Chapter 60 The January Box Office War (1)
In the 14th year of "Eight Stars" was only considered an ordinary comedy, not to mention that Lin Wei had watched this movie, so he sat there and watched the screen, but he fell asleep boredly.
When Wang Jing saw Lin Wei fall asleep, he felt speechless. This Lin Yaoyan, this movie is the first movie he directed. He just doesn't care about it like this. He actually fell asleep at the premiere. It's really good that people don't know what to say.
Li Lizhen's eyes were always on the screen, but after Lin Wei fell asleep, she leaned against her body, which made her face turn red, but she didn't dare to push Lin Wei away. After all, he was her boss. Even if he deliberately took advantage of his own, the price would only make him touch it. Otherwise, God knows whether the little boss would be angry with him.
Lin Wei can doze off, but those audiences do not doze off. "Eight Stars News" was a general comedy in 1924, but in 1983, it is definitely a classic comedy. From the beginning, only a few people laughed, to the back, more and more laughs sounded, and the close-up of the friend revealed by the dwarf first made many male audience laugh, and then the scene of the female character Yingying in the play was caught by the wolf. Fang Jiansheng, played by Zhou Xingchi, attracted more audiences to laugh.
Hearing more and more laughter, Wang Jing also understood that the movie was successful. Then laughter continued in the cinema. The scene of an old couple driving a car and breaking the phone line made many viewers who were still calm and silenced couldn't help but laugh out loud. In the original version of "Eight Stars Newspaper", Zhou Runfa basically supported the movie alone. Now, the male lead of this movie is starring Ren Dahua. Ren Dahua is already an old actor, but he has not yet become famous, but his acting skills are good. The role of Fang Jianlang makes him play very well, and it is not much worse than the original version.
Fang Jianhui, played by Wang Jing, is ridiculous, while Fang Jiansheng, played by Zhou Xingchi, is nonsensical and exaggerated, which adds a lot of color to the movie. Audiences with lower laughter almost laugh from the beginning of the movie to the end of the movie.
"Choose... this movie is so ridiculous. A person who looks so majestic but has a majestic voice. It's so funny."
"This third brother of the Fang family is too that way. It really makes people want to laugh..."
"I think it's still the boss of the Fang family that's funny. This fat man and this image make people laugh..."
"What's so funny about that fat man? It's a pity Lin Qingxia, how can I fall in love with a fat man..."
"What's wrong with fat guys? Can't fat guys find a beautiful woman as their wife? I think a good person like fat guys should be rewarded..."
"Good reward...? Haha... This is what you said is good reward? Lin Qingxia still ran away with Qin Khan..." At the end of the movie, the audience who had not laughed finally burst into laughter. Fang Jianhui, played by Wang Jing, and Wu Fenfang, played by Lin Qingxia, fell in love with Wu Fenfang, played by Lin Qingxia, was very unhappy, which made the few viewers who like Lin Qingxia very dissatisfied. As a result, at the end of the movie, Wu Fenfang, whose husband, who was guest starring Qin Khan, came back. Then, Wu Fenfang left sweetly with her husband, leaving the poor Fang Jianhui alone standing on the side of the road alone. Such an ending made the audience who was very unhappy with Lin Qingxia and a fat man couldn't help laughing loudly, but his laughter was quickly drowned in a tide of applause.
Lin Wei, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the applause. When he saw it, he found that he was actually leaning against Li Lizhen's body and sleeping. Fortunately, he did not drool on him. Lin Wei smiled at Li Lizhen apologetically and turned his head, but found that Zhao Yazhi, Zhong Chuhong, Zhou Huimin, and Wen Bixia, who could not sit far away, were all looking at him with very bad eyes.
Oops, this person offended four people at once. Lin Wei had a very bad premonition in his heart. However, it was obviously not the time for him to think about these things. The guests came forward to congratulate him one by one. Judging from the reactions of the audience, this movie must be good, but in fact, the original box office of this movie was also very good.
The second part of "Best Partner" released on the same day as "Eight Stars News" was also released on Jiahe Theater. Because of the impressive results of the first part of "Best Partner", the second part of "Best Partner" was released on the first day of the second part, and the attendance rate of "Eight Stars News" was still only more than 70% under the promotion of movies with awards. This showed the gap. "Eight Stars News" completely lost to "Best Partner".
The boss Zou of Jiahe Cinema was very happy to see the data of the two movies reported by his subordinates. To be honest, the sudden joining of Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin Cinema made Boss Zou very worried. After all, in Xiangjiang, the three theaters of their three theaters are divided into three parts. Although Jiahe Cinema is a little stronger, after Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin Cinema joining forces, their strength is much stronger than that of Jiahe Cinema. Boss Zou has to pay attention to the battle between the two movies this time. Although the "Eight Stars News" jointly joined by the two theaters on the first day was higher, the attendance rate was too far different. Therefore, Boss Zou believed that the final box office must be "Best Partner" to win.
However, things obviously will not proceed as Boss Zou expected. After all, "Eight Stars" is a classic comedy from the 1980s. Its original box office was more than 37 million, while "Best Partner"'s second "Showing the Powers" was not as box office as the first, with only more than 23 million. In terms of foundation, it is not as good as "Eight Stars"'s good news.
After the audience who watched "Eight Stars News" returned home on the first day, they couldn't help but talk about the movie to their family and relatives and friends: "Hi... man, have you watched the Eight Stars News News?... No? Then you really should go and watch it. This movie is so funny. It's definitely the funniest movie I've ever seen. It would be a pity if I didn't watch it..."
"Dad, aren't you going to rest tomorrow? Go and watch that eight-star movie. It's really ridiculous. My belly is almost laughing. Such a big man actually said the niang is so timid. Dad, if you watch it, you will definitely laugh..."
"His sister-in-law, did you go to watch the eight-star movie? It's really good, it's quite funny, and this movie is still in the event of watching movies with prizes. I saw someone get a recorder on the spot. I was not lucky and got only a pack of instant noodles. But speaking of it, the instant noodles tasted really good, much better than what I had before..."
In this way, because the quality of "Eight Stars News" is indeed very good for the people of Xiangjiang in this era, it is definitely a classic and funny comedy. Therefore, not only many viewers watched it again after watching it, but also recommended it to relatives and friends. The next day, the attendance rate of "Eight Stars News" exceeded 80%. On the third day, various newspapers in Xiangjiang began to make efforts. This first wave of efforts was naturally the first to buy good newspapers for the two sides to issue favorable comments.
On the third day, the attendance rate of "Eight Stars" reached 85%. On the fourth day, the attendance rate of "Eight Stars" exceeded 90%. From the fourth day, in addition to those who bought newspapers were reporting, some other newspapers also began to report. Some people praised "Eight Stars" naturally scolded "Best Partner". Those who praised "Best Partner" were also scolded "Eight Stars" and it was very lively for a while.
On the fifth day, the attendance rate of "Eight Stars" basically reached 100%. On the sixth day, the attendance rate of "Eight Stars" was completely full. "Best Partner" began to show weakness, and the box office attendance rate began to decline. Boss Zou had a bad premonition when he received the attendance report from both sides on the fifth day. On the sixth day, it really happened. "Eight Stars" beat "Best Partner" step by step with a strong attitude, and the box office on the sixth day was almost double that of "Best Partner".
"Let's also watch movies with prizes." Boss Zou said helplessly. Originally, he was dissatisfied with the fact that he actually created a movie with prizes. If the movie is not good, what role can the movie with prizes play?
Now, Boss Zou cannot use this small trick he originally looked down upon.
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Chapter completed!