Chapter 307: Rumors of Unspoken Rules
Tonight, Golden Harvest's "Ghost Bride" and Dark Horse International's "Once Upon a Time" held premieres at the same time.
No matter from the perspective of lineup or type, "Ghost Bride" has completely exploded "Huang Feihong".
The heroes and heroines of "Ghost Bride" Zhou Yunfa and Wang Guxian are the most popular male and female stars nowadays, with strong box office appeal, and supporting roles such as Wang Xiaofeng, Ye Dexian, and Qin Pei are also actors that the audience likes to see.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Xiaofeng's resentful big eyes and subtle and deep expression have won her many ghost film appointments and successfully created the image of female ghosts.
Urban comedy and ghost films, red flowers and green leaves, "Ghost Bride" contains too many popular movie elements, and there are top stars starring, you can't want to attract people.
On the other hand, "Once Upon a Time". The actor Li Lianjie is a mainland boy, and although the Shaolin trilogy has achieved a good box office in Hong Kong, it still fails to open up a situation for him in Hong Kong. The heroine Guan Zhilin is a beauty and a news figure, but she is a vase, and in terms of popularity and fame, she is far inferior to Wang Guxian, who is popular in "A Chinese Ghost Story".
The two partnered and lost to the combination of Zhou Yunfa and Wang Guxian.
The supporting roles are not bad, Zhang Xueyou is an upstart in the music industry; The big-eyed brother Mo Shaocong is sunny and handsome, which is quite popular with female audiences, and even has the "reputation" of male vases; Zheng Zeshi is an absolutely powerful actor, last year's Golden Horse actor, but they are not the protagonists......
And "Once Upon a Time" is a costume martial arts film. With the liquidation of Shaw Brothers, it marks that martial arts films are dead, even worse than the original gambling films. And costume films...... If there were no "A Chinese Ghost Story" last Christmas, most costume films would be inseparable from the concept of Fengyue.
Judging from these aspects alone, the premiere of "Huang Feihong" should not be as popular as "Ghost Bride", but because the director of "Huang Feihong" is Chen Ping'an, and Chen Ping'an has just saved the gambling film with a "God of Gamblers", many people are full of expectations for this "Huang Feihong".
Judging from the excitement of the premiere alone, the Taiping Theater is no less than the Maritime Theater.
Outside the gate of the Maritime Theater, even though there were a large number of citizens anxiously waiting for the appearance of Zhou Yunfa and Wang Guxian; Outside the Taiping Theater, there were also a large number of spectators waiting for Zhang Xueyou, Mo Shaocong, Guan Zhilin, and Chen Ping'an.
Zhang Xueyou's girlfriend tonight is, of course, his girlfriend Luo Meiwei, who rushed back from Japan to accompany him to attend the premiere of "Once Upon a Time".
When the two appeared at the entrance of the Taiping Theater, they not only caused screams from the audience, but also attracted the attention of reporters. Zhang Xueyou and Luo Meiwei's relationship has long been made public, and the sweetness of their love goes in and out together, and it has been exposed by reporters in newspapers.
However, tonight, the reporter's interview with them has nothing to do with the relationship between the two.
The reporters' questions about Zhang Xueyou focused on the movie "Huang Feihong", asking him what he thinks of this movie, how he feels about working with Chen Ping'an, and his girlfriend Luo Meiwei is an artist under Dark Horse International, whether he will also join Dark Horse International.
For Luo Meiwei, reporters pay more attention to the "Midnight Bell", which is being screened in Japan and causing a sensation. After being re-released by Tong Guò for the second time, "Midnight Bell" has not diminished in popularity and has been respected by Japanese citizens.
Not only did the Japanese media praise the Hong Kong-style thriller and Chen's thriller, but even many Japanese directors, especially horror film directors, have highly respected this film, believing that this film has an extremely important impact on the development of Japanese horror films, like a light in the night, pointing out the direction of the development direction of the huge and messy Japanese horror films. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a textbook.
The audience's reaction was also very strong, especially the audience who had seen the uncut version and survived, and they all went through various channels and bluntly said that the horror of the deleted version was far inferior to the uncut version.
But for Japanese audiences who have not seen the uncut version, the current cut version is terrifying enough, and the uncut version is even more terrifying than the current version...... Come to think of it, at least after the release of the cut version, I didn't hear that the audience was scared to death.
Several of the main actors of "Midnight Bell" are popular again in Japan with this movie.
Hiroyuki Sanada used to be a popular star in Japan, and this time he starred in "Midnight Bell", successfully proving to the Japanese audience that he is not only a star who can fight, but also a powerful actor with excellent acting skills, and he does not necessarily have to shoot action movies, he can also succeed in other types of movies!
The success of "Midnight Bell" not only proves this, but also creates a new way for him to play. He's already had multiple slice offers, more than half of which aren't action movie deals.
For this reason, he called Chen Ping'an many times to express his gratitude, saying that he should go to Hong Kong to thank him in person, but now he is too busy to leave. He also said that in the future, he would definitely go to Hong Kong to thank him in person, and if Chen Ping'an had time to come to Japan, he would definitely entertain him well, do his best as a landlord, and express his gratitude in his heart.
Chen Ping'an did not suspect that this was Sanada Hiroyuki's polite words, no matter how bad his impression of Japan was, the Japanese humility could not be denied.
Lin Qingxia already has a large number of fans in Japan, and through "Midnight Bell", her popularity, fame, and the number of fans in Japan have been greatly improved, and her popularity is close to Zhong Chuhong, who has begun to decline recently. Some Japanese film companies have contacted Zhang Guozhong and want to make an appointment for Lin Qingxia, and they are also preparing to shoot horror films like "Midnight Bell".
Follow-up films are not unique to Hong Kong, and there are all kinds of films in various countries.
Since the year before last with "The Love of People and Ghosts", Zhong Chuhong became the most popular female star in Hong Kong and Taiwan in Japan, Zhong Chuhong's main energy has been concentrated in the United States. Although she sometimes goes to Japan to go to the cave, after all, there are no more works released in Japan, and her fame in Japan cannot be maintained, and a decline in popularity is inevitable.
Although "Autumn Fairy Tale" made her and Chen Ping'an elected as the best couple on the screen by Hong Kong citizens, with a box office of more than 30 million, because of cultural differences, even Chen Ping'an did not dare to guarantee whether the Japanese audience would be able to recognize this movie and what kind of results this film could achieve in Japan.
Most of the popular Hong Kong films in Japan are police and bandits, gunfights, violence and action movies. Not to mention Cheng Long, who is the most popular and popular in Japan, just look at Li Saifeng's filming, which is co-produced by Hong Kong and Japanese film companies, "Angel Action".
Yuan Jieying, Luo Meiwei and Chen Jialing did not play a heavy role in "Midnight Bell", but the terrifying atmosphere created by Yuan Jieying and Luo Meiwei at the beginning still won the love of many Japanese audiences.
What really impressed the Japanese audience with the three girls was the movie promotion and the commercial events they attended, in which the happy girl trio performed a youthful beauty and energetic song, which was very different from the terrifying atmosphere of "Midnight Bell", which impressed many Japanese people.
Therefore, although the three of them are not the protagonists, they received a film contract from a Japanese film company first, which is a youth film genre, but they are not the protagonists.
It can be said that the main actors in the play have benefited from a "Midnight Bell", and the reputation of Dark Horse International in Japan has been significantly improved, further opening up the Japanese market.
Reporters interviewed Luo Meiwei repeatedly around "Midnight Bell", and finally a reporter asked which actor in "Midnight Bell" Japanese audiences were more interested in, but they got an unexpected answer from Luo Meiwei's mouth.
"The Japanese media and movie fans are most interested in Li Jiaxin, who plays Sadako."
Li Jiaxin is too low-key, low-key and mysterious. Not to mention Japanese fans and the media, even the Hong Kong media have a strong curiosity about Li Jiaxin.
At the beginning, Chen Ping'an ran to Maryknoll Convent School, found Li Jiaxin at the school gate, and announced in a high-profile manner that she would be invited to play the heroine of a horror movie while she was still in middle school. During that time, the attention of the Hong Kong media was almost focused on her, trying to figure out the relationship between Chen Ping'an and her, and why Chen Ping'an asked her to play the heroine.
At that time, her name frequently appeared in the newspapers, which attracted the attention of many citizens. But after "Midnight Bell" was completed, she didn't make any moves, and even Chen Ping'an didn't sign her. After the movie was completed and the crew was disbanded, Li Jiaxin returned to school and continued her studies as before, preparing for the entrance examination.
Before the release of "Midnight Bell", the entrance examination was over, and the main actors in the play went to Japan to promote the movie before its release, leaving Li Jiaxin alone...... What the hell is Chen Ping'an doing? Or did he make some non-trivial request to Li Jiaxin and was refused, and he blocked Li Jiaxin in a fit of rage?
It's not impossible, at this year's Oscars, Chen Ping'an banned the humiliating Chinese Sharon Stone in an alternative way, and the news has long been transmitted back to Hong Kong.
"Why didn't Miss Li Jiaxin go to Japan with you?"
Luo Meiwei was just about to answer, but Zhang Xueyou suddenly touched her lightly with her toes. She is not a newcomer who has just debuted, so why don't you know that this is a pit dug by reporters?
"I don't know the specific situation, you can interview the person concerned or ask Mr. Chen directly."
Of course we've interviewed the people involved!
Li Jiaxin's role in the play is second only to Lin Qingxia and Sanada Hiroyuki. "Midnight Bell" caused a sensation in Japan, and only she did not go to Japan to participate in film promotion and commercial activities, so that there were rumors that Chen Ping'an's unspoken rules were attempted.
Hong Kong media have interviewed Li Jiaxin for a long time, but although Li Jiaxin is young, her previous experience as a part-time model makes it more than enough for her to deal with these reporters who will not be kind. In addition to showing her most beautiful side in front of the camera, in the face of reporters' questions, she basically only had one sentence: "I don't know, you can ask Mr. Chen." ”
I want to put news from Chen Ping'an's mouth...... It's better to go home early, wash and go to bed.
Just when the reporters surrounded Zhang Xueyou and Luo Meiwei, a silver-gray BMW stopped in front of the Taiping Theater, and Chen Ping'an and Zhang Min, dressed up, walked down. R1152