In order to save costs, the interior scenes of "Dao Ma Dan" were basically set up or filmed in Hong Kong. However, for the last rape scene, due to the large-scale streets and tile-roofed houses in the early Republic of China, the crew had to move to Taipei.
Shaw Brothers' Clearwater Bay studio can film this kind of movie, but Shaw Brothers has issued an order not to rent the Shaw Brothers studio to the crews of movies showing at the Golden Princess Cinema.
Since Pan Yingzi has another job, Yu Kanping and Chen Mingsheng, two native Taiwanese, are responsible for the liaison work for the "Dao Ma Dan" crew in Taiwan.
In fact, Yu Kanping and Chen Mingsheng's work was very easy. They called Ma Yunsheng, the general manager of China Film and Television City, and the other party enthusiastically asked his staff to help contact the extras.
It took about a day of setting work in Taiwan, and before even a single scene was shot, Ma Yunsheng invited Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia to have dinner.
We were shooting a movie on someone else's property and the time was not too tight, so Kang Jianfei naturally had to agree.
The dinner was held at the Taipei Hilton Hotel. When Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia arrived, they discovered that besides Ma Yunsheng, there were another man and two women.
Obviously, Ma Yunsheng was just the middleman at today's dinner, and the real owner was among the other three people.
Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia just entered the private room, and everyone at the dinner table stood up. Ma Yunsheng, as the nominal host of the banquet, enthusiastically came over to shake hands with Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia and said: "Mr. Kang, Miss Lin, can you two this time
It’s really brilliant to film in the Cultural City.”
Kang Jianfei chuckled and said: "China Film and Television City is not Pengpi. I will have to rely on Manager Ma for help in the future."
Ma Yunsheng hit the snake with a stick and said with a laugh: "You're too polite. If Brother Kang has anything to do in Taipei from now on, just ask my brother."
As the three of them walked towards the banquet, Lin Qingxia whispered: "A Fei, that man is Zhang Yongxiang, Taiwan's number one screenwriter. In the past ten years, more than 70% of Taiwan's top-grossing movies were written by him. In addition, that man
There are two girls, the one with short hair is Jiang Ling, a singer who debuted the year before I went to Hawaii, and her records are selling well; the one with long hair is Ying Cailing, a young actress as famous as Hu Huizhong."
Kang Jianfei was a little surprised and said: "It's as famous as Hu Huizhong. How come I haven't heard of it?"
No wonder Kang Jianfei is ignorant, this Ying Cailing will marry the boss of a film company next year and completely quit the entertainment industry. However, this girl is very popular in Taiwan now. In the era of decline of Taiwanese movies, Ying Cailing made her debut three years ago
She has starred in more than ten movies. You can imagine how popular she is in Taiwan.
As for the female singer named Jiang Ling, although her name is tacky, her appearance is definitely not tacky. Her unique girly hair style and a pair of big, watery eyes can make men fascinated.
Ma Yunsheng introduced in a loud voice: "I'm afraid Zhang Yongxiang and Miss Lin are old acquaintances. Let me introduce it to Mr. Kang. This is Mr. Zhang Yongxiang, Taiwan's gold medal screenwriter. "A Boat in the Ocean", "Small Town Story"
" and other films were all written by him. Mr. Zhang is also the general manager of Yongsheng Film Company."
Zhang Yongxiang was over fifty years old, with a lot of white silk in his black hair. He held Kang Jianfei's hand and smiled: "Mr. Kang, I have long admired you, and your movie "The Wrong Ride" is very good."
Kang Jianfei said: "I'm just a screenwriter. That play was directed by Chen Xunqi and Yu Kanping."
Zhang Yongxiang said with a smile: "I'm talking about the script, because I am also a screenwriter."
Ma Yunsheng interrupted at the right time: "You two seem to be heroes and cherish heroes. For this reason, we will have a drink tonight!"
Lin Qingxia said in surprise: "It turns out that Uncle Xiang has become the general manager of Yongsheng Pictures. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."
"What's there to congratulate? It's just a matter of catching a duck and putting it on the shelves." Zhang Yongxiang said with a wry smile. He had been a screenwriter all his life and was only hired as a general manager when he was old. Although Yongsheng Pictures is a medium-sized film company in Taiwan, this
The business situation was very bad for two years, and what Zhang Yongxiang inherited was almost a mess.
Ma Yunsheng then introduced Ying Cailing and Jiangling. Although these two women have been very popular in the past two years, they did not dare to show off in front of Lin Qingxia. They all bowed to shake hands with Lin Qingxia as juniors in the entertainment industry.
As for Kang Jianfei, a legendary figure in the Hong Kong film industry, the two women were mostly curious and looked at Kang Jianfei from time to time after shaking hands.
Because after eight o'clock in the evening, Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia had to rush back to shoot the night scene, so everyone drank instead of drinking.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Yongxiang said: "To be honest, the main purpose of inviting you two here today is because Yongsheng Pictures is preparing to launch a new movie and wants to invite Miss Lin to star."
Although Zhang Yongxiang is a gold medal screenwriter, some of his best-selling dramas all starred Lin Fengjiao, and he was not very familiar with Lin Qingxia, so he asked Ma Yunsheng to be the middleman.
Before Lin Qingxia spoke, Kang Jianfei asked: "Miss Jiang and Miss Ying are also the starring roles in this movie?"
Zhang Yongxiang nodded and said: "If Miss Lin agrees to be the heroine, Gui Yalei will also agree to star. In addition, Tang Lanhua and Sun Yue will also star in this movie."
Kang Jianfei chuckled and said: "It seems that Manager Zhang is a new official and wants to make a big investment. The salary of the main actors alone must be at least NT$8 million."
Zhang Yongxiang explained: "This is a military education film. The Ministry of National Defense will fund 5 million, so the cost does not need to be considered too much. The main thing is that Ms. Lin has signed a contract with DreamWorks, and I hope Mr. Kang can release her."
Kang Jianfei was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what a military education film was. How could he miss such a good opportunity to please the Taiwan authorities? He immediately laughed and said: "Since it is a military education film, DreamWorks must support it." Qingxia
The salary for the film is 1 million, and DreamWorks will compensate her for the shortfall."
Zhang Yongxiang said happily: "That's great. Thank you Mr. Kang for your support of national defense."
Kang Jianfei had already established a relationship with gangs in Taiwan before, and now Zhang Yongxiang took the initiative to invite him to dinner, which was a good opportunity to get involved in the political world. Zhang Yongxiang was able to obtain the filming rights of the film funded by Taiwan's "Ministry of Defense", which obviously has a very solid backing
From now on, Kang Jianfei will have to deal with mainland China less. Maybe the Taiwanese authorities will ban his movies one day. If he can get to know a few more people, he will have room for maneuver.
After Zhang Yongxiang invited Lin Qingxia, he immediately proposed to establish a cooperative relationship with DreamWorks. As long as DreamWorks shoots in Taiwan in the future, Yongsheng Pictures will be responsible for providing equipment and crew talents, and of course it will also charge a certain amount of remuneration and rental fees.
When Kang Jianfei was chatting with him, he had roughly understood that Yongsheng Pictures was a medium-sized film company, and it would be good to establish a cooperative relationship. It would be easier to film in Taiwan in the future.
Moreover, Taiwanese movies can't continue to thrive for a few more years. Maybe they can take the opportunity to eat up this company in the future and exist as the Taiwan branch of DreamWorks.
Kang Jianfei was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu, and Zhang Yongxiang also had his own little calculation. He had already seen that literary and artistic films would not work in Taiwan, and DreamWorks' movies were selling well, so he planned to invest in some commercial films by cooperating with DreamWorks.
After eating the meal for more than half an hour, Kang Jianfei looked at his watch and said, "It's already half past seven. I have to rush back to the crew to shoot the night scene, so I'll take my leave first."
Zhang Yongxiang smiled and said: "It's important to film, I'll send you two down."
Kang Jianfei waved his hand and said, "No, Qingxia and I will just take a taxi back."
Both of them were being polite, and finally Zhang Yongxiang gave up after sending Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia into a taxi.
After they left, Ma Yunsheng stopped the smile on his face and said to Zhang Yongxiang: "Uncle, this man named Kang is still a sensible person. There are many stars in DreamWorks, and the stunt team is also very good. From now on, we will always
It’s much easier for Sheng Pictures to make commercial films.”
Zhang Yongxiang said with a smile: "Of course he is a sensible person, otherwise, in just over a year, he would have made hundreds of millions of net worth?"
Ma Yunsheng sighed: "It's more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 500 million when converted into Taiwan dollars. I, the manager of China Film and Television City, will never make that much in my lifetime. I still make money by making movies. Being a manager of a movie theater is useless."
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"The Wrong Ride" has been in theaters in Taiwan for five months and just closed not long ago. Due to proper operation and the fact that it was the decline of Taiwanese films at this time, Hong Kong's blockbusters did not enter on a large scale, and the box office reached a terrifying level.
The film's box office of more than NT$52 million was nearly three times the box office of "The Wrong Ride" in Parallel Space, and it became the first film in Taiwanese film history to have a box office of over NT$50 million.
When this movie was first released, people from all walks of life in Taiwan were discussing it. When the final box office of "The Wrong Ride" came out, it once again shocked the Taiwanese film industry. The starring actors Li Saifeng, Sun Yue and Dong Wei are already famous among the people.
It became extremely popular, and the name of Oriental DreamWorks became well-known in the Taiwanese film industry.
The Mandarin dialogue of "The Royal Sisters" has already been dubbed, but Taiwan's theater operators were reluctant to release it immediately and planned to wait another two months until the summer release.
In the eyes of Taiwanese cinema operators, if the film directed by Kang Jianfei is not released in a good time, it will be a shameful waste.
In the taxi, Lin Qingxia's little hand was held by Kang Jianfei. She leaned on Kang Jianfei's shoulder and said, "A Fei, when I came home two days ago, my parents were urging me to get married."
"Ahem," Kang Jianfei coughed and said, "I'd better go visit my uncle and aunt another day."
Lin Qingxia felt very embarrassed when she said those words just now. She actually hinted that she wanted to get married. Kang Jianfei's current refusal made Lin Qingxia feel very disappointed. She was wondering whether Kang Jianfei thought she was too old. After all, there was a big difference between them.
Several years old.
Kang Jianfei noticed that Lin Qingxia had not spoken for a long time and joked: "Are you angry? If you want to get married in a hurry, you have to let me meet my future father-in-law and mother-in-law first."
Lin Qingxia was both embarrassed and happy by his words. She raised her fist and punched Kang Jianfei twice before saying angrily: "Who said I wanted to marry you? You are so sentimental." 8
