"…In our traditional morality, Confucianism teaches women to obey men, and this concept has flowed in our blood. "My Savage Girlfriend" does the opposite. Song Mingxi, the heroine played by Wang Shuxian, is an independent modern woman. She seems savage but is actually weak inside...
...In just a few days, "My Savage Girlfriend" has more than 200,000 viewers in Seoul. What about the movies made by our Korean directors? The highest-grossing movie "Jesus in Seoul", the total number of viewers in five days is less than 50,000, which is the gap between heaven and earth.
South Korea's 'new film movement' has been in operation for three years. There are only two or three works that can be produced, and the box office is not very good. Korean directors should learn about Hong Kong's film art, not blindly worship Europe and the United States, and combine the cultural history and current situation of South Korea, so that they can shoot classic movies that belong to our own people..."
——"Korean Movie Weekly"
The release of "My Savage Girlfriend" in South Korea can only be described as crazy. The capital Seoul alone has 200,000 viewers in less than a week. You should know that when Cheng Long's "Dragon and Tiger Fight" was released in South Korea half a year ago, the total number of viewers in Seoul was only over 200,000.
Today, the most famous Hong Kong influences in South Korea are Zhou Runfa, Cheng Long, Zhang Guorong, Chung Chuhong, Wang Shuxian and Lee Saifeng. Among them, Cheng Long has the highest cumulative viewer number of movies, but the greatest commercial value belongs to Zhou Runfa. After the relaxation of the Korean film censorship system, countless Korean directors followed the trend in the past three years, and made many local Korean black and black hero films. Zhou Runfa was also the first Hong Kong artist to be invited to South Korea to shoot advertisements.
However, after "My Savage Girlfriend" was popular, I'm afraid Wang Shuxian's commercial value in South Korea will suddenly surpass Zhou Runfa.
There is no way, "My Savage Girlfriend" is so popular in South Korea. The Korean people, like mainland China, have been imprisoned by thoughts for decades. Although some movies with black/gang and crime themes can be sold to South Korea, as long as they involve politics, religion and traditional ethics, all of them were banned in the first twenty or thirty years.
Even now, erotic movies can appear in Korean cinemas without any scruples, but "Jesus in Seoul" filmed by the new Korean film movement director Zhang Sun-woo has been censored for more than two years and it was not available on the screen until this Christmas - in fact, he only filmed some weird experiences after a mentally ill patient who claimed to be reincarnated by Jesus and escaped from the hospital.
"My Savage Girlfriend" has a curb of the country. This movie has nothing to do with politics and religion. However, it directly impacts the traditional concept of Korean men's superiority and inferiority. While pleases Korean women, it can also prevent Korean men from being disgusted.
This challenge to traditional concepts is not something that Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa can compare with. It is a kind of ideological shock and impact. In addition, this movie is funny and touching, and Korean audiences are like shopping malls and rushing to watch "My Savage Girlfriend".
After World War II, feminist thoughts emerged. In the past, American women did not work after getting married, but now they have entered the workplace one by one.
"My Savage Girlfriend" may be just a pretty good romantic comedy for European and American audiences, but in the Confucian cultural circle in Asia, it is an impact on traditional aesthetics.
A Japanese women's magazine praised Kang Jianfei after "My Savage Girlfriend" was released, saying that he was a "real feminist director."
Whether it is Japan, South Korea, or Singapore and Hong Kong, a savage whirlwind suddenly blew on this Christmas. The new generation of girls regarded Wang Shuxian as their idols and used punches and kicks to express their love for their boyfriends.
When their boyfriend protested, the girls responded with the ten love rules in the film and began to question their boyfriends: You don’t even want to be beaten for me. This means you don’t love me at all!
Many men were very grateful to Kang Jianfei because after watching the movie with their girlfriend, they went to study for a room in the movie and found romance, and naturally took down the other party.
There are also many men gritting their teeth at Kang Jianfei. The movie "My Savage Girlfriend" has become a barbaric Bible, making the originally gentle and cute girl look hideous.
Ming Pao Weekly commented on this: "There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei made another phenomenal movie."
Although some older viewers criticized the film, this could not prevent "My Savage Girlfriend" from making box offices everywhere. Not only did Wang Shuxian's title of the four queens be stabilized, but his reputation even increased again, and his influence was second only to Chung Chuhong.
Wu Zhenyu, who plays the male lead, obviously has far more scenes than the female lead. However, the limelight was completely blocked by Wang Shuxian. Many movie fans watched it several times and even didn't know what Wu Zhenyu's name was, only knowing that he was "Qianniu".
But even so, Wu Zhenyu has gone from being a supporting actor, Fuyao and directly became a quasi-first-line movie star in Hong Kong. His good luck has made many young actors envious and jealous.
Wu Zhenyu in another time and space has several nicknames called "Jingkun" and "Brother Kun", but his current nicknames have become "Qianniu" and "Brother Niu", and his styles are different from each other.
...
"Next time the company's main film must be around Kang Jianfei's movie released!" Pan Disheng threw a magazine on the table with laughter and cry.
Cen Jianxun sat on the sofa opposite him, crossing his legs and drinking tea, and continued, "But we are in theaters, we have to face Kang Jianfei's films. We can't give up the entire prime time of Christmas."
Pan Disheng had nothing to say about this. They prepared a romantic comedy film with a big cast for Christmas, but was crushed into a scumbag by "My Savage Girlfriend". They only received more than 5 million in the first week of box office.
Although the love comedy of Debao Film Company must be a big profit, it was overwhelming by the movies released at the same time in Hong Kong, which still made Mr. Pan feel very depressed.
Cen Jianxun got up and walked over, picked up the magazine that Pan Disheng had just thrown on the table, glanced at it and said, "Kang Jianfei has really flew into the sky this time."
The magazine Cen Jianxun's hand was the last issue of Time magazine in 1987. It created a ranking of 50 best international directors (living directors), among which four Asian directors were ranked: Japan's director Akira Kurosawa ranked 7th, Hong Kong's director Hu Jinquan ranked 27th, and Japan's director Kenji Mizuguchi ranked 50th.
Kang Jianfei was also listed on the list of the best directors in the world, and his ranking was slightly behind Hu Jinquan. He ranked 32nd.
In fact, Kang Jianfei is disdainful of this ranking. Who knows how the editor of Time magazine ranks it? This thing is extremely subjective, and even the personal relationship between the director and the editor may affect the ranking of this list.
However, for other Hong Kong filmmakers, the ranking of Time magazine is an extremely high honor, which is an authoritative certification of famous American magazines.
Phoenix Taiwan and several Hong Kong newspapers reported on this matter. So the previous issue of Time magazine appeared in Pan Disheng's hands.
Kang Jianfei is ranked in the middle of the list of 50 places, but he is very eye-catching. Because he is only in his 20s, the youngest directors on the list are already over 40.
In any case, the title of director Kang Jianfei's genius has been confirmed. After the authoritative certification of Time magazine, he is a veritable international director.
...
When Pan Disheng was depressed that the box office was not as good as expected, Huang Baiming shouted about luck. His desperate big cast "Eight Stars News" originally wanted to be released on Christmas time, but because the schedule was not enough to compete for the New Art City, it was set to be released in mid-January, which was the middle of the New Year time.
Now it seems that "Eight Stars News" just avoided the strong period of "My Savage Girlfriend", and Huang Baiming smiled and watched the movies in New Art City fail.
Hong Kong Night Market, a food stall.
Huang Baiming, who is already the owner of the film company, was having lunch with Johnnie To, Lin Lingdong and Teddy Robin at the food stall.
When Johnnie To came through Kang Jianfei, he made a frustrating new movie. Later, he felt that his ability was insufficient, so he went back to shoot TV series and became a producer on TVB. A few months ago, Huang Baiming was pulled into Vientiane Film Company.
Lin Lingdong and Teddy Robin used to be in the New Art City. When Huang Baiming left, they stayed there with careless pleasure, so they all ran out to join Huang Baiming. Teddy Robin himself also founded a small record company.
A hero and three gangs, Huang Baiming was not only not easy to do, but now he has three generals under his command. Although he has withdrawn from the New Art City, many handovers have not been completed yet. For example, how to divide the copyrights of those movies in the past, how much is worth when it is exchanged, and it is difficult to count various hidden assets.
Huang Baiming is preparing to go to Lei Juekun to talk to him after the New Year. He wants to exchange the hidden assets of Xinyi City for part of the equity of Vientiane Film, then take out part of his own, allocate the equity of these new companies to Johnnie To and win over the three generals with their shares.
"I just said, don't argue with Mecca and others for the schedule. The fool in Kang Jianfei's movie hit him. Now they know that they have a headache." Teddy Robin was drinking beer gloatingly. It seemed that the movies of Mecca and Shi Tian were defeated, which made him very happy.
Johnnie To sighed: "I went to watch "My Savage Girlfriend" yesterday. Kang Jianfei is really amazing. We actually followed his butt and chased him, but we always couldn't catch up."
Huang Baiming smiled and comforted, "Afeng, don't be too arrogant. Our "Eight Stars News" is also good. I guess the box office may even exceed "My Savage Girlfriend".
Lin Lingdong echoed: "It's very likely."
Huang Baiming's words are not arrogant, but have his reasons. "Eight Stars Announcement" brings together eight popular stars, which are comedy movies of all ages, while the main audience of "My Savage Girlfriend" is young people, and many elderly viewers are even a little disgusted with "My Savage Girlfriend".
"That's not necessarily," Johnnie To shook his head, "When the summer season "Fang Fang" was first released, I estimated that it had a box office of up to 28 million, which was added to Kang Jianfei's influence and the promotional effect brought by the Cannes award. That film is even harder to accept by Hong Kong audiences than "My Savage Girl", but it sold the box office completely without reason, and it finally broke the 40 million mark. Who knows how much box office "My Savage Girl" will sell in the end."
As soon as Johnnie To said this, Huang Baiming also had a deep feeling. "Fang Fang" is the only movie with a local box office of over 40 million yuan. Huang Baiming has studied it countless times afterwards, but has not yet figured out what is going on.
Johnnie To took a sip of wine and said mysteriously: "And I heard from Wang Jing that Kang Jianfei seemed to have made a big move again."
Teddy Robin asked, "Are you talking about his plan to open a film company in South Korea?"
"Open a company in South Korea?" Johnnie To was stunned, then shook his head, "Kang Jianfei is ready to officially enter Hollywood."
Huang Baiming asked: "Dreamworks seems to have been entering Hollywood."
Johnnie To smiled and said, "I mean, Kang Jianfei seems to be buying Paramount."
"What?" Lin Lingdong, who didn't say much, suddenly screamed strangely, "Kang Jianfei actually wants to acquire Paramount. He has taken the wrong medicine."
For filmmakers all over the world, Paramount Pictures is a behemoth. It would be very happy to have the opportunity to cooperate with Paramount. There would be no idea of ​​opposing Paramount or acquiring Paramount.
"I don't know whether it is true or not. Anyway, Wang Jing said it after drinking last time." Johnnie To is the apprentice of Wang Jing's father, and the two have a very good relationship in private.
Lin Lingdong asked: "Does Kang Jianfei have that much money? It will cost at least a few billion to acquire Paramount."
After all, Huang Baiming was a boss. He knew very well how profitable Kang Jianfei's Oriental Group had in recent years. He nodded and said, "Kang Jianfei's personal assets are at least 3 billion US dollars. If you move them around and borrow some from the bank, he will definitely be able to take out enough money."
Teddy Robin shook his head: "It's so outrageous to acquire Paramount, but it's more realistic to open a film company in South Korea."
South Korea only allowed overseas funds to directly invest in film companies, shoot and release movies in South Korea after January 1987. In addition, South Korea's economic takeoff in recent years and Hong Kong stars are very popular in South Korea, so the Korean film market is simply a virgin land for Hong Kong filmmakers.
Not to mention anything else, open a film company in South Korea, and then invest some money casually, get one or two Hong Kong stars and a group of local Korean actors to make movies. As long as you manage the official channels in South Korea, you can easily make money in South Korea.
Huang Baiming was too busy in Hong Kong, otherwise, with his eyes, he would definitely go to Korea to invest in movies.
Chapter completed!