Chapter 90 The Second and Third Events of the Cinema
The main line of the film is undoubtedly the love between Song Zihao, Mark and Song Zijie, as well as the setbacks, failures, repentance and revenge of the three protagonists.
In Mo Xuan's opinion, the film's success and response in Hong Kong in his previous life was not due to the plot of the movie itself, but the fact that no Hong Kong film could bring out the beauty of gunfight to this extent, especially in the violent scenes of flesh and blood, it can still make people deeply immersed in the joy of killing enemies in the film, which is a means of romanticizing violence.
In addition, the film's interpretation of the theme of brotherhood reached its peak. The friendship between Xiao Ma Ge and Hao Ge played by Zhou Runfa, the brotherhood between Ajie and Hao Ge played by Zhang Guorong, the theme of Jianghu and brotherhood are fully interpreted in the film. In other words, the "Heroic Reality" series makes the underworld movies full of humanity, which triggers people to think about life in the Jianghu from another perspective.
"It's really exciting. The film interprets the feelings between brothers in a touching way, and gives the unknown side of the underworld from different angles. This is different from the previous underworld, which must be a vicious place to appear. I think it will definitely attract a lot of attention." After the film was screened, Shao Yifu praised. With his years of experience, he can certainly see the excellence of the film.
"Uncle Six, Zongheng Pictures invested 10 million Hong Kong dollars in this film, so of course it has its own merits, otherwise my money would not be wasted." Mo Xuan said with a sensation. This film was specially filmed by him to strive for the 1984 box office championship.
Although all the two films filmed by Zongheng Pictures since its opening were well-known, none of them can win the annual box office championship of Hong Kong Film. This has made Zongheng Pictures rise rapidly among the newly established film companies and take the lead, but there is still a gap with the old giants like New City. So in Mo Xuan's view, what Zongheng Pictures lacks now is a film that can prove its status.
As far as Mo Xuan knows, the reason why Xinyicheng was able to become a major giant in the Hong Kong film industry in just a few years was that it became famous because of the emergence of "Best Partner", which made Jiahe and Shaw Pictures collapse. Similarly, if Zongheng Pictures wants to become famous in one fell swoop and become a real giant in the Hong Kong film industry, then it must have its own representative works that can be shown.
"Ten million Hong Kong dollars?" Shao Yifu was slightly surprised. When Mo Xuan was discussing the schedule with him, he had already said that "The True Heroes" was a big investment. He thought it was only a few million Hong Kong dollars at most, but he didn't expect that the investment in the movie was far higher than his bottom line.
You should know that in Hong Kong, you can only invest 3 or 4 million Hong Kong dollars in general movies. In the decades of the development of the Hong Kong film industry, only Xinyicheng's "Best Partner" and Jiahe's "Five Fortune Stars" can maintain profitability, and all of the other big productions ended at a loss.
"Yes, this film is a major work by Zongheng Pictures. We plan to use it to win the box office championship in 1984, or even the box office championship in Xiangjiang." Mo Xuan said with a thrilling look.
As far as Mo Xuan knows, the current box office champion of Xiangjiang is "Best Partner" filmed by Xinyicheng in 1982. The movie achieved a box office of nearly HK$27 million in Xiangjiang. According to the box office of "The True Hero" in the original time and space of 35 million, plus the production more sophisticated than the original version, Mo Xuan believes that it should not be difficult for the film to break the box office record of Xiangjiang.
"Oh? It seems that A Xuan's goal is not small in his heart." Shao Yifu said meaningfully. The meaning of "the goal is not small in his words" not only refers to Zongheng Pictures trying to break the box office record in Xiangjiang, but actually has another meaning. After decades of ups and downs in the film industry, he heard Mo Xuan's bold words and ambitions. After thinking a little, he could not understand Mo Xuan's ambitions.
"Uncle Six, now is the period of prosperity of the Hong Kong film industry. Since I have joined this circle, I must become bigger and stronger. To be honest, our Zongheng Pictures recruits people every month and attracts talents with a lot of money. My goal is that multiple crews of Zongheng Pictures can start construction at the same time and become the largest film company in Xiangjiang." Mo Xuan told Shao Yifu his plans.
Shao Yifu smiled bitterly in his heart. With his eyes, he could certainly see that it is an unprecedented era of prosperity in the Hong Kong film industry. Film companies are getting bigger and bigger year by year. The box office records of Hong Kong films are also constantly refreshing, making a lot of money. However, his Shaw Brothers theaters are reducing production year by year, and the films he has made are getting worse. I don’t know when, but he has dropped to this point. He really doesn’t understand why this is? Is it because his vision is not good? Or can’t keep up with the times? But why is his TV station so popular?
"Axuan, do you think Shaw Brothers still have hope?" After a while of silence, Shao Yifu said in a dark and complicated tone, with a bleak voice that "the sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's just the dusk."
"Uncle Six..." Hearing Shao Yifu's lonely words, Mo Xuan roughly guessed the distress in Shao Yifu's heart, and he was silent. Although Shao Yifu was a stingy person in the eyes of others, in Mo Xuan's eyes, Shao Yifu was considered his elder, and he kept mentioning him and helping him. Mo Xuan was not a person who didn't know how to say it straightforwardly to Shao Yifu, for fear of hitting him. After all, Shao Yifu is nearly 70 years old.
In Mo Xuan's opinion, the reason why Shaw Brothers declined from the former overlord of the Hong Kong film industry to this point today is that Shaw Brothers' blockbuster production system can no longer keep up with the trend of the times. Perhaps Shaw Yifu also thought about reforming, but the system was not so easy to change. That was the basis for Shaw Brothers to grow bigger and the system on which it depends for survival. If it changed, can Shaw Brothers still hold on? This is a dead end.
"Axuan, do you think Shaw Brothers really declined?" Shao Yifu said in a low tone.
"Sixth uncle, you must be punished and you will suffer from chaos."
"You boy!" Shao Yifu couldn't help but laugh and scolded when he heard Mo Xuan's words. He originally thought Mo Xuan would comfort him, but he didn't expect...
Chapter completed!