Chapter 90: The Dragon Crosses the River

In the promotion of "Donkey Gets Water", Li Qing spared no effort!

Li Qing not only held ten concerts in a row to promote "Donkey Gets Water", but also participated in TVB, ATV, and Communication TV's variety shows and talk shows to promote "Donkey Gets Water".

Because Li Qing's nickname is "The Emperor of Change", he collided with the nicknames of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Andy Lau, Zhang Xueyou, Guo Fucheng, and Li Ming, who are currently the most popular in Xiangjiang, and faintly pressed Andy Lau, Zhang Xueyou, Guo Fucheng, and Li Ming.

In order to attract attention to "Donkey Gets Water", Li Qing also went out, and in an exclusive interview with Communication TV, He Yong took a step forward and said: "Among the four heavenly kings, Zhang Xueyou can be regarded as singing, I admire Andy Lau's diligence and dedication, I compare singing with the four of them to bully them, or compare movies with them, and see if my "Donkey Gets Water" can crush their film and television works." ”

Li Qing's words are too arrogant, and he has no modest virtue!

Ninety-three years is the most popular time for the Four Heavenly Kings.

Putting aside Andy Lau and Zhang Xueyou, who are in full swing, let's just talk about Li Ming and Guo Fucheng.

Li Ming has just held 20 world tours, 10 concerts for the first time at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong, four concerts in a row at the Kyoto Stadium, 11 concerts on the GD tour and 8 concerts on the China tour, and his song "Summer Love" was selected as one of the 15th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs, and won the Most Popular Male Singer Award at the Heung Kong Wireless Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony.

Kwok Fucheng's two classic Chinese albums "Should I Walk Away Quietly" and "Who Can Tell Me" released the year before last both sold 450,000 copies, and won the "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award" in the top ten Chinese golden songs of Xiangjiang Radio in 1991.

Li Qing stepped on the Four Heavenly Kings like this, and it detonated Xiangjiang at once, and the major media competed to hype up this matter, and for a while it seemed that the entire Xiangjiang was condemning Li Qing for being arrogant, and the fans of Andy Lau, Zhang Xueyou, Guo Fucheng, and Li Ming tore up the promotional posters of "Donkey Gets Water" over and over again, so that the people in the Yindu Distribution Department had to re-paste it over and over again, for this reason, Li Qing's fans fought countless battles with Andy Lau, Zhang Xueyou, Guo Fucheng, Li Ming, especially Li Ming and Guo Fucheng's fans.

Of course, at the same time, Li Qing's goal has also been achieved, and "Donkey Gets Water" has almost been paid attention to by people in Xiangjiang - many people are holding back their energy, going to the theater and cinema to see how bad Li Qing's "Donkey Gets Water" is, and then use it to criticize Li Qing, among which the fans of Andy Lau, Zhang Xueyou, Guo Fucheng, and Li Ming are the most!

With this momentum, a week before the release of "Donkey Gets Water", Li Qing spent 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars on the prime advertising space of "Ming Pao" for two weeks to advertise "Donkey Gets Water" through Yu Pinghai, the new owner of "Ming Pao" who he met because he went to participate in an exclusive interview with Communication TV......

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October 1st, evening.

In the place where He Meitian lived, that is, downstairs in a shared apartment on Broadcasting Road, Li Qing picked up He Meitian.

Today's He Meitian is wearing, a natural T-shirt, a pair of washed jeans, and a pair of colorful sandals, outlining the graceful shadow of a fair lady, which is fashionable and simple, which makes Li Qing, who already likes He Meitian, even more excited!

Under normal circumstances, with He Meitian's conservative character, it is impossible for Li Qing to ask her out at this time, because He Meitian rarely goes out after dark.

Today is special, though - today's premiere day of "Donkey Gets Water", well...... It is not accurate to say that the premiere day, it should be said that today is the midnight show of "Donkey Gets Water".

Beginning in the 70s, the Midnight Show is a film screening for Heung Kong Films to be marketed and the main creators to receive feedback from the audience.

In order to understand the audience's reaction for the first time, the director will attend more often.

Midnight theaters are mostly located in the downtown area, and the time slot is arranged at 11:30 p.m. on weekends, and the audience is mainly the younger generation of Hong Kong, such as students, young couples, and urban night travelers, who give the most direct feedback on the likes and dislikes of the film.

Midnight screenings are a litmus test of a film's prowess, often predicting box office prospects.

According to the audience's feedback, some directors will also re-edit the film and change the dialogue to the audience's liking, and the characteristics of Heung Kong Film's entertainment to the public are also clearly revealed here.

For the midnight scene, many directors have a sense of love and hate, and the famous director Huang Zhiqiang of Hong Kong once recalled: "If they don't like anything, they will applaud you, and they recognize you as the director." I saw the audience in the middle of the night show that they were so angry that they stood up and shouted, 'Who's the director?' or shouted, 'Who wrote the script?' and pulled out that rice bucket!' but they also cheered and clapped their hands like riots. Therefore, as soon as you become a director, you have to go through this hurdle...... You will become trembling and know that sooner or later you will have to face those people. ”

It is precisely because of this that many directors dare not attend the midnight show - Xu Ke was forced into the midnight show by producer Wu Siyuan and ran away as soon as he arrived at the door of the theater, while Yuan Heping rarely entered the midnight show. In "Men and Women with Colored Colors" directed by Er Dongsheng, there was a vivid depiction of the midnight scene, and the scene was extremely hot.

Now it is 1993, the last year of the golden age of Hong Kong films, and it can even be said that the golden age of Hong Kong films has become history, and the once-prosperous Xiangjiang midnight show is about to become history - it won't be long before the situation of Hong Kong films is not good, the glow of the midnight show will also be calm, and the accompanying golden age of Hong Kong films will be gone forever, replaced by priority venues.

When he came to Li Qing's side, He Meitian, whose face was red, was still a little hesitant, "It's so early...... Didn't you say that it didn't start until half past eleven?"

Li Qing, who was wearing a peaked cap and big sunglasses, said while helping He Meitian open the car door: "You just came to Xiangjiang, and you are not familiar with Xiangjiang, I will take you around, eat some food casually, and then let's go to see the premiere......

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