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If it can break into Japan, it will be really awesome, because the above-mentioned markets are estimated to be equivalent to the Japanese market.

That's why there are so many Hong Kong movies in the 90s that beautify Japan, please Japan, and forcefully add Japanese elements, because their market is huge!

This kind of thing is not a shame, except that a small number of movies that deliberately belittle China's image and raise Japanese movies are disgusting. Many Hong Kong stars have also become household names in Japan. Generally speaking, there is no problem, and they can even be regarded as cultural exports.

What's really disgusting is that 30 years later, China's market will be bigger than Japan's at the moment, so Hollywood has also begun to deliberately add Chinese elements.

But those Chinese elements don’t seem to be trying to curry favor with the Chinese, maybe they want to do so, but under the consistent American arrogance and stereotyping of China, especially the impression of perennial brainwashing by the media, these Chinese elements are basically It has become a disgusting Chinese, and the content that vilifies the Chinese has nothing to do with beautification. Most of them can't even explain the basic facts.

The most outrageous thing is that Americans really plan to use these disgusting Chinese things to make money from Chinese people. They even make you a buffoon to flatter you and support you. You have to be grateful. This is true. Disgusting.

Wu Jie doesn't want to think about these disgusting things anymore. He only knows that the Taiwan market in the 80s must not be thought about. The two brothers and sisters of the Luo family are aiming at the Hong Kong, Nanbang, Southeast Asian markets, and Japan, the largest market in Asia before the millennium.

The first stop is naturally the Hong Kong market. This "Dunhuang" has been screened in Hong Kong in mid-July through the resources of "Yindu Organization" in Hong Kong.

This market is not too difficult for them, after all, the investor of the film is "Umbrella Film and Television", which is Wu Jie's company.

If he can make a cameo in the movie, it will not be difficult to raise his banner in publicity to enter the Japanese market, or even the European market.

In fact, the film is really going to be released in the UK, but I'm afraid it will have to wait at least a year.

The relatively mature film censorship and import system in Europe is not comparable to the chaotic markets of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

If Chinese films want to be shown in Europe and America, the process will inevitably be extremely long, and it will take at least two years for everything to go smoothly.

But just the box office won in Hong Kong at the first stop is enough to make "Yindu Organization" and "Umbrella Pictures" laugh three times.

This is naturally due to the hard quality of the film, although from Wu Jie's point of view, this "Dunhuang" only achieves a basic smooth narrative in the plot, and then there are some small highlights in editing, camera movement, and soundtrack .

However, in terms of film conception and character creation, it still stays at a relatively superficial level, and there is no profound connotation in the plot. It is a low-profile version of a wolf-style patriotic popcorn movie.

However, this kind of quality is very good in the commercial movies of the 80s, and it is not these things that are really attractive, but the action scenes with super high scores that can be played in the 21st century.

The fast-paced narrative advancement of the whole film, the sharp style of editing, plus the explosive scenes of one dozen in five minutes and one dozen in ten, can basically keep the audience in the excitement and excitement all the time, even going to the toilet. The kind that is afraid of missing out on a good show.

And the most awesome thing is naturally that all the fighting scenes are purely hand-to-hand fights by the two brothers and sisters, with almost no special effects assistance.

But this kind of visual punch to flesh, with a full sense of power and actual combat, and at the same time can do action scenes that are more exciting than dancing, in Wu Jie's eyes, he has almost touched the threshold of art!

Therefore, once this unprecedented movie was released, it quickly created a sensation in China far surpassing that of "Shaolin Temple" three years ago!

With their outstanding appearance, the two brothers and sisters seem to have even better skills than Jet Li, which naturally made this sensation further amplified!

In mid-July, after the film was released in Hong Kong, it not only won the favor of most theaters and private cinemas, but also caused a sensation in Hong Kong. There were almost no negative reviews. These two words have spread across almost all newspapers!

Now "Dunhuang" has been shown in Hong Kong for one and a half months. In the previous month, almost every show was full of seats. Many theaters showed this movie [-]% of the time. Movies released in Hong Kong.

On the one hand, this kind of popularity made the two brothers and sisters quickly become well-known superstars in Hong Kong, and made "Yindu Organization" and "Umbrella Films" famous.

At the same time, other films released in Hong Kong during this period have encountered Waterloo, because after seeing "Dunhuang", which is crushed in every aspect, they will go to see those shoddy films that can't even do the basic narrative. Sometimes it's really hard to swallow.

So McDonald's "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" hit the street, Gao Zhisen and Huang Baiming's "Happy Ghost" hit the street, and even Jackie Chan's "Fast Food Truck" itself was not bad, but the release date was directly changed to September. Unwilling to compete directly with "Dunhuang" to affect the box office.

This is obviously a smart decision. The quality of "Food Truck" is quite high, but Jackie Chan in 84 is not as popular as later. If "Dunhuang" is released first, it will also be smashed!

The development of the matter is also the same. The "Iron Monkey", which the two brothers and sisters quickly finished filming, was released in the mainland in early September, and the popularity of "Dunhuang" in Hong Kong is still lingering.

At this time, you can see audiences with more than three "Dunhuang" movie tickets in almost any theater. After investigation by the Hong Kong media, it is concluded that more than [-]% of the audience will choose to watch the film a second time, because only It's not enough to look at it!

The accurate box office figures obtained by Wu Jie will definitely make Hong Kong filmmakers fall into deep envy and jealousy, because only counting the box office for one month from mid-July to mid-August, this "Dunhuang" has raked in 7 million in Hong Kong. Hong Kong dollars, surpassing last year's No. 2800 box office in Hong Kong, "The Best Partner Shows Its Talents".

But this is the box office of the first month. From mid-August to the end of August, although the box office of "Dunhuang" began to decline during this period, it still surpassed other movies in the same period, so the 8 million box office mark must have been a long time ago. crossed.

The Hong Kong media is already predicting whether the film can set a new record, hitting the staggering new record of 4000 million?

But for the two siblings, the Hong Kong market is still too small.

If this movie is released on a large scale in Japan, it will probably create a box office figure that will shock the whole world.

It's a pity that it takes at least half a year to complete the film introduction and review process in Japan.

In addition, the Japanese distributors and the Japanese theater chain's share requirements are also very dark.

At this stage, they are undoubtedly on the weak side. This kind of cooperation can get 3 cents out of one yuan. It depends on the world's popularity and the high quality of the film to have a chance to negotiate.

So it is conceivable that this negotiation process will also be very time-consuming.

The problem with the two brothers and sisters is that they do not have enough global influence, not even enough influence in Asia, which makes the quality of the film sufficient, but they still have to be exploited by Japan once, and in the end it is difficult to get even 20% of the share.

But 20% of the box office share is their bottom line, so some honor bonuses are needed to negotiate terms with distributors in Japan, Europe, and America.

After deliberation, the two siblings decided to let their new film "Iron Horse" participate in the International Film Festival held in Venice in September.

If they can be shortlisted for the main competition unit, it is best to win the "Silver Lion Award" or the Special Jury Award, which will allow them to have a leap in international popularity, and this is also the fastest way to accumulate international influence.

But when it comes to "Iron Monkey", it was possible to shoot it so quickly. Apart from the fact that this era does not require too delicate post-production or computer special effects, it is also because "Dunhuang" took too long to shoot.

Therefore, the script of "Iron Monkey" has been written long ago. Many sets in the movie, and even some shootings were carried out at the same time, including many staff members and actors who also went back and forth between the two sides.

But even then, the movie actually took a month and a half to make.

Compared with Hong Kong movies, which are so fast that they have no friends, this speed is actually not too amazing.

The colleagues in Hong Kong are called fast. The most extreme speed can take you from a state where you don’t even have a script in a week, to the stage of passing the review and filming at the speed of light, and I ask you if you are afraid?

This "Iron Horse" has been polished for a while, and even laid a lot of foreshadowing for "Huang Feihong" at the end of the year.

Luo Wen naturally played Huang Qiying in this movie, and Iron Monkey was changed to a female character, so naturally Luo Xi played the role.

The main body of this film still does not pursue too high a concept, and the plot and character creation do not seek too much depth and connotation.

As long as these three aspects can be explained and expressed smoothly, it is enough for people to feel no disobedience.

However, a lot of effort has been put into this "Iron Monkey" in terms of editing, camera movement, especially art and soundtrack.

For example, the soundtrack of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" has already been used in this movie, but the lyrics and singing have not yet been written and sung. This will not be used until "Once Upon a Time".

The core selling point of this "Iron Monkey" is the refreshing feeling of fighting to the end, as well as the high difficulty and aesthetic feeling of martial arts design, and at the same time it looks like it has high practicality.

In the movie, Luo Wen used Shaolin boxing with hard bridge and hard horse, while Luo Xi used Wing Chun, and the background was changed to Yan Wing Chun's descendants. In fact, in this movie, she is the first protagonist.

However, the general plot has not been greatly changed, but some repairs and optimizations have been made to the original version. For example, the vulgar plots that come with Hong Kong movies must be reduced in this version.

This kind of commercial film should not be too literary and artistic. It doesn't matter if it is "vulgar", but it will be more acceptable to the public.

But let’s forget about “vulgarity”, and “shit, piss and fart” has nothing to do with elegance and vulgarity. It is something that cannot be put on the table, and it is not really spoof or nonsensical. If you watch it too much, your IQ will drop.

The biggest difference of this version is that the lines are more flavorful than the original version, and they are much more reasonable. Basically, it is serious when it should be serious, passionate when it should be passionate, and joking when it should be joking. There are no more Hong Kong movies to make money as soon as possible. Comes with impetuousness and exaggeration.

Regardless of the setting or line design of the whole movie, it will give people a sense of turmoil before the advent of troubled times, thus forming a sense of oppression from the inside out.

But through the confrontation between the protagonists and the evil, the audience can find a little bit of warmth in this darkness, making people maintain hope in despair. Effect.

As for the foreshadowing of the next "Once Upon a Time", it is naturally the iron monkey played by Luo Xi who taught little Huang Feihong a set of stick skills.

The original version of this plot exists, but the stick method has no name. This version has been changed to the 06:30 stick in Wing Chun, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing for the future filming of "Ip Man".

In this movie, Luo Xi not only showed the two unique weapons in Wing Chun, the 06:30 stick and the eight-cut knife, but also showed the Wing Chun boxing method.

The actor who played Little Huang Feihong in this movie, they found Zhao Wenzhuo who had just won the junior championship of the National Wushu Championships.

This character was reset in the movie to have short hands and long feet. This kind of skeleton is suitable for practicing legwork, but not suitable for the punching style passed to him by Huang Qiying.

If Huang Feihong continues to practice like this, he will be far inferior to his father Huang Qiying in the future.

So Luo Xi handed the 06:30 stick to Huang Feihong in a scene in the movie.

This cudgel technique is naturally the kung fu that will be revealed in the first cudgel match with Nalan Yuanshu in the future. As for the shadowless kick, it is obviously Huang Feihong's original martial arts based on his own characteristics.

The two brothers and sisters of the Luo family are naturally not like Hong Kong movies that only care about money. When an IP becomes popular or a theme sells well, everyone rushes to copy it, and often only the word "fast" is highlighted in the production process. , Including plot combing is also for "fast" and "fast", ignoring the coherence and rationality of the story, let alone operating IP.

But this "Iron Monkey" is considered a rare anomaly in the original plane, because the original version can be connected with the main story in many places, which obviously has some efforts.

Now that the two have optimized it, what they hope is to design a "Once Upon a Time in the World", so as to derive more movies around it, and provide it to the screenwriters and directors of their own company to play freely in the future.

Wu Jie also knew on the plane that this IP will definitely become popular in the entire Chinese cultural circle, and this "Iron Horse" will definitely surpass "Dunhuang" at the box office.

Although there is some difference in quality between these two films, "Dunhuang" is actually better in martial arts scenes. After all, every fight has been carefully designed, especially those few light work (parkour) scenes are simply amazing. Difficulty breathing.

However, the background of "Iron Horse" is the late Qing Dynasty, and the location takes place in the south. It has nothing to do with hammer and sickle, and it doesn't need to care about political issues.

In addition, "Huang Qiying" and "Huang Feihong" are both familiar names to southerners, so after the film is released, it will definitely make Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia more acceptable.

Wu Jie half-lyed on the chair, and quietly opened the first volume of "Once Upon a Time in the Huang Feihong Series" using the database in the system.

This film is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the history of Hong Kong films, but the problem is still that Hong Kong films are eager for quick success, and many details are lacking in polishing.

He can see that the screenwriter and director have a lot of ideas in their hearts, but he also knows that the investors will not give them enough time to polish, perfect, and dig deeper.

So even if this is a masterpiece in the history of Hong Kong movies, it still lacks depth in the shaping of the protagonist, and the shaping of the villains and supporting roles is directly made into a face. There are still many things that can be improved in the plot. Complete these.

This situation also makes those excellent movies in Hong Kong often look good at first glance, but it is difficult to resonate with the heart. It is a good-looking movie.

It will be uncomfortable if you watch it a second time, because you will find too many loopholes, flaws, childishness, and imperfections, which will make the impression score of the whole movie drop sharply. This is a pity.

When Wu Jie was young, he was also very fond of Hong Kong movies. At that time, he only thought these movies were exciting and good-looking, and he didn't procrastinate.

But when his experience got higher, he watched more movies, and his three views became more and more perfect, he knew that even in his peak period, the so-called "Hollywood of the East" didn't seem worthy of its name.

As for loneliness, it is more normal. Although Hong Kong people always like to blame their problems on China, it seems that Hong Kong movies will not decline if they do not return to Hong Kong. In fact, the decline of Hong Kong movies is not only an inevitable result, but also earlier than It started before the return.

"Ding, new news..."

Wu Jie is thinking about how to make the title of "Hollywood of the East" available to mainland China first. Although he doesn't like the name very much, he is sure that Chinese films will directly replace Hong Kong from the very beginning, and he is also confident that Chinese films will start in the 80s. Started to accelerate in the mid-term.

At this time, a very unique system prompt sounded, and Wu Jie straightened up from his seat as soon as he heard it, because it was the resurrection puppet prompt sound specially set by him.

So once this voice appears, it means that a new partner is about to join the group...

Chapter 318 Regret?

"The near-dead target has been found, the distance is 3930 kilometers, the system is scanning...meet the set requirements, confirm the resurrection?"

Wu Jie clicked on the notification and found that the location was in Kunming, Yunnan, which seemed to be in a residential building.

This little guy named Ma Donglong was actually a member of the Kunming youth football team. The cause of death was a heart attack. He happened to be alone at home and died without being rescued in time.

He first clicked "Confirm Resurrection", and then clicked on Ma Donglong's detailed information.

This Ma Donglong was born in February 1969, which happened to be the coldest day in Yunnan in the past ten years, so his father gave him this name.

Ma Donglong was selected by the Kunming youth football team four years ago because of his excellent physical fitness. At that time, he was only 11 years old and had a height of 165cm.

But Ma Donglong's heart is actually not good, and his growth is too fast. He has grown from 1 meters to 65 meters in four years, and he must grow a lot at this age.

Kunming's municipal basketball and volleyball teams have approached Ma Donglong and his football team several times since last year. He also has the idea of ​​switching to basketball, because his talent in football has not been very outstanding all the time.

Now as the height is still growing, even the Kunming football team, which has been unwilling to let people go, feels that Ma Donglong is really not suitable for football. There is no football player of this height in the world.

But neither the Kunming basketball team nor the football team knew that Ma Donglong had a heart problem, especially as his height and weight increased and his training volume increased, the burden on his heart became heavier and heavier.

Ma Donglong had a sudden heart attack without warning at home today, and his parents were still at work at the time, so after half an hour of fainting, Ma Donglong completely lost his breath.

At this moment, the system is repairing Ma Donglong's physical damage, mainly congenital heart problems.

This is actually not a troublesome condition. Ma Donglong's congenital heart disease is not particularly serious. In the 80s, congenital diseases of this level can be treated with surgery, and it is even easier to repair it systematically.

Wu Jie is also very satisfied with this new partner. The system estimates that Ma Donglong's height will eventually grow to 218cm-222cm, and his original physical talent has reached two and a half stars.

Of course, this athletic ability cannot support his height, but the height advantage is the same as the golf quotient and ball feel, and it is difficult to improve too much through the system.

So for Wu Jie, height is actually an important invisible talent in basketball.

"This height requires at least a four-star physical fitness to support it."

Wu Jie thought for a while, naturally he used a four-star physical talent in his backpack first, and then used the points to help him upgrade to four-and-a-half-star in two years.

Those five-star physical talents are reserved for sports other than the three major balls. Men's football and men's basketball no longer need five-star monsters.

After Wu Jie upgraded Ma Donglong, looking at his various physical attributes, he suddenly realized that taller is not necessarily better.

This is because the higher the height and the heavier the weight, the greater the burden on the body, and you must have better physical fitness to support it, otherwise it is just an empty height, but without explosive power, mobility, strength, confrontation, and physical fitness. of bamboo poles.

With Ma Donglong's height, he must have at least a three-star physical fitness to be a qualified starter in an NBA league. Only a three-and-a-half-star physical fitness can be a quasi-All-Star. Otherwise, explosive power, mobility, confrontation ability, and physical fitness will be too low. But unable to adapt to the intensity of the game, there are several such examples in the NBA every year.

Mu Tiezhu's physical fitness and height do not match, so he is often deflated as soon as he arrives in the international arena, and he is useless at all.

But even with a three-and-a-half-star physical fitness, the upper limit of this height is a quasi-All-Star. The template is probably like Ilgauskas. Only when he reaches a four-star athletic ability can his height advantage be truly utilized.

At that time, his explosive power, mobility, jumping, and confrontation, combined with his height of about 220cm, was a big killer in defense alone. If he also had two brushes in technology, he would be a serious All-Star player .

What if it is upgraded to a four-and-a-half-star class?

Wu Jie understands what this means very well. If this height is matched with a three-and-a-half-star physical fitness, the upper limit is at most Rick Schmitz or Sean Bradley, then the upper limit of a four-star physical fitness is Mark Eaton or La Wolf Sampson, and the upper limit of the four-and-a-half-star physical fitness is the enhanced version of Yao Ming and Sabonis.

But it's a pity that Ma Donglong is a little late to switch to basketball now, and he certainly can't compare with Yao Ming and Sabonis technically, so don't expect him to be able to practice the low post and back-up skills of these two.