The lard in the pot made a sizzling sound. Wearing a red apron, Ye Zi poured a plate of washed vegetables into the pot, and a cloud of white smoke suddenly rose.
Kang Jianfei was sitting on the phone in the living room, checking on the box office situation in Hong Kong and mainland China.
"The Royal Sisters" has been released in the mainland for more than two months, and the box office has reached an astonishing more than 35 million yuan, equivalent to 126 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, because it is an imported film, DreamWorks can only get 20% of the box office (at this time, the mainland
There is no special film fund yet), which is more than HK$25 million.
The exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar, and the exchange rate of the RMB is somewhat needed at this time. Under normal circumstances, it would be good if the RMB can be exchanged for 1 Hong Kong dollar for 1 in the black market.
In order to save trouble, Kang Jianfei plans to directly use his own personal funds as box office revenue to pay DreamWorks, and the RMB earned in the mainland will be used to invest in the mainland. For example, Shanghai/Shanghai, Shenzhen/Guangzhou have already begun to select locations.
Future investments in /zhou cinema and Xiongfei Records will be paid for with RMB earned in mainland China.
Since it is now the Spring Festival, after the mainland box office of "The Royal Sisters" exceeded 35 million yuan, the attendance rate has not dropped significantly, and the data is still increasing steadily.
However, this situation can only last until around the Lantern Festival. If the box office exceeds 40 million yuan, it may not be able to sell it. Compared with the box office of "Shaolin Temple" which exceeded 100 million yuan, it is still not enough.
In the battle for the Spring Festival stalls in the Hong Kong market, DreamWorks also sounded a loud charge. In less than three weeks after its release, "The Gambler" has accumulated a box office of 24.11 million. "Lucky Star" starring Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long
"" was released two days later and the box office reached 19.62 million. It was not far behind "The Gambler".
Xinyi City's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" was a bit miserable. It started to fail to sell after selling for 13 million. Princess Jin is already preparing to release "Gong Xi Fa Cai".
"What? You said that after "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is finished, it will be succeeded by Zhang Jianting's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love"?" Kang Jianfei asked, holding the microphone on his neck and eating melon seeds.
Jiang Zhiqiang was on the other end of the phone. He said: "Golden Princess Cinema has started promoting "Goodbye Seven Days of Love". This movie is directed by Zhang Jianting and stars Er Dongsheng and Yang Xueyi."
"Who is Yang Xueyi? This name sounds so familiar." Kang Jianfei asked. Although he didn't know that "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" starred Wang Zuxian in the original time and space, it couldn't be this Yang Xueyi.
Jiang Zhiqiang replied: "Yang Xueyi was the champion of Miss Hong Kong in 1983. She hosted "Hong Kong Morning" on TVB and is now a contracted actress of New Art City. Last year she filmed a movie called "Song and Dance"."
"Oh, I remembered that the first runner-up of Miss Hong Kong that year was Zhang Manyu." Only then did Kang Jianfei have an impression of Yang Xueyi.
After hanging up Jiang Zhiqiang's call, Kang Jianfei dialed Tang Shuxuan's home number and asked, "Sister Shuxuan, what's going on with Zhang Jianting?"
Zhang Jianting's work contract was signed with DreamWorks. Although Kang Jianfei tacitly allowed his directors to go out and earn extra money, this was done without affecting the interests of DreamWorks.
If Zhang Jianting helped New Art City make an ordinary movie, Kang Jianfei would not blame him, but "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" is obviously a gimmick of a sequel to "Seven Days of Love". The copyright of "Seven Days of Love" is still there
DreamWorks, this is like Gao Zhisen filming the sequel to "Happy Ghost" for Xinyi City, it is extremely bad in nature.
Tang Shuxuan said angrily: "After I saw the advertisement for "Goodbye Seven Days of Love", I just called Zhang Jianting to ask. He has decided to change jobs to Xinyi City after the year. By the way, there are also others who have jumped with him.
Screenwriter Wen Jun."
Although Zhang Jianting is not a right-winger, he looks down on the mainland. Now that Kang Jianfei has become a popular filmmaker, it is normal for Zhang Jianting to leave DreamWorks as soon as his contract is up.
But the problem is, you can leave, but you can't infringe on DreamWorks' film copyright.
Kang Jianfei held back his anger and ordered: "Sister Shuxuan, please tell the legal department and ask them to send a lawyer's letter to New Art City and Zhang Jianting after the release of "Goodbye Seven Days of Love"."
"I understand." Tang Shuxuan chatted with Kang Jianfei for a few words before hanging up the phone.
Kang Jianfei was quite angry about Zhang Jianting's departure, because the only directors in DreamWorks who are both artistic and blockbuster are Zhang Jianting and Xu Anhua.
Last year, Ann Hui's "Love in a Fallen City" had two superstars, Chow Yun-fat and Chung Chu-hong, but the box office was only over 4 million, which was considered a small hit. Although it is normal for non-prime period literary films to have poor box office, but Ann Hui, Chow Yun-fat and Chung Chu-hong joined the cast.
The iron triangle lineup, plus the support of the entire Oriental Cinema chain. More than 4 million is still far lower than everyone's psychological expectations.
Even because Zhou Runfa and Zhong Chuhong's remuneration is very high, "Love in a Fallen City" cannot recover its investment in Hong Kong, and can only earn some profits overseas.
After the failure of "Love in a Fallen City", Xu Anhua had no plans to make any movies for a whole year. He probably wanted to experience life for three to five years and gain artistic appreciation before continuing to be a director.
After Xu Anhua went into seclusion to cultivate, only Zhang Jianting, a blockbuster literary director, was left in DreamWorks. Now he has defected to New Art City to film the sequel to "Seven Days of Love".
Kang Jianfei has already prepared 1 million in legal fees and decided to file a lawsuit with Xinyi City and Zhang Jianting. If he doesn't win, he will be disgusted to death.
"What's wrong? You don't look good after celebrating the New Year. It's so uncomfortable to spend the holidays with me." Ye Zipei came over and sat next to Kang Jianfei, holding his hand and jokingly said.
Ye Zipei is dressed very conservatively, with brown trousers and a dark sweater, and sleeves on her arms. If she runs on the streets of Hong Kong, she will definitely be laughed at as a village girl.
However, Kang Jianfei felt that her dress was very tasteful, and she had a solemn and elegant temperament of a stunning wife/wife, which could make men fall into a different kind of stimulation of immorality.
"It's too late to be happy with Sister Pei, how can you feel uncomfortable?" Kang Jianfei smiled, took Ye Zipei into his arms, and began to caress Ye Zipei with his hands and feet.
Ye Zipei felt uncomfortable being teased by this bitch. She quickly pushed his hand away and stood up. She rolled her eyes at Kang Jianfei and said, "It's broad daylight and you're not ashamed. It's time to eat!"
Kang Jianfei smiled teasingly and said: "I don't know who was not ashamed yesterday afternoon. Her legs were so weak that she even asked me to hold her up for dinner."
"You're not allowed to say that!" Ye Zipei punched Kang Jianfei hard and ran to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks. This 31-year-old pretty widow was an unsmiling leader outside, but when she was alone with Kang Jianfei, she
It seems like I have returned to my teenage years, becoming more and more shy and coquettish.
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After being entangled with Ye Zipei and staying in Guangzhou for five days, Kang Jianfei took the train back to Hong Kong.
The box office of "The Gambler" successfully exceeded the 30 million mark. This is something worth celebrating. Kang Jianfei decided to hold a celebration banquet on the second day of the Lantern Festival.
"Lucky Star" also followed suit at the box office, with the box office just shy of 25 million. It was also the big winner during this year's Spring Festival.
Only New Art City's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is more tragic. It was removed as soon as the box office exceeded 14 million and replaced with Zhang Jianting's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love". Although "Gong Xi Fa Cai" did not have a good reputation in the original time and space, its competitors
It was just "Lucky Star", which sold more than 18 million yuan before it was released. Now there is "The Gambler" to steal the audience, and the box office of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" has dropped by more than 4 million yuan.
The box office of "The Gambler" did not stop rising. When Kang Jianfei held a celebration party for "The Gambler", the film's box office had reached 35.18 million.
After the attendance of "Lucky Star" plummeted, it took another four days to announce its release after the box office reached 30.12 million, successfully entering the 30 million box office club.
"Ming Pao" announced in surprise: "Two movies have exceeded 30 million at the box office at the same time. Hong Kong has completely emerged from the shadow of economic recession, and Hong Kong films will enter a new era!"
An article in "Tian Tian Kuai Bao" wrote: ""The Gambler" is unstoppable and successfully broke the box office record of Hong Kong movies, turning the star boy into a celebrity star."
While Zhou Xingchi was becoming famous, some newspapers were ridiculing Lizhi for being a flower vase. "New Morning Post" published an article: "Zhou Xingchi's performance in "The Gambler" has received mixed reviews, catering to the aesthetics of grassroots citizens, regardless of the good times and bad times.
As for the Miss Oriental champion Lizhi, it can be said that she has no acting skills in this film. The only value of her existence is to attract men's attention with her figure and face. This kind of vase actor can't live up to the reputation of the Miss Oriental champion."
There are many people who scold Lizhi, but there are even more people who like her. If Kang Jianfei's company had not been blocked by the Taiwan authorities, there would have been countless film offers for Lizhi at this time.
On the 26th of the first lunar month, "The Gambler", which had been screened for 5 and a half weeks in Hong Kong, was officially released. The local box office totaled 37.42 million, and Kang Jianfei set a new box office record for Hong Kong movies.
It disappointed everyone who was waiting for the decline of DreamWorks. Not only did it not collapse due to the Taiwan authorities' blockade, Kang Jianfei once again broke the Hong Kong box office record.
Li Lizhi, the assistant director who became famous for "The Gambler", said in an interview: "Mr. Kang has endless novel ideas in his mind. I learned a lot from making movies with him. Taiwan's Information Bureau can ban someone."
It is a company, but it cannot block a person's wisdom and the artistic value created by his hands. I believe that DreamWorks will not only not collapse, but will become stronger and stronger, because the boss of this company is Mr. Kang."
Just when Li Lizhi was flattering Kang Jianfei without reservation, big news broke out in the Hong Kong film industry again.
DreamWorks believed that New Art City's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" infringed on the copyright of "Seven Days of Love". After sending a lawyer's letter to request that the company check out and stop the infringement, but failed, it angrily sued New Art City and director Zhang Jianting to court.
DreamWorks and New Art City, two prominent film companies, finally started a war again!
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I have to say, women are really troublesome.
Damn it, he came to me after we broke up, and not long after that he lost his temper and started an inexplicable quarrel, which wasted my whole day!
For the first time, Lao Wang felt that reality was worse than fiction. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please
