Among the four summer movies, "Yin Yang" is a human-ghost romance film shot by emerging director Lin Lingdong.
When this film was first planned, it was specifically shot to be sold to the Taiwanese market. The original director was Edward Yang of Taiwan. However, the script and shooting plan created by Yang Dechang were repeatedly overturned. Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen both advocated for it to be shot.
The original script was rewritten, and Edward Yang gave up the project in anger.
So Huang Baiming spent two days completing the new script framework, Gao Zhisen and others filled in the script details, and finally found Lin Lingdong, who had never made a movie before, to be the director.
Mecca of New Art City, Huang Baiming and others are planning "Best Partner 3". They have been making preliminary preparations in the first half of the year. The filming plan was postponed due to Xu Guanjie's Hung Hom concert. As soon as Xu Guanjie's concert ended, a
A lot of people went to Paris en masse, and only Shi Tian, the three giants of Xinyi City, stayed in Hong Kong to look after the house.
As a result, newcomer director Lam Lingdong's Virgo accidentally became the flagship movie of Golden Princess Cinema this summer.
Perhaps due to a lack of confidence in Lam Lingdong, the promotional budget for "The Trouble" is not large. And in order to avoid colliding with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers' films, Princess Jin postponed the release date of "The Trouble".
However, this collided with Kang Jianfei's "God of Gamblers", because Kang Jianfei also postponed the release date of "God of Gamblers" by nearly 20 days. The purpose of this is to avoid the conflict with Hong Jinbao's "The Five Lucky Stars"
A head-on conflict. After all, Kang Jianfei knows how powerful this movie is; secondly, because Jiang Zhiwen insists on releasing the Hollywood film "Mr. Douce" first, postponing the release date of "God of Gamblers" can create four more theaters for release.
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As for the beginning of the summer season, Kang Jianfei helped Century Pictures arrange a movie in the New Era Cinema. Liu Zhenwei was naturally grateful. After all, Century Pictures' movies had never been in the summer or Christmas season before.
The film schedule has passed.
On July 7th, "The Five Lucky Stars" and "Shaolin and Wu-Tang" were released at the same time, and the old enemies of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers collided again.
"Shaolin and Wudang" is not a movie produced by Shaw Brothers. It is produced by Xingfa Pictures, an old film company with a history of more than 20 years. Xingfa Pictures has not produced a movie for four years. The boss, Deng Shiliang, and
Shaw Yifu has a close personal relationship, so most of the films produced by this company are produced by Shaw Brothers, and the theaters they are released in are also Shaw Theaters.
This time is no exception. The director of "Shaolin and Wudang" is Liu Jiahui, Liu Jialiang's younger brother, and the starring actors are Liu Jiahui, Zheng Shaoqiu, Jing Li and Chen Yulian, all contracted artists under Shaw Brothers and TVB.
The cast is pretty good, but it's a pity that it's still a hard-hitting Kung Fu movie. Although it has the full support of Shaw Brothers Cinema, it's not enough to compete with "The Five Lucky Stars".
"Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang" was only released for one week and had to be canceled due to low attendance. The final box office was a pitiful 2.8 million. After that, the Shaw Brothers theater chain had no good films and had to reluctantly release some imported Western films and
Small independent productions are just filling up their production, wasting a great summer schedule.
"Five Lucky Stars" is making great progress, with a box office of more than 2.1 million on the first day of release. The difference of several hundred thousand is equivalent to the box office of "Shaolin and Wudang" in a week.
Starring Hong Jinbao, Feng Suifan, Wu Yaohan, Qin Xianglin, and Cen Jianxun have become famous, especially Qin Xianglin and Cen Jianxun. One of them is famous in Taiwan and Nanyang, and the other is a complete newcomer as an actor, just because of the movie "Five Lucky Stars"
After watching the movie, he directly became a popular actor in Hong Kong.
Of course, the only heroine in the movie, Zhong Chuhong, is also very popular. Before the film was completed, Zhong Chuhong's salary had already risen to 600,000.
Shaw Brothers has ceased its activities in the film industry, and there are no Shaw Brothers movies released this summer. It seems that Shaw Brothers is not far away from going out of business.
On the contrary, Jiahe, Baohe was full of joy. Zou Wenhuai held a celebration banquet for the crew of "Five Lucky Stars". Cheng Long's treatment in Jiahe was always inferior to Hong Jinbao. After this drama became a hit, Hong Jinbao
He proved his status as a big brother to everyone.
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On the TV screen, Zhou Runfa was holding a toothpick in his mouth, wearing a windbreaker, and shooting left and right with two guns. Suddenly, Zhou Runfa's attire changed, and his hair was slicked back with hair wax, and he appeared in a suit.
There is a group of followers.
As we get closer, a carefully edited five-second clip of "God of Gamblers" flashes quickly, all of which are highlights of the film, giving the audience a feeling worth looking forward to.
At this time, a voice-over appeared: "Brother Ma has transformed into the God of Gamblers, and the gambling world has revived. The latest masterpiece "God of Gamblers" by the international director Kang Jianfei will be officially released at the New Era Cinema in Hong Kong on July 21. Please pay attention to this station
The premiere of "God of Gamblers" will be broadcast on the evening of July 20th!"
The entire advertisement lasts for 8 seconds, but the content is refreshing, especially those wonderful movie shots, which arouse the audience's interest in watching movies.
Song Huizhen, Yang Caini's mother, smiled and said: "Mr. Kang did a good job with this advertisement. I want to watch "God of Gamblers"."
"The 19th is the premiere of "God of Gamblers". Sister Song, if you want to go see it, I can give you two tickets." Lin Qingxia brought a fruit plate and handed a piece of peeled apple to Yang Caini, and then
Then he passed it to Song Huizhen and Lin Fengjiao next to him.
The place where the girls were at this time was the villa that Kang Jianfei gave to Lin Qingxia.
Lin Qingxia has been back from Japan for more than two months, and this is the first time she has invited Lin Fengjiao to visit. As for Yang Caini and her daughter, they are much more diligent. After all, Lin Qingxia is Yang Caini's godmother, and the two are separated from each other in their hometown in Taipei.
Not far.
Lin Fengjiao still felt guilty when facing Lin Qingxia, but fortunately Lin Qingxia didn't mention it, so she finally felt at ease. The three women teased the children from time to time and chatted about some past events in Taipei.
Not long after, there was a noise outside. Lin Qingxia went out and saw Kang Jianfei coming. She asked in surprise: "You are coming today, why didn't you tell me in advance?"
"What, you're hiding a man here so you're afraid I'll find out?" Kang Jianfei joked.
"There are no men, but there are many women." Lin Qingxia rolled her eyes at him and said that she was not afraid that Song Huizhen and Lin Fengjiao would know about their relationship with Kang Jianfei.
After Kang Jianfei walked into the living room and saw Lin Fengjiao and Yang Caini's mother and daughter, he was stunned for a moment, but then he realized it and said with a smile: "It's so lively today."
As soon as Song Huizhen saw Kang Jianfei coming in, she immediately understood that the relationship between him and Lin Qingxia was not simple, but she did not show any thoughts. She just stood up and smiled: "Mr. Kang is here, we were discussing your "God of Gamblers" just now.
"Woolen cloth."
Nine-year-old Caini ran over with a fruit plate and shouted enthusiastically: "Brother, director, please eat an apple."
Kang Jianfei stuffed a piece of apple into his mouth, carried Yang Caini and walked to the center of the living room to sit down. Pretending to be nonchalant, he said to Lin Fengjiao, "Why did Fengjiao remember to come to Qingxia's place to play today?"
Lin Fengjiao was a little embarrassed and replied quickly: "Qingxia and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Of course I have to walk around when I have time."
Lin Qingxia helped and asked: "A Fei, Fengjiao has almost learned Cantonese now, are there any good roles for her?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I will tell Oriental Entertainment Company that if they have a good role, they will give it to Fengjiao first."
Song Huizhen was very discerning and left after a short chat so as not to disturb the world of Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia. Seeing that Yang Caini and her daughter were about to leave, Lin Fengjiao was embarrassed to stay longer and glanced at Kang Jianfei with a rather resentful look before following her.
They left together.
Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia were the only two people left in the house. Lin Qingxia came over and leaned into his arms, saying angrily: "Why don't you stay with her tonight?"
"She" naturally refers to Zhao Yazhi. From this, it can be seen that Lin Qingxia has completely figured it out, and she can also make fun of Kang Jianfei from time to time, unlike her face that looks ugly when she first mentions Zhao Yazhi.
Although Kang Jianfei has many women, he still stays at Lin Qingxia and Zhao Ya's home most of the time. If Guan Zhilin returns to Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei will often accompany her. As for Pan Yingzi and the girls from Happy Girls, Kang Jianfei basically
I only went there once a week or two.
Kang Jianfei patted Lin Qingxia's buttocks and said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'll neglect you."
"You, you always say nice things." Lin Qingxia had nothing to do with Kang Jianfei, and she had no choice but to accept her fate when she was hit by this magic star.
Kang Jianfei asked: "Do you like to hear it?"
"Men who are accustomed to saying that they are obedient are all playboys." Lin Qingxia summed it up very vividly.
Kang Jianfei had no choice but to laugh and quickly changed the topic.
Lin Qingxia said: "By the way, "The Five Lucky Stars" has done well at the box office this time. Are you sure that "God of Gamblers" will surpass it?"
Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I know that "Five Lucky Stars" is very good, so I deliberately staggered the schedule. "God of Gamblers" competes with New Art City's "Yin Yang", so I don't worry about winning over the audience at all."
In fact, "Yin Yang" is not bad either. In another time and space, this movie was released during the Christmas season, half a year later than now. The box office was close to 15 million, ranking sixth on the annual box office list, second only to Zhang Jianting's
"Seven Days of Love" is another classic with a small budget and a large box office.
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With the premiere of "God of Gamblers" coming, "The Five Lucky Stars" has also been released for nearly half a month, and the box office has exceeded 15 million, but its popularity is gradually decreasing.
When the overwhelming publicity for "God of Gamblers" was released, the outside world's attention turned to "God of Gamblers", especially the TV commercial, which pushed the promotion of "God of Gamblers" in the past month to its climax.
Some newspapers are already predicting which movie will be the top box office hit this summer.rs