China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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2012 11 Month 7 Day.

The premiere of the movie "Chills" was held in Beijing.

The Hong Kong police and gangster epic starring Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung, Eddie Peng, Charlie Young, Aarif Rahman and others has indeed made many people look forward to it.

On the red carpet, including the director, leading actors and others expressed their great confidence in "Cold War". The atmosphere on the scene was still full of excitement, and many fans shouted loudly for their idols.

During the premiere, Aaron Kwok and Charlie Young also showed their childish side and took photos with the little girl who was watching the movie.

After the premiere, various news and film reviews continued to flood in.

This makes the voice of "Cold War" even louder.

In particular, the performances of Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok were highly praised by film critics.

"I think, although this film was released ten days later than Wild Tales, it's still hard to say who will win."

"Wild Stories is a story of the growth of a civilized barbaric society, but the visuals and excitement are a little lacking, and the overall story is not strong, while Cold War is a long-lost excitement! In front of Tony Leung, all the other actors, young and old, are completely defeated, and Aaron Kwok is even outshined. Moreover, the car chase scene in Cold War is simply amazing! When I watched the movie, I not only felt like I was watching an old-fashioned Hong Kong movie, but also felt like I was seeing the explosive excitement in Taken!"

“Although Eddie Peng and Aarif Lee are handsome, their acting in the plot is still too immature. However, I feel that the screenwriter and director were able to make such a sincere film, which may really be the rise of Hong Kong films.”

"Perhaps Aaron Kwok will completely ascend to fame because of this movie."

There is a saying.

Before "Cold War", Aaron Kwok was honing his skills.

After "Cold War", Aaron Kwok had a smooth journey in Hong Kong.

And this sentence can even be applied to Hong Kong movies.

It is the most important sequel to "Infernal Affairs" in the ten, fifteen, and twenty years after it, marking a new height for Hong Kong police and gangster films.

If I had to choose a movie to describe this sentence, it would definitely be "Cold War".

Although Hong Kong films in the past have produced films such as "Wushuang" and "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" that continued the style of "Cold War", there has also been a new type of film "Breaking Hell" that has made a huge splash.

However, Hong Kong films have been declining since 05, and have been gradually eroded by mainland films. Only Stephen Chow is left to carry the last banner of Hong Kong. Even his films are mostly co-produced by mainland and Hong Kong actors.

Even mainland actors have a slight advantage.

In his previous life, in a movie called “The Besieged City of Kowloon”, Aaron Kwok made a three-minute cameo appearance in the movie. He appeared in the opening credits and even stood in the same position as the main actor Koo Tin-lok at the premiere.

This shows Aaron Kwok's status in the Hong Kong film industry.

This is the bonus that "Cold War" brings to Aaron Kwok.

In the past, ever since Cold War broke the box office record of Hong Kong films in the Mainland with a box office of 2.54 million,
Aaron Kwok has been making great successes with films such as "The Monkey King: The Great Conqueror in Heaven", "The Monkey King 2", "Cold War " and "Wushuang".

It won two annual championships in Hong Kong, broke the box office record of Hong Kong Chinese-language films once, and had three films in the Mainland that exceeded 1 billion box office, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films in the Mainland many times.

This is Aaron Kwok’s record in commercial films throughout the 2010s.

At the same time, he not only swept the Hong Kong Film Awards three times, but also produced several niche works such as "Beloved", "Floating City Tycoon" and "Port of Call", which were excellent in both performance and quality.

It's just that the box office was a bit lacking.

But those who have seen the movie don’t have much objection to Aaron Kwok.

The performances are superb and the film is strong in both commercial and artistic fields, which is rare in the entire history of Hong Kong films.

But in fact, at the beginning of the new century, Guo Fucheng, who had experienced an inexplicable storm and setbacks, was completely unable to do it!
Although he made a lot of movies, a total of twelve.

But there are only five commercial films among them.

And the box office was terrible.

It seems that in his mind, the only thing he cares about is polishing his acting skills.

From the initial success of "The Crossroads", to the complete transformation of "Father and Son", to the superb performance of "The Best Friend", from the initial confusion to the turnaround, and then from exploration, adjustment to improvement, it only took a few short years.

This is enough to show how terrifying Guo Fucheng is.

After 05, in the six years since then, Aaron Kwok received a total of seven nominations for Best Actor for four films, and won two of the awards consecutively.

Some people may say, what’s so great about consecutive nominations?

But only a few people know that Aaron Kwok is one of the very few actors whose performance and quality of all his nominated and award-winning works can withstand rigorous scrutiny.

A well-deserved award.

The word "well-deserved" is rare, especially among idol-type actors.

So from this point of view, Aaron Kwok's status in the film industry at that time was already indisputably top-notch.

Otherwise, when the "Storm and Cloud" cast reunited for the movie "Storm and Cloud 2", why did the media report that Aaron Kwok's salary reached six million, while Ekin Cheng only got half of that?
some film critics shouted.

"Cold War may become Aaron Kwok's peak!"

"Aaron Koo is the light of Hong Kong cinema!"

At the premiere of "Cold War", Aaron Kwok's accumulation of the previous ten years finally began to show.

But in this life, when Aaron Kwok’s fans just shouted out the title of “The Pride of Hong Kong” on Weibo.

He was thrown onto the beach by Gu Tianle's fans.

"You are the pride of Hong Kong? What am I, Gu Tianle?"

"With Source Code making 800 million at the box office, and two Hong Kong movies directed by Guan, namely Journey to Hong Kong and The Evils, coming soon, you dare to call yourself the pride of Hong Kong just for a movie called Cold War? Do you want to have a conversation with the key maker and ask him if you are worthy enough?"

"They call themselves the pride of Hong Kong, but the total box office of their movies is not as high as that of a movie made by Gu Tianle a few years ago. It's really laughable."

No one had ever thought of it.

The theater chain is just a drama promotion, something that a film critic says.

It actually sparked a heated discussion among fans across the entire Internet.

After Jackie Chan, who is the biggest actor in Hong Kong?
Jet Li?
Now it can be said that he is no longer a Hong Kong actor.

Zhen Zidan?
It's already cold.

Since the Guan Ling replacement incident, Zhen Zidan's resources have been cut off instantly, and he seems to be just struggling to survive.

Then only Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Ka-fai and others were left to carry the banner.

And who is it among the Mesozoic actors?

A local war finally broke out between Gu Tianle's fans and Aaron Kwok's fans.

It then quickly extended to the confrontation between "Cold War" and "Wild Tales".

"Let's first beat Director Guan's casually written movie. It's so noisy."

"That is to say, the two films written by Director Guan, "Hong Kong Trip" and "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", have not been released yet, otherwise Guo Fucheng's fans would not have the opportunity to cheer."

Gu Tianle’s fans can be said to be very close to him.

Very calm.

But Aaron Kwok’s fans have a hard time expressing their grievances.

Will it match Guan Ling’s box office?

I really can't touch it.

I can only compete with Gu Tianle for mainstream awards.

If you compare again, there is no big difference in the awards.

Many of Aaron Kwok’s fans were furious.

……

The cast of "Time Travelers".

Liu Yifei, who had just finished filming a Minotaur scene, wanted to smile the whole time, but considering her teeth, she acted like a lady and didn't show any.

Just the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

It’s mainly the expressions of Guan Ling and Zhu Yawen, they are so funny.

After Zhu Yawen finished filming, he turned around and ran away.

In the filming just now, the character played by Liu Yifei has a boyfriend, and Guan Ling falls in love with Liu Yifei.

This is also the beginning of the story of "Time Traveler".

In this plot, in fact, in the previous life movie, the character played by Liu Yifei had to have some close contact with her "boyfriend".

But in this life, after Guan Ling’s strong addition.

The two of them were just boyfriend and girlfriend in public, they didn't even hold hands.

And the actor who plays this boyfriend is Zhu Yawen.

After filming this low-pressure scene.

Zhu Yawen's face was full of helplessness.

"Don't look at me. You asked me to come here to make a cameo appearance. Here I am. If you two have any problems, don't spill your blood on me."

Zhu Yawen raised his hands to show his surrender. He had noticed just now that there was some low pressure between the two.

He asked Guan Ling privately, and Guan Ling told him that she was currently taking a step to abstain from sex.

Even Zhu Yawen was shocked.

I was filming a romance scene in the same crew with Liu Yifei.

Why are you still doing the no-fap challenge?
Are you human?

No wonder Liu Yifei is upset with you.

If it were me, I would also make trouble with you.

Is it easy for Xiao Liu to be able to stay with you for such a long time?
Isn't this good enough to be served?
But Zhu Yawen was indeed amazed.

"As expected of Director Guan. It seems that he has eaten too many delicacies from land and sea."

If this were an ordinary Liu Yifei fan,

Zhu Yawen didn't even dare to think about it.

The piles were broken.

Even if it takes three years, many people would probably be willing to do so.

In this regard, Zhu Yawen's evaluation of Guan Ling is "worse than a beast."

It wasn't until Guan Ling clenched his fists and pinched his joints that Zhu Yawen realized how outrageous he had been.

He immediately called out loudly to his godfather.

I hope my adoptive father will spare his life.

"If you dare to mock me today, you will dare to take my head tomorrow!" Guan Ling kicked Zhu Yawen away.

As a result, apart from filming these past two days, Zhu Yawen would avoid Guan Ling whenever he saw her.

He was afraid of being scolded by Guan Ling in front of the crew.

He is now considered an average first-line actor. After "Uncharted", he also filmed "Floating City", although the result was not good.

But he continued to play the leading role in "Under the Zhengyang Gate". After ten years of acting, the gods and ghosts returned to their respective positions. In the turbulent and unpredictable times, the hero experienced a profound spiritual change.

Moreover, he also took on the second TV series produced by CCTV, "Iron-Blooded Brothers".

Although there is no official position, it can be said that I am eating the government's food.

The TV series are not idol series, but high-quality dramas produced in cooperation with CCTV.

It is certain to be broadcast on CCTV.
And they are all male protagonists,
For Zhu Yawen, this will not reduce his status, but will obviously increase his popularity among the people.

So he accepted them all.

During this period, Wang Jinghua was constantly looking for new film opportunities for him.

Maintain Zhu Yawen's exposure in movies.

We can’t let “Uncharted” and “Floating City” be broadcast in vain.

For this guest appearance, Wang Jinghua gave Zhu Yawen many instructions, hoping that Zhu Yawen and Director Guan would give it some advice.

Zhu Yawen was not satisfied with the result.

"If I'm being pushed around by my brothers to make movies every day, what's the point of you being my agent? Can you try harder? Find me a leading role?"

Although he complained in his heart, Zhu Yawen expressed it in a more tactful way.

But the two had a disagreement.

Therefore, Zhu Yawen actually came out to relax during this guest appearance.

After relaxing, I will go back to shoot "Iron Blood Brothers".

As a result, he was kicked by Director Guan.

What a pity.

But little did he know that his close relationship with Guan Ling was envied by everyone in the crew.

"If Director Guan can treat me as a brother, let alone kick me, he can even let me push him from behind when he's doing that."

Many people think so.

……

"Who do you think is more famous, Gu Tianle or Guo Fucheng?"

When the crew was having lunch at noon, the three cold-faced people suddenly started a conversation.

Liu Yifei was the first to change the topic and looked at Guan Ling.

"Ahem, fans online are arguing with each other, but what does it have to do with us? Let's eat." Zhu Yawen felt that the atmosphere was not right and quickly changed the subject.

But when he saw Liu Yifei's eyes,

Zhu Yawen felt a little numb all over.

"It's most likely Gu Tianle. The box office is here. In terms of the box office performance of a single movie, few people in the industry can surpass him. And he is the pure No. 1. Even in a movie like "Never Gone", there are four protagonists."

Zhu Yawen's mouth curled up.

"Of course I am also the protagonist."

Liu Yifei revealed her true colors: "If being the leading male role is the key to ability, then which one has a higher ranking, Yang Mi's "Hot Girl" or my "Inception"?

Liu Yifei was obviously feeling a little resentful as she had not had in-depth communication with Guan Ling in the past few days.

In front of Zhu Yawen, he is picking trouble with Guan Ling.

But after saying this, Zhu Yawen felt like he was about to break out in a cold sweat.

"Nimma, this is a life-threatening question!"

"Why are you asking me this? Why don't you compare it with "Hearing Girl"? You made more than 200 million US dollars at the box office of that movie, which is almost 1.5 billion RMB.

More than the four of us in “Never Gone”…”

Zhu Yawen was about to say something, but he held it back.

He was worried that after he said this, the other party would use "Scarlet Witch" to attack him, and he would be guilty of a serious crime.

So Zhu Yawen decisively pretended to be mute.

"Eat." Guan Ling didn't fall for Liu Yifei's trick.

Following Zhu Yawen's instructions for eating.

"Has Wang Jinghua given you any film plans recently?"

"Not yet. Before coming here, she asked me to ask you for it. I scolded her."

"You, spray her?" Guan Ling was surprised.

"It was just a friendly exchange. I think she needs to take the initiative to help me find more resources instead of asking me to find you. Otherwise, there is no point in renewing my contract with her. I might as well start my own studio."

"That's true. Then let's not renew this contract." Guan Ling nodded.

Then he deliberately said in front of Liu Yifei:

"As for who is more famous, Koo Tin-lok or Aaron Kwok, it doesn't matter.

Ying Huang and One Trend will soon be working together to shoot a new movie, starring Koo Tin-lok and Aaron Kwok.
Tony Leung might also make a cameo appearance. As for the leading role, I originally wanted Chow Yun-fat to play it, but later I felt that it didn’t really matter whether he was there or not.

If there is a guest appearance, you can go. Filming will start around next year."

"Okay." Zhu Yawen nodded, "I quite like working with Gu Tianle."

Guan Ling added: "For the female lead, let Zhang Tianai, who has become very popular recently, play the role. This role is more charming and suitable for her."

The words fell.

Both fell silent.

A feeling of jealousy instantly rose from Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei looked at Guan Ling with a very resentful look.

Guan Ling added: "There will be a premiere promotion for 'Extreme Job' in a few days. You can come over and stand by. Before, Pan Yueming stood next to me, next time I will let you stand next to me."

Zhu Yawen was shocked: "Are you going to start a series for me too?"

“It’s not really a series, but it’s a genre TV series.”

Guan Ling said, "The online drama market is developing faster and faster. I want to train you to gain more traffic."

"After that, you need to prepare yourself and learn some legal and criminal knowledge. A series of police identities will be attached to you."

Zhu Yawen looked surprised!
Liu Yifei finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Guan Ling, do you love him or me?" (End of this chapter)