Chapter 95: "Xiao Lin" Celebration Banquet
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a large number of movies were released, taking away most of the screening time of "Shaolin Soccer Boy".
Among them, "Young Master Dragon" and "Shaolin Temple" stood out with their quality, gradually taking away the screening schedule of other movies. When two strong teams compete, the first to die is not the weaker ones.
"Shaolin Soccer" is one of these weak ones. Other movies did not even survive a day, but "Shaolin Soccer" relied on its previous reputation to survive until the third day of the Chinese New Year. The box office dropped below 20, and the screening schedule was gradually cancelled.
On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, "Shaolin Soccer" was released in Hong Kong.
After Wang Yaowei collected the information from various cinema chains, he immediately found Liu Hongmin with surprise.
"Boss, 'Shaolin Soccer Boy' grossed a total of 1256 million Hong Kong dollars. We made a killing."
Liu Hongmin was very happy to hear this figure. Tomorrow the film company can get about 180% of the box office, which is more than million Hong Kong dollars. The cost of "Shaolin Kid" was more than million, and the profit rate was %. You know, the copyright for Southeast Asia has not been sold!
Generally speaking, the copyright of Southeast Asia can be sold for several times the box office in Hong Kong. If Green Island can be purchased, it can even be sold for more than ten times.
In other words, as long as it is operated well, the copyright revenue in Southeast Asia is expected to exceed 100 million.
"Brother Wang, we must negotiate the copyright for Southeast Asia. If you can sell it for hundreds of millions, I will give you a bonus."
Wang Yaowei was immediately under pressure. It was not easy to sell copyrights worth over 100 million yuan. Especially since Green Island prohibited the screening of films created by mainlanders, he could forget about it.
Of course, if things go well in Southeast Asia, it’s not impossible to make over 100 million.
"Don't worry, boss. I will do my best."
Liu Hongmin nodded. "I'll ask Lao Zou to take out some money and find a hotel so we can have a celebration banquet."
Wang Yaowei's eyes lit up. If the celebration banquet was well organized, it would have a great advertising effect. He immediately thought of a plan and said, "Boss, I have an idea."
"tell me the story!"
Wang Yaowei immediately told Liu Hongmin what he was thinking. Liu Hongmin nodded continuously and then asked, "Is one million Hong Kong dollars enough?"
"enough!"
Wang Yaowei said confidently.
"Then do it!"
With Liu Hongmin's permission, Wang Yaowei immediately contacted the hotel and the media.
On the evening of the twelfth day of the first lunar month, countless media were waiting eagerly in front of the entrance of The Peninsula Hotel.
Soon, a nice car drove slowly and stopped at the door. The door opened, and He Jiajin walked out in a suit and stepped onto the red carpet. Zhou Xingxing got out of the car and followed He Jiajin to the hotel entrance.
The reporters immediately raised their cameras and kept pressing the shutter, as if film was free. Although there were many darkrooms near the red carpet for the reporters to change the film, by the time they had finished changing the film, He Jiajin had already walked into the hotel.
In the field of TV dramas, He Jiajin is already a first-class star in Hong Kong. Now that he has just entered the film industry, he has become the leading actor of a 12 million box office movie, which instantly raised his status a lot. Now in the whole of Hong Kong, there are no more than ten stars who are more popular than him.
The reporters who had just changed the film felt a little regretful. They wanted to take a few more photos of He Jiajin because he might be the biggest news today.
At this time, another luxury car drove in. When it reached the red carpet, a father and son got out of the car. It was Fan Shaohuang and his father, a martial arts star.
The reporters were overjoyed and pressed the shutter again without paying.
Fan Meisheng is a TVB star. Unexpectedly, Fan Shaohuang, the twin stars of Tomorrow Film Company, is actually his son.
This is big news! It's much more exciting than He Jiajin's handsomeness.
"I heard that the boss of Tomorrow Film Company has a good relationship with RTV. Does Fan Meisheng count as defecting to the enemy?"
"It's called a wise bird choosing a tree to roost in. Fan Meisheng has been in TVB for so many years, but she is not as famous as his son who made a movie. I guess he doesn't make as much money as his son." "That's right, Uncle Six is too stingy. He only pays the actors a fixed salary."
"What does it have to do with us? Take the photo quickly, we have to earn the bonus."
Unfortunately, when they were changing the film, Fan Shaohuang brought his father into the hotel.
Just when they thought this was the biggest news of the day, another enhanced luxury car stopped near the red carpet.
After the car door opened, Xu Xiaoming got out first, then held the door and put his hand to block the top of the door to prevent people in the car from hitting their heads when getting out.
The reporters instantly became curious. They knew Xu Xiaoming, but there were not many people who could have Xu Xiaoming as a caddy. Could it be that some big shot had come?
As a result, a foot wearing high heels stretched out of the car. The owner of the foot was wearing a dress and bent down to get out of the car. When Lan Jieying stood up, the reporters immediately exclaimed.
"So beautiful!"
"Who is this?"
"Have you never seen 'The Young Master'? This is the heroine!"
"what is her name?"
"It seems to be Lan Jieying."
"it's beautiful!"
"Why did she come down here with Xu Xiaoming? Is he having an affair with Xu Xiaoming?"
Reporters kept clicking their shutters, speculating why Xu Xiaoming and Lan Jieying were in the same car, and why Xu Xiaoming was her car boy. If the two were having an affair, it would make sense.
This is the biggest news today!
As a result, when they were almost done taking photos, another man got out of the car. This man was a stranger to them, wearing a slim suit and looked like a star.
The reporters were stunned for a moment, then pressed the shutter button even faster, but after just a few presses, the film ran out.
They quickly ran to change the film and ran back to take pictures.
Walking on the red carpet, Liu Hongmin's body was stiff. It was the first time for him to face such a situation, which was indeed a test of one's psychological quality.
Lan Jieying was also very nervous and held Liu Hongmin's arm tightly with both hands.
Xu Xiaoming was quite experienced. He gently reminded: "Keep smiling and don't close your eyes, otherwise the photos you take won't look good."
The reason he was in the car was to take care of these two inexperienced rookies.
In Wang Yaowei's plan, the scandal between Liu Hongmin and Lan Jieying was the focus of this publicity. Whether it was He Jiajin showing off his handsomeness or Fan Meisheng betraying his old club, neither was as attractive as the scandal of the heroine.
It can be said that Wang Yaowei’s time in Hong Kong over the years was not in vain, as he knows how to create public opinion.
At this time, he was in the hotel, watching the red carpet show outside the hotel with a group of theater representatives.
"Everyone, you have seen it! Although Tomorrow Film Company is just a start-up, its strength is not weak. Our actors may not seem famous, but they are not lacking in attention. The fact that "Shaolin Kid" has a box office of 12 million in Hong Kong is enough to show its excellence. What's more valuable is that it is a family-friendly movie, suitable for the whole family to go to the theater to watch together."
The theater representatives nodded one after another. They were indeed impressed by the red carpet show before them.
Under the guidance of Wang Yaowei, they raised their prices and signed the contracts.
(End of this chapter)
