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Chapter 876 Hong Kong Island's Past Series

After "Watergate Bridge" had a box office of 4.2 million on the first day of National Day, the box office continued to rise as word of mouth fermented.

Dominating the National Day file, without any decent rivals in the same period, by the end of the National Day holiday, the box office of "Shuimen Bridge" has reached 40 billion!
However, after the National Day holiday ended, the stamina of "Shuimen Bridge" seemed to be somewhat insufficient, and the box office began to drop sharply.

However, the total box office of the two films in the "Changjin Lake" series has exceeded [-] billion, but it is basically a foregone conclusion.

"Shuimen Bridge" and "Changjin Lake" are not far behind in terms of word-of-mouth. Although the two films have high ratings on other platforms, they still only score 7.3 points on the popular film review website!
As the box office of "Shuimen Bridge" is rising, and with more and more positive reviews, there are more and more critics. However, as Li Yi said to Mu Qing before, "Changjin Lake" , A movie like "Watergate Bridge" is destined to face such a situation.

"Shuimen Bridge" failed to break the box office record created by "Changjin Lake" in the end. I have to say that it is also a big regret.

However, for Li Yi, it is already another ending of fame and fortune.

Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Island.

Tonight can be called a gathering of stars, even compared to the Academy Awards ceremony.

Almost all Hong Kong Island stars, including those who have come from the golden age of movies, as well as many mainland stars who have been in Hong Kong Island, and many old stars who have already quit the entertainment circle, are gathered tonight one class.

This gathering, called "[-] Years of Hong Kong Island Light and Shadow", was jointly initiated by several real and respected filmmakers in the Hong Kong Island film circle.

Well, Li Yi was also invited by Chen Han, the honorary chairman and founder of the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, to become one of the initiators of this Hong Kong Island Light and Shadow Centennial Party.

Li Yi did not refuse.

Although in the past few years, with the revival of Hong Kong movies, Hong Kong Island movies, gangster movies, etc., the situation has gradually opened up, but the situation is much better than in the past.

However, it is only limited to the police and gangster films, and the film and television works of other themes are still lackluster.

It can even be said that apart from gangster films, Hong Kong films with other themes have almost disappeared. If it were not for the support of those old Hong Kong films, Hong Kong Island films have almost lost their local characteristics.

Therefore, the purpose of this "Hundred Years of Hong Kong Island Light and Shadow" event is mainly to launch a "Hong Kong Island Hundred Stars and Hundred Movies" support plan and a series of themed film projects "Hong Kong Island's Past".

I have to say that in this regard, these stars and directors on Hong Kong Island are indeed quite powerful.

The Hundred Movies and Hundred Stars Support Program is mainly for Hong Kong Island film newcomers, including new film directors, actors, and so on.

Many celebrities in Hong Kong Island, such as Chen Weijie, Liang Dong, etc., stood up immediately and contributed money and effort.

As long as it is a new Hong Kong film director and the new film is approved by this plan, then the Hong Kong Island stars on the list will be willing to reduce their pay, or even appear in friendship without pay.

In fact, filmmakers from Hong Kong Island are much more united than mainland filmmakers.

Many people can often see movies made by new directors from Hong Kong Island. Although the movies may not be so successful, the lineup is not bad at all. It can be said that many times, it is impossible for the movies directed by such newcomers to be given to those big-name stars. In fact, these big-name stars often reduce their pay or even join with zero pay.

And the latter "Hong Kong Island Past" series of themed film projects, as the name suggests, hope to invite some well-known directors to shoot related films with real "Hong Kong Island background", "Hong Kong Island characteristics" and "Hong Kong Island stories".

Simply put, it is to shoot films related to local characteristic culture.

At the "[-] Years of Hong Kong Films" ceremony, a documentary of the same name was also broadcast.

This documentary with the same name "One Hundred Years of Hong Kong Films" is a gift jointly presented by Hong Kong filmmakers, film critics and movie fans to Hong Kong films. It contains faithful records of the film industry every year from the last century to today , there are also the private memories of those film celebrities in the Hong Kong Island film circle in each era, as well as the [-] best Hong Kong films recommended by famous experts.

But these are just reminiscences of the past. Everyone knows that the decline of Hong Kong films has a different influence than it did in the past.

Therefore, this grand ceremony focuses more on the future of Hong Kong Island films.

Topics are commonplace.

However, the significance is still extraordinary. After all, it may be difficult to gather so many Hong Kong Island filmmakers in the future.

Many movie stars, actors, and directors have even retired long ago, and many Hong Kong filmmakers of the older generation are also getting old. In the next ten years, these people may not exist.

Li Yi and his wife were led by Chen Han to introduce the real ashes of many gray-haired Hong Kong Island movies.

These people are either no longer active in the film industry, or their achievements are not particularly high, but their qualifications are there.

Finally, he came to an old man with white hair sitting in a wheelchair.

"Director Li, let me introduce you. This is old Mr. Meng Qiguang. He is the first senior in Hong Kong Island to win an award at the International Film Festival. Mr. Meng, this is..." Chen Han introduced the old man to Li Yi.

Meng Qiguang interrupted Chen Han's words: "Director Li Yi, the light of Hong Kong Island, how could I not know? The younger generation is awesome, Hong Kong Island movies are lucky, Chinese-language movies are lucky!"

"Old Meng is overrated." Li Yi shook his head and said.

Li Yi really knows about Meng Qiguang, who is truly a famous Hong Kong film director.

It is also the first veteran director to be recognized by an international film festival in the past hundred years of Hong Kong film, and also the first Chinese director to win an award at an international film festival.

It was once listed as one of the "Five Great Directors in the World"!

Although one of the "top five directors in the world" has not gained widespread recognition, one can imagine Meng Qiguang's achievements in movies.

It's just a pity that time is not forgiving, and Meng Qiguang is very old now, and he hasn't held a guide tube for many years.

"Time is not forgiving! Actually this time I took the initiative to ask Director Chen to introduce you to me." Meng Qiguang said.

"This? I wonder if there is anything I can do for Mr. Meng?" Li Yi guessed immediately, guessing that Meng Qiguang wanted to help him with something.

"There is a movie that I wanted to make [-] years ago, but unfortunately it has never been able to make it. When I wanted to make it again, I found that I couldn't do it anymore." Meng Qiguang sighed.

"Oh? What movie is it?" Li Yi couldn't help being curious.

"Actually, it's just some stories from my past, those unforgettable childhood memories. However, although they haven't been made into a movie, I have written them down casually in recent years. Maybe it's easy to miss the past when I get older." Meng Qiguang is full of old people. There was a smile on Spot's face.

(End of this chapter)