Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 13

Sister Army sat in the office, looking at Brother Cheng and Luo Junyan.

She tapped on the armrest with her finger and said, “Why don’t you tell me in advance to use Asam’s music?”

Brother Cheng said: “At that time, the main consideration was to make use of this matter for hype.”

Sister Army said: “A Sam is a special person. He cares about his works. You will lose my reputation by doing so. Let’s change the theme song.”

Luo Junyan said: “Sister Army, I will solve the matter. Now that the post production is completed, when can it be released?”

Sister Army said: “I’ve been too busy lately, and I’m going to Southeast Asia in the afternoon. What do you think of the shooting?”

Brother Cheng said: “The film is pretty good, army, you must think it’s good after watching it.”

Sister Army looked a little bit amused looking at the eagerness of the two. The total cost of shooting was just over 400,000 yuan, most of which was the cost of renting equipment and buying film, which was simply too economical.

Sister Army said: “The “Crazy Tribulation” starring Azhi will be released on November 1st. It is a Shaw Brothers movie and will be released for half a month. The next one will be an old movie, and our film arrangement will follow it. It will be released together, and it is estimated that the number of theaters opened will be discussed. The publicity and distribution can be done by ourselves.”

Sister Army didn’t wait for them to speak, and then said: “In exchange, Jun wants to record the theme song for TVB’s next year’s highlight “Shanghai Beach” and transfer the copyright of the song to TVB, which is tantamount to a one-time buyout at a price. I asked Uncle Hui, although the copyright signatures of lyrics and music are him and Huang Zhan, they have been fully authorized to you, so you must agree to use it.”

Brother Cheng said: “Army, we will suffer too much in this way. The 10,000 copies of “Shanghai Beach” are almost sold out. The TV series will be released next year, not only in Hong Kong, but also in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.”

Sister Army said: “Brother Cheng, I know. Next year, the play will be very important to Uncle Six, so we will agree to exchange it, otherwise we will not even have the opportunity to show it. I will ask you to consider it. “Shanghai Tan” buyout price is 5 Ten thousand yuan, I will strive for the number of movie theaters to exceed 10, and it will be shown in one week. Of course, if the attendance rate cannot be guaranteed, the drawing will be withdrawn in advance. Asam will hand it over to TVB to discuss the conditions and authorize the use of ” “Thanksgiving”, and then I will cooperate with you for a little bit of hype.”

Brother Cheng thought for a while and asked, “Army, how do you divide the accounts with Shaw?”

Sister Army looked at him and asked, “Brother Cheng, how much do you think is appropriate?”

Brother Cheng glanced at her and said with a guilty conscience: “This kind of thing still has to be decided by the chairman. I just inquire about it, and then decide the propaganda investment based on the accounting situation.”

Sister Army said, “Five to five minutes.”

Brother Cheng and Luo Junyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Junyan asked: “Sister Army, don’t you and Shaw need to watch the film in advance?”

Sister Army thought to herself, look at you, Aunt Six, this is already an exception, otherwise it is not produced by Shaw, and don’t even think about showing it in Shaw Cinemas regardless of what kind of movie you are. Of course sister Army also knows that Aunt Six is ​​first considering her affection, and secondly, there is a small gap in “Crazy Tribulation”, and it is not a loss to release two or three world paintings.

Sister Army said: “As long as the quality is above the pass line, Shaw still trusts me more, and I trust you more. Don’t worry too much, other theaters will release new movies after the 20th. It was filmed by Sammo Hung and it was released on the 22nd. We can all avoid it.”

When Cheng Ge and Luo Junyan walked out of the TVB building, they both thought it was too trifling, but they couldn’t tell what was wrong. A movie is painted like this without even reviewing the film? It feels like a dream.

Brother Cheng said, “I’ll contact Huang Jiadong and scramble the title first. Let Fatty Wang find someone to make a poster, and use your swimsuit to look back on the stage. It looks too much like Xia Meng. After posting it, try to get Ming Pao. To attract it, it is better to scold you on the front page than to make a sound. We bet that the laughter of the Hong Kong audience is low enough that it will be alive if it can be attracted to the theater.”

Wang Jing was out of luck. The production had already been completed and the pay was cleared. But these two are not polite people, Wang Jing never rested, and even helped to contact classmates who work in the second and third-line tabloids, and asked for discounts by brushing their faces.

Shaw’s energy is indeed great, and Ah Sam finally chose to give in. After all, he needs TVB’s propaganda platform in the future and collects 10,000 yuan in royalties symbolically. In the end, the money left to buy out “Shanghai Tan” was 40,000 yuan, and Cheng Ge and Luo Junyan were allocated 20,000 yuan each, which was a one-shot deal.

The box office of “Crazy Heist” was pretty good, and soon passed 1 million. It is estimated that the box office in Hong Kong will exceed 2 million when it is drawn. For a feature film with a new wave label, this work is already considered a success.

When “Crazy Tribulation” entered the second week of its release, the front page of the entertainment section of the Daily Daily reported that the urban ridiculous comedy “Hardcover Girl”, which is about to be screened in Shaw Theaters, was suspected of infringement of the theme song. According to reports, the theme song used in the film completely copied the score of “Banjin Baliang”, and is currently contacting Mr. Xu Guanjie, the songwriter of “Banjin Baliang”, and our reporter will continue to follow up the next step. If the infringement is established, “The Hardcover Girl” will face Mr. Xu Guanjie’s complaint and face huge compensation.

On that day, some second-tier media in Xiangjiang reprinted Tiantian Daily’s articles and put forward various predictions. “The Hardcover Girl” attracted much discussion among the Xiangjiang people. In this era, as long as news about entertainment stars is in the newspapers, it is basically possible to start a group discussion mode on the streets and alleys.

On November 13, two days before the painting of “Crazy Tribulation”, high-definition posters of “Pretty Girl in Hardcover” were posted in front of the Shaw Theater Line 1 Lujia Cinema. The poster was based on the image of Luo Junyan looking back in his swimsuit, which immediately caused a media sensation. Reporters from various newspapers rushed to take pictures in front of the theater one after another, with mixed opinions on the content of the poster.

Tiantian Daily reported that the stills of “Pretty Girl in Hardcover” have the effect of fascinating all living beings. It is really impossible to imagine a man who will be so beautiful to this degree, and as the starring role of a new comedy, it is really exciting. This is an allied army who is familiar with the road. As long as you pay in advance, you will dare to board the soft paper you handed over.

Dongfang Daily’s report is more modest. It feels that the poster is too revealing and bold. It is a comical comedy or is trying a new form of comedy. It seems that the comical laughter contains a logical confusion. Can the people of Xiangjiang accept it? The effect remains to be seen.

Ming Pao’s article is the most intense, pointing out that this is an act of grandstanding, and contains bad intentions, hyping oneself with vulgar things, and has a negative impact on society and education. Even the critique of Luo Junyan, who named him by name, lacks the moral cultivation and professional ethics of an artist, is vulgar and perverse.

Then the second and third-line tabloids made various insinuations against Ming Pao, and put poster photos and Xia Meng stills on the front page side by side. For a time, it attracted countless people onlookers, and the gossip mentality was overwhelming. At the same time, they marveled that the similarity between men and women can be so high. In 1979, the people were simple-minded, and they did not think too much about makeup and photography.

On November 14, “Pretty Girl in Hardcover” was screened at night in 3 Shaw Theaters. Xiangjiang has a tradition of screening new films at night to feed back the audience’s reaction to the film and adjust the editing effects in time.

In a Shaw Theater in Tsim Sha Tsui, Cheng, Luo Junyan, Wang Jing, Huang Jiadong, and the main partner three sat in the last row together waiting for the film to start. Attendance at night is pretty good, probably over 60%, and the auditorium is full of the sound of chewing sugar cane.

“Pretty Girl in Hardcover” officially kicked off.

The theme song of “Love in the Past” sounded, and suddenly there was a tumult below, “It really is the song of Brother Asam, this is plagiarism.”

“The lyrics are quite interesting. Besides, Brother Asam didn’t come out to criticize him. How do you know it’s plagiarism?”

An old man in the back row said, “Look at Xia Meng in the swimsuit, don’t make any noise.”

Another replied: “The ghost’s crazy laugh, I think it will make me laugh crazy.”

The beginning of the movie is relatively easy. It is Ajun who is taken advantage of by all kinds of people on the TV station, the cameraman Huashan who tends to be salty, wet and violent, sister Lan, the warehouse supervisor who likes to take advantage, and the director Cheng who always pretends to be civilized. The continuous contradictions and conflicts caused the audience to laugh constantly.

In particular, Brother Cheng must stop and pretend wherever he goes, waiting for Ajun to put on him a windbreaker, and then accept an interview with reporters. As a result, at the shooting scene of a new beach drama, Ah Jun forgot to bring that windbreaker, and eagerly put the red cape of the costume female directly on it. Brother Cheng still talked without knowing it. The interview reporter Huang Jiadong’s look of bewilderment to record is very bright.

Immediately in the Hong Kong sisters preliminary contest, the hero and the heroine met. A Shi, who was pretending to be a lady with a mouth full of gang cuts behind her, saved A Jun from being bullied several times out of righteous indignation. A Jun had a good impression of A Shi. Because of his inferiority complex, he just started to follow and pay attention. During this period, a series of spoofs such as getting lost, climbing walls, and borrowing money occurred.

The audience laughed more cheerfully, feeling that the IQ of the hero and heroine was abnormal, but it made people laugh silly.

Next, the performances of Zhige and Chang were brilliant, a low-energy hot-blooded patrolman who could not find a direction at all, and a dumb gangster who didn’t look for a direction at all. The skirmishes dangled the audience’s appetite, and every time the ax was about to hit Brother Chang, he was lucky to escape. After every lucky escape, Chang did not give up and reappeared in front of Zhige. Cheng Ge’s mantra designed for two people is “Take your lungs.” and “I am the Royal Police, number 9527.”

The most exciting climax was in the swimsuit finals. Zhong Chuhong found that his heel was frustrated, and was so angry that he smashed a pair of high heels in the background, and it turned out to be the high heels of the host Fei sister. Sister Fei was changing clothes and came out to catch her in slippers. After that, Sister Fei couldn’t find the large shoes, so she had to cut the rain boots round and round by the pair of rain boots that Zhong Chuhong found. Sister Fei wore a pair of red modified low-top rain boots to host the stage, and she was simply full of joy.

This segment of the audience is really crazy. The audience who wants to be seduced is indeed seduced, and it feels that there is no normal person in the film.

After that, Ah Jun took the stage with his back facing the audience, his back was completely exposed, the back of an absolute beauty. Looking back and a smile also appeared at this time, no matter who it was like, it immediately caused a scream in the audience.

One of the judges on the screen was played by Wang Jing, who was originally a gentleman, but he directly exposed the nature of the **** guy. He took out a magnifying glass and looked at it, looking very awkward. The camera turned and slowly came to the front of Ah Jun. As a result, a large teacup that Sister Fat didn’t find in the background was holding a key position below, and it was still glued into a radial shape of the sun with tape.

The audience was not immune to this absurd and ugly performance, and the audience immediately fell forward with laughter.

At the end of the film, A Jun is wearing the suit, windbreaker, scarf and top hat on the beach. He sees A Shi on the boat beckoning. He ran to the beach but stopped suddenly. Then the camera switched to him swimming towards A Shi, neatly stacked on the shore. Put the rented clothes.

After that, the two of them swim ashore exhaustedly, and the scavengers are no longer there. In the camera, the two men stared blankly at the neatly stacked shabby patch suits on the shore, and there was actually a straw hat with raw edges, which was quite ritual.

At the end, A Shi wore a rag as a skirt and a deflated life preserver as a short suspender skirt with shoulder straps covering her chest, holding hands with Ah Jun, who was wearing a fat patch and wearing a straw hat, leaning back against the setting sun shyly and sweetly. Of walking. The long camera turned to the back as they passed, and as a result, a large piece of Ajun’s back clothes was torn off, it was Ash’s miniskirt. He walked naturally with his back naked, which made passers-by look back.

The theme song sounded, and the audience laughed and applauded. This kind of comedy is different from Xiangjiang’s mainstream comedy, it just doesn’t require you to use your brain, just watch the actors play tricks on the screen silly.

Brother Cheng let out a sigh, and said, “Tomorrow Xu Guanjie’s statement will be in the newspaper, just wait for the box office.”

The nervous backs of several people are all soaked, and there is no feeling of excitement at all. Can this random and crudely produced film make money? No one knows anything. It can only be said that the times have saved Luo Junyan. Because of the great development of the processing and manufacturing industry in Hong Kong, the mainstream movie audiences on Hong Kong Island are factory workers with low levels of education. They ignore the depth and height of the film. Watching a movie is just a relaxing way to pass the boring time. It is enough to laugh without thinking about it.