The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 52 "The Serpentine Hand" Released

Xu Guanjie saw that his second brother was in the posture of breaking the boat, knowing that he had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to keep silent and stop trying to persuade him, but he made up his mind in his heart that before leaving, he must find out the details of this Stallone and see what the second brother was. Was it coerced by him?

On the same day, Xu Guanjie approached the American Film and Television Actors Guild in Hollywood to look up information about Stallone's performance, but was told that his membership had already been revoked because he hadn't paid the one-year dues in arrears.

Xu Guanjie did not give up, and found a private detective to investigate, and soon received the news.

It turned out that when Stallone first came to Hollywood, he went to various crews for interviews, so he submitted many resumes.

Among these resumes, Xu Guanjie unexpectedly made an astonishing discovery.

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"What did you say? Stallone has also made limited-rated small movies?" Xu Guanwu was stunned for a moment, then asked dumbfounded.

"Well, I think the so-called acting experience he told you before refers to this restricted-rated movie." Xu Guanjie pointed to the row of small words on the resume, "Second brother, look at his resume, there is no Serious acting experience. It's either a play-by-play or a human background, and the only time it has a lot of scenes is this small movie. How can a person like this be the leading actor?"

"Ah SAM, there are some things you don't understand." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "You go back tomorrow, and tell my elder brother what I said yesterday."

"Second brother, why are you always stubborn and stubborn? That Stallone doesn't have the potential to become a big star at all. It's better to give your $100 million to a beggar than to throw it into the water for nothing." Xu Guanjie saw that the evidence was convincing. Still so obsessed with obsession, he couldn't help saying a little angry.

"Ah SAM, am I obsessed with obsession? After the film is finished and the box office comes out, you can see the results. I don't want to quarrel with you now. Everything depends on the box office." Xu Guanwu didn't bother to argue with Xu Guanjie, because no matter you No matter how you explain it, spitting and spitting lotus flowers are not as convincing as a pile of dollars piled up in front of your eyes.

"Okay then, I'll report to my eldest brother when I return to Hong Kong tomorrow." Xu Guanjie didn't bother to quarrel with his second brother after getting angry, and went back to his room to sleep in a dispirited manner.

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Early the next morning, Xu Guanjie returned to Hong Kong by plane.

"Ah SAM, I got news from inside Golden Harvest, it seems that Ah Wu's project is not very good. You went to see it yourself, what is it like?" Xu Guanwen asked worriedly.

Xu Guanjie shook his head in frustration, and told what he had seen and heard, which frightened Xu Guanwen on the spot.

"No way?! It's really that bad!" Xu Guanwen said in amazement, "That person is so weak, how can he be the protagonist? No, I'm going to call and wake up this brat right away. I think he must be in the United States After staying for a long time, the melons in my head are showing off."

"Brother, it's useless. In my opinion, the second brother is determined." Xu Guanjie shook his head and said regretfully, "He's convinced that Stallone will become a big star now, and he's completely bewildered You can't listen to anyone's words."

"Then what should I do? How about I go to America myself?" Xu Guanwen asked anxiously.

"Brother, it's useless for you to go out in person! Second brother has a good temper recently. He used to be silent before, but now he's more like a stubborn donkey. Whoever persuades him will scold him." Xu Guanjie waved his hand.

"Oh! If I knew this, I shouldn't have let him go to the United States." Xu Guanwen said with a face of regret, "This brat just got a little bit of success in Hong Kong, and he thought the world was so easy to mess up, so he went to the United States." To develop. Uncle Liu and Mr. Zou are so powerful, but they are not as bold as him."

"It's too late to say anything now. From my point of view, I'll give the second brother $100 million. When he finishes filming the movie, his daydream will wake up." Xu Guanjie analyzed, "Otherwise, you will be worse off. Let him shoot, but he wants to shoot, it will not only hurt the brotherhood after a long time, but also easily lead him into a dead end."

After hearing Xu Guanjie's suggestion from a psychology professional, Xu Guanwen could only let out a sigh of relief, "In this case, wait until the box office of "Fat Qian Han" and "Snake-shaped Diao Hand" come out, and then give him money. Let's go. Anyway, these two films are prepared by him, even if it is all paid in the end, it will be a waste of work for these two months."

Of the two films opened by Xu Brothers Company in the Spring Festival, "The Snake-Shaped Hand" was completed first, and after post-processing, it was soon put on the screen.

Since all newcomers will take the lead, Golden Harvest has little confidence in this film and only arranges it to be screened in its six theaters.

At the same time, Shaw Brothers' "Ghost and Horse" and "Seven Provinces King of Boxing" were competing with "Snake-shaped Hands".

Shaw's "Ghost and Horse Two King Kong" can be seen from the name to imitate the Xu Brothers' "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", but the core is still Shaw's old-fashioned kung fu film.

Golden Harvest's "Boxing King of Seven Provinces" is starring the handsome young student Liu Yong, telling the story of a master with special skills who hides his name and finally jumps out to fight for justice due to various reasons.

In the midnight screening, "Boxing King of the Seven Provinces" and "The Snake" both received good reviews, but Shaw Brothers' "Ghost and King Kong" received negative reviews.

The reason is that everyone saw the name and entered the theater, thinking they could have another laugh, but what they saw was an old kung fu movie.

It is naturally difficult to make the audience buy it by selling dog meat.

So that night, more than 50 chairs were scratched by the audience in the theater under Shaw Brothers, which can be described as a heavy loss.

And Golden Harvest saw the good response of "The Serpentine Hand", and decided to add two more theaters to show it.

On the first day of its release, "The Snake Shaped Hand" had a box office of 15 Hong Kong dollars, which is quite gratifying.

The other "Boxing Champion of Seven Provinces" is only [-] Hong Kong dollars, a difference of nearly half.

Shaw's "Ghost and Horse" was even worse, with twice as many screens as "The Snake", but the box office was only [-] Hong Kong dollars, which can be said to be extremely miserable.

Moreover, the newspaper reviews also showed a polarized situation. For Shaw's practice of selling dog meat, film critics gave quite acrimonious criticism.

I think that this "Ghost Horse Two King Kong" is not "ghost horse" at all except for the name "Ghost Horse".With a perfect score of five, only one star can be given.

As for Jiahe's "Seven Provinces Boxing Champion", although the plot is clichéd, it can also arouse the enthusiasm of the audience.Moreover, the handsome young boy Liu Yong played the leading role for the first time, and he performed well and steadily without any stage fright, showing his star potential.If the full score is five, you can play three stars.

For that "Serpentine Hand", most film critics gave a high evaluation.It is believed that it initially combines comedy, juggling and kung fu, creating a new type of film.

Moreover, although the director Hong Jingbao, the leading actor Cheng Long and the rest of the actors are all newcomers, the film was made vividly and interestingly, which is not simple.

(End of this chapter)