Zeng Zhiwei took half a month to finish the script of "Three Minutes Heroes". Many of the funny plots were written together with Huang Xia.
In another time and space, Zeng Zhiwei is one of the seven monsters in the New Art City. All the scripts of the first few years of New Art City were created by him and Mecca, Huang Baiming and others.
Zeng Zhiwei's talent lies in his understanding of the aesthetic tastes of the grassroots class in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and he can write various popular jokes. However, this person's screenwriter's talent is limited, and his ability to construct script frameworks and plot innovation is very weak. Fortunately, the plot has been designed by Kang Jianfei, so Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Xia can just fill in the details, which is exactly his strength.
After the script was finally released, the screenwriter signed the three names Kang Jianfei, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Xia.
The male protagonist of the film was originally played by Dong Wei, who had just returned from Taiwan, but this guy should be unlucky. In the first few days of the filming, he fell down because of practicing hanging a wire, and had to temporarily replace him.
The final list of actors is: Chen You plays the male lead A Wei, Chung Chuhong plays the female lead A Hong, Liang Xiaolong plays the love rival A Ming, Zeng Zhiwei plays the black boss, Huang Xia plays the father of A Hong, Cheng Kui'an plays the villain thug, and Yang Qingqing plays A Hong's colleague.
Except for the male lead, all other important roles are played by martial artists from the Kang family class. This not only reduces the cost of shooting, but also means to get into the team.
As for who will play the liar Uncle Da, Kang Jianfei hung up the phone number for Wu Mengda.
Wu Mengda went bankrupt a month ago. Under his debts, no one invited him to film. He was already at the point of wanting to commit suicide.
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"Okay, I will definitely go there on time tomorrow!" Wu Mengda, who was covered in stubborn face, hung up the phone weakly. A pair of three-year-old twin daughters crawled onto him and called her dad in anger.
His wife Maili asked expectantly: "Brother Da, whose phone number is it?"
Wu Mengda said in a slight manner: "Kang Jianfei, ask me to make a movie."
Wu Mengda now owes more than 300,000 yuan in the bank, and also owes many other friends money. In addition, he has only played a small supporting role in the past six months, so his family can't afford to buy rice, so Maili has to borrow money from her parents' family.
Now that he heard someone ask her husband to film, Maili was overjoyed: "Is it Kang Jianfei from Oriental DreamWorks? He is a big celebrity now, and many newspapers are reporting on his new drama."
Wu Mengda had never taken Kang Jianfei seriously before, but now he was in trouble, but the other party was developed. He felt even more depressed and said disdainfully: "That mainland boy is just lucky. If it weren't for the help of Boss Lei, he would still be playing a supporting role in Qingshui Bay."
When Maili heard this, she got angry: "Others are lucky, are you unlucky and you are so lucky? You told you not to bet, but you didn't listen. If you hadn't asked my brother for money, your two daughters would have gone hungry now!"
Wu Mengda felt guilty about his wife and daughter, and was not in the mood to quarrel with his wife, so she simply kept silent.
Seeing his half-dead look, Maili patiently advised: "Brother Da, the newspapers say that Kang Jianfei is a genius director, and the scenes he films will definitely be popular. Now no one is willing to invite you to film. If Mr. Kang can invite you, that is because others don't care about your bad reputation. You must seize this opportunity."
Wu Mengda was anxious because of his wife, so she confessed: "Last year I borrowed money from Kang Jianfei, and the guy told me not to pay it back, and helped him shoot three movies for free. At that time, he was still a supporting actor, and I just thought he was making jokes. Unexpectedly, he became the boss of a film company in less than half a year, and I still remember this. This time I went to film for him, and no matter how good he acted, he would not make a penny."
Maili didn't expect that there would be such an incident. She was silent and still advised: "If you don't get a salary, don't take it. It's better than staying at home and not doing anything, and you can repay his favors."
Wu Mengda said angrily: "Do I do nothing at home? Am I good at practicing acting in front of the mirror every day?"
"Can you make money in front of the mirror?" Maili said angrily, "Whether you are paid or not, Mr. Kang is the only one who is willing to invite you to film. This is an opportunity! If the movie is sold at the top, maybe other directors will invite you."
After hearing this, Wu Mengda felt something was right, so she looked at the two daughters in her arms and had to sigh and nod.
The next morning, Wu Mengda shaved her beard and put on a suit to go to Oriental Dream Factory.
Kang Jianfei was discussing the premiere with Ma Qiao and Pan Yingzi. Li Shan called to inform Wu Mengda had arrived. Kang Jianfei only replied: "Let him wait first!"
Wu Mengda could only wait outside stupidly. She sat for at least an hour and added tea several times before she heard Li Shan invite him in.
"Hello Mr. Kang!" Wu Mengda said in a flattering tone, but he felt extremely frustrated. Last year, Wu Mengda was the popular "Hu Tiehua", and Kang Jianfei was just a mainland boy swimming from the opposite side. But now, Wu Mengda is a bad gambling man despised by everyone in the film and television industry, while Kang Jianfei is a million-dollar director praised by everyone.
Life has ups and downs, but that's it!
"Sit!" Kang Jianfei leaned on the leather chair and said.
Wu Mengda sat down honestly, thought about the situation at home, and finally asked with shameless face: "Mr. Kang, what's going on with the pay..."
"Ba!" Kang Jianfei threw a stack of money on the table before he could finish speaking, and asked, "Is three thousand dollars enough?"
No matter what, Wu Mengda is also a star who has just become famous last year. The 3,000 yuan is like sending a beggar. But Wu Mengda didn't argue a word, silently packed the money, squeezed out a smile and said, "It's enough, thank you Mr. Kang for your support."
"Okay, go to the crew to report." Kang Jianfei waved his hand, as if he didn't want to stay with him for a moment.
Wu Mengda smiled at Kang Jianfei, and then stood up and walked out. The moment he walked out of the office, Kang Jianfei's voice could only be heard from behind: "Do it well, don't bet anymore. As long as you are not afraid of the wireless station causing trouble for you, come and have fun with me."
Wu Mengda suddenly felt her eyes a little wet, turned around and bowed silently to Kang Jianfei, and then quickly walked out the door. After he went bankrupt, because he needed money to support his wife and daughter, he forced him to borrow money from Zhou Runfa. However, Zhou Runfa did not lend a penny and said to him: "Lend it to you and take it to bet!"
At that moment, Wu Mengda felt that she had been abandoned by the world and even her best friend refused to believe him.
Kang Jianfei was the first person to believe that he could change his life. Wu Mengda suddenly felt that this mainland boy was really a good person, a rare good person.
If Kang Jianfei heard Wu Mengda's inner monologue, he would definitely be very proud. It would be great to sell others and even make people count money for him!
Kang Jianfei didn't want to intervene in the filming of "Three Minutes Heroes", after all, he would not be the only director in the company in the future.
Except for Kang Jianfei not present, all employees of the company's production department participated in this movie. Zeng Zhiwei was the director, Chen Xunqi and Hu Juncai were both deputy directors, and there were newcomers to do the stage record, so Qi Bo was still in charge of the venue affairs.
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Time passed day by day, and it was getting closer to the premiere of "Mr. Zombies".
During this period, "Happy Ghost" finally became a painting in Taiwan, with a final box office of more than NT$11.5 million, equivalent to more than NT$2.3 million, which is not a very good data.
"Happy Ghost" has been released in South Korea for a month, and the box office is very embarrassing.
Korean movies were very weak at this time, and South Korea was almost the dumping place for Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, and had no resistance to Chinese-language movies at all.
Cheng Long's "Junior Brother Takes Out" immediately caused a sensation after it was released in South Korea, and there were queues for buying tickets in many places. However, "Happy Ghost" was very unlucky. The Gwangju incident happened the next day after its release. The first ri was full of good starts, but it took a sharp turn for a few days, with an average attendance rate of less than 40%.
Until the painting of "Happy Ghost" was released, the total box office in South Korea was only more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Riben has been grinding, and what surprised Kang Jianfei was that Lei Juekun finally won the summer season for "Happy Ghost". Although it has not been released yet, Kang Jianfei has some expectations for "Happy Ghost" in the box office of Riben.
In the last few rivers of "Mr. Zombie", Kang Jianfei began to increase his publicity efforts. Several large Hong Kong newspapers have advertisements for "Mr. Zombie". This publicity efforts made other film companies secretly amazed, and they all admire Kang Jianfei's courage.
Without the confidence that their movies will inevitably be sold, who dares to play like this?
As of the official release of "Mr. Zombie", Kang Jianfei used the distribution promotion fee of 630,000, which is already more than the local box office of some failed movies.
On June 25, 1980, Kang Jianfei's second film, "Mr. Zombie", was premiered at the Golden Princess Theater.
This day was also included in the history of Chinese films because this was the first premiere of Chinese-language films. Previous Hong Kong movies were basically previewed at midnight, and then revised and officially screened.
More than 200 media outlets in Hong Kong also sent reporters to attend the premiere, which was a grand occasion that has never been seen in the history of Hong Kong films. The price Kang Jianfei paid for this was more than 200 invitations and more than 200 premiere tickets.
The media like to pursue novel things. As soon as Kang Jianfei’s invitation was sent, these media basically came to the audience with the mentality of watching it. Even some media who don’t want to attend will throw the premiere tickets to a young reporter. Anyway, it’s useless if you don’t come. Why don’t you come if you have a free movie?
As for tomorrow's report, Kang Jianfei has already figured out for the reporters: The premiere of "Mr. Zombie" is unprecedentedly lively, and more than 200 media gathered in the theater!
Chapter completed!