Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 84 Jacky Cheung: "Sad Pacific" and "Kiss Goodbye" are not on the same level

"Can you tell me the title of the film? Also, why me?" Zhou Ziheng asked.

From Chen Kexin's description, Zhou Ziheng felt more and more that this film was very similar to "The Mermaid".

But he also knew that this would definitely not be a movie.

In this case, the only possible reason is that "Surfing the Waves" borrowed from this film.

Actually, it’s normal if you think about it carefully.

Many people think that movies about time travel back to the past only became popular in the 21st century.

But the fact is that as early as the 1980s and 1990s, this kind of film that goes back to the past was already very popular.

As early as the 1980s, Hollywood filmed the "Back to the Future" trilogy.

It is the pioneering work of time travel in film history, and all three films are of high quality without any lame-duck additions, which has influenced many later works.

The story tells of a high school student named Martin who accidentally traveled back 30 years in a time machine, helped his parents meet and fall in love, and changed the future of the whole family.

Most of the subsequent movies borrowed from this series.

In recent years, this type of film has experienced a huge explosion.

France has a fantasy comedy called "Time and Space Trip", also known as "The Visitor from the Twelfth Century".

The story of a medieval knight traveling to modern society is bound to create many incompatible jokes and a series of absurd actions.

Hollywood has "Groundhog Day", which tells the story of a male protagonist who is trapped on February 2nd and eventually leaves this time loop.

Even in Hong Kong and the Mainland, there are several movies about this subject.

The 89 film "The Battle of Qin Terracotta Warriors".

"God of Gamblers" starring Stephen Chow in 90

There are also "The Real Wei Xiaobao: The Imperial Order to Seduce Girls" and "Super School Overlord" filmed this year.

With these precedents, it’s not surprising that Chen Kexin wanted to make a movie of this type.

However, Zhou Ziheng wanted to know whether he knew about this movie.

Well, actually he just wanted to know how the movie performed at the box office.

If it is a movie he knows, then there is no doubt that he, a post-00s generation, knows this movie, so this movie will obviously have good box office and reputation.

If he doesn't know, then he should think carefully, because there is a high probability that it will be a bad movie.

"The tentative name of the movie is "New Hard-Earned Brothers". As for why I found you."

Chen Kexin smiled and said, "In fact, I wanted to find Tony Leung Chiu-wai at first. He had just played in "The True Wei Xiaobao: Seducing Girls" and had experience, and his acting skills were very good.

But your record has been selling well recently and your popularity is booming. I think if you join and use the gimmick of your first starring movie, my movie shouldn’t lose money.”

"New Brothers".

Hearing this name, Zhou Ziheng was confused.

He really doesn't remember this movie.

"This movie of mine should be considered a movie with two male protagonists. I have already contacted Tony Leung Ka Fai, the actor who will be working with you, and he has agreed to star in it."

Chen Kexin continued.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng nodded and pondered.

He didn't know whether he should take the risk.

Logically speaking, since you have traveled through time, if you want to make a movie, you must give priority to the one that you know yourself, which is the best option.

This kind of movie is stable and not likely to fail.

However, Zhou Ziheng was also very clear that those movies he knew might not come to him to a certain extent.

Because most of the movies he knew and had seen were those by Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow, and Jet Li, and he also knew some of those by Andy Lau.

However, you can’t just snatch the movies of the people mentioned above if you want to.

Not to mention that they are the people with the strongest box office appeal in the Chinese film industry today, those movies are basically tailor-made for them.

Even if Zhou Ziheng is lucky enough to grab a role, he may not be able to act well.

Because the characteristics of the people mentioned above are too distinct.

They are all actors with unique qualities.

It would be impossible for anyone else to achieve the same effect as them in their play except themselves.

The most typical example is Stephen Chow.

In this day and age, everyone knows that Stephen Chow’s nonsensical style is the box office magic potion of this period, and the audiences all like this style.

As a result, how many people can perform that feeling?
It’s not like Wang Jing has never thought about recreating another Stephen Chow.

Wasn’t it he who introduced Dicky Cheung to imitate Stephen Chow?

The result is still a failure.

I heard that Stephen Chow has given up on promoting the film.

Therefore, if you want to make movies, it is absolutely inevitable to make movies that you are not familiar with.

Compared to those directors that I don’t know.

Chen Kexin actually has some reputation.

Although he is notorious for cheating investors.

But that’s none of his business, he doesn’t invest in his movies, he is just a singer now, and he is also entering the film and television industry.

He just needs to act and get paid.

Moreover, as far as Zhou Ziheng knows, Chen Kexin should be one of the few directors in the Chinese film industry with a stable output.

His movies may have varying box office performances, but their word of mouth has always been very stable, and there are very few bad movies.

Unlike Wang Jing, who would shoot all kinds of rubbish just to have a prosperous New Year.

With a plan in mind, Zhou Ziheng responded in a low voice: "After the premiere, we'll find a place to talk in detail."

"No problem!" Upon hearing this, Chen Kexin nodded with satisfaction.

"What are you talking about?"

When I turned around, Gigi Lai had returned and asked in a low voice.

"Director Peter Chan said he has a movie and wants me to be the lead," Zhou Ziheng explained.

Hearing this, Gigi Lai was a little envious, "The protagonist of the movie!"

Although Gigi Lai has been in the entertainment industry for several years, she has always been tepid.

She has made some progress this year and played the leading female role in two TVB dramas.

But he is still far from being the protagonist of the movie.

The reason why she knew Zhou Ziheng was because she was competing for a supporting female role in Jet Li's movie.

Hearing her envy, Zhou Ziheng suddenly had an idea, "Come with me later and see if there is a role suitable for you."

"It should be reasonable for the male lead to recommend a female actress to join the crew! I hope Chen Kexin won't be disrespectful." Zhou Ziheng thought silently while touching his nose.

"Thank you!" Hearing Zhou Ziheng's words, Gigi Lai smiled sweetly and took the initiative to hold Zhou Ziheng's hand.

Holding Gigi Lai's slender hand, Zhou Ziheng looked thoughtfully at Michelle Reis not far away.

Gigi Lai has never been so proactive before.

In all likelihood, it was Michelle Reis who said something to her.

……

The drama "Legend of the Condor Heroes".

how to say!

If viewed as a brand new movie, this is clearly a qualified one.

The plot is compact, and although the fighting scenes are not as good as those of action superstars like Jet Li, they are still above par.

However, this is just another movie adapted from Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

Just adapt it! In recent years, Hong Kong has adapted many Jin Yong martial arts movies.

This year in particular can be called the year of martial arts action movies. So far, hundreds of movies have been released in Hong Kong, about half of which are martial arts adaptations.

Among them, Jin Yong and Gu Long are the most numerous.

Even Stephen Chow and Jet Li are adapting Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

However, compared with other people's adaptations, Leon Lai's adaptation of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was too extreme.

Anyway, in Zhou Ziheng's opinion, this film is nothing but the name of the protagonist, some martial arts and names of people.

Other plots and the like have nothing to do with Jin Yong's "Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The movie was adapted and the original plot was almost gone.

In Zhou Ziheng's opinion, this is absolutely a taboo in adaptation.

He is not very familiar with the failure cases of this era.

But he was able to find several examples of failure in later generations.

A typical example is the fighting spirit turning into a horse.

The messy and inappropriate plot not only made the original fans hate it, but also directly lost its popularity among passers-by. It can be said to be a typical failure case.

In Zhou Ziheng's opinion, Leon Lai's "Legend of the Condor Heroes" may also follow this path.

But, after all, we are good friends and good brothers, even though we are not optimistic about this movie.

But at the end of the movie, during the celebrity interview, Zhou Ziheng still said with all his heart:

"This movie is probably the best movie I have seen this year. I have a feeling it will achieve a very dazzling result."

Actually, this is not too against my will.

Because according to the current market, with the participation of superstar Leon Lai, there is a 50% chance that this movie will not lose money.

Currently, Leon Lai’s pay is 600,000 Hong Kong dollars, Zhang Min’s is 300,000, and Michelle Reis’s is about 200,000.

The investment budget for the entire film is only about three million at most.

As long as the movie doesn't flop at the box office, as long as it gets 5 million at the box office, after deducting the theater's share and taxes, etc., the movie will almost break even.

After all, you can get at least one or two million from the foreign market, and you can even make a little profit all together.

Besides, this movie might earn more than this at the box office!

If the box office reaches 10 million, the producer will at least make several million.

After the premiere, Golden Harvest held a small reception as usual, inviting guests and media reporters to the hotel for a banquet.

Arrived at the banquet.

Leon Lai followed the crew around to entertain the film critics.

Zhou Ziheng found a quiet place with Chen Kexin to talk about "New Hard Times".

He also pulled Gigi Lai along.

“Regarding the pay, please rest assured that we will definitely pay you according to the market price.

If you agree to act, I will ask the company's legal department to come and sign the contract with you tomorrow."

After the two of them discussed the plot details of the movie in detail, seeing that Zhou Ziheng was interested, Chen Kexin took the initiative to talk about the remuneration.

"I'm not worried about this at all!" Zhou Ziheng said with a smile.

He is not really worried about the issue of pay.

Although it is only his first film, he will definitely be given a suitable price in terms of his performing skills.

Well, at least the pay is commensurate with his popularity.

Zhou Ziheng clinked glasses with Chen Kexin, then pointed at Gigi Lai and asked Chen Kexin, "Director Chen, what do you think of her?"

"Ms. Li is very beautiful, Mr. Zhou is very lucky!" Chen Kexin said with a smile.

Zhou Ziheng didn't feel anything when he heard this, but Gigi Lai lowered her head slightly, her ears red.

"I mean, what do you think about her playing my girlfriend in the story?

She has acted in many TV dramas on TVB. In terms of acting skills, she is actually much better than me."

Zhou Ziheng said directly.

"I need to think about this. I am not the only one who is in charge of the film. There are other people as well. I need to ask for their opinions."

After a pause, he continued, "But I don't think it's a big problem. When we were discussing this role, we thought about finding a newcomer to play it.

Miss Gigi Lai's appearance is impeccable.

My partner will not refuse.”

Zhou Ziheng knew who the partner he was talking about was.

Eric Tsang.

He mentioned in a previous chat that this film was invested and produced by UFO Films, a company he founded with Eric Tsang.

In addition, Eric Tsang is also the producer of this drama.

"Then we will wait for your good news, Director Chen!"

Zhou Ziheng smiled.

Hearing that she had a great chance of playing the second female lead in the movie, Gigi Lai was very excited and took the initiative to thank Peter Chan.

After finishing the conversation with Peter Chan, Alex Chow and Gigi Lai also walked towards the hotel lobby.

How does the saying go!

The entertainment industry is a place where people recognize names rather than people.

As long as you can make money, I can call you dad.

If you are a loser, no matter who you are, basically no one will pay attention to you.

Zhou Ziheng is a witness to this truth.

It has been almost two months since I came to Hong Kong.

It's not like he hasn't participated in similar occasions before.

Every time, except for those few friends, no one else would even look at him.

But today, the situation is different.

When Zhou Ziheng took Gigi Lai's hand and came to the hall.

Many people at the banquet immediately gathered around.

"Mr. Zhou, congratulations on the record's success!"

"I heard that the total sales of your album in Hong Kong and Taiwan have exceeded 500,000?"

"Mr. Zhou..."

After these people gathered around, they took the initiative to hand him their business cards one by one.

Among them, there were several people who belonged to film companies, and they hinted that they had good films and hoped to invite him to star in them.

Zhou Ziheng chatted with them and practiced Tai Chi with them, asking them to find their own agents.

You can't just take on a random movie role.

Especially in Hong Kong.

Florence Hui once told Zhou Ziheng that if someone asked him to make a movie, he should not agree unless he was a particularly reliable person, but should ask them to talk to Chen Jiaying.

It’s not that the entertainment industry is afraid that Zhou Ziheng will bypass them and sign a contract with the film company and then not make any money.

The reason why I reminded Zhou Ziheng.

The main reason is that there are many films that I cannot take.

Some movies are not only crudely made, but may also involve money laundering.

In addition, another reason is to leave the decision of whether to get a role to the agent, which can prevent harassment from gangsters.

The entertainment industry is more experienced in this area and they know how to reject the underworld.

If Zhou Ziheng came alone, it would be easy to offend these gangsters and get into trouble.

"what happened?"

Zhou Ziheng was chatting with an editor from East Weekly when Florence Hui, who was on the other side, suddenly jogged over.

Seeing that she seemed to be busy, Zhou Ziheng ended the conversation and walked towards her.

"Something happened!" Florence Hui glanced around and whispered, "Jacky Cheung publicly stated in an interview with New Era that Pacific Rim and Kiss Goodbye are not on the same level.

Reporters are all looking for you now. There must be a lot of people at the door. Go to the hotel and change your clothes. Let's leave through the back door!"

(End of this chapter)