Before Christmas in 1990 came, there was a movie that broke out in the off-season, and it was screened for 38 consecutive days and won 20.99 million box office. This box office number has surpassed many popular summer films, and it is simply a dark horse that fell from the sky.

This off-season high-grossing movie, called "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", DreamWorks is the largest investor, and the theater chain is also Oriental Cinema.

In the original time and space, after Gan Guoliang and Yu Zheng co-founded a film company, due to insufficient funds, the two went to Golden Harvest to attract investment. "Qin Warriors" was finally directed by Cheng Xiaodong, starring Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and Yu Guangrong, and Xu Ke was only responsible for special effects.

And now for this "Qin Warriors", Xu Ke's film studio has become one of the producers, and he is personally the producer of the film.

Anyone who knows Xu Ke knows that this guy likes to point fingers on the set, and the original director Zhang Yimou is also a director with a strong style. When the two bumped into each other, it was like mixing cold water into a frying pan, and they immediately fried the pan, and they didn't have to wait for the film to start, and the film couldn't go on in the preparation stage.

There is no way, Xu Ke and Zhang Yimou's movie ideas are too different, and they can't pee in a pot at all. At first, they didn't give in, but in the end, they were upset, and both of them quit.

Gan Guoliang was dumbfounded, and finally had to find his friend Cheng Xiaodong to save the scene, and Zhang Yimou, who resigned as director, failed to become the leading actor, because the candidate for the actor had long been determined to be Zhang Fengyi.

In fact, when Zhang Yimou first got the script, he was a little stunned, because he was not sure to make this kind of commercial film. At first, Zhang Yimou also wanted to listen to Xu Ke's opinions, but they really cooperated. only to find that there was no way to communicate at all, and in the end I had to give up my position as a director.

The popularity of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" in Hong Kong is not only surprising. And it makes sense. What is surprising is that the heroes and heroines of this film are all mainland actors, even if Gong Li has been a "flying girl", there is still no box office attraction in Hong Kong; It is reasonable that this movie has a pure Hong Kong flavor in terms of rhythm and style, and Hong Kong audiences have no pressure to accept it, not to mention that the plot, special effects, action, art design, etc. are all excellent.

Gong Li is really famous in Hong Kong. However, Zhang Fengyi and Yu Guangrong, the two male No. 1 and No. 2, still have a very low sense of existence. The so-called drama celebrities are not popular, although "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" sold well. But it wasn't enough for Zhang Fengyi to make a name for himself in Hong Kong.

On Jiahe's side, when it was almost December, Cheng Long came back with the crew of "Flying Eagle Project". This movie, which was originally planned to be completed for 30 million, took seven or eight months to toss. It took more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to finish the filming. Today, the producer is still squatting in a cell in Morocco.

"Christmas is definitely not going to be released, it's too late." Zou Wenhuai said after watching the film of "Flying Eagle Project".

Under normal circumstances, before the release of each Golden Harvest movie, Zou Wenhuai has to watch it in person. However, I watched it after the later stages of the movie were done, but this time Zou Wenhuai seemed a little anxious, the soundtrack of "Flying Eagle Project" had not been finished yet, and Boss Zou was anxious to see the cut wool.

No way, there were too many variables during the filming of "Flying Eagle Project". More than 100 million funds have been smashed into Jiahe, and Boss Zou has to listen to it.

He Guanchang said: "Put "Flying Eagle Project" to be released during the Spring Festival. Just to avoid Kang Jianfei's film. ”

Zou Wenhuai suddenly smiled and said: "Xichang, do you think that Kang Jianfei's new film publicity is not big." ”

"The publicity momentum of this "Truman's World" is not as big as "Tomb Robbery Notes"." He Guanchang heard the strings and knew what he meant, and said, "Are you saying that Kang Jianfei himself is not so optimistic about the box office of "Truman's World"? ”

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "I heard that "Truman's World" is a literary film. ”

He Guanchang was surprised: "Isn't it a comedy that has been promoted? ”

"If it's a pure comedy, isn't it good to find Zhou Xingchi as the leading actor? Why let Leung Ka-fai act. Zou Wenhuai speculated, "I'm sure Kang Jianfei is playing literature and art again this time, I don't know what will be photographed." ”

He Guanchang said with a smile: "If it is really a literary film, it will make people look forward to it, I heard that the budget of that drama is 65 million." Tsk, with an investment of tens of millions of dollars in a literary film, Kang Jianfei is really bold. ”

He Guanchang groaned: "With Kang Jianfei's box office appeal, let alone a literary film, even if it is a piece of, it can still return to its original cost." If the film is too bad, it will affect his reputation at most, and the money he should make will still be earned. ”

……

Rich, capricious, these four words are not suitable for Kang Jianfei, because with the character of this goods, he is still capricious when he has no money.

"Truman's World" is indeed not as well promoted as "Tomb Robbery Notes" before its release, but compared with other films of the same period, it is still menacing. Even if Kang Jianfei doesn't spend money on publicity, when reporters hear that director Kang Da's new play is going to be released, they will automatically come to interview and report.

The premiere of the new drama is about to be held, but Kang Jianfei is still writing serialized novels at home, and by the way, he writes songs for SHE, who has not yet written eight characters. At this time, he flipped through the newspaper randomly, and sighed to Zhao Yazhi, who was sitting not far away reading the magazine: "Alas, why don't you say that this Hong Kong newspaper doesn't report the scandal about me?" Obviously, I was photographed by a reporter on the street with Jiahui yesterday, but today I actually gave half a page to a gossip magazine, and I don't take it seriously. ”

Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are embarrassed to say that there have been scandals about you every three or five years over the years, and the audience is not tired of watching them, and those newspaper editors are tired of reviewing the manuscripts." ”

"Yes, reporting my scandal can't increase a few sales, unless a new scandal heroine appears," Kang Jianfei looked at the photos of Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling in the newspaper, and said to himself, "Ah Zhi, do you think the two of them are really procrastinating?" ”

"Who knows," Zhao Yazhi asked curiously, "why do you suddenly care about gossip news?" ”

"I have nothing to do, just read the newspaper and sigh." Kang Jianfei explained casually. He actually saw this news and suddenly remembered Lin Fengjiao. Because Kang Jianfei robbed other people's wives, Cheng Long is still unmarried.

Although "Flying Eagle Project" will not be released until before the Spring Festival, the publicity has already begun, and the first thing to come out is the scandal between Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling.

However, anyone who knows them knows that Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling will never be together, the personality differences between them are too great, and the scandal in the newspaper is properly hype.

Zheng Yuling's evaluation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is very polarized, and those who appreciate her think that she is self-reliant and principled, but those who hate her think that she must compete and be greedy for money.

It's a daring black. The woman who reached out to the society to ask for a salary, and she couldn't get paid in the entire crew, her agent was threatened, and she had no background behind her. Society wants money. In the end, Zheng Yuling was really asked to arrive, and during that filming, she got paid for the whole crew alone.

Judging from this incident, Zheng Yuling is a courageous woman, but she has another side. For example, in another time and space, a director who has a good relationship with Zheng Yuling needs to add two scenes after filming, which can be done in half a day, and it will definitely not charge money for other actors, after all, everyone will have to cooperate in the future, but Zheng Yuling was stunned to receive 100,000 yuan from others in half a day, offending the director and the producer.

There is also the fact that Zheng Yuling never lends money to others, and no matter how good her friends are, she will not borrow a penny. She keeps all her money in zài bank, and she doesn't speculate in real estate or do business, and she is the most conservative financial manager among Hong Kong artists.

And Cheng Long is a very generous person to his friends, he and Zheng Yuling can be good friends at most, how can they become lovers?

But throughout Christmas, Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling's relationship was still hyped, and the "Flying Eagle Project" starring them was gradually hyped, and it was already successful before it was released.

The Spring Festival stalls in February next year are destined to belong to Cheng Long.

But Christmas, everyone is recognized as Kang Jianfei's world. Except for Wong Kar-wai's "The True Story of A Fei", which is more anticipated, there is no movie to be a rival for the whole Christmas.

As for the sinkhole in "The True Story of A Fei...... Well, no one knows that it is a pit now, only that Deng Guangrong invested 40 million, Wong Kar-wai found Leslie Cheung, Zhang Manyu, Liu Jialing, Liu Dehua, Zhang Xueyou as the starring role (the original starring role was Liang Chaowei, but later changed to a cameo), it took more than a year, another explosion shootout, another speeding car chase, and even a helicopter during filming, and now the movie is finally done.

Now the audience is looking forward to going to the cinema to watch the shootout between Leslie Cheung and Lau Dehua, and to see the hot helicopter explosion scene.

Unlike the premiere of "Truman's World", "The True Story of A Fei" chose the traditional midnight premiere.

Some fans happily bought tickets for a sneak peek, watched it for a full hour and a half, some were so stuffy that they left halfway, and some fell asleep directly when they were sleepy, until the end credits of the movie appeared, and the audience who persevered until the end finally knew that they were being played by the director.

What about the hot shootout?

What about the helicopter?

What about the good flying car shots?

Nima, what the hell is this movie!

"Refund!"

"The director gave me death!"

"Watching this movie is worse than eating."

"Waste Lao Tzu's youth!"

“……”

The king of sunglasses saw that something was wrong, and quietly slipped away, and the investor Deng Guangrong's face was pale, and with the last trace of luck, he called the editor overnight to re-edit the film.

A big investment of 40 million, all the money earned over the years has been invested, and if you hit the street, Deng Guangrong can't imagine it. (To be continued......)