(Still make up for yesterday)

Martial arts films have always been the gold medal genre of Hong Kong films, and they are also the genre that is least closely integrated with computer special effects.

In 1983, Xu Ke went against the wind with the concept of "stunts are used by foreigners" of many filmmakers, and spent an unprecedented amount of money to invite the stunt team of "Star Wars" from Hollywood to shoot "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain".

Although "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" had a profound impact on the later Hong Kong film industry, the box office results were lackluster, and for the film investor Golden Harvest Company, this film was just a loss-making profit, far less affordable than a large number of low-cost and high-grossing kung fu films produced by Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long.

After this battle, Xu Ke himself doubted whether the combination of computer stunts and martial arts movies would work, and no one else dared to try on this road.

The year 1984 was an important demarcation point.

Since then, the number of big-budget films produced by Hong Kong films has increased year by year, and the ultra-high box office income of big-budget movies and the audience's increasing movie-watching taste have sharply reversed the Hong Kong film industry's understanding of computer special effects, and after continuous technical accumulation, the production cost of some ordinary movie special effects has been greatly reduced, and the use of computer special effects in Hong Kong movies has become more and more common. Except for martial arts films.

Of course, this is also related to the market. The martial arts genre basically only has a market in Asia. It's hard to carry big-budget movies. Even Xu Ke, who is fond of special effects techniques, has to admit that the combination of martial arts movies and special effects techniques must have a very ingenious form, so in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Huang Feihong", the two movies that have rekindled the boom of martial arts films, he uses traditional shooting techniques.

As the second martial arts film in Hong Kong that is deeply integrated with computer special effects, the box office performance of "Storm and Storm" really surprised many people, and the box office of the film exceeded 30 million in the first week of its release, although this is of course affected by the factor of a 50% increase in ticket prices, but it is necessary to support this box office data. The number of viewers of the film is also beyond the reach of other films.

According to this trend, the film can have a box office of at least 60 million before it is released in Hong Kong, and with the revenue from the sales ports in East and South Asia, the producer and distributor can make a lot of money.

The first issue of the "Fengyun" comic, which was published at the same time as the release of the film, sold a record-breaking sales of 250,000 copies, and Yulang International, which participated in the investment of this film, became the biggest beneficiary of the film's popularity.

At the celebration banquet of the movie, Huang Yuyun became the object of many film companies. "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World" has created a new successful model of modern martial arts movies of "comics + martial arts + computer stunts", and many of the high-quality comic works suitable for adaptation into movies are in the hands of Huang Yuxing, especially the two classic comic books "Dragon and Tiger Gate" and "Chinese Heroes", which are a little exciting for the three major film companies.

But the thing is that a few families are happy and a few are sad. For Hong Jinbao and Yuan Heping, who were born in martial arts, the successful use of computer special effects in martial arts movies. It has a big impact on the martial arts industry.

As the martial arts instructor of "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World", Yuan Heping feels the most deeply about this, the martial arts scenes in this movie, the actors basically only need to pose a few movements, and more move changes are completed by computer stunts, it can be said that the film just borrows a frame and a face of the actors, in which the martial arts instructor almost does not play a role.

"In a few years, when the special effects of the movie can completely simulate real people, we will all be able to go home and retire." Hong Jinbao came to Yuan Heping and complained in a low voice.

"Today's young people, there are not many who are willing to concentrate on martial arts like we did back then, and with the development of computer special effects, I am afraid it will be difficult to find an actor with a little kung fu foundation in the future." Yuan Heping sighed softly.

"Your Yuan family class is okay, now there is a Zhao Wenzhuo who can support the scene, if you want to say that there is no successor, who can be more miserable than my Hong family class?" Hong Jinbao said with a bitter face.

In the face of uncontrolled follow-up shooting, Hong Jinbao is not exempt from vulgarity, the quality of Baohe's recent works has declined very much, and Xu Ke's new martial arts movies have suddenly become popular, so that he is gradually old-fashioned and can't figure out the audience's taste, and the scenery of his fellow brother Cheng Long is different, this year Hong Jinbao is basically going downhill.

It's only been less than a few years, and many old-school filmmakers can't keep up with the pace of Hong Kong film development.

"Mr. Lin is here."

I don't know who said a word next to me, Hong Jinbao and Yuan Heping stopped talking in unison, and like everyone else in the hall, they all looked at the pair of men and women who came side by side at the door.

"Mr. Lin's female companion today is a little eye-catching." Hong Jinbao subconsciously said.

Yuan Heping recognized the identity of the girl who came side by side with Lin Youlun at a glance, and explained to Hong Jinbao: "That is He Chaoqiong, the daughter of Macau gambling king He Hongsen. ”

Hong Jinbao pouted, and said with envy: "Mr. Lin's methods are getting more and more powerful, and he can even soak the gambling king's daughter." ”

Yuan Heping pulled Hong Jinbao's clothes, "Sanmao, don't talk nonsense, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth." ”

Hong Jinbao smiled and didn't mention it again.

If Lin Youlun knew what Hong Jinbao was thinking at the moment, he would definitely feel very wronged, he and He Chaoqiong attended tonight's celebration banquet purely because of official business.

At the beginning, Lin Youlun took Xiao Yan and Yi Nengjing to Hong Kong, but he didn't think about how to arrange them for a while, so he let them all sign with He Chaoqiong's agency.

He Chaoqiong took good care of the two little girls, Xiao Yan was arranged to develop in the modeling industry, and Yi Nengjing was ready to take the singer route, during this time, with the hot screening of "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World", Xiao Yan and Yi Nengjing began to become famous, and He Chaoqiong's agency also gained a lot of benefits, but after all, he owed He Chaoqiong a favor, so Lin Youlun and He Chaoqiong attended tonight's celebration banquet together.

As soon as Lin Youlun came in, the representatives of the film companies who had been around Huang Yuyun before all came over to congratulate him, although the movie "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World" was nominally filmed by Zeng Zhiwei's good friend film company, Huang Yulang's Yulang International and Lin Youlun, but everyone knows who is really playing a leading role in it.

Seeing that the limelight was stolen by Lin Youlun, Huang Yuyun felt more regret in addition to being a little disappointed.

That's right, Huang Yuyun really regretted that because of his misjudgment of the prospects of the comic book adaptation, he hesitated in investment, allowing Lin Youlun to take the lion's share, who would have thought that the movie would be so profitable. Although the movie also drove the comic book sales of "Fengyun" to boom, the profits had to be distributed to the main writer Ma Rongcheng, and the money that actually fell into Huang Yuyun's pocket was not as much as the dividends he received from the release of the film.

When the representatives of those film companies came to make friends with Huang Yuxun before, several companies directly offered very generous cooperation conditions, but they were all rejected by Huang Yuxun. The success of "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World" made Huang Yuyun determined to invest in making movies by himself, and of course he would not choose to cooperate with other companies at this time.

Huang Yuyun is the major shareholder of Good Friends Film Company, and he is not short of funds in his hands, he can get rid of others and do it alone, but he can't get around Lin Youlun.

If the comic book adaptation of the film wants to succeed, it will definitely not work without the support of computer special effects, and the only film special effects production company in Hong Kong is in the hands of Lin Youlun, unless Huang Yuyun invites the technical team from the United States, but then the film production cost will be much higher, and the foreign technical team may not be able to fully understand the intentions of Hong Kong local directors, and they are inherently lacking in tacit understanding.

And after the film is made, it will inevitably be released, and all the movie theaters in Hong Kong are surnamed Lin, and no one can offend Lin Youlun.

It is precisely because Lin Youlun has so many resources in his hands that Huang Yulun is worried that he will adapt "Chinese Heroes" and "Dragon Tiger Gate" into movies, if Lin Youlun insists on inserting a kick, he can't refuse.

After recognizing the reality, Huang Yuyun only hoped that Lin Youlun's appetite would not be too big. After the representatives of those film companies dispersed, Huang Yuyun directly approached Lin Youlun, explained his intentions, and then tentatively asked Lin Youlun if he had any ideas to participate in the investment.

"Mr. Huang shouldn't be short of money now, right?" Lin Youlun smiled, he really didn't have much interest in adapting "Chinese Heroes" and "Dragon Tiger Gate" into movies, firstly, because the box office of these two films in later generations did not have too bright performance, and secondly, he has invested in the filming of many movies this year, and the money scattered in his hand is almost more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and the stall is very large, so there is no need to insert any movie into it.

Lin Youlun's words made Huang Yuyun breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel some worries in his heart. Comic book adaptations are regarded as cash cows by many film companies, but Lin Youlun is not moved at all, and he is not even interested in participating, is he not optimistic about the future development of comic book adaptations?

People are sometimes such contradictions, if Lin Youlun shows interest in this matter, Huang Yulun will worry that the profits of the film will be divided, and Lin Youlun has a cold attitude towards this matter, and Huang Yulun begins to worry about the risk of film investment.

[Ask for recommendations, monthly passes] (To be continued.) )