Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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January 30, 1986.

Produced by DreamWorks Films, produced by Hu Huizhong, and co-directed by Liu Zhenwei, Yuan Kui, and Zhou Xingchi, the film "The Holy Gambler" was screened in DreamWorks theaters.

At the same time, "Out of Africa", which has achieved a box office of nearly 90 million U.S. dollars in North America, is also being screened in Liberty and Anle theaters.

The films released at the same time as "The Saint of Gamblers" and "Out of Africa" ​​are: Golden Harvest's "Rich Train", New Art City's "Best Partner Thousands of Miles Rescue the poor", "North and South Shaolin" released by Shaw Production Bank, Debao's "Fall in Love with a Married Man" (adapted from "Goodbye Seven Days").

At the midnight show on the first day of the premiere of "The Saint of Gamblers", Hu Huizhong was very nervous!

Nowadays, Hu Huizhong, who wants money and money, children and children, and love can be regarded as love, the only pursuit is career.

Therefore, Hu Huizhong desperately wants to be the general manager of DreamWorks Film Company, so that he can show his ambitions.

The first film "The Gambler" produced by Hu Huizhong himself is undoubtedly a very important step in Hu Huizhong's career.

Therefore, Hu Huizhong will inevitably be a little nervous.

in addition--

The midnight show began in the 1970s, and it is a movie screening where the film is promoted in the market and the main creators receive feedback from the audience.

Most of the producers and directors will be present in order to know the audience's reaction in the first place.

Midnight theaters are mostly located in the downtown area, and the time slot is scheduled at 11:30 on weekends. The audience is mainly the young generation in Hong Kong, such as students, young couples, and urban night-timers. They give the most direct feedback on their likes and dislikes about the film.

The midnight show is a touchstone for testing the level of a movie, from which it can often be predicted how the movie's box office prospects will be. According to the feedback from the audience, the director will re-edit the film and change the dialogue to suit the audience's liking. This is where Hong Kong Films' entertainment characteristics are fully revealed.

For the midnight show, many directors have a deep feeling-the audience watching the midnight show, if they don't like anything, they will directly boo. They even yelled "Who the hell is the director? Stand up for me!" or "Who the hell wrote the script? Get that idiot out!"

It is precisely because of this that many producers, directors, and screenwriters dare not attend the midnight show—Xu Ke was once forced into the midnight show by producer Wu Siyuan, and ran away as soon as he reached the theater entrance; Yuan Heping rarely entered the midnight show. In "*** Men and Women" directed by Er Dongsheng, there was a vivid description of the midnight scene, and the scene was extremely hot.

The midnight show is a hurdle that producers and directors must pass, because producers and directors who want box office results will have to face the audience of the midnight show sooner or later.

Seeing that Hu Huizhong was nervous, Xu Cun took the initiative to accompany Hu Huizhong, Liu Zhenwei, Yuan Kui, and Zhou Xingchi to watch the midnight scene of "The Saint of Gamblers", and helped Hu Huizhong pass the two hours that made her extremely nervous.

actually--

The audience at the midnight show also cheered and clapped their hands like a riot when they saw a good movie.

For example, "The Saint of Gamblers" released today.

At the very beginning of the film, it was revealed that Zhou Xingchi would have special abilities. Could the audience not be interested in such a big gimmick? Curiosity is common to everyone, and just for this point, the audience will not abandon the show halfway and yell at them-they all want to see what Zhou Xingchi's supernatural powers can do, and it is definitely not limited to drinking free soda.

Therefore, as soon as "The Saint of Gamblers" was screened, some audience shouted:

"Special powers? Interesting!"

"Ah Xing has supernatural powers, so it must be something to watch!"

"Special abilities plus gambling? It shouldn't be much worse than "God of Gamblers", right?"

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Hearing the audience's comments, Hu Huizhong had been holding Xu Cun's hand tightly since turning off the lights, and Xu Cun took this opportunity to pat Hu Huizhong's hand to signal her not to be nervous.

"Uncle has been in Hong Kong for decades, so he won't be beaten that week? I'm glad I am! What can they do to me?"

"Hey, brother! Everyone is from all corners of the country. Maybe they belonged to the same family five hundred years ago, right? There's no need to kill each other for such a trivial matter as the death of the eldest brother, right? In fact, everyone feels the same way as the death of the eldest brother today." I understand very well, because my elder brother also died when I was three years old! Not only that, but my younger brother also died when I was four years old!"

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"Dare to make money in front of me, treat me like a stick, and drag it out! Everyone, I now officially announce that the winner of this year's Gambling King Contest is the representative of Taiwan, Mr. Zuo Songxing!"

actually--

Except for the gimmick of adding special functions, "The Gambler" doesn't have much new ideas.

But now is the hottest trend in gambling movies.

In addition, Zuo Songxing, played by Zhou Xingchi, is a stupid mainlander who still has the kindness and sobriety of a small person. The mutual care with the third uncle and neighbors also shows the warmth of the lower class, which can arouse the attention of the audience. resonance.

Coupled with Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda's innate talent for comedy.

It adds some relaxed color to the already very gunpowder-flavored gambling film. There are no shootings, revenge, blood, and violence, but some humor, humor, and some nonsensical atmosphere are added.

The audience liked "The Holy Gambler" so much that they continued to applaud.

From the audience's reaction, Hu Huizhong knew that Hu Huizhong should have succeeded in this step.

At the same time, Hu Huizhong admired the god-like Xu Cun even more—Xu Cun casually gave her an idea of ​​"supernatural powers and gambling movies", then made up some simple stories for her, and recommended several directors for her And actors, you can make a movie that will make the vast majority of audiences applaud after watching it. How can Hu Huizhong not admire Xu Cun?

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In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Xu Cun and Hu Huizhong left Taiping Theater through the back door a little earlier.

As for dealing with the audience in the midnight show, it was all handed over to Liu Zhenwei, Yuan Kui, and Zhou Xingchi.

After getting into his own car, Xu Cun prepared to ask the driver Qian Yaozu (Tu Weihua was still 'protecting' Yuan Tianfan, so Qian Yaozu acted as Xu Cun's driver and bodyguard during this time.) to drive the car to Zhu Baoyi and Zhang Manyu. ——Tonight, Xu Cun plans to spend the night with Zhu Baoguai and Zhang Manyu.

But before Xu Cun ordered Qian Yaozu, Hu Huizhong said to Qian Yaozu: "Old Qian, go to my villa in Deep Water Bay."

Then, Hu Huizhong lay next to Xu Cun's ear and said, "Tonight, I will repay you well!"

Xu Cun put his arms around Hu Huizhong, and said grimly, "Can you do it alone?"

While speaking, Xu Cun had already put his hand into Hu Huizhong's clothes.

Hu Huizhong glanced at Qian Yaozu, who was concentrating on driving, and then pressed Xu Cun's hand that was wandering around her, and then whispered in Xu Cun's ear: "I am not the protagonist tonight, I have prepared two for you." A gift that will surely satisfy you."

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