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    "Mr. Shen, look here." "Ms. Zhang, please smile." "Click" "Click" Shen Chong stood in the middle of the red carpet, holding the bejeweled Zhang Aijia, and posed for reporters to take photos, murdering a person.  After piling up the film, I calmly walked into Jiahe Theater.  "The venue is too small and has no atmosphere. It would be great if the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles could be moved to Hong Kong." "No wonder the media keeps saying that you are too extravagant and extravagant. Golden Harvest Theater is already the best theater in Hong Kong." "It's not enough."  Well, the outside appearance is too ordinary, and the interior decoration is uncharacteristic Hello, hello Thank you, thank you for your support" The traditional old theater is not a good place to hold a premiere, because it does not have a backstage lounge or dressing room, etc.  After walking through the red carpet, you can only enter through the front door, then walk along the stepped corridor, pass through the hall full of audiences, and walk onto the temporary performance stage under the big screen. For movie fans, this arrangement is very difficult.  Yes, you can get close to celebrities, but it is a bit inconvenient for celebrities wearing formal clothes.  The Red Stadium will not be used until 1983 It is time to build a flagship theater of its own It took Shen Chong and Zhang Aijia a few minutes to pass through in embarrassment under the protection of several security personnel.  hall and walked onto the stage.  There are only five main creative staff who came to participate in "Love at Dawn", producer and screenwriter Shen Chong, director and screenwriter Zhang Sijia, actor Leslie Cheung, actress Brigitte Lin, and photographer Chen Kunhou. The rest of the crew members are all in  There is no need to invite mercenaries hired temporarily by Hollywood to come to Hong Kong.  "Mr. ShenSister Zhang." "HrItBrother Chen, please come here from Taiwan." A few people exchanged greetings for a while, and then started the premiere. This is the first time that Hong Kong has done this.  This kind of activity is relatively simple. There are only three contents. First, interact with the host and talk about some filming behind-the-scenes. Then interact with the fans and reporters present and answer some questions. Finally, Leslie Cheung sings a few songs from the new album. It is completed.  .  The good news does not go to outsiders. The host of the premiere is Chen Xiuwen, the rising star that Liang Shuyi hired from Li TV. She is the female host of Jiayi TV's talk show "Movie Face to Face". In the past few months, she has interacted with many  Actors or film crews have conducted close interviews, including Zhang Aijia, Lin Qingxia and others. They are relatively familiar with each other and can easily lead topics or create jokes.  Although Shen Chong is a producer, he basically did not participate in the filming process of "Love at Dawn", so he did not speak much during the interview. He is the big boss of the TV station, and Chen Xiuwen did not dare to ask more questions, but when it came to the fans  When interacting with reporters, the situation changed - the fans were lucky, most of their attention was on Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, but the reporters' attention was almost entirely focused on Shen Chong.  "Mr. Shen, you rushed back to Hong Kong from the mainland to attend the premiere of the movie. Are you here specifically to support Ms. Zhang?" "Part of it is to support her, and part of it is to support myself. After all, I am the producer and screenwriter of this film.  , If the box office is not good, the face will not be justified.¡± His rhetoric caused a burst of laughter, and another reporter asked: ¡°So, is Mr. Shen confident about the box office of this movie?¡± ¡°No.¡±  As soon as this statement came out, not only the people in the audience were in an uproar, but the people on the stage were also shocked, especially Zhang Aijia - just when we were having dinner, he had vowed that the box office could exceed 10 million, but now he said it in public  There is no confidence in the box office The reporter immediately asked: "Why?" "Because there is no reference." Shen Chong gave Zhang Aijia a calm smile, and then said: "This "Love at Dawn" is  A love movie, let¡¯s think about it. In the past ten years, has Hong Kong produced a love movie worth mentioning?¡± The reporters and fans in the audience were whispering to each other. After a while, someone in the back row shouted something.  : ""The Remnant of a Little House"" ""The Remnant of a Little House"?" Shen Chong laughed, tapped the audience with his hand, and asked: "If it hadn't been for the Academy Awards, how many of you here would have known about the existence of this drama?  ? " "The Dream of a Little House" was a movie that Chu Yuan made in a few days. It only took in 160,000 yuan at the box office. It was terrible. If it hadn't won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the Academy Awards, not many people would have done it.  Knowing it, Shen Chong asked a question, and the whole audience fell silent.  ¡°In the film industry, there are three enduring genres: comedy, action, and romance. Comedy is suitable for both men and women, young and old, and the main audience for action movies is men.  "The main audience for romantic movies is women." "Since Chang Cheh's "The One-Armed Knife" started the kung fu movie craze in 19, the Hong Kong film industry has only focused on action movies and ignored romance movies. This situation has lasted for more than ten years.  causingThere are two consequences. The first consequence is the loss of a large number of female movie audiences. The second consequence is that Hong Kong movies are weak and lack attractive female stars. The third consequence is that the emotional scenes in Hong Kong movies are very weak.  The fourth consequence" Shen Chong was talking eloquently. Halfway through, he stopped and said, "Everyone is here to watch a movie tonight, not to listen to my lecture. These boring things are very unpleasant to the audience. If you are interested,  If so, you can read the next issue of "First Movie Review" In short, Hong Kong's love movie market has been stagnant for more than ten years, and there is no data for reference, so I don't know how good the box office of this movie is.  Still not good.  " "Mr. Shen, although Hong Kong has not produced any romance movies worth mentioning in recent years, Taiwan has produced many, and most of them have been screened in Hong Kong. They can be used as a reference.  " "No, they have no reference value.  Shen Chong shook his head and explained: "Film is an art that is constantly innovating with the development of the times. When we watched "The One-Armed Sword" more than ten years ago, we would be amazed and thought that Wang Yu's fight was so exciting.  It's amazing. Now that you've watched "Die Hard", will you still find it exciting if you go back and watch "The One-Armed Sword"?  The same is true for action movies, and the same is true for romance movies, but what action movies innovate is fighting, while what romance movies innovate is concepts. Now is the RU era, and those Taiwanese romance movies are still stuck in the same style, whether it is shooting techniques or storylines.  In the UU era, they are old-fashioned, so their box office performance in Hong Kong has always been bleak. Let me put it this way, in a sense, the "Love at Dawn" shot by IvIa is the "Die Hard" among romance movies.  "This is the truth. The main purpose of filming "Die Hard" is to improve the technical level of the Hong Kong film industry, while the filming of "Love at Dawn" is to broaden the scope of Hong Kong film themes and movie-watching groups.  As he just said, comedies, action films and romance films are the most important and most profitable troika in the film industry. However, Hong Kong has not had any high-quality romance films since the demise of MP&M and the rise of Chang Chek.  It was not until Xu Anhua made "Love in a Fallen" in 1984 that romance films were taken seriously again. There are many films that appear to be romance films, but they are actually comedy films with gags. Throughout the history of Hong Kong films, they have been the most popular.  The two types are "fighting" and "nao". Fighting is an action movie, and "nao" is a comedy. The number of romance movies is far less than these two types, but in terms of quality and artistic value, it is no worse than "fighting" and "nao".  "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Sweet Honey", "New Love", etc. are all very classic works. Shen Chong feels that if he invests more in movies with this theme, he may gain a lot of good things, and romance movies are far better than  Action movies and comedies can easily hone actors' acting skills and enhance their charm. In addition to the subject matter, there is also a market. In Shen Chong's previous life, there was a very controversial movie called "Little Times". If this movie is discussed,  The quality of the film is not worth mentioning, but in terms of impact, it is extraordinary because it opened up a film market segment dominated by middle school students and made the Chinese film industry aware of the potential and scale of "teenage idol films". Shen  Chong hopes that "Love at Dawn" can open up a new market segment like "Tiny Times". Of course, it will not open up young boys and girls, but middle-class literary and artistic youths - the average per capita in Hong Kong in 19RU  GDP is as high as US$57UU, which is close to the level of developed countries. The size of the middle class is very impressive. ¡°Let me put it this way, female movie fans in Hong Kong have been dragged by their husbands or boyfriends to watch action movies for more than ten years. Now is the time to drag them away.  They came with you to watch a romance movie.  " Shen Chong ended his interview with a smile and a provocative sentence, and then ended the premiere with Leslie Cheung singing. At this moment, for the first time, I felt the atmosphere making me blush and hugged me tightly with my arms.  My heartbeat is racing. Your body fragrance is light and rich. I don¡¯t want to say more. It¡¯s hard to control my feelings"
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