Liu Lianghua was wearing a professional skirt and walking forward holding a folder in her hand. Although this confidante of Boss Zou is almost 50 years old, the amorous character she exudes by twisting her waist and swaying her hips is still enough to make a young man blush.
Heartbeat.
Pushing the door open and walking into Zou Wenhuai's office, he saw that Zou Wenhuai was discussing something with He Guanchang. When the two saw Liu Lianghua come in, they immediately stopped the discussion.
Liu Lianghua nodded to He Guanchang, pulled a stool over and sat down and said: "Brother Huai, it has been confirmed that Taiping Theater and Queen's Theater are both Kang Jianfei's properties. In addition, he has two theaters in Kowloon that are under renovation."
He Guanchang smiled and said: "In fact, it is not difficult to guess. The Luhaitong Building was changed to the Oriental Building, and the Queen's Theater inside happened to join the New Era Cinemas. From this, we can see that 90% of the Queen's Theater may be Kang Jianfei's property. But that
What’s going on at Taiping Theater?”
The two most famous luxury theaters in Hong Kong are Lee Theater and Taiping Cinema. Lee Theater has been nominally part of the Shaw Brothers Cinemas chain for more than ten years; before Taiping Cinema closed, Golden Harvest Cinema, which screened most of the theaters, such as Taiping Cinema, closed.
The last movie released before was "Modern Bodyguard" produced by Golden Harvest and starring the Hui brothers.
After Taiping Theater closed down, Zou Wenhuai was also thinking about opening this theater, but he could not get the owner of the theater, Yuan Bifu, to speak up.
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang couldn't figure out how Kang Jianfei bought the Taiping Theater.
Liu Lianghua explained: "I invited Yuan Bifu out for a meal at noon. She said that the reason why Taiping Theater was sold to Kang Jianfei was that Kang Jianfei promised to build a Hong Kong Opera and Film Exhibition Hall in the future."
Zou Wenhuai was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "So this is what my niece had in mind. No wonder she refused to sell it at first."
Zou Wenhuai and Yuan Bifu's father are old friends, so Yuan Bifu can be regarded as a nephew to Zou Wenhuai.
Liu Lianghua asked: "So, will we go to the Academy Awards ceremony tomorrow?"
"Go, why not go? Let's take part in the grand event together." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.
Liu Lianghua said: "But this year's Academy Awards is hosted by Phoenix TV, and the venue is the Taiping Theater. You can tell at a glance that Kang Jianfei is behind the scenes."
He Guanchang shook his head and said: "The selection of the Academy Awards should be considered fair. Kang Jianfei cannot influence the more than 200 journalist judges from several countries. And with Mr. Pan from Ming Pao as a supervisor, his character is still trustworthy."
Zou Wenhuai agreed: "Yes, if you don't go, you will show your cowardice. But we can't make Kang Jianfei too proud. Tomorrow, Ah Hua, you can attend on my behalf. Hao Chang and I won't go."
Liu Lianghua nodded and said: "Okay, but our "Plan A" may not win the grand prize. Many of the journalists and judges are film critics, so they should be more inclined to the artistry of the film."
"The influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards is not great. It doesn't matter if you win or not," Zou Wenhuai didn't take the Hong Kong Film Awards seriously, but asked He Guanchang, "Did Luo Wei's film "Leap of the Dragon" fail?"
"Dragon and Tiger Leaping", also known as "Laughing Fist and Strange Moves 2", was created after Luo Wei saw Cheng Long's "Marine Police Eagle" selling well during the Spring Festival and re-edited the useless clips from the previous "Laughing Fist and Strange Moves"
, and then it was a super bad movie that was screened by Golden Princess Cinema.
It has to be said that Cheng Long's box office appeal is still very strong. "The Dragon and Tiger Leaping" was promoted in the name of Cheng Long as the starring role, and the box office almost exceeded 1 million on the first day.
However, after watching the movie, the audience started to curse because the plot of this movie was completely wrong, especially the last fight scene, which was exactly the same as "The Strange Move of Laughing Fist" back then.
But even so, the movie was released in the Golden Princess Cinema for 6 days before it was released, and actually sold 2.73 million at the box office.
He Guanchang said with a smile: "That movie was dropped yesterday. Luo Wei has lost all his reputation."
Luo Wei was Liu Lianghua's ex-husband and a general under Zou Wenhuai's command. When Boss Zou had an affair with an employee's wife, it was considered a disgraceful past.
However, there is not much taboo about this matter within Jiahe, mainly because Luo Wei has such a bad reputation. Not only did his wife Liu Lianghua cuckold him, but his son Luo Dawei also worked under Zou Wenhuai and was abandoned by his wife and son at the same time.
One can imagine how unpopular this person is.
Speaking of her ex-husband, Liu Jinghua was not embarrassed at all, and sneered: "He still has a reputation to defeat? But this time he even used the trick of renovating old movies. It seems that his savings have been squandered, and he only lives by cheating money."
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"Luo Wei is not worth mentioning, but that kid Kang Jianfei, a "Home Alone" is really a miracle." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile, "I asked Mr. Ryder from 20th Century Fox to ask about it, and all the things mentioned in the newspaper were actually
It's true. A movie that took 11 days to produce and invested less than 3 million U.S. dollars sold 180 million in box office in North America alone, and the copyright was sold for tens of millions. Kang Jianfei made at least over 100 million U.S. dollars.
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Not to mention the strength of the family, just in terms of personal net worth, with over 100 million US dollars, he can already rank among the top 30 richest people in Hong Kong. Although Zou Wenhuai is a film tycoon, but he focuses on making movies, his personal net worth at this time is only
Just over 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
Liu Jinghua said with surprise: "No wonder he bought buildings, land and theaters with great fanfare. It seems that he has no shortage of funds."
Ho Guanchang analyzed: "Now in the entire Hong Kong film industry, Shaw Brothers is declining and is on the verge of death. It may stop production one day; New Art City has more than enough progress, but lacks a foundation. It will collapse as soon as there is internal chaos; only Kang Jianfei is the most powerful, he won the title a year ago
If we make big moves and start integrating the artist resources of TV stations, film companies and record companies, and with the support of a theater chain, we will be fully fledged in a year or two at most, and by then we will definitely become the leader in Hong Kong's film and television industry."
The smile on Zou Wenhuai's face also disappeared. During this time, he was also paying attention to the major changes in Kang Jianfei's industries and realized that Kang Jianfei was simultaneously pursuing the separation of production and broadcasting and the reform of the entertainment agency system. Once Kang Jianfei's reform was successful, the energy formed by several companies
It was enough to look down upon Xiangjiang, but Zou Wenhuai could only watch.
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Zou Wenhuai could still sit on Diaoyutai and watch movies, but the situation of Shao Yifu's film company and theater company was getting worse.
In a parallel space, when Hong Kong movies were most prosperous, there were a total of five large theater chains in Hong Kong. But the more theater lines, the better, because the Hong Kong market is too narrow. When there are more theater lines, more film sources are needed to support it.
.Under the influence of supply and demand, a large number of bad movies will be released in a hurry to meet the demand for film sources of several theater chains. This is why Zheng Yuling took on nine dramas at the same time. Among the nine crews
A good story about the "Zheng Jiu Group" who traveled back and forth.
Once bad movies become a disaster and you can make money just by shooting a movie, the creative atmosphere in the film industry will change. Blindly following the trend and indiscriminate production consume a large amount of film and television resources, seriously destroying the creative enthusiasm of film workers.
Coupled with the addition of various overseas investments, many people have the mentality of making bad movies and taking away, which in turn has seriously reduced the overall quality of Hong Kong movies.
Hong Kong films had two super-prosperous periods. The first prosperous period was in the 1960s. At that time, Taiwanese films had not yet risen, and the mainland was in isolation. Hong Kong films became the undisputed overlord of the entire East Asia. However, later the Cold War intensified, and Nanyang became a cultural
The anti-Chinese anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia is only the most intense manifestation of this anti-communist region. Even Malaysia and Singapore are also rejecting Chinese culture.
Hong Kong films are also Chinese-language films. Under the impact, numerous film companies closed down within a few years, and the number of theaters in Hong Kong dropped by half, and were later surpassed by Taiwanese films.
The second prosperous period of Hong Kong films was the 1980s, commonly known as the "golden decade" in the industry. Hong Kong films in this decade were not inferior to Hollywood films in terms of commerciality, entertainment, and artistry, and in this decade
In recent years, filmmakers’ creative enthusiasm has been the highest.
In Hong Kong movies in the mid-to-late 1980s, it took an average of 40 days to make a comedy, which was absolutely meticulous. But in the rough and shoddy 1990s, a Hong Kong comedy could be shot in 10 days.
When five theater lines appeared in Hong Kong, many people of insight were calling for fewer theater lines and more emphasis on film quality. But who cares about this when pursuing profits?
(The emergence of Hong Kong’s five cinema lines was the result of the market’s pursuit of profit, which later led to the decline of Hong Kong films, and major cinema chains suffered losses and closed down. This can be regarded as a full manifestation of the principle of market leverage.)
The increase in theater chains will not only lead to a decline in the overall quality of Hong Kong films, but the more direct consequence will be to dilute the number of moviegoers in each theater, causing a significant reduction in the average revenue of each theater.
And Kang Jianfei created a New Era theater chain at the beginning of the "golden decade" of Hong Kong films, making Hong Kong suddenly have four theaters, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and New Era -- the leftist Yindu Cinema.
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When New Era Cinema was first established, it had little impact. However, it has been half a year since its establishment, and especially after several of the movies it released became popular, the negative consequences of the simultaneous existence of four large cinema chains became immediately apparent.
After the Spring Festival, as the audience was divided among several theater chains, the number of moviegoers in Shaw Cinemas, which lacked the appeal of the film, plummeted, and the losses have reached an unbearable level.
When the film was not well-received, Shao Yifu's efforts to remedy the situation were of no avail.
The highly anticipated "Interstellar" was canceled after only two days of release. Coupled with the current serious losses of Shaw Brothers theaters, Shaw Brothers finally came up with the idea of stopping Shaw Brothers production.
Two years ahead of schedule.
Unlike Shao Yifu, who is struggling, Hong Kong's film industry is booming like a blowout. A new film company opens almost every few days, and a variety of films of varying quality are produced like an industrial assembly line.
Not to mention the quality of these films, just judging from the number of films produced, Hong Kong films at this time are at least equivalent to the original time and space of 1986. The reasons are, first, the major theater chains have successively abolished the package system, which has reduced the
Film screening risks of independent production companies; secondly, there are four major cinema lines operating side by side, plus a soy sauced Yindu Cinema Line. The demand for film sources brought by several cinema lines has stimulated a surge in Hong Kong film production from the market supply and demand relationship.
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No one is worried about this. All Hong Kong filmmakers only regard this as a sign of the rise of Hong Kong films. The media even cheered, saying that Hong Kong has become a veritable Eastern Hollywood.
When Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, he was surprised to see the number of movies released in major theaters in early March. Even as a time traveler, Kang Jianfei could not judge whether this change was good or bad.rt
