In the early 1980s, Qian Jiale, a well-trained martial artist, was recruited by Hong Jinbao to join the "Hong Family Class".
In the "Hongjia Class", Qian Jiale's attitude towards work can be described as very dedicated. In "Heart of the Dragon", he made a stand-in for Jackie Chan and broke his leg; in "Oriental Condor", he was burned by fire in order to complete the explosion shot.
Qian Jiale's efforts and efforts, Hong Jinbao has always been in the eyes. "Find an opportunity to make Qian Jiale popular", which has also become Hong Jinbao's obsession.
In 1988, Hong Jinbao began to pour a large amount of resources into Qian Jiale's body. This year, Qian Jiale, who was still working as a stand-in on the set, was called to the office by Hong Jinbao, and it was also in this year that Qian Jiale became the male protagonist for the first time, starring in the movie "Uncle Zombie".
In Hong Jiaban's "spiritual zombie theme" works, "Uncle Zombie" is definitely a superior work. However, the rapid decline of the "zombie film market" in the late 80s made this "Uncle Zombie" suffer market setbacks.
After the film was released, the box office performance was far less than the previous "Mr. Zombie", "Zombie Family", "Mr. Magic", and Qian Jiale failed to get too much market recognition because of the film.
After the defeat of "Uncle Zombie", Hong Jinbao did not give up the cultivation of Qian Jiale. In 1991, Hong Jinbao once again put Qian Jiale in the position of male protagonist, and also gathered two people from "Hong Jia Ban" and "Cheng Jia Ban" to shoot the movie "Tantric Weilong".
01: The internal strife of the Tantric sects
The so-called "tantra" is a branch of Buddhism. During the Tang Dynasty, "tantric Buddhism" was very popular in China. "Tibetan Buddhism", on the other hand, has always adhered to the "tantric teachings." The great lama and the reincarnation of the living Buddha, these classic words are all from the "tantric religious school."
In 1988, "The Peacock Prince" cooperated with Japan's "Toho Toho Co., Ltd." to set off a wave of "tantric theme" film works on top of the Asian film market. In 1990, the sequel to "The Peacock Prince", "Asura", added a touch of warmth to this craze.
Seeing that the market potential of "Tantric Films" is so impressive, In 1991, Hong Jinbao also led the "Hong Jia Ban" to excavate the "Tantric Films" and created this "Tantric Veyron".
In the story of "Tantric Veyron", tantra is divided into two major sects, yellow and black, which revere different living Buddhas and fight with each other continuously. The Black Sect living Buddha "Anti-Heavenly Child" (played by Lu Huiguang), in order to unify the sect, began to rely on force to fight against the Yellow Sect.
"Only a living Buddha can defeat a living Buddha", and if you want to fight against the anti-heavenly child, you must ask the "Yellow Sect Living Buddha" to help. However, the problem is that after the death of the last living Buddha of the Yellow Sect, the disciples of the Yellow Sect have never found the "reincarnation of the living Buddha."
The powerful "Mi Yue" (played by Lin Zhengying) is in danger and goes down the mountain to find the reincarnated spirit child.
Mizuki's brother", "Miri" (played by NoonMa), was ordered to go down the mountain eighteen years ago to find the spirit child. However, since that descent, Miri has never wanted to return to the mountain, and has changed his name to Chifei and lingered on Red Dust.
A few months ago, chi fei's traces appeared at the "Secret Summoning Temple" in Qinghai. Miyue decides to go to the Temple of Secret Summons to see if she can find the clue of the spirit child from her brother.
On the way to the Temple of Secret Summons, Miyue meets the young man "Aaron" (played by Qian Jiale), who sees the magic of the Miyue Society, and stalks all the way, wanting to worship him as a teacher.
Mizuki and Aaron come to the Temple of Secret Summons and find Chi Fei, explaining the past. However, Chi Fei was not willing to help Mi yue find the spirit child.
At this time, Mi Yue discovers that Chi Fei has a young disciple "Lin Hai" (played by Meng Hai) by his side. So he suspected that Chi Fei had actually found the reincarnated spirit child 18 years ago, but he was unwilling to bring the spirit child back to the Sect Gate, and Lin Hai was the reincarnated spirit child.
In order to confirm his conjecture, Mi Yue began to test Lin Hai. After some tossing and turning, Mi Yue found that Lin Hai was not a spirit child, and the real spirit child was actually Aaron.
After determining the identity of the spirit child, Miyue and Chifei decided to escort Ah Long back to Zongmen. At this time, the anti-Heavenly Boy suddenly brought someone to kill. During the fight, Mizuki dies, and Chi Fei sends lingtong to the residence of his master "Master Canaanite" (Played by Hong Jinbao).
Under the guidance of Master Canaanite, Aaron awakened the spiritual power in his body and learned to use spells. At the end of the story, Aaron fights with the Anti-Heavenly Boy and destroys it.
02: The strong combination of Hongjia class and Chengjia class
In the filming process of this "Tantric Veyron", the two "ace action teams" of HongJiaban and Chengjiaban came together.
The Taibao of the "Family Class" played the role of "Master Xiaoyun" in the film. At the beginning of the movie, Taibao also staged a wonderful fight scene.
Audiences familiar with Jackie Chan's film works should be familiar with Taibao. Taibao was originally named Zhang Jianian, and in the late 1970s, he began to shoot movies with Jackie Chan and became a frequent guest in many classic Hong Kong films.
In works such as "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse", "Young Master Dragon", "Plan A", "Heart of the Dragon", "Police Story", "Flying Dragon Fierce General", "Miracle", "Drunken Fist 2" and other works, Taibao's figure has appeared.
Taibao may not be the best fighter in the "family class", but he is the best acting skill in the "family class".
After 2000, Taibao left the "family class" and also left the "action film world". He tried to find a new direction of development in the "literary and artistic works". And this career transformation has also allowed Taibao to usher in the peak of its own life.
In 2000, "The Love of The Running Hand" allowed Taibao to win a trophy for the best supporting actor, and "Uncle" in 2019 made Taibao win the honor of "Golden Statue Film Emperor" in one fell swoop.
It is worth mentioning that as the big brother of the "family class", Jackie Chan has also been nominated for the "Golden Statue Film Emperor" many times, but he has not won an award once.
In addition to Taibao, Lu Huiguang, the action of the "Family Formation Class", also participated in the filming of this "Tantric Veyron".
For Lu Huiguang's skills, the audience should all see it. In "Police Story Sequel", "Flying Eagle Project" and "Drunken Fist 2", Lu Huiguang staged a wonderful fight scene with Jackie Chan with his sharp fist and foot performance.
In this "Tantric Veyron", Lu Huiguang once again provoked the burden of the villain, and with a thick face, he also launched several major battles with Qian Jiale.
03: Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying who played for Qian Jiale
Not only did they pull the people and horses of the "Family Formation Class", but Also Lin Zhengying, Noon Ma, and Meng Hai of the "Hong Family Class" also played for Qian Jiale in this "Tantric Weilong".
"Big Brother" Hong Jinbao, even more personally, played the role of "Canaanite Master" in the film, and lifted the car for Qian Jiale, a newcomer.
After "Mr. Zombie" in 1985, Lin Zhengying jumped to the peak of his career and became the male number one in various "psychic film works". However, in this "Tantric Veyron", Uncle Jiu was also driven out of the position of male protagonist, which shows that Hong Jinbao attaches great importance to Qian Jiale.
Although it took a lot of thought, the effect of this "Tantric Veyron" after its release was not ideal. In the Hong Kong film market in 1991, the film only got more than 5 million box office results, and the audience's reputation was extremely flat.
"Tantric Veyron" was not loved by the market audience at that time, no more than two points.
First, the film is too traditional in terms of the performance of the action scenes. The action design of small scenes has always been the feature of "Hong Jia Ban", and it is also the wealth code of "Hong Jia Ban" to gallop the box office market in the 80s.
However, in the mid-1980s, with the rise of Jackie Chan, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke and others, the action scenes with great visual impact began to lead a new market trend. Bloody, life-fighting stunts, lively gun battles, and fantasy scenes flying in the sky stimulate the visual nerves of the audience again and again.
While market audiences are marveling at the big scenes of action with great visual impact, "Hong JiaBan" adheres to the tradition in this "Tantric Veyron", engaging in some small scene shots that pan up and down and take things from the air.
If you want to rely on these small scenes to attract the audience, under the market environment at that time, it can be described as extremely difficult.
Second, the old-fashioned story design is also the key to the box office folding of this "Tantric Veyron". Although it is ingenious and focuses the story on the element of "tantra", in the bones, this "Tantric Veyron" continues the old features of "Hongjiaban zombie film".
"The master takes the apprentice, fights against the villain, and mixes some spells in the middle to fight", such a story design, in the filming of "Psychic Zombie Films", is too common.
In the early 1990s, audiences were tired of such a story routine, and even if they put on the cloak of "tantric film", it still could not change its dismal box office ending.
In 1991, after the market of this "Tantric Veyron" was frustrated, Hong Jinbao still did not give up his praise for Qian Jiale. In 1992, Hong Jinbao's "Baohe Film" also cast "Scorpion Warrior" for Qian Jiale.
Although on the road of the actor, Hong Jinbao gave Qian Jiale a lot of support, but Qian Jiale did not become popular on the road of the actor, but instead performed well in the career of "action direction", which made his life go to a new peak.