In the original time and space, the movie that really made Zhou Xingchi take off was "The Gambler".
Yang Ye just finished filming "The God of Gamblers" last year, and Zhou Xingchi is now filming "The God of Gamblers", which is just the right opportunity to ride on his popularity, play on his jokes, and facilitate the promotion of the movie.
However, "The Gambler" is about special powers, which is contrary to the theme of "The Secret of the Dragon" that Yang Ye is currently filming.
When Yang Ye filmed "The Gambler", it was tantamount to slapping himself in the face, so Yang Ye made an appointment with Liu Zhenwei.
After chatting with him about his ideas, Liu Zhenwei quickly came up with the script.
In the original time and space, Liu Zhenwei wrote "The Gambler" and finished the scene in four hours. He is really a genius of his generation.
After the script came out, Yang Ye refused to sign it, but Liu Zhenwei felt that it was not good to take advantage of Yang Ye and insisted on letting him sign it.
Finally, Yang Ye said, let me use a pen name, and then sign it as... "Rape"!
Rapeseed is talented. Liu Zhenwei couldn’t help but laugh when he saw it.
Later, Yang Ye invited Liu Zhenwei to be the director of "The Gambler", and Liu Zhenwei readily agreed.
However, he could not openly use his name, otherwise he would be blocked in Taiwan, so he also used a pen name.
Liu Zhenwei’s pen name is... Ji’an!
Due to the Spring Festival schedule, after discussion, the film was co-directed by Yuan Kui and Liu Zhenwei.
Yuan Kui is responsible for the martial arts part, and Liu Zhenwei is responsible for the comedy part.
In the end, this weird "The Gambler" became the producer of Yuan Kui, the co-directors of Yuan Kui and Ji An, and the co-writers of Rape and Ji An.
The protagonists of the movie are basically the original cast members, with Zhou Xingchi playing Ah Xing and Ng Meng-tat playing the third uncle.
Since Zhang Min went to Yitian to play Zhao Min and there was no schedule recently, Yang Ye asked Guan Zhilin to take over.
No difference, they are all the same. The heroines in this kind of movie are just vases, and they just have to be responsible for their beauty.
The action part of "The Gambler" is controlled by Yuan Kui, so Yang Ye is relieved and does not need to pay too much attention.
He is more concerned about the comedy part, because this is the key to victory.
Since the film was going to be released during the Spring Festival, Zhou Xingchi was under a lot of pressure and couldn't let go.
But after being encouraged by Yang Ye a few times, the fun became more and more enjoyable.
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Yang Ye was filming "The Secret of the Dragon" during the day and watching the rough cut of "The Gambler" at night. He was so busy that the new recruit Li Jiaxin had no time to play. .
In such busy life, 1987 passed.
During the Christmas season, "The Sword of the Third Young Master", a collaboration between brothers Li Lianjie and Donnie Yen, grossed 35 million at the local box office, and the overseas rights were subsequently sold out.
"Prison", which originally became the runner-up at the Hong Kong box office in 1987 with a box office of 31 million, was forcibly suppressed by "The Sword of the Third Young Master", and the local box office barely exceeded 20 million.
Of course, there is another important reason for the low box office of "Prison Story", and that is that Zhou Runfa in this time and space is not as popular as in the original time and space.
Without Xiao Ma and the bow ruler, his box office appeal will be greatly reduced.
"Prison" has a box office of 20 million, which is already very impressive. The film was indeed well made.
Looking back at the Hong Kong box office rankings in 1987, Yang Ye's "Terminator 2" topped the list and broke the record with a box office of 45 million.
Chen Long ranked second and third with "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" and "Plan A Sequel".
"The Sword of the Third Young Master" by Jet Li and Donnie Yen became the third runner-up.
In addition, Yang Ye Wan Piao's "Diary of a Man" and Zhang Guorong and Wang Zuxian's "A Chinese Ghost Story" also entered the top ten.
The reason "Diary of a Man" ranks among the top ten murderers is mainly because Yang Ye used the movie to reflect the fact that he had two wives. As a result, it aroused widespread discussion and caused the box office to soar.
The film's overseas figures were very average, the lowest in Yang Ye's career.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" can reach the top ten. In addition to the clever scheduling, the popularity of the time and space kings Zhuxian and Leslie Cheung is higher, and the film's better special effects are also one of the reasons.
The overseas performance of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is very impressive, allowing Zhang Guorong to successfully enter the Japanese and Korean markets.
The Yang Kee family holds six of the top ten annual box office seats in Hong Kong.
Golden Harvest has a niche with "Two Wives in a House", Debao has a niche with "Rich and Rich", New Art City has a niche with "Prison", McDonald's Production Company's " "Ghost Bride" has a place.
It's actually a small thing that Yang Kee accounts for 6 out of 10 films in Hong Kong. Overseas, the results are even more terrifying. Although the company doesn't produce many films, they are all popular in Asia.
In particular, "Terminator 2" grossed US$500 million worldwide, becoming the world's annual box office champion.
Yang Ye has been working hard in North America for twelve years, and finally with "Terminator 2", the box office of a single film exceeded 100 million for the first time, reaching 150 million US dollars.
This box office is ranked third in North America after the comedy "Three Dads and a Baby" and the thriller "Fatal Attraction".
Although the box office of Yang Ye's version of "Terminator 2" was US$50 million less than the original "Terminator 2", it was compensated by the Chinese market opened up by Yang Ye.
Thanks to the appreciation of the yen, "Terminator 2" grossed US$70 million at the box office in Japan alone.
The box office loss in the European market was made up by the Japanese, Korean and Nanyang markets, making the final box office only 20 million US dollars less than the original time and space.
1987 was a small year for Hollywood, and the box office champion was a comedy. Comedies generally only work in the local market and cannot be exported.
The global box office of "Three Dads and a Baby" was less than US$250 million, only half of "Terminator 2".
A Hong Kong movie beat Hollywood and topped the global box office, causing an uproar in North America. All major news media have reported on it.
This kind of report actually further pushed up the box office performance of "Terminator 2" in North America.
This is free to help hype "Terminator 2"!
Originally, it was expected that "Terminator 2" would have a box office of over 100 million in North America. As a result, due to the crazy hype of the North American media, the box office increased by tens of millions, which is really funny.
As early as the 1960s and 1970s, Americans were always asking Run Run Shaw: "Do you want to challenge Hollywood?"
Run Run Shaw was really tired of being asked. He said: "We have our own way, which is different from Hollywood, but no worse than Hollywood."
When Yang Ye went to the United States, someone also asked him Yang Ye's answer to this question is:
"In the field of action movies, Hong Kong is the world's top. American directors also need to borrow inspiration from Hong Kong when making action movies. So, there is no challenge!"
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The entire Baiyang company was filled with joy.
ATV's New Year's Eve concert is the flagship program every year, and it is held at the Coliseum at the end of every year.
Not only does it have high ratings, it also makes a lot of money by selling tickets.
This year, the venue was directly reserved and thousands of company employees and their families were invited to watch for free, causing a sensation!
Yang Ye’s kindness to employees has become a good thing for a while. Many people’s dream is to work in Yang Kee.
While other film companies in Hong Kong are envious, they can’t help but feel a little sad!
Yang Ji has become so powerful that they have lost the desire to challenge. The next thing to consider is how to survive.
What’s interesting is that everyone’s ideas are surprisingly consistent.
That is to compete with Yang Ji in a differentiated way, focusing on comedy, while also focusing on horror, erotica and other themes.
For example, Category III films are a good field.
Unfortunately, after the release of "The Lover" by Yang Ye and Sophie Marceau, the Hong Kong government suddenly discovered that Category III films were serious, so they immediately increased regulations to limit the scale of screening of Category III films.
In other words, "Lover" is the only Category III film with unrestricted release in Hong Kong. After it was completed, the Hong Kong government welded the door shut.
For the later Category III films, due to restrictions on the scale and time of screenings, it was difficult for the box office to exceed 10 million.
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"The Secret of the Dragon" and "The Gambler" were being filmed step by step, and suddenly a news broke.
Huang Baiming and Chen Rongmei formed a new treasure company and launched their entrepreneurial work "Eight Star Announcement", which is mainly released during the Spring Festival.
Chan Wing-mei is a second-generation rich man, nicknamed Prince Chan. He owns two theaters, the Sun Po Theater in Mong Kok and the Kaido Theater in Tuen Mun.
In the original time and space, Chen Rongmei directly broke away from the Golden Princess Cinemas and formed a new Xinbao Cinemas.
However, Hong Kong is now pursuing a theater chain alliance model, and Chen Rongmei is also a member of the theater chain alliance.
So there is no way to talk about breaking away from Princess Jin, and there is no need to form a theater chain.
Since Mai Jia and Shi Tian hold shares in New Art City, they have to share the money from the overseas distribution of Huang Baiming's films in New Art City.
Huang Baiming felt unhappy, plus these two guys were now speculating in stocks and real estate, and their minds were not on movies.
They didn't take it seriously when discussing how to fight Yang Ye, and Huang Baiming didn't want to play with them even more.
Huang Baiming feels that if you, Mai Jia, as the boss of the company, are still rushing out to film "The Best Lucky Star", then I will also go out and have fun.
So he asked Chen Rongmei to open another company and put "Eight Star Announcement" under that company instead of Xinyi City.
Letting you ride the horse always takes advantage of me!
Other companies also focus on comedies, Golden Harvest is "One Wives and Two Husbands".
Their movie "One Husband and Two Wives" sold for more than 20 million last year, so today they will sell it in reverse.
Debao is the sequel to last year's "Wealth and Power", "Wealth and Power".
Wang Jing of Yongsheng also produced a movie called "Hardcover Chasing Girls".
Full horse riding is a comedy!
It's the Spring Festival. It's normal to have a festive time.
Everyone is asking about what movie Yang Ji plans to release during the Spring Festival this year.
As we all know, in the second half of last year, all of Yang Ji's big-name stars had their movies released.
But Yang Ji's people are very slow in producing films. On the one hand, because they are banned, there are not so many films to make.
On the one hand, they have developed overseas markets well. In order to maintain their reputation, they are more willing to work slowly and carefully.
So, theoretically speaking, Yang Ji has no more films to screen.
Even his female movie stars, Hui Yinghong and Li Saifeng, had movies released in the second half of last year.
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Jiahe!
He Guanchang said: "The promotional poster for Yang Ji has been printed. Their Spring Festival movie is called "The Gambler", starring Zhou Xingchi and Guan Zhilin."
Zou Wenhuai said: "Zhou Xingchi, I remember he is a TV star, right?"
He Guanchang said: "Yes, I heard that Yang Ye personally praised him this time, and also asked Guan Zhilin to play for him. Look Come on, Yang Ye is making stars again."
Zou Wenhuai was silent for a moment and said: "Now the most popular stars in Hong Kong movies are all in Yang Ji. Even Sanmao was called back by Yang Ye. Ah Chang, I am. I think... we have to change the way we play."
He Guanchang was stunned for a long time and then said: "You mean...give up on the Taiwan market?" (End of this chapter)