For Ang Lee, he chose to watch this movie with his girlfriend, because he wanted to experience the Chinese flavor during the Lunar New Year, and he did not have hope for the level of this movie.

Most of the audience who walked into the cinema had the same idea as Ang Lee. After watching movies in the Lunar New Year, they naturally had to watch Chinese-language movies.

It is naturally impossible for the 25 theaters in the temporary theater to play "The Royal Sister" all day. After five shows are arranged every day, some old movies are arranged in other gaps. The price of copies of these old movies is very low, and it is almost free, which is better than adding more income to the theaters without any land.

At the beginning of "The Royal Senior Sister", the advanced shooting techniques and beautiful and mature action scenes brought unexpected surprises to these Chinese audiences. Because the previous screenings in the Chinese community were all old-style kung fu films, and there were almost no modern movies like this.

When seeing many skyscrapers and luxury restaurants in Hong Kong, some Chinese who have not been back for more than ten years will even feel emotional: It turns out that Hong Kong has developed so well!

Ang Lee is different from ordinary audiences. He is watching professional films. "The Royal Sister" subverts his understanding of Chinese-language films. He only now realizes that there are also good movies in Hong Kong that are not inferior to Hollywood.

Ang Lee studied drama and film in Taiwan for three years, director at the University of Illinois for three years, and a master's degree in film at New York University for one year. After watching "The Royal Sister", although he felt that some details of the movie could be handled better, he really wrote the script and asked Ang Lee to film it, but he believed that the overall effect of his filming was definitely far inferior to Kang Jianfei.

"Good fight!"

"Hahaha……"

"Catch that bastard."

"Why did the starring actor die?"

"happy……"

Various sounds came from the screening hall one after another, and it was obvious that the audience was fascinated by the movie. They shouted out without realizing it.

The laughter, yelling, and cheering were interspersed between the entire movie screening, and until the end of the film, the audience was still discussing the movie just now.

"This Hong Kong film is so exciting, it's even better than Hollywood action movies."

"I heard that Mi Gao died in the movie is the director."

"So young?"

"Didn't you read the newspaper? They were even invited to perform at the Los Angeles Music Center."

"I heard that this man was a soldier king who defected from the mainland. He also participated in the Sino-Vietnam War. He didn't hold a single piece of wood and went to Hong Kong in one breath. He killed four Vietnamese on the streets of Hong Kong that day."

"Tell me a big deal. He just killed two, and those two Vietnamese were robbers, news was published in the World Journal yesterday."

"What do you think the director does? Lin Qingxia is the most eye-catching in this movie."

"Yes, I have watched Lin Qingxia's movies in Chinatown before, all of which are art films. I didn't expect that she would also make kung fu films to make it extremely dark."

"Those speed cameras are really hard-working. I saw the behind-the-scenes footage and several people were injured."

“…”

Ang Lee and his girlfriend Lin Huijia were mixed in the crowd, and their ears were filled with the audience's comments about the film, director and actors. They couldn't help but look forward to it: "When can my movie be discussed so excitedly by the audience?"

When Ang Lee was studying in Taiwan, he made two 8mm experimental movies and several student works at the University of Illinois. However, he didn’t even have the chance to be released.

Lin Huijia knew her boyfriend very well. She held Ang Lee's hand tightly, giving Ang Lee a look of "you can do it".

The two looked at each other and smiled. Ang Lee suddenly said, "Huijia, let me see it again."

"Okay." Lin Huijia nodded. This is not the first time she has encountered this situation. Anyone who discovers a good movie can't help but watch it several times.

Ang Lee came to the ticket window and bought two tickets for the next game. Thinking about it, it was the Spring Festival soon, so he was no longer frugal, so he bought two bottles of Coke and some popcorn.

After waiting for a long time, Ang Lee and Lin Huijia waited for the movie screening again. The first time Ang Lee watched the plot and overall effect of "Sister Royal", but now he watched one shot at a time carefully.

"It would be great if "The Royal Sister" was released." Ang Lee sighed. The big screen in the cinema could not allow him to stop the screen and analyze and appreciate it slowly.

The second scene may be due to the screening time issue, and the attendance rate was slightly lower than the first one. "Sister Royal" once again won a lot of prizes, and the movie ended with applause.

When Ang Lee brought his girlfriend back to his dormitory, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and he was still thinking about the various scenes of "The Royal Sister" in his mind.

From Ang Lee's professional perspective, this film is hard to see in Hollywood, whether in terms of directorial techniques, photography, or special stunts. I heard that the director surnamed Kang was from the mainland, how could he make such a high-quality commercial film? It seems that the film level in mainland China cannot be so high!

When he came back, Ang Lee bought two Chinese newspapers, which included an introduction to Kang Jianfei.

After reading the newspaper, Ang Lee said to his girlfriend a little depressedly: "Huijia, I found that I have been studying movies for several years in the United States, and my film literacy is not as good as a 19-year-old mainlander who became a monk. Are you reading my books in vain?"

Lin Huijia comforted: "Everyone has their own talents. Kang Jianfei might be born to eat this bowl. You are also very talented, but your abilities require accumulation and development, so you must not give up halfway."

Sometimes, a good man is even more important to a man than his own abilities.

Like Ang Lee and his wife in a parallel space, Ang Lee was poor when they got married, so that Ang Lee's mother, who rushed over to attend the wedding from Taiwan, held Lin Huijia's hand and apologized in tears and said she was wronged. After Ang Lee graduated from a master's degree, she couldn't even find a job and had to rely on Lin Huijia, who was studying for a doctorate, to support her half-work and half-study. He took care of his children at home to do housework and worked as a "family husband" for six years.

Even Ang Lee's friends couldn't stand it anymore and advised him to give up his dream as soon as possible and find a job to support his family. So Ang Lee secretly went to learn computers, but after Lin Huijia discovered it, he scolded him and said, "There are so many people who learn computers, but you, Ang Lee, are not short of you!"

Only then did Ang Lee give up on the idea of ​​changing careers and studying computer science, and went to a film company to apply for a job, starting from guarding movie equipment, and slowly making progress step by step.

If Ang Lee's wife is not Lin Huijia, she might have to have one more computer elite in the future and one well-known director is missing.

After being comforted by his girlfriend, Ang Lee cheered up again. He took out paper and pen to write down his experience of watching "The Royal Sister" today, and planned to watch the movie again another day and carefully study it.

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On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Kang Jianfei couldn't wait to call Jiang Zhiqiang and asked: "Have the box office data on the first day come out?"

"It's out," said Jiang Zhiqiang, "25 theaters, with an average attendance rate of 62.5%, and the first day's box office is more than 63,000 US dollars in swords and fantasy world's latest chapter."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Jiang." Kang Jianfei hung up the phone and couldn't help but sigh. He had read several time travel novels before. After traveling through time, others would spend millions of money to buy a building for women. But he carefully calculated the gross profit of tens of thousands of dollars a day here.

Moreover, this is around the Lunar New Year, and the number of viewers will be relatively large. In another half a month, the attendance rate will probably plummet. It would be better to earn 30,000 US dollars a day.

After Kang Jianfei put down the phone, he wrote a messy script for a while. He was bored and made a cross-border call to Hong Kong.

The first thing I called Zhao Yazhi was his first woman in this world and had a very important position in Kang Jianfei's heart.

After the phone was connected, Zhao Yazhi's lazy and powerless voice came from the other end: "Hey, who is the phone call so late."

Kang Jianfei then remembered that there was a time difference, and it was probably one o'clock in the morning there. He smiled apologetically and said, "Sister Zhi, have you disturbed your rest?"

"A Fei?" Zhao Yazhi's voice on the phone suddenly changed from being confused to being happy.

Kang Jianfei said, "It's me, Sister Zhi, do you miss me?"

Zhao Yazhi said angrily: "You bad guy, you call me once every month after leaving, and even your phone number is always changed."

Kang Jianfei sighed and said, "Oh, I can't do anything. I've been traveling around the United States these days. It's better to have Hong Kong, and I'm going to hit walls everywhere here."

When Zhao Yazhi heard Kang Jianfei's tone was low, he immediately asked worriedly: "A Fei, what's wrong with you?"

Kang Jianfei was really depressed by the attitudes of the big Hollywood companies some time ago. However, when Zhao Yayi asked, he immediately cheered up and said, "Hahaha, nothing, those Hollywood companies dare to show me the face, so they will feel better in the future."

Zhao Yazhi said softly: "A Fei, tell Sister Zhi if you have any pain. If you really can't, go back to Hong Kong. Anyway, your movies sell well in Asia."

Kang Jianfei is not a person who hides in bed to comfort women. He pretends to be cool and smiles: "It's okay, I just feel unhappy and complain. When "The Royal Sister" is sold well at the box office in the United States, I will come back."

"You know how to show off," Zhao Yazhi criticized, "How can the American film market be so easy to enter? Shaw Brothers Pictures has been filming for decades, and only one movie has been selling well in the box office in the United States, and Jiahe only makes money by Bruce Lee's movies. I heard that "The Killer Trench" that Mr. Zou spent a lot of money last year also failed in the United States. If you go back to Hong Kong now, no one will laugh at you."

Kang Jianfei could only turn around and comfort Zhao Yazhi: "Don't worry, Sister Zhi. I dare not say anything else. "Sister Royal" can still sell at least $5 million in the United States."

"Really? I heard that "Killer Trench" only sold for 8 or 9 million yuan in the United States." Zhao Yazhi said.

"When did I lied to you?" Kang Jianfei immediately changed the subject and began to say stingy words to Zhao Yazhi.

After talking on the phone with Zhao Yazhi, not long after hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhiqiang suddenly called again and said excitedly: "It has increased, and the attendance rate has increased. The attendance rate of the two theaters in Chinatown, New York has reached 80%, and the attendance rate of the theaters in other places has also increased slightly."

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Chapter completed!