From the perspective of the film type, spy movies are not a type of movie, but a branch under the police and gangster movie.

As for China, spy movies appeared very early, both in mainland China and Taiwan, and have a strong political significance, and their propaganda effect is far greater than their storylines.

As for Hong Kong, spy movies are a rare type. Hong Kong audiences are very familiar with undercover police and gangster films, but they have no understanding of spy movies, so "The Sound of the Wind" is definitely a very novel thing.

Take Zhou Jiaming as an example. After watching "The Sound of the Wind", he only had an unscrupulous feeling, shocked by the cruelty and thrill of spy wars. In particular, the heroine relied on being a female red girl and embroidered the encrypted Morse code with needlework, and finally successfully passed the message.

This is so awesome!

The hidden sword light and sabers and murderous intent are far more nervous than the hot gunfight and fierce fighting, giving Zhou Jiaming an unprecedented movie viewing experience.

As for the patriotism in it, to be honest, Zhou Jiaming really has no feelings. Although his grandfathers came to Hong Kong from the mainland and his parents would speak a few words of Mandarin, Zhou Jiaming himself has no special feelings for China.

For Zhou Jiaming, "The Sound of the Wind" is a very excellent high-IQ spy war drama, which is very enjoyable, but that's all. If you have to add some experience, it is that both heroines are very beautiful.

Zhou Jiaming's movie viewing experience represents the views of most young Hong Kong audiences.

More than ten years ago, when Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen beat the Japanese devils on TV, the Hong Kong audience in front of the TV cheered loudly, and this situation is gone forever. The new generation born and raised in Hong Kong is even more emotionally inclined to the UK.

This change can be seen from film and television works that in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the Japanese and Bonzi people in the past were all bad guys. In the past two years, Li Lianjie's "The Hero of Jingwu" had both good and bad things, and the feelings of family and country were no longer the selling point, and they could only become the background of the story.

On the contrary, in Taiwan, this "The Sound of Wind" may have a more market, although Li is now greening Taiwan.

Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company is actively operating, and "The Sound of the Wind" should be launched in Taiwan this summer. The "old ghost" and "old gun" in this film do not emphasize which force they are spies. You can regard them as Zhongg underground party, or as members of the National Military Commission.

Even if it is placed in Taiwan, "The Sound of the Wind" can be a "patriotic film".

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Although Hong Kong audiences regard "The Sound of the Wind" as a special police and gangster film, this novel type still ignited the enthusiasm of citizens to watch movies. Especially those older audiences over 40 years old, their feelings of family and country have not yet been destroyed, and they particularly admire "The Sound of the Wind". (In 1950, Hong Kong's population was only over 2 million, of which less than half of them spoke Cantonese. Now there are more than 6 million people, many of which are from the mainland.)

After a month of screening, the Hong Kong box office of "The Sound of the Wind" was close to 30 million, which surprised countless colleagues in the film industry.

In comparison, Zhou Xingchi is much more depressed.

He used to build his own film studio, which was affiliated with Oriental DreamWorks. Last year, he upgraded the studio to Caixing Film Company. The movie "A Chinese Odyssey" invested more than 60 million yuan, of which DreamWorks only invested 35 million yuan, and the remaining 25 million yuan was paid by Zhou Xingchi himself.

In the sluggish environment of Hong Kong films, no one dared to pay for filming on their own. Zhou Xingchi's move shows that he still has great revenge.

At the beginning, "A Chinese Odyssey" was only planned to film one. But as the filming was filmed, the plot had already deviated from Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi's estimates and could only be released in two parts.

The first "Moonlight Box" had a good momentum at the beginning, with a box office of more than 5 million in two days. The audience was looking for Zhou Xingchi's name. But it soon stopped. The attendance rate fell wildly, and the box office in the city was only 25 million when it was finished. Now the screening of the second "The Great Sage" ("The Legend of the Condor Heroes") ended, and the box office of 20 million made Zhou Xingchi cry without tears.

The total box office is only 45 million. When you go to the theater and the theater chain to share the share and then deduct taxes. The producer can get at most 20 million, which is only one-third of the cost.

Zhou Xingchi's Caixing Film Company will lose at least 15 million this time. It depends on how much it can be made back from overseas box office. Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company has a good look and will still share some overseas box office. It is not as rogue as Jiahe, and often embezzles overseas box office, resulting in the producers having to choose to sell off copyright rather than share their money.

After the two movies "A Chinese Odyssey" were released, Zhou Xingchi locked himself in the house for two weeks, and he didn't even see his girlfriend Mo Wenwei. The main plot of this movie was written by Liu Zhenwei, but many details were designed by Zhou Xingchi. Now the movie is a failure, which directly cuts Zhou Xingchi's confidence.

After half a month of sluggishness, Zhou Xingchi finally adjusted his mindset, drove out the sports car, and came to a nearby Chinese restaurant.

"Mr. Zhou, what do you want to eat?" The waiter was already immune to Zhou Xingchi because he often came here to eat.

Zhou Xingchi said: "A serving of fried rice."

"Okay, please wait."

Ten minutes later, the waiter did not show up, but instead a chef with a stingy face came. The chef put the fried rice on the table and said, "Your rice is here."

Zhou Xingchi looked up and saw that he was an old acquaintance and smiled and said, "It's you again, where is the waiter?"

The chef replied, "It seems like I'm going to the cottage. I shouted in the kitchen for a long time but no one answered."

Zhou Xingchi said: "I'm surprised. The fried rice you make is so delicious, how can you work in such a mid-range restaurant?"

The chef sighed: "I used to be the chef of Fulinmen. You know, the gambling king He Hongsen, he ate my special fried rice for 5,000 yuan at a time. Later, I quit and opened my own store. I could earn more than 100,000 yuan a month. The business grew bigger and bigger, and I also opened three branches."

"So powerful?" Zhou Xingchi said in surprise.

The chef smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that my friend had planned to do that. He said there was a batch of low-priced beef and asked me if I wanted it. I was also greedy at that time, so I said I wanted it."

"What then?" Zhou Xingchi said curiously.

The chef sighed, "Then I was cheated, it was a problematic beef smuggled. Not only did I get fined a lot of money, but I also ordered the business to be closed down and rectification. When the bad news was opened, the nearby diners were unwilling to eat in my store. The tens of millions of dollars I had accumulated over ten years were all ruined in just three months."

"Then you are worse than me." Zhou Xingchi sighed quite emotion. He found that his frustration seemed nothing compared to this chef.

The two soon started chatting, talking about the chef's experience back then. Zhou Xingchi thought this kind of story was very dramatic and might be made into a movie.
Chapter completed!