Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 198 Exceeding Expectations
"Is this the end? I feel like I haven't had enough..."

"Yeah, it feels like time flies by so fast. The time of a movie feels like it's over in the blink of an eye."

"But it feels so good. Wow, it feels like I'm doing some lying down boxing myself."

"It's really enjoyable. I feel like I can ask my brother to watch it together next time."

The premiere is over.

Amid the exclamations of the audience, the crowd gradually walked out of the theater.

Hong Jinbao was at the bottom of the crowd, stroking his chin and carefully savoring the content of the film.

Hong Jinbao also keenly captured the point mentioned by movie fans just now.

That's when time feels like it's passing quickly.

This "The Raid" is not like the "Slay Wolf" series, especially the first "Slay Wolf" series, which left the audience with a lot to ponder and ponder over. It is more like a strong shot of adrenaline.

The effect is quick and powerful, and even movie fans can't help but feel eager to try it.

And compared with the already slightly brutal "Slaying the Wolf" series, the violent elements of this film are stronger and more direct, especially the final scene showing the execution of a mad dog, which is simply the ultimate feast of blood and violence.

And it is precisely because of these factors that the entire look and feel of "The Raid" has become extremely pure.

Gunfights and action scenes!

There are only these two points, and only these two points are needed. There are no unnecessary factors in the entire film. The purest stimulation of these two points alone makes the whole film exciting and exciting.

If we must sum it up, Hong Jinbao only has two words to comment on this "The Raid".

Cool movie!

The most purely cathartic film.

Will Hong Kong movie fans accept a film like this?
Hong Jinbao is still not sure at this moment. In fact, compared to this kind of purely enjoyable movie, he would prefer movies that have something to say, or even quite mild literary movies. But he also knows that the result of the movie is After all, the answer depends on the box office of the audience.

Not only did Hong Jinbao have the same doubts as him, but there were also many people, especially the film critics from newspapers and magazines who came here with great thoughts. After watching the film, although they could feel comfortable saying "good things", except that Other than that, they didn't think there was anything else worthy of praise in the film.

Perhaps because of the unanimous opinion of the industry, in the next day's "Film Fortnightly" page, the film critic who wrote the article was the first to voice his doubts, and finally gave his first-week box office expectations.

First week box office, 500 million.

This is the final evaluation given by Film Fortnight.

In their opinion, this is a film with no brilliant plot, no surprising twists, no wild ideas, and not even enough interesting jokes. Apart from gun battles, it is just action scenes. In the end, it was able to achieve this result because of publicity and publicity. On the face of actors such as Lu Huiguang and Qian Xiaohao.

And if the criticism of "Movie Biweekly" is without saving any face, then the criticism of "Movie Illustrated" can be said to be extremely sharp. In their newly published publication, the editor-in-chief of "Movie Illustrated" even I suspect that Zhang Yang's previous films were of such good quality only because of the secret efforts of Jiahe's screenwriting department.

The content of "The Raid" is not even as high as Zhang Yang's debut "Black Fist", so "Movie Illustrated" is not optimistic about this film at all, and only gave a figure of 300 million for the first week's box office expectations. .At this point, film critics' pessimism seems to have become a trend.

For a purely enjoyable film that is too simple and direct, no media or newspaper is willing to give a good review.

But what about the results given by the audience?

As the premiere week passed, the answer finally emerged.

730 million!
When the first week's box office was announced, the faces of the media and film critics seemed to be slapped!
Especially the editor-in-chief of "Movie Illustrated". When he saw the data released by DeYoung Cinemas, he couldn't help but pinch his cheeks with his hands. He couldn't believe the results in front of him!
However, media and film critics did not expect such a result, but Zhang Yang already had the answer.

He knows very well that when the audience sits in the cinema, they are indeed pursuing the content of the film, but what they are pursuing is not the artistry that media film critics value most, or the simple and profound storytelling.

For many people, movies are just one of many entertainment options. Therefore, if you want to be a hit at the box office, you don't need to be connotative, bright, interesting, this and that.

Pure refreshment and pure enjoyment are enough for many viewers.

Although the "Raid" series is not a masterpiece like "A Better Tomorrow", it does have its own unique charm as a series, and this charm happens to be what Zhang Yang and his team are good at bringing out.

The first week's box office was more than 700 million, and the total box office is expected to be around 300 million. For today's Hong Kong film industry, although it is not a top-notch film, it is enough to be called a masterpiece, and a masterpiece can make money. , this is enough for both Deyang Cinema Line, which has just started, and Zhang Yang.

……

Just when the "Raid" series was in full swing at De Young Cinema, Zhang Yang came to Kowloon for a banquet again at the warm invitation of Chen Shenzhi. But this time, in addition to the pastor brother, there were two more people on the table. A familiar face.

The two people are Li Zhaoji, nicknamed "Gao Fei", and Wu Zhixiong, nicknamed "Brother B".

"Yangzi, let me introduce to you. This is Aji. You can just call him Brother Ji. He used to be in Ciyun Mountain with me. This is Big B. He spent some time in Hehetu. He used to be in Causeway Bay is very majestic.”

In fact, Chen Shenzhi didn't need any introduction. He already knew the two Zhang Yang in front of him.

However, perhaps because of Chen Shenzhi's personal introduction, both of them were extremely polite to Zhang Yang.

"Yangzi, right? Hey, I've watched your new movies, they're very enjoyable."

"Yes, yes, wow, your skills are incredible. You are so beautiful."

Big B took the initiative and smiled and extended his hand to Zhang Yang, and Brother Ji hurriedly agreed with a smile.

After shaking hands and introducing each other, Chen Shenzhi finally turned the topic to the topic.

"Yang Zai, you said last time that you would be willing to work with us to set up a Jianghuren Film Company. Now that your film has been filmed and released, what do you think about this matter?"

In fact, Zhang Yang already knew what Chen Shenzhi meant before he came, so when faced with the inquiry, he smiled, lowered his head, took out a stack of documents from the bag he was carrying, and placed them on the table.

"I've already prepared it. This is the script for the company's first film after its opening. Why don't you take a look at it first?"

(End of this chapter)