Duan Zihao has always been known for creating miracles, but this time, Weng Meiling created a miracle for him.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Maggie Cheung's acting skills have grown by a dive.

Whether it is her rivalry with Leslie Cheung, or her own solo play, it is eye-catching.

In this regard, Duan Zihao, as the director, was surprised, Leslie Cheung as the actor was surprised, and even the mushroom king Wong Kar-wai was impressed by Maggie Cheung, a little girl, and said in his heart, if he has any drama in the future, do you consider letting this girl act, the shaping is very strong.

Indeed, in this play, if the whole drama of "The True Story of A Fei" is pressed on Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung only belongs to the green leaves that set off the red flowers, then this green leaf is also delicate enough, fresh, and impressive.

At least during the shooting, Maggie Cheung completely integrated her role into the character of the character, so that the shooting seemed so natural and smooth, without the slightest sense of disobedience.

In this regard, Duan Zihao was very puzzled, and he asked Weng Meiling what trick he used. Weng Meiling's answer was, invite me to dinner, and I will tell you.

It's just a meal, of course Duan Zihao can afford it.

That night, after Duan Zihao finished filming part of "The True Story of A Fei", he invited Weng Meiling to have supper.

During the supper, Weng Meiling told Duan Zihao how to tweak~ teach Maggie Cheung's skills.

She said that she and Maggie Cheung were both born in Hong Kong, and for them, the most familiar stage is not the set, but the scene, that is, the live catwalk.

Filming. It is necessary to design a good script so that the actors can play roles in front of the camera, and the catwalk of Sister Hong Kong is also designed in the order of appearance. Then they come out again to play their packaged selves.

Therefore, Weng Meiling said to Maggie Cheung, don't treat this place as a filming set, treat it as a catwalk stage, don't pay attention to any camera, you just need to pay attention to your own form - since the director has chosen you, then you will think that you have an imaginary place with the character. When you play yourself, you play the role!

After listening to Weng Meiling's skills. Duan Zihao was stunned.

He never thought it would be so simple.

Seeing Duan Zihao's stupid appearance, Weng Meiling couldn't help but feel funny, and suddenly raised her wine glass and said, "Okay, don't be in a daze." Come on, I wish you a successful start to this drama! ”

Duan Zihao toasted with her. At this moment, only he knew how big a problem Weng Meiling had helped him solve.

I hope that the drama "The True Story of A Fei" can be as Ah Weng said, and it will be victorious!

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In the blink of an eye, almost a month has passed, and Hong Kong ushered in the first schedule of the end of the year - Halloween.

To be honest, for this "Ghost Festival" imported from the West, it is far less lively than the traditional Chinese Ghost Festival on July 14.

But as a filmmaker. But I also attach great importance to this small schedule. Especially in Hollywood in the United States, every Halloween file is a big battle of small and medium-sized ghost films, and it is often the best time to run out of the dark horse.

Hong Kong. The land of the combination of China and the West, when it comes to Halloween, some small ghost movies will be concocted more or less to make a lively scene for the film industry, and those young people who like Western culture like to watch movies in this season, especially horror movies.

Meanwhile. Hong Kong's major bars also organize various "hell" activities, and some waiters wear devil masks to serve. There are also bunny girls dressed up in the appearance of green faces and fangs to serve wine......

In short, although Hong Kong's Halloween stalls are not as hot as those in the West, there are also some small buzz.

And it was in such a petty atmosphere that the zombie film "Mr. Zombie" filmed by Actor Entertainment was officially released.

For Duan Zihao, in fact, he thinks that it would be best if this drama could be released on the traditional July 14th, after all, the zombies in the play are in the shape of the Qing Dynasty, which is more in line with the atmosphere of the traditional festival, but the timing is not so coincidental, and it is not bad to be able to catch up with Halloween now.

Along with Actor Entertainment, there are also "vampire" movies shot by several small and medium-sized film companies.

This kind of theme can be sold very well in the West, but it is ...... It's a bit nondescript. After all, yellow-skinned and black-eyed Chinese come to play what vampire count, always giving people a sense of incongruity. It's like these vampires are stringing their nests and going off track......

Duan Zihao has the impression that there are actually quite a lot of movies of this type in Hong Kong, such as "A House of Whistle Tooth Ghosts" in his previous life, "Zombie Doctor", and "One Bite OK" and so on. Duan Zihao's deepest impression is "One Bite OK", this play is starring Lin Zixiang, especially his appearance in a cloak, which has a bit of a Western gentleman's taste, which makes Duan Zihao feel that he looks good. In addition, the vampires in Hong Kong are really lackluster, there don't seem to be any good breeds, but zombies are popular, and they are very popular with the audience. Therefore, Duan Zihao is very confident in this Halloween ghost film war, after all, his drama is down-to-earth.

In any case, this 10,000 Christmas in 1983 was definitely a crowd of demons dancing wildly, and the takeout was nondescript.

There are zombies, there are vampires, and werewolves are sent to join in the fun.

"Mr. Zombie" did enough gimmicks and publicity before the start of filming, including "Actor Entertainment Creates a Zombie Era", "The Past and Present Life of Exorcist Lin Zhengying", and "I don't know if I don't see it, I'm shocked when I see it" and so on.

Among them, in order to cooperate with the release of the movie, Lin Zhengying, as the leading actor, made great sacrifices. At the door of the movie theater, he dressed up as a Taoist priest, beheaded chickens, burned yellow paper, played ghost drawings, and called for wind and rain...... Let the reporters who interviewed them take pictures one after another. And take a commemorative photo with the audience who bought tickets to watch the movie, etc. Lin Zhengying was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and at the end, he couldn't rest, so he needed to run to another movie theater platform.

Fortunately, Lin Zhengying was born in an opera troupe when he was young, and he suffered a lot of hardships when he traveled south and north, and these tiring jobs are not a problem.

To be honest, although he was a little tired, Lin Zhengying was full of gratitude to the actor entertainment and the company's boss Duan Zihao.

Because he knows. How much effort did Duan Zihao spend to praise him, not to mention packaging and promoting this drama for him, it is said that it cost more than one million......

What's more, Duan Zihao has already decided. He will start filming a sequel to this play, the title of the film is "One Eyebrow Daochang", the starring role is still him, and his name in the play is still "Uncle Nine".

Look at it, I don't know if the box office of this drama is good or bad, and Boss Duan has paved the way for another drama for himself, what does it mean. If this drama doesn't work, let's make another one. Anyway, I've got you!

So, Lin Zhengying is grateful. Grateful five-body throws to the ground.

Let's ask, how can there be such a profit-free film boss in Hong Kong?

Here, Lin Zhengying is grateful to Duan Zihao. Duan Zihao over there is full of confidence.

Who says he doesn't worry about the box office? That's fake. However, because Duan Zihao knew that this "Zombie Dao Chief" would be a box office hit, he seemed so confident, so he designed a plan to shoot a sequel before the box office came out.

To be honest, he is not the kind of filmmaker who doesn't care about gains and losses in Lin Zhengying's mind, on the contrary, he calculates very accurately, and has long regarded Lin Zhengying as an indispensable brand to build.

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With the premiere of "Zombie Dao Chief", there were not too many people watching this drama at first, after all, this type of film is not suitable for young people. Older people like to watch it, and almost all of them are young people.

Therefore, the box office of the premiere was only 1.2 million...... This is very different from Duan Zihao's ideal number, in his opinion, it should be three million.

But for other studios. It's good enough that this kind of "zombie film" can get a 1 million premiere box office, don't you see that those vampire movies released at the same time only have a box office of 560,000? Some are even as small as 30,000 or 40,000...... In contrast, the results of this drama are already very eye-catching.

For Duan Zihao, such a result is really "very good", and the "good" ones are about to vomit blood.

Originally full of confidence, he was hit hard by the box office numbers on his opening day, Nima. The publicity investment of this drama is in the millions, and it won't even be able to recover the capital, right?

Duan Zihao began to feel a little unconfident. He wondered if he had backfired by releasing the show two or three years earlier?

However, it turned out that he was a little overwhelmed.

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Three days after the release of "Mr. Zombie".

Duan Zihao couldn't sit still at all, he, the fat man Wang Jing, and Lin Zhengying were all anxious.

I don't know what has become of the box office data in the past two days? If it's still a million or so hitting the streets, it will be miserable.

Jingle bells, and the phone rings in the president's office.

As the director of "Mr. Zombie", the fat man Wang Jingxin immediately lifted up, and Lin Zhengying, as the starring role, also became nervous.

As for Duan Zihao, compared to when he learned the box office data of "God of Gamblers" before, he was much calmer.

After all, the situation is different, "God of Gamblers" is starring himself, and the investment is large. The investment in "Zombie Dao Chief" is relatively small, and it is mainly for the sake of praising people, and then creating a "zombie series".

Duan Zihao answered the phone, and the report there was that the Hong Kong box office data would be fully counted in ten minutes, so wait for a while.

So Duan Zihao put down the phone and let Zeng Huaqian serve three cups of coffee, and the three old men with different moods sat down like pantomimes, drinking coffee, and their mouths were bitter or bitter.

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Looking at the clock beating on the wall, after almost ten minutes, Duan Zihao took the lead in getting up and said, "Okay, okay, we don't have to sit down, let's take the initiative to call and ask, the atmosphere is so tense, it's really uncomfortable!" ”

Duan Zihao straightened his clothes, then picked up the phone, took the initiative to dial a number, and half a minute later: "Hey, I'm Duan Zihao, how is the situation over there now?" ”

The fat man Wang Jing and the zombie Taoist Lin Zhengying both leaned their ears together, only to hear a voice say: "Very good, the box office has reached five million in two days!" Now the tickets for the first round and the second round are all snapped up! It's the same in other places, you can't buy a ticket even if you have money! ”

"Yay!" Wang Jing and Lin Zhengying hilariously bumped into each other, and then yelled: "Five million!" We've reversed, really reversed! ”

Duan Zihao was also a little stunned, this change is too fast, the day before yesterday was still a million, and the total box office in just two days totaled five million!

Is it really doubled?!

Soon, Duan Zihao figured out the situation, it turned out that in addition to being affected by the publicity before the release of Hong Kong movies, the biggest impact on the box office performance is "word of mouth"!

That's right, word of mouth!

As the saying goes, gold and silver cups are not as good as people's reputation.

The quality of a drama is only known to those who have watched it. And the drama "Mr. Zombie" just belongs to the word-of-mouth type of zombie films, and everyone who has watched this drama thinks that this drama is funny and funny, and of course, there is a little bit of horror.

Therefore, if you pass on me and I pass on you, the good reputation will spread.

"Have you seen Mr. Zombie? The two apprentices inside are so funny! ”

"Have you watched Mr. Zombie? The Taoist chief inside is too powerful! ”

"Do you know how to deal with Qing Dynasty zombies?"

"Does Lin Zhengying really know how to catch ghosts?"

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With these rumors, people began to become more and more interested in this drama, so the box office soared like gunpowder. With this amazing box office, Duan Zihao helped Lin Zhengying to create the image of "Zombie Taoist" also established. So much so that many people think that Lin Zhengying can really catch ghosts. Some people even called the actor entertainment company to invite Lin Zhengying to help the company open up the clouds, and some superstitious viewers even wrote a letter to ask Lin Zhengying to help give him some "ghost drawings", saying that these things can ward off evil in the New Year...... (To be continued)