Chapter 629 Zombie Craze

The next day, "Mr. Zombie" was fully released in Jiahe Cinema Line. Each theater chain has several theaters with luxurious facilities and more seats as "leading theaters". The Royal Capital Theater in North Point is one of the leading theaters in Jiahe. Witnessed the glory from Bruce Lee to Cheng Long.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, a group of main creatives came to the Imperial Theater.

The movie had already started, and they quietly took their seats on the second floor. There were not many viewers on the second floor, but the first floor was relatively full. The attendance rate was good or bad. After all, this film only has one big name, Hui Guanying, and it is also titled as a "zombie", which makes people subconsciously think it is very scary.

Lin Zhengying was extremely nervous and highly concentrated. He looked at the screen for a while and then at the audience. He wanted to look at everyone's expressions carefully in order to know the other person's true feelings. Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything in the dark.

Qian Xiaohao was equally nervous. He is a young actor in Shaw Brothers. He has practiced the Kung Fu of the Great Sage Splitting the Coat Gate since he was a child, and he also won a bronze medal in the ring competition. "Mr. Zombie" is the first film with a large investment that he has participated in.

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And his younger brother Qian Jiale also made his debut as a martial artist in "Plan A".

In short, everyone has their own thoughts, watching this film with an unknown future.

Needless to say, the historical status of "Mr. Zombie" started the boom of Hong Kong's fantasy kung fu movies and formed a zombie craze, which even spread to Taiwan and Japan. From 1986 to 1991, there were more than 100 zombie films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and none could surpass it.

The influence lasted for decades, until the Internet era, when Uncle Jiu became a well-known NPC in Zhutian Novice Village.

This version of "Mr. Zombie" basically follows the content of the original version, with only two changes in the characters. The ghost bride was originally played by Wang Xiaofeng, and now it is changed to Xia Wenxi; Ren Tingting was originally played by Li Saifeng, and now she is Li Lizhen.

The biggest difference is the director. The original version was by Liu Guanwei, a photographer from the Hong Family Class. He made this film by chance, and it took decades to make the film.

The current director is Yu Rentai, whose representative works include "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "The Ghost Bride", "Freddy vs. Jason" and so on. "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" is played by Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, and the eerie atmosphere is created very well.

He brought this expertise to Mr. Zombie, which is even better than the original.

"Ahhhh, so scary!"

"This ghost bride is beautiful, evil, and a little pitiful!"

"Hahahaha, Qiu Shengwen is so stupid!"

"Uncle Nine!"

The audience's reaction gave them great comfort. From time to time, cheerful laughter and frightened screams came from the first floor, accompanying the rhythm of the film. This feeling is great, just like every beat of the music is on point, which shows that the movie really arouses the audience's emotions and makes everyone immersed in it.

In fact, the story is not complicated. The key lies in various details, such as ink lines, glutinous rice, Gang steps, drawing symbols --- and the innovative setting that zombies cannot smell the breath of strangers. As long as you close your breath, zombies cannot find you.

All this allowed "Mr. Zombie" to establish its genre.

Finally, Uncle Jiu led a group of people to kill the zombie BOSS, and the film ended.

"Whoosh!"

Warm applause erupted in the Imperial Theater, and the applause increased in an instant because the main creators came on stage - since the leftists pioneered this propaganda routine, everyone has been imitating it.

The scene was naturally very lively, not to mention the interactions. After staying for a short 20 minutes, the group of people hurried to the next restaurant.

Xu Guanying surrendered, and the others were smiling and excited, knowing that this time it was safe!

"A very novel film that cleverly combines some content from Maoshan Taoist priests and folklore, and turns the scary ghosts in people's imagination into a comedy, making the whole work smart and interesting."

"There were "Ghost Fighter", "Qi Men Dun Jia" and "Scary Man" before, and now there is "Mr. Zombie". It seems that the Hong Kong film industry will have another genre film."

"Lin Zhengying has worked hard for many years and finally has a masterpiece!"

"The settings of each character are very distinct and memorable. Uncle Nine and the two trouble-making apprentices can be called the standard template for commercial genre films." Legendary Pictures has not missed a beat in its three works and has become a new and important force. strength! "

"The screenwriters of "Qi Men Dun Jia", "Scary Man" and "Mr. Zombie" are all Dongfang Ren. This great screenwriter seems to be obsessed with this."

"Mr. Chen, the leftist, is right when he says that Hong Kong does not value scripts. If Hollywood knew that the screenwriter who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay could not sell his work for HK$150,000 in Hong Kong, we would laugh to death."

On the first day, the box office was mediocre.

However, thanks to word of mouth and praise from the media, the box office of "Mr. Zombie" has been rising steadily. As of one week, it has reached a frightening more than 8 million! With the current market inertia, more than 8 million in the first week means that there will be about 20 million in the end.

Jiahe’s previous estimate was at most 5-6 million.

Eyeballs dropped in shock, even the creators themselves were stunned, and then they were ecstatic.

Such an achievement was worthy of Zou Wenhuai's appearance again, booking a luxury hotel and entertaining a group of people in person. During the dinner, fresh seafood was served, glasses were exchanged, and it was needless to say that we chatted and laughed with the big bosses.

Li Lizhen, Qian Xiaohao and others are like blooming flowers. This is their dream star life. Li Lizhen was simply elated,

Especially since "Xin Zha Junior Sister" may not be as good as mine at the box office, I feel like it's overwhelming.

"Mr. Zhuang, congratulations!"

“Thank you!”

Zou Wenhuai took a glass of wine and walked to Zhuang Cheng. The two clinked glasses. Zou Wenhuai sighed, “Nowadays, it’s really a world for young people.

I founded Golden Harvest at the age of 43. I’m not even 60 now, but I suddenly feel old.

I didn’t expect Mr. Vampire to be so popular. We can’t keep up with the tastes of the new generation of audiences.”

“No, no, we were just lucky.”

“Strength is strength, there’s no luck. You and Zhengying signed five film contracts in one go. What are your plans next?”

“Everyone likes it, so naturally we’ll continue to make zombie films. We can’t do without the help of the Hong Clan. We’ll have to bother you to borrow Golden Harvest’s cinema chain.”

“Sure, sure!”

Zou Wenhuai asked about this. When he heard that Zhuang Cheng would continue to film and continue to be in the Golden Harvest cinema chain, he was immediately relieved.

Zhuang Cheng said, "Mr. Zou, I can't control other people's zombie movies, but the agreement I signed with Lin Zhengying stipulates that he can't make other zombie movies before he completes the contract. I'm afraid that by then--"

"Don't worry about this. Everyone should be trustworthy when doing things. Golden Harvest still has some face." Zou Wenhuai said.

If there is no agreement, Lin Zhengying will definitely be dragged to make movies everywhere, and he will even encounter the Hong Kong tradition: being filmed by gangsters with guns pointed at him!

Zou Wenhuai means that if someone makes trouble, Golden Harvest will mediate. Zhuang Cheng thanked him verbally, but he didn't believe it in his heart. Zou Wenhuai and Ho Kuanchang were not good people.

Maybe Golden Harvest wanted to drag Lin Zhengying to make a movie!

The agreement is nothing. Hong Kong movies have a strong gang atmosphere. They pay attention to the affairs of the underworld. They rarely go to court.

After dinner, some people left first.

Zhuang Cheng was invited to a nightclub again, where he fully experienced the decadent life of capitalism and went home the next day.

As soon as he got home, the phone rang. It was Feng Bingzhong from Princess Gold.

As usual, he congratulated him, and then changed the subject: "Ah Cheng, we have always had a pleasant cooperation. Why did you choose to release it in Golden Harvest this time? If there is anything that I didn't do, just tell me."

"You are too polite. I invited people from the Hong Family to act in it, so I can only put the film in Golden Harvest."

"Oh, so that's it! Do you have time to meet and talk?"

Feng Bingzhong made an invitation, and Zhuang Cheng did not refuse.