 The company's earliest films, such as "The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai" (1922), were mainly entertainment-oriented, but Zhang also directed Zheng's moralistic films such as "Orphan Rescues Grandfather" (1923), which was a box-office success.When Zhang Shichuan's "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" (1928) became a phenomenal hit, he produced as many as 17 sequels in the next three years.The film marked the beginning of the hugely popular martial arts film genre, and many competing studios rushed to make similar films.