"Yesterday, the 42nd Venice Film Festival came to an end at the Lido Film Palace. The French film "The Lost Lady" won the highest honor, the Golden Lion, while the Hong Kong film "Shushan" followed closely behind and won the Silver Lion at this Venice Film Festival.
Award, which attracted the attention of the world film industry.
It is reported that "Shushan" is adapted from the famous swordsman novel "Shushan Swordsman" and cost 80 million Hong Kong dollars (data used for publicity). Kang Jianfei and Xu Ke jointly planned and wrote the script, which took 21 months. It is
A big-cast special effects movie created by Oriental DreamWorks over many years.
The film premiered at the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival and shocked the entire main venue. After the film was screened, the applause lasted for five minutes. Mr. Lorenzo, the artistic director of this Venice Film Festival, said that "Shu Mountain"
It is a very unique and good movie, it can give people a refreshing feeling, it can be called the Eastern "Star Wars"..."
The day after the Venice Awards Ceremony, several newspapers in Hong Kong got the news and reported it on their front pages. Others also reacted and reprinted the news one after another. This continued until October, when "Shushan" won the Silver Lion Award.
The news is still attracting attention in Hong Kong.
Although DreamWorks' publicity department plays a role in this, the reason why it can arouse media speculation in Hong Kong is more because of the rareness of the news itself.
In the past, Hong Kong films have won awards at international film festivals and film festivals, but they basically won awards at Asian film festivals, or film festivals like the Panama Film Festival that not many people know about.
As for Tang Shuxuan's "Mrs. Dong" and Hu Jinquan's "The Heroine", they appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, not to mention that they did not win important awards. Even if they won awards, these two films represented Taiwanese films in the competition. They are not much compared to Hong Kong films.
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It can be said that "Shu Mountain" is the first Hong Kong film to be shortlisted for a major international film festival and win the grand prize in one fell swoop.
All the entertainment newspapers and magazines were going crazy, they were as happy as the Chinese New Year. Phoenix TV station even broadcast the good news on a rolling basis, so that even the beggars on the street knew that "Shushan" had won the award.
"Film Fortnightly" made a special trip to Venice. When Shu Qi and Chen Bosen came back, they created a "Venice Special" and immediately issued a supplement. This issue not only contains film reviews, but also the grand events of the Venice Film Festival.
, and "Shushan" has enjoyed great success at the film festival.
With such pictures and truth, the news of "Shushan" winning the award became even more sensational. Many celebrities looked at Li Saifeng, He Jiajin, Zhao Yazhi, Wu Zhixiong and others on the red carpet, and they were envious and jealous. When did Hong Kong stars come to Europe?
Have you ever been so successful at a film festival?
Not only that, Xu Ke was also suddenly pushed to the position of the number one Chinese-language director. As for the famous classmate Kang Jianfei, he was collectively ignored by everyone. Who said that his movies have not won awards in international competitions?
Even before Xu Ke came back from Venice, many tycoons from Taiwan and Southeast Asia were already inquiring about Xu Ke's whereabouts, preparing to wave checks to ask Xu Ke to direct a movie.
With the fame and appeal of Xu Ke who won the Silver Lion Award, even if the director's remuneration is increased tenfold, these rich people will definitely make money without losing money. They don't even need to make the movie, they can recover their investment by selling the film after it is released.
It is a pity that Xu Ke will not make movies for companies or individuals other than DreamWorks for at least a year until the cost of "Shu Mountain" is recovered. The reason for such a choice is that he does not want to be accused of being ungrateful. The second is to cause trouble.
After losing Kang Jianfei, he couldn't get any remuneration for directing "Shu Mountain" because Xu Ke had made a promise.
Before "Shu Mountain" had won the Silver Lion Award, news immediately spread that the Tokyo International Film Festival had invited "Shu Mountain" to participate in the exhibition. The Tokyo International Film Festival was just founded this year, and its reputation in Hong Kong is not as big as the Golden Horse Award, but
At this time, Japan's economy is at its most prosperous. Japan wants to build the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the name is enough to attract the attention of Hong Kong people.
DreamWorks' publicity department began to spend money again. By the end of October, more than two months before "Shushan" was released, nearly 2 million had been spent on publicity in Hong Kong, which was already equivalent to some small-budget movies.
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Various newspapers are also making predictions. The topic of discussion is how many awards "Shushan" can win in Tokyo. For a time, everything about "Shushan" is extremely glamorous. At the same time, DreamWorks has also begun to make peripheral products for "Shushan". What is related to it?
Products such as stickers, toys, calendars, clothes, etc. will be on sale before and after the official release of "Shushan".
Nowadays, you can’t sell Internet copyrights, not even DVDs, you can only sell video tapes and other related products. The peripheral income is far less than what it will be 20 years ago, but you can earn as much as you want, and no one thinks that having too much money is too much.
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Some people say that Xu Kecai is the best director in Hong Kong, while Kang Jianfei can only make money by making commercial films.
Although the vast majority of directors in Hong Kong only care about money, the more this happens, the more a director who can win awards abroad appears, the more he will be praised.
Kang Jianfei didn't have time to argue so much. Anyway, "Shu Mountain" was produced with his own investment. The more popular Xu Ke and "Shu Mountain" are, the better the box office will be, and the more Kang Jianfei will earn.
Kang Jianfei put a small part of his energy on each woman, and most of his energy on the preparation and filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
The special effects of "Shushan" were produced by the Industrial Light and Magic team. DreamWorks deployed some talented photographers, set designers, makeup artists, artists, etc. to follow them throughout the process. They also invited some professionals who understand mechanics, electronics, and computers.
From beginning to end, I'm stealing lessons from Industrial Light & Magic.
After the special effects production of "Shushan" was completed, those who learned some special effects techniques from Industrial Light and Magic were all incorporated into the "Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Company".
The so-called Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Company, a new company specially established by Kang Jianfei, is also affiliated with Oriental Entertainment and Culture Group.
The company is divided into three parts. The first is Kang Jiaban, headed by Huang Xia, who is responsible for action and martial arts effects; the second is the Raptors stunt team, headed by Luo Lixian, who is responsible for the shooting of cars, explosions, fires and other stunts; the third is the movie special effects team.
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All special effects and action design in "A Chinese Ghost Story" were completed by Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Company. Special effects artists from Winston Studio were also invited to assist and guide.
Winston Studio is the company responsible for the special effects of "Terminator". It has been acquired by Kang Jianfei for several years. It is basically a free-range state that spends money. However, with the popularity of "Terminator", Winston Studio quickly became prosperous.
Together, it is more profitable than Industrial Light & Magic, which has been focusing on high-end special effects.
Of course, this metaphor is that of a tramp compared to a beggar. Whether it is Winston Studio or Industrial Light and Magic, they are actually losing money. Kang Jianfei has spent more than 1 million US dollars on it and has not seen a penny of profit.
"A Feng, are you ready with your tree spirit model?" Kang Jianfei walked up to a man about 30 years old and asked.
This person’s name is Zhang Yunfeng. He studied mechanical engineering abroad. After returning to Hong Kong, there was no stage for him to perform, so he could only work in a sales company. When Xu Ke was filming "Shu Mountain", he published this in the newspaper
There was a recruitment advertisement looking for mechanical special effects artists. Zhang Yunfeng rushed to sign up as soon as he got excited. Now he is responsible for the technical work of the entire special effects team.
"Okay. Compared with the special effects of "Shu Mountain", this is really too simple." Zhang Yunfeng walked to a "big locust tree" and asked his assistant to plug in the power. After he pressed the button in the hole of the tree,
The branches and leaves of the locust tree immediately moved flexibly.
"Not bad," Kang Jianfei nodded in approval. "Ask your subordinates to choose the material of the dryad's tongue. Don't let others know it's fake at a glance."
Zhang Yunfeng ordered: "Okay, I will ask them to find more materials to test and try to find the most suitable one."
Although the special effects in the original "A Chinese Ghost Story" were pretty good for the time, Kang Jianfei still wanted to keep improving. Because in his plan, "Shushan" was to be screened in the Christmas and New Year movies, while "A Chinese Ghost Story" was to be screened during the Spring Festival.
It will be released on the same schedule. The difference between before and after is only a few months. If the special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are too bad, it will probably disappoint the audience who just watched "Shu Mountain".
After giving a few more instructions, Kang Jianfei saw a car stop outside, and he immediately abandoned the special effects team and walked out.
"Why are you here so early?" Kang Jianfei opened the car door and said to Zhong Chuhong with a smile.
Zhong Chuhong rolled her eyes at him and joked: "You think I'm getting in the way by coming early?"
Kang Jianfei laughed and coaxed Zhong Chuhong and said, "How could it be? I can't wait to be with you, Ah Hong, every day."
There were more than a dozen women. Whenever Kang Jianfei was free, he would have dinner and dates with them for ten and a half days. Occasionally, he would call and talk love with the ones he couldn't take care of.
Kang Jianfei asked the staff to open a table, sat down with Zhong Chuhong and said: "It's a bit messy here, let's make do with it."
"I just attended a ribbon cutting, which is nearby, so I stopped by to take a look," Zhong Chuhong said, looking at the busy people in the room, "It's quite interesting to do special effects."
Zhong Chuhong is DreamWorks' signature actress, and she doesn't take on private work easily, so the value of commercial activities is astonishingly high. She said that she had just attended the ribbon-cutting, and it was most likely that a friend was starting a company, and she couldn't turn it down, so she came to support it.
When Kang Jianfei saw that Zhong Chuhong was very interested in special effects work, he could only sigh: "In three to five years, I don't expect these people to make money for me. How many producers in Hong Kong are willing to do special effects? They all rush to
Comedy makes money."
Zhong Chuhong said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. "Shu Mountain" stole the show this time. Jiahe and Xinyi City will definitely not be able to bear the loneliness."
Kang Jianfei looked at his watch and said, "Let's go, find a place to eat."
Zhong Chuhong asked: "You don't work anymore?"
"Why do I have to do any work without you?" Kang Jianfei smiled and took Zhong Chuhong's hand and walked out.
After the two went out and got in the car, before the door was closed, they couldn't help hugging each other and kissing passionately. The two hadn't seen each other for more than half a month, and Zhong Chuhong had long missed her so much that she didn't even bother to find a place to eat.
, after some intimacy, Kang Jianfei drove her directly to a nearby villa.
Kang Jianfei's various scandals have long been spread. The more women he has an affair with, the lower his credibility becomes, or maybe everyone is numb to it and has no interest in it. So much so that if the gossip tabloids now,
There were no photos of Kang Jianfei being intimate with the actress, so we didn't even bother to create gossip about him.
On the soft big bed, after some lovemaking, Zhong Chuhong lay on Kang Jianfei's body and said with jealousy: "Why did you choose that Wang Zuxian as the heroine this time? Are you planning some bad ideas again?"
"How is that possible? With you, I can't even look down on other women." Kang Jianfei was shameless and told lies without changing his face.
How could Zhong Chuhong believe Kang Jianfei's lies, but she really couldn't do anything about it, especially since the news of Pan Yingzi's pregnancy had spread within the company, Zhong Chuhong felt even worse.
"No, I also want to be the heroine," Zhong Chuhong said in a rare coquettish way, and added, "You must direct it yourself!"
"Okay, okay, I'll make your movie after filming "A Chinese Ghost Story"." Kang Jianfei was afraid that she would make some more outrageous requests, so he turned over and pressed Zhong Chuhong underneath, and the two naked bodies were entangled again.
Kang Jianfei decided to make several foreign films next, but for a while he was really not sure what to make. After all, there is a cultural and aesthetic gap between the East and the West, and it was unclear whether the audience would welcome it. (To be continued.)
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