After drinking afternoon tea, Zhong Chuhong sent Lin Youlun away under the pretext of continuing to go shopping with Zhang Manyu.

"Do you think the White Dragon King is really a liar like Mr. Lin said?"

As soon as Lin Youlun left, Zhang Manyu asked about it.

Zhong Chuhong shook his head, "Alun hasn't believed much in these things, that's why he misunderstood Master of the White Dragon King. ”

"In other words, is that true?" Zhang Manyu's eyes widened, and her face was full of surprise.

Zhong Chuhong did not speak, and acquiesced to Zhang Manyu's statement.

Zhang Manyu suddenly felt a little big, "Are you going to keep this matter from Mr. Lin?" ”

"I haven't thought about ......it yet," Zhong Chuhong's eyes showed a dazed and struggling expression, "Let's hide it for the time being, let me think about it again." ”

"I think no matter what decision you make, you should discuss it with Mr. Lin in the end, after all, this is a matter for the two of you." Zhang Manyu kindly persuaded.

Zhong Chuhong nodded, and did not forget to advise: "I know that this matter is remembered to help me keep it secret!" ”

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On the day of the release of "Three Heroes of the East", Cen Jianxun sent the videotape of this movie to Lin Youlun's home.

Lin Youlun pays so much attention to "Three Heroes of the East", not that he is nervous that the box office performance of this movie is too good, and the most important reason is that "Three Heroes of the East" in Lin Youlun's memory was filmed by To Qifeng, and now the director of the film has been replaced by Xu Ke, although the whole storyline has not changed much, the overall style of the film is definitely different from what I remember.

Chen Jiashang was also called by Lin Youlun to watch this movie together.

Although "Thunderbolt Baby" and "Three Heroes of the East" were released in different periods, they will definitely be compared by the media after the most popular release, and Chen Jiashang has always been very concerned about the quality of the movie "Three Heroes of the East". If it weren't for Lin Youlun calling him, he would have called him over. He was ready to secretly buy a ticket to see this movie.

Lin Youlun actually had the same idea as Chen Jia. But on the first day of the release of "Three Heroes of the East", there will be reporters at the doors of major theaters in Hong Kong, if he goes to the cinema to watch this movie, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be recognized, and then the media will definitely use this matter to hype up, which is equivalent to helping "Three Heroes of the East" to promote it for free.

Although the effect of watching the video tape is not as good as watching it directly in the cinema, Chen Jiashang will certainly not have more requirements to see this movie for the first time.

The beginning of the movie. Chen Jiashang and Lin Youlun's attention was attracted by the pictures on the screen.

The story background of "Three Heroes of the East" deliberately blurs the boundaries of the times, and at first you may feel that this is in ancient times, because there are masters from outside the world, old eunuchs, blood drops and chivalrous heroines, but as the plot of the film unfolds, it feels like modern times, because there are modern elements such as police, criminals and media in the plot, especially the scene of the confrontation between police and bandits in the chemical plant, from which you can see the shadow of many police and gangster films. Because the place depicted in the film is neither Hong Kong nor the mainland. Thick water vapor emanates from the sewers, and the sky is covered with cobwebs of power lines and wires, and the whole city is shrouded in a fantastical color.

Xu Ke always likes to add some political metaphors to his films, and this film is no exception, in the film, the villain old eunuch is bent on restoring the feudal monarchy, which becomes the only driving force for the villain character in the whole film.

In addition, the feminist overtones in the film are also very strong. The most powerful "man" in the film is an old eunuch who has been castrated, and the police chief who maintains normal social order is a weak, incompetent, selfish villain, and it is three women who rely on saving the world, which is completely different from previous Hong Kong films.

Earlier films such as "Overlord Flower" and "Royal Sister" also tried their best to promote female heroism, but it was more about the humility of men, while "Three Heroes of the East" is directly reversed, women are extremely strong, and men are weak.

When he saw this, Lin Youlun couldn't help but shake his head, Xu Ke was obviously a little "crazy", although such a plot design can attract a group of female audiences, but at the same time, it will lose a lot of male audiences.

Of course, the flaws are not hidden, this movie generally maintains the high standard of Xu Ke's martial arts movies, whether it is the smoky underground magic palace or the scene of the train station using blood drops to take people's heads, they are all the usual techniques used by Xu Ke's martial arts films.

The action director of "Three Heroes of the East" is Cheng Xiaodong, and the martial arts style of the film certainly inherits his usual style of driving high and walking high, and the duel between hot weapons and kung fu highlights his profound martial arts skills, among which the deepest impression on Lin Youlun is the scene where Chen San committed suicide, Chen Qi's secret weapon and the chain of the female flying man were killed in front of Chen San at the same time, in less than a second, through slow motion and constantly switching angles, what happened at this moment was very clearly presented.

At the end of the film, with the music of "Mo Wen Life", Mei Yanfang, Yang Ziqiong, and Zhang Manyu wore cloaks and walked out of the battlefield heroically. Seeing this scene, Lin Youlun suddenly sighed, in later Hong Kong films, the status of female characters is getting higher and higher, but compared with the films of this era, it always seems a little deliberate and contrived, which is probably the reason why Hong Kong films in the eighties and nineties are evocative.

After the film ended, Lin Youlun left a few minutes for Chen Jia to reminisce, and then asked, "How is it, how do you feel about this movie?" ”

Chen Jiashang smacked his lips, considered the wording, and replied: "The scene and action design are very good, and the plot is also very smooth, but it gives people the feeling that this movie is a little ahead of its time in consciousness, if it is released in 5 or 6 years, it may become a classic, and now ...... it."

Chen Jiashang didn't continue, mainly because he didn't want to be too full of words, the audience's preferences have always been the most headache for filmmakers, always the same as before, the audience will get bored if they watch too much, but the innovation is too much, and the audience may not be able to accept it.

There are many examples of the failure of this kind of avant-garde film, the most representative of which is a film co-produced by the brothers Qin Pei, Jiang Dawei, and Er Dongsheng.

When it comes to nonsensical comedy, many people must think of Chow Xingchi at first, but in fact, the first nonsensical comedy in Hong Kong appeared in 1981, directed by Jiang Dawei.

Jiang Dawei directed several movies in the 80s, but unfortunately the response was not very big, and the audience obviously preferred to regard him as a film and television star rather than a director, plus there is a more famous director such as his younger brother Er Dongsheng at home, so Jiang Dawei has not been famous in the director's industry.

No fame does not mean no strength, when the concept of "nonsense" was not born, Jiang Dawei cooperated with his brother Qin Pei and younger brother Er Dongsheng, Qin Pei is the producer, Er Dongsheng is a screenwriter under the pseudonym Er Xiaobao, Jiang Dawei directed and starred, and the brothers teamed up to concoct a comedy full of nonsensical elements "Owl", from "Star Wars" to "Alien", from Jin Yong to Gu Long's martial arts novel characters, countless classic film and television works in ancient and modern China and foreign countries have been crazy spoofed in this play.

This movie was too avant-garde in the eyes of the audience ten years ago and completely unacceptable, so it ended up a fiasco in terms of both box office and word of mouth, and if this movie is released now, it can earn tens of millions of box office no matter how bad it is.

The movie "Three Heroes of the East" gives Chen Jiashang the same feeling as the "Owl" directed by Jiang Dawei, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to be too avant-garde.

"The problem you mentioned does exist, but you ignore one point, that is, the audience's curiosity psychology, "Three Heroes of the East" was very successful in the early promotion, so the box office of this film should not be too bad."

In terms of the box office expectations of "Three Heroes of the East", Lin Youlun's judgment is somewhat different from Chen Jiashang.

Although "Three Heroes of the East" is a bit avant-garde in terms of feminism, it still follows the routine of classic Hong Kong films in other aspects, especially with the joint efforts of Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong, the fight scenes in this film are more effective than Lin Youlun remembers.

Xu Ke's martial arts film is a golden sign at this time, and the three star stars also have a lot of box office appeal among the audience, especially Yang Ziqiong, the first movie after her comeback, which must have attracted much attention.

These factors are added together, the box office of "Three Heroes of the East" will definitely not have that kind of hot reversal, of course, limited by the limitations of the subject matter, it is not realistic to achieve that kind of record-breaking box office.

Lin Youlun's analysis made Chen Jiashang silent for a while.

"Of course, you don't have to worry too much, "Three Heroes of the East" is really good, but "Thunderbolt" will not necessarily lose to the other party." Lin Youlun patted Chen Jiashang on the shoulder, and he didn't say this entirely to comfort Chen Jiashang.

The advantages of "Three Heroes of the East", except for the slightly weaker feminist aspect, "Thunderbolt Baby" almost all of them have it.

In terms of action design, Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Xiangren are not comparable, of course, the action styles of these two films are completely different, "Three Heroes of the East" is a martial arts film with magical colors, and "Thunderbolt Baby" is a modern action movie.

Through the "bath door" incident some time ago, Hong Kong audiences basically know the movie "Breaking Bad", which also makes up for the shortcomings of "Breaking Bad" in terms of actor popularity as "Three Heroes of the East".

And one of the advantages of "Breaking Bad" over "Three Heroes of the East" is that its story takes place in modern times, which is more convenient for the audience to bring in, and the action style of the film is more acceptable to European and American audiences.

At first glance, the two movies are really evenly matched, but Lin Youlun believes that "Breaking Baby" should bring him a bigger surprise.

(This chapter is strictly said to make up for yesterday, anyway, today will give you a satisfactory explanation!) (To be continued......)