Chapter 228: Shameful
"The love of humans and ghosts has struck for the second time, and the Christmas season has created another classic!"
"Forever Wang Guxian, forever Nie Xiaoqian!"
"Chen Ping'an incarnated as an infatuated little scholar, and teamed up with Wang Zuxian to perform the poignant ghost love again!"
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The three films released this Christmas, with only one night of their premiere in guò, made a winner in the minds of the media. {
It is true that "Detective Chocolate" and "Eight Joys" are excellent films of excellent quality.
The former adheres to the consistent style of Xu's urban comedy, Xu Guanwen's ruffian temperament and Xu Guanwen's naïve brain, the two stumble and gag in the film, and support all the jokes in the film with the old comedy experience.
The golden signboard of the boss of the Xu family is enough to support a large number of audiences to enter the theater to cheer for him, coupled with the help of two popular stars, Anita Mui and Hu Huizhong, the audience responded strongly on the night of the premiere, and the film was a sure seller.
The latter, as a middle-class yuppie movie, is also one of the main film genres promoted by Debao. Although there are stars such as Wu Yaohan, Feng Baobao, Lu Fang, Luo Meiwei, and Li Lizhen to help, the humor and funny in the film continue, causing bursts of laughter from the audience. However, the scarcity of the plot cannot be concealed, and many media secretly shake their heads.
Dark Horse International's "A Chinese Ghost Story" is different, although in the early active and passive publicity, the contrast with "People and Ghosts" and "Bloody Heroes" has never stopped, and "Sing Tao Daily" is eyeing up, which has put huge pressure on this movie before it is released. But after the release, the voices of skepticism and other voices of river crabs disappeared, and even "Sing Tao Daily" made an unprecedented positive report on "A Chinese Ghost Story". I didn't mention anything like Chen Ping'an's fake public and private interests.
"The film combines martial arts, monsters, thrillers, funny, and love, creating a precedent for Hong Kong stunt and monster films. Although the backbone of the film is a poignant human-ghost romance. However, it is quite alternative in terms of table xiàn techniques, and the visual effect is at its peak. This film may be able to usher in a new era for Hong Kong ghost films! ”
“…… The pinnacle of ghost movies. The film makes full use of various cinematic means to create a fantastical and mysterious artistic atmosphere. Nie Xiaoqian played by Wang Guxian is resentful and griefful, the wind blows the green silk, the clothes are fluttering, and the heart-warming eyes release a faint murderous intention, her long flowing hair, delicate and refined temperament, I see the image of pity, I believe it will leave a deep impression on the audience......"
"A song "Don't Come at Dawn". The poignant lingering singing endlessly. Last Christmas, Dark Horse International brought a deep marrow of human ghost love to the general public, and this Christmas, it brought an indelible human ghost love to Hong Kong citizens.
Last year's Chen Ping'an was a ghost, and this year's Chen Ping'an was a human. Whether it is a ghost or a person, the sincere relationship between him and the two heroines Zhong Chuhong and Wang Guxian will surely be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with the release of the movie, making people intoxicated and obsessed. Touched by the sadness ......"
Shi Nansheng asked Zhang Fengkui, manager of the Propaganda Department, to make statistics, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" accounted for four-fifths of the reports of the three films in major newspapers in Hong Kong. In the eyes of the media, "Detective Chocolate" is good. But there is no novelty or breakthrough, Xu Guanwen adheres to the consistent line, although the box office is guaranteed. But there's not much to report. And "Eight Joys" is not as good as "Detective Chocolate", and some newspapers even put the hard wounds of the scattered plot of this movie on the page. It made Pan Disheng very angry.
In various newspapers, the focus is on the filming, plot, and expression techniques of "A Chinese Ghost Story", as well as several actors such as Chen Ping'an, Wang Guxian, Wen Bibian and Wu Ma. When conducting a detailed report, Liu Zhihua of "Film Fortnightly" took a unique approach and pointed out another important factor why "A Chinese Ghost Story" must be a big hit.
"First glimpse of the dark horse special effects studio." This is Liu Zhihua's film review, which analyzes in detail the movie special effects widely used in "A Chinese Ghost Story", as well as the sophistication of the special effects.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" uses a large number of special effects shots, many of which are scattered throughout the movie, grandma's appearance, Yan Chixia's battle against Xiaoqing, the ultimate showdown with grandma, and the final showdown between entering the ghost world and the old demon of Montenegro are concentrated in several scenes.
All kinds of thrilling scenes, using countless special effects shots. The long tongue flies, the fire splashes, the ghosts run wildly, and the spells are gorgeous...... The sophisticated special effects design, a large number of extras, and the shocking big scene impact the audience's visual nerves.
In Liu Zhihua's words, film special effects have long risen in the European and American markets, and they have received more and more attention. On the other hand, in the Hong Kong film industry, since the opening of Hong Kong, countless movies have been filmed, and only the "Shushan" directed by Xu Ke in 83 years and "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Chen Ping'an this year really attach importance to special effects and use special effects in film shooting.
"Shushan" had mixed reputations, and it was a great sensation back then, but the investor Jiahe accompanied him without tears. And this year's "A Chinese Ghost Story", the special effects shots are obviously better than "Shushan", if the dark horse special effects studio can be used when filming "Shushan", I believe that the results of "Shushan" will be better.
What's more worth mentioning is that unlike the huge cost of "Shushan", the cost of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is only a few million Hong Kong dollars, and the sophistication of the special effects shots is amazing, and the future of the dark horse special effects studio is worth looking forward to.
Finally, Liu Zhihua analyzed and reminded Hong Kong filmmakers that according to the phenomenon that special effects have become more and more widely used in movies in recent years, he judged that film special effects will become the top priority in the future.
Hong Kong filmmakers should not rest on their laurels, the New Wave movement should not rest on its laurels or even disappear, and Hong Kong films must continue to innovate. Whether it is for their own pockets or for the future of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong filmmakers should take Dark Horse International as an example, continue to innovate in success, and constantly inject vitality into Hong Kong films, so as to make Hong Kong films last for a long time.
"Low cost? Phew! Xu Ke threw the newspaper containing Liu Zhihua's film review on the ground and complained, "What does he know!" ”
"As for being so angry?" Shi Nansheng picked up the newspaper, and after reading it, he immediately understood where Xu Ke's anger came from, "I think it's true, a lot of what he said is right." ”
"He doesn't know how much the boss has invested in the dark horse special effects studio!"
Xu Ke's anger comes from Liu Zhihua's belief that the special effects in "A Chinese Ghost Story" are low-cost, and it is easy to be misunderstood as his insinuation that Xu Ke wasted a lot of money when filming "Shushan".
The so-called low cost of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is because the dark horse special effects studio has not yet become independent, so the cost of special effects design is mainly paid to the three employees of Industrial Light and Magic. But if the huge tuition fees invested by Chen Ping'an are included, the cost of "A Chinese Ghost Story" will definitely exceed 10 million!
"Shall we understand?" Shi Nansheng comforted Xu Ke and changed the topic, "Don't say it, the boss's vision is really good, Wang Guxian's Xiaoqian looks too amazing, and her appearance is also very good." This time, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has completely established her status as a popular actress, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the Year of Wang Group this year. ”
"Yes, her Xiaoqian in the play is so beautiful and amazing, I didn't even notice it when she sent "The Working Emperor"."
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"Brother An, are people so beautiful?" Wang Guxian, who was sleeping, muttered vaguely, lying in Chen Ping'an's arms, with a happy smile on his face.
Chen Ping'an chuckled and shook his head, gently stroking Wang Guxian's fragrant shoulders and cheeks, recalling the audience's madness after the premiere last night.
Just like later generations, Wang Guxian achieved "A Chinese Ghost Story", and "A Chinese Ghost Story" also achieved Wang Guxian. Her Xiaoqian appearance is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has attracted countless people. After the movie ended, the main creative staff came to the stage to thank the audience, and Wang Guxian became the focus of the audience's eyes, even if he played Ning Caichen, he was completely covered by Wang Guxian's light at that moment.
The audience shouted Wang's name, and chaos began to turn out in the theater. The audience with their own cameras ran to the front row to take pictures, and the audience without cameras wanted to run on stage to ask for Wang Guxian's autograph. Some crazy fans ignored the staff's obstruction and climbed onto the stage to hug Wang Guxian.
The end of the premiere was delayed by more than 40 minutes because the dwarf cow escorted Chen Ping'an, Wang Guxian and others out the back door, avoiding the crazy audience.
Sitting in the car, Wang Guxian was floating. Before filming "Ghost Fight Zombie", she was just an ordinary newcomer, and "Ghost Fight Zombie" accumulated fame for her and became her first successful film, which was her escape from the ranks of newcomers.
Tonight is just the premiere of "A Chinese Ghost Story", but she already feels that she will become a first-line actress in the film industry because of this movie, truly realize her original dream, and become a hot and high-profile star.
"Brother An, will I be popular?" In the car, when Wang Guxian asked this sentence, his eyes were gradually blurred.
"Of course. I don't remember what I said......"
"I remember!"
After she handed over her first time to Chen Ping'an, Chen Ping'an told her that he had already written a script for her, and he was waiting for her to sign a contract, and she would become popular all over Hong Kong and Taiwan with that movie. At that time, she was in Chen Ping'an's arms, and she never forgot those words.
"Brother An, I love you!" Wang Guxian excitedly threw himself into Chen Ping'an's arms, kissed Chen Ping'an emotionally, and completely forgot that there was Zhang Min in the car, and Zhang Min was sitting on the other side of Chen Ping'an.
Seeing Chen Ping'an and Wang Guxian hugging and kissing, Zhang Min was like a lightning strike, and his mind once again recalled Wang Guxian's sentence "I'll go to you tonight" in the theater.
It turned out that the two of them were actually procrastinating, no wonder the boss would be so good to her, no wonder she would become famous so quickly......
In front of her, the two kissed and caressed as if no one was around, Zhang Min even saw Wang Guxian's little hand reaching into Chen Ping'an's trousers, and Chen Ping'an's hand also probed into Wang Guxian's shirt.
What a shame!
Zhang Min's face was flushed with shame, and he was so ashamed that he covered his eyes, but he couldn't stop Wang Guxian's coquettish moaning sound from burrowing into his ears...... (To be continued......) R752