Chapter 1181 Cultivating Kung Fu Superstars

After "The Shawshank Redemption" won the grand prize, Jason Tanya brought the crew back to the United States.

Propaganda in the United States has long been launched. Every day, reporters report the grand performance of "The Shawshank Redemption" in Cannes and various reports and praises in Europe to the American people.

Old Americans naturally also like to "strengthen their country's prestige abroad". Seeing that the French and other Europeans like "The Shawshank Redemption" so much, they are naturally itchy and want to see what it is like.

So, without too much effort, Kirin Group reached more than 2,400 screens, setting a record for the opening of a literary film.

Here, "The Shawshank Redemption" won three awards at Cannes. It was at the height of its popularity, and the arrangements in the United States were to strike while the iron was hot, and it would be released on Tuesday six days later.

During the premiere, at least the leading actors should be present, so as to create a lively atmosphere.

In other words, Yin Jun is their boss, otherwise Yin Jun would definitely not be able to escape.

Since no stars were invited, the overall production cost of "The Shawshank Redemption" did not exceed 5 million US dollars. However, this time we came to Cannes for public relations, as well as publicity and distribution expenses in North America and Europe, etc., which totaled about The cost is US$20 million.

However, in fact, Kirin Group only spent 10 million US dollars.

Why?

Because there is a BMW!

BMW announced last year that it would sponsor Yin Jun to make three movies in the next three years, with a sponsorship fee of US$10 million for each movie.

How could Yin Jun waste such a good thing?

But BMW definitely didn't suffer.

Because every car that appears for more than one second in "The Shawshank Redemption" is a BMW.

For example, when the old Brooks was released on parole, the car that almost hit him, Yin Jun was very generous and gave a close-up shot of the car for a second, with the blue sky and white clouds shining brightly.

Many viewers noticed this, and BMW's sales in France also saw a small increase.

This is just a screening at the film festival. If it were screened all over Europe and around the world, what impact would it have on BMW, at least in terms of an increase in fame? How stylish would it be?

A group of BMW bosses came to watch a movie called "The Shawshank Redemption." Then the president shook Yin Jun's hand and said, "Mr. Yin, for movies like this, we have to continue to cooperate." ! BMW is not short of money, it just lacks a good director like you who is good at discovering beauty!"

In fact, as soon as they left, Rooneberger called Yin Jun the next day and asked Yin Jun in a roundabout way if he thought "The Shawshank Redemption" would be successful at the Oscars and BMW could sponsor an additional expense.

Yin Jun immediately said enthusiastically, I have this idea, and it would be great if BMW could help.

We are all smart people. On the third day after this phone call, that is, the morning after "The Shawshank Redemption" won three awards at the Cannes Film Festival, BMW's sponsorship fee of 5 million US dollars was quietly announced. The money was transferred to the account of United Artists Film Company.

They also confirmed that "The Shawshank Redemption" has great promise, and then they placed a heavy bet.

If "The Shawshank Redemption" really wins an Oscar, then not only will they invite the crew to go everywhere to promote BMW, but Runfa Chow can also become the spokesperson of BMW... A series of plans are about to begin.

This is beneficial and harmless to both Zhou Runfa himself and the Qilin Group.

After all, this is BMW, one of the world's leading automobile group companies. With them shouting at you, how much sponsorship fees can you get every year and how much expenses can you save?

Yin Jun is still staying in Cannes and has not returned to Xiangjiang because of the three brothers Hong Jinbao.

To be precise, he did it for Yuan Biao.

Yesterday, the three brothers came to Cannes to support Yin Jun and get a better candidate for the heroine. This is actually satisfying.

It's just that Yin Jun is still thinking about what Hong Jinbao said to him before.

Hong Jinbao wants to train Yuan Biao and make Yuan Biao another golden brand of Baohe Company.

Now Baohe Company has three signatures. The first one is Lin Zhengying, who has been in the limelight recently. With the film "Mr. Zombie", Uncle Ying has become famous all over Asia, even more famous than Hong Jinbao. This is a piece of gold. Signboard.

The second signature is of course Kam-po Hung himself. He has not had too many wonderful performances in the past two years, but with his solid skills and funny comedy performances, he is still a kung fu star in Asia.

The third sign is Yuan Biao. After several movies such as "The Prodigal Son", Yuan Biao has become a good star, at least a second-rate star.

With these three signs, Baohe Company will definitely make a lot of money in the next year or two, just like last year.

But Hong Jinbao was not satisfied with this.

Because he knew that Lin Zhengying could not be retained.

I don’t know how many people are now holding checks to hire Lin Zhengying to make movies. If Hung Kam-bao didn’t still have the scripts for the next three sequels of "Mr. Zombie", Lin Zhengying would have left.

In Xiangjiang, no one has a grudge against money, and Lin Zhengying also needs money to support his family.

Hundreds of thousands or one million would certainly not make his heart flutter, but what about three million or five million?

If you think about it, Hung Kam-bao himself felt that he would leave, let alone Lin Zhengying.

Even if Lin Zhengying doesn't leave in the past two years, he will go out to film movies by himself sooner or later, and then only Hong Jinbao and Yuan Biao will be left in Baohe Company.

With Hong Jinbao's strength alone, it is not difficult to support Baohe Company, but his goal is definitely not just to support a film company, so he wants to focus on cultivating Yuan Biao, so this movie " Food truck".

Yin Jun understood what Hong Jinbao was thinking.

In his opinion, the only thing that made Hong Jinbao worse than Cheng Long, apart from his body and appearance, was that he was too distracted by the management of the company.

If he, like Cheng Long, concentrates on filming and leaves all the rest to Jiahe Company, then his achievements may not be any worse than Cheng Long's.

It's a pity that he first worked in Jiahe, then turned around and established Debao, and then cooperated with Xinyi City, Yongsheng... and other companies. In this way, it's strange to be distracted! How can I still think about making movies seriously?

I'm afraid this is the most important reason why Hong Jinbao gradually retreated behind the scenes and became a second-rate actor since the 1990s!

Yin Jun didn't have high expectations for Hong Jinbao. His character was just like that, stingy and greedy for money, and there was no way to change it.

But as far as Yuan Biao is concerned, Yin Jun has the same view as Hong Jinbao.

This is a good seedling!

In fact, many people don't understand why Huang Feihong, played by Jet Li, is so much more famous than Zhao Wenzhuo, even though he also plays Huang Feihong?

Why did Jet Li become a superstar with one kung fu movie after another, but Zhao Wenzhuo ended up preferring to act in TV series?

A reason that everyone may be able to agree on is that Li Lianjie plays better than Zhao Wenzhuo.

But if you think about it carefully, why does Li Lianjie play better than Zhao Wenzhuo?

You know, when it comes to real kung fu, Zhao Wenzhuo is going to beat Jet Li eight blocks.

Li Lianjie is the "National Martial Arts Performance Champion".

Zhao Wenzhuo is the "National Martial Arts Champion"! !

One is just a showman, the other is a real talent!

Perhaps it is precisely because Jet Li is used to martial arts performances that he incorporated the tricks of the performances into the movie, which makes it more enjoyable to watch.

But Zhao Wenzhuo is not bad either.

Moreover, they are all actors selected by Mr. Xu, and they are all designed by the same group of martial artists. Why are they different?

In fact, there is another reason that many people ignore.

That's height.

The height of a kung fu superstar must not be that high.

Once they grow taller, they will look cumbersome and bloated, and they cannot reflect the agility and beauty of Chinese martial arts at all.

Zhao Wenzhuo is seven centimeters taller than Li Lianjie, so when he performs the same movements, he is not as good-looking as Li Lianjie.

Similarly, because Wu Jing is not tall, his martial arts moves are also beautiful and very beautiful.

Even Wang Baoqiang's martial arts looks pretty good for this reason.

And similar to the group of people above, there happens to be Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long’s younger brother-Yuan Biao!

In his previous life, Yin Jun thought Yuan Biao was about the same height as Cheng Long, both 172 centimeters taller than Du Niang.

But after seeing Yuan Biao in this life, Yin Jun realized that Du Niang's information was too fart.

Cheng Long was only 1.7 meters when he was stretched to death, and Yuan Biao was a little shorter than him. He was 168 centimeters, which was pretty good.

Therefore, someone like Yuan Biao, who also has good opera and Wing Chun skills, wouldn't it be suitable for Yin Jun to create another kung fu superstar?

Don't think that Yuan Biao has no future just because he is not handsome.

Let us say one thing: no matter how unattractive Yuan Biao is, how much worse can he be than Cheng Long? How much worse than Hong Jinbao?

The latter two senior brothers can become first-rate kung fu superstars, but the younger junior brother can only become a second-rate one. This is a bit unreasonable!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are only so many Kung Fu movie resources in Hong Kong.

Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and others all had a share, so how could he still have Yuan Biao's share?

What gets his turn is what others pick and leave.

However, Yin Jun watched all of Yuan Biao's movies and found that this little man took the movies very seriously. At least in his roles, he performed very well, especially in the aspect of kung fu. He was very strict and methodical.

The most famous one is the fight scene in the tavern between the sailors and the police in Plan A.

The fighting between Yuan Biao and Cheng Long is so exciting that it is absolutely thrilling and hilarious. You will never get tired of watching it a hundred times.

Yin Jun admires such a professional and hard-working person the most, and is most willing to make him famous and contribute to the promotion of Chinese martial arts around the world! !