More than 20 years later, Wei Junzi, a Hong Kong film super enthusiast and famous film critic in the mainland, wrote in his book "Thirty Years of DreamWorks":

“…… When we now mention the Oriental DreamWorks in 1982, we can only describe it as turbulent. It is true that in the more than two years before this, although Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory frequently won the annual box office championship, it has never caused such a big influence.

In the summer of that year, whether it was a student, a worker, a hawker, or a mixed club. They all collectively have an extra hobby, which is to hold a toothpick in their mouths. According to incomplete statistics, the sales of toothpicks in Hong Kong in the summer of 1982 increased by 40% compared with the previous year. Along with the increase in toothpick sales, sunglasses also increased, and I think if it wasn't for the hot weather, the people who sold trench coats would have made a lot of money.

A good film work can have an amazing impact on society.

In the 60s, the Shaw Brothers movie "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was screened in Taiwan, and Ling Bo of Zhu Yingtai visited Taipei for two years, and at least 200,000 Taipei citizens surrounded Songshan Airport, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan North Road, and Yuanshan Hotel, waiting to see the true face of Lushan of 'Liang Shanbo', and the media in Taiwan published a total of 7,648 photos of Ling Bo, and wrote a report about Ling Bo for more than 230,000 words.

In the 80s, "Shaolin Temple" set off a movie-watching frenzy in the mainland, and the average ticket price of a dime at that time actually accumulated a box office of more than 100 million. There are countless teenagers who ran away from home after watching this movie, just to go to Shaolin Temple to learn art.

These two unprecedented sensations caused by film works were more or less due to the very low level of development of Taiwanese and mainland films at that time. But "Hero Ben Sè" is different, when this movie came out, Hong Kong films were already in the semi-mature stage, but it was also proud and swept the Hong Kong box office.

Zhou Yunfa became an idol of all ages. His outfit and lines in the film are imitated. Dialogues such as "I hate it when people point a gun at my head" and "I must get back what I have lost" have not only become a necessity for young people to play handsome, but in the following ten years, at least 20 Hong Kong films have used these lines to pay tribute to "Hero Ben Sè".

Today, twenty-seven years later, there is no need to say anything more about the status of "Hero Ben Sè", how many times in Hong Kong's film list selection, it has always been at the top of the list. Needless to say, its historical significance is needless to say, since the beginning of the film, gang/gang films have become another eternal theme in Hong Kong films in addition to kung fu films. Later, "Infernal Affairs", "Black/Society", "Jianghu" and so on, all repeat the same Jianghu spirit, grievances and hatred and male dignity from different angles.

Let's talk about the release of "Hero Ben Sè" that year, and the movie released at the same time as it was Cheng Long's "A Scheme". Cheng Long's breakthrough movie stayed on the screen for a total of 28 days, but in fact, the attendance rate was already very low in the last week. But it wasn't until the box office broke 20 million that it was officially completed.

As for "Hero Ben Sè", it was screened from July 8 to September 6, and it was screened for two months. Such a strong box office momentum completely disrupted the Golden Princess Cinemas' film schedule, so much so that the premiere of "Best Partner 2" in New Arts City was postponed by as long as 21 days......"

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In Hong Kong in 1982, it was naturally impossible for anyone to read Wei Junzi's monograph.

Entertainment reporters are staring at the box office of "Hero Bensè" because they want to compare the film to "A Scheme". Naturally, reporters want to have a fight on both sides so that they can write eye-catching stories.

Colleagues in the film industry are also staring at the box office of "Hero Ben Sè", because Kang Jianfei's movie box office is almost a benchmark. Everyone will compare their movies with Kang Jianfei's box office.

When the two TV series "Chu Liuxiang" and "Silkworm Transformation" were released, they both caused a sensation in the empty alleys of tens of thousands of people, and even the stores that did business had to be closed when the series was broadcast.

"Heroes Ben Sè" has not yet attracted the entire population of Hong Kong to the energy of the cinema, and it can do it. It's just that at the entrance of all the theaters where "Hero Ben Sè" is released, there is a long queue of hundreds of meters to buy tickets.

Spectators queue up to buy tickets from time to time. But "Heroes Ben Sè" has been like this for several consecutive years, with an average attendance rate of 96% in the first week of its release.

The media, which originally wanted to compare "Hero Bensè" and "A Scheme", were collectively dumbfounded after witnessing the madness of the audience.

It's not just the media that is stupid, but Golden Harvest no longer says that "Plan A" wants to achieve another box office success, and even quietly cancels the celebration banquet originally prepared for "Plan A".

Zhou Yan turned red, red like purple, and the films from major companies flew like snowflakes. Chen Huimin, who could only play a supporting role, also jumped to become a first-line movie star, and his salary increased by more than seven times.

As for Zhang Guorong, who was originally just a TV station student, his salary also rose to 300,000 all of a sudden, which can be called a carp jumping over the dragon gate, and I don't know how many young actors have aroused their eyes.

The most complicated mood is Dillon, because Kang Jianfei personally came to ask him to play the role of Brother Hao, but he directly refused. Although Dillon was asked to choose again, he would probably still refuse, but he would inevitably feel entangled in his heart.

Less than a week after the release of "Hero Ben Sè", overseas studios who had previously been blocked back by the marketing department of DreamWorks came to the door again. Talking about it, as the box office of "Hero Ben Sè" is getting higher and higher, filmmakers from various countries gritted their teeth and promised to give DreamWorks a super high box office share ranging from 42% to 45%, and buy back the screening rights of this rebellious film at any cost.

If Hong Kong films are released in Europe and the United States, it is good for the producers to get more than 15% of the box office, while in Asia, the limit is 40% of the box office. The hot box office of "Hero Ben Sè" in Hong Kong this time obviously stimulated those overseas filmmakers, and they actually gave unprecedented sharing conditions.

In the second week of the release of "Hero Ben Sè", Xiang Huaqiang personally called Kang Jianfei to come out for dinner, and specially brought Wang Jing over.

When Kang Jianfei walked into the private room, Xiang Huaqiang stood up and shook hands with him, with a particularly enthusiastic attitude: "Brother Kang is here, please take a seat!" ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "Brother Qiang is polite. ”

Without waiting for the food to be served, Wang Jing asked under Xiang Huaqiang's gesture: "Ah Fei, the box office of "Hero Ben Sè" is 15 million, right?" ”

Kang Jianfei waved his hand and said: "How can it be so fast, only more than 12 million." ”

Hearing this box office data, even a club boss like Xiang Huaqiang couldn't help but sigh and praise: "It's amazing enough, it's only been released for less than ten days, shouldn't the box office break 30 million?" ”

The average ticket price in Hong Kong has risen to 13 yuan, and the ticket price when Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong was only 7 yuan. In just over two years, movie ticket prices have almost doubled, which is enough to imagine the economic development speed of Hong Kong in the past two or three years.

As soon as movie ticket prices rose, the overall movie box office also rose. Two years ago, the box office broke 20 million, but now Xiang Huaqiang said that the box office of "Hero Ben Sè" can break 30 million, but he is not suspected of being too hyped.

Kang Jianfei thought about it carefully and said without modesty: "It's not easy to get a box office of 30 million, after all, Hong Kong's audience base is too small." However, if "Hero Ben Sè" can be released for more than six weeks, maybe it can really sell 30 million box office. ”

Xiang Huaqiang asked seemingly casually: ""Hero Ben Sè" sells so well, have you ever considered when to make a sequel?" ”

Hearing this, Kang Jianfei already understood the purpose of Xiang Huaqiang inviting him to dinner today, this guy is the box office of "Hero Ben Sè", and he wants to take the opportunity to follow the trend and make a fortune.

Kang Jianfei didn't express his attitude, but asked rhetorically: "What, Brother Qiang has an idea?" ”

Xiang Huaqiang asked: "Why don't Yongsheng and DreamWorks co-produce a sequel?" ”

Kang Jianfei doesn't want to mess with the sequel to "Hero Ben Sè", so continuous filming in such a short period of time is purely killing chickens and eggs. He said with a smile: "I don't have the idea of a sequel for the time being, but if Brother Qiang wants to make a hero movie, you can choose Zhou Yunfa, Zhang Guorong, and Chen Huimin." ”

Xiang Hua Qiang wants this sentence, it doesn't matter if he co-produces a movie with DreamWorks or not, the most important thing is that Zhou Runfa has several of them starring in "Hero Ben Sè".

After arriving at someone, Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said, "Then I'm welcome, it just so happens that Wang Jing has a script in his hand now." ”

Kang Jianfei also smiled hypocritically: "Brother Qiang made a film, how can I not support it, I will let the three of them go to Yongsheng Company to report when I go back." ”

After eating, Xiang Huaqiang left first, but Wang Jing followed Kang Jianfei to sit in the car.

Kang Jianfei acted as a driver for Wang Fatzi and asked: "The first two words of the film that Yongsheng wants to shoot must be 'hero'." ”

Wang Jing smiled awkwardly and said, "Ah Fei, you guessed it right, the film is called "Heroes and Fearless". ”

Kang Jianfei flicked the steering wheel and turned the corner, and complained: "Do you still need to guess? With the urine xìng of the group of directors in Hong Kong, there will definitely be a bunch of follow-up films starting with 'heroes' in the second half of the year. ”

Wang Jing was quite thick-skinned and said: "It doesn't matter if he follows the trend or not, he can make money by shooting it." ”

Kang Jianfei didn't bother to tease him about this kind of thing, and asked, "Have you decided to follow Yongsheng all the time?" ”

Wang Jing is very tactful in his words and deeds, but he doesn't have to lie in front of Kang Jianfei, he nodded and said: "Although Mr. Xiang is a member of the community, as long as he can help him make money, the price he gives is still very fair." It's different when I made a film at Shaw Brothers, and the director's remuneration I got for making three films at Shaw Brothers didn't add up to more than one at Yongsheng. ”

Kang Jianfei asked funny: "Aren't you afraid that one day the movie you directed will hit the street, and Xiang Huaqiang will ask someone to hack you to death?" ”

Wang Jing leaned on the backrest and moved his buttocks, and said angrily: "I heard that Mr. Xiang was looking for Zeng Zhiwei to be the director, and you recommended me to Yongsheng, right?" If one day I'm cut down, run to DreamWorks and hide, you can't die without help. ”