Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Awei has finished filming? Let's walk slowly."

"Viagra, you've had a hard day today, go back and rest early."

As soon as Lu Liangwei came out from filming, he met many people greeting him on the road. A year ago, this would never have happened.

Lui Liangwei, who played Ding Li in "Shanghai Bund", had been playing small roles in Clear Water Bay before. It can be said that "Shanghai Bund" made him suddenly turn around.

He transformed from an unknown bit player to an actor who would be called out by name whenever he walked on the street.

Although Lu Liangwei had a hard time as a child, overall he was still very lucky. He had the opportunity to play the main supporting role in "Shanghai Bund" after only two years in the industry. He was many times better than others.

This time, Lui Liangwei was entrusted with an important task by Zhao Zhenqiang and continued to play the role of Ding Li in "Shanghai Bund 2".

Originally the protagonist of this drama was Xie Xian, but due to being poached by Lin Daoqiu, Guan Haishan was temporarily replaced. Zhao Zhenqiang simply took advantage of this opportunity and directly added Lu Liangwei's role as the protagonist.

As for this TV series "Shanghai Continuation", TVB plans to use it to compete with ATV's "Heroes Fearless".

But after the filming, Fang Yihua always felt uneasy. In fact, even the film's producer Zhao Zhenqiang himself felt that it was a bit too strenuous to compete with Lin Daoqiu's "The Great Hero Fearless".

But it's too late to say this now, because ATV has announced that "Heroes Fearless" will officially start broadcasting next Monday. They are forcing TVB to take action.

"There shouldn't be any problems with this play?"

Although Fang Yihua was also murmuring in her heart, she felt that "Shanghai on the Beach" was not well received by everyone before it was released, but the result was unexpectedly good.

This time, "Shanghai Bund Sequel" is almost facing the same situation, and maybe it will have a miraculous effect.

"Don't worry, Miss Fang. I think even if we can't win this drama, we won't lose miserably."

If Zhao Zhenqiang said such words in normal times, I'm afraid Fang Yihua would be very unhappy, because she only thought about winning and never thought about losing to ATV.

But only when she met Lin Daoqiu, Fang Yihua was able to think more calmly. Thoughts such as a small loss and a win that would normally never appear in her mind would always pop up at this time.

"It would be best if it could be done like this."

TVB's recent situation is pretty good. Since "Shanghai Bund", the ratings of TVB and ATV have returned to a 30-70 ratio, which makes both Shaw and Fong Yihua very happy.

As for Shaw Brothers, since forming a joint theater chain with Golden Harvest, the situation has been much better than before.

The movies produced by Shaw Brothers still follow the large studio system, and the movies produced are assembly-line productions.

The director and the actors still focus on kung fu movies, and occasionally shoot other themes such as romance movies.

But in general, because of the double-screening relationship, the box office of the films produced by Shaw Brothers has been much better than before.

But looking back at Jiahe, since Sammo Hung and the others were missing, the situation has become even worse than that of Shaw Brothers.

Although Jackie Chan and the Hui brothers are supporting the stage, starting from this year, Jackie Chan suddenly started to pursue high-quality products.

He only had one movie, "The Young Master", released this year, and although it grossed over 10 million at the box office, he later went to Hollywood to film "Cannonball Run."

Although Jackie Chan's movies are very popular, this is not enough for Golden Harvest. After all, they operate a theater chain and not a production company.

As for the other Xu brothers who support the stage, it is even worse. Since the filming of "The Pledge of Allegiance" in 1978, not even a movie has been released, and Xu Guanwen also followed Jackie Chan to Hollywood to work as a supporting role.

Previously, relying on Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, at least five or six movies could be released in a year, but now they have invested in New Oriental, causing Jiahe's vitality to be seriously damaged.

Before, Jiahe had not realized that Sammo Hung and Yuan Biao were so important to Jiahe, but when they ran away like this, Jiahe realized that they had suffered a huge loss.

Originally, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were thinking about whether they could completely eliminate Lin Daoqiu's New Oriental by joining forces with Shaw Brothers.

But now it seems that not only are they unable to eliminate Lin Daoqiu, but they may actually take advantage of Shaw Brothers because of this joint theater chain.

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"Since forming a double-show with Shaw Brothers, our earnings don't look good."

He Guanchang had a worried look on his face. Since forming a double-screening show with Shaw Brothers, the revenue has not increased as they imagined. On the contrary, it has dropped a lot compared to the same period last year.

What worries He Guanchang even more is that the number of people coming to Jiahe to watch movies seems to have become less than before. I don’t know if it’s because of the dual screenings or other reasons.

Zou Wenhuai had a stern look on his face, and it seemed that his mood was not much better. After all, he had already known about the declining revenue of the theater chain before, and it was not easy for them to come up with a good solution now.

"Unless San Mao and A Biao are willing to come back, we won't be able to find anyone to replace them for a while."

Although Zou Wenhuai said this, he also knew that this was impossible.

Because he had received the news before that as soon as Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao joined New Oriental, Lin Daoqiu immediately let them participate in the Hollywood movies he invested in. Now even if He Guanchang tries to persuade them to come back, it will be in vain.

"I think the question now is not whether we can defeat New Oriental, but if this continues, we may be sucked to death by Shaw Brothers. Let's see what movies they bring over for dual screening."

When thinking of those martial arts and old-style kung fu films from Shaw Brothers, He Guanchang could only cover his head and didn't know what to think.

The good schedules were filled with Shaw Brothers movies. It was okay at first, but after a few months, the attendance rate of those movies dropped to only 30 to 40% within a few days after they were released. What did the theater chain do?

make money.

What's even more unfortunate is that they originally agreed that as long as the movie's attendance rate didn't drop to 20% once it was released, it wouldn't be allowed to be released.

At first, Zou Wenhuai and the others were eager to join forces with the Shaw Brothers to deal with Lin Daoqiu, so they agreed without thinking too much.

But later they found out that the attendance rate of Shaw Brothers' movies had always been at this stage, which was a disaster for them.

It's no wonder that Golden Harvest Cinema's revenue has dropped a lot recently. I'm afraid most of the reason is dragged down by the movies brought over by Shaw Brothers.

"If it had been Lin Daoqiu who cooperated with us, maybe we wouldn't have these troubles now."

He Guanchang just muttered something in a low voice, but Zou Wenhuai heard his words clearly.

Although Zou Wenhuai didn't say anything, He Guanchang's words were like a seed, quietly planted in Zou Wenhuai's heart, but he didn't notice it himself.