Chapter 44: Monsters in the Hong Kong Island film world, Lin Ze’s big move! (2, ask for flowers and ask for everything).
In the Lin Manor in Repulse Bay, Lin Ze sent several maids to Australia to buy vegetables.
I didn’t expect that this shocked Wang Mingjian beyond belief, and the five bodies fell to the ground.
At this time, Lin Ze was leisurely reading the newspaper.
And the protagonist of the recent newspaper is none other than the famous international superstar in the future, Riding the Dragon.
Chenglong entered the film industry as a martial artist in 1971 and served as Li Xiaolong’s stand-in in “The Dragon Crosses the River”.
In 1973, a generation of kung fu superstar Li Xiaolong died suddenly, which made people sigh.
And the director who cooperated with Li Xiaolong the most is named Luo Wei.
Luo Wei may have limited talent, but his luck is surprisingly good.
At that time, Li Xiaolong was invited back to filming by Jiahe from the free country, and he did not receive special attention at first, “Brother Tangshan” did not invest much, only filmed in Siam, director Wu Jiaqiang is generally famous, and he is not good at kung fu martial arts themes.
Half of the shooting was unsustainable, Luo Wei saved the scene halfway, and the box office exceeded 3 million, setting a new Hong Kong Island record, making him and Bruce Lee raise their eyebrows!
After that, Luo Wei wanted to consider himself a mentor who “achieved Li Xiaolong”, but Bruce Lee did not appreciate it, and even committed murder against him with a knife.
Facts have also proved that Luo Weikong has a discerning eye, and Li Xiaolong’s self-directed and self-acted “Raptors Across the River” is more successful.
In the mid-70s, when kung fu films were popular, Luo Wei was the top card of Jiahe, and Shaw’s chief director Zhang Che was bright for a while.
It’s just that there are talented people in Jiangshan generation, after Li Xiaolong’s death, Jiahe pushed Xu Guanwen’s ghost horse citizen comedy, and kung fu films also have two directors, Zheng Changhe and Huang Feng, who are not inferior to Luo Wei.
At the same time, because his ex-wife Liu Lianghua divorced Luo Wei, he became Zou Wenhuai’s confidante.
For various reasons, Luo Wei set up his own portal to establish Luo Wei Film Company, wanting to compete with Jiahe.
He is conceited that he can make Li Xiaolong popular, and of course he can achieve others.
So he signed Cheng Yuanlong, who had gone to Australia to change his career as a chef, and changed his name to ‘Chenglong’.
The main kung fu film, the first play “New Jing Wumen”, re-lit the signboard of the year, failed!
Shoot “Shaolin Wooden Man Alley” again, play the most popular Shaolin kung fu theme, and fail!
Three shots of “Sword Flower Smoke and Rain Jiangnan”, engage in the hottest ancient dragon martial arts, or fail!
Can’t ride a dragon? Or does Luo Wei not know how to play his characteristics? Actions speak louder than words.
Repeated failures made Luo Wei frustrated and lent Chenglong to independent producer Wu Siyuan.
Wu Siyuan boldly used Yuan Heping, who was born as a martial artist, as the director, and the unknown Chenglong performed to shoot “Serpentine Executioner”.
After its release, it immediately caused a sensation on Hong Kong Island, neon, and Southeast Asia, and its achievements directly caught up with Li Xiaolong, creating the trend of kung fu comedies that have endured for decades.
Set off a trend of Hong Kong kung fu comedy, a groundbreaking work!
“Serpentine Executioner” became an instant hit, allowing Chenglong to fight a beautiful turnaround battle.
Continued efforts, the original team filmed “Drunken Fist”, which was released on October 5, 1978.
Once released, Drunken Fist quickly swept the entire Hong Kong Island and swept Southeast Asia!
The box office of Drunken Fist on Hong Kong Island was as high as 6,763,793.4 Hong Kong dollars, breaking the record set by Li Xiaolong for kung fu films.
It ranks as the annual box office of Hong Kong Island and the global box office champion of Hong Kong Island films.
The box office of Baodao Province is as high as 8 million, and Wu Siyuan called it “too profitable” and “ridiculously good”.
The foreign box office is stronger, and after its release in the country of sticks, it directly broke the record for the highest number of people in the country, including Hollywood movies, and lasted for 11 years.
After its release on Neon, it received 1.9 billion yen at the box office.
The cumulative global box office, up to 22 million free coins.
Wu Siyuan and Yuan Heping turned the dragon into the shape of the two and told Luo Wei with practical actions.
“Look, Luo Wei, this is how the dragon is used!”
Riding the dragon could not live or die under Luo Wei, but it became popular under the hands of others, and the minotaur belonged to Yes.
Riding the dragon became popular overnight, and suddenly became a ‘hot product’ for many companies to compete for.
Jiahe Company, which had a feud with Luo Wei, sent the real power figure He Guanchang to personally send a cash check with a denomination of one million.
This is only a deposit, and the salary is as high as two million Hong Kong dollars.
Shaw Film Company also sent autumn waves to Chenglong.
In today’s Hong Kong Island entertainment industry, what is the concept of two million salary?
Today’s Hong Kong Island actors’ highest salary is only about 100,000, and the total investment of a film is only one or two million.
Riding the dragon is more than ten times higher than the salary of other actors, and the total investment of a movie just pays him a salary, which is simply a monster among monsters.
I have to say that Luo Wei’s luck is against the sky, and the two strongest dragons in the Hong Kong Island film industry are all related to him.
But Luo Wei’s vision is also against the sky, other companies are tempted to ride the dragon with real money, and he?
The current Chenglong is an employee of Luo Wei’s company, and before the dragon did not catch fire, he paid Chenglong 3,000 Hong Kong dollars a month.
Wu Siyuan paid Chenglong 100,000, but Luo Wei took half of it.
After Chenglong became popular, Luo Wei saw the commercial value of Chenglong, and wanted to tie Chenglong to his side as a cash cow.
But the stingy Luo Wei was reluctant to use money to appease Chenglong, but used his identity as a righteous father to morally kidnap, and his vision was really short-sighted.
Lin Ze looked at the spirited Chenglong in the newspaper, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In this day and age, whoever can dominate the information will be the most successful person!
There is no doubt that Chenglong was a superstar in the Hong Kong Island film industry in the 80s and 90s.
He is the world’s most influential Chinese movie star and international superstar.
Lin Ze has long registered an entertainment company and wants to get involved in the film industry, but unfortunately he was a little busy some time ago.
Now that he has time, he wants to make a big move.
Undoubtedly, signing Hong Kong Island’s most popular dragon can achieve this goal.
Thinking of this, Lin Ze picked up the phone, called Ge Jiayi, and ordered:
“I want to see Chenglong, you go and invite him over.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
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