1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 414 A Big Event

January 1988, 1
The three Lunar New Year films, "Police Stories 20", "Robocop", and "God of Gamblers", were released for 1500 days and their box office revenues exceeded million respectively.

Afterwards, the two blockbusters "Police" and "Iron" gradually showed signs of weakness in box office data.

The trend chart of "God of Gamblers" remains strong and stable, with the single-day box office data fluctuating around 80.

Zou Wenhuai fell into presbyopia,
He Guanchang fell into glaucoma,

Huang Boming fell below myopia,

Shi Nansheng fell into the eyes of the great producer...

Just when all Hong Kong filmmakers were shocked by this low-cost comedy,
1 month 13 day,
The news came out from Formosa Island, and all civil servants on the island immediately stopped all entertainment, banquets and celebrations.

All cinemas have stopped operating and filming of new films has been suspended.
TTV, CTV, CTS and other wireless TV stations immediately switched to black and white signals and stopped broadcasting variety shows...

Zhai Yuan immediately received a call from the special correspondent of the September 1st Daily in Taiwan in his office and had a brief exchange with him.

"Is the source reliable?"

"It's reliable. The current ban on entertainment is exactly the same as the one in 75. However, the widow, Ms. Fang Liang, suggested lifting the ban as soon as possible, saying that he hated these things when he was alive. So I heard that this ban will last for a week at most. There may still be a ban on entertainment at the end of the month, but overall it will not affect the plan of the September st Daily News to promote The God of Gamblers and The Monster of Hiroshima in Taiwan. The specific release time still needs to be discussed."

"Got it. We'll follow the other side's rules. We'll mourn and commemorate him... How is Mark Simon doing these days?"

"A lot of Americans came to Formosa last month. Mark Simon had close contacts with them. I heard that Zhang Xianyi, deputy director of Formosa Nuclear Research Institute, disappeared in the morning. In the afternoon, he was vomiting blood and was sent to the hospital. He was clearly full of energy after a meeting in the morning..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhai Yuan was silent for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Fortunately, the "Jiuyi Daily" set up a base in Taiwan in advance. If it was a step later, a lot of trouble would have occurred when Masao Iwashiro came to power, which would have added to the trouble.

No wonder the other party was so servile in front of Mark Simon the last time they went to Taiwan. It was estimated that the deputy director had already defected by then, and many people had received the news in advance.

Zhai Yuan went over the whole thing in his mind, looked at the night view outside the window, and exhaled forcefully.

Comrade Jianfeng still couldn't make it through the New Year.

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The news was not reported back to Hong Kong until the next day, and the whole of Hong Kong was in an uproar.

The media organizations established by Taiwan in Hong Kong were in mourning, with people paying tribute to the deceased on all major newspapers and kneeling in the streets to mourn.

Golden Harvest Film Company.

The three tycoons looked at each other and swallowed their saliva together.

Is he really a jinx?

"Seventy-seven?"

"Yes, I'm seventy-eight."

"Ugh……"

A moment of silence,

Cai Dusheng was the first to ask, "Has there been any notice asking us when to go over to pay our respects?"

"I haven't received any notification yet." He Guanchang shook his head and said, "But how can we ask someone to notify us about this? It seems so ignorant."

Zou Wenhuai nodded in approval and ordered, "Book tickets immediately and have all the actors in the company go over there and be ready to wait for arrangements."

He Guanchang made a clear statement and made arrangements with just one phone call. All the famous actors in Jiahe and its affiliated film companies stopped all their work and went to Taiwan to wait.

……

"Mr. Zhai, this happened suddenly before the New Year. Most of the actors and stars in Hong Kong went to Taiwan. Do our artists want to go?"

Nine One Entertainment Film Company.

Shi Nansheng pushed open the door of his office and asked Zhai Yuan hesitantly for his opinion. Seeing that Li Zhi was also there, helping Zhai Yuan process a batch of actor files, he added, "Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian have already left. The scenes of Secretary Li and Wang Zuxian were originally to be filmed in A Chinese Ghost Story, but this time they may have to be postponed."

Lizhi raised his face and nodded with a confused look in his eyes.

Zhai Yuan, who was composing music for "High School Musical", withdrew his gaze from the draft paper, turned the pen in his hand twice, and thought for a moment.

"I won't go there. I just came back from there."

Zhai Yuan considered and said, "Well, Sister Nan, you lead the team and take Wan Ziliang, Zhong Chuhong, Zhang Guorong and other core members to support the show. They will probably just attend some parties and come back before the Chinese New Year. Remember to promote the company's new play there."

Simply arranged the stars' itinerary.

Shi Nansheng had just passed away.
Wu Yusen and Li Xiuxian pushed the door open and wanted to ask for leave to go to Taiwan as well.

The former was a disciple of Chang Cheh, and the latter was invited by Wang Yu, who was also a member of the Jianghu.

Soon after, Xu Jiaqiang and Chen Lan, the couple, also called.

With the end of martial law in Formosa, the high-profile Yiqing Project was gradually no longer mentioned. Xu Jiaqiang also needed to take this opportunity to show his loyalty so that in the future, Sanhe Film Company's films could be attracted to Formosa for investment and released in Formosa.

This year, the entire Hong Kong film market landscape changed.

Along with the eight major film producers from Taiwan pouring into the Hong Kong film market, there are many more messy newcomers.

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January 1988, 1
"Police Stories 26" was released for days and was closed.

The cumulative box office is over 2200 million.

1 month 20 day,
"Robocop" was released for 28 days and was closed.

The cumulative box office is over 2500 million.

From all aspects, Peter Weller beat Chen Shilong, and Western films beat Hong Kong films.

If there was no "God of Gamblers".

Two Chinese and Western blockbusters were released one after another, while "God of Gamblers", which was released for 28 days at the same time, still lingered on the screen and refused to leave. During this period, 6 independent theaters contacted 1024 to screen "God of Gamblers" for the second time in their own theaters, and they could earn more than 1024 Hong Kong dollars in a single day. Although the data of "God of Gamblers" in 60 theaters has declined, it still maintains an average daily box office of Hong Kong dollars.

Especially on New Year's Day, January 1, "God of Gamblers" achieved a single-day box office record of over 1 million, breaking the precedent of the Christmas season in one fell swoop.

1 month 27 day.

"God of Gamblers" has been withdrawn from all 1024 cinemas.

The box office came out quickly.
After 35 days of release, the cumulative box office has exceeded 3100 million!

Another local movie with a box office of over 700 million has been released, with a cost of only million Hong Kong dollars.

Zhou Xingchi takes the leading role for the first time and becomes a god in one battle!
……

"Xing Ma, your Ah Xing has made it big this time. A movie sold for over 30 million, more popular than Chung Chung Hung!"

An old housing estate in Kowloon City.

As soon as Xing's mother finished work and walked into the building, the neighbors on both sides smiled fawningly, thinking that a noble person had appeared in the estate, just like when Zhai Yuan was in Xiu Mau Ping, and everyone wanted to get close to her to take advantage of her.

The 47-year-old Xing Ma greeted her neighbors with a smile on her face, walked briskly into the corridor, and was still excited when she returned to her public housing estate.

3100 million! Even if you get 300% of it, it will be million!
Get rid of poverty and become rich, today!
in the room,
The eldest sister Xing hasn't come back yet. Sister Xing is sitting in front of the TV watching the newly introduced "Dragon Ball" cartoon, and Xingzai is reading "The Biography of Bruce Lee" with great interest.

"Xingzai, come in, Mommy has something to ask you."

After Xing's mother entered the house, she put down the basket in her hand, her eyes fell on Zhou Xingchi lying on the rattan chair, and she waved at her good boy with a smile.

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