The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 360 Looking Back at Qiqi

In addition to the huge profits made by the investment in the United States, the investment in Hong Kong last year also created huge profits for Xu Guanwu.

Henderson Land, which he invested in as a shareholder, acquired Yongtai Construction Company last year and successfully went public through a shell purchase.The shares of Yongtai Construction Industry rose sharply in response, and Henderson Land Development also took the opportunity to absorb a large amount of hot money in the stock market.Xu Guanwu, Li Zhaoji and others all took the opportunity to make a fortune.

And Changjiang Industrial, which was forcibly acquired by Xu Guanwu, also developed smoothly last year.Li Jiacheng joined forces with the MTR Corporation to defeat Hongkong Land Corporation, which had the highest voice, and snatched the right to build a property above the Standard Chartered Station.All of a sudden, Cheung Kong Industrial, which was originally unknown, rose to fame and became one of the most famous Chinese real estate companies.

Hongkong Land was originally a real estate company under Jardine Matheson. It was the largest real estate company in the world at that time. Its fixed assets in Hong Kong alone amounted to more than 80 billion Hong Kong dollars. In front of a giant, he really looked like a dwarf.

But the dwarf can also defeat the giant by virtue of his flexibility and wisdom.It's like King David defeating Goliath.Cheung Kong Industrial used its own flexible management methods to defeat Hongkong Land Company and snatched the property construction right of the subway station.

The property on the subway station is undoubtedly the prime location among the prime locations. The geographical location is absolutely superior. The properties built here will definitely not worry about the market, so it is a very profitable project.

The Chinese company Cheung Kong Properties defeated the Hong Kong Land Company of the British foreign company, which immediately caused an uproar among the citizens of Hong Kong, and all of them regarded Li Jiacheng as a national hero.And he snatched the property construction right on the subway station, and he harvested this golden egg steadily, which also made shareholders full of confidence in this company.The stock price rose in response, and Li Jiacheng's net worth also skyrocketed. It can be said that he won face and face.

And Xu Guanwu, who is also a major shareholder of Cheung Kong, also benefited. It is estimated that this alone will increase his net worth by more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars.Although the profit from investment in the United States is still a little less, for Xu Guanwu, the Hong Kong side is actually the foundation, so the profit of [-] million Hong Kong dollars makes him happier than the profit of [-] million U.S. dollars.

The other Hehe Real Estate, invested by Xu Guanwu, also made a large profit last year.As the economy grew, the housing market also began to recover.The residential buildings under Hopewell Properties began to be sold in large quantities, which brought huge profits to Hopewell Properties and revitalized it.

As a partner of the company, Xu Guanwu naturally gained huge profits.Counting Henderson Land Development, Cheung Kong Properties and Hopewell Properties, the buildings occupied by Xu Guanwu are all over Hong Kong, and he can be called the veritable king of Hong Kong.

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In addition to real estate investment, his original main business, film and television entertainment, also achieved success again and again.Although Xu Guanwen, the eldest brother, did not make a film for a year because of the pregnancy of his sister-in-law last year, and Zeng Zhiwei ran away, but Xu's film company also produced excellent films.

Cheng Long's "Master Dragon" released last year, Hong Jingbao's "Smart Boy's Seduction", "I Can't Help Myself", and "Tiger Throwing Teeth" were also popular, but "I Can't Help Myself" and "Tiger Throwing Teeth" made money. , but the box office was less than 200 million, which surprised Hong Jingbao that the kung fu comedy may have come to an end, and he is thinking about changing it recently.

Poverty leads to change, change leads to success, and success leads to long-term success. This is an irrefutable truth that has been handed down for thousands of years.

It has been four years since Kung Fu comedy was filmed in 60.In the past four years, Xu's alone has released more than [-] kung fu comedy films, not to mention Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers and other large and small film companies.

It is estimated that in the past four years, nearly 75 kung fu comedy films have been released, with an average of [-] films a year, and an average of two kung fu comedy films released a week.Movies of the same type are released with such a high frequency, which naturally kills the interest of the audience.

Previously, Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao and others were still guaranteed hits. After the film was released, it always had a box office of 300 million.But this year, except for Cheng Long's "Master Dragon", which earned 700 million at the box office, he still guaranteed his status as the chief kung fu star.The kung fu comedies of Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao and others are not considered hits.

In fact, it's not just Xu's comedy kung fu films that no longer sell well. The comedies of the Jiahe Yuan brothers and the kung fu comedies of Shaw's Liu Jiaban also encountered the same problem.It seems that Kung Fu comedy is good-looking, but if you watch too much, it will easily bore the audience.

Compared with Kung Fu comedies, which are full of mourning, urban-themed movies are well received.Zhang Jian's new film "A Deadly Life" last year continued the theme of the previous film "The Man Thief and the Woman Sings", and also focused on the South Vietnamese refugees.But this time the protagonist was replaced by a defeated South Vietnamese soldier with agility and nimble marksmanship.

In order to treat his sick wife, the defeated South Vietnamese soldier played by Lu Liangwei had no choice but to agree to be recruited by the gangsters of the Black Society and become a mercenary killer to help him cut off the enemy at all costs.But when the boss wiped out all the opponents, the cunning rabbits are exhausted, the lackeys are cooked; the birds are exhausted, and the good bows are hidden.Lu Liangwei, who knew the boss's secret well, would naturally be eliminated.

So the classic scene in Hong Kong movies was released. In the narrow and cramped boat house of the refugee camp, Lu Liangwei fought to the death with hundreds of gangsters all by himself.In the 25-minute final battle, director Zhang Jian flexibly used camera language to turn the boat house in the refugee camp into a maze full of murders.And Lu Liangwei relied on the convenience of the terrain, the agility of his skills, and the sharpness of his knives and guns, so that he could kill all future enemies one by one.

In 25 minutes, I wish that one person was killed every ten seconds. This frequency is really appalling.But it is true that the killing was ruthless and exciting enough to make the audience's blood boil with enthusiasm, and they wished they could yell along with them.

However, although there are so many violent murder scenes, because director Zhang Jian uses the lens well, there are basically not so many bloody scenes such as blood splattering, viscera flowing all over the ground, etc.Therefore, he did not encounter too many difficulties at the prosecutor's office, and it can be regarded as a good example for Hong Kong films to deal with violent and bloody scenes in the future.

After the film was released, the box office earned more than 600 million at the box office, and it aroused a very big response.Although Lu Liangwei in the play is a mercenary killer, he is very caring and loving towards his wife, with tenderness in his cold blood.And when his wife was murdered by a gangster woman, the scene of him holding the corpse and crying, also made the female audience full of affection for him.

Of course, the 25-minute chase scene at the end is also the largest action scene in Hong Kong history with the most use of martial artists in a single game.It really set a very difficult benchmark for future action movies in Hong Kong.

In addition to Zhang Jian's "A Deadly Life" which received good reviews, Gui Zhihong's "Hong Kong Strange Case" series once again stimulated the nerves of Hong Kong audiences with stories of blood, violence, horror, and suspense.Gui Zhihong's movies may not be suitable for all Hong Kong people to watch, so the box office has never reached the multi-million-dollar realm like comedy kung fu movies.

However, the audience of Gui Zhihong's films is very stable, and the box office has always been stable.Usually between one and two million.Although the data is not very good-looking, but considering the low cost, the Xu family is still making money steadily.

In addition to filming "Hong Kong Strange Case" last year, Gui Zhihong also released a movie called "Dish Fairy".It is said that one person invited Die Xian unintentionally, and after making three vows, he made a fortune with the help of Die Xian.It's just that he broke the vows one after another, and finally angered Die Xian, and promised to die a terrible death.

Although the story of this movie sounds quite alarming, under the direction of Gui Zhihong, it has become a movie full of violence, horror, and sex.The three major vows are to quit sex, gambling, and killing people, but it is a pity that after getting rich, people are greedy, and they break the sex ring, gambling ring, and killing one after another. The process of breaking the ring is naturally a special book.In the end, the scene where Die Xian swears and is killed lasts for more than five minutes, fully revealing the violent side, which can be called the best work of CULT film.

Although the inspection was rated as unsuitable for watching, the box office still reached nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars, which is Gui Zhihong's highest-grossing movie in recent years.

Director Chu Yuan's film adaptation of Gu Long's novel has always been very popular.Director Chu Wanwan has a kind of literary and artistic temperament that other Hong Kong directors do not have, and can delicately show the ideal state of love and hatred in Gu Long's novels.

The chivalrous men in Gu Long's novels are almost non-human. They have little connection with the secular world. Even though they live in the secular world, they are out of tune with it.For example, in "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", the sword god Xie Xiaofeng plays the useless Aji, but no matter how hard he tries to pretend to be an ordinary person, he still can't hide his renunciation.When the road is injustice, he is still the sword god Xie Xiaofeng.

The characters in Gu Long's novels usually don't have complicated backgrounds, and it's not even clear how they came to understand such advanced martial arts.It's as if these knights suddenly appeared in the secular world, like immortals exiled from the nine heavens, or demons from hell.Flicking his clothes away, hiding his achievements and fame deeply, he is a master who pursues his birth in a carefree way.

The chivalrous men in Jin Yong’s novels are chivalrous chivalrous men. Even the monks of Shaolin Temple, disciples of Xiaoyao School, Taoist priests of Chongyang Palace, and lamas of Fanbang, these monks who should have jumped out of the world of mortals will also be contaminated by the world of mortals and six desires. Seems to be more interested in chasing fame and fortune than the average person.

And chivalrous men with the concept of being born in the world will inevitably re-enter the world in the end, such as Xie Yanke who lives alone in Motianya, the child grandma who lives in Misty Peak of Lingjiu Mountain, Feng Qingyang who lives in seclusion in Huashan Mountain, etc. They seem to be born out of the world and live in seclusion. The outside world, but in fact it is constantly involved with the secular world, which also triggers piles of love and hatred.

The chivalrous men in Jin Yong's novels almost all have their own resume cards, no matter the protagonist or the supporting role, they all have their own backgrounds, and no one emerges out of nowhere.For example, Tan Gong, Tan Po, Zhao Qiansun in "Tian Long Ba Bu", Shan Zheng's family, the hot handed judge of Mount Tai, etc... Even such small supporting roles have to write down their identities in detail, so that they will undoubtedly be infected. Some mortal atmosphere, it seems more like there is such a family.

Therefore, Jin Yong's novels are suitable for adaptation into TV dramas, because they are actually about the world of mortals, which can allow the audience to have room for sexual fantasies, and imagine that it would be great if I were someone.That's why at a certain point there are so many fan fictions that travel through Jin Yong's famous works, and since the day when the web novels were born, they have been prosperous for a long time.

Gu Long's novels are relatively better for making movies, because his stories are about gods and demons in human skin. People will not pay too much attention to the story when watching movies. Astonishing can be.Whether the story is reasonable or not, not many people care.

On the contrary, if it is adapted into a TV series, if the audience wants to integrate into it, the relationship between the characters must not be confused, and the origins of the background must be explained clearly, and the audience cannot watch it for a long time and still wonder "Who is this person?!".However, these elements are missing in Gu Long's novels, so if it is to be adapted into a TV series, the screenwriter needs to add additional information to fill in the background information of the characters in the play.Of course, if you meet a reliable screenwriter, you can still write a decent one, but if you encounter an unreliable screenwriter, then this character is almost impossible.

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