"Shushan" is a big hit in the global box office, so it is naturally necessary to hold a celebration banquet.
Just a few days after Macau TV started broadcasting, on the eve of the upcoming release of "A Chinese Ghost Story", DreamWorks held a large-scale celebration banquet for Xu Ke's studio. At least half of the signed artists of Oriental Entertainment Agency were invited to participate, and some independent directors and actors also came.
"Congratulations, congratulations to "Shushan" for its great success, and I also wish Mr. Kang's "A Chinese Ghost Story" a hit box office!" Zeng Zhiwei got off the car and just met Kang Jianfei. He immediately bowed his fists and congratulated with a smile on his face.
Seriously speaking, Zeng Zhiwei was originally the film production manager of DreamWorks, but he actually left DreamWorks to collaborate with Sammo Hung and Mecca to film, and the films he made were fighting with "Shushan" to grab the audience, which was considered a very bad behavior.
But Zeng Zhiwei is really good at being a human being. Not only did he talk to Kang Jianfei in private several times before leaving DreamWorks, but he also took care of Oriental Entertainment Agency in various ways. For example, among the actors in "The Rich Train", one-third were artists under Kang Jianfei. His good friend, the male and female protagonists of the next movie in the Film Company are also Zhang Guorong and Wen Bixia.
Today's celebration banquet in "Shushan" did not invite Zeng Zhiwei, but this guy came to attend the event. He also wished Kang Jianfei a big hit as soon as he met. Can Kang Jianfei drive people away?
"Your "Fugui Train" is also selling well. Congratulations to Boss Zeng!" Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
Zeng Zhiwei quickly said modestly: "In front of Mr. Kang, I am not a boss."
While the two were talking and laughing, the entertainment reporters had already gathered around. Although some people were curious about how Zeng Zhiwei appeared here, the focus of the reporters was on Kang Jianfei.
"Mr. Kang, there are rumors that the global box office of "Shushan" has exceeded 100 million US dollars. Is it true?" a reporter asked first.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and smiled, "Of course it's not true, it's still several million dollars away."
The reporters immediately exclaimed collectively, and several questions were related to "Shushan". They waited until Kang Jian quickly entered the elevator before turning the topic to Kang Jianfei's new film "A Chinese Ghost Story".
The reporter asked: "Mr. Kang, "The Best Partner: Saving the Crazy Bo" is coming in full force. Are your "A Chinese Ghost Story" sure to win the box office?"
Kang Jianfei replied ambiguously: "I have confidence in my movie."
The reporter asked: "But this time in "Best Partner", Xu Guanjie, Mecca, Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin, Zhang Aijia, Hu Huizhong, Cao Dahua, Shi Jian, Guan Dexing and other stars joined. And Wang Shuxian, the heroine of "A Chinese Ghost Story", seems to be not worth enough."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "She is not worth enough now, and she will be worth it after "A Chinese Ghost Story" is released."
After saying this domineering sentence, Kang Jianfei had already stepped into the elevator. The reporters wanted to chase him in for an interview, but were blocked by his bodyguard.
Lin Qingxia, who had been following Kang Jianfei, spoke at this time: "A Fei, Macau TV has your shares?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Kang Jianfei asked back.
Although the Portuguese-Macao government has publicized the shareholding structure of Macau TV, few people in Macau have returned to pay attention to it, let alone other places. Now Macau TV has just become popular in Taiwan and Nanyang, and few people know that Macau TV has Kang Jianfei in possession of shares.
Lin Qingxia also discovered that the host asked all the guests from Oriental Entertainment Agency, and then she remembered that the real boss of Macau TV was Kang Jianfei. She smiled and said, "I just returned from Taiwan. Macau TV is now causing a headache for the News Bureau and the Police Department."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Political factors aside, with Taiwan's current economic development speed, it will be a matter of time before martial law is lifted."
It's really funny. Taiwan has now developed into an international factory, and the output of dozens of commodities ranks first in the world. Taiwanese people with a bulging pocket have already traveled all over the world. However, there are strange laws such as martial law on the island. According to regulations, ordinary people are not allowed to answer and watch overseas radio and television, otherwise they can be regarded as bandits who collude with the enemy and treason.
The audience of Macau TV in Taiwan spread, and countless "bandit spies" were created in just a few days.
Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia went upstairs smoothly, but Xu Ke, Li Saifeng, He Jiajin and others downstairs were unable to move forward. As the main creators of the film, they are the real protagonists today.
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"The cumulative global box office of "Shushan" is 96.75 million US dollars, surpassing Bruce Lee's "Rapiders Crossing the River"'s $85 million box office, becoming the number one Chinese-language movie at the box office!"
After obtaining specific box office data, Oriental Daily made a front-page headline the next day, and also reported in the main text the popularity of "Shushan" in Japan.
In fact, seriously, although the box office of "Shushan" is higher than that of Bruce Lee's "The Raptor Crossing the River", the monetary inflation over the past decade - the ticket price of Hong Kong movies has increased by 6 times during this period, and the number of viewers of "Shushan" is far less than that of "The Raptor Crossing the River".
But when doing news reports, you don’t have to worry about these things, and readers generally don’t think deeply. After collecting a advertising fee for DreamWorks, Oriental Daily began to use the hot-selling news of "Shushan" to promote Kang Jianfei’s new film "A Chinese Ghost Story", claiming that the special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were created by the original class of "Shushan" and was a sister chapter of "Shushan" directed by Kang Jianfei himself.
There are really many movie fans who have not read "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" who believe that the movie tickets for "A Chinese Ghost Story" are booked and waiting for the movie to be released.
"Sister Chapter of "Shushan"," Lei Juekun threw the newspaper on the coffee table and said with a smile, "Dream Factory is also doing everything to promote its new film."
Mecca patted her chest and said, "Mr. Lei, don't worry this time. We worked hard to do "The Best Partner: Saving the Crazy Bo" with all our efforts. If nothing unexpected happens, the box office will be 30 million."
"You guys, use more attention to making movies." Lei Juekun got a little tired after saying a few words. His physical condition has been getting worse and worse in the past two years.
The story of Mecca stock speculation and Shi Tian's real estate speculation has long been spread in the circle, and the two parties involved are not ashamed but proud, because they did make a lot of money by speculating in stocks and real estate speculation. If it weren't for the serious losses in Xinyi City last year, Mecca and Shi Tian probably wouldn't have the intention to make movies in person. Anyway, there are many directors signed by Xinyi City now, so let them go and do whatever they want. As the boss, they should grasp the general direction.
In the "Best Partner" series, two of them had a box office of more than 30 million, so Mecca had great confidence in the box office of this film.
This year's Spring Festival period also has four movies released at the same time. In addition to "The Best Partner: Saving the Crazy Po for a Thousand Miles" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", there are also "Eight Happinesses" from Debao Film Company and "Youth Hall" from Jiahe Pictures.
It is worth mentioning that the male and female protagonists of "Youth Mail House" are Liang Chaowei and Zeng Huaqian, both of whom are popular actors on TVB, but are now allowed to participate in the filming of Jiahe's movies.
Liang Chaowei and Zeng Huaqian are lucky. The most popular ones in TVB are the Five Tiger Generals and the Kowloon Girl. Currently, Liu Dehua, among the Five Tiger Generals and Lan Jieying, among the Kowloon Girls, are both in a state of being banned and hidden.
The reason why Liu Dehua was hidden by TVB is because he was too loyal. He complained that the five-year appointment was too long and had an unhappy relationship with TVB, and planned to collectively change jobs from the Five Tigers. As a result, Xinyi City and Jiahe were only willing to sign him and Liang Chaowei, but they were not interested in the other three, but Liu Dehua always insisted on signing the five together.
As a result, TVB discovered this during the period and first did the job of Liang Chaowei. After Liang Chaowei gave up his job, Miu Qiaowei and other three others obediently stayed on TVB. In the end, Liu Dehua was still insisting on it, but he was hiding for more than a year.
As for Lan Jieying being hidden, she asked herself to be hidden. This beauty is known as "The Beautiful Wutai Mountain". "Wutai Mountain" once gathered more than half of Hong Kong female celebrities. You can imagine how beautiful Lan Jieying is.
Lan Jieying was highly praised by TVB from the beginning. She felt that the five-year contract was too long, and she had to change the contract for two years. This was something that Liu Dehua had not done. Before Lan Jieying could be popular, she was hidden because she was unwilling to cut her hair short when filming "Big Hong Kong". She re-activated it a few months later. Not long after, she had an unhappy relationship with the director and producer, and finally the producer found an excuse to be late for filming.
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The Spring Festival holiday will officially begin tomorrow, and several major companies have set the release time of the movie on Friday afternoon.
Based on the lunar calendar, today is the last day of work this year. After get off work, many people are "crazy", either going home early to sleep, or calling friends to sing karaoke, and many people choose to go to the cinema with their girlfriends or family.
Kowloon, Kwun Tong Theater, there was a long queue of ticket purchases at less than 7 o'clock in the evening.
A man finally got in front and said, "I want two "A Chinese Ghost Story" games, I want a seat in the middle."
"There are only the front row at 7:20. Do you want the game at 8:30?" asked the ticket seller.
"It's just 8:30." The man thought about it and said.
"One ticket costs 23, two tickets cost 46 yuan." said the ticket seller.
The man was surprised: "23 yuan per card? Why is it so expensive!"
The ticket seller explained: "The ticket price of movies has risen for several days, and the ticket you buy is a good location for prime time during the prime time. It is definitely more expensive, and it will be cheaper during the day."
When Kang Jianfei just came through, the average ticket price of Hong Kong movies was less than 7 yuan, which has nearly tripled in a few years.
The man didn't care anymore and paid for two movie tickets. After leaving, he suddenly said to his girlfriend: "The man who bought the tickets is so familiar."
His girlfriend also looked back and exclaimed: "Is that ticket seller Liu Dehua?"
Chapter completed!