The celebration banquet of "The Royal Sister" has touched the hearts of many media in Hong Kong. It can be said that this is the highest-grossing movie at the overseas box office in recent years. It is a major event for the entire Hong Kong film industry, and it is an event that the Hong Kong media cannot miss.
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There was even a long red carpet laid out at the entrance of the Peninsula Hotel. This was no longer just a simple celebration banquet, but a complete performance.
When Lei Juekun, Feng Bingzhong, Mai Jia and others arrived at the Hilton Hotel, they saw the red carpet at the entrance and the reporters on both sides. They immediately looked at each other and were speechless.
Kang Jianfei is so coquettish that he even has to walk on the red carpet during a celebration banquet...
As soon as Lei Juekun got out of the car, several reporters rushed to interview him and asked: "Mr. Lei, I heard that Princess Jin is adding more theaters?"
This is a good question. Lei Juekun replied with a smile on his face: "Yes, now the film production of New Art City and Oriental DreamWorks is increasing, and there are many other independent film companies' films to be released. The existing theaters
The film schedule is a bit tight, so I decided to expand the theater chain. Four new theaters are installing seats and will open in half a month. By then, the Golden Princess Cinema Line will have 22 theaters."
Reporters exclaimed in low voices, now the Golden Harvest Cinemas chain only has 19 theaters, and the number of Golden Princess Cinemas has increased to 22. Wouldn’t it make it the largest theater chain in Hong Kong?
Lei Juekun said with a smile: "In addition, I also decided to add screening rooms to the four leading theaters of Golden Princess and upgrade the theater's audio equipment."
What a big deal!
Only Lei Juekun can do this in Hong Kong.
Due to the rise of Oriental DreamWorks, Shaw Brothers has declined faster than in the parallel space. Without the ability to increase box office, blindly making films can only result in the production company and theater chain losing money at the same time. Therefore, the number of films produced by Shaw Brothers last year
It was supposed to be 28 movies, but due to the influence of DreamWorks, it was reduced to 19. Although Shao Yifu has money, he still dares to spend money on theaters. The more money he spends, the more he can accompany him.
Although Golden Harvest is under pressure at the box office, it is still developing steadily. Especially Zou Wenhuai invested in more than ten Western movies in Hollywood. Although there were times when it lost money and could not recover the cost, it still made a lot of US dollars. Even so, Golden Harvest
The funds are still not abundant, because the shareholders of Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, are both purely film-makers, unlike Shao Yifu and Lei Juekun, who are engaged in real estate and run a bus company.
Looking at the surprised expressions of the reporters, Lei Juekun felt extremely proud. The New Art City, which he controls, is not yet able to compete with Oriental DreamWorks for movie box office, but he can make a fuss in the theater chain.
Four theaters were added in one breath. Golden Princess immediately became the largest theater chain in Hong Kong, which will greatly enhance the prestige of Lei Juekun and attract more film companies to film at Golden Princess.
Lei Juekun walked across the red carpet, waving and smiling at reporters on both sides from time to time, but a RV slowly drove up behind him.
This RV was specially rented by Kang Jianfei. After the door opened, Hiroyuki Sanada and Keiko Matsusaka walked out holding hands, followed closely by mother and daughter Song Huizhen and Yang Caini.
"Hiroyuki Sanada and Keiko Matsusaka actually flew here from Japan to attend the celebration banquet!" The reporters were really shocked.
For reporters, the celebrity combination of handsome men and beautiful women is more attractive than Lei Juekun.
"Mr. Sanada, did you come here specially from Japan? A reporter who spoke Japanese asked.
Hiroyuki Sanada said in broken Cantonese: "Yes, I like the city of Hong Kong very much, so I specially learned Cantonese. At the same time, I am also very grateful to Mr. Kang Jianfei. He gave me this opportunity to cooperate with my Chinese colleagues."
Reporters were very surprised by Hiroyuki Sanada's Cantonese. News about foreign stars learning Chinese is definitely something readers like to hear and will help increase newspaper sales.
Subsequently, people from the Kang family class and the Raptors stunt team also arrived one after another. When Pan Yingzi and Gao Zhisen appeared with Li Lizhen, Li Meifeng, Li Yanshan and Xie Ning, reporters speculated about their identities.
"Ms. Pan, are these four beautiful girls all contracted actors of Oriental DreamWorks?" reporters asked one after another.
The production of "Happy Ghost 2" was completed last week, but because Xu Ke's "Ghost of Ghosts" is currently in theaters, the filming was scheduled to half a month later to stagger the schedule with "Ghost of Ghosts".
Pan Yingzi introduced with a smile: "This Mr. Gao Zhisen is the director of "Happy Ghost 2 Happy Ghost Summer Vacation". These four little sisters are named Li Lizhen, Li Meifeng, Li Yanshan and Xie Ning. They are the directors of "Happy Ghost 2"
The main actors."
"Has filming started for "Happy Ghost 2"?"
"Is the director Mr. Kang?"
"Will Hu Juncai continue to play the happy ghost?"
"When will "Happy Ghost 2" be released?"
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As soon as Pan Yingzi opened her mouth, the reporters were shocked, and they were flooded with questions. Although "Happy Ghost" was the lowest-grossing among the films directed by Kang Jianfei himself, it was Kang Jianfei's debut and also his first film.
A Hong Kong film with a box office of over 10 million, the media has always paid close attention to the news about "Happy Ghost 2".
Because the filming process of "Happy Ghost 2" has been very low-key, the outside world didn't even know that the film had started filming. Today is the first time it was released, no wonder these reporters were so surprised.
At this moment, Hu Juncai, who was wearing a suit, came over holding the hand of his girlfriend Huang Minyi. This guy had been eating well and practicing martial arts for more than a year. He was tall and strong, and he looked completely different from the bamboo pole he had when he first arrived in Hong Kong.
Pan Yingzi smiled and said: "The production of "Happy Ghost 2" has been completed and will be released in two weeks. As for the male lead, Mr. Wu Juncai will still play the role, but this time his image in the film is very powerful.
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This movie "Happy Ghosts Have Summer Vacation" has the same general plot as the original version, but the details and jokes are much more novel. The male protagonist is not so frustrated, and is more in line with the image of Prince Charming in the hearts of girls. The female teacher pursued by "Kang Xingui" in the film,
It was starred by Pan Yingzi herself.
"Ms. Pan, why was "Happy Ghost 2" not directed by Mr. Kang?" reporters asked.
Pan Yingzi explained: "Mr. Kang has other new movie plans and does not have time to shoot "Happy Ghost 2"."
Compared to "Happy Ghost 2", reporters were naturally more interested in Kang Jianfei's new film, and quickly asked: "Miss Pan, can you reveal some news about Mr. Kang's new film?"
"When Mr. Kang comes, you can ask him directly." Pan Yingzi smiled at the reporters and stepped onto the red carpet.
In the restaurant, Chen Rongmei saw Pan Yingzi coming in. She smoked a cigarette and said to Feng Bingzhong: "This 'baby' beauty is becoming more and more interesting."
Feng Bingzhong chuckled and said: "Old Chen, if you are interested, go and hook up with her. If this woman doesn't have that kind of relationship with Kang Jianfei, do you think she can take the position of vice president of DreamWorks Film and Television?"
"Oh, how come all the beauties have been captured by that kid Kang Jianfei?" Chen Rongmei sighed.
Feng Bingzhong smiled obscenely and said, "Don't pretend to be poor. Didn't you get a few beauties who knew kung fu last time? How do you feel?"
Chen Rongmei laughed and said: "Bring it on, those legs and waist are absolutely superb, especially when we fly together, it's so exciting. Damn it, I just wanted to throw it away for fun, but now I can't bear to part with it. I'm going to invest in a kung fu movie for them."
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Feng Bingzhong said in surprise: "You are still serious."
Chen Rongmei rubbed her teeth and said: "It's not just to coax women. Now that filming is so profitable, my hands are a little itchy. I just happen to have two women who know kung fu. Let's find a director and crew and invite a few stars.
Let's make a makeshift movie. We are all shareholders of Golden Princess Cinemas, and Lei Juekun is allowed to spend money to open a film company. But you are not allowed to make a movie for me?"
Feng Bingzhong sighed and said, "Brother, it's not easy to get good at making movies. Look at Shao Daheng, others have been making movies for decades, but now they can't get good at it anymore."
Although Chen Rongmei is a playboy, he is still very smart. He said: "Shao Daheng has a big business, and he has trapped himself. If I were him, I would directly sell the Shaw Brothers studio to TVB, and then lay off the employees."
Get rid of most of the employees. Some of these employees will join the TV station, and some will leave directly. The remaining part of the people will operate according to the model of Golden Harvest or DreamWorks, and they are guaranteed to make a lot of money within a year."
Feng Bingzhong smiled and said: "To put it simply, if you ask a person who has become the chairman to throw away all the fame he has accumulated for decades and then run to start over as a department manager, who would be willing to do it?"
Chen Rongmei said: "That's why I said that Shaw Brothers trapped themselves. They knew that it would be difficult to continue with a large studio, but they just couldn't bear to throw it away. Shaw Brothers is such a large scale and does nothing every day. In a month, the staff expenses will be reduced."
At least two to three hundred thousand."
Feng Bingzhong said: "If it were me, I probably wouldn't be willing to abandon such a big business and start over again. Moreover, once Shaw Brothers Pictures carries out reforms, the Shaw Brothers Cinemas chain will suffer losses in the short term due to film source issues."
"Losing money is also temporary. If you don't change it, you will wait for death," Chen Rongmei asked. "Brother Zhong, I want to open a film company. Are you interested in investing in it?"
Feng Bingzhong knew that Chen Meirong was stimulated by the terrifying box office of "The Royal Sisters". In addition, the two film companies invested by Lei Juekun were both making money, so he also wanted to join a film company to make a fortune. He smiled and said: "Making movies
The risk is too high, how can real estate be cost-effective? There is a piece of land for sale in Kwun Tong, and I plan to use my money to buy the land."
Chen Rongmei smiled and said: "You don't need one or two million to make a movie? The two of us are working together to open a film company. Only Princess Jin has the weight to talk. If we make movies in the future, we can compete with New Art City and DreamWorks for schedules."
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Feng Bingzhong asked: "Have you found a good director for the movie? Who will write the script?"
Chen Rongmei nodded and said: "The director has found him, it is Wu Yusen who secretly helped New Art City to film "Funny Times" last year."
Feng Bingzhong said in surprise: "That movie was great. I was still thinking about how a director named Wu Shangfei suddenly appeared. Later I found out that he came from Jiahe and secretly directed it under a pseudonym."
Chen Rongmei smiled and said: "He Guanchang found out about Wu Yusen secretly helping New Art City to shoot a movie, and now Golden Harvest is keeping him in cold storage. I contacted Wu Yusen a few days ago, and he agreed to help me shoot the movie, and he is now writing his own script.
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Feng Bingzhong nodded and said: "With Wu Yusen as director and screenwriter, there is still something to be done. The company will count on me."
When the two were discussing setting up a film company, an exclamation suddenly came from the door of the hotel - Kang Jianfei appeared with Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong and Guan Zhilin. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (
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