Chapter 134 is online
As Song Tang and Ni Rui's conversation went on, regarding the development of Emperor Film Industry, overall Song Tang was still relatively satisfied. After all, from the company's establishment to now, it had only been less than half a year, although Emperor Film Industry didn't have any particularly outstanding aspects!
However, Emperor Motion Pictures had just been established and due to personnel reasons, it was impossible for them to release dozens of movies and TV series like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest did every year. After learning about the company's current situation, Song Tang couldn't help but sigh: Talent is indeed the most important thing, not only is there a lack of talent in the US side of Da Tang, but also here at Emperor.
In the evening, Song Tang had dinner with Run Shaw and others. Unlike his first visit to Hong Kong, he didn't take in the night view of Hong Kong. This was probably due to the exhaustion from flying today and being surrounded by fans and reporters at the airport for a long time. Anyway, Song Tang felt extremely tired!
The next day, all of Hong Kong's entertainment newspapers, magazines and even radio stations were swept up in a wave of Song Tang fever with his arrival!
Yesterday, Hong Kong welcomed an important figure, who is none other than the currently popular in the US, Song Tang. Previously, we all speculated why such a hot figure in the US would return to Hong Kong, and yesterday, we got the answer. It turns out that he is the behind-the-scenes boss of a newly emerging film company in Hong Kong this year - Emperor Film Industry. At this moment, I wonder what some of our Hong Kong film companies will think! Where will Hong Kong's films go from here? —《The Sun》
"I finally know what it means to be popular, and I also finally understand the sensation caused by a famous Hollywood director in Hong Kong. It's unimaginable that just a small post can attract so many people's attention!" - Oriental Daily News
"Brave Heart", the film that has just been released in Hong Kong, after it successfully created a heroic wave in Hong Kong, its director Mr. Song Tang arrived in Hong Kong yesterday with great fanfare, which is really hard to believe. With the arrival of this genius director, he again created a sensation in Hong Kong, but we should clearly recognize that the arrival of this genius director does not only bring us star-chasing, but more importantly, it will bring competition to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, very few people in Hong Kong see this point! For this, I feel very sad! - Fast Weekly
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Regarding the airport, many newspapers also expressed their views on this matter. Today's newspaper seems to be all about reporting on this point. At the same time, as reporters learned more about Song Tang and Emperor, many people also knew the purpose of Song Tang's trip to Hong Kong!
"Genius director Song Tang scripts, famous director Ang Lee directs, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is about to be released!" "Now Xiao Ma Ge's style, Chow Yun-fat carefully performs the martial arts epic!" "Martial arts queen Michelle Yeoh, reappears in Jianghu." "Dragon and tiger fight, all in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'!" "Hollywood famous director Song Tang rushes to Hong Kong just for 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'" "Emperor Motion Picture was founded at the beginning, carefully crafting the most classic martial arts film of 1993!"
Regarding the news of Emperor Motion Picture's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" being released today, with newspaper and magazine reports quickly spreading throughout Hong Kong, many Hong Kong people, after waking up early in the morning, received newspapers and magazines that, apart from reports on Song Tang, were also about Emperor Motion Picture's upcoming release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Just before that, Ni Zheng and others spent a lot of time and money to promote "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but the effect was not very good. In people's eyes, Emperor Motion Pictures was just a newly established film company. Although it had the backing of Shaw Brothers, people were more inclined to believe in Shaw Brothers than in Emperor Motion Pictures' ability to produce excellent films!
On the other hand, it is also because of the subject matter of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". As a martial arts film, although martial arts are a traditional part of Chinese culture with a long history and rich cultural heritage, it was people like Liang Yusheng, Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Bruce Lee who made martial arts a popular culture. They were the ones who created a clear and specific image of martial arts in our minds. On the other hand, precisely because they were too successful, they left behind an unattainable height for their successors. The way of depicting martial arts stories has been basically fixed, and its aesthetic taste has also taken root in the hearts of the masses. It is precisely because of this situation that in the eyes of many Hong Kong people, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" cannot surpass Jin Yong and Gu Long to recreate a new martial arts world for people. Compared to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", people may be more eager to watch martial arts TV series! Therefore, after the trailer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released, it did not cause a stir in Hong Kong.
But just this morning, people found that all the newspapers and magazines were basically reporting on this aspect. It wasn't until then that people realized that this film was actually directed by a genius director who had recently caught their attention! For Song Tang, for Hong Kong, Song Tang's name may not be as well-known as in America, but for movie enthusiasts, especially those who love Song Tang's films, they suddenly discovered that their views on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and their understanding of the film were all wrong!
Now they know that the movie is only a few hours away, and the premiere begins. It was not until this time that many fans who had not thought about it before but now wanted to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in Hong Kong discovered that they still did not have tickets in their hands! So these individuals rushed to the place where movie tickets were sold without exception.
"Oh my god, what's going on? How can there be so many people!" At this time, a person in charge of selling tickets for the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had just opened the ticket sales door when he suddenly found his entrance surrounded by a crowd of people, and was shocked.
The people outside, seeing the ticket sales gate they had been waiting for finally open, rushed towards the entrance in an instant, holding the money to buy tickets in their hands, and shouted loudly at the person who opened the gate and was about to sell movie tickets: "Hurry up, give me a ticket for 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'!"
"I want two!"
"I want five!"
"Give me ten of those, quick!"
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At first, the ticket seller couldn't help but smile when she saw so many people. However, it soon dawned on her that she had made a terrible mistake. In the previous few days, tickets for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" hadn't been selling well, and as a result, she didn't have many tickets in hand!
"Sorry, everyone. Today's movie tickets are already sold out! If you still want to buy some, please come back tomorrow!" The ticket seller said with a difficult expression, looking at the crowd that was still pouring in.
Seeing the empty movie tickets, many people who didn't buy movie tickets felt disappointed, but still left with a hint of regret. However, soon these movie fans were attracted by a shout!
"I have movie tickets on hand, whoever wants them come and get them, highest bidder gets priority!" For these cowboys who specialize in buying up movie tickets to profit from the price difference, there are always some around. Although film enthusiasts feel very disgusted by such people, many still spend double the usual amount of money to buy a ticket from these cowboys just so they can see their desired movie at the earliest possible time!
Of course, such a situation is not only happening in this one place in Hong Kong, but is constantly happening all over Hong Kong!
"Little Song, do you know? This morning, the movie tickets for 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' are selling like crazy! There are still many people who couldn't get their hands on a ticket. It's been ages since this has happened in Hong Kong!" Shaw Yifu said with a big smile as he rushed to the headquarters of Shaw Brothers early that morning and saw Song Tang again.
"Haha, Sixth Uncle, isn't this a good thing?" The emergence of such a situation was beyond Song Tang's expectations! Originally, Song Tang thought that the premiere tickets for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had already been sold out long ago! Who would have thought that just yesterday, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was actually not very popular in Hong Kong? But today, a shortage of movie tickets occurred. Who could have known that there would be such a big difference between these two days?!
"I was worried about the movie 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' at first, but now it seems my worries were completely unnecessary!" Shaw Yifu exclaimed. Just last night, after seeing the box office records provided by Emperor Motion Pictures for 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', Shaw Yifu still had some concerns in his heart. However, until this morning, when he saw the confidence of various ticketing points, Shaw Yifu's mood finally truly brightened up!
"Haha, Mr. Song Tang's name is on display here, many people are going towards Mr. Song Tang, if it wasn't for the shocking scene at the airport yesterday, I suppose this situation wouldn't have happened today!" Chow Yun-fat couldn't help but laugh behind Run Run Shaw.
"You're no longer attractive with the title of 'Little Horse Brother', I've heard that many people have imitated you, including your titles as 'Little Horse Brother' and 'God of Gamblers'!" Song Tang said nonchalantly after hearing Chow Yun-fat's words. However, it was undeniable that some classic roles played by Chow Yun-fat in the past, such as "Little Horse Brother", "Hui Man-keung" and "God of Gamblers", were indeed very popular at one time. What Song Tang said was not wrong, after all, in Hong Kong, Chow Yun-fat's title still attracts many movie fans!