Chapter 0019 Making People Cry and Laugh at the Sa
April 28th, Friday.
After having dinner at Hing Kee Tea Restaurant, Kwan Chi-Lin pulled Yin Jun and called a cab on a whim, arriving all the way to the Hollywood Theater on Nathan Road in Mongkok.
Ever since Kwan Chi-Lam came to eat at Hing Kee Tea Restaurant last week, she was so sweet that she coaxed Brother Hing to find his way out of the city, so it was easy for her to help Yin Jun take time off from work and leave work an hour early to catch the second show of the premiere day of her daddy and brother Jun's masterpiece - "Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table".
Hollywood Theatre is one of the few superb theaters in Hong Kong, it has been in business since '64, it has 1,765 seats, it once joined Shaw Cinemas, but nowadays it doesn't belong to any of them, but anytime Golden Harvest or Shaw's want to expand their screenings, they will definitely need to rent its theater.
In addition, if there is a film that can afford the underwriting fee, it is still going to play it. Usually, this one theater of its can satisfy the need of playing a small production film.
However, this time, Hollywood Theater didn't jointly open the picture because of Golden Harvest, but their boss and Guan Shirt were a bit of friends, so they charged the underwriting fee a bit cheaper and agreed to screen it together.
From the 2nd Yin Jun gave Guan shirt script to start, just less than a month, Guan shirt to find people, filming, screening all done, which really have to sigh, in Hong Kong to do things, there really is no procrastination this word na.
This also happened in the Happy Theater and the Stellar Theater, these three large theaters have a total of almost 3000 seats, almost half of the 8 theaters that Golden Harvest gave to "7 Days of Love", so this is also the key reason why Guan Shirt insisted on letting the movie play for one week before negotiating the out-of-town distribution rights.
For this reason, Guan Shirt also paid an extra 30,000 yuan a week for the underwriting fee, which was not a small cost.
Because Guan Shirt had returned the investor's money before, for the sake of "7 Days of Love in the Wrong Table", Guan Shirt had spent almost all of his family's money, and borrowed some money, whether or not he could turn the tide depends on this time, so he was with Zhang Bingqian early in the Hollywood side of the watch, ready to see how the audience's reaction.
Because of this, Guan Zhi Lin had the opportunity to slip out and find Yin Jun together, so that he could accompany him to watch the movie.
The two of them came over just as the first show was breaking up, and a large group of audience members swarmed out, plus the surrounding area was filled with audience members who were going to the next show, as well as vendors buying food and drinks, and the entire road was suddenly blocked.
When Yin Jun finished paying for the car and turned around, Guan Zhi Lin smiled as she took Yin Jun's hand and said, "Brother Jun, the response to our movie was very good."
"How so?"
"Look, when they came out, they were almost all smiling and laughing, isn't this the reaction of watching a good movie?" Kwan Chi Lin pointed to the crowd under the lights not far away.
"Not bad, our Jia Hui also knows what it means to look at people." Yin Jun smiled and touched her pink zhen, "Let's go, the movie is about to start."
"Oh~~"
Guan Zhi Lin was carrying the prepared snacks and drinks in one hand, and one small hand was placed in Yin Jun's palm, allowing Yin Jun to hold her tightly, it felt so good.
This girl's eyes were only looking at the good ones, she didn't even realize that there were quite a few viewers who were cursing and swearing, but of course, it wasn't the kind of anger that would cause them to lose their sugar cane.
Yin Jun did not have to ask to know the reason, must be the end of Li Du and Yang Naidong two people did not get together, so let them upset.
But after Yin Jun wrote the script, he felt that the high box office of "7 Days of Love" had something to do with its slightly regrettable ending.
Whether that was the case or not, it was something that had to be observed in this life, by Yin Jun himself.
The two quickly entered the theater, and waited until the moment before the lights turned off and went dark, Yin Jun looked around and found that inside the large theater, at this time, had already sat almost 60% or so of the people, and did not feel slightly nodded his head.
A romantic movie without big stars, the second screening could come to so many people, it was already a very good start.
Of course, maybe it also had something to do with the fact that the current time slot was the best time to watch the movie.
A minute later, the movie began to play.
To Yin Jun's surprise, it was actually Guan Shirt himself who was the male lead.
Only, with the make-up, Guan Shirt looked like he was in his thirties, and was somewhat similar to the one in the movie, Li Du, who had accomplished nothing.
The female lead, Yang Naidong, Guan Shirt looked for a somewhat famous actress, and a few years later Ye Tong's version of the female lead is different, this female lead to be a little more beautiful, but the gentle temperament is not inferior to the young Ye Tong.
Yin Jun looked at the introduction of the main actor, her name was Chang Wei, Yin Jun had never heard of her, I think it should be a previously unknown actress.
Don't look at Chang Wei's lack of fame, the second scene she acted in, the one where she shook the vegetable stall owner's watery vegetables dry, and incidentally dumped at least two taels of water inside the scale, that gentle but shrewd temperament, caused the audience to burst into a fit of giggles.
But the one who laughed the most was naturally Li Du.
Whether it was the parking lot security guard, the gold store security guard, or the banknote truck security guard, this unlucky guy, every time he encountered a situation, and on the contrary, he still had an innocent and pitiful look on his face, which made the audience gloat a lot.
In the short opening five minutes, the audience laughed five or six times, which immediately lightened the atmosphere of the entire theater.
"It's done!"
Just seeing this, seeing that Guan Shirt was strictly following his sub-script, and seeing the audience's reaction, Yin Jun couldn't help but say this in Guan Zhilin's ear with some joy.
He was originally a little worried that bringing out Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table five years in advance, would it not be watered down, and would the people of Hong Kong have a different level of appreciation five years ago and five years from now?
Now it seemed that all these worries were unnecessary.
A good and excellent movie is still a popular and good-looking movie no matter if you watch it ten years later or ten years ago.
The 90-minute "Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table" basically makes people laugh every few minutes, and the most laughable part of the movie is the dialog in which Li Du couldn't help but XXOO with Yang Naidong, and then Yang Naidong kicked him off the couch afterward.
Li Du's little daughter-in-law look, simply make people laugh, the whole movie theater there is no one did not laugh.
But at the end of the movie, when Yang Naidong's husband came back, Li Du had to leave sadly.
At the pier, he stood despondently in front of the railing, but surprised to see Yang Naidong riding a scooter to see him off, all the unhappiness in his heart, were forced to cover up, waved hard to her, and walked into the ship.
Yang Naidong also lowered her head, and when she raised it, she lightly bit her lips, and the emotions of difficulty, uneasiness, guilt ...... and so on were intertwined in her face.
The scene is fixed at this moment, the whole play is over.
Seeing the "end of the show" logo ringing, everyone was still immersed in the plot, did not turn around.
Although most of the time, it was very funny and heartwarming, but this ending was obviously a bit upsetting.
"Fuck you! What a shitty ending!"
With a roar, a white shaking sugar cane was thrown out, directly smashing on top of the silver screen above the theater.
"Yeah, it's so unpleasant!"
"Let us have fun all the way through, will you die?"
"Bastard director! Bastard screenwriter! Don't show up in front of me, or I'll chop you!"
"Same chop!"
"Three chops!!!"
"......"
Well, with the leader, at least a dozen pieces of sugar cane were thrown up, making Yin Jun feel the power of the "Sugar Cane Gang" for the first time.
Originally, many people are immersed in the parting of the separation of the upset, see these people so roar, somehow someone laughed.
"Hahaha ......"
Inside the theater, laughter was intertwined all over again.
But now that the lights were on, if you looked closely, you would again find quite a few girls laughing with teardrops on their faces.
Success!
Yin Jun clenched his fist, once again confirming his previous judgment.
A movie that could make people cry and laugh at the same time, then this was a basic success.
He usually had a calm and bland personality, but this time, the first time he had written a script, whether or not it would be well received by the public, this was a very important matter.
Now that he didn't lose hope, the rare Yin Jun was happy.
However, he had forgotten that one of his hands was still holding Guan Zhilin's small hand, and this grip caused Guan Zhilin to suffer a lot of pain.
Miss Guan would like to cry out in pain, but looking at Jun brother so happy look, smart she immediately perceived Jun brother's mood at this time, could not help but grit her teeth, hold back not to scream.
It was only until he walked out of the theater, in the midst of everyone's lively discussions, that Yin Jun relaxed.
Instead of taking Guan Zhilin back, he looked at the sign and walked straight up to the second floor theater office on the side.
Earlier, Zhang Bingqian had called Hing Kee Tea Restaurant to tell Yin Jun about Kwan Chi Lin's past visit to him and to urge him to send his daughter back here after the movie.
Being a mom, she could never let go of her daughter's protection at any time.
Walking up the stairs, it just so happened that Guan Shirt and Zhang Bingqian were standing there talking to a couple of men, Guan Shirt's face was full of smiles and laughter, even her voice seemed to be a little louder.
"Haha, where where, it's still all thanks to everyone's help! The Golden Dragon Restaurant across from Hengsheng, I've already made a reservation, let's go over there together and talk again! Mr. Cai from Golden Harvest, as well as Boss Zhang and Boss Bai they're all here." As Guan Zhi Shirt said that, she raised her hand to invite a few middle-aged men to walk in front of her, coming this way towards the stairway.
Seeing Yin Jun and Guan Zhilin, Guan Shirt smiled even more happily, "Jia Hui, Jun! Come, meet Uncle Tang, Uncle Ma, Uncle Liu ......"
Guan Zhilin was also well-behaved, and sweetly called out.
Yin Jun naturally followed suit and called out.
The response from the few people was also enthusiastic, but the eyes that looked at Guan Zhilin and Yin Jun were quite a bit snarky.
In Xiangjiang, basically at the age of fifteen or sixteen, there were more boys and girls who started dating.
They didn't need to look much, just by looking at Gloria Kwan standing next to Yin Jun with a sweet look on her face, they knew what kind of relationship they had.