Chapter 392 #0391 [Celebration Banquet! ] (Please Subscribe!)
When Shi Zhijian signed Zhao Yazhi, the Shaw Brothers' side was still brightly lit, and the boss Shao Yifu did not rest, but was waiting for the feedback from Zhou Duwen.
Soon, boom boom boom!
Someone knocked hastily on the door.
"Come in!"
Zhou Duwen ran in with small steps, looking anxious and happy.
"Mr. Shao, I'm here to announce the good news to you! Our premiere was sold out, and the audience responded enthusiastically! Now the box office of the premiere is preliminarily estimated to exceed 100,000 yuan!"
In this era, the box office can exceed 50,000 on the first day, and it is definitely a sign of a hit if it exceeds 100,000.
Hearing this news, even Shao Daheng, who has always been calm, couldn't help being moved, and there was a hint of excitement in the corners of his eyes and brows.
Zhou Duwen observed the situation and continued to report the good news: "In addition, I also sent someone to check it out. Just as you guessed, Golden Harvest's box office was faked, and the box office on the premiere day was up to 60,000! Especially the Kowloon Theater was full because they spent money to hire People!"
Shao Daheng tapped the table with his fingers, he was not surprised that Jiahe's box office was falsified.
Tonight, when he heard that Shi Zhijian's side was also full of audience, he was a little skeptical, so he asked Zhou Duwen to investigate carefully, and the result was exactly as he guessed.
What Shi Zhijian used were leftovers from his previous games, nothing new.
"Mr. Shao, do you want us to expose this insider and let the media follow up and report?" Zhou Duwen came up with an idea cautiously.
Shao Daheng glared at him, "How did you come in just now?"
"I knocked and came in."
"Is your head not caught between the cracks in the door?"
"Uh, no."
"Then why did you come up with such a bad idea?" Shao Daheng snorted coldly, "Now that Shi Zhijian wants the media to surround him, wouldn't you help him get free publicity by poking it out?"
Zhou Duwen was startled, and quickly bent over to slap his face, "Oh, look at my brain, I almost fell for that Shi Zhijian again!"
Shao Daheng got up from his chair, walked up to Zhou Duwen with his hands behind his back, looked at him and said, "I'm very happy that you worked hard tonight, but it will be even busier tomorrow because I'm going to hold a celebration banquet!"
"Uh, a celebration banquet?" Zhou Duwen was slightly taken aback.
"Yes!" Shao Daheng put his hands behind his back and looked out of the window.
The starry sky outside is vast.
"I want everyone in Hong Kong to know that I, Yifu Shao, have won against Shi Zhijian!"
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Taibai seafood boat.
Today, the second floor of Taibai Seafood Restaurant was taken over by Yifu Shao, and a celebration banquet was held specially for the sequel of "The Drunk Man".
The film's box office on the premiere day has also come out, not the 100,000 that Zhou Duwen predicted, but 130,000! Almost twice the box office of Golden Harvest's "Mythology" on the first day!
Relying on its amazing popularity and huge fan base, this movie was also screened three consecutive times in Shaw Cinemas. The average attendance rate of the first movie was 87.8%, and the second and third movies were sold out.
The box office on the first day was as high as 130,000. Based on 10 days of release, the box office of this movie can break one million, which is even sharper than "The One-Armed Swordsman".
Apart from the high profits brought by the box office, what makes Shaw Daheng even happier is that Shaw Brothers has once again consolidated its unshakable dominance.
beat Shaw,
Lu Yuntao, the hero of that generation, couldn't do it!
Now that little ghost Shi Zhijian can't do it either!
Everyone knew that Shao Daheng was always a lonely person, and he rarely held such a big banquet, so the people invited this time were all surprised. No one thought that Shao Daheng would attach so much importance to this drama.
Only a few people knew that what Shao Daheng valued was not drama, but Shi Zhijian's opponent.
Just imagine, Shao Daheng is very old and has been in the film industry for so many years, if he was easily defeated by a young boy, how embarrassing would it be?
So the theme of the celebration banquet this time is, old man, aspiring for thousands of miles!
He Shao Daheng is not old yet, that Shi Zhijian is always just a little punk in front of his old man!
In addition to Shaw's executives and the main creative staff of the crew, the company boss who has a good relationship with Shaw's participated in the celebration banquet this time.
Those companies are all small companies, and they usually rely on Shaw Brothers for their livelihood. These bosses rarely have the opportunity to flatter their horses, and of course they will not let go of the opportunity at this moment.
"Mr. Shao, congratulations! Your company's new show is really hot. Last night I queued for a long time to buy a ticket!"
"Yes, yes, it is really hard to get a ticket! It seems that next time I will call Mr. Shao personally to ask for a ticket!"
The two small bosses toasted together and stood up, flattering Shao Yifu.
Shao Daheng felt comfortable hearing this, and hurriedly said modestly: "You two are joking! If you want to watch a play in the future, you just need to say hello to Producer Zhou!"
After speaking, he looked at Zhou Duwen and said, "Duwen, hurry up and say hello to everyone!"
Zhou Duwen didn't expect Shao Daheng to mention himself on such an occasion, which was clearly a disguised reward.
Zhou Duwen hurriedly stood up and said excitedly: "Duwen next week, please take care of me in the future!"
"Producer Zhou has worked hard! I heard that you made a great contribution this time!"
"Yeah, we will also need Zhou Producer to take care of you in the future!"
The two bosses are very polite.
Seeing this, many senior executives of Shaw Brothers were all envious, and even Fang Yihua felt sour when seeing this.
Zhou Duwen was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear, he just felt that these days are not in vain, Mr. Shao really knows what he is thinking about himself.
"But then again, Mr. Shao, we are here toasting and exchanging joy and joy, and Shi Zhijian is probably sighing and crying like pouring rain!"
"That's right, that Shi Zhijian made a lot of fanfare before, and he made a big splash, thinking how great his play is! Now it's exposed, it's nothing!"
"Don't talk about him like that either. Young people don't know the rules and are arrogant. We still have to give him more opportunities!" Shao Daheng said earnestly.
The little boss gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Shao is indeed Mr. Shao, he is really respected!"
"Yes, Mr. Shao is magnanimous. Come, let us toast Mr. Shao!"
Everyone stood up one after another to toast Shao Daheng.
At this time, someone suddenly ran in with a lot of newspapers: "It's not good, Mr. Shao, something serious happened!"
"What's the matter? Panic!" Shao Daheng couldn't help scolding.
"Look at these newspapers!"
"What happened to the newspaper?"
"What happened?"
Everyone couldn't help but become curious.
Shao Daheng picked up the newspapers and looked at them. At first, he didn't feel much better, but gradually his face became ugly.
Zhou Duwen, Fang Yihua, and others can also see it now.
Today's newspaper's front page headlines are all about "Mythology"!
"Create the theme of time travel and lead the way in science fiction!"
"Emperor Qin's mausoleum prophesied of terracotta warriors!"
"Is it poignant love, or a historical legend? Watching "Mythology" will give you a different feeling!"
Daheng Shao did not change his face, and tried his best to turn the newspaper to the last few pages. Only then did he see some reviews of Shaw Brothers' "The Drunk Man" sporadically, and those reviews were drafts he asked someone to buy.
Shao Daheng took a deep breath, not knowing what he was thinking.
Zhou Duwen couldn't help but said: "These reports must be fake! All of them were drafts bought by Golden Harvest! That Shi Zhijian likes to do such despicable things the most!"
"That's right! They must have been bought! Otherwise, how could it be his "Mythology"?!"
Just when everyone was discussing, a voice said: "No, here are two more articles, one is written by Li Hanxiang, and the other is... written by Hu Jinquan!"
What?
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Fortunately, Li Hanxiang said that Hu Jinquan is a member of Shaw Brothers, and he is also Shao Daheng's most important director. He actually wrote a review for "Mythology"?
Everyone couldn't bear it, and hurriedly looked around——
Hu Jinquan wrote with a super headline: "As soon as "Mythology" comes out, who will compete with it?! I am convinced!"
"What a ghost!" Shao Daheng clutched his chest fiercely, his body crumbling.