Chapter 19: The Premiere
readx; "Xiangjiang talent, kung fu high-means tiger, the first kung fu film, "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" will be grandly premiered in Huaxia Cinema on July 13, leading cinema...
With the imminent completion of "The Vortex", various promotional advertisements for "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin" have also begun to appear in major media newspapers in Xiangjiang, and at the same time, the trailer of "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin" has also been inserted during the screening gap of Huaxia Cinema Line. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Duan Hu and others returned to Xiangjiang, the company had been promoting the premiere of "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" for five days, and the thousands of premiere tickets in leading theaters had all been sold out on the day of promotion.
I have to say that at this time, Duan Hu's reputation in the Xiangjiang film industry is getting bigger and bigger, although he has been famous in Xiangjiang and even Hollywood with a "Home Alone", but after all, it has not been released in Xiangjiang, and compared to the filmmakers and fans in Xiangjiang, if you can make a movie that sells in Hollywood, you may not be able to make a movie that sells in Southeast Asia, after all, the viewing tastes of the two are completely different. If it is said that the reason why Duan Hu's first film was sought after by so many people at the beginning was because of the curiosity about the movies he made and the fame in other aspects, then with the popularity of "A Tiger", the big hit in Southeast Asia is really recognized and sought after by the majority of fans.
At this time, Golden Harvest, the office building, inside the chairman's office
Zou Tycoon and He Guanchang were sitting opposite each other in front of the coffee table, Zou Tycoon poured each other a cup of tea, and then said slowly: "Ah Chang, the new work of the Xu Brothers Company is already in the late stage, you say, should we take some action on the new film released in Huaxia Theaters?"
He Guanchang slowly picked up the cup with tea, put it to his lips, took a sip gently, showed a faint smile, and said, "I should take some action, but I don't know how to take action?" Judging from the performance of the talented people in Xiangjiang, if it is not good, it will be us.
Zou Daheng listened, nodded, and responded: "Well, it's definitely not appropriate to fight hard, so we have to play a side game."
When He Guanchang heard this, he smiled and said: "This is a good idea, it not only protects our interests, but also harms the interests of others.
The day after returning to Hong Kong, Duan Hu held a company meeting.
During the meeting, Duan Hu said to everyone: "Everyone, after the premiere of "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", I will go to the United States again, so now let's discuss and arrange the development of the company for a period of time in the future."
After listening to Duan Hu's words, everyone fell silent.
After a while, a senior executive of the company asked, "Boss, what about the overseas distribution of the film released during this time?"
This person was the general manager of the distribution department introduced to him by his father, so Duan Hu raised his eyes to look at him and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen, this matter will be handed over to you, if it is less than 60% of the box office share, you can tell them where they came from and where they go back." "Duan Hu's box office share with many overseas distributors is not static, and the key depends on how well the local box office of Xiangjiang is.
At this time, another senior executive of the company said: "Boss, I think that with the development of our company, more and more films are being filmed, and there seems to be a lack of actors."
"Oh?" Duan Hu stared at his eyes tightly and asked, "Then what do you think is lacking?"
The company's senior management was stared at by Duan Hu like this, it seemed a little unnatural, he moved his body and said: "Boss, now the company counts you, there are a total of four directors, but our company's contracted actors are only three, and not all films are suitable for them to shoot, which means that when our company starts shooting new films, most of the time we have to invite starring actors from other places, which is equivalent to cultivating talents for others."
"Well, what you said is right, I have already considered this problem, so in the future I plan to open an acting school, specifically for the company to cultivate all kinds of talents, at the same time, if you know any talents, I also hope that you can try to pull them into the company, when the time comes, every time you attract a talent for our company, the company will give a generous bonus according to the situation, what do you think?" Listening to the words of the company's top management, Duan Hu nodded and said very approvingly.
After discussing it with many high-level officials, Duan Hu took a script, handed it to Xu Anhua and said: "Sister Hua, this is a script I wrote "Happy Ghost", now I will give it to you first, you will see when it will be filmed."
"Okay, boss." Xu Anhua took it and said.
"Huh? Boss, isn't there mine? Seeing Duan Hu handing over the script to Xu Anhua, Wang, who was sitting on the side, waited impatiently for a while, and saw that there was nothing to do, so he asked very consciously and aggressively, this kind of thing, he can't help but make a noise, otherwise he will have to hide in the toilet and cry.
Duan Hu naturally knew the meaning of Wang Jing's words, so he pretended to cough twice and said, "Ah Jing, I know that you are an expert screenwriter, do you still need me to write a script for you?"
"Ahem, boss, this is different, I used to write TV scripts, and I never wrote movie scripts." Wang Jing said that although the script written by Duan Hu may not be a big seller, Wang Jing still wants the script written by Duan Hu very much, at least he feels that this can ensure that the movie he makes will not hit the street.
"Ah Jing, our company has a screenwriting team, especially the editor-in-chief Brother Ming (Huang Baiming), he is a very great screenwriter, you should communicate with him more when you have time." Duan Hu listened to Wang Jing's words and said, especially when it came to the last sentence, he turned his head to look at Xu Ke and Xu Anhua.
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1978, July 13, night, Huaxia Cinema, leading cinema
One by one, Duan Hu's fans, audiences, and movie fans lined up and walked into the theater after buying some snacks in the theater's commissary.
The commissary of the theater, in later generations, was one of the sources of income for a theater, Duan Hu originally planned to do it himself, but after building it, he thought about it and still didn't do it himself, but invited some poor people who were originally selling snacks around to do it, and only charged them a small rent.
In the theater, when the audience was seated, it was already full of various media invited by Duan Hu, celebrities in the entertainment industry, and even Zou Daheng and He Guanchang, who were discussing how to deal with Duan Hu before, also came.
In the audience, at this time, an audience member turned to a fat man sitting on his left and asked, "Brother Sanmao, do you think this kung fu film shot by the boss is really as wonderful as Yuan said?" ”
The fat man tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "Don't doubt it anymore, with Yuanhua's character, how could he blow water, besides, with Boss Duan's ability, can't he make wonderful kung fu movies?"
An audience member sitting on the left side of the fat man suddenly said in annoyance and depression when he heard this: "Oh, even Yuanhua has become the protagonist, when will it be my turn."
"Haha," several spectators around him burst out laughing at his chagrin.
Several people laughed for a while, and a small man in front of him turned to the fat man and said: "Brother Sanmao, counting the opening and establishment of Huaxia Company, Boss Duan has invited us to jump to his company twice, he looks up to us so much, don't we really jump ship?"
The people around them fell silent when they heard this, and turned their heads to look at the fat man
Seeing this, the fat man sighed and said, "Ah Biao, Jiahe treats me well, if I change jobs like this, what do you think others will think?"
As he spoke, he changed his words and said, "But if you want to go over, go over there, the chances over there are much higher than those of Jiahe."
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Tiger Lord!!
Tiger Master !!!
Tiger Master !!
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When the time was about to march to eight o'clock and the premiere began, Duan Hu and a group of main creators appeared, and when they walked to the front desk, those fans shouted one after another.
"Hi guys, good evening, thank you all for coming to my movie premiere tonight." After walking to the front desk and signaling the audience to calm down, Duan Hu spoke.
"Oooh......
"Master Tiger, we support you.........
"Master Tiger, I love you......
With Duan Hu's words, those audiences in the theater shouted again, and even more crazy fans began to squeeze towards Duan Hu and the others.
Duan Hu looked at the behavior of these fans a little speechlessly, he didn't understand, are the current fans so crazy?
Motioning to the audience to be quiet again, Duan Hu said: "Friends, if you continue like this, the movie will start, don't you want us to show off the movie performance?"
"Yes, yes"
"Master Tiger, we are your fans, you can sing a song to us..."
"Don't, Master Tiger, we are your kung fu fans, you can show us a kung fu performance"
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Duan Hu was speechless again, and when he signaled the audience to calm down again, Duan Hu said: "Everyone, since some of you like my songs, and some of you like my kung fu, then how about I sing a song for you today and perform kung fu?"
"Good, good, good!!
"But if you don't sing well, don't throw me a banana peel!!"
The audience and fans laughed when they heard this, and the media reporters who were invited also showed strange smiles.
Looking at the enthusiastic audience in the theater, Duan Hu showed an inexplicable smile on his face, glanced at a place in the audience, and then turned his head to signal to the band that had already been prepared, and began to sing.
Five thousand years of wind and rain have hidden many dreams
The yellow face and black eyes remain unchanged and smile
Eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers are like a song
It doesn't matter where you're coming from and where you're going
The same tears, the same pain
The suffering of the past remains in our hearts
The same blood, the same species
There are still dreams in the future, and we will open up together
Hand in hand, you and I walk forward with our heads held high
Let the world know that we are all Chinese......
When a song "Chinese" was sung by Duan Hu with hoarse vicissitudes and full of emotion, it instantly shocked many audiences in the theater, not how well Duan Hu sang, after all, his singing skills are not how professional, but because of the meaning, artistic conception and feelings expressed by Duan Hu in this song.
Listening to Duan Hu's song, in the audience, a middle-aged man in an old Mao suit turned his head and whispered to a middle-aged man next to him who was doing the same thing as him: "How is it?" Do you think it's possible to win this young man over?
The middle-aged man bowed his head and said with a smile: "Didn't you hear this song?" He's hinting at us.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man in the old tunic smiled, and he said: "If we can get the support of this young man, I think this will be our greatest contribution to the party."
On the stage, Duan Hu, who finished singing a song, saw that many audiences were speechless and a little speechless, and he said loudly: "Audience friends, am I singing well?" I said before, if you don't sing well, you must not throw away my banana peel!! In the end, he made a joke.
"Hahahaha, oh oh, yes, yes, yes, one more song..."
Duan Hu naturally wouldn't sing another song with them, so he said loudly: "Audience friends, after we finish singing the song, shouldn't it be time for a kung fu performance?"
"Yes, yes, good, good...
Seeing this, Duan Hu smiled slightly, gestured to Yuan Yan who was standing aside, and then pointed at him and said to the audience: "Everyone, I don't know if you noticed him?"
???? The audience was puzzled, seeing it was seeing, but what does it mean?
Although they didn't understand what their idol meant, they still said loudly, "I see.........
"Okay, now that you've seen it, have you seen the plank in his hand?" Hearing the audience's reaction, Duan Hu said loudly.
???? I saw it, but what was the idol he was doing? Is he going to perform kicking the plank? That's too low-level, isn't it? didn't fit his idol identity at all, so the audience quit and shouted: "I didn't see it... Didn't see... Change one, change one...
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