Chapter 2194 The First Martial Arts Actress (First Update)
Xiangjiang, Dragon and Phoenix Restaurant.
This traditional favorite restaurant of Xiangjiang martial arts masters has a total of 80 seats on the upper and lower floors, and today it was packed.
There are so many people coming here.
Not just martial artists, but also many big and small stars, as well as directors and producers.
Those who didn't know thought this was Yin Jun, or some giant holding a banquet.
Not really.
This is another celebration banquet held by Chuck.
He was celebrating the official release of "Kill Bill" in Hong Kong, which is actually being released all over Asia.
Since "Kill Bill" was fully released in Kirin Cinema and other joint theaters around the world at the end of April, it has already grossed US$380 million in box office in six weeks.
If North America and some other countries and regions with delayed releases are added together, the final box office will exceed 400 million US dollars, which is appropriate.
Calculated based on fixed exchange rates, 400 million U.S. dollars is a total box office of 3.12 billion Hong Kong dollars!
This not only set the highest box office record for Chuck Ce since he started filming, but also directly included the box office of all Chuck Ce's other movies combined!
Of course, such a simple comparison of the absolute monetary value of movies is not a very correct approach.
For example, in the 1960s, Chuck Ce's "The One-Armed Sword" was the first film in Hong Kong to gross more than HK$1 million at the local box office.
The 1 million at that time is equivalent to the current box office of 30 million. There is no problem at all.
But no matter what, Chuck was overjoyed with this great success. Of course, he wanted to hold a celebration party for everyone to see.
In the past few years, since Chuck joined Yin Jun's line, he has achieved very good results in both "The Golden Guard" and "The Three Heroes of the East".
But none of them are as amazing as "Kill Bill".
This kind of movie, which combines various fighting techniques but also has the violent aesthetic pleasure of the new era, broke through Chuck's previous constraints and allowed him to suddenly find a new world.
Yin Jun saw one when he was in Xiangjiang, and then he asked Hui Yinghong to send a message to Chuck, saying that this was the best work of Chuck he had seen.
What he didn't say was that this movie was more exciting and bloody than the one Quentin shot in his previous life, but it was also more attractive to the audience.
The joy of blood flowing everywhere and Hui Yinghong killing enemies one by one with various weapons made every cell in people's hearts cheer and feel like they were about to explode.
Even Yin Jun thinks it is very good, so ordinary movie fans will like it even more.
Over the years, Chuck's movie model is actually quite fixed. People who don't like his movies have stopped watching them long ago.
People who like Chuck's movies, as well as new fans, felt very amazed after watching it this time, and many people watched it a second time.
Especially in Europe and America.
Those fans who have watched the video version of "The Golden Guard" and the movie version of "The Heroes of the East" will feel short of breath and extremely excited when they walk into the theater.
Driven by them, the movie "Kill Bill" not only topped the North American box office rankings for two weeks, but also achieved good results in the global film market.
The key is that the reputation is very good, so the next video revenue will be at least more than 20 million US dollars!
This is the advantage of a best-selling movie with good reputation.
In the past, if it was a movie like "The Golden Guard", the film would be given a buyout fee of several million dollars at most, and the release rights, TV rights and video tape rights would all be taken away.
Now that word-of-mouth and box office success have been achieved, these copyrights can be sold one by one.
According to the conservative estimate of "Pear News", Chuck's net profit this time will exceed 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars! !
He really achieved both fame and fortune!
It’s no wonder that tonight’s banquet not only has 80 tables, but each table is priced at 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, and there are all kinds of dishes such as lobster, abalone and so on!
Naturally, everyone admired this old and strong director, but also felt envious and jealous.
As a result, all kinds of compliments and envious words between the banquets made Chuck continue to laugh all night long.
In addition to Chuck, the other protagonist's limelight is not inferior to him at all.
This is the absolute protagonist of "Kill Bill" - Hui Yinghong.
There are three main reasons why "Kill Bill" sold so well.
First of all, of course, Yin Jun's script is well written, tense and exciting.
The second is that Chuck's violent aesthetics has been taken to the extreme. That kind of bloody violence is especially popular with people who like it.
The last one is of course Hui Yinghong's performance. She is already good at martial arts, but she tried a variety of fights in this movie and was injured five or six times, which shows how hard she works.
In this movie, no one else would have been as good as Hui Yinghong.
After all, Hui Yinghong's fighting skills in movies have long been perfected over the years.
Yin Jun's drama was tailor-made for her. It not only highlighted the advantages of the previous life "Kill Bill", but also gave Hui Yinghong the greatest tilt in terms of fighting.
Because Hui Yinghong's biggest advantage compared to the heroine in the original work is that she is really good at fighting. She has learned Peking Opera fighting and various martial arts instruction since she was a child. Even if she goes on stage with her eyes closed, she can win a national championship.
In an exaggerated performance like a movie, her advantages will be further enhanced.
Another thing is that after such a long period of accumulation, Hui Yinghong has already reached the moment when she should have a full-scale outbreak.
Especially in the Asian region.
Starting from "The Heroine of the Golden Sword", to "The Imperial Guard", "The Overlord Flower", "The Royal Senior Sister", and "The Three Heroes of the East", everyone is very familiar with her along the way.
Even though Sister Hong is not a stunning beauty, she is very beautiful and is an actress who dares to fight. Of course, she will attract people's attention more - this is just like Li Zhi, who holds two super bowls. Much better, madam.
Over time, whenever everyone sees a movie involving Hui Yinghong, they know that the fights in this movie must be exciting.
It was under such circumstances that "Kill Bill" first became popular in Asia.
"Kill Bill" took in a total of 200 million U.S. dollars at the box office during its 6-week run in Asia, which is more than North America, Europe and other regions combined during the same period. This fully illustrates everyone's respect for Hui Yinghong. favorite.
This is also the only movie in Asia with a female as the heroine and a box office of over 200 million US dollars.
"The King of Flowers" doesn't count. It's a group act, and it's all famous and beautiful female superstars. You can't just talk about the power of any one person.
To make money by acting together, it can only be said that everyone is charming enough and has given full play to the collective advantages.
The strength of a female star is shown by whether she can take the lead alone. Otherwise, you are just a beautiful vase.
Why can Sister Qingxia be called the number one Chinese actress?
Isn't it because she won the Oscar for her superb performance?
Now Hui Yinghong has done it too.
The global box office of "Kill Bill" is about to reach 400 million US dollars. She has done something that even American actresses cannot do.
This means that she is already the number one female star in martial arts movies!
So tonight, in addition to Chuck being surrounded and praised by everyone, Hui Yinghong was also praised and sought opportunities for cooperation by countless film company bosses, directors, and stars.
There are even some people who think they are quite attractive, and they come forward and want to chat with Hui Yinghong, in order to get one and gradually get in touch with her, so as to capture the beauty, wealth and sex!
But Hui Yinghong ignored them at all.
She already has a master, how could she continue to hook up with others? Isn't this driving that little guy crazy?
By the way, if this little guy is angry, he will be really fierce!
Thinking of that person far away in the United States, Hui Yinghong's heart was filled with tenderness and joy. How could she take the group of people in front of her seriously?
People who are used to eating bird's nests and shark's fins will never be interested in sauerkraut and radish.
There was originally a handsome dragon and tiger martial artist in his twenties, who was also a well-known figure in the circle. Seeing her cold and arrogant expression, he felt a little annoyed and wanted to say something to her, but was suddenly stopped. One person pushed him away.
"You are old..."
Originally, he was about to blurt out the word "mother", but when he saw who it was, he swallowed the word hard and went back in a hurry.
The person who came was Xiang Huaqiang, the big boss of Yongsheng.
Although the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters are in their own league, if he dares to curse this super boss of Yong'an, he will not be able to survive tonight and will be thrown into Victoria Harbor directly - he is scolding the Xiang Family Ten The mother of three big bosses!
Xiang Huaqiang didn't hear clearly what the man said. He didn't even know that someone was pestering Hui Yinghong, but he just happened to get out and talk to Hui Yinghong about something.
"Honghong, you've had enough rest. It's time for us to start filming "Royal Senior Sister 3", right?" He smiled and said to Huiyinghong.
Xiang Huaqiang always speaks directly and doesn't mince words.
Hui Yinghong also simply said, "Okay, has the script been written? Brother Qiang, don't just find someone like last time and waste Ajun's hard work."
Xiang Huaqiang and Hui Yinghong have known each other for a long time, because he also has a background in martial arts movies, so he is naturally familiar with this industry. Hui Yinghong can be regarded as someone he grew up watching, just like his younger sister.
Otherwise, when Yin Jun proposed that Hui Yinghong play the role of "Royal Senior Sister", he would not have agreed so readily.
Hearing Hui Yinghong's words, he blushed, "No, no, that guy is still a good screenwriter in Xiangjiang, but his level is declining really fast! I've found someone else and will give you the script tomorrow. Can you take a look first?"
"OK!"
Hui Yinghong smiled and agreed.
She clearly knew that Xiang Huaqiang wanted to take advantage of the success of "Kill Bill" and quickly shoot "The Royal Sisters 3" to gain both fame and fortune, and she had no objection at all.
The more others value you, doesn’t it mean that you will be more successful?