Chapter 585: Shocking Box Office
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Since Wei Hung was born like a comet, Hong Kong films have entered a period of rapid development, a period of faster development than in the sixties and seventies.
In just a few years, many excellent films such as "People and Ghosts Are Not Loved" and "Legend of the Night" have appeared.
Among them, "Ghost Love" has won many annual box office champions. But so what? Hollywood's power is still undeniable.
In terms of practitioners, theories, technologies, and so on, Hollywood is leading the way.
However, this is now changing dramatically, and Pirates of Malacca shows us the strong production capabilities of Hong Kong films.
It's a film that makes people captivate and laugh unconsciously.
It's not as esoteric as "Inception" that makes people dizzy, and it's not like "Ghost Love" that can make people cry from the beginning of the film to the end.
The content of it is simple and simple, like a child's fairy tale.
But in the light-hearted and pleasant, there will be some thrilling plots interspersed from time to time, making the whole film more full and round.
And the background music in the film "He's a Pirate" is a classic.
Every time the protagonist of the movie, Captain Yunbo City, pushes the plot to a climax, it will sound, and at that time, everyone's hearts will be tightened.
It's like being there in person.
This song, which was exposed in advance because of a candid video, let everyone know the importance of a good background music to a movie.
-- Washington Post
The first countries and regions to be released are Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and the United States, and Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany are two days later.
South Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy were three days later.
On the day after the premiere, many major international newspapers reported about "Pirates of Malacca", but at some length.
Almost all of the reports were more or less appreciative.
In the eyes of professionals, "Pirates of Malacca" is very good in terms of plot, special effects, actors' performances, and background music.
Although it cannot be said to be impeccable, it is sufficient.
Because the average audience is not a professional, they only ask for the film to be 'good', it's as simple as that,
And "Pirates of Malacca" ticks all the boxes for a 'good-looking' movie, and it's lighthearted and suitable for all ages.
In addition, it is summer vacation, and the box office can be said to be soaring all the way.
In the first week of its release, the Hong Kong box office was 31.18 million Hong Kong dollars, and the U.S. box office reached 99.21 million US dollars, these two data stunned everyone.
Even the Los Angeles Times exclaimed incredible.
In the history of the box office in the United States, there are only three films that have grossed more than $90 million in the first week of their debut, namely the first two "Star Wars" films.
and Alien E?? t》。
The four protagonists of the film, especially Leung Ka-fai, who plays Yunbo City, that is, Captain Jack, have become popular all over the world in just one week.
On August 6, Leung Ka-fai was interviewed by the British "Guardian".
When the reporter said: I know you became famous a long time ago, and your first film won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
But then he was almost unemployed because of Taiwan's blockade.
It's been almost six or seven years since then, and instead of disappearing because of the ban, you've taken your career to the next level.
It's really not easy.
Leung Ka-fai replied like this: At that time, Taiwan was one of the largest markets for Hong Kong films, and no film company wanted to lose this market.
So it's normal that no one is looking for me to film.
To be honest, it was really painful and poor at that time, and when I was the poorest, I used to set up a stall in the night market and bargain with people for a few dollars.
But I didn't give up in the end because my wife kept encouraging me.
She said that I was born to eat this bowl of rice, and since I like it, I should stick to it, although it is cloudy now, it will pass one day.
This sentence also became my biggest spiritual pillar in those years.
Finally, I met the biggest noble person in my life, he was Mr. Wei, and at that time, Taiwan's ban had not been completely lifted.
There are no movies in Hong Kong that dare to use me.
And after so many years, I was almost forgotten by the audience, but Mr. Wei appointed me as the captain of "Run, Brother".
It's a celebrity reality show, and you've probably heard of it.
It was this show that brought me back to the attention of the audience and gave my career a fresh start. This time, it was Mr. Wei who gave me the opportunity.
I don't think I'm the only person who is the right person for Yunbo City.
But Mr. Wei chose me, really, I am really grateful. And Mr. Wei has always been the person I respect the most.
And not only because of his support for me.
is also because of his contribution to the entire Hong Kong film industry. Without Mr. Wei, Hong Kong films would not be where they are today.
I don't think anyone would object to that.
Leung Jiahui's global popularity continues Wei Xiong's star-making myth, and I don't know how many celebrities have blood-red eyes behind their backs.
I only hate why I didn't have such a good life and was favored by Wei Xiong.
And "Pirates of Malacca" earned nearly $100 million at the box office in the first week in the United States alone, which shocked everyone so much that their heads almost crashed.
This is a truly miracle number.
You must know that "Ghost Love", which is regarded as an eternal classic by countless people, only had a box office of $74.25 million in the first week in the United States, which is not a small gap.
In the end, the total global box office of "Ghost Love" was $460 million.
So how much will "Pirates of Malacca" be? 500 million, 600 million, 700 million, or more? It's dollars, not Hong Kong dollars.
It's really faster than printing money.
And filmmakers like Zou Wenhuai, Huang Baiming, Sammo Hung and other filmmakers, they not only saw the golden dollars, but also thought more in their hearts.
Now several of their big film companies are also actively entering the international market.
Every year, one or two films with a larger investment and more sophisticated production will be filmed, taking into account the European and American markets, and a few of them are good at the box office.
But with the mountain of Weishi in front of them, none of them dared to say that they succeeded.
So the question arises, why Wei's movies, or Wei Xiong, can be successful one after another, and they are getting bigger and bigger each time.
And they're that hard?
What exactly are they missing? In order to understand this problem, they did the same thing - watching Wei Xiong's movie.
I watched all the international blockbusters written by Wei Xiong over and over again.
Leaving aside whether they found the problem, they found another phenomenon, Wei Xiong's international blockbusters are all serialized.
Just like the full name of "Pirates of Malacca" is "Pirates of Malacca: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
That is to say, there must be a sequel later. Another example is the first and second parts of "Tales of the Night": "Tales of the Night: Hatred" and "Tales of the Night: Evolution",
and "Rush Hour 2" that Cheng Long is filming.
There is also "Resident Evil: Mutant Survival", although I haven't heard of a sequel to this film, but just by listening to the name, you know that there will be a sequel later.
Is this phenomenon worth learning from?
If you only look at the fact that the global box office of "Tales of the Night 2" is nearly 100 million dollars higher than that of "Tales of the Night 1", it is obviously worth learning.
But the problem is that they have to come up with a script that is successful enough.
There is not even the first part, let alone a sequel.
……
Of course, Wei Xiong doesn't care how the boss of the film company studies him, and he still has a lot to do, such as teaching Putin.
Four days ago,
Cherizov sent people to escort Putin on a plane to Vietnam via Yugoslavia, and then smuggled from Vietnam to Hong Kong by boat.
It was three o'clock in the middle of the night.
When Yoshiko Fujita picked up Putin at the beach, Putin was still in a semi-comatose state, a little delirious, and should have been injected with a tranquilizer.
The people who escorted Putin to Hong Kong did not stay,
After handing over the person to Yoshiko Fujita, he went straight back by boat. And Fujita Yoshiko escorted Putin back to Tongque Villa.
Wei Xiong was waiting in the villa.
When he saw Putin, he really looked at it seriously, and finally came to the conclusion that it was no different from other Soviets.
If there is a difference, it is a little shorter.
Putin is an Eastern Slav, and the Slavs belong to the Europa race, that is, the Caucasian race, and are generally taller than the yellow race.
But Putin looks only about 165 centimeters.
Originally, he wanted to talk to Putin, after all, he is a figure that even Europeans call 'Putin the Great', and he is the only one in the world.
But after reading it, he lost interest.
The current Putin is certainly extraordinary, but if he is asked to be the president of Russia tomorrow, he will definitely be blind.
The Great Wall was not built in a day, and Putin the Great, of course, was not born.
That night, Wei Xiong used a soul trick on Putin, and in the middle of using the soul technique, something happened that was very interesting in Wei Xiong's eyes.
He was actually resisted by Putin!
This kind of rebellion comes from the spiritual level, and it cannot be called 'spiritual power', but it should be an unusually firm will and belief.
With his spiritual power, he could even resist!
Putin's will is firm and his conviction is strong, and it is no wonder that ten years later, he will become a generation of strongmen who will clean up the old mountains and rivers and turn the tide.
But is this little rebellion useful?
The answer is no.
As soon as he came out of his head, he was annihilated in the bud by Wei Xiong. But one thing is certain: more time is needed to educate Putin.
That night, Wei Xiong went to the basement of the mountain behind the mansion.
In a cell on the basement floor, Wei Xiong saw Putin again. Originally, Putin was reading a book, heard the sound of the door opening, and looked up at the door:
"Is that you?"
Of course, it is impossible for Putin not to know Wei Xiong, a big celebrity, with a look of shock on his face. He was delirious that day and didn't recognize Wei Xiong.
Wei Xiong didn't show up again in the past two days, and he thought that it was the Japanese who kidnapped him.
Because it was a woman who brought him food, another woman would come to the cell every afternoon, and both women had distinctly Japanese feminine characteristics.
"You can tell you're surprised. ”
Wei Xiong smiled slightly, then glanced at the book on the bed. He had to admire Putin, who could still calm down and read a book in this situation.
Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person.
"Why are you doing this, I'm just a government official with an average position, even if I become your slave, what's the benefit to you. ”
Putin frowned and said coldly.
Wei Xiong looked at Putin in surprise, he was really surprised. Listening to what he just said, it is clear that Putin has already sensed his purpose.
He was right, and Putin was aware of it.
The day before yesterday, Tomoko Ishihara came to the cell and brought him a glass of water to drink, but of course he refused, and wanted to take the opportunity to take Tomoko Ishihara as a hostage.
As soon as he made his move, he was subdued by Tomoko Ishihara with one hand.
You must know that he is a sixth-dan black belt in judo, a real judo master, and he was actually subdued by a woman who looked weak with one hand.
And the other party didn't know what method he used, he couldn't move.
Then Tomoko Ishihara pinched his chin and poured water into his mouth. After about ten minutes, his consciousness gradually blurred.
He didn't know what happened next.
But with the slight grogginess in his head when he woke up and the faint smell he smelled from the water, he still had a guess.
Tomoko Ishihara arrived on time again yesterday afternoon.
This time he resisted, but he was still simply subdued by one hand, and he paid special attention to the glass of water as it poured into his mouth.
Sure enough, it smelled very similar to a psychotropic drug he had ever seen.
As far as he knew, the psychotropic drug had been developed by the KGB's secret research institute for a few years, and was mainly used to train agents.
The effect is even more significant if there is a psychological master who is proficient in hypnotism.
Therefore, he guessed that Tomoko Ishihara should be a very powerful hypnotist master, and the purpose was naturally to brainwash him into a loyal servant.
"It's not up to you to decide whether it's good or not. ”
Wei Xiong's smile returned: "But now I feel more and more that my decision was the right one, although there will be some repercussions. ”
"But I'm sure you're not going to let me down. ”
With that, he turned around and walked outside, and just as he took a step, Putin suddenly became embarrassed and reached out to grab him by the collar.
However, the unthinkable happened.
When his hand was only about twenty centimeters away from Wei Xiong's back collar, and a smile was already on his face, he found that his hand was blocked.
Blocked by a wall he couldn't see, he couldn't move forward a single point.
Before he could react, a huge force came from the invisible wall, and then he was knocked out of the air.
"Bang ......"
His back hit the wall straight into the wall and then slid to the ground. In an instant, he only felt that his eyes were black, and his whole body seemed to fall apart.
By the time his sight returned, Wei Xiong had already gone out, and the iron door was closed again.
A chill rose from the bottom of his heart at the thought of the strange thing that had just happened, and he was sure that it was a true supernatural force.
……
After leaving the cell where Putin was being held, Wei Xiong went to the third basement floor, and today is the day when the latest batch of female agents trained by Tomoko Ishihara will graduate from theory.
There are more than 20 female agents in this group.
Unlike the previous batch, there were no Soviets in this group of female agents, all Caucasian and Southeast Asian people from the United States and Europe.
It was Dongchang who secretly got it to Hong Kong through various channels.
Be between the ages of 18 and 25. Of course, the hard standard of 'beauty' will not change, but whether it is a virgin or not is not necessarily.
He was here to serve as a practice partner for these female agents.
Just like last time.
When he arrived at the upholstered room, more than two dozen female agents who had trained for nearly a year and had mastered all kinds of knowledge were already waiting.
Glance at it, they are all rare beauties, and spring flowers and autumn chrysanthemums have their own characteristics.
Interestingly, they all wore different uniforms, whether they were white-collar uniforms, or student uniforms, or nurses' uniforms, or flight attendant uniforms.
Even police uniforms are available.
However, these uniforms are obviously modified, such as the nurse's uniform with a large round neck on the chest, and a large area of snow-white milk and flesh exposed.
The skirt can only cover the buttocks.
Another example is the police uniform, which is empty below the chest, the entire slender waist is exposed, and the top is more like a small vest.
Underneath are skinny shorts that couldn't be shorter.
In addition to this set, there is another set of police uniforms, but the style is different, with a large V-neck on the chest and a hip-browning miniskirt.
Anyway, all uniforms highlight two words: 'sexy'.
Seeing Wei Xiong coming in, facing the door, more than two dozen female agents lined up in a semicircle, immediately bowed respectfully and greeted: "Young Master." ”
"Hmm. ”
Wei Xiong nodded, and Ishihara Tomoko next to him noticed Wei Xiong's gaze and asked with a smile, "Young Master, do you like this arrangement?"
"Smack......
Wei Xiong stretched out his hand and patted Tomoko Ishihara's plump and round buttocks, and said with a smile: "Well, yes, you can do more of this kind of trick in the future." ”
Receiving Wei Xiong's praise, Ishihara Tomoko looked more and more happy.
It was destined to be a sleepless night, and Wei Xiong, who had worked hard all night, did not leave the basement refreshed until noon the next day.
Standing at the entrance to the basement, he whistled with his index finger and thumb on his lips.
"Roaring ......"
Immediately there was a roar of beasts in the woods, and then the whole forest was filled with chickens and dogs. After a while, there was a sparse sound.
Immediately after, a huge black beast burst out of the forest and stood in front of Wei Xiong.
This is a huge beast with black hair all over its body and only turquoise eyes, with a shoulder height of about one meter and four meters, and a body length of more than 3 meters.
The tail length is more than 1 meter.
The limbs are particularly thick, and you can clearly see the muscle lines under the fur. And its two upper canine teeth are also significantly longer than those of other cats.
Even with the mouth closed, a large part of it is exposed, which looks very hideous.
From the outside, this is a beast of prey unlike any big cat in existence. The most remarkable thing is its huge size.
And those two horrible canines.