The morning breeze rustled the curtains. Zhou Xingchi sat on the bedside with his sleepy eyes squinted, opened his mouth wide and yawned, then froze for a few minutes and woke up.
By the time Zhou Xingchi finished washing and came to the dining room, the rest of the crew had already arrived and were waiting to have breakfast before starting work.
"Director Wu in the morning, Director Zhong in the morning, Uncle Xi in the morning..." Although Zhou Xingchi is a well-known star, he did not dare to be arrogant in front of Wu Yusen, Zhong Zhiwen, Huang Xi and others at this time. They all greeted them with a smile.
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Huang Xia spread out the "Business Daily" in his hand, pointed at the news on it and exclaimed: "This Tony Leung is really bad. He was banned by Taiwan just after he became the best actor."
Neither Wu Yusen nor Zhong Zhiwen were surprised. They had seen this kind of thing a lot. More than two years ago, Xu Anhua was filming "Journey to the Angry Sea" in Hainan. At first, she just used a pseudonym, but she didn't escape even after winning the Academy Award.
He has lived through the fate of being banned. Now Tony Leung actually used his real name to go to the mainland to film, and even won the Best Actor Award for it. It would be strange if he was not banned by the Taiwan authorities.
Zhou Xingchi didn't understand this, and asked curiously: "There's no need to ban him so harshly."
Huang Xia shook his head and said, "There's no need to talk about this. That kid Liang Jiahui is in bad luck."
Zhou Xingchi took the newspaper and took a look. The news headline in the "Business Daily" was quite straightforward. It was "The new Best Actor at the Academy Awards was brutally banned."
The specific content of the banning order is: All movies, TV shows, and audio-visual products in which Liang Jiahui is involved must not be sold into Taiwan. Liang Jiahui is also ordered to report to the Taiwan Information Bureau within seven days, seriously reflect on it, publicly issue a letter of repentance, and promise not to liaise with the bandits again.
spy, otherwise they will be permanently banned.
While Zhou Xingchi was reading the newspaper, Zeng Bolin ran in quickly from outside, went directly to Kang Jianfei's bedroom, and knocked on the door hard "dong dong dong".
Kang Jianfei got dressed and opened the door. Guan Zhilin was sleeping soundly on the big bed inside, with her white calves as white as lotus roots exposed. It was enough to arouse a man's ambiguous fantasy.
"What happened?" Kang Jianfei came out and closed the door. He knew that Zeng Bolin must have something important to come to so early.
Zeng Bolin whispered: "Five actors, including Zheng Shaoqiu, expressed their intention to withdraw from the crew of "Shu Mountain"."
"What's their reason?" Kang Jianfei asked.
Zeng Bolin took out a newspaper and said: "Aside from feeling that the filming of "Shu Mountain" took too long, the most important thing is this. I'm afraid they were frightened."
Kang Jianfei took a look at the newspaper and saw the news that Liang Jiahui had been banned by the Taiwan Information Bureau.
The two were talking when suddenly the Filipino maid ran over and asked: "Mr. Kang, Qiuguan and Sister Fei are outside, do you want to open the door?"
Just by hearing the maid's names for Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia, she knew that she was a fan of them. Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Bring them to the living room."
Kang Jianfei changed into a more formal set of clothes. After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he walked into the living room, where Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia had been waiting there for a long time.
"Mr. Kang..." Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia stood up quickly.
"Please sit down," Kang Jianfei interrupted them, "Speak slowly if you have anything to say, don't be in a hurry."
Zheng Shaoqiu found it difficult to talk about the breach of contract, while Shen Dianxia said with a smile: "Mr. Kang, you see "Shu Mountain" has been filming for more than half a year. Now we don't know when it will be restarted. Qiu Guan can't be idle all the time.
, I just accepted a few film appointments in Taiwan, do you think..."
Why did they accept the filming contract in Taiwan? These are just excuses. The main reason is that Zheng Shaoqiu and Shun Dianxia were frightened by the news that Liang Jiahui was blocked. They were afraid that Zheng Shaoqiu would also be blocked from filming in the mainland.
The place where Zheng Shaoqiu is most famous now is in Taiwan. The remuneration offered by Taiwanese TV stations and film companies is even much higher than that in Hong Kong. Zheng Shaoqiu does not have to give up the entire Taiwan market just to make a blockbuster.
Seeing that Kang Jianfei was silent, Zheng Shaoqiu finally lowered his face and said: "Mr. Kang, do you think you can cancel the contract for "Shu Mountain"?"
Now that everything has been said, what else can Kang Jianfei do? Could he ask Zheng Shaoqiu for liquidated damages?
"In this case, it will not affect Mr. Zheng's development in Taiwan. I hope there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future." Kang Jianfei pretended to be generous and said with a smile. In fact, he was already quite dissatisfied with Zheng Shaoqiu.
There is no way. Bitch Fei is such a narrow-minded person.
After Kang Jianfei expressed his attitude, Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had already had trouble with Shao Yifu before, and if they offended Kang Jianfei again now, there would be very few opportunities to take on roles in Hong Kong in the future.
The purpose of Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia's visit today was to avoid falling out with Kang Jianfei over this incident. After many inquiries, they learned that Kang Jianfei was filming at No. 4 Repulse Bay.
Kang Jianfei looked at his watch, stood up and said, "It's getting late. I have to film a movie later, so I won't leave two more people."
Since Kang Jianfei had issued an eviction order, Zheng Shaoqiu and the others could not stay any longer. They said goodbye and left immediately.
After exiting the gate of the villa, Zheng Shaoqiu sighed: "I'm afraid I will offend Mr. Kang badly this time."
Shen Dianxia blamed herself: "I didn't think carefully at the beginning. I thought "Shu Mountain" was a big cast and I just let you take it. Now there are so many troubles."
Zheng Shaoqiu comforted her and said, "It's nothing. Who can predict everything accurately?"
The two people's car was parked outside the gate. Shen Dianxia sat in the cab and started the car, and said with emotion: "Oh, the first time I met Kang Jianfei, he was still a bit player on the Shaw Brothers studio. He even needed your help as a stunt double. Now
After a few years, he has become a big shot like Sir Shao, and his life's circumstances are so unpredictable that no one can guess."
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While Sham Shum lamented about life, Liang Jiahui was reading the newspaper in a daze. Just as Kang Jianfei once predicted, he would be banned by the Taiwan Information Bureau after becoming the best actor.
"Jingle Bell……"
Liang Jiahui was awakened by the ringing of the phone. He put down the newspaper and went to answer the phone, only to hear the other person say: "Mr. Liang, you don't need to shoot tomorrow's advertisement. The advertiser feels that your image is not consistent with their products."
"Got it." Liang Jiahui hung up the phone with a "pop" sound.
After the hits of "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Curtain Curtain", Tony Leung Ka-fai became famous in Hong Kong. However, he did not accept any more film contracts. Instead, he waited to film the next few parts of "The Legend of Cixi". After waiting for half a year, he was told
, the next few dramas will not be filmed.
Leung Ka-fai had almost used up all his savings at this time. After winning the Best Actor Award, he finally accepted a movie contract and an advertising contract, but now his career was ruined because he was banned by Taiwan.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just when Liang Jiahui was distressed, there was a sudden knock on the door outside. He said angrily: "The door is unlocked. Come in."
Li Hanxiang pushed the door open and saw Liang Jiahui with a depressed look on his face. He said bitterly: "Look at you, what are you like now? It's just that you are blocked by Taiwan, it's not like the sky is falling."
Liang Jiahui forced out an ugly smile and said, "Master, I'm fine. You don't have to worry."
"I'm not here to comfort you today," Li Hanxiang suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What's going on between you and A Lang? How can we break up properly?"
Liang Jiahui was silent for a while and said: "We both felt that each other was not very suitable as lovers, so we broke up. I am still good friends with Alang."
Li Hanxiang sighed. He was very optimistic about Liang Jiahui, his prospective son-in-law, but he didn't expect that Liang Jiahui would break up with his daughter quietly.
An old man and a young man sat there staring at each other for a long time before Liang Jiahui said: "Master, what do you think of me going to DreamWorks?"
Li Hanxiang said: "You are now blocked by the Taiwan Information Bureau, will DreamWorks sign you?"
Liang Jiahui took out the business card given to him by Kang Jianfei and said: "Mr. Kang gave this to me. He told me to go to DreamWorks if I don't have a movie to shoot."
Li Hanxiang glanced at the business card and said: "If you go to DreamWorks now, you will most likely be a supporting role in a TV series. Unless DreamWorks doesn't want to sell movies to Taiwan, they will definitely not ask you to make movies there."
Liang Jiahui is now so poor that he can't survive. He said: "It's better to film TV series than to stay at home."
"What's the point of filming a TV series? It will only lower your status as an actor? I want to train you to be a big star, and you will be satisfied with being a small actor?" Li Hanxiang gave him a lesson. Then he said, "You first
Wait at home, my new Kunlun is planning to make a new film, and as long as I get investment, I will let you be the leading actor."
"Okay, I listen to Master." Liang Jiahui really wanted to go to DreamWorks, but because Li Hanxiang mentioned it, he could only agree. He was thinking about what kind of job he should find to live.
Li Hanxiang asked with concern: "Are you short of money? I am here..."
Before Li Hanxiang could finish speaking, Liang Jiahui interrupted and said, "Master, I have money, so don't worry about it."
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The news that Liang Jiahui was blocked by the Taiwan authorities immediately caused an uproar in Hong Kong, and even attracted more attention than when the Information Bureau blocked Li Hanxiang and Xu Anhua.
No matter how famous Li Hanxiang and Xu Anhua are when they make a movie again, they are not as eye-catching as the golden actor Tony Leung Ka-fai. They were banned just after becoming the actor. This is really the first time in the Hong Kong film industry in decades.
Naturally, left-wing newspapers strongly condemned the actions of the Taiwanese authorities. "Ta Kung Pao" published an article: "Film is a noble art and should not have too many political factors in it. Tony Leung Ka-fai, the best actor, was selected by hundreds of judges.
, the Taiwan Information Bureau's blocking measures are really against public opinion, and are also a trampling and insult to the film art..."
As soon as the "Ta Kung Pao" article was published, the war between the left and right newspapers immediately started, making the incident even more heated.
At the same time, "Unstoppable Love" starring Leslie Cheung, Irene Wan, Li Lizhen and Ng Mong-tat finally concluded its first round of screenings at Oriental Cinemas, with a cumulative box office of HK$10.86 million in Hong Kong, becoming Hong Kong's box office champion in March.
The box office of such a low-budget movie exceeded 10 million again, which increased the popularity of the two leading actors Leslie Cheung and Irene Wan, and also attracted a number of follow-up movies about troubled girls.
After "Unstoppable Love" was screened, "City Lights" directed by Zhang Jianting and starring Chen You and Hui Yinghong was released. Since Zhang Jianting's "Seven Days of Love" was a hit last year, everyone is interested in this "City Lights"
"City Lights" are very promising.
However, after it was released, it was discovered that "City Lights" did not sell very well. It was canceled due to low attendance after only two weeks of release, with a total box office of 6.73 million.
6.73 million would have won the annual box office championship a few years ago, but now it can only rank in the 30th place on the annual box office list. However, since this is a low-cost movie, DreamWorks can make a small profit in Hong Kong.
You can also earn a lot of box office overseas.
After "City Lights" was released, the film "Yellow Peril" from Wuzhou Century (name after the reorganization of Century Pictures) was released in Oriental Cinemas immediately. "Yellow Peril" starred former student lover Deng Guangrong, but the box office
The situation was unsatisfactory, and the film was forced to be canceled after only eight days of release.
And "The Express", a collaboration between Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, is now sweeping across Southeast Asia like a whirlwind. The cumulative box office in Asia has reached 140 million Hong Kong dollars. Even if it is not released in Europe and the United States, the 5,000 investment in "The Express" has been fully completed
Taking it back would also allow Kang Jianfei and Zou Wenhuai to make a lot of money.
The release of "Terminator" in the United States is also coming to an end. The total box office in North America has exceeded 75 million US dollars, and it currently ranks first in this year's North American box office list.
Of course, when North American blockbusters are released one after another in June, "Terminator" will definitely lose its box office title.
However, it is still an extremely eye-catching thing for a movie invested by an Asian to become the North American box office champion for a time, not to mention that the movie "Terminator" is so popular with American audiences.
After receiving the money from DreamWorks, "Oriental Daily" immediately published an article to build momentum for Kang Jianfei and DreamWorks - "The North American box office champion is actually an investment from Hong Kong": "...It is reported that "Terminator" has been
It sold a box office of 76.49 million US dollars in North America, ranking first at the box office for several consecutive weeks. The investor of the film is Mr. Kang Jianfei, and Oriental Film Company is actually a branch of DreamWorks. As far as the current box office data is concerned, "
"Terminator" can net a net profit of US$20 million in North America alone, which does not include peripheral income such as video tapes..."
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"The net profit is 20 million U.S. dollars. Oh my God, converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is more than 150 million," Mao Shunyun said in awe as he flipped through the newspaper. "One movie can earn more than 100 million, which is faster than robbing a bank."
"Show me," Ye Zimei snatched the newspaper and read it for a while before saying, "Mr. Kang is really amazing. Film companies in Hong Kong close down every month. He has never lost money when investing in movies."
Mao Shunyun stretched and said: "It's better not to think too much. People like us don't have the chance to make big money. Let's just make movies honestly."
Zi Mei turned over the newspaper and suddenly said in surprise: "Sister Maomao, look, Phoenix TV is going to hold a beauty pageant!"
"Beauty contest?" Mao Shunyun leaned over to take a look and said, "It seems TVB and Phoenix TV are going to compete again." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian ()
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ps: Ahem, Lao Wang’s moral integrity has fallen off again.
By the way, I had a successful blind date today, and the other person was a girl born in the 1990s. It is said that Lao Wang feels like an old cow gnawing on young grass.
I will go to her house with my sister tomorrow. Lao Wang always feels that it is a little too fast. 9