I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 817 Propaganda
In fact, after Sammo Hung left Golden Harvest, the company was in decline for more than ten years...

He cooperated with the fourth Chinese-language cinema chain in Hong Kong, the New Treasures Cinema, which was established on January 1988, 1, and started filming "The Devil Wears Prada". In other words, he broke away from the cooperation with Golden Harvest.

But that year, Golden Harvest told him that they would start shooting a new film for the 1988 Spring Festival, so he immediately stopped "Ghost Kicks", asked a screenwriter to write the script in just three weeks, and started shooting right away. The film was "Dragon Gate".

Then, "Dragon Gate" made money, but "Ghost in the Shell" lost money before the film was even released because the main creators' schedules had expired and they had to re-sign.

Later, although the box office sales reached 1358 million...but the cost was too high and it ended up losing 800 million!
"Ghost Kicks" means "Ghost Catches People".

According to Sammo Hung's own words, "In 1974, when he was on the verge of changing his career, it was Golden Harvest that lent him 4000 yuan a month for a full year, which helped him get through the difficult times; when Golden Harvest was first established, he joined the company as a martial arts instructor, and until he directed "The Monk and the Sixth Prince" for the first time, during the filming, there were people who kept saying bad things about him in the ears of Raymond Chow and Ho Kuan-chang, saying "this film is not well made" and "Sammo Hung is not suitable to be a director", etc., but the two bosses insisted on trusting me, which led to success..."

"Ghost Kick" was not the one that suffered the biggest loss. The subsequent movies directed by Sammo Hung, "Dragon Plays the Phoenix", "The Foolish Lady", "No Face to Give", etc., all suffered losses.

Among them, "No Face Giver" once again gathered a large number of members of the Hong Clan, even Yuen Biao was brought in to play the leading role, and Sammo Hung's two grown-up sons, Timmy Hung and Tim Cheung, also starred in the film.

What was the final box office?
Just talking about Hong Kong, it took 508 million Hong Kong dollars. In the same year, Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx" took 5700 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong. Sammo Hung's box office was less than 1/10 of Jackie Chan's.

In fact, whatever Sammo Hung did in his later years, he lost money!
The film "Legend of the God of War" directed by him screwed Andy Lau and his "Sky Curtain" company;
"Trigger Point" and "Ghost in the Shell" screwed Ringo Lam, the Nan Yan brothers and their "Silver Award" film company;
"Painted Skin: The Mystic Nine" betrayed King Hu;

"A Cutting Sword" pitted Lo Wei and his "Wanli Film Company";
"Ghost Kicks", "Crazy Pillow Man" and "No Face" betrayed his own "Baoxiang" film company and the financial backer Wang Yingxiang.
If it weren't for the so-called status and qualifications, he would have been killed long ago!

——In the late 90s, Liu Zhenwei, Yuan Kui and Lai Dawei co-founded the "Film Art Creation Library". At that time, they filmed "Sparrow Flying Dragon", "Black Rose Brotherhood", "Love in Time", etc., all of which were losses. There were also rumors that the financial backers behind them had some "background" and wanted to bury the three of them, so Liu Zhenwei once retired from the film industry and went to Canada, Yuan Kui also moved to Hollywood, and as for Lai Dawei, he also retired from the film industry...

However, Shen Liang likes "Dragons and Phoenixes" very much. There is a confession in it about being a Kun that left a deep impression on him. "Being a Kun is forced by life. No one forced me to be a Kun. If you say that others are lowly, what noble character do we have?"

……

On the first day of its broadcast, "Cang Lan Jue" directly topped the charts...

It’s just that the three platforms have diverted the popularity and playback volume, but the market share has remained firmly stable at over 45%.

The highest peak is close to 60%...

It is far ahead of other dramas of the same period!

On the tenth day, the three major platforms released data. Tencent Video’s popularity was 32789, iQiyi’s popularity was 9458, and Mango TV’s playback volume exceeded 25 billion…

By the way, Mango TV has always been counting the number of views, not the popularity...

In addition, as of now, "Cang Lan Jue" has been searched 149 times on Weibo and more than 180 times on Douyin, and the Baidu Index has broken the record of the past two years.

A definite hit drama!

Several dramas released at the same time, including "The Sea in My Dreams", "The Next Wave", "Hua Rong" and "Public Prosecution Elite", have no room to struggle!

In terms of popularity, the ratings of "Cang Lan Jue" are also very impressive. The first broadcast broke 1.5, and the ratings exceeded 2% in the first three days of broadcasting. By the 8th episode, it had exceeded 2.5%...

It has set a new record for Mango Channel’s ratings in recent years!
Last year's "Kim's Secretary" had a high rating of 3.8...

Shen Liang didn't do much to promote the live broadcast, he just said "watch it later, spoilers are meaningless". Recently, he took turns to bring Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Jackie Chan to do live broadcasts together... the effect is good...

Since starting live streaming, Shen Liang has seldom been with others, except during promotions. This time, with the three brothers together, both traffic and popularity have reached new highs!

By the way, Transformers: Rise of the Power Warriors was recently released...

Ugh!
I still remember the first time I watched "Transformers" in the cinema. It featured America's powerful navy, air force and army, with global strike capabilities. The Transformers transformed for the first time, and the audience was immediately excited!

The more I watched, the more I felt something was wrong. In fact, by the fifth film, The Last Knight, it was already hard to watch...

The production company probably felt that it couldn't go on like this, so "Bumblebee" cut costs and went with a plot-based approach...but it made a killing with the global box office of $4.57 million!
So, Hasbro and Paramount decided to do something big, reboot the film, and link it with "Power Rangers"...with a production cost of 200 million US dollars.

then…

No one can understand what the producers are thinking. "Transformers" is a total popcorn movie for boys. There isn't a single pretty girl in the whole movie!
The whole movie also gives people a feeling of not fully evolving and lacking both cerebrum and cerebellum.

All I can say is... this is a crazy operation!

This crappy movie actually sold over 600 million at the box office...

All I can say is that IP influence is indeed sustainable...

Last month’s “Fast and Furious 10” grossed 9 million in mainland China!

I really don't understand why everyone knows that this movie is definitely a bad movie, but they still buy tickets...

Oh, regarding Transformers: Rise of the Power Warriors, Shen Liang did not make any comments at all, he just said during the live broadcast, "Next week, The Girl Who Vanished will be released, you can go to the theater to refresh your eyes!"

"I can't guarantee the quality of 'She Vanished', but the three beauties in this movie, Rouba, Naza and Wen Yongshan, at least in terms of appearance, I feel they are the best in the domestic entertainment industry in recent years!"

"Rouba and I met director Chen Sicheng together, and we decided on the role right away. Naza was probably invited by Rouba...they have a pretty good relationship privately!"

"Wen Yongshan is a signed artist of Chen Sicheng, so I will definitely give her a chance!"

Mention Wen Yongshan, and then the brothers in the live broadcast room are crazy about Yang Tianbao...

Shen Liang smiled and said, "I know. She was once as famous as Yang Tianbao... She was one of the first generation of young models in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. In fact, when they debuted, young models and peripheral models were not yet linked together. The only time young models and peripheral models were linked together was at the Hai Tian Sheng Yan!"

Oh, Yang Tianbao went to France recently... to watch a striptease show...

Then it was exposed.
"Yang Tianbao was banned... Who said that? I didn't see the announcement... I don't think she was banned, it's just that no one will work with her anymore. The whole world has no obligation to guarantee that she must have a job in the entertainment industry, and the country has not prohibited her from doing other jobs... In addition, we generally don't call it a ban when it comes to the law, we call it a sentence!"

"Let's not talk about this... Let's talk about 'She Vanished'..."

"I should take five days off to do some road shows... I have currently booked five cities: BJ, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chongqing..."

(End of this chapter)