Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 60 Drunken Master Premiere

Hong Kong City Hall!
The 1500 seats were packed, making Chen Long a little nervous.Although he has made movies before and played the leading role, this is the first time for him to engage in such a big battle.

Although everyone came to see Yang Ye, Yang Ye did not want to dominate the scene. As a screenwriter, he stood with Yuan Heping and Chen Long, led the film's main creators to the stage, bowed to the audience, and then left. .

Of course, after the movie is over, he will still go on stage to interact with the audience as a screenwriter.

According to the rules of the last premiere held by Yang Ye, the leading actor had to go on stage to sing the theme song, and he did so this time.

After the host Mary Zhang came on stage and interacted with the audience for a few words, she invited Chen Long to come on stage to sing "Drunken Master", the theme song of "Drunken Master".

Although singing is not Chen Long's specialty, he still has some skills in opera since elementary school.Moreover, after practicing martial arts for a long time, he is full of energy and has an aura when he sings.

Most people only know Chen Long as a Kung Fu superstar and often forget about it. In fact, he is also a best-selling singer and has sung many popular songs, "Drunken Master" is one of them.

"Drunken Master" was tailor-made for Chen Long in 1994 when he was filming "Drunken Master 2".Now, of course it was written by Yang Ye.

Chen Long directly carried the bottle of wine to the stage, performed a drunken fist crazily, and then stood in front of the microphone and sang:
I tossed and turned like a wave, laughing off all kinds of grievances.

I lower myself and I rise, I stagger and refuse to fall.
I know the world in wine best.

I never use a knife to gain fame in the world of martial arts. I can shoulder a heavy burden.

I will neither cry out for injustice nor beg for mercy, but I will bend down to love and kindness.
A drunken and immortal hero.

……

This song "Drunken Master" has a catchy melody and very free and easy lyrics, which makes people feel very emotional as soon as they listen to it. After singing, the audience applauded enthusiastically.

Chen Long sang on stage for the first time and made a lot of preparations in advance. Yang Ye also arranged for him to receive vocal training from Zheng Donghan for a week.

It happened that Teresa Teng was recording songs at PolyGram and she taught him a few tricks.

In the original time and space, Chen Long also learned singing from Deng Lijun, but they were lovers at that time.

This world is empty. Teresa Deng has become a sister-in-law. Even if this guy has treacherous intentions, he can only behave himself.

Chen Long sang a song and left the stage, and the movie was officially screened.

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Aaron, you sang well."

Chen Long flattered Yang Ye: "It's all because of your good songwriting, Mr. Yang."

After the subtitles, the movie opens. "Tao Baibai" walks into a ruined temple, digs out a murder list and a 500-tael banknote from a broken box, and then goes to the seaside to kill a master. The front begins.

As soon as Huang Feihong, played by Chen Long, appeared, the audience was confused.Today's Hong Kong audiences' impression of Huang Feihong comes from Guan Dexing.Guan Dexing made 87 Huang Feihong movies in his life.

Guan Dexing's Huang Feihong gives people a very calm impression, with a pair of bright tiger eyes, and the whole person is full of energy.

But the Huang Feihong played by Chen Long is very improper.He is lazy in practicing, teasing girls, cheating on her with food and drinks, cheating and sneaking around, he is a complete little bastard.

The audience's laughter point is still relatively low these days. The urban comedies of the Xu brothers can make them paralyzed with laughter. Now it is replaced by Chen Long's kung fu comedies, and the audience is laughing even more.

Chen Long teased Zhao Yazhi on the street. When he returned home, he found out that Zhao Yazhi was actually his cousin. Then he was severely punished by his aunt, which made many viewers unable to hold back.

After this performance, the audience has basically accepted this funny Once Upon a Time.

As a result, the subsequent plot was even more hilarious. Huang Feihong learned kung fu from Su Qier, and had to hang upside down and use two bowls to fill the bucket at the top of the ladder with water.

Huang Feihong took advantage of Su Qier's sleep, filled the bucket with a ladle, and then told Su Qier: Master, I'm done practicing!Su Qier said, "Really?" He took out a small wine glass from his arms and said, "Scoop it down for me."

"Hahahaha!" The audience laughed and beat their chests.

Next, the master and the apprentice went to gamble. The gambler couldn't afford to lose and cheated. In that fight, Chen Long picked up all kinds of equipment and props at the scene, and he played in a variety of ways.

Where have today’s audiences seen this?Everyone was dumbfounded, surprised and amused.

Because the opponent's iron-tou skill was so powerful, the master and the apprentice actually took out a hammer and hammered it wildly, hitting the opponent's head full of iron-tou skill, and the audience at the scene laughed like crazy.

In the final decisive battle, Jackie Chan drank and drunk the Eight Immortals. After the Seven Immortals defeated Tao Baibai, he suddenly became enlightened at the critical moment. With a twist of his body, he transformed into He Xiangu in an extremely enchanting way. He beat Tao Baibai dizzy with a small punch. .

"Hahahahaha..."

"Clap clap clap clap..."

In the warm applause, the ending of the movie came.

The main creators of "Drunken Master" came on stage to thank the audience and answer questions from the audience. They all knew that "Drunken Master" was a success!

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A week later, taking advantage of the summer vacation, "Drunken Master" also began to be screened in Golden Harvest theaters.

The movie shown at Shaw Brothers at the same time was called "Shaolin Killing", starring Chen Huimin.Chen Huimin won the championship in the Southeast Asian Boxing Championship in 1972. At that time, she was known as "the boxer has Chen Huimin and the legs have Bruce Lee."

Shaw Brothers saw that the Shaolin theme was very popular, so they hired Chen Huimin to make "Shaolin Killing" just to follow the trend.

However, Shaw Brothers is still making movies in the same old way, with shoddy production and saving when possible. It is completely vulnerable to Chen Long's "Drunken Master". It was rushed into production after 8 days of release and grossed 50 at the box office.

Shaw Brothers urgently switched to the Qiong Yao romance film "A Dream of Dreams" starring Xie Xian and Zhen Zhen, focusing on differentiated competition.

Thanks to Xie Xian's huge popularity, Shaw Brothers could barely hold on, with a box office of 13 in 94 days of screening.

Chen Long's "Drunken Master", one against two, was screened for 23 days before it was released, and it grossed 537 million at the box office, making it a great success.

Although this result is not as good as "Shaolin Temple", it is still the second best result this year and the fourth best result in Hong Kong history.

After "Drunken Master" was finished, Golden Harvest switched to the co-production "Into the Yellow Dragon" starring Wang Yu. This movie took in 120 million at the box office, which is not bad.

In late August, the Hui brothers made another appearance, with "Genius and Idiot" grossing 455 million at the box office, maintaining Xu Guanwen's reputation as the king of comedy.

Throughout the summer, Jiahe's Chen Long, Wang Yu, and Xu Guanwen took turns pressing Shaw Brothers to the ground and rubbing them wildly.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were happy, but also felt a little worried.

Zou Wenhuai smoked a cigarette and sighed: "Ah Ye is a talent. Now that he has discovered another Chen Long, it will only be a matter of time before he leaves us and goes it alone."

He Guanchang said: "When Ah Ye signed the contract with us, he would rather give up the Nanyang box office and get the copyright of "Shaolin Temple". As a result, his daily income alone is more than 3000 million. This time he went to Cannes. It is said that the revenue from the rights sold exceeded HK$[-] million. Although we made a lot of profits after many rounds of screenings, he ultimately took the lion's share."

Zou Wenhuai laughed self-deprecatingly: "Now it seems that we are short-sighted."

He Guanchang said: "The question we have to consider now is that once Ah Ye goes solo, he will definitely be a strong opponent. How will we respond then?"

Zou Wenhuai frowned and said, "Achang, do you think... is it possible for Chen Long to dig him out?"

(End of this chapter)