Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

On the evening of September 21st, Zhao Donghuai heard a knock on the door before he went out. When he went to open the door, he found that it was Guan Jiahui who was dressed up. Sister Guan looked pretty after a little makeup.

"Director, there will be a midnight show tonight, are you afraid?"

Sister Guan was not polite and took the initiative to hold his arm and spoke with a smile. Zhao Donghuai laughed, "What is there to be afraid of?"

Speaking of which, since the last time he had Lan Jieying guest-starring as a female doctor on the set, and also joked that he wanted Kwan Jiahui to play the mother in the new movie... this person hasn't been to the set for a while.

Guan Jiahui's eyes widened, "The Cane Biting Gang is very scary. If they are not satisfied with what they see, everyone will curse on the spot and throw sugar cane at the creative team."

"When my father was still making movies, I was very nervous every time a new movie was released."

Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "It's okay, I have confidence in the new world."

Midnight show...just as the name suggests.

It's just past dinner time, still very early, after the midnight screening at Shaw Brothers Mongkok Cinema.

Tomorrow it will be shown in 12 Shaw Brothers theaters including other leading theaters, with multiple shows every day, and the treatment given by Shaw Brothers is not bad.

The only thing about it is that the two parties agreed on the sharing. After deducting the entertainment tax, Shaw Brothers Cinemas will get 60%, and Zhao Donghuai's Zhao Films will only get 40%. But this is the current clear rule in the Hong Kong film and television industry.

Except for a few film productions, such as New Art City, or films by Cheng Long, Hong Yinbao and others, all small and medium-sized companies have this ratio.

Just like what the boss Shao said when I first met him, everything should be done according to procedures and rules. This is because after the establishment of Golden Princess Cinemas, it was the first in Hong Kong Island to abolish the subsidized theater system.

If according to the previous rules, you would get a share of the base fee before releasing the movie, it would be even more of a scam.

However, Zhao Donghuai is also satisfied. If nothing else happens, after the New World, he should also set up his own flag in the film industry and be called a successful director.

The next moment, he looked at Guan Jiahui curiously, "How do you know I live here?"

Before spending 900,000 yuan to buy this second-hand house of more than 100 square meters on Broadcasting Road, he stayed in hotels most of the time.

Guan Jiahui smiled like a flower, "Hey, you didn't say anything when you bought the house. You can let me help you make reference."

"Are you going to meet up with Du Sir, Fa Ge and the others now?"

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "There's no rush, but it doesn't matter if you go early."

The creative team will definitely go to the Longtou Theater for the first show to see the audience's reaction.

By the way, tonight is still the midnight show of Burning Old Summer Palace, but the film directed by Li Hanxiang and starring Tony Leung Ka Fai will be released at Shuangnan Cinemas, which is also a relatively large mainland cinema on Hong Kong Island.

It's not like Zhao Donghuai never thought about contacting Shuangnan... But he thought about it in the early stages of time travel, but once it was confirmed that the first part would be filmed in the new world, the idea disappeared.

In this day and age, any film with color or violent scenes cannot be censored in Shuangnan. Even if there are some inappropriate color jokes in the lines of the film, it will be blocked. Maybe in a few years, with the deepening of the reform, there will be a chance. .

Thinking of this, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "After watching the midnight show, I invite you to watch the Burning of the Old Summer Palace. I don't know what their screening mode is?"

This film was also famous in its previous life. Not to mention the epic visual style that caused Director Li and Tony Leung Ka Fai to be banned. During the filming, Director Li actually built a simulated Old Summer Palace location in Changping, the capital.

If the special effects are not good enough, then the simulation base will be burned! It’s definitely a big occasion!

The two-part film "Burning the Old Summer Palace", the first part made more than 15 million yuan at the box office, and the second part "Under the Curtain" will be released in October next month and also took more than 11 million yuan.

Not to mention this, he still took away 1.3 billion yen in an island country where life should have been difficult.

1.3 billion yen is also more than 5 million US dollars in 1983!

Guan Jiahui blinked, a little confused. Is it too late to watch the midnight show? This little brother actually wanted to invite her to watch other movies? ?

Could it be that she is so old that she can only play the role of mother in movies and TV series? Oh my God, it's terrible.

Forget it, let’s wait and see the specific box office of New World.

Speaking of which, even if New World has not yet been released and there is no result, Director Zhao is a bit expected to be proud of buying a mansion with more than 1,000 square feet without even celebrating it.

………………

Tsim Sha Tsui, a certain tenement building.

Lan Jieying waved back casually, said a few words and ran downstairs. When she saw Zhou Xingxing, Zeng Huaqian, Tony Leung and Liu Jialing on the street, she quickly ran over.

"Let's go, let's go to Mong Kok Theater now?"

Xingzi was so excited that he wanted to dance, "Go, but keep a low profile. I'm afraid Director Zhao and the others will feel a little embarrassed when they see so many of us."

Zeng Huaqian couldn't help but said with envy, "You two, stop showing off, or be careful of getting beaten! Really, we are all classmates. We haven't even appeared in TV series, but you two have appeared in movies. It's so sad."

"By the way, where are Liu Qingyun and Tao Dayu? Why don't you call them? We are all classmates..."

Lan Jieying was stunned, "It's not good to call too many people together. We are in groups. If someone we know catches us, they will think we are doing something."

During her studies, she had a normal relationship with a batch of classmates. She only had a good time with Zeng Huaqian. When the two of them were assigned to host the 430 shuttle together, their relationship became even better.

After a pause, Lan Jieying said again, "It's still early, but can we watch other movies first? Even if they don't look good, we can talk about acting in the cinema and learn acting skills."

She has not forgotten that Director Zhao asked her to prepare well after the last time, saying that she might be used in the next film. Director Zhao can call her alone. She will not be a bad small role. She should be better than a guest star in the new world. Much better.

Of course, before Director Zhao left that time, he also gave Xingzai a role as a personal computer intelligence expert... She didn't even know what a personal computer was.

But she will definitely not talk nonsense about this kind of thing. If it reaches the ears of the director and makes him think that she is too arrogant and refuses, it will be an embarrassment.

Zhao Donghuai also made it clear last time that it was for consideration, but he was not sure whether to use her or not. It would still depend on her preparation performance and results.

But as a girl who has a bad relationship with her father, is a bit rebellious, and finally embraces her family again, Lan Jieying feels that she can still play the role well. Isn't she a girl? Which boy or girl has never been rebellious?

When a group of people were chatting and laughing, and excitedly wanted to take the bus on the roadside, Xingzai walked even more gracefully... It's not a show off. He has loved performing since he was a child, and he continued even if he was rejected from the training class. He has persisted until now he is 21 , the first time on the big screen.

There are two close-up shots of the big screen image, which can be regarded as the debut, how can young people not be excited.

As the night continued to pass, it was finally approaching midnight.

At Shaw Brothers Mong Kok Cinema, Zhao Donghuai, Johnnie To, Cheng Xiaodong and others had also arrived. Seeing the figures who came to buy tickets one by one and prepare to go inside to watch the movie, Du Qifeng said happily, "The flow of people is not bad, there can be four or five people in the midnight show." The attendance rate is very good.”

"Our play will not look any worse than ordinary."

Zhou Runfa, who had been running the show for a few days to do various promotions, said, "Sir Du, your requirements can be higher. I have been a poison at the box office for several years, and I really don't want to continue to poison myself!"

It should be said that such a large creative team is more nervous than Zhao Donghuai. They are all in one group instead of one, two, or two or three.

Tonight's midnight movie at the Mong Kok Cinema, in addition to the audience attracted by the publicity, or the Cane Biting Gang, there were also many invited media and film critics.

There is a saying that pure new directors generally cannot attract a few media and film critics, but Zhao Donghuai is different... Even Hong Yinbao didn't know where he heard about it. He thought it was Shaw Brothers who supported his five-million-dollar filming, or Shaw Brothers One-stop support from props to actors and screening.

This is a gimmick.