In fact, in 1981, some people complained about Li Changsheng. He made a new art city movie, which contained seven monsters, but he couldn't make any decent movies.
At that time, only the "Happy Ghost" series and "Modern Tycoon" were released. The box office was not particularly good, so I can only say that it was still profitable.
But in 1982, his New Art City movie won the box office champion of the year.
Once again, people witnessed Li Changsheng's vision.
In the Spring Festival of 1982, New Art City launched the most successful work "Best Partner" since its establishment. The situation of the three pillars of the family and Jiahe.
In the next two years, 730 "Best Partner" made two sequels in a row, achieving three consecutive box office titles, which can be said to be unprecedented.
The male lead was originally chosen by Zhou Guifa, but the negotiation failed due to scheduling issues, perhaps because his luck had not yet arrived.
In the end, New Art City hired Hu Guanjie from Golden Harvest at a sky-high price of two million Hong Kong dollars plus dividends from the island country market.
Huang Baiming later recalled that at that time, 500,000 yuan could buy a thousand-foot luxury house in the middle of the mountain, and 1 million yuan could make a movie.
At that time Li Changsheng was hesitant to take part in the film himself, but later (ageh) he was too busy, so he decided to let Hu Guanjie act.
Hu Guanjie's box office appeal was quite good in the 1980s.
Hu Guanjie did not disappoint, and achieved mutual success with New Art City. He has only starred in more than 20 films in his acting career, but he won eight box office titles and broke Xiangjiang records five times. His achievements are impressive
Zhang Aijia was invited to act as the heroine. Originally, she thought she would play a handsome and beautiful rivalry with Hu Guanjie, but unexpectedly, she fell in love with bald Mae Jia and had to cut her long hair into a boy's head. Later, she didn't want to act in the sequel, and she received a reply saying: "Okay, I'll worship your posthumous photo at the beginning!" She could only come to the rescue in an angry and funny manner.
"Best Partner" re-deconstructed 007 with Xiangjiang characteristics, mixed and matched many of the most fashionable entertainment and technological elements at that time, endowed it with a lot of grassroots characteristics, and was more in line with the oriental aesthetic culture. Lots of laughs and sincerity.
Hu Guanjie's ghostly horse and Ma Jia's clumsiness complement each other, and together with Zhang Aijia's hot and reckless, the trio is full of tension, and the theme song composed by the singer himself also adds a lot of color to the film.
In the play, Hu Guanjie needs a stand-in for a scene where a car falls from a building, and Hollywood stuntmen dare not accept it.
At that time, there were heroes everywhere in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Ke Shouliang had come to Hong Kong from Taiwan for several years, and he was working in the stunt industry all day long. On the day of filming, the whole crew was in fear, and Xiao Hei simply took one shot, and the ambulance arranged in advance failed to come in handy.
Stone Tian still looks like a hippie smiling face in the film, and he can't see that he will become the bitter and old fourth uncle in "The True Colors of Heroes 2" five years later.
Tsui Hark also made a guest appearance to add to the fun, and was ridiculed by the screenwriter Huang Baiming with a line: "You won the Golden Horse Award and you can't just add extra ingredients."
Those were the happiest days for the group of New Arts City. One movie after another was a hit, making money every day, and it inspired countless whimsical ideas of the seven monsters. The debate in the struggle room was also enjoyable. .
