Chapter 90: Two or Three Things in the Theater
The main line of the film undoubtedly revolves around the love between Song Zihao, Mark, and Song Zijie, as well as the frustrations, failures, repentance, and revenge of the three protagonists. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In Mo Xuan's view, the film was able to achieve such a great success and repercussions in Xiangjiang in the previous life, not because of the plot of the movie itself, but because there is no film in Hong Kong films before that can bring the beauty of gunfights to such an extent, especially under the bloody and violent scenes, it can still make people deeply indulge in the joy of the enemy in the film, which is a means of romanticizing violence.
The other is that the film's interpretation of the theme of brotherhood has reached its peak. The friendship between Brother Ma and Brother Hao played by Zhou Runfa, the brotherhood between Ajie and Brother Hao played by Zhang Guorong, and the theme of Jianghu love and brotherhood have been vividly interpreted in the film, in other words, the "True Colors of Heroes" series makes underworld-themed movies full of strong human touch, causing people to think about Jianghu life from another angle.
"It's really exciting, the film interprets the feelings between brothers in a touching and heartfelt way, and gives the underworld an unknown side from different angles, which is different from the previous underworld must be a place where the evil is found, I think it will attract a lot of attention. After the film was screened, Shao Yifu opened his mouth and praised that with his vision of many years in the industry, he could certainly see the brilliance of the film.
"Uncle Six, this film has invested a full 10 million Hong Kong dollars, so of course it has its advantages, otherwise my money will not be spent in vain. Mo Xuan said brightly. This film was deliberately shot by him in order to hit the box office championship in 1984.
Although all the two films shot by Zongheng Pictures since its opening were box office hits, none of them could win the annual box office championship of Xiangjiang Films, which made Zongheng Pictures rise rapidly in the newly established film company and dominate the market, but there is still a gap between it and the old giants such as New City and Golden Harvest Pictures, so in Mo Xuan's view, what Zongheng Pictures lacks now is a film that can prove its status.
As far as Mo Xuan knows, the reason why New City was able to become several giants of the Xiangjiang film industry in just a few years was because of the appearance of "Best Partner", which made it famous, and Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers Pictures collapsed. Similarly, if Zongheng Pictures wants to become famous in one fell swoop and become a real giant in the Xiangjiang film industry, it must have its own masterpieces.
"10 million Hong Kong dollars?" Shao Yifu was slightly surprised, when Mo Xuan was negotiating the schedule with him, he had already said that "The True Color of Heroes" was a big investment, and he thought that it would be a few million Hong Kong dollars at most, but he didn't expect the investment in the film to be far higher than his bottom line.
You must know that in the general film industry in Xiangjiang, the investment is at most three or four million Hong Kong dollars, and the development of the Xiangjiang film industry for decades, only "Best Partner" and Golden Harvest's "Five Lucky Stars" in Xinyicheng have invested tens of millions of films, and the rest of the big productions have all ended up at a loss.
"Yes, this film is a blockbuster work of Zongheng Pictures, and we plan to use it to hit the box office championship in 1984, and even the box office championship in Xiangjiang. Mo Xuan said brightly.
As far as Mo Xuan knows, the current box office champion in Xiangjiang is "Best Partner" filmed by Xinyicheng in 1982, which achieved a box office of nearly 27 million Hong Kong dollars in Xiangjiang, and according to the box office of "The True Color of Heroes" in the original time and space, coupled with a more sophisticated production than the original version, Mo Xuan believes that it should not be difficult for the film to break the box office record in Xiangjiang.
"Oh, it seems that Ah Xuan's heart is not small. Shao Yifu said meaningfully, the meaning of "the picture is not small" in his words not only refers to the fact that Zongheng Film Industry wants to break the box office record in Xiangjiang, but also has another meaning, in the film industry has been up and down for decades, he heard Mo Xuan's bold words, and after thinking about it for a while, where can he not understand Mo Xuan's ambitions.
"Sixth uncle, now is the prosperous period of the Xiangjiang film industry, since the kid has joined this circle, he must become bigger and stronger. Don't hide it from Uncle Six, we are recruiting people every month to attract talents, and my goal is that multiple crews of Zongheng Pictures can start work at the same time and become the largest film company in Xiangjiang. Mo Xuan told Shao Yifu what he was going to do.
Shao Yifu smiled bitterly in his heart, of course, with his vision, he could see that now is the era of unprecedented prosperity of the Xiangjiang film industry, the film company is becoming more and more year by year, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger year by year, and the box office records of Xiangjiang films are also constantly refreshing, making a lot of money, but his Shaw Brothers Cinema Line is reducing production year by year, and the films made are hitting the street one by one, I don't know when it has fallen to this point. He really didn't understand why? Could it be that his vision was not good? Or could he not keep up with the times? But why was his TV station so popular?
"Ah Xuan, do you think there is still hope for the Shaw Family?" After being silent for a while, Shao Yifu said in a dark and complicated tone, with a bit of "The sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk".
"Sixth Uncle..."Hearing Shao Yifu's lonely words, Mo Xuan roughly guessed the distress in Shao Yifu's heart at this time, and he also fell silent. Although Shao Yifu is a stingy person in the eyes of others, in Mo Xuan's eyes, Shao Yifu is his elder, and he has been mentioning him and helping him, Mo Xuan is not a person who does not know gratitude. Because of this, he didn't know how to tell Shao Yifu bluntly, for fear of hitting him, after all, Shao Yifu was already old.
In Mo Xuan's view, the reason why Shaw Brothers has declined from the former overlord of the Xiangjiang film industry to today's point is, in the final analysis, that Shaw Brothers' large-scale studio production system has not kept up with the trend of the times, maybe Shaw Yifu has also thought about reform, but where is the system so easy to change, that is the foundation for Shaw Brothers to grow big in the past, the system that depends on survival, has changed, can Shaw Brothers still be able to hold on, this is a dead end.
"Ah Xuan, did you say that the Shaw Clan is really in decline?" Shao Yifu said in a low tone.
"Sixth uncle, when the interruption continues, you will suffer from it. ”
"You kid!" Shao Yifu couldn't help but laugh and scolded when he heard Mo Xuan's words. Originally, he thought that Mo Xuan would comfort him a few words, but he didn't expect....
"Hey, Shaw Cinemas is really in decline. Especially in recent years, in the sandwich attack between Xinyicheng and Golden Harvest, the performance is even more unbearable, and it loses money every year. Shao Yifu sighed, his tone was full of loneliness, whether he wanted to accept it or not, this was an unavoidable fact.