Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 30 Cameo
The next day, early in the morning.

Zhang Yang came to the filming set according to the address left by Chen Xunqi.

As soon as he got off the taxi, a field manager immediately greeted him at the entrance of the studio.

"Is it Mr. Zhang? Mr. Hong is already waiting for you on the set."

Seeing that Hong Jinbao even made a special trip to ask someone to wait for him at the entrance of the studio, Zhang Yang couldn't help being a little surprised.

But after a brief moment of surprise, he didn't want Hong Jinbao to wait any longer and appear rude, so he hurriedly followed him into the set.

At this time, it seems that work has just started on the set.

The people in the props team were busy manipulating the set, Hong Jinbao's chubby appearance was particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

Seeing that Sammo Hung was busy directing the crew to arrange the set, Zhang Yang stopped the crew who wanted to say hello, and quietly watched from the side, observing Hong Jinbao's scheduling.

Facts have proved that Hong Jinbao is indeed a veteran on the set. Under his scheduling and arrangements, the work of the props team progressed very quickly.

When Zhang Yang was filming "Black Fist" before, the props team of Eagle Company spent at least more than an hour each time setting the scene, but for Hong Jinbao, it only took less than half an hour to complete the props, photography, and lighting. All arranged.

Having a mature and long-term team is really different.

Zhang Yang sighed in his heart, Hong Jinbao just turned his head after inspecting the scene and saw Zhang Yang.

He grinned innocently, walked up to him quickly, and stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Zhang, I have watched your movie "Black Fist". The fighting scenes are really exciting."

Caught off guard by Hong Jinbao's top hat, even Zhang Yang couldn't help being taken aback.

However, he, who has always had strong self-confidence, did not show any overly modesty. He just shook hands with Hong Jinbao and replied with a smile: "Mr. Hong is willing to negotiate a good deal. It seems that my hard work during this period has not been in vain. "

"Mr. Zhang is too modest."

After finishing his polite remarks, Hong Jinbao paused, motioned to his assistant to bring over the script, and then handed it to Zhang Yang.

"Mr. Zhang, your guest appearance this time is all impromptu, so there are no good roles for you to play now. However, I have carefully arranged your fight scene. Please take a look first."

Zhang Yang took the script from Hong Jinbao and glanced at the title subconsciously.

"Beware of Little Hands"

Well, quite normal.

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief and then opened the script.

In the plot, the character played by Hong Jinbao failed to make a deal with the villain Zhou Wensheng in the film, and was hunted down by Zhou Wensheng.

The role Zhang Yang wanted to play was Zhou Wensheng's number one thug.

In the cabin, Zhang Yang and Hong Jinbao had a fierce duel, and finally lost to Hong Jinbao.

It can be seen that, as Hong Jinbao said, this thug role was really added temporarily. After the whole scene, he didn't even have a decent line, but it seemed to take care of Zhang Yang's emotions. In terms of fighting, Hong Jinbao made concessions. Not only was the play process written in great detail, but most of the time, Zhang Yang suppressed Hong Jinbao with a tyrannical crushing attitude.

It wasn't until the final paragraph that Hong Jinbao accidentally picked up the shotgun that fell on the ground and shot Zhang Yang to death.

Being able to work with Sammo Hung in a drama is definitely a glorious experience in terms of improving his own popularity.

Not to mention that Hong Jinbao also made concessions on the content of the script, so Zhang Yang naturally had no reason not to agree.

After all, although he is working well with Chen Huimin now, he cannot always cooperate with Chen Huimin alone for the rest of his life.

If we can form a good relationship with Hong Jinbao, it will be beneficial to Zhang Yang.

"There's no problem with this role, I can play it."

Seeing Zhang Yang readily agree, Hong Jinbao smiled.

"Okay, then I'll ask the field manager to take you to change clothes first. By the way, Mr. Zhang, the salary won't be very high..."

"No matter how hard you work, how much money you get. If you give more, I won't feel at ease."

Waving his hand, Zhang Yang let the attendant lead the way and stepped into the dressing room.

But Hong Jinbao stood where he was, staring at his back, dazed.

"Brother Jinbao!"

Suddenly, a cry brought Hong Jinbao back to his senses.

Turning his head, Chen Xunqi, the film's partner, came up to him at some point, his eyes also looking at the dressing room that Zhang Yang walked into.

"I asked, are you taking this publicity too seriously?"

Listening to Chen Xunqi's frown and complaint, Hong Jinbao said softly: "Do you know the box office for this Spring Festival period?"

"I know, the sharpest one is "The Best Partner", followed by "Shaolin Temple" and "The Young Master", and the worst is Shaw Brothers' "Eighteen Martial Arts". Speaking of which, isn't this film also released during the Spring Festival? At the end of the season, how much did he sell?"

Hong Jinbao raised two fingers.

"Four days, 200 million."

"200 million?!"

As soon as this number came out, even Chen Xunqi couldn't help but be surprised.

In fact, if we just compare the box office figures, let alone the Spring Festival champion "The Best Partner", and even the box office of Shaw Brothers' "Eighteen Martial Arts" and "Black Fist", which are the worst performers in the Spring Festival this time. , which is only slightly close.

But the problem is that "Eighteen Kinds of Martial Arts" not only has the word-of-mouth accumulated by Liu Jialiang over the years, but also has the full support of Shaw Brothers theaters, and the publicity resources of the entire Shaw Brothers team, but what about "Black Boxing"?

Before the release of this film, the Golden Harvest team's attention was all focused on "Master Long". In order to leave enough time for this Golden Harvest masterpiece, the release time of "Black Fist" was forced to It was moved to February 2th, such an embarrassing time without any gimmicks.

Zhang Yang, a star who is just starting out and has no box office appeal, coupled with the awkward release time, can actually get 200 million box office results in four days. This is simply unbelievable to Hong Jinbao!

So after learning about the box office from Jiahe, Hong Jinbao took the initiative to call Chen Huimin and consulted her in detail about the details of the filming of "Black Fist" and about Zhang Yang.

After finishing sorting out the contents, Hong Jinbao became more and more surprised as he read.

Although Chen Huimin concealed many details of Zhang Yang's acquaintance and cooperation with him, she took the initiative to drive away the original Wu Zhi during the first filming on the set. With her understanding of movements, she won the approval of the veteran director Wu Ma. He also personally excavated Zhou Billy and staged wonderful scenes, which made Hong Jinbao feel unusual.

This publicity has great potential!
In order to prove his conjecture, Hong Jinbao persuaded Chen Xunqi to add an extra temporary role in the last fight scene of the film, and invited Zhang Yang to come to play a temporary cameo. The purpose was to see with his own eyes how extraordinary Zhang Yang was. .

Now, Zhang Yang nodded his head. Perhaps soon, he will have an answer to this question that bothers him.

Hong Jinbao turned his head to look at Chen Xunqi who was still in surprise, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

"Later, when I'm on stage, I'll trouble you to keep an eye on the monitor."

"I need to save more energy and study this Zhang Yang carefully."

(End of this chapter)