1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 374 "Supreme Bodyguard" is released!
Seeing that Monk Jueyuan's movie flopped, Xia Tian laughed in his heart in a very unkind way.

Of course, we are not just laughing at the fact that his movie flopped, but also at the fact that he has become a spare tire.

If I remember correctly, Lizhi later invested and lost tens of millions.

Li Lianjie had to sign six film contracts with Yongsheng Xiangjia at once to fill the gap for her. After that, the two got married~
However, although Xia Tian was very unhappy that his movie was accidentally sniped by "Shaolin Temple", he never thought about what to do to Li.

——I just laughed at him secretly in my heart when he was in trouble.

In the future, Li Lianjie will become popular again with the "Huang Feihong series", and Xia Tian has never thought of interfering.

After all, it wasn't his fault that the movie was completely rejected by others, but he couldn't help feeling unhappy about it.

……

On September 9, news came from abroad that at the 04th Venice Film Festival, the film "A City of Sadness" by the island director Hou Hsiao-hsien won the Golden Lion Award.

Xia Tian received a call from Old Palo from the United States regarding the novel that had been mailed to him before.

"I've already agreed with the magazine that it will be published in the middle of the month...Haha, every time I read your novels I feel like I'm reshaping my worldview! I'm starting to believe it!"

The novel that Xia Tian mailed to me was called "This Man From Earth," and it tells the story of a man who lived for thousands of years.

Old Palo also urged him to come to the United States when he had time in the summer.

"When can you come to America again? The business here is getting bigger and bigger, and it's a bit beyond my ability. I'm a student studying steel smelting, and I'm really overwhelmed!"

Indeed, Old Palo was enough to handle the previous minor fights.

But now this "business" has become bigger, involving patent commercialization, financial investment, and copyright operation.

It made him, an old man majoring in engineering, very busy.

Maybe we should set up a more formal company and hire a few professional managers.

"Wait a little longer, I'll come over when I'm free later. There's nothing big to do right now, so just keep it going!"

"Can't you come over for a moment? Let me sort it out! I find out that I'm really not cut out for business!" Old Palo complained.

"Nonsense! You've done well enough." Xia Tian comforted.

"It's just that I've been busy writing a script recently. I'm planning to shoot something, direct and act in it myself. I'm very busy. How about next year?"

In fact, when old Palo asked him to go to the United States just now, he was a little excited!

How about going to America to find Sister Yun and talk it out face to face?
But he still suppressed this thought - if he didn't meet, at least he could still keep some thoughts...

As for what Xia Tian said about writing a script, it was not false.

Just two days ago, a local newspaper reported a news story about a gangster being drowned by his enemies.

I chatted with my friends in the summer.

There was also an absurd discussion on whether it was better to stuff the body into an oil drum filled with concrete and sink it into the sea, or to bury it alive.

As a result, when I was taking a nap on the sofa in the afternoon, I dreamed that I was buried alive!
It was this inspiration that gave him the idea of ​​a script, which he is now preparing - "Buried Alive".

……

The script was revised twice, and on September 9th, the movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard" was released!
It just happened that Liu Dehua's "The King's Avatar" was released two days ago. The names of these two movies are quite similar.

I watched this movie in the summer, starring Andy Lau and Alan Tam, and the female lead is Guan Qiuqiu. The director is Jing Wang.

Wang Jing's father produced several "King of Thousands" works in the early years, which were gambling films about cheating.

This one is different from the previous ones, from the core to the techniques, to the details and shots, it’s like a system update!
Later it was called the "new gambling film" by many people!
The film was a huge box office success, ranking fifth in Hong Kong that year and third in South Korea in terms of the number of viewers.

South Korea has almost no entertainment industry these days.
Hong Kong films have a huge influence there and Hong Kong stars are also very popular.

Later, many film critics made a vertical comparison and felt that "The King's Avatar" was better than "God of Gamblers", but its box office was definitely not as good as God of Gamblers.

The same is true for online novels, the ones that are exciting to read perform the best.

……

There were three night screenings of The Hitman’s Bodyguard before and it performed very well.

There was a long queue for the midnight show of "The Taoist Priest" and some people couldn't get in.

But it still can't compare to the situation of "The Hitman's Bodyguard" - many people watched it once and then lined up again as soon as they went out.

There were also several fights over positions.

The food has been hyped up enough before, and many people are already waiting anxiously.

Moreover, the three-day midnight shows were extremely successful, and many viewers who watched them praised them highly, which was somewhat like tap water.

Many older Hong Kong people who don’t have much of a movie-watching habit plan to go to the cinema to watch it this time.

After all, there were so many reports this summer and I heard so much gossip. I always wanted to see what the movie he made was like?
Hong Jinbao attached great importance to "The Bodyguard" and invited many friends to help cheer him on.

The number of big-name stars attending this premiere must be half the size of those in Hong Kong!
On the contrary, in summer, when the passion has passed, I am not so concerned about it anymore.

Sitting in the first row, still thinking about the new script.

After being busy for a long time, the movie was about to start. Fatty Hong came back and sat next to Xia Tian.

"Wow, the just released movie 'The King' is a huge hit! I wonder if we can catch up to the popularity they left behind?!"

Hong Jinbao was also a little nervous. Although it was not a comeback, his Baohe really needed a blockbuster movie to support its business.

Otherwise everyone would think that the mobile phone is no longer useful!
Xia Tian smiled, and when the lights were turned off, he whispered, "In fact, I think Hong Kong audiences have a subconscious perception that the happier the ending of a commercial film, the better, and the sadder the ending of an art film, the better, so commercial films with sad endings will definitely affect the box office." "If the ending of "The King's Avatar" was more satisfactory, the box office would definitely be higher."

"But with Wang Jing's nose for commercial films, he will definitely be able to sense this. He has just tasted a piece of fat meat, and he will definitely keep working hard."

Hong Jinbao heard it and said: Hmm? It seems to make sense.

Go back and ask someone to find out if Wong Jing has any plans to continue making gambling movies in the near future.

The basic structure of "The Hitman's Bodyguard" still follows the original one, but there are some changes in some small details.

Mainly fighting style.

Xia Tian is much taller than Li Lianjie and stronger.

His playing style is not suitable for summer, it will make him look restrained and petty.

So every move in summer seems more fierce.

There are even a few scenes in the play where Xia Tian resists Chang Wei's attack, and Chang Wei yells fiercely: "Hard Qigong?!"

In terms of character creation, Xia Zhengyang is not just a bodyguard, but a man dressed in a Zhongshan suit, standing vigilantly behind the heroine.

More like a guard than a bodyguard.

——In addition to the responsibility of protecting safety, they are also responsible for maintaining appearances.

Xia Tian, ​​with a flat head, a slim-fitting Zhongshan suit and a serious face, standing behind the heroine Aying is still very intimidating.

That sense of security is overwhelming!

After the premiere, some people from Baohe collected audience feedback according to the summer plan and even sent out some survey forms.

After a final review, I discovered that female audiences who originally didn’t like fighting movies actually gave them an unexpectedly large number of positive reviews!
Although it wasn’t noticeable on the day, the number of female viewers actually began to increase dramatically the next day!

When Hong Jinbao got the third day's box office data, he slammed the table and said, "Haha! I'm rich now!"

Just looking at the data from these three days, it’s getting stronger day by day. If it continues like this, it might even surpass the previously popular "The King’s Avatar"!

This is not just continuing the popularity, this is a counterattack!
……

The movie was released and received good reviews and exploded at the box office.

There was some publicity in newspapers, a lot of soft articles were written, and with the addition of spontaneous media, it was quite lively.

There is nothing much to do in the summer now, and the focus is not on it.

He was "invited" to attend the Miss Hong Kong finals and watch the scene.

Well, it was Mei Gu who invited me.

She sang and danced with a male singer whom Xia Tian didn't know, and three young people from the Grasshopper band.

The song is called "Lady", but the singing and dancing style is not very ladylike.

When Xia Tian first heard it, he thought it was called "Mature Woman"!

I was thinking to myself, Aunt Mei is only about 26 or 27 years old, she can’t be a mature woman, right?
Actually, she is one year younger than Milan, but if we really compare them, her skin condition and other conditions are far inferior to Milan's.

If the two of them stood together, anyone would think Milan was a few years younger than her.

Milan has been exercising and taking care of herself since she was young, and she has a very good attitude and also takes supplements~
Mei Gu was often busy with concerts, movies and other work. When she was free, she either played mahjong, sang karaoke, or went to nightclubs, which must have caused some damage to her body.

At first, Mei Gu asked Xia Tian: "Do you want me to help you talk to you and let you sing a song to raise your popularity?"

Xia Tian waved his hand and declined: "You must be joking. I am more or less a small shareholder of ATV. There is no way I can support TVB's Miss Hong Kong!"

Speaking of which, last year's Miss Hong Kong champion was Li Jiaxin, who was known as the most beautiful Miss Hong Kong in history.

However, not long after the beauty pageant, she was rumored to have an affair with a wealthy businessman, and later she was called a "millionaire harvester."

This year's Miss Hong Kong champion is Monica Chan.

In recent years, Uncle Run Run Shaw's Miss Hong Kong pageant has been very successful, surpassing ATV's Miss Asia pageant. She has gradually been regarded by Hong Kong people as the representative of Hong Kong female beauty.

And Ada Choi is the first beauty pageant winner with a college degree.

There is not much to see in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant. I think Xia Tian is not as pretty as A Ying.

However, they were really pleasing to the eye when they walked on the stage in swimsuits.

Well, I'll buy a set for Ying when I get back.
September 9th was Arong's birthday. Although he only planned to have a meal with friends, he had many friends.

In the end, more than twenty people came.

We invited a chef and had a small party.
After three rounds of drinks, summer began and everyone sang "The Light of Friendship" together.

"How many bosom friends do you have in this world?

How many friendships can last forever

Today we say goodbye, and we shake hands

Friendship is always in your heart
......"

Ah Rong leaned against the windowsill with a glass of wine in his hand and said to Xia Tian: "Tian'erzi, I'm very happy now!"

(End of this chapter)