Chapter 53: The Gambling Boom

"Why did you provoke Ni Yu, this guy actually said in his column that "God of Gamblers" is a bad movie, and called on everyone not to watch it." Wang Jing leaned on the back seat, biting a cigarette in his mouth, and the fire flickered one after another, raising puffs of smoke.

Lin Youlun closed the newspaper and threw it aside, put his hand on the car window and said, "His mouth grows on him, I can't take a piece of tape and seal it." ”

"I don't know what his expression will be if the box office of the bad movie in his mouth exceeds 40 million at the bottom?" Wang Jing smiled and spit out a smoke ring in his mouth.

"God of Gamblers" was released in April, and in less than a week, the box office easily exceeded 10 million, and the Hong Kong media collectively lost their voices.

This movie has indeed subverted many people's eyes, and the audience who walked into the cinema was surprised to find that the gamblers who always appeared as negative images in the past movies were portrayed as glorious and positive heroes in the film, and the shameful cheating turned into a clever and elegant dazzling stunt in their hands.

What's even more surprising is Zhou Yanfa's performance in the film, the image of the God of Gambling he plays is very kingly supreme. After amnesia, the childlike innocence and stupidity are diametrically opposed to the kingly spirit of the gambling god, but they complement each other, which is really wonderful. Zhou Yanfa regained the confidence that he played Xu Wenqiang in "Shanghai Tang" in the role of Gao Jin, after several years of tempering, his acting skills have become more and more mature, whether it is the chocolate who looks silly but is still wise and affectionate, or Gao Jin, the gambling god who walks with oily hair and a black windbreaker, has left a very deep impression on the audience.

Zhou Yanfa's acting skills exploded, and Liu Dehua, who had just debuted, was completely reduced to a foil, and he could only "eat with his face" in the play, with his good appearance and gag lines, he was finally not completely ignored by the audience.

The movie was a big hit at the box office, and a celebration banquet was held forever. The Xiang brothers realized that their faces were shining this time and invited many guests. Wang Jing and Lin Youlun both received invitations as VIPs, and there were special cars to pick them up when they went to the banquet.

Wang Jing was smoking in the car, and Lin Youlun turned his head out of the car. In front of a food store on the side of the road, many people lined up there, Lin Youlun felt very strange, so he asked Wang Jing what these people were buying.

Wang Jing couldn't figure it out, so he asked the driver to stop on the side of the road, and he went down, queued for a long time, and finally brought back a bag of chocolates.

"I should have knocked that Taiwanese hard if I knew that Dao, the 2 million sponsorship fee is really cheap." Wang Jing's face was full of depression, he just asked the clerk, in recent days, this brand of chocolate has been sold out of stock several times, many people come to buy after watching the movie, it is said that if you don't eat a piece of chocolate when playing cards, you are embarrassed to touch the cards on the table.

"It's called dying the bold, starving the cowardly." Lin Youlun tore open a piece of chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth, "But it's not your turn to regret this matter, I'm afraid that the other chocolate manufacturers will regret it." ”

As the two spoke, the car had already pulled into the hotel parking lot.

Lin Youlun took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on, and when he entered the elevator, Wang Jing laughed at him for doing too much, but when he arrived at the floor of the banquet hall, as soon as the elevator door opened, the strobe directly dizzled Wang Jing's eyes.

The reporters who rushed to the entrance of the hall were all stopped at the entrance of the hall, and as soon as Wang Jing appeared, he immediately became the focus of the camera's attention. Before Wang Jing could react, a reporter had already started asking questions.

"Mr. Lin, the media has had a lot of controversy about the movie "God of Gamblers" before, as the screenwriter of the film, do you have anything to say to everyone now?" The reporter who asked the first question was actually from Lin Youlun.

Lin Youlun was surprised, he could still be recognized by people wearing sunglasses, when did he become so famous?

"I'm a reporter for Ming Pao Weekly, can Mr. Lin answer my question?" …,

The other party reported to his home, and Lin Youlun suddenly realized that he was an acquaintance. He thought for a moment, clenched his fists and coughed at the edge of his mouth, "If this movie failed to be made, will it disappoint many people?" ”

When he said this, with a playful smile on his face, the reporter of "Ming Pao Weekly" lowered his head and wrote down this sentence in his notebook, and the other reporters realized that the young man wearing sunglasses standing next to Wang Jing was actually the protagonist of the recent uproar about the "ghostwriting door" incident. At the beginning, Ni Yu said that Lin Youlun was about the same age as his son, and many people thought that Ni Yu was deliberately belittling Lin Youlun, but now when they saw Lin Youlun himself, the reporters found out that Lin Youlun was younger than they imagined.

It's a pity that Lin Youlun didn't give other reporters a chance to ask questions, he dragged Wang Jing over as a shield, and asked everyone to ask Wang Jing any questions, and he took the opportunity to leave.

Wang Jing was surrounded by a group of reporters, and scolded Lin Youlun in his heart for not being righteous, but he still had to pretend to have a smile on his face and began to deal with various problems.

"Mr. Wang, some people said that when you were filming "God of Gamblers", you lost weight because of too much pressure, is this true?"

"The whole process of making 'God of Gamblers' was very easy, and although everyone was not very optimistic at the time, it was not stressful for me at all, because I never thought about how high the film was going to be before I made it. In fact, the first movie I shot had elements of gambling movies, scams, kung fu, and of course, funny. God of Gamblers has had a bit of success, but it is just a little more extensive in expanding these elements. "The movie was a big hit at the box office, and of course Wang Jing would not admit it if it was in the past.

"Then why did you think of letting Zhou Yan send him to play the leading role, aren't you worried that he will be afraid of smashing this play?" Another reporter asked.

"One of the things I'm proud of is that I can find the potential in an actor, and I don't deny that I have a unique vision." Wang Jing knows that Lin Youlun doesn't care about these false names, and is naturally happy to take all the credit on himself, "Some people say that Zhou Yanfa has passed the hottest time, Liu Dehua is a newcomer who has just debuted, and this combination is not attractive together, but have you noticed that Fa Ge has a little bit of local cleverness, Andy still maintains a childlike heart, and their unique temperament is used by me to express in the film, as you can see, I have gained a successful movie, and they have also been recognized by the audience." ”

As soon as Wang Jing finished speaking, a reporter immediately asked: "Some people say that you only make movies for money, and you are now the most profitable director in Hong Kong, do you plan to continue to make this type of movies in the future?" ”

"For me, making a film is just a serious job to complete, and when you make money from making a film, someone will continue to invest in you, and then I can find a set of business rules from it, whether it is a movie or a TV series, I will do it according to this law. My movies may be called bad movies and don't win any awards, but anyway, that's my style, and I never wanted to change it, otherwise I wouldn't even have my style. ”

Wang Jing answered a bunch of questions, and finally someone asked about the sequel shooting of "Baby Wisdom and Stars".

"The film will use the original cast, including Zhou Xingchi." Wang Jing gave a very positive answer to this question: "I know that he has been in bad form recently, but I will give him another chance." ”

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