The Most Powerful Tycoon Reborn In Xiangjiang

Time flies, and July is coming as promised!

The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting", which took 45 days to shoot and 15 days to post-production, will be officially screened at midnight today at Bifang Cinema, the leading theater of Shanhai Cinemas.

In the current movie world where there is no such thing as a premiere, the midnight show is an important benchmark to test whether a movie is a hit.

Although it's called a midnight show, it's actually not showing at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, but at half past eleven!

The main audience at this point in time is definitely not the white-collar workers who have to go to work the next day, but mostly the low-level people and young and Dangerous.

Although these people do not have a high level of education, they have read countless films and their judgments on commercial films are quite accurate. Moreover, these people are not "civilized" like those white-collar workers. Their feedback on movies is very direct. If it looks good, they will scold on the spot, throw things on the stage, and even the chairs in the theater will be smashed.

So when encountering a super bad movie, the managers of each theater will ask each other how many chairs were smashed last night.

It is precisely because of this that the boss of the film company and the main creator of the movie will come to watch the midnight show, and even after the movie is over, the main creator of the movie will go on stage to accept the audience's review.

If the audience doesn't like your film, it will be miserable. They know that the main creator is present, and they will scold even more vigorously. There are too many examples of this kind of disgrace.

Later, Wu Siyuan, a bigwig in the Xiangjiang film industry, said that he saw a few directors with his own eyes, and he sat there stupidly. so.

It was the same with Wang Shajing's "Days of Being Wild" in 1990. The audience cursed and couldn't understand it. Investor Deng Guangrong almost died of anger on the spot after watching the midnight show, and was sent directly to the hospital for IV drip.

Originally, "Days of Being Wild" was going to have a sequel, but because the audience's response was not good, the sequel was canceled. Due to the unsatisfactory box office, Deng Guangrong's film company "Shadow Master" also ended up closing down.

It was also because of this that when Old Freak Xu made his debut, he dared not go to the midnight show. Once several people carried him in, but he still broke free and ran out.

Sit and wait in the restaurant next to the cinema, and wait until the peers have watched it before asking: How did the audience react? After making sure no one scolded him, he dared to sneak in to see it the next day.

The same is true of Yuan Baye, who has worked with Mr. Xu many times. He is also afraid of being scolded.

"Dragon Tiger Fight" is the first black-and-white movie, so Chu Huan naturally wanted to watch it, but Chu Huan was so cunning that he didn't sit with Hong Jinbao and others at all, but chose a remote place.

Sitting next to Chu Huan was naturally her confidante Cao Yunshang.

As for Miao Kexiu, her injury has healed, and today she chose to sit with Hong Jinbao and others.

"Why do I feel that Fatty Fang's body is shaking slightly?"

At this time, the movie hadn't even started yet. Cao Yunshang was sitting next to Chu Huan, but his eyes fell on Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others who were sitting in the golden seats.

"It's probably because I'm afraid of being beaten!" Chu Huan said with a smile.

Cao Yunshang pushed Chu Huan amusedly, and said, "It's not all because of you. You frightened them during the test."

The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" has already been tested in black and white video.

How should I put it, although Chu Huan told Hong Jinbao before the filming started, let their brothers try kung fu comedy, but the influence of Li Xiaolong's action movies is really too great.

During the filming process of Hong Jinbao, although he deliberately tried to move towards comedy, but subconsciously, he still designed the action with that kind of hard bridge and hard horse style.

There is still a big gap with their witty fighting in later generations.

But if you want to say that the movie is not good-looking, it is not true, at least at the current level of appreciation, this is a movie above the pass line.

But if you want to make this movie amazing, it's impossible.

So after watching the screening, Fang Jianhui secretly approached Chu Huan to ask his opinion on the movie.

"What do you think?" Chu Huan asked instead of answering Fang Jianhui immediately.

"I think it's pretty good. Look at Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao and the others, how hard they fought!" Fang Jianhui said carefully.

If there is anything commendable about this movie, then it is that Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long put their lives on the line.

Although the two haven't found the style of witty action comedy accurately, but the style of desperate performance has already been presented.

This is also one of the main selling points of the movie "Dragon Tiger Fight".

Even on the huge poster outside the theater, "The most deadly martial arts action drama since the opening of Xiangjiang!" 'The words!

Seeing Fang Jianhui's appearance, Chu Huan said jokingly: "That's because you didn't put yourself in the identity of an ordinary audience to watch this movie, but watched this movie as the producer of this movie. .

Under such circumstances, even if you find a plot in the movie that does not conform to your own aesthetics, you will use some reasons to prevaricate yourself. "

This is actually similar to writing web articles in later generations. Many web writers have a common problem before writing a book, that is, they are very confident and obsessed with their own beginnings, thinking that their beginnings are definitely good.

Even if you find something that readers don't like, you will hint to yourself in your heart. This is your own foreshadowing. As long as readers read the back, they can understand their own ideas.

As everyone knows, this kind of thinking is actually a joke, and the reader is not your father, so how can you have the patience to read the plot behind you? If you don’t like the previous plot, just abandon it, okay?

Therefore, most of these problems are caused by some writers who hit the streets, such as a writer who likes to name Huangshan in later generations.

"Then you mean that this movie might hit the street?" Fang Jianhui's complexion became paler and paler. This is the first movie released by the company after he became the general manager of black and white images.

Although Chu Huan made the decision to shoot this movie, but his first movie after becoming the general manager hit the street, it's still not very good!

Chu Huan did not answer Fang Jianhui's question directly, but said: "Manager Fang, after observing this period of time, I feel that your ability to respond to major events is not enough, so I decided, " When "Dragon and Tiger Fight" is released, you represent the company's senior management to participate in this midnight show."

After speaking, he left with a smug smile.

Fang Jianhui was left standing there alone, trembling.

Fang Jianhui is still very familiar with what is going on in Xiangjiang's midnight show.

"Is this movie really going to go wrong?"

After laughing, Cao Yunshang asked Chu Huan worriedly.

As the first film of black and white images, the significance of the film "Dragon and Tiger" to black and white images is definitely not as simple as the box office.

If the film fails to get off to a good start, the pressure of public opinion on black and white images will be very high, and it will also hit the morale within the company.

The most important thing is that since the establishment of black-and-white images, they have been spending money externally. If "Dragon and Tiger Fight" hits the market, black-and-white images will be really difficult.

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "I can't represent the vast majority of the audience, but the possibility of losing money from this movie is not very high. It should be possible to make a small fortune, but if you want him to have any influence, it will probably be difficult. !"

Only then did Cao Yunshang nodded reassuringly, and said, "As long as you can make money, it's good. At least the company has been in business for so long and you can see the money back."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Chu Huan suspiciously and asked, "Why aren't you worried at all?"

Worried that if it would be useful, Chu Huan assured that the black and white images would not show a single movie, and he was worried for a while, "There is nothing to worry about, this movie is originally an experimental movie.

If the people in the company lose their morale because of this movie, it means they can't fight tough battles.

But I still have confidence in them.

Most importantly, I hope to use this movie to bring out Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long! "

Cao Yunshang gave Chu Huan a blank look, and said, "Did you miss Miao Kexiu?"

The matter of Miao Kexiu's injury was eventually found out by Cao Yunshang. She also knew that Chu Huan had been taking care of Miao Kexiu by herself during that time. Do the math.

"You thought it was the Huangmei Diao period in the 1960s. The era of female stars propping up the box office of movies has passed. From now on, the Xiangjiang film industry will become the world of male stars. It's a male star.

As for the female star, Dangdang vase is not bad! "

Chu Huan preached indifferently.

After Cao Yunshang's final account was settled, he stopped mentioning it, but asked curiously, "Is that why you are so optimistic about Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long?"

"Why didn't I find anything special about the two of them? A fat man with a big nose doesn't look like someone who can become a superstar."

Chu Huan laughed, and said, "Xiangjiang Movies is good at this, and they are very inclusive. As long as they have their own characteristics, they will become famous sooner or later. Don't worry!"

"Okay!" Cao Yunshang nodded, and said nonchalantly, "Anyway, the film company is yours, so you can decide for yourself."

Then Cao Yunshang continued to ask curiously: "I remember, didn't you write the screenplay for Li Xiaolong's movie before? Why didn't you write a story for your own film company?"

You think I am a Hong Kong entertainment rebirth article. When Chu Huan was young, he really liked Hong Kong movies for a while, but more of them were concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s, and there were some classic series of movies.

Take Cheng Long as an example. If Chu Huan comes up with the script of "Police Story" now, it may not necessarily meet the preferences of audiences in this era.

More importantly, Chu Huan has no way to write the script of "Police Story". If you don't believe me, please ask yourself at this time to see if you can complete the content of "Police Story" without changing the screen. come out?

Not to mention the content, even the names of the main movie characters in it may not be remembered.

What Chu Huan can do now is actually to know what he knows, those big stars and directors who will cause bloody storms in Xiangjiang in the future, win over to his company one by one in advance, and give them some inspiration to ensure that they can continue to walk on their own If you're on your way, that's fine.

"I was working as a screenwriter for Li Xiaolong. I just thought of a few ideas for him. The real screenwriter is not like me."

The movie begins!

The background, picture, and dialogue of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China are all in line with the film characteristics of this era.

Chu Huan also terminated the discussion with Cao Yunshang at this time.

Instead, he carefully observed the audience's reaction.

The audience at the scene came to watch the movie, and Chu Huan came to see them.

Although Chu Huan still knows the development route of Xiangjiang Films in the future and can ensure that the company will not take detours in the long-term development plan of the company, but if Chu Huan wants to become a qualified film company owner, he must know the preferences of the audience in this era.

And in the midnight market, it is the best place to observe.

What the audience likes to watch and how each scene reacts, the boss of the film company must know, so that a series of blockbuster movies can be planned.

The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" is 90 minutes long, and the standard Xiangjiang movie often has applause, laughter, and occasional curses from the audience in the middle.

Luckily no one fucked up and started cursing.

This situation has actually shown that this movie is still within the acceptance range of the audience.

Simply put, this movie isn't losing money.

Chu Huan was watching the audience's reaction, while Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Miao Kexiu and others were actually observing the audience's reaction.

call!

Fang Jianhui finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and softly comforted himself: "Finally, I don't have to be beaten."

Sitting beside Fang Jianhui, Cheng Long didn't hear what Fang Jianhui said for a moment, and asked curiously, "Mr. Fang, what did you just say?"

Fang Jianhui immediately showed his majesty as the general manager of black and white images, and smiled calmly: "It's nothing, I just think the audience's reaction is not bad, Brother Sanmao, Aaron, this time you two can also be in the company I'm elated."

Cheng Long was only an eighteen-year-old young man at this time, and he had no plans. Hearing Fang Jianhui's praise, a smile appeared on his face immediately.

"It's because Huan Shao is willing to give me a chance."

When Fang Jianhui thought of how Chu Huan lied to him before, his teeth hurt for a while, but he still said: "The chairman is still very discerning. He can choose you, Aaron, among so many martial artists. Long, you must have something special, work hard, and the company will definitely not treat you badly in the future!"

Cheng Long nodded seriously: "I understand, I will definitely work harder in the future to satisfy Huan Shao."

Listening to the conversation between Cheng Long and Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao sighed silently. He knew the film industry better than both of them. Although the feedback from the audience was not bad, it was far from the possibility of making this movie a hit. .

In other words, in the eyes of the audience, this is an above-average movie.

At the same time, he was also carefully observing the audience's reaction. What surprised him was that although the audience was surprised by their desperate fights, more feedback was on those funny clips.

In other words, the audience prefers those plots.

In particular, for a fight scene that was obviously more similar to juggling in Hong Jinbao's eyes, the feedback from the audience was the most enthusiastic and the applause was the loudest.

"Looks like what Huan Shao said is right, the audience has their own scale in their hearts, and Li Xiaolong's movie gems are ahead of ordinary fighting scenes, it is really difficult for others to surpass him.

On the contrary, it was the funny fights that went in the opposite direction, which made the audience like it even more. "

At this time, Hong Jinbao was also silently absorbing the feedback from the audience, and then integrated these things into his own bone marrow, slowly forming his own style.

Ninety minutes of film, when you are immersed in the film, it is over very quickly.

As the last scene ended and thank you letters appeared on the big screen, those audiences did not get up and leave when the subtitles were put on like those movie audiences in later generations. They were still waiting to shake hands with the creator.

Of course, there are also some viewers who are not interested in this movie and are about to leave.

But at this moment, they discovered that the movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight" actually had a small easter egg.

At this time, the big screen was divided into two, one half was playing the thank you screen, and the other half was showing the filming footage of the movie.

Fang Jianhui and the others laughed bitterly when they saw this scene. This scene was proposed by Chu Huan when the movie was released.

For Chu Huan's request, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others could not understand it very well. After all, there was no such precedent in Xiangjiang before this.

But who made Chu Huan the boss?

Even if the boss has privileges, Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others can only obey obediently.

"I really can't see what's good for the audience to see this thing. Could it be to see how you made mistakes?" Fang Jianhui said aloud.

Hong Jinbao said with a smile on the other side: "Maybe Huan Shao has his thoughts."

Cheng Long disagreed: "Although I don't know why, I know there must be a reason for Huan Shao to do this."

Seeing that both of them were speaking for Chu Huan, Fang Jianhui couldn't say anything more.

He just preached: "Okay, everyone is ready, let's go on stage and thank the audience later!"

After speaking, everyone was about to go on stage to thank the audience, but they heard exclamations from the audience.

It turned out that in the extras, the extras being shown happened to be the scene of Miao Kexiu being injured. The audience all gasped in amazement when they saw the scene of Miao Kexiu's head covered in blood and the scene of the on-site staff rushing to rescue.

Then came applause and cheers.

The audience in this era is still very cute. Regardless of the storyline, everyone still agrees with this kind of desperate way.

In the past, everyone thought that filming was fake, how could it be possible to get hurt.

Even if it is a little hurt, it is nothing more than a fuss.

But it's different now. When they saw the scene of the shooting, they sincerely admired the dedication of the actors.

These applause is dedicated to the professionalism of these film actors.

To be honest, Hong Jinbao and others were shocked by the applause at the scene. They did not expect that the biggest applause at the scene came from behind-the-scenes footage.

Several people looked at each other with surprised expressions.

Pointing to the scene, Hong Jinbao said: "I'm convinced, just this applause can bring 200,000 box office to this movie!"

"Mr. Fang, I remember you said before that this tidbit is a waste of time?"

Miao Kexiu, who had been silent all this time, spoke proudly at this time.

Obviously, when Fang Jianhui complained about Chu Huan just now, Miao Kexiu secretly remembered it for him.

Fang Jianhui's old face turned red instantly.

"Okay, it's almost time, let's go on stage!"

After speaking, Fang Jianhui took the lead on the stage, followed by Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Miao Kexiu and other main creators.

There is no need for a host, if people like Fang Jianhui come on stage, the audience will know who they are.

There was no chaotic scene at the scene, and the audience who wanted to communicate with Hong Jinbao and others had consciously lined up to shake hands with them.

Later generations will always say that the stars in Xiangjiang are the least pretentious, such as Mr. Liu from a vegetable market, Mr. Zhou from an ordinary citizen, and so on.

Think about these people, as movie actors, they are all people who have participated in the midnight show. The audience in Xiangjiang is familiar with them, shook hands, and talked with them. These stars have even been scolded or even beaten by the unhappy audience on the spot experience.

I understand why these people have no airs.

Zhou Runfa later left TVB and entered the film industry, becoming a veritable box office poison. During that time, when Zhou Runfa participated in the midnight show, he was even scolded by the audience in public. At that time, Zhou Runfa could only smile and say sorry.

Fang Jianhui gave up the C position to Hong Jinbao, and he just stood on the edge.

At this time, a viewer passed by his position and glanced at Fang Jianhui suspiciously: "You are the one, why didn't I see you in the movie just now?"

Fang Jianhui has already reached out his hand to shake hands with the other party at this time, "I am Fang Jianhui, the general manager of Black and White Video, welcome to join us."

As a result, the audience just glanced at him indifferently and said, "I said I didn't see you in the movie just now."

After finishing speaking, Fang Jianhui, who didn't care about stretching out his hand, went straight to Cheng Long who was next to Fang Jianhui, leaving behind Fang Jianhui with an embarrassed face.

The man patted Cheng Long on the shoulder encouragingly, and then said: "The filming is not bad, but it is far worse than Brother Long. Keep working hard for the next film!"

Then the man left.

Cheng Long stood there blankly, not knowing what to say.

I'm the leading role, okay?

Can you show some respect to the protagonist?

Cheng Long shouted in his heart.

But it is undeniable that Cheng Long's performance in the movie is indeed some deliberate imitation of some of Li Xiaolong's actions. Maybe he didn't notice it himself, but things actually happened.

Before he had time to think about it, other viewers came to talk to him.

The previous man had already arrived in front of Hong Jinbao at this time. With Fang Jianhui and Cheng Long's experience, Hong Jinbao didn't take the initiative to reach out at the first time, but looked at the man with some complexity.

The man didn't think too much, he took the initiative to shake hands with Hong Jinbao and said: "The movie is well shot, and the acting is also pretty good. I have seen your movie before, and I like your style very much. I believe you will definitely become a big hit in the future! "

At this time, Hong Jinbao actually felt flattered, and quickly stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for your encouragement, we will definitely continue to work hard."

Finally, the man came to Miao Kexiu, changed his previous arrogance and looked at Miao Kexiu enthusiastically but worriedly.

"Miss Miao, your performance in the movie is really good, I like it so much, I will be your loyal fan from now on, by the way, I saw your injury in the sideshow, now you are better Is there any scar left, I know a good doctor, do you want him to give you a good check-up again!"

Fang Jianhui: "."

Cheng Long: "."

Hong Jinbao: "."

Miao Kexiu hurriedly smiled and said, "It's nothing, just a few stitches, and now it's all right, thank you for your concern!"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, took out a pen from somewhere, and said nervously to Miao Kexiu: "Then Miss Miao, can you sign it for me?"

"Ok, no problem!"

Miao Kexiu took the pen from the other party's hand with a smile, and signed it in the notebook that the other party had already prepared.

Except for this person, most of the audience's reactions were similar to his, and they all focused their attention on Miao Kexiu.

To be precise, Miao Kexiu's role in the movie is actually not brilliant, she is just a perfect vase role. If there is no extras, the audience would not be able to perform as they are now.

Although there are scenes of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao being injured in the tidbits, the scenes of their injuries really cannot be compared with the scenes of a beautiful girl like Miao Kexiu being injured.

Coupled with such tidbits, it is the first time in the history of Xiangjiang Films, and the impression of these people is really too deep.

Fang Jianhui led Hong Jinbao and others to accept the audience's baptism in the theater.

At the same time outside, Zhao Jiahao, the manager of the black and white image publicity department, has started to take the company's employees outside to collect feedback from the audience.

This is the first film with black and white images, and the whole company attaches great importance to it, so the manager personally leads the team.

"Hi sir, we are employees of Black and White Imaging, this little gift is given to you by us, and we hope to ask you some questions."

Zhao Zihao stopped an audience member who had just come out of the movie theater, and asked with a smile on his face.

As for the small gift, it is just the most common figure, a few dollars, but it can show the sincerity of black and white images.

Sure enough, after receiving the gift, the other party said politely: "Okay, let's ask!"

"Okay, what's your overall impression of this movie?"

"Then which part of the movie attracts you the most?"

"Also, I want to ask you what you think of the performance of the actors in the movie."

Zhao Jiahao asked each question one by one, and the other party answered them patiently.

When all the questions were over and the other party left, Zhao Jiahao breathed a sigh of relief. There were both praises and criticisms, but fortunately, there were more praises.

Seeing that other employees were doing the work that he thought about, Zhao Jiahao simply breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to look for the next audience to ask.

Also, the next chapter is at six in the morning~