At the Longtou Theater in Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang walked into the theater together. The reporters continued to interview them on the way. The topics basically focused on the alliance between Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, and the box office battle between "The Dragon Master" and "The Great Sword".
The two came to the VIP box, and Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "This time "Master Dragon" will be screened on both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, it will definitely not lose to Kang Jianfei at the box office."
He Guanchang said: "This time Golden Harvest cooperated with Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Brothers suffered a big loss. Both companies have released 4 movies, but our movies obviously have better box office, while the box office of Shaw Brothers' movies has not increased much.
It is estimated that Shao Daheng will not cooperate with Jiahe again in the future."
"It's good to cooperate once." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile. He is in a very good mood these days, because "Cannonball Run" is a Hollywood movie independently invested by Golden Harvest and is also the first Chinese independent investment. The box office in the United States has reached nearly 70 million US dollars.
And it is still being shown.
At the premiere of "The Young Master," many more stars were invited than at the premiere of "The Young Master," and many old stars from Shaw Brothers also came to support it.
Hong Jinbao, Lin Zhengying, Wu Ma, Huang Bingyao and others chose a good seat and sat down. Hong Jinbao said with a smile: "Aaron has made a lot of noise this time. It seems that attending his celebration banquet is a sure thing."
Wu Ma said: "Our "Official Man" is not bad either, but the box office battle will probably be fierce. Both DreamWorks movies will be looked down upon."
"The Ghost" was jointly planned by Wu Ma, Huang Bingyao and Hong Jinbao, but the protagonists are Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying. Lin Zhengying is now living a comfortable life, because the remuneration rule for the main actors in Jiahe's films is the basic salary plus box office share (this
This is also the main reason why Cheng Long's salary is astonishingly high), and Weihe and Baohe are also so well-behaved.
Lin Zhengying received a basic salary of RMB 200,000 for the filming of "The Ghost", plus a 3% share of the Hong Kong box office, which was far more cost-effective than making a movie with Kang Jianfei.
Lin Zhengying nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Kang's director level is very high. I don't know what kind of movie he will make this time."
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At the entrance of the Golden Princess Cinema, Zhang Ling and Yu Hai got out of the car with a group of members of the Chinese martial arts exchange group. Zhang Ling ordered: "Once again, there are Hong Kong reporters at the entrance. If the reporters interview you, please don't talk nonsense...
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Zhang Ling's worries were obviously unfounded. Nowadays, there were so many people outside the theater. The reporters' attention was focused on the celebrity guests, so how could they care about them?
As the crowd continued to arrive at the entrance of the cinema, the members of the martial arts team saw clearly the poster of "Dao Ma Dan" on the wall. The three beauties on the poster were smiling so coquettishly that they blushed.
Li Lianjie handed the movie ticket to the ticket inspector. After the ticket inspector tore off the ticket stub, he handed back a paper box.
"What is this?" One of the team members opened the cardboard box and said in surprise. "It's a celebrity desk calendar."
Li Lianjie couldn't help but open it, and it turned out to be a desk calendar inside. Each page of the calendar was printed with a portrait of a star. On the title page were words such as "Dao Ma Dan Desk Calendar" and "Premiere Gift". These portraits
Basically, there are portraits of Guan Zhilin, Brigitte Lin and Zhong Chuhong, and there are also a few portraits of Dong Wei and Liang Xiaolong, all of which are stills from "Swordsman".
Li Lianjie liked it and turned around to ask Yu Hai, the deputy leader of the exchange group: "Teacher Yu, do you need to hand this in?"
Zhang Ling answered: "No need for this, just take it yourself."
Arriving at the premiere hall, a team member next to Li Lianjie exclaimed: "Wow, this cinema is so big. It must seat at least one or two thousand people."
Another person asked: "Brother Zhong, do you think tonight's movie is a martial arts movie?"
"I definitely want a martial arts movie. It's not that martial arts doesn't look good."
"I heard that Cheng Long also has a new movie released tonight."
"Is this the drunken boxing Cheng Long?"
"Who else but him."
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Li Lianjie felt itchy after hearing this, and wanted to ask where Cheng Long's movies were shown. He wished he could go there and watch them now.
Since 1979, pirated song tapes, movie videos and novels have begun to flow into the mainland. Li Lianjie's favorite thing to watch is Cheng Long's "Drunken Master". He also once learned to alternate the palms and backs of his hands like Miley Long in the movie.
After doing push-ups, my wrist was injured and I couldn't exert any strength for several days. Last month, Li Lianjie asked Zhang Xinyan, the director of "Shaolin Temple", and found out that the martial arts in the movie were all fake, and Cheng Long couldn't really do push-ups like that.
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In the midst of great anticipation, the lights in the screening room suddenly went out, and a beam of light shone on the stage, followed by the sound of gongs and drums.
Soon the Peking Opera "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" was shown on the stage, but several Peking Opera actors did not wear facial makeup.
The audience who were close suddenly shouted: "That Han Xiangzi is Lin Qingxia."
"Lan Caihe played by Zhong Chuhong."
"..."
If it were just a pure Peking Opera performance, at least 80% of the audience in the auditorium would not like to watch it, but if it were a celebrity performing, the atmosphere would be completely different.
Lin Qingxia's Sword and Horse Dancing skills were obviously not as good as those of other Peking Opera performers on stage, but even their somewhat clumsy movements won bursts of applause from the audience.
After the opening performance, the premiere officially began.
People like Zhang Ling from the mainland found this premiere to be quite interesting. They spent most of the time chatting on stage, talking about how the three heroines worked hard to learn Peking Opera before filming, how they overcame difficulties during filming, etc.
wait.
Most of the audience listened with interest, but a small number of people were quite impatient. For example, Brother Zhong, who liked martial arts movies next to Li Lianjie, just muttered: "It's been half an hour, why haven't the movies been shown yet?
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As if hearing his voice, Kang Jianfei suddenly said on the stage: "Okay, I won't delay everyone watching the movie, "Dao Ma Dan" will start soon..."
Kang Jianfei took Guan Zhilin and Lin Qingxia's hands and retreated off the stage, followed by Zhong Chuhong, Dong Wei and others.
In the darkness, Lin Qingxia said: "A Fei, I'm going to Taipei in two days to film "Chinese Female Soldiers."
Kang Jianfei asked: "So fast?"
Lin Qingxia said: "It's a military education film. I heard that the Ministry of National Defense is destroying it."
Kang Jianfei said: "Then I will take you to the plane."
Guan Zhilin suddenly said: "I'll go and see you off too."
Kang Jianfei couldn't laugh or cry, and Guan Meiren had obviously felt something was wrong.
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"(ha)
He looked up and smiled happily.
Look at the world like a drama,
This is a visit to Sanchakou,
Until the next scene, you and I are companions in the eight formations,
But it turns out that all men, women, old and young are joyful and sorrowful,
Singing high and low, it’s all a show
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The movie officially started. After the opening credits of DreamWorks, the theme song "Another Play", which has a strong Peking Opera feel. In the version in the parallel space, the theme song was sung by Ye Qianwen, and in the current version, it is sung by Ye Qianwen.
Sung by Su Rui.
The film opens with a showgirl played by Zhong Chuhong, and then leads to a series of absurd plots that are both laughable and ridiculous. The first time the whole auditorium burst into laughter was when Zhong Chuhong smashed Dong Wei's head with a piano to grab jewelry. His movements and expressions were so funny.
When Lin Qingxia appeared on the stage, there was an exclamation in the screening room. Lin Qingxia was actually dressed as a man, and her limelight overshadowed the male protagonists in the film.
The pace of Hong Kong society is very fast, which can be seen from the speed of the elevators in Hong Kong. Hong Kong movies are also so fast-paced. If you play well and act funny, you can get good box office. Not many viewers are willing to slowly appreciate the slow pace.
of literary films.
What attracts Hong Kong audiences the most in "Dao Ma Dan" are the three heroines.
Guan Zhilin's acting skills are very poor, but the role she plays is very challenging for her acting skills, which made Kang Jianfei very troubled during the filming. If she were replaced by someone who can act, the filming time could be shortened by at least a week.
However, in the original version of "Swordsman", Michelle Yeh, who plays this role, is also a newcomer, even worse than Kwan Chi-lin. Because Michelle Yeh grew up in the United States, she can only barely speak Mandarin, can't speak a word of Cantonese, and can't even speak Chinese characters.
Not fully recognized.
In this case, Ye Qianwen was trained and taught good acting skills by Mr. Xu, why couldn't Kang Jianfei teach Guan Zhilin well?
The final effect is obvious. On the big screen, Guan Zhilin is innocent and cute, and her performance is not inferior to Ye Qianwen's version.
Lin Qingxia's heroic appearance, Zhong Chuhong's greed and confusion, Guan Zhilin's innocence and kindness, the images of three different women come to life on the screen, together with the two male protagonists Dong Wei and Liang Xiaolong, gradually bring the audience into that era of war and chaos.
The children of the world, the important events of the family and the country, were all integrated on that screen. Amid the audience's sighs and applause, the five protagonists finally rode their horses and went their separate ways.
The movie had finished screening, and Li Lianjie stood up to leave without feeling satisfied. The team member named Zhong next to him said: "This "Da Ma Dan" is better than "The Hunt", but it is worse than "Drunken Master"."
"I think "Dao Ma Dan" is better, because the actors performed so well." Another team member retorted.
"The acting is good, but there are too few martial arts scenes."
"As you said, if there is no martial arts scene in "Romance in Lushan", wouldn't it be a bad movie?"
""Lushan Love" is not good to watch."
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Zhang Ling, the leader of the martial arts exchange group, lamented: "I never expected that a Hong Kong director would make such a revolutionary and patriotic film."
Yu Hai said: "Yeah, I thought it was a martial arts movie before watching it."
Zhang Ling is from the Hong Kong and Macao Office of the State Council, but he is thinking about whether he should recommend introducing "Daoma Dan" to the mainland.
Since the reform and opening up, many foreign films have been introduced to the mainland, among which Japanese films and TV series have been the most successful. The film "Manhunt" has caused a nationwide movie-watching craze, and some people even like it so much that they watch it dozens of times.
Compared with Japanese movies, Hong Kong movies are only made by left-wing companies such as Great Wall and Phoenix, which can be released in mainland China. Unfortunately, audiences don’t like these movies. In Kang Jianfei’s view, this movie "Dao Ma Dan" is both artistic and entertaining.
, what is rare is that it is a patriotic revolutionary film, which is very suitable for introduction to the mainland. 8