Chapter 264: Shaolin Temple Storm
During the whole party, Xu Wangqiu had been discussing the Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference with Chen Qianqian and Lin Hai.
In fact, Xu Wangqiu didn't know much about the Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference in the previous life, but he knew that there was such a conference, which was hosted by the overseas Chinese associations of various countries in turn, but it was not particularly clear how to do it and how to operate it. However, he knows that the purpose of the Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference is to build a platform for Chinese businessmen from all over the world to exchange and cooperate, which is actually similar to the film festival.
As a frequent visitor to the film festival, Xu Wangqiu is very clear about the operation of the film festival. He put forward a series of suggestions according to the operation mode of the film festival in later generations, such as the opening and closing ceremonies, the special exhibition for Chinese businessmen from all over the world to display their goods, and the establishment of a special forum for everyone to communicate and seek common development.
These are very common ideas in later generations, and basically every film festival does this, but they are very advanced in this era. Whether it is Chen Qianqian, Lin Hai and other Chinese businessmen, or Yudu Gong Dema, they are deeply shocked by what Xu Wangqiu said, and they are amazed in their hearts, Minister Li and Jiang Yiwei are not wrong, Xu Wangqiu is really a business wizard, and his knowledge and vision are too much beyond ordinary people.
After the party, Xu Wangqiu and the crew of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" prepared to return to Tokyo. Lin Hai resolutely refused to let them go, saying that it was difficult for you to get Yokohama, and if you were allowed to go, then others would say that we were neglecting the guests. He not only personally arranged a hotel for Xu Wangqiu and them, but also specially prepared a vehicle and tour guide the next day, so that Xu Wangqiu and they had a good day in Yokohama.
After two days of vacation, all the members of the crew of "A Game of Chess That Didn't End" were in good spirits and started filming again.
At the same time, the whole of Xiangjiang is going crazy for a movie, "Shaolin Temple" filmed by Yindu Agency.
Two weeks before the Spring Festival, the Xiangjiang New Year stalls officially kicked off. On January 16th, the movie "Best Partner" was officially released, this comedy action film starring Xu Guanjie and imitating "007" caused a sensation after its release, and the box office directly exceeded 10 million in the first week, and the entire Xiangjiang film circle can be said to be dumbfounded. Fortunately, Xiangjiang Film Company knows the box office appeal of the Xu brothers, and no company has a fight with "Best Partner", so they all put their New Year films in the week after the release of "Best Partner", otherwise they may have become cannon fodder under the strong pressure of "Best Partner".
Although the Chinese New Year films of various film companies avoided the super rival of "Best Partner", it also led to another serious consequence, and a large number of Chinese New Year films will be released in the following week. These include Cheng Long's "Young Master Dragon", Alan Tam's "Little Fear", Liu Jialiang's "Eighteen Martial Arts", the Hollywood blockbuster "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "Shaolin Temple" of Yindu Organization.
Unlike the Xiangjiang New Year film with a dazzling star lineup, the actors of "Shaolin Temple" are all newcomers, and the director Zhang Xinyan is not too famous. There are not many people in the entire Xiangjiang film industry who are optimistic about the box office of "Shaolin Temple", and they all believe that a movie without stars and big names and no well-known directors can only be reduced to cannon fodder in the Lunar New Year file of strong players such as Lin.
However, what stunned the entire Xiangjiang film circle was that "Shaolin Temple" began to break out on the first day of release, and after the box office came out in the first week, it shattered the eyes of the Xiangjiang film circle. "Shaolin Temple" beat strong opponents such as "Little Life is Afraid" and "Eighteen Kinds of Martial Arts", ranking third in the box office list, second only to "Young Master Long" and "Best Bodyguard".
In the last life, the Yindu organization filmed "Shaolin Temple" mainly for the Dongying market, because Dongying has the Shaolin Temple Boxing Alliance, and there are millions of members under it, as long as the quality of the film is okay, it will definitely be successful in Dongying. Yindu Agency never thought that "Shaolin Temple" could succeed in Xiangjiang, and Yindu Organization was very poor, and funds were stretched, and "Shaolin Temple" was not promoted much when it was released in Xiangjiang, and it was completely successful by relying on excellent quality and super word-of-mouth.
The current Yindu institution is different from the previous life, after the success of "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" in Xiangjiang, Yindu has enough funds and enough confidence to carry out publicity. The publicity scale of "Shaolin Temple" is not inferior to movies such as "Young Master Long" and "Little Fear", and the publicity of "Shaolin Temple" can be seen in newspapers, streets, and TV. And the promotional slogan of "Shaolin Temple" "Come to "Shaolin Temple" and see real kung fu" has indeed aroused the interest of Xiangjiang audiences.
After the official release of the movie, the Xiangjiang audience who walked into the theater was not disappointed, but was greatly satisfied. "Shaolin Temple" in the traditional Chinese martial arts: Shaolin boxing, drunken boxing, eagle claw boxing, darts, swordsmanship and other eighteen kinds of martial arts have been shown in close-up, the most expressive is Li Lianjie's Shaolin boxing, strong and vigorous, feminine and feminine, and the martial arts in the movie are real people, there are few stunt actors, no wires, springs and other stunts, the fight is very exciting.
"Shaolin Temple" was able to succeed in Xiangjiang, and the abundance of natural scenery that appeared in the film contributed to it. Many people in Xiangjiang look down on the mainland, but they are very interested in the great rivers and mountains of the mainland. It's just that due to the visa policy of the mainland, it is very difficult to enter the mainland. In the 70s, Chang Fengxin made a lot of documentaries about the scenery of the mainland because he couldn't make movies normally, and these films achieved good results after their release in Xiangjiang, and in the last two years, he made documentaries such as "Ancient and Modern Wonders" and "Sichuan Secret Record", and the scenery of the mainland is very attractive to Xiangjiang audiences.
The movie "Shaolin Temple" shows a large number of inland scenery, the mighty Yellow River, the bleak reed ditch, the lonely and empty barren beach, the majestic and beautiful Songshan Mountain, the Tallinn in the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin martial arts relics of the Thousand Buddha Hall practice room, the boxing hall and other natural landscapes, so that the fight scenes in this environment seem natural and realistic, thrilling, so that the Xiangjiang audience who is accustomed to watching kung fu films shot in the studio has an unprecedented physical examination.
In addition, Li Lianjie's rustic, cute and pure image also makes the Xiangjiang audience very disappointed, because this is in contrast to the mainstream aesthetics, and it is very different from the Xiangjiang and Taiwan stars that people are used to.
In the second week of the movie's release, driven by strong word-of-mouth, "Shaolin Temple" successfully counterattacked, defeating "Young Master Dragon" and "Best Bodyguard", and won the weekly box office championship. In the following days, "Shaolin Temple" was steady and steady, and when the film officially finished in early March, the final box office was fixed at 19.37 million. Films such as "Young Master Long" and "Little Life is Afraid" are not as good as the previous life because of the impact of "Shaolin Temple". "Young Master Long" originally had a box office of 17.93 million, but now it is only 16.39 million, and "Little Life is Afraid" originally had a box office of 13.92 million, but now it is only 12.54 million.
Zuopai films were once in the limelight before the movement, and Phoenix's kung fu film "Golden Eagle" was the first film in Xiangjiang to exceed one million box office, telling the story of ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia and being filmed in the mainland. The first film in Xiangjiang to use WIA technology was the Great Wall Company's "Yunhai Jade Bow Edge". In terms of genre films, Zuo Fang has made a great contribution to Xiangjiang films. However, after the movement, the Zuopai Film Company was busy with sports, and its influence among the citizens of Xiangjiang gradually decreased.
After the end of the movement, leftist companies such as Changfengxin have been trying to regain their former glory. However, at this time, they have been out of touch with the Hong Kong society, and the aesthetic taste of the Hong Kong audience has also changed greatly. A series of films thrown by the company failed at the box office and did not make any splashes. Only "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" let them show their existence, but "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" are not made by them after all, but mainland movies.
"Shaolin Temple" is a film invested and shot by Yindu Institution itself, and it is the first successful film of Yindu Institution in more than ten years since the beginning of the movement, and it has beheaded superstars such as Cheng Long and Alan Tam, so the entire Xiangjiang has become a sensation.
Whether it is the pro-mainland media, the neutral media, or the pro-Taiwan media, they all exclaimed, and the headlines were almost the same: "Zuopai movies are back!", "Zuopai movies are back again!", "Zuopai movies are back!"
With the popular release of "Shaolin Temple" in Xiangjiang, Li Lianjie also became an instant hit in Xiangjiang, quickly occupying the headlines of major media in Xiangjiang. When Li Lianjie was promoting "Shaolin Temple" in Xiangjiang, a boss directly approached him with a check of millions of dollars, hoping that he would star in his company's movies.
After the success of "Shaolin Temple", the previous Yindu institution did not firmly grasp Li Lianjie, nor did it grasp the theme of "Shaolin Temple", let alone launch a series of works while the iron was hot.
There are many reasons for this, the most important of which is that there is a problem with the management of Yindu institutions. Zhu Hong, the head of the phoenix, once said: "The person in charge of the Yindu organization sent above is neither an artistic creation talent, nor a business management talent, they are incomparable with film businessmen like Run Run Shaw, Zou Wenhuai, and Wu Siyuan.
This world Yindu organization is a subordinate enterprise of the film export company, and the person in charge of the silver capital is a senior filmmaker like Liao Yiyuan, who is an expert in film, and knows very well the importance of having a superstar to the film company. And Xu Wangqiu also reminded them that after the release of "Shaolin Temple", they must sign the starring Li Lianjie, and they all need their own Bruce Lee and Cheng Long.
After the release of "Shaolin Temple", Fu Qi, who is in charge of artist management, flew to Beiping to talk to the sports committee about signing a contract with Jet Li, hoping to transfer Jet Li to work in Yindu Agency. The sports committee is not sure to release people, because Li Lianjie is a rare martial arts talent, since the age of 12, he has won the all-around championship of the national martial arts competition for five consecutive years, and is the representative of the Chinese martial arts community. In the end, Wang Lanxi came forward in person, and the sports committee reluctantly agreed to release him. However, the sports committee said that we have cultivated Li Lianjie for so many years, how much energy and hard work have been spent, you can transfer people away, and you must take a transfer fee.
Fu Qi asked the person in charge of the sports committee: "How much do you want?" The person in charge of the sports committee raised a finger: "It is impossible without this number." The success of "Shaolin Temple" made Fu Qi full of confidence: "One million, no problem." The person in charge of the sports committee originally wanted to say 100,000, but he didn't expect Fu Qi to say that 1 million was no problem, and he was so shocked that his jaw was dislocated.
Half a month later, Li Lianjie and Fu Qi, who had completed various procedures, got on the plane to Xiangjiang and started a new life, and Yindu finally had its own star after many years of sluggishness.
At the same time that Li Lianjie and Fu Qi's flight landed at Xiangjiang Airport, in the abandoned sand and gravel factory outside Jiangnan Village in Saitama County, Dongying, a "post-war" black market built in Dongying was brightly lit, and the filming of "A Game of Chess That Didn't End" was in full swing.