As the ratings of Li's TV station continue to decline, the happiest people are probably Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua.
Unfortunately, in the first half of last year, TVB was still suppressed by LiTV, and TVB's major dramas were cut in half due to low ratings.
Just when TVB was in trouble, Lishi's major shareholder failed to invest in Canada and sold all its shares to three Australian companies. The three new Australian shareholders were also cute, and they started to criticize the management and production of the TV station.
, and now they have forced Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui, two Lishi veterans, to leave.
TVB, which was overwhelmed by the storm a moment ago and was breathless, was bathed in bright sunshine in the blink of an eye. It was a blessing from heaven.
Kang Jianfei was unable to influence the board of directors' decision, but he had no intention of withdrawing shares, as if he was an irrelevant bystander.
However, Kang Jianfei was very satisfied with McDonald's choice. In the following period, screenwriter Xiao Ruoyuan, director and producer McDonald's, director Li Dawei, director Huang Tailai and others successively joined Oriental DreamWorks.
The other two of Li's Three Heroes, Tu Yongxiong joined Golden Harvest Pictures, while Li Zhaoxiong and his wife collectively switched to TVB.
So many people came at once, which greatly enriched the creative talents of Oriental DreamWorks. However, Zhou Mingfang was quite critical of this. He believed that hiring so many directors at once would make the screenwriters a bit hasty, which would increase the company's administrative expenses.
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McDonald's acted the fastest and sent the script to Kang Jianfei in less than half a month. By the way, he also brought the script's screenwriter Wen Jun with him.
In Kang Jianfei's office, McDonald's and Wen Jun sat across from Kang Jianfei and were a little nervous, fearing that the literary film script they presented would be shot.
The script Kang Jianfei is currently holding is "Pretty Girl" written by Wen Jun.
In the parallel space, McDonald's took the script of "Pretty Girl" to many people but failed to get investment. Finally, he was spotted by Zhucheng Film Company, which has always loved making literary films, and was jointly managed by Zhucheng Film Company and Mai
Co-produced by Dang Bear Productions.
It was this movie that made Wen Bixia, who had run away from home and lived on the streets, become famous in one fell swoop, and also made starring Lin Biqi a miracle that is difficult to replicate in the history of the Hong Kong Film Awards - Lin Biqi is the youngest Best Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Moreover, she only made this one movie in her life, and then she turned down various movie offers and got married.
Now that Zhucheng Pictures has long since ceased to exist, I am afraid that no one except Kang Jianfei will invest in making literary films for McDonald's Bear.
In fact, "Pretty Girl" is not a pure literary film at all. It has a very strong commercial flavor, but it just pays more attention to social reality than other Hong Kong films.
McDonald's originally wanted to open his own film company. He once went to find He Guanchang in private. Unfortunately, He Guanchang rejected the script as soon as he saw the script of "Pretty Girl". McDonald's had no choice but to come back and join DreamWorks.
I was afraid that Kang Jianfei would also refuse. McDonald's Bear explained: "Mr. Kang, "Pretty Girl" is based on the West German movie "The Street", and completely Hong Kongized its era background and characters' mentality to reflect the teenage years."
It describes how Hong Kong girls degenerate, describing how they don’t like reading and end up selling their sex to make money in romantic places..."
Kang Jianfei interrupted him and said: "Do you think a movie like this can be a hit in Hong Kong?"
McDonald's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Kang Jianfei was going to refuse to make the film. He continued: "I think there is a market for such a movie in Hong Kong, it just depends on how it is shot. I plan to use new actors to make the main actors in it completely authentic.
The documentary aspect is presented in order to give the audience a feeling of shock. Moreover, the investment for such a film is very small. It does not even cost 1 million, but it can create a social sensation and has a great chance of being a hit."
Kang Jianfei did not continue to talk about "Pretty Girl". Instead, he smiled and said to Wen Jun: "Why doesn't this screenwriter keep silent?"
Kang Jianfei was very familiar with Wen Jun's name in his previous life. He was a screenwriter, director, producer, and actor, and he also served as the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards. He was the one who brought out the sexy goddess Shu Qi.
Maybe movie fans in Mainland China are still unfamiliar with Wen Jun, but everyone must be familiar with the "Young and Dangerous" series he wrote. He is also the producer of "Sunny Days" and "The Road", not to mention that movie
The popular "Jade Futon: I Want an Official".
Kang Jianfei also heard an interesting story, that is, when Ang Lee was filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the female lead was originally Shu Qi. Unfortunately, Wen Jun wanted to make quick money from Shu Qi, so he turned down Ang Lee's invitation and let Shu Qi film it.
Advertisement, but in the end, Zhang Ziyi got the advantage.
Wen Jun was just a novice screenwriter. He had only written some film reviews before. How could he have the opportunity to communicate with a big boss of a film company like Kang Jianfei? He smiled shyly: "Mr. Kang, it's not that I don't speak, it's just that you two
I can't get in the way of talking about business."
Kang Jianfei turned over the script of "Pretty Girl" and said: "You wrote the script, why can't you get a word in it?"
Wen Jun thought for a while and said: "Mr. Kang, actually I think this kind of movie is very popular in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, comedy and action movies are big fish and meat, and literary and artistic films are vegetables and carrots. It's okay to eat big fish and meat all the time.
It will be boring, but if we cook the green vegetables and radish properly, it can also become a delicious vegetarian feast."
Kang Jianfei was interested in hearing this and asked with a smile: "How to cook it?"
Wen Jun said: "First of all, this vegetarian dish needs to be a little oily. Hong Kong audiences are not used to eating vegetarian dishes without meat and fish, and they will definitely not like pure art films. Just like "The Robbery" and "The Robbery" directed by Ann Hui
"The Story of Hu Yue" has a lot of commercial elements added to it, and the pace is much faster than European art films, because Hong Kong audiences are not patient enough."
Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "It's interesting, keep talking."
After receiving Kang Jianfei's affirmation, Wen Jun also put aside his reserve and started talking: "Also, this dish should not be too bland. Hong Kong audiences will definitely not be able to watch the mysterious and fictitious literary and artistic films from France, and the castle-like ones from Taiwan.
Not many Hong Kong audiences like romantic literary films. When making literary films in Hong Kong, you must first have a Hong Kong flavor. Only when the audience sees it, they feel that it is a story that happened around them, can it resonate with them. And the story must be strong.
When making literary and artistic films in Hong Kong, without the support of kung fu and comedy, they can only rely on stories and emotions as selling points. We can look back and see that all the literary and artistic films that are popular in Hong Kong have very strong stories and the scripts are all of the highest quality.
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Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "Is this "Beautiful Girl" of yours too?"
Wen Jun said: "The script of "Pretty Girl" has a very complete story, and it has a beautiful girl as a selling point. The audience is targeted at the current mainstream movie-watching group in Hong Kong, that is, the teenagers group, and it pays attention to reality.
It will also attract a large adult audience."
Kang Jianfei said: "The analysis makes sense. Apart from screenwriting, what else have you done?"
Wen Jun also relaxed at this time and said: "I am one of the main film review writers of "Film Fortnightly", and I used to often write film reviews in "Ming Pao Weekly"."
"I see," Kang Jianfei asked, "Are you interested in working at DreamWorks?"
"ah?"
Wen Jun and McDonald Xiong screamed in surprise at the same time. They came in to persuade Kang Jianfei to invest in the production of "Pretty Girl", but they did not expect that Kang Jianfei put the script aside and recruited a screenwriter instead.
Wen Jun was naturally willing to join a big company like DreamWorks. After being stunned for a moment, Wen Jun nodded in agreement.
Kang Jianfei returned the script to McDonald's and said, "I can invest in the movie, but I will be the one to choose the lead actress."
McDonald's original intention was to use all newcomers, so that the film would appear more real. However, since Kang Jianfei had to take away the casting rights, he could no longer argue. He could only nod and said: "Mr. Kang, you say so."
Kang Jianfei said: "The first female lead will be played by Li Yanshan, the second female lead will be played by Wen Bixia, and the third female lead will be played by Li Meifeng. As for the fourth female lead, you can find anyone by yourself."
McDonald's Bear was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. The three people Kang Jianfei mentioned were all members of Happy Girls. Since the music video was released last year, Happy Girls have long become Hong Kong's youth super idols.
With three girls joining the cast, this drama has already attracted attention even before it was filmed.
McDonald's suppressed his excitement and asked tentatively: "Mr. Kang, what do you think of Li Dawei directing this film?"
Li Dawei was a disciple of McDonald's. Kang Jianfei didn't ask any questions and said, "Okay, you will be the producer of this movie. I will only give you 1 million. You can choose the crew members at DreamWorks."
"Thank you, Mr. Kang, for your support!" McDonald's put away the script and after thanking him repeatedly, he and Wen Juan left the office together.
Although Lai Yanshan, Wen Bixia and Li Meifeng are all well-paid, "Pretty Girl" is a film invested by our company, so naturally they do not need to be paid such a high salary to film. Since they take the film from their own company, they do not need to take a cut of the film salary.
, in fact, it is more cost-effective for actors to take roles outside.
The craziness of the filming of McDonald's Bear can also save a lot of budget for this film. An investment of 1 million is more than enough.
When McDonald's was filming "Big Husband" at LiTV, he didn't even go to the police station to apply. Instead, he filmed the actor driving on a rampage on the street, covered in blood. What's even more outrageous is that he even dared to drive directly to the Mong Kok Police Station and lead his troops in the police station.
The policemen wandered around and took pictures for half an hour. The police officers present had no idea what was going on, and they couldn't figure out whether the group of people had applied. They were completely at a loss, and they stupidly slipped out of the back door.
When filming "Top Ten Strange Cases", McDonald's threw a child into the swimming pool and made him struggle, almost drowning the child; for filming "The Dead in the Fog", when he was waiting for the train to come, he suddenly turned on the lights and threw the "corpse"
"In the past, the driver was so frightened that he braked suddenly and the train almost derailed; in "The Real Man", Wang Zhong jumped from the crane, causing the alarm bells in Ocean Park to ring...
Kang Jianfei is very much looking forward to what tricks this guy can come up with when he produces "Pretty Girl". 8
