Kang Jianfei's Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City is still under construction, and the newly opened Oriental Entertainment Company is headquartered in the Oriental Building in Kowloon.
Oriental Building is an office building purchased by Kang Jianfei at a low price. To be honest, the staff in the building are too complicated and are not suitable for starting a celebrity agency. However, it is almost the same wherever you choose, so you can only make do with it first and move it over after the film and television city is built.
Pan Yingzi and Zhang Guozhong stood at the main entrance of the building, with flower baskets on both sides of the road, and from time to time, guests came up to congratulate the opening of the new company, and reporters who received the news also stood outside early.
In a corner downstairs of the building, two tabloid reporters were reading the introduction of Oriental Entertainment Company.
One of the reporters asked: "Zhong Zai, what do you mean by Kang Jianfei? Anita Mui, Zhou Runfa, and Zheng Wenya are originally artists under his command. Now they change their left hand and all of them transfer their agents to new companies. Isn't that a waste of time?"
"Who knows what he did?" Zhong Zai stared at the company profile and said, "Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Zhilin, Zhou Runfa, Zhang Guorong, Anita Mui, Su Rui, Li Saifeng, Hui Yinghong, Wen Bixia, Li Yanshan, Li Lizhen, Xie Ling, Li Yafeng, Zheng Wenya, Chen Xiuwen, Chen Huimin, Dong Wei, Liang Xiaolong, Wu Mengda, Lin Fengjiao, Lu Xiuling, Wan Ziqi, Zhou Xingchi, Mao Shunyun, Zheng Zeshi, Alan Tam, Zhong Zhentao, Chen You, Lou Languang, Zhen Zidan, Li Lianjie, Wen Xueer, Rong Huiwen, Wu Junru... Damn, there are dozens of artists who can be famous, but I didn't expect Kang Jianfei to have so many stars in his hands."
The previous reporter asked: "A few days ago, wasn't there any news that Kang Jianfei and Zou Wenhuai made peace? Zhong Zai, do you think Zou Wenhuai will come today?"
"It's hard to say," Zhong Zai shook her head, suddenly picked up the camera hanging on her chest, took a photo in front of her, and then said excitedly, "It's Miao Kexiu. Is she going to join Oriental Entertainment Company as well?"
While Zhong Zai was talking, the reporters from all walks of life were already slapped at Miao Kexiu.
Miao Kexiu is already 31 years old, with wavy hair and an oval face, and her facial features are as delicate and perfect as if she is walking out of a painting.
Those who have watched Bruce Lee's movies should be able to remember the beautiful woman who often appears in the film. Miao Kexiu's mother and Bruce Lee's mother are family friends, so their relationship is almost considered siblings, rather than as complicated and ambiguous as in some reports.
After Bruce Lee passed away, Miao Kexiu resolutely went to Taiwan to develop in order to avoid the raging public opinion in Hong Kong. At first, she filmed some romance art films, and later filmed costume kung fu films. Due to the decline of Taiwanese films, Miao Kexiu had quietly withdrawn from the film industry after filming a costume film last year.
Even Kang Jianfei didn't expect that Pan Yingzi would recruit Miao Kexiu into a new company.
"Congratulations, congratulations, good start!" Liu Zhenwei brought Yu Yunhang over and bowed to Pan Yingzi to congratulate him.
"Tongxi, Tongxi, please, please!" Pan Yingzi responded with a smile. She was a little unwilling to be transferred from the Dream Factory to manage a new company by Kang Jianfei, but when she saw the artists gathered under her, she was so happy that her stomach was about to burst into laughter.
The guests who congratulate each other constantly change like a lantern. Many people even have no time to ask someone to send a flower basket to congratulate. Among these people who come, the most popular type is the bosses and directors of independent film companies. Because of the establishment of a celebrity agency, these independent filmmakers are the ones who benefit the most.
"Zou Wenhuai is here!"
"It's really Boss Zou!"
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Zou Wenhuai's appearance immediately caused a sensation on the scene.
In this kind of occasion, He Guanchang only needs to come, or even Cheng Long or Hong Jinbao is just a secret, which can basically express Zou Wenhuai's position. No one expected that he would come here in person.
When Zou Wenhuai came, he naturally asked Kang Jianfei to come downstairs to greet him. The scene of the two shaking hands cordially murdering the film of reporter Wushu again.
While Zou Wenhuai was not paying attention, Pan Yingzi asked Kang Jianfei in a low voice: "A Fei, why did Boss Zou come in person?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "It's time to cooperate, so of course we have to show some sincerity."
Pan Yingzi did not continue to ask again. She knew that Kang Jianfei must have something hidden from him and didn't want to say it, so it was a waste of time to ask.
Zou Wenhuai personally came to congratulate Kang Jianfei's new company, which naturally could not be as simple as it seems. The two met at the tea restaurant a few days ago, and talked for half an hour, and talked about Hollywood for more than ten minutes.
Zou Wenhuai has been thinking about rushing out of Asia and selling movies to the world. Jiahe has produced so many films, and only Bruce Lee's movies are the most successful in the Western market. In addition, "Sky" also sold the top ten box office results in North America.
But the cost of "Sky Speed" is too high. Just asking the male lead is a $5 million salary. Such a sky-high salary is a record-breaking even if it is placed in Hollywood. Many American actors regard Zou Wenhuai as a sucker.
Kang Jianfei's "Sister of the Royal" series successfully entered the Western market, and "Home Imperial" even achieved an amazing box office. Such results really made Zou Wenhuai jealous.
In fact, Zou Wenhuai and Kang Jianfei have been in secret contact these days. Zou Wenhuai wants to instigate him to shoot movies that can enter the Western market together. The Hong Kong pool is too small, and after tossing and struggling, everyone can't make a lot of money even if they break up and grab the box office. Zou Wenhuai's eyes kept looking outside.
"Mr. Kang, how are you thinking?" Zou Wenhuai asked.
Kang Jianfei is very troubled now. Zou Wenhuai's active show of kindness is very rare. The large satellite company under Jiahe can bring a large amount of business to Oriental Entertainment. It is really difficult to deal with if it is a stalemate.
But Zou Wenhuai's plan is very funny. He actually took a fancy to Lin Qingxia's fame in North America with "The Senior Sister of Royal", and wanted Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia to work together to make movies in the United States, in an attempt to once again impact the Western film market and train Cheng Long to become an international star like Bruce Lee.
Kang Jianfei sighed: "Boss Zou, all the success of "The Royal Sister" is because of the elements of speed, explosion and kung fu action; the second is because of the female-themed movies. To be honest, it's okay to watch it fresh once or twice. The box office of the second part of "The Royal Sister" has dropped by more than half, and it is difficult for Orientals to gain recognition from Westerners."
Zou Wenhuai said: "As long as the movie is planned, it will definitely work. Didn't Bruce Lee sell box offices all over the world back then?"
Kang Jianfei was really hard to refuse and said, "Okay, Lin Qingxia can lend it to Jiahe to make a movie, but I don't want to get involved. Everything is done according to the rules of the agency."
Zou Wenhuai was a little unhappy. He just took Kang Jianfei's Octavian vision of the Western film market and wanted to bring Kang Jianfei in to make a movie to reduce the risks. For this reason, Zou Wenhuai did not hesitate to come to support Kang Jianfei's new company in person, but Kang Jianfei never refused to put on the trap. This disgrace made Zou Wenhuai helpless.
Zou Wenhuai asked with a provocation: "Mr. Kang is so unconfident?"
Seeing that Zou Wenhuai was so persistent, Kang Jianfei couldn't have a quarrel with him, so he said, "I will accompany the investment within 8 million US dollars. I can only say sorry if I exceed 8 million. The funds in my hands are a little tight now. In addition, we have half the investment and box office, and the film copyright is also jointly owned. How about this?"
A budget of 8 million US dollars can only be considered an ordinary investment in Hollywood, but if it is used well, it can also make great movies. For example, the first part of Cameron's Terminator uses a lot of models and special effects technology, but the investment budget is less than 8 million.
Zou Wenhuai was a little eager for quick success in investing in Western films two years ago. After some small-cost films failed, he wanted to use high pay to invite big stars to earn big box offices. If that were still the case, Kang Jianfei would not play with him, and he would be burned with more money.
Seeing that Kang Jianfei finally let go, Zou Wenhuai said, "Then let's make up. When Mr. Kang finishes filming the movie at hand, we will sit together and plan it slowly."
"Okay, let's talk about the movie again, let's cut the ribbon first." Kang Jianfei was thinking about what movie to make so that he would not suffer in the cooperation.
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What's going on?
When Kang Jianfei and Zou Wenhuai shared the photo of the ribbon cutting of Oriental Entertainment Company and entered the newspaper, everyone who saw this news had such questions in their minds.
Ming Pao Weekly analyzed: "Every year, summer and Christmas and Spring Festival, the box office competition is the most powerful. There are only Xinyi City, DreamWorks and Jiahe. Among them, DreamWorks and Jiahe have fought several times and face each other... What exactly prompted the two competitors to shake hands and make peace? I'm afraid it's not just a celebrity agency..."
After analyzing and analyzing, the Ming Pao Weekly only expressed various doubts, but did not draw any conclusions.
Even Shao Yifu was confused this time, not knowing what Zou Wenhuai and Kang Jianfei were doing.
Until the eve of the filming of "God of Gambling", Zou Wenhuaicai deliberately revealed the news, claiming that Jiahe would join forces with DreamWorks to invest $20 million to go to the United States to shoot films, and the male and female protagonists were Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia respectively.
As soon as the news came out, everyone suddenly realized that Zou Wenhuai and Kang Jianfei wanted to work together to enter the Western market.
Chen Bosen commented in "Movie Biweekly": "From the situation of Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia, it is obvious that the two are going to shoot an action film, and both have a strong role. Lin Qingxia is definitely not the heroine of the vase in Cheng Long's movies... This is a pioneering collaboration. If Kang Jianfei is responsible for planning or directing, the author will look forward to this movie even more..."
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Lei Juekun, who finally recovered from the stock market and real estate market disaster last year, threw the newspaper aside with a gloomy face and asked Mecca: "Are you sure to make the cost back with a budget of 20 million?"
Chapter completed!