1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 296 Release
The few brief minutes that the killer robot appears at the end of "The Terminator."

Just like the flying and hiding in the ground in "Superman" back then, it is difficult for Hong Kong filmmakers to understand.

Until a special effects master invited from the United States told Xu Qi: "As far as I know, Cameron only asked a few model makers to make the upper body of the killer robot, and at the same time found someone to control the robot model to swing its arms like a puppet. If a panoramic shot is needed, the model is placed in different poses for shooting. When all the images are played continuously, the effect you see in the movie can be achieved."

Xu Qi couldn't believe it: "Is it a stop-motion animation like the Japanese movie Godzilla?"

The special effects artist nodded and said, "You can understand it that way, but Hollywood technology is more sophisticated now, and Cameron is also a talented director. Combining stop-motion animation with lightning and fire special effects makes it look more realistic."

The special effects artist paused and continued, "But in fact, this kind of stop-motion shooting technique has inconsistent movements and is very troublesome to process later. It is now a technology that is about to be eliminated by Hollywood."

Ngau Tau Kok, 91 Entertainment office building.

During the time when Xu Qi was away from Hong Kong, one of the floors of the office building was demolished and built into a new visual effects company.

Recently, the post-production of "Mr. Zombie" was carried out here.

When Xu Laoguai learned that the T-800 killer robot he had been dreaming of was actually a technology that was about to be eliminated by Hollywood, he felt mixed emotions.

Zhai Yuan came over and handed him a cigarette: "In fact, there are very few directors in Hong Kong who are as obsessed with combining technology and movies as you are."

Xu Qi's face was filled with reminiscence: "When I was a child, I lived in Saigon, Vietnam. The movie that had the deepest impact on me was a Western movie called "13 Ghosts". The black-and-white picture was matched with red and green glasses, and the people in the movie seemed to be rushing out of the screen. Later, when I entered the film industry, it was difficult for me to be interested in ordinary pictures. Many of my imaginations could not be realized with conventional technology."

Zhai Yuan nodded silently. It turned out that childhood senses had a huge impact on a person's future.

Then he asked, “How do you feel now?”

Xu Qi sighed: "It's like the feeling Huang Feihong had when he saw the foreigners' guns and cannons."

Zhai Yuan exhaled a puff of smoke: "Pick! Let me ask you, what do you feel when you see this special effects company? Shouldn't you say thank you to the boss? It's the first company in Hong Kong that specializes in movie special effects. The investment is several million. You and Shi Nansheng each own 20%. You'll have to sell yourselves to pay off the debt in the next few years~"

Although Xu Qi had plenty of small sums of money, he was still shocked by the amount and exclaimed, "So expensive?"

Zhai Yuan shook his head and said, "It's already a bargain. I have people invite talents from Europe, North America, and Japan who have experience in special effects production to form a mixed team. Then we will slowly train our own people to take over. I'll leave this matter to you, and you will also manage this company. Try to come up with some new technology every year."

Xu Qi rubbed his hands ready to fight: "Definitely!"

The names of newly established special effects companies are also very random.

A new visual effects studio, with the title "91" added in front of it.

…………

Xu Ke was immersed in watching the post-production of "Mr. Vampire".

The main creator of Jiuyi watched "Damadan" which he filmed in Yanjing in the review room.

“The picture is still good.”

"A few pretty girls are nice."

“The action design is good.”

The creators all gave their comments, but no one discussed the plot of the play.

After watching it, Zhai Yuan also sighed and said, "Don't use the Jiuyi brand on this movie. Let Sanhe distribute it."

As expected, after Zhai Yuan left Yanjing, Old Monster Xu, without any supervision or checks, began to act freely again.

In addition, this film was low-cost and short in production, so the effect after the film was released was a complete failure.

Except for a few pictures that are quite aesthetic and can be used as wallpapers, the whole story is quite different from the original film.

Shi Nansheng still spoke to her man: "With a budget of over one million, it's about right to shoot it like this!"

When the others heard what the housekeeper said, they all agreed, but they were thinking that the filming cost of "Huang Feihong" was also not high, so why wasn't it as ugly as this movie.

Zhai Yuan sighed for a few seconds for ruining a good movie, turned off the screen and asked Shi Nansheng: "Should "Once Upon a Time in China" be taken off the screen? Let's schedule "Mr. Vampire" instead."

Shi Nansheng nodded. "So the drama produced by Jiahe is called Police Story. It was promoted in Japan and South Korea last month, and has only recently reached Hong Kong. They have set the release date for December 12th. Will Mr. Vampire be released on the same day?"

"Of course, we agreed to compete with each other!" Zhai Yuan set the release date and instructed, "While Police Story is being released in Hong Kong, send the copies of Once Upon a Time in China directly to Japan after it's finished being released. Have you finished the dubbing?"

Shi Nansheng said: "It has been re-dubbed in Japanese, and Chen Shilong's poster is also ready."

Dubbing is very important. It is almost a label that determines whether a local film can sell well in the overseas market. In the 1980s and 1990s, except for the films of Jiahe and Chen Shilon, all the Hong Kong films were dubbed by foreign dubbing. Only a few films by star artists from other film companies were qualified for secondary dubbing.

It was not until the release of "Wushuang" that the voice actors were invited to re-dubbed the Japanese and South Korean language versions and the effect and box office were much better than the previous work "A Better Tomorrow".

Zhai Yuan nodded: "Okay, I'll ask Dongyang to contact the theaters for distribution."

…………

Oriental.

In an unfinished building in the suburbs.

Several black cars were parked downstairs, and thugs in suits and leather shoes were guarding the door. They all had strange looks on their faces and glanced upstairs from time to time.

In a clean room on the upper floor of an unfinished building, a shrill scream broke the silence.

"A few dozen Japanese devils dare to call themselves a society?"

In the cleaning room, a group of men who were beaten beyond recognition were lying in a mess, with their upper bodies naked and covered in blood. Some of them were even locked in dog cages.

Xu Jiasheng stepped on a backbone of the Liuli Society with his nail-toed leather shoes, and squinted at the frowning Xixie Yannan beside him, smiling contemptuously: "You actually fought back and forth with such a third-rate society, no wonder Mr. Zhai wanted me to come and take over his business in Dongyang."

Xixie Yannan said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhai only asked you to assist our Xixie Group. It is not your turn to make decisions on his business matters."

Xu Jiasheng smiled without comment, seemingly calm and composed, but the core members of the Liuli Society under his feet screamed again.

The heel of the leather shoe crushed half of his face, leaving blood all over it.

"It only took me three days to come to Japan. In three days, I solved the Liuli Society that you were helpless against."

Xu Jiasheng stood up from the chair, wrapped his windbreaker around himself, and walked into the water room.

A naked young man was hanging in the room.

The tattoos on his back spread from the neck to the thighs and arms. The tattoos were full of lotus flowers, and in the middle was a green-faced, fang-toothed Buddha dog.

Xu Jiasheng patted the young man's cheek, ignoring his angry eyes, and turned to the West Association Iwao and said, "Even their third generation Sasa Kentaro has been tied up. Why don't we just disband the West Association right here? I'll set up a new club, and how about you guys come and become the elders?"

This time, before Nishikie Yanan could speak, Inoue Yanan beside him couldn't hold back any more: "Baka Yaro! If it weren't for the resumption of funds from Hong Kong, allowing you to ask the Fulong Gang to do the work, Liuli would not be solved so easily by you!"

When Japanese people speak, they sound hostile and immature.

Nishixie Yanan stopped Inoue Yan and looked at Xu Jiasheng with a frown.

In terms of financial support, they got more money from Hong Kong in the early stage, and also hired the Fulong Gang to do things, but their methods were not as ruthless as Xu Jiasheng in front of them. After Xu Jiasheng came to Japan, he seemed to have nothing to do every day, but he caught all the backbones of Liulihui in one fell swoop. In just three days, six shootings occurred in the city. He almost had the word lawlessness written on his face.

Xixie Yanan looked calm and said, "Even if we disband the Xixie Group, we still need to ask Mr. Zhai for his consent? In addition, if the Xixie Group disbands, we will not continue to stay in other violent groups."

"Then we'll talk about it later." Xu Jiasheng shrugged indifferently and said in a teaching tone: "In fact, when you blew up the second generation of Liuli Society, you should have also caught and dealt with his successor. The Chinese believe in cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. I only realized this truth when I was driven out of Hong Kong and in Albania."

As Xu Jiasheng spoke, he walked to a wok in the corner and said, "After we eradicate the roots..."

As he spoke, he poured a can of boiling oil down the Buddha dog tattooed on Sasa Kentaro's back.

The scene was tragic.

Smoke was coming out of Sasa Kentaro's body, veins bulged on his forehead, his eyes were red, and he let out painful roars from his mouth, which was blocked by a towel.

The smell of fried fresh meat filled the entire cleaning room.

Not only Xixie Yanan and the others were frightened and took a few steps back.

Even the Fulong Gang thugs brought by Xu Jiasheng, who were used to big scenes, were shocked by this horrifying scene.

In the water room.

More than a dozen core members of the Liuli Society were so frightened that they burst into tears and kept begging for mercy.

A can of boiling oil was slowly poured down.

Sasa Kentaro struggled for a moment and soon fell silent.

"After you have eradicated the roots, you can take over the Liuli Society's business and get to know more big bosses. This is how a society should be run."

Xu Jiasheng threw away the oil can and clapped his hands, still smiling. He kicked the Liuli Club members who were begging for mercy in fear at his feet and said, "The Liuli Club is gone. You will follow me from now on. I will send people to visit your family members on a monthly basis."

The core members of the Liuli Society, who had just witnessed Xu Jiasheng's cruel methods, dared not say a word and all nodded desperately.

……

five minutes later.

Xu Jiasheng walked out of the unfinished building wrapped in a windbreaker.

Following behind him were thugs from the Fulong Gang and a group of bruised-faced core members of the Liuli Society.

The men from Xixieyan were walking at the end, looking extremely ugly.

"Brother Sheng, the call is from Xiangjiang."

As soon as Xu Jiasheng walked out, a younger brother came over with a satellite phone.

Xu Jiaqiang's voice came from the other end of the phone, with a friendly smile: "Ah Sheng, did you receive the photo of your nephew I sent to you? Wow! He weighs a full 9 pounds. The doctor said he..."

Xu Jiasheng listened to Xu Jiaqiang showing off his newborn baby and said a few perfunctory words with a smile on his face.

He raised his head to glance upstairs, then raised his hand and waved gently.

Nishikie Iwano and his companions had just walked out of the unfinished building when, the next second, Sasa Kentaro, whose half body looked like charred coal, fell from the building like a sandbag and landed heavily at their feet.

Looking at those Japanese guys glaring at me but not daring to say anything.

Xu Jiasheng laughed heartily a few times, holding the satellite phone and said, "No! That was the voice from the TV just now. I will return to Hong Kong as soon as I finish my work here. I won't tell you so much for now. Is there anything else?"

Xu Jiaqiang's voice rang out from the receiver: "Of course there is something serious. Mr. Zhai's 91 has made a movie called "Once Upon a Time in China". It just landed in Hong Kong and is going to be shown in Japan. You are responsible for contacting the theaters there. If you do a good job, I will also have face in Hong Kong..."

hang up the phone.

Xu Jiasheng shook his head in boredom.

Without paying any attention to Xixie Yan and his group who were standing there in a daze, he got into a Toyota sedan and drove away.

The car was driving on the way back to the city.

Xu Jiasheng withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at his trusted younger brother who he brought from Hong Kong. "Let's go to Chinatown tonight and meet some uncles with Xinji background. By the way, please help me contact the person in charge of Nu Luoquan. Those Japanese guys from Xixie Yannan are really stupid. They have been using Zhai Yuan's money for such a long time, but they can't even support their own power."

The remaining half of the sentence was left unsaid.

Xu Jiasheng smiled, thinking to himself: How can a city have a future like a country? This time, they borrowed the soldiers of the Fulong Gang to expand their influence in Japan. In the future, Xinji's gang may not necessarily stay in Hong Kong...

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"Mr. Vampire" and "Police Stories" were shown in midnight shows in various theaters on the same day.

The promotion of both films is going on simultaneously.

It integrated the 18 theaters of Silver Princess, together with 1024 of 5's own theaters.

All 23 theaters hung posters of "Mr. Zombie".

Reporters took action upon hearing the news.

In addition to interviewing this newly released zombie film, I also wanted to learn from Zhai Yuan about the creative process of "Huang Feihong".

The 90-minute theatrical version of "Once Upon a Time in China" only earned more than million yuan at the box office in Hong Kong.

Compared with 91 Entertainment’s previous films, the box office of this one was obviously not satisfactory.

"Mr. Zhai, what do you think of the poor box office performance of the movie Once Upon a Time in China?"

Stuck downstairs of the company, the reporter held up a microphone to interview.

"Can a box office of 16 million be considered a flop? Aren't your expectations for Jiu Yi too high?"

Zhai Yuan said in an exaggerated tone, then laughed, "You all know the reason. This time, the disc of Huang Feihong was released simultaneously with the cinema. The disc version is complete and the content is sufficient. The fact that the cinema has made so much money at the box office shows that the audience and fans think highly of our company. As the saying goes, if the country and the people can tolerate me, I will not let the world commit evil!"

The reporters were amused by his gesture of putting his hands together to express his gratitude. Someone asked, "Will 1024's future films also adopt this model of simultaneous release on disc and in theaters?"

"No, this time it's because of the length of time." Zhai Yuan shook his head and said, "In the future, the release of the disc should be two to three months apart from the film's release cycle."

Then, another sharp question came up: "I heard that "Once Upon a Time in China" and this "Mr. Vampire" were all filmed in the Mainland. Will Mr. Zhai follow the example of Director Li Hanxiang and focus on the Mainland and give up your fan market in Hong Kong?"

The scene was quiet for a while.

Zhai Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the reporter who was asking the question. The microphone in the other person's hand had a label of "Dongcheng Daily" on it.

A newspaper with a Taiwan-oriented orientation.

"Eh?" Zhai Yuan frowned and said, "How come the news channel has been broadcasting the 97 return for so long, but no one informed you? Do you really need to make such clear distinctions? Even if we are in Taiwan and Malaysia in the future, won't they all be our friends? You even divide movie audiences into A and B. Do you want me to tell you, fuck you!"

(End of this chapter)