Time has entered 1990 in a blink of an eye, and the 1980s are already a thing of the past.
Hong Kong people entering the 1990s are increasingly feeling that the day of return is getting closer, and the topic of Hong Kong's return has once again sparked heated discussions, and there are more and more middle-class Hong Kong who choose to immigrate to Britain, the United States and Canada.
After all, any political demands or distorted propaganda by overseas media are just secondary factors.
The reason why most Hong Kong people are afraid of returning is because the mainland is too poor.
When a rich daughter returns to her poor mother's home, she will find it difficult to overcome that hurdle, and she is even more afraid that her mother's family will swallow her gold, silver jewelry and private money.
Because of the incident that happened in the mainland last year, Jin Yong was disheartened about politics and announced that he would no longer be involved in politics. At the same time, he no longer interfered in the daily management of Mingpao Group, revealing the intention of selling Mingpao.
As soon as this news came out, many newspaper owners were staring at the fat piece, and Ming Pao's sales were the best in Hong Kong.
The many newspapers and magazines purchased by Kang Jianfei have been integrated by this time, and have formed Oriental Media Group with the original Pictorial of "Painting King" and "Feng Huáng TV Weekly".
Oriental Media is a subsidiary of Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group and mainly operates paper media.
Feng Huáng TV Station, Dream Factory, Hei Horse Comics Company and other companies can provide publication content and news resources for Oriental Media's publications, and these publications can also be promoted and promoted by major companies.
Oriental Media Group is about to set up its own publishing house, imitating the model of Japan's Kadokawa Bookstore. In the future, the publishing house's literary and comic works can be transformed into movies, TV series and cartoons.
Similarly, popular movies, TV series and animations can also be adapted into novels and comics to maximize profits.
In the just-passed Christmas season of 1989, Gao Zhisen, who opened his own company with the support of Xinbao, was in trouble again. He personally served as the director and screenwriter, and invited Alan Tam and Wen Bixia to be the protagonists. With the fame of the two protagonists, the box office was only over 10 million.
The movie screened on Christmas time in DreamWorks is "The Royal Sister 4" starring Yang Lijing.
"The Royal Senior Sister" is a classic series of DreamWorks films created by Kang Jianfei back then. It also triggered a craze for police and gangster films and senior sister films. After three consecutive films, the box office fell, and then it was shelved and not continued to shoot.
DreamWorks restarted the shooting plan for "The Royal Sister" and it caused heated discussion when the news first came out.
At the beginning, the audience felt a little tired of watching three movies in a row, but now they miss it a few years later and have high expectations for the unreleased "Sister Royal 4".
As for the heroine's change from Brigitte Lin to Yang Lijing, it is also a topic of discussion among countless old movie fans. As for the so-called nostalgia, most people tend to use the original actors.
Although Yang Lijing performed well in the previous "Battle Flower" and won the love of many viewers, she is still far behind Brigitte Lin.
So Yang Lijing was inexplicably caught in the shooting. Many fans who hoped that Brigitte Lin would make a comeback showed strong hostility to Yang Lijing, who starred in "The Royal Sister 4".
The gossip media also came out to join in the fun at this time, hoping to use this style to sell the tabloid, saying that Yang Lijing became the heroine by sleeping with the director.
It’s not a big blame for everyone to easily believe gossip news. It’s really because the competition in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is fierce now, and Yang Lijing’s rise is too fast.
From a Taiwanese young actor, he went to Hong Kong and directly played the second female lead in "The King of Kings Flowers", and then played the leading female lead in "The Royal Sister 4". The fool doesn't believe there is nothing wrong with it.
The director of "The Royal Sister 4" is Zhong Zhiwen. Because of the scandal caused by this incident, he even quarreled with his wife and finally made a divorce.
Yang Lijing then had to stand up and issue a statement that she was discovered by Kang Jianfei in Taiwan, and that she also acted in "The King of Flowers" and "The Royal Sister 4".
OK, Zhong Zhiwen finally cleared the suspicion, and Kang Jianfei was once again caught in the scandal, but this time the rumored heroine changed again.
However, Kang Jianfei was filming in mainland China at that time, and no matter how bad the Hong Kong side was, it was a matter of his lack of sight.
Until "The Royal Sister 4" was released on Christmas, some old audiences were still worried and refused to watch the movie because Brigitte Lin failed to continue as the heroine.
However, those viewers who went to the theater to watch "The Royal Sister 4" were very satisfied with the movie. They found that Brigitte Lin and Yang Lijing did not play the same role.
In "The Royal Sister 4", the female policewoman played by Brigitte Lin has been transferred to work in the UK, and Yang Lijing is just a new young man who has just joined the police force.
Both the screenwriter and the director are first-class, and Yang Lijing's figure and face, as well as her fist and foot skills are also very good.
The movie had excellent box office and reputation after the screening. The old audience who refused to watch this film because there was no Brigitte Lin could not resist the temptation to enter the cinema again.
Unfortunately, the schedule of "The Royal Sister 4" collided with Jackie Chan's "Miracle".
"Miracle" was claimed to be a 70 million kung fu blockbuster during its promotion. In fact, with the promotional cost, this number is not exaggerated at all.
The actors who have a little line or two in the film are all stars, at least they are familiar veteran actors, and the pay for those actors alone is a big deal.
Christmas time has gradually passed, and time has entered 1990.
After New Year's Day, New Year's films from major theaters have been released one after another. "Sister Royal 4" and "Miracle" are the only two remaining Christmas movies.
In mid-January, "The Royal Sister 4" finally finished the film, with a box office of 21.88 million in Hong Kong.
If it weren't for Jackie Chan's "Miracle" that ran into Jackie Chan, the box office of "Sister Royal 4" would have been even more.
This is an extremely rare achievement, because the "Sister Royal" series is a female theme, and it is largely necessary to rely on the heroine to support the scene. Yang Lijing is just a newcomer who has only made two movies. She does not have the strong aura as Brigitte Lin.
Jackie Chan's "Miracle" is still in the glory, and it was not until the end of January, with a box office of HK$35.09 million.
Zou Wenhuai was naturally very happy. Hong Kong is the touchstone of the box office in Southeast Asia. With the box office performance of "Miracle" in Hong Kong, the huge budget of this movie can be completely recovered in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, and the remaining income in other regions is purely profitable.
At the same time, Zou Wenhuai has another happy thing. The Hollywood blockbuster "Ninja Turtles" he participated in investing in has been produced.
And after the preview, the distributors in North America have reached an agreement with theaters to release the film in the spring of 1990.
In the new year's release, Sammo Hung also had a funny situation.
Sammo Hung, who has been in trouble in the past two years, suddenly became popular in the New Year period. The four New Year period films released by Princess Jin, Xinbao, Oriental and Jiahe Theater, all of them were played by Sammo Hung.
Princess Jin released "The Rich Corps" directed by Zheng Zeshi. The producer is a new company founded by Zeng Zhiwei and Zheng Zeshi. He also specially brought the gold medal screenwriter Huang Bingyao to write the script; after Jackie Chan's "Miracle" was lost, the release of "Children of Troubled Times" directed by Teddy Robin and starring Sammo Hung; on the Xinbao, the "Fu Xing Weilong" directed by Sammo Hung and produced by Baoxiang Pictures.
As for DreamWorks, the screenwriter and directed by Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, which is one of the few cross-company cooperation films in recent years.
From New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, the main actors of the four major theaters in Hong Kong were actually the same actor, which made the theater companies that scheduled films unexpected.
The audience felt even more funny. Whenever the cinema went to, the ticket seller recommended movies starring Sammo Hung.
The media was even more surprised and said that this year's New Year's schedule belongs to Sammo Hung.
Some second- and third-tier stars who don’t know the truth really think that Sammo Hung takes all four theaters, and for a while, Sammo Hung’s status was unprecedentedly high.
When Kang Jianfei saw Sammo Hung starring in four New Year's films at the same time, he could only sigh: Brother Bao is also very hard-working, and he may have been sleeping on the set for the past six months.
As the Spring Festival gets closer, the special effects of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" are also coming to an end.
Because she was afraid that there was too late, Kang Jianfei had to take some samples of the unfinished special effects for review. Although there were many violent shots, she was still evaluated by the review team for a second-level film.
It can only be said that the review at this time was very broad. Twenty years later, "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" will definitely belong to Level 3 or Level 2B.
You should know that even Stephen Chow's children's film "Yangtze River 7" is not suitable for children in Hong Kong.
Although the special effects have not been completed, the promotion of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" has already begun. From the start of the filming, three rounds of publicity offensives have been launched. The overwhelming advertising volume has scared countless small companies and directors in Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei’s reason is that he has spent so much money to make a movie anyway, so what’s wrong with spending some money on advertising?
Although the Hong Kong film market is very small, it has a demonstration effect on the box office in Southeast Asia. When the distribution company negotiates a share agreement with local theaters, it must refer to the Hong Kong box office of the movie to a large extent.
Accompanied by the flying advertisements, the highly anticipated "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" finally ushered in its premiere, and after the premiere, it was the last wave of publicity offensive before the film was officially released.
Hong Kong people entering the 1990s are increasingly feeling that the day of return is getting closer, and the topic of Hong Kong's return has once again sparked heated discussions, and there are more and more middle-class Hong Kong who choose to immigrate to Britain, the United States and Canada.
After all, any political demands or distorted propaganda by overseas media are just secondary factors.
The reason why most Hong Kong people are afraid of returning is because the mainland is too poor.
When a rich daughter returns to her poor mother's home, she will find it difficult to overcome that hurdle, and she is even more afraid that her mother's family will swallow her gold, silver jewelry and private money.
Because of the incident that happened in the mainland last year, Jin Yong was disheartened about politics and announced that he would no longer be involved in politics. At the same time, he no longer interfered in the daily management of Mingpao Group, revealing the intention of selling Mingpao.
As soon as this news came out, many newspaper owners were staring at the fat piece, and Ming Pao's sales were the best in Hong Kong.
The many newspapers and magazines purchased by Kang Jianfei have been integrated by this time, and have formed Oriental Media Group with the original Pictorial of "Painting King" and "Feng Huáng TV Weekly".
Oriental Media is a subsidiary of Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group and mainly operates paper media.
Feng Huáng TV Station, Dream Factory, Hei Horse Comics Company and other companies can provide publication content and news resources for Oriental Media's publications, and these publications can also be promoted and promoted by major companies.
Oriental Media Group is about to set up its own publishing house, imitating the model of Japan's Kadokawa Bookstore. In the future, the publishing house's literary and comic works can be transformed into movies, TV series and cartoons.
Similarly, popular movies, TV series and animations can also be adapted into novels and comics to maximize profits.
In the just-passed Christmas season of 1989, Gao Zhisen, who opened his own company with the support of Xinbao, was in trouble again. He personally served as the director and screenwriter, and invited Alan Tam and Wen Bixia to be the protagonists. With the fame of the two protagonists, the box office was only over 10 million.
The movie screened on Christmas time in DreamWorks is "The Royal Sister 4" starring Yang Lijing.
"The Royal Senior Sister" is a classic series of DreamWorks films created by Kang Jianfei back then. It also triggered a craze for police and gangster films and senior sister films. After three consecutive films, the box office fell, and then it was shelved and not continued to shoot.
DreamWorks restarted the shooting plan for "The Royal Sister" and it caused heated discussion when the news first came out.
At the beginning, the audience felt a little tired of watching three movies in a row, but now they miss it a few years later and have high expectations for the unreleased "Sister Royal 4".
As for the heroine's change from Brigitte Lin to Yang Lijing, it is also a topic of discussion among countless old movie fans. As for the so-called nostalgia, most people tend to use the original actors.
Although Yang Lijing performed well in the previous "Battle Flower" and won the love of many viewers, she is still far behind Brigitte Lin.
So Yang Lijing was inexplicably caught in the shooting. Many fans who hoped that Brigitte Lin would make a comeback showed strong hostility to Yang Lijing, who starred in "The Royal Sister 4".
The gossip media also came out to join in the fun at this time, hoping to use this style to sell the tabloid, saying that Yang Lijing became the heroine by sleeping with the director.
It’s not a big blame for everyone to easily believe gossip news. It’s really because the competition in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is fierce now, and Yang Lijing’s rise is too fast.
From a Taiwanese young actor, he went to Hong Kong and directly played the second female lead in "The King of Kings Flowers", and then played the leading female lead in "The Royal Sister 4". The fool doesn't believe there is nothing wrong with it.
The director of "The Royal Sister 4" is Zhong Zhiwen. Because of the scandal caused by this incident, he even quarreled with his wife and finally made a divorce.
Yang Lijing then had to stand up and issue a statement that she was discovered by Kang Jianfei in Taiwan, and that she also acted in "The King of Flowers" and "The Royal Sister 4".
OK, Zhong Zhiwen finally cleared the suspicion, and Kang Jianfei was once again caught in the scandal, but this time the rumored heroine changed again.
However, Kang Jianfei was filming in mainland China at that time, and no matter how bad the Hong Kong side was, it was a matter of his lack of sight.
Until "The Royal Sister 4" was released on Christmas, some old audiences were still worried and refused to watch the movie because Brigitte Lin failed to continue as the heroine.
However, those viewers who went to the theater to watch "The Royal Sister 4" were very satisfied with the movie. They found that Brigitte Lin and Yang Lijing did not play the same role.
In "The Royal Sister 4", the female policewoman played by Brigitte Lin has been transferred to work in the UK, and Yang Lijing is just a new young man who has just joined the police force.
Both the screenwriter and the director are first-class, and Yang Lijing's figure and face, as well as her fist and foot skills are also very good.
The movie had excellent box office and reputation after the screening. The old audience who refused to watch this film because there was no Brigitte Lin could not resist the temptation to enter the cinema again.
Unfortunately, the schedule of "The Royal Sister 4" collided with Jackie Chan's "Miracle".
"Miracle" was claimed to be a 70 million kung fu blockbuster during its promotion. In fact, with the promotional cost, this number is not exaggerated at all.
The actors who have a little line or two in the film are all stars, at least they are familiar veteran actors, and the pay for those actors alone is a big deal.
Christmas time has gradually passed, and time has entered 1990.
After New Year's Day, New Year's films from major theaters have been released one after another. "Sister Royal 4" and "Miracle" are the only two remaining Christmas movies.
In mid-January, "The Royal Sister 4" finally finished the film, with a box office of 21.88 million in Hong Kong.
If it weren't for Jackie Chan's "Miracle" that ran into Jackie Chan, the box office of "Sister Royal 4" would have been even more.
This is an extremely rare achievement, because the "Sister Royal" series is a female theme, and it is largely necessary to rely on the heroine to support the scene. Yang Lijing is just a newcomer who has only made two movies. She does not have the strong aura as Brigitte Lin.
Jackie Chan's "Miracle" is still in the glory, and it was not until the end of January, with a box office of HK$35.09 million.
Zou Wenhuai was naturally very happy. Hong Kong is the touchstone of the box office in Southeast Asia. With the box office performance of "Miracle" in Hong Kong, the huge budget of this movie can be completely recovered in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, and the remaining income in other regions is purely profitable.
At the same time, Zou Wenhuai has another happy thing. The Hollywood blockbuster "Ninja Turtles" he participated in investing in has been produced.
And after the preview, the distributors in North America have reached an agreement with theaters to release the film in the spring of 1990.
In the new year's release, Sammo Hung also had a funny situation.
Sammo Hung, who has been in trouble in the past two years, suddenly became popular in the New Year period. The four New Year period films released by Princess Jin, Xinbao, Oriental and Jiahe Theater, all of them were played by Sammo Hung.
Princess Jin released "The Rich Corps" directed by Zheng Zeshi. The producer is a new company founded by Zeng Zhiwei and Zheng Zeshi. He also specially brought the gold medal screenwriter Huang Bingyao to write the script; after Jackie Chan's "Miracle" was lost, the release of "Children of Troubled Times" directed by Teddy Robin and starring Sammo Hung; on the Xinbao, the "Fu Xing Weilong" directed by Sammo Hung and produced by Baoxiang Pictures.
As for DreamWorks, the screenwriter and directed by Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, which is one of the few cross-company cooperation films in recent years.
From New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, the main actors of the four major theaters in Hong Kong were actually the same actor, which made the theater companies that scheduled films unexpected.
The audience felt even more funny. Whenever the cinema went to, the ticket seller recommended movies starring Sammo Hung.
The media was even more surprised and said that this year's New Year's schedule belongs to Sammo Hung.
Some second- and third-tier stars who don’t know the truth really think that Sammo Hung takes all four theaters, and for a while, Sammo Hung’s status was unprecedentedly high.
When Kang Jianfei saw Sammo Hung starring in four New Year's films at the same time, he could only sigh: Brother Bao is also very hard-working, and he may have been sleeping on the set for the past six months.
As the Spring Festival gets closer, the special effects of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" are also coming to an end.
Because she was afraid that there was too late, Kang Jianfei had to take some samples of the unfinished special effects for review. Although there were many violent shots, she was still evaluated by the review team for a second-level film.
It can only be said that the review at this time was very broad. Twenty years later, "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" will definitely belong to Level 3 or Level 2B.
You should know that even Stephen Chow's children's film "Yangtze River 7" is not suitable for children in Hong Kong.
Although the special effects have not been completed, the promotion of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" has already begun. From the start of the filming, three rounds of publicity offensives have been launched. The overwhelming advertising volume has scared countless small companies and directors in Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei’s reason is that he has spent so much money to make a movie anyway, so what’s wrong with spending some money on advertising?
Although the Hong Kong film market is very small, it has a demonstration effect on the box office in Southeast Asia. When the distribution company negotiates a share agreement with local theaters, it must refer to the Hong Kong box office of the movie to a large extent.
Accompanied by the flying advertisements, the highly anticipated "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" finally ushered in its premiere, and after the premiere, it was the last wave of publicity offensive before the film was officially released.