Although Hong Kong audiences regard "The Sound of the Wind" as a special police and gangster film, this novel genre still ignits the enthusiasm of citizens to watch movies.
Especially those older audiences over 40 years old, their feelings for family and country have not yet been eliminated, and they especially admire and love "The Sound of the Wind".
(In 1950, Hong Kong's population was only over 2 million, of which less than half of them spoke Cantonese. Now there are more than 6 million people, many of which were from the mainland.)
After a month's screening, the Hong Kong box office of "The Sound of the Wind" was close to 30 million, which surprised countless colleagues in the film industry.
In comparison, Stephen Chow is much more depressed.
He used to build his own film studio, which was affiliated with Oriental Dream Factory, and last year he upgraded the studio to Caixing Film Company.
The movie "A Chinese Odyssey" invested more than 50 million yuan, of which DreamWorks invested only 15 million yuan, and the remaining 35 million yuan was all paid by Stephen Chow himself.
In the sluggish environment of Hong Kong films, no one dares to pay for filming on their own. Stephen Chow's move shows that he still has great ambitions.
At the beginning, "A Chinese Odyssey" was only planned to make one.But as the filming was filmed, the plot had already deviated from Liu Zhenwei and Stephen Chow's estimates and could only be released in two parts.
The first movie "Moonlight Box" started with a good momentum, with a box office of more than 5 million in two days, and the audience came for Stephen Chow's name.
But it soon stopped, and the attendance rate fell wildly, and the box office in the city was only 25 million.
Now that the screening of the second "The Great Sage" ("The Legend of the Condor Heroes") has ended, the box office of 20 million has made Stephen Chow cry without tears.
The total box office is only 45 million Ah. When you go to the theater and the theater chain to share the share and then deduct taxes. The producer can get at most 20 million, which is only one-third of the cost.
Stephen Chow's Color Star Film Company will lose at least 20 million this time.
It depends on how much it can be made back at the overseas box office. Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company has a good look and will still share some of the overseas box office.
Not as rogue as Jiahe, he often embezzles overseas box office, resulting in the producers having to choose to sell off copyright rather than share the money.
After the two movies "A Chinese Odyssey" were released, Stephen Chow locked himself in the house for two weeks.
The main plot of this movie was written by Liu Zhenwei, but many details were designed by Stephen Chow. Now the movie is failing, which directly cuts Stephen Chow's confidence.
After half a month of sluggishness, Stephen Chow finally adjusted his mindset, drove out the sports car, and came to a nearby Chinese restaurant.
Mr. Zhou, what do you want to eat?The waiter is already immune to Stephen Chow because he often comes here to eat.
Stephen Chow said: A serving of fried rice.
OK, please wait.
Ten minutes later, the waiter did not show up, but instead a chef with a pockmarked face came.The chef put the fried rice on the table and said: Your rice is here.
Stephen Chow looked up and saw that he was an old acquaintance and smiled and said: It’s you again, where is the waiter?
The chef replied: It seems that he has gone to the thatched cottage. I shouted in the kitchen for a long time but no one responded.
Stephen Chow said: I'm wondering, the fried rice you make is so delicious, how can you work in such a mid-range restaurant?
The chef sighed: I used to be the chef of Fulinmen. You know, the gambling king Stanley Ho, he ate my special fried rice for 5,000 yuan at a time.Later, I quit my job and opened my own store. I could earn more than 100,000 yuan a month. The business grew bigger and bigger, and I also opened three branches.
So awesome?Stephen Chow said in surprise.
The chef smiled bitterly and said: Unfortunately, my friend had plotted against me and said there was a batch of low-priced beef and asked me if I wanted it.I was also greedy at that time, so I said I wanted it.
Then what?Stephen Chow said curiously.
The chef sighed: Then he was cheated, it was a problematic beef that was smuggled.Not only did I get a lot of money, I also ordered the business to be closed down and rectification. When the bad news was opened, the nearby diners were unwilling to eat in my store.I have accumulated tens of millions of dollars in more than ten years, but it took me three months to lose all my money.
Then you are worse than me.Stephen Chow sighed quite emotionally. He found that his setbacks seemed nothing compared to this chef.
The two soon started chatting, talking about the chef's experience back then. Stephen Chow thought this kind of story was very dramatic and might be made into a movie.
The chef's name is Dai Long, who is the fried king who did not use overnight rice to make fried rice and was given zero points by Stephen Chow.
Especially those older audiences over 40 years old, their feelings for family and country have not yet been eliminated, and they especially admire and love "The Sound of the Wind".
(In 1950, Hong Kong's population was only over 2 million, of which less than half of them spoke Cantonese. Now there are more than 6 million people, many of which were from the mainland.)
After a month's screening, the Hong Kong box office of "The Sound of the Wind" was close to 30 million, which surprised countless colleagues in the film industry.
In comparison, Stephen Chow is much more depressed.
He used to build his own film studio, which was affiliated with Oriental Dream Factory, and last year he upgraded the studio to Caixing Film Company.
The movie "A Chinese Odyssey" invested more than 50 million yuan, of which DreamWorks invested only 15 million yuan, and the remaining 35 million yuan was all paid by Stephen Chow himself.
In the sluggish environment of Hong Kong films, no one dares to pay for filming on their own. Stephen Chow's move shows that he still has great ambitions.
At the beginning, "A Chinese Odyssey" was only planned to make one.But as the filming was filmed, the plot had already deviated from Liu Zhenwei and Stephen Chow's estimates and could only be released in two parts.
The first movie "Moonlight Box" started with a good momentum, with a box office of more than 5 million in two days, and the audience came for Stephen Chow's name.
But it soon stopped, and the attendance rate fell wildly, and the box office in the city was only 25 million.
Now that the screening of the second "The Great Sage" ("The Legend of the Condor Heroes") has ended, the box office of 20 million has made Stephen Chow cry without tears.
The total box office is only 45 million Ah. When you go to the theater and the theater chain to share the share and then deduct taxes. The producer can get at most 20 million, which is only one-third of the cost.
Stephen Chow's Color Star Film Company will lose at least 20 million this time.
It depends on how much it can be made back at the overseas box office. Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company has a good look and will still share some of the overseas box office.
Not as rogue as Jiahe, he often embezzles overseas box office, resulting in the producers having to choose to sell off copyright rather than share the money.
After the two movies "A Chinese Odyssey" were released, Stephen Chow locked himself in the house for two weeks.
The main plot of this movie was written by Liu Zhenwei, but many details were designed by Stephen Chow. Now the movie is failing, which directly cuts Stephen Chow's confidence.
After half a month of sluggishness, Stephen Chow finally adjusted his mindset, drove out the sports car, and came to a nearby Chinese restaurant.
Mr. Zhou, what do you want to eat?The waiter is already immune to Stephen Chow because he often comes here to eat.
Stephen Chow said: A serving of fried rice.
OK, please wait.
Ten minutes later, the waiter did not show up, but instead a chef with a pockmarked face came.The chef put the fried rice on the table and said: Your rice is here.
Stephen Chow looked up and saw that he was an old acquaintance and smiled and said: It’s you again, where is the waiter?
The chef replied: It seems that he has gone to the thatched cottage. I shouted in the kitchen for a long time but no one responded.
Stephen Chow said: I'm wondering, the fried rice you make is so delicious, how can you work in such a mid-range restaurant?
The chef sighed: I used to be the chef of Fulinmen. You know, the gambling king Stanley Ho, he ate my special fried rice for 5,000 yuan at a time.Later, I quit my job and opened my own store. I could earn more than 100,000 yuan a month. The business grew bigger and bigger, and I also opened three branches.
So awesome?Stephen Chow said in surprise.
The chef smiled bitterly and said: Unfortunately, my friend had plotted against me and said there was a batch of low-priced beef and asked me if I wanted it.I was also greedy at that time, so I said I wanted it.
Then what?Stephen Chow said curiously.
The chef sighed: Then he was cheated, it was a problematic beef that was smuggled.Not only did I get a lot of money, I also ordered the business to be closed down and rectification. When the bad news was opened, the nearby diners were unwilling to eat in my store.I have accumulated tens of millions of dollars in more than ten years, but it took me three months to lose all my money.
Then you are worse than me.Stephen Chow sighed quite emotionally. He found that his setbacks seemed nothing compared to this chef.
The two soon started chatting, talking about the chef's experience back then. Stephen Chow thought this kind of story was very dramatic and might be made into a movie.
The chef's name is Dai Long, who is the fried king who did not use overnight rice to make fried rice and was given zero points by Stephen Chow.