Compared with Kang Jianfei's previous movies, the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling" was a bit shabby, not only did there be many fewer first-line stars, but also fewer media reporters present.

Right-wing newspapers such as "Sing Tao Daily," "Red and Green Daily," "Hong Kong Times," "Chaoran Daily," and "Zhen Pao" all regarded Kang Jianfei as an enemy, and the rightist newspapers with the words "Republic of China" printed on their blisters, except for the "Industrial and Commercial Daily," which had closed its doors, also sent reporters from the "Overseas Chinese Daily" to attend the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling."

Although the "Overseas Chinese Daily" is classified as a rightist newspaper, in fact, the newspaper's reports are strictly neutral, and even occasionally reports news favorable to the mainland.

At this time, Taiwan was still under martial law, and Taiwanese people were unable to run newspapers because of the ban on newspapers, but Sing Tao Daily, a Hong Kong newspaper, could be sold to Taiwan.

In fact, the position of "Sing Tao Daily" is not firm, and it has wavered from side to side several times over the past few decades, and it will lean towards whichever side is favorable to it anyway. As the only newspaper in Hong Kong that can be sold to Taiwan, "Sing Tao Daily" naturally cannot report any more news related to Kang Jianfei after Kang Jianfei was officially banned by the Taiwan authorities, so as not to lose Taiwan's big market.

However, it doesn't matter if there are a few newspapers to work with, and the three largest newspapers in Hong Kong are Oriental Daily, Ming Pao and Sing Pao. Among them, Sing Pao was the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong in the early 70s, and was gradually surpassed by Oriental Daily News and Ming Pao, but it still sold more than 100,000 copies per issue.

Outside the gate of the Taiping Theatre, reporters from Oriental Daily, Ming Pao and Cheng Pao were at the forefront, followed by reporters from popular newspapers such as Tian Tian Daily, Xin Pao and Kuaibao. These newspapers are all sales-oriented, so they will report news that can increase sales, regardless of whether you are left or right.

In addition, leftist newspapers such as Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po. Naturally, they also sent competent reporters to interview.

"Ah Xing is here!"

"He came with Mao Xianyun, and the two of them must be procrastinating."

"Xingzai, does it have any impact on you if DreamWorks is banned this time?"

"......"

Zhou Xingchi, Mao Xianyun, and Wu Mengda have the best relationship, and they also came together to participate in the premiere this time. Among the three, Wu Mengda is the most talkative, so he is basically answering reporters' questions, and Zhou Xingchi and Mao Xianyun rarely speak.

"The Saint of Gambling" is the signature of the sequel to "God of Gamblers" in terms of publicity, so Zhou Runfa, Huang Qiusheng, and Li Yuanfeng are also important guests tonight.

When many stars of Oriental Entertainment Company arrived one after another, there was a sudden commotion in the group of reporters, but Xu Jiasheng, Liao Yiyuan, Fu Qi, Shi Hui, Xia Meng and others appeared together.

Among them, Xu Jiasheng is the director of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency. Liao Yiyuan is the chairman of Yindu Institution, Fu Qi and Shi Hui are in charge of Yindu Institution's production and actors, and Xia Meng is the boss of the leftist film company Jade Bird.

Xu Jiasheng and Liao Yiyuan may not know many people, but Fu Qi, Shi Hui and Xia Meng were all smash hits, and people who are a little older are impressed. And that's not all. Fu Qi and Shi Hui also fought to the death during the WG period, and made a big news that year.

As soon as these people appeared. Kang Jianfei's identity as a red filmmaker was instantly revealed. It has aroused a lot of discussion among many reporters.

followed Fu Qi, Shi Hui, Xia Meng and others, as well as many leftist movie stars. Li Lianjie, who was signed by Kang Jianfei and then loaned to Yindu Agency, is also on the road again this time, and he will officially return to DreamWorks next year.

In order to cheer for Kang Jianfei's new film, almost all the first- and second-tier stars of Oriental Entertainment Company were present, although although there were a lot of signed artists. But it's still star-studded.

Zhou Yunfa, Zhang Guorong, Anita Mui, Kwan Zhilin, Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Li Lianjie, Wen Bixuan, Li Yuanfeng, Ye Qianwen...... At a glance, there are all familiar faces, and Zhao Yazhi and Li Saifeng are still staying in the mainland and filming.

As for Zhen Zidan, who became popular because of "Royal Sister 2", he terminated his contract with Oriental Entertainment Company a month ago. Zhen Zidan has not been able to mix well in DreamWorks in the past two years, and he has been popular for about half a year before cooling down again. Because DreamWorks rarely makes kung fu movies with hard bridges and hard horses, it doesn't have too much room for Zhen Zidan to play.

Zhen Zidan also signed a ten-year deed of sale with Oriental Entertainment Company, and he couldn't afford to pay the liquidated damages on his own, and it was Taiwan's Qunlong Film Company that paid for him.

Dragon Pictures mainly produces Gulong martial arts films, and due to the decline of Taiwanese films in recent years, Qunlong Pictures has set its sights on Hong Kong, where the film industry is increasingly prosperous. The behind-the-scenes boss of this company is a Taiwanese tycoon who is not bad for money, and after deciding to enter Hong Kong last year, he directly signed Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia and his wife, and then signed Zhen Zidan, who is famous in Taiwan, through Yuan Heping.

As for Yuan Heping and Zhen Zidan, Yuan Heping's sister is Zhen Zidan's mother's apprentice, and Zhen Zidan is Yuan Heping's junior brother. Zhen Zidan's father is the editor of "Sing Tao Daily" in Boston, and with the close relationship between "Sing Tao Daily" and the Taiwan authorities, it is normal for Zhen Zidan to leave DreamWorks and sign into a Taiwanese film company.

Taiwan's Qunlong Pictures' entry into Hong Kong is actually a manifestation of the prosperity of Hong Kong films, attracting more and more overseas (mainly Nanyang and Taiwan) capital to pour into the Hong Kong film market. In the next ten years, the Hong Kong film industry will become prosperous and extremely chaotic, with investors from Taiwan and Nanyang throwing money indiscriminately and inflating the salaries of Hong Kong movie stars, even to the point that the actor's salary accounts for half of the cost of the film, and the director can only fool the audience for money.

In addition, Hong Kong's associations have also poured in, and disgusting incidents such as copying and kidnapping actors are frequent, and the Hong Kong film industry has been simply made into a miasma.

In comparison, the Hong Kong film industry before 1985 was still relatively pure, but it is about to enter the era of demons dancing.

After the premiere interaction, Kang Jianfei went to sit between Xu Jiasheng and Liao Yiyuan, and laughed and chatted with the two from time to time. Today, eight of his women came, Kang Jianfei didn't dare to stay in the middle of a pile of vinegar jars no matter how fat he was, and finally deeply realized the truth that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, and it was really unacceptable to provoke the actresses of his own company, after all, everyone had to appear together often.

After chatting with Xu and Liao, Kang Jianfei suddenly asked Xia Mengdao, who was sitting next to him: "Why did Ms. Yang's Jade Bird Company stop production?" ”

Xia Meng smiled: "I am not the boss of the Blue Bird Company for a long time. ”

"Really? Then I'm really lonely. Kang Jianfei was stunned for a moment and said.

Xia Meng sold the Blue Bird Film Company at the beginning of last year, but the matter was not made public, so that the "Year Like Water" filmed by the Blue Bird last year still played the brand of Xia Meng.

Kang Jianfei shut up and didn't say much, he was just interested in Yan Hao, the director of "Like Water". Yan Hao debuted in the first year of Kang Jianfei's arrival in Hong Kong, and his debut film "Curryphine" is considered to be the first Hong Kong new/wave film in the strict sense, and Yan Hao will win the Hong Kong Film Awards trophy four times in the future.

The film officially began to be screened.

At Kowloon Station, Ah Xing, who had just arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland, took a five-cent Celestial Empire coin and stuffed it into a vending machine.

"Mainland Boy, what are you doing? Buy soda with yuan, you are stupid! The police at the train station ran over and threw Ah Xing's coin away.

Ah Xing smiled: "I don't have Hong Kong dollars, comrade, I don't want to." ”

The policeman said, "No one is your comrade, see me wearing a uniform or not, call me a police officer." ”

Later, Ah Xing begged the police to lend him money to buy soda, and the police tricked Ah Xing into asking him to ask for "Brother Ji" (vending machine), so Ah Xing really ran to ask for a vending machine.

"Bang!"

The soda fell from the machine, and the policeman watched with a blank look on Ah Xing as he took the soda away.

The audience in the theater gave Kang Jianfei a lot of face, and a burst of chuckles erupted at the beginning ......of the film.

Many reporters even thought that "Love Saint" and "Gambling Saint" were both ridiculing mainland boys to Hong Kong at the beginning, probably because of Kang Jianfei's personal experience.

The bizarre rumors about Kang Jianfei have since added another ......

The TV series "He Comes from Jianghu" allows Hong Kong audiences to really get in touch with nonsensical comedy; And the hit screening of "Love Saint" means that nonsense is finally accepted by Hong Kong people.

The current "Saint of Gambling" is even more unconventional in form, and only a few minutes after the film was screened, there was a burst of laughter in the theater that lasted for more than ten seconds - Ah Xing, played by Zhou Xingchi, in order to find the third uncle, took a photo of Wu Mengda and called the police and said that it was a strong/rapist, and then when Wu Mengda touched himself thirteen, several policemen suddenly rushed in and subdued him.

"Ha Luha, Ah Xing is really cheap!"

"Why is Wu Mengda so declining every time?"

"Damn, I can see through the special function of the card."

“……”

The audience at the scene responded extremely enthusiastically, and many people came for the name of the sequel to "God of Gamblers", and now they find that "God of Gamblers" and "Saint of Gamblers" are two completely different styles.

Zhou Yunfa also laughed when he saw this, and said to Zhong Chuhong: "Mr. Kang is really good at spoofing, and a gambling movie can be made like this." ”

Zhong Chuhong looked at Kang Jianfei, who was sitting far away, and said helplessly: "Who knows what he thinks in his mind all day long? ”

Several leftist filmmakers don't have much affection for "The Saint of Gambling", but Shu Qi and Chen Bosen of "Film Fortnightly" are eye-catching, and the latter said: "Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical style is more mature. ”

Shu Qi nodded and said: "Mr. Kang has been the leading actor in two consecutive movies, it is difficult for Zhou Xingchi not to be popular, it seems that he is going to become the second Zhou Runfa." ”

"It's a pity that DreamWorks is blocked now, and no matter how popular Zhou Xingchi is, he can't get an appointment outside." Chen Bosen shook his head and sighed.

"Haha......"

There was a sudden burst of laughter in the theater, and some scenes that seemed a little boring after twenty years could make the audience feel a stomachache at this time.

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Tragically, this month's full attendance is gone. (To be continued......)