"Yesterday, Hollywood director Wang Yang's "Genius Gamblers" was finally released in Hong Kong, causing a movie-watching boom in the city. ”

The TVB channel on the TV was broadcasting the entertainment news program "Entertainment Search", and the host Song Zhiling sat behind the hosting stage, and she said with a smile: "Although Yang Tsai did not come to Hong Kong in person to do publicity this time, he also asked us to say hello to all the audience and friends." If you can't see him, why don't you watch this movie, he has a cameo appearance in the film!

The screen suddenly appeared in the lively movie theater end, the crowd of moviegoers talked about leaving, the crowd was full of voices, and the reporter Zhang Meini smiled and said to the TVB station logo microphone: "It's so lively! Just now we went to ask about the ticket sales, and it was all full tonight, and the boss said that it seemed to be back to the time when "God of Gamblers" was released!" The camera turned, she asked a young couple and smiled: "What do you think?"

"Beautiful!" The tall boy in the white T-shirt and jeans nodded with a smile, and the short and fat girl also nodded: "It's worth the ticket price, Yang Zai is so good! The tall boy smiled: "It's so big!" Then a middle-aged grandmother appeared in front of the camera, her daughter stood next to her with a smile, and the grandmother said: "I'll accompany a daughter to see it, those cards are not very clear, and my head is sunburned!"

"Wang Yang's movie!" An old uncle with sparse white hair looked at the camera, with a happy smile on his wrinkled face, and said: "What ......award did you take?" Zhang Meini reminded: "Academy Awards." The old uncle said in a displeased tone: "I remember I remember, Oscar, ah, you are really a department! Don't be like Uncle hasn't read a book......!

Naturally, there are not too many elderly people in the audience who walk out of the theater, but they are not only a handful, and there are countless middle-aged audiences, and the proportion of audiences in North America who are equally divided between men and women seems to be happening elsewhere.

However, Hong Kong is originally a place that loves gambling films and leads gambling films, from the 1976 Shaw Brothers movie "The Great Scam of the Gambling King" to the development of Wang Tianlin and Wang Jing father and son, the 1980 TVB drama "The King of a Thousand Kings", and the 81 Chow Yun-fat starring drama "A Thousand Kings Heroes"; in the same year, Wang Jing launched her screen debut "A Thousand Kings Fight a Thousand Tyrants", after many years of ups and downs, finally in 1989, Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau starred in "God of Gamblers" broke out, setting a new box office record of more than 36.29 million Hong Kong dollars.

In 1990, "The Gambler" won 40.14 million yuan, and in 94 "God of Gamblers 2" won the box office of film history with 52.54 million, and "The Saint of Gambling" directed by Liu Zhenwei and starring Stephen Chow received 41.32 million in 1990, and there are many gambling films that cannot be counted...... Now this new gambling film has a Chinese male lead, and it is Wu Yanzu, who is very familiar to Hong Kong audiences, and more importantly, it is directed by Miracle Yang, which has caused a lot of buzz in the city before it is released, is it good or not? How does it compare with Hong Kong films? Can it stimulate Hong Kong's lifeless film market?

"Look good, look good, be good!" After interviewing a few ordinary people, Zhang Meini interviewed a few more stars on the screen, Zheng Zhongji gave a thumbs up and kept sighing, mentioning that he starred in "Long Wei" will be released on August 21, Zhang Meini smiled and asked: "Are you worried about being hurt?" or do you want to challenge the magic Yang?" Zheng Zhongji glared at his little eyes in surprise and said: "I want to die!

Both of them laughed, and he said: "There must be no idea of challenging Magic Yang, this drama is so exciting, the box office must be exaggerated, we all have to consider postponing the release." He jokingly laughed a few times, and said: "Let's see if the audience gives face, I hope I don't lose too badly!"

Hollywood magic director Wang Yang's new work "God and Ghost Card Counting Team" was officially released in Taiwan yesterday, attracting a large number of people to the theater to watch, the film starring Wu Yanzu, Natalie Bowman and others, telling the legendary story of the Chinese gambling god Ma Kaiwen, once released in North America, it was very popular, and it is currently the North American champion for two consecutive weeks, with a box office of over 100 million. Comprehensive report of Eastern News. ”

""The Capture of Las Vegas" was fully released in mainland theaters yesterday, and tonight "Entertainment Live" will take you to see some of the circumstances of the premiere a few days ago!"

…… In a simple and elegant hotel suite, the bright sunlight poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Wang Yang sat on the sofa, and opened a large package with a serious expression, one layer of paper and two layers of paper...... Opening a box and taking out a red heart-shaped ring box, he smiled hesitantly, opened the ring box with a snap, and suddenly felt his eyes flash with something dazzling.

I saw a ring quietly hidden in a box, a streamlined silver ring, and a dazzling diamond at the top. Wang Yang slowly took out the ring, held it in front of his eyes and looked at it repeatedly, his heartbeat was a little faster, a happy smile on his face, and muttered: "It's really a masterpiece that I participated in the design, man, you are fascinated haha......"

One of the most important moments of life is coming soon!

"Hello, Meimei!" Wang Yang picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and dialed a number, it was the Chinese jewelry designer Su Meimei (Mimi-So), who designed and made this ring, he turned his right hand to admire the ring, and smiled at the phone: "I received the ring, yes, I'm looking at it now, oh it's beautiful, I'm very satisfied! Thank you really for making it." ”

Su Meimei's family has been in the jewelry industry for several generations, and she is now the third generation. Her parents are Hong Kong immigrants, and she was born and raised in New York, since she was a child, she has a special preference for jewelry and her own taste, with the assistance of her parents and friends, she established her own brand Mimiso at the age of 24 in the center of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Diamond District, after years of hard work, the branch has opened to Beverly Hills, Tokyo, Japan, and the jewelry she designed has frequently appeared in various ceremonial dinners, becoming the rapidly rising "Chinese jewelry queen".

However, compared to long-established brands such as Cartier, Harry Winston, and Boucheron, Mimiso is just a rookie. But what does it matter? In these jewelry and clothes, Wang Yang has never been a person who blindly pursues any famous brand, could it be that Cartier's diamonds were mined from the planet Pandora? Even if they are, diamonds are still diamonds.

During the filming period of "The Devil Wears Prada", it is natural that some fashionable jewelry is also needed, in addition to those famous brands, in line with the idea of helping the Chinese, Wang Yang also brought Mimiso the opportunity to participate in sponsorship, so that this rising star brand can show its face;

In order to keep it confidential, during the entire ordering process this time, Wang Yang did not meet with Su Meimei or Mimiso, and directly contacted the assistant by phone, otherwise if any paparazzi photographed "Wang Yang's appointment to meet the jewelry designer" leaked the news, even if there was "The Demon Wearing Prada" as an excuse, she would have guessed it.

"Hehe, it's nothing, Jan, but we thank you for trusting Mimiso to give us such an important ring. Su Meimei's voice was very happy, and she poured her heart and soul into the design and completion this week. In addition to the goodwill of the Chinese, she naturally knew that this was a very rare opportunity, and the magic of Young's engagement ring was from Mimiso Jewelry!

It's just that I was really shocked to hear him say "this ring is an engagement ring" last week! Su Meimei smiled again: "It's just quite surprising, you want to get married at such a young age." ”

"I'm still young, but for my relationship with Jesse, it's not young, it's time!" Wang Yang smiled, his calm tone was full of affirmation, he had been in love for almost 5 years, and he had been living together for almost 3 years, and now he was just doing a good deed. If he got married at the age of 19, it would have been early, and speaking of which, he proposed once in a daze...... Thinking about this, Wang Yang smiled at his mobile phone: "I haven't proposed yet, I don't know if it will be successful." Su Meimei said: "It will definitely be." Wang Yang smiled: "Thank you, I think so too, but I'm a little nervous." He frowned and said, "And I'm afraid that I can't help but propose in advance according to the plan." It's so uncomfortable! I want to see her surprised! Oh my God. Good luck with me!"

Su Meimei smiled: "Good luck, Yang!"

After chatting a few words and ending the call, Wang Yang raised the diamond ring in his hand, looked up and said with a deep smile: "Marry me, okay?" He hummed the wedding march and was about to put the ring on his left ring finger, when he suddenly stopped: "No, no, no, no! He looked at the ring and his fingers, and he couldn't put them on...... After fiddling with it for a while, the mobile phone suddenly rang, Wang Yang picked it up and saw that it was the agent Paul Emory, and answered the channel: "Hi, Paul." …… No, no, I've just come back! I need to take a break from work next month, everything!" Paul Emery asked again: "Have you decided to attend the Hugo Awards in Toronto on the 30th of the month?" Wang Yang thought for a while and said, "Well, I will attend." ”

The Hugo Award and the Nebula Award are recognized as the two most authoritative and influential world science fiction awards, which are awarded by the World Science Fiction Association and are known as the Nobel Prize in the science fiction industry.

On his first day back in Los Angeles, Wang spent the whole day in the hotel playing on the computer, taking the ring out of the box from time to time to look at it, and only then drove back to his home in the evening.

Just stopped and walked down, looking at the familiar lawn, shrubs, big house, and Yiren who walked out and stood in front of the door with a bright smile, Wang Yang smiled and beckoned to her, his heart was warm and turbulent, and he was a little excited, fortunately the ring was not brought back, otherwise he might have missed!

But the first to rush over was Danny, who frantically wagged its tail and jumped around beside it, Wang Yang coped with it wow, and the shoulder bag in his hand also dangled: "There's nothing to eat here, Danny, there's nothing to eat!"

"Welcome home. Jessica who came to her front stretched out her hands, and Wang Yang also reached out to wrap her arms around her waist, and habitually lowered her head to kiss her lips. Jessica dodged, pouted and shook her head, "No, my cold hasn't completely healed yet." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, looked at her burning eyes, and said with a smile: "What are you kidding! Beauty, when did you have the ability to infect me with a cold?" Jessica immediately laughed too: "Uh! It seems to be ......"

With a "hmm", Wang Yang kissed her heavily and sighed: "Oh! I have missed this taste for a week, and I can finally sleep well tonight." Jessica shrugged slightly, tilted her head and snickered, "Does it smell like snot?" Wang Yang leaned back: "No, why do you say it so disgustingly! It's terrifying......"

The two laughed and walked into the room, and Danny happily rushed forward.

Soon the third weekend of August from the 15th to the 17th ended, in the latest issue of the North American weekend box office list, the new film "Freddy vs. Jason" took away the "MIT-21-TEAM" championship for two consecutive weeks with 36.42 million, as a horror film with a production cost of 30 million, this achievement surprised the new line company, it seems that the box office is expected to touch 50 million in the first week, and the world is expected to break 100 million in the end, plus the later income that horror films are better at, this movie is successful!

After all, "Hong Kong Ghost King" Yu Rentai is not a magical Yang, and this achievement has made the "Chinese director stock" rise again, but the fly in the ointment is that the evaluation of "Freddy vs. Jason" is not high, with a 41% freshness of Rotten Tomatoes public film reviews and 60% of audience liking, which also greatly limits its success index.

For example, in the film review of Brian Thomas of the Chicago Reader, many film critics said that "Yu Rentai has lost his strength." "Freddy vs. Jason is the quintessential Hollywood commercial film, with clichés, no personality, no memorable classic images...... Basically, professionals who watch the entire movie will not deduce who the director is, which is an ordinary popcorn movie.

However, its opening box office of $13.6 million did break the opening record of classic series such as "Ghost Street", "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween", and won the next weekend championship with 36.42 million.

The acclaimed "MIT-21-TEAM" finished second this weekend with 21.43 million yuan, a 37% drop from last weekend, and the total North American box office rose to $147 million. "Counter-Terrorism SWAT Team" is in third place with 15.12 million, and Kevin Costner's new film "Heaven and Earth Infinite" is in fourth place with 12.04 million, with 79% freshness and 80% likeability indicating that this is a good movie: "Costner's return to the familiar and clear West, flawed but entertaining and satisfying. ”…… This weekend, "21" not only sold tickets in theaters in North America, but also was released on big screens around the world, receiving a variety of banknotes with different patterns, as well as praise from fans. In Australia, it grossed 3.66 million weekend grosses, the United Kingdom 6.86 million, Germany 4.22 million and Mexico 3.05 million...... Dozens of countries combined for the first weekend of overseas grossed $40.96 million.

This figure is lower than the first weekend in North America, and Flame Films predicts that the overseas box office of "21" this week will be around 60 million, and the final box office will need to see a downward trend.

Of the $40.96 million, there is HK$4.62 million (about $600,000) for two days of release in Hong Kong, and in this weak market where the box office of "Infernal Affairs" was only 2.5 million on the first day of last year's opening, "Genius Gamblers" received 2.35 million on the first day, which has made Hong Kong's theater bosses smile; Taiwan's "God and Ghost Card Team" received NT$32.53 million (about $1 million), the same big victory; while Chinese mainland received 28 million yuan (about $3.43 million) in two days.

The box office of "Hero" in the first week and seven days exceeded 100 million, but the media did not get specific figures, and now "Capture of Las Vegas" only has a vague scope, but it is certain that this "campus wit drama" is setting off a hot craze.

And with CCTV6 going out on the street next week to promote the multi-day magic Yang special program, "Qiang Qiang Threesome: Why Enter the Cinema" will also be broadcast...... The public's movie-watching mood and the hot discussion on the Internet will inevitably push to the top of a new round.

"Different from the fairies and ghosts of Hong Kong-made gambling films, this movie exposes the professional and real 21-point card counting, the story is wonderful, the acting skills are exquisite, and the cool is used to the extreme. Wang Yang never disappoints in a good movie!" - Shi Qi, Hong Kong's "Ming Pao"; The film brings a refreshing content that, while not perfect, is extremely entertaining. —Nick Matthews, The Guardian; Wang Yang's novel attempt, the movie is full of smart flashes, so pleasing to the eye. —David Stratton, The Australian...... The weekend is over and Monday will continue, but it wasn't the day Wang and Jessica worked, as they boarded a plane to the Bahamas for a sunny beach vacation.

(To be continued)