Preliminary preparations for "Mr. Zombie" have been gradually completed, and Cheng Long's "Junior Brother" has finally been released in Taiwan, with a total box office of NT$15.2 million in Taiwan, equivalent to more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.
Comparing the box office of "The Young Master" horizontally in other regions, or comparing it vertically with the box office of movies in Taiwan over the years, this is just a somewhat tragic figure.
However, this has nothing to do with the quality of the film, but is caused by the general environment of the Taiwan market. The impact of the Sino-US handover to Taiwan last year was too great. Many wealthy Taiwanese businessmen and filmmakers believed that Taiwan had no future, so they packed up their belongings and fled to Europe and the United States.
, Japan, Hong Kong, and even mainland China. Ordinary people are also in mourning, and entertainment activities have been greatly reduced. Coupled with the popularity of televisions, many people choose to watch TV at home, further reducing the number of moviegoers.
Taiwan's box office champion this year, "Sakura Love," only grossed over 22 million in box office after four consecutive months of screening. This shows how far Taiwan's film market has shrunk. (The previous chapter was incorrect. Taiwan's box office champion in 1980 was an American film, and the second place was
Hong Kong films, the third place is Japanese films.)
This bleak situation did not improve until Taiwan's economy exploded in 1981 and people regained confidence.
It was in this atmosphere that "Happy Ghost" was screened for the first time at Cathay Pacific and Ximen Cinemas in Taipei on the fifth day after "The Young Master" was completed.
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The leading actors of "Mr. Zombie" came to Taipei one after another and all stayed at the Jinyue Hotel.
In addition to the heroine Li Saifeng and the third male lead Xu Guanying, Huang Xia, Yuan Hua and others, like Lin Zhengying, are all borrowed from Hong Jinbao's Hong family class. Huang Xia and Yuan Hua are dragon and tiger martial arts masters, among them Huang
Xia plays Li Saifeng's father in the film, while Yuen Hua plays Li Saifeng's dead grandfather, the final boss zombie.
Kang Jianfei owed Hong Jinbao a huge favor this time, and he would definitely repay it in the future.
If you borrow something, you must repay it. It’s not difficult to borrow again.
Hong Jinbao has a large number of talented people, so Kang Jianfei cannot offend him, and he might find someone else to ask for help one day. If Hong Jinbao is the commander-in-chief, Kang Jianfei will not care about his bitch temperament, and if he is cheated, he will be cheated!
"Tomorrow we will officially start filming at the China Film and Television Culture City. Let everyone rest early today so that we don't feel exhausted tomorrow." Kang Jianfei said to Lin Zhengying. Although he was the director, there were several people from the Hong family in the crew who sometimes let
It is more convenient for Lin Zhengying to give orders.
"Okay." Lin Zhengying said one word very stingily, and then went to greet everyone to go to bed.
As soon as Kang Jianfei returned to his room, there was a knock on the door, and it was Pan Yingzi who came in.
In the middle of the night, a beautiful actress took the initiative to come to the director's room. Is this an unspoken rhythm?
Kang Jianfei was having sex when he saw Pan Yingzi throw a note on the coffee table and said: "You are late, Lin Qingxia is not in Taiwan now, but is studying literature and art at the University of Hawaii."
Kang Jianfei opened the note and found an address somewhere in Hawaii written on it. It must be Lin Qingxia's current residence. He couldn't help but ask: "Why did Lin Qingxia go to study abroad?"
"I left before the Spring Festival after filming "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers", and now I'm staying at the house of a female friend's mother." Pan Yingzi sat on the sofa, her tight cropped pants outlined her plump and amazing buttocks, and sat down
The legs of her trousers were lifted up, revealing a white and tender calf like a lotus root. Pan Yingzi didn't care about Kang Jianfei's fiery gaze and said, "It seems that Lin Qingxia left Taiwan because of emotional problems. I don't know the specific situation. I have this address."
I asked a lot of people before asking."
Kang Jianfei originally wanted to bring Lin Qingxia to Hong Kong to shoot a commercial film as soon as possible, but she unexpectedly ran away to the United States. It seems that she can only wait until the filming of "Mr. Zombie" is completed.
Putting Lin Qingxia's matter aside, Kang Jianfei walked towards the radiant Pan Yingzi. In the face of such naked temptation, it was really not a man to not do something, he was simply worse than a beast.
Kang Jianfei was originally going to sit down next to Pan Yingzi and then slowly have sex. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked over, Pan Yingzi suddenly stood up, smiled charmingly at him and said, "It's getting late, I'll go back to the room first." Rest and good night!"
"Ahem, good night!" Kang Jianfei coughed awkwardly and could only watch Pan Yingzi twist her waist and go out in a charming way.
This woman is really hateful. She arouses a man's sexual interest and then turns around and leaves. It's a typical example of killing her but not burying her!
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The opening ceremony of "Mr. Zombie" was much more lively than that of "Happy Ghost". There were more than 30 behind-the-scenes staff and starring actors, plus some extras, and dozens of people gathered in the courtyard.
Kang Jianfei stood at the front rubbing incense, followed by Lin Zhengying, Li Saifeng, Chen You and Xu Guanying, who followed him and bowed three times in front of the divine case.
The process of inviting Xu Guanying to star went unexpectedly smoothly. The Hui brothers have not made movies in the past two years. Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie can make money as hosts, screenwriters and singers, but Xu Guanying does not have much income.
Although Xu Guanying can also sing, his honor is really disappointing to the audience. He can only sell his songs through the movies of the Xu brothers. Xu Guanying, who has not made a movie for two years, only makes some money by writing lyrics and articles. Kang Jianfei used 5 He was hired for the salary of 10,000 yuan.
After the worship ceremony was over, the venue staff moved the sacred case aside and put it away. This sacred case is a shooting prop and will be used several times later.
Lin Zhengying quickly put on makeup and came out. He already looked old and had his hair dyed gray. He looked at least 50 years old. Just walking on the street like this, no one would guess that he was not yet 30 years old.
Chen You's Taoist priest attire is even more eye-catching. This big singer has a mustache and a Taoist robe. When he stands there, he can give people a ghostly feeling without saying a word.
Kang Jianfei and more than a dozen extras put on Qing Dynasty official uniforms, applied powder on their faces and put dark circles under their eyes, and more than a dozen zombies were created.
The first scene was a play in Yizhuang. The second male lead, Qiu Sheng, played by Kang Jianfei, pretended to be a zombie to scare the literary talent played by Xu Guanying, but ended up losing the yellow talisman of the real zombie, creating a farce that was ridiculous.
Hu Juncai took charge of the scene, and Chen Xunqi worked with Kang Jianfei as his assistant. When Kang Jianfei himself appeared on the stage, he also tried to train Chen Xunqi to be the executive director.
Eight coffins were neatly placed in the room, and the windows were specially sealed to make the room dark, giving people a gloomy feeling.
Xu Guanying is worthy of being an experienced actor. After getting familiar with the script, he was able to smoothly achieve the effect Kang Jianfei wanted without Kang Jianfei having to worry about it, and even performed exceptionally well.
Actors with acting talent can often give directors unexpected surprises. For example, there is a scene in the original version of "Shanghai Beach" that was included in the TVB wireless training class teaching materials as a classic example.
That scene was a scene where Xu Wenqiang was injured and Chang Gui fed him rice porridge.
There was no plot of vomiting porridge in the script, but Zhou Runfa got so excited that he started coughing out of the script, coughing and vomiting porridge at the same time. The director thought the effect was very good, so he didn't stop it. As a result, Liao Qizhi, who played Chang Gui, also came up with a wonderful cooperation. , as soon as Fa Ge vomited porridge, he would stroke Fa Ge's vest and use his sleeves to wipe the porridge from the corners of his mouth.
Both of them deviated from the script, but one played Xu Wenqiang's injured and weak character very penetratingly, and the other showed Chang Gui's loyalty and kindness vividly.
Xu Guanying is this kind of actor. Of course, his talent only exists in funny plots. His expressions and actions make the already funny plots even more hilarious. The same is true for Chen You, who has not made many movies. It's as if he was born to eat this bowl of rice, and his exaggerated expression is quite a bit like Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical style.
"Stand here, wait for Ah You to come over, and then jump up like this. Ah You, use your left foot first..." Lin Zhengying explained the action scene for Chen You and a zombie. With Lin Zhengying as the action director, Kang Jianfei was relaxed A hundred times better, all you need to do is take out the storyboards, ask Lin Zhengying and the photographer to tell you your requirements, and everyone will discuss and resolve the rest.
Lin Zhengying, Xu Guanying and others who were accustomed to filming were also surprised by the speed of making movies with Kang Jianfei.
You must know that making comedies is done slowly. For example, Gao Zhisen, the original director of "Happy Ghost", had Shen Tianxia walk more than ten times for a walking scene, and finally the most hilarious effect was achieved. Another time and space When Lin Zhengying was filming "Mr. Zombie", many funny plots were figured out by everyone during the filming. For example, the classic plot of holding one's breath to hide from zombies was inspired by the crew members playing a game in the hotel to hold their breath.
However, Kang Jianfei does not have these obstacles. Time travel is a super cheating device. He can directly tell the laughter he needs, and the actors only need to perform according to his requirements.
This way of filming shortened the time by at least two-thirds compared to other directors' normal filming.
After the first day of shooting, the filming progress was already frighteningly fast. Xu Guanying, Chen You, Lin Zhengying and other crew members secretly gave Kang Jianfei an indecent nickname - Quickshooter!
