Xiang Nan and Guan Zhilin watched the urban action film "Beware of Little Hands" starring Sammo Hung and Chen Xunqi.
In fact, this movie is the pioneer of urban action movies produced in Hong Kong. Before this, action movies in Hong Kong basically existed in the form of kung fu movies and martial arts movies.
Even though the background of the story takes place in a modern city, such as Bruce Lee's "Across the River" and "Enter the Dragon," the rhythm of the fighting is still based on kung fu, with punches and kicks, and full posture.
"Beware of Little Hands" breaks the mold and no longer sticks to one move or another, but focuses on free fighting. This makes the fighting more realistic, crisper and more enjoyable to watch.
Coupled with the modern urban background, it is also easier for the audience to accept. Therefore, the film was very popular after its release, and the box office was no worse than "Die Hard".
"Sanmao's performance is really good, what do you think?" Xiang Nan commented while watching.
Sammo Hung won the second Academy Award for Best Actor for this movie.
"Yeah." Guan Zhilin also nodded. In fact, she didn't understand much.
All she knew was that no matter what Xiang Nan said, she would just nod along.
Xiang Nan smiled and saw her absent-mindedness, so he reached out and held her little hand.
Guan Zhilin's delicate body trembled slightly, but she did not refuse.
"Let's go~" Xiang Nan smiled.
"Don't you want to read it?" Guan Zhilin asked doubtfully.
"I've seen everything I want to see." Xiang Nan nodded. He came to the movies mainly to see how far other action stars had grown.
Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao are all artists with great potential, and they are the targets he plans to support. He wants to see their current results.
Although he had only watched for thirty minutes, he had already seen everything clearly and there was no need to waste any more time.
"Okay." Guan Zhilin nodded.
She had no interest in action movies either. If Xiang Nan hadn't wanted to watch it, she would never have chosen such a movie.
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Xiang Nan then took Guan Zhilin to a luxury store in Central.
When picking up girls, you have to go along with them. Guan Zhilin is not interested in watching movies, so take her to do something interesting.
Brand-name clothing, brand-name bags, brand-name shoes and hats, brand-name jewelry, brand-name cosmetics... Xiang Nan bought dozens of sets in one go, spending nearly half a million Hong Kong dollars, which even shocked Guan Zhilin.
"Mr. Ning, it's too much and too valuable. I can't afford it if I don't get paid for nothing." She waved her hand in embarrassment.
"Hey, for a beauty like you, no amount of luxury goods is enough." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Just let me buy it. No matter how much money I spend for you, I think it's worth it."
Hearing what he said, Guan Zhilin was naturally very happy.
What she dreams of is to find a rich husband who loves her, pampers her, and loves her. This way she can lie down and enjoy life comfortably.
But now, this dream has come true.
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Now that she had decided that Xiang Nan was her destined Prince Charming, Guan Zhilin no longer held back and went back to the hotel with Xiang Nan that night.
After breakfast the next day, Xiang Nan drove her home.
"Hani, you are so rich, why don't you buy a house and live in a hotel?" Guan Zhilin asked curiously on the way.
"The house is too big. It's too spacious for me to live alone. Besides, I don't have time to clean. Please hire a servant. I'm not used to having people around." Xiang Nan laughed, "So it's better to live in The hotel is good, the room is just the right size, and I have someone to clean it so I don’t have to worry too much.
And, the most important thing is that if you get tired of living in one place, you can change to another one. There are so many hotels in Xiangjiang, and the decoration, service and street view of each one are different, which can be slowly understood. Isn't it better than living in the same house for several years? "
"It makes sense." Guan Zhilin smiled and nodded, "But if you get married in the future, you will definitely have to buy a house."
"Of course." Xiang Nan nodded, "When the time comes, I will buy a piece of land in the middle of the mountain and build the most magnificent house in Hong Kong. It will be a beautiful combination of Chinese and Western..."
Hearing what he said, Guan Zhilin couldn't help but feel fascinated. She was already dreaming of becoming the hostess of a big house, holding a dance party in the grand hall, inviting the upper class people from all over Hong Kong to participate, drinking and feasting...
But she didn't notice that Xiang Nan didn't guarantee that she would become the mistress of the big house.
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After settling Guan Zhilin, Xiang Nan continued filming "Best Partner".
Time passes and the Spring Festival period passes quickly.
In the end, "Die Hard" won 15 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which can be said to be a pretty good result.
"Beware of Little Hands" starring Sammo Hung also took home 11 million Hong Kong dollars, which is also very impressive.
It is worth mentioning that this movie is produced by Yongjia Pictures, and Yongjia Pictures, like New Art City, is also a company supported by Golden Princess. Naturally, this movie was released in Golden Princess Cinema.
Because its performance was so good, Golden Harvest once again noticed the value of Sammo Hung.
In fact, also released during the Spring Festival is the kung fu comedy "One and a Half Moves" written, directed and starred by Jackie Chan. However, this movie that he worked hard to create did not receive a very good response from the box office and the audience's reputation after its release. In the end, it only took over 2 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
Although he still made some money, Jackie Chan was still sad.
This movie was supposed to be his proudest work, but he didn't expect that it almost suffered a waterloo, which really shocked him. For this reason, he specially disguised himself and sneaked into the theater to listen to what the audience was saying.
As a result, many viewers said that "One Move and a Half" is too cliched and not as enjoyable to watch as "Beware of Little Hands", "Police Story" and "Die Hard".
Jackie Chan was naturally very anxious when he heard what they said. Realizing that kung fu movies are outdated, the era of urban action movies is likely to follow.
However, he didn't know whether he could successfully transform, and he was unsure for a while, so he found Xiang Nan.
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"Mr. Ning, what do you think I should do?" Jackie Chan asked Xiang Nan for help.
He believes that if there is one person in Xiangjiang who can help him, that person will definitely be Xiang Nan. Only he has that ability and vision.
"Aaron, you are right. Kung fu movies are indeed on the decline now, so it is necessary to transform in time." Xiang Nan nodded approvingly.
Although Jackie Chan is not highly educated, he has keen insight and extraordinary creativity. When most people didn't realize that kung fu movies had declined, he had already thought of transforming, which was not easy.
"Don't worry, I've already prepared it. This is a script I wrote, and I originally thought I would use it myself. But I'm too busy. After filming "The Best of Us," I'm going back to Hollywood. So I’ll give it to you.” Xiang Nan handed the script to Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be startled when he saw that the name of the script was - "Plan A".
