Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 24

On December 1, Luo Junyan and Shaw officially signed a gambling agreement.

At the same time, Shaw did not deliberately conceal the content of the agreement, but instead allowed the content of the agreement to be concealed in the form of rumors. The entire film and television circle was shocked. Hearing such crazy suicidal behavior, everyone sighed that Luo Junyan was not alone, but the spirit of seeking death.

In the office of the account director of the Snowman Era, Brother Cheng waited for Luo Junyan to finish reading the script. Of course, the title of the director is strongly requested by Brother Cheng. Compared with Director Ye, Manager Ye smokes three to five and the other smokes a cigar.

Luo Junyan quietly read the script and raised his head and said, “Master, movies of this subject matter are very popular. And what does the infighting of giants have to do with this criticalism of reality?”

Brother Cheng still didn’t change his cigar, and stubbed out three or five, and said: “Realistic criticism is for the media, so you don’t need to think about it. Jun, now I have a high authority and a lot of affairs. I really can’t make up any classics. I plan to make “Vanity Fair” into a series, and I will shoot three of them. This “Vanity Fair: Fighting for Position” will take the lead.”

Luo Junyan said: “Master, but this film is all about the intrigue between the rich and the heirs, and all the characters are extravagant and show off their wealth. Will they be boycotted by those rich people?”

Brother Cheng said: “What percentage of the rich talents of Xiangjiang? It doesn’t matter if they don’t look at it. Jun, you came to the company during this period, and you haven’t seen the army and your sister, right? For your gambling agreement, they all ran fine. Now. Do you know how many ads have been placed in this “Vanity Fair: Powerful Fighting”?”

Luo Junyan asked puzzledly: “What is placement advertising? Can ads be advertised in movies?”

Brother Cheng curled his lips and said, “How fresh, of course you can’t make the advertisements so straightforward. The so-called placement of advertisements, you can treat it as some corporate investment sponsorship. To say that the army is really forward-conscious, she mentioned her thoughts, I understand. Let’s say that this time has been set, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Pepsi, Taikoo Building, Rolex, fashion brands and more. Cosmetics, shoes, bags, clothing are available, JoyceMa of Yongan Department Store knows Right? All the props came out of her boutique this time. Prada, LV, Gucci, Byblos, and Zhihai went there. Jun, the income from the placement of ads has been 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars.”

Luo Junyan widened his eyes and said, “Master, that is to say, the film hasn’t started filming yet, and the performance has already completed 5.6 million?”

Brother Cheng took a sip of tea and said, “Our Snowman Era is an advertising communication company. To be precise, this 5.6 million is the performance of the Snowman Era. How much you share should be negotiated between us. However, we have high ambitions, although because of the company’s new creation. , Temporarily does not meet the conditions for joining 4A, but we still consciously charge the media fee according to the 4A protocol standard 17.65%. So Jun, you should thank the American Advertising Agency Association.”

Luo Junyan didn’t care about 4A or 8A, so he quickly calculated it with a calculator, and said, “That’s more than 4.6 million in the account. Wow, thank goodness, this time, as long as the movie’s box office income is 25 million, it’s ok. Master, you and sister army. It’s definitely a born businessman’s mind.”

On the contrary, Brother Cheng held himself up and said: “Hurry up and place orders for the director and actors, and strive for the Spring Festival show. Time is tight and the task is heavy, so I won’t leave you for lunch.”

Luo Junyan’s confidence increased, and he was smiling and happy.

In the next ten days, Luo Junyan spent a total of 550,000 Hong Kong dollars, and quickly signed Wang Jing, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Chung Chuhong, Ye Qianwen, and Guan Zhilin who are looking for opportunities to make her way around, as well as the main supporting roles Guan Haishan, Li Siqi, Liao Lili, etc. Several powerful actors of TVB. After Chen Yulian hesitated, she still did not accept the invitation.

Fa Ge’s salary is the highest, reaching 250,000 Hong Kong dollars. Both Ye Qianwen and Guan Zhilin were introduced by Leslie Cheung. Ye Qianwen has returned to Taiwan to develop and was temporarily invited over. He also brought a new song “Relief of Spring” as the theme song. Brother Cheng thought they were young, beautiful and cheap, so he settled for Luo Junyan.

TVB didn’t embarrass Luo Junyan. Artists who have schedules can make appointments, but the prices are outrageous, and you can let them out if you pay for them.

After receiving the single director, Wang Jing hesitated for a long time and decided to still use Wang Rifa’s stage name this time. He really has no confidence in the script. Not because the script is too bad, but because the narrative line is too complicated, the whole film is composed of three male protagonists, and the roles are equal. And this is a serious drama, and there is no gag, so can the audience tolerate this dullness?

On December 15th, after intense preparations, “Vanity Fair: The Giants Fighting for Position” started to worship God.

Wang Jing has shown great progress in directing abilities over the past year, his field control ability has been greatly improved, and his shooting efficiency is extremely high.

The main actors and actresses in “Vanity Fair: Fighting for Position” are as follows:

Guan Haishan plays Fang Jinbiao, a veteran Xiangjiang tycoon.

Liao Lili plays the second wife of the Fang family, the biological mother of the second son.

Li Siqi plays the third wife of the Fang family, the biological mother of the third son.

Chow Yun-fat plays the eldest son of the Fang family, whose biological mother has long passed away, and is a man in the social circle.

Leslie Cheung plays the second son of the Fang family, an important member of the illegal racing incident.

Luo Junyan plays the third son of the Fang family, a fashionable playboy.

Zhong Chuhong plays a personal image designer assistant who serves the rich.

Ye Qianwen plays the resident singer in a bar, and often appears as the companion girl of the drag racer.

Rosamund Kwan plays the acting manager of an international fashion brand buyer’s store.

The plot of the whole movie is that Fang Jinbiao, a self-made real estate tycoon, wants to choose his heir, using the office building of Taikoo Building under his name as the betrothal gift. The daughter-in-law who marries the son will be the most satisfied with the gift to the daughter-in-law. This move was regarded as the starting gun of the controversy, so the eldest son, the second wife, mother and son, and the third wife each figured out the thoughts of the master Fang, thus starting the calculation methods between each other.

The independent, generous and decent Zhong Chuhong, the dignified and cheerful Ye Qianwen, and the sweet-looking and good-looking Guan Zhilin, three girls from poor families, have entered the eyes of the three powers, and each feels that the goal caters to the master’s mind. standard.

So various temptations for the three girls followed one after another. Luxury cars, famous watches, all kinds of fashion big-name cosmetics, luggage and clothing everything, they will be taken to the show.

It can be said that Wang Jing showed the most intoxicating scenery of rich feasts. Even the brand franchise stores that have not yet appeared in Xiangjiang are also designed and decorated in advance by the heroes who have spent a lot of money in the film as small gifts. The heroine is used to pick up and drop off a series of luxury cars to and from get off work. In front of them, the rich started to compare and squander, enjoying the pleasure of winning the goal.

The art director, set and props team in the film all completed their work in accordance with the planning plan of the Snowman Age, and the whole plan of the placement of the advertisement submitted to the major brands by the Snowman Age was handled by Cheng Ge as a special consultant. The film showed the extremely advanced VI visual design effect. When seeing the hand-painted scheme, the major brands had a strong response, which finally led to the advertising contract with the Yeti Age.

As long as the renderings in the planning case can be rendered 90% of the screen in the movie, the Snowman Era can even completely open the door to the Xiangjiang advertising market.

At the end of the film, the three girls have been moved by the pursuit of the three rich men. They have held engagement ceremonies. Every day, they dream happily about the moment when Cinderella turns into Snow White.

Master Fang died suddenly from an unexpected heart attack, and the situation suddenly changed.

At the funeral, the three sons of the Fang family accused each other of the other two fiancées’ various humble origins and unbearable experiences. No one fiancé spoke to appease the fiancée, but put all the evidence obtained from secret investigations on the table and tried to humiliate the fiancé. .

With the arrival of the lawyer, Master Fang’s secret will was announced. The property was divided into three parts in the will, which were inherited by three sons, but the three sons were required to get married and have children before they could get the inheritance. For the two ladies, only two villas were left. After hearing the will, the second wife and the third wife fainted one after another.

After a farce, the film ends with a separate dialogue scene of the three married couples.

Zhong Chuhong sat in the house, looked out the window of the mansion, and asked, “Why do you want to marry me?”

Chow Yun-fat bit his cigar and was busy choosing a scarf, without turning his head back, he said, “Go try on the dress and jewelry. Don’t talk too much at the cocktail party tonight. I don’t understand anything. It will only make me make a fool of myself.”

The camera turned, Rolls Royce driving on the road, Ye Qianwen in the back seat was leaning against the car door and staring at the car window in a daze. Asked stupidly: “Why do you want to marry me?”

Leslie Cheung didn’t seem to hear the same. He was on the phone with his eldest brother and shouted angrily: “Give me the money, how can a racing girl be so troublesome? Anyway, I will see her in the car at night.”

At this time, Big Brother has not yet entered the Xiangjiang River, and is also an advertiser that the army has drawn from the United States after exhausting their tongues.

The camera turned again. The clothes that Guan Zhilin had selected for Luo Junyan in LV’s franchise store were thrown on the ground, and the shop assistants next to her were secretly looking at her. Rosamund Kwan, like a frightened kitten, asked tremblingly: “Why do you want to marry me?”

Luo Junyan sat on the sofa stiffly, holding a bottle of Pepsi, biting the straw and drinking. His gaze is constantly following the **** women passing by outside the shop window, his eyes are full of the fiery passion of hunting beauty, and he smiles wretchedly and excitedly. In the end, there was no answer, and it froze on his face.

Wang Xiaopang’s talent is fully demonstrated, and the narrative rhythm of this **** plot is just right. It only took him 16 days for the film to be declared complete and enter post-production.

This time the theme song was sung by Ye Qianwen, and the soundtrack was dedicated by Luo Shaotang.

Luo Junyan ran to various theaters non-stop. Don’t even think about Jiahe’s Spring Festival file. The Xu brothers’ new film “Modern Bodyguard” was released. It is worth mentioning that Huang Zaoshi was invited to star in the show.

Princess Golden has “Happy God’s Nest” by Xinyicheng, but you can add a movie, which means that you want to make Shaw Brothers sick. In addition, Xinyicheng’s opening work “Funny Times” has not yet finished, but the box office is very good, and it is expected that the final box office will exceed 5 million.

In the end, Shaw agreed to the condition of dividing the account by five to five, and guaranteed the number of theaters, but for the outside market, Shaw obtained the right of priority to buy out the projection copyright.

“Vanity Fair: The Powers Fighting for Position” was released later than “Modern Bodyguard”. Jiahe’s new year’s masterpiece “Modern Bodyguard” really blinded everyone in the circle, and the box office skyrocketed. By the time “Vanity Fair: Powerful Fighting” was released, the box office had exceeded 13 million, and everyone was looking forward to a situation where the two tigers competed.

On January 25th, after several rounds of newspapers and magazines’ hype about reality criticalism and the concept of luxury fashion, the total cost of 2.3 million “Vanity Fair’s Contending for Position” was screened at Shaw Theater’s night show.

Attendance at the screening venue is very good, reaching more than 90%. Judging from Chow Yun-fat’s accounted for half.

Luo Junyan and all the leading and supporting actors all arrived at the scene together, and as the film opened, things were obviously not right. At first, the audience was still marveling at the luxury and fashion of the children of the rich, and they already sighed the youthful beauty of the three heroines. But slowly began to talk a lot.

“How is it so insidious? Isn’t he the protagonist?”

“Ah Rong and A Jun are both good and evil. Is there any mistake? Which one is the protagonist?”

“Are the heroines so stupid? Even if they get so deceived, they still go get engaged, is there such a cheap person?”

“Do you want to be shameless? Marry them like this? You deserve to be a widow.”

“I really don’t know what the **** is going on, there are no good people in the whole movie, should the actor be so awesome?”

“I don’t watch it, it’s a bad film. How can a poor person be bullied like this and keep silent.”

At this time, Luo Junyan’s back was soaked. To tell the truth, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and himself are all extraordinary performers in this movie. There is really nothing to say about their acting skills. They were very successful in portraying these three roles. This is a film that explores class antagonism, with a critique of goldism. Although it is not deep enough, at least the enlightenment is in it.

Unexpectedly, the people of Xiangjiang do not care about whether their status will win respect. Under the dominance of the mainstream consciousness of fatalism, they are more concerned about autonomous hedonism. “Vanity Fair: The Powerful Fighting” will only make them feel dull, confused, and even meaningless.

Until the end of the screening, Luo Junyan was awakened by Fa Ge and Leslie Cheung at the same time. The others didn’t say much, but they didn’t say hello and left the field silently.

“Modern Bodyguard” and “Vanity Fair: The Giants Fighting for Position” were drawn almost at the same time. One is a box office record of 17.78 million, which breaks through historical records, and the other is a box office record of 2.46 million, which can be described as hitting the street.

Ming Pao’s post-painting commentary pointed out: “Vanity Fair: The Powerful Fighting for Position” has a clear critical color, and its intention is to reveal the natural opposition between the rich and the poor. The film tries to find the incompatibility of the social elite and the grassroots. Get along with the root causes of problems, and use this to win the emotional resonance of the civilian class.

But what is surprising is that ordinary people in Hong Kong do not agree with this sentiment and position. On the contrary, the upper-class people often enter the scene to watch the movie, imitating the stunning luxury quality of life and fashionable lifestyle in the film. The film was only sought after by a niche crowd, and box office losses were already doomed.