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Chapter 671 The police and bandit movies that hit the streets one after another
The film circle on Hong Kong Island is very small, so naturally it is easy to find people who can talk to Li Yi.

Such as Chen Weijie, such as Liang Feng, and so on.

Wang Feng has a very high status in the Hong Kong film circle, because in the 90s, when Hong Kong films were on the decline, Wang Feng can be said to have sprung up suddenly.

What Wang Feng is best at happens to be the theme of Hong Kong Island gangster movies, and they are gangster movies in the "Double Heroes" mode.

It is a pity that the decline of Hong Kong Island movies is all-round.

After entering the new century, many Hong Kong Island filmmakers have gone north, but Wang Feng is very stubborn to stick to the Hong Kong Island market.

It is a pity that once there are too many movies of any style, any type of movie, it will make the audience feel fatigued.

Wang Feng's gangster films were innovative in the 90s compared to Hong Kong films of the past, but with the entry into the new century, his methods no longer work.

Shoot one, throw one.

In the end, Wang Feng also had to start trying to co-produce with the mainland. Seeing the decline of police and gangster films, he began to switch to other films.

It's a pity that the market changes too fast, and the tastes of the audience change too fast, and he still can't grasp the preferences of the audience.

Although it is not enough to say that one film will be rushed one after another, but there are no truly successful works.

The sudden emergence of "Infernal Affairs" made Wang Feng very excited.

In his opinion, this is not only the reason for "Infernal Affairs" itself, but also the reason why the audience's preferences began to return.

Wang Feng watched the movie "Infernal Affairs" many times, and did a lot of work, analyzing the reasons for the movie's success, style, story structure, etc., and so on.

Knowing that Li Yi had a sequel plan but didn't want to continue directing, Wang Feng immediately asked Chen Weijie to be a lobbyist.

Because Wang Feng can be said to be one of Chen Weijie's friends. When Chen Weijie was not so famous, it was Wang Feng who supported him.

Therefore, Chen Weijie naturally wanted to give Wang Feng this face.

Wang Feng originally thought that if Li Yi wanted to find a director who was best at making police films on Hong Kong Island and who was most suitable for the sequel of "Infernal Affairs", then he must be the one with the most advantages.

Because, the situation of two heroes, good and evil cannot be distinguished, this can be said to be Wang Feng's forte.

However, in the end, Li Yi didn't even agree to meet at all, and directly refused.

Although Li Yi told Chen Weijie that he planned to use the sequel of "Infernal Affairs" to train new Hong Kong film directors.

But Wang Feng felt that this was just Li Yi's excuse.

Are you kidding me, the newcomer can make a movie like "Infernal Affairs"?

Could it be that he, Wang Feng, is not as good as a rookie director?Wang Feng felt that he was offended!

In fact, in Li Yi's eyes, the sequel to "Infernal Affairs", Wang Feng is really not as good as the new director.

Because what Li Yi wanted was a relatively obedient toolman director, but how could a famous old director like Wang Feng be willing to be a toolman?
What are Hong Kong Island filmmakers best at?
It's an imitation!It's following suit!
It can be said that in this respect, no one really can surpass him.

In fact, after "Infernal Affairs" became a hit, more than half of the multiple police and gangster film projects approved were stories related to undercover agents.

Wang Feng likes to do the opposite.

Therefore, after "Infernal Affairs" was released, there were as many as six Hong Kong police and gangster film projects approved one after another!

The media and movie fans also began to polarize.

After "Infernal Affairs", some of them expressed their expectations after seeing so many gangster film projects being approved, and believed that this was the beginning of the revival of gangster film on Hong Kong Island.

Their argument is that so many gangster film projects have been approved, and they are not low-cost. The directors are also well-known directors on Hong Kong Island, and the lineup is not bad.So this also means that capital began to favor Hong Kong Island police and gangster projects because of the achievements of "Infernal Affairs".

But others feel that this is not a good sign.

First of all, gangster films on Hong Kong Island have been filmed all the time, but only "Infernal Affairs" has achieved the pinnacle of Hong Kong films.

So it also shows that what everyone likes is always a good movie, not just any gangster movie.

Secondly, these projects were established so quickly, and from the revealed movie titles, it can be seen that these projects are completely following the trend and imitating "Infernal Affairs"!
Just look at the movie titles: "Edge Walker", "Undercover", "Cat and Mice", "Traitor" and so on.

It can almost be said that you can tell just by looking at the name of the movie. It contains the key elements of "Infernal Affairs", such as undercover, two heroes and so on.

Therefore, many movie fans are worried that the bad habits of the Hong Kong film era will reappear, follow suit, and imitate!

In fact, whether it is following the trend or imitating it, it is not a big problem, but the biggest problem is, can we really be sincere when we come up with so many projects in such a haste?Have innovation?
So the two sides held their own opinions, and they were quarrelsome.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Yi.

Li Yi has been very low-key and salty during this time.

However, the film industry is in turmoil.

In the second half of the year, starting from October, the group of filmmakers on Hong Kong Island explained what the speed of Hong Kong films is.

Seven gangster films on Hong Kong Island have been launched, and the latest one is released on the Double Egg Festival.

"Edge Walker" directed by Chen Manshan, a veteran film director on Hong Kong Island, took the lead in launching the first shot of police and gangster films on Hong Kong Island after "Infernal Affairs".

Although "Edge Walker" was shot very fast, it is also an undercover movie.

However, the film was released on the Double Egg Festival and it did a good job.

"Edge Walker" is not a two-hero movie, it tells the story of an undercover agent from lost to finally awakened.

It's not bad.

Although the box office can't be compared with "Infernal Affairs", but after one month, it has won [-] million box office, which is definitely considered a success.

The word-of-mouth of "Edge Walker" is not bad, and the score of 7.5 points is considered excellent.

All of a sudden, the media shouted that the revival of Hong Kong police and gangster films has opened a new chapter!

But obviously they were happy too early.

Subsequent releases such as "Undercover Storm", "Cat and Mouse Fight", "Traitor" and other gangster films on Hong Kong Island failed one after another.

None of the highest box office hits exceeded [-] million.

And the reputation is even worse.

"What kind of crap!"

"Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, and there is no one else. Do you really think that as long as it is a police movie, it will be a big hit?"

"It's not worthy of mentioning "Infernal Affairs". It's no wonder that Hong Kong movies will decline. A group of people know how to make quick money by following the trend. They have no innovation at all, but they are full of loopholes, and the script has not been completed. They rush to catch up, for fear of missing out. Once you get this heat, you rush out to make money!"

"The success of "Infernal Affairs" is due to the good idea of ​​the story, the wonderful plot, the superb acting skills of the actors, and the strong director, but what are you all?"

"I have no sincerity at all. Treating the audience as idiots, and still want box office? I'm blind!"

(End of this chapter)