Chapter 829 One More Game

Chuck is 56 years old this year.

At an age when ordinary people should consider retiring, he came out of Shaw Brothers and opened his own film company.

No matter what he thinks, just having such courage is already amazing.

Of course, whether the film company can do a good job and meet his expectations is another matter.

In fact, Chuck's Changhe Film Company has always been a money-loser. It was just that the first two or three movies made money, but then they all failed and the losses were a mess. In the end, he had to close the company and take his wife to Shaw Brothers. Temporary accommodation in the film's staff quarters.

The reason for Chuck's failure is simple.

Because he can't keep up with the times.

The past two years of 1980 and 1981 were a bit better. There was still some market for old-school martial arts movies.

Once the big-budget movies from New Art City are released and Cheng Long is inspired by the attributes of modern humorous police and gangster movies, Chuck will be completely eliminated.

This cannot be said to be cruel, it can only be said that this is an inevitable stage in the development of the film.

This is the case in any industry. A new generation replaces an old one. Those who do not adapt to the times can only be eliminated.

Not everyone is named Woody Allen.

It's a bit surprising to say that.

In his previous life, Chuck started his own company last year and made several movies in one go. Waiting for "Thirteen Taibo" in three years' time will be the afterglow of his last scene in Hong Kong.

But this life is different. Perhaps because of the great pressure from Jiahe and Xinyi City, Shao Yifu kept Chuck for one more year.

And Chuck also relied on the "Golden Sword Heroine" that he suddenly thought of last year and had never appeared in his previous life. It suddenly hit a high box office of 8 million Hong Kong dollars. The most important thing is that it actually sold 22 million Hong Kong dollars in one go. He was completely elated.

From this, Chuck also began to have the idea of ​​​​making a living on his own.

However, looking at the current competition for hegemony in the Hong Kong film industry, Chuck was very cautious. He directly learned from Wu Siyuan and Hong Jinbao's methods, asked Yin Jun for the book, and used it as a pioneering work.

After getting the book "Jinyiwei", Chuck liked it very much.

This is about a master of Jinyiwei fighting against evil forces. It is similar to the setting of a lone hero, which is very suitable for Chuck.

Without hesitation, Chuck chose his most powerful disciple, Di Long, to play the leading role Qinglong, and the heroine was naturally Hui Yinghong, who had made great achievements.

Originally, Chuck was more interested in Fu Sheng, his most spiritual character. Unfortunately, Fu Sheng is not as famous as Di Long. As the first film of Changhe Company, of course Di Long, who is more famous and has a better box office guarantee, should star in the film.

Both Di Long and Fu Sheng, as well as the disciples of Chuck Iban who appeared in the movie, are all contracted actors in Shaw Brothers movies.

The relationship between Chuck and Shao Yifu is also very good, and Chuck has already said that his Changhe Company's movies will be distributed by Shaw Brothers, which makes Shao Yifu regard Changhe Company as a satellite company of Shaw Brothers—— Just like those in Jiahe, there is no obstacle to using these disciples to film movies.

People who come out of Shaw Brothers movies all have one characteristic, that is, they shoot very quickly.

Fatty Wang is like this, Du Qifeng is like this, and Chuck is certainly like this.

After receiving the book at the end of December, he pondered it for more than ten days before gathering his disciples to take photos.

Excluding the 7 days during the Spring Festival, it took a total of 35 days to complete the filming of "Jinyiwei", and then it was post-production and waiting for release.

The reason why Shaw Brothers decided to release "The Golden Guard" one day after "The Story of Hu Yue" is not that they were deliberately competing for the title, but that neither movie can dominate the box office. Even if they were together, they would not be able to win. What a conflict.

Besides, for a literary film and a martial arts film, the audiences obviously don’t overlap.

Chuck himself is also very satisfied, because in late April, Cheng Long's new film "Red Zone", which has been produced with a lot of money, will be released globally.

It's hard to say about other places. Here in Xiangjiang, there is a script by Yin Jun and a starring role by Cheng Long. If there are no very strong movies in the same period, they will basically be given away.

When he woke up in the morning, Chuck went outside to drink morning tea, and then slept for two hours at noon. When he woke up, he was already full of energy. He was driven by Jiang Dawei's car to a Shaw Brothers theater on Yuedong Road.

This cinema is one of the two best in the Shaw Cinema chain. The other one is in Central, but it is not as big as this one.

As soon as he got out of the car, Chuck was greeted by dozens of reporters' flashing lights. The momentum was so fierce that he almost took two steps back in fright.

"Director Zhang, are you here?"

"I would like to ask Director Zhang, are you optimistic about the box office of "The Golden Guard" on its first day today?"

"Yesterday Jun Shao's other movie "The Story of Hu Yue" took in a box office of 630,000 yuan. How much do you think "Jinyiwei" will surpass it?"

"Director Zhang, Shaw Brothers fully supports you this time, but there are only 17 Shaw Brothers screenings, which is not as good as the 20 or 30 theaters where it is released. Do you feel a little aggrieved?"

"People say that Di Long has passed away and is not as good as Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao. What do you think? If he plays the leading role, will it affect the box office?"

"..."

The reporters swarmed up and asked all kinds of questions, which gave Chuck a headache.

Fortunately, a group of disciples not far away rushed over and escorted Chuck into the hall of the theater, which finally calmed his head.

"What's going on?" Chuck said in surprise: "Not only are there so many reporters, but there are also so many people sending flower baskets... Did you do it?"

"No." Fu Sheng said with a smile, "I don't know if these reporters took the wrong medicine. They came here in the afternoon, and the number is still increasing. The flower baskets were sent by some celebrities, and they should be for the sake of you, Master." Save your face!"

"Yes, Master, you have been in the film industry for so many years, and you have many acquaintances and old friends. How could they not come to support you?" Another apprentice joked beside him.

When Chuck heard this, he laughed and didn't care about it.

At this time, Hui Yinghong, who was greeting the guests inside, came out. She was wearing jeans and a white shirt. She was very capable, with hibiscus coming out of her clear water, and she was very beautiful.

"Godfather, Uncle Chu and Uncle Wang are already here. The show won't start for a while now. Do you want to go in first and sit down?" Hui Yinghong asked with a chuckle.

Uncle Chu is Chu Yuan, and Uncle Wang is Wang Tianlin. They are both from Shaw Brothers and have been friends with Chuck for decades.

Although there have been a lot of fights between each other, now that they are older, they are naturally not as turbulent as before.

"Well, okay, I..."

Before Chuck finished his words, suddenly the sound of "Peng" came from outside.

When he turned around, he saw a young apprentice who was following the greeting outside and flew in.

"What are you doing?" Chuck scolded, "You are so frizzy when you walk!"

"No, no, Master...Master Jun...Yin Jun is here!" The young apprentice stammered a little in excitement, "He brought Zhou Runfa, Wu Weiguo and many other celebrities to support us!"

"ah!?"

Chuck was also surprised.

I don’t have any friendship with Yin Jun. Even asking for a script is... huh?

His eyes turned to Hui Yinghong, "Ah Hong, did you invite Yin Jun?"

"I..." Hui Yinghong was a little confused now. She almost wanted to run away. Why did this guy come suddenly?

Before Chuck could ask any more questions, he heard the hearty laughter of Di Long and Jiang Dawei standing outside.

Seeing a handsome young man standing in front of the two of them, Chuck couldn't care less about talking to his goddaughter and quickly turned around and walked out.

"Haha, Mr. Yin, why are you here? You are so brilliant!" Chuck is also an old man. He took a few steps forward and took Yin Jun's hand, making a very familiar look, letting the reporter After they took a few more photos, they led Yin Jun inside, "Speaking of which, I originally wanted to ask you to correct the film I took, but you were busy filming "Speed ​​of Life and Death", so I just I didn’t dare to alarm you…”

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhang." Yin Jun said kindly as he walked, "Based on your understanding of martial arts movies, "The Golden Guard" will definitely be a good watch."

"No, my old routine has many shortcomings. If you have time, Mr. Yin, I hope you can explain it to me more." Chuck said with some emotion: "You asked Ahong to bring it back last time The script and detailed explanations opened my eyes. It also opened a new window for me and gave me the confidence to fight for several years."

Yes.

If you follow Chuck's previous filming methods, it will definitely be a male god selling his flesh, and then using brutal fighting to heighten the atmosphere.

People in Xiangjiang have been seeing this approach for ten or twenty years and have long been tired of it.

This time Yin Jun gave "Jin Yi Wei" a lot of reminders on the style and color layout, as well as the smoothness of the entire film. He was afraid that Chuck would be overconfident and make "Jin Yi Wei" before. look like.

Now it seems that I can't say that Chuck has completely accepted Yin Jun's opinion, but he has listened to it at least.

In this way, the box office will definitely not be bad, and I will have an explanation for Hui Yinghong's help.

In fact, it is better to leave the movie "Jinyiwei" to Chuck Hu rather than to Hu Jinquan. Although his elegant and gorgeous style is not as changeable as Xu's, it is still very good.

It's just that Yin Jun and Hu Jinquan don't have any friendship. If you want to give favors, it's best to give them to the people around you.

Seeing Chuck and Yin Jun walking in side by side, everyone looked at them, but Hui Yinghong shrank to the side.

But even so, Yin Jun did not let her go.

The young man pretended that it was a coincidence and waved to say hello to Hui Yinghong: "Sister Hong, are you here too? I haven't seen you for so long, and you are beautiful again!"

"Ha ha……"

A group of people, including Chuck, laughed.

They thought Yin Jun was teasing Hui Yinghong, but no one knew that the two of them were in bed together and their relationship was so close. How could Yin Jun simply tease her?

At least Hui Ying's face suddenly turned red, and she stared at Yin Jun with angrily eyes, but she didn't say anything.

"After watching the movie later, sister Hong, please wait for me. Brother Wei wants me to give you something!" Yin Jun said carelessly in front of everyone.

Hui Yinghong was a smart person, and she immediately knew that he was doing this on purpose. The more generous he appeared, the less others would guess about their relationship.

The relationship between the two...

Bah bah bah!

Thinking of her boldness that night, Hui Yinghong quickly clenched her fists to relieve the heat and shyness in her heart.

With Yin Jun's words, he will definitely not be able to escape later.

I just don’t know why Yin Jun is looking for me.

That thing...that thing has happened for so long, and he didn't come to find me in the middle. If he happened to meet him today, he shouldn't talk about it, right?

Or does Brother Fan really have something for himself?

But what if not?

If he wanted to talk to himself about such embarrassing things... what should he do?

oops!

It's so annoying!

The handsome girl's face turned red and white, and she was dripping with fragrant sweat.