For Ang Lee, he chose to watch this movie with his girlfriend because he wanted to experience the taste of China during the Lunar New Year and did not have high hopes for the quality of the movie.
Most of the viewers who walked into the cinema had the same idea as Ang Lee. If they came out to watch movies during the Lunar New Year, they would naturally want to watch Chinese films.
Naturally, it is impossible for the 25 theaters in the temporary theater chain to show "The Royal Sister" all day long. After arranging five shows per day, the other slots are reserved for some old movies. The rental prices for copies of these old movies are very low, almost giving them away for free.
, which is better than having no land and adding more income to the theater.
From the very beginning of "The Royal Sister", the advanced shooting techniques and beautiful and mature action scenes brought unexpected joy to these Chinese audiences. Because in the past, the films shown in the Chinese community were all old-style Kung Fu movies, like this modern one
There are almost no movies.
When seeing the many skyscrapers and luxury restaurants in Hong Kong, some Chinese who have not been back for more than ten years may even sigh: It turns out that Hong Kong has developed so well!
Ang Lee is different from ordinary viewers. He watches professional movies. "The Royal Sisters" subverted his understanding of Chinese movies. Only now did he discover that Hong Kong also has good movies that are not inferior to Hollywood.
Ang Lee studied drama and film in Taiwan for three years, directed at the University of Illinois for three years, and studied for a master's degree in film at New York University for one year. After watching "The Royal Sisters", although he felt that some details of this movie
The script could be handled better, but if Ang Lee actually wrote the script and asked him to film it, he believed that the overall effect he produced would be far inferior to Kang Jianfei.
"Well played!"
"Hahaha……"
"Get that bastard."
"Why did the leading actor die?"
"happy……"
Various sounds came from the screening hall one after another. It was obvious that the audience was fascinated by the movie and started shouting out without realizing it.
Laughing, yelling, and applause interspersed throughout the movie. Until the end of the movie, the audience was still discussing the movie.
"This Hong Kong movie is so exciting. It's better than Hollywood action movies."
"I heard that Michael who died in the movie was the director."
"So young?"
"Didn't you read the newspaper? He was even invited to perform at the Los Angeles Music Center."
"I heard that this man was a military king who defected from the mainland. He also participated in the Sino-Vietnam War. He didn't even hold a piece of wood in his arms. He swam to Hong Kong in one breath and killed four Vietnamese on the streets of Hong Kong that day."
"You're talking big. He only killed two people, and those two Vietnamese were robbers. The news was published in World Journal yesterday."
"What do you think the director does? Lin Qingxia is the most interesting movie."
"Yes, I have seen Lin Qingxia's movies in Chinatown before. They are all literary films. I didn't expect that she would also make kung fu movies."
"Those flying scenes were really desperate. I saw the behind-the-scenes footage and several people were injured."
"..."
Ang Lee and his girlfriend Lin Huijia were mixed in the crowd, and their ears were filled with the audience's comments about the movie, the director, and the actors. They couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: "When will my movie be discussed with such excitement by the audience?"
When Ang Lee was studying in Taiwan, he made two 8mm experimental films. He also made several student works at the University of Illinois, but they didn't even have a chance to be released.
Lin Huijia knew her boyfriend very well. She held Li An's hand tightly and gave Li An a "you can do it" look.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Li An suddenly said: "Huijia, watch it again with me."
"Okay." Lin Huijia nodded. This was not the first time she encountered this situation. Whenever Ang Lee discovers a good movie, he can't help but watch it several times.
Li An went to the ticket window and bought two more tickets for the next show. Thinking that the Spring Festival was coming soon, he stopped being frugal and bought two bottles of Coke and some popcorn.
After waiting for a long time, Ang Lee and Lin Huijia once again waited for the movie to be screened. The first time Ang Lee watched the plot and overall effect of "The Royal Sister", now he watched it carefully shot by shot.
"It would be great if "The Royal Sisters" came out on video tape." Ang Lee sighed. The big screen in the cinema did not allow him to stop the picture and analyze and appreciate it slowly.
Perhaps due to the screening time, the attendance rate for the second show was slightly lower than that for the first show. "Royal Sister" once again received a full house, and there was continuous applause after the movie ended.
When Ang Lee returned to his dormitory with his girlfriend, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and his mind was still thinking about various scenes of "The Royal Sisters".
From Ang Lee's professional perspective, this film is difficult to see in Hollywood in terms of directing techniques, photography, and special effects. I heard that the director named Kang is from mainland China. How could he produce such a high-quality film?
Commercial films, it seems impossible that the level of mainland films is so high!
When he came back, Li An bought two Chinese newspapers, both of which introduced Kang Jianfei.
After reading the newspaper, Ang Lee said to his girlfriend a little depressed: "Huijia, I found that I came to the United States to study film for several years, and my film quality is actually not as good as that of a 19-year-old mainlander who became a monk halfway. What do you think of me?
Have you read the book in vain?"
Lin Huijia comforted: "Everyone has their own talents. Maybe Kang Jianfei was born to eat this bowl. You are also very talented, but your ability needs to be accumulated, and you must not give up halfway."
Sometimes, a good wife is even more important to a man than his own ability.
Like the Li An couple in the parallel space, Li An was so poor when they got married that Li An's mother, who rushed from Taiwan to attend the wedding, held Lin Huijia's hand and apologized in tears, saying that she had wronged her. After Li An graduated with a master's degree, he could not even work
They couldn't find any, so they had to rely on Lin Huijia, who was studying for a Ph.D., to work and study part-time. He himself took care of the children and did housework at home, and had been a "househusband" for six years.
Even Li An's friends couldn't stand it anymore and advised him to give up his dream early and find a job to support his family. So Li An secretly went to learn computers, but when Lin Huijia found out, she scolded him and said: "Study
There are so many computers, but you, Li An, are not missing!"
Ang Lee then gave up the idea of switching careers to study computers and went to apply for a job at a film company. He started by looking after film equipment and slowly made his way through the ranks step by step.
If Ang Lee's wife were not Lin Huijia, there might be one more computer elite and one less well-known director in the future.
After being comforted by his girlfriend, Ang Lee cheered up again. He took out a pen and paper and wrote down his thoughts on watching "The Royal Sisters" today, planning to watch the movie again another day and think about it carefully.
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On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Kang Jianfei couldn't wait to call Jiang Zhiqiang and asked: "Has the box office data for the first day come out?"
"It's out," Jiang Zhiqiang said, "25 theaters, with an average occupancy rate of 62.5%, and a box office of more than 63,000 US dollars on the first day."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Jiang." Kang Jianfei hung up the phone and couldn't help but sigh. He had read several time-travel novels before. Others spent millions on buying a building for a woman after time-traveling. But he
Here we carefully calculate the gross profit of tens of thousands of dollars every day.
And this is around the Lunar New Year, so the number of moviegoers will be relatively large, and the attendance rate is expected to plummet in another half month. It would be good to be able to earn US$30,000 a day.
After Kang Jianfei put down the phone and wrote a messy script for a while, he was bored and made an overseas phone call to Hong Kong.
The first call he made was to Zhao Yazhi. Sister Zhi was his first woman in the world and held a very important place in Kang Jianfei's heart.
After the call was connected, Zhao Yazhi's lazy voice came from the other end: "Hey, who is calling so late?"
Kang Jianfei then remembered the jet lag. It was probably one o'clock in the morning over there. He smiled apologetically: "Sister Zhi, are you disturbing your rest?"
"A Fei?" Zhao Yazhi's voice on the phone suddenly changed from confusion to joy.
Kang Jianfei said: "It's me, Sister Zhi, do you miss me?"
Zhao Yazhi said angrily: "You bad guy, you only called me once after being gone for more than a month. You even kept changing your phone number."
Kang Jianfei sighed: "Oh, I can't help it. I've been traveling around the United States these days. It's better to go to Hong Kong. I'm running into obstacles here."
Zhao Yazhi heard Kang Jianfei's low tone and immediately asked worriedly: "A Fei, what's wrong with you?"
Kang Jianfei was really depressed by the attitude of the big Hollywood companies some time ago, but when Zhao Yazhi asked, he immediately cheered up and said with a smile: "Hahaha, it's nothing, those companies in Hollywood dare to give me a hard time."
Look, it will be easier for them in the future."
Zhao Yazhi said softly: "Ah Fei, if you have any troubles, just tell Sister Zhi. If it doesn't work, just go back to Hong Kong. Anyway, your movies are selling very well in Asia."
Kang Jianfei was not one to hide under the covers and let women comfort him. He pretended to smile and said, "It's okay. I just felt unhappy and complained. I will come back when "The Royal Sisters" becomes a hit at the box office in the United States."
"You know how to show off," Zhao Yazhi scolded, "How can the American film market be so easy to enter? Shaw Brothers has been making movies for decades, but only one has been a big hit at the box office in the United States, and Golden Harvest has
I can only make money from Bruce Lee's movies. I heard that last year Mr. Jiahe Zou spent a huge amount of money to shoot "The Killer", which was also released in the United States. No one will laugh at you now if you go back to Hong Kong."
Kang Jianfei could only turn around and comfort Zhao Yazhi: "Don't worry, Sister Zhi. I dare not say anything else. "The Royal Sisters" can still sell at least US$5 million at the box office in the United States."
"Really? I heard that "Trench" only sold eight or nine million at the box office in the United States," Zhao Yazhi said.
"When did I lie to you?" Kang Jianfei said and immediately changed the subject and began to talk to Zhao Yazhi with disgusting love words.
After talking on the phone with Zhao Yazhi, not long after hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhiqiang suddenly called again and said excitedly: "It's gone up, the attendance rate has gone up. Two theaters in Chinatown, New York,
The occupancy rate reached 80%, and theater occupancy rates in other places also increased slightly." 8