After its release, "Cold War" has gained a great reputation and won the title of "Best Hong Kong Film" after "Infernal Affairs", injecting a new vitality into the recession of Hong Kong films in recent years.

The decline of Hong Kong films is a reality, and there are many reasons for this. It is unrealistic to want to return to the golden age of Hong Kong films, but Hong Kong films are not completely unreliable. People like Chen Kexin, Chen Jiashang, Wang Jing and others went north to abandon their habitual Hong Kong film styles, adapt to and cater to the mainland market, and it is a way of living like Johnnie To and Eric Tsang stick to Hong Kong-style gunfighting films and Hong Kong-style comedy, and improving their own skills is also a way of living.

After all, mainland audiences, especially those of He Mu, almost all grew up watching pirated Hong Kong films. They are the main consumer force in the film market today, and they have a deep affection for Hong Kong films. Hong Kong-style movies with high quality and strong lineup can also win high box offices, just like this movie "Cold War".

Moreover, the mainland has strict supervision of films on police and gangster themes. There are almost no such films with a strong presence in mainland movies. At this time, the advantages of Hong Kong films are reflected. Police and gangster films are the strengths of Hong Kong films. They dare to shoot plots that the mainland dare not shoot, and they dare to explode buildings that the mainland dare to explode. In addition, big-name stars and exciting acting skills, such a movie will naturally be more attractive than similar themes in the mainland, and it is not surprising that it can achieve high box office.

The success of "Cold War" is replicable, but not universal. Its success is based on bold selection of materials, a high-level struggle in the police station that has never been involved in the past, and the film quality is excellent and the schedule is very suitable. In order to make Hong Kong films continue to develop and revitalize new vitality, cooperation with the mainland is the first, because there is the most promising market in the world. The market is box office and money. Only when the money is in place can you make good movies without worries.

So even Johnnie To, who has always been a local local in Hong Kong, began to cooperate with mainland companies after trying out two romantic art films to shoot mainland police and gangster films. Galaxy Film chose the partner of Hairun Film, which is famous for producing police and gangster dramas. The director was Johnnie To personally serve as the director. The actors found Sun Honglei and Louis Koo from both mainland Hong Kong. He Mu has always admired Director Johnnie To, and this is his first time to break out of the narrow area of ​​Hongnie Hong Kong and try the mainland police and gangster themes. He Mu really hopes that he can bring some new ideas and bold attempts to mainland police and gangster movies.

Although Galaxy Film and Hairun Film and Television are enough to take on this movie about anti-drug police and drug dealers, Galaxy has no distribution capabilities in the mainland, and Hairun is okay to release TV series, but basically has no friendship with theaters. Although this cooperation can be seen from Hairun's ambition to enter the film industry, lack of distribution capabilities is Hairun's weakness, so they must find another partner with strong distribution capabilities. Bona, Light and other major mainland film companies are their candidates. Because He Mu showed great interest in this movie, Shuimu also participated in the competition for the distribution rights of this movie and finally won the distribution rights. Although the movie has not been finished, it has been included in the distribution plan for next year.

Shuimu joined forces with Galaxy and Hairun, while Zhou Xingchi took his "Journey to the West. The Demons Subduing" and threw himself into the arms of the Huayi brothers. The first press conference was held recently, and a mystery was held. It was scheduled for the first day of the Lunar New Year, which clearly showed that he was fighting with He Mu's "Zi Buyu 3". The two movies were unwilling to change the schedule, so this was a head-on duel, and it was very likely that it would be a life-and-death situation. As for whom he died, it was unknown.

Zhou Xingchi's strength is unquestionable. In 2004, a "Kung Fu" beat Lao Mouzi's "The Ten-Side Ambush" and Feng Xiaogang's "The World Without Thieves" won the annual box office championship. Since "Yangtze River No. 7" in 2008, there has been no work. The thousands of fans who like him can't wait to see any image related to the three words "Zhou Xingchi". Even without him acting himself, he will definitely go to the theater to support him. Moreover, Zhou Xingchi has not yet admitted that he will not appear in that movie, so his fans still have such a hint of luck.

He Mu is not weak either. Although his debut for a short time and his directorial work is only the trilogy of "Zi Buyu", his two "Zi Buyu" have accumulated a total of 1.629 billion yuan in mainland China. What does this mean?

Let’s put it this way, only the mainland box office is calculated. Among Chinese directors, there are only two who have higher cumulative box office than He Mu, one is Zhang Yimou and the other is Feng Xiaogang.

From the box office of "Red Sorghum" 4 million, to the 568 million yuan of "The Flowers of War", Zhang Yimou's 16 Chinese films in the mainland had a total box office of 1.84 billion yuan. The most important thing is that among these sixteen movies, there are many winners abroad, and the awards and box offices were all well-known. In addition to the director's honor at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou deserves the title of "national teacher".

However, as the king of commercial films and the founder of the New Year, Feng Xiaogang is even better in box office. From 33 million in "Party A and Party B" in 1997 to 445 million in "If You Are the One 2", Feng Xiaogang's 11 works have a total box office of 2.13 billion in mainland China, with an average single-film box office of nearly 200 million. He is the well-deserved box office king. Last year, Feng Xiaogang did not have a new film released, so he devoted all his energy to the new film "1942", and the film will be released soon. If according to the slogan of 1 billion box office shouted by Huayi, Feng Xiaogang's personal box office will reach 3 billion. Even if the star-studded "1942" can reach the box office level of "Zi Buyu 2", he is still the director of the 3 billion yuan.

He Mu didn't feel embarrassed when losing to Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou on the box office list in the mainland. He was ranked third now, and he was still young, including only two movies. After "Zi Buyu 3" was released, it was not difficult to catch up with Lao Mouzi. After joining LeTV, he had no plans to start filming. What made He Mu feel most proud is that his "Zi Buyu" is now the highest-grossing Chinese-language movie in the world, while "Zi Buyu 2" is the highest-grossing movie movie in the mainland. Moreover, after it was released in Japan, the global box office is very close to the first global box office, and it is very likely to break the global box office record of Chinese-language movies.

In fact, as November comes, everyone has already smelled a trace of smoke from the New Year holiday. Some people say that this year's New Year holiday should start with the unexpected Hong Kong dark horse "Cold War". According to this statement, Li Wenhua's "A Small Things" is also considered a New Year movie.

The two most conspicuous in the smoke of gunpowder are the two companies, Huayi Brothers and Shuimu Forest. In addition to the head-on battle between "Journey to the West. Demon Subduing" and "Zi Buyu 3" on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Huayi Brothers also have two major weapons of destruction, Feng Xiaogang's "1942" and Cheng Long's "Twelve Zodiac Signs". In the first half of the Lunar New Year holiday, Shuimu Forest was slightly weaker, with only three small and medium-sized movies, "Lost in Thailand", and "Panda Burning Incense". He Mu puts the chance of turning the tables on the finale of "Zi Buyu". (To be continued...)

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