Chapter 933: End of 1994
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"Rock soul, shock Xiangjiang!"
"Chinese rock, sweeping Xiangjiang!"
"Hung Hom, very Chinese!"
"There are probably more than 500 chairs that were damaged on Hung Hom Rock Night, what is the charm of rock and roll that makes the gentlemen of Hong Kong become so violent?"
"Demon Rock Sanjie VS Beyond, who is the king of Chinese rock and roll?"
"Xu Cun, the father of Chinese rock, announced his retirement from the rock world, because he lost the spirit of rock and roll, or because he was not optimistic about the future of Chinese rock?"
"Inheritance of the Torch - Xu Cun, the father of Chinese rock, handed over the future of Chinese rock to young rock singers with "Dream Chasing Pure Heart", and gave his guitar to rock singer Cui Jian!"
"Shocked! The Japanese singer has been in Xiangjiang - Japan's No. 1 singer Itai Izumi appeared on the Hung Hom Rock Night!"
"One emperor and four queens - Xu Cun and Anita Mui, Deng Lijun, Wang Fei, and Banjing Spring sang "Nothing" and "Dream Chasing Pure Heart" on the same stage, during which Xu Cun personally admitted that Anita Mui, Deng Lijun, Wang Fei, and Banjing Spring Water were all his confidants, and Wang Fei, Deng Lijun, Anita Mui, and Banjing Spring Water kissed Xu Cun one after another!"
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On December 18, the day after the Hung Hom Rock Night, most of the major newspapers of RTHK reported on the grand occasion of last night's performance with unprecedented and conspicuous pages.
Taking advantage of this momentum, a group of record companies led by DreamWorks Record Factory Group hyped up Hung Hom Rock Night, and at the same time released a large number of rock records, so that Cui Jian, Black Panther, Tang Dynasty, Eye Snake, Breathing, Zero, Zheng Jun, Xu Wei, No. 43 Baojia Street, and even Dou Peng, a rock singer with a very average talent, became hot for a while, of course, the hottest among them are Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong of the three heroes of Moyan.
Released records, held concerts, organized tours, and even the sketches of this year's Spring Festival Gala were ridiculed and amused by rock, countless people, especially young people in their teens and twenties, became loyal fans of rock, and various rock bands sprung up like mushrooms after a rain - for a while, it seemed that the fire of rock and roll burned all over China!
It's a pity -
This phenomenon is just a flash in the pan!
The most outrageous thing is that Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong of the three heroes of Moyan - Dou Wei is very high in his bones, their ideal state is, I write songs and I create, you help me record songs, help me publicize, help me publish, and everyone makes money together, as for those messy commercial activities, buddies can participate if they like it, don't bother me if they don't like it, the most outrageous thing is that they participate in various underground performances behind the company's and agent's back in order to make friends with their friends, which is a serious violation of the artist contract. Under the market economy, how could the willful character of Dou Wei and the others work? As a result, slowly, Zhang Chu died, He Yong went crazy, and Dou Wei became an immortal......
Sad!
In the final analysis, rock is a niche culture after all, and many people do not recognize this hoarse way of singing, some older people even think that rock is the voice, and the most important thing is that the values advocated by rock and roll often reflect a kind of rebellion, a value that is not quite the same as the mainstream values, so the mainstream values are unwilling to accept it, coupled with the prejudice of many people's consciousness, rock and roll has slowly been beaten into an alternative and has become an unpopular culture.
In May 1995, Zhang Ju, the bassist of the core band of Chinese rock music Tang Dynasty Band, passed away unexpectedly, and friends in the circle released a commemorative album "The Last Supper of the Tang Dynasty Band" for him.
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The biggest winner of this year's Christmas file is Yu Feihong - her "Truman's World" has finally come out, and has achieved shocking results, only in Xiangjiang has achieved a box office of 57 million Hong Kong dollars, and the most amazing thing is that it has also won more than 223 million US dollars at the box office in Europe and the United States, and the total global box office is as high as 345 million US dollars, as a rookie director, this achievement is simply too dazzling, even if Xu Cun serves as the producer and screenwriter of this film!
But—
Then again, Yu Feihong's directing of a movie is really not ordinarily slow - it took more than three years to make a movie, and this is still under the premise that Xu Cun, who has unlimited resources, gives her full support!
The good thing is that -
The results are not bad, and a new international director is rising.
And yet—
Although the achievements of "Truman's World" are dazzling, the achievements of other Hong Kong films are a little dumbfounded!
The box office runner-up in the Christmas stall is Li Lianjie's "Jingwu Hero".
"Jingwu Heroes" abandoned the embroidered legs of flower boxing, invited Yuan Heping to serve as a martial arts instructor, and partnered with director Chen Jia, powerful actors Qian Xiaohao and Zhou Billy, and strive to show real kung fu to the audience. In addition, in order to get Xu Cun's support, Li Lianjie also invited Zhongshan Ren and Cai Shaofen to serve as the heroines. It is worth mentioning that the theme music of this movie was composed by Gu Jiahui, a famous musician on the same level as Huang Zhan.
It can be said that this is a work of true conscience.
But—
What makes people dumbfounded is that the box office of "Jingwu Heroes" in Xiangjiang is only 14.78 million!
After learning the news, Xu Cun personally spoke and put "Jingwu Heroes" on all channels, allowing "Jingwu Heroes" to release its due box office potential overseas, becoming a milestone work in the history of world kung fu films, and becoming a world-recognized kung fu film textbook, and at the same time won more than 130 million US dollars at the global box office, making "Jingwu Heroes" not as bright as the previous life.
The third place in the Christmas stall is a gay movie called "Three Teenagers in Love", with a box office of 9.45 million.
The fourth place is a film produced by Wang Jing's studio, titled "The Fall of Hong Kong", with a box office of 4.98 million.
"Red Rose and White Rose" directed by Guan Jinpeng, although it is very beautiful at the Golden Horse Awards, but the box office is a little ugly, only 1.8 million, and what is even more ugly is that "Red Rose and White Rose", which has a box office of 1.8 million, can still rank seventh at the Christmas box office.
The sixth place has a box office of more than three million.
The fifth place barely sold four million.
When the box office of the Christmas stalls is all counted, all the Xiangjiang filmmakers gasped!
It's Christmas!
Movies with a box office of less than 5 million can actually rank fourth, and the box office of the third place is less than 10 million!
Hit the streets!
Hong Kong films are completely on the streets!
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