After her last inspection trip to the mainland, Zhong Jinghui went to the mainland again after a month and did not come back until the Spring Festival.
"The Great Hero Fearless" purchased by CCTV from Phoenix TV has been decided to be broadcast after the Lunar New Year after the deletion of a few scenes and excellent Mandarin dubbing.
Zhong Jinghui's two trips to the mainland were not in vain. In addition to contacting many TV stations in the mainland, he also had contacts with some officials from the Ministry of Culture, among whom the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office was naturally the matchmaker.
As soon as Zhong Jinghui came back, he saw the TV station's program production employees exchanging contracts. He immediately ran to Huang Xizhao and asked: "Old Huang, what is going on in the station now? What is a TV station without a production department?"
Huang Xizhao said calmly: "At least the news production department is still there."
"It's just nonsense!" Zhong Jinghui said angrily, "This Kang Jianfei was fine at the beginning, but when the TV station started to improve a little bit, he started to mess around. No, I have to go find him, or at worst I will follow him like I did last time with the Australian shareholders.
Let's make a fuss. Although my TV station belongs to him, it is still in the hands of you and me. We can't let it be destroyed by him."
"Ah Hui, don't make trouble," Huang Xizhao said meaningfully, "It's okay if we just obey him and don't make trouble. Once we make trouble, I estimate that with Kang Jianfei's temper, he will risk firing most of the employees and directly
Let’s get lost.”
Zhong Jinghui was stunned, and quickly figured out the reason, and said with a wry smile: "Isn't he too suspicious?"
Huang Xizhao shook his head: "We had too much trouble with the Australian shareholders in the past. No matter who we were as the boss, no one would trust us. I should have thought of it a long time ago, but I was still lucky. Kang Jianfei was having trouble with Lei Juekun
The tough attitude he showed during the broadcast. I know that he is a person with a strong desire for control. He would not let me form a clique in the TV station. As soon as the TV station stabilizes, he will definitely take action."
Zhong Jinghui was not a fool. Huang Xizhao understood everything casually and could only sit there and sigh.
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As the Spring Festival approaches, Kang Jianfei has stopped working on the wasteland he bought in Tseung Kwan O. Some of the excavated earthwork is placed there like a trench, and he can only wait until the Spring Festival is over before continuing the work.
Although the TV series and variety show production department of Phoenix TV is to be split into DreamWorks, it has not actually been moved there. Firstly, there are not enough office rooms at DreamWorks, and secondly, the TV station has many studios, studios, and filming programs.
time is more convenient.
Of course, although the office location has not been moved, the contracts of these people have all been transferred to DreamWorks, and they are considered employees of the TV Production Department under DreamWorks Production Department.
These are all temporary. After Kang Jianfei's Tseung Kwan O Studios is completed, Phoenix TV and Oriental DreamWorks will move there, and even Fengxing Records plans to move there.
Kang Jianfei was determined to split up the TV station's production department. In addition to separating production and broadcasting to reduce Phoenix Channel's expenses and enhance the competitiveness of TV programs, another purpose was to weaken Huang Xizhao's influence on Phoenix Channel.
The Australian shareholders encountered collective resistance from Huang Xizhao's group at the TV station, but this sounded the alarm to Kang Jianfei. He did not want to be resisted by the station's employees one day, or a large number of people were poached along with Huang Xizhao.
Huang Xizhao's influence in Phoenix TV was so great that Kang Jianfei had to be afraid of him. Even if Huang Xizhao didn't turn against him, Kang Jianfei, as the boss, couldn't give Huang Xizhao the qualifications and strength to turn against him.
So after buying the TV station, the first thing Kang Jianfei did was to invite Zhong Jinghui back and use Zhong Jinghui to check and balance Huang Xizhao. Now that Phoenix TV has somewhat recovered its vitality, the time is ripe to attack Huang Xizhao. Kang Jianfei acted decisively
Split the TV production department. Most of the employees in these departments were promoted by Huang Xizhao. Now that the contract is transferred to DreamWorks, Huang Xizhao's influence on them will be minimized in less than a year and a half.
How could Huang Xizhao be so unclear about Kang Jianfei's approach?
However, Kang Jianfei is the boss after all, and he is the boss who has done a good job in the TV station. In addition, there are a lot of successful cases in Europe, the United States and Taiwan for the separation of TV station production and broadcasting reform. Huang Xizhao really has no reason to object. After Kang Jianfei clearly stated his attitude,
Huang Xizhao could only sigh secretly in agreement.
When Kang Jianfei first bought the TV station, Huang Xizhao spared no effort to help bring back key employees. Now that the TV station is on the right track, Kang Jianfei will attack Huang Xizhao's people, which is a bit like burning bridges.
But Kang Jianfei had to do this, otherwise he would not be a competent boss. Huang Xizhao is a typical example of a master with great achievements. A slightly tougher boss would not allow this situation to happen to his subordinates.
That's why so many emperors in history killed the founding heroes. Although Kang Jianfei did not attack Huang Xizhao directly, he split up his direct lineage and systematically weakened Huang Xizhao's power through the separation of production and broadcasting. This can be regarded as learning from Song Taizu.
A glass of wine releases military power.
Huang Xizhao is a smart man, and perhaps in order to eliminate the distrust between him and Kang Jianfei, he not only agreed to the reform of separating production and broadcasting, but also personally called Xu Xiaoming back, who was the director at Shaw Brothers.
Xu Xiaoming's ability is not inferior to McDonald's. In the parallel space of Qiu Degen's ATV, Xu Xiaoming was the program production director, and ATV has always been profitable.
After Xu Xiaoming came to Shaw Brothers last year, he only made two movies before being idle. He could only work for other directors, and he felt regretful and depressed. Now his mentor came to recruit him regardless of the previous suspicion, and immediately ran back to show off his pretense.
It didn't happen that he joined the TV production department of DreamWorks.
In North America, "Home Alone" has officially been released, with a cumulative box office of US$182 million in North America, ranking second in last year's U.S. box office rankings. (The first place was "ET", with a box office of 359 million; the second place was "Dumb".
Mr. Silk", box office 177 million)
The news quickly spread back to Hong Kong, especially after it was confirmed that "Home Alone" was solely produced by Kang Jianfei, Hong Kong newspapers collectively went into an uproar.
Not only Hong Kong newspapers, but also Southeast Asian, Japanese and Korean media all exclaimed in disbelief.
On the contrary, Taiwanese newspapers did not report too much. They seemed to think that the name Kang Jianfei was too dirty, and it would dirty their ears if he said it. As for the reason, of course Kang Jianfei's Phoenix TV station helped the Communist Party speak for the Communist Party, and there were serious suspicions of espionage.
Kang Jianfei is not angry either. As long as Taiwan does not ban his movies, he will be thankful. Not only that, he also asked the Phoenix TV employees to restrain themselves and try their best to present programs from a neutral position, and from time to time he also touted Taiwan's economic and people's livelihood improvements.
Well done, it’s a disguised form of flattering the Taiwanese authorities.
As time goes by, details about "Home Alone" have also been unearthed by Asian media. In particular, Kang Jianfei's 11 days to complete "Home Alone" is like telling a legendary story.
The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's largest circulation English newspaper, analyzed: "...the comedy film produced in 11 days defeated many Hollywood blockbusters and earned a super high box office of US$182 million in North America. According to the type of "Home Alone"
According to past practice, the subsequent global box office of this movie will be at least more than 80 million US dollars. In terms of box office revenue alone, director Kang Jianfei will be able to get at least 90 million US dollars. And 20th Century Fox has also recently announced that it will
The price of US$45 million was spent to buy the peripheral and sequel rights of "Home Alone". In other words, "Home Alone" directed by Kang Jianfei can bring him at least US$130 million in net income, and its overseas box office
It’s still a conservative estimate.”
The English report of the "South China Morning Post" was quickly translated and reprinted. When it came to Chinese newspapers such as "Oriental Daily" and "Business Daily", it directly became "Mr. Kang Jianfei made a net profit of US$130 million in 11 days in the United States."
The news from these big newspapers was misinterpreted by tabloids, and it turned into "Kang Jianfei earns tens of millions of dollars a day in the United States", and he simply became a money-grabbing superman.
Now Kang Jianfei is even more cautious when going out, otherwise God knows where a reporter will pop up.
As the New Year is approaching, all the work has been arranged, and Kang Jianfei is also happy to have some leisure time. Basically, he takes turns to play with Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi, Zhong Chuhong and Pan Yingzi every day. Occasionally, he also goes to Wen Bixia's place to have fun.
Four beautiful girls, Wen Bixia, Li Yufeng, Li Yanshan and Xie Zha, cheered together and had fun in different ways.
Wen Bixia's four female brothers, the eldest and the younger brother, served them wholeheartedly, which made Kang Jianfei feel a little happy. He used to only treat a few girls as playthings, but now he has been deeply in love with them for a long time, and has developed a little bit of affection.
It’s finally the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and all major theater chains in Hong Kong have released their own Lunar New Year blockbusters.
Shaw Bros.'s "Star Wars," which was a hit half a year ago, has finally been released. This sci-fi movie, billed as the Hong Kong version of "Star Wars," quickly caused a sensation after its release.
Why is it said to be a sensation?
Because "Interstellar" only ran for two days, it had to be canceled due to low attendance, breaking the record for the shortest time for a Spring Festival movie to be released.
The so-called "Hong Kong version of "Star Wars" promoted by Shaw Brothers has become a laughing stock in the industry. Audiences who enthusiastically bought tickets to watch the sci-fi blockbuster were even more angry and cursed. There were even ticket refunds at the entrance of some theaters.
In the original version of "Interstellar", the screenwriter (Wen Jun) and the heroine (Zhong Chuhong) are now at DreamWorks, but the director Zhang Guoming has not changed. After Shaw Brothers decided to make a science fiction film, Zhang Guoming took
I spent money to hire a screenwriter to write the script. Since the elements and selling points of the movie were proposed by Shaw Brothers and the director, the script was not very different. It was still a noisy urban comedy with a science fiction veneer.
Those who bought tickets to watch "Interstellar" were like gay friends who went to a duck shop to have fun. When the door opened and they saw an aunt in her forties or fifties lying on the bed, their hearts were broken.
Although Jin Yong has a good relationship with Shao Yifu, this issue of "Ming Pao" ruthlessly commented: "'Interstellar' is the worst 'blockbuster' in the history of Hong Kong movies, bar none."
According to Shaw Brothers, the production cost of "Interstellar" was HK$8 million, but viewers who watched the movie doubted whether the film cost HK$800,000.
Due to the full release of Shaw Brothers theaters and the overwhelming publicity, "Interstellar" earned 520,000 box office on the first day, which was considered a good start. However, on the second day, because the reputation was so bad, it was only
It sold a meager 80,000 box office, with an average attendance of less than 20%.
(According to all information, the box office of "Interstellar Blunt" is 6 million, but the fact that it was only released for 2 days cannot be deceived. If it can sell 6 million in 2 days, then it will definitely continue to be shown.
Was the box office champion that year)
After "Interstellar" hit the streets and rushed to outer space, Shaw Brothers Cinemas urgently released "Descendants of Shaolin" starring Ti Lung and Er Dongsheng. "Descendants of Shaolin" was not very good, and it could not hold up after only 5 days of release.
painting.
Shaw Tycoon had pinned his hopes on "Interstellar" to turn things around, but this science fiction blockbuster only highlighted the decline of Shaw Brothers. However, his next work shocked the Hong Kong film circle, and there were no good films released by Shaw Brothers.
The theater chain actually started showing Hollywood movies, and it was the box office champion in North America last year, "ET".
In the past, Western films were screened in Hong Kong by the Kang family's On Lok Cinemas, which only has four theaters. This time, it was impossible to win over the Shaw Brothers Cinemas, which had more than ten theaters. It was a painful loss for "et"
Money-grabbing movies.
Discerning industry insiders have already seen what Shao Tycoon is thinking. In the past, Shaw Brothers Theater Company and Shaw Brothers Film Company held each other back, and Shao Yifu couldn't do anything if he lost. This time, he wants to make up for it by releasing Hollywood movies.
The lack of high-quality film sources in Shaw Brothers theaters may lead to reform of Shaw Brothers Film Company in the future.
If Shaw Brothers' plan succeeds, Shaw Brothers Pictures and Shaw Brothers Cinemas may be able to come back to life.
The New Art City comedy released at Golden Princess Cinema didn't last long. It only ran for one week and then flopped, with a box office of just over 3 million. However, the next release of "A Date with a Beautiful Lady" made Kang Jianfei shake his head and sigh.
, because the producer of this movie is Chen Xunqi’s Yongjia Film Company.
"A Date with a Beautiful Lady" received rave reviews after its release. It withstood the competition from "et" and Xu Ke's "The Final City" and won more than 9 million at the box office in one fell swoop.
As for Xu Ke's "The Final City", the audience's evaluation of the film has gone to two extremes. Those who like it think it is a classic, while those who don't like it dismiss it as a bad movie because they can't get used to Xu Ke's fast pace.
"The Last City" was only released in New Era Cinemas for 10 days, and its cumulative box office in Hong Kong was 7.83 million, which was much less than Chen Xunqi's "A Date with a Beauty".
After the film was completed, Xu Ke felt ashamed to see others, so he voluntarily gave up the director and screenwriter's remuneration, and only received 10% of the producer's share to maintain the film studio. (To be continued. If you like this work
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