Due to Kang Jianfei's big move, DreamWorks, Phoenix Channel and Fengxing Records were all in chaos for a while, and the handover and coordination work between various departments was barely smooth. Phoenix Channel said that it would transfer the production departments of TV series and variety shows to the new
company, but still left a group of people for excessive use.
"The Royal Family 2" has already failed in Hong Kong, but "A Better Tomorrow", which was released on the same day as it, is still grossing the box office in Taiwan. When "A Better Tomorrow" was screened in Hong Kong, it took a full seven and a half weeks to fail.
It has only been released in Taiwan for four weeks now and has already earned nearly NT$3,000 at the box office.
Although "Royal Sister 2" was not scheduled for the Christmas season in Japan, it was still scheduled for the New Year's Day due to the reputation left by the previous film and the good box office of this one in North America.
The box office of "The Royal Sisters 2" in North America and Hong Kong was much lower than the box office of "The Royal Sisters 1", with a decrease of 55% and 30% respectively. But the situation in Japan is different. "The Royal Sisters 2" caused a stir as soon as it was released
There is a craze for movie watching, with box office revenue of 2.1 billion yen in three weeks - you must know that the total box office of "Royal Sister 1" in Japan is only 1.8 billion yen.
Japan is so rich at this time, and some people in the United States are already clamoring that "the Japanese want to buy the entire United States." The 2.1 billion yen for "The Royal Sisters 2" is just child's play, and "et" will be released in Japan in two or three months.
At that time, the box office was a terrifying 15 billion yen.
At the end of 1982, the Japanese yen was in the stage of great appreciation in the past three years, with a ratio of 215 to 1 against the US dollar. Coupled with the slight depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar, 2.1 billion yen was equivalent to more than 82 million Hong Kong dollars.
Lin Qingxia's reputation in Japan has risen again. Before the movie stopped showing, Shochiku Pictures sent invitations to Lin Qingxia and Zhen Zidan, hoping that the two of them could go to Japan to shoot an action movie.
After the release of "Royal Sisters 2", Japanese movie fans strongly hoped that Hiroyuki Sanada and Keiko Matsubata could collaborate with Lin Qingxia again. Shochiku Pictures immediately recognized the business opportunities and not only issued a film invitation to Lin Qingxia, but also brought together Zhen Zidan and Gang Gang.
Please come with the completed Raptors stunt team.
It was not until January 31st that "Royal Sisters 2"'s wonderful performance in Japan finally came to an end. The cumulative box office in Japan was equivalent to HK$87.2 million.
This is true in Japan, as well as in Southeast Asia and South Korea.
Because "The Royal Sisters 2" has been filmed for half a year, DreamWorks has already coordinated the screening plan with theaters from various places, and it will be released in various parts of the world within half a month.
Not only that, the market operations department in charge of Maqiao has also opened up channels for theaters in Australia and New Zealand. Although the populations of these two poor places are not large, and there are even fewer people willing to buy tickets to watch Chinese movies, after all, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are.
It is finally a gratifying thing.
Looking at it from another perspective at this time, we also see the power of Hong Kong films in this era.
In 1982, 17 of the foreign films imported into Australia were Hong Kong films, with the share of foreign films imported second only to the United States.
Many people may not believe that 18 of the foreign films imported into France last year were Hong Kong films.
Five years ago, 52% of the imported films in Malaysia were Hong Kong films, which means that more than half of the films imported into Malaysia were Hong Kong films, far exceeding the share of Hollywood films. Unfortunately, the Malaysian government reduced the number two years ago.
Hong Kong film quota, Hong Kong films now only account for 38% of Malaysian imported films.
As for Thailand, not to mention, 40% of the market share of foreign films is considered low. It is normal for Hong Kong films to account for more than half of Thailand’s imported films. Not only that, Taiwanese films also account for more than 30% of Thailand’s imported films.
.Combining Hong Kong films with Taiwanese films, more than 90% of Thailand’s imported films are Chinese-language films, and Hollywood films basically have no place in Thailand.
A few years ago, when Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia, Qin Xianglin and others went to Thailand, they were invited by the Thai royal family, so a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities and reporters rushed into the Thai royal palace...
"Royal Sisters 2", which performed poorly in both Hong Kong and North America, swept the Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian film markets at the end of 1982 and early 1983.
There was "A Better Tomorrow" in the past, and "The Royal Sisters 2" in the next. Oriental DreamWorks' reputation in Nanyang has surpassed that of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. However, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are not easy to get along with. After giving up the Christmas season,
All of them are stuck in the upcoming Spring Festival.
The ambitious "Star Wars" copycat of Shaw Brothers' "Star Wars" has launched promotions more than half a month before its release, claiming that "Star Wars" is a super science fiction masterpiece, which has aroused the interest of countless viewers.
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In the original time and space, Jiahe's flagship film during this Spring Festival was Xu Ke's "New Shushan Swordsman", but Xu Ke has now joined DreamWorks, and naturally it is impossible to help Zou Wenhuai direct this film.
In fact, Zou Wenhuai should thank Kang Jianfei, otherwise he would definitely be cheated by "New Shushan Swordsman".
What Jiahe released this time is Cheng Long's "The Marine Eagle", which is another movie that does not exist in the parallel space. It seems that the last "Plan A" gave Jiahe and Cheng Long a taste of the sweetness. This time
"Marine Police Eagle" is a bit like a companion piece to "Plan A". Jiahe also deliberately revealed that there is a scene in the film where Cheng Long fights pirates on a desert island.
As for New Art City, it is a bit sluggish. It only plans to release an urban comedy starring Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, and the publicity is not very strong. Not only that, New Art City entered Taiwan last year and opened a New Art City Taiwan branch.
, the Xinyi City branch has not produced any works in the past two months.
According to Kang Jianfei's estimation, it's probably because New Art City has a funding problem and doesn't have much money to make movies. And New Art City's films have always been blockbuster hits, so there's only one reason for the funding problem, and that's because Lei Juekun took over the company.
The money was taken away.
There was such a fuss that they had to withdraw money from the film company. Boss Lei must have suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash in Hong Kong a few months ago.
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As the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, Xu Ke finally finished the post-production of "The City" and arranged for it to be screened at the Queen's Theater at midnight.
The main function of the midnight show is to allow the audience to test the box office potential of the movie. The director also needs to re-edit or even reshoot the scene based on the feedback from the midnight show.
Kang Jianfei's movies are usually premieres and will not be screened at midnight screenings at all. But others would not dare to do this, especially Xu Ke. Kang Jianfei was very worried about this guy and had to go to the midnight screening to test it out.
As the production manager of DreamWorks, Zeng Zhiwei, although Xu Ke’s film studio was not under his direct jurisdiction, he still watched the film after it came out. I heard Zeng Zhiwei say that the film was not bad, but the pace was a bit fast, and Kang Jianfei
Becoming more and more worried.
Xu Ke's style is fast-paced, which is exactly the opposite of Wong Kar-Wai's kind of movies that can make you fall asleep. Sometimes the movie is so fast that the audience can't react at all.
I haven't had time for a while, and now "The Last City" is about to have a midnight screening, so Kang Jianfei just took the time to go and watch it.
"Ding dong, ding dong..."
Kang Jianfei leaned against the wall and rang the doorbell. He waited for more than two minutes before someone opened the door.
Zhong Chuhong must have just taken a shower. She smelled of shower gel and her hair was still slightly wet. Seeing Kang Jianfei standing outside the door, Zhong Chuhong said in surprise: "A Fei, why are you here?"
"I'm bored at night, so I'll go out with you for a drink or two." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
"It's so late, I just took a shower and got ready to go to bed," Zhong Chuhong rubbed her hair with a dry towel and said, "If you want to drink, you can ask Miss Lin or Miss Zhao."
Kang Jianfei touched his nose and said with a smile: "Why do you smell so sour when I hear you talking?"
Zhong Chuhong let him in and said, "I won't be jealous of someone."
Kang Jianfei pretended to sigh: "You can deceive me, but you can't deceive yourself."
"Nervous!" Zhong Chuhong was too lazy to deal with Kang Jianfei and ran to the dressing table to dry her hair.
"I'm here to help you." Kang Jianfei followed and reached for the hair dryer, but held the hair dryer together with Zhong Chuhong's little hand.
"Be careful, I'll sue you for harassment!" Zhong Chuhong simply pulled out her hand. She had long been used to Kang Jianfei's persistent stalking.
Kang Jianfei adjusted the temperature of the hot air, then scratched Zhong Chuhong's hair and blew it, and asked, "I think you look better with longer hair."
Zhong Chuhong watched Kang Jianfei drying her hair through the dressing mirror and said casually: "I cut it during the last filming and it feels a lot more refreshing."
Kang Jianfei said: "Your face shape is more suitable for long hair, short hair will have a lot less smell."
"What does it smell like?" Zhong Chuhong asked with a smile.
"Sexy and charming." Kang Jianfei's hand slowly moved down from Zhong Chuhong's hair and gently stroked her neck back and forth. Zhong Chuhong closed her eyes and pretended as if nothing happened.
Ambiguity arose in the room, but neither of them tried to break the atmosphere.
Zhong Chuhong's breathing was slightly rapid, and her skin was trembling slightly. It was obvious that she was very nervous at this time.
Kang Jianfei stroked Zhong Chuhong's collarbone for a while and was about to continue his attack. Zhong Chuhong suddenly stood up, grabbed the hair dryer from Kang Jianfei's hand and said, "I'll blow it myself. You helped me blow it for a long time and I didn't even dry my hair."
Kang Jianfei smiled, stepped back and sat on Zhong Chuhong's bed, and said, "Come to the midnight show with me later."
Zhong Chuhong asked: "Why don't you ask Sister Qingxia to accompany you?"
Kang Jianfei didn't bother to lie and said directly: "I would rather go with you."
"I'm not going." Zhong Chuhong said.
Kang Jianfei didn't reply. He lay on Zhong Chuhong's bed and waited for her to dry her hair. Then he stood up and said, "Let's go."
Zhong Chuhong rolled her eyes at him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get a coat."
A few minutes later, Zhong Chuhong, who was wearing a coat, followed Kang Jianfei downstairs.
It took a long time to drive across the sea to Central. Zhong Chuhong asked Kang Jianfei about his stay in the United States from time to time. After Kang Jianfei told the truth, Zhong Chuhong laughed and said: "I don't believe it. The movie you shot in 11 days was sold in the United States."
More than 100 million box office."
"Well, to be honest, no one believes it," Kang Jianfei sighed, "It's not the United States, it's North America, which has a box office of over 100 million, including the United States and Canada."
Zhong Chuhong asked: "Then why is there no report in Hong Kong?"
Kang Jianfei laughed and said: "I am not as high-profile as Boss Shao. He has not even started filming a movie yet, but he said in front of reporters that he would invest tens of millions of dollars to make a movie in the United States."
Zhong Chuhong also smiled and said: "So, Mr. Kang, you are still very low-key?"
Kang Jianfei pouted and said, "I've always been very low-key."
Zhong Chuhong sneered: "Who believes it?"
Kang Jianfei said: "How can I lie to you about such a big thing? It is estimated that there will be reports in Hong Kong in a few days. Even the Yankee newspapers have not confirmed that I directed it."
Zhong Chuhong said in surprise: "Did you really sell more than 100 million box office in the United States?"
"The box office should be 170 million U.S. dollars, but the stamina is a bit lacking. Maybe all the pictures will be dropped in a few days." Kang Jianfei said with regret. In the original time and space, the North American box office of "Home Alone" was nearly 300 million U.S. dollars.
The North American box office champion in 1990 is now about to close with less than 180 million in box office.
"You don't know that US$170 million is enough? It's enough for me to earn for several lifetimes." Zhong Chuhong said with a sigh.
Kang Jianfei said: "The most I can get is 70 million US dollars, and the rest has been made by those foreign devils."
Zhong Chuhong did not answer this time, but secretly turned to look at Kang Jianfei's side face. Rich men may not be able to attract women, but if a man who is rich, talented, young and handsome cannot attract women,
Then we can only say that this woman is gay.
Zhong Chuhong feels that she has never been able to see Kang Jianfei clearly. Sometimes he is so annoying, but when she comes into contact with him, she feels very relaxed and interesting. Now it only takes less than half a month to quietly go crazy in the United States.
Making $70 million is simply elusive.
Although Zhong Chuhong has a straightforward personality and does not attach much importance to property, the US$70 million still moved her, and she unconsciously gave Kang Jianfei a few extra points in her heart.
The car found a place to stop, Kang Jianfei bought some snacks in the theater mall, and then took Zhong Chuhong's hand and walked into the screening room.
Zhong Chuhong did not shake off Kang Jianfei's hand this time, but looked around cautiously, for fear of being recognized.
The two of them found an inconspicuous place to sit down, each wearing a hat to cover their foreheads. Xu Ke and some film critics were sitting in front, and many ordinary audience members gradually walked into the screening room.
Soon the screening of "The Last City" began, and Kang Jianfei frowned after watching it for only a few minutes.
Xu Ke's fast-paced style makes many backgrounds unclear. Audiences with some knowledge of modern history will be fine with it, but those who are blind to history will have trouble digesting it.
However, as the plot developed, the pace finally slowed down a bit, and Kang Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief.
how to say?
The style of Xu Ke's movie is a bit similar to "New Shushan Swordsman", but the narrative is still relatively clear, and his directorial skills have become mature. Kang Jianfei cannot predict whether it will be a blockbuster or a blockbuster.rt
