Kang Jianfei went to the United States with 13 people, including Zhong Zhiwen, Wu Chenggang, etc. He brought all his royal photography team and lighting team to the United States.
Although Kang Jianfei only supervised the production of "Looking for Qin" in the past few months, he was not idle the rest of the time. He asked Zeng Bolin, who was in charge of U.S. distribution affairs, to register a film company named Oriental Film Company. This company did not have an office location.
It has no employees and belongs to a leather bag company.
This time Kang Jianfei came to the United States to shoot a movie, and the producer was Oriental Film Company. The reason for this is that if the movie is shot in the United States, it will save a lot of unnecessary trouble if the producer is a local American company.
And Kang Jianfei brought the photography and lighting team to the United States. First, his team can use it easily, and second, the salary of Hong Kong employees is cheaper.
"Boss, this way!" Zeng Bolin waved and shouted at the airport exit.
Kang Jianfei walked over, nodded to Zeng Bolin, and greeted Tang Shuxuan next to him: "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Tang!"
"Anyway, I'm bored at home, so I'd like to pass the time by making a movie," Tang Shuxuan said with a smile. "The filming location has been chosen for you. It hasn't started snowing in New York this year, so the filming location was chosen in western Massachusetts.
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"Thank you very much." Kang Jianfei shook hands with Tang Shuxuan and said, "The casting work was okay. The most important thing is that the child must be quirky."
What Kang Jianfei is going to make is "Home Alone". This movie cost just over 10 million US dollars, but it ranks among the top 50 Hollywood movies at the box office over the years. It is most suitable for Kang Jianfei who wants to make money. And it was in 1990.
With a budget of more than 10 million U.S. dollars, Kang Jianfei's budget for "Home Alone" would not exceed 3 million U.S. dollars now.
Tang Shuxuan smiled and said: "Based on your request, I selected a total of three little boys, and you still need to confirm them in the end."
Kang Jianfei said: "I made an appointment to meet little Alan Ryder this afternoon. You tell the three children to come tomorrow. You can choose the location."
While they were talking, they had already left the airport. Zeng Bolin hailed several taxis, and Kang Jianfei and Tang Shuxuan got into the same one.
"The information of all the candidate actors is in it," Tang Shuxuan took out a document bag and said, "I read the script you sent. It is a good family movie, most suitable for release at Christmas. But now it is not until Christmas
There are only more than 30 days until the holiday, and it’s already too late for you to turn on your phone now.”
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "You have almost done the preliminary preparations. It takes more than 30 days to shoot a movie, which is enough for me. What I need to do now is to persuade 20th Century Fox to help distribute it."
Tang Shuxuan is the kind of female director who strives for excellence, and she doesn't agree with Kang Jianfei's rush to shoot movies. However, after not filming for a long time, her hands were already itchy. Kang Jianfei asked her to be the assistant director of "Home Alone", but Tang Shuxuan didn't have much time.
I thought about it and agreed.
Kang Jianfei pulled out a stack of actor information from the file bag. They were all second-rate actors in Hollywood, and there was no familiar star. But this was okay, because young actors were paid low, and they would not be passive in their performances because Kang Jianfei was a Chinese director.
Everyone came to the hotel to stay. Kang Jianfei slept for two hours to catch up on jet lag. After lunch, he took Zeng Bolin to 20th Century Fox to meet Alan Ryder Jr.
As the head of 20th Century Fox, he is not someone who can be seen by anyone, but Kang Jianfei already barely has this qualification.
"Sir, Mr. Ryder is waiting for a visitor, please wait a moment." Little Alan Ryder's secretary asked, "Would you like tea or coffee?"
"Whatever." Kang Jianfei sat down on the sofa.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, the secretary came over and said: "Two gentlemen, please follow me."
Kang Jianfei and Zeng Bolin followed the secretary, and within a few steps they saw two Americans, a man and a woman, walking out of Alan Ryder's office dejectedly.
James Cameron?
How could Kang Jianfei not recognize the famous "King of the World"? But at this moment, Cameron looked shabby, and he didn't have the domineering look of the King of the World.
Kang Jianfei passed by James Cameron and soon entered Alan Ryder Jr.'s office.
Compared with last time, little Alan Ryder was a little older, but he was in great spirits. Seeing Kang Jian flying in, little Alan Ryder smiled heartily and said: "Kang, long time no see, I often hear your words
information."
"Oh, Hong Kong news won't reach the United States." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
Alan Ryder Jr. said: "The news came from Southeast Asia that the box office of "A Better Tomorrow" beat all the movies of the same period, including two 20th Century Fox movies."
After listening to Zeng Bolin's translation, Kang Jianfei shrugged and said, "If this is a compliment, I'm honored."
Little Alan Ryder smiled and said: "Of course it's a compliment, and I found that "Wu-Tang: Tai Chi" by Zhang Sanfeng was good, and I could try to distribute it on a small scale in the United States."
Kang Jianfei asked: "Wouldn't it be better to release "A Better Tomorrow"?"
Alan Ryder Jr. shook his head and said: "I'm not optimistic about the box office of "A Better Tomorrow" in North America."
Kang Jianfei suddenly remembered Cameron who went out just now, and asked casually: "Is that Cameron who went out just now?"
Alan Ryder Jr. said: "It's him, and Anne Hurd from New World Pictures."
Kang Jianfei asked: "Cameron came to 20th Century Fox to invest?"
Alan Ryder Jr. scoffed: "The plot of a movie about a robot traveling through time is very boring."
The words "Terminator" suddenly appeared in Kang Jianfei's head and asked: "You refused?"
Little Alan Ryder said: "Of course I refused. If it weren't for Anne Hurd, I wouldn't even bother to see him."
At this time, James Cameron was just a small director who had made one movie. There were countless such small directors in Hollywood, and he was really not qualified to meet little Alan Ryder.
Little Alan Ryder obviously made a mistake this time, but this is a good thing for Kang Jianfei, if he can invest in filming "Terminator"...
The two chatted for a while, and little Alan Ryder said: "Kang, the release plan of "The Royal Sisters 2" has basically been confirmed, and it is scheduled for December 15th. I think it will achieve a good box office this time.
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Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Mr. Ryder, in fact, I came here this time to discuss another matter with you."
"What's the matter?" asked little Alan Ryder.
"I'm planning to make a Christmas movie, and I hope 20th Century Fox can help distribute it." Kang Jianfei briefly told the plot of "Home Alone."
"It's hard to say this kind of family movie. It might be a hit at the box office, or it might be ignored by no one," little Alan Ryder frowned, "Kang, have you brought the film of 'Home Alone'?"
Kang Jianfei spread his hands and said, "Actually, I haven't started shooting this movie yet."
"Oh, Shet," little Alan Ryder said angrily, "are you kidding me? Christmas is only a month away, and you asked me to help you release a movie on Christmas that hasn't been launched yet!"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "I promise to complete the shooting within 15 days, and 10 days will be used for post-production. The publicity work can be carried out at the same time."
"Con, I think you should see a psychiatrist." Little Alan Ryder lit up his cigar and said.
Kang Jianfei said with a serious expression: "Mr. Ryder, I am serious."
Little Alan Ryder shrugged and said, "I'm serious too."
"Okay then, goodbye." Kang Jianfei sighed.
Little Alan Ryder said: "I won't give it away."
Kang Jianfei left Alan Ryder's office and said to Zeng Bolin: "Go find the female secretary and get the contact information of the two people who went out earlier."
Zeng Bolin didn't understand what Kang Jianfei was going to do, but he still carried out the order faithfully. A few minutes later, Zeng Bolin ran back with a note and said: "Boss, just get that woman's phone number."
"Anne Hurd?" Kang Jianfei was not familiar with Hollywood. He didn't know that this woman would become James Cameron's second wife, let alone that she would be an outstanding Hollywood producer in the future.
After going out and finding a phone booth, Kang Jianfei asked Zeng Bolin to dial Anne Hurd's number. After waiting for a long time, no one answered. It was probably because the other party hadn't come home yet.
Kang Jianfei returned to the hotel and made more than ten calls in succession. Finally, someone answered. Kang Jianfei did not speak English, so Zeng Bolin had to explain himself before asking Anne Hurd out.
More than ten minutes later, the two parties arranged to meet at a coffee shop.
"Mr. Kang?" Anne Hurd asked uncertainly as she looked at the two Asians walking towards her.
Kang Jianfei smiled and shook hands with Anne Hurd: "Hello, Miss Hurd."
Zeng Bolin immediately translated: "Miss Hart, Kang Jianfei doesn't know English, he is saying hello to you."
Anne Hurd looked down on Kang Jianfei more and more and asked: "You said on the phone that you wanted to invest in "Terminator"?"
Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "Yes, I just met two people outside Alan Ryder's office. I asked casually and learned about the story of "Terminator" from Ryder. Personally, I am very interested in robot-themed movies.
I am very interested, so I have the intention to invest.”
Anne Hurd originally had a bad impression of Kang Jianfei, but when she learned that Kang Jianfei could chat with little Alan Ryder, she immediately took it seriously and asked, "Are you familiar with Mr. Ryder?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "At least I'm not a stranger."
Anne Hurd still didn't believe Kang Jianfei, an Asian, said, "The budget of this movie is at least US$6 million. Are you sure Mr. Kang wants to invest?"
Kang Jianfei drank coffee and said: "I just said that I have investment intentions. I will talk about the details after reading the script."
"I brought the script." Anne Hurd took out the script from the bag.
Kang Jianfei flipped through it casually and found that it was not much different from the first "Terminator" in his memory. He closed the script and asked: "Can I talk to Mr. Cameron?"
"Just talk to me," said Anne Hurd. "I'm the producer of this movie."
Kang Jianfei felt something was wrong and asked: "Didn't Mr. Cameron write the script?"
Anne Hurd nodded and said: "Yes, but he has already sold me the script."rt
