Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 144
Haiyun Theater was extremely lively today, because the premiere of "Kung Fu Boy" was chosen to be held here.

After all, this theater is one of the leading theaters of Golden Harvest Cinemas, so it is only natural that we choose the premiere here.

Before seven o'clock in the evening, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, dressed in suits, arrived at the theater early. At this time, they hadn't developed the habit of walking the red carpet, so they went straight in as soon as they arrived at the theater.

Completely different from the nervousness he felt when he was the first starring role, this time Yuen Biao looked very steady, although he was still very excited, he was not too nervous.

"Just received the news that all the shows of "Kung Fu Boy" have been sold out."

The theater manager looked very happy. You must know that in a year, only when the Xu Brothers' movies are released, will there be a direct sell-out situation on the first day.

The attendance rate of the theater directly affects whether their bonus at the end of the month is more or less, so the manager of the theater naturally hopes that the theater can be full every day.

As far as Yuen Biao is concerned, if "Kung Fu Boy" can really break through 1 million in the end, then he can be called the No. [-] Hong Kong martial arts star.

"Don't worry, this film is even better than "Master Qian". I believe the audience will like it very much. You have to have confidence in yourself."

Others may not know it, but Sammo Hung can see it very clearly, despite Yuen Biao's calm face, he is actually very nervous because this "Kung Fu Boy" is very important to him.

"Of course I'm very relieved." Yuen Biao replied with a smile.

Another good news for "Kung Fu Boy" is that during the period when they were released, there were no strong films on the block.

Except for Shaw's "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", which is a little famous, the other films are all cannon fodder, and they can't generate any threat at all.

And even "Eternal Sword and Dragon Slayer", Zou Wenhuai and the others all agreed that this kind of martial arts movie that is almost out of date, even if it didn't match "Kung Fu Boy", it would definitely not get any good box office.

Fortunately, Fang Yihua is such a shrewd person who has been making this kind of movie. Could it be that she really can't see what the audience likes to watch now?

"Mr. Zou and the others are here."

As the most important drama of Golden Harvest this year, the premiere of "Kung Fu Boy" Zou Wenhuai will naturally come to join him.

He Guanchang was still by his side, and the two were inseparable. When they first reached the second floor, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung and others were already standing at the stairs to welcome them.

"Mr. Zou (Mr. He)..."

Zou Wenhuai smiled and nodded, then walked in front of Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung and patted their shoulders.

"I'll see you tonight."

Zou Wenhuai has great confidence in "Kung Fu Boy", and he was the first to think of the idea of ​​breaking the box office of tens of millions.

In order to achieve this goal, he has even removed some films with poor or mediocre box office before the release of "Kung Fu Boy".

The purpose of doing this is to free up more sessions for "Kung Fu Boys", and the publicity campaign in the past few days has already invested 30 yuan in advertising.

Now everything that should be done has been done, and now we will see what kind of surprise "Kung Fu Boy" will give them next.

"Mr. Zou, don't worry, we won't let you down. "Kung Fu Boy" will definitely be a hit."

Sammo Hung patted himself on the chest, his face full of swearing expressions.

Zou Wenhuai didn't continue to say anything, the movie was about to start, and he was going to the box on the second floor to watch the movie.

At the same time, the Emerald Theater on the other side is also star-studded tonight.

As Shaw Brothers' leading theater, Fong Yat-wah decided to put the premiere of "Eternal Sword and Dragon Saber" here.

All the male and female protagonists of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" appeared tonight, but the strange thing was that Fang Yat Hua did not appear, but director Chu Yuan replaced her.

"I heard that the theaters at Golden Harvest are full."

Gossip is the nature of most people, especially when there is such a competitive relationship, people want to know how the opponent is doing.

When the movie was about to start, Guo Youhua, who was sitting in the front row, vaguely heard someone discussing the sales of "Kung Fu Boy" behind him.

Not only Guo Youhua, but even Chu Yuan heard it. He immediately turned his head and gave the two gossiping girls a hard look. When the other party saw that the director was angry, he immediately shut his mouth in fright.

In fact, Chu Yuan also knew that in the duel between "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" and "Kung Fu Boy", he would definitely lose in the end, but he still agreed to Fang Yihua.

One is because this drama is divided into two parts, the upper part and the lower part.

The second reason is that Fang Yat Hua agreed to let Guo Youhua play Zhao Min.

Originally, Guo Youhua's schedule was very tight, and she basically didn't have much time, so in the first half of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", she didn't appear until the end of the film, and she had more roles in the second part.

But even so, there are still many fans who come to watch Guo Youhua. The previous "Master Qian" and her recent role as Rong Rong in the hit "Chu Liuxiang" have accumulated a large number of fans for her.

While filming "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", there was also a small episode.

In the previous life, the one who played the role of Zhao Min in "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" was the original Shaw Brothers sister Jing Li.

There is a scene where Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji fall into a trap. The original plot is that Zhang Wuji removes Zhao Min's clothes in order to scare her into revealing the location of the agency.

But when Guo Youhua came to act, she took the initiative to propose to Chu Yuan, hoping to change the way.

And Guo Youhua did this out of selfishness, that is, she was worried that Lin Daoqiu would be unhappy when he saw that scene.

Originally, Chu Yuan was not very happy at first, but after thinking about it, Zhang Wuji finally clicked on Zhao Min's laugh point, which made her unable to bear it, and then revealed the location of the mechanism.

In fact, actresses at this time will inevitably encounter such a situation, but most of them will choose to compromise.

But Guo Youhua is different, because she is now regarded as Shaw's most popular actress, and Fang Yathua intends to make her an image of a pure actress, so Chu Yuan is willing to change this scene for her.

Otherwise, with his temper, he wouldn't bother to care about these things, and he would definitely find a way to continue filming according to the original script.

When the film was halfway through, everyone found that Guo Youhua hadn't appeared yet, which made the fans who wanted to see Guo Youhua very dissatisfied.

In fact, it’s not that Chu Yuan didn’t want Guo Youhua to come out earlier, but firstly, it’s because her schedule is too tight;

That's why Zhao Min didn't show up until the end of the play.

And hearing the comments from the audience behind made Chu Yuan feel even more depressed.

Because those audiences have already begun to express their dissatisfaction in the theater, after they go out, I am afraid they will express it more brazenly.

(End of this chapter)