A week and a half after the Lantern Festival, "The Tomb Robbers' Chronicles" finally finished filming in Hong Kong, with a box office of 42.67 million yuan in the local area, once again breaking the box office record of 41.55 million yuan set by Kang Jianfei himself.
Nowadays, the average ticket price of movies in Hong Kong has risen to 26 and a half yuan. In terms of the number of viewers, 42.67 million is actually only equivalent to the box office of 32 million three years ago. As long as the number of theaters increases, more movies released during the same period have also become smaller, diluting the number of viewers of a single movie.
After entering the 1990s, although Hong Kong's economy was developing rapidly, citizens were more concerned about the sharply deteriorating social security.
Since New Year's Day, several vicious cases have occurred in succession, and the victims are all well-known people. Kidnapping and extortion and committing crimes are caused by new immigrants and smugglers, while others are so-called by local Hong Kong communities.
Even the chief legislator of the Legislative Council was chased and chopped by five gangsters at their door during the Spring Festival. It is conceivable how bad the public security in Hong Kong is.
The security company that Kang Jianfei and Ye Laosan jointly opened suddenly increased a lot after the New Year, which was a blessing for the Hong Kong police to do nothing.
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"Bang!"
"Three tubes!" Ouyang Zhenhua slapped the mahjong on the table and said with a smile, "Ayu, this time is good, I'm shortlisted for the Best Actor."
Wu Zhenyu smiled and said, "I'm here to accompany the Academy Awards, and Brother Fa is also nominated, so how can I compete for him?"
"Notification is a good start, and you will definitely win the award next time. Touch!" Li Zixiong said with a smile that he only joined Oriental Entertainment Agency last year and has been filming TV series on TVB before.
The woman who played mahjong with three men is Bai Yunlin. She is Li Zixiong’s girlfriend who has been dating for half a year. Like Zhang Xie, they both graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
"Brother Yu, you are very familiar with Zhang Yi. Why haven't you ever asked her out? Many people are more lively." Bai Yunlin suddenly said, she wanted to make friends with Zhang Yi as an alumni.
Wu Zhenyu said: "Amin doesn't like socializing. She usually stays at home without any trouble and doesn't talk much when filming."
Bai Yunlin asked, "I heard that she has a good relationship with Mr. Kang, is that true?"
For Wu Zhenyu, no matter Kang Jianfei's character, he is his mentor and benefactor. If Kang Jianfei is not supported and supported, Wu Zhenyu might still be a supporting role on TVB.
After hearing Bai Yunlin's question, Wu Zhenyu immediately felt dissatisfied. The smile on his face was still there, and he said, "I don't know what Amin has to do with Mr. Kang. I will meet you and ask her if you meet her."
Li Zixiong heard that Wu Zhenyu's tone was wrong. He quickly kicked his girlfriend secretly. Then he played a card and shouted strangely: "Oh, I played the wrong card."
Ouyang Zhenhua's mind was very fast and helped change the topic and said, "Isn't it a self-taught card that I played, right?"
"How is that possible?" Li Zixiong smiled, "I am a veteran of the Zongheng Card Market for more than 20 years."
The two of them made a joke and successfully changed the topic, and the atmosphere at the card table became lively again, but Wu Zhenyu had a very bad impression of Bai Yunlin.
"Dingdong, Dingdong!"
The four of them played a card for a while, and the doorbell suddenly rang.
Wu Zhenyu walked to the door and looked through Maoyan. There was a young man delivering couriers standing outside. He opened the door and asked, "What's it?"
The courier said: "I don't know, it seems like a box inside, it's quite light, it's an expedited piece."
After holding hands, Wu Zhenyu returned to the card table, playing mahjong while unpacking the package, and soon unpacking a paper box. When he opened the paper box, Wu Zhenyu's face instantly became extremely ugly. He didn't respond when he touched the card.
"What's wrong?" Ouyang Zhenhua asked.
"It's nothing, I'm in some trouble." Wu Zhenyu smiled bitterly and took out a notebook from the box.
Li Zixiong asked: "Script?"
"Well," Wu Zhenyu took out another pistol bullet and said, "There is this."
The other three people's faces also became solemn, and Li Zixiong asked: "Someone forced you to make a movie?"
Wu Zhenyu nodded: "The salary I promised to give is not low, HK$2 million, but I have no schedule, and secondly, their script is too bad, so I refused."
"Which company?" Bai Yunlin asked.
Wu Zhenyu said: "Fuyi, a new company that was registered only last year."
Li Zixiong said: "I heard that Mr. Kang is still very backgrounded in Hong Kong, so why would he ask him to help settle it?"
"I'll call the agent first." Wu Zhenyu's mind was a little confused, and his hands were trembling when dialing the phone.
In less than half an hour, Wu Zhenyu's agent Tian Chunming came.
Tian Chunming is in his 40s and has been with Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company for 5 years. He is one of the company's gold medal agents. After checking the script and bullets, he immediately called out several more times. It took him a long time to figure out the matter and comforted him: "Ayu, don't worry, don't go out these days, the company will help you."
As Hong Kong's public security becomes increasingly chaotic and more black forces enter the entertainment industry, Oriental Entertainment Agency has encountered many such things in recent years and has its own way of dealing with them. However, it is the first time I have received bullets. At most, I used to threaten with a knife or splash paint.
Wu Zhenyu was still worried and asked, "Brother Ming, what is the origin of the other party? Why did he come to me?"
Tian Chunming said: "A big circle guy, this time he asked you to film because "Grave Robbers" sold more than NT$60 million in Taiwan, and it has not yet been released. There are investors in Taiwan who opened a market stating that as long as it is a movie you starred in, he is willing to spend HK$10 million to buy the distribution rights of Taiwan and Nanyang."
This is how people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.
Wu Zhenyu's current film pay is more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars. If he is invited to be the male lead, he will hire a bunch of second-tier actors to make bad movies, and the production cost is up to 5 million. Taiwanese investors offer a 10 million quotation, which means that as long as the game is shot, no matter whether it is sold or not, the producers can make more than 5 million in vain, and they can continue to make box office in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
This kind of good thing is that you only make money but not lose money. Anyone who is in the entertainment industry doesn’t look jealous? If it weren’t for Kang Jianfei’s protection, there would probably be more than one person who came to force Wu Zhenyu to film.
Even the bullets were sent out. Tian Chunming really couldn't handle it by himself. After placing a call to find out the situation, he immediately left and returned to the company.
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Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company, General Manager's Office.
Zhang Guozhong frowned and asked, "You mean, Shu Qi also has a stake in this Fuyi Film Company?"
Tian Chunming nodded and said, "I've inquired. Cai Zhiming is a big boy. He suddenly made a fortune a few years ago, and I don't know where his money came from. Later, he went to Europe to do smuggling business and returned to Hong Kong three years ago. He owned a bar, a karaoke hall, a sauna and other businesses. When he saw that Hong Kong films were very popular the year before, he invested in a small-cost movie, earning more than two million, so he decided to enter the film industry. He had no connections. Last year, he joined the group with Shuqi and Chen Kaixin.
The three of them cooperated to form Fuyi Film Company. Through Shu Qi's connection, Fuyi Company has signed Liu Dehua and Ye Tong. I heard that he was trying to poach Anita Mui a while ago. There was also unreliable news that Pan Desheng and Yang Ziqiong were separated, and Yang Ziqiong was preparing to return to film and had some contact with Fuyi Film Company. By the way, Cai Zhiming and Zou Wenhuai were a bit like that back then, and they did not sign a contract for poaching. Liu Dehua and Fuyi Company were also verbal agreements for filming."
"He is also an ambitious guy." Zhang Guozhong sighed.
Shu Qi is the editor-in-chief of "Movie Biweekly" and the founder of the Hong Kong Film Awards. Cai Zhiming brought Shu Qi in to open a film company. It was obvious that he was very smart, and it seemed that he was preparing to do a big fight.
Unfortunately, it is a bad thing to get the wrong one after all. If you don’t ask the actors to send bullets, it’s too outrageous.
By the way, Yongsheng's style has become a bit bad in the past two years. There have been some forced invitations, but the bullets have not been directly fired.
Zhang Guozhong was still sighing there, but he didn't know that in another time and space, because his agency had a large number of stars in charge, he had been threatened and even ambushed countless times.
Tian Chunming asked: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Kang has a good relationship with Shu Qi. Should I notify Mr. Kang and let him deal with it?"
"If you would bother Mr. Kang for this little thing, what do you want me, the general manager to do?" Zhang Guozhong glared at Tian Chunming.
Zhang Guozhong was not prepared to bother Kang Jianfei, but Kang Jianfei was still in trouble.
Just when Zhang Guozhong called Shuqi to make an appointment, Kang Jianfei also received a call from Qiu Shuzhen's agent.
However, after the Lantern Festival, many crews in Hong Kong started filming, and Qiu Shuzhen also took on a drama from ** Film Company. Unexpectedly, on the first day of the filming, a group of people came to "please leave" Qiu Shuzhen very impolitely.
After filming two scenes of Wang Jing, Qiu Shuzhen was made into a new generation of sexy goddess by Wang Fatty. Now she has many fans in Taiwan and Nanyang. Moreover, Qiu Shuzhen's pay is much lower than that of Cherie Chung, Joey Wong and others, which has led to some small companies asking her to film.
After becoming Kang Jianfei's lover, Qiu Shuzhen was not worried about having no money. She was not a workaholic, so she took up at most four or five movies a year. This time, a company asked Qiu Shuzhen to make a movie but failed, so she simply sent someone to snatch the movie and arranged for someone to monitor Qiu Shuzhen at any time on the crew, and even someone followed her to go to the bathroom.
No wonder some people say that this is the most glorious era of Hong Kong films and the darkest era of Hong Kong's entertainment industry.
Especially after entering the 1990s, Hong Kong society had a general panic mentality.
Kang Jianfei put down the phone and felt a little headache. He found that his face was becoming less and less useful. Someone asked him for trouble just after the Chinese New Year.
If you want to settle the matter, you must first know who the other party is. After calling a few phone calls, you will find out that the other party is the one who is in harmony.
The main territory of Hehetu is in Central, and the properties such as Kang Jianfei's Queen Building are in Central. Hehetu is given a "filial piety fee" every year.
Among the many clubs in Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei hates the most is the picture of the same. The reason is that this club with the word "Han" controls more than 60% of the pirated movie video tape business in Hong Kong. These pirated video tapes are not only sold in Hong Kong, but are also smuggled to the mainland, Taiwan, and even South Korea and Nanyang. I don’t know how much profit Kang Jianfei loses every year.
Kang Jianfei really felt helpless about the threat of his artists. He was not a villain, so he could not really compete with people. Moreover, there are more and more celebrities signing in the company, and under the wind, there are naturally more and more people asking for trouble. He can't have several bodyguards arranged around each star, right?
As for calling the police? Even if the police handle the case seriously, they will only catch a few minions who take the blame, which will make the matter even more rigid.
Kang Jianfei has a relationship with Xin Yian at 14k, but the other person’s picture is not going to get rid of you at all.
Kang Jianfei is now a big business, and he feels that the tough methods used to be unhealthy are not good. In order to make money during the prosperity of Hong Kong films, more and more people are focusing on Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company - who is the company that has more celebrities?
Kang Jianfei decided to change his mind, which is to win over several major societies and use them to shock the little ones. In other words, in the future, film companies of large societies such as Hehetu, 14k, and Xinyi'an will be given preferential treatment. Driven by interests, these major societies will naturally help Kang Jianfei suppress the clown.
Chapter completed!