Kang Jianfei is preparing to film "Fang Fang" himself, not just investing, and he is also preparing to put the place where the story takes place in Hong Kong.
The reason for making this decision was not that Kang Jianfei thought of making art films on a whim, but that he had already come to find Sophie Marceau in a planned manner.
Kang Jianfei is one of the best commercial directors in Asia, and the development of DreamWorks has reached a bottleneck. The distribution networks in Europe, America and Australia have been initially established, but in addition to "Shushan", other DreamWorks movies are not popular in Europe and the United States.
In the past, the first part of "The Royal Sister" was successfully entered the North American market by relying on the explosion, the combination of speed and kung fu elements. However, the subsequent sequels of "The Royal Sister" were worse than the box office in North America. To put it bluntly, that is, the novelty of North American audiences has passed.
The popularity of "Shushan" in Europe also caused a Chinese craze in European countries, but then the box office of DreamWorks sold movies to Europe was very barely enough. Films like "The Gambling Saint" were sold to France in Europe's first ticket warehouse, and the box office they received was not as much as Thailand. They could only use selling a little to make a little to comfort themselves.
Kang Jianfei also filmed "Home Imperial" and was popular all over the world, but when he returned to Chinese films and sold them to Europe and the United States, few movie fans were willing to buy his director Kang Da account.
Kang Jianfei wanted to take Chinese-language movies to the European market this time, not a costume and weird film made of special effects, but a modern art film that European audiences like.
It is difficult to cultivate a market. It is not possible to handle one or two hot-selling movies. It took decades for Japanese anime to gradually be accepted by readers all over the world. In order to promote Japanese anime, the Japanese government allocated billions of dollars to purchase animation works and donated them to third world countries for free. It is not for doing good things, but just to cultivate the Japanese animation market and thus export Japanese culture to these countries.
Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have worked hard in Hollywood, and Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory has also been trying to enter the North American market. However, Kang Jianfei has decided to change his thinking. His plan is to stabilize the Asian and Australian markets. Then slowly cultivate the African and European markets, and then gain a foothold before entering Hollywood.
The movie "Fangfang" is Kang Jianfei's first step into the French market.
First of all, this is an art film. With the French goddess Sophie Marceau playing the heroine, and the film is indeed very popular with the French, it is very easy to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
As long as "Fangfang" can be sold in France, DreamWorks will collect some Hong Kong and Taiwan art films in the future. It will be released according to the appetite of French audiences, allowing the French to gradually accept the faces and cultural habits of the Chinese, and at least not to be disgusted or resistant.
"I hope this movie can be filmed in Hong Kong," Kang Jianfei raised his glass and touched Sophie Marceau gently, and said, "It will be officially launched in September. When will your contract expire?"
Sophie Marceau said: "In early October, after filming "First Love", I signed a five-year appointment with the company."
Kang Jianfei thought for a while and said, "Then, after I go back, I will write the script and send it to you. You will first be familiar with the script and the role. I will start the filming as usual in September, but I will first shoot other roles. In October, your contract expires before coming to Hong Kong."
"Then let's just say that." Sophie Marceau happily finished drinking the red wine in the cup.
After using dinner, Kang Jianfei sent Sophie Marceau home very gentlemanly, and then returned to the hotel he stayed alone. There was no super friendly relationship between the two.
After returning to Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei immediately devoted himself to the post-production of "Mr. Smiths". He could not remember the soundtrack of this movie, and could only vaguely recall a very short melody, so he could only find professionals to make the soundtrack.
It was the end of June when the later stage was completed. DreamWorks' first movie "Tongzhi ZTE" this summer has been released on Oriental Cinema and Yindu Cinema for a full week.
This historical drama that did not appear in another time and space. With the sufficient financial support of DreamWorks, the effect of the filming is far beyond the previous two films "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Reigning the State from the Curtain".
Liang Jiahui only played a supporting role in "Tongzhi Zhongxing". The real protagonist is Cixi played by Liu Xiaoqing, and Emperor Tongzhi was played by a small mainland baby.
The first "The Legend of Cixi" "The Old Summer Palace" had a box office of 1543 in Hong Kong. The second "Direction of the Curtain" released in the same year, the box office of 12.02 million, both of which entered the top ten Hong Kong films in the 1983 year.
You should know that the box office at that time was quite different from the current ticket price. Moreover, they were all released by Yindu Cinemas at ordinary schedules such as the end of September and the end of October, and they were able to enter the top ten of the annual box office lists, which is amazing.
Now that this movie "Tongzhi ZTE" has been released by Oriental Cinema and Yindu Cinema in the summer, the box office can be described as a rush. By the eve of "The Smiths", the box office of "Tongzhi ZTE" had exceeded 20 million mark. It has become a dark dark horse in the summer. The director of the film, Li Hanxiang, once again became a glorious after two years of silence, and the heroine Liu Xiaoqing is also well-known to more Hong Kong people.
Who says that Hong Kong people only like to watch comedy and kung fu films? As long as historical and art films are filmed with sufficient standards, they can still make a big box office in Hong Kong.
The screening and promotional arrangements for "Mr. Smith" were arranged by someone. In addition to recording two promotional programs, Kang Jianfei was idle. While slowly improving the script of "Fangfang", he also tried his best to take time to accompany his more than ten women and a pair of children who could not walk.
As the release of "Mr. Smith" is getting closer and closer, Sister Dong and Sister Hong Kong beauty pageants have also held semi-finals. After Kang Jianfei got the list of Sister Dong's shortlists, he actually found two "acquaintances".
One is Zhou Haimei, who should have participated in Miss Hong Kong last year but was defeated in the semi-finals; the other is Qiu Yueqing, who will become a third-level porn star next year.
One of these two women retreated a year and the other one advanced a year, and both entered this year's Miss Oriental beauty pageant final.
Not to mention Qiu Yueqing for now, Zhou Haimei left Kang Jianfei with a deep impression.
If Weng Meiling is the representative of Huang Rong and Li Ruotong is the incarnation of Xiaolongnu, then Zhou Haimei is the eternal Zhou Zhiruo. Since she played the role of Zhou Zhiruo, the first thing that comes to mind whenever everyone talks about Zhou Zhiruo is Zhou Haimei. Even the Gao Yuanyuan version, which was very successful later, was only a comprehensive imitation of Zhou Haimei's version from style to performance style.
Unfortunately, Zhou Haimei has not been very popular with Miss Oriental. It can even be said that no one is optimistic about her. If it weren't for another player's performance in the semi-finals, Zhou Haimei could not even enter the finals.
Zhou Haimei is not not not beautiful, but is too young, and even smiles a little bit like a silly sister. If such a woman is the champion of Miss Oriental, it will undoubtedly reduce Sister Dong's style.
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"I can't go, right?" He Chaoqiong said while mixing milk powder for his son.
Kang Jianfei teased his son Xiao Yuxin's face and said, "What's wrong? You are an upper-class socialite in Hong Kong, and you are more than enough to be a judge in a beauty pageant."
There are still ten judges in this year's Miss Oriental beauty pageant final. One of the judges was in a car accident and went to the hospital last week. Kang Jianfei couldn't find anyone and decided to let He Chaoqiong take the lead.
He Chaoqiong was under house arrest in the villa for more than half a year. After giving birth, she regained her freedom, but because she had to take care of the child, she didn't go anywhere, so Kang Jianfei wanted to take this opportunity to let He Chaoqiong go out for some breath.
"Okay, I'll try it." He Chaoqiong was bored and agreed casually.
He Chaoqiong sucked the milk from the bottle and tried the temperature, and then carried the child out of the crib. As soon as the little guy's mouth touched the pacifier, he immediately stretched out his hand to hold the bottle tightly. While drinking the milk, his legs were still kicking each other happily.
Kang Jianfei has machismo in his bones and inevitably has a mentality of favoring boys over girls. At least he looks at his son much more often than his daughter.
He Chaoqiong had a motherly tenderness at this time. Kang Jianfei couldn't help but sit over and hug her waist, lowered his head and kissed He Chaoqiong's side face.
"Don't do this!" He Chaoqiong's reaction was not very strong, he just knocked Kang Jianfei away with his elbow. Obviously, she was no longer disgusted with Kang Jianfei's intimate actions.
Kang Jianfei did not get more and just hugged He Chaoqiong's waist and told her a joke to feed the child.
After his son fell asleep in the crib, Kang Jianfei said, "Aqiong, don't you like listening to music? I brought you a gift."
"Zhang Guorong's new album?" He Chaoqiong guessed. Since she broke up with Danny Chan, she has not listened to Danny Chan's songs anymore and has become a fan of Zhang Guorong.
Kang Jianfei took out a box of tape and smiled and said, "It's not Arong's. Just listen to it. This album will not be released next month."
He Chaoqiong took the tape curiously and saw that the album was called "Goodbye Ideal", while the singer was a group named Beyond.
"I remembered that it was the group that participated in the Voice of China last year." He Chaoqiong suddenly had an impression.
Kang Jianfei held He Chaoqiong's shoulders and said, "Let's go to the study and listen, don't disturb Xiaoxin until he sleeps."
"Okay." He Chaoqiong was obviously not very adaptable to Kang Jianfei's intimate actions from time to time, but he gradually accepted it.
The two came to the study, and He Chaoqiong put the tape into the machine. The first song was called "Waiting forever".
After listening to it for a while, He Chaoqiong frowned and said, "I don't like this kind of song very much, it's too noisy."
"Stay listen." Kang Jianfei smiled.
The second song is "Arabic Dancing Girl", which is beyond the early work of the song. Its style has not yet been established, and it sounds worse than the song "Waiting forever".
He Chaoqiong stopped patiently. The third song was "Goodbye Ideal". Kang Jianfei participated in the arrangement of this song, which was completely different from the previous two songs.
After listening to the lyrics of the previous few lines, He Chaoqiong suddenly felt shocked and threw out his distracting thoughts and listened carefully to appreciate them.
To be honest, beyond's songs were not popular at the beginning, not because those people did not have a good appreciation level, but because their early songs were really ugly, or the style was too niche.
In order to record the first album, beyond wrote more than 20 songs in total and handed them to Fengxing Records. As a result, they only barely included 9 songs after selection, and made major changes when arranging the songs.
In the end, Kang Jianfei personally took action and wrote a song "Cold Rainy Night" and collected 10 songs for this album.
After listening to "Goodbye Ideal", He Chaoqiong felt that the next song "Silent Farewell" was also very good, but the next two songs were not worthy of.
He Chaoqiong picked up the tape box bored and looked at it. After looking at it for a while, he said in surprise: "There is actually another song you wrote."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Do you listen to it nicely?"
"Okay." He Chaoqiong pressed the fast forward button, adjusted it a few times and finally arrived at the beginning of "Cold Rainy Night".
"Strive in the rain
Blue street lights are gradually revealing
Relatively looking
Silently hugged
...
I'm by your side on a cold rainy night
Hope you will know
Do you know my heart
Have changed from the beginning
Get along just for far-fetched
I don't want to go home on a cold rainy night
I'm afraid of your back
Just smile at the raindrops
It is important to make clear
Unfortunately, I don't have the courage to try
…”
He Chaoqiong is a person who likes music very much, otherwise her two boyfriends would not be singers in the original time and space. Her ideal partner for love is a musical talent.
Now that Kang Jianfei's "created" "Cold Rainy Night" is taken out, it obviously overshadows other songs in the album, and immediately amazed He Chaoqiong. Both the melody style and the lyrics made her fascinated.
He Chaoqiong closed his eyes and listened to "Cold Rainy Night". Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to hold her in his arms. Their bodies shook gently with the music. Finally, Kang Jianfei lowered his head and kissed He Qianjin's red lips.
Kang Jianfei's actions in the past would inevitably be pushed away by He Chaoqiong, but this time she only struggled gently, and her teeth fell under Kang Jianfei's agile tongue.
Kang Jianfei's teasing made He Chaoqiong lose more than the singing. She was taken off her clothes in a daze. Not only did she linger with the man with a sweet tongue, but her chest and buttocks changed shapes while the man kneaded.
He Chaoqiong's breathing became more and more rapid, and he stopped him until Kang Jianfei pressed onto the sofa and said, "Don't, I just gave birth to a baby."
"It's been more than three months." Kang Jianfei separated He Qianjin's jade legs and pressed his waist and hips down.
"Well..." He Chaoqiong frowned in pain at first, and then hummed in a low voice under the man's impact. From the initial passive acceptance, it soon became active in catering to enjoyment.
The summer breeze blew gently the curtains of the study, and the sound of the men and women in the room gradually stopped. He Chaoqiong, who was pressed by the man, slowed down for a while and said: "Go and take a shower. I sweated a lot and I was stuck to death."
Kang Jianfei pressed his forehead against He Chaoqiong's forehead and said twitchingly: "Kiss me first."
"Stop cheating!" He Chaoqiong smiled and wanted to push Kang Jianfei away.
Kang Jianfei pressed her tightly, and smiled lazyly, "Let's talk about it after kissing."
Chapter completed!