In March 1982, "Shaolin Temple" starring Li Lianjie was released in Singapore, breaking Singapore's decades of box office record and winning a terrifying box office of 1.7 million Singapore dollars (about 1.5 million US dollars).
After the news came to Hong Kong, Hong Kong filmmakers' eyes turned red. Although the Hong Kong dollar has been appreciating over the past year, SGD 1.7 million is still almost equivalent to nearly HK$10 million.
Not only that, the average ticket price in the mainland is 10 cents. In the past few months since the release of "Shaolin Temple", it has accumulated more than 60 million yuan in box office, and it is still being popular.
Great Wall Film Company, which filmed "Shaolin Temple", has gained a reputation again, but it has not made much money and has been directly collected by the Ministry of Finance of the Mainland. Great Wall dare not complain because they have received a lot of financial support from the Mainland over the years, otherwise they would have closed down long ago.
However, "Shaolin Temple" encountered trouble when it was released in the Philippines and Malaysia. Local Buddhist groups believed that the plot of monks eating dog meat in "Shaolin Temple" was to vilify Buddhism, and raised strong protests. Immediately afterwards, the opposition from Buddhist groups spread to the entire Nanyang area. Finally, "Shaolin Temple" was deleted nine places before and after, and finally it was released in these countries and regions.
The hit screening of "Shaolin Temple" in Nanyang has brought good opportunities to "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
Oriental DreamWorks' distribution method is a strong bitch flying style. Whenever a place "Shaolin Temple" is sold, DreamWorks will sell "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and release it immediately.
For example, in Singapore, "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" sold more than 12 million Hong Kong dollars in box office, which was even higher than the box office of "Shaolin Temple" itself.
Kang Jianfei was also surprised when he heard this data, because in parallel space, the box office record set by "Shaolin Temple" in Singapore has never been broken, but has now been broken by "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
In fact, the reason is very simple, because Singaporeans just watched "Shaolin Temple" and were very novel about everything in the mainland. When local hospitals were doing promotion, they specifically highlighted Li Lianjie, which made local audiences think that this was another film shot in the mainland, and it was replaced by Wudang Mountain.
Judging from the filming level alone, "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is much higher than "Shaolin Temple". After all, the two movies are apart from each other for ten years, and the martial arts movie has developed and matured by "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng". It is precisely because of this that the box office of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" in Xinjiapo and "Shaolin Temple" has surpassed that of "Shaolin Temple".
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When "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" was sold in Nanyang, Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping also went to Hong Kong and wanted to invite Lin Qingxia back to Taipei to film "The Red Fen Corps".
What impressed Kang Jianfei the most about Zhu Yanping was not the director of "Slam Dunk" and "The Sneak of the Rivers and Rivers" but the "Strange Stone" starring Jay Chou and Lin Chi-ling. After the release of this big production, Alyssa Chia's godfather Wu Dun sold the house to pay off his debts, which was really comparable to Wong Kar-wai's cheating of Deng Guangrong back then.
Nowadays, Taiwanese movies have begun to decline, but Zhu Yanping is a weirdo in Taiwan. He has only been a director for two years, but he has filmed seven commercial films in a row. Although these seven movies have lost money, most of them have made a lot of box office revenue, which is also the main reason why Yang Dengkui asked Zhu Yanping to film.
If you want to use any vocabulary to accurately describe Zhu Yanping, you can call him "Taiwan Wang Jing". This guy's filming style is similar to that of Wang Jing, and they are all fast gunners and commercial firsts. Like Wang Jie and Zhang Yusheng became popular on the screen, which was the film he made, and Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen were also made famous by Zhu Yanping.
At Lin Qingxia's home, Zhu Yanping took the coffee brought by Lin Qingxia, nodded and smiled, "Thank you, Miss Lin, you are polite."
On the sofa on the other side of the living room, Kang Jianfei crossed his legs and drank tea and said, "Why didn't Yang Dengkui come here in person?"
Zhu Yanping's smile stagnated and explained: "Boss Yang is very busy in business, so I asked me to come and invite Miss Brigitte Lin."
Kang Jianfei put down the teacup and said to Lin Qingxia: "Qingxia, go and take Boss Yang's things."
Lin Qingxia nodded at Zhu Yanping, then walked into the inner room to get the script and money.
When Zhu Yanping saw Kang Jianfei staying at Lin Qingxia's house in a grand manner and directing Lin Qingxia to do things casually, he immediately realized that the two of them were already in a lover's relationship, just as they were written in the newspaper.
Zhu Yanping is not very old. When he was a teenager, he had a crush on the screen goddess Lin Qingxia. Now, seeing the goddess in his past living with other men, he feels particularly angry.
Lin Qingxia quickly took out a lot of Hong Kong dollars and scripts. Kang Jianfei took it and threw it into Zhu Yanping's arms, saying, "When I go back, tell Yang Dengkui that if I want to ask someone to make a movie, I will take the contract openly. Don't play with those tricks of stealing and trashing. I know that he has killed someone and been in jail, but I, Kang Jianfei, have not been covered in blood. If he dares to do anything randomly, let him think about Wang Ke's fate."
Zhu Yanping swallowed with a bunch of Hong Kong dollars in his arms. Of course he knew who Wang Ke was. Two years ago, Wang Ke ransomware of the crew of "Hatching the Wrong Car" and even sent director Chen Xunqi to the hospital. As a result, more than three months later, someone cut off his hands and feet in the detention center. Now he can only live in bed.
Some people once suspected that Kang Jianfei had found someone to attack, but they were never sure because Wang Ke had many enemies, so who might have done it.
Now that Kang Jianfei admitted it personally, Zhu Yanping only felt a chill in his vest, fearing that he would not be able to return to Taiwan intact. But Yang Dengkui was not easy to meet, so he could only grit his teeth and say thirsty: "Mr. Kang, Boss Yang is really sincere..."
Kang Jianfei sneered and interrupted him, saying, "Yang Dengkui's sincerity is to force buying and selling? I won't say much nonsense. If Yang Dengkui is sincere and courageous, he will personally bring the film to Hong Kong."
Seeing that he could not convince Kang Jianfei, Zhu Yanping could only stand up and said, "Miss Lin, Mr. Kang, then I'll leave first."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "If you don't give it, bring the money."
Zhu Yanping left with a pack of Hong Kong dollars on his back, but he was thinking about how to go back and explain to Yang Dengkui.
After Zhu Yanping left, Lin Qingxia asked with an unhappy expression: "A Fei, did you ask someone to cut that Wang Ke?"
Although Wang Ke's story has not been reported in Taiwan, it has been widely spread in private, so that Lin Qingxia has heard of it.
Kang Jianfei smiled and denied: "How could it be me? I just scared Zhu Yanping just now. I have always opposed violence. After all, violence cannot solve problems. It takes love and communication to make the world a better place."
After hearing Kang Jianfei’s nonsense, Lin Qingxia still felt a little unbelievable, but she did not delve into it. Instead, she warned: “A Fei, you are not allowed to interact with the gang members in the future, as those people are very difficult to deal with.”
Kang Jianfei asked back, "If you don't deal with them, they won't come to you on their own initiative?"
Lin Qingxia was speechless, and whether in Taiwan or Hong Kong, the gangs could not get around. Even now, Kang Jianfei was going to give local clubs some security expenses when filming films in certain parts of Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei pulled Lin Qingxia into his arms, kissed her cheek and said, "I'm going to film "The Royal Sister 2". I'll write the script in two days. You can prepare it."
Lin Qingxia said in surprise: "What if Yang Dengkui really comes to Hong Kong to invite me? The schedule cannot be moved away."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Of course he is waiting first. Do you still have to wait for the person surnamed Yang? But this time I am not the director. I only write scripts, Zeng Zhiwei is the producer, and Chen Xunqi is the director."
Lin Qingxia gave him a blank look, twisted her body and hung Kang Jianfei's neck with her arms and said, "I'm so happy that I'm in vain. I thought you were going to have a show myself."
Kang Jianfei flicked Lin Meiren's face with his finger and said, "Why, I really want to act in the drama directed by me?"
Lin Qingxia smiled and said, "It's not fun to be self-indulgent, it's not fun to follow you to film."
Kang Jianfei sighed, "Why do I think someone is right or wrong?"
Lin Qingxia didn't joke with him anymore, leaned against Kang Jianfei's arms and asked, "Then what movie are you going to make?"
"Hero movie." Kang Jianfei replied with a smile.
Lin Qingxia asked in confusion: "What is a hero film?"
"Hero movies are hero movies, you will know if they are filmed." Kang Jianfei was too lazy to explain, but he was thinking about who should Wu Yusen, who would cry after filming "The True Heroes" first, after he became a box office poison. It is estimated that Director Wu has been immersed in it for two or three years.
"I know, you want to make a new type of film, right? My Director Kang Da?" Lin Qingxia was joking, but she was quite proud in her heart because her man was a unique talent.
"Those who know me are Qingxia! Why don't we have a deep exchange of ideas now?" Kang Jianfei said and started to mess around, picked up Lin Qingxia and ran into the bedroom.
Lin Qingxia was hugged by Kang Jianfei, waved her hands and feet randomly, and struggled with a smile: "Bad guy, it's still broad daylight now, can you not do that kind of thing?"
Kang Jianfei pressed Lin Qingxia onto the bed and smiled and said, "If you don't know the time of this kind, of course you will do it when you are interested."
Lin Qingxia laughed and scolded: "The thoughts are dirty and vulgar."
Kang Jian flew to kiss Lin Meiren's little mouth, reached out to her legs and gently caressed and rubbed it. After a long time, he pulled out his hand and put down Lin Qingxia, pointed to the crystal liquid on it and said, "Let's see who is more vulgar?"
Chapter completed!