Kang Jianfei was originally planning to hold a press conference on June 10th to announce the official name of Li's TV station and hold a TV station unveiling ceremony on the same day.
However, now we have to postpone the time. First, because the internal reform of the TV station has not been completed, second, on June 10, the premiere of "The Beautiful Girl", McDonald Bear, as the producer, has to accompany the promotion, and third, the Miss Hong Kong event has been too popular during this period, and all news except Miss Hong Kong cannot attract citizens.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Miss Hong Kong. The judges invited not only big stars like Xu Guanwen and He Lili, but even the gambling king He Hongshen was personally invited by Shao Yifu to be the judge.
In addition, on the day of the final, there was a first session of the Hong Kong Miss. Former Hong Kong Miss such as Zhao Yazhi, who were slightly more famous, received invitations from Wireless Channel to make their debut.
Just as the 10th Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant was in full swing, "The Beautiful Girl" produced by McDonald Bear was officially released.
Li Maowen from Princess Jin Cinemas is not optimistic about this realistic film. He thought that it would be good if "The Beautiful Girl" could last on the screen for seven days. He has already arranged a film to take over the screening of this film.
But when the box office statistics were counted on the first day, Li Maowen was stunned. The ultra-low-cost movie with a production cost of only 1.2 million yuan (Wen Bixia and the girls accounted for 600,000 yuan), was neither a comedy nor a horror movie. It actually sold 960,000 yuan on the first day of its release.
In another time and space, McDonald Bear left Lishi to produce "The Beautiful Girl" and was not very optimistic at the time. He was only released in several theaters in Jiahe Theater, and did not undergo much promotion. As a result, due to the extremely high attendance rate, Jiahe Theater urgently decided to increase the number of "The Beautiful Girl". At that time, the films of a small film company were good enough to be released in theaters for one week, and even only had 3 days of screenings. However, with its reputation and box office, "The Beautiful Girl" was screened on Jiahe Theater for 21 days, beating all the movies released at the same time.
Now the producer of "The Beautiful Girl" has become Oriental DreamWorks. With Wen Bixia, Li Meifeng and Li Yanshan are idol stars, the movie has started to be promoted on a small scale before it was released, and the box office situation will only be better than in the original time and space.
Although influenced by the Miss Hong Kong Competition and many Hong Kong people stayed at home to watch TV when the beauty pageant was broadcast, the box office of "The Beautiful Girl" still reached 5.13 million in the first week, becoming the Hong Kong weekly box office champion.
The box office data rate in the second week decreased, and the cumulative box office of "The Beautiful Girl" in two weeks reached 8.97 million. Due to the strong potential of realistic movies, "The Beautiful Girl" was released on the Golden Princess Theater for 25 days, and it was not until July 4 that it finally fell into the painting. The total box office of Hong Kong's local port was 13.86 million.
When the final box office of "The Beautiful Girl" was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the Hong Kong film industry, and McDonald Bear was also known as the new generation of film genius. As for the director of this film, Li Dawei, he did not receive much attention, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the real creator of "The Beautiful Girl" was McDonald Bear.
It is probably because Madon Bear stayed on TV for too long, and he still played TV series when filming movies. The so-called director is just his execution tool. The style and rhythm of the entire film are controlled by the producer Madon Bear.
Wen Bixia plays the second female lead in "The Beautiful Girl", and the real heroine is Li Yanshan. After the big sale of "The Beautiful Girl", Li Yanshan's salary increased by more than triple, reaching HK$450,000.
In Hong Kong, the top female movie star is more than 500,000 yuan. After Lin Qingxia's big sales in "The Royal Sister", her salary soared to HK$1.2 million, because she has a strong overseas box office appeal.
Because Zhao Yazhi has not participated in any blockbuster movies in recent years, her salary is only 400,000. Wen Bixia's salary is only about 300,000, and she has already made many films.
Li Yanshan has only starred in "Happy Ghost 2", and "The Beautiful Girl" is her second movie. In terms of pay, Li Yanshan was originally an actress between second and third ranks, but now she has become a first-line female movie star.
This is the case in the entertainment industry. It is impossible to predict who becomes popular and who is mediocre.
When Li Saifeng debuted together with Wen Bixia, it was obvious that Kang Jianfei helped Wen Bixia more, but Li Saifeng's pay at this time was almost the same as Zhao Yazhi, while Wen Bixia was still half popular.
But seriously, Li Yanshan is not without basis for becoming a first-line female movie star. In addition to her outstanding performance in "The Beautiful Girl", Li Yanshan is also beautiful.
Among the Happy Girls Group, Li Yanshan is the most beautiful and beautiful one. Wen Bixia and Li Lizhen both have to stand aside. This girl is the first Miss Asian Beauty Pageant champion in the parallel space, and the third place in that year was Bo * Ye Yuqing.
Everyone at DreamWorks was surprised by Li Yanshan's unexpected popularity, including Kang Jianfei, because she was not within the star-making plan formulated by DreamWorks this year.
Before the painting of "The Beautiful Girl", Pan Yingzi held a temporary meeting and discussed with Ma Qiao. The Propaganda Department and the Artist Department jointly produced a packaging and publicity plan for Li Yanshan. Not only that, since Li Yanshan is also a contracted singer of Fengxing Records, DreamWorks also cooperated with Fengxing Records and plans to hold its first concert for the Happy Girls next month.
It is not easy to hold a concert. The Happy Girls Group used to be the most singer-song party, and this time it officially sang on stage at the Hong Kong Arts Center.
The hot sale of "The Beautiful Girl" also won Kang Jianfei the title of the most conscientious investor. Because Kang Jianfei has invested in several realistic films from last year to this year, all of which have sold very well.
Similarly, "The Beautiful Girl" also injected a touch of literary and realistic atmosphere into the Hong Kong film industry where commercial films are king. Realistic themes and art films that were originally not seen by the bosses of various film companies, now Jiahe and Shaw Brothers have plans to shoot. After all, this kind of film is low-cost and easy to win awards. Even if it cannot be sold in Hong Kong, if it wins a trophy at the Golden Horse Awards, it can still take the opportunity to make a fortune in the Taiwanese market.
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On June 25, the 10th Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, which attracted much attention in Hong Kong, ushered in the finals.
Bo Pan Lixian, who had the highest call for winning the championship, left the field sadly. Although she ranked fourth in the final announced score, she did not get any award. The main reason was that judge Xu Guanwen gave Pan Lixian an ultra-low score.
Xu Guanwen's aesthetic standards have always been very special. Even the most beautiful Hong Kong sister Li Jiaxin can only get pass scores for Xu Guanwen, so Pan Lixian lost without any worries.
There is also a very popular beauties named Xia Shuling. Because she was exposed to breast augmentation before the finals, she was suppressed by the judges and only won the "Miss Photographing" award.
As for Weng Meiling, who Kang Jianfei values, she failed even the top five and only won the eighth place.
After the award ceremony, the collective appearance of all the Hong Kong celebrities made the atmosphere reach its climax.
Several families were happy and sad, and the lights on the stage were destined not to be losers. The poor Hong Kong girls left the scene in disgrace, changed their clothes in the locker room, and left the TV station with a low expression.
Weng Meiling followed the other unselected beauties downstairs with her bag on her back. When she walked to the door, she saw a luxury car coming. The window in the back seat of the car was slowly lowered, and a man in the middle inside smiled and waved at the beauties.
One of the beauties who failed to be elected as Hong Kong Miss was dejected, but when they saw the man, they immediately got into the car with a smile, kissed and kissed the middle-aged man on the face.
"Shameless slut!" A Hong Kong sister-in-law who lost the election next to Weng Meiling cursed disdainfully.
The entertainment industry has never been pure, and its glamorousness on the surface cannot conceal the corruption in the dark. For example, when Weng Meiling was running for Miss Hong Kong, she received invitations to dinner and heard various gossip rumors.
But this does not mean that stars are all *, and the so-called transactions between wealthy businessmen and actresses are divided into several types.
Take the early 1980s as an example:
The first type of transaction is a dinner party. When rich bosses have dinner and talk about business, they can help them get face. The actresses play the role of a wine girl in it. This kind of dinner party generally does not involve sex. If a third-rate actress can get one or two thousand yuan at a time, and a first-line actress can get 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.
For actresses who have no connections or backers, this kind of accompanying drink is the most cost-effective. They don’t have to sell their bodies, and they can also make some money. If you are lucky enough to meet an investor who is willing to spend money, you can also get advertising or even movies.
The second type of transaction is long-term packages. The rich people pay a sum of money and explain in advance how many times you are a "friend" for a year or several years, how many times a month, etc.
The third type of transaction is a one-time physical transaction, which can be regarded as a senior female. Top female stars will never do such things unless they are forced.
Relatively speaking, second- and third-rate small stars are the main body of various transactions. Apart from some money-seeking first-line actresses, they avoid such things, for fear that they will ruin their reputation.
Weng Meiling stood at the entrance of the TV station, and the familiar beauties asked, "Aweng, aren't you leaving?"
"I agreed to go with Shuling and wait for her for a while." Weng Meiling smiled. The Shuling she mentioned was Xia Shuling who was exposed to breast augmentation. The two of them were the best friends they could talk to.
A few years later, Xia Shuling failed to commit suicide after a heartbreak. Weng Meiling said in an interview: "If I were heartbreaking, I wouldn't be so stupid. I committed suicide because of a man who no longer loved me."
A year after Weng Meiling finished saying this, she turned on the gas and committed suicide...
That's not to mention the next thing, and Weng Meiling is waiting for her friend to come down. Not long after, Zhao Yazhi, who was wearing an evening dress, walked behind her and said, "Hello Miss Weng."
"Miss Zhao! Are you talking to me?" Weng Meiling was surprised and happy. Although she had been staying in the UK, she had already known Zhao Yazhi's fame and status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the past few months after returning to Hong Kong.
Zhao Yazhi nodded and smiled, "My house is in the apartment next door. Is Miss Weng interested in going up and taking a seat?"
If a strange man said this at night, Weng Meiling's reaction was to call the police directly, but Zhao Yazhi's invitation would not make people wary at all.
There is no warning, but Weng Meiling's curiosity is a big deal. She doesn't understand why Zhao Yazhi invited her to visit her home after she lost her election as a lady in Hong Kong.
Weng Meiling hesitated for a few seconds and agreed to Zhao Yazhi's invitation. This kind of opportunity is once a lifetime for her, who is still a young newcomer in the entertainment industry.
The two of them walked less than ten minutes before they arrived at Zhao Yazhi's house. Zhao Yazhi hung his handbag and said, "Sit down and drink something?"
Weng Meiling looked at the room and said politely: "Let's have a cup of boiling water."
Zhao Yazhi poured a glass of water over and looked at Weng Meiling with a suspicious look, "Miss Weng is very surprised why I am looking for you, right?"
Weng Meiling nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that this is the first time we have met tonight."
Zhao Yazhi explained: "Actually, it's not that I'm looking for you, but someone else values ​​you very much. That person knew I'm going to participate in the Miss Hong Kong final tonight, so let me contact you."
Weng Meiling felt more and more strange and asked, "Who is the person Miss Zhao talking about?"
Zhao Yazhi did not answer, but asked: "Has TVB ever said he wanted to sign a contract with you?"
"Not yet?" Weng Meiling shook her head. She got the eighth place in Miss Hong Kong and had no obligation to Miss Hong Kong. TVB can sign her or not.
Zhao Yazhi asked with a smile: "Are you interested in signing in Lishi to be an actor?"
Weng Meiling's brain felt a little insufficient. Zhao Yazhi was obviously the leading actress of the TVB, but she actually asked her if she would sign a contract to go to Lishi.
Weng Meiling was still stunned. The door outside had been opened. She turned around and said in surprise: "Are you... the one in the newspaper who bought Lishi?"
Kang Jianfei was also very surprised when he saw Weng Meiling and asked Zhao Yazhi: "Why did you bring her back?"
Zhao Yazhi gave him a blank look and said, "It's so late, if you don't take it home to talk about things, do you have to go to the cafe in the middle of the night?"
"Okay, I said the wrong thing," Kang Jianfei came over and sat down beside Zhao Yazhi, and asked Weng Meiling, "Miss Weng, are you interested in joining Lishi?"
"Kang...Mr. Kang, why do you want to sign me?" Weng Meiling felt like she was dreaming. Among the Hong Kong Miss Competition, there were several of them more beautiful than her, and she was the shortest of all the contestants. She was not even sure whether she could sign a contract with TVB. I really couldn't figure out Kang Jianfei, but she chose her.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I have always seen people very accurately. Among the Hong Kong Miss this year, you are the most star-studded. If you are willing to sign in Lishi, you will go to the TV station to report tomorrow. However, the contract cannot be signed for the time being, because Lishi will change its name soon and have to change the old contracts in the past."
Weng Meiling nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice, for fear that Kang Jianfei would change his mind if he was slow.
After Zhao Yazhi finished speaking the matter, he asked Kang Jianfei: "A Fei, Phoenix TV will unveil the ribbon and cut the day after tomorrow. Do I want to participate?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Forget it, so that Boss Shao and Manager Fang won't be angry, saying you're tramping inside and out."
"What's the matter of eating inside and out? It's so ugly." Zhao Yazhi gave Kang Jianfei two pink fists with amused.
Chapter completed!