Although "Grave Robbers 2" was not directed by Kang Jianfei himself, as the author of the original work and the producer of the film, he had to attend the premiere in person in order to show his importance to the film.
Because the method of stealing is hard to guard against, a movie appears pirated after two or three days of its release. Therefore, the Midnight Preview of DreamWorks' Big Cast Movies in the past two years has been cancelled.
The same is true for "Grave Robbers 2". Not only does it have a midnight show, but the premiere and front-end release time have been shortened to one day.
A company-arranged Lincoln stopped in front of Taiping Theater. Ang Lee, Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Xie, Lin Xue, Zeng Jiang and Zhou Jialing and other creative staff got out of the car one after another, and the spotlights on both sides of the red carpet flashed.
Reporter rushed up to interview and asked: "Director Ang Lee, "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" is Mr. Kang's masterpiece. The first movie version has won a super box office all over the world. Are you under pressure to direct the sequel this time?"
Ang Lee smiled reservedly: "The pressure is very high, especially the pearls and jades in "Grave Robbers 1". When Mr. Kang first came to me, I didn't dare to take on this movie."
"Then why did you agree to direct it again?" the reporter continued to ask.
Ang Lee said: "Mr. Kang convinced me, and the opportunity to shoot a big production is rare, so I can't help but want to give it a try."
"Can you predict how many box offices of "Grave Robbers 2" can win?" asked the reporter.
Ang Lee said: "This is not easy to predict, but it is a good production schedule. With many fans of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", it should not be a problem to get 30 million."
Yes, this answer is equivalent to saying nothing. With the popularity of "Grave Robbers 1" and the advantages of the New Year schedule, if "Grave Robbers 2" box office is less than 30 million, then Ang Lee can go back to his hometown in Taiwan to sell sweet potatoes.
The reporter suddenly started a new topic: "What do you think about the film grabbing incident in "Happy Events in Family"?"
Ang Lee said cautiously: "Of course I hope the film industry is clean and support the Hong Kong police in severe punishment for crimes."
Another reporter said: "There are rumors that the film grabbing incident of "Happy Events in Family" was directed by Mr. Kang, with the purpose of getting rid of the biggest competitor of "Grave Robbers 2" in the New Year's Eve."
Ang Lee frowned and said angrily: "This topic has nothing to do with today's premiere. I'll say the last thing that DreamWorks disdain and there is no need to use this method to attack competitors. Look at the cast of "Happy Events in Family", Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Guorong, and Mao Shunjun... Half of the starring actors of this movie are signed artists of Oriental Entertainment. If DreamWorks are afraid of competition, the brothers' agency will ask them to accept film appointments from other companies without reservation? I remember Mr. Kang once said that DreamWorks is not afraid of competition, but fears that there is no competition, and there is no motivation to become stronger without pressure. Shaw Brothers, who was once glorious, was so corrupt."
After Ang Lee said this, he refused to answer any questions. I think he was really angry. Because the reporter just asked the question, he was really sinister and brought the upcoming premiere "Grave Robbers 2". Once this matter is confirmed, Ang Lee would not have the shame to keep going in the Hong Kong film industry and become a public enemy of all his peers.
As long as the reporters target the interview, the male and female protagonists Wu Zhenyu and Zhang Xie are naturally the focus. As the newcomer, Zhou Jialing has completely become a soy sauce. She smiles as a background board throughout the whole process, and she doesn’t even have the chance to say something.
The main creative team soon entered the theater, and the reporters turned around and continued to squat over the stars who came to attend the premiere.
Not long after, the three girls who ejaculated arrived in luxury cars, which once again became the focus of the reporter's siege.
To be honest, the records they shot at this time have not yet been sold to Hong Kong. Their reputation is not as good as second-rate movie stars. One of the important reasons why the reporters care about the three girls is that half of their songs are written by Kang Jianfei, and Yang Caini is Kang Jianfei's goddaughter.
As we all know, the singers whom Kang Jianfei personally created and promoted have become famous. From the original Su Rui, Sally Yeh, Anita Mui, Zhang Guorong, and later Zhou Huimin, they all became superstars in the music industry. There are also the Happy Girls Group that Kang Jianfei once formed and promoted by himself, which was also very popular. Shooting is likely to become the next super idol group.
"ella, have you met Mr. Kang when you returned to Hong Kong?" The first question asked by the reporters was actually this.
Yang Caini remembered the lingering feelings last night, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken, pretending to be nothing, and she smiled and said, "Not yet, but I have prepared Spring Festival gifts for my godfather and godmother."
In the next few minutes, Xu Ruoxuan and Xie Jinyan became completely foils because most reporters were asking about Kang Jianfei, and Yang Caini was basically answering it alone.
After finally entering Taiping Theater, seeing more than 2,000 seats on the three floors inside, Xie Jinyan said in surprise: "This cinema is so big."
Yang Caini introduced: "This was a theater before, and all the famous actors in Hong Kong have performed here."
The three girls put on makeup and changed into performance costumes in the hotel. This kind of performance does not require rehearsal or anything else. At this time, they went directly to the guest seats in the front rows to sit down.
Xu Ruoxuan looked around and found some familiar faces that she could only see in Hong Kong movies before, and said excitedly: "There are so many stars here."
Xie Jinyan reminded: "Shh, whisper, don't make people think we have never seen the world."
Yang Caini said with a funny look: "It's okay."
Xu Ruoxuan asked: "Cai Ni, are you familiar with these stars?"
Yang Caini said: "I have not made a name for myself in recent years. I know Sister Mei and Brother Guorong."
As soon as she finished speaking, Anita Mui, not far away, waved to the three of them with a smile, which made Xu Ruoxuan feel excited again.
Anita Mui kept saying that she would leave the company last year, but she still failed to make a fortune. After she went to the mainland for a walk, she returned to Hong Kong and happened to be in a disaster relief performance. After Anita Mui donated 500,000 yuan, she kept silent and stopped talking about politics, stayed at Fengxing Records and became a singer honestly.
"Hey, have you seen it? Anita Mui waved to me just now!" Xu Ruoxuan said, shaking Xie Jinyan's arm.
"I know, you are also a star now, okay?" Xie Jinyan said speechlessly.
Among the three girls, Xu Ruoxuan has the strongest utilitarianism, which may have a lot to do with her growth environment.
Yang Caini became famous in childhood. She was pampered with thousands of love, and Xie Jinyan was also the daughter of a famous host. She never lacked money when she was a child. However, Xu Ruoxuan grew up in a poor family in Taichung. After she arrived in Taipei, she saw the prosperous city. Everything she came into contact with stimulated her girlish heart.
In another time and space, after the girl team where Xu Ruoxuan was disbanded, she made money in order to become famous and make money. It was the photo album that later circulated widely on the Internet that made Xu Ruoxuan truly remembered by many people and gained the fame and capital to continue to develop in the entertainment industry.
Being a member of cinema and developing in the music industry may be just an interesting experience for Yang Caini. But for Xu Ruoxuan, it is an opportunity to change her destiny.
Even though their albums sold 2 million copies, Xu Ruoxuan still felt a sense of crisis, fearing that one day it would be just an illusory dream.
Regardless of men and women, whether middle-aged or young, many people will be lost once they succeed, or are arrogant and arrogant, gambling, having fun and dreaming of death. But Xu Ruoxuan wakes up after a brief loss. She always lacks a sense of security, and the more she gets, the more she is afraid of losing all of this.
Xu Ruoxuan knew very clearly that she was able to become famous entirely due to Kang Jianfei. If she hadn't been attracted by Kang Jianfei, she would have joined the girls' team long ago. She is still a half-popular singer. If Kang Jianfei hadn't written songs and promoted them personally, UFO Records would not have made great efforts to package and promote them, and it would have been impossible for her to become popular in Southeast Asia.
So last night, Xu Ruoxuan took the initiative to put it on, so that Kang Jianfei would not get angry at all when he ate tofu. Instead, he tried his best to please Kang Jianfei.
What annoyed Xu Ruoxuan was that she touched her and kissed her. Kang Jianfei finally slept with Yang Caini in the same room, and did not have any further development with her.
Kang Jianfei has an extremely famous reputation in Taiwan. There are fanatical fans who admire her talents, and opponents who scold her character. In Xu Ruoxuan's eyes, Kang Jianfei is a young handsome guy with power and talent who can praise her as a star, and even if he is a lover, he is willing to do so.
"Brother Kang is here!" Xie Jinyan suddenly said.
Yang Caini corrected: "It's Uncle Kang."
Xie Jinyan curled her lips, and she always felt that calling her brother was easier.
Kang Jianfei obviously came in from the back door of the theater. He came down from the second floor entrance and walked straight to the first row of the audience. Where he passed, the stars stood up to greet him, while Kang Jianfei just smiled and nodded slightly and responded.
Xu Ruoxuan looked a little confused when she looked at Kang Jianfei. She found that the Hong Kong stars she had admired before were so respectful in front of Kang Jianfei.
This is the real man!
Xu Ruoxuan felt hot, until Kang Jianfei walked to the first row and sat down, her eyes were still on Kang Jianfei.
"Hey, you crazy, are you stunned?" Xie Jinyan patted Xu Ruoxuan on the shoulder.
Xu Ruoxuan's face turned red and she argued: "No."
"Flower fanatic Xu, don't argue. It's not embarrassing to like godfather." Yang Caini gave Xu Ruoxuan a blank look. Yesterday, Kang Jianfei was intimate with Xu Ruoxuan in front of her. Yang Caini still felt a little unhappy until now.
The premiere of "Grave Robbers 2" officially began. Kang Jianfei sat down there and did not go on stage to win the crowd.
After some interaction, the three girls also went up to sing "I'm Not Huang Rong", which left a deep impression on the guests and audiences.
The movie finally started to show. Kang Jianfei looked up at the big screen, and after watching it for two minutes, he closed his eyes and dozed off.
It’s not because the movie is too bad, but because Kang Jianfei had watched it many times a few days ago, and he also put forward opinions and made subtle editing and modifications - he is the producer.
Unlike the first film directed by Kang Jianfei himself, the camera language of "Grave Robbers 2" clearly carries Ang Lee's literary style. It feels very interesting when you carefully experience it, but the rhythm is a little slow, and it feels refreshing from beginning to end.
How to say it?
Ang Lee's "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" pays great attention to the details of all aspects, including costumes, props, lines, and shots, but the literary drama is too heavy and too much preparation makes the audience feel a little unhappy.
Until 18 minutes, a huge wave suddenly came, and the terrifying wave wall made the audience retreat subconsciously. The whole video officially entered the rhythm of the action movie.
When filming this film, the most advanced underwater cameras are used, beautiful coral reefs, tropical fishes... a bizarre underwater world. It is presented to the audience through the camera, slowly like an underwater documentary.
In Kang Jianfei's meaning, he was preparing to cut off these unrelated shots and kept them for only two or three seconds. But after cutting them off, it was very awkward, just like a bald piece of hair, and in the end he could only keep them.
In this way, as an action film of tomb robbery, "Grave Robbers 2" was filmed 152 minutes long by Ansheng Lee. I heard that there is still a 180-minute director editing version, and Kang Jianfei was too lazy to watch it. Just guessing, you must know that the pace is scary.
In terms of the quality of the film, Ang Lee's sequel is the first of Kang Jianfei in all aspects. But from the perspective of ordinary audiences, "Grave Robbers 2" definitely does not look as pleasant as Kang Jianfei's first, and this viewing experience will be directly fed back to the box office of the movie.
Without the audience accumulation of "Grave Robbers 1" and the original novel, Ang Lee made an adventure action movie like this and was purely seeking death!
However, for professional film critics, "Grave Robbers 2" has brought them too many surprises. Ang Lee has mixed too many personal goods when filming movies. An action filmed a philosophical flavor, which has been significantly sublimated on the basis of the original work.
If any director did not dare to play like Ang Lee, let alone produce any new ideas.
The film critics were extremely surprised, and after returning, they naturally released a series of reviews full of praise. Some people even called Ang Lee a "philosophical director."
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There are 8 main films in this year's New Year's Eve, namely "Ruan Lingyu", "Happy Events in Family", "The Golden House of Wealth", "The Legend of the New Brother in the Casino", "The Legend of the Stopped School Heroes", "Two Dragons Club", "The Godly Calculation", and DreamWorks' "Grave Robbers' Chronicles 2".
Although "Ruan Lingyu" is nominally produced by Jiahe, it is actually invested and produced by Cheng Long's Weihe Company;
"Happy Events in Family" is a movie by Huang Baiming Yonggao's company. It was well-known for the film grabbing incident, saving a lot of publicity expenses;
"The Legend of the New Brother in the Casino" and "The Legend of the Jobs" are both directed by Wang Jing, who follow the trends of "The Man of Gambling" and "The Married Son". The previous gambling film was filmed by Wang Jingbang Yongsheng's company. The latter thugs film was produced by Wang Jing's own company. This guy opened the Jiajingyi Film Company with the support of Taiwanese funds.
Needless to say, "The Double Dragon Club" is a film that is to raise funds for the Hong Kong Directors Association. Famous Hong Kong directors have guest appearances in the film;
"The God of Calculation" is a work by the brothers Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanying. Although Zhou's nonsense is unstoppable, the cold-faced laughing craftsman Xu Guanwen is still not old.
After the first week of the Spring Festival holiday, "The Legend of the New Brother" and "Ruan Lingyu" were eliminated. The box office of both movies was ugly and they could not compete with other fierce films.
Although "Ruan Lingyu" has a very famous reputation and has even left an important position in the history of Hong Kong films. However, it was just a miserable art film at the beginning of its release. It was impossible to compete with commercial films during the Spring Festival New Year holiday. It is already a good idea to get a box office of several million.
After the second week of the Spring Festival New Year holiday, Gao Zhisen's "The Golden House of Wealth" and Wang Jing's "The Legend of the Heroes of School" were weak, leaving only "Happy Events in the Family", "Double Dragon Club", "Divine Calculation" and "Grave Robbers 2" were still fighting.
"The Two Dragons Club" is undoubtedly a good movie. Cheng Long played two roles in it, and he also rarely contributed bad scenes of kissing scenes and smoking. But by the fourth week of the Lunar New Year, "The Two Dragons Club" was defeated first, and the box office of Hong Kong was 33 million when it was lost. Then it was Xu Guanwen's "The God of Calculation", which once again proved his strength. "The God of Calculation" won 36.4 million.
It has been from the Kitchen God Festival to the Lantern Festival, and it is hard to distinguish "Happy Events in Family" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles 2".
"Happy Events in Family" has stars such as Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Guorong, and Zhang Manyu. Huang Baiming's comedy talent is fully utilized, and modern stalks such as puppet frogs and horses made the audience laugh and laugh.
Although "Grave Robbers 2" has too much literary drama, its fan accumulation is too horrible. Fans of the original novel and the first movie fans are looking forward to the stars and moons. After waiting for this sequel for more than two years, these people alone can contribute considerable box office. What's more, Ang Lee's filming is not bad, and he has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to create wonderful and realistic special effects, which made the audience excited.
The two movies were released from the twelfth lunar month to February, both of which broke the Hong Kong box office record. "Happy Events in Family" has a box office of 48.03 million, and "Grave Robbers" has a box office of 47.8 million. If you can get such a good box office result, it doesn't matter if you win or lose.
Such terrifying box office data shocked the entire Hong Kong film industry, and the box office of 48 million has already appeared, is it still far from a new record of 50 million?
The box office record of Hong Kong movies in the past ten years was refreshed by Kang Jianfei, but this time it was surpassed by Huang Baiming and Ang Lee. However, no one dared to say that Kang Jianfei was not good, because at least half of the success of "Grave Robbers 2" was remembered to Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei himself did not take this kind of thing seriously. After the Spring Festival, he flew to the United States to shoot outdoor scenes, and he didn't even have time to participate in the upcoming Academy Awards. Because of the filming of "Jurassic Park", Kang Jianfei missed Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards last year. "The World of Truman" scored 7 trophysical trophysical awards. As a result, Kang Jianfei, the best director and Tony Leung, were not present, and the organizer of the Golden Horse Awards was very embarrassed.
In the newspaper industry, several major newspapers such as Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, and Cheng Bao have completed their own revisions one after another, and finally kept up with the pace of Tiantian Daily's crazy attack.
The sales of Tiantian Daily have exceeded 250,000 copies. Accompanied by several old newspapers with decades of history, several old newspapers have been squeezed out by Tiantian Daily to close their business because they cannot change their business ideas and newspaper style.
He Chaoqiong, who was promoted to "Queen of the Newspaper Industry", finally got the opportunity to contact Jin Yong and took the first step to acquire "Ming Pao". (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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