On December 24, in a small screening room in TVB City, as the ending song of Hurricane Rescue was played, Shao Daheng took off his reading glasses and gave Zhao Donghuai a strange look.
Action movie... This is actually a new type of action movie made by this guy. Speaking of Hong Kong action, how far has it come from Wang Yu to Bruce Lee and Cheng Long?
He didn't expect that Zhao Donghuai's second film would be such an action film that would create a new style.
The film is relatively dull at the beginning, with more tender scenes and dramas. It mainly plays up the daughter's lack of father's love due to her parents' divorce. As she grows up, she becomes increasingly estranged from her father. The father is also too busy with work and pays little attention to his daughter.
But after retirement, the old father is striving step by step to return to the family.
The early foreshadowing is warm and touching enough. When his daughter goes on a trip to Wanwan, something happens...that old father rises in anger and fights through the Nanzi Gang alone, breaks through the high-end illegal auction group, and destroys the auction house.
Rich bodyguard team.
Then it will be more enjoyable to watch!
Overall, the plot of Hurricane Rescue is very simple, too simple. An old father saves his daughter. It can be described in six words.
But with fast editing, handheld photography, and new fighting types, the overall effect is truly wonderful.
Bruce Lee and Cheng Long are all different types.
After a while of silence, when Zhao Donghuai and other main creators came over, Shao Yifu laughed and said, "Ah Huai, I remember Lin Zhengying is from Jiahe, Cheng Jiaban, right? Are you so praising an outsider? Aren't you afraid of raising a tiger?"
Lin Zhengying, who was excited, was instantly embarrassed.
Looking at Shao Daheng and Zhao Donghuai, he was speechless and very embarrassed.
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "Shao Sheng is joking, Leslie is also from China Star. His TV contract is also with TVB, right?"
Shao Yifu was speechless.
He wanted to complain. Today's young people are becoming more and more unruly. They don't sign various ten-year or eight-year long-term contracts, and they praise actors and artists at will. It's simply nonsensical. Are they throwing money away?
But he is also a beneficiary.
After unable to complain, Shao Yifu asked, "Will it be released on New Year's Day?"
Today, the 24th, is still the peak period for the release of Cheng Long's Project A, so delaying it for a week is also a good time.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, I hope Shaosheng can support me."
Shao Daheng waved his hand, "We can't talk about support, so that's it. It will be screened across the board as last time. You can handle the publicity yourself. Anyway, you bought a new newspaper, so you don't have to worry about running out of space to advertise."
After saying that, he left again.
Zhao Donghuai was filming Hurricane Rescue for more than a month, and Chow Yun-fat, Wan Ziliang, and Lu Liangwei were all filming Infernal Affairs directed by Johnnie To, which is also New World 2. But they will also be acting in Shaw Brothers movies, so it's not a big deal.
Before the New World, Shaw Brothers Cinema in Hong Kong continued to suffer losses. It finally recovered a wave of health. Of course, we must make good use of Ah Fa, Ah Liang and the others.
New World was released, and Shaw Brothers Cinemas made a lot of money selling popcorn, cola, sugar cane, etc. Of course, Shao Yifu didn't care about how much money the theater made. What he cared about was that he had worked hard for his lifelong film career. If there was any
Choice, I really don’t want theaters to gradually become empty and gradually close down.
He knew that he would not significantly change the Shaw Brothers production system and fully support independent filmmakers. The company would only screen Zhao Donghuai's new film, which would be a drop in the bucket.
Comprehensive reform, no energy left.
But even if there is no reform, it will continue to be a mess... and then be closed down or rented out, it would be good to win a few more championships before closing down and leave a happy ending!
He has been a filmmaker his entire life.
When the tycoon left, Lin Zhengying and Cheng Xiaodong cheered excitedly.
Zhao Donghuai waved his hand, "Okay, everyone, have a good rest. There will be a midnight screening on New Year's Eve and a large-scale release on New Year's Day. Then, Aying, Jiahui, Jieying, Aqing, and Ms. Hu, you will go out and promote the show."
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"My new newspaper will be publicized simultaneously, but new things have limited influence. Whether it succeeds or fails, thank you for your hard work."
For the new publicity plan, he was counting on the four golden flowers to attract attention.
Guan Jiahui, Lan Jieying, He Qing and Hu Huizhong, the eldest is only 25 years old, these four girls can always attract some viewers when they appear together.
To put it bluntly, if they form a Girls' Generation, no, even if they form a Young Women's Generation, they should have no shortage of fans.
Lin Zhengying nodded excitedly, and Lan Jieying and other girls also nodded. As for what Guan Jiahui wanted to say, they looked around and didn't say anything in a hurry.
Leslie Cheung said excitedly, "Director, don't you need me to promote it?"
Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "How could I possibly run away from you? Otherwise, my work would be in vain, helping you write songs? You will be the guest singer."
"I Want" sold 40,000 copies in Hong Kong Island in the first week, and 30,000 copies were sold in Wanwan, Taiwan and other places. The single was released less than a week ago, so it was not counted.
But this really requires Arong La’s popularity.
After joking around and arranging the general situation, Zhao Donghuai left TVB TV City and planned to go to the mainland. In one week, he easily traveled to Yangcheng and even went to Shanghai and Beijing to find an agent distributor for car windshields.
As long as there is enough money to be made from the glass, buying a newspaper, reorganizing the Kowloon Daily News, leasing office space in an industrial building, and spending millions on subsequent expansion plans are child's play.
It also starts from the next day, Christmas Day, the 25th.
The three newspapers reorganized into the Kowloon Daily News, in addition to serializing the fortune-deceiving story of "Mr. Chan, the No. 1 liar in Hong Kong", also began to publish full-length hurricane rescue notices.
"Shocking! The world's strongest dad swept Wanwan!"
"The most secure retired Flying Tiger instructor in history, he single-handedly destroyed the Wanwan Club."
"The four beauties perform on the same stage..."
"Leslie, Hong Kong's newest singing star, stars in the show and will spend New Year's Day with you."
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In addition to various gimmick headlines, the newly formed Kowloon Daily was also printed and distributed for free under Zhao Donghuai's instructions.
Delivering 50,000 copies a day does not mean giving them to passers-by or Hong Kong residents for free, but to giving them to every newspaper and magazine stand for free.
As for the newspaper guy, how many copies the magazine guy sells and how much money they make are all theirs.
Only in this way can newspapers and magazine guys be more enthusiastic about promoting the New Kowloon Daily. The total sales volume of the three newspapers was more than 10,000 copies, and the past and present life of the number one liar, Chen, is also enough to attract attention.
Many inside stories that are unknown to the outside world are serialized in newspapers in the form of short stories. Professional lawyers will guide you on how to avoid legal risks, so that the people of Hong Kong Island can understand them after reading them.
But I am not afraid of being entangled legally.
On Christmas Day, 50,000 copies of the newspaper were sold out, and they were out of stock the next day.
On the 26th, Kowloon Daily began to congratulate Zhang Guorong. His "I Want" single was released in the island country. It sold more than 60,000 copies in one week, more than 40,000 copies in South Korea, and more than 20,000 copies in Wanwan.
Including Hong Kong Wagyu Buluo, the number has reached 200,000 in just over a week!
In just over a week, a total of 200,000 copies have been sold in various places. According to the sales standards of Hong Kong Island, it is quadruple platinum!
Ah Wing's fame and status in the music industry are soaring.
Again, in many places, Chinese and Asians originally listened to this future explosive song, but it was just like that at the beginning. Many ghosts everywhere liked to listen to it.
Gui Lao leads more foreign worshipers, and it feels like a brainwashing cycle.
Tan and Zhang's struggle for supremacy has become a trend. According to the original trajectory, it was not until the summer of 1984, when Zhang Guorong's second album sold several platinum golds, that Tan and Zhang's struggle for supremacy began.
The song "I Want" has a trend half a year ahead of schedule, and it is even more popular.
Because of Tan Yonglin's Aaron brother, Wanwan's records are selling well in various parts of Southeast Asia, but the island country is not famous. It was because the movie album of Brothers and Tigers had Cheng Long as the main star, and it took advantage of the situation to become popular for a while.
In Niu Bu Luo, Allen's reputation is more average.