"The grievances continue, Cheng Long attends the Li stage, and the Shaw Brothers Jiahe grievances escalate!" -- Ming Pao

"Breakthrough in the limits of the human body, breakthrough in visual impact, "Police Story", the most popular police film in Hong Kong!" -- Oriental Daily

"Twenty million - another new drama is out?" -- Sing Tao Daily

Early on the morning of December 11, all the newspapers in Hong Kong reported in detail about "Police Story", which premiered last night. It is easy to see from the title that "Ming Pao", which has a good relationship with Shao Yifu, is obviously biased towards Shaw Brothers, and makes a big fuss about the grievances between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in the 70s. In the report, the drama "Police Story" was first affirmed; then specially pointed out that Cheng Long attended the premiere, which meant that the cicada passed over the branches; Finally, to paraphrase Chen Ping'an's answer to reporters last night - when this drama is officially released, Golden Harvest will definitely regret it.

Sing Tao Daily is skeptical, as you can tell from the question mark in the headline. The report affirmed the breakthrough of "Police Story" in many aspects, such as speeding cars, explosions and fights, but at the end of the article, it turned around and pointed out that whether such a breakthrough can be accepted by Hong Kong audiences still needs to be verified by the market.

"Oriental Daily" is the only one of the three major newspapers to analyze from the perspective of movies, and the report pointed out that "Police Story" broke through the routine of bullets and bullets in previous police and gangster films with more intense fists and kicks, and it can be said to be the pioneering work of police and bandit action movies. A large number of actions that break through the limits of the human body in the film, as well as unprecedented explosion scenes, run through the whole film, stimulating the audience's eyes all the time...... Finally, it is pointed out that although it is difficult to follow the trend of this drama from the title, the author has reason to believe that there will be a large number of follow-up films without waiting for "Police Story" to be drawn.

Chen Ping'an's angry smashing of reporters last night was also reported by many tabloids. It is difficult for these tabloids to compete with big newspapers such as "Ming Pao", so they can only find another way, so there are exaggerated reports such as "Director Su Zì is low, beating reporters at the premiere", "Reporter asks sour questions, triggering group fights on the spot" and so on.

Early in the morning, Shang Geyundun brought back a bunch of newspapers from outside and carefully read them one by one. There were so many newspapers, but none of them reported on him, not even mentioning it, which made him push the newspaper to the ground in frustration.

Chen Ping'an didn't care much about these newspapers, and flipped through them at will, although some reports were aimed at him beating people, but none of the newspapers targeted the drama "Police Story", which shows that this drama was still recognized by the media. By the end, he found two film reviews that left his eyes wide open.

“…… is still suppressing evil and promoting good, and finally suppressing evil with good, as if there is already a Hollywood narrative style...... The tense rhythm is paved, and the humor is still interspersed, even when the fight is fierce, it is also a picture that makes people laugh. is different from the rain of bullets in previous police and gangster films, this drama is completely hard-working, fast and powerful...... In the back of the film, Chen Jiaju's long-buried helplessness after being cornered, and the roar that erupted after disappointment and resentment can be called a classic......

- Chen Baisheng"

"I like the fighting style in this play, first of all, this movie shows Cheng Long's personal martial arts style to the fullest, and the action design focuses on flexibility and the use of various props as much as possible, which is also the selling point of Cheng Long's kung fu comedy. Secondly, the action scenes of the movie are very real, whether it is the action scene on the double-decker bus at the beginning or the thrilling jump at the end, Cheng Long himself went into battle......

- Yishu"

Chen Baisheng is the editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", and Yishu is Ni Kuang's sister, these two people write film reviews completely because of their true intentions, they will never be gunmen and will not be disturbed by external factors, they say good, then they must feel good.

On December 12th, the Christmas schedule officially kicked off, and a Christmas war kicked off.

The online painting of Golden Harvest Courtyard is "The Owl and Dumbo" produced by Debao, directed by Hong Jinbao and starring Lin Zishen, taking the commercial route of ingenious thousands of techniques and urban comedy, gathering a large number of stars, such as Ye Dexian, Yang Ziqiong, Feng Qualum, Wu Ma, Chen Xinjian, Lu Dawei, etc., which are highly expected by Golden Harvest.

The online painting of the Golden Princess Theater is naturally the work "Merry Christmas" by Xinyicheng. The film is directed by Gao Zhisen, a cutting-edge director of Xinyicheng, and the cast is not inferior to "The Owl and Dumbo", which covers a number of popular stars such as Mecca, Chen Baiqiang, Xu Xiaofeng, Li Lizhen, Zhang Guorong, etc., and has strong plastic surgery.

The online painting of the Anleum is the American movie "A Christmas Story". Due to the small number of cinemas under its umbrella and the fact that they mainly screen Western films, Anle Cinemas will not be taken into account in the general schedule war. As for some independent cinemas, it is even less of a consideration.

In the past few years, the Christmas war has always been a competition between Golden Harvest and New Art City, but as soon as the "Best Partner" series came out, New Art City had the momentum of who competed with it. Golden Harvest, which has been pressed by the New Arts City for two years, if this year's Christmas schedule can't turn over, it will make the New Arts City win three consecutive championships! So far, the top of the annual box office list is still the "Best Partner Queen's Secret Order" of Xinyicheng, with a box office of more than 29 million, less than 800,000 to enter the ranks of 30 million, which made the generals of Xinyicheng sigh for a while.

As for the former giant Shaw Brothers, they have basically fallen to the level of Anle Cinema Line, and they are no longer qualified to participate in the schedule war of Golden Harvest and New Art City. But this year is an exception, the birth of "Police Story" has made Shaw Brothers enter the ranks of the Christmas War again, and the triwizard battle is about to begin!

"Ayu, let's go watch "Police Story", I heard that the speeding cars and explosion scenes there are very exciting."

"Don't go, I want to watch "Merry Christmas", I want to watch Zhang Guorong!"

……

"Like a flower, the ticket for "Merry Christmas" is gone...... Don't hit me, why don't we go and watch "The Owl and Dumbo", shall we? ”

"Look at a fart, go watch "Police Story", I admire Cheng Long's kung fu the most, but it's a pity that he doesn't accept apprentices."

……

"Old Bean, I want to watch "Merry Christmas", will I watch "Police Story" next time, I beg you."

"Good boy, let's watch "Police Story" today, and then watch "Merry Christmas" at Christmas. Well-behaved, obedient. ”

……

"Bring me two copies of The Owl and Dumbo at seven o'clock."

"This is the ticket you want, please take it."

……

"I want five seven-o'clock tickets for Merry Christmas."

"I'm sorry, the seven-o'clock field is sold out, do you want the nine-o'clock one?"

……

"Buy three copies of Police Story at Seven, hurry."

"There's only one left at seven o'clock, why don't you buy one at nine?"

"Well, then give me a seven-o'clock field first, and then three nine-o'clock fields, and I'll finish reading it first, and I'll watch it a second time later."

……

After several years of success, New Arts City has established a good reputation among Hong Kong citizens, forming a vote of "Friends of New Arts City", many people say that as long as it is a movie of New Arts City, no matter what the name is, they will watch it.

So as soon as the Christmas War opened, New Arts City took the lead, pressing Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers underneath. However, Chen Ping'an's various propaganda and Cheng Long's appeal are not far behind, although "Police Story" is inferior to "Merry Christmas" in Xinyicheng, but it surpasses Golden Harvest's "Owl and Dumbo".

There are, of course, exceptions.

For example, in a theater in Yau Ma Tei, a young man with tattoos pushed away the citizens who were queuing, walked to the ticket office and auctioned a wad of money: "Seven o'clock "Police Story", fifty tickets, hurry!" ”

"I'm sorry, there aren't so many tickets for the seven-o'clock game, is the nine-o'clock game good?"

"Nine?" The young man turned to the other side of the street and yelled, "Boss, there are not enough tickets for the seven-o'clock show, is it okay to play at nine?" ”

"You decrepit boy can't handle such a trivial matter! Lao Tzu said that you want to watch the seven-o'clock field, you can figure it out yourself! ”

"Yo, who do I think, isn't this Jordan Bearboy?" A middle-aged man in the ticket buying line sneered.

"Malegobi, you dare to talk to Brother Xiong like this!"

"Go to Nima, do you have a share of the mouth!" Brother Xiong kicked over the little brother and ran in front of the middle-aged man, "Sir Liang, don't be surprised that the little brother is not sensible, why are you here too?" ”

Liang Sir said with a stiff face: "Let your people be honest, the director has spoken, let us all watch "Police Story" when we have time, you don't restrain yourself, be careful to invite you back for tea." ”

"Understood, understood. Nima's, Lao Tzu said that you have to line up, you kid has stuffed donkey hair in his ears! ”

The policeman was brought to see "Police Story", which was completely unexpected by Chen Ping'an, because this was the embodiment of Shao Yifu's energy. Since the rise of Golden Harvest, in the late 70s, Shaw Brothers was overwhelmed by Golden Harvest, and the famous Brucelee first wanted to join Shaw Brothers, but because of Shao Yifu's "frugality", he was poached by Golden Harvest.

Shao Yifu intends to devote his energy to wireless, but it does not mean that he has completely let go of his grievances with Golden Harvest. Now that he has the opportunity to fight back and vent his evil anger, how could he miss the opportunity? Therefore, at a celebrity banquet two days ago, he briefly mentioned the play "Police Story" to the Commissioner of Police, and gave the other party four tickets for the premiere, which happened to be the Commissioner of Police's family of four.

After going to the premiere, the Commissioner of Police praised "Police Story". Half because of Shao Yifu's face, and half because of "Police Story" itself. So far, there is no film in the Hong Kong film industry like "Police Story" that positively eulogizes the Hong Kong police in the new era, since the mid-70s after the anti-corruption storm, the Hong Kong police have been sparing no effort to reshape the image of the police, "Police Story" This drama is very suitable, he even asked the Public Relations Division to consider how to make the Hong Kong police with the help of "Police Story", the image of the image to a higher level.

Just when the three parties of New Arts City, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers were busy counting the first-day theater attendance and box office, Chen Ping'an took Shang Ge Yundun, Dwarf Niu, Zhang Ziyang, Luo Lixian, and Guan Jinpeng into the Causeway Bay Night Market leisurely.

He has done everything that should be done and can be done, there is no need to stare at the number jù, he believes that Fang Yihua will ask Wang Jing to send all the numbers over early tomorrow morning. All he had to do now was rest, as well as ...... Looking for actors.

After walking around several times, he finally saw a young man in a corner of the market who was setting up a stall selling trinkets, shouting very hard......