The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 530 Three Continuous Shootings of New Movies

After returning to the company by car, Xu Guanwu received an overseas call from Huang Xizhao, telling him that the application for the establishment of a TV station had passed preliminary approval, and it was estimated that the first Chinese-language cable TV station in Canada would be built within two months.

Hearing this news, Xu Guanwu felt very happy.Even if the Canadian TVB branch is established, it is purely a waste of money.Because the total number of Chinese in Vancouver, Canada is only 20, even if every household is willing to order TVB, it is only tens of thousands, and it is impossible to make up for the expenses.

However, when Xu Guanwu opened a TV station, his first priority was its influence, and the second was to discuss whether to make money or not.Don't you see that Phoenix Satellite TV has been losing money for so many years, and there is still a consortium willing to invest money? !
The reason why Murdoch's News Corporation made the first acquisition of satellite TV from the superman Li Zekai was because of his strong influence covering more than 50 countries and regions with a viewer population of 5000 million.

In the media industry, the size of the audience determines the volume of a person's speech.If Murdoch can gain the power to enter the media field in the mainland, it is estimated that he will spit in front of his peers, and no one dares to express their opinions.This is why in "007: Tomorrow's Empire", Carver brazenly provoked a war in order to obtain the broadcasting rights in the Mainland for 50 years.

For a media tycoon, the larger the audience, the more people he can influence, the more power he has, and the more benefits he can obtain. In "007: Tomorrow's Empire", the few words Carver said when chatting with people at the party explained how he used his influence to gain benefits.

"There are a lot of rumors that are actually not true. People say that I reported the mad cow disease because Sir Angus Black, the British beef king, lost [-] pounds to me in a poker game, and at the end he refused to admit it. And There is also a rumor that is even more ridiculous, that the French government paid me [-] million pounds to continue reporting this news for the next year..."

This is the case in this world, whoever has the right to speak will get the benefits, and whoever has the loudest voice will get the most benefits.Xu Guanwu entrusted Huang Xizhao to open a branch in Canada in order to expand his influence, and it was also his first step to extend his tentacles abroad.

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I was busy at the company until I got off work, during which several films were approved, including Gui Zhihong's "Evil Fighting Evil", Zhang Guoming's "Marginal People" and Wang Jing's "Flower Heart".

Gui Zhihong had produced the movie "Evil" before, and it was truly evil, and it caused a sensation in Hong Kong after the screening.Hong Kong people actually don’t like horror movies very much, because Hong Kong people are optimists who firmly believe that if you work harder, you will get rich sooner or later.So even if it's a ghost movie, you have to be happy.

But this "Evil" is really a bit evil. Although there are people pretending to be mysterious from the beginning to the end of the film, and there are no real ghosts, but under the director's arrangement, it is always full of ghosts and makes people shudder.And the ending reversal is really surprising.

This "Evil" can be regarded as the crystallization of Gui Zhihong's life skills, and it really makes people's backs go numb after watching it.Because of the excellent word-of-mouth and extensive publicity, the movie "Evil" finally achieved a super high box office, which also gave Gui Zhihong the idea to continue filming.

However, the original name of the script "Evil Fighting Evil" is actually "Yin Marriage", which is a comedy ghost film mixed with funny elements.After Xu Guanwu finished reading the script, he recalled that he had seen this movie in his previous life. The comedian Yi Lei played the leading role. It told the story of a poor man and his ghost wife. There were a lot of vulgar jokes in it, and it did well at the time. The box office, so later filmed the sequel "Evil and Evil".

Yi Lei was a well-known comedian in Hong Kong in the 70s. His funny style focused on facial expressions, using exaggerated body movements to make jokes, which was very popular among young people at the time.He also starred with Zhong Chuhong in the fantastic sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar Blunt", which is said to have invested tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.Yi Lei's ability to play the leading role in it shows that he was indeed popular at the time.

But it's a pity that "Star Wars" was ruined by Shaw Brothers' ambition. Although the film announced an investment of over [-] million, most of the special effects shots were copied from "Star Wars", and the storyline was also extremely spoof. In short, it is the sci-fi version of "The One-Armed Boxer vs. The Truman Nine Sons".

Hong Kong moviegoers have seen excellent sci-fi films such as "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" before, but now Shaw Brothers has come out with this kind of film to fool the audience. How can it make the audience buy it? !Just like "Blood Lion" produced by a game company in the mainland in the 90s, everyone has already been fed up with the European and American masterpiece "Command and Conquer". ?After enjoying the bird's nest, shark's fin, abalone and sea cucumber, who can eat this kind of dish that can't even be compared with a food stall?
The box office setback of "Interstellar Blunt Baby" caused director Zhang Guoming to take the blame and resign. The new wave director who had previously made high-quality films such as "The Pointer" and "Marginal Man" could only return to the University of Hong Kong to teach in dejection.However, Chung Chu-hong, another leading actor in the film, became a well-known sexy actress in Hong Kong with her sexy performance in it, and has since become popular.

But the leading actor, Yi Lei, has been in decline for three years since then, and he can only play a small supporting role when he appears again after that.But in the early 70s, he set a record of making more than 20 films a year.

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Zhang Guoming's "Marginal Man" is a work depicting informants. It is the first of its kind for later undercover gangster movies such as "Dragon and Tiger" and "Infernal Affairs".

Informants are people who walk between light and darkness. Their identities are special, neither black nor white. They stand in hell and look up to heaven.Struggling, entangled, hesitant, and painful in their hearts, and their encounters are full of danger and uncertainty, it's like living with a bomb.

Logically speaking, such an identity role should be very suitable for adaptation into a movie, because it is full of dramatic tension, sharp contradictions, three-dimensional characters, and changeable plots. A good show for everyone to see.But it is strange that Hong Kong movies have never paid attention to this type of people.

This is probably because the Hong Kong police were too corrupt before, and they were simply in cahoots with the black society.If you want to say that the police are undercover black gangs and intend to uproot the gangsters, it is impossible for the people of Hong Kong to believe it.On the contrary, if you say that there are members of the Black Society among the police, the public will agree with it [-]%.

The background of the Hong Kong police is so black that no matter how hard they try to clean up their crimes, it is impossible, and their reputation is so bad that no one will watch it. Naturally, the theme of Hong Kong police and gangsters has not developed.It wasn't until the ICAC was established in 74 that it vigorously cracked down on corruption within the Hong Kong police force, and the image of the Hong Kong police force gradually improved. At this time, themes such as "Jumping Ashes" and "Pointing to the Soldier" appeared.

However, even in these two films, the image of the Hong Kong police is not very positive. In "Jumping Ashes", the Hong Kong police shield drug lords and protect their drug trade from damage. The person who committed the crime in "Pointing to the Soldier" was a young man who applied for the Hong Kong police, and the person who finally lost control of his emotions and beat the criminal to death was also a young policeman who had just graduated from the police academy.

In the early Hong Kong police and gangster films, the image of the Hong Kong police is like this, which can basically be described as incompetent, and the positive image is really insufficient.It wasn't until Li Xiuxian filmed the police film "Public Servant" in [-] that the image of the Hong Kong police as a public servant was truly established.Li Xiuxian portrayed a good policeman with flesh and blood in the film. He also lived the life of ordinary people and had troubles of ordinary people.

It is precisely because the image of the policeman Li Xiuxian portrayed in the film is too real, so the Hong Kong police finally won the affirmation of the public.Therefore, it is said that Li Xiuxian enjoys a high popularity in the Hong Kong police force, and the car parked at the intersection does not have to be afraid of having its license plate copied.

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Wang Jing's "Flower Heart" still follows the urban chick comedy route, which is a very popular theme at present, and Wang Jing also has some experience in this aspect, so Xu Guanwu directly signed and agreed after reading the script.

Wang Jing joined Xu's two years ago, originally focusing on writing scripts, but later he was not satisfied with just writing scripts, so he also set foot in the field of directing.The box office of the first work "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes" is not bad.But he did not take advantage of the trend to continue to develop in the film industry, but turned around and cast for TVB.

The reason is that he found that his background was too weak and encountered many problems during the filming of "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes".Fortunately, his father helped him to pass the stage.Wang Jing is a filmmaker who has high demands on himself. Naturally, he doesn't want to bring his father with him when making films in the future, so he returned to TVB to hone his skills by filming TV series.And he has produced many good-looking TV series, such as "Moment in Beijing" starring Wang Mingquan and Xie Xian, Zhou Runfa, Liao Jianren, Huang Xingxiu's "People in the Net" and so on.

Speaking of "People in the Net", the original heroine was Zheng Yuling. She was Jiayi's head Huadan before. After Jiayi TV Station closed down, she moved to TVB TV.Zheng Yuling is not considered a stunning beauty, but she always exudes a capable temperament, especially in acting skills, so she is also highly praised after entering TVB.

First, her boyfriend Gan Guoliang tailor-made "Bride of the Port" for her, but it is a pity that this TV series was of high quality but it was not rated. It was criticized for lack of audience popularity.However, TVB producer Li Tiansheng did not believe in evil, and also chose her as the female supporting role in the new drama "The Man in the Net", together with Liao Jianren and Zhou Runfa as a couple.However, Liao Jianren resigned after acting in eight episodes. Zheng Yuling's original female lead quickly took over and monopolized all the scenes, and finally combined with Zhou Runfa.

The scene of two people kissing intimately in the play was also a well-known passionate scene in the history of Hong Kong TV at that time. It aroused a wave of enthusiasm in Hong Kong, where the social atmosphere was relatively conservative at that time.This can be seen from the nostalgic movie "Golden Rooster".Zheng Yuling also became popular because of this "People in the Net", and she and Zhou Runfa have become a couple in everyone's minds, two years earlier than Xu Wenqiang and Feng Chengcheng.

It's just that in this life, because Jiayi is still alive and well, Zheng Yuling is still an actress of Jiayi, and with her willingness to fight and hard work, she has also made a name for herself among the female stars of Jiayi TV.Although it may not be as famous as in the previous life, compared with other artists of Jiayi TV, it can be regarded as a minor celebrity.

Without Zheng Yuling in the role, Wang Jing directly chose Huang Xingxiu, known as Xiugu, to play Zheng Yuling's previous role.Huang Xingxiu was originally from the Xinghui Art School in [-]. At the beginning of his career, he only filmed literary dramas and did not receive much attention.Later, because Jiayi TV's "Legend of the Condor Heroes" set off a wave of martial arts TV dramas in Hong Kong, Huang Xingxiu found the right time to change the way of the show.She didn't know boxing and kicking kung fu, but in order to look good when making martial arts movies, she specially worshiped Hongquan master Liu Jialiang as her teacher, and learned the southern school's boxing and kicking equipment routines from him.

Because she is young and willing to fight, she is very good at kung fu, and she will be able to play well soon, so she has appeared in many TV dramas.It was rare at the end of the 70s, so Huang Xingxiu, who can play kung fu, naturally attracted attention, and took advantage of the situation to make a name for himself.

(End of this chapter)