In early August, "Wang Feihong: The Great Ambition" was launched in Singapore, and after the box office sales in Hong Kong, it set off a box office boom in Southeast Asia.
For audiences in the Nanyang area, Hong Kong films in recent years have been synonymous with good movies. For local hospitals, DreamWorks' factory logo and Kang Jianfei's name mean counting money and hand cramping.
Due to the Cold War and ideological confrontation, Southeast Asian countries set off a craze in the 1960s. During this craze, not only were most Chinese schools in Southeast Asian countries forced to close, but Chinese movies, literature, music and comics were also affected. Hong Kong literature and comics were driven out of the Nanyang market at that time.
Star Singapore has always been a vicious dog raised by the United States in Southeast Asia, and was the pioneer of Asia in the 21st century. However, in the 1980s, China, the United States and Japan were in the honeymoon period, so all countries in Southeast Asia also had excellent relations with China, especially Star Singapore, Thailand. Hong Kong films were affected by this political environment, except that they could not be sold in Vietnam and Khmer, other countries could be distributed unimpeded.
"Shaolin Temple" is the most popular movie in Singapore's history, so Li Lianjie's reputation in the local area is no less than Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia. "Huang Feihong" has the star effect of Li Lianjie and the halo of director Kang Jianfei. On the day of the opening of Star Singapore, it won a box office of US$80,000.
The first-day box office of $60,000 was pitifully small, but compared with the pitiful population base of Star Singapore, this is already an amazing achievement, only a little less than when "Shaolin Temple" was released.
Thailand is even more popular. Even the second and third princesses of the Thai royal family attended the Thai premiere of "Huang Feihong" and invited Li Lianjie and Guan Zhilin to the palace for a banquet. (The Thai royal family often does this kind of thing, so Pan Yingzi runs to dance for the Thai king. Lin Qingxia, Cheng Long, Qin Xianglin and others have had dinner at the Thai royal palace. The second princess of Thailand has just returned from the mainland. She also published a book called "Accessing the Dragon's Land".)
As the two princesses made their debut at the Thai premiere of "Huang Feihong", the majority of Thai people followed the trend and entered the theater. The first-day box office of this movie reached 110,000 US dollars, setting a new record for the first-day box office of Chinese-language movies in Thailand.
Star Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, then the Philippines, Indonesia... Even Brunei, which only completed its independence last year, has been popular in the box office of various countries in Southeast Asia.
It has to be said that martial arts and kung fu movies are extremely popular in Southeast Asia, and there are countless potential fans. The recession of kung fu and martial arts films in the past few years was because of the aesthetic fatigue of the Nanyang audience. Once the kung fu movies are made, they can get a box office that is against the sky in these areas.
The so-called desperation does not mean that a country can earn millions of dollars. These Southeast Asian countries are either too poor or have too few people. The box office of 1 million US dollars is enough to celebrate with champagne. But it cannot stand the number of countries. There are hundreds of thousands of dollars here and there, and there are about one million US dollars, and the total box office is at least five or six million US dollars. It can be converted into Hong Kong dollars. So Nanyang is the largest ticket store for Hong Kong movies.
In addition, the sporadic box office in Macau, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and other regions can easily exceed 100 million (Hong Kong dollars) even if the Taiwan authorities banned "Wang Feihong".
Nowadays, the records, movies, TV series and other products of Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group are operated by the split Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. According to the prediction of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company, the global box office of "Huang Feihong" is likely to reach 150 million, and if it sells well in Europe and the United States, the box office is even expected to exceed 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
With such considerable box office data, it does not mean that "Huang Feihong" is very good and exciting. Good filming is only a necessary factor, and the success of the box office is also due to the company's years of development of distribution channels and the personal brand effects of DreamWorks and Kang Jianfei.
"As a director, Kang Jianfei's influence in Asia has reached a new level and enjoys the highest treatment of hospital merchants. Singapore Cathay Pacific Cinema and Shaw Cinema, which have been fiercely competitive for decades, will release the movie directed by Kang Jianfei, both theater companies will put aside their grudges and promote and screen them together."
Since Kang Jianfei was filming for his company and did not receive much directorial reward, the shooting cost of "Huang Feihong" was only about 9 million yuan. Based on the global box office of 150 million, DreamWorks has made a lot of money.
Although the film has just been released in Nanyang, its hot selling momentum has made countless Hong Kong peers jealous, and has also stimulated Nanyang funders to invest in Hong Kong films.
In the past, directors who had no funds, no theaters, and had talent, now many people have received investments from Nanyang and Taiwanese businessmen, and they are sharpening their knives and ready to do something.
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When "Huang Feihong's Ambition" was popular in Southeast Asia, Phoenix TV also ushered in the second Miss Oriental Beauty Pageant.
This year's Miss Oriental final was postponed by a full month compared to last year, which was the result of the joint discussion and coordination between Phoenix and TVB.
Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant has been held for many years and has gradually become Hong Kong's urban cultural business card. Last year, the competition between Miss Hong Kong and Sister Dong was too fierce. Last year, Miss Oriental was in the beginning of its founding, so it was understandable to attract attention. If you continue such vicious competition this year, it would actually not be of great benefit to both sides.
If the finals are held at the same time, the ratings of both sides may reach 60%, or even more than 70%. If the finals are held on the same day, the ratings of each party will definitely not exceed 50%.
The ratings of 70% and ratings of 50%, the advertising fees charged by the TV station are completely different. Since each step back can get a high advertising fee, why do you have to fight to the death?
Whether it was Kang Jianfei or Huang Xizhao or Zhong Jinghui, they all knew that no matter how good Miss Oriental held it, it would not be possible to completely defeat Miss Hong Kong. Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua were also scared by the endless new tricks of Phoenix Station, so the two sides hit it off and finally decided to stagger each other's finals for more than a month.
During the negotiations, both sides rushed to hold the final first, but in the end they had no choice but to draw lots. As a result, Zhong Jinghui was probably not washing his hands in the toilet, and unfortunately he drew to the end of August.
As early as July, the 13th Miss Hong Kong final came to an end. In another time and space, the Miss Hong Kong champion of this year was Xie Ling, but Xie Ling had already been taken over by Kang Jianfei as his little lover. This time, the Miss Hong Kong champion became Wang Ailun.
If you look at it alone, Ailun Wang is still quite beautiful and charming. But people are more serious than others, and they are more valuable. When the last Miss Hong Kong champion Gao Lihong came on stage to present awards to Ailun Wang, Gao Lihong's aura was directly overwhelming the title of Miss Hong Kong this year's champion, the third place in the league, and instantly seemed that this Miss Hong Kong this year was not of high quality.
After the beauty pageant finals, while some Hong Kong media praised Gao Lihong, they frantically complained and mocked the Hong Kong Miss this year for choosing a group of grass chickens. They said that even if the grass chickens fly on the branches, they can't become golden phoenixes.
From this point of view, Ailun Wang can be regarded as the most tragic Miss Hong Kong champion in history, but at the same time she is an extremely lucky champion.
After the previous Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, Miss Hong Kong champions were basically busy participating in activities everywhere or going international competitions. After all, the limelight of these Miss Hong Kong champions had passed, and then they hosted programs and starred in TV series and movies based on their luck and strength.
Miss Oriental is different. Champion Li Zhi was selected and was identified as Kang Jianfei's heroine. Runner-up Qiu Huixin not only hosted the show, but also starred in two popular dramas in succession. Such a move not only made the two of them have strong subsequent development power, but also too high the influence of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant.
Shao Yifu seemed to be excited. As soon as this year's Miss Hong Kong final ended, he announced on the spot that he tailored a TV series for the new Miss Hong Kong champion.
In comparison, although the quality of Miss Oriental this year is not much better than Miss Hong Kong, the publicity stunts are enough to attract the audience's attention.
Gambling King He Hongsen personally served as the final judge. Regardless of whether Ye Yuqing's identity was "accidentally" exposed by the newspaper. It turned out that she was the former jeans king and the younger sister of the new Hong Kong film / Inspur pioneer Ye Zhiming. Not only that, Ye Zhiming was also the general manager of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company at this time, and was responsible for the market distribution work of the entire Oriental Group.
Is it unfair to other beauties that such a powerful figure in Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group, his own sister who comes to participate in the beauty pageant of Miss Oriental?
Ye Yuqing's identity was naturally deliberately released by Phoenix Station, so she chose to start hype in the first week of the final. After receiving the news, major newspapers questioned the fairness of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant, which attracted the attention of countless people while arousing criticism.
Faced with public doubts, Zhong Jinghui happily held a press conference before the final, saying: "Ms. Oriental Beauty Pageant is the freest beauty pageant in Hong Kong. Any adult who has no bad records and has not signed a contract with any entertainment company can sign up for it. No matter whether she is a factory worker or a royal princess. Miss Ye Yuqing signs up for the Miss. Oriental Beauty Pageant is purely her personal wish. Our competition organizing committee cannot
If you stop it, otherwise it will destroy the rules of Miss Oriental's competition... I here solemnly promise that the judges of the beauty pageant finals will not deliberately give her high scores because of her identity as Miss Ye Yuqing... To be honest, due to strong doubts from the media, the judges of the finals may deliberately suppress Miss Ye's score in order to avoid suspicion. This is the most unfair to her. Her identity not only does not bring benefits, but has become a drag on her normal performance."
On the second day of the press conference, the Oriental Daily made a prediction: "No matter how good Ye Yuqing performed in the final, she would never be able to become the beauty pageant champion of Miss Oriental, because no matter whether it is the beauty pageant organizing committee or the judge, she dare not take the public opinion risk..."
The Oriental Daily also included some short stories about Ye Yuqing, just to prove how beautiful and excellent this girl is. As a result, she now thinks that the public has lost the hope of winning more championships.
Chapter completed!