Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 179 Take the initiative
"Mecca wants to ask me to meet for dinner? When, I may not have time."

In the studio of the crew, Zhang Yang looked at Hong Jinbao who suddenly came to visit and said with some surprise.

"Just talk for a while. I'll talk to the bald man later."

"I don't know why he suddenly remembered me. Do you know what he wants to talk to me about?"

"I don't know. I asked, but he refused to tell."

Hong Jinbao paused, lowered his voice a little, and continued to say to Zhang Yang: "If you don't want to see me, just pretend I didn't tell you. To be honest, I don't know what's wrong with him this time. It's better to do less than to do more." La."

In fact, there was no need for Hong Jinbao to remind Zhang Yang that he had no intention of meeting Mecca.

Although Mecca did not reveal his plans to Hong Jinbao, Mecca's thoughts were not difficult to guess.

Now, due to Zhang Yang's early participation, "Fast Truck" not only made its release one year ahead of schedule, but also broke the box office record dominated by New Art City's "Best Partner" series one year ahead of schedule. Mecca, who was somewhat dissatisfied with the box office performance of the series, made matters worse.

In addition, there is a precedent for Xu Ke filming "The Legend of Shushan" for Jiahe. He is interested in Zhang Yang, whether he wants Zhang Yang to make a guest appearance or to ask Zhang Yang to assist New Art City in producing a movie. Something with a very high probability.

But Zhang Yang is not interested in these.

Not to mention that he still has the filming work of "Slaying the Wolf 2" on hand. Even without this movie, Zhang Yang has already made plans in his mind for the future direction of Ying Yang in 84. He has no plans. It’s time to get involved in the affairs between Mecca and New Art City. After all, even in terms of remuneration income alone, New Art City is not even as generous as the people in Jiahe.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang pointed to the studio in front of him and said: "Brother Jinbao, you have seen it too. I don't have time to take a few days off during the Spring Festival, so I have to be busy continuing to shoot movies. I really don't have the energy to think about other things." It’s about that.”

When Zhang Yang said these words, Hong Jinbao could still not understand Zhang Yang's meaning. He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go talk to him in Mecca. Let's go now."

Hong Jinbao waved his hands and was about to leave, but Zhang Yang suddenly stopped him.

"Brother Jinbao, don't worry, I have something else to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Hong Jinbao turned his head in confusion and glanced at Zhang Yang curiously.

"Has Pan Disheng been looking for you recently?"

"Pan Disheng? Who is it?"

Seeing Sammo Hung's confused look, Zhang Yang suddenly understood, so he smiled and said: "A friend of mine is here. I heard that he is very interested in the film and television industry recently, so I introduced him and said that he can find you to understand the market, but Now it seems that he hasn’t made up his mind yet.”

"That's it, okay, I'll make a note of it. Next time he comes to see me, just ask him to give you your name."

After Hong Jinbao finished speaking, he waved and left.

Looking at Hong Jinbao's retreating back, Zhang Yang touched his chin.If he remembered correctly, Pan Disheng decided to acquire Debao Films founded by Hong Jinbao and Shum Jianxun in 84, and in November 84, he invited Wan Ziliang and Fa Ge to launch the company's first film " "Waiting for Dawn", and the director of this film is none other than Hong Jinbao.

However, at the moment, Sammo Hung has not yet met Pan Disheng, which means that Pan Disheng has not yet started the acquisition of Debao Films, which should leave enough time for Zhang Yang.

By the time the filming of "Slaying the Wolf 2" is completed, if Pan Disheng doesn't take any action anymore, maybe it's time to take the initiative on his own.

Making a decision secretly in his heart, Zhang Yang exhaled and once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming of the film.

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After working on several movies, Chen Jiashang, who is good at realistic style, has already gained a lot of experience in shooting action movies in the "Slaying the Wolf" series. In addition, the cast is basically the same old team under Zhang Yang. The entire filming of "Slaying the Wolf 2" went extremely smoothly.

Although there was a short break during the Spring Festival, even including the rest time, the shooting time of the entire film was successfully controlled within one and a half months. With the filming of "Slaying the Wolf 2" officially completed, the much-anticipated Spring Festival The battle for the Spring Festival box office championship that movie fans have longed for can be regarded as completely over.

The three best-performing films during the period were "Food Truck", "The Best Partner" and "Shaolin Boys".

Among them, "Shaolin Kid" was produced by Great Wall Films, continuing the glory of the previous "Shaolin Temple" and winning two million box office in 2000. "The Best Partner" is a modern fashion action drama like "Fast Truck", so it was Being diverted from the box office by "Fast Truck" caused the final performance to decline, and it was finally settled at around 840 million.

As for "Food Truck", which was the most popular during the Spring Festival, due to the addition of Zhang Yang and the gimmick of three circles, the film's box office appeal was further increased. The final score directly exceeded 3000 million, not only becoming the first Hong Kong premiere The movie with a weekly box office of over 3000 million has also become the first movie in Hong Kong Island to have a box office of over [-] million.

And if there are films that perform well, there will naturally be bereaved dogs that are reduced to foils.

Unfortunately, Shaw Brothers, which has been hailed as the three pillars of Jiahe and Xinyi City, has become a victim in this Spring Festival war. "Wulang Bagua Stick" created by Liu Jiaban because of its unchanging Liu's style, coupled with the impact of "Shaolin Boys", resulted in the box office once again being less than [-] million.

What made Shaw Brothers even worse was the rise of ATV Prime, which forced Shaw to devote more resources to maintaining TVB. This also made the situation of Shaw Brothers, whose commercial performance was already unsatisfactory, even more difficult. .

The matter has come to this. The Eastern Hollywood of the past is close to closing down and suspending production. Some people with keen sense have already vaguely smelled the signs.

However, even if they smell the signs again, they are not sure about the inertial thinking in their hearts. On the contrary, it is Zhang Yang who has long been aware of the consequences of Shaw Brothers Pictures. In addition, because of his own intervention, ATV has a strong influence. Under the influence of the impact of Golden Harvest's continuous creation of brilliance, he even felt that Shao Yifu might stop production of Shaw Brothers Pictures earlier.

In order not to miss this exciting feast, the day after the filming of "Slaying the Wolf 2" ended, he took advantage of the championship match at the end of February and promoted Pan Di to a coffee shop near Tuen Mun.

In the hidden box, looking at Zhang Yang who walked in through the door, Pan Disheng stood up with a smile and invited him to sit down.

After the waiter served the coffee, Pan Disheng was about to ask if Zhang Yang came to him to raise sponsorship fees for the championship match. Zhang Yang's sudden words made Pan Disheng's eyes widen.

"Boss Pan, are you interested in building a film and television company with me and competing with Jiahe in the film industry?"

(End of this chapter)