Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 30

In the following time, “Killer Couple File” was officially completed on October 17.

Because of the large amount of action and special effects shots, the editing is done more delicately, and quality cannot be sacrificed in order to keep up with the progress.

It was not until November 5 that the post-production was completed and the production phase was over.

After calculation, due to the excessive number of NGs in the filming and the increase in the scenes of car blasting, the final production cost of “Killer Couples” was as high as 6.11 million Hong Kong dollars, which was an overrun of nearly 1 million.

Luo Junyan’s remaining personal deposits of more than 400,000 just filled the hole, and now he has no money.

Throughout 1981, Luo Junyan did not pay too much attention to the film and television circles.

As of today, he has only seen one movie in the theater, which is Wang Jing’s first “A Thousand Thousand Fighting Thousand Fighters” directed by Shaw Brothers. Wang Xiaopang called several times and urged him to go to the theater, so he had to join him in such a familiar relationship.

The film’s box office was pretty good, exceeding HK$5 million. When Luo Junyan wanted to see Wang Xiaopang for a treat, they all turned into sister-in-laws to answer the phone. Anyway, they were not at home.

Not surprisingly, this year’s box office champion should be the “Modern Bodyguard” that beat “Vanity Fair’s Giants Fighting” all the way, with a box office of more than 17.7 million that is a great success.

New Arts City has risen to fame this year and is unstoppable.

“Chasing Girls”, which was released in August, has a box office of more than 9.4 million and currently ranks second.

Director Tsui Hark’s first film after joining the New Art City, “Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing”, has a box office of more than 7.4 million and currently ranks third.

Another “Happy God’s Nest” directed by Wu Ma has also sold for 5 million.

There are two choices when “Killer Couples” is scheduled to be released. One is after the warm-up promotion, it will be released in early December, and the other is to wait until the Spring Festival next year.

Luo Junyan went to talk to Shaw Brothers, Princess Golden and Jiahe’s theaters.

If it is released in early December, you can work with him. But if the Spring Festival stalls next year, only Shaw will respond, but the box office score is low enough, Luo Junyan can only get 30% of the box office.

In Cheng’s office, sister army was also invited over.

Luo Junyan said: “I decided to release the film in early December. No matter how prosperous the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival, the double file will not be considered. But Shaw Brothers, Golden Princess, and Jiahe have all settled on a four to six split. According to the contract, the film will still be placed in Shao. The theater line.”

Brother Cheng said: “You were so miserable in the movie last time. Of course, people have to get together to pinch you. Anyway, you will be taken care of.”

Sister Army shook her head and said, “That’s not necessarily true. Will the theaters give in? The main thing is that the quality of the film is not too hard.”

Sister Army considered for a while and continued: “In addition, for the New Year’s Day file starting on December 22, Shaw Brothers will release “The Legend of Fighting Sparrow”, Jiahe will release “The Prodigal”, and the Golden Princess will release “The Reborn Man”. “.”

Sister Army thought for a while, and then said: “One of these three films is a gambling film starring Xie Xian. The theme and starring are good. One is a Kung Fu film by Sammo Hung, needless to say. Only the “Reborn Man” produced by Xinyicheng. I don’t think the Golden Princess Theatre may be full of confidence. For us, there is a chance.”

Brother Cheng found the cigar, lit it after asking for instructions, and said, “A Jun, the army makes a lot of sense. Not surprisingly, Princess Golden is the weakest party in the New Year’s Day schedule, and the box office is very likely to be the bottom of the box. “Killer Couples” If “File” can make Lei Juekun take a fancy to, then he will most likely be willing to take a fight with our film. Isn’t this the modern version of the Battle of Chibi.”

Luo Junyan clenched his fist, stood up, and said as he walked: “Then I will take the sample to see Lei Juekun.”

Sister Army shouted: “Hey, where are you going? Lei Juekun is not only the boss of Princess Golden, but also the chairman of the board of directors of the Kowloon Consortium. He may not show up in Princess Golden for half a month.”

Luo Junyan stopped and asked, “What should I do?”

Sister Army glanced at him and said, “Isn’t you brainless? There are two ways to see Lei Juekun as soon as possible. You know Xu Hark through Cheng Xiaodong, and then ask Xu Hark to help introduce him, but these two people have a relationship. It’s not very reliable, so you may have to wait a long time. Another is to ask Leslie Cheung to help introduce Tsui Hark’s wife Shi Nansheng. They have a good personal relationship. If Shi Nansheng promises to help you introduce Lei Juekun, it will be too easy to meet.”

Brother Cheng unconsciously leaned forward and asked, “How to say?”

Sister Army said of course: “Shi Nansheng is a person who knows how to communicate.”

Sure enough, sister army expected. Shi Nansheng gave Leslie Cheung a lot of face and promised to help Luo Junyan with this favor, and Lei Juekun also appreciated his face, and met with Luo Junyan on the third day.

The choice of cooperative cinema has been going on in secret.

It was not until November 25 that the Golden Princess Cinemas officially signed a contract with Luo Junyan, and it was announced that “Killer Couples” will be screened on December 10 in 17 cinemas under the Golden Princess.

When Shaw learned of the news, uncooked rice was already cooked. But this time, the golden princess belonged to letting the profit to Luo Junyan, and the contract stipulated that the box office was divided between five and five.

Shaw Brothers will never split up with Luo Junyan. Fang Yihua had already made up her mind, just waiting for the 10 million compensation to be handed over. She didn’t even participate in the review of “Killer Couple File”.

The propaganda work of “Killer Couple File” is completely handed over to the Snowman Times.

This promotion is very interesting. In 5 prosperous market areas such as Tsim Sha Tsui and Central, Snowman Times rented the facades of the 5 most eye-catching buildings for a short period of time, and fixed a large rectangular wooden board to the wall.

On the first day, from the lower edge of the plank, a horizontal stripe area that runs through the plank was manually painted. No one passing by could see what the painting was.

Next, every day, a stripe area will be added to the top, gradually revealing high heels and black leather shoes, and people who have passed this loop are beginning to be interested.

Slowly stockings thighs, plump hips and thin waist, pocket holster, silver pistol. The combined pictures are getting more and more exciting, and the puzzles are getting more and more complete, which is tickling.

Tiantian Daily and several entertainment-oriented tabloids all track and report the huge propaganda poster incident on the front page, and shoot the latest pictures every day and publish them in the newspapers.

Xiangjiang citizens have joined the army of guessing, and even some idlers go to the front of the building every morning to wait for the picture to be updated. In this era, there are people who do tricks.

For such a large hand-painted building advertising project, the Snowman Age directly cost nearly 600,000, and it must consider weather factors, personnel safety and other detailed solutions.

It wasn’t until December 5th that the picture was finally full, and the huge stills of “Killer Couples” suddenly made a sensation in Hong Kong.

The image of Sister Army is too far to subvert the idea of ​​Xiangjiang citizens in this era. Sexy but not coquettish, revealing but not coquettish, full of style and charm.

Of course, this is from a promotional article written by Uncle Zhan in a Ming Pao column.

Among ordinary citizens, men pass by billboards all day with excuses, and then dryly recall details. The woman took a sip, turned her head and asked about the same stockings from Dior.

On December 10, at the strong request of Luo Junyan, the night screening of “Killer Couples” was cancelled again, and it was released directly in all the theaters of Golden Princess at the same time.

On the day of the premiere, both Luo Junyan and sister army did not go to the screening site for publicity, nor did they invite relatives and friends to watch the movie.

The protagonist and heroine stayed at home for a day, and commuted to get off work normally, and the good people in the entertainment circle were worried for them.

Brother Fa and Brother Rong took the initiative to call friends to join in the theater. The three friends who had graduated from the former artist training class, Xiaoju, even paid for them to watch. Yu Zhanyuan personally took the apprentice to the town building.

This is also regarded as the emperor not in a hurry, right?

That night, sister army came home from get off work and was about to cook noodles by herself when the doorbell rang.

Sister Army only opened a narrow slit, and Luo Junyan squeezed into the room from the door, still carrying two large bags.

Sister Army reluctantly closed the door, chasing Luo Junyan straight to the kitchen, and said: “A Jun, I don’t seem to agree with you to enter the door yet?”

Luo Junyan grinned and said: “Forgive me, forgive me. Today is a special situation. In the words of my master, at any moment of great commemorative significance, it is hypocritical to be civilized and polite.”

Sister Army crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame, just watching him toss in the kitchen.

Luo Junyan is good at cooking and cooking, after all, this child was raised as a girl since childhood.

In less than an hour, all the hot and cold dishes were on the table, the steak looked a bit fried, and it was accompanied by a glass of red wine.

Luo Junyan poured red wine for sister army and said: “I don’t know whether this brand of red wine is good or bad, but I think those foreigners are buying it.”

Sister Army sat at the table and said thank you. Then she looked at her casual clothes and asked jokingly, “Do you need me to change clothes?”

Luo Junyan raised his cup and said, “That’s pretty good. You can light the candles when you are full, sister army, I toast you a cup and wish you a happy birthday.”

Sister Army smiled and raised the cup and said, “I never remembered your birthday this year. It’s hard for you to remember my birthday.”

Luo Junyan drank a sip of red wine and said, “The Snowman Times was officially opened on December 10, 1980, and “Killer Couples” was officially released on December 10, 1981. To me, they are all of great significance. Things, from now on I will remember your birthday for the rest of my life.”

Sister Army kept smiling and said: “If the film hits the street, your impression will be even more profound.”

Luo Junyan smiled and said, “With you, I won’t fail.”

Sister Army lowered her head, cutting the steak carefully, without replying.

Luo Junyan continued: “Sister Army, I didn’t know after that scene was filmed. You found a stand-in actress. Then why didn’t she play in the scene to clear the scene?”

Sister Army’s eyes were just staring at the vegetable salad, she kept holding the chopsticks in her hand, and replied: “That girl is too fat and it will affect my image. Besides, she is not naked, just as two people are practicing in underwear. Karate myself.”

Luo Junyan drank the red wine in the glass, hesitated for a moment, and said, “I never thought about finding a substitute. I thought the passion scene would be so easy to shoot. I didn’t expect that just one kissing scene would be NG so many times. “

Luo Junyan emboldened herself and continued: “Army, I’m not afraid of you laughing. This is the first time I kissed a girl. Somehow, I suddenly became very nervous and my hands kept trembling. Then I feel you too. It seems that I haven’t kissed the mouth very much. At that time, my body was hard.”

Sister Army put down her chopsticks, raised her head, and said coldly: “You are here for sexual harassment tonight? You want to learn from those big directors and celebrities who take advantage of women? You are not qualified. You don’t want to go to the premiere of the film. Running propaganda, do you think success can be left to nothing? That is beyond your capacity.”

Luo Junyan took a deep breath and said: “Army, I didn’t mean that, I just,”

Sister Army interrupted him and said, “Luo Junyan, please call me army, sister. It’s not big or small, and I don’t understand at all. Did you forget the days when you didn’t have enough food in the squatter?”

Luo Junyan lowered his head and suddenly didn’t want to speak anymore.

Sister Army regained her calm and said, “A Jun, if you want to succeed for a lifetime, don’t rely on me psychologically. That’s an unrealistic idea.”

Sister Army is simply more direct and said: “Our experiences, concepts, career goals, life attitudes and even the social circle of friends are completely different. We are on two tracks and will not always overlap. Take the birthday day as an example. I am used to cooking noodles on my own that day. Maybe I will get married in the future and I will share a candlelight dinner with my husband. But I really don’t like to let outsiders come to celebrate my birthday. I care about my personal space and don’t want to be Excuse me from outsiders.”

Luo Junyan nodded like a chicken, stood up, and squatted and said: “Sister army, I plan to go to the theater tonight, but I just drop by. I have to catch the bus. It will be a while later. The bus driver It’s over.”

He rubbed his hands on the jeans of his thighs, smiling stiffly, holding the backpack in his arms, and moving to the door step by step.

Before leaving the house, he turned around and bowed slightly, and said, “Sister Army, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, I’ll leave first.”

With the sound of closing doors when Luo Junyan left, sister army, who hadn’t moved before, trembled and sat silently for a while.

After ten seconds, she stood up and quickly ran to the window. He lifted one side of the curtain slightly and looked downstairs intently.

She watched Luo Junyan walk away from the apartment building quickly, walking farther and farther alone, and finally blurred to merge with the night.

Sister Army put down the curtains and leaned her back on the wall with the rose-patterned wallpaper. She slowly slid down to the floor, folded her arms around her knees, and stared blankly at the dining table.

People in the world think they understand after hearing them, they think they are familiar after reading them, they think they understand after personal experience, and they think they have a thorough understanding after learning to forget them.

Even so, there were accidental encounters, and they were still at a loss.

Tian Xueni is a 28-year-old mature professional woman. She naturally does not think that tonight’s words are contrary to realistic ideas, but the feeling of heart-stamping invades her thinking very fiercely, and she can’t breathe smoothly under pressure.