The script of "Three Minutes Hero", Zeng Zhiwei took half a month to get it through, and many of the funny plots were discussed and written by him and Huang Shrimp.

In another time and space, Zeng Zhiwei is one of the Seven Monsters of New Art City, and the scripts of all the blockbuster movies in the first few years of New Art City were made by him in collaboration with Mecca, Huang Baiming and others.

Zeng Zhiwei's talent lies in the fact that he understands the aesthetic taste of the grassroots in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and can write all kinds of blockbuster jokes. However, this person's screenwriting talent is limited, and his ability to structure the script framework and innovate the plot is very weak. Fortunately, the general plot has been designed by Kang Jianfei, and Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Shrimp only need to fill in the details, which is where his strength lies.

After the script finally came out, the screenwriter's signatures were also Kang Jianfei, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Shrimp.

The male protagonist of the film was originally composed of just from Taiwan. Dong Wei, who came back from the bay, came to play, but this guy should be unlucky, in the first few days of the start-up, he actually fell his leg because of practicing hanging Weiya, and had to be temporarily replaced.

The final list of actors is: Chen You as the male protagonist Ah Wei, Zhong Chuhong as the heroine Ah Hong, Liang Xiaolong as the rival Ah Ming, Zeng Zhiwei as the black boss, Huang Shrimp as Ah Hong's father, Cheng Kuian as the villain thug, and Yang Qingqing as Ah Hong's colleague.

Except for the male lead, all other important roles are played by the martial artists of the Kang family class. This not only reduces the cost of shooting, but also has the meaning of running in the team.

As for who will play the liar Uncle Da, Kang Jianfei hung up the phone to Wu Mengda.

Wu Mengda went bankrupt a month ago, and no one asked him to film under the high debts, and he has reached the point of wanting to commit suicide.

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"Good. I'll be there on time tomorrow! Wu Mengda, who was full of scum, hung up the phone weakly, a pair of three-year-old twin daughters. Climbed on top of him and screamed milkily to his father.

His wife, Mai Lili, asked expectantly: "Da Ge, whose phone is it?" ”

Wu Mengda said listlessly: "Kang Jianfei." Tell me to go make a movie. ”

Wu Mengda now owes more than 300,000 yuan to the bank, and also owes money to many other friends, plus he has only played a small supporting role in the past six months, and his family can't even afford rice, so he has to borrow money from his mother's family to survive.

Now hearing that someone asked her husband to film, Mai Lili was overjoyed: "Is it Kang Jianfei from Oriental Dreamworks?" He is now a big celebrity, and many newspapers are reporting on his new play. ”

Wu Mengda didn't take Kang Jianfei seriously before, but now he is in trouble, but the other party is developed. was even more depressed in his heart, and said disdainfully: "That mainland boy is just lucky." If it weren't for the help of Boss Lei, he would still be playing tricks in Clear Water Bay. ”

Mai Lili became angry when she heard this: "Others are lucky, are you unlucky to be like this?" Tell you not to gamble, don't bet, you just don't listen. If it hadn't been for my brother asking for money, both daughters would have gone hungry by now! ”

Wu Mengda felt ashamed of his wife and daughter, and he was not in the mood to quarrel with his wife, so he simply kept silent.

Mai Lili looked at him half-dead. patiently persuaded: "Brother Da, the newspapers say that Kang Jianfei is a genius director, and the scenes he makes will definitely be a hit." Now no one is willing to invite you to film, Mr. Kang can invite you. That's because others don't care about your bad reputation, and you have to take advantage of this opportunity. ”

Wu Mengda was told by his wife that he was in a hurry, so he confessed: "I asked Kang Jianfei to borrow money last year. The guy said that I don't have to pay it back, and I will help him shoot three movies for free in the future. At the time, he was still a trickster. I only told him jokes, but I didn't expect him to become the owner of the film company in less than half a year. And remember it. This time I went to film for him, and no matter how good the acting was, I couldn't make a penny. ”

Mai Lili didn't expect such a show, and she was silent for a while but still persuaded: "If you don't get paid, don't take it, it's better than staying at home and doing nothing, and you can still repay his favor." ”

Wu Mengda said angrily: "Do I stay at home and do nothing? Is it good for me to practice acting in front of the mirror every day! ”

"Can you conjure money in the mirror?" Mai Lili said angrily, "Regardless of whether you are paid or not, now Mr. Kang is the only one who is willing to ask you to film, this is an opportunity!" If the movie is a hit, maybe other directors will invite you. ”

Wu Mengda felt some truth when he heard this, and looked at the two daughters in his arms, so he had to sigh and nod.

The next morning, Wu Mengda had a rare shave, put on a suit and came to Oriental Dreamworks.

Kang Jianfei was discussing the premiere with Ma Qiao and Pan Yingzi, Li Shan called to inform that Wu Mengda had arrived, and Kang Jianfei only replied: "Let him wait first!" ”

Wu Mengda could only wait outside stupidly, sitting for at least an hour, and the tea was added several times before he heard Li Shan invite him in.

"Hello Mr. Kang!" Wu Mengda said with a flattering tone, but he was extremely aggrieved in his heart. Last year, he Wu Mengda was the popular "Hu Tiehua", and Kang Jianfei was just a mainland boy who swam over from the opposite side. But now, he Wu Mengda is a rotten gambler despised by everyone in the film and television industry, but Kang Jianfei is a tens of millions of directors praised by everyone.

Life has ups and downs, but that's it!

"Sit!" Kang Jianfei leaned back in the leather chair and said.

Wu Mengda sat down honestly, thought about the situation at home, and finally asked cheekily, "Mr. Kang, ...... about the salary?"

"Smack!" Kang Jianfei didn't wait for him to finish, he directly threw a wad of money on the table and asked, "Is three thousand yuan enough?" ”

No matter how Wu Mengda says it, he is also a star who just became popular last year, and giving 3,000 yuan is like sending a flower child. But Wu Mengda didn't argue a word, silently put away the money, squeezed out a smile and said, "Enough, Mr. Xie Lu Xie Kang." ”

"Okay, let's report to the crew." Kang Jianfei waved his hand, as if he didn't want to stay with him for a moment.

Wu Mengda smiled at Kang Jianfei before standing up and walking out. The moment he walked out of the office, he could only hear Kang Jianfei's voice from behind: "Work hard, don't gamble in the future." As long as you're not afraid of the wireless station getting you in trouble, come and follow me. ”

Wu Mengda suddenly felt that his eyes were a little moist, turned around and bowed silently to Kang Jianfei, and then walked out of the door quickly. After he went bankrupt, because he needed money to support his wife and daughter, he had to go to Zhou Yunfa to borrow money. As a result, Zhou Yanfa didn't borrow a penny, and said to him: "Lend it to you and use it to gamble!" ”

At that moment, Wu Mengda felt that he had been abandoned by the world world, and even the best friends refused to believe him.

Kang Jianfei was the first person to believe that he could change his ways, and Wu Mengda suddenly felt that this mainland boy was really a good person, a rare good person.

If Kang Jianfei heard Wu Mengda's inner monologue, he would definitely be very proud, this feeling of selling others and letting people count the money for him is great!

Kang Jianfei didn't want to interfere in the filming of "Three Minutes Hero", after all, the company could not film only him as a director in the future.

In addition to Kang Jianfei's absence in this movie, all the employees of the company's production department participated. Zeng Zhiwei is the director, Chen Xunqi and Hu Juncai are both assistant directors, and there are other newcomers to do the scene notes, and Qi Bo is still in charge of the field affairs.

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Time passed, and the premiere of "Mr. Zombie" was getting closer and closer.

During the period "Happy Ghost" was on stage. The final box office was more than NT$11.5 million, equivalent to more than HK$2.3 million, a not very good-looking data.

And "Happy Ghost" has been released in South Korea for a month, and the box office situation is very embarrassing.

At this time, Korean films were very weak, and South Korea was almost a dumping ground for Hong Kong and Taiwan films, and there was no resistance to Chinese-language films at all.

After Cheng Long's "Junior Brother Out of the Horse" was released in South Korea, it immediately caused a sensation, and there were queues to buy tickets in many places. But "Happy Ghost" was very unlucky, and the Gwangju incident ran into it the day after its release. It was a good start on the first day, but it took a sharp turn in a few days, and the average attendance rate was less than 4%.

Until the painting of "Happy Ghost", the total box office in South Korea was only more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Japan has been grinding, and to Kang Jianfei's surprise, Lei Juekun actually won a summer file for a theater chain in Japan for "Happy Ghost". Although it has not been released yet, it has made Kang Jianfei have some expectations for the box office of "Happy Ghost" in Japan.

A few days after the collapse of "Mr. Zombie", Kang Jianfei began to increase his publicity efforts, and several large newspapers in Hong Kong had advertisements for "Mr. Zombie" for several days. This kind of publicity made other film companies secretly speechless, and they all admired Kang Jianfei's courage.

Without confidence that their movies will be a big hit, who would dare to play like this?

As of the official release of "Mr. Zombie", Kang Jianfei spent 630,000 yuan on distribution and publicity, which is more than the local box office of some street-hitting movies.

On June 25, 1980, Kang Jianfei's second film "Mr. Zombie" held its premiere at the Golden Princess Cinema.

This day is also included in the history of Chinese cinema, because it is the first premiere of a Chinese-language film. In the past, Hong Kong movies were basically tested at midnight, and then officially screened after modification.

More than 200 media outlets in Hong Kong sent reporters to attend the premiere at the same time, which was an unprecedented grand occasion in the history of Hong Kong films. And the price Kang Jianfei paid for this is - more than 200 invitations and more than 200 premiere tickets.

The media like to pursue novelty things, and as soon as Kang Jianfei's invitation was issued, these media basically came to the scene with the mentality of coming to see it. Even some media that don't want to come to participate will casually throw the premiere tickets to a small reporter, anyway, if you don't come in vain, why don't you come if you have a free movie?

As for tomorrow's report, Kang Jianfei has already thought about it for reporters: the premiere of "Mr. Zombie" was unprecedentedly lively, and more than 200 media gathered in the theater!

Regardless of the facts, the momentum was created anyway. Everyone has the habit of following the trend, and when they hear that everyone is discussing this movie, they have to go to the cinema to see it. (To be continued......)