Chapter 168: A Beautiful Turnaround

Shaw Brothers called Liu Zhenwei to inform him that "Shaolin Football" had resumed filming, and Liu Zhenwei realized that the tape brought by Wang Jiawei turned out to be real.

"Journey to the West" was applauded and popular in Taiwan, and Lin Youlun took the opportunity to persuade Shao Yifu to put "Moonlight Treasure Box" on the radio channel during the Spring Festival in 86, and the film was scheduled to be broadcast in non-prime time, but it set a record of prime-time broadcast ratings.

Hong Kong audiences rewatched this movie, only to find that they had missed so much interesting content, and the nonsensical comedy style was finally accepted by everyone, and "The Legend of Wukong", which had been backlogged on the shelves of major bookstores for a period of time, was bought a lot unconsciously, and some places were even sold out.

"The Legend of Wukong" was published in Taiwan and sold millions of copies in less than a month. In terms of their attitude towards this book, Taiwan's cultural circles have shown a completely different attitude from Hong Kong's.

Gu Long wrote the preface to the Taiwanese version of "The Legend of Wukong", and the first sentence of the opening sentence called this book "a legend written from the heart of a monkey and written into the hearts of thousands of monkeys!" ”

Qiong Yao then also wrote this paragraph in her column essay: "Maybe it's because I don't like to follow the trend by nature, when "The Legend of Wukong" was the hottest, I opened the beginning of the book three times, but I didn't read it seriously, until it was no longer synonymous with the latest trendy novels, and I was shocked by those sentences that I saw and quoted many times. Maybe the boredom and passion of youth will exist forever, so even if "The Legend of Wukong" disappears one day, it can easily touch the hearts of teenagers. ”

Gu Long and Qiong Yao are both bulls' leaders in the Taiwanese novel industry. After the two's evaluation of "The Legend of Wukong" was reprinted by the Hong Kong media, the discussion about the book once again became a hot topic in Hong Kong's cultural circles.

It just so happened that during this time, Ni Yu's new book was on sale, and he held a signing party in a bookstore, and when he was interviewed by reporters, someone suddenly said: "Mr. Ni, what do you think about the hot sales of "The Legend of Wukong" in recent times? ”

When he heard "The Legend of Wukong", Ni Yu suddenly stood up. Standing so fast, the cup that was placed in front of him was knocked over, and the cup fell to the ground and shattered. His upper and lower lips twitched. Stared at the smiling reporter with his eyes, and his voice was full of anger: "What's the matter with you?" Are you sick? ”

The other reporters present all looked at Ni Yu with surprised eyes. I didn't expect him to react so excitedly. Seeing that the momentum was not good, the staff immediately stopped the media from asking questions, and the reporter who asked the question was immediately driven out by the security guards.

As soon as this incident came out, some people immediately ridiculed Ni Yu's small temperament in the newspaper, and some people directly ridiculed him with Ni Yu's original evaluation of "The Legend of Wukong", saying that Lin Youlun's "books written while sleepwalking" can sell better than Ni Yu's new book, if he is Ni Yu, he will buy a piece of tofu and kill him.

The door slammed against the door frame, Ni Yu's face turned purple and returned to the study. The two eyes were like two fireballs, spewing with rage.

"When there is no hero, then the shaft becomes famous!"

Ni Yu smashed his fist on the desk, thinking that in thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, Lin Youlun had been proud for so long. It was also his turn to be unlucky, but he didn't expect that the situation was about to be a foregone conclusion, but he easily reversed it in an instant.

Resentment grew in Ni Yu's chest, and the anger was unbearable, and this account had to be retrieved from Lin Youlun.

"No, I haven't lost yet!"

Ni Yu suddenly raised his head. There was a fierce light in his eyes, and he remembered "The Legend of Wesley", which was adapted into a movie by Tydi Robin, and a sci-fi movie supervised by Lin Youlun for Xinyicheng would also be released at the same time, so he didn't believe that the sci-fi works would lose to Lin Youlun again. …,

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"Why is this happening, obviously that movie has failed, why can it be brought back to life?" Pan Disheng's blood was red, thunderous, and his face was hideous and terrifying, like a tiger in an iron cage, letting out a desperate howl. He put his head in his hands, sighed, and collapsed into his chair like a leaky rubber toy.

Zeng Zhiwei and Yu Rentai stood in front of Pan Disheng's desk, and they didn't know how to persuade Pan Disheng. "Journey to the West" staged a "Jedi counterattack" in Taiwan, but Lin Youlun himself did not expect this result, and it was impossible for others to guess in advance that such a thing would happen.

It's no wonder that Pan Disheng is so depressed, for a long time, Lin Youlun's threat has been like a mountain weighing on Pan Disheng's heart, and it is not easy to see Lin Youlun fail once, Pan Disheng has not had time to recover from the excitement and joy, and things suddenly took a 180-degree turn.

"Can't let him be so proud anymore!"

Pan Disheng stood up, his desperate and sad eyes flashing with unquenchable anger, his teeth gritted like an enraged lion.

Yu Rentai was stared at by Pan Disheng's cold gaze, like ice water poured on his backbone, chilling his muscles and bones, he knew what Pan Disheng wanted to ask, hesitated, and said stubbornly: "Mr. Pan, don't worry, in a month, I will definitely finish filming this movie." ”

Pan Disheng has no patience to continue waiting, "At most, in two weeks, I will see this film released in Xinbao, this time I want to let him taste what it is like to be defeated by himself!" ”

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Coming out of Pan Disheng's office, Yu Rentai immediately complained to Zeng Zhiwei: "Why didn't you let me speak just now? For two weeks, I couldn't make the movie at all. ”

"Do you think Mr. Pan can listen to you now?" Zeng Zhiwei shook his head, Pan Disheng's current state is afraid that no one will listen to him, Yu Rentai is just looking for interest when he speaks at this time.

Yu Rentai spread his hands, "When the movie is not good, how can you let me explain to Mr. Pan?" ”

Zeng Zhiwei stopped and glanced at Yu Rentai seriously: "Just give you a month, are you really sure that you will make this movie better than the one in Lin Youlun's hand?" ”

Yu Rentai finished talking for a while, he knew that the movie in his hand was just an imitation at best, and Lin Youlun's screenwriting strength was obvious to all, even if it was to copy his script, it was not so easy. Although the script of "Royal Sister 2" has been written by many screenwriters, the traces of rigidity are still obvious, and it is difficult to surpass the original version with this movie.

Zeng Zhiwei patted Yu Rentai on the shoulder, looked at the surroundings and saw that there was no one around, before he lowered his voice and said to Rentai: "Even if you succeed in this movie, do you think Mr. Pan can defeat Lin Youlun?" ”

Yu Rentai didn't say anything, and Zeng Zhiwei continued: "What did Mr. Pan buy Debao for? Making money from movies may be a reason, but I think the most important thing is to praise Miss Yang Ziqiong. The establishment of Xinbao Cinema Line is a mistake of Mr. Pan, of course, he may also be forced to be helpless, although I also hope that Xinbao Cinema can develop, but the actual situation is that Xinbao Cinema Line cannot hold up for too long in Mr. Pan's hands. ”

"What exactly do you want to say?" Yu Rentai looked at Zeng Zhiwei with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Mr. Pan has never regarded movies as his main career, and now he is just competing with Lin Youlun. Even if he loses to Lin Youlun, Xinbao Cinema collapses, and he has other businesses in his hands. But you and I are different, we may have to rely on movies for the rest of our lives, so we should take a long-term view and don't hang ourselves from a tree. ”…,

Zeng Zhiwei said that, how to figure it out is Yu Rentai's own business.

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Compared with the desertion of the premiere of "Moonlight Treasure Box", the excitement of "The Great Sage Marrying" when it was released was even greater, not only the leading actors in the two episodes before and after were all present, but also many stars came to cheer.

Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Zhang Manyu, Wang Guxian, Qiu Shuzhen The five heroines stood in a row on the red carpet, I don't know how many films were murdered, and Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda were surrounded by reporters.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect this film to be so popular, it may be the first time this type of comedy has appeared, so everyone couldn't accept it at first, and when I was persuaded by the director, I was actually very hesitant. The first episode has a box office of more than 20 million in Hong Kong, which is actually very good, but because everyone had high expectations for this film, they will be very disappointed. I believe that after such a period of time, everyone will be able to understand some of the deeper things that this film wants to express, and in this regard, I am really grateful to the Taiwanese audience and film critics, who have done a lot of interpretations of this film, so that everyone can better understand this movie. ”

"Journey to the West" caused a big sensation in Taiwan, and Zhou Xingchi immediately called Liu Zhenwei and told Liu Zhenwei what happened in Taiwan, and the tone was very different from before. Liu Zhenwei had already received a call from Shaw Brothers, so he didn't think it was strange for Zhou Xingchi's attitude to change, he knew that when he filmed "Shaolin Football", Zhou Xingchi would definitely be a very well-behaved actor.

However, Lin Youlun made a phone call to Liu Zhenwei later, and he was very moved.

Lin Youlun felt that when Shaw Brothers made the decision to stop filming "Shaolin Football", he did not resolutely oppose it, which made Liu Zhenwei suffer for a period of time, although now Shaw Brothers has regained trust in Liu Zhenwei, but Lin Youlun always feels sorry for Liu Zhenwei, so he promised to wait for Liu Zhenwei to finish filming "Shaolin Football", and then invest in supporting Liu Zhenwei to make a movie he likes.

When such a good thing came to his head, Liu Zhenwei's first thought was his good friend Wang Jiawei, who took the initiative to give up the opportunity given by Lin Youlun in exchange for Lin Youlun's support for Wang Jiawei to direct "The Legend of Wukong".

Even if Liu Zhenwei didn't make such a request, Lin Youlun would find Wang Jiawei to film "The Legend of Wukong", he agreed to Liu Zhenwei, and also told him that his previous promise was still valid.

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