March 15, morning. A total of 23 cinemas screened "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Throughout the morning, more than 23,000 people bought tickets to watch the movie.

And it was noon.

Many viewers who have watched "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" also regarded the various powerful plots and pictures in the movie as a noon conversation!

"Have you watched "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"?" "It's incredible! "It's shocking! "If you haven't seen this movie, you never know that the visual impact of the movie can reach that amazing level! ”

Many viewers who have watched "Datang" have excitedly told their acquaintances about the shock brought by "The Legend of Double Dragons of Datang".

People who haven't watched the movie, just listen to other people's descriptions, but they can't interject, and they can't help but feel very lost, and secretly think that they must find a chance to see it.

People who have read the original work of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", or the comic version, are actively discussing the plot with people who have watched the movie version.

Of course, the audience who watched the movie version in the morning said with a sense of superiority: "Only those who have watched the movie version are the real fans of "Datang"!" This also made many fans of the manga version decide to go to the movie in order to prove that they are "real fans".

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Through word of mouth, the topic of the movie version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has spread at an astonishing speed among Hong Kong citizens.

Constantly hearing people around me say that the movie version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has aroused great curiosity among more and more citizens in Hong Kong about the movie version of "Datang".

So, in the afternoon, the fans scratched!

"Dad, I want to watch "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"!" The child who is on Sunday holidays begs his parents to take him to the movies.

"Husband, don't play cards in the afternoon, let's watch a movie together, I heard that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is very good" This is the proposal of a housewife who rarely watches movies.

"Xiaoli, I bought an extra movie ticket for "Datang", if no one accompanies me to watch it, the movie ticket will be wasted. I don't know, can you watch a movie with me? A young man, plucking up the courage, politely showed his love to the girl he had a crush on.

Therefore, in the afternoon, several times more viewers than in the morning flocked to the Golden Harvest Cinema Line and joined the queue to buy tickets to watch the "Datang" movie.

In the hot tide of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

The audience who came to the cinema and bought tickets to watch the movie included many directors, screenwriters and actors in the Hong Kong film industry.

For these filmmakers, it is a must-have homework for them to keep abreast of the latest developments and popular trends in the film industry by watching popular movies.

For example, Wang Jing, the director of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", which is being screened by Shaw Brothers Cinemas, was also mixed with these audiences and entered the cinema of Golden Harvest Company to watch "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Wang Jing debuted as a screenwriter in 77 years and created movie scripts such as "Ghost Horse Mania", because of his family roots, his father is a famous director of Shaw Brothers, and he has been cultivated on the Shaw Brothers studio since he was a child, which makes Wang Jing have a more thorough grasp of the film business, so not long after his debut, Wang Jing made a name for himself in the screenwriting industry.

The so-called "editor and excellent director", in 81, Wang Jing's "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" was recognized by Shaw Brothers Film Company and received an investment of one million Hong Kong dollars, and the director was also Wang Jing himself.

Although "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is the debut of Wang Jing's directorial career, "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", which is still being screened at this time, has already won a box office of more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars, making Wang Jing a dark horse in the directorial industry!

debuted in 77, Wang Jing quickly became a gold medal screenwriter.

In 81, he directed "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" for the first time, making Wang Jing a gold medal director.

There were no setbacks along the way, leading to success, which made Wang Jing very arrogant at this time. Of course, no matter how arrogant a person is, he will inevitably look up to someone who is more successful than him.

Zhang Shaojie is a more successful person who makes Wang Jing "envious, jealous and hate"!

You must know that Zhang Shaojie, who is only 18 years old, only debuted as a writer last year. However, when Zhang Shaojie wrote the script part-time, the first script he wrote "Modern Bodyguard" created an achievement that all screenwriters in Hong Kong looked up to, and the film not only achieved a box office of 43.27 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, but also created a global box office miracle of more than 250 million Hong Kong dollars if it is added to the overseas box office!

Relying on the box office of a script of "Modern Bodyguard" alone, Zhang Shaojie has become the most successful screenwriter in Hong Kong!

and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is adapted from Zhang Shaojie's original work, and Zhang Shaojie, as an investor, spent 43 million Hong Kong dollars. Created the largest investment in the history of the Hong Kong film industry.

How can such a big deal not provoke the shock of many directors and screenwriters in the Hong Kong film industry!

What is the concept of an investment budget of 43 million? According to Hollywood's 80 years of film production cost statistics, the average Hollywood movie production cost is as high as $11 million.

Of course, some very few blockbusters with budgets of more than $50 million, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, have raised the average production cost of American films to such an extent.

In fact, the production cost of the mainstream Hollywood at this time was about 5 million US dollars, which is equivalent to an investment of 40 million Hong Kong dollars.

In other words, the production cost of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has actually reached the budget level of Hollywood film companies!

Of course, Hong Kong's labor costs are lower than Hollywood's, making Hong Kong's $5 million cost budget comparable to that of a $15 million film in the United States.

Think about it, Hong Kong's first-class stars Xu Guanwen and Jackie Chan only have a salary of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

In Hollywood, the first-line stars, the salary of a single film has reached the level of 5 million US dollars. Some superstars even have a salary of more than 10 million!

At this time, when the remuneration of Hong Kong movie stars is generally very low, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" actually cost 43 million Hong Kong dollars.

The suspense of how this money was spent alone has aroused the greatest curiosity of directors in the industry!

"I want to see, what kind of big production of 43 million is, is it possible that the film is made of gold and diamonds!" Wang Jing, who queued for half an hour to buy a movie ticket, strode into the cinema with her head held high.

After entering the cinema, before the movie starts, the theater is slightly noisy. Wang Jing found her seat, sat down quietly, closed her eyes and recuperated, waiting for the official screening of the movie.

Suddenly, he heard someone talking in the seat behind him.

"The movie version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is really good! Really, when you see the footage made by that kind of computer special effects, you will feel the shock from the heart! This is a soft woman's voice, a pleasant voice, coming into the ears, making people listen to it and look forward to seeing the woman's appearance.

Wang Jing quietly opened her eyes and didn't look back, but her attention was focused on listening to the voice.

This time it was a young man's voice: "Didn't you watch the midnight show last night?" Why do you still want to watch it today, and besides, you still pull me to watch it together? What a waste of time, if I go to the real estate market in the afternoon to take a look at the market, maybe, choose a few houses with a good location, and I can earn hundreds of thousands more this month! ”

The woman was a little angry and said, "Is money important, or am I important?" ”

The man said deflatedly: "Honey, of course you are important!" ”

"Hmph, then I'll let you watch a movie with me, why do you have so many crooked resentments?" The woman was not happy.

"Hey, but, I've already read the original work of "Datang", is it necessary to watch the movie again?" The man continued to mutter.

"You've read the original?" The woman was not happy, "You don't realize that if you miss this movie, it will be a big regret in your life!" Epic movie scenes, as well as extremely exciting fight scenes. The internal skills, light skills, and martial arts in it all give people a dream-like and mythical feeling. It's unlike any martial arts movie you've seen before! That's the real martial arts classic! ”

Wang Jing listened to the discussion between the two, and still had a trace of disdain in her heart - a shallow opinion, there is nothing new in the world, and the routine of martial arts films has been fixed, mostly through fake innovations like "new wine in old bottles", fooling the audience who don't know the truth.

In the eyes of professionals, there are no classics!

Gradually, as the audience entered one after another, the cinema was almost full. At the urging of the audience, the projectionist of the cinema began to officially screen the film.

"Whirring" is the sound of the canal flowing at the beginning of the movie.

With the majestic Sui Dynasty warships, the epic scene of sailing in the canal appears in the electronic music screen.

The audience in the entire cinema, Wang Jing's spirit was shocked: "Impossible! How can the Hong Kong film industry achieve such an effect? "In fact, this is the times, and Hollywood can't shoot this kind of visual effect!

Not only Wang Jing was shocked, but in fact, all the audience felt that the movie scene was too powerful! This kind of picture alone is a high-quality visual enjoyment, not to mention that there is a martial arts movie with a wonderful plot?

As soon as the movie began, many viewers whispered.

"What's the matter, I didn't lie to you, this movie is a masterpiece!" It was the voice of the woman in the back seat.

"Yes! Don't talk, watch movies! The man seemed fascinated by the movie.

Wang Jing quietly looked back and saw the woman's smug and ostentatious expression. Wang Jing saw clearly this time, the woman's appearance was just ordinary, not as perfect as her voice.

Wang Jing, who quietly recycled her gaze, continued to stare at "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", hoping to read every successful element from it!

However, as time passed, Wang Jing became more and more fascinated and forgot more and more about calm analysis.

Wait until almost 2 hours later, after the movie ends.

Wang Jing came to her senses

"Zhang Shaojie, Tsui Hark, how did you shoot this effect?" Wang Jing carefully recalled the shots she had seen in her mind and muttered to herself, "From a technical point of view, it's not very complicated, but all the shots, superimposed, are so classic and fascinating!" By the way, those scenes full of fantasy internal force, sword energy, and light power may be the key factor! Light work, this is a hanging wire rope, but the action design is more beautiful. And the scenes of internal force, sword energy, Xuan Bing energy, etc., this should be achieved by using the legendary computer CG special effects! ”

(To be continued)