Volume 1 A New Song and a Cup of Wine Chapter 330 The Unlucky Man
The next day, Lin Youlun did not appear at the new film press conference of "The Heroes of the Storm", but accompanied Zhong Chuhong to the premiere of "The True Color of Heroes".
Zhong Chuhong was dressed in a pastel-hued silk dress, her bare shoulders looming in the jewel-embellished shawl, a pair of water-pink high heels, and her deep eyes were filled with fascinated light. She has delicate skin, a slender figure, a light gait, looking forward to the brilliance, holding Lin Youlun's arm and appearing at the premiere scene, which immediately became the focus of attention at the scene.
A large number of reporters gathered at the entrance of the theater, Zhong Chuhong smiled sweetly and calmly dealt with various problems, while Lin Youlun got out early and entered the theater to meet Wu Yusen and Xu Ke.
The movie "The True Colors of Heroes" is the most difficult one for Wu Yusen to shoot, after the movie was filmed, Wu Yusen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Xu Ke still had to worry about the box office after the release of "The True Colors of Heroes".
When Lin Youlun walked into the theater, Xu Ke and Wu Yusen were discussing the sequel to "The True Color of Heroes".
In the case of the film's box office prospects, Xu Ke's meaning is very simple, if the movie is a box office hit, the sequel will be filmed, otherwise it will not be filmed. Although Wu Yusen felt that Xu Ke's idea was a little impatient, the friendship between the two was there, Xu Ke insisted, and Wu Yusen would not object too much.
Just as Lin Youlun came over, Xu Ke told him about it.
"Even if "The True Color of Heroes" is a box office hit, I'm afraid we will have to wait for the sequel." Lin Youlun glanced at Wu Yusen, and then explained: "Golden Harvest can't wait, "Legend of the Night 2" will start filming within the year, at least you have to help Golden Harvest finish filming this movie, so you may have time to think about other works." ”
Even Xu Ke can't say anything now, Wu Yusen and Golden Harvest signed a contract, because "The True Color of Heroes" delayed too much time, Wu Yusen signed with Golden Harvest for another year, that is to say, for more than a year in the future, Wu Yusen will be Golden Harvest's entry, and he can no longer help other film companies make films.
"After "Tales of the Night 2", this series will come to an end for the time being, and after filming this movie, you will be free." Lin Youlun didn't know if Wu Yusen would have other ideas in his heart, so he had to stabilize him first, "Compared with the beginning, the current special effects skills have gone further, the initial investment in the film is set at 100 million Hong Kong dollars, the actors are basically in the original team, and I will be the producer on the 1st, you can tell me if you have any other requirements after thinking about it." ”
Wu Yusen didn't rush to speak, although Xu Ke was envious in his heart, he didn't show too much emotion on his face.
Not counting "The True Color of Heroes", Xu Ke's film studio has two works that are about to be released, one is "A Chinese Ghost Story" produced by Xu Ke and directed by Cheng Xiaodong, and the other is "Huang Feihong" directed by Xu Ke.
When the conversation was about to fall silent, Zhou Runfa came over, and with him came Zhai Long, another leading actor of "The True Color of Heroes".
"What are you talking about?"
"Of course, we're talking about our proud little pony!" Lin Youlun said jokingly.
"What's the matter, Brother Zhai Long is the protagonist of this movie!" Zhou Yunfa immediately said modestly.
Strictly speaking, Zhai Long is the first actor in "The True Color of Heroes", but Zhou Runfa is too famous, even Wu Yusen has to consider adding drama to him, and Zhai Long is very generous about this. With Fa Ge's strong aura, Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui are willing to bow their heads and be little brothers when they play with him, which can make Zhou Yunfa willing to call "big brother" in, there are only so many in the Hong Kong film industry, and Zhai Long is one of them.
"I regret doing this starring role!" Zhai Long said with a bitter face.
When filming "True Lies", Mai Danxiong had considered finding Zhai Long to play the leading role, if it weren't for Xu Ke and Wu Yusen's arguments and keeping him in the crew of "The True Color of Heroes", it would not be Lu Liangwei but Zhai Long who is now famous overseas.
Zhai Long was born tall and handsome when he was young, and he originally had a stable job in a dress shop, but he was fooled by He Guanchang's sentence "We are art o, art can be used as a lifelong career", and entered the film industry. In the era when Shaw Brothers movies dominated Xiangjiang, Zhai Long and Jiang Dawei fought one long and one short, and they were the peerless double pride under Zhang Che - Zhang Che liked to let Zhai Long show off his strong muscles in the film, so Zhai Long got a "meat. Bullet Male Star".
If it weren't for age, Zhai Long would definitely be the best representative of Hong Kong's screen tough guys.
"Mr. Zhai doesn't have to be depressed, this movie may bring you unexpected gains." In Lin Youlun's impression, Zhai Long is the second spring of his career with "The True Color of Heroes", and he also won the honor of Taiwan's Golden Horse Best Actor with this film.
"Then Mr. Chenglin's old saying."
Zhai Long only thought that Lin Youlun was comforting himself, and did not take this seriously, who would have thought that Lin Youlun's words would become a prophecy, "The True Color of Heroes" became a sensation in Hong Kong after its release, and the box office was unprecedentedly hot, not only the value of several leading actors soared, but also the new entrant Li Zhixiong, who played the villain, also successfully came out.
"The True Color of Heroes" achieved a box office of more than 16 million Hong Kong films within a week of its release, taking advantage of this momentum, Golden Harvest Company even took out the 1st work "Heroes Without Tears", which had been hidden for many years, and actually achieved a good box office.
When the film was drawn in Hong Kong, it earned a total of 43 million at the box office, and its sales in East and South Asia were also quite good. And this type of movie is not as difficult to imitate as big-budget Hong Kong films, so the Hong Kong film industry soon set off a wave of shooting black. Help the trend of gunfight films.
Xu Ke Film Studio, which was supposed to strike while the iron was hot, did not join in, and two weeks after the release of "The True Color of Heroes", "Huang Feihong" was released in Jiayi Cinema in a very low-key manner.
Facts once again proved that Lin Youlun had a unique vision, and the audience really ignored the contempt of the authentic Huang Feihong's disciples, and flocked to the cinema to watch the new version of "Huang Feihong". Compared with Guan Dexing's version of orthodox seriousness and Cheng Long's version of the juvenile naughty, Zhao Wenzhuo's version of Huang Feihong is serious and humorous, not good at amorous but deep in the gentle township of the thirteenth aunt. In particular, Xu Ke portrayed this character as a martial artist who was confused and had a sense of distress in the troubled times of the collision of Chinese and Western cultures, elevating the entire character to the level of national righteousness, which greatly improved the appreciability of the film.
After Hong Kong's return to the motherland became a foregone conclusion, those who chose to stay without immigrants began to face up to their relationship with Chinese mainland as Hong Kong's entry, and all strata of Hong Kong society began to think deeply about the history of the rupture between Hong Kong and China in the past. Xu Ke uses Wong Fei Hung to express the theme of the film that is a historical plot, which precisely caters to the needs of Hong Kong in this regard.
"Once Upon a Time" received rave reviews after its release, and the box office collected more than 37 million, which is very exciting news for the sluggish kung fu martial arts movie.
launched two box office blockbuster movies one after another, Xu Ke was proud during this time, while Luo Wei, who is also a director of martial arts films, was very unlucky during this time.
In the 70s, when kung fu films were popular, Luo Wei was the top director of Golden Harvest, and his fame was not inferior to Zhang Che. Zhang Che's fame depends on his strength, but Luo Wei is stained with Bruce Lee's light, and his fame is somewhat lucky.
At the beginning, Bruce Lee was invited back from the United States by Golden Harvest to shoot "Big Brother Tangshan", the director in charge of the film was not good at kung fu and martial arts themes, and it was difficult to continue halfway through the filming, Luo Wei was invited to save the scene halfway, and as a result, the film sold 3 million at the box office, setting a new record in Hong Kong.
Since then, Luo Wei has regarded himself as the mentor of "Bruce Lee", and he has been in Jiahe for a while, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, after Bruce Lee's death, Jiahe pushed Xu Guanwen's ghost horse comedy, Luo Wei gradually became unappreciated, and after the second wife Liu Lianghua divorced Luo Wei, she became the confidant of Jiahe boss Zou Wenhuai, Luo Wei ran away in anger and formed his own "Luo Wei Film and Television Company".
After leaving Golden Harvest, he began to actively look for Bruce Lee's successor, and under the strong recommendation of Chen Zhiqiang, he signed Chen Yuanlong, who was ready to go to Australia to change careers as a chef, and renamed him "Cheng Long", the first play "Jingwu Hero" tried to follow Bruce Lee's old path, but unfortunately the audience didn't buy it; then filmed "Shaolin Wood Enters the Alley", following the Shaolin kung fu theme that was very popular at the time, but it still failed; The most reluctantly filmed "Sword Flower Fireworks and Rain Jiangnan", based on the most popular ancient dragon martial arts, was unsuccessful on the 1st.
There was a little episode before filming "Sword Flowers, Fireworks and Rain Jiangnan", Luo Wei led Cheng Long to meet Gu Long, but Gu Long was quite satisfied with the director, but he was very dissatisfied with the image of the male protagonist.
came and went, Luo Wei also despaired of Cheng Long, and lent him to Yuan Heping to film "Serpentine Trickster" and "Drunken Fist", and after these two films became popular, Luo Wei did not seize the opportunity to win over Cheng Long in time. Luo Wei was annoyed and ashamed, but he was helpless.
Entering the 80s, kung fu movies were in decline, comedy movies were on the rise, and Luo Wei was silent for a long time, but during this period, he seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn over! Li Lianjie left the mainland for the United States to make his first drama contract.
(To be continued)