The end of 2002 is a very memorable month for Chinese films. In December, two big events happened, first "Infernal Affairs", which was released in Hong Kong on the 12th, and then "Hero", which was released in mainland China on the 14th.

The significance of the two films goes without saying, but what is more interesting is that "Infernal Affairs" has achieved the final glory of Hong Kong films, making this cultural complex that grew up with countless young people die in an almost tragic attitude; And "Hero" just opened the curtain of the era of blockbusters in the mainland, and even its production experience and publicity methods have become the standard template for commercial films in the future.

One is slowly withering, the other is vibrant, not to talk about any historical coincidences, only the movie is sad.

It is said that before the release of "Infernal Affairs", in order to be worthy of its huge cost and star lineup, the film began a heartbreaking publicity campaign. Chu Qing, as one of the main actors and investors, should have participated in the planning, but he hid in a small coal kiln and filmed, and he didn't hang himself at all. There was no way, Media Asia had no choice but to shoulder the morality on his shoulders and finalize the whole process by himself.

Lin Jianle made a very painful plan, first sent Andy and Wei Zai to Singapore to start a round called "Asian Premiere". Then he pulled back to the mainland and made a "Hong Kong premiere", which is not over, the distribution was not rolled out all at once, but it was first tested in the big theater like squeezing toothpaste.

After waiting for a week, okay, let's go ahead with the "third round premiere." ”

Don't look at the toss, the effect is really good. "Infernal Affairs" was released eight days ago, and it swiped 22 million at the box office, and two weeks later, this number has exceeded 30 million, breaking the highest two-week box office record in Hong Kong film history.

The friends were stunned, to be honest, no one expected much from it, just did their best to obey their fate. For example, Liu Dehua, his estimated box office is only more than 20 million.

But the current situation, wow! I went crazy with the kind of dare that I was afraid of, and I went straight to 50 million.

Now, it's a big deal! Everyone who is lucky enough to be a part of it can't be more hilarious.

In fact, in the final analysis, in addition to the fact that the movie itself is hard enough, it is also important to touch the feelings of Hong Kong people. The guy who wrote the copywriting for "Infernal Affairs" definitely contributed a lot, and pressed a sentence early: "Hong Kong film to save the city!" ”

That's what I said, and I thought it was a joke before it was released. But after the release, the audience and film critics took a look, yo, it's really hanging! There are new ideas, technology, acting skills, forced style, and proper masterpieces.

Just like "Shaolin Football", Hong Kong is in desperate need of morale-boosting movies. No one is willing to squirt, a word of praise for water. And with the increasing influence, the filmmaker has also added fuel to the fire, the concept of "saving the city". More and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Hong Kong people are proud, watching the once incomparably glorious film industry gradually decline, and others cannot understand the sadness. So. They either genuinely support it, or blindly follow the herd, and G-spot is provoked anyway.

Just like Andy attended an event. Nearly 1,000 fans held banners of "Elite Save the City, Break Records Continuously" to give encouragement.

Quality, publicity, feelings, and the integration of the three laws have created an infernal legend. Anyway, the movie was a success, the actors rushed to help every day, and the newspapers were swiping headlines every day, grabbing any new news and breaking the news in time:

"Infernal Affairs Shocks the World, Berlin Film Festival Invites Participation"

"Liu Weiqiang and Lau Dehua both said: I hope the Berlin Film Festival can boost overseas distribution"

"Lin Jianle personally confirmed that the second part has been scheduled to start"

"The Five Movie Emperors on the Same Stage Drama Group Secret Biography Five Absolute Titles"

"Shi Nansheng laughed and planned to invite F4 to star in the Infernal Prequel"

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These messy news, not to mention those brainless fans, readers with a little IQ looked at it, and suddenly felt bad: the first few are quite normal, what the hell is that F4 in the end?

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said that Chu Qing's side, "Blind Well" greatly exceeded the expected cycle, and it took nearly a month and a half to shoot.

On December 16, the movie was finally finished, and the first thing he did was not to order a meal, but to invite everyone to take a shower.

Twenty or so old men, bare and wrapped in a bathhouse, first washed, then soaked, then steamed, and finally rubbed. Ouch, a handful of black mud with oil splashes is a layer of black mud, and the bath master is called enjoyable, and the strength, technique, and psychological tolerance have also reached the peak of their careers.

It's easy to pick them up, and the people poke their heads out, the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and they are all snow-white and clean. At this time, he dragged these grandsons to eat Hesse.

The relationship between the crew is not very familiar, some came first, some couldn't bear it and ran away halfway, and some joined later, but at the moment they were all very close, pushing glasses and changing lamps on the wine table, crying and laughing, laughing and crying, crying and laughing.

Chu Qing and Li Yang didn't drink much, they hid next to them and talked about the distribution plan, and they were very unanimous and decided to send them to Berlin to compete. Then the time is very tight, the Berlin Film Festival will be held in early February next year, that is, there is only one month to do the post-production.

Although the task was heavy, Li Yang did not appear worried, and was full of confidence.

Everyone is an adult, just vent your pleasure, the green mountains do not change the green water, there will always be a day when the rivers and lakes will reunite. But Wang Baoqiang can't do it, the first time the stupid boy experienced this kind of parting, it was so uneasy that he couldn't help himself.

That night, Ya properly poured herself too much, got drunk for a night, and got better the next day, but as soon as she mentioned returning to Beijing, she was about to separate, and she couldn't help but start crying.

Li Yang had to coax and persuade, as if taking his son.

Chu Qing was more practical, knowing that he was living a hard life, so he gave him an extra salary, which was enough for him to change to a better rental house and often go out to open a small stove.

Wang Baoqiang was very reluctant to him, and when he was leaving, he still dragged other people's clothes and chattered.

Chu Qing, as a peer and eldest brother, encouraged a few words and gave two very sincere opinions:

1. Correct your accent and try to speak Mandarin as much as possible.

2, don't play Nezha.

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On the 17th, the two flavors. To be exact, it's the two flavors of the old address.

With the opening of two more branches of the restaurant, Huang Ying's things suddenly became N times more, and she is currently the actual person in charge of the three stores, procurement, pricing, dishes, hygiene, and service. Finance, etc., are all handled single-handedly and in an orderly manner.

Not to mention others, even she herself was surprised that she could exert such great energy.

She is also 25 years old this year, she has faded her youth, her long hair is tall, fair-skinned and delicate, and she is not the timid little girl for a long time. The whole body exudes a sense of practice and transparency.

Recently, she has also learned to drive, and with her savings she has bought a practical car, and spends her days commuting between three stores, her studio, the vegetable market, the industrial and commercial tax, and her home.

But Huang Ying is not a standard strong woman, the gentleness in her bones cannot be changed, and these two temperaments are mixed together. It gave her a wonderful attraction.

She is now in contact with a wide range of people, whether he is married or not, as long as he is a man with normal physiology, he will express a little meaning to the girl.

But Huang Ying always refused. It's not the ambiguous kind, but it's crisp and neat. This makes a vote of suitors sad and wondering.

For this matter, Cheng Ying persuaded her a lot. Don't you have any more feelings?

Of course, the girl denied it, saying that her goal at this stage was just to work hard. Don't want anything else.

Ahh Every time, Cheng Ying's big eyes are exchanged, a liar? I don't want to fall in love at the age of twenty-five, you are a difficult little virgin!

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Ying appeared in the store on time.

The old employees all know in their hearts, if Mr. Huang, a busy man, can appreciate the light, it must be that Mr. Chu is back.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Ye Kai's car to stop at the door. The employees were more excited, after all, this was the big boss, combing their hair and wiping their faces one by one, and lined up to greet them.

But when Chu Qing entered the door, everyone took a look, ho!

That countenance, that look, that devil's pace, a proper migrant worker!

Everyone was so frightened that they forgot to say hello, Huang Ying was also stunned, and hurriedly leaned over and called: "Brother!" ”

"Hey, Xiaoying, is the meal ready?" He asked.

"Uh...... All right! ”

The girl didn't expect him to ask this in the first sentence, and looked back again, and said, "Brother, where is your luggage?" ”

"Let Xiao Ye send home."

He simply answered, stopped talking, and walked upstairs silently. Huang Ying felt a little weird, but she couldn't say it well, so she had to accompany her upstairs.

The two of them entered the small room, sat down for a while, and the meal was ready, very simple, two dishes and one soup, and a small pot of rice.

Chu Qing took a bowl, picked it up and began to eat, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, put them in his mouth, chewed slowly, and chewed for half a minute in each bite. He still had his head down, his eyes didn't make contact at all, and he didn't say a word.

Huang Ying sat across from him, and the more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "Brother, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, I'm fine."

"Then why don't you laugh?"

"Huh?"

He was stunned and asked, "Didn't I laugh?" ”

"No, you haven't laughed since you came back." Huang Ying shook her head and said.

"Oh, I'm probably too tired." He didn't care.

The girl pursed her lips and stared at him for a while, but she could not see anything wrong, so she gave up for the time being, picked up the spoon in her hand, and was about to serve him soup.

Chu Qing put down the chopsticks, stretched out his hand and said, "Hey, I'll do it myself!" ”

As he spoke, he took the spoon and picked up the bowl, and served the soup slightly clumsily, and ...... Suddenly, his elbow crutched, and he accidentally scraped off a chopstick.

He frowned and leaned sideways to pick it up, his eyes angled to Huang Ying.

"Phew!"

The girl shuddered, and was a little frightened.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Qing pulled a napkin and wiped the chopsticks carefully, unaware.

"No, it's fine." She reluctantly answered.

He nodded, continued to eat, Fang ate two bites and stopped, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said, "By the way, these two addresses, you can pay some money every month." ”

"What is this?" Huang Ying was inexplicable.

"Two children, dad is dead."

"Uh...... That, then how much do I play? How many years? She asked blankly.

He paused for a moment and said, "You can decide the money yourself, just hit them, just hit them until they graduate from college." ”

"That's good."

In the evening, Chu Qing returned home.

I threw those dirty clothes into the washing machine first, and took a hot shower myself, I wanted to watch TV, but I didn't want to get up when I went to bed on the sofa.

filming "Blind Well", it seems that all the energy has been exhausted, leaving only exhaustion and a strange sense of depression. It's not big, it's not small, it's not light, it's not heavy, but it's really pressed on the chest and slowly seeping into the heart.

In fact, he noticed something, but he didn't pay attention to it, and just thought it was finishing syndrome.

The clock was ticking, the night was getting thicker, Chu Qing was sleepy while lying down, and reluctantly picked up his mobile phone to call Fan Xiaoye, but the other party still didn't answer.

"Smack!"

The phone fell to the ground, and the person fell asleep. (To be continued......)