Chapter 34: Box office battle! Jackie Chan

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Last night’s Spring Festival Gala program became the topic of everyone’s conversation.

"Did you watch the Spring Festival Gala yesterday? The sketches in it were simply hilarious."

"Yeah, and the songs were good too."

"By the way, did you hear the song that kid sang?"

"I heard it, it was quite good, and that kid looked quite good, just like the little fairy boy in the stories."

"Yeah."

Discussions about yesterday’s Spring Festival Gala could be heard everywhere.

And it was inevitable to talk about Chen Mo, who had appeared on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time yesterday.

Although many people still didn't know Chen Mo’s name, if they saw him, they would definitely be able to recognize him!

There was no help for it; after all, it was the nineties now. If it were in the later era of developed internet, one could imagine that Chen Mo’s name would have resounded throughout China overnight!

On the other side...

In Xiangjiang.

The box office battle was still continuing.

Chen Mo’s "Shaolin Popey 2" was still in third place, with a daily box office of 1.79 million and a total box office of 21 million!

Jackie Chan’s "Operation Condor" was still ranked first, with a daily box office of 2.36 million and a total box office of 25 million!

And the second-place "The Top Bet" had a daily box office of 2.12 million and a total box office of 29 million.

"The Top Bet’s" total box office was so high because its release date was five days earlier than "Operation Condor," so the total box office was naturally higher.

However.

February 17th, which was the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The box office changed!

"Shaolin Popey 2," which had been ranked third since its release, jumped to first place! It directly achieved a box office of 2.6 million, 400,000 more than "Operation Condor’s" daily box office!

This change made the people and companies paying attention to this box office battle stunned!

Afterward, some companies immediately began to investigate!

After the investigation, everyone discovered that the reason for "Shaolin Popey 2’s" sudden box office reversal was actually because Chen Mo had appeared on the Spring Festival Gala the day before New Year’s Eve, which led many viewers to recognize him, and then someone discovered his movie.

February 18th, "Shaolin Popey 2’s" daily box office was still in first place!

February 19th, "Shaolin Popey 2’s" daily box office was first!

February 20th.

In the villa where Anita Mui lived, Anita Mui’s group of friends gathered here.

At this moment, Anita Mui’s beautiful and slightly heroic face was full of smiles, her almond-shaped eyes looking playfully at Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, and Leslie Cheung, who were sitting opposite her.

"How is it? Defeated by my apprentice, do you have anything to say?"

Anita Mui’s lips curled up as she said with a smile.

Hearing Anita Mui’s words, the three opposite smiled awkwardly.

Especially Jackie Chan.

Although he couldn't compare to the previous two in the music world, he was definitely a pyramid-level existence in the film world!

Yet he had actually lost to a five-year-old child in this box office battle.

This feeling was like a martial arts alliance leader losing a martial arts competition to a small child!

"The younger generation is formidable. When you have time, lend me your apprentice."

Jackie Chan smiled and shook his head.

Hearing Jackie Chan’s words, Anita Mui smiled. "Depends on my mood."

"Anita, I said before that I wanted to sign Momo. What do you think about that?"

Andy Lau said at this time.

Andy Lau’s words made the smile on Anita Mui’s face stiffen.

If it were before, Anita Mui would definitely have helped Andy Lau sign Chen Mo.

But now that Chen Mo had become her apprentice, Anita Mui liked this child from the bottom of her heart and treated him as her "child."

Then, in that case, Anita Mui had to reconsider whether to let Chen Mo join Andy Lau’s company.

Although Andy Lau already had a certain reputation and status in Xiangjiang, he was still a bit behind some giants.

"Andy, Momo is too young."

Anita Mui said.

Hearing Anita Mui’s words, Andy Lau understood what Anita Mui meant.

He smiled and nodded, saying nothing more.

Soon, it was March.

The four films competing in this Spring Festival slot were successively taken off the shelves.

Because Chen Mo participated in the Spring Festival Gala, "Shaolin Popey 2" became the dark horse of this Spring Festival slot!

It directly became the first place in this Spring Festival slot with a box office of 39.8 million!

After the film was taken off the shelves, Golden Harvest immediately arranged for people to start producing discs for sale throughout the Southeast Asian region!

And Chen Fu took Chen Mo to Xiangjiang once after the film was taken off the shelves.

Upon arriving in Xiangjiang, Chen Fu left Chen Mo with Anita Mui, while he went to connect with Golden Harvest for the box office share.

March 10th.

Kindergarten started.

Chen Mo, who had stayed in Xiangjiang for ten days, returned to Jingcheng.

For this "Shaolin Popey 2" box office share, Chen Fu’s side held 35% of the investment, so after this share, they received 13 million Hong Kong dollars!

Converted to RMB, it was 11 million, and after deducting taxes, they got 8.4 million in hand.

Jingcheng.

Chen Mo’s home.

At this moment, Chen Mo had gone to kindergarten, and only Chen Fu and Chen Mu were left at home.

The two sat on the sofa.

On the coffee table in front of them were two bankbooks; these were the incomes from Chen Mo’s first filming of "Shaolin Popey" and this filming of "Shaolin Popey 2."

Adding them up, it was over ten million!

Over ten million!

"Husband, are we dreaming?"

Chen Mu’s voice trembled slightly.

Chen Fu lit a cigarette, then looked at Chen Mu with some disdain.

"Look at your lack of ambition. You’re this excited over just this much money?"

Chen Fu said disdainfully.

In reality, when he was connecting with Golden Harvest in Xiangjiang and learned he could get so much money, he almost knelt down in excitement.

It wasn't until he stayed in Xiangjiang for ten days and returned to Jingcheng that he calmed down.

"Look at you showing off! This is money my son earned!"

Seeing Chen Fu’s disdainful look, Chen Mu glared at him.

Chen Fu: "..."

Having left Chen Fu speechless, Chen Mu felt much better. Then, thinking of something, a complex look appeared on her face.

A moment later, Chen Mu said, "Husband, I think Momo is too tired."

Chen Fu was stunned after hearing this.

Chen Mu continued, "Ever since he ran away from home last time, Momo seems to have grown up overnight. Although he is still a bit childish sometimes, other times he is like a little adult, completely unlike a child. I was wondering if he is too tired."

"You say Momo is so young, is it appropriate for us to let Momo film movies? After all, filming is day and night."

"We are also only thirty. This ten million plus was all earned by our son. I feel awkward in my heart; it should be us earning money for our son to enjoy."

As she said this, Chen Mu’s eyes became moist.

And after Chen Fu heard Chen Mu’s words, he took out a cigarette case from his pocket, lit a cigarette, and took a puff.

He frowned and pondered for a long time before saying, "You’re right. We can't let Momo be like this. Wife, don't worry, tomorrow I will properly work on my career! Let our son become a second-generation rich kid!"

"Mm."