Zeng Zhiwei rejected his invitation, which was of no concern to Lei Juekun. He even deliberately revealed signs that he wanted to deal with Kang Jianfei.
Unlike Kang Jianfei who likes to play dirty tricks, Lei Juekun prefers to use conspiracy in an upright manner. "A Better Tomorrow" is still in theaters. Due to the huge influence of this film, Lei Juekun is afraid that forcing the film to be dropped early will attract criticism.
, so everything is operating as usual.
However, "The Royal Sisters 2: The Witness" has not been released after the preview. It was not until August that Li Maowen, the general manager of Golden Princess Cinemas, suddenly called someone to notify the marketing operation department of DreamWorks, saying that "The Royal Sisters 2"
" is currently ranked 10th for release, but there are only 6 canvases for release.
The first part of "The Royal Sisters" received incredible overseas box office, and even broke the box office record in Hong Kong. Its sequel is also a large-scale production with a production cost of over 10 million, but it was treated with such discrimination at the Golden Princess Cinema!
Ma Qiao is responsible for the marketing operations of DreamWorks. His idea is to release the film around Christmas, so that the film's promotion can begin early.
Now that Princess Jin suddenly played this trick, Ma Qiao felt completely baffled. He personally went to Princess Jin and asked Li Maowen to give him a reasonable explanation, but what he got was this excuse: Princess Jin's Christmas film schedule
I have my own considerations. As for the number of theaters for "The Royal Sisters 2" is too small, it is because there are other movies that are also going to be released. If the box office performance of "The Royal Sisters 2" is good enough, the theaters will consider increasing the number of screenings for it.
of.
Ma Qiao was furious, but no matter how he argued, Princess Jin refused to accept that argument. He had no choice but to return angrily, and ran to ask Kang Jianfei, who was working with Tang Shuchen on the styling design for "Looking for Qin": "Boss
.What is going on over there with Princess Jin? Why do you say you fall out so quickly?"
Kang Jianfei looked at the character designs designed by Tang Shuchen, threw the manuscript paper back on the table, pulled Ma Qiao aside and said: "After "A Better Tomorrow", it is estimated that it may be difficult for the company's films to be released, and the operation department must be mentally prepared. Lei
The old fox Juekun thinks that Princess Jin is full of wings and is ready to attack DreamWorks."
Ma Qiao asked in surprise: "What on earth does he want to do? DreamWorks is the biggest financier of Golden Princess Cinema!"
Kang Jianfei smiled helplessly and said: "His calculations were shrewd and he made it clear that he would suppress the number and time of screenings of DreamWorks movies. Until I couldn't bear the loss and took the initiative to negotiate with him."
Ma Qiao wondered: "Negotiation? Does he want to reduce the producer's box office share?"
Kang Jianfei said disdainfully: "It would be easier if it were that simple. This old fox probably wants to force him to buy a stake in DreamWorks, or even want to eat DreamWorks. If I don't agree, he will keep suppressing our films. Originally,
A movie that can earn 10 million yuan, but he only earns 2 million yuan for DreamWorks, trying to force me to submit."
Ma Qiao said doubtfully: "But the less we earn, the less Princess Jin earns too!"
Kang Jianfei sighed: "The temporary decrease in income is not a problem for Princess Jin who already has enough film sources. Moreover, it reduces our box office, and he can arrange for other films to be released. Although the box office is definitely not as good as our blockbuster movies, it is still more or less
We can make some money back. The biggest loss is our DreamWorks, so we must be unable to sustain it first."
After listening to Kang Jianfei's explanation, Ma Qiao had completely figured out the matter and asked: "Then we have only two choices. One is to agree to Lei Juekun's investment, and the other is to turn around and find Jiahe Cinema to cooperate."
Kang Jianfei smiled and shook his head and said: "I will not choose either of these two options. Letting Lei Juekun take a stake is purely to lure the wolf into the house, and it is not a wise choice to cooperate with Jiahe Cinema. Jiahe Cinema has films by Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, and Wu Siyuan.
To release it, there are a lot of satellite companies. They can’t provide many canvases for us to show the film."
Ma Qiao fell silent, his mind working rapidly. He said: "In the short term, we can find cooperation with small theater chains and retail theaters, plus several theaters donated by Princess Jin. Although there will be losses, we will definitely be able to sustain it for a while.
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Kang Jianfei patted Ma Qiao's shoulder with admiration and said: "You have a good idea. You can go find Jiang Zhiqiang from Anle Cinema. I have some friendship with him. Recently, the quality of Hong Kong films is getting better and better, and the box office of Western films is less.
After a lot, they should agree to cooperate."
Ma Qiao added: "It would be too wasteful to release "The Royal Sisters 2" in October. I would rather not release it in the Golden Princess Cinema, but to have it at Christmas. The number of retail cinemas in Hong Kong has increased a lot in the past two years.
"The Royal Sisters 2" will definitely make a lot of money at the box office. As long as we communicate well with these retail theaters, they will probably agree."
"It's a pity that these newly added theaters are not in good locations and are not large in scale, so the box office will definitely be much less," Kang Jianfei sighed, "Let's just make do with this for now. I'll see where we can find some money. Let's do it ourselves."
Let’s get some theaters to play with.”
Ma Qiao thought Kang Jianfei was joking and didn't pay much attention. He was thinking about how to cooperate with the Sanjia.
Due to Kang Jianfei's indiscriminate entry, Hong Kong films at this time prospered earlier than in the parallel space. The total number of theaters in Hong Kong has increased to 96 this summer, reaching the level of 1984 in the original time and space.
Kang Jianfei continued to discuss the styling design of "The Story of Qin" with Tang Shuchen, while Ma Qiao returned to the company and asked people to visit all the theaters in Hong Kong to prepare a theater cooperation plan.
Of course, when Ma Qiao left, Kang Jianfei gave him a suggestion. That is, when DreamWorks releases ordinary films, it will only cooperate with those retail theaters, but once it is "The Royal Sister", "Mr. Zombie"
When popular movies like this series are released, a temporary theater plan will be implemented just like last time in the United States.
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While Kang Jianfei was having a headache because of Lei Juekun's betrayal, McDonald's Bear was waiting with great anticipation for the night to come.
Tonight is the premiere day of "Sister Tuoqiu". The extremely high production cost of an average of 15,000 per episode makes McDonald bear full of confidence in this TV series. He can even boast about the quality of "Sister Tuoqiu"
The level is probably comparable to some current movies.
Scenes of car chases and explosions that are rarely seen in movies suddenly appear in TV series. The audience will go crazy when they see it. McDonald's is very much looking forward to the surprised expressions of the audience.
The Raptors stunt team is a team under Kang Jianfei. They went to help Phoenix TV to create some flying cars and explosion scenes. In fact, the cost is very low. This is an advantage that TVB can never achieve. If Fang Yihua wants to hire stunt people to film such scenes,
The funds spent are at least three times that of Phoenix TV.
"Sister Tuoqiang" has been produced for six episodes. The reason why it was chosen to premiere today is because it was predicted that TVB's "Energy Eleven" would end yesterday.
Maidang Xiong, who is full of self-confidence, is going to compete head-on with "Sister Tuoqiang" and "Love Across Thousands of Mountains" produced by Wang Tianlin. This guy's acting style is so simple and rough!
It was only five o'clock in the afternoon when McDonald's Bear announced to the crew of "Senior Sister Tuoqiu": "It's over. Tonight is the premiere of "Sister Tuoqiu". Everyone went home and turned on the TV to watch the first episode of "Sister Tuoqiu"
.Our goal is to kill tvb and cut wireless stations in half!"
Several directors from the crew and their staff shouted: "Kill TVB and cut the wireless station in half!"
Seeing that everyone was very confident, McDonald's Bear returned to the TV station with satisfaction. He would stay on the station tonight and would not feel at ease until the ratings statistics came out.
Compared with McDonald's high-spirited fight, Wang Tianlin, the producer of "Love in Love", was much calmer. He continued filming and editing as usual, and then drove home after eating supper.
Wang Tianlin's calmness does not mean that Fang Yihua is also calm, because "Sister Tuoqiang" has already released a trailer on Phoenix TV in advance. There are explosions and speeding cars in the advertisement, just like watching a movie. How can this not worry Fang Yihua?
In Fang Yihua's office, her assistant hurried in and said: "Manager, I have already asked clearly. Six episodes of "Sister Tuoqiang" have been produced. Only the first episode has explosion scenes, and most of the next five episodes are literary dramas.
, there are even very few martial arts scenes.”
"I know, you go out first!" Fang Yihua said calmly.
"Yes, manager." The assistant exited the office obediently.
As soon as the assistant left, Fang Yihua's face showed a faint smile, and the stone hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground.
If "Sister Tuoqiang" had only those big scenes in the trailer, there would be no need to compare the ratings of the two sides. TVB would just admit defeat.
However, Fang Yihua had to admit that Phoenix Channel played a very good job. Just a few seconds of commercials were enough to attract many viewers to watch "Sister Tuoqiang".
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In Kang Jianfei's rental house, Zhao Yazhi and Wen Bixia were busy cooking in the kitchen.
After Zhao Yazhi became acquainted with Wen Bixia, she often came over to have dinner with the three of them. After all, it was very inconvenient to cook for just one person.
Zhao Yazhi came out with a plate of tenderloin and saw Kang Jianfei sitting on the sofa in a daze. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Are you worried about the ratings of "Sister Tuoqiang"? Come and try the tenderloin that Axia and I made."
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Kang Jianfei opened his mouth and bit the tenderloin that Zhao Yazhi fed him. While chewing, he said vaguely: "I'm short of money, and I'm thinking about how to make money."
Zhao Yazhi put the dishes away, pressed his shoulder from behind the sofa and said with a smile: "Are you still short of money? Then I will die of poverty."
Wen Bixia also came out with a plate of dishes at this time and answered: "That's right, I am the poorest. It took me so long to save tens of thousands of dollars."
"Yes, you are the poorest, and your wardrobe is almost full of clothes." Kang Jianfei teased her and said, "Okay, let's eat first and see how the filming of "Sister Tuoqiang" went."
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