In October 1984, the vast majority of Hong Kong people were immersed in joy.
The Hang Seng Index, which has been hovering between 600 and 900 points, soared like a rocket and exceeded 1,500 points by late October. Investors who took advantage of the good news of the initial signing of the agreement between China and the UK to invest once again experienced the same experience a few years ago.
With the excitement of soaring stocks, even those who follow the trend and speculate in stocks can make a lot of money.
Although Hong Kong's property market has not recovered as quickly as the stock market, land and property prices have rebounded to 30% of the levels before the property market bubble burst, and may return to over 50% after New Year's Day.
Seeing that the economy is about to emerge from the downturn, Hong Kong citizens are naturally in a carnival mood, and the number of moviegoers in major cinemas has also increased significantly.
Kang Jianfei's behavior of buying land and properties at low prices has finally achieved initial results. The land and properties he purchased will appreciate at least 300 million Hong Kong dollars by New Year's Day.
While Kang Jianfei was preparing for his new film "The Gambler," the old guy Sidney Pollack acted quickly. After getting Kang Jianfei's commitment, he finally convinced Universal Pictures to invest in his humanistic documentary.
"Out of Africa" was eventually filmed as a joint venture between three film companies, with Universal Pictures investing US$10 million and Kang Jianfei's US-based company Oriental Film Company investing US$800.
If the budget of 23 million US dollars is not enough, Pollack can only apply for additional investment midway, or he can find other investment companies to join him. Many big directors in Hollywood have this problem. They seriously overspend halfway through filming, and in the end the original investment company cannot
If he was willing to spend more money, the director would have to rely on his sharp tongue to find another financier to join him.
Despite the success of future Hollywood giants, Universal Pictures and Paramount were the best at this time. It was even more difficult to get MGM or 20th Century Fox to spend $10 million to invest in documentaries.
In the 1970s, the American film industry was still known as the eight giants of Hollywood, but in the 1980s, it became the seven giants. Just three years ago, two giants that were about to go bankrupt, MGM and United Artists, merged to form "MGM".
"GM-United Artists" can barely be considered a strong alliance, but this giant's share of the film market in North America is only a pitiful 6%.
As for 20th Century Fox, which has happily cooperated with Kang Jianfei, it is also struggling to survive. Even with the support of the "Star Wars" series that is at the bottom of the box, it still cannot escape the shadow of being on the verge of bankruptcy.
From a macro perspective, the 1970s was actually a period of decline for Hollywood, which did not flourish again until the 1980s. However, this prosperity was led by New Line, Canocco, Samsung, and Castle Rock (producers of "The Shawshank Redemption").
As reflected in the rapid development of new film companies, although the overall film market is booming rapidly, half of the former eight giants of Hollywood are living a hard life.
Now "MGM-United Artists" and 20th Century Fox are looking for buyers. It won't be long before MGM will be acquired by CNN's parent company, while 20th Century Fox will be bought by Murdoch.
Kang Jianfei's current net worth is about 2.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, and he can barely mobilize about 500 million in funds. He can be considered a rich man. But his money is still too small if converted into US dollars. If he wants to acquire MGM or 20th Century Fox,
, Kang Jianfei mortgaged all his assets, maybe he could barely become a major shareholder.
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"...When the oil in the dry pan reaches 50% heat, put in the ribs and fry for about 10 seconds, then switch to low heat and fry until the surface of the ribs solidifies and floats on the oil surface, then take it out..."
A food program called "The Heartthrob Cooking Wife" was playing on the TV. Qiu Huixin, who won the runner-up in the first Miss Oriental beauty pageant, was wearing an apron and teaching everyone how to make Cantonese-style sweet and sour pork ribs.
In order to increase the fun of the program, "The Heartthrob Cooking Wife" will also invite a second- and third-tier star as a guest in each episode.
The guests in this issue are Chen Jialing and Fu Mingxian, who have just emerged from "Happy Ghost 5".
Chen Jialing is 17 years old this year and is the younger sister of Phoenix TV's first sister Chen Xiuwen, while Fu Mingxian is only 14 years old.
The two beautiful girls, both of whom usually never do housework, were busy in the kitchen. They either fried the ribs until they were burnt or put too much vinegar. Even butchering the ribs was as if they were fighting and left them all over the floor. They were making a lot of noise.
Make a lot of jokes.
"Afei, look at the time, the TV says to fry on low heat for 5 minutes!" Zhong Chuhong shouted in the kitchen.
Kang Jianfei didn't remember when she put the ribs in the pot, so he could only respond casually: "It's been almost five minutes."
Zhong Chuhong quickly picked up the ribs and asked: "What are the next steps?"
"It seems like pouring the sauce and stir-frying." Kang Jianfei's attention was focused on the beauties on TV and he missed several steps.
More than ten minutes later, Zhong Chuhong came out with a plate of dark stuff, and said to Kang Jianfei with a smile: "Try it quickly, is it delicious?"
Kang Jianfei hesitantly took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. The taste was so weird that he couldn't describe it in words. Facing Zhong Chuhong's smiling face, he had to forcefully swallow the meat. He gave a thumbs up and commented: "The taste is great, but the quality is not good."
There is room for improvement and we will continue to work hard in the future!”
"Is it really delicious? It seems that I still have a lot of talent as a chef." Zhong Chuhong said happily, "I learned all my cooking skills from my mother. She doesn't know how to make sweet and sour pork ribs. Come on, let's go again.
Eat a piece!”
Zhong Chuhong took a piece of spareribs and brought it to Kang Jianfei's mouth. Bitch Fei endured the churning in his stomach and ate it with relish. Seeing that Zhong Chuhong wanted to take another piece, he quickly said: "Well, it's not good to eat too much sweets.
Let’s eat later.”
Zhong Chuhong sat down in Kang Jianfei's arms, picked up a piece of ribs with her jade-like fingers, and as soon as she stuffed it into her mouth, she stood up with a "vomit" sound and rushed to the bathroom quickly.
After a splash of water, Zhong Chuhong walked back to the living room angrily. When she saw Kang Jianfei smiling evilly, she couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm sorry you can still eat it."
Kang Jianfei pulled Zhong Chuhong over and hugged her. He rubbed her cheek to cheek affectionately and said, "What you make is delicious even if it's poison."
"Not a word of truth." Zhong Chuhong scolded with a smile.
Kang Jianfei's magic hand touched Zhong Chuhong's thigh, and he suddenly said: "Qiu Huixin has fallen in love with that charming lady, and once promised to make a movie for her. I have always had a headache and should make a movie for her.
What kind of TV show is this? Your sweet and sour pork ribs reminded me of it."
Zhong Chuhong asked curiously: "What TV series is related to sweet and sour pork ribs?"
"Of course it's a cooking TV series," Kang Jianfei said while thinking about it. "There are almost no TV series with the theme of cooking in Hong Kong. It will definitely be eye-catching. The story can be set in modern Hong Kong, where a certain palace god
The descendants of the chef went south to avoid the war and spread their branches in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States.
The heroine played by Qiu Huixin, her father-in-law and husband are the descendants of the magic chef, and they opened a family-style restaurant in Singapore. Suddenly one day, the restaurant was robbed by a mysterious man in a ruse. Her parents-in-law, husband, and son
She also died in a mysterious car accident, and only Qiu Huixin survived. When she was packing up her family's belongings, she learned that her husband had an uncle in Hong Kong, so she decided to come to Hong Kong to learn cooking from his uncle, and wanted to become a generation through her own efforts.
Chef, and then take back her husband's family restaurant.
After Qiu Huixin came to Hong Kong, she discovered that the address in her hand was decades ago. Her uncle's family had no idea where they had moved. It rained all night, and Qiu Huixin was robbed while walking on the street.
Her money and documents were taken away, leaving her penniless and living on the streets, and finally worked as a dishwasher in a small restaurant.
Qiu Huixin soon discovered that the owner of this small restaurant was an expert in cooking, and the owner's son also fell in love with Qiu Huixin. The plot was naturally inspiring and heartwarming. In the end, Qiu Huixin found out that the owner was exactly the same person.
She was looking for a chef, so she formally accepted him as her teacher to learn cooking skills.
Just when everything was going in the right direction, the male protagonist's mother discovered the ambiguous relationship between the two and did not want her son to marry an older widow, so she tried to break up the couple by force, constantly finding faults and using small tricks to drive them away.
Qiu Huixin left.
Just when Qiu Huixin did not dare to be humiliated and was about to leave the small restaurant, she suddenly saw her enemy appear. It turned out that the enemy who killed her parents-in-law and husband was the descendant of the line of magic chefs who went to the United States to develop. In order to get a dish
After repeatedly asking for the recipe left by the chef without success, she finally planned to kill her father-in-law and husband. The villain didn't get what he wanted, so he came to Hong Kong again and wanted to steal from the protagonist's father.
Get the recipe there.
Qiu Huixin quickly informed the hero and his father that they were worried that they would be assassinated by the villain, but the hero's mother thought it was a lie. In order to get the recipe, the villain actually asked his beautiful daughter to come and seduce the hero.
The protagonist's mother naturally hopes that her son will marry the daughter of a wealthy American instead of marrying an unlucky widow.
The villain's daughter originally came here purely for the recipes, but in the end she fell in love with the male protagonist who was brave, smart, and good at Kung Fu and cooking, so the plot also involved a love triangle in the overt and covert fights.
The final outcome is naturally that the good guys win and the bad guys are unlucky. The heroine Qiu Huixin also learns cooking skills, takes back her husband's family restaurant, and finally lives happily with the hero."
Listening to Kang Jianfei jabbering out the plot of the TV series, Zhong Chuhong looked at him in surprise and asked: "Is this all what you just thought of?"
"I just figured it out when I was watching a food show." Kang Jianfei said proudly, because these plots are indeed his original works. At present, there is only a rough outline. As for the details of the script, professional screenwriters will be able to supplement it.
Although there are many aspects of this story that are unreasonable, it brings together all the elements that should attract viewers. As long as it is filmed well, it will definitely attract the audience.
What Zhong Chuhong likes is a talented man. For example, her husband Zhu Jiading in the original time and space is a talented man. When the two started dating, Zhu Jiading had not yet opened his own advertising agency. Zhong Chuhong rejected the pursuit of countless rich men and only selected talented people.
Zhu Jiading.
Kang Jianfei found a pen and paper and wrote down the outline of the plot. One by one, the extremely ugly Chinese characters fell on the paper. In Zhong Chuhong's eyes, they looked very charming. He felt that Kang Jianfei was the most handsome at this time.
Lying aside and watching Kang Jianfei finish writing the story, Zhong Chuhong asked: "A Fei, many people are urging you to write a new novel. When are you going to write it?"
Kang Jianfei felt extremely ashamed when he mentioned the new book. It had been delayed for seven or eight months from the beginning of the year to now. Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily", had urged the manuscript countless times. He was so anxious that he wanted to kill Kang Jianfei with a knife.
"We have found someone to write for us," Kang Jianfei said.
"Why do you need someone to write for you?" Zhong Chuhong asked strangely.
Kang Jianfei sighed and said: "I don't have time to write it myself, so I can only write out the plot outline and let someone ghostwrite it. Now the novel is already in shape, and it will be serialized in the newspaper in a few days."
Zhong Chuhong asked: "What is the name of the new novel?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "It will be kept secret for now."
"Forget it if you don't say it... Uh-huh." Zhong Chuhong pouted her little mouth. Before she could get angry, Kang Jianfei held her down and kissed her passionately. (To be continued.) q
