"Prison" is really excellent, and the performances by Liang Caowei and Zhou Runfa are also very brilliant.
But it still lost to "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and to a... visual spectacle that does not belong to this era!
If a commercial movie wants to win, the quality of the movie itself is not the decisive factor. The most important thing is to stack the cast, use gimmicks, and create spectacle!
"The Sword of the Third Young Master" has achieved the ultimate in this aspect. It combines real people and ink animation, and the romantic and freehand battle scenes caused a sensation in Hong Kong Island.
Everyone couldn't wait to go into the cinema to see it. After watching it, they were amazed again.
In the 60th minute, the ink character appeared for the first time, and it was just a small test.
In the final decisive battle, the sword energy was everywhere and the ink clouds were surging. It was obviously a one-on-one battle between two people, but it had the effect of a melee between dozens of people.
After Huang Baiming and Lin Lingdong read it, they could not calm down for a long time.
In the second half of this year, Baiyang Pictures will launch three special effects masterpieces: "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Terminator 2" and "The Sword of the Third Young Master".
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is popular in Asia, "Terminator 2" is a sensation in the world, and "The Sword of the Third Young Master" has just been released, and its visual effects that combine ink animation and real people are amazing.
The special effects of Ziqi Company have been completed, and the major film companies in Hong Kong can't help but feel a sense of despair.
Feeling deeply alone, Huang Baiming decided to find his gay friends Mai Jia and Shi Tian to discuss countermeasures.
Although Mai Jia and Shi Tian accepted Huang Baiming's invitation and sat with him to drink tea, neither of them was interested.
Since the internal strife between the three giants of New Art City, they have separated and worked independently. Although they are still under the brand of New Art City, they all work on their own.
Mai Jia is obsessed with stock trading, and the movie is mainly about his promoted general Lin Lingdong.
With the rapid development of Hong Kong's economy, the stock market has also soared, making money much faster than making movies.
Unfortunately, the stock market crash hit, and Maijia almost lost her pants, and she has been very depressed recently.
As for Shi Tian, he is an actor, but his creative ability is not good. After leaving Huang Baiming and Mai Jia, he made one film and another.
However, he was pretty good at speculating in real estate, and when the movie wasn't making any money, he was already thinking of quitting.
Huang Baiming said: "Yang Ji's special effects are getting more and more powerful. Today I have brought two big guys here to discuss with you how we should respond?"
Shi Tian had lost all hope in the movie and simply gave up: "'Terminator 2' has exceeded 500 million US dollars at the box office and is the global box office champion this year. Yang Ye has already become the king of the world, how can he still compete?"
Huang Baiming couldn't help but hesitated, and said: "Yang Ye has European and American markets, which we can't beat, but we have always been able to fight with him in Hong Kong Island and Nanyang. And we have the Taiwan market, he does not , this is our advantage.”
Shi Tiandao: “Although Yang Ye does not have a Taiwanese market, it does have a mainland market. The last news report said that “Terminator 2” sold nearly 40 million in the mainland. The US dollar box office was thrown away by Yang Ye himself. He didn't like it at all. "
Huang Baiming thought to himself: Why do you always gain other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige? I was so angry that I didn’t want to speak.
Mai Jiadao: "That's based on the official exchange rate, and the mainland's share is very low. If he wants to get his share back to Hong Kong, it would be nice to have two million US dollars."
Shi Tian said: "That's a lot!"
Mai Jia said: "We are not bad now. A Dong's "Prison Storm" was filmed very well, and he also brought out Wei Zai with a hair boy. Although the box office is not as good as "The Sword of the Third Young Master", it is still a huge profit!"
Huang Baiming is even more unhappy, it's all in your pocket, does it have anything to do with me?
Of course, since he is a small shareholder of Xinyi City, he can still get a share of the money earned from the issuance.
Shi Tian also seemed to know that it was a bit crazy to always brag about others, so he immersed himself in thinking. After a while, he said:
"Actually, there are only two ways to deal with it. First, if you can't beat it, join, and we will also make special effects blockbusters.
Yang Ye's Ziqi Company has been losing money, and he actually hopes that others will do the same. I came to make this kind of movie and help him stop his losses."
Mai Jia shook his head and said: "The risk is too great. What kind of loss did Xu Ke's "New Shushan Swordsman" lose?
Later, Yong Sheng made a movie called "The Magic Jade", and hired Ziqi Company to do the special effects, and also hired Liu Hua to star.
As a result, Yang Ye was banned in Taiwan, and Yong Sheng was so scared that he kept the film. It’s been kept in the warehouse and hasn’t been released yet.”
Huang Baiming said: "Hong Kong films now have a buyout system in overseas markets. Special effects alone cannot afford to sell them at a high price. They also have to rely on powerful action movie stars.
However, all the powerful action movie stars are under Yang Ye's command. , even Hong Jingbao ignored him recently and followed him to film "The Secret of the Dragon", but what?"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads. This is the most troublesome part. New Art City's movies are in Taiwan. Very popular.
Especially since Yang Kee’s movies cannot enter Taiwan, they have no rivals and are invincible in Taiwan, making a lot of money.
If you want to imitate Yang Ji and make a blockbuster, you have to hire a big star like Yang Ji. If you hire a big star like Yang Ji, you will be banned from Taiwan. This is a dead end with no solution at all.
Shi Tian said: "Then there is only the second way. They shoot theirs and we shoot ours.
Yang Ji is good at making action blockbusters and love movies, and Xu Anhua's literary films are also good.
But they are not very good at comedy. There is only one Happy Ghost series that is pretty good.
And comedy is our biggest advantage, so we just need to use our advantage.”< br>
The second method Shi Tian said is feasible.
But the problem is, this is not called a method at all, it is just a step-by-step process.
As Yang Ji becomes more and more powerful, their living space will be gradually squeezed, and they can only survive in the cracks.
After talking for a long time, Huang Baiming felt that it was boring.
Mai Jia and Shi Tian, two brothers, one fell into the stock market and the other was addicted to real estate speculation. They no longer have the enterprising spirit in movies.
Huang Baiming decided... to find another way out!
The three of them didn't know that Yang Ye still had a super trump card in his hand.
When this card is played, their siege in the field of comedy will be instantly defeated and fall apart!
......
"Beautiful girl, let me treat you to Bigfoot ice cream!"
Yang Ye handed the ice cream he took a bite to Li Jiaxin.
Li Jiaxin didn't dislike it, and took a big bite at the place Yang Ye had bitten.
Yang Ye smiled, hugged the little beauty and sat on the sofa, watching TV with her.
What Yang Ye said is a popular line in the recently aired TV series "He Comes from Jianghu".
After "The Heroes of the World", with Yang Ye's suggestion, Zhou Xingchi and Li Lichi came up with another "He Comes from Jianghu".
It is more crazy and nonsensical than the previous one. Many viewers laughed so much after watching this play.
And Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda are gradually showing the feeling of golden partners.
“It’s time!” Yang Ye said.
"What?" Li Jiaxin asked.
"Bring me my mobile phone!" "Oh!"
Li Jiaxin obediently ran over and took Yang Ye's phone. Yang Ye dialed a number and said: "Zhizhi, help me make an appointment with Liu Zhenwei, and I'll treat him to dinner!"
...
A few days later, it was nine o'clock in the morning.
Zhou Xingchi walked into the ATV building with a backpack on his back.
Many employees greeted him politely when they saw him.
The younger ones call him Brother Xing, and the older ones call him Xingzi.
Zhou Xingchi has been co-hosting with Deborah at ATV, and they also film TV series. The resources are pretty good.
He is now a famous emcee and a very popular TV star, but he has not made any achievements in movies.
Because Baiyang Company has been banned by Taiwan in the past two years, the company does not have many film resources, so it is not his turn.
Other film companies in Hong Kong dare not hire people from Yang Ji to make movies.
It was not until the past six months or so that Yang Ji's influence overseas has further expanded.
Some overseas film producers began to ignore the Taiwan market and went directly to Hong Kong to invest, and Yang Ji's artists began to get busy.
When Yang Ji was banned by Taiwan, Zhou Xingchi thought about leaving.
But at that time he was just a nobody, and no one thought highly of him.
Later, with the successive hits of "The Unparalleled Heroes" and "The Greatest Heroes", his fame gradually grew.
At this time, Liu Hua, Zhang Xueyou and others began to become popular in Asia, which made him have expectations in his heart.
Moreover, Deborah once vaguely revealed to him that the company had plans to train him.
There are two women in ATV who have a very transcendent status, one is Deborah and the other is Zheng Wenya. Even the station director is polite to them.
So, Zhou Xingchi settled down, worked seriously, and silently waited for his opportunity.
"Lagu, morning!"
"Xingzi, morning! Yuan Kui just called and asked you to go to his studio to find him at 10:30."
After hearing this, Zhou Xingchi was stunned. He looked at Deborah, as if he was Confirming something.
Deborah smiled sweetly and said: "Your chance has come!"
"Thank you Lagu. I'll go first then!"
"Behave well! ”
"I will!"
Zhou Xingchi took a few steps back, turned around and walked away, walking faster and faster, and then started running, faster and faster, with the sound of the howling wind in his ears.
......
Forty minutes later, Zhou Xingchi walked into Yuan Kui and Jet Li's film studio.
The secretary politely led Zhou Xingchi into the conference room, poured him a cup of coffee and went out.
Zhou Xingchi was surprised to find that Wu Mengda was also there, and immediately greeted with a smile: "Brother Da!"
Wu Mengda's eyes lit up: "Xingzi, it turns out that I am partnering with you this time!"
Zhou Xingchi said in surprise: "Brother Da, aren't you filming "The Secret of the Dragon" with Mr. Yang?"
Wu Mengda said: "I am a supporting actor. I don't have that many roles. I can just run in both directions."
“Do you know what we are filming this time?”
"I don't know what to shoot, but I know that Mr. Yang did it himself this time!"
"How do you know?"
Before Wu Mengda had time to answer, the door of the conference room opened. , Li Lichi walked in.
Zhou Xingchi was even more surprised: "Achi?"
"Brother Da, Axing, it turns out you are here too!"
Li Lichi was pleasantly surprised. The three of them often filmed together, and this time they actually got together.
The three of them chatted happily for a while, and then a beautiful woman walked in.
Zhou Xingchi immediately understood why Wu Mengda said that Yang Ye did it himself this time.
Because this beauty is... Guan Zhilin.
Guan Zhilin is famous in Hong Kong for her beauty. She has not starred in many movies, but she has collaborated with super celebrities such as Yang Ye, Chen Long and Jet Li.
If she appears, then this filming must be a blockbuster.
The three of them greeted Guan Zhilin politely, and Guan Zhilin responded politely, and then found a seat and sat down.
Not long after Guan Zhilin sat down, Yuan Kui and Liu Zhenwei finally walked in.
Yuan Kui said: "We have a new film that will be shot soon. I will be the producer, Mr. Liu Zhenwei will be the director, Achi will be the assistant director, Xing Zai will play the male lead, Jiahui will play the heroine, and Ada will be the director. Xingzi’s partner,”
After hearing this, Zhou Xingchi’s eyes lit up with excitement. He used to act in movies and dramas, but this time he was directly promoted to the leading actor in a movie.
Moreover, this movie has Wu Mengda and Guan Zhilin, and is also produced by Yuan Kui. It is by no means an ordinary low-budget movie.
Isn’t this one step to success?
Yuan Kui continued: "This movie was planned by Mr. Yang, and everyone here was appointed by Mr. Yang. Our goal is to compete for the Spring Festival slot. I hope you will work hard!"
Spring Festival stall? Holy shit, that’s the company’s flagship movie!
Yuan Kui sent them the script and said: "Read the script first. If you have any questions, you can communicate with me and Mr. Liu!"
Zhou Xingchi took over the script excitedly and saw two big words written on the title page: "The Gambler"! (End of this chapter)