Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

Five days after Shaw Brothers released "Happy Ghost 2", Golden Harvest also released a film, "Money Makes the World Go Round" directed by John Woo.

This is yet another showdown between two powerful families in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong media have described this confrontation as somewhat bizarre.

"The rise of Shaw Brothers? Or the rise of Time Films?"

"In a battle where victory was impossible, did Golden Harvest lose to Shaw Brothers, or did Golden Harvest lose to the passage of time?"

"Several young and beautiful newcomers to the industry defeated Golden Harvest director Ng and Ricky Hui.

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The occupancy rates clearly show which film, "Happy Ghost 2" or "Money Makes a Mischief," is stronger. "Happy Ghost 2" averages around 70% occupancy, while "Money Makes a Mischief" only reaches 50%.

The opening day box office of "Happy Ghost 2" was around 60,000, while the opening day box office of "Money Makes the Monster" was less than 40,000.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were so angry that their livers ached; this was their second crushing defeat this year.

They wanted Jackie Chan to come back, but he had already taken on two roles in Hollywood. If he came back, the penalty for breach of contract would be substantial.

Two elderly men in their sixties could only console each other. Jackie Chan has gone to Hollywood, while you, Li Jiangbo, can only swagger around in Hong Kong.

Li Jiangbo didn't worry about these things; he was busy planning the promotion of the Time Girls group and designing the costumes for the gangsters in "Taken".

He had no formal training in fashion design, so he could only communicate with the designer about the details.

After three days, he finally managed to have the costume made before going to Japan for the chicken dinner.

Xu Ke spent more than half a month filming all the dialogue scenes for "Taken", and also filmed the fight scenes on the construction site.

7 month 10 day.

Li Jiangbo led the film crew to Japan.

This time, I still went through Li Hanxiang's connections. This famous director from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong lacks nothing, but he has no shortage of connections.

Li Jiangbo wanted to sign this pioneer of erotic films to Time Films, but unfortunately, the man had already renewed his contract with Shaw Brothers, so he had to give up.

After a day of rest, the crew officially began filming.

Fukuoka Airport is located in Fukuoka Prefecture, and there happens to be an overpass at the airport's arrival gate.

The film crew spent about half a day shooting here.

The crew had just finished filming the scenes of Yuen Wah's daughter, played by Zhu Lin, and her best friend, played by Rosamund Kwan, when they were approached by the son-in-law, played by Lawrence Ng, at the airport.

Yuen Wah went to the airport to find Ng Kai-wah and ask him about his daughter's whereabouts, but he escaped.

And the final scene where Ng Kai-wah is hit and killed by a truck.

There aren't many fight scenes here, so we could easily film them directly with a camera.

The scene ended after Ng Kai-wah, suspended by wires, was hit and thrown by the Universiade.

Li Jiangbo plans to film all the scenes featuring Zhu Lin, Rosamund Kwan, and Cherie Chung together so that they can participate in the promotional activities for "Peking Opera Blues".

Cherie Chung plays one of the supporting actresses who is injected with drugs by the Japanese triads. She doesn't have many scenes; some were already filmed at a construction site in Hong Kong, and then a few more were filmed at the Japanese triad's hotel.

The rest of the scenes are all about Yuen Wah and the Japanese gangsters.

Two days later, the crew arrived at a Japanese-style guesthouse to film.

After filming the dialogue scenes, Li Jiangbo dressed neatly and began filming the action scenes.

Some crew members had seen Director Li wearing large clothes during filming, while others had not.

This included the stuntmen from the Hung Clan brought by Lam Ching-ying, as well as Kwan Chi-lam and Chu Lam.

Li Jiangbo didn't want to be made a spectacle of himself, so he immediately told assistant director Xu Ke to organize the filming.

Xu Ke knew this thing was particularly hard on the back, so he quickly told the crew to clear the area and start filming.

With the script supervisor's approval, Li Jiangbo moved around the field like a cyborg, running, jumping, or walking.

To everyone's surprise, Li Jiangbo's filming lasted a full hour.

This left both those who had seen it before and those who hadn't completely dumbfounded.

I've seen Li Jiangbo film with the equipment before, and he could only last for half an hour. Now he can actually last for an hour. This is a qualitative leap!

Those who had never seen it before looked on with curiosity.

Although they knew the camera weighed over 60 kilograms, they believed there must be a secret hidden there that they didn't know about.

Li Jiangbo stopped, carrying the camera. "Cut! That's a wrap."

Yuan Hua and some extras dressed in suits surrounded Li Jiangbo and hurriedly helped him remove his equipment.

Assistant director Xu Ke was the first to rush forward, frantically helping to untie the straps. He had tried them on at the company and knew the order of removing the equipment.

Others wanted to help, but Xu Ke blocked them all.

"Boss, is your back made of iron? I remember you only lasted half an hour last time..."

Li Jiangbo was panting heavily and ignored him.

Sweat poured down his forehead, and the back of his clothes was soaked through.

Yuan Hua supported Li Jiangbo's waist, afraid that he might lose his balance and break the camera.

After the equipment was removed, Li Jiangbo took two steps back and sat down on the ground with a thud.

"water."

Zhu Lin handed over a bottle of mineral water, which Li Jiangbo took and drank in one gulp.

A crowd of people surrounded him, each with a complex expression.

Lan Naicai sighed; Director Li's waist strength had improved considerably.

Thinking back to the set of "A Better Tomorrow," Director Lee could only endure wearing oversized clothing for half an hour during filming, but now he can actually last an hour. Looks like he's going to be tormenting quite a few beautiful women!

Several stuntmen from the Hung Clan stood on the periphery, whispering among themselves.

"What is that thing? The one that's tied to Director Li?"

An insider nearby explained to them, "It's called a Steadicam, invented by the Americans, and it can stabilize the camera."

"How heavy is that thing?"

"I estimate it weighs close to 100 pounds."

"Tsk, I think it weighs over 100 pounds. You know, a camera alone weighs 60 or 70 pounds, plus the weight of the equipment itself..."

The man who spoke gasped, "A hundred pounds? You carried a hundred pounds for an hour?"

"It's not just running, you also have to jump, squat, and spin around. This is inhuman work."

The group looked at each other and fell silent.

They've been acting for over ten years, what hardships haven't they endured?

I was so tired from being suspended by wires, and my legs went weak from jumping off buildings...

They can't do the job of carrying a 100-pound camera while running and filming, and also having to dodge the actors in the fight scenes.

Everyone was discussing the new equipment, but Guan Zhilin's eyes were fixed on Li Jiangbo.

In this scene, Rosamund Kwan only has one shot, which is her pretending to be dead in bed.

She hadn't even had time to remove her makeup from her face and arms before she ran off to watch the boss filming.

Li Jiangbo's white short-sleeved shirt was soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his body.

Beneath the sheer white short-sleeved shirt were well-defined, bulging pectoral muscles and washboard-like abdominal muscles, neatly arranged on Li Jiangbo's abdomen.

Rosamund Kwan's gaze swept over Li Sheng from top to bottom. When her eyes fell on Li Sheng's abs, she immediately blushed and wanted to look away, but she couldn't bear to.

Zhu Lin nudged Rosamund Kwan with her shoulder, "Hey! What are you looking at?"

Rosamund Kwan immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly shook her head, "No...I didn't see anything."

As a married person, Zhu Lin immediately saw through Guan Zhilin's little scheme.

"That figure..."

"Absolutely perfect."

As soon as she finished speaking, Rosamund Kwan knew that Zhu Lin was teasing her, so she stomped her foot and ignored Zhu Lin.

After Li Jiangbo had rested enough, he stood up and called out, "Alright, that's enough for today. We'll continue tomorrow."

The group dispersed and began packing their belongings.

Li Jiangbo gave Xu Ke a few instructions, then got into his car and returned to the hotel.

As everyone watched Li Jiangbo's departing figure, one thought popped into their minds:

"This guy's here to flip the table!"