Chapter 700: Education
On July 2, Zhou Xingzhi's "Shaolin Football" held its premiere in Xiangjiang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The summer season is one of the best schedules in the film market, although he did not get the approval of the mainland film bureau, Zhou Xingzhi still insisted on the film being released in Hong Kong.
The premiere was huge.
In addition to the media and filmmakers in Hong Kong, there were also mainland media groups who went to Hong Kong to report on the premiere, which shows the influence of Zhou Xingzhi.
For the promotion of "Shaolin Football", Zhou Xingzhi invited Liu Dehua to sing the theme song of the film.
This premiere has become a grand event in the first half of the year in the Hong Kong film industry.
Huang Bo attended the premiere as a representative of Good Dream Company and took a photo with Zhou Xingzhi, "My Sassy Girlfriend" gave him a certain fame.
Because he also took the comedy route, the Xiangjiang reporter asked Huang Bo about his views on Zhou Xing.
"Director Zhou is a senior in the circle, has formed his own performance style, and has created many classic images, which are worth learning from. Huang Bo replied decently.
"In terms of funny, who do you think is stronger, Zhou Xingzhi or Ge You from the mainland?" a reporter asked.
"They are two different performance styles, if Director Zhou is the king of comedy, then Mr. Ge is a master of humor, and they are all my role models. Huang Bo thought for a moment and responded.
"Do you think 'Shaolin Football' is good?" the reporter asked.
"It's good-looking, as good as Director Zhou's previous films. Huang Bo said.
After the premiere of "Shaolin Football", the Hong Kong media and film critics received mixed reviews, with some positive and some negative.
Some people are looking for this as Zhou Chizhi's transformation work, which is a solid step towards the master of film.
In this play, Zhou Xingzhi wrote, directed, and acted by himself, and he was also the producer, from selecting actors to writing scripts, to every aspect of film production, he personally checked every link.
This movie can be said to be the embodiment of Zhou Xing's will.
In "Shaolin Football", he reduced his signature nonsensical performances, did not have the comedic effect of madness, and instead used a lot of computer special effects.
The film cost HK$15 million to produce more than 400 special effects shots.
Chow Sing-chi wants to expand his influence and enter the international market through this film, and his nonsensical performances in the past are only suitable for a small audience group such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
It is difficult for audiences in Europe and the United States to accept that he is consciously making films that everyone can understand.
Football is a sport with great influence all over the world, and when combined with kung fu, it will be interesting.
This is exactly what has been criticized by film critics.
It's because everyone understands it, and there is a lack of surprises, and I feel that the film is uninteresting.
Some people even said that Zhou Xingzhi, who has no nonsense, is going to be finished.
In the past, Zhou Xingzhi showed the unique humorous culture and market spirit of Xiangjiang, and the rebellion and subversion of the little people formed Zhou's absurd performance style.
In "Shaolin Football", there are fewer performances, less detail, and less imagination.
made Zhou's comedy into a Hollywood special effects blockbuster.
Everyone is rushing to Zhou Xing, but when they see the same type of film as Hollywood, they are inevitably disappointed.
Objectively speaking, "Shaolin Football" is an excellent commercial movie.
The reason why some people criticize it is that they can't accept Zhou Xingzhi's transformation, and they hope that Zhou Xingzhi in their impression will not change, and it will still be the same as before.
But Zhou Xingzhi is forty years old, and he has changed from a star boy to a star master, and it is impossible for him to still perform like before.
Liu Dehua has started to play his father, and Zhou Xingzhi is not far away, age is a hurdle that actors can't overcome.
Regardless of what the media and film critics say, Zhou Xingzhi's box office appeal in Hong Kong is beyond doubt.
The box office of "Shaolin Football" exceeded HK$2 million on the first day of its release, and reached 13 million a week later, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong movies one after another.
At the same time, the news of the illegal release of "Shaolin Football" was broken and he faced punishment from the General Administration of the Mainland.
The media has different opinions on this matter, what a high fine, the ban on Zhou Xingzhi, and the gossip is endless.
Lin Zixuan has been paying attention to this matter, which involves the standards for cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland.
The severity of the punishment represents the attitude of the General Administration and is also a basis for the film company to do things in the future.
In his opinion, a high fine is impossible, and some media reported that the General Administration issued a fine of ten times, that is, ten times the box office revenue of "Shaolin Football" in Xiangjiang.
This is a rumor, not operational.
If you want to be fined, who will be punished? The investor or the producer, or the theater chain, this is a confused account, and it will be a long lawsuit at that time.
At most, the General Administration banned "Shaolin Football" from entering the mainland film market.
In light of this, Infernal Affairs, which is currently being filmed, will be produced in three versions in the future.
The Hong Kong version, the mainland version and the international version, the international version will be released in Europe and the United States, the plot is more exciting and dark, and a lot of chase and fight scenes are added.
The mainland version has a smaller scale, and at the end, the undercover gang agent played by Liu Dehua is arrested and investigated, suggesting that it is difficult for the bad guys to escape justice.
After the summer vacation, Xiaoxue reached the age of elementary school, and Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan worried about their daughter's studies.
Nowadays, there is a kind of international school that is popular in the country.
The school is jointly run by foreign schools and domestic businesses, and enrolls the children of foreigners working in Japan and the children of wealthy people in Japan, and has a variety of luxurious facilities in the school.
These include swimming pools, gymnasiums, gymnasiums, science labs, and state-of-the-art theaters.
Secondary school students are each equipped with a state-of-the-art Apple computer, and the school's teachers are foreign teachers and use small classes of no more than 20 students.
There are various extracurricular activities, such as photography, writing, painting, musicals, environmental protection, etc.
Although the fees are high, the excellent teaching environment and international teaching concept are very attractive.
Especially for parents who are ready to send their children to study abroad, international schools provide warm-up conditions.
In the eyes of the common people, it was called an aristocratic school.
Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan visited an international school, and many rich friends around them sent their children in and suggested that they do the same, all for the sake of their children.
After returning from the visit, Lin Zixuan was a little hesitant.
Since I have this condition, do I want my daughter to receive a better education, not that the teaching level of domestic primary schools is very poor, these are two different teaching models.
Mu Shanshan is also difficult to choose.
She has always wanted her daughter to grow up on a normal trajectory and not be affected by the external environment.
She was like this at the beginning, she was dressed plainly and unassumingly during school, and no one knew her parents' occupation, until she graduated from college and was assigned to Huaguo TV, and everyone guessed that she had a good family background.
It's just that the teaching environment of an international school is quite good, and mothers naturally hope that their daughters will grow up better.
This matter was discussed several times at home, and Mu Zhiyuan finally decided that Xiaoxue would go to a public primary school in China.