In late May 1983, Zhang Jianting's "Seven Days of Love" was officially released.
In another time and space, this movie was a stepping stone for Shaw Brothers to shift from martial arts films to urban comedies. It was produced at a low cost and made a lot of money at the box office. It was a rare highlight of the two years before Shaw Brothers went out of business.
But it's a pity that Kang Jianfei was very "wise" in investing in "The Wrong Love in Seven Days", and this movie has nothing to do with Shaw Brothers since then.
As for the main actors, the male lead is still played by Zhong Zhentao, but the female lead is changed from Ye Tong to Zhong Chuhong, which greatly increases the appeal to the audience. As for Leslie Cheung and Li Yufeng, they are just guest appearances and do not have many roles.
On the first day of its release, the box office performance of "Seven Days of Love" was not bad, but in the following days, the attendance rate skyrocketed. It was released in 22 theaters of the New Era Cinemas at the same time, and the average attendance rate reached the highest
80%, even if it is placed on a good schedule, it is difficult to achieve such a result.
In less than a week, the box office of "Seven Days of Love" has exceeded 5 million, which shocked the Hong Kong media and film circles.
Released at the same time as "Seven Days of Love", there are Shaw Brothers' "The Tribulation of the Gods", Siyuan Pictures' "The Retired Detective", etc. Among them, "The Tribulation of the Gods" was released within five days of its release, and "The Tribulation of the Gods" was released within five days of its release.
"Retired Detective" has been in theaters for almost two weeks. The performance of "Seven Days of Love" has been really incredible. Half a month later, it is still full of stamina. The box office has soared and exceeded the 10 million mark, and it continues to attract money.
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This is not a good time like summer or Christmas. The box office of "Seven Days of Love" is already insanely good.
Some professionals predict that "Seven Days of Love" will earn at least 15 million at the local box office, and it is certain to be ranked among the top ten in Hong Kong's annual list this year.
Chen Bosen wrote a review for "Seven Days of Love" in the "Movie Weekly": "The heroine's husband ran away with a lot of debt, so the government bailiff sent a guard to monitor him 24 hours a day.
This woman, a poor guard, and a bankrupt and abandoned woman, an orphan and a widow, lived in the same room. Gradually, they turned from vindictive enemies into a romantic couple...
This is really a very cliche story. There is nothing groundbreaking in terms of characters or plot, and the ending lacks a sense of excitement. It is simply too bland. However, the screenwriter and director Zhang Jianting is able to grasp the details and add them to the story.
Perfect play, creating extraordinary effects in the ordinary, making the originally ordinary story become colorful and rich..."
"Business Daily" reported from a different angle: "Last year, Chen Xunqi and Gao Zhisen defected to Princess Jin, which had a great impact on DreamWorks. Gao Zhisen continued Kang Jianfei's famous "Happy Ghost" series, which is Hong Kong's leading campus comedy
Director, and Chen Xunqi was Kang Jianfei's right-hand man. Some people predicted at the time that the departure of these two generals from DreamWorks would seriously damage DreamWorks' vitality. But such a situation did not occur, and McDonough successfully took over "Happy Ghost".
Yu Yantai also performed well this year, and now the appearance of Zhang Jianting has enriched the lineup of directors at DreamWorks..."
In any case, Zhang Jianting became an instant success. With the movie "The Seven Days of Love" alone, he directly entered the ranks of Hong Kong's top commercial film directors.
Kang Jianfei was in a particularly happy mood. He didn't know that "Seven Days of Love" ranked fifth at the box office this year in the original time and space. He only knew that this movie should be a hit. But with such a high box office, Kang Jianfei was still disappointed.
I felt a little surprised, a rare surprise.
When "The Seven Days of Love" was previewed, the theater managers at New Era Cinema were not optimistic about the movie. Basically, they only arranged a seven-day screening period. However, the subsequent box office response convinced the theater managers
The film schedule had to be revised, and some small company films scheduled to be released later had to free up the screen to make way for "Seven Days of Love".
Judging from the current attendance rate, there is no problem for "Seven Days of Love" to stay on the screen for a month.
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Zhao Yazhi was wearing a white dress, leaning on the sofa and peeling grapes, with her graceful body curves fully exposed. She said while watching TV: "Ah Fei, my contract with TVB will expire in half a year."
Kang Jianfei was wrapped in a bathrobe, stretched out and walked over and said: "When it expires, please transfer all the film and television contracts and management contracts. I am not as stingy as the wireless station here."
"I don't think about money. I just feel it's awkward to continue to stay in TVB." Zhao Yazhi gave up a section of the sofa for Kang Jianfei to sit down, while he rested his head on Kang Jianfei's thigh and ate grapes.
Zhao Yazhi is really at a disadvantage if he continues to stay in TVB. Since "Chu Liuxiang" was broadcast in Taiwan two years ago, Zhao Yazhi and Zheng Shaoqiu have become very popular in Taiwan. How popular was "Chu Liuxiang" in Taiwan? Taiwan even had
During the funeral, Chu Liuxiang's theme song was played at the banquet. Zheng Shaoqiu's trip to Taipei even caused traffic jams.
Two years ago, Zhao Yazhi's film salary in Hong Kong was only HK$100,000, but a film company in Taiwan offered her a salary of HK$250,000 to make a movie. Unfortunately, TVB refused to let her go, so Zhao Yazhi only went to Taiwan to film one movie.
The film was locked in Hong Kong. For an actor, this was really a very depressing thing.
Zheng Shaoqiu is similar. Due to his popularity in Taiwan, he has more film appointments than Zhao Yazhi. However, before filming two movies in Taiwan, Zheng Shaoqiu was called back to Hong Kong by TVB to save the film, which made Taiwanese movies
The company is very dissatisfied.
Kang Jianfei pushed a hair away from Zhao Yazhi's face, threw a grape into her mouth, and said: "As long as you come to DreamWorks, I promise to make a big drama for you."
Zhao Yazhi stood up and said: "You separated the TV production business to DreamWorks. It seems that the recent ratings are not very good."
"Everything has its ups and downs. It's impossible for the ratings to always be higher than those of TVB." Kang Jianfei smiled nonchalantly. After he separated Phoenix TV's TV series and variety show production business, the TVB's cost expenses were directly
It was reduced by more than half, but there are pros and cons in everything. When Phoenix TV produces TV series, the response is always half a beat slower than TVB, and the ratings are gradually suppressed.
Moreover, after the separation of production and broadcasting, since the suppliers and buyers are one-on-one, this has caused the TV series producers to have a slack mentality - they have no worries about not being able to sell them anyway, and the quality of the TV series they produce tends to decline.
Huang Xizhao has repeatedly told Kang Jianfei that if this continues, the TV station will directly go to Taiwan to buy movies and will no longer buy movies from DreamWorks Television Production Department.
Kang Jianfei had no choice but to call Xu Xiaoming for a scolding, and then set a rule that the salaries of employees in the DreamWorks TV production department were directly linked to the ratings of the TV series and variety shows they produced. Basic ratings points were set for each program. Once there was
Which program's ratings are lower than the basic rating, the corresponding points will be deducted, and bonuses will be awarded based on the points during the year-end assessment. After the points are deducted, the bonus will be lost. If the program it produces is lower than the basic rating point for several consecutive periods, and there is no guarantee
If there are special circumstances, then the person in charge of the program will either be demoted or get out.
Of course. Where there are penalties, there are rewards. If the good programs produced are sold overseas, then all relevant personnel will be given generous bonuses at the end of the year.
After these rules were set, the employees in the TV production department immediately became motivated, and the program ratings since June have increased a lot.
Zhao Yazhi suddenly remembered something and reminded: "A Fei. I heard that TVB is preparing to create stars and will support a few newcomers."
"Haha, you're not talking about Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Tang Zhenye and the others, are you?" Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.
Zhao Yazhi nodded and said: "It seems that they are the only ones who are already making publicity and planning plans. I think TVB will make big moves this time."
What big move can be made?
It is nothing more than creating the "Five Tigers of Wireless". Among TVB's old male TV stars, Zheng Shaoqiu now spends more time in Taiwan than in Hong Kong. Zhou Runfa has switched to DreamWorks again, Xie Xian and others are too old, and Fang Yihua is
I have to support newcomers to the top.
Kang Jianfei hugged Zhao Yazhi tightly, smelled the fragrance on her body and said, "TVB is making big moves. I have no plans before I try them. Just wait and see the good show."
Over the past year, the ratings battle between Phoenix Channel and Wireless Channel has been mixed. However, as Phoenix Channel gradually enriches its variety shows, the dominance of TVB's "Happy Tonight" is slowly disappearing.
The average ratings of "Happy Tonight" in the past few years have remained above 60%, which is really a terrifying figure. After the unremitting efforts of Phoenix TV, the average ratings of "Happy Tonight" in the most recent quarter are only about 50%.
Although it is still much higher than many variety shows on Phoenix Channel, the overall trend is declining, because loyal viewers are slowly being diverted to Phoenix Channel.
As for TV series, Phoenix Channel has been slightly behind TVB in the past month. The good show Kang Jianfei mentioned is naturally a high-quality TV series that is being secretly planned.
The Jin Chaoqun Kang Jianfei was looking for finally appeared. When Yu Kanping found him, Jin Chaoqun had just been promoted from a villain actor to a program host at China Television.
When I heard that DreamWorks was looking for him to film a TV series, and that he was the upright Bao Qingtian, Jin Chaoqun immediately quit his job as the host of that crappy show and ran away to Hong Kong. He was a stage actor by training and also studied some drama.
, after working in Taiwan for more than ten years, I still can only play the villain. I don’t need to tell you how uncomfortable you feel. How could you let go of this good opportunity?
Kang Jianfei met Jin Chaoqun two days ago. The only thing that dissatisfied Kang Jianfei was that Bao Qingtian's belly was not big enough and his face was not fleshy enough. So before the filming started, Kang Jianfei assigned Jin Chaoqun a task and asked him to do a
Gain at least 10 kilograms of weight within a month.
Now DreamWorks' prop department is already producing costumes and props for "Bao Qingtian". When it comes to influence among Chinese people around the world, "Bao Qingtian" even surpasses "The Legend of White Snake", so Kang Jianfei is very interested in "Bao Qingtian".
The ratings of "Blue Sky" are very confident.
"Ah!" Zhao Yazhi was leaning comfortably in Kang Jianfei's arms when she was suddenly picked up by a man. After she exclaimed, she hooked her arms around Kang Jianfei's neck and was carried into the bedroom by her sweetheart and pressed on the bed.
Her breasts were being ruthlessly ravaged by the man. Zhao Yazhi's face gradually turned red. She stared at Kang Jianfei charmingly and said, "You bad guy, it's only around nine o'clock, and you're still thinking of doing that kind of thing."
"Sister Zhi, why are you so seductive?" Kang Jianfei pulled up the hem of her dress and found that Zhao Yazhi's private parts were already wet, so he pushed her underwear aside and couldn't wait to get in.
"Easy, um..." Zhao Yazhi felt that her body was being filled up. She stroked Kang Jianfei's waist back and forth with her little hands, and finally hugged the man tightly, moaning in pleasure.
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July is approaching, Happy Girls' Coliseum concert has concluded successfully, and the major movies that will be released in the summer season of major theaters have also begun pre-release promotions.
"Seven Days of Love" has finally been released in Hong Kong, with a cumulative box office of 16.3 million Hong Kong dollars. The cost of this movie was only 1.6 million, of which the salaries of Zhong Zhentao and Zhong Chuhong accounted for a large part.
Such a terrifying cost-to-box office ratio is almost the same as Kang Jianfei's "Happy Ghost" back then, and Zhang Jianting has become the most eye-catching new director this year.
After entering July, major companies have stepped up their promotional efforts, such as DreamWorks' "God of Gamblers", Shaw Brothers' "Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang", Baohe's "The Five Lucky Stars", and New Art City's "Yin Yang"
, representing four cinema lines respectively, the Hong Kong film industry suddenly became fierce. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please
