"Hmph, spiritual fantasy kung fu movie! What's the matter with this kid?" Zou Wenhuai snorted coldly and threw a copy of "Sing Tao Daily" on the table.
There were also He Guanchang and Cheng Long, the adopted father and son in the office. When Cheng Long saw Zou Wenhuai getting angry, he didn't say anything, but just looked down at the headlines of the newspaper.
To be honest, Cheng Long is very curious about Kang Jianfei. After being in the film industry for more than ten years, he is very clear about what the box office of "Happy Ghost" exceeds 10 million. As a new director, Kang Jianfei can achieve such results in his first film, which can be described as a miracle.
Buchenglong did not regard Kang Jianfei as his opponent because the two of them were not at the same level at all - even though Kang Jianfei won the Hong Kong box office.
He Guanchang is very clear about Zou Wenhuai's thoughts. Although "Happy Ghost" has won "Junior Brother" in the box office, a funny ghost film and a funny kung fu film have different types and does not have much impact. Moreover, Jiahe's distribution ability is not comparable to that of Princess Jin. Jiahe can not only sell "Junior Brother" to Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, but also has certain distribution ability in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia, and overseas box office will definitely beat "Happy Ghost".
But now Kang Jianfei suddenly announced that the new movie was a spiritual kung fu film, which made Zou Wenhuai feel alert, because Cheng Long is also a main kung fu film. If Kang Jianfei succeeds, it will inevitably have a huge impact on Cheng Long's humorous kung fu film, which is far more than the popularity of "Happy Ghost".
Nine years ago, Bruce Lee's kung fu films emerged, announcing the death penalty for traditional martial arts films; two years ago, Cheng Long's humorous kung fu films were born, which once again changed the pattern of Hong Kong action films.
Zou Wenhuai is now afraid that the "spiritual fantasy kung fu movies" will set off another trend in kung fu movies.
He Guanchang advised: "Wen Huai, don't be too worried. Jiahe's goal is to face the international market. Why fight with Princess Jin in a small pond in Hong Kong? The United States is ready. Aaron will fly over tomorrow. "Killer Trench" is our top priority."
He Guanchang was talking about Jiahe's plan to enter the Western market. In October last year, Zou Wenhuai announced in Hollywood that it would invest $60 million to shoot six major production films. At that time, Jiahe had just signed Cheng Long, and Zou Wenhuai's move was to build momentum for Cheng Long to enter the US market, trying to make Cheng Long the second place in Bruce Lee.
Because before Cheng Long signed in to Jiahe, he had already gained a very stable box office appeal in Asian countries, and what he lacked was his popularity in Europe and the United States.
When Cheng Long heard the two bosses talking about him, he immediately raised his back and looked forward to going to the United States to kill all directions, making the ghosts scream and go crazy for him like Bruce Lee.
"Killer Trench" is a co-production between Jiahe and Hollywood giant Warner Bros. The film invited many European and American big-name movie stars to join, and several major actors paid more than 1.5 million US dollars. Cheng Long's pay in this film also matched Hollywood stars, reaching a million US dollars that Chinese movie stars could not reach at this time.
The US dollar is still very valuable now, and the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar is close to 1:8, which means that the pay for this movie is more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than the box office dividends of "Happy Ghost" that Kang Jianfei received.
Regardless of whether "The Killer Trench" was successful or not, Cheng Long reached a new height for Hong Kong and Taiwan movie stars. Because the pay for Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie brothers at the same time were only 2 million Hong Kong dollars. There were even fewer other movie stars, and the famous Sammo Hung paid only more than 1 million yuan; Zheng Shaoqiu was so popular in TV series, his pay for his movies would not exceed 300,000 yuan.
Zou Wenhuai instructed Cheng Long to go to the United States to make some filming matters, so he asked him to go back and prepare with a smile.
After Cheng Long left, Zou Wenhuai suddenly asked: "Guan Chang, do you think it is possible to dig that Kang Jianfei over?"
He Guanchang said in surprise: "Why do you think of digging him? Lei Juekun praised him so much last time, and there must be any agreement between the two. Even if we can successfully poach people, the penalty for liquidated contract is probably no lower than that of digging Aaron."
Zou Wenhuai said: "Now Aaron is going to enter Hollywood. I don't want the backyard to catch fire at this time. Kang Jianfei is always an unstable factor, and Princess Jin is even more troublesome. "Happy Ghost" is now released in Southeast Asia, and it is estimated that the box office in Taiwan will not be low. I will dig Kang Jianfei to earn Asian box office, and then let Aaron develop the market in the United States so that we can also move forward and retreat freely."
He Guanchang is an old partner who has worked with Zou Wenhuai for decades and is very clear about Zou Wenhuai's personality. Zou Wenhuai wants to dig Kang Jianfei, not only because of business considerations, but also has the idea of ​​taking revenge on Princess Jin and digging Hong Jinbao.
This time, Lei Juekun digged Hong Jinbao and caused Jiahe to suffer a lot of losses. When Hong Jinbao ran away, he packed up and took away a whole team, and even Yuan Biao, who was about to give Jiahe a little favor, followed him.
Zou Wenhuai continued: "That Kang Jianfei looks very ambitious. It is best to dig up such ambitious people. Princess Jin can give him Jiahe, but Princess Jin cannot help him release the film to Europe and the United States like Jiahe. If he is a smart person, he will definitely agree."
He Guanchang could only sigh: "Okay, I'll try it."
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Since its opening, Oriental Dream Factory has not been as lively as it is today.
The dozens of media reporters who poured in early morning made Ma Qiao a little helpless. Although he was a top student at Harvard Business School, he had no experience in dealing with the media. Fortunately, Kang Jianfei called him in advance, otherwise he would not know what to do.
Facing the noisy reporters crowded at the company's door, Ma Qiao moved to the bench and shouted: "Everyone! Friends of the reporter, please be quiet. I am Ma Qiao, the operation director of Oriental Dream Factory. If you have any interviews, please come to the company in an orderly manner before talking!"
With an office area of ​​less than 200 square meters, dozens of reporters suddenly rushed in, and the company suddenly became shabby. The most basic seats and stools were far from enough, and these reporters could only stand.
"Supervisor Ma, when will Mr. Kang come to the company?" a reporter asked impatiently.
Ma Qiao said according to the discussion with Kang Jianfei on the phone: "Mr. Kang has something else to do today and will not come to the company."
A tabloid reporter asked: "Mr. Kang showed his skills yesterday and shot two robbers on the spot. I wonder if he missed both of his actions in the company?"
Ma Qiao shook his head and said, "I have no idea that Mr. Kang knows how to be kung fu. He is very kind to his subordinates in the company and can't tell how to be kung fu."
Zhang Xu, a company typist who was mixed in the crowd of reporters, suddenly asked: "Can you talk about the spiritual fantasy kung fu movie Mr. Kang said?"
Finally getting to the point, Ma Qiao smiled and said, "The spiritual fantasy kung fu film, as the name suggests, is to combine spiritual fantasy movies with kung fu films. This is a brand new type of movie created by Mr. Kang. I believe that it will surprise you at that time. I cannot disclose the specific plot of the movie, but the title of the movie can be known in advance. The name of this movie is "Mr. Zombie".
"Isn't that just a zombie movie? Whoever shoots the zombie movie will compensate you?" said a reporter.
Six years ago, Shaw Brothers filmed a zombie film, but it ended up falling to the moon. Since then, no director in Hong Kong dared to touch zombie films, and zombie films are dead is also a common view in the industry.
Kang Jianfei is now suddenly coming to film a zombie film, which immediately caused a burst of exclamation and discussion among reporters.
Ma Qiao said: "In this movie, Mr. Kang will give the zombie film a brand new explanation, and you will know it. Moreover, we will go to Taipei to shoot this movie. This is a big production with a budget of 4 million yuan, and it is no longer a small fight with a cost of only 500,000 yuan."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Maqiao's last two sentences attracted laughter from reporters, and he actually said that the 4 million yuan production was not enough for Cheng Long's own salary in "The Killer's Trench".
Ma Qiao heard the laughter and said seriously: "For Oriental DreamWorks, 4 million is a big production, because it is already all the company's funds. All our colleagues in DreamWorks have taken it as their mission to make good movies and pursued their lives by making movies that audiences like. We are still a small company now, but we dare to devote all our films to make good movies. The cost of our movie is the hard work and sweat of all the employees of the company, and it cannot be measured by money. Therefore, every movie in our DreamWorks is a big production!"
"Okay, that's right!" Zhang Xu, a typist who was a child care among the reporters, clapped his hands and shouted, and other reporters also applauded for dealing with the scene.
Next, Ma Qiao talked about what kind of company was created, the employees worked hard, Mr. Kang stayed up late to write scripts, etc.
The more the reporters listened, the more something was wrong. They gradually realized that Kang Jianfei wanted to use this incident to promote his company and movies, and he was suddenly disappointed.
Just when they were about to leave, a beautiful woman suddenly came into the company - Pan Yingzi!
Pan Yingzi came on purpose. She lost her reputation for a few years after her retirement. She had the same idea as Kang Jianfei, and wanted to use this matter to hype herself.
Yesterday, Pan Yingzi was really scared. She went home and tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about the bloody scene at that time. Later, somehow, she turned her mind to Kang Jianfei, who killed the bandits, and became more and more curious about her future boss. In particular, Kang Jianfei rescued her from the bandits, hugged her and escorted her to the police station, giving Pan Yingzi a very strong sense of security.
Pan Yingzi finally fell asleep in a mess of thoughts. When she woke up, she felt much better. Yesterday's incident had little impact on her mood. When she saw today's newspaper headlines, she immediately felt that this was an opportunity to become famous again, so she hurried to the company.
"It's Miss Pan!"
"Ms. Pan is here to find Mr. Kang?"
"Miss Pan, did you divorce Mr. Chen Honglie last week?"
"Miss Pan, someone saw you having Western food with Mr. Kang at the Peninsula Hotel last night, and holding hands like a couple. What is your explanation for this?"
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Chapter completed!