The Monster of Hong Kong's Film Industry, Lin Ze's Big Move! (2. Ask for everything)
In Lin Manor at Repulse Bay, Lin Ze sent a few servants to Australia to buy groceries.
He didn't expect Wang Mingjian to be so shocked that he prostrated himself in front of him.
At this moment, Lin Ze was leisurely reading the newspaper.
The protagonist of the recent newspaper was none other than the famous international superstar, Cheng Long.
Chenglong entered the film industry as a martial arts master in 1971 and served as Li Xiaolong's substitute in " The Dragon Crossing the River."
In 1973, a martial arts superstar, Li Xiaolong, suddenly passed away. It was a sad death.
The director who worked with Li Xiaolong the most was called Luo Wei.
Luo Wei might have limited talent, but his luck was surprisingly good.
Back when Li Xiaolong was invited by Jiahe to film from the Free Country, he did not receive much attention. The investment for " Big Brother Tang Shan " was not high and was only filmed in Siam. The director, Wu Jiaxiang, was not very famous and was not good at martial arts.
Halfway through the shoot, Luo Wei came to the rescue. In the end, the box office exceeded 3 million, breaking the Hong Kong record, making him and Bruce Lee proud!
After that, Luo Wei wanted to call himself the teacher of "Li Xiaolong", but Bruce Lee did not appreciate it and even attacked him with a knife.
The facts also proved that Luo Wei had a discerning eye, and Li Xiaolong's self-directed " Fierce Dragon Crossing the River " was even more successful.
In the mid-70s, when martial arts films were popular, Luo Wei was the top star of Jiahe, and Zhang Che, the chief director of Shao's, was a star.
After Li Xiaolong's death, Jiahe strongly promoted Xu Guanwen's Ghost Horse Comedy, and martial arts films also had directors Zheng Changhe and Huang Feng who were not inferior to Luo Wei.
At the same time, after his ex-wife Liu Lianghua divorced Luo Wei, she became Zou Wenhuai's confidante.
All sorts of reasons prompted Luo Wei to set up his own Luo Wei Film Company to compete with Jiahe.
He was confident that he could make Li Xiaolong famous, but of course, he could also make others famous.
Hence, he signed Cheng Yuanlong, who had gone to Australia to become a chef, and changed his name to Cheng Long.
The main kung fu film, the first movie, New Martial Arts Gate, revived the old brand, failed!
Then, he filmed " Shaolin Wooden Figurine Alley " and played the most popular Shaolin Kungfu theme, but he failed again!
Three takes of " Misty Rain of Sword Flowers Jiangnan ", the most popular ancient dragon martial arts, still failed!
Not a dragon? Or did Luo Wei not know how to make use of his unique characteristics? The facts spoke louder than words.
Luo Wei was disheartened by the repeated failures, so he lent the movie to Wu Siyuan, an independent producer.
Wu Siyuan boldly used Yuan Heping, who was a martial arts master, as the director, and the nameless dragon as the lead actor to film " Snake-shaped Diao Hands."
After it was released, it immediately caused a sensation in Hong Kong, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Its results caught up with Li Xiaolong's and created a trend of kung fu comedies that lasted for decades.
It set off a trend of Hong Kong-made kung fu comedies, a groundbreaking piece of work!
" Snake-shaped Diao Hands " became a hit, allowing Chenglong to make a beautiful comeback.
Following that, the original cast filmed Drunken Fist, which was released on October 5, 1978.
Once Drunken Fist was released, it quickly became popular in Hong Kong and swept across Southeast Asia!
Drunken Fist's box office earnings in Hong Kong were as high as 6,763,793.4 Hong Kong dollars, breaking the record set by Li Xiaolong.
It was ranked first in the Hong Kong box office and the global box office of Hong Kong movies.
The box office in Taiwan Province was as high as 8 million yuan. Wu Siyuan said that it was "too profitable" and "ridiculously good".
The foreign box office earnings were even stronger. After it was released in Korea, it directly broke the record for the highest number of viewers in the country, including Hollywood movies, and it lasted for 11 years.
After it was released in Japan, it earned 1.9 billion yen at the box office.
The global box office earnings had reached 22 million Liberal Dollars.
Wu Siyuan and Yuan Heping played around with Chenglong and turned him into their shape, telling Luo Wei with their actions.
"Look closely, Luo Wei, this is how you use a dragon!”
Chenglong could not become famous under Luo Wei, but he became famous under someone else.
Dragon became popular overnight and immediately became a hot item that many companies fought over.
The Jiahe Company, which had turned against Luo Wei, had sent a powerful figure, He Guanchang, to personally send out a cash check with a face value of one million yuan.
This was only the deposit, and the remuneration was as high as two million Hong Kong dollars.
Shao Brothers Film Company also gave Cheng Long flirtatious looks.
In today's Hong Kong entertainment industry, what was the concept of two million yuan?
Currently, the highest pay for actors in Hong Kong was only around 100,000 yuan, and the total investment for a movie was only one or two million yuan.
Chenglong's pay was more than ten times higher than other actors. The total investment of a movie was just enough to pay his pay. He was simply a monster among monsters.
Luo Wei was extremely lucky. He was related to the two most powerful dragons in Hong Kong's film industry.
However, Luo Wei's vision was also short-sighted. Other companies were tempting Chenglong with real money, but what about him?
The current Chenglong was an employee of Luo Wei's company. Before Chenglong was popular, he gave Chenglong a monthly salary of 3000 Hong Kong dollars.
Wu Siyuan paid Chenglong 100,000 yuan, but Luo Wei took half of it.
After Chenglong became popular, Luo Wei saw the commercial value of Chenglong and wanted to tie Chenglong to his side as a cash cow.
However, the stingy Luo Wei could not bear to use money to appease Chenglong. Instead, he used his adoptive father's identity to kidnap him. His vision was really short-sighted.
Lin Ze looked at the high-spirited Chenglong in the newspaper and smiled.
In today's era, whoever could control information would become the most successful person!
There was no doubt that Cheng Long was a superstar in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s and 1990s.
She was the most influential Chinese movie star in the world, an international superstar.
Lin Ze had already registered an entertainment company and wanted to get involved in the film industry. Unfortunately, he had been a little busy recently.
Now that he had time, he wanted to make a big move.
There was no doubt that signing Hong Kong's most popular team would achieve this goal.
At the thought of this, Lin Ze picked up his phone and called Ge Jiayi. He instructed,"
"I want to see Chenglong. Go and invite him over.”
"Alright, Chairman."
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