Zeng Bolin looked at his watch, walked to Kang Jianfei and reminded: "Boss, the performance of the Shaolin Monks Group is about to start, there are still 45 minutes."
"I know." Kang Jianfei responded casually. He was holding a sleeping baby boy in his arms. His fingers lightly swiped the baby's face, which could be easily broken.
A lot of milk comes back.
"Okay, go and help yourself, don't wake An An up again." With a motherly and loving smile on her face, Zhao Yazhi took the child from Kang Jianfei's arms.
Zhao Yazhi and her son have been discharged from the hospital for two days. The child's name has not been given yet, but Zhao Yazhi has taken it upon himself to give his son a nickname "An'an" in the hope that his son can grow up safely.
"Then I'll leave first." Kang Jianfei kissed Zhao Yazhi's forehead.
"Go." Zhao Yazhi smiled, her attention now completely turned to her son.
It only took half an hour to get from Zhao Yazhi's home to the Taiping Theater. There were more than 2,000 seats in the theater, and almost all of them were full when Kang Jianfei arrived.
Since Jin Yong's martial arts novels became popular, the Shaolin Temple, which often appears in the novels, has also become widely known. On the streets of Hong Kong, even aunts and uncles know that there is a Shaolin Temple in the south of the river.
The news that the abbot of the Shaolin Temple personally led a team to Hong Kong for religious exchanges has appeared frequently in Hong Kong newspapers these days. Of course, what people are paying attention to is not the Buddhist exchanges, but the performances of the Shaolin monk team.
For decades, everyone has watched Shaolin Kung Fu in novels and film and television works. Now we have the opportunity to witness real-life performances, which is more attractive than many singers' concerts.
The Shaolin Temple's martial arts performances lasted for three consecutive nights. Tonight's first performance invited many famous people. Even the Governor of Hong Kong, Wei Yixin, arranged to attend. In addition, there were also Kung Fu actors such as Hung Kam-po, Cheng Long, Jet Li, Lau Ka-liang, Wai Ying-hong, etc.
star.
Kang Jianfei's seat is in the first row, two seats away from him is Hong Kong Governor Wei Yixin, and Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long are not far away.
In addition to celebrities, abbots from Hong Kong Man Mo Temple, Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Po Lam Temple and other temples also came to attend tonight's martial arts performance.
"Boss, do you want to go say hello to the Hong Kong Governor?" Zeng Bolin leaned into Kang Jianfei's ear and reminded him in a low voice.
Kang Jianfei didn't speak, he just smiled and walked towards Wei Yixin. After the other party noticed him, he stretched out his hand with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Governor of Hong Kong."
"It turns out to be Mr. Kang, I have always wanted to meet you." Wei Yixin speaks Cantonese very smoothly. This old guy came to Hong Kong 28 years ago to learn Chinese, and then went to Beijing to work.
Able to communicate in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Kang Jianfei and Wei Yixin had met before, when the former Governor of Hong Kong was still alive, but they had little communication at that time.
After Kang Jianfei shook hands with the Hong Kong Governor, he smiled and said: "Mr. Wei Yixin, you have many things to do, so it is naturally rare to see him."
Monk Yongxin was also a quick person. When he saw Kang Jianfei chatting with the Hong Kong Governor, he immediately ran over to join in the fun and echoed: "Yes, Patron Wei can take time out of his busy schedule to watch the Shaolin monks' performance, which makes the poor monk deeply impressed."
It’s an honor.”
Wei Yixin saw that Kang Jianfei and Monk Yongxin were standing very close and seemed to have a good relationship. He asked, "Do Mr. Kang and Mr. Yongxin know each other?"
Monk Yongxin said: "Shaolin Temple can come to Hong Kong for exchanges, and it is thanks to Mr. Kang's help."
"I'm just a matchmaker." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
Kang Jianfei's help is not limited to this. A few years ago, the Shaolin Temple was still in ruins. The reconstruction and restoration of the temple were all funded by Kang Jianfei's money. Even the team of monks that Yongxin has brought to Hong Kong, at least half of them are Hu
A member of Juncai Martial Arts School, he is an out-and-out bald fake monk.
Without Kang Jianfei's financial investment, Monk Yongxin would probably still be sorting out Shaolin classics in piles of ancient paper, and he would have to wait at least one or two years before he could establish a group of monks.
Kang Jianfei and Wei Yixin chatted for a while. The two talked about some experiences in Beijing and talked about Shaolin Kung Fu for a while before Kang Jianfei returned to his seat.
"Mr. Kang." Seeing Kang Jian flying over, Jet Li nodded to him in greeting.
"Yeah." Kang Jianfei also nodded.
Hong Jinbao glanced sideways at Kang Jianfei, then looked back at the stage without speaking to Cheng Long beside him.
There is no movie by Kang Jianfei released this summer, but there is also no movie released by Hong Jinbao. Hong Jinbao's performance last year was very average, and his career was obviously on the decline, while Cheng Long was winning consecutive battles, and the relationship between senior brothers also appeared.
There was a rift.
Because it was a performance by a team of martial monks, Monk Yongxin sent invitations to famous Kung Fu stars in Hong Kong and many martial artists. Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao both came because of the reputation of the Shaolin Temple and had nothing to do with Kang Jianfei.
The two film companies are in a competitive relationship. If both parties are actors, they can still be friends in private, but Kang Jianfei is the boss of DreamWorks, and it is inconvenient for Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long to have more contact with Kang Jianfei.
As soon as the lights in the auditorium of the theater went dark, the emcee ran out and said a few words, followed by a burst of drum beating, and all the members of the monk troupe came out with sticks in hand and began to dance in the Shaolin stick formation.
"ha!"
The monks shouted in unison, swung a stick curtain and smashed it on the floor of the stage, and tonight's martial arts performance officially began.
Liu Jialiang, as the eldest son of the Liu family class, came today with several brothers. At this moment, he only saw a few moves and shook his head in disappointment. He learned the hard-driving and hard-driving Southern Kung Fu in elementary school, and he also practiced it when he grew up.
The basic skills of each martial arts school are extremely solid. It can be seen at a glance that at least one-third of the members of this so-called Shaolin monk team have very good basic skills.
I didn’t like it. This was the consensus of all the insiders present. After all, the Shaolin monk team has only been established for a few years. Many of them became monks halfway after watching "Shaolin Temple".
Let Shaolin Temple develop for another ten years, and then it will be more powerful, at least it will not make the experts laugh.
Experts watch the door, but laymen watch the excitement. However, most of the audience felt that the monks fought well and felt that the Shaolin Temple was well-deserved. They cheered loudly as they watched.
The individual routine performances that followed were even more exciting. Several of the monks in the group were recruited from martial arts teams across the country. They are currently coaches of Hu Juncai’s Shaolin Martial Arts School. This time, they also mixed in with the monks from the Shaolin Temple.
Team, no one knows the details of shaving your head anyway.
These people's skills are very good, especially the routines are very pleasing to the eye. Even martial arts practitioners such as Liu Jialiang can't help but sincerely applaud. They have finally won back some face for the Shaolin Monk Team.
After the performance, the invited celebrities took photos with the monks one after another. Kang Jianfei walked to Monk Yongxin and said: "Master, if you lead a group to go out for martial arts exchanges next time, those who have only practiced for two or three years should not come.
, all replaced by coaches from martial arts schools.”
Monk Yongxin also practiced boxing, but he only knew a little bit about kung fu. He was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is there something wrong with tonight's performance?"
Kang Jianfei said: "It's just a small problem, but Hong Kong people's expectations for Shaolin Kung Fu are too high. Tonight's performance disappointed the martial arts practitioners here."
"Oh." Monk Yongxin nodded. In his eyes, what Kang Jianfei said is really just a small problem. He came to Hong Kong to promote the Shaolin Temple. It is enough for the monks to perform performances that can fool ordinary people, but those practitioners
It's impossible to expose him without any trouble. It doesn't matter whether they are disappointed or not.
The Shaolin Monk Show was performed at the Taiping Theater for five consecutive days, with an attendance rate of over 90% every night. It was really more popular than a concert by a small star.
Some newspapers in Hong Kong also reported on this, which caused a Shaolin Kung Fu craze in a short period of time, resulting in a lot more Hong Kong tourists visiting the mainland in the second half of the year.
Then came the release of "Red Sorghum," which exploded at the box office in mainland China and won an international award in Berlin. The publicity was quite strong.
However, ordinary Hong Kong audiences really don’t like this style. The Oriental Cinemas initially arranged 10 theaters for two shows a day, and the average attendance on the first day was 73, which is a very good figure. But most of them have watched "Red Sorghum"
The audience felt that they had been deceived by the publicity, which led to the decline in the reputation of "Red Sorghum" among the audience. The average attendance on the second day dropped to less than 50%.
After only being released for 6 days, "Red Sorghum" was forced to be canceled by Oriental Cinemas. The box office was a pitiful 2.14 million. This box office figure was also thanks to the audiences who were deceived by the publicity on the first day.
Although it failed at the box office, "Red Sorghum" received high praise from film critics and was typically not a box office success. Also, the male and female protagonists Jiang Wen and Gong Li are familiar to many Hong Kong movie fans. As for the film's director Lao Mou
Son, Hong Kong people have no impression at all.
Not long after the completion of "Red Sorghum", news came out that its heroine Gong Li will star in Kang Jianfei's next film, and her partner will be Zhou Xingchi, who has become a star.rs
