Rebirth: I Want to Surf

The most expensive office building in the world is in Central, Hong Kong.

Central is a land with a lot of money, and most of its clients are financial institutions and law firms. Yes, law firms and lawyers are extremely powerful in Hong Kong Island.

In "Cold War 2", Chow Yun-fat plays a barrister, commonly known as "Dazhuang". The word "Dazhuang" has a sense of history, so this shabby place is really the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, neither British nor New China.

When Hugelive started, Yu Jiajia naively wanted to open a business in Central. Later, she found that the rent was too expensive, so she moved to Kowloon East in despair.

At first it was rented, but later with financing, we simply bought a 20-story office building with an area of ​​nearly 40,000 square meters as the Hong Kong headquarters.

40,000 square meters!

One square foot in Hong Kong is equal to 0.09 square meters, and the often-said luxury house with 1,000 square feet is only 90 square meters.

So you can imagine the impact that an Internet outsider has had on the local area in a place dominated by the financial and service industries.

One day in September.

Traffic is still busy as usual, and wage earners are busy rushing through this strange and mixed-style city.

Chen Baisheng, the editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", had just watched a performance of "Dear". He came out of the subway and carried his bag into the Hugelive building. On the 16th floor, he found an office with a Fortnightly sign.

After the magazine resumed publication, there were more than a dozen people, but sales were bleak, but Yu Jiajia didn't ask for performance, you just had to do it. There was no market pressure and the salary continued to be paid. On the contrary, the professionalism of the magazine was improved and it attracted a small number of movie enthusiasts to subscribe.

Chen Baisheng often collects materials and writes articles himself, so he is naturally biased towards 99 Entertainment.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen!"

He nodded, entered his office, and began to write a review of "Dear".

This film is directed by Chen Kexin and stars Huang Bo, Hao Lei, Zhang Yi, and Yan Bingyan. It is of high quality, both watchable and artistic.

Unfortunately, there is no market for this type of movie in Hong Kong, and the box office is about 0.

From a professional perspective, Chen Baisheng liked this film very much and made a relatively objective review, especially appreciating the acting skills of the four leading actors.

It was all done in one go, and a fresh review came out.

After finishing writing, he also wanted to add some content and summarize the movies released this year to see which ones have the potential to compete for the Academy Awards. Such a summary is incredible!

The peak output of Hong Kong films was more than 200 films a year. After the decline, there were only 40-50 films a year. Those with slightly larger investments were co-productions, among which Golden Harvest produced the most.

But so far this year, the number is 12!

"..."

Chen Baisheng's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly collected other information and found that including the films that were clearly to be released within the year, there were only 20 films!

Most of these 20 films are commercial films with little performance content.

His eyes returned to "Dear". The film has been screened in Hong Kong for 10 consecutive days, and one-third of the positions are Hong Kong personnel... All the conditions are perfect, as if they were specially customized for next year's Academy Awards.

Hiss!

Chen Baisheng has been immersed in the industry for 30 years, so he can naturally guess something.

He was dazed in the office for a while, and suddenly smiled to himself: "Forget it, I'm so old, why are you participating in that? Make your own money!"

He convinced himself as quickly as possible and continued to work hard.

Since the beginning of this year, the Hong Kong film market has been quietly changing. In addition to the artificial control of the boss, the rise of Hugelive is also a big reason.

Last year, she applied for 30 online majors, and they have been launched one after another.

These films are large-scale, refreshing, with novel themes, new actors, and some are free, which invisibly diverts some viewers.

Chen Baisheng wanted to do an in-depth report on "Hong Kong Film and Streaming Media", and he made an appointment for an interview today. He looked at the time and saw that it was almost here.

…………

The Dragon and Tiger martial arts are a major feature of Hong Kong movies.

It originated from four people:

Yu Zhanyuan, a BJ native, studied Peking Opera. After arriving in Hong Kong, he opened a Peking Opera school. His apprentice was the famous Seven Little Fortunes, and he trained two great figures, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.

By the way, when Yu Zhanyuan speaks BJ dialect, he also asks his disciples to speak it. If anyone speaks Cantonese, he will be slapped with a big mouth. That's why Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan speak Mandarin so well.

Next is Fen Juhua, a female Peking Opera actor who also opened an opera school in Hong Kong. Her apprentices include Xiao Fangfang, Lin Zhengying, Dong Wei, Zun Long, Hui Tianci (Hui Yinghong’s brother) and so on.

Then there is Yuan Xiaotian, who practices Northern martial arts and has several famous sons: Yuan Heping and Yuan Xiangren.

Finally, there is Liu Zhan, who practices southern martial arts under the tutelage of Lin Shirong - Lin Shirong in Once Upon a Time has a son named Liu Jialiang.

They first learned opera or practiced martial arts.

Later, there was no market for opera and martial arts, and with the rise of movies, many people changed careers and became martial arts masters. The apprentices and descendants of these four people are ushering in the era of the four major martial arts classes in Hong Kong movies:

Hong’s class, Cheng’s class, Yuan’s class, Liu’s class!

Therefore, the reason why Hong Kong films have enjoyed a period of mythical glory is due to the legacy of those mainland filmmakers, including Chang Cheh, Li Hanxiang, Chu Yuan, Hu Jinquan and other great directors who are famous in film history. They all came from the mainland.

When the glory of the generation of Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan was over, there was no internal pursuit of improvement, a small workshop model, and external Hollywood conquering the city, which finally led to the lagging industry, a lack of talents, and the decline of Hong Kong films.

Let’s talk about Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Master.

It was really a life-and-death job back then, and it was so tiring.

For example, if a new movie is released in the Hong family class, the married class will watch it, and when they see it, they jump from the fourth floor. This scene is exciting! No, we need more excitement. We jumped from the fifth floor and were still on fire...

Don't you dare to jump? If you don't dare to jump, just get out. If he dares to jump, he can make this money.

This is a high-paying career!

Most of the dragon and tiger martial arts masters are uneducated, have high salaries, and do not know how to manage money. They spend a lot of time and alcohol when they are young, but have a miserable life in their old age. Especially when the industry is depressed, there are no jobs for them.

The people working at the bottom of Hong Kong are very poor!

But it’s different now, because Boss Yu is here, and when Boss Yu is here, there is blue sky!

…………

“Boss, try this crab, it’s a high-end product from Japan!”

"Chixian, what are you doing with Japanese products? Today I eat crabs, and crabs will eat me in a few years!"

In the evening, in a restaurant.

Martian was eating havoc with his brothers. They were all old men in their fifties and sixties, vulgar and brutal. All of them had injuries, and one guy was in a wheelchair.

There was a table of fresh seafood, and Mars invited everyone to eat and drink. He didn't do much, but just sighed: Oh, how many years have I not been this cool?

He is from Shanghai and studied Peking Opera. He and Cheng Xiaodong are brothers. Later, he entered the family class. He is Jackie Chan's right-hand man and has participated in almost all of Jackie Chan's works.

Those dangerous scenes in movies usually give Mars a try first. For example, the classic falling shot of the clock tower in "Plan A" was done by Mars in the first shot, and Jackie Chan himself in the second shot.

He is 60 years old this year. He didn't save much money when he was young. His life was difficult and there were few job opportunities. The last movie that asked him to serve as action director was in 2010.

But today is a good day, boss Yu has paid his salary!

(besides……)