper and put it away. The songs in "Shanghai Bund" and "Happy Ghost" were all created by Zhao Chen. He had no reason not to believe that the song in his hand would be bad, otherwise Zhao Chen would not be able to make any move. But for both parties, a song is not worth much, and He Guanchang could only sell Zhao Chen to face.
“Happy cooperation!”
The two shook hands, and He Guanchang turned around and left Tianxia Comics Company.
"The Junior Brother Takes the Horse" was Cheng Long's debut in Jiahe. Even though "Happy Ghost" affected his box office, the final total box office still exceeded 10 million, becoming the second movie in Xiangjiang that exceeded 10 million.
During this period, Zhao Chen's name was re-emerged, mainly because Cheng Long's new movie began to get on track, and the screenwriter of the new movie was Zhao Chen. In order to achieve the purpose of publicity, Jiahe revealed the news of exchanging one million for Zhao Chen's script to the media. Of course, Jiahe was afraid of offending Zhao Chen, so he had obtained Zhao Chen's consent in advance.
Due to the great success of "Happy Ghost", Zhao Chen's reputation in the film industry has increased greatly, especially for independent film companies. People call for scripts almost every day. However, when news about Jiahe came out, there were a lot fewer film companies asking for scripts, and most people started to wait and see. It was really a million-dollar script for most companies to bear the price.
Shao Yifu naturally felt dissatisfied, but after Zhao Chen wrote another script, his anger disappeared. This time, the two of them each invested half of the money. Not only did Shao Yifu's dissatisfaction disappear, but it also deepened the relationship between them.
The media also competed to report that Zhao Chen had a script sold for one million yuan. In addition to free publicity for the movies he was preparing to shoot, Zhao Chen was also awarded the title of one million screenwriter, and some unscrupulous media even called him Zhao Baiwan.
Zhao Chen was very indifferent to this title. Anyway, even if he corrected it himself, it would be useless. Instead, he focused on his work.
"Girls Weekly" has been released for seven issues, and its sales have expanded like a snowball. Although it is not as good as "Tianxia Weekly", it is not too far away. The seventh issue has reached more than 80,000 copies.
The US War really has the charm of killing both men and women. Perhaps the proportion of teenagers who look at the US War is even higher now, but the proportion of girls is also growing rapidly, and the proportion of men and women is almost half. The female comic market in Hong Kong is initially activated.
In this women's market, "Girls Weekly" can be said to be a unique star, which has led to other comic companies being only jealous. In fact, they do not have talents in this area, so they can only watch Zhao Chen monopolize this cake.
However, the success of "Girls Weekly" has inspired the restructuring of other comic companies. They have issued slogans of high salaries, hoping to attract comic artists in this field. Unfortunately, in this regard, Hong Kong is almost blank, and where can we find qualified comic artists in this field.
In fact, most of the current Hong Kong cartoonists are men, and they are basically all slim paintings. How can the delicateness and gorgeousness of female cartoons be reflected? This is destined to end up in vain. Unless they can spend time cultivating cartoonists in this field.
Chapter completed!