Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

The Shaolin Temple movie has been completed.

But there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done.

There are tasks to be done, such as organizing materials, editing, color grading, and special effects.

As an angel investor and the boss of Uber, Wang Jianjun is naturally qualified to participate in the subsequent work.

Although he didn't understand movies, he came from the later generations and had seen many high-quality martial arts films.

Many of the suggestions he made made Tsui Hark's eyes light up.

Tsui Hark is indeed a film genius. He even incorporated a lot of modern martial arts shooting techniques into this Shaolin Temple movie.

The actors' moves are not only realistic and powerful, but also very beautiful.

When the final film came out, Wang Jianjun was very satisfied after watching it.

This version of the movie was better than the original one he had seen before.

Even decades later, it won't be outdated.

After the film was edited, Wang Jianjun kept the first copy of the film tape for his collection, and then sent the film to the Ministry of Culture for review.

Because of the relationship with the director of the Hong Kong Office, the approval of this film was just a formality.

Then came the film promotion and release.

As a film made with a certain political purpose.

Wang Jianjun's Shaolin Temple also received support from the Ministry of Culture and the State Sports Commission.

A week before the release, major cinemas across the country were covered with promotional posters for the Shaolin Temple movie.

On the day of the release, long queues formed in front of all the cinemas. People stood on tiptoe in the queue to look forward, their eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

There was uncontrollable excitement in the noisy voices.

In this age of entertainment scarcity, the release of Shaolin Temple is like a grand carnival.

The screenshots on the promotional poster tell you at a glance that this is a well-made movie.

Especially the sunny and handsome appearance of Jet Li, the protagonist of the poster, directly attracted many fans.

Movie tickets are still very cheap these days.

Even a big-budget movie like Shaolin Temple only costs a dime per ticket.

Such a price is affordable for most people.

So many families choose to go to the cinema to watch movies together.

There are even many companies that organize groups to go to the cinema to watch movies.

However, the cinema can only accommodate a limited number of viewers and cannot meet the needs of those moviegoers at all.

So a few days after the movie was released, the earliest batch of movie scalpers were born.

Many scalpers choose to hoard movie tickets in large quantities to drive up ticket prices.

The movie was released just a few days ago, but a ten-cent movie ticket was sold for nearly ten dollars on the pigeon market.

This made Wang Jianjun feel that there are people with quick minds in every era.

On the day of the film's release, Wang Jianjun took Shen Chuxia to the cinema to watch the movie and revisit the memories of watching movies together before their marriage.

It has to be said that Jet Li does have the potential to become a kung fu superstar.

His actual combat ability may not be as good as Bruce Lee, and he is not as hard-working as Jackie Chan in filming movies.

But he is definitely the one with the most exciting moves.

Each move is well-organized and looks clean, neat and powerful.

Coupled with his pretty face, he is very attractive to women.

Even Shen Chuxia couldn't help but become a fan of Jet Li after watching the movie.

The movie Shaolin Temple is clearly a success.

The movie was originally scheduled to be released in half a month.

Just half a month later, there were people queuing up at the cinema every day.

Many people choose to watch it a second time after watching it once.

For this reason, the cinema specially extended the screening time to one month.

Wang Jianjun was so happy to see this scene.

The popularity of the Shaolin Temple movie even boosted the sales of Wang Jianjun’s KFC and Viva Cola.

After the filming of the movie was completed, Wang Jianjun asked Jet Li to endorse his products.

So as soon as he finished filming the movie, he asked Jet Li to shoot commercials for him for half a month.

There are Coke, KFC, Subor learning machines and even the electrical appliances he is selling now.

Thanks to the popularity of the Shaolin Temple movie, Wang Jianjun’s KFC sales increased by several percent.

The popularity of this movie far exceeds that of the previous one.

With a ticket price of one cent, the total box office revenue exceeded 200 million and approached 300 million.

And this box office can be said to be a huge profit for the original investment.

Even if Wang Jianjun owns half of the profits from this movie according to the contract, he would still make a lot of money.

In addition to domestic releases, Shaolin Temple movies were also released in Hong Kong and abroad.

When Hong Kong people saw the movie "Shaolin Temple" in the cinema for the first time, they all sighed that the strength of mainland films is no longer what it used to be.

No one in Hong Kong can currently make a movie of this level.

The film successfully broke through the 2000 million box office in Hong Kong.

It directly broke Bruce Lee's original box office record.

Jet Li's name also spread all over the world with the movie Shaolin Temple.

But Li Lian, the protagonist, doesn’t know how popular he is now.

At this moment, he was a little conflicted.

The feeling of becoming famous at a young age intoxicated him.

After the movie was released, even reporters from newspapers and TV stations came to interview him.

But the only drawback is that he failed to gain the benefits corresponding to his fame.

Jet Li's filming this time is considered a public expense performance.

His unit only gave him a reward of a few hundred yuan.

The bulk of his profit this time was the 5,000 yuan that Wang Jianjun secretly gave him.

But these five thousand dollars are nothing compared to the box office of this movie.

Jet Li is a little jealous of the profits.

He heard from Tsui Hark that after the filming of this movie, the staff from Hong Kong would receive more than this amount in salary.

I thought about hearing Tsui Hark talk about the treatment of people making movies in Hong Kong, especially the achievements of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

He was very envious.

But the distribution system of that era also limited the benefits he could obtain.

Jet Li became even more conflicted when a big boss of a film company in Hong Kong contacted him and said he would give him six million to make three movies.

He told this matter to his leader.

But he was the leader and told him that if he went to make a movie, the profits would not belong to him but to the collective.

The money that was about to be earned had to be handed over in full.

Jet Li didn't have this awareness, so he just made a decision.

Resigned and went to Hong Kong to make a movie.

It was originally just some vague ideas in my mind.

This moment suddenly became extremely clear.

So after discussing with his family, Jet Li deliberately injured himself during a training session and then resigned under the pretext of something else.

The moment he received the resignation letter, Jet Li felt relieved.

Now I can finally fly high in the sky and as high as a bird.

Jet Li's goal after resigning is Hong Kong.

He had heard Tsui Hark talk about the situation in Hong Kong, and Jet Li believed that with his own abilities he would be able to make a name for himself in Hong Kong.