Chapter 541 The Eve of the War

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At the headquarters of Xinbao Cinemas Company, Cen Jianxun slapped the table and asked: Mr. Chen, Mr. Feng, I promised to go to Debao's movies first in Christmas. How can I change it now?

Chen Rongmei shrugged and said: The promotion of "Shushan" on DreamWorks is as big as the company, can Debao's movie withstand it?

I also know this, Cen Jianxun said depressedly, but Debao's new film is called "Christmas Adventures and Good Families". If it is moved to be released in the Spring Festival period, isn't this a joke?It’s simply changed to “A Lovely Familiarity in the Spring Festival”.

Feng Bingzhong smiled and said: It's not impossible.

Cen Jianxun reminded: Don’t forget, you are also shareholders of Debao Film Company, and you also have a share of the money you earn from "Christmas Adventures and Families".Mr. Pan is the third largest shareholder of Xinbao Cinema, and he has a say in how the cinema is scheduled.

Alas, Chen Rongmei shook her head and said, "Shushan"'s offensive is too fierce, and "Christmas Adventures and Families" cannot be stopped.Only "The Rich Train" has many stars, and the collaboration between Xinbao Cinema and Jiahe Cinema may be able to withstand the box office pressure of "Shushan".

Cen Jianxun also knows this situation, but his current position and position must be arranged in the Christmas period.

Cen Jianxun said: Although "Shushan" won awards abroad and sold well in Europe, it is impossible to dominate Hong Kong. "Christmas Adventures and Families" has a box office of 10 million.

"Christmas Adventures and Families" is also a star production. Producer Sammo Hung, director Lam Zixiang, deputy director Johnnie To, photography by Pan Huansheng, martial arts star Ko Shouliang, Lin Zixiang and Maggie Cheung are the male and female protagonists respectively. This lineup and the Christmas urban comedy that suits the occasion, it is easy to get a good box office if nothing unexpected happens.

Whether Shushan can dominate the entire family, you should take a look at this, we just got the news.Chen Rongmei handed a fax to Cen Jianxun.

When Cen Jianxun took it, he was stunned: Nine countries and regions around the world are released at the same time, how is this possible?This situation is rare even for Hollywood blockbusters. DreamWorks cannot have such strong distribution capabilities.

Feng Bingzhong said: But this news is true.

I have to go back and report to Mr. Pan.

Cen Jianxun no longer insisted on the release of "Christmas Adventures and Fate" on Christmas. With the global release of "Shushan" simultaneously, it is really not something that an urban comedy can stop. Forced head-on collision may make Debao bruised and swollen.

Friday, December 20, 1985.

"Shushan" is not only released in Hong Kong, but also screened globally in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore.

During the subsequent Lunar New Year, "Shushan" will be released in South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Macau and mainland China. Of course, the box office in mainland China has nothing to do with DreamWorks.

When the global screening plan for "Shushan" was announced, the Hong Kong industry was in an uproar, and they were all shocked by DreamWorks' strong overseas distribution capabilities.

Not only can Jiahe and Princess Jin do it by publishing Hong Kong movies to dozens of countries and regions around the world, but even Shaw Brothers in his early years had this ability.

But it was the first time that a movie was released in more than a dozen countries and regions around the world, and the release date was still the golden period of Christmas.

Although DreamWorks has initially established an issuance network in more than 20 countries around the world after years of cultivation, it is still insufficient to say that the issuance channels are only needed to have one office in many countries. Whether it can be sold smoothly can only take a chance.

"Shushan" can be released simultaneously on Christmas in nine countries around the world. In addition to winning awards at the Venetian Film and Tokyo Film Festival, the most important thing is its excellent box office performance in France.

Even Hollywood blockbusters can sell more than five movies in France that have a box office of over $10 million every year, and sometimes there is not even one. A Chinese-language film in Shushan actually won more than $9 million in one fell swoop, and it was not released in the prime time period, which made publishers around the world optimistic about the box office potential of Shushan.

Coupled with the contact and coordination between Jiang Zhiwen and Ye Zhiming, the publishers finally agreed to participate in the global screening plan and everyone jointly built momentum for the screening of "Shushan".

As soon as the global synchronous screening plan of "Shushan" was announced, DreamWorks became at its peak in Hong Kong and even the entire Asia, and director Tsui Hark became famous overseas.

As long as "Shushan" has a bad global box office, this global screening plan alone is enough to put DreamWorks into the top spot in Hong Kong film companies.

Feng Huáng TV helped Kang Jianfei brag about himself on the show: "Shushan" can be released simultaneously around the world, indicating that Oriental DreamWorks has gone out of Asia and truly became a world-class film company.

In fact, the real situation is not as evil as DreamWorks promotes it.

When Terminator was released a few years ago, a movie was released in North America at most 1,300 theaters at the same time.

Nowadays, the number of theaters in North America is growing every year. Many of the Hollywood blockbusters have more than 1,500 theaters. "The First Blood 2" released in the summer a few months ago has even more crazy openings of 2,074.

Although "Shushan" was arranged for Christmas by American publishers, as a Chinese-language film, it has inherent shortcomings in its release in North America, and it is impossible to compete with large American companies and directors. There are only 715 painting theaters.

There is no way, the competition for Christmas in North America is too fierce. If "Shushan" had not been sold to 20th Century Fox, even these 715 cinemas would not have been ranked.

As for "Out of Africa", which Kang Jianfei participated in the investment, it will be released in North America on the same day as "Shushan".

Although the director and heroine of "Out of Africa" ​​are very famous, it is a humanistic documentary, and the box office of the paintings is only 922.

"Shushan" has made a big splash in Hong Kong, but in the North American Christmas season surrounded by strong films, the number of theaters released can only be said to be average, and the publicity offensive has never been big, and it is likely to be drowned in the Christmas season's movie viewing tide.

On the contrary, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia, due to various reasons, "Shushan" has been hyped up and is rated as the top three most anticipated movies for Christmas by media in various places.

In order to cope with the strong attack of "Shushan", Jiahe Cinema and Xinbao Cinema joined hands to screen "Fugui Train" on a two-line basis during the summer season.

Although "Shushan" is so popular in Hong Kong that it is so popular.

But "The Rich Train" is not casual. Dozens of well-known Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japanese stars join, and the director and copy are very powerful. Two theaters have been released together. It is very likely that "Shushan" will be suppressed as soon as it was released.

As for the New Art City, the "Treasure Hunt" is scheduled to be released in the summer season.

His director Chen Xinjian is a big deal. He was originally a superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force. Later, he switched to the film industry. The classic movies "Jumping Ashes" and "Curry Coffee" were scripts written by him.

Chen Xinjian was originally a screenwriter and director of Jiahe, but he had a good personal relationship with Madon Heung and had also created the script of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" for the DreamWorks Madon Heung Film Studio.

This summer, Jiahe's directorial talent was lost in large quantities. Chen Xinjian was poached by Xinyi City at that time. "The Treasure Hunt" is his first movie directed by Xinyi City.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that "The Treasure Strike" is the cannon fodder thrown out of Xinyi City. Under the attack of "Shushan" and "The Rich Train", it is possible that it will leave all its pants.

The New Art City sets the real battlefield in the Spring Festival period, and the released films are the signature of the New Art City, the fourth part of "Best Partner" "Best Partner: Saving the Crazy Boss for Thousand Miles".

The news that the three giants in New Art City are in conflict are basically well known in the Hong Kong film industry, especially when Mai Jia came out to cooperate with Eric Tsang and Sammo Hung in "The Rich Train" half a year ago, which caused a lot of controversy, leaving New Art City and Lei Juekun lost their faces.

Lei Juekun is old and his body and energy are not as good as before, but he still calls Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian together, barely easing the conflict between the three.

In the original time and space, the first three works of "Best Partner" were created together.

However, due to the widening conflict between the three and the development of New Art City is pretty good, the fourth part is handled by Mai Jia alone. Not only did Huang Baiming and Shi Tian not participate, but even Teddy Robin was not responsible for the soundtrack.

Although "Best Partner 4" has a box office of 27 million yuan, it sold very poorly compared to the previous few, and is even regarded by some as the worst film in the Best Partner series.

Although the three of them now have rifts with each other, the New Art City was really declining last year, which they didn't want to see.

Therefore, the current "Best Partner 4" is very different from the original time and space. Not only did Wong Baiming personally serve as the screenwriter, Shi Tian and Teddy Robin also actively participated in it. Teddy Robin also specially invited Sylvia Chang back from Jiahe to be the heroine, and the director was Lin Lingdonglai.

At least in terms of the quality of the film, it is much better than the original time and space "Best Partner 4", and it deliberately avoids "Shushan" and "Fugui Train" in terms of schedule. This is an ambition work that New Art City wants to revive its momentum.

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming were planning to make "Shushan" and "Fugui Train" fight to the death, and "Best Partner 4" came out to dominate the Spring Festival.

As for the new film "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Kang Jianfei, due to its lack of publicity, it did not attract the attention of the three giants in New Art City.