1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 384: The Gambler? I don’t even want to play the role of the God of Gamblers!

Fatty Baohe Hong is holding a celebration party, so Xia Tian, ​​the great hero, will naturally go.

Fatty Hong was inviting Xia Tian out of kindness - maybe they could work together in the future? Who would resist money?

This guy Tian Er Zai is really something! He is so lucky!
Even the director Yuen Kwai looks handsome!
Yuan Kwai: Ha, he was led by the boss ~ he was almost a half-director in the crew!
The box office performance of "The Hitman's Bodyguard" made the market drop its jaw!

One is a male protagonist who has few film works in Hong Kong, and the other is a female protagonist whose main work is a TV series. She ranked third in the annual box office, exceeding 30 million!

Damn, with a budget of six million, you made five times that at the box office?!

After deducting operating costs, there is still more than 10 million in profit!
If the two families get one share, they will each get at least seven or eight million!

This doesn’t even include overseas markets. I heard that Golden Harvest is now contacting overseas markets, including Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, etc!

I'm so fucked...

At this time, countless people were eyeing Xia Tian.

This is a money tree!

However, Xia Tian himself knew that another movie "God of Gamblers" would be released at the end of the year!
That would be a real dark horse!

……

Originally, "A Better Tomorrow 3" starring Chow Yun-fat, Mui Gu and Leung Ka Fai was hoping to be a good omen and continue the luck of "The Hitman's Bodyguard" as a big hit.

The result seems a bit unsatisfactory.

This film actually doesn’t have much plot connection with the previous two films, it’s more about taking advantage of the popularity of the IP.

Moreover, this is a drama with a female lead, so the audience is much smaller...

Just as the name of the movie suggests, this film became the sunset of the heroic series - the sunset is beautiful, but it is near dusk.

In 86, "A Better Tomorrow" directed by John Woo and produced by Tsui Hark took in 3465 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, topping the annual box office champion and becoming a milestone in Hong Kong films.

It directly helped Du Yao Fa to become Ling Yao Fa, and allowed A Rong to gain a firm foothold in the film industry.

However, later when Cinema City wanted to make a sequel, Wu Baige disagreed.

As a middleman, producer Xu Laoguai had to help the company persuade Wu Baige, and personally served as the screenwriter for the sequel. In the end, "A Better Tomorrow 2" earned a box office of 2273 million.

However, there are rumors that during the filming of the film, Xu intervened too much in the directing work, which caused dissatisfaction from Wu Baige. The two also had a rift due to the creative differences of the film.

In 89, Wu Baige decided to leave Xu Ke's "Film Studio" after filming "A Better Tomorrow".

However, Xu hopes to work with Wu Baige again to shoot "A Better Tomorrow 3".

Wu Baige flatly refused... He should be heading to Hollywood soon, right?
Since he refused to shoot the film, Tsui Hark adhered to the principle of "if you don't do it, I will", and took over "A Better Tomorrow 3" as the director himself, and gave the film a subtitle: Sunset Song.

Compared with the previous two films, "Sunset Song" is no longer a simple and crude opposition between good and evil.

Xu Laoguai's ambition is to bring the characters into a larger proposition.

So in the film we can see the turmoil of the times, the complex emotional entanglements of the characters, and the struggle of human nature in the face of the fickleness of fate.

The friendship between men, the deep love in troubled times, and the compassionate feelings for the country and the people...

At the end of the film, Zhou Yingjie, played by Anita Mui, fell into Xiao Ma Ge's arms. The camera overlooked the confused Annan refugees in the afterglow of the sunset, and the theme song of the movie with the same name, "Sunset Song", slowly sounded...

Tsui Hark is a bit sentimental. The English name of the "Once Upon a Time In China" series is "Once Upon A Time In China", which literally means "Once Upon A Time In China"!
However, having passion and ambition is a good thing, but the audience doesn’t buy it!
The box office performance of this third film was not very good.

A few days after its release, you can see the effect - it's going to be bad!
The original "A Better Tomorrow 3" grossed 1848 million yuan at the box office. Although it is close to million yuan, it is still not enough to cover the high production costs.

Coupled with the poor overseas box office, this sequel was a complete failure and the end of this IP.

Aunt Mei is also very depressed now. She originally thought she could do something big, but unexpectedly failed miserably.

She looked at Xia Tian with resentment: It's all your fault, you sucked up all the box office revenue!

However, Xu Ke's failure did highlight Xia Tian.

Zhou Runfa + Mei Gu, the result is far worse than Tian Erzai + A Ying, this...

This also makes filmmakers see the value of summer!
Countless people are discussing this privately: In just a few months, this inland boy has become so popular, his popularity is off the charts, and his luck is soaring!
Naturally, some people started to come up with some evil ideas!

……

On this day at the end of October, someone suddenly called Arong's home and looked for Xia Tian.

Xia Tian chatted for a few words on the phone and then hung up.

The next day, Brother Yong drove a rented Mazda and took Xia Tian to a restaurant to keep an appointment.

The person who had made an appointment with Xia Tian was already waiting there. He complimented her first, then handed over the menu. Xia Tian ordered two dishes at random and sat down with Brother Yong.

The short and fat man asked the waiter to start serving the dishes - some of the dishes had been ordered before.

Although Brother Yong sat down, his attention was not on the dinner table. From time to time, he would glance at the two men at the next table.

The two guys were nonchalant and had a vagrant vibe, which caught Brother Yong's attention!
Xia Tian didn't take it seriously. He had only thought about these things when he agreed to the dinner over the phone.

Because the wretched, white, short and fat guy sitting opposite him was none other than Wang Jing.

"Brother Tianer, I admire your talent very much!" Wang Jing complimented Xia Tian seriously.

Xia Tian didn't take it seriously, but Wang Jing was not just talking casually.

A few days ago, he accidentally saw the rerun of "Unguarded Tonight". When Xia Tian was shuffling the cards with a confident smile on his face, throwing cards into cans of beer, and changing the cards (cheating), his inspiration was like wetting the bed, and he couldn't stop it!

He wrote a story overnight and showed it to his boss two days ago, which led to today's dinner.

Facing a fierce dragon like Xia Tian from Yanjing.

Of course I have asked about that - there is someone up there in the summer, and he is probably not an ordinary person.

He is also rich, and is part of the second generation of tycoons in Hong Kong.

Such people certainly cannot be treated the same way as ordinary actors and stars.

So, let Wang Jing come and invite him personally.

However, after hearing what Wang Jing said, Xia Tian shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I can't act in it," he refused.

Wang Jing was a little anxious: "Brother Tian'er, I really want to work with you. If it's about the pay or the role, we can talk about it!"

Wang Jing is best at riding on the popularity of movies.

It’s summer time and it’s the hottest now, so you must take advantage of it!
Besides, I also want to try to establish some connections. Whether it will be useful in the future is another matter. I'll just try my best.
However, he is still more optimistic about Lingyaofa, so he plans to give him the male lead of the new film - Yongsheng already has a film contract with Zhou Runfa.

So, they wanted Xia Tian to play Liu Dehua's role, Chen Daozi.

Moreover, the role played by Joey Wong, Daozai’s girlfriend, can also be given to Aying.

However, let alone playing a supporting role to Zhou Runfa and playing the gambler Chen Daozi, even if Xia Tian was asked to play the God of Gamblers, he would still refuse.

Do you think “I am irreconcilable with gambling and drugs” is a joke?

What is Xia Tian's background? Going to play the role of God of Gamblers?!
Promoting gambling is like throwing dirty water on yourself, isn't it?

So, except for the pigtail scenes, it was because he hated it and didn't want to act it.

He won't act in films like "Mad Men" and "Gambling".

He will sing solo in the National Day Gala!

If you don't have this much awareness, what are you still doing?!

So, Xia Tian said bluntly: "Don't get me wrong, Director Wang. I like your movies too. Although there are a lot of shit and piss, your business sense is very keen. You are a genius."

"But I can't act in God of Gamblers. My identity doesn't allow it... Do you understand?"

In one sentence, Wang Jing was confused.

He was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded - after all, he graduated from the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong, and he could be the "leader" in the somewhat shady Yongsheng, so how could he be a fool?
He naturally thought of the reason - he has an official status and cannot have any stains.

Then naturally I stopped talking and just treated it as making new friends.

The two of them ate and chatted, talked about movies, and some topics between men, such as which Hong Kong actress is prettier, etc., and both the host and the guests had a great time.

Even if the deal doesn't work out, there's still friendship. If we can't cooperate this time, maybe there will be a next time!
Before saying goodbye, Wang Jing gave him a friendly reminder: "Brother Tian'er, you are very popular now. Many people want to get close to you and make a fortune. You should be careful."

Xia Tian smiled and asked, "Oh? What did Director Wang hear?"

Wang Jing shook his head: "I haven't heard the details, but given the atmosphere here, I guess a lot of people will have these ideas, so it's better to prepare early."

What Wang Jing meant was that you should either go to find Mr. Zou of Golden Harvest, with whom you had worked before, or go to find Mr. Huo.

No matter who it is, the Hong Kong community won’t dare to touch you.

However, Xia Tian didn't want to find these two people...

(End of this chapter)