Chapter 319: The Critic's Surprise
In the late 70s, the Hong Kong film industry had superstars such as Hui Guanwen and Jackie Chan. However, film critics have felt that the theme of Hong Kong movies has reached the end of its development, and it can no longer find new ideas.
In the 80s, when the new wave of Hong Kong films was blowing, a large number of veterans in the film industry broke away from large companies and formed their own companies, and the Hong Kong film industry began to take on a new look.
The emergence of emerging giants such as Baolong and New Arts City marks that the Hong Kong film industry has fully entered the era of high-quality products!
Baolong company advocates high-quality products and large-scale production, and keeps up with the latest technological trends and develops forward. gave the audience the most innovative elements and stimulation.
The new art city company, advocating collective creation of scripts, can find the theme that can best cater to the audience.
The collective creation of New Art City is actually the mode of Hollywood's script assembly line operation. Although Hollywood also has some screenwriters who can read well, most Hollywood scripts are created collectively by the screenwriter team. After several, or even dozens of screenwriters, the script was collectively innovated and revised to make it more in line with the requirements of commercial blockbusters.
Therefore, the scripts created by the collective always seem to be incessant, which makes the audience feel very enjoyable. However, if collective creation is blindly admired, it undoubtedly kills the personal style of individual screenwriters.
Baolong Film Company attaches more importance to the use of more advanced technology to create better visual effects and music effects. It creates an unparalleled effect on the scene. This is the model of Hollywood's top companies after the advent of computer special effects in the 90s.
Although Xinyicheng can also bring good films to the audience with a good level, the visual impact is not too strong.
And the movies produced by Baolong can always shock the audience - it's incredible!
In the period when Baolong, New Art City, Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, Yindu and many other film companies competed. Hong Kong's film critics are very happy.
Blockbusters are constantly coming out, which means they have endless manuscripts to write. The amount of money you can earn is ten times more than in the 70s?
Shi Lei is a professional film critic who makes a living by writing film reviews! In the past, Shi Lei had been recognized by mainstream film magazines by writing film reviews such as "The Tang Dynasty" and "Six Finger Piano Demon", and the remuneration for film critics has been increased to more than 200 yuan per thousand words.
Therefore, Shi Lei will rush to the cinema to watch every new film produced by Baolong as soon as possible, write a better quality film review as soon as possible, and earn a manuscript fee.
On February 19, the day after the release of "Happy Ghost", Shi Lei bought a movie ticket and walked into the theater to watch this movie, which was belittled as a "bad movie" by some media.
said that "Happy Ghost" is a "bad movie", Shi Lei doesn't believe it!
With the understanding of Baolong Company.
Shi Lei knew that Baolong's internal review was very strict before the release of the film, and the movies with slightly worse quality would only be locked in the library of the film that was not seen, and would not be released in the cinema.
Before watching this movie, Shi Lei also asked some friends who had watched this movie, and all the friends who had watched "Happy Ghost" said that it was very exciting.
Media comments are the opposite of what friends think!
The contrast of such comments made Shi Lei feel that it was very necessary to watch "Happy Ghost"
———————————— in a cinema in Mong Kok.
The dialogue between a mother and son attracted Shi Lei's attention.
"Mom, you should watch more "Happy Ghost"!" One child innocently said, "When my father accompanied me to see it last night, he was deeply touched. ”
The mother wondered, "Why? ”
The child said: "Yan Ruyu in the movie was under too much pressure for the exam and almost committed suicide!" Dad proudly said, 'I never put pressure on you, it seems that I am really a good father.' ’”
The mother said strangely, "Do you think you're going to be stressed, my Zero Egg Prince?"
The child blushed and said, "Mom, in front of others, you are not allowed to call me the prince of zero eggs!" ”
Shi Lei couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart, this mother and son are really interesting.
The child scored zero in the test, and he was so optimistic. And that kid also looks quite smart, even if it's really a zero score in the exam, he will be a talent in the future.
After about 15 minutes of waiting, as the seats gradually filled, it was time for the screening.
The cinema began to fall silent.
Film critic Shi Lei and the audience quietly waited for the screening of the movie
On the silver screen, when the logo of Baolong Film Company appeared, as well as subtitles such as "Screenwriter Zhang Shaojie" and "Producer Gu Long", the audience began to look a little excited.
In fact, most of the audience did not come to see "Happy Ghost" under the name of Wang Jing, but only for the reputation of Zhang Shaojie and Gu Long of Baolong Company.
The first few blockbusters written by Zhang Shaojie and produced by Gu Long of Baolong Film Company have successfully established a reputation for high-quality products. So that no film company in Hong Kong dares to say that the quality of the movies made exceeds that of Baolong.
Shi Lei saw it in his eyes, and said with emotion in his heart: "Baolong's reputation in the minds of the audience is really not covered!" ”
As the movie unfolds, the plot appears cheerful and exciting.
Especially Lin Jingjing, a girl, is extraordinarily cute.
"You clearly insult my dignity as a ghost, and speaking of which, I am also a role model." "Tied eyes? Tie your neck, right, you're mistaken. This is the neck not the eye, and this is the eye not the neck. Why don't you have any common sense of human anatomy? "I said you don't have any historical knowledge."
"My surname is Zhu, and my name is Chuncai." "I think you should be called Zhu Fool, you actually say that you are so amazing."
With the dialogue between Zhu Xiucai and Lin Jingjing, from nervous to calm.
It's not like a ghost at all.,And the girl's surname is also very confusing and cute.。
The audience also really admires Lin Jingjing, when she encounters a ghost, ordinary people can only feel fear, where will Lin Jingjing be so nervous and quarrel with the ghost?
School sports day.
Lin Jingjing had a grudge with Gao Guoren, a top sports student in another class, and Lin Jingjing looked for a happy ghost to help, but Zhu Xiucai despised cheating and refused very principledly.
The strong and strong Gao Guoren has repeatedly won the games, but this woman is too arrogant and disgusting. At the same time, the happy ghost master Xiucai was also unintentionally smashed by Gao Guoren's discus and javelin, and he was very angry, wanting to teach this Gao Guoren a lesson and make him lose face.
Therefore, Zhu Xiucai changed his mind and decided to help Lin Jingjing cheat on the sports field.
With the happy ghost Zhu Xiucai, he helped Lin Jingjing push up and helped him jump on the railing - victory!
The announcer calmly shouted: "Lin Jingjing has moved back a lot of points for the Cotton Tree Team, let's see how their long jump results are." ”
During the long jump, Zhu Xiucai, who was a ghost, even floated and flew with Lin Jingjing in his arms.
"The tape measure isn't long enough!" Said the referee of the measurement.
The announcer on the rostrum said excitedly, "Lin Jingjing is like a divine help, and she actually broke the world record!"
There is no most yy, only more yy.
With Happy Ghost cheating, anything is possible.
The sports meeting of "Happy Ghost" simply took the YY plot to the extreme.
This kind of bridge, if successful, is a classic. If it fails, it's a bloody movie.
However, "Happy Ghost" is playing a side game between dog blood and classics, and in the end, it has successfully become a classic!
Shi Lei was both cool and dumbfounded, and said: "Zhang Shaojie is simply a genius, playing with this kind of nonsensical bridge, there is no disobedience, but it is integrated with the style, it is really amazing!" ”
Film critic Shi Lei also likes this movie more and more.
Then, Zhu Xiucai gradually got to know Lin Jingjing's two friends, Yan Ruyu and Lin Xiaohua.
Yan Ruyu's worry is the pressure of the exam.
Lin Xiaohua's trouble is that she is too beautiful, there are many men chasing her, and she doesn't know who to choose, so Lin Xiaohua asks the happy ghost to help choose a boyfriend.
The happy ghost Zhu Xiucai cheated, so that Lin Xiaohua could see the halo above everyone's head - the yellow halo represents the yellow thoughts, the blue light on the head is reckless, the orange orange juice is too much, the black halo is unlucky, and the surname of the colorful halo is diverse
As a result, Lin Xiaohua accepted Zhu Xiucai's suggestion and chose Joseph with a colorful aura. However, in the end, Joseph, who has a diverse surname with a colorful halo, is a very flowery and irresponsible man.
Lin Xiaohua is pregnant, but Joseph hooks up with another woman. The happy ghost Zhu Xiucai punished Joseph and forced this "Chen Shimei" to be responsible. In the end, a bad thing turned into a good thing, and a marriage was achieved.
And Yan Ruyu failed to cheat in the exam, her grades were a mess, and she wanted to commit suicide.
After Zhu Xiucai rescued Yan Ruyu, he also uncovered the knot in his heart and told the third daughter the truth, his example was actually fake! In fact, he is just a showman, due to years of hard study, he can't get into the jinshi, his father is angry, his wife also ran away with someone, Zhu Xiucai committed suicide in depression, and finally became a "happy ghost"
The end of the story, after the happy ghost is reincarnated. The fate and surnames of the three girls have also changed.
Lin Jingjing, who has no goal in life, found her goal, worked hard, and finally won the respect of her opponent on the field with her real level.
Yan Ruyu also began to cherish life, and relied on her own efforts to achieve results.
Lin Xiaohua gave birth to a child, but unexpectedly everyone found out. This child is actually a happy ghost Zhu Xiucai reincarnated. Naturally, Joseph, who was once abused by Zhu Xiucai, became the father of the happy ghost, and he didn't know how to ravage his precious son.
The audience doesn't know that the ending of this "Happy Ghost" actually laid the foreshadowing for the sequel. This baby is called Tang Sengui, and in the later happy ghosts, he is the protagonist
After Shi Lei watched "Happy Ghost", his emotions still couldn't calm down for a long time, and finally he decided to write a "Happy Ghost - The pinnacle of comedy!" 》
(To be continued)