Chapter 1389 Underappreciated People and Movies

In early April, a movie called "The Raid" was released.

This movie, co-produced by Qilin Culture, Baohe Films, and Jiahe Films, did not attract much attention at the beginning.

Even "The Raid" had its premiere in 40 cinemas in Hong Kong, and it was released simultaneously across Asia, so the scale was very large.

The reason why people don't pay much attention to it is that the protagonist of "The Raid" is Yuan Biao, the little brother who always follows Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long.

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long are ordinary enough, but Yuan Biao is even more ordinary than their two senior brothers, and he is thinner, so he has never become popular.

"The Prodigal Son" opened his way to stardom, but then big stars in Hong Kong emerged one after another, such as Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa, Eddie Murphy, Fei Xiang, etc., and Yuan Biao was suddenly Left behind.

Yuan Biao always keeps a low profile and doesn't have any gossip, so his silence is natural.

In the promotion of "The Raid" this time, although it was said that Yin Jun selected Yuan Biao to star in it and that it was a very exciting and exciting movie, everyone was still more willing to care about other celebrities who were talking about it.

For example, Zhang Guorong was once again photographed with his supermodel girlfriend walking out of his villa crying and carrying a large suitcase. It was suspected that the relationship was in turmoil.

Another example is that Zhou Runfa went to the Flying Tigers to learn shooting and exercise to prepare for a new movie. This made people look forward to Zhou Runfa's new gunfight movie.

As for Yuen Biao's new film receiving so much support from theaters, anyone who knows anything about Hong Kong movies will know that this is very obvious.

The combined number of Kirin Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas exceeds 30 cinemas, and finding another 10 cinemas to show the movie together is a piece of cake when there are now more than 160 cinemas in Hong Kong.

The strong overseas distribution capabilities of Golden Harvest and Kirin also resulted in the fact that even if "The Raid" is a bad movie, it can be released throughout Asia.

In this regard, most people in the industry do not expect the box office of "The Raid" to be too high.

In Xiangjiang, if you can achieve a score of 30 million, it will be considered a passing grade.

The whole of Asia can expect about 300 million Hong Kong dollars. After all, Kirin and Jiahe's promotional capabilities and appeal are still very domineering.

Amidst such unfavorable voices, "The Raid" had its premiere.

Xiangjiang is a small place where celebrities look up but never look down. If the relationship wasn't too rigid, everyone would give each other face.

What's more, Yuan Biao's senior brothers are Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long. Today's producers are still Qilin Films and Jiahe Films. They can't afford to offend either one.

Therefore, at the premiere, there were many celebrities, directors and people from the industry, occupying almost half of the theater.

But the person Yuan Biao wanted to see the most did not come.

Seeing that the movie was about to start, Hong Jinbao patted Yuan Biao on the shoulder after entertaining the guests, "Don't think too much. Didn't Young Master Jun call yesterday and say everything would be fine? He just returned to Xiangjiang, and things happened again. There are so many people, so it’s normal that they can’t come to the premiere.”

"I know."

Yuan Biao gave a bitter laugh, rubbed his hands, and stamped his feet, "Let's go!"

Seeing his junior brother entering as if rushing to the execution ground, Hong Jinbao smiled unconsciously.

This is not the first time that Yuan Biao has taken the lead alone, but because he has been lonely for a while after his success, and now he is eager to become prosperous again, his mentality is somewhat unbalanced.

But he still underestimated Yin Jun.

Of course Yuan Biao didn't know that Hong Jinbao begged Yin Jun for him.

I don’t even know that Yin Jun is determined to create another Hong Kong Kung Fu superstar.

Hong Jinbao didn't tell him about this because he was afraid that he would be proud and that he would run away early.

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At the same time, about five kilometers away from the premiere venue, which is close to the New Territories, in another theater showing "The Raid", Yin Jun and Weng Meiling were already sitting in the box.

There is no way, Xiangjiang is so small, and Weng Meiling's physical characteristics are so obvious.

If she was wearing sunglasses in the theater and was so conspicuous, how could people not recognize Weng Meiling?

Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has passed almost a year, people's love for Weng Meiling has not diminished at all.

Seeing the film company's logo appear one after another, Weng Meiling, who was talking to Yin Jun just now, immediately became attentive.

Weng Meiling's character is very jumpy and she doesn't like to watch tragedies.

She likes to watch comedies, but she doesn't like to watch hot gun fight movies or action movies.

The reason why she came over to watch "The Raid" today was entirely because the last time she was in a depressed mood, Yin Jun took her for a walk inside the walled city and saw the scenery of the walled city and the filming of "The Raid" .

Since she was destined to be with her, Weng Meiling naturally wanted to take a look, and even called Yin Jun.

Speaking of the relationship between Qiao Ronger and Yin Jun, they are definitely not lovers, but they are definitely much closer than good friends.

It is best described by a word from later generations.

Friends and above, lovers are not satisfied.

However, Yin Jun was not a spare tire. There were many people pursuing Weng Meiling, but none of them were tempted by Weng Meiling.

In her words, "After I became famous, I don't know who took a fancy to my fame or my appearance, but they definitely didn't take a fancy to me as a person."

No longer troubled by her ex-boyfriend Tang Zhenye, Xiao Nizi is currently filming "Miao Cuihua" prepared for her by Yin Jun, and she is very excited.

The opening of "The Raid" is heartwarming.

Yuan Biao, a special police officer, kissed his pregnant wife after waking up, and then knelt in front of the Buddha statue to pray. The narration sounded his father's voice hoping that he would find his brother back.

Then he turned to the SWAT car. The captain seriously told the heavily armed SWAT officers about Da Du Xiao's background, strength and the difficulty of this mission.

As a movie that focuses on high-octane action, such drama naturally cannot last too long.

After these two episodes, which took less than 8 minutes in total, the car stopped outside the Kowloon Walled City.

At this time, director Hong Jinbao gave the audience a particularly bright and three-dimensional overhead shot of the Kowloon Walled City.

The disorganized, densely packed, dilapidated and eerie nature of the Kowloon Walled City in the dark all gives people a sense of visual impact and makes people feel a little numb.

This also indicates that this operation will not be so easy.

Unlike the lonely building in the previous life, the Kowloon Walled City is full of buildings and people, so the time is not morning, but late at night.

Only late at night can this group of heavily armed special police officers get in.

Led by bribed informants, they took a small path and entered the building.

Next, there is a familiar gun battle similar to the original version.

Except for the strafing battle that was trapped in the middle of the floor, the remaining fighting lasted for more than an hour. It was almost one fight after another, and the high and low dynasties kept coming. Even in the box upstairs, Weng Meiling and Yin Jun could hear the exclamations one after another. sounds and yelling.

Weng Meiling herself was very nervous, and before she knew it, she had grabbed Yin Jun's hand.

What the young man paid attention to was not only Hong Jinbao's directing ability, but more importantly, Yuen Biao's performance ability.

After watching such a big drama, Yin Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

Hung Kam-po is indeed the founder of Hong Kong Kung Fu films. Even Cheng Lung's early films had to be checked by Hung Kam-po. His excellence is really obvious.

Yuan Biao's grasp of rhythm and the essence of fighting exceeded Yin Jun's expectations.

Yuan Biao's fight in "The Raid" is more natural than the most exciting fight in the Plan A tavern in that movie.

And compared with the original version, the vicious fighting style is not reflected in Yuan Biao. He behaves very grandly, and his strength and tenacity are not reduced at all, so he is very outstanding.

As the villain's gold-medal thug, Zhou Bili's performance is also very good. He doesn't have the madness of the sloppy thug in the original version, but the cold-bloodedness and indifference emanating from his bones are still vivid and impressive.

In the cinema, Zhou Bili was scolded the most, but the scene of the three-man battle received the most screams and applause.

Whether a commercial movie is good or not, in this era, depends on the decibels of the audience in the cinema.

There is no doubt that "The Raid" was a success.

When the two brothers said goodbye to each other and left the Kowloon Walled City, the moment the scene was frozen, the audience burst into warm applause.

Weng Meiling didn't applaud, but her palms were already full of sweat.

When she leaned on the sofa and relaxed her tense spirit, she realized that her hand was being held by Yin Jun's big hand.

Recalling how this happened, Weng Meiling's face turned red.

With a slight cough, she withdrew her hand and asked Yin Jun as if nothing had happened, "Ajun, why is this movie completely different from your previous style? It's cold, depressing, and dark, and the entire chapter focuses on fighting. ...It seems that there is no meaning at all!"

"This is a commercial movie, it just needs to be enjoyable for the audience." Yin Jun smiled, "Look at their performance below. Everyone doesn't regret buying this movie ticket. Isn't it great?"

"That's right." Weng Meiling tapped her powder.

The first element of commercial movies is to make money. With the production of "The Raid" that Weng Meiling watched today, it would be strange if it didn't make money.

The skinny Yuan Biao performed unexpectedly well, with one exciting fight after another. Even a woman like Weng Meiling, who doesn't like to watch bloody fighting movies, was fascinated by it, let alone others. .

"Come on, let's go have supper." Yin Jun stood up and reached out his hand casually.

"You're not afraid that I'll grow up to be a fat girl." Weng Meiling muttered, but she naturally placed her hand on Yin Jun's palm.

Her confidence in Yin Jun is not a random trust, but after being familiar with him for so long, she knows that Yin Jun is not that frivolous person, so she is willing to get close to Yin Jun.

When she was outside, Weng Meiling was not even willing to shake hands with others!

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