"The Royal Sister", "Mr. Zombie", "The Wrong Ride", these Kang Jianfei's works are selling like crazy in several countries and regions at the same time. Ordinary Hong Kong citizens may not know the news, but their colleagues in the Hong Kong film industry are quickly aware of the news.
After knowing it, there is collective envy, jealousy and hatred.
It is said that Nanyang is the back garden of Hong Kong films, but at this time, there are only twenty or thirty Hong Kong films sold in Nanyang every year. Among these twenty or thirty films, the films of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest Company account for
Most of the films produced by ordinary film companies can only make a profit at the domestic box office. If you are lucky, you may be able to sell them to Taiwan and make a fortune.
As for Japan and South Korea, even the two big companies, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, can't sell many movies. In Japan, it's because of market reasons, while in South Korea, it's because of government restrictions.
Like the previous "Happy Ghost", if it weren't for the fact that this film was a big hit at the box office in Hong Kong, surpassing Cheng Long's "Junior Brother", with Princess Jin's overseas distribution capabilities, it would have been sold for three to five years without even thinking of selling it to Japan and South Korea.
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Why does Cheng Long's salary reach several million when other stars in Hong Kong only earn hundreds of thousands? It's because audiences in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia love to watch Cheng Long's movies, which can increase countless overseas box office.
It is true that Hung Kam-bo is the big brother in Hong Kong, and his prestige in the industry seems to be higher than that of Cheng Long, but now he can only show his prestige in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Japanese and Korean audiences do not buy his account.
Just because Japanese and Korean audiences like Cheng Long, Cheng Long became a popular man, Zou Wenhuai, and He Guanchang would rather use dishonorable means to get it. And Luo Wei, who was poached by Jiahe, was like being poached from a mountain of gold.
He was so angry that he spent huge sums of money to hire people from the society to cause trouble for Jiahe and Cheng Long.
In the Hong Kong film industry, where the local box office market is narrow, whoever has the ability to attract overseas revenue is the boss.
When the news came back that Kang Jianfei's movie was selling well in Japan and South Korea, some small companies even went to Maqiao with their own movies, saying that they wanted to ask DreamWorks to help contact Japanese and Korean theater companies. They would directly give 20% of the box office to DreamWorks.
Do agency fees.
In today's Hong Kong film industry, everyone knows about the rise of Oriental DreamWorks, because Oriental DreamWorks' movies can now be distributed overseas by themselves. And they can achieve very good overseas box office.
When talking about Oriental DreamWorks in the past, more people in the industry saw Princess Jin, thinking that only with Princess Jin's support could Kang Jianfei and his company prosper.
Nowadays, when talking about DreamWorks and Golden Princess, everyone habitually puts Oriental DreamWorks first.
Although Oriental DreamWorks' current foundation is still poor, and its funding is far less than that of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, some people have begun to refer to DreamWorks together with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.
"Film Fortnightly" directly wrote an article and pointed out: "The Hong Kong film industry in the 1950s was a free-for-all between Shaw Brothers, Great Wall, Phoenix, Cathay and other companies; the Hong Kong film industry in the 1960s was a battle between Shaw Brothers and Digital & Math (Cathay)
Two heroes stand side by side; in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest were equally divided; now it has just entered the 1980s. The young tiger of DreamWorks has shown its fangs. In the next few years, the Hong Kong film industry will soon
Entering an era in which the three kingdoms of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and DreamWorks stand at the same level..."
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"Hmph. What a tripartite tripartite trip!" Zou Wenhuai threw away the magazine in his hand and asked his secretary. "Is Cheng Long here?"
The secretary replied: "We are already here. Cheng Long and Manager He are in the reception room outside."
Zou Wenhuai got up and went to the reception room. In addition to Cheng Long and He Guanchang, there was also gold medal screenwriter Deng Jingsheng sitting in the reception room.
"Mr. Zou!"
As soon as Zou Wenhuai appeared, Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng both stood up to greet him. Only He Guanchang was still sitting on the sofa.
"Sit down, everyone," Zou Wenhuai took the lead and asked, "Along, A Sheng, how are you preparing the script?"
Deng Jingsheng nodded and said, "It's already written."
Cheng Long walked over and handed the script to Zou Wenhuai and said: "This script is a collection of several movies such as "The Snake" and "Drunken Master". It is called "Master Long"."
Zou Wenhuai opened the script and read only a few pages, then turned to He Guanchang and asked: "What do Guanchang think?"
"It's a great script, but it's just that," He Guanchang frowned, "Now the Hong Kong audience's appetite has been fed by "The Royal Sisters". This "Master Dragon" is still an old-style kung fu comedy. I don't know if the audience will buy it.
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In a parallel space, Cheng Long's "Master Dragon" did not sell well in Hong Kong because the audience preferred to watch new urban comedies from New Art City, and the old kung fu movies were outdated. Kang Jianfei's "Royal Sister" was even more popular.
Taking a step further, as He Guanchang said, the audience's appetite was whetted.
Zou Wenhuai asked: "Then do you think we should learn from Dongfang Company to make modern kung fu movies? Is Aaron suitable for making such a movie?"
He Guanchang was speechless, then smiled bitterly and said: "Who knows if you haven't tried it?"
Nowadays, Cheng Long can only make old-style kung fu comedies, and has never tried modern kung fu movies. He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai cannot predict the future, so naturally they dare not let Cheng Long test the waters of transformation casually.
Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng listened anxiously beside them. They spent a lot of effort to write the script of "Master Dragon". Now if there is an impromptu change in the shooting plan, their efforts will be in vain.
Zou Wenhuai remained silent for a long time before saying: "Then let's shoot "Master Dragon" first. Even if the Hong Kong audience doesn't like it, there are still markets in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Nanyang."
Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Long said hesitantly: "Mr. Zou, I...I..."
Zou Wenhuai said: "Why are you hesitating? If you have something to say, just say it."
Cheng Long said with difficulty: "I want to open a film company."
Before Zou Wenhuai could say anything, Cheng Long's godfather He Guanchang started to teach him a lesson: "How old are you? You only have five or six people working with families. You actually think of opening a film company. You don't know how high the sky is!"
Cheng Long was worried and contradicted: "Kang Jianfei can open a film company at the age of 19, why can't I?"
"Haha," Zou Wenhuai laughed and stopped He Guanchang, who was about to continue cursing, and said, "Jiahe has always supported its talents to produce independently. Since you want to start a company, I will support you. But you have to wait until the filming of "
"Master Long" Let's talk about it later."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Zou. I will make sure to film "Master Dragon" seriously." Cheng Long was overjoyed and bowed to Zou Wenhuai repeatedly. He was jealous of Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks. In addition, the company opened by Hong Jinbao last year also
Making a lot of money, why is Cheng Long willing to work only for Jiahe?
Zou Wenhuai said: "Let's do this. I'll invest a sum of money for you, and the shares won't be large, just 40%."
Cheng Long was grateful again after hearing this. With Zou Wenhuai's investment, he wouldn't have to worry about funding issues at all.
This is the magnanimity of Zou Wenhuai. If he were replaced by Lei Juekun, he would have to own at least 50% of the shares.
But just because of this magnanimity, by the 1990s, all of Zou Wenhuai's men had grown wings. They actually competed with his old club Jiahe. Later, when they were trying to grab the movie theater, Jiahe was even counterattacked by six companies.
Sadly, I let go of the piece of fat that reached my mouth.
He Guanchang scolded Cheng Long before. It was just for show, and he also meant to blame Cheng Long for not saying hello to him in advance. Now he saw that Zou Wenhuai agreed. He Guanchang also asked with a smile: "The name of the film company is very important.
, What name does Aaron plan to give the new company?"
Cheng Long smiled and said: "I've already thought of a name, it's called Quanwei Film Company (the predecessor of Weihe)."
Deng Jingsheng had been unable to interrupt, so he took the opportunity to praise: "The boxing power is great, and the name is powerful and domineering."
Zou Wenhuai suddenly said: "Aaron, give some characters to the Hong family class in "Master Long". Sanmao is coming back."
"Brother Sanmao is going back to Jiahe?" Cheng Long asked in surprise. At this time, his relationship with Hong Jinbao's other senior brothers was still very good, and there was no crack.
Deng Jingsheng was also surprised and said: "After "The Royal Sister", Hong Jinbao's "Zombie Priest" was Princess Jin's Lunar New Year hit and sold well at the box office. How could he be willing to leave Jinbao Film Company and come back?"
"Haha," He Guanchang said with a smile, "Princess Jin has an Oriental Dream Factory, and the films in Xinyi City are also very good. What's the point of him staying there?"
Deng Jingsheng didn't ask any more questions. He knew that there must be another inside story, but the two bosses didn't tell him, so he asked in vain.
In fact, there is no inside story. After Hong Jinbao returns to cooperate with Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest will form a new Baohe Film Company with Hong Jinbao. Zou Wenhuai has made a promise that 70% of the shares of Baohe Film Company will be owned by Hong Jinbao and will strongly support Baohe.
The company's films are distributed overseas.
The last two items are the important weights that attract Hong Jinbao to return to Jiahe.
Because Lei Juekun alone held nearly 60% of the shares in Jinbao Film Company, most of the money earned by Hong Jinbao went into Lei Juekun's pocket. Zou Wenhuai generously gave Hong Jinbao 70% of the shares of the new company. In the future
The extra box office earnings were enough for Sammo Hung to abandon his current Kampar Film Company.
As for Jiahe's promise to support the overseas distribution of the new company Baohe, that's even more incredible, because Princess Jin's overseas distribution is really too weak. For example, Princess Jin helped Kang Jianfei distribute "Mr. Zombie" and struggled with South Korea for more than half a year.
, and gave up part of the box office share to reach an agreement. As for the release of "Mr. Zombie" in Japan, Princess Jin has been negotiating for more than half a year and has not yet reached an agreement. Now Kang Jianfei is negotiating with the Japanese theater on his own.
This is not the case with Golden Harvest. If the quality of Hong Jinbao's film is good, Zou Wenhuai can even help him distribute it to Europe and the United States. Compared with the box office there, the box office of Taiwan and South Korea is not worth mentioning.
Several people continued to discuss matters related to the new film "Master Dragon". Suddenly Zou Wenhuai's assistant came over, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Mr. Zou, Mr. Essus called from the United States."
"I have something else to do. I'll leave "Master Long" to you, Guanchang." Zou Wenhuai said to He Guanchang, then called Cheng Long. Deng Jingsheng nodded and walked quickly to answer the phone.
Picking up the phone, Zou Wenhuai said in fluent English: "Hey, Ess, long time no see, can you see me for anything?"
Esther said: "Zou, there is a Hong Kong film called "Royal Warrior" (the English translation of "Royal Sister"). Do you know which company produced it?"
""Royal Warrior"?" Zou Wenhuai quickly reacted, "Is it the one with the female protagonist?"
Essex said: "Yes, that's the one. The male protagonist is Japanese."
Zou Wenhuai asked curiously: "You ask what this movie is about?"
Essers was surprised: "Don't you know that this movie has caused a sensation in the United States!"
"Did I hear it correctly?" Zou Wenhuai said in surprise.
Zou Wenhuai heard it right. Kang Jianfei stayed in the United States for a full month and a half before "Royal Senior Sister" was successfully released in North America. (To be continued) 8
