Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

When it comes to Hong Kong movies in the 1980s, the local box office alone really couldn’t support so many people, nor could it support so many companies.

Making money comes from other places and overseas.

Among the tycoon-level groups, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have strong distribution capabilities. At least in Wanwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, Shaw Brothers is not inferior to Jiahe, but in the island country, a large ticket warehouse, Jiahe is the best.

Princess Jin is okay, but she was beaten by Jiahe in the island country.

It’s okay not to mention the later Disheng Entertainment.

As for rushing to Hollywood and Europe, there is only one Jiahe left, whether it is Zou Wenhuai repeatedly investing in Cheng Long to support his development in Hollywood, or working with Hollywood companies to develop Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the late 1980s.

They all have international vision and courage that ordinary movie tycoons do not possess.

And Jiahe was able to create a golden body in the island country because of Bruce Lee and Cheng Long.

After the era of Bruce Lee, there was only one Cheng Long left. In the 1980s and 1990s, Double Monday became famous everywhere. Even a decade or two later, this term was also familiar to countless movie fans in the mainland.

But in fact, in Hong Kong, Wanwan, Xingma Tai and other places, Zhou Yunfa and Zhou Xingxing can catch up with Cheng Long. When it comes to Hong Kong, Hollywood and other places, Shuangzhou is actually one or two levels behind Cheng Long.

To give a simple example, why did Five Lucky Stars, which became a hit this summer, bring in Cheng Long? It seemed that Cheng Long was a guest star, but he also crashed a row of more than 50 cars. Money is much more expensive than the main line of the Five Lucky Stars Group in fighting counterfeit banknotes.

Because when the crew was preparing, Hong Yinbao and others felt that it would not be sold in the island country without Cheng Long.

Only by bringing in Cheng Long as a guest star can we make money in the island country.

Exaggeration? No... The box office of "Five Lucky Stars" was 1.5 billion yen, "Lucky Stars" was 1.35 billion yen, and "Summer Lucky Star" was 2.7 billion yen. The first three films had guest appearances by Cheng Long and Yuan Biao.

The fourth one is Best Lucky Star, produced by Golden Harvest. Best Lucky Star has a box office of 23.1 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island, which is definitely not bad. It has Hong Yanbao, Baldy Mak, Sylvia Chang, Andy Lau, Tam Wing-lin, Zheng Zeshi, etc., but there is no Cheng Longhe. Yuanbiao.

So, can you believe that even though Best Lucky Star sold well in this city, it didn't even get a large-scale theater in the island country? ? Without Cheng Long and Yuan Biao, many major theater chains will not give you access.

This is still a big series. The first three parts were all sold well in the island country. No matter how you think about it, the fourth part shouldn’t be too bad, but in the end you won’t be able to enter the theaters.

No matter how popular Hong Qinbao is in Hong Kong Island in this era, and what status he has established through the Five Lucky Stars, leaving Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, Xingma Tai and other places, and arriving in the island country, he will be a human being all the way.

There was also the competition between Tan and Zhang in the Hong Kong music scene in the 1980s. Alan Tam's status in the music scene was at its peak, but when he went to the island country to sing, every time he made a song, the waves could not splash, but Cheng Long? Many people may not believe it.

Cheng Long released several albums and held concerts in the island country in the 1980s.

Still very popular!

Countless Hong Kong musicians cover songs from the island country. Cheng Long is the biggest lyricist and composer there who writes songs for him, and top singers sing singles with him.

Tan Yonglin has repeatedly failed in the island country's music scene. In 1986, he collaborated with Cheng Long on "Brothers and Tigers." This principal released a movie soundtrack. He obviously sang it alone, and Cheng Long's face occupied half of the cover of the album.

Then the album sold well, and Principal Tan took advantage of the situation and became popular in the island country's music scene.

There were many male singers in Hong Kong's music scene in the 1980s and 1990s, but their fame and status in the island's music scene were far inferior to that of Cheng Long, an action star who made a guest appearance.

He is good at singing and dancing there, which means he can literally sing, dance and act.

Like a Dragon's Heart, Police Story, etc., all have extended versions in the island country. "The Dragon and the Tiger Brothers" were first released in the island country for half a year before being released on Hong Kong Island.

In the box office rankings of Hong Kong films in the island country in the 1980s and 1990s, more than 30 of the top 50 films starred or guest-starred by Cheng Long.

Cheng Long's blockbuster films in Hong Kong, such as The Outrageous Boxer, Dragon Fist, and The Eight Steps of the Snake and Crane, have firmly occupied the box office list of Chinese-language films in the island country.

The blockbuster films made by Ah Fat, Sing Tsai, Andy Lau and others in Hong Kong Island rarely have box office figures comparable to those of films like Boxer in the island country.

Just talking about the Asian island market, Cheng Long is the bug among Hong Kong male stars after the Bruce Lee era!

Golden Harvest has seized on this opportunity and often sells movies in island countries, that is, packaging. If the distribution company there wants to distribute Cheng Long's movie, it can easily package one or two other Hong Kong films.

Therefore, in Jiahe, Cheng Long is the biggest sign, and his salary and status are far inferior to even Hong Yinbao's, let alone the money.

Hong Xinbao will leave Jiahe in a year or two... It can't be said to have left Jiahe completely. Hong Xinbao has opened several companies, one company helps Jiahe make movies, and the other company makes movies for Debao Cinemas established by Pan Disheng.

But as the filming continued, Cheng Long participated in less and less films with Hong Kong as a guest star, and Hong Yinbao continued to decline, gradually becoming unknown and playing a minor role. After the millennium, he became more popular with Ip Man, Sha Po Lang, etc. This has a big reason for Lao Hong himself.

But Cheng Long's influence is also very important.

When Zhao Donghuai recalled this, he knew that he somewhat admired Zou Wenhuai's international vision and ambition, but if he cooperated with Jiahe in the future, if there was a conflict, he would definitely be abandoned by Jiahe.

This can be selected with your toes.

It's not that he and Cheng Long have any personal conflicts, but conflicts such as movie release schedules, publicity, investment, etc.

If there is any conflict over the production and sale of a film, Golden Harvest will only support Cheng Long to the maximum extent and will not care about him.

Hong Qinbao, who followed Jiahe in the 1970s and practiced the Five Lucky Stars series from the trough period, all because the treatment was too different from Cheng Long, he went to play with Pan Disheng after a year or two, or in other words, he had both sides.

Does anyone else need to say it?

As a peer and competitor, he admired Zou Wenhuai, after all, he was not a time traveler.

If you want to join Jiahe or become a satellite subsidiary of the other party, then it is better not to do so.

But if the film he produces wants to go beyond Hong Kong Island and can cooperate with Golden Harvest, he would be quite happy.

After thinking about it, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Thank you Zou Sheng and He Sheng for their respect. If we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, I really hope you two can help me more."

The cooperation he mentioned must be different from He Guanchang's intention, and it is of a different nature.

He Guanchang just couldn't guess that much. He laughed when he heard this, "Okay, I hope one day!"

This time he came just as usual to say hello and leave a good impression. He didn't expect to directly recruit people. He was satisfied with such superficial courtesy.

After all, in April 1985, Shao Daheng's Hong Kong Island Cinema Line began to be leased and sold to Dickson Poon, which meant that the tycoon stopped playing... and focused on TV stations. It is now October 1983, which is not that far away.

Shao Daheng, who has worked hard in the film industry for most of his life, is willing to do this when he is over 70 years old. Do you think he is willing to do this? Or have you never had a similar idea before and decided to sell it after more than a year?

Of course not, this is a last resort and a helpless move made by Shaw Brothers, which has accumulated a lot of trouble and is collapsing bit by bit, unable to resist.

The shortcomings that have been in place for many years have gradually collapsed, and naturally some people in Jiahe can see it. It is impossible to accurately judge, and it is impossible to determine when Shaw Brothers will be finished, but the general trend can be seen clearly.

As for Princess Jin? As Guanchang said, it is difficult both internally and externally.

Internally, it is because the big bosses of New Art City are not sharing the money evenly, or some people are no longer interested in movies. Externally, it is because the distribution and sales of films in other places are far inferior to those of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. If they are not good enough, they will not make enough money.

The fire is cooking the oil, and due to a combination of internal and external factors, Jiahe does not regard Princess Jin as a serious enemy. The Five Lucky Stars were indeed prepared by Hong Yinbao in order to become the best partner in Xinyi City.

But as Guan Chang said, with Cheng Long's terrifying film-selling ability, Hong Kong Island is a step or two behind. Counting many foreign places, especially the island country's box office market, New Arts City is not enough to watch.