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As Wang Xiaohu first predicted to Shen Zhong, the box office results of "Jumping Ashes" will be very hot, of course, this kind of fire is compared with other small film production companies, under the maintenance of the two major theaters of Concord and Shaw Brothers, the box office performance of "Jumping Ashes" exceeded 1.79 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, directly overpowering Wu Siyuan's Fengyue film "Official! I want to", becoming the first dark horse to start the box office war in 1977!
And the major media newspapers in Hong Kong also rushed to comment on "Jumping Ashes", among which Yu Yongjian of "Film Fortnightly" praised it on the front page:
"I am very surprised that Liang Puzhi and Xiao Fangfang have a vicious vision, the story of "Jumping Ashes" is somewhat of a needle and a disadvantage of the times, and it hits the nail on the head to include the current scene of Hong Kong's drug epidemic and social order chaos, and at the same time, this film also created a Hong Kong documentary-style filming method, and the shooting technique has also made bold attempts, including the use of color filters to express emotions in monotones, a large number of unskilled editing and zoom lenses, and a large number of blowing and percussion in music, and the use of "parody" to create an anti-hero image, so to speak, This film is fundamentally different from the current mainstream Concord films, and it can be said that this movie is the best proof of the growth of other Hong Kong filmmakers, and shows the determination and courage shown by Hong Kong filmmakers to reform the development of films! β
Yu Yongjian's article is full of passion and inspiring flavor, but the audience has long been accustomed to the story style and martial arts action of Concord Films in recent years, if it were not for the film's main police and bandits interspersed with gunfights, action and other popular elements, they may not be willing to buy it, after all, there is still a big gap between the entertainment surname of this movie and the works of Concord and even its four major satellite companies. γReading.comγ
Even if there is such a gap, it is undeniable that the film "Jumping Ashes" still attracted a lot of audiences, and with Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw as the behind-the-scenes promoters, the box office of "Jumping Ashes" suddenly rose to 3 million, and it was also released in Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other regions at the same time, and the box office results were very ideal.
At the beginning of the second week of the new year, Hui's company's "Genius and Idiot" began to be released, which finally made the long-lost Hong Kong audience happy, and now in the minds of Hong Kong audiences, the comedy of the Hui brothers is a must-see for the New Year, and the Xu brothers did not disappoint the audience this time, continuing their satirical style, bringing the funny to the fullest, and the box office results are naturally far away, and the high box office results of 3.4 million in Hong Kong in just one week, and the data continues to soar!
In the eyes of outsiders, Wang Xiaohu seems to be particularly favored by the Xu brothers, and completely gave the prime time of the Spring Festival file to "Genius and Idiot", in fact, Wang Xiaohu also did this, on the one hand, to speed up the later improvement of "Hong Xiguan", on the other hand, to carry out propaganda, everything is waiting for Valentine's Day next month, that is, when Wang Jiaen is his first birthday, it will be released.
The Hong Kong film industry is rarely lively this year, which also makes Wang Xiaohu deeply gratified, because he knows that the prime time of Hong Kong films is about to start, and more new wave films will appear after "Jumping Ashes", and in the field of kung fu films, Wang Xiaohu has his eye on Tsui Hark.
"Calculate the time, Old Monster Xu should go back to Hong Kong to develop, right?" Wang Xiaohu hugged Wang Jiaen and muttered to himself, Wang Jiaen, who was one year old in a month, grinned, spread out his little hands and grabbed his father's clothes, he knew the truth of safety first at a young age, after Wang Xiaohu said this, the little guy stumbled by mistake, and Wang Xiaohu laughed, "You kid think so too?" β
The little guy didn't continue to answer, and pressed his forehead against Wang Xiaohu's chin, full of energy, and Wang Xiaohu, who was happy, could only tilt his neck and retreat, for fear of hurting the little guy.
"Daddy Tiger, I have something to discuss with you." Twelve-year-old Li Guohao walked over at this time, sat on the sofa, pinched Wang Jiaen's fat face, and said to Wang Xiaohu seriously: "I'm going to go in and go to the book." β
"Say?" Wang Xiaohu frowned, "No, that place is too dangerous, not to mention that you should know that your father and I set off a lot of turmoil in Yueben back then, and the little devils also blocked me for four years, it would be too risky for you to go to Yueben, I don't agree!" β
"I'm not going alone!" Li Guohao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Huang Chunliang took me over to participate in the junior group of the Yueben Martial Arts Invitational Tournament. β
"Huh? Is that so? Wang Xiaohu squinted his eyes and looked at Li Guohao, and after a long time, he muttered: "You look at your brother, I'll ask." β
Li Guohao nodded, picked up Wang Jiaen and coaxed him.
In the study, Wang Xiaohu grabbed the phone and called Huang Chunliang: "Uncle Huang, I heard that you are going to take Guohao to the book?" β
"That's right, Karate Master Oyama Beida sent me an invitation to participate in the Sayben Martial Arts Observation Competition, and I intend to let the national tyrant Zhang Zhang see it."
"Don't you know that this is very dangerous, if I know that Guohao is the son of Brother Xiaolong, I will encounter a lot of trouble!"
Wang Xiaohu's voice was slightly angry, but Huang Chunliang smiled fearlessly: "Don't worry, Dashan Beida is also an outstanding leader in the karate world, and anyone he invites will not have an accident, you still have too deep prejudices against him, not everyone is hateful!" β
"I need to be responsible for Brother Xiaolong, after all, he is now Guohao's guardian!" Wang Xiaohu still insisted on a negative tone, very resolute!
"I'm half of his guardian too! Do you think that no one in the world can protect the safety of Guohao except you, or do you think that you have worked hard in the past few years? β
Huang Chunliang changed his words and replied to Wang Xiaohu in this way that was almost angry and questioning, which made Wang Xiaohu feel a little harsh.
"Master, what do you mean by that? I'm just talking to you about this for the safety of Guohao, and I don't mean anything arrogant! β
Wang Xiaohu also has a temper, what is this! Everyone in this world knows the mind of the little devil, if he didn't stop it, Brother Xiaolong is likely to die in a muscle oscillator or adulterated drugs, although Brother Xiaolong's death is a little unknown and even strange, once made himself slump and even sad to the point of gray hair, but he did not do anything to hurt Brother Xiaolong's reputation, in fact, what he did in the past few years was to maintain the reputation and even life of the raptor!
But now Huang Chunliang is talking to himself in such a tone, how can people accept it all of a sudden!
Huang Chunliang's heavy wheezing voice came from the phone, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "Xiaohu, it's the master's mistake, I shouldn't talk to you in such a tone, I do this to help Guohao's growth, after all, he is the only seedling of Jeet Kune Do, he has learned a lot of basic things from you and me in the past few years, and he has also practiced a lot in school, but if he wants to inherit the mantle of Xiaolong and revive the majesty of Jeet Kune Do, he must jump to a bigger stage to communicate and learn from other sects." β
"But he's still a twelve-year-old!"
"Don't forget that we were already working hard in society when we were 12 years old!" Huang Chunliang took a deep breath: "Xiaohu, I can understand your current mood, but there is an old saying, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, you can manage him for ten years, the next ten years, and the next few decades, you can't look at him for a lifetime and raise him for a lifetime, right?" Therefore, there are some things that they have to face alone, and some things can only grow after they are completed. β
"Hey!" Wang Xiaohu sighed, he didn't understand Huang Chunliang's good intentions, it's just that Li Guohao still has many uncertain factors in the future, Brother Xiaolong's death half a year earlier than in history is beyond his control, if Li Guohao has any more accidents, then how can he be worthy of Brother Xiaolong?
"Xiaohu, if you put 10,000 hearts, even if I, Huang Chunliang, die, I will also keep the last single seedling of the Li family." Huang Chunliang heard that Wang Xiaohu was a little loose, and immediately assured: "What's more, we have also come and gone for three days, and we are accompanied by the heads of other martial arts sects in Hong Kong, so there will be no problems in terms of security." β
"Well, I hope so!" Wang Xiaohu hung up the phone, propped up his forehead and exhaled heavily, hundreds of thoughts rose in his heart, and he pressed them down again. "After all, he is a dragon species, even if I can help him now, who can predict the future?"
Wang Xiaohu walked out of the study and said to Li Guohao, who was playing with his son: "Brandon, although I agree to your request to go to the book, you must promise me that you can't leave the sight of Master Huang for 24 hours!" β
βyes-sirοΌβ Li Guohao assured loudly that Wang Xiaohu could only shake his head with a wry smile.
In Huang Chunliang's mansion, Huang Chunliang put down the phone and said to Bruce Lee who was waiting by his side: "You still know him better, and you know that he will definitely not agree." β
The corners of Bruce Lee's mouth curled up and said: "I've worked hard all these years, I heard that Concord Company has many difficulties in issuing this book?" Hmph, let's help him solve this problem. β
"You've just recovered, so you should be careful." Huang Chunliang reminded.
Bruce Lee tightened his fists and said with confidence: "Senior brother, six years ago, I stood up and wanted the world to announce: I, Bruce Lee, cannot be defeated, and now I can still confidently announce to the world: I stand up again!" You should be able to see that I have made a big breakthrough this time compared to before, and sometimes I have to admit that there is still a lot of essence in traditional Chinese kung fu! β
"Hehe, do you want to talk about hand trying?" Huang Chunliang posed for asking, and Bruce Lee was eager to try
(To be continued)