During this summer, Shaw Brothers, who had decided to stop production, returned to the box office of 7.2 million yuan in a small-cost movie "30 Virgin", which has regained Shaw's decadence for several months.

However, the success of one or two dramas cannot save Shaw Yifu's determination to stop Shaw's production, especially the film "30 Virgin" was invited to film Zhang Jianting and Chen You.

However, Zhang Jianting and Chen You's reputation grew again, and various small companies' film contracts flew like snowflakes.

A week before the release of "Love Saint", Princess Jin also released Chen Xunqi's "Goodbye to the Yellow Man".

After leaving DreamWorks, Chen Xunqi formed a film company with the help of Lei Juekun. In the past two years, he sold all the movies in the film industry, and none of them lost money. His works must be in the golden period of Princess Jin.

However, this time Chen Xunqi finally made a mistake. The attendance rate of "Goodbye to the Yellow Man" dropped sharply under the interception of "30 Virgins", "Happy Ghost 5" and "Two Dragons Going to the Sea" (Jiahe).

When Kang Jianfei's "Love Saint" was released, "Goodbye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

This is also a turning point in Chen Xunqi's directorial career. Starting from "Goodbye to Yiren", although his future movies can also be ranked in Princess Jin's summer and Christmas, he can no longer squeeze into the top 20 box offices. Chen Xunqi also had a first-class director since then, and gradually became a second-tier director, until Lei Juekun refused to invest in making movies for him.

Unlike the box office of "Goodbye bye", the "Family Photos" of New Art City was well received as soon as it was released, and the box office even rose like a rocket.

In late July, the Hong Kong film market was completely in the world of "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait". Jiahe's "Two Dragons Going to the Sea" could not resist, but he had to hold on because Zou Wenhuai wanted to wait for the right time to release "Fast Food Truck". Otherwise, the three fierce films would collide and everyone would have to go to the point of bleeding.

...

Queen's Avenue in Central.

There are several large theaters distributed in a short section of the street, belonging to Princess Jin, Jiahe, Shaw Brothers and Oriental Theater.

The theaters of Jiahe and Shaw are deserted. In sharp contrast, there are long queues of ticket purchases outside the theaters of Princess Jin and Oriental Theater.

Xu Guanjie's reputation in Hong Kong at this time is no worse than Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia. "Family Portrait" is equipped with the signs of Xu Guanjie and Shi Tian, ​​which is enough for the audience to pay money to enter the theater continuously.

It is worth mentioning that the heroines of "Family Portrait" in the original film were Zheng Wenya and Zhen Ni. Since Zheng Wenya was an artist of Oriental Entertainment Company at this time, New Art City specially invited Hu Huizhong to be the heroine from Taiwan this time. With the successful box office of "Family Portrait", Hu Huizhong also made up his mind to develop in Hong Kong and rarely returned to Taipei to film.

As the sky gradually darkened, a young couple made an appointment to go to the restaurant for dinner.

The couple are both white-collar workers in office buildings near Central. The man is named Lin Zhiming, who works in an administrative work in a company. The woman is named Meng Chunjiao. She is currently a sales accountant.

Although young white-collar workers like Lin Zhiming and Meng Chunjiao don’t have a very high salary, they still have to pursue a high-quality life - they can’t afford to buy a house even within ten years.

After eating candlelight dinner, Lin Zhiming and Meng Chunjiao held hands and ran to Lan Kwai Fong for a handful of bourgeoisie.

Compared with the chaotic nightclubs in Lan Kwai Fong in later generations, Lan Kwai Fong has only been around for a year or two. It is a serious and elegant bar, and the drinkers are all young people with petty bourgeois sentiments.

Drinking a few glasses of wine while pretending to behave, the young couple walked hand in hand to Queen's Avenue, preparing to go home after watching a movie.

Jiahe and Shaw Brothers have the least number of theaters. They can buy tickets to watch movies without having to queue up, but they are not within their choice.

"Let's watch "Family Photos", there seems to be fewer people queuing over there." said Lin Zhiming, who was wearing a suit and tie.

Meng Chunjiao, who was slightly drunk, immediately retorted: "There are many people, which means that the movie is better. I want to watch "The Legend of Love"!"

"Xu Guanjie's film is very good, and with a Shi Tian, ​​it's absolutely funny." Lin Zhiming tried to persuade his girlfriend.

"No, I'm going to watch "Love Saint"!" Meng Chunjiao began to act coquettishly.

Lin Zhiming lost his temper in an instant and joined the ticket buying team honestly. Director Kang Jianfei's movies are still guaranteed, and it is not a loss to queue up in more queues.

Half an hour later, the ticket issuer said to Lin Zhiming expressionlessly: "The tickets for the "Love Saint" are gone at 9 o'clock, and there is still one at 10:30."

Lin Chi-ming was sweating wildly. It was so late after watching the show at 10:30. If I had known it, I would have bought a movie ticket before going to Lan Kwai Fong.

Turning around and looking at his girlfriend holding milk tea a few steps away, Lin Zhiming nodded helplessly and said, "Come on two, I don't want to be too far ahead."

"There are not many tickets left, and the seats at the end are also in the third row. Do you want them?" The ticket issuer was tired for a day and didn't have the patience to say more.

Lin Zhiming, who bought two tickets, was depressed and went to the mall with his girlfriend for nearly two hours before he walked into the theater by time.

Ten minutes later, Lin Zhiming's depression completely disappeared, but instead he laughed loudly, and his girlfriend was even more laughing and lying on him.

On the big screen, Huang Xia and Zhou Xingchi exposed each other's identity as a liar, and the two had a conversation with a serious face.

Huangzhe: Who are you?

Stephen Chow: The world is dangerous, I will never leave my name.

Huang Shrimp: If you don’t want to leave your name, you have to leave your head.

Stephen Chow: I have been lonely all my life. The only one who depends on me is this head. If you want this head, it is probably not that easy.

Huang Shrimp: You forced me to take action. I want to dye the sea red with your blood.

Stephen Chow: I have been wandering all my life, just like a lonely boat in the ocean, I have already put my life and death aside.

Huang Xia: Okay, since that's the case, you can learn about my invisible Tai Chi that can kill people without any attack.

Zhou Xingchi: Just about to ask for advice.

During the ancient dragon-like dialogue, the two of them circled around each other. Suddenly they shouted in unison and jumped towards each other at the same time, and it seemed like a fierce battle.

Just when the audience thought the two would fight, Zhou Xingchi and Huang Xia suddenly played slow motion, pushing each other gently like **, chatting while pushing each other, causing the tension just now to disappear.

"puff……"

Lin Zhiming saw this scene and burst into laughter. Until the end, Dasha caught his own brother and beat him wildly. He was already holding his girlfriend and smiling sourly that his cheeks were sore, and tears of laughter were squeezed out from the corners of his eyes.

After watching a movie, even when he walked on the street, Lin Zhiming could still hear various comments about "Love Saint", and from time to time, people would learn from Zhou Xingchi's funny lines.

"Axing is so funny. He fell down the stairs and brushed his teeth while rolling the stairs. Hell..." Meng Chunjiao said, as if she was thinking of the funny scenes in the movie, and couldn't help laughing again on the street.

Lin Zhiming said: "I think the funny thing is that Zhou Xingchi and Mao Shunyun pretended to be plumbers and electricians to steal things. When Ah Xing pinched Mao Shunyun, I laughed to death."

Meng Chun smiled and said, "Yes, Maomao is so coquettish. I like to watch "Happy 60 Points" before."

The two of them talked about "Love Saint" one by one, and they walked more than 30 meters away from the theater and met a colleague from a company.

"Afang, are you watching the movies too?"

"Yes, I just finished watching "Family Photos" with my girlfriend."

“Is “Family Photo” good?”

"It's not bad, it's very funny, didn't you watch it?"

"I'm reading "Love Saint."

"How is "Love Saint"? The film directed by Kang Jianfei should be good."

"It's not just good, I almost breathed after laughing."

"It's so good-looking?"

"Anyway, I can't stop laughing from beginning to end. It's definitely your loss if I don't watch "Love Saint".

"Then I'll go and see it some other day."

“…”

Such conversations began to take place in various parts of Hong Kong. After watching "Love Saint" and "Family Portrait", the audiences recommended these two movies to their relatives and friends.

August soon entered. "The Love Saint", which was released for ten days, has won 16.29 million yuan, and "Family Photos", which was released one day later, has successfully exceeded 13 million yuan.

The two movies chase each other, forming a crushing trend for other movies released at the same time. As for the Hollywood song and dance film "Break Dance" introduced by Anle Theater, it was even more miserable to few viewers.

"Family Portrait" confuses family affection, love and funny, and is one of the rare masterpieces in New Art City. With Xu Guanjie's box office appeal, it is only reasonable to win a high box office.

But as the release time increased, the box office of "Love Saint" and "Family Photos" finally widened.

Two weeks after its release, the box office of "Love Saint" has soared to 22 million, while "Family Photo" has only 17 million.

The nonsensical comedy performance has not appeared before, but the nonsensical performances in the past are not mature, and Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical acting skills were also gradually taken shape when filming "He comes from the Jianghu".

It is the kind of crazy and neurotic performance that suddenly set off a trend this summer, allowing people to hilariously unscrupulously. The influence it brings is far higher than the "Family Photo" released at the same time.

The film review section of Ming Pao Weekly published an article, "The biggest highlight of this summer is the new film "Love Saint" directed by Kang Jianfei. Zhou Xingchi and Mao Shunyun's nonsensical limelight in "He comes from the Jianghu" have become more mature, bringing the audience a novel viewing experience. You don't need to have a brain to watch this kind of movie, you just need to bring Hong Kong dollars and a mouth, and then you can forget all your worries and laugh out loud without any scruples..."
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