"Hong Kong films have created another miracle, and the box office has entered the era of 30 million! - Ming Pao"

"The peerless "Saint of Gambling" is popular all over the world, and the nameless boy Zhou Xingchi is popular in Xiangjiang. ——Sing Tao Daily"

"The Saint of Gambling" meets "Teppanyaki", and alternative comedy has sprung up. - Cheng Bao"

"The Saint of Gambling" broke 30 million at the box office, leading the Hong Kong film frenzy! - Oriental Daily"

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On the afternoon of the day when "The Saint of Gambling" broke 30 million at the box office, various newspapers and news media were like sharks smelling blood, and various comments and congratulatory voices came out one after another. I think they have already prepared the draft, and they have been staring at the box office growth of "The Saint of Gambling", just waiting for this critical moment to be released to fight the layout.

Li Xuan and his subordinates were already happy at this time.

Where all kinds of news media want to be interviewed, invite them to participate in the event; Merchants please endorse, please catwalk; Other film companies invite people to star, and even the cameo price is comparable to that of the movie starring; The small hotel sponsors the celebration banquet for free, which attracts popularity.

The bustling crowd suddenly squeezed through the threshold of Xuanyuan.

The film critics who have been scolding and shouting since the release of "The Saint of Gambling" have also suddenly closed their chattering mouths. No matter how they scold now, the super high box office and record-breaking of "The Saint of Gambling" are indisputable facts, and they are just humiliating themselves if they continue to talk about it.

It is true that this movie did a lot of hype at the beginning under the name of the sequel to "God of Gamblers" and Chow Yun-fat, but the result of breaking 30 million was out of the blue, completely washing away the suspicion that this movie used Chow Yun-fat to fight for the position.

Shi Qi, a well-known film critic in Hong Kong, wrote in the "Filmmaker's Café" column of his "Ming Pao Morning Post": "...... Wu heard the name of "The Saint of Gambling" for the first time. I felt a wave of surprise and amazement. Within half a year, director Li Xuan released two gambling-related movies in a row. Inevitably, there is a suspicion of teaching bad children and fried cold rice. But the contemptible 'people are soft-spoken'. I won't comment on it here.

However, when "The Saint of Gambling" came out, many people were surprised by the difference between this movie and "God of Gamblers". Although "The Saint of Gambling" has a holy word, the whole film has no words and deeds of a saint, which can be regarded as a 'leftover'.

"The Saint of Gambling" does not have the brotherly righteousness of "God of Gamblers", only laughter and scolding among friends; There is no "God of Gamblers", only the protagonist's calculations remain; Without the domineering spirit of "God of Gamblers", there is only the continuous struggle between the grassroots.

"God of Gamblers" can be described as a god, and "The Saint of Gambling" is a person. God is high up and can only be fascinated. People are low and around.

So compared to "God of Gamblers", we prefer this gambling 'leftover' with a grassroots temperament. Some people say that this movie directed by Li Xuan has no connotation at all, and only does things like laughter and scolding, but it is a bit nitpicking. Zhou Xingchi in "The Saint of Gambling" obviously inherited Xu Xiwen's consistent cold humor style, and further exaggerated this kind of cold humor that is close to the grassroots in Hong Kong, deducing his own style, making us seem to see a new generation of comedy kings.

This Zhou Xingchi can be regarded as a general! ……”

Shi Qi's film reviews have always been in the style of the vernacular, and he is very idle when he thinks of writing wherever he wants. But many people in Hong Kong like to read his film reviews with a strong personal style, otherwise he would not have gotten a column of his own in the "Ming Pao Morning Post".

So this summary of his film review came out. It can be regarded as the final name of "The Saint of Gambling".

On the night of the celebration banquet of "The Saint of Gambling", Zhou Xinchi, who was called "a general" by Shi Qi, was happily and tangled by a large group of reporters at the gate of Fulinmen.

"Ah Xing, what's your next movie?"

"This, it depends on the company's arrangement."

"Mr. Zhou, what do you think of "The Saint of Gambling" breaking the box office record?"

"I'm very happy and thank you all for your support."

"Ah Xing, do you have a girlfriend?"

“……”

Zhou Xingchi squeezed into the Fulinmen from the pile of reporters with a waterfall sweat on his face, fortunately, there were security personnel inside to maintain order, but he was not afraid of being besieged. While cursing in his heart in a whisper to Wu Mengda, Yuan Qiongdan and others, Zhou Xinchi swayed into the banquet hall.

Tonight, Li Xuan chartered the entire second floor of Fulinmen to hold a celebration banquet, not because he had too many people under his hands, but because there were many people who didn't usually come when Li Xuan held a celebration banquet today.

For example, the pillars of Shaw Brothers, Di Long and Hui Yinghong, the news of the imminent closure of Shaw Brothers Pictures is now well known in Hong Kong, and people in Shaw Brothers have also begun to find their own way out. Now even the three major directors of Shaw Brothers, Chu Yuan, Li Hanxiang and Zhang Ce, have run away, how can these actors who eat dead wages not seek a future for themselves.

Fortunately, the internal management of Shaw Brothers is also turning a blind eye, and they can't control their private attendance at other people's banquets, which makes many people in Shaw Brothers think about it.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Di Long and Hui Yinghong, who have cooperated with Li Xuan's company, are now coming to the celebration banquet.

And this time, not only a lot of people from the Shaw Brothers came, but even Golden Harvest also came a lot, such as Hong Jingbao and his Hong family class. After all, Zou Wenhuai had asked Li Xuan for an invitation, so it was not surprising that other people from Jiahe could come to the celebration banquet.

To be honest, Li Xuan still admires Hong Jingbao very much, although he has never been ranked among the top stars in Hong Kong, and he is always stabilized by his junior brother Chenglong, but his popularity is really nothing to say.

How many people can mix like a fish in water in Wanda, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, and even Shaw Brothers Cinemas now? Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng don't count, it's because the background is too deep.

After all, there is only one Hong Jingbao!

In the past two years, the share of action directors in Hong Kong movies has become heavier and heavier, Yuan Jiaban and Liu Jiaban have not developed much, a small fight and a small fight and a trapped Shaw Brothers, but Hong Jiaban has become more and more powerful, adding a lot of newcomers that Li Xuan has heard of, and their people occupy two tables at tonight's celebration banquet alone.

As for Chenglong's family class, because Chenglong doesn't like his subordinates to take jobs outside, he doesn't have the demeanor of the Hong family class at all.

There are many people in this banquet hall, and there are also many people who greet Zhou Xingchi and send congratulations, so no matter whether Zhou Xingchi knows him or not, these people come up to compliment.

As a result, when Zhou Xingchi walked to the table, his face was already stiff with a smile.

"You people, don't be righteous, say let's come together, and when I pee back, all of them will be gone!" Zhou Xingchi, who finally calmed down, began to crusade against everyone indignantly.

"Pretty boy, it's the first time you've participated in the celebration banquet." Wu Mengda said with contempt and said, "If we come in with you, we won't be annoyed to death by those reporters." ”

"Damn! So you resolutely left me and ran away? ”

"Uh-huh——!"

Zhou Xingchi looked at the few people in front of him in amazement, these guys actually admitted it shamelessly! If you're careless in making friends, who are they......

"Hey, haven't you noticed that there are a lot of people from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest here tonight?" Huang Qiusheng changed the topic on the side and whispered.

Yuan Qiongji nodded and replied: "The people of the Shaw Brothers are very panicked now, I heard that they are all looking for a way by themselves, and many people have gone to the wireless to shoot TV." Now they're sitting here and they're still Shaw people, maybe in a few days they'll be our colleagues. ”

"Colleague?" Wu Mengda touched his chin, suddenly bumped Zhou Xingchi's arm, and said with a cheap smile: "Ah Xing, your chance has come." ”

"Opportunity? What chances? Zhou Xingchi asked inexplicably.

"Bubble girl, how can a young man not have a girlfriend!" Wu Mengda said a word, and then pointed to the Shaw family and said, "Look at the chick next to Hui Yinghong, is she young and punctual?" ”

“……”

Several people at the table were stunned for a moment, and then they all rolled their eyes at Wu Mengda, and they were speechless about this guy's old indecency. But after they took a closer look at the chick, they felt a burst of admiration for Wu Mengda's eyes.

That chick is indeed beautiful.

"Hey! Feed! Uncle Da, you can't just care about Ah Xing. Huang Qiusheng secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said a little unevenly: "I'm also very young, but I'm only three months older than Ah Xing, I said it's better than ......."

"Mr. Li is here!"

In the banquet hall, a commotion suddenly remembered that interrupted Huang Qiusheng's words, and everyone got up or turned to look at the door. (To be continued......)