Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 202 Excited Du Qifeng
Mid-December.

Due to the lack of film sources at De Young Cinema, "The Owl and Dumbo", directed by Hong Jinbao himself, was not released as scheduled. Instead, it had no choice but to extend the broadcast date to fill the vacant film sources.

During this period, although the operators of Deyang Cinema Line have tried their best to search for movies produced by third parties and bring them to the theater chain for release, most of these are independent films that lack the blessing of stars and good picture quality. They can't occupy the C position in theaters.

Fortunately, this state of affairs did not last long.

Thanks to Zhang Yang's foresight, he chose "Gunfire" for Jianghuren Pictures in advance with a very short shooting cycle and relatively simple post-editing work, thus avoiding the first Christmas season after Deyang Pictures officially opened. But it’s embarrassing that there are no new films to release.

Late at night on December 23, "Gunfire", a new film promoted by DeYoung Cinema during the Christmas season, was officially released.

As the film was officially released on the big screen, Du Qifeng, Chen Shenzhi, Big B and Ji Ge personally rushed to the theater to participate in the premiere. In order to avoid the scene being too deserted, Ji Ge I even asked my friends on Jige Road to come over and help support me.

Facts have proved that Brother Ji’s worries are not without purpose.

The entire cast of Guns of Fire, with the exception of Simon Yam, who has been chosen to star many times by Zhang Yang and has some charisma, the rest of the cast of characters can be said to be completely unattractive. Reflecting on the film's attendance rate, it is naturally also Becoming slightly bleak.

In Nuo University's theater, the attendance rate for the premiere had just reached about [-]%. If it weren't for the brothers called by Brother Ji, as well as Du Qifeng, Chen Shenzhi and others, the theater would have been even more deserted. .

Seeing this situation, Chen Shenzhi was still able to control himself, but Big B and Brother Ji felt really anxious.

They kept stealing glances at Du Qifeng, wanting to ask each other, but they were too embarrassed to ask.

And during this excruciating wait, the film finally officially started airing.

Unexpected.

Although the attendance rate was completely lower than expected, the response from the audience in the theater was very good.

Almost all the movie fans rarely talked to each other during the whole process. Except for a few who felt bored and chose to leave early, [-]% of the viewers who entered the theater finally watched the movie attentively. At the end of the movie , even stood up to applaud, and laughed and applauded again and again.

To receive such feedback, in addition to the quality of "Gunfire" itself, more importantly, it is the newly opened DeYoung Cinemas. The audience they target is very suitable for this film.

What is DeYoung Cinemas known for today?
The number one reason is naturally because of publicity!

As for Zhang Yang's audience, except for a small number of female viewers and movie fans who are eager to show off their bodies, most of them are vigorous men, especially young adults between the ages of 30 and [-].

This group of people is not only interested in the hot-blooded action films shot by Zhang Yang, but will also naturally have a strong interest in Jianghu films. Although the audience for "Gunfire" may be slightly older than other films. Although the film is overrated, for most viewers sitting in the theater, it is still a good film.

Therefore, although it did not become an instant hit as expected, with the support of the Christmas season and the voice of the audience, the box office of the film did not turn into a poison, but with a box office of 340 million in the first week, Progress slowly and steadily.Compared with the box office revenue, as a director, Du Qifeng relies more on the positive feedback from the audience in the theater.

As a director who is relatively pursuing art, Du Qifeng was very satisfied with the atmosphere displayed by the fans of Deyang Cinema, so the next afternoon after the film's premiere, he took the initiative to approach Zhang Yang and wanted to film himself in Jianghu. The second film from Ren Film Industry.

From being a passive part-time worker to taking the initiative as a protagonist, Zhang Yang naturally would not stop him. Even though the filming of "The Ultimate Fighter" had officially started at this time, after learning about Du Qifeng's idea of ​​making a film, Zhang Yang immediately took the time to write the story for his new film. script.

As for the script of this new film, Zhang Yang stopped being petty and didn't give enough shooting time. Instead, he directly chose a representative of the Jianghu film that can really sell the movie. It is also a name that Jianghu films cannot avoid.

"Underworld"

Three days later, when a tired Zhang Yang yawned, he called Du Qifeng over and handed him the script. Du Qifeng just glanced at it briefly, then immediately clapped his hands and cheered, looking quite excited.

Seeing him holding the script and wanting to start filming immediately in the afternoon, Zhang Yang couldn't help but said: "Director Du, don't rush into this yet. I have to tell you in advance that this film is It is destined not to be released in Bay Island because I have already chosen a role in this film."

"It won't be released in Bay Island? You mean, you want to find actors who have been banned from Bay Island?"

Du Qifeng frowned deeply, not quite understanding why Zhang Yang did this.

Nowadays, Hong Kong Island’s overseas ticket warehouses are mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia, Hanguo, Japan and Bay Island. Moreover, since both Bay Island and Hong Kong Island families came from the mainland, although there are differences in some cultural habits , but after all, they come from the same source, and are naturally the most advantageous place to supply ticket warehouses.

Even for a film and television company with stronger local characteristics like New Art City, the box office contributed by Bay Island alone is close to or even surpassing the local box office of Hong Kong Island. It is simply impossible for Zhang Yang to make such a choice. It's different from cutting off one's arm.

"Rather than whether the film can be released in one more place, I care more about whether the actor is the most suitable person."

Just a simple response not only made Du Qifeng's doubts disappear, but also made him couldn't help but give Zhang Yang a thumbs up and said with admiration: "When Mr. Zhang came to me, I knew that Mr. Zhang was a film-maker. I was indeed right about the person I was pursuing!”

Zhang Yang smiled and didn't say much.

If this sentence describes Zhang Yang's pursuit of the fighting world, it is indeed true. He has pursuits, but if it is about the film industry, Zhang Yang believes that he is not noble enough to do so.

The reason for doing this is very simple, that is, Zhang Yang knows very well that compared to being banned from Hong Kong Island for a while, the achievements and profits that person can create in the future will undoubtedly be several floors higher. Now it is necessary to tie him up. Zhang Yang had no reason to miss the best opportunity that was by his side.

"I will send you a list of available actors from the head office later so that you can choose an actor. If there is no suitable actor, you can find someone else by yourself. Just talk to me later about the role of A Le. Just ask Simon Yam to play it, and the role of Big D will be vacant for the time being. I will ask the actor to report to you in two days."

(End of this chapter)