Chapter 681: A New Kung Fu Superstar
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On June 27, the premiere of "The Expendables" was held in Hong Kong, and the ceremony started at 10 o'clock, but the theater was already full at 7:30 o'clock.
Among them, in addition to fans, there are also many journalists.
There are both Hong Kong and people from all over the world, you must know that the publicity of "The Expendables" is not only large, but also very wide.
Webster's films clearly have high hopes for it.
And this time it will be released simultaneously around the world. Therefore, entertainment reporters from all walks of life are all moved, hoping to dig up some big news.
Merriam-Webster Films is also very interested in this premiere.
Many big-name stars, including Andy Lau, Zhou Xingchi, Leung Ka-fai and Zhou Yunfa, who is filming "Iron Man", were all present.
In addition to this, there are many Hollywood stars.
Some of these Hollywood stars were privately invited by the likes of Schwarzenegger and Dover Lange, while others were owned by Paramount.
The scene was star-studded.
Not to lose some of the big award ceremonies.
Even Zeng Zhiwei attended in person. As for Donnie Yen, Schwarzenegger, Li Lianjie and Dolph Lange, the leading actors arrived early in the morning.
Before the premiere of the film, there was a small press conference.
This has become the management of holding film premieres in Hong Kong, whether it is a big investment or a small investment, as long as there is a premiere.
Only a small percentage of journalists were allowed into the screening room and attend the press conference.
There are only more than 20 people.
After director Yuan Heping introduced some of the film's information again, he entered the reporter's free question to alleviate it, why do you say again?
Therefore, the film press conference has been held before.
Moreover, during the publicity period that lasted for nearly two months, Yuan Heping also introduced the film and answered questions from reporters on various occasions more than once.
Straight to the point.
At the beginning of the question, the overseas reporters were fine, but the firepower of the Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters was obviously mainly focused on Donnie Yen, and the questions were also very direct.
For example, the "Sing Tao Daily" question:
Donnie, some people say that although your moves seem explosive and ruthless, you may not be the opponent of Brother Jie.
What do you think of this statement?
Or have you tried it in reality?"
Donnie Yen glanced at Li Lianjie, who was across from Schwarzenegger, and then smiled: "I think this comparison is meaningless."
We are actors, not competitors.
Their responsibility is to make every movie well and present the best side to the audience, rather than boring to see who is better.
Of course, Brother Jie must be very powerful.
In terms of seniority, he is my senior brother, he entered Beijing Shichahai Sports School six or seven years earlier than me, and even won the national championship after graduation.
It's better than me. β
Li Lianjie took over with a smile: "Donnie is touting me, but he is right, we are not competitors."
It's not our job to see who is better.
What's more, in my opinion, what a truly powerful martial artist is good at is not necessarily the kung fu of the hands and feet, but it may be a kind of mental cultivation. β
Li Lianjie stopped at the point, after all, this kind of topic is a bit mysterious.
Journalists don't necessarily like to hear it.
The next reporter to ask the question was from the Los Angeles Times: "Arnold, what do you think of the experience of filming The Expendables?"
You must know that this is a pure man's play.
Although there have been women in it, there are very few scenes. And there are a lot of very exciting scenes in the play, has there ever been any danger?
Schwarzenegger shrugged his shoulders: "It feels great."
Donnie, Jet, Dolph...... They are all extremely good actors, and it feels really good to be filming with them.
Especially Donnie and Jet,
I learned a lot of practical things from them, such as how to make my fist more powerful when it is thrown out.
It's a very clever trick.
As for whether you have encountered danger as you say, there is no doubt about it, after all, this is an action movie, and it is impossible to be peaceful.
But the crew has very good protections.
Even if there is danger, the danger can be minimized, at most it is a few minor injuries, which I think is completely bearable.
You know, we're death squads. β
Several of the main actors at the scene were basically asked by reporters, even if they didn't, Yuan Heping would lead the topic very cleverly.
The last opportunity to ask a question was given to a reporter from Lianhe Zaobao.
is a female reporter, she looks good, but the question is not very friendly: "Donnie, what do you think about Cheng Long's banning?"
Do you think he deserves it?
Also, it is rumored that you can become the male number one in "The Expendables" because Mr. Wei intends for you to take Cheng Long's previous position.
What do you think of this rumor?"
Donnie Yen still smiled: "As far as I know, Brother Long is just suspending work for personal reasons, and the ban is exaggerated."
As for taking Brother Long's place, it is even more ridiculous.
Although Brother Long and I are both action actors, our styles are different, and the audience groups are also different, so it is impossible to replace each other.
The so-called rumors are just the ill intentions of some people. β
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There is no doubt that this is definitely a movie worth the ticket price, the action, gunfights, and blasting scenes are impeccable, and absolutely shocking!
The male stars of the major action movies are all really fighting, and they are fists to the flesh.
It keeps people in a state of high spirits from start to finish. In terms of story, there are no highlights, but it is a complete story.
The atmosphere and rhythm are well grasped.
What is commendable is the laughter part, many jokes that can make people laugh and laugh fill the whole film, which can effectively soothe the audience's emotions.
Make the whole film more watchable.
β The Guardian
First of all, this is a story about several mercenaries who can overturn a truckload of soldiers in tens of seconds with individual combat ability and take the money of the U.S. government to eliminate disasters.
But the development of the plot soon deviates from this main line.
When Donnie Yen misses a certain lady on the island and decides to go back to save her, the story begins to slide in the direction of heroes saving beauty.
If you think it's that simple, you're wrong.
When he decides to carry out this heroic operation alone, which is almost indistinguishable from sending him to death, only to find that the entire squad is waiting for him on the plane,
This seems to have become a story about men's love again!
- The Sun
In martial arts novels, 'only fast and unbreakable' is the supreme realm of martial arts in the world, and it is also the reliance of many top masters across the world.
And for action movies, sharp and powerful fast editing is definitely an absolute weapon.
In "The Expendables", in many group fights with fewer to many, in the scenes that are almost lightning fast, countless little minions are being hacked and lying down by the macho men.
Astoria Basketball Court singles out the muscular man, Schwarzenegger and Donnie Yen encounter the enemy on the island for the first time,
Dolph and Li Lianjie doubled Daniels, these three sections are the best cuts, close to "second kill", which makes people's blood boil at first sight.
ββMing Pao
The basic plot of this film is like this: The mercenary leader played by Donnie Yen receives a seemingly extremely ordinary task -
Overthrow the dictatorship of a small island nation in South America.
This is indeed not a difficult task for the mercenary team led by Donnie Yen, who can effortlessly deal with the shrimp soldiers and crab generals on the island.
Donnie Yen, who was investigating the enemy on the island, met a beautiful woman by chance.
And this beauty is the daughter of a general on the island, but the two of them have to be separated from each other before they have time to secretly fall in love.
The film develops to a high climax in calm.
Donnie Yen led his brothers to land on the island again, and the enemy's resistance was insignificant, and the enemy's base was blown to the ground in three or two clicks.
The father of the beautiful woman also died under the gun.
Donnie Yen finally rescued the beauty, and the beauty did not feel a trace of sadness about her father's death, but expressed her gratitude to Donnie Yen.
But a tough guy is a tough guy.
He left the money he had seized for the beautiful woman to rebuild her home, and then boarded the plane without looking back. With a wave of his sleeves, he didn't take the girl away.
This may be the best ending for a tough guy movie.
In general, the plot is simple and crude, with no new ideas, and it is completely supported by the fight scenes of several leading actors. ββLianhe Zaobao
Blood, fierce battles, brutality, violence, are not enough to describe this movie.
But I haven't seen such a pure action movie for a long time, what plot, what feelings, as simple as it is. It's a bunch of tough guys.
ββWashington Post
After the release of the film, various media received mixed reviews, some praised and some complained, and the box office of the film continued to rise in such public opinion.
And Donnie Yen, the male number one in the film, is also completely popular.
Prior to this, European and American audiences generally only knew that there were two action movie superstars in Hong Kong, one was Li Lianjie, who became famous for "Legend of the Night".
The other is Cheng Long, who became famous for his work "Rush Hour".
Li Lianjie's movements are very performative and ornamental, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye at a glance, and the speed of the movements is very fast.
And Cheng Long has a bit of juggling, funny and adventurous elements.
These two styles seem to be acceptable to European and American audiences, which is also one of the foundations and main reasons why Li Lianjie and Cheng Long can become popular internationally.
Now there is Donnie Yen again.
The action style is different from Li Lianjie and Cheng Long, fierce and sharp, giving people a sense of incomparable and the most realistic.
There is no reason why Western audiences would not like it.
The day after Wei Xiong returned to Hong Kong, that is, on his first day at the company, a copy of the first-week box office data of "The Expendables" was delivered to him.
He just looked at the big data, but not the specific data.
Hong Kong grossed HK$28.43 million in the first week, the United States grossed US$70.25 million in the first week, and the global first-week box office reached US$113 million.
Not bad.
closed the file, then put it on the table, then raised his head and asked Monica, "Good grades, where is Donnie Yen now?"
Monica said: "Doing propaganda in the UK.
I recorded a show on Sky the night before, I had to participate in a couple of business events, and I was going to Germany after that.
It should take another week to return to Hong Kong. β
Wei Xiong nodded: "It's nothing, I'll just ask casually." By the way, you just said that the students introduced by Hu Zhengming have arrived?
How many are there?"
Monica put a document in front of Wei Xiong: "There are three here, and they all seem to be the top experts, and this is their resume." β
Wei Xiong picked up the document and flipped through it.
There are three resumes, the first one is named Zhao Deyan, a native of Hsinchu, Taiwan, 33 years old this year, wearing glasses and looking polite.
Graduated from the University of Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Computer Science.
He has published many well-known papers in the field of microelectronics during his time at the university, and just left his position as a senior engineer at Intel three days ago.
The second was named Richard Joseph King.
British, 36 years old, also graduated from Berkeley University, with a double doctorate in electrical engineering and computing, and is also a senior engineer at Intel.
The date of resignation is two days early.
The third is named Ernest Rodriguez, an American, 37 years old, who is in the same class as Richard Joseph King.
Ph.D. in Computer Science.
Just left his position as a professor in the computer science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology four days ago.
It is said that since he accidentally met Hu Zhengming in New York, Wei Xiong has become interested in Hu Zhengming, and it turns out that he wants to dig Hu Zhengming over.
He also specially invited Hu Zhengming to his villa in New York.
But Hu Zhengming didn't mean that.
Instead, he said that he would introduce a few students to Wei Xiong, although this was a good proposal, but it undoubtedly greatly discouraged Wei Xiong's enthusiasm.
Plus there are too many things, so I'll put it aside when I turn around.
And it didn't make anyone follow up.
It wasn't until he got Fan Wei's report two months ago that he called Hu Zhengming again, first of all, of course, Hu Zhengming sent an invitation again.
After being politely refused, he offered to introduce some students.
The focus of that presentation was on the 'Electrical and Electronic R&D Centre', which has a laboratory specializing in the study of integrated circuits.
At the beginning of its formation, all researchers were from the Soviet Union.
However, the backwardness of the Soviet Union in electronic technology is well known.
Even if the theory is not worse than that of the West, the integrated circuit (chip) is the most sophisticated and technically difficult electronic product.
It is difficult for Soviet researchers to make a major breakthrough in a short period of time.
This is because the laboratory is equipped with the most advanced R&D and processing equipment, which provides the best foundation for scientific research.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the laboratory successively absorbed some fresh blood.
But the top talent doesn't.
This greatly limited the R&D progress of several projects in the laboratory. There is no doubt that the introduction of Western talent has become an urgent matter.
Straight to the point.
Subsequently, Hu Zhengming did introduce several of his students to Galaxy Aerospace, all of whom were very good and had a certain reputation in the industry.
But it needs Galaxy Aerospace to convince itself.
This is understandable, and it took Galaxy Aerospace's personnel department almost two months to get to know and convince these people.
Zhao Deyan is three of them.
As for the others, they have either explicitly rejected them or said they will reconsider. But no matter what, there are some achievements.
After carefully reading the introduction, Wei Xiong nodded with satisfaction.
Hu Zhengming is indeed very pragmatic, since he has already agreed, he will not introduce a few people to fool people, each of them has real talent and learning.
Monica continued: "Mr. Fan has already met with them.
The formal employment contract will be signed tomorrow, and then the file will be handed over to the technical committee, and Fan always wants to ask if you have anything else to explain. β
Fan Wei is the president of Galaxy Aerospace, so he is naturally the top person in charge of Galaxy Aerospace.
Wei Xiong usually doesn't ask about the specific operation of Galaxy Aerospace, but the Science and Technology Committee of Galaxy Aerospace is only responsible to Wei Xiong.
That's why Fan Wei asked.
Wei Xiong groaned and said: "Judging from the resume, these three are all top experts in microelectronics, but they must be cautious.
In this case, let Ishihara Tomoko personally review them. β
Monica nodded, and seeing that Wei Xiong had no other instructions, she turned around and retreated, and Wei Xiong's face showed a thoughtful look.
His right hand unconsciously stroked Wan Qiwen's head.
The so-called review refers to a procedure that all technical engineers above level 4 (including level 4) must go through when joining Galaxy Aerospace.
The main thing is to check the background and the authenticity of the information.
The East Plant is in charge.
Like this time, Tomoko Ishihara is personally in charge, and some extraordinary means must be used, in case they enter the Galaxy Aerospace for a special purpose.
In fact, Zhao Deyan and the three are just a microcosm of the development of Galaxy Aerospace.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the exposure of Soviet scientists, almost every day a variety of talents joined Galaxy Cosmonautics, including Hong Kong locals,
Mainly recent and former graduates from universities such as the University of Hong Kong and the University of Chinese.
Like Chinese University, most graduates of engineering schools in the past had only two choices, one was to study abroad and the other was to work overseas.
As a result, there are not enough jobs available in Hong Kong.
But now Galaxy Aerospace is undoubtedly their best choice, not one of them. Because as long as you have real talent and real learning, you can get good treatment.
There are also those poached from other tech giants with high salaries.
These people also need to go through strict scrutiny when they enter Galaxy Astronautics, and a few of them have been found to have special purposes.
Some are commercial spies for other companies.
Some were bribed by some national intelligence agencies, such as the discovery of a senior Boeing engineer who was bought by the CIA.
These problematic cases have been turned away for a variety of reasons.
After thinking for a while, Wei Xiong finally came back to his senses, looked down at Wan Qiwen kneeling between his legs, and smiled, "Congratulations." β
Wan Qiwen raised her head suspiciously: "Congratulations on what?"
Wei Xiong touched Wan Qiwen's cheek: "Aren't you dating Donnie Yen, this time he is an instant hit, aren't you happy?"
Wan Qiwen smiled charmingly: "Of course I'm happy."
But we're just procrastinating, and we're not married, so no matter how successful his career is, it doesn't matter to me. β