More than 20 years later, a Hong Kong film super enthusiast and famous film critic Wei Junzi wrote in his book "Thirty Years of Dream Factory":
...When we talk about the Oriental Dream Factory in 1982, we can only describe it as the storm.It is true that in the more than two years before this, although Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory frequently won the annual box office championship, it has never had such a great influence.
In the summer of Hong Kong that year, whether it was students, workers, hawkers, or young and dandy who were mixed up with clubs.
They all have one more hobby, which is to hold a toothpick in their mouths.
According to incomplete statistics, the sales of toothpicks in Hong Kong in the summer of 1982 increased by 40% compared with the previous period.
Sunglasses also grew along with toothpick sales. I think if the weather wasn't too hot, those who sold windbreakers would have made a lot of money back then.
A good film can have an amazing influence in society.
In the 1960s, Shaw Brothers movie "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was popular in Taiwan. Lingbo, who was cross-dressed by Zhu Yingtai, visited Taipei for two days. At least 200,000 Taipei citizens surrounded Songshan Airport, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan North Road, and Yuanshan Hotel, waiting to see the true face of "Liang Shanbo". The media across Taiwan published a total of 7,648 Lingbo photos and wrote more than 230,000 words of reports about Lingbo.
In the 1980s, "Shaolin Temple" set off a movie-watching craze in mainland China. At that time, the average ticket price of one cent actually accumulated more than 100 million yuan.
There were countless teenagers who ran away from home after watching this movie, just to go to Shaolin Temple to learn skills.
These two unprecedented sensation caused by film works is more or less because of the low level of film development in Taiwan and mainland China at that time.
But "The True Color of Heroes" is different. When this movie was released, Hong Kong movies were already in the semi-mature stage, but it was also arrogant and swept the Hong Kong box office.
Chow Yun-fat became an idol of all ages, and his dress and lines in the film were imitated.
The dialogues such as ‘I hate others pointing guns at my head’, ‘What I lost must be taken back’, etc. have not only become a necessity for young people to show off when they are handsome. In the next ten years, at least 20 Hong Kong films used these lines to pay tribute to "The True Color of Heroes".
Twenty-seven years later, there is no need to say anything about the status of "The True Heroes". It has always ranked first in Hong Kong's movie list selections.
Its historical significance is not to be mentioned. Since the beginning of this film, gangster films have become another eternal theme in Hong Kong movies besides kung fu movies. Later, "Infernal Affairs", "The Underworld", "Jianghu", etc. all repeatedly narrate the same spirit, grudges, love and masculine dignity from a different perspective.
Let’s talk about the release of "The True Heroes" back then. The movie released at the same time as it was Jackie Chan’s "Plan A".
Jackie Chan spent a total of 28 days on the screen. In fact, the attendance rate in the last week was already very low, but it was not officially released until the box office exceeded 20 million.
As for "The True Color of Heroes", it has been screened on September 6, and it has been released for two months.Such strong box office momentum completely disrupted the filming plan of Princess Golden Cinema, so that the premiere of "Best Partner 2" in New Art City was delayed by 21 days...
In Hong Kong in 1982, it is naturally impossible for anyone to read Wei Junzi's monograph.
Entertainment reporters stared at the box office of "The True Heroes" because they wanted to compare this movie with "Plan A". The reporters naturally hoped that the two sides would fight to make them easy to write eye-catching reports.
The film industry colleagues are also eyeing the box office of "The True Heroes", because Kang Jianfei's movie box office is almost a benchmark, and everyone will compare their own movies with Kang Jianfei's box office.
When the two TV series "Chu Liuxiang" and "Chen Silkworm Change" were released, they caused a sensation that was overwhelming. When the series started, even the store where business was doing was closed.
"The True Heroes" has not yet attracted all Hong Kong citizens to the cinema. What it can do is to make a long queue of ticket purchases that are hundreds of meters long at the entrances of all theaters where "The True Heroes" are released.
There are frequent occurrences of viewers queuing up to buy tickets, but "The True Hero" has been like this for several consecutive days, with an average attendance rate of 96% in the first week of release.
The media, who originally wanted to compare "Heroics" and "Plan A", were already collectively stunned after witnessing the audience's madness.
It is not just the media that is stupid. Jiahe no longer says that "Plan A" will achieve another box office success, and even quietly cancel the celebration banquet originally prepared for "Plan A".
Chow Yun-fat was red, and his redness was purple. The films from major companies flew like snowflakes.Chen Huimin, who could only play supporting roles, also jumped into a first-line movie star, and her salary increased by more than seven times.
As for Leslie Cheung, who was originally a TV star, his pay suddenly increased to 300,000 yuan, which was a carp leaping over the dragon gate. I don’t know how many young actors were jealous.
The most complicated mood is undoubtedly Di Long, because Kang Jianfei came to the door to invite him to play the role of Brother Hao, but he directly refused.
Although he would most likely refuse if Di Long chose again, he would inevitably feel entangled.
"The True Heroes" was released less than a week ago, and overseas filmmakers who were previously blocked by DreamWorks Marketing Department came to the door again.
After talking, as the box office of "The True Heroes" becomes higher and higher, film merchants from all over the country grit their teeth and promise to share the super high box office share ranging from 42% to 45%, and spare no effort to buy back the screening rights of this amazing movie.
It would be good if Hong Kong movies were released in Europe and the United States, and the producers could get more than 15% of the box office, while the limit in Asia was to get 40% of the box office.
The popularity of "The True Heroes" in Hong Kong obviously stimulated those overseas film manufacturers, and actually gave the unprecedented share conditions.
In the second week of "The True Heroes", Xiang Huaqiang personally called Kang Jianfei to have dinner and brought Wang Jing over.
When Kang Jianfei walked into the private room, Xiang Huaqiang stood up and shook hands with him, with an extremely enthusiastic attitude: Brother Kang is here, please sit down!
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Brother Qiang, are you polite.
Before the meal was served, Wang Jing asked at Xiang Huaqiang's warning: A Fei, the box office of "The True Heroes" is 15 million, right?
Kang Jianfei waved his hand and said: It’s not that fast, it’s only more than 12 million.
When hearing this box office data, even a club tycoon like Xiang Huaqiang couldn't help but exclaim: It's amazing, it's only been released in less than ten days, so the box office will exceed 30 million, right?
The average ticket price in Hong Kong has risen to 13 yuan, while the ticket price when Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong was only 7 yuan.
In just over two years, the movie ticket price has almost doubled, which is enough to imagine the economic development speed of Hong Kong in the past two or three years.
As the movie ticket prices rose, the overall movie box office also rose.
Two years ago, the box office exceeded 20 million, which was considered awesome, but now Xiang Huaqiang said that the box office of "The True Heroes" can exceed 30 million, but there is no suspicion of being too flattering.
Kang Jianfei thought about it carefully and said without any modesty: It is not easy to win Ah for 30 million yuan, after all, the audience base in Hong Kong is too small.However, if "The True Heroes" can be released for more than six weeks, it may really be able to sell for 30 million yuan.
Xiang Huaqiang seemed to ask casually: "The True Heroes" sells so well, are you thinking about when to make a sequel?
Hearing this, Kang Jianfei already understood the purpose of Xiang Huaqiang treating him to dinner today. This guy was jealous of the box office of "The True Heroes" and wanted to take the opportunity to follow the trend and make a fortune.
Kang Jianfei did not express his attitude, but asked: Why, Brother Qiang has any ideas?
Xiang Huaqiang asked: Why would Yongsheng and DreamWorks work together to shoot a sequel?
Kang Jianfei doesn't want to mess with the sequel to "The True Color of Heroes", so that continuous shooting in a short period of time is purely a killing chicken to get eggs.
He smiled and said: There is no idea for the sequel for the time being, but if Brother Qiang wants to make a hero film, you can choose Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Chen Huimin.
This is what Xiang Huaqiang wants. It doesn’t matter whether he or she is filming a movie with DreamWorks. The most important thing is that he has the starring actors of Chow Yun-fat and others of "The True Heroes".
After getting the person, Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said: Then I'm not polite. Wang Jing now has a script.
Kang Jianfei also smiled hypocritically: Brother Qiang is filming, how can I not support me? I will ask the three of them to report to Yongsheng Company.
After dinner, Xiang Huaqiang left first, but Wang Jing followed Kang Jian to fly and ride.
Kang Jianfei became a driver for Fatty Wang and asked: The first two words of the movie Yongsheng is going to shoot must be "hero".
Wang Jing smiled awkwardly and said: A Fei, you guessed it very accurately. The movie is called "Heroes Fearless".
Kang Jianfei swung the steering wheel and turned around and complained: Do you still need to guess this?With the urinary nature of those Hong Kong directors, a bunch of follow-up films led by "heroes" will definitely be released in the second half of the year.
Wang Jing was quite thick-skinned and said: No matter whether he follows the trend or not, he can make money by filming it.
Kang Jianfei was too lazy to tease him about such things and asked: Have you decided to follow Yongsheng in the future?
Wang Jing is very sleek in his words and actions, but he doesn't need to lie in front of Kang Jianfei. He nodded and said: Although Mr. Xiang is from the club, as long as he can help him make money, the price he gives is still fair.It’s different to filming at Shaw Brothers. The director’s rewards I received for shooting three movies at Shaw Brothers were not as good as one in Yongsheng.
Kang Jianfei asked funnyly: Are you not afraid that the movie you directed will fail one day, and Xiang Huaqiang asked someone to kill you?
Wang Jing leaned on the back and moved her butt, and said angrily: I heard that Mr. Xiang was looking for Zhiwei Zeng as the director. You recommended me to Yongsheng, right?If I get chopped up one day, I run to DreamWorks to hide, you can't stand it and die.
...When we talk about the Oriental Dream Factory in 1982, we can only describe it as the storm.It is true that in the more than two years before this, although Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory frequently won the annual box office championship, it has never had such a great influence.
In the summer of Hong Kong that year, whether it was students, workers, hawkers, or young and dandy who were mixed up with clubs.
They all have one more hobby, which is to hold a toothpick in their mouths.
According to incomplete statistics, the sales of toothpicks in Hong Kong in the summer of 1982 increased by 40% compared with the previous period.
Sunglasses also grew along with toothpick sales. I think if the weather wasn't too hot, those who sold windbreakers would have made a lot of money back then.
A good film can have an amazing influence in society.
In the 1960s, Shaw Brothers movie "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was popular in Taiwan. Lingbo, who was cross-dressed by Zhu Yingtai, visited Taipei for two days. At least 200,000 Taipei citizens surrounded Songshan Airport, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan North Road, and Yuanshan Hotel, waiting to see the true face of "Liang Shanbo". The media across Taiwan published a total of 7,648 Lingbo photos and wrote more than 230,000 words of reports about Lingbo.
In the 1980s, "Shaolin Temple" set off a movie-watching craze in mainland China. At that time, the average ticket price of one cent actually accumulated more than 100 million yuan.
There were countless teenagers who ran away from home after watching this movie, just to go to Shaolin Temple to learn skills.
These two unprecedented sensation caused by film works is more or less because of the low level of film development in Taiwan and mainland China at that time.
But "The True Color of Heroes" is different. When this movie was released, Hong Kong movies were already in the semi-mature stage, but it was also arrogant and swept the Hong Kong box office.
Chow Yun-fat became an idol of all ages, and his dress and lines in the film were imitated.
The dialogues such as ‘I hate others pointing guns at my head’, ‘What I lost must be taken back’, etc. have not only become a necessity for young people to show off when they are handsome. In the next ten years, at least 20 Hong Kong films used these lines to pay tribute to "The True Color of Heroes".
Twenty-seven years later, there is no need to say anything about the status of "The True Heroes". It has always ranked first in Hong Kong's movie list selections.
Its historical significance is not to be mentioned. Since the beginning of this film, gangster films have become another eternal theme in Hong Kong movies besides kung fu movies. Later, "Infernal Affairs", "The Underworld", "Jianghu", etc. all repeatedly narrate the same spirit, grudges, love and masculine dignity from a different perspective.
Let’s talk about the release of "The True Heroes" back then. The movie released at the same time as it was Jackie Chan’s "Plan A".
Jackie Chan spent a total of 28 days on the screen. In fact, the attendance rate in the last week was already very low, but it was not officially released until the box office exceeded 20 million.
As for "The True Color of Heroes", it has been screened on September 6, and it has been released for two months.Such strong box office momentum completely disrupted the filming plan of Princess Golden Cinema, so that the premiere of "Best Partner 2" in New Art City was delayed by 21 days...
In Hong Kong in 1982, it is naturally impossible for anyone to read Wei Junzi's monograph.
Entertainment reporters stared at the box office of "The True Heroes" because they wanted to compare this movie with "Plan A". The reporters naturally hoped that the two sides would fight to make them easy to write eye-catching reports.
The film industry colleagues are also eyeing the box office of "The True Heroes", because Kang Jianfei's movie box office is almost a benchmark, and everyone will compare their own movies with Kang Jianfei's box office.
When the two TV series "Chu Liuxiang" and "Chen Silkworm Change" were released, they caused a sensation that was overwhelming. When the series started, even the store where business was doing was closed.
"The True Heroes" has not yet attracted all Hong Kong citizens to the cinema. What it can do is to make a long queue of ticket purchases that are hundreds of meters long at the entrances of all theaters where "The True Heroes" are released.
There are frequent occurrences of viewers queuing up to buy tickets, but "The True Hero" has been like this for several consecutive days, with an average attendance rate of 96% in the first week of release.
The media, who originally wanted to compare "Heroics" and "Plan A", were already collectively stunned after witnessing the audience's madness.
It is not just the media that is stupid. Jiahe no longer says that "Plan A" will achieve another box office success, and even quietly cancel the celebration banquet originally prepared for "Plan A".
Chow Yun-fat was red, and his redness was purple. The films from major companies flew like snowflakes.Chen Huimin, who could only play supporting roles, also jumped into a first-line movie star, and her salary increased by more than seven times.
As for Leslie Cheung, who was originally a TV star, his pay suddenly increased to 300,000 yuan, which was a carp leaping over the dragon gate. I don’t know how many young actors were jealous.
The most complicated mood is undoubtedly Di Long, because Kang Jianfei came to the door to invite him to play the role of Brother Hao, but he directly refused.
Although he would most likely refuse if Di Long chose again, he would inevitably feel entangled.
"The True Heroes" was released less than a week ago, and overseas filmmakers who were previously blocked by DreamWorks Marketing Department came to the door again.
After talking, as the box office of "The True Heroes" becomes higher and higher, film merchants from all over the country grit their teeth and promise to share the super high box office share ranging from 42% to 45%, and spare no effort to buy back the screening rights of this amazing movie.
It would be good if Hong Kong movies were released in Europe and the United States, and the producers could get more than 15% of the box office, while the limit in Asia was to get 40% of the box office.
The popularity of "The True Heroes" in Hong Kong obviously stimulated those overseas film manufacturers, and actually gave the unprecedented share conditions.
In the second week of "The True Heroes", Xiang Huaqiang personally called Kang Jianfei to have dinner and brought Wang Jing over.
When Kang Jianfei walked into the private room, Xiang Huaqiang stood up and shook hands with him, with an extremely enthusiastic attitude: Brother Kang is here, please sit down!
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Brother Qiang, are you polite.
Before the meal was served, Wang Jing asked at Xiang Huaqiang's warning: A Fei, the box office of "The True Heroes" is 15 million, right?
Kang Jianfei waved his hand and said: It’s not that fast, it’s only more than 12 million.
When hearing this box office data, even a club tycoon like Xiang Huaqiang couldn't help but exclaim: It's amazing, it's only been released in less than ten days, so the box office will exceed 30 million, right?
The average ticket price in Hong Kong has risen to 13 yuan, while the ticket price when Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong was only 7 yuan.
In just over two years, the movie ticket price has almost doubled, which is enough to imagine the economic development speed of Hong Kong in the past two or three years.
As the movie ticket prices rose, the overall movie box office also rose.
Two years ago, the box office exceeded 20 million, which was considered awesome, but now Xiang Huaqiang said that the box office of "The True Heroes" can exceed 30 million, but there is no suspicion of being too flattering.
Kang Jianfei thought about it carefully and said without any modesty: It is not easy to win Ah for 30 million yuan, after all, the audience base in Hong Kong is too small.However, if "The True Heroes" can be released for more than six weeks, it may really be able to sell for 30 million yuan.
Xiang Huaqiang seemed to ask casually: "The True Heroes" sells so well, are you thinking about when to make a sequel?
Hearing this, Kang Jianfei already understood the purpose of Xiang Huaqiang treating him to dinner today. This guy was jealous of the box office of "The True Heroes" and wanted to take the opportunity to follow the trend and make a fortune.
Kang Jianfei did not express his attitude, but asked: Why, Brother Qiang has any ideas?
Xiang Huaqiang asked: Why would Yongsheng and DreamWorks work together to shoot a sequel?
Kang Jianfei doesn't want to mess with the sequel to "The True Color of Heroes", so that continuous shooting in a short period of time is purely a killing chicken to get eggs.
He smiled and said: There is no idea for the sequel for the time being, but if Brother Qiang wants to make a hero film, you can choose Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Chen Huimin.
This is what Xiang Huaqiang wants. It doesn’t matter whether he or she is filming a movie with DreamWorks. The most important thing is that he has the starring actors of Chow Yun-fat and others of "The True Heroes".
After getting the person, Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said: Then I'm not polite. Wang Jing now has a script.
Kang Jianfei also smiled hypocritically: Brother Qiang is filming, how can I not support me? I will ask the three of them to report to Yongsheng Company.
After dinner, Xiang Huaqiang left first, but Wang Jing followed Kang Jian to fly and ride.
Kang Jianfei became a driver for Fatty Wang and asked: The first two words of the movie Yongsheng is going to shoot must be "hero".
Wang Jing smiled awkwardly and said: A Fei, you guessed it very accurately. The movie is called "Heroes Fearless".
Kang Jianfei swung the steering wheel and turned around and complained: Do you still need to guess this?With the urinary nature of those Hong Kong directors, a bunch of follow-up films led by "heroes" will definitely be released in the second half of the year.
Wang Jing was quite thick-skinned and said: No matter whether he follows the trend or not, he can make money by filming it.
Kang Jianfei was too lazy to tease him about such things and asked: Have you decided to follow Yongsheng in the future?
Wang Jing is very sleek in his words and actions, but he doesn't need to lie in front of Kang Jianfei. He nodded and said: Although Mr. Xiang is from the club, as long as he can help him make money, the price he gives is still fair.It’s different to filming at Shaw Brothers. The director’s rewards I received for shooting three movies at Shaw Brothers were not as good as one in Yongsheng.
Kang Jianfei asked funnyly: Are you not afraid that the movie you directed will fail one day, and Xiang Huaqiang asked someone to kill you?
Wang Jing leaned on the back and moved her butt, and said angrily: I heard that Mr. Xiang was looking for Zhiwei Zeng as the director. You recommended me to Yongsheng, right?If I get chopped up one day, I run to DreamWorks to hide, you can't stand it and die.
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