Chapter 132: A New School of Martial Arts Movies

In September 1983, the long-awaited "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" finally began to be officially released, as Li Lianjie's first film in Xiangjiang, it can be regarded as highly anticipated, after all, a "Shaolin Temple" has set off a frenzy of Shaolin Temple on both sides of the strait.

"The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" is a series, there are a total of ten movies, which are more about martial arts and case investigation, the scene is smaller than "Shaolin Temple", but the plot has become a lot more compact, among which the tribute to martial arts can be said to be everywhere.

Of course, the biggest change is the style of fighting, which is different from the previous martial arts movies with a board and a glance and a hard horse with iron bridges, director Liu Jialiang combined the fighting of the "Shaolin Temple" movie, as well as Han Ziguang's Jianyì, under the guidance of martial arts instructor Yuan Kui, he already has the style of a new martial arts movie.

Han Ziguang doesn't have much hope for the box office of the "Shaolin Temple Detective Legend" series of movies, it's more of a temptation, at least the cost is not particularly high, even if it is a loss, he is not particularly distressed, and the actors in it basically don't have many big factions.

Among them, in addition to the protagonist Li Shaobai played by Li Lianjie, Di Bafang is played by Xu Jinjiang, who is fierce in itself, but it also complements each other, and Long Jiu is played by Stephen Chow, so Stephen Chow plays the two thieves of Long Jiu and Sikong Xingxing.

Stephen Chow, as the starring role of Happy Ghost, is not easy to participate in the form of cameos in two movies, but he doesn't particularly care, at this time it is enough for him to be able to practice, after all, he can learn a lot during filming, and Han Ziguang is also trying his best to develop his funny style to lay the foundation for future movies, especially the second part of "Happy Ghost" is basically certain to start, he is naturally the absolute protagonist, I have to say that the light and shadow entertainment company has planned to build him into a trademark-like storage zài.

Of course, I have to say that Stephen Chow has a lot of talent in acting, the most important thing is that he loves this job, especially for being funny, he is simply self-taught, plus the two thieves he plays are the kind that are raunchy, which gives him a lot of room for performance.

"The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" did not hold a premiere, and the publicity efforts were naturally not as huge as "Happy Ghost", but it also started to be screened at midnight, and the reputation is still very good.

Enjoyable! Many people who love martial arts movies, after coming out of the cinema, are excited, in their hearts, this is the real martial arts movie, and compared to the Shaw Brothers martial arts is just a piece of, no wonder no one is willing to watch it.

In addition, the previously released "Six-Fingered Piano Demon" was compared with each other, which made martial arts fans compare, especially in the entertainment section of "Light and Shadow Daily", which reported a lot of interviews with the audience, so that word of mouth naturally began to spread, and many people automatically bought tickets to see what the merits of such a highly touted martial arts movie are.

The fermentation of word-of-mouth instantly made the people of Golden Harvest and New Art City dumbfounded, no one thought that Han Ziguang could really make the martial arts movies that had already reached a dead end glow with a second spring, and the people who were still waiting to see the jokes had a feeling of being powerful and having nowhere to go.

The summer vacation in September has just passed, and it was originally the moment when the movie fever period has just passed, but no one thought that the movie "The Legend of Shaolin Temple", which has not been optimistic, has a tendency to explode, even if it cannot be compared with "Happy Ghost" and "Five Lucky Stars", but there is also the possibility of impacting tens of millions, what is the concept of a small-budget movie impacting tens of millions of box office? Best of all, it's a movie series!

Han Ziguang naturally went to the cinema to watch the movie in person, and when he saw that the style of martial arts was basically the same as what he said, in the eyes of this audience who was already visually fatigued by old-school martial arts movies, it was naturally very impactful, and even produced a sense of doubt that he could still fight like this.

The most important thing is that Li Lianjie now seems to have improved acting skills, but every action is smooth and handsome, and it instantly caught the audience's attention.

Han Ziguang also has to admit that he is worthy of being a martial arts champion, and he is really just one word when he fights, handsome!

Li Lianjie once again caused a whirlwind in Xiangjiang after "Shaolin Temple", and there is no doubt that his value is also rising, the first day box office of "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" reached 900,000, plus 100,000 Hong Kong dollars at midnight, a total of 1 million box office.

When the box office came out, it instantly shocked everyone's attention, because now martial arts films have reached 1 million Hong Kong dollars and are good, 2 million is a small hit, and 3 million Hong Kong dollars is a big hit, and the box office on the first day reached 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which made Shao Tycoon's mood become dull.

Han Ziguang doesn't care about these, in his opinion, if the company wants long-term development, it must have a long-term vision, once the martial arts movie can be revitalized, then it can open up a way for the company to live, the situation of martial arts movies is indeed extremely embarrassing, the previously released "Midnight Orchid" has been criticized by the audience, but "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" can make the audience love, and there are many food for thought.

It's just that once "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" becomes popular, it is inevitable that many people will compete to imitate it, and there is no way that one of the major features of Xiangjiang filmmakers is imitation, but Han Ziguang is not worried, because only Li Lianjie's martial arts movies can make that feeling, not everyone can shoot it, he is ready to wait until Li Lianjie's acting skills are almost sharpened, and he is ready to ask Tsui Hark to start the "Huang Feihong" series of movies.

The box office of "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" on the second day did not go as low as expected, but it was 300,000 higher than when it was released on the first day, reaching an astonishing result of 1.3 million Hong Kong dollars.

Han Ziguang wrote a report in "Light and Shadow Daily" under the pen name of Han San, and the eye-catching title was: The revival of martial arts movies.

As soon as the report came out, the analysis of the movie "Shaolin Temple Detective Legend" was instantly explored at a deeper level, which analyzed the professional aspects of the play, so that readers also knew why "Shaolin Temple Detective Legend" was filmed so well, and of course there are some goofs.

Immediately afterwards, Light and Shadow Entertainment Company also threw out a news, that is, after the movie is released, the videotape of "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" will be released simultaneously, and it will be accompanied by some interesting tidbits during filming, as well as some reduced shots, which will make fans of "The Legend of Shaolin Temple Detective" addicted, and at the same time, it has also driven a new wave of movie-watching craze and made the movie box office soar further.