Chapter 30: The Miraculous Ah San (Part 3)
Liu Tianwang didn't say a word, the box office and reputation of "Ace Tease Ace" were not good enough...
Wang Jing has this kind of ability, collect a bunch of people, and then feed to the audience!
As for why Liu Tianwang will definitely give Wang Jing face, no matter how bad the film is...
Because Wang Jing is Andy Lau's benefactor!
At least 1/5 of all the films performed by Liu Tianwang are directed by Wang Jing, and more than 30 films are produced.
"Magic Jade" filmed by Liu Tianwang and director Wang Jing...
At that time, Liu Tianwang was still banned by TVB!
In 1988, he starred in 10 movies one after another, including "The Best Lost Friend", "The Best Lost Friend", "Hardcover Chasing Girls 2", which are 3 movies directed by Wang Jing.
In 1989, Liu Tianwang performed in 16 films, of which "Supreme", "Fishing Predators", "God of Gamblers" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls 3" were 4 films directed by Wang Jing.
has made a lot of these "assembly line production" movies, and has really made a lot of money, Liu Tianwang still wants to develop his film works on the "exquisite route".
Therefore, Liu Tianwang opened a film company "Tianmu" by himself, and started filming his first work "The Condor Heroes of Ninety-One", and the results were not bad.
But in 1992, Liu Tianwang's own company filmed "Ninety-two Condor Heroes: The Crazy Mood Sword" and "The Legend of the God of War", but they all lost.
In 1993, Liu Tianwang's own investment in "Forever" continued to lose money.
In 1994, Liu Tianwang's biggest investment "Heaven and Earth" turned out to be a big loss again.
Most of the series of film investments ended up losing money, causing him to lose more than 45 million Hong Kong dollars, causing the company to also mortgage, followed by several years of filming to repay debts, of which the biggest help was Wang Jing.
For Liu Tianwang, the most important thing is that Wang Jing filmed with Liu Tianwang when he was banned, took care of Liu Tianwang when he was in trouble, and filmed Liu Tianwang when he was in debt...
But in the past few years, Wang Jing's movies have really been amazingly bad!
Zhang Junsheng was very curious: "Brother Hua, did you read the script before filming?"
"No, Wang Jing didn't have a complete script before filming started!"
“… Don't have a complete script?
"Because he thinks that no matter how I shoot, you still talk about me. In fact, he has also supported many works before, such as "Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai", but everyone doesn't like to associate the excellent works with him with his participation, and they don't like to talk about his aspect. ”
Glancing at Wang Bo, the latter shrugged...
Indeed, it can only be said that one rice raises a hundred kinds of people!
He himself is positioned as a commercial star, and he was simply a bad movie king in the 90s...
It's just that his fame makes some people feel that "Andy shouldn't act in a bad movie", in fact, his acting skills are not good, and he doesn't have the vision and ability to choose a good script, so it's normal to act in a bad movie...
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According to the filming schedule, the crew went to the three countries of Afghanistan in November and completed the filming of the plot in India in a week.
In fact, it is just a group outing.
India's role is mainly focused on Cheng Yong alone, and everyone in the crew goes together, making it clear that it is a publicly-funded tour...
Zhang Junsheng doesn't care, anyway, there are more than 40 million funds on the books!
Tong Yali and a few female makeup artists checked out the magic of Ah Sanguo, and then decided to stay in China...
A wise decision!
If you think about it, Tang Seng has to bring a few thugs with him when he goes to India, which shows how chaotic that place is!
I asked all my friends who had been to India, including Wang Baobao, who was filming "Havoc in Tianzhu", and his feedback was: "I never want to go to India again!"
How bad can it be?
However, the Indian character is actually on the soft side...
Think of Mahatma Gandhi's assertion: non-violent non-cooperation!
First of all, the movement as a whole was positive, causing problems for the British colonists and also for India's eventual independence.
But the other side of this movement is weakness and compromise! When you are treated unfairly, you don't resist, but you accept it, even if it's a dog, if you give it a kick, you know to bark its teeth and roar at you.
Frankly speaking, such a national characteristic is almost unique.
Imagine being confronted with violence, curling up in a ball, shouting "Shoot me"...
How weak, powerless, and foolish.
A leper dog-like appearance jumped on the page.
There is a sharp contrast with Taizu's sentence that 'power comes out of the barrel of a gun' and 'all reactionaries are paper tigers!'.
Taizu is a real man!
And the Indian Glenin in "The God of Medicine"!
In fact, it's shameless piracy!
How much money and manpower does it cost to launch a new drug, how many failures and repeated experiments it takes, and how many clinical trials it takes.
This cost is extremely huge and the average company simply cannot afford it. Several well-known pharmaceutical companies in the world, such as Pfizer in the United States, Novartis in Switzerland, Bayer in Germany, and other large companies, have invested billions or even tens of billions of dollars in the development of a specific drug. This investment will be apportioned to the price of the drug after the new drug is launched, so the new specific drug is often very expensive because it includes the cost of research and development.
However, Indian generic drugs directly bypass the research and development stage, and can be made into generic products within 3 months of the launch of the original drug and the new drug.
This generic drug may only be about 80% effective of the original drug, but the price is only 1/10 of the original drug.
For example, the specific drug for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia is "Grenin" developed by Novartis in Switzerland, about 23,000 yuan a box, while its generic VEENAT is only more than 200 yuan, produced by the Indian pharmaceutical company Natco, and the active ingredient of both is imatinib, but the price difference is huge.
In addition to Grenin, other specific drugs such as Herceptin for breast cancer, Iressa for lung cancer, and Nexavar for renal cell carcinoma and liver cancer are all generics in India.
In fact, generic drugs can be produced in many countries, but under normal circumstances, generic drugs can only be produced after the patent protection period of the original drug has passed.
However, the Indian government has not even bothered to wait for the 20-year patent protection period.
They have implemented a special system of "compulsory patent licensing": under special circumstances, the government can grant or license a patent to other enterprises without the consent of the patentee.
In other words, when the poor cannot afford a high-priced patented drug, India allows the drug to be copied directly, regardless of whether the patent protection period expires or not.
It is said that the Indian government is doing this to break the monopoly of European and American pharmaceuticals and make life-saving drugs for the poor, but this is actually an act of ignoring the intellectual property rights of drugs, and behind it is the bandit logic of "I am poor so I am reasonable, and you have money so you should let me imitate".
Patent protection is a universal norm and a law that everyone abides by.
Other countries can certainly copy medicines, but not as justifiably as India.
However, its non-compliance directly benefits ordinary people who cannot afford high-priced medicines.
So, from a human point of view, there is nothing wrong with this approach, but from a legal point of view, it is wrong!
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