The electronically controlled iron door of the villa slowly opened, and a black car drove in.
As soon as Kang Jianfei got off the bus in front of the building, two women in suits came up and looked at him warily. They observed him for half a minute before getting out of the way.
"He seems to be the man of the house. I've seen the photo."
"Humph, Miss Pan is several months pregnant, and this is his first time here. He has no sense of responsibility at all."
"Keep your voice down, if he hears us, we will have to return to the mainland."
"..."
Kang Jianfei felt a little ashamed when he heard the conversation between the two female bodyguards behind him.
"Where's the wife?" Kang Jianfei called the servant at home and asked.
The maid said: "It seems like I'm basking in the sun on the rooftop."
Kang Jianfei climbed two floors to the rooftop. Pan Yingzi, who had a bulging belly, was lying on a sun chair. Next to her, there was a nursing staff squatting under an umbrella and reading a book to pass the time.
Before Kang Jianfei could get closer, Pan Yingzi said angrily: "I thought you had forgotten me."
As expected, a woman's temperament will change after she becomes pregnant. In the past, Pan Yingzi followed Kang Jianfei in everything, so how could she scold him as soon as they met like she does now?
"Are you okay?" Kang Jianfei looked at Pan Yingzi's belly. The baby in her belly was almost five months old. Pan Yingzi rarely went to the company now.
Pan Yingzi stroked her belly and said, "I'm fine, and the baby in my belly is fine too."
Kang Jianfei sat with Pan Yingzi on the rooftop for a while, and the sun began to set, leaving golden ripples on the sea in the distance.
"It's so beautiful!" Pan Yingzi said, admiring the sunset.
Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "It's very beautiful."
Pan Yingzi stood up carefully from the sun lounger, held her hands on the rooftop railing, looked at the sea in the distance and said: "I moved to Hong Kong from Suzhou with my parents when I was four years old. Because my family was too poor, I set up a stall with my mother when I was very young.
Selling things. Ever since I attended Shaw Brothers training class at the age of 14, I have been busy working all day long to make money. It was not until I got pregnant recently that I took some time off and gradually calmed down, and then I suddenly realized that I seemed to have missed a lot of beautiful things." Pan Yingzi looked back.
He smiled at Kang Jianfei and said, "A few months ago, I didn't have time to appreciate the sunset and sea view."
Kang Jianfei leaned lazily on the chair where Pan Yingzi had just been lying on, and said, "Maybe."
Pan Yingzi sighed and said: "In the past, my goal was to make money, to make countless money. Later, when I followed you, making money became secondary, my goal became power, and I finally worked hard to control Oriental Entertainment Agency.
For me now, the child in my belly is the most important thing. As long as I have enough money to spend, I have never had any extravagant expectations about my status or anything like that. I just hope that after the child is born, you will not leave it alone.
Just take a look at it."
Kang Jianfei smiled bitterly and said, "Your requirements are really not high."
After saying this, Pan Yingzi went back to her room with the help of the nursing staff and did not communicate with Kang Jianfei any more.
Kang Jianfei's attitude towards women is very strange. There are many men who are merciful in Hong Kong. But they are basically divided into two types. One is like Fok Yingdong, He Hongsen, Shao Yifu and others, who blatantly marry their concubines, or like Zou Wenhuai, who quietly raises a foreign wife.
The second type is a transaction between you and me, or a one-night love affair, or a long-term friendship, but in the end, you just get wiped out and leave.
Kang Jianfei, on the other hand, falls outside these two categories. Because he has a morbid rejection of his family, he has never been willing to get married, or even live with the same woman for a long time. But Kang Jianfei also has a certain attitude towards the women he has played with.
Perverted possessiveness, clinging to others and refusing to let go.
The combination of these two points caused Kang Jianfei's current entanglement, and He Chaoqiong's pregnancy and the He family's forced marriage further aggravated his entanglement.
After dinner with Pan Yingzi, the two talked a lot about their affairs. Basically, they discussed the future of Pan Yingzi and the child in her belly - an illegitimate child (daughter) from an extramarital relationship.
She said she didn't want a reputation, but when she really made it clear, Pan Yingzi was still filled with panic. She deliberately turned the TV to TVB to disgust Kang Jianfei while talking.
TVB is broadcasting news: "At around 9 o'clock this morning, Mr. Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong held a press conference on the broadcast channel, announcing that they had officially left Golden Princess and formed a new Xinbao Cinema Line. Currently, Xinbao Cinema Line has Xinbao, Kaidu
, President, 4 luxurious cinemas. A total of 9 screening halls with more than 3,600 seats. It is the sixth largest cinema chain company in Hong Kong after Oriental, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, Yindu, and Anle..."
On the TV, Chen Rongmei was being interviewed by reporters: "Mr. Feng and I will spend 50 million Hong Kong dollars to continue to build or acquire theaters to build Xinbao Cinema Line into Hong Kong's leading theater chain. At the same time, we also welcome large and small theaters in Hong Kong to join us.
, major film companies are welcome to bring movies to Xinbao Cinema for screening. At present, Xinbao Cinema has reached a cooperation with Taiwanese scholars, Nanyang Shaw Brothers. As long as the movie is screened at Xinbao Cinema, there is a great chance that it will be screened in Nanyang.
It was successfully released in Taiwan..."
Pan Yingzi has not been to the company for several days. She basically checks in on company affairs once a week, and the specific work is taken care of by the people below. She deliberately changed the channel to TVB out of anger, but she did not expect to see such a piece of news.
, put away his temper and asked: "Will the opening of Xinbao Cinema have any impact on Oriental Cinema and DreamWorks?"
Kang Jianfei crossed his legs and said as if it was going to rain as if he was about to get married: "The impact is certain. Xinbao said it has distribution channels in Taiwan and Nanyang when it comes. I don't know how many independent film companies it will attract.
And I have already found out clearly that the scholar Cai Songlin is behind this.
Because of the prosperity of Hong Kong films in recent years, wealthy bosses in Taiwan and Nanyang have long wanted to invest in Hong Kong films to get a share of the pie. However, because the distribution channels of Hong Kong films in Hong Kong are controlled by several major cinemas, films previously invested overseas
We can only make small fuss. For example, Century Pictures before Liu Zhenwei was invested by Filipino bosses. Several consecutive films have been in the top ten of the annual box office list of Hong Kong films. However, because they were never able to get a good schedule, the film was not good at all.
To lose money.
Cai Songlin has a very vicious vision. He knows that if he wants to invest in Hong Kong films, he must control a Hong Kong theater chain. This is why he persuaded Chen Rongmei to set up Xinbao Cinema. With Cai Songlin spreading money behind him, there is also Xinbao Cinema Line to arrange films.
, I am afraid that all directors in Hong Kong who think they are talented will be ready to make a move."
Pan Yingzi asked: "The director of DreamWorks is also moved?"
"Cai Songlin is so generous. He hired my film production manager to open a film company. He also invited Hong Jinbao and Makka, two of the best film company owners in the Hong Kong film industry, to be actors. I have to admire him.
He's so whimsical. And he actually gets things done." Kang Jianfei kept laughing when he spoke, and didn't seem to be angry at all about it.
Pan Yingzi was surprised and said: "Zeng Zhiwei was poached?"
"It's not just Zeng Zhiwei," Kang Jianfei shook his head and said helplessly, "Wu Yusen and Li Xiuxian also seem to be leaving sooner or later."
Pan Yingzi asked: "It makes sense for Wu Yusen to leave. Didn't Li Xiuxian set up a personal studio in DreamWorks?"
Kang Jianfei explained: "Taiwan is an important market for Hong Kong films. Now DreamWorks is blocked by Taiwan, and scholars have distribution channels in Taiwan. It is more profitable to help scholars make films than to make films for DreamWorks. If it were replaced, I would choose to work with Tsai
Pinewood Cooperation.”
Having been the general manager of an entertainment company for several years, Pan Yingzi has a far-sighted vision than ordinary people. She said: "I have also dealt with Cai Songlin. He is a very refined and gentle person. I didn't expect his behavior to be so sharp."
.What he is doing is to completely destroy the current order of the Hong Kong film industry."
Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "It's like throwing money in like a stone, muddying the water so that you can fish in troubled waters. I guess now Wu Siyuan, Liu Jiahui, Yuan Zhenxiang, and Deng Guangrong are already behind Zou Wenhuai and Jiahe, and are following scholars and Xinbao Secret
Got in touch."
…
The people Kang Jianfei mentioned were not the only people who had contact with Cai Songlin and Chen Rongmei. The first film of the Xinbao Cinema Line was "Happy Adventure" by Pan Desheng Debao Film Company. Among the four leading female actors in this film
The three of them are all stars under Kang Jianfei. Naturally, they will receive a cold reception from Jiahe Cinema, but now Lang Qingconcubine is hooking up with the newly opened Xinbao Cinema.
When "Happy Adventure" was released, DreamWorks' "Once Upon a Time" had already been released, and the local box office in Hong Kong was 36.81 million Hong Kong dollars. Calculated based on movie ticket prices and inflation, the box office of this film was much higher than that of "Once Upon a Time" in the original time and space.
”, the reason is nothing more than Kang Jianfei’s directorial appeal, the backing support of Oriental Cinemas, and the amazement and shock brought by shooting several years in advance.
"Once Upon a Time" can be said to have achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success. Several of Li Lianjie's previous films were hits in Hong Kong. However, his popularity has always been half-high, which does not match the box office of the films he starred in. In the final analysis, it is still
Li Lianjie's identity as a mainlander is there, and after the release of "Once Upon a Time", Li Lianjie's elegant and upright image was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and was finally recognized and accepted by Hong Kong audiences.
As for Guan Zhilin, her popularity exploded because of this movie. Her popularity temporarily overshadowed other first-line actresses.
After "Once Upon a Time" was released, DreamWorks prepared a grand celebration banquet for it, and the subsequent film was directed by Wang Jing, executive director Li Lichi, and screenwriter Kang Jianfei. Starring Zhou Xingchi, Huang Qiusheng, Ng Mengtat, Wang Zuxian, Zhou Runfa and
"The Gambler" starring Xiang Huaqiang.
"The Gambler" happened to be released at the same time as Debao Film Company's "Happy Adventure". At this time, Golden Harvest Cinema's "Police Story" and the Hollywood blockbuster "Rabo: Rambo" had begun to sluggish at the box office.
The movie next to me is still holding on for dear life.
The second battle of this summer's season is basically a head-to-head confrontation between "The Gambler" and "Happy Adventure".
"The Gambler" relied on the fame of Stephen Chow and Ng Meng-tat, as well as the box office appeal brought by "The Gambler", and the box office in the first week was as high as 11.67 million, which was better than the figure when "Police Story" was first released.
And "Happy Adventure" relied on the reputation of Michelle Yeoh, Lizzie Lee, Irene Wan and Sandra Ng to attract a large number of students on summer vacation to join the movie. It also received a good box office of 5.88 million in the first week, making Xinbao Cinema a real
The business was successfully opened.
The box office success of "Happy Adventure" immediately brought hope to countless independent film companies in Hong Kong. Every day, people asked Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong to discuss cooperation.
As for Eric Tsang, he also officially resigned from DreamWorks, established Good Friends Film Company with the support of Taiwan Scholar Film Company, and successfully invited Hong Jinbao and Mika to come out to film.
Since they had agreed that the profits from the film would be shared equally between the three of them, Hong Jinbao and Makka were very enthusiastic about it. They invited their capable screenwriters Huang Bingyao and Zhang Jianting to write the script respectively, and the Hong family team
All the brothers were dispatched, and each of them also found connections to invite actors such as Shi Jian, Wu Yaohan, Shun Dianxia, Wang Yu, etc. They even invited Kurata Yasuaki from Japan, and Guan Zhilin and Zheng Wenya from Oriental Entertainment Agency.
These three people want to play a big game, and they are making no secret of it and carrying out the preliminary preparations with great fanfare!
In this regard, Kang Jianfei is too lazy to ask. The prosperity of Hong Kong films cannot be supported by DreamWorks alone. The best situation is that two or three leading film companies, as well as dozens or hundreds of powerful independent film companies, work together.
There is pressure when there is competition. As long as Zeng Zhiwei does not play evil tricks, Kang Jianfei does not want to deliberately suppress him. In his opinion, job-hopping is a normal thing. Zeng Zhiwei even proposed to invite Zheng Wenya and Guan Zhilin to star, but Kang Jianfei did not feel embarrassed and let them go generously.
go out.
As for Zou Wenhuai, there was nothing he could do about it. Hong Jinbao had a tense relationship with Golden Harvest because Golden Harvest Cinema had concealed its box office reports several times. This time he co-produced a movie with Zeng Chiwei with great fanfare, in fact, he wanted to show off to Zou Wenhuai. Hong Jinbao
What I want to express is: I have not signed a contract with Jiahe. We can come and go as we please. We can still make money without the support of Jiahe. If we want to continue to cooperate in the future, don’t play those little tricks at the box office!
The most depressing ones are Huang Baiming and Shi Tian. The three of them partnered up to open Xinyi City. Now the major shareholder of Mecca has actually gone out to film a movie with others. Moreover, the movie will be released in Princess Jin's Rebel Xinbao Cinema. This is all
What the fuck!
Faced with such an unbelievable collaboration, Hong Kong newspapers used their genius imagination to publish all the reports including that Hung Kim-bao and Zou Wenhuai had a falling out, that New Arts City was about to close down, that Tsang Chi-wei came out to film under Kang Jianfei's instructions, and so on.
When being interviewed by reporters, Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile: "Actually, things are not as complicated as everyone thinks. The reason why my film company is named Good Friends is to invite good friends to come out and make movies together. If there is meat, everyone will eat it, and if there is money, everyone will eat it."
It’s just a profit, there is no conspiracy behind it..."
This is where Kang Jianfei did not suppress Zeng Zhiwei, because Zeng Zhiwei's company model can always only be a small fight. Everyone gathers to make a vote, and then the gold and silver are divided on a big scale. There is no long-term plan for the company. And there is
With him as a troublemaker, and with the support of Xinbao, Scholars and Nanyang Shaw Brothers, the independent companies tightly tied to Golden Princess and Golden Harvest Cinemas have been revitalized, and the super prosperity of Hong Kong films has been rapid.
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