Chapter 142 The Brilliant Seven Little Fortunes (3rd Update!)

"Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" is still an experimental ghost film after all, immature in many aspects, even with Yin Jun's modification and filling, but the essential weaknesses are still obvious.

Therefore, on the morning of Wednesday the 20th, after the box office statistics for the week came out, its score was "only" 2.69 million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, this week's results have been very good. In this year's box office rankings, it is temporarily ranked seventh, second only to Cheng Long's famous work - "The Serpentine Hand" with 2.7 million.

But as long as it is an individual, it will know that the score of "Ghost Fighting Ghost" will definitely exceed 5 million, and more are possible.

Such an achievement is second only to "Seven Days of Love" with more than 10 million and "Selling a Body" with more than 8 million. If there is no more shocking new film released, it is possible to rank in the top three.

But whether it is Hong Jinbao or Golden Harvest itself, they are already very satisfied with this result.

It is said that just this weekend, "Ghost Fighting Ghost" will be screened in other places in Nanyang, and the next step will be Japan and South Korea. According to Golden Harvest's distribution capacity, the profit is expected to be very considerable.

Hong Jinbao didn't know Yin Jun, but he also knew that the script of "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" was written by Yin Jun, so he sent word through Zhong Fa that he insisted on treating Yin Jun to a meal.

Yin Jun knows Hong Jinbao very well. In the future, this person will be called "Big Brother" by the Xiangjiang film industry. Although after the 1990s, he has lost his skills and fascination, but he is still a well-known brand in the Hong Kong film industry.

Even during the years when he was silent in Chinese-language movies, he was still the action director for Cheng Long's march into Hollywood, and only under the control of this senior can Cheng Long rest assured.

Then he also served as the same martial arts instructor in several Kung Fu police and gangster TV series in Hollywood. This was the first one before Yuan Kui and others went to Hollywood.

After 2000, after mainland movies continued to be popular, Hong Jinbao, who is in his fifties, made persistent efforts and made several movies such as "Slaying the Wolf" in one go. Among them, the final confrontation with Zengzidan in "Slaying the Wolf" was worthy It is said to be the most classic martial arts scene in those years. Compared with Zeng Zidan's "Ip Man" fighting, it is much more exciting and thrilling... Oh, and the action design of several "Ip Man" scenes was also done by Hong Jinbao.

It can be said that this one should be a martial arts superstar second only to Cheng Long and Li Lianjie. In terms of action design and guidance, he is even higher than Cheng Long, and should be second only to Li Xiaolong back then.

It's just that Hong Jinbao's many bad habits brought him a lot of trouble, blocked many opportunities, and prevented him from becoming a superstar comparable to Cheng Long in the end-not to mention Hong Jinbao's bad image. Called distinctive, have you ever seen such a flexible dead fat man?

To be a friend in general, and then cooperate seriously and in-depth in the film, this is Yin Jun's positioning for the future relationship between himself and Hong Jinbao.

The overall development of Xiangjiang films, and even Huaguo films, must be talents.

He Hong Jinbao is an excellent talent. When he was young, he could act in movies and plan action scenes. When he was old, he could bring a lot of apprentices out and continue to carry forward the essence of Huaguo action movies.

To be honest, once you have watched the fighting scenes of Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and Zeng Zidan, you will think that foreign action movies are shit!

Over and over again, you hit me a few times, and I hit you a few times. The protagonist was knocked down by the villain, and then he got up and knocked down the villain again... In the end, the protagonist won the victory with bruises all over his body, and then a beautiful woman rushed over and threw herself into her arms... What a happy ending!

Our action movies include Li Lianjie's chic and elegant, Zeng Zidan's simplicity and nature, Cheng Long's humor and hard work, and Hong Jinbao's tragic atmosphere... These action movies that incorporate Chinese culture are all things that foreigners can't even think of learning in a lifetime. over here.

In the future, these action movies will decline, not to say that this kind of fighting in Huaguo is outdated, but the storyline carried is too nonsense, there is no plot at all, and it is messy - that's right! It is exactly the same as Xiangjiang's movies after 1993!

If it weren't for the fact that Huaguo's movie market is huge enough, and Hollywood movies are also in a mess in terms of story structure, in fact, domestic movies should have been extinguished by Hollywood's blockbuster special effects movies long ago.

In fact, after 2016, everyone has already experienced aesthetic fatigue for Hollywood blockbusters that only rely on computer special effects and have confusing plots.

It's a pity that Huaguo's movies are still disappointing. They are still comparing who is worse than whom. They don't do it seriously at all. Most of them are consuming the fan base. Therefore, in 2016, Huaguo's overall box office has dropped instead.

If Yin Jun seizes the opportunity to let Huaguo movies enter the right track from the 1990s, slowly affecting the audience and making them used to watching movies with conscience, after 2000, when the market gradually rises, Huaguo movies will inevitably come back again. There will be a leap forward.

At this time, Yin Jun naturally needs a lot of people to help.

Cheng Long must be one, and Hong Jinbao, as the behind-the-scenes staff, is even more indispensable.

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The place where Hong Jinbao treats guests to dinner is very sincere, and it is the very famous "Snow Garden Restaurant" in Xiangjiang.

This restaurant has been quite popular since its opening a few years ago. The owner and his family are all cooks from the mainland in the 1950s. After more than ten years of precipitation, they finally opened their own restaurant, specializing in Shanghai cuisine.

Then Xiangjiang's economy gradually began to develop, and people gradually got richer. The boss jumped out of the small restaurant again, spent all his savings, and bought a two-story shop in the place facing the street. The signboard was hung up, and the business has been even more booming since then.

Shanghai cuisine is mainly based on light Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines, but it also absorbs a little style of Shandong cuisine and Anhui cuisine, thus forming a unique local cuisine.

In Xiangjiang, there are a lot of rich people in Shanghai, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. For example, Bao Yugang, the richest man in Xiangjiang, is from Lingbo, Shao Yifu is also from Lingbo, the Chen family, the cotton yarn king, is also from Lingbo, and the Guo family of Wing On Department Store is also from Lingbo. It was traced in Shanghai.

In addition, as for a group of cultural intellectuals and elites, there are more people from Shanghai and Shanghai. They occupy the backbone of Xiangjiang in this era.

After the 1980s, the group of real estate developers in eastern Guangdong will replace Jiangsu and Zhejiang and become the largest group of rich people in Xiangjiang.

When everyone comes to a foreign country, they naturally feel homesick. This hometown food is a good thing to soothe their souls, so the business of Xueyuan Hotel is naturally very good.

When Yin Jun came to the door of the restaurant downstairs, he saw the burly Hong Jinbao standing at the door holding Zhong Fa, looking around.

Zhong Fa saw Yin Jun getting out of the car at a glance, and said something to Hong Jinbao, who immediately walked over with a big smile.

"Ah Jun, it's our first time meeting, thank you for giving me Sanmao face!" Hong Jinbao smiled and stretched out his hand, shaking Yin Jun.

"Brother Sanmao, you're too polite." Yin Jun smiled, "Most of the film's success is due to your excellent director and performance, and the script is secondary."

"Haha, if I'm really that good, why didn't I have such good results a few years ago? The box office of 5 million is expected. This is a great situation that I never dreamed of!" Hong Jinbao patted Yin Jun on the shoulder, "Ah Jun, you don’t need to be modest, anyone who has any ability depends on their grades. Brother Sanmao, I don’t have your help. I don’t know when I can rush to the front. I will remember this favor.”

Yin Jun smiled without saying a word.

Even without his own help, Hong Jinbao would have risen quickly. In the first few years of the 1980s, he was the superstar of Hong Kong, and Cheng Long had to slowly surpass him later.

This was a convenient favor, and Yin Jun didn't expect Hong Jinbao to return anything in return. It was enough to be thanked.

"Brother Sanmao!"

At this moment, a shout came from far away.

Yin Jun sounded familiar, and turned his head along with Hong Jinbao, and saw a young man with a big nose and a pot head, walking this way with a smile on his face.

Wearing flared trousers and a floral shirt, he was not as stable as he used to wear Tang suits in the future, and the clothes were not buttoned a few times, showing his strong muscles, obviously very proud of his strong figure.

"Aaron, why did you come here?" Hong Jinbao grinned and put his arms around his neck, "Come on, let me introduce you, this is Yin Jun, the most talented screenwriter in Hong Kong, a young hero!  … Ah Jun, this is my junior brother Yuan Lou, oh, his name is Cheng Long now!"

"oh!"

Cheng Long was giggling at first, but when he heard Hong Jinbao say this, he quickly wiped his sweat on his clothes, and then stretched out his hands, "Hi, Young Master Jun, I'm Cheng Long!"

"Hello, Brother Long." Yin Jun smiled, "I have watched several of your movies, Brother Long is just like Brother Sanmao, he is born to eat this bowl of rice!"

"How many of my movies?" Cheng Long couldn't keep his mouth shut at this time, and asked casually, "Which ones have you watched?"

Hong Jinbao frowned when he heard this, feeling a little unhappy.

I thought to myself, I am a hard-working guest, and if someone compliments you, you will start to embarrass him here?

You are only a little famous this year, and Yin Jun has only been in Xiangjiang for half a year. Where have you seen how many movies of yours?

Unexpectedly, Yin Jun also answered casually: "I've seen "Jing Fu Men" where Li Xiaolong grabbed his hair and beat him violently, "New Fist of Fury" and "Shaolin Wooden Man Lane" and "Fist of Fury". I’ve watched Flying Over the Juanyun Mountain, and I’ve watched the most recent “The Serpentine Hand” several times.”

Cheng Long was dumbfounded, even Hong Jinbao was dumbfounded.

I rely on!

You are too good, right?

Not only have I actually seen it, but I even recognize the flashing scene in "Jing Fu Men" clearly! ?

Such a person is no longer just described as a talent, he is simply a genius!

Seeing Cheng Long speechless, Hong Jinbao sighed: "Ah Jun, people say you are a genius, but I only know now that a genius can only shock the world after continuous learning and accumulation."

As he said this, Zhong Fa beside him also nodded repeatedly.

Even for a new star like Cheng Long, Yin Jun can know clearly, and even mentioned his most inconspicuous role. What else can I say besides being knowledgeable?

No wonder brother Fan said, it's really unreasonable for a person like Ah Jun to keep his head down!

After the episode, when Yin Jun and Hong Jinbao walked into the Xueyuan Hotel, Cheng Long really respected and admired Yin Jun.

When he started to eat, he directly picked up the wine glass and punished himself with three glasses, and his attitude of apology was also very sincere.

Yin Jun understands that Cheng Long's big mouth is born, and he is still restrained now. After he becomes famous, he will be called open-mouthed.

But Cheng Long generally has no bad intentions, but he just speaks without thinking, which offends some people, and makes some people hate him.

For this person who has always been close to the mainland and regards himself as a descendant of China, Yin Jun is naturally willing to support him, let him achieve greater achievements than his previous life, and become a typical benchmark.

See, as long as your heart is towards Huaxia, then you can get greater benefits!

People are profit-seeking, as long as they know that the closer they are to the mainland, the more benefits they can get, then the Xiangjiang people will naturally be close to the mainland and will not be provoked by villains.

The dishes that Hong Jinbao ordered in Xueyuan Restaurant were very rich, such as duck in sauce, fried river shrimp, sliced ​​chicken with hibiscus, braised pork trotter in soy sauce, soft-shelled turtle in rock sugar, steamed anchovies... and more than a dozen dishes were placed on the table. All the young people are feasting.

Because Yin Jun didn't drink and didn't eat much, besides chatting with Hong Jinbao beside him, he was more concerned about the people at the dinner table.

Compared with the group of pink chrysanthemum brothers present when Wei Xiaofan was eating food stalls before, Hong Jinbao's table is completely of a much higher class.

On Yin Jun's right is Hong Jinbao, and on Hong Jinbao's other side is Yuan Heping. At this time, he is only called Big Eye or Starling, not the future Eighth Master.

The next one is Lin Zhengying, who is Fenjuhua's big apprentice, Wei Xiaofan and Dong Wei's big brother, who will play a classic role as Daochang in zombie movies in the future.

Lin Zhengying is followed by Yuan Kui, a second-tier director who will gain a firm foothold in Hollywood in the future; next to Yuan Kui is Yuan De, a director who will do well in the mainland and the United States in the future; and next to him is Yuan Bin, who will also be active in the future As an action director in the mainland film industry, Xu Ke likes to use him very much. "New Dragon Inn", "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Outsmart" are all action designs by him.

Next is Yuan Hua, the future villain. Next to him is a hot beauty who looks a bit like a half-breed. At first, Yin Jun thought it was Yuan Hua's girlfriend, but he was surprised when Yin Jun was introduced.

It turns out that this is Hong Jinbao's junior sister Yuan Qiu, who is also the charter woman in "Kung Fu".

Thinking about the sloppy charter woman, and looking at the beautiful women in their prime, Yin Jun deeply felt that it was Jiahui, Qianqian, and Zhijie who knew how to take care of themselves.

After these two passed, it was Cheng Long who was already a little famous now. Next to Cheng Long was the younger brother Yuan Biao, who was still playing tricks.

Beside Yuan Biao was also a man in his thirties, Yin Jun couldn't recognize him, but he was definitely not one of the Seven Little Fortunes, because he was more like a businessman, and he didn't have any aura of martial arts.

After Hong Jinbao's introduction during the meal, Yin Jun knew that his name was Wu Siyuan, he used to be a film director, and now he is the boss of Siyuan Film Company.

As soon as Yin Jun heard his name and the name of the film company, Yin Jun immediately matched them.

It turns out that this is Wu Siyuan who left Zhang Guorong with a lifetime of regrets and tricked him into filming "Spring in the Red Chamber"!

It turns out that this is Wu Siyuan who made Cheng Long popular!

So this is Xu Ke's Bole Wu Siyuan!

It turns out that this is Wu Siyuan, the boss of UME Cinemas, a mid-range theater chain in Huaguo in the future!