Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 238 "The Ultimate Fighter 2"

After struggling for a long time, Zhang Yang finally gave up his plan to shoot "Angel 2" immediately.

In fact, this answer is not that difficult to choose.

Although the box office of "Angel" exceeded expectations this time, the key to the problem is that the reason why the box office exceeded expectations was entirely due to Liu Weiqiang's photography, Wu Yusen's director, coupled with Zhang Yang's martial arts and star power.

With the superposition of so many BUFFs, it shouldn't be a surprise if the film's box office has exceeded 500 million, let alone over 1000 million.

After figuring this out, Zhang Yang naturally stopped worrying about "Angel 2".

The follow-up works in this series will naturally be filmed. After all, it is a series that can stably make money, but to an important extent, it is not worth the publicity and energy of the company.

For the second and third follow-up works, Zhang Yang can completely follow the example of the current "Ultimate Fighter 2" and "Fighter 2" and let Chen Jiashang and his old team be responsible for the subsequent shooting content.

As for Zhang Yang, he just needs to be an actor and martial artist with peace of mind.

Undisturbed by the events of "Operation Angel", Zhang Yang continued to carry out his filming plan step by step.

After two months of training, Zhang Yang believed that he now had the ability to play the role of John Wick, so he immediately called Wu Yusen to the office. After submitting the script to Wu Yusen, he had a long talk with him. , the project of rapid pursuit was officially established.

As mentioned before, the plot of John Wick, especially the first John Wick, is not complicated, so there are not many key roles. Under the turns of screening by Zhang Yang and Wu Yusen, the key roles that needed to be played were quickly eliminated. Established.

Apart from the starring Zhang Yang, the first and most important role is the villain in the film. He is also the character who killed the protagonist's pet dog and prompted a series of events to occur, a domineering second-generation black man.

After careful consideration, Zhang Yang finally handed over this somewhat sick and twisted role to Qian Xiaohao.

Although Qian Xiaohao has not played many villains, Zhang Yang can only feel relieved if he is given this sinister, extreme, and very young role.

In the film, Zhang Yang had many candidates to play the role of Qian Xiaohao's father. Whether it was Lu Liangwei, Wan Ziliang, Li Zixiong or Chen Huimin, they all played the role of the boss with full aura.

However, after careful consideration, Zhang Yang felt that none of these people seemed suitable.

Lu Liangwei is too scoundrel, Wan Ziliang is too strong, and Li Zixiong is too cunning. As for Chen Huimin, his club business is booming now, and his interest in acting has naturally faded a lot and it is difficult to recruit him. After Wu Yusen discussed together for a long time, they finally set their sights on another person.

This person is also the leading villain in the history of Hong Kong film villains. In the 80s, he could be called a household name. If he can be invited to join the film, both in terms of his compatibility with the role of the film and the impact he can bring to the film. His star power is definitely worth looking forward to, and he is the one whom the audience respectfully calls Fourth Brother... Xie Xian.

In fact, after filming "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain" in 85, Xie Xian has been in a state of half-life.

Even if Zhang Yang wants to invite him, whether he can invite him or not is another matter.

So after discussing with Wu Yusen, Zhang Yang specially made two preparations. One hand was naturally to ask the personnel of Yingyang Company to accompany Wu Yusen and invite Xie Xian sincerely, while the other hand was to wait for someone who could not wait there. After replying, I immediately asked Chen Huimin or Wan Ziliang to star.After the cast and crew were established, Wu Yusen and Zhang Yang began preparations for their separation.

Wu Yusen was naturally responsible for communicating with Xie Xian, inviting him to participate, and also looking for other actors.

On Zhang Yang's side, he called over the martial artists from Yingyang Entertainment and began to train them.

The action scenes in "Rapid Chase" are different from the action scenes that are popular in Hong Kong now. The kind of effect that the martial arts masters in Hong Kong are pursuing naturally cannot meet Zhang Yang's needs. Zhang Yang, who has been training intensively for more than two months, Naturally, I had a completely new understanding of the action scenes that I was pursuing on set for the film, so I had to hand it over to the martial arts masters before the filming started.

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Just when Zhang Yang was busy preparing for the filming of "The Chase", "Angel Act" has quietly been released.

In the end, the film's box office was locked at 670 million. This result is not bad, but it is obviously not very good. The only good thing is that at least half of the film's cost has been recouped now. Coupled with the subsequent overseas ticket warehouses, it is no longer a problem to recover the cost in the end, and it can even make a small profit for the company.

After "Angel Act" was released, Debao Pictures was unable to come up with new films to fill the schedule due to Hong Jinbao's busy schedule in Golden Harvest, and had no choice but to give up the schedule to Ying Yang again.

Fortunately, since the establishment of two separate shooting groups, Yingyang Company's recent new films have been experiencing a surge in sales, so Zhang Yang is naturally happy to accept the schedule given up by Debao Cinemas.

With the complete release of "Angel Act", in June 86, after the internal team division of Yingyang Entertainment, the first film that was completely separated from Zhang Yang's guidance and control was also a film for which Zhang Yang had high hopes, "The Ultimate Fighter 2" Released.

As the poster of "The Ultimate Fighter 2" was hung outside the DeYoung Cinema, Zou Zhaolong's menacing image appeared in the public eye. Everyone who had watched the first "The Ultimate Fighter" couldn't help but feel a little confused.

What's happening here?
Isn't the protagonist of "The Ultimate Fighter" Zhang Yang?
Why is it that after the sequel was released, there was no trace of Zhang Yang on the poster. Instead, the villain Zou Zhaolong occupied the center of the poster. Is it possible that this second part has Zou Zhaolong as the protagonist?
Using the villain from the previous film as the protagonist of the second part of the series is unprecedented in Hong Kong's film and television industry, and fans will also remember that in the first "The Ultimate Fighter", the character was aboveboard and pursued the best. The strong Zou Long seems to have a good impression on everyone?

This film seems worth watching.

Although Zhang Yang is not the leading actor, "The Ultimate Fighter 2" still attracted some viewers due to the impression left on the audience in the first film and the gimmick that the villain in the film suddenly became the protagonist.

On the night of the film's midnight premiere, the attendance rate in the theater reached about [-]%.

Although it is different from the effect of a packed theater driven by publicity and star power, there is no doubt that it is a success to have such an attendance rate at the premiere.

In the corner of the movie theater, Chen Jiashang and Zou Zhaolong, who were in disguise, were nervously waiting for the opening of the film. Although it was not their first time filming or starring in a film, they had made publicity before.

Now, it's time for the two of them to face the audience directly.

(End of this chapter)