When time came to 1986, the administrative buildings of Tseung Kwan O Studios had increased to six, housing Phoenix TV, Oriental DreamWorks Pictures, Oriental Entertainment Agency, Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company, Fengxing Records, and Oriental
Film and television production company, Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects and Stunt Company, Dark Horse Comics Company, and Dark Horse Animation Company which has no official works yet.
Among them, Oriental Film and Television Production Company, the television production department of the original Oriental DreamWorks, was officially independent at the end of 1985. It provides film programs for Phoenix TV and Macau Satellite TV, and sells TV series and variety shows to East Asia through Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company.
area.
After careful consideration by the Portuguese and Macao governments, Macao Television finally publicly stated that it would accept private capital investment. However, except for Kang Jianfei, no fool would throw money at it.
On New Year's Day, the Portuguese-Macao government and Macao Television issued an announcement announcing that Macao Television would be renamed Macao Satellite Television on January 25, 1986, and announced the share structure of the television station. The Portuguese-Macao government held 35% of the shares, and Macao Gaming
Co., Ltd. holds 10% of the shares, and the remaining 55% of the TV station shares are owned by Kang Jianfei personally.
Even though Kang Jianfei has made a development plan for the TV station, neither the Portuguese and Macau government nor the gambling king Stanley Ho has any hope for the profitability of the Macau TV station. Since Kang Jianfei, the swindler, is willing to take over, the Portuguese and Macau government and Macau gaming companies will be happy to do so.
Give up the shares in your hands, and each party will get what they need, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.
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No. 18 Park Road, Jardine's Valley, is one of the gambling king's many properties in Hong Kong. Ho Chao-qiong, who was six months pregnant, was placed under "house arrest" here.
He Hongsen intentionally arranged for his daughter to marry Kang Jianfei, especially after He Chaoqiong became pregnant. He did not allow his daughter to have an abortion, whether it was for traditional concepts or religious reasons. However, regarding this, He Hongsen has regretted it recently. As for Kang Jianfei,
He Chaoqiong, who has already given up on the marriage, but is pregnant, refuses to marry.
Pregnancy before marriage is not a glorious thing after all, but He Chaoqiong is now six months pregnant. Even if He Hongsen agrees to her aborting the child, the best period has passed.
Fortunately, He Chaoqiong has calmed down and has not cried or fussed like she did when she was pregnant. Now she is very cooperative with family care and insists on doing some pregnancy exercises every day. She is very ready to be a single mother.
It has developed to the current situation. He Hongsen has a rather complicated impression of Kang Jianfei. He admires Kang Jianfei's talent, but also complains that Kang Jianfei made his daughter's belly bigger.
As for Kang Jianfei, ever since his daughter Kang Zhenqi was born, he has attached great importance to the child in He Chaoqiong's belly, and he always visits No. 18 Glenwood Road once or twice a month.
This time, it was He Hongsen who returned to live in Hong Kong (the gambling king spent two-thirds of his time in Hong Kong. The luxury houses he bought for his wives were also in Hong Kong) and invited Kang Jianfei to his home for dinner. He planned to return after the Spring Festival.
Macau takes care of business.
After Kang Jianfei entered the door, he took off his coat and handed it to the servant. He took out a small box and said, "Uncle, this is a small gift from me to Arqiong. She is still unwilling to see me. Why bother handing it over to me."
"Arqiong is really not sensible at all." He Hongsen shook his head and sighed.
Kang Jianfei pretended to be an honest child and took the initiative to admit his mistake: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have had sex after drinking."
"Oh, let's not talk anymore," He Hongsen waved his hand and asked Kang Jianfei to sit wherever he wanted, "Your company's "Shushan" sold very well. When I returned to Hong Kong, I could see "Shushan" in the newspapers every day.
news."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "It's just good luck."
Like an elder caring about the career of a younger generation, Ho Hong-sen asked: "I heard that HK$80 million was invested in "Shu Mountain". How much is the global box office now? Can the investment be recovered?"
Kang Jianfei is still very concerned about the release of "Shu Mountain" during this period, and the box office data is immediately revealed: "Now "Shu Mountain" has been released in France, West Germany, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Canada.
, it was released in 17 countries and regions around the world, including the United States and Japan, and the global box office data calculated three days ago was 98.73 million."
Ho Hongsen only knew that "Shushan" was selling very well, but he never paid attention to how much box office it took. When he heard 95.73 million, he subconsciously thought that the unit was Hong Kong dollars, and comforted: "The box office of nearly 100 million is already a lot.
There are many areas where it has not been released, so the cost should still be recovered."
Kang Jianfei had to add: "I'm talking about US dollars."
"What?" He Hongsen was also shocked because of his net worth and asked, "You mean the box office of "Shushan" was more than 90 million US dollars and more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars?"
"Yes," Kang Jianfei nodded, "nearly half of the box office of more than 90 million US dollars came from Japan. As you know, the Japanese yen has appreciated rapidly in the past year."
Perhaps because the Christmas season competition in North America is too fierce, "Shushan" only received a box office of 12.94 million US dollars in North America, which is not even as good as the previous "Royal Sister" series. (Of course, from another perspective, in fact, 1294
The North American box office of 10,000 US dollars is already pretty good, ranking among the top 30 in last year’s North American box office list.)
On the other hand, the performance of "Shushan" in Europe is extremely eye-catching. When it was released in various European countries, it was ranked among the top three in the weekly box office list. It seemed like a Chinese whirlwind was blowing in Europe.
In Asia, the performance of "Shushan" was simply eye-catching. It sold US$1.87 million at the box office in Singapore alone, successfully breaking the record set by "Shaolin Temple" in Singapore.
Especially in Japan, because there is no cultural barrier between East and West, Japanese people like "Shushan" far more than Europeans and Americans. This Oriental blockbuster caused a sensation in Japan as soon as it was released.
As the second largest film market in the world, Japan had only 10 Japanese films among the top 50 in the box office list for more than 30 years from 1980 to the time when Kang Jianfei traveled through the world, and among them Hayao Miyazaki's
Cartoon films account for 4 of them. Except for a few Chinese-language films and 10 Japanese films, the top 50 in the Japanese box office list are all Hollywood blockbusters.
As a rare Hong Kong blockbuster, "Shushan" not only contains the aesthetic taste of Orientals, but also has Hollywood special effects and heroic adventures. It is simply a masterpiece tailor-made for Japanese people who like to watch Hollywood blockbusters. In addition, "Shushan"
Shushan" just won an award at the Tokyo Film Festival, which further facilitates the promotion and distribution of this film in Japan.
From Christmas to more than half a month of spring, "Shushan" grossed 8.8 billion yen at the box office in Japan. Although it is still far from the 15 billion yen box office record set by "ET" a few years ago, it is still far behind.
It successfully became the second highest-grossing film of all time in Japan.
As for last year's blockbuster "Ran" by Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa, it only took in 1.6 billion yen at the box office in Japan, and its performance was only one-sixth of "Shushan".
"Shushan" has made a lot of money in Japan, because the yen has appreciated rapidly in recent years. In the past 1985, the exchange rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar at the beginning of the year was still 255:1, and by the end of the year it had risen to 200:1
, and when "Shu Mountain" was painted in Japan, the Japanese yen exchange rate had soared to 180 to 1.
The box office of 8.8 billion yen is equivalent to 48.78 million US dollars, which is more than 390 million in Hong Kong dollars.
It can be said that just looking at the box office in Japan, "Shushan" is enough to recover its costs and still make a lot of money.
Generally speaking, it is very rare for a blockbuster Hong Kong film to have a global box office of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars. However, "Shushan" has not yet been released in some countries, and its box office has already approached over 100 million US dollars, which is simply outrageous and staggering.
"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared." Ho Hongsen couldn't help but sigh. He and Shao Yifu are good friends, so he naturally knows how unbelievable it is for Hong Kong films to achieve such box office results.
This news has not yet been known to the Hong Kong media. Once it is revealed, you can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause.
After chatting about movies for a while, the topic turned to Macau TV station. He Hongsen asked: "Ah Fei, are you sure about Macau TV station?"
"You'll know if you try it or not?" Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
In another week, Macau Satellite TV will be officially reorganized and launched. At this time, TV programs are being produced intensively in the studios and studios of Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come.
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