Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

PS, after much thought, I still think that "God of Gamblers" is more suitable for the Spring Festival, so I revised the first two chapters!
It is recommended that you go back and read it again, otherwise you will be a little confused. This is a special explanation.

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The reason why Golden Harvest was able to rise in the original time and space was because of its superstars.

The success was due to Wang Yu, but Shaw Brothers used some means to drive Wang Yu to Taiwan.

Golden Harvest should have died at that time, but Bruce Lee came to the rescue and helped Golden Harvest gain a firm foothold.

After Bruce Lee's death, Xu Guanwen stabilized the situation, helped Golden Harvest to have a smooth transition, and welcomed Chen Long.

The three Chen Long brothers helped Golden Harvest to achieve success in the 1980s.

In the 1990s, Golden Harvest acquired Jet Li.

But in this time and space they are not so lucky.

Although after Bruce Lee's death, Yang Ye suddenly emerged and helped Golden Harvest temporarily stabilize the situation.

But Yang Ye turned around and ran away, taking the Seven Little Fortunes with him, and Jiahe got nothing.

At this time, Golden Harvest turned to supporting New Wave directors and produced quite a few good films.

And because Taiwan prefers art films, Golden Harvest's films are also very profitable in Taiwan.

However, faced with competition from Yang Kee and Cinema City, Golden Harvest’s cinema chain could not be supported solely by the New Wave directors.

However, Yang Ye suddenly set up a cinema alliance and brought in all the cinemas in Hong Kong.

Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest both became beneficiaries because they could make money from their cinemas.

Although the profits from a movie are shared among so many cinemas, not much goes to any one of them.

But relying on the profits provided by the cinema chains, Golden Harvest has survived and has released excellent works from time to time.

When Yang Ji was banned a few years ago, Jiahe experienced a revival thanks to the people who withdrew from Yang Ji.

That was also the busiest time for Hong Jingbao, running between Jiahe and Debao.

However, Fatty Hong soon overdrawn his energy and failed to even get the chance to star in "Eastern Condors".

At this time, Ziqi Company's special effects were fully developed, and "Terminator 2" swept the world.

Yang Ye used the bait of shooting a super blockbuster to call Hong Jingbao back.

In addition, after Mak Dang-hung left Yang Kee, he has been cooperating with Golden Harvest because Golden Harvest is good at overseas distribution.

However, the newly rising Yongsheng has close ties with Taiwan, and Xiang Huasheng is good at business, and he recently lured away Mai Dangxiong.

Jiahe is already facing a huge crisis.

In fact, in the so-called Taiwan market, Golden Harvest cannot beat Cinema City at all, not to mention the emergence of two companies, D&B and Innovent.

The more Ho Kuan Chang thought about it, the more he felt that Zou Wenhuai's words made sense. He said, "Whether you accept it or not, the Hong Kong entertainment industry is already dominated by Ah Ye.

This person has an extremely accurate eye for people and a strong ability to create stars. He can make a star famous with just a song, a movie or a TV series.

He recently made "Hong Kong Love Story" and invited Akina Nakamori to be the heroine, which helped Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok, two young men, to become popular in Japan. It was a good move."

Zou Wenhuai sighed: "Using overseas stars to promote overseas markets is Ah Ye's forte, provided that the work is viable. Ah Ye has unparalleled talent in this area, and he has also recruited a large number of talents, so it is hard not to win."

Ho Kuan Chang said: "Among the most popular male stars in Asia right now, Chen Long and Yuen Biao are Yang Ye's brothers, Jet Li and Zhen Zidan are Yang Ye's apprentices, and Zhang Guorong and Liu Hua were promoted by Yang Ye.

The most popular female stars are either Yang Ye’s wife, Yang Ye’s mistress, or Girls’ Generation, who were raised by Yang Ye and can be considered his daughters! "

Zou Wenhuai said: “So I think we need to change the way we play. Although the people in Yangji are famous, the resources they get are limited because they can only make so many movies a year.

If we invite them to make movies, wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone? Now film producers in Southeast Asia and even Japan and South Korea are already doing this.

They don't want the Taiwan market, they just bypass Taiwan and release the movie, and they still make a lot of money. I don't think we should fall behind!"

Ho Kuan Chang thought about it and felt that Zou Wenhuai's words made sense, but he had another question: "Where does our funding come from?"

Hong Kong's economy is developing rapidly now. Many film companies do not use their own money to make movies. They use Taiwan's money to make movies, and use their own money to speculate in real estate and stocks.

Of course, many people lost all their money in the stock market crash some time ago, and those who trade stocks are now more cautious.

Someone like Wong Jing said he planned to make a movie and needed an investment of 10 million, and within three days, Taiwan would send him 20 million.

The same goes for Golden Harvest. The art films shot by the New Wave directors that Golden Harvest has recruited are also very popular in Taiwan.

Golden Harvest also used Taiwan's money to make films. Part of their own money was invested in the property market, and part was used to invest in Western films in Hollywood.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Do you think Taiwanese film producers don't want to invest in Yangji? They are just under political pressure and dare not do it openly.

Among the money currently invested in Yang Ji’s overseas film studios, some comes from Taiwan.

However, cooperating with overseas film producers is too risky. If they take the money and run away, the Taiwanese will have no way to deal with it.

But we are different. We have been cooperating with Taiwanese film producers for so many years, and there is a level of trust between us.

If we take the lead, they will support us!
In fact, Taiwanese film producers are also stepping up their lobbying efforts, hoping that the authorities can lift the ban on A-Yeh.”

He Guanchang asked: "Is this possible?"

Zou Wenhuai said: "Nothing is impossible. Didn't Taiwan allow people to return home to visit relatives some time ago?
Cross-strait relations will definitely ease further in the future, and A Ye’s issue will no longer be a big deal.

After all, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang!" He Guanchang said: "If that's the case, why don't we wait a while?"

Zou Wenhuai said: "This is the difference between adding icing on the cake and providing timely assistance. In fact, I am planning to contact the mainland to see if we can get our film into the market.

A Ye's "Terminator 2" sold more than million yuan in the mainland. Although the yuan is not valuable, the mainland's economy is developing rapidly, and now many Hong Kong businessmen are investing in the mainland.

We can learn from Aye's method and invest the money we earn in the mainland directly in the mainland. This person has a very good vision. It's definitely a good idea to follow him!"

Zou Wenhuai's words convinced He Guanchang, otherwise the other party would be the big brother and he would have to be the younger brother.

Zou Wenhuai was indeed smart. He anticipated that Yang Ye would be unsealed sooner or later, so he took action in advance to offer warmth.

After some discussion, the two decided to make initial contact through the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and then go to the mainland for negotiations in person.

The best outcome, of course, would be to be able to get a spot for the film to be screened in mainland China, just like Yang Ji.

If that doesn't work, then cooperate with mainland film studios to make movies.

Wu Siyuan is very experienced in this regard. He often changes his appearance and co-produces movies with mainland China, making a lot of money!

So, Zou Wenhuai and Ho Kuanchang invited Wu Siyuan out for tea and asked him for his experience in this area.

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The Spring Festival period has always been a key period that all parties compete for.

All major companies will make a special movie to make money during this period.

None of Yang Ji's big names showed up, but they actually brought out Zhou Xingchi to film a TV series, which really made people puzzled.

Some people even breathed a sigh of relief.

Because last year, Yang Ji fought from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, winning all the way and being invincible, and everyone was really scared.

This year, Zhou Xingchi was launched during the Spring Festival. It seems that they have run out of ammunition.

But before long, they were dumbfounded.

A particularly bizarre advertisement was inserted into ATV's prime time.

In this advertisement, dozens of well-known artists from Yangji came together to wish the audience a happy new year and then cheer for "God of Gamblers" together.

"Watch the God of Gamblers during the Spring Festival..."

Everyone says this after wishing a happy new year. Dozens of well-known artists do this. It's a spectacular sight!

Even in other public occasions, they will help promote it, hoping that fans will buy tickets to watch it!

For example, Priscilla Chan, who was currently holding a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, helped promote the concert on the stage!
This overwhelming and unique publicity campaign really shocked my peers.

How big of a figure does Zhou Xingchi have this year that he deserves all the attention?

How awesome is this "God of Gamblers"? Is it worth making such a big fuss about it?
In fact, although it was a big deal, not much money was spent.

Everyone says a word, which is just a common propaganda routine in later generations.

Due to the ban, Yangji’s artists habitually stick together for warmth.

They hope to convey a message to the outside world that the ban has no effect on us.

Yang Ye called on everyone to promote the Spring Festival movies, and everyone came happily.

However, this way of playing is very novel nowadays and the effect is very good.

When the citizens of Hong Kong saw it, they were like, wow, this movie has dozens of stars promoting it, how great must it be?

More importantly, the advertising slogans promoted by the stars, although simple, reveal a message.

That is... this "God of Gamblers" is the sequel to "The God of Gamblers", the successor of the God of Gamblers!
"God of Gamblers" was the movie that dominated the summer season last year. It was quite good.

This year there is another movie called "God of Gamblers". As the name suggests, it is awesome!

Even some people who don't know the truth thought that "God of Gamblers" was starred by so many stars.

So... everyone started booking tickets.

As a result, before the Spring Festival arrived, the box office of "God of Gamblers" exceeded five million.

As soon as this news was published in the newspaper, public opinion was in an uproar.

A box office of over five million is nothing. In 1987, more than fifty Hong Kong films had local box office of over five million.

But the box office has exceeded five million before it was released, which is quite amazing.

With such strong pre-sale capabilities, "God of Gamblers" also has a great advantage in screening schedules.

Several other companies could not help but suffer!

Some people even hope that this "God of Gamblers" is just a fucking terrible movie.

After the screening, the audience discovered that the film was not what they advertised and started to curse at it, and the film flopped at the box office.

But this is obviously impossible. If the film "God of Gamblers" didn't have some talent, how could it dare to invite so many stars to participate? (End of this chapter)