Chapter 055: A little expert in singing and dancing
When it comes to Hong Kong Island movies in the 80s, the box office in Hong Kong really can't support so many people and so many companies.
The money is made by foreign cities and overseas.
In the tycoon-level group, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have strong distribution capabilities, at least in Wanwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, Shaw Brothers is not inferior to Golden Harvest, but in the big ticket warehouse of the island country, Golden Harvest is unbeatable.
Princess Jin is also okay, but she was also beaten by Jiahe in the island country.
Later, Di Sheng Entertainment didn't mention it.
As for rushing to Hollywood, Europe, there is only one Golden Harvest left, whether it is Zou Wenhuai repeatedly investing in Cheng Long to support him to develop in Hollywood, or in the late 80s, he worked with Hollywood companies to engage in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
They are all international vision and boldness that ordinary movie tycoons do not have.
And Golden Harvest can cast a golden body in the island country, relying on Bruce Lee and Cheng Long.
After the era of Bruce Lee, there was only one Cheng Long left, and in the eighties and nineties, he became famous and shocked all parties, and this term is also familiar to countless fans in the mainland one or two decades later.
But in fact, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, Wanwan, Xingmatai and other places, Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xingxing can catch up with Cheng Long, and when they go to island countries, Hollywood and other places, Biweekly is actually one or two gears worse than Cheng Long.
To give a simple example, Wufuxing, a clever plan that exploded in the summer this year, why did he pull a Cheng Long, looking at Cheng Long's cameo, but he also made a large row of people who crashed into more than 50 cars, and it cost money to talk about it, which is much more expensive than the main line of Wufuxing's counterfeit banknote group.
Because when the crew was preparing, Hong Qibao and others felt that they couldn't sell without Cheng Long in the island country.
Only by bringing Cheng Long to make a cameo can he sell it for money in the island country.
Is it an exaggeration? Not...... The box office of the five lucky star island country is 1.5 billion yen, the lucky star is 1.35 billion yen, and the summer lucky star is 2.7 billion yen, and the first three have cameos by Cheng Long and Yuan Biao.
The fourth part is the best lucky star, or Golden Harvest production, the best lucky star is at the box office of 23.1 million Hong Kong dollars on Hong Kong Island, which is definitely not bad, there are Hong Qibao, Mak Guangtoujia, Zhang Aijia, Liu Dehua, Tan Yonglin, Zheng Zeshi, etc., but there is no Cheng Long and Yuan Biao.
So even if the best lucky star sells well in this port, it doesn't have a large-scale theater in the island country, can you believe it?? Without Cheng Long and Yuan Biao, you won't be able to get on the cinema line.
This is still a big series, the first three are all big sellers in the island country, and the fourth part shouldn't be too bad no matter how you think about it, but you can't get into the theater. It's like entering a rural theater!
No matter how popular Hong Qibao was on Hong Kong Island in this era, and what status he established by relying on the Five Lucky Stars, leaving Hong Kong Island and Wanwan, Xingmatai and other places, to the island country, it was all the way to the human level.
There is also Tan Zhang in the Hong Kong Island music scene in the 80s, Alan Tsam's status in the music world is in full swing, but when he goes to the island country to sing and pounce once, the waves can't splash, but Cheng Long? Many people may not believe it.
Cheng Long released several albums and held concerts in the island country in the 80s.
It's still hot!
Countless Hong Kong Island musicians cover island songs, Cheng Long is the biggest lyricist and composer over there to write songs for him, and top singers sing singles with him.
Tan Yonglin has been defeated repeatedly in the island country song scene, and in 86 years he cooperated with Cheng Long as the Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother, the principal released the original soundtrack of the movie, obviously he sang it alone, and the cover of the album Cheng Longtou's portrait accounted for half of it.
Then the album sold well, and Principal Tan took advantage of the situation to make a small fire in the island music scene.
In the eighties and nineties, there were a lot of male singers in the Hong Kong Island music scene, and their fame and status in the island music scene were far inferior to Cheng Long, an action superstar, to make a cameo appearance.
He sings and dances well over there, which is literally all-round in singing, dancing and acting.
Such as the heart of the dragon, the police story, etc., all have extended versions of the island country, and the dragon brother and the tiger brother were released on Hong Kong Island half a year after they were released in the island country.
In the box office rankings of Hong Kong films in island countries in the eighties and nineties, more than 30 of the top 50 films were starring or making cameo appearances by Cheng Long.
The outrageous boxing spirit, dragon fist, snake and crane eight steps and other Cheng Long's street films on Hong Kong Island can firmly occupy the box office list of Chinese films in island countries.
Ah Fa, Xing Tsai, Lau Dehua and others' blockbuster films on Hong Kong Island rarely have box office data compared to films like Shangquan Jing in island countries.
Only talking about the Asian island market, Cheng Long is a bug among the male stars on Hong Kong Island after the Bruce Lee era!
Golden Harvest just grabbed this car, and often sells movies in island countries, that is, packaging, and the distribution company over there wants to send a movie with a dragon, so you have to package one or two other Hong Kong films.
Therefore, in Jiahe, Cheng Long is the biggest signboard, and his treatment status is far from being comparable to Hong Xiubao, and the money is even less comparable.
Hong Qibao will leave Golden Harvest in a year or two...... It's not a complete exodus, Hong Qibao opened several companies, this company helped Jiahe make films, and that company helped Debao Cinema Line established by Pan Disheng to make films.
But patting and patting, Cheng Long participated in fewer and fewer cameo appearances in Lao Hong's films, Hong Qibao went all the way down, gradually becoming nameless and tricky, and after the millennium, relying on martial arts to finger Ip Man, killing wolves, etc., became more popular again, which is a big reason for Lao Hong's own reasons.
But Cheng Long's influence is also very important.
When Zhao Donghuai recalled this, he knew that he admired Zou Wenhuai's international vision and ambition, but if he cooperated with Jiahe in the future, once he encountered a conflict, he would inevitably be given up by Jiahe.
This can be selected with the toes of the toes.
It's not that he and Cheng Long have any personal grievances and conflicts, but things like movie release schedule conflicts, publicity, investment, etc.
If there is any conflict between production and selling films, Golden Harvest will only choose to support Cheng Long to the greatest extent and will not care about him.
Hong Liubao, who followed Jiahe in the 70s and has been practicing the Five Lucky Star series from the trough, is because the treatment is too different from Cheng Long, and he went to play with Pan Disheng after a year or two, or left and right.
What else do others need to say?
To be a peer and a competitor, he admires Zou Wenhuai, after all, he is not a traverser.
If you join Golden Harvest or become a satellite subsidiary of the other party, then you still don't want to.
But if the film he makes wants to go out of Hong Kong Island and can cooperate with Golden Harvest, he is quite happy.
Thinking about it, Zhao Donghuai said with a smile, "Thank you Zou Sheng and He Sheng for looking at it, I will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, and I really hope that the two of you will help more." ”
The cooperation he said must be different from He Guanchang's intentions, and it is not of the same nature.
He Guanchang couldn't guess so much, and laughed when he heard this, "Okay, I hope there will be that day!" ”
This time, he just said hello and left a good impression as usual, he didn't think that he could dig people directly, and he was already satisfied with such a surface politeness.
After all, in April 1985, Shao Daheng's Hong Kong Island Cinema began to be leased and sold to Pan Disheng, which means that the tycoon will no longer play...... Focus on the TV station, now in October 1983, not far away.
Shao Daheng, who has worked hard in the film industry for most of his life, will do this when he is in his 70s, do you think he is willing to do it? Or did you never have a similar idea before, and decided to sell it after more than a year?
Of course not, this is a last resort and helplessness for the Shaw Brothers to be unable to return, collapse little by little, and unable to resist.
Over the years, the drawbacks have collapsed little by little, and some people in Jiahe can naturally see it, and they can't accurately judge it, and they can't be sure which day Shaw Brothers will finish, but the general trend can be seen clearly.
As for the Golden Princess? How Guanchang said, internal and external difficulties.
Talking about the inside, it is the uneven distribution of money among the big guys in the new art city, or some people's hearts are no longer on the movie, talking about the outside, that is, the distribution and sale of films in other cities, the ability is far inferior to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, no, the money is not enough.
Cooking oil with fire, under the combination of internal and external factors, Golden Harvest did not regard Princess Jin as a big enemy. The clever plan of the Five Lucky Stars was indeed prepared by Hong Zhubao in order to play the best partner of the new art city.
But how Guanchang said, with Cheng Long's horror film selling ability, Hong Kong Island loses one or two points, and it can be counted as the box office market of many foreign cities, especially island countries, and the new art city is not enough to watch.