Chapter 29 Li Yihua's Family
With the arrival of the end of 1983, the movie war became increasingly popular. "Fast Food Truck" beat many of the same period's fierce films and achieved brilliant results, making Sammo Hung smile when he saw everyone. The box office of "Fast Food Truck" shocked the Hong Kong film industry!
The movies that Shaw Brothers and New Art City originally planned to be released at the same time have all compressed the box office results due to the strong box office of "Fast Food Truck". They still firmly occupy part of the schedule of Jiahe Theater Line near the end of the year. "Fast Food Truck" has been released for almost a month. It is time to draw the next picture, and the box office has reached 23 million.
The unexpected box office cashing in the film made companies outside Jiahe feel pressured. Xinyi City released two movies in succession, hoping to win the victory at the end of the year, but the quality was not as good as "Fast Food Truck", and the box office results after the release were not ideal.
At the end of the year, the Hong Kong film market was a situation where it dominated the world and surpassed the heroes. Many people did not expect it. In order to cope with such a situation, Xinyi City broke the situation where "Fast Food Truck" was the dominant one and vigorously launched "Best Partner: Great Powers".
"Best Partner: Showing Powers" inherited Yu Feng from "Best Partner: Bald Detective". As soon as it was released, it surpassed all major films and quickly dominated the entire Hong Kong market. Even "Fast Food Truck" was stepped on, making it the only one that dominated the company.
"Blow the bottle, blow it in one breath."
"Yes, I must blow the bottle this time."
This is where Sammo Hung's "Fast Food Truck" celebrates the celebration banquet. He did not invite any big-name stars. He was basically members of the Hong family class, so he didn't need any etiquette or reserve, nor did he have any buffets. He put a few large tables on it, and there were lobsters and abalones on each table, and bundles of beer were piled up at the corners of the table. He really ate big pieces and drank big mouthfuls.
"This is one million, which is the share of your movie. The share of the overseas market will take a while before you can pay it off." Sammo Hung took out a check from his pocket and handed it to Li Yihua.
"It's okay, I'll be relieved to do things with Brother Hong." Li Yihua was very excited, but pretended to be serious and took a sip of beer. This was the first time Li Yihua accepted such a huge sum of money. In this era, this money was enough to buy a car and a house.
"Fast Food Truck" was released in Hong Kong for a month, earning a total of 23.21 million yuan, temporarily ranking first among all Hong Kong movies that have been released this year. It seems that this year's box office champion is only between "Best Partner: Showing Powers" and "Fast Food Truck".
"Wow, one million, Andy Lau, you are rich. If you don't have a big meal, you will definitely not let you go." Yuan Biao patted Li Yihua's shoulder and said loudly threatening Li Yihua.
"Okay, this is all a little bit. Today I will have this celebration banquet first. I will treat you tomorrow. You can order any shark fin abalone at that time." With a million, Li Yihua would not be so stingy, and said, patting his chest.
"I knew that Andy Lau would not be stingy. You friend is really nice." Jackie Chan drank a big glass of beer, but was also infected by Li Yihua's heroic spirit, and came to the door and shouted.
"Andy Lau, what are your arrangements next year?" Sammo Hung shook his glass with a wine glass, looking at Li Yihua in front of him with a confused look on his face.
"It's nothing, I just plan to make a movie of my own. I will have to trouble Brother Hong at that time." Li Yihua did not hide Sammo Hung at all and expressed his thoughts.
"Making movies is not an easy task. You must think clearly. Don't watch movies and make money. That's occasionally, otherwise you will lose almost 100% of the time." Sammo Hung woke up in a moment of alcohol, sat down next to Li Yihua in the aisle, kindly dissuading Li Yihua.
"I know this, but I still like to try it. After a period of contact, I found that I am quite suitable for the film career." Li Yihua knew that Sammo Hung was doing it for his own good, but he insisted on it for his ideals.
"Okay, you should work hard when you are young. If you need help, Brother Hong will definitely help you." Brother Hong said heroically as always.
"Thank you, Brother Hong, I will definitely trouble you then, don't bother me."
"By the way, Andy Lau, can you write a script for me?" Sammo Hung said embarrassedly. It was Sammo Hung's first time asking for scripts. He couldn't help but feel a little fever on his face.
"No problem. As long as Brother Hong speaks, there will be any time." Li Yihua looked at Sammo Hung, whose face was flushed in front of him, and laughed out loud.
"Don't laugh anymore, don't you shoot a script without a script? You don't know how difficult it is to find a good script, and you don't know what your head is thinking. A simple plot will turn into magic when it comes to your hands." Sammo Hung was not afraid of losing face, so he told Li Yihua as it was.
Li Yihua and Sammo Hung talked for a long time until the celebration banquet ended. Li Yihua returned home and looked at the empty room. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed that the house matters would be resolved as soon as possible.
"Ming Pao" Building, martial arts screenwriter department.
"Sir, who are you looking for?" a staff member asked curiously.
"I am Li Yihua, the author of the serial novel "The Journey of Ethereal". Today I want to talk to the editor-in-chief of Youbao!" Li Yihua said with a smile at the front girl.
. "What? You are Li Yihua." The young girl looked at the ordinary boy in front of her with a surprised look on her face, unable to believe it.
"Please come in quickly, the editor-in-chief has already explained that you can go to the editor-in-chief's office at any time." The young girl smiled sweetly.
Seeing Li Yihua walking into the office, the editor-in-chief quickly stood up, stretched out his hands and held Li Yihua's hand tightly, and sighed, "You are the savior of the screenwriter of "Martial Arts". If you weren't for yours, you wouldn't know what would happen now."
"Editor, be polite. I'm here to ask for money today." Li Yihua looked at the excited editor and said straightforwardly.
"Haha. This is what you deserve, labor income." The editor-in-chief looked at Li Yihua with a confident look on his face, and did not expect how to be directed.
"Your copyright also has physical books to publish, a total of HK$1.5 million. Please accept this check." The editor-in-chief took out the check from the drawer and handed it to Li Yihua.
"Thank you, editor-in-chief, I won't disturb you from working, I'll leave first." Li Yihua looked at him calmly, but in fact he couldn't do it in his heart.
"Andy Lau, are you ready for your subsequent manuscript?" The editor-in-chief reminded Li Yihua.
"Please rest assured that this is done. I will send it to you in two days." Li Yihua took the time to finish writing the manuscript below "The Journey of Ethereal".
Chapter completed!