In the previous life, if there was no "Infernal Affairs", after entering the new century, the Xiangjiang film industry in the previous life, it may have completely declined.

This statement is not an exaggeration, because there are many reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films, and it can even be said to be unstoppable.

One of the most critical factors is the financial crisis that swept the whole of Southeast Asia at the end of the 20th century, and it was this financial crisis that directly caused the loss of the market of Xiangjiang films in Southeast Asia.

Nanbang, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries were originally the traditional markets of Xiangjiang films, and to a certain extent, they grasped the lifeblood of Xiangjiang films.

However, the financial crisis has caused currency depreciation and economic depression in these countries, the film market is unsustainable, stars and famous directors cannot be guaranteed, and film works are not interested.

After the financial turmoil, the film market in these countries was rapidly encroached upon by Hollywood commercial blockbusters, and the local industry of Nanbang developed by leaps and bounds, which also squeezed Hong Kong films out of the door.

In 1998, "Titanic" set a record of 110 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and the next year's "Midnight Bell" also exceeded 30 million, but in the same period, there were very few Hong Kong films with a box office of more than 10 million.

In addition to invading the market, Hollywood has also intensified the plundering of talent, poaching blockbuster actors such as Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Zhou Yunfa, and Yang Ziqiong, as well as famous directors such as Wu Yusen, Yuan Heping, and Yu Rentai, using them to make films for themselves, and then selling them back to Hong Kong.

Due to the higher quality of Hollywood commercial blockbusters, the proportion of Western films screened in theaters has gradually increased, and even the mainland has begun to import a large number of Hollywood films.

In addition, the rise of the TV industry and the rise in the production level of TV dramas have also brought a big blow to the film industry.

Television began to replace cinemas and became the main means of people's leisure and entertainment, and showing movies on TV has also become one of the rules for TV stations to increase ratings.

At the same time, new media such as video rental, VCD, and DVD have gradually emerged, and watching movies at home has become a habit for more people, and the box office of movies has been hit hard, and piracy has begun to spread in this era.

It can be said that from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, the Xiangjiang film industry has reached the end of the road, and it is almost impossible to recover the decline.

"Infernal Affairs" was born in this situation, as a film with obvious black tones, "Infernal Affairs" was actually not favored by people during the production process.

Because there have been many good movies with black themes before, such as "Prison Storm", "Lame. Howe", "Jianghu Love", "The True Colors of Heroes" and so on.

In the eyes of most people, it is difficult to make new ideas about this subject.

However, "Infernal Affairs" was only released for one day, with media reports, film critics' publicity, and the movie itself gathered Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Zeng Zhiwei, and that Huang Someone, four Academy Award actors, and other powerful actors, which can be called the most luxurious all-star performance.

As soon as the film was launched, its premiere reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally won a total box office score of 50 million, becoming the rescue work of the Hong Kong film industry that year.

It is no exaggeration to say that "Infernal Affairs" gave a shot in the arm to this declining industry during the most difficult period in the Hong Kong film industry, and prompted Hong Kong films to show a slight upward trend at the beginning of the 21st century.

The reason why this movie is sought after by the audience is that it first finds a new way in the story, unlike other noir movies and cop films, "Infernal Affairs" does not focus on brotherhood, but tells the story of undercover throughout the whole process.

There are not only undercover police agents, but also gangs undercover within the police.

On the other hand, there are relatively few gunfight clips in "Infernal Affairs", which makes the plot of "Infernal Affairs" more interlocking and thrilling step by step, rather than some meaningless long-term fight scenes, and the stacking of gunfight scenes, does not impact the audience's vision, but awakens the audience's heart.

Not only that, but there is also a psychological game between undercover agents, and a game between undercover agents and enemies, which also makes the plot more suspenseful and brain-burning.

The undercover performance in "Infernal Affairs" is also different from the general undercover police films, "Infernal Affairs" has known who is undercover since the beginning of the film, but the characters do not know each other's identities.

This is different from other movies with similar themes, most police and gangster films are often undercover and not known to the audience at the beginning, and it is not until the end of the film that there will be a wave of reversal to reveal the identity of the undercover agent.

Like "Infernal Affairs", the identity of the undercover agent is directly revealed to the audience, and the advantage is that the audience can feel the psychological and emotional changes of the characters from the perspective of the undercover agent.

If at the beginning, they didn't know that Liu Jianming played by Liu Dehua was an undercover agent, the audience would not be able to feel the psychological and emotional changes of Liu Jianming from a bad guy to a conscience to a good person.

In the story, whether it is Chen Yongren played by Liang Chaowei or Liu Jianming played by Liu Dehua, they all want to be good people in the end, but one has the reality of a good person and no name of a good person, and the other has the name of a good person but has no good person, both of them want to be a good person worthy of the name, but in the end they all fell short.

This is different from the traditional ending where justice trivializes over evil, and good people are happy, the ending of "Infernal Affairs" is embarrassing, emotional, and even more regrettable.

Justice has indeed been served, Han Chen played by Zeng Zhiwei died, and Liu Jianming, an undercover agent in the police station, was also sanctioned, but this ending is not so perfect, because the hero sacrificed, and it is even more regrettable that the hero sacrificed at the last moment before the dawn, and he will never see the long-lost light.

Justice is just a quiet justice, which makes people sigh and sigh, and has endless aftertaste.

A good story, coupled with a group of good actors, complemented each other, and finally made "Infernal Affairs", a classic movie.

Now, Gu Bei just took out this movie a few years in advance, and gave the Xiangjiang film industry a sip of milk in advance when the Xiangjiang movie had not yet entered the afterglow.

The movie continues, and the plot gradually goes to a higher level. tide, the opposition between good and evil, the game between good guys and bad guys, with Huang Sir falling from the rooftop, Chen Yongren seems to be in the dark forever.

Because the only person who knew his identity as a police officer died, and no one was able to justify him anymore.

And what about Liu Jianming?

In order to really be a good person, get rid of the darkness completely, and stay in the light, he set up a bureau to borrow the hands of the police and kill Han Chen.

He really seems to be on the verge of success.

When Gu Bei saw this scene in his previous life, he didn't know what kind of mood he was in, and even thought that it was not bad, but it was too unfair to Chen Yongren.

Finally, at the end of the story, the decisive battle on the rooftop came as scheduled.

Liu Jianming said that: Give me a chance, when I want to be a good person.

It's really distressing, the vast majority of the audience should believe him at this moment, although everything he does is not so above board, but he seems to really want to be a good person.

However, justice is justice, and evil is evil, and the two cannot be confused, let alone arbitrarily converted.

Although Liu Jianming has made remedies and designed to kill Han Chen, he once acted as an accomplice, and the crimes he committed cannot be written off.

"I'm sorry, I'm a police officer!"

Chen Yongren said this with a relaxed smile on his face.

He is about to see the light, and everyone will return to their true identities.

This man who wanders on the edge of darkness and light can finally be freed.

But at this time......

The moment the elevator door was opened, everyone felt worried.

Chen Yongren's eyes had lost their brilliance, the hole in his forehead was still bleeding, Liu Jianming walked in front of him, and his colleagues stepped forward to surround him.

Is it over?

The final scene of the film freezes on the elevator doors that keep opening and closing.

That's it?

What is good that justice is destined to triumph over evil?

The cast and crew appeared, and the lights above the audience also lit up, accompanied by the applause of the audience, McDonald Bear led the main creative team on the stage, and Gu Bei also left the screening hall accompanied by Chen Xunqi.

"Mr. Gu, tonight, all the cinemas of the entire cinema chain will be screened at the same time, four in a row, and in the next period of time, Guangya Cinema will go all out to promote this film, Princess Jin, I believe Mr. Lei knows how to choose."

Gu Bei listened, and asked seemingly casually: "What about Jiahe??" ”

"Still talking! Mr. Zou should be prepared to wait and see. ”

Watching?

"Let him be, now the key is the outer port."

Chen Xunqi looked confident: "As long as we have data, it will be their turn to take the initiative to come to the door!" ”

Gu Bei smiled, he liked Chen Xunqi's self-confidence.

"Mr. Gu, next, should we dig deeper into this subject?"

Dig deep??

How to dig deeper?

"It's okay to do a good sequel, in a short period of time, this kind of police and gangster film, Guangya won't touch it!"

When Chen Xunqi heard this, he was surprised: "Mr. Gu, this ......"

"Think about the previous "True Colors of Heroes", as well as "Zombie Dao Chief"."

Speaking of which, Chen Xunqi should understand.

The reason why Hong Kong films are declining, in addition to losing the foreign market because of the economic crisis, there is another reason, that is, their own family has made a stinky signboard.

In Xiangjiang, the phenomenon of following the trend has always existed, when "The True Color of Heroes" became popular, followed by a large number of police and gangster films, "Zombie Taoist" became popular, and dozens of movies with the same theme will appear immediately.

But no one can guarantee that every work that follows the trend is of high quality, most of them are shoddy things, there are many bad movies, and the entire theme has been ruined, even if someone wants to dig deep into the potential of this theme, the audience doesn't buy it at all.

It's okay to be tricked into it once or twice, who wants to be fooled all the time.

Chen Xunqi naturally understands this truth, you can think about it, after today, the bosses of those film companies will definitely put undercover movies on the agenda as soon as possible, and in another month or two, movies with this theme will flood the entire film market.

Rats' eyes!

"Obviously we made the brand, they ......"

Gu Bei smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, any piece of cake can't belong to just one person, after knowing the sweetness, there will definitely be a group of people who will come up to grab it, we just need to ensure that we can always eat the sweetest bite, they want to follow the trend, let them be, if someone can shoot a better work than "Infernal Affairs", I am happy to see it." ”

A movie better than Infernal Affairs?

I'm afraid I can only think about it.

In the previous life, Xiangjiang's filmmakers have been imitating, but they have never been able to surpass, although they have also made good movies, but compared with "Infernal Affairs", it is still far behind.

Facts have proved that the entire series of movies in "Infernal Affairs" is enough to be passed on in the Xiangjiang film industry.

"Almost, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go back first!"

When he was about to go out, Gu Bei promised Chen Xiaoxu that before 11 o'clock, he would go home on time and look at the time, it was almost 10 o'clock, and he would rush back to Deep Water Bay from here, not counting the traffic jams on the road, but also a little late.

Walk?

Chen Xunqi was stunned: "Mr. Gu, He Guanchang of Jiahe just said ...... Hope to meet you. ”

"It's not Zou Wenhuai, it's good if you go to see him, if he wants to cooperate, you can refer to Princess Jin and Xinyicheng, in addition, in the foreign market, Jiahe's family can't swallow it, if he mentions the matter of agency, don't bother with him."

The reason why Zou Wenhuai can firmly control the "Xu family" similar to Xu Guanwen and Cheng Long's "Huanya" and turn it into a subsidiary of Jiahe is that Jiahe has always held the line of foreign ports.

Gu Bei didn't want Guangya's lifeblood to be held in the hands of others, so if he wanted to cooperate, this point must be made clear.

Zou Wenhuai will either give up the monopoly or fight to the end, but if he chooses the latter, he will have to be ready to give up the mainland market.

"Mr. Gu, there is also Yongsheng's Xiang ......"

"If it's normal cooperation, there's no problem, but if it's a crooked way...... It's all grasshoppers after autumn, and it won't take a few days, so it's good that you can be responsible! ”

Gu Bei is now in a hurry to go home to accompany his daughter-in-law and children, what Jiahe, what Yongsheng, he is too lazy to take care of it!!

The character has long been established, a pioneer in the mainland with a mysterious background, and it has been prepared by Qiu Degen and Shao Yifu.

Gu Bei is still afraid of a bird in Xiangjiang, even if he walks sideways, no one dares to say that he is arrogant.

After all, it's almost 97, and who has to leave a way out for themselves!

Especially the brothers like the Xiang family, I'm afraid they are in a hurry to find a way to go ashore!!

At this time, play with Guangya Sanqingzi?

"Alright, I'll go first!"

Gu Bei raised his hand and patted Chen Xunqi's shoulder, and then left from the back door of the movie theater with the driver.

"Manager Chen, Mr. Gu, he ......"

He Guanchang came over at this time, and he had just seen Gu Bei and Chen Xunqi come out together.

"I'm sorry, Mr. He, Mr. Gu has already left!"

As he spoke, Chen Xunqi also showed a playful smile.

He Guanchang came back to his senses, and his face was also full of helplessness.

Now it's really ......

The end frame dislocated the end of the arm.

self-righteous, but people don't take their own family seriously at all.