Ye Zilin joined Golden Harvest, and Zou Dingou set out to build
In 1988, the 25-year-old Ye Zilin's contract in the TV industry finally ended, and she decided to officially switch to the film industry. Previously, Golden Harvest producer Zou Dingou had thrown olive branches to her many times, wanting to recruit this well-known TV actress into his command.
After careful consideration, Ye Zilin chose to accept Zou Dingou's invitation and joined Golden Harvest Film Company.
For Zou Dingou, the joining of Ye Zilin is undoubtedly a successful talent introduction. He believes that Ye Zilin, who has excellent acting skills, will definitely be able to shine in the film industry and become another bright new star of Golden Harvest.
Therefore, Zou Dingou set out to carefully design and plan, and he wanted to discover and vigorously cultivate leaf lintels in the film industry. He equipped Ye Zilin with a senior screenwriter and director, and arranged for her to cooperate with a number of popular superstars to shoot a number of well-known movies.
I look forward to using these film works to accumulate popularity for Ye Zilin, so that she can quickly gain attention and recognition in the film industry.
"Female Robot" is tailor-made, with the goal of creating a leaf frieze
In 1991, Zou Dingou saw the opportunity and felt that Ye Zilin's popularity and strength in the film industry were enough to star in a movie. In order to give this new star a stage to display his talents, he hired senior screenwriter Su Wenxing and director Lu Jianming, and planned to tailor a sci-fi action movie "Female Robot" specifically for Ye Zilin, and Ye Zilin will play the heroine.
Zou Dingou is full of confidence in his talent planning and work selection this time. He analyzed that science fiction movies were popular at that time, and action science fiction films that reflect women's independence and strength were particularly popular overseas.
If the two can be successfully combined, it will surely get a positive response from the market. Coupled with his carefully selected production team, the film is fully capable of creating a new visual experience that will bring a huge leap forward to Ye Zilin's career.
So, under Zou Dingou's plan and arrangement, the filming of "Female Robot" began rapidly. Zou Dingou also appeared frequently on the set, paying attention to Ye Zilin's performance guidance, for fear that a small flaw would affect this rare opportunity.
Chikako Aoyama Unexpected Appearance Woman No. 2
In order to further increase the highlights and topicality of the movie and attract more audiences' attention, Zou Dingou also specially invited the popular student Chikako Aoyama from Japan to serve as the second heroine of "Female Robot".
For Zou Dingou, Aoyama Zhikezi is just a small selling point in the promotion of the movie, and she herself is not considered.
In Zou Dingou's heart, "Female Robot" will definitely be a turning point and a new starting point in Ye Zilin's career, and this foreign newcomer has no impact on her. But what Zou Dingou never expected was that this inconspicuous Japanese actress eventually became the biggest highlight of the movie, and "unexpectedly became popular" in the Hong Kong film market in one fell swoop, successfully comparing with the leaf lintel that he was bent on becoming popular.
Perhaps, it was Zou Dingou who was too confident in the leaf lintel, but ignored the variable of Qingshan Zhikezi. He put all his mind on how to create the leaf frieze, and regarded Aoyama Zhikezi as an irrelevant foreign object, so he no longer paid too much attention to her performance.
Who knows, it is precisely this arrangement of "unintentionally inserting willows" that makes Qingshan Zhikezi easily steal the limelight and become a more eye-catching color in the audience's impression.
An overview of the story of the movie, the leaf lintel is mediocre
"Female Robot" tells the story of a kidnapping case that revolves around robots. The son of the Arabian oil king is kidnapped by the scheming Japanese scientist Yamamoto, who uses the intelligent robots he has built to carry out criminal activities.
With the help of female scientist Sala, the police use the same artificial intelligence technology to develop robots, Inspector Lin and An An to help solve the case.
Ye Zilin plays the role of An An, the assistant of the female scientist Sala and the female robot in the film. She had the opportunity to make a name for herself in the film industry through a successful starring role in this performance.
But it can be said that the performance of the leaf lintel is quite mediocre, without too many outstanding highlights. She did not succeed in creating an impressive robot image through this role, which is far from people's imagination of the heroine of science fiction movies, and it is difficult to make the audience shine.
Aoyama Zhikezi unexpectedly became a popular Hong Kong film circle
In contrast, Chikako Aoyama, who plays another robot in this film, Inspector Lin, successfully lit up the screen. She has successfully created an image of an intelligent robot with human nature and emotion, and her performance is delicate and sincere, rich and three-dimensional.
Whether it is the confusion and incomprehension of Inspector Lin when he first transformed into a robot, or the process of gradually understanding human emotions later, or the helplessness and pain in the face of feelings, these are the highlight scenes of Aoyama's successful interpretation.
It can be said that in the creation of female characters in science fiction, the performance of Zhikako Aoyama is far stronger than that of the same leaf lintel. She has successfully attracted the attention of many audiences, and has also won high praise from film critics for her excellent acting skills.
As a result, after the release of "Female Robot", Chikako Aoyama quickly became the new darling of the Hong Kong film market, and her popularity increased rapidly. Later, she successfully played the role of a sexy policewoman in the Golden Harvest movie "Havoc in Guangchanglong", and the high box office of the film made her completely establish her status as a first-line actress in Hong Kong films.
Many fans even named her "the goddess of the new era of Hong Kong films".
Ye Zilintel's career did not improve, and Zou Dingou was disappointed
In stark contrast to the success of Qingshan Zhikezi, it is the heroine Ye Zilintel. After the release of "Female Robot", her popularity and career did not usher in a rapid rise as Zou Dingou expected.
The performance in the film was mediocre, and compared with the wonderful performance of the second female lead, Ye Zilin did not succeed in getting out of the circle with this time. After the film ended, she didn't get more movie auditions or acting opportunities.
Such a result undoubtedly disappointed Zou Dingou. He originally thought that this movie would become a new starting point for Ye Zilin's film career, but he didn't expect the final effect to be so unsatisfactory.
What he didn't expect was that a seemingly inconspicuous foreign newcomer who he was now arranging to join with full of fun turned out to be the biggest highlight in the film. Compared with the leaf lintel that he was looking forward to cultivating, this Qingshan Zhikezi, which was not in the scope of consideration, finally easily stole the limelight.
Such a result undoubtedly made Zou Dingou difficult to calm down in his heart. The film tailored for Ye Zilintel failed to achieve the expected effect, and his own plan did not work.
Zou Dingou had to face up to the fact that his original judgment was actually wrong.
Chikako Aoyama quit the film industry and concentrated on psychotherapy
However, what is even more unexpected is that the popularity of Aoyama Zhikezi's career in Hong Kong films did not last long. After the rapid popularity of the two movies "Female Robot" and "Havoc in Guangchanglong", at the end of the 90s, when many fans thought that they could see the new actress on the screen more times, Chikako Aoyama, who had obtained a psychotherapist qualification certificate, announced her retirement from the film industry and completely focused on the development of psychotherapy.
For a while, countless fans who admired her acting skills and charm expressed regret. They lost the up-and-coming actress who successfully played the role of a tough woman in a sci-fi action movie.
And the eye-catching image of the female policeman in "Female Robot" has also become the only light and shadow in her screen career. Many fans still remember this suddenly disappeared "Hong Kong film goddess".