The "Dunhuang" of the two brothers and sisters of the Luo family premiered in China in May, of course, the domestic box office is difficult to count, and there is no need to make statistics.

In this era, if you want to make money in movies, you still have to go to the Hong Kong market, especially the markets in Taiwan, Nanbang, and Southeast Asia.

If you can break into Japan, it will be really awesome, because the above markets combined, it is estimated that it is comparable to the Japanese market.

That's why Hong Kong movies in the eighties and nineties had so many content that beautified Japan, curryed favor with Japan, and forcibly added Japanese elements, because the market was huge!

This kind of thing is not a shame, except for a small number of films that deliberately belittle the image of China to elevate Japan, which is disgusting, this strategy has indeed made money from Japan, and it has also given Hong Kong films a certain market in Japan, and many Hong Kong stars have become household names in Japan.

What is really disgusting is that 30 years later, the market in China will be bigger than Japan at the moment, so Hollywood has begun to deliberately add Chinese elements.

But those Chinese elements don't seem to be currying favor with the Chinese, maybe they want to do it, but in the consistent American arrogance, as well as the stereotype of China, especially under the impression of the media's perennial brainwashing, these Chinese elements have basically become disgusting Chinese, and the content of scandalizing Chinese is not related to beautification at all, and most of them can't even explain the basic facts.

The most outrageous thing is that Americans really plan to use these disgusting Chinese things to make Chinese money, and even let you be a harlequin is to promote you, is to promote you, you must be grateful, this is really disgusting people.

Wu Jie didn't want to think about these disgusting things anymore, he only knew that the Taiwan market in the 80s must not be thought about, and the two Luo brothers and sisters were aiming at Hong Kong, Nanbang, Southeast Asian markets, and Japan, the largest market in Asia before the millennium.

The first stop is naturally the Hong Kong market, this "Dunhuang" has been released in Hong Kong in mid-July through the resources of "Yindu Agency" in Hong Kong.

This market is not difficult for them, after all, the investor of the film is "Umbrella Film and Television", which is Wu Jie's company.

If he can make a cameo in the movie, then it will not be difficult to raise his banner in the promotion and want to enter the Japanese market, or even the European market.

In fact, the film is really going to be released in the UK, but it will probably take at least a year to do so.

Europe's relatively mature film censorship and import system is not comparable to the chaotic markets of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

If a Chinese film wants to be released in Europe and the Americas, the process will inevitably be extraordinarily long, and it will take two years for everything to go smoothly.

But the box office of the first stop in Hong Kong alone was enough to make "Yindu Organization" and "Umbrella Pictures" laugh three times.

This is naturally due to the hard quality of the movie, although from Wu Jie's point of view, this "Dunhuang" only achieves a basic smooth narrative in the plot, and then there are some small highlights in editing, camera movement, and soundtrack.

But in terms of the concept and character creation of the film, it still only stays at a relatively superficial level, and there is no profound connotation in the plot, it is a low-profile version of the wolf warrior-style patriotic popcorn movie.

However, this kind of quality is very good in the commercial movies of the 80s, and it is not these that are really attractive, but the action scenes that can be played with super high scores in the 21st century.

The fast-paced narrative advancement of the whole film, the sharp style of editing, and the five-minute and ten-dozen exciting scenes can basically make the audience be in excitement and excitement all the time, and even go to the toilet for fear of missing a good show.

And the most awesome thing is naturally that all the fight scenes are purely hand-fought between two brothers and sisters, with almost no special effects assistance.

But this kind of visual fist to the flesh, with a full sense of strength and actual combat, and at the same time can do more exciting action scenes than dance, in Wu Jie's eyes, he has almost touched the threshold of art!

So once this unprecedented movie was released, it quickly created a sensation in China that far exceeded that of "Shaolin Temple" three years ago!

With their excellent appearance, the two brothers and sisters look even better than Jet Li, which naturally further expands this sensation!

In mid-July, after the film came to Hong Kong for release, it not only won the favor of most theaters and private cinemas, but also caused a sensation in Hong Kong.

Now "Dunhuang" has been released in Hong Kong for a month and a half, and almost every show in the previous month was full, and many theaters are showing this movie eighty percent a day, which is far more popular than "Shaolin Temple" two years ago, and also more than any movie released in Hong Kong.

On the one hand, this popularity made the two siblings quickly become household names in Hong Kong, making "Yindu Institution" and "Umbrella Pictures" famous.

At the same time, it also made other movies released in Hong Kong during this period encounter Waterloo, because when everyone sees "Dunhuang", which is crushed in any way, and then goes to watch those movies that are shoddy and can't even do the basic narrative, it will really feel hard to swallow.

So Mai Dangxiong's "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" hit the streets, Gao Zhisen and Huang Baiming's "Happy Ghosts" hit the streets, and even Jackie Chan's "Fast Food Truck" itself is not of bad quality, but it still changed the release time directly to September, unwilling to compete head-on with "Dunhuang" to affect the box office.

This is obviously a smart decision, the quality of "Fast Food Truck" is quite high, but the 84-year-old Jackie Chan does not have as high appeal as later, if it is hit hard in the case of "Dunhuang" being released first, it will also be sparse!

The same is true of the development of things, the two siblings quickly completed the filming of "Iron Horse" in the mainland in early September, and the popularity of "Dunhuang" in Hong Kong is still lingering.

At this time, you can see audiences with more than three tickets for "Dunhuang" from almost any theater, and the Hong Kong media concluded after a survey that it is conservatively estimated that more than seventy percent of the audience will choose to watch the film a second time, because it is really not enjoyable to watch only one side!

The accurate box office figures obtained by Wu Jie will definitely make Hong Kong filmmakers fall into deep envy and jealousy, because counting the box office of only one month from mid-July to mid-August, this "Dunhuang" earned 28 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, surpassing last year's Hong Kong's No. 1 box office "Best Shot Shows Magical Powers".

But this is only the box office of the first month, from mid-August to the end of August, although the box office of "Dunhuang" began to decline, it still surpassed other films of the same period, so the 30 million box office mark must have been crossed long ago.

The Hong Kong media is already predicting whether the film can set a new record and hit the staggering new record of 40 million?

But for the two siblings, the Hong Kong market is still too small.

If the film is released on a large scale in Japan, it will probably create a box office figure that will make the whole world sensational.

It's a pity that the film introduction and review process in Japan takes at least half a year to complete.

In addition, the Japanese distributor and the share requirements of the Japanese theater chain are also very dark.

At this stage, they are undoubtedly on the weak side, and this kind of cooperation can get 3 cents in a dollar, and it depends on the world's popularity and the high quality of the film to have a chance to negotiate.

So as you can imagine, this negotiation process will also be very time-consuming.

The problem with the two siblings is that they don't have enough global influence, even in Asia, which makes the quality of the film sufficient, but they still have to be exploited by the Japanese side once, and in the end, it is difficult to get even 20% of the share.

But the 20% box office share is their bottom line, so they still need some honors to negotiate terms with distributors in Japan, Europe, and the Americas.

The two siblings thought about it and decided to have their new film "Iron Horse" participate in the international film festival in Venice in September.

If they can be shortlisted for the main competition unit, it is best to win the "Silver Lion Award" or the Special Jury Award, which will allow them to have a leap in international popularity, which is also the fastest way to accumulate international influence.

However, when it comes to this "Iron Horse", it can be filmed so quickly, in addition to the fact that this era does not require too exquisite post-production and does not need computer special effects, it is because the filming time of "Dunhuang" is too long.

Therefore, the script of "Iron Horse" has been written a long time ago, and many of the sets in the movie, and even some of the filming are carried out at the same time, including many staff and actors, who are also rushing back and forth on both sides.

But even then, the film actually took a month and a half to make.

This speed is actually not too amazing compared to Hong Kong movies that are so fast that they have no friends.

Hong Kong's counterparts are called fast, the most extreme speed is a week to give you a state that you don't have from the script, the speed of light to the stage of passing the review and filming, I ask you if you are afraid?

This "Iron Horse" has been polished for a while, and even laid a lot of foreshadowing for "Huang Feihong" at the end of the year.

Luo Wen naturally played Huang Qiying in this movie, and Tie Ma Liu was changed to a female role, which was naturally played by Luo Xi.

This movie still does not pursue too high ideas in the main body, and the plot and character creation do not seek too much depth and connotation.

As long as these three aspects can be explained and expressed smoothly, people will not have a sense of disobedience.

But in terms of editing, camera movement, especially art and soundtrack, this "Iron Horse" still put a lot of effort into it.

For example, the soundtrack of "Men should be self-reliant" has been used in this movie, but the lyrics and singing have not yet been filled, and this will not be used until "Huang Feihong".

The core selling point of this "Iron Horse" is still the thrill of fighting to the end, as well as the high difficulty and beauty of the martial arts design, and at the same time making people look like they have a high degree of actual combat.

Luo Wen used the Shaolin boxing of the hard bridge and hard horse in the movie, and Luo Xi used Wing Chun, and the background was also changed to the descendant of Yim Wing Chun, in fact, in this movie, she is the first protagonist.

However, the general plot has not been greatly changed, but some repairs and optimizations have been made to the original version, such as the vulgar scenes that come with Hong Kong movies, and this version must be cut.

This kind of commercial film can't be too literary, it doesn't matter if it's "vulgar", but it can be more accepted by the public.

But forget about "vulgar", ", pee and fart" can not be appreciated with elegance and vulgarity, that is, something that can't be on the stage, and it is not a real spoof and nonsense, and if you see too much, your IQ will decline.

The biggest difference in this version is that the lines are more flavorful than the original, and it is much more reasonable, basically doing it when it should be serious, passionate when it should be excited, and banter when it should be joking, and there is no longer the impetuousness and exaggeration that Hong Kong movies bring in order to make money as soon as possible.

The whole movie, whether it is the set or the line design, will give people a sense of turmoil before the troubled times, thus forming a sense of oppression from the inside out.

But through the confrontation between the protagonists and evil, the audience can find a little residual warmth in this darkness, allowing people to maintain hope in despair, and at the same time, the deleted and modified jokes can also play a role in icing on the cake, rather than dominating the audience.

As for the foreshadowing left for the next "Huang Feihong", it is naturally the iron horse played by Luo Xi who taught Xiao Huang Feihong a set of stick techniques.

This plot is in the original version, but there is no name for that stick method, and this version has been changed to a six-and-a-half stick in Wing Chun, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing for the future filming of "Ip Man".

In this movie, Luo Xi not only shows the two unique weapons in the Wing Chun Gate, the six-and-a-half stick and the eight slash knife, but also the display of the Wing Chun boxing method.

Xiao Huang Feihong's actor in this movie, they found Zhao Wenzhuo, who had just won the junior championship of the National Wushu Championship.

This character is re-set in the movie to have short hands and long feet, and this skeleton is suitable for practicing leg techniques, but not for the boxing techniques that Huang Qiying passed on to him.

If Huang Feihong continues to practice like this, he will be far inferior to his father Huang Qiying in the future.

So in a plot in the movie, Luo Xi handed over the six-and-a-half stick to Huang Feihong.

This stick method is naturally the kung fu that will be displayed when he first learns with Nalan Yuanshu in the future, and as for the shadowless feet, it is obviously Huang Feihong's original martial arts according to his own characteristics.

The two brothers and sisters of the Luo family are naturally not like Hong Kong movies that are only for money, always an IP is popular, or a theme sells well, everyone swarms to follow the trend and plagiarize, and often only highlights the word "fast" in the production process, including plot combing, which is also "fast" for "fast", ignoring the coherence and rationality of the story, let alone operating IP.

But this "Iron Horse" is a rare outlier in the original plane, because the original version can be linked to the main story in many places, which is obviously some effort.

Now, after optimizing it, the two hope is to design a "Wong Fei Hung World", so as to derive more films around it, which will be provided with the freedom of their own screenwriters and directors in the future.

Wu Jie also knew on the plane that this IP would definitely be popular throughout the entire Chinese cultural circle, and this "Iron Horse" would definitely surpass "Dunhuang" at the box office.

Although there are some gaps in the quality of these two movies, "Dunhuang" is actually better in terms of martial arts scenes, after all, each fight has been carefully designed, especially those light gong (parkour) scenes are simply hard to breathe.

But the background of "Iron Horse" is the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the location takes place in the south, which has nothing to do with the hammer and sickle, so you don't have to worry about political issues.

In addition, "Huang Qiying" and "Huang Feihong" are both familiar names to southerners, so after the release of this movie, it will definitely make Hong Kong and Macao, including Southeast Asia, more acceptable, and it will be difficult to think about the box office at that time.

Wu Jie half lay on the chair and quietly used the database in the system to open the first part of the "Once Upon a Time Series".

This one is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the history of Hong Kong films, but the problem is still that Hong Kong films are eager for quick success, and many details are lacking in polishing.

He can see that the screenwriter and director have a lot of ideas in their hearts, but he also knows that the investors will not give them enough time to polish, to improve, and to dig deeper.

So even if it is a masterpiece in the history of Hong Kong films, it still lacks depth in the shaping of the protagonist, the portrayal of villains and supporting roles is directly faced, and there are many things that can be improved in the plot, but it is a pity that the director and screenwriter do not have time to complete these.

This situation also makes those excellent movies in Hong Kong often good at first glance, but it is difficult to arouse inner resonance, which is a good-looking movie.

If you watch it a second time, it will be uncomfortable, because you will find too many loopholes, flaws, naivety, and imperfections, which will greatly reduce the impression score of the whole movie, which has to be said to be a pity.

Wu Jie was also very popular with Hong Kong movies when he was young, and he only felt that these movies were exciting and good-looking, and they were not procrastinating.

But when his experience is getting higher and higher, watching more and more movies, and the three views are becoming more and more perfect, he knows that even at his peak, the so-called "Oriental Hollywood" is not worthy of the name.

As for loneliness, it is more normal, although Hong Kong people always like to blame China for their problems, as if Hong Kong films will not decline if they do not return to Hong Kong, in fact, the decline of Hong Kong films is not only an inevitable result, but also began before the handover.

"Ding, new message ......"

Wu Jie is thinking about how to let the name "Hollywood of the East" be given to Chinese mainland first, and although he doesn't like the name very much, he is sure that Chinese films will directly replace Hong Kong from the beginning, and he is confident that Chinese films will accelerate from the mid-eighties.

At this time, a very unique system prompt sound sounded, and Wu Jie straightened up from his seat as soon as he heard it, because this was the resurrection puppet prompt sound effect he specially set up.

So once this voice appears, it means that a new partner is about to join in......

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