My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 655 The Spring Festival is fierce, and the creation of "Seven Sins"

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In the 1989 Spring Festival, the competition was fierce.

"Dragon Inn" was released for three weeks, with a total box office of 3540 million, becoming the biggest box office winner during the Spring Festival.

It was followed by the comedy film "Family Carnival", which was released at the same time. This comedy film directed by Gao Zhisen and starring Xu Guanwen is just like the title of the typical "family carnival movie". It won 2770 million Hong Kong dollars in three weeks.

If it weren't for Wu Xiaozu's reputation, coupled with a series of publicity in Europe, maybe the box office really couldn't beat such a 'family carnival movie'.Wu Xiaozu caught the heat of Milan Fashion Week, and also attracted many female audiences who were not interested in 'martial arts movies'.

The third runner-up is Debao's classic small town comedy family carnival movie "Richness Overwhelming", which earned a box office of 1520 million Hong Kong dollars.

The ability to make money in the "Rich Series" has shrunk a lot compared to the previous ones.If you count the salary increases for the leading actors in several series of movies, this movie is no longer a low-cost movie.

At the end of the third week of release, "Dragon Inn" lost its box office champion for two consecutive weeks.Produced by Weihe and released by Golden Harvest, "The Brave Flying Tiger Overlord Flower" won the box office champion of the week in one fell swoop, earning a good score of 910 million. Ye Zimei, the porn star of [-] Locomotive, also starred in this drama.

Facts have proved that a group of graceful girls saved Hong Kong Island and are very popular with the salty and wet people on Hong Kong Island.

At the same time, Hollywood's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" also landed on Hong Kong Island, earning a respectable box office of 450 million Hong Kong dollars.It can be regarded as a good achievement for Hollywood movies in the past two years.

Actually.

Before 97, the local box office was always the mainstream of the Hong Kong Island market. During the 1964 years from 1996 to 30, films produced in other cities won the annual box office championship only 7 times, and two of them were Wanwan films, one of which was Hu Jin The "Dragon Inn" directed by Quan Quan, and the other war film "The Legend of the Heroes of Jianqiao".

In fact, there are only 5 films made in English, and Hollywood was chased by Hong Kong films in Southeast Asia at that time!
而在1997到2020年却正好与97之前的情况调了个个儿，在这24年间只有4年是港岛本埠电影拿下了年度总票房冠军。

Director Hu's version of "Dragon Inn" was majestic and majestic back then. It was not only the champion of local movies, but also the champion of many foreign movie markets. It is not an exaggeration to say that it swept Southeast Asia!

Wu Xiaozu's translation this time is also full of sincerity, which has attracted many elderly audiences.

The audience liked the sense of history in "Dragon Inn", and did not encounter the embarrassment of being scolded by Tsui Hark in his previous life.

Back then, "New Dragon Inn" was released, and countless old audiences blocked the entrance of the cinema to tear up posters, which made "New Dragon Inn" hurriedly dropped. It only ranked No.15 in the annual box office performance that year, which was far from its status in the film industry!

In this life, the box office of "Dragon Inn" stimulated by the fragrance of flowers outside the wall, and the local results also gave important bargaining chips in negotiations across Southeast Asia.

The company is also very patient with this movie.

After all, no matter what, the loss of Wanwan's ticket store will have a huge impact!

During the Spring Festival, the flames of war were everywhere, but it did not spread to Wu Xiaozu.

He doesn't really care about the local box office of this drama. Anyway, according to this trend, it must be losing money, and they don't have the highest share of the local box office.What he cares about is the box office results in other places.

Then rely on Jiang Zhiqiang's mouth...

For several ~days~, Director Wu felt exhausted, so he had to work hard towards his career!
Wu Eryi invited several members of the company's screenwriting team, such as Liu Zhenwei, You Naihai, Mai Zhaohui, and the newly promoted new forces Luo Zhiyu and Ye Weimin to his own Dragon City Ice Room.

This old ice room has once again become Wu Xiaozu's personal creative studio.Work together to create and prepare "Seven Sins".

Among them, Wu Xiaozu's most pleasant surprise is the newcomer You Laihai from the screenwriting department, this is a real treasure!

There are many screenwriters in Hong Kong, but he is the only one who is as paradoxical and full of darkness as he is.

This person was also Du Dapao's right-hand man in his previous life.Now... no more! ╮(╯▽╰)╭!
Wu Xiaozu did not expect the other party to appear in his company, but it is understandable, the other party is very obsessed with the plots and shooting techniques of Wu Xiaozu's "The Birth of a Prefix", "Rainy Night Butcher", and "Suspect".

The third floor of the Dragon City Ice Room was filled with smoke.

The sun shines through the window, and only a few desks and coffee tables are covered with messy manuscript paper.

"Everyone~ It's time for dinner!" The ordinary Gu Zai came up wearing an apron and draped a towel to call everyone down to the second floor for dinner, and then quickly cleaned up all the ashtrays with cigarette butts stuck in them—

The few people in the room are not considered unkempt, but for several days in a row according to Wu Xiaozu's request to design and connect plots and lines, it can be considered black and white.

The theme of the play "Seven Sins" obviously involves religion, but Wu Xiaozu didn't want to cause too much trouble, so the scale here must be paid attention to.

At the same time, this drama also needs to localize the design of scenes and dialogues. At the same time, the plot of the whole drama is almost forgotten, and these young screenwriters are also needed to design.

When a few people went downstairs, they happened to see Wu Xiaozu holding a basin of 'Dongpo Meat' with a shiny color and tied with a straw rope. From a distance, they could smell the aroma of Huadiao rice wine mixed with the aroma of meat.

"Grandpa~"

"Grandpa!"

Several people quickly greeted respectfully.

"Come on, don't be polite, it's been hard work for everyone these past few days, I specially cook for you... have a taste..."

While taking off his apron, Wu Xiaozu took several bottles of Jiannanchun, Luzhou Laojiao and Moutai.These wines are old wines collected by Secretary Li from the state-run store in the imperial capital or other channels, and they are very cheap!
"Brother Zu~ We followed your method, starting with the characters, and began to write their backgrounds, and at the same time refine the lines..." Mai Zhaohui took the initiative.

"This drama will be rushed, Sir Mai from New Art City urged me to be in a hurry..." Wu Xiaozu poured the wine himself, flattering the young people.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's not hard, it's not hard!"

"It's very comfortable to eat and drink, and just need to bury your head in writing the script. This kind of treatment is really great."

"Yes~"

Several young licking dogs fully demonstrated the enthusiasm of young people, and Liu Zhenwei next to him was numb.

Lose your mother!

This is the rhythm that I can't get along with!
Let you be the general manager of the screenwriting department? ? 'Ji'an' master mung bean eyes scanned Mai Zhaohui, Ye Weimin, and Luo Zhiyu like a scanner, looked at You Naihai sitting on the side honestly, and nodded in relief.

"Grandfather, I think this drama is especially suitable for the sense of fate in your style..." You Naihai pushed his small glasses, and said seriously: "This drama should use more cold light to create a dark atmosphere..."

leave!
Master Ji'an's face twitched.

Ji An is Liu Zhenwei's countless "vests". This is the vest he got from a bet with his old friend Wang Jiawei. The characters in "Ghost Police" are "Ji An" and "Kim McGee". Unfortunately, Wang Jiawei never wears them. 'Golden McGee' this vest...

"Ahem~ I'm curious who Director Wu would you choose to play?" Liu Zhenwei interrupted and asked.

"In terms of actors, I am also choosing, and I give priority to artists from the company." Wu Xiaozu did not have full control over the creative part of this drama as before.

It is impossible to say that Wu Xiaozu does not feel tired in continuous shooting.

His biggest advantage is his profound background.

Otherwise, if there really was a director as prolific and high-quality as him, he would have died of blood a long time ago!
However, this does not mean that he does not need to accumulate and precipitate.

This is also the reason why he took the initiative to invite many newcomers to participate in the creation of his script this time.

I hope that I can feel more uneducated information from these newcomers.

"Seven Sins" is a fierce movie, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Mature directors are not incapable of sharpness, but this requires sharpening their own knife!
With the deepening understanding of filming in Hong Kong Island, Wu Xiaozu really felt the vigorous power of Hong Kong filmmakers at this time.

　Stiff neck~~~I'm so sick!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)