Chapter 155: The True Colors of a Hero
The next day, Heung Kong Entertainment Media began to report on the results of the Academy Awards, with "Half the Man", which won Best Film and Best Director, dominating the headlines of major weekly magazines, and films such as "Crazy Stone", the annual box office winner, and "Five Lucky Stars", which is a star-studded superstar, have become its green leaves.
Although "Half a Heavenly Man" only received more than one million Hong Kong dollars at the box office during its release in 83, this time with the winner of the Best Picture at the 3rd Academy Awards, the video produced will definitely make another fortune for the film's distributor (Yindu Organization). The film's good results in Xiangjiang failed to satisfy the film's director Fang Yuping, who is preparing to take "Half the Man" to the 34th Berlin Film Festival in Germany.
Compared with the praise of "Half the Man", films such as "Crazy Stone", "Scary People", and "Five Lucky Stars" have been criticized and satirized by some media magazines.
Among them, there are also media led by "Ming Pao" who complained about Cixi starring Liu Xiaoqing, but more of it was sarcastic about Wang Zheng.
In order to increase sales, entertainment newspapers and magazines insinuated that Wang Zheng's filming was just blindly making money, and the films he shot had no connotation at all, and he couldn't be compared with a big director like Fang Yuping.
"Ah Zheng, these media are simply talking nonsense. ”
At the Shaw Brothers Cinema in Kowloon City, in front of the red carpet with Dillon, Zhang Guorong, and Zhou Yunfa side by side with huge posters side by side, Da Fei looked at today's entertainment magazine with an indignant face.
Wang Zheng, who was wearing a black slim suit, tightened the bow tie around his neck, and smiled at Da Fei: "You are not the first day to see the media sensationalism, let them say enough if they like to talk, as long as there are no personal attacks and slanderous remarks, don't pay attention to it, what we have to do is to shoot every drama and play the characters in it, so that we are worthy of the audience who have always supported us, if you fall into their trap with these media theories." ”
After listening to Wang Zheng's explanation, Da Fei nodded angrily.
Wang Zheng said with a smile: "Today is the premiere of "The True Color of Heroes", don't spoil the good mood because of unscrupulous media, this drama has cost us a lot of energy. ”
After speaking, he took Da Fei and Wu Yusen, Dillon and other main creative members who were being interviewed by the media, and stepped on the red carpet to enter the Shaw Brothers Cinema.
Different from the previous red carpet shows, except for a few friends such as Guan Zhilin and Zhou Xingchi, Wang Zheng did not invite any red carpet guests.
When the crew was first formed, the media published such reports, such a report was published by the outdated actor Dillon, box office poison Zhou Yunfa, singer Zhang Guorong, unknown director Wu Yusen, and even with the best director Wang Zheng, they couldn't make much good films.
Although there were a lot of negative reports, the crew of "The True Color of Heroes" caused a sensation in Xiangjiang because the filming was too realistic, and the deeds of the cash truck robbers disarming and surrendering caused a sensation throughout Xiangjiang, so in addition to the crowds of fans, reporters also came.
Accompanied by the sound of film's kaka and the shouts of many fans, Wang Zheng led the way and led the main creator of the crew and Guan Zhilin, Weng Meiling, Zhou Xingchi and others into the theater, and the audience also followed suit.
As the director of this play, Wang Zheng also sat in the middle of the first row, the difference is that he no longer has the nervousness of the previous times, "The True Color of Heroes" is one of his favorite Hong Kong films, he is extremely proud and proud to be able to shoot this classic film in advance, this premiere He just wants to revisit this classic again, and no longer think about the box office and word of mouth.
Compared with Wang Zheng's very relaxed mood, Wu Yusen, Dillon, and Zhou Yanfa are much more worried, whether they can turn over and get up again, all three of them have to rely on this play, although they are very confident in this play, they still can't help but be nervous.
Most of the audience who came to the premiere today are die-hard fans of Wang Zheng or Shaw Brothers, and they have been looking forward to this drama for a long time, you must know that the production cycle of a Xiangjiang movie is now about two months, and the longest will not exceed three months, but "The True Color of Heroes" took seven months, such a long production period makes fans look forward to its quality, the moment the screen lights up, the sound of chaos in the playing hall disappears immediately, and the audience is waiting with bated breath.
The familiar music sounded, the screen flashed the logo of Shaw Brothers Pictures, and Dillon's somewhat bald face appeared, at this time he was sweating profusely lying on the bed with a nightmare, in the dream Zhang Guorong was shot and died, Dillon woke up with the name of Zhang Guorong, sweat soaked his clothes, showing the tattoo on his back, and also opened the beginning of the story for the audience.
In the play, Dillon and Zhou Runfa's handsome clothes and sunglasses made the audience's eyes shine, with the rapid editing of the plot, Brother Hao went to the treasure island alone to trade and was plotted by the gangsters, in order to see his brothers and friends again, Brother Hao walked to the police without hesitation and turned himself in, but the black hand behind him hid aside and pretended, which made the audience gnash their teeth at Ah Cheng while being worthless for Brother Hao.
Accompanied by the dynamic Hokkien song "Don't Lose Your Will", Xiao Ma sneaks into Fenglin Pavilion with a light step with the dancing girl in his arms to avenge Brother Hao, all of which are presented to the audience in slow motion. When the audience saw Brother Pony smiling in pain, the audience was relieved and their eyes were red at the same time.
Brother Hao was released from prison and lived a "normal" life. When he was lonely, he accidentally saw Xiao Ma, whose status in the company had plummeted, silently wiping the car. The camera switched, and Ah Cheng, the former subordinate of the two, walked out of the door of the building in a white coat, and the scene was very shocking, reminiscent of Brother Hao, who was like a world away, - the scene of the last time Brother Hao and Ah Cheng met (three years ago): at that time, it was clearly Brother Hao himself in white clothes, and the identities of the two seemed to be completely opposite at this time. Ah Cheng came to the front of the car, arrogantly counted a few banknotes and threw them on the ground, and the little brother with inconvenient legs had to bend down to pick them up. Reminiscent of the beginning of the film, when Brother Xiao Ma saw Ah Cheng, who was coughing, kindly, considerately, and caringly, he stuffed him with a stack of money and asked him to go to the doctor, which became a strong contrast.
Zijie didn't understand his brother's determination to be a new man, and did everything possible to embarrass him. In the alley of the bar, he aggressively questioned Brother Hao, and after Brother Hao suppressed his emotions and calmly answered one by one, Zijie had to make sarcastic remarks, and finally Brother Hao had to say sadly: "Ah SIR, I haven't been a big brother for a long time." The almost choked voice was full of helplessness and sadness.
On the top of the Taiping, a conversation between Dillon and Zhou Runfa made the audience in the broadcast hall unconsciously clench their fists, and a stream of blood rushed to the top of their heads, and they followed Zhou Runfa to say the classic line: "I have waited for three years, just to wait for an opportunity, I want to fight for a breath, not to prove that I am great, but to prove that what I lost must be taken back with my own hands!"
Pony limped into the parking lot as the rhythm of his pace played, and the beat of the drums played by the band Beyond was powerful and exciting.
When Brother Xiao Ma got the tape and struggled to get out of the encirclement, Brother Hao rushed to answer, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and the audience was also full of mixed feelings in their hearts.
The final gunfight scene made the audience feel like they were there, full of blood, and they couldn't wait to charge for Brother Hao and Brother Pony.
Brother Hao glanced at Brother Xiao Ma deeply, knowing in his heart that this may be the last time they will see each other, and this battle may be separated by life and death from now on, and many viewers left tears of emotion.
Brother Xiao Ma drove a speedboat, his eyes were full of reluctance, and he was worried about his brother, at this moment, the audience was looking forward to him turning back and fighting side by side with Brother Hao. Sure enough, in the sound of the speeding motor, Brother Xiaoma's eyes were very open-minded, including the disdain for life and death, and the eyes of dedication to his friends.
Seeing a bullet penetrate Zhou Yanfa's head without warning, Wang Zheng, as a screenwriter and director, left tears, and Guan Zhilin beside him held his hand tightly, his eyes were also full of encouragement with tears.
Watching Brother Pony die in Brother Hao's arms, many audience members' painful whimpering sounds sounded in the playback hall.
When Brother Hao killed Ah Cheng with one shot, a smile appeared on the audience's tear-stained faces, and Brother Xiaoma's revenge was finally avenged.
Brother Hao took the initiative to surrender to the scene, which moved the audience, especially the last sentence he said.
"It's not too late to change the wrong way. ”
Accompanied by Zhang Guorong's "Love of the Year", in the depths of the music, it is a pity for the fate of the hero, and it is also a relief for the hero's destiny.
The hero's elegy shows the vicissitudes of life. The end of a hero is a tragedy, but why are so many people willing to be heroes? When we often give up too many other things in order to get something, the end result is often a person who falls into infinite loneliness and desolation. But despite this, there are still people to do it, no matter what the future holds, worthy of themselves and others, then, just do it, this is what "The True Colors of Heroes" is about.
As the cast and crew were played on the screen, the audience realized that the film was over, and with tears in their eyes, they applauded the crew of "The True Color of Heroes" sitting in the front row, and the applause lasted for a long time...