Kang Jianfei chatted with Anne Hurd and Barry Morrow for a few words, then took the script and started reading it. After only reading half of it, Kang Jianfei knew that what he had got was the original script of "Rain Man", which was the same as the previous film.
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After patiently reading the script, Kang Jianfei said to Barry Morrow: "The script is good and very touching."
"Thank you for the compliment!" Barry Morrow said happily.
There are so many screenwriters in Hollywood, and they write countless scripts every year, but very few of them can actually be made into movies. Young screenwriters like Barry Morrow, unless they are lucky enough to meet a bole, they have to take their time.
Only through qualifications and experience can you get ahead by accumulating fame step by step.
The script of "Rain Man" was praised by the boss of the film company. Barry Morrow felt that he was one step closer to success. When he smiled, the fat on his chubby face trembled.
"But," Kang Jianfei's next words made Barry Morrow feel nervous, "the script still has some shortcomings, and the production may not be satisfactory."
Barry Morrow quickly said: "Mr. Kang, I will revise it carefully."
"I hope I can revise it myself," Kang Jianfei smiled slightly and said to him, "Don't worry, the first screenwriter will still sign your name."
For the screenwriter, the script is like his child. Now that Kang Jianfei has to be the stepfather of this child, Barry Morrow still feels a little awkward.
However, even a well-known senior screenwriter cannot guarantee that his script will not be changed word for word. Faced with the request of investor Kang Jianfei, Barry Morrow could only nod in agreement.
Kang Jianfei asked Anne Hurd again: "Who do you think is the best director?"
"How's Sidney Pollack?" Anne Hurd asked.
Sidney Pollack was the one who had just finished filming "Out of Africa". More than a year ago, he took the script to Hong Kong and deceived Kang Jianfei into investing 10 million. He also took Kang Jianfei's investment letter of intent and ran back to the United States to deceive 20th Century Fox.
Invest money.
And precisely because they collaborated on "Out of Africa", Anne Hurd had a good personal relationship with Pollack. After receiving the script of "Rain Man", her first reaction was to let Pollack be the director.
The original director of "Rain Man" was Barry Levinson, but his current status and reputation in Hollywood are far inferior to that of Sidney Pollack.
Kang Jianfei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, please contact him."
After sending away the two Americans, Kang Jianfei took the "Rain Man" script and flew north the next day. Hu Juncai's wedding was about to be held. As the first friend he met after time travel, Kang Jianfei wanted to attend.
wedding.
After Anne Hurd returned to the United States, she immediately contacted Sidney Pollack and wanted to invite him to be the director of "Rain Man". Unfortunately, Pollack had just accepted a movie and had no time to shoot "Rain Man".
Then came a coincidence that made Kang Jianfei feel weird. After Sidney Pollack refused to direct "Rain Man", he actually recommended Barry Levinson, the original director of "Rain Man" in another time and space, to Anne Hurd.
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It turns out that directors Barrack and Levinson are good friends. The global hit "My Fair Lady" a few years ago was written and co-directed by Barry Levinson and directed by Sidney Pollack.
After a lot of work, "Rain Man" finally fell into the hands of Barry Levinson. But the second screenwriter became Kang Jianfei.
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"A Fei!" At the pick-up gate of the Capital Airport, Ye Zipei, a pretty widow whom she hadn't seen for several months, suppressed her excitement and waved to Kang Jianfei and shouted.
Three bodyguards, Zhang Degong, Zhu Zhenguo and Liu Fei, were dragging their luggage behind. Kang Jianfei walked over quickly and hugged Ye Zipei tightly, giving him a warm hug.
Although Chinese people rarely make out on the streets these days, fortunately, many foreign film and television works have been introduced, and people who can fly are more knowledgeable than ordinary people. Therefore, the surrounding tourists are not too surprised by the actions of the two.
However, Ye Zipei was a little embarrassed because Hu Juncai and Ye Zishan were also nearby. She pushed Kang Jianfei away and whispered: "Don't do this!"
Kang Jianfei smiled and turned towards Hu Juncai and Ye Zishan, saying: "Congratulations to you two, your "qingren" are finally married."
Ye Zishan smiled happily and said, "Thank you."
Hu Juncai was also very happy. He asked: "A Fei, when will it be my turn to drink your wedding wine?"
Since having his daughter, Kang Jianfei is no longer so afraid of family and marriage, but he is not sure who he should marry. The main reason is that he has too many women.
There were two cars outside the airport hall, one was Hu Juncai's private car and the other was Ye Zishan's family bus.
Hu Juncai's private car is very interesting. It looks square and dull in appearance, but has some subtle curvatures and edges. It can be described as hiding cleverness and clumsiness. At first glance, the appearance of the car is extremely ugly, but after a few more glances, it becomes clearer.
I found that it has a bit of flavor and is an extremely classic and attractive model.
Kang Jianfei got into the car and asked, "What kind of car is this? It's quite unique. I'll get one someday."
Hu Juncai introduced: "Lada 2105, a rough car imported from the Soviet Union, can't be compared with your car."
Ye Zipei now lives in Yezhai in the capital, and Kang Jianfei seldom stays in a hotel, but lives directly in a courtyard house in Xicheng District.
Kang Jianfei asked Hu Juncai to help buy this courtyard house. He used government connections to resettle the original residents and spent a total of 600,000 yuan. At this time, an ordinary courtyard house in Beijing only cost 5,000 to 6,000 yuan.
The reason why Kang Jianfei spent so much money to buy a courtyard house was because he bought the top-grade courtyard house in the capital - Guojun Prince's Mansion in Mengrui Hutong.
Yes, it's the King Guo in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
However, the Guojun Prince's Mansion is too big. It is divided into dozens of courtyards and has a full 1,560 houses. Kang Jianfei's 600,000 yuan only bought No. 41, 42, and 43 of the Guojun Prince's Mansion.
Courtyard No. 44 and No. 45.
If Kang Jianfei doesn't buy it, these houses will be demolished in 20 years until only part of Courtyard No. 45 is left. He feels that he is not only taking advantage of it to buy good things, but also protecting cultural relics.
After several months of renovation and renovation, the five courtyards have all become brand new, many times better than the one Hu Juncai bought.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of the courtyard houses in the capital became large courtyards. Hu Juncai's courtyard house is a typical example. You can hear children crying and couples quarreling every day, and you can't even drive them away.
Kang Jianfei was much more generous. He directly gave 5,000 yuan to the residents who originally lived in the five courtyards. The money was more than enough to buy another house, and the "aboriginals" happily moved out.
It has to be said that Kang Jianfei had too many RMB in his hand, and he could never spend them all.
The money earned from selling movies in the mainland is all in RMB. This money cannot be converted into US dollars or Hong Kong dollars and taken away. It can only be invested and spent in the mainland. In addition to building movie theaters, department stores and record companies, Kang Jianfei really doesn’t know.
How to spend money? You can only buy things everywhere and turn RMB into fixed assets.
Moreover, Kang Jianfei's several department stores and record companies are now making money every day, and he has more and more RMB in his hands. He simply donates more than half of the money he can't use up in exchange for a good reputation.
Just after the Spring Festival this year, Kang Jianfei donated 2 million yuan each to the local government that cooperated with him in building a cinema, and 1 million yuan each to the top ten universities in the country. Then he donated to Dengfeng County, where the Shaolin Temple is located.
and Zhengzhou City donated 1 million and 2 million respectively, and then donated a total of 10 million in student aid to more than a dozen poor areas.
In one month, Kang Jianfei donated more than 40 million yuan that could not be spent. His generosity exceeded that of Boss Shao and Huo Daheng, and he suddenly became a big red capitalist. The leaders of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency were also extremely happy.
, because Kang Jianfei’s patriotic behavior is their greatest political achievement.
"This place is nice!" Kang Jianfei couldn't help but admired as he walked into No. 45 Courtyard of Guojun Prince's Mansion.
Although it is not as detailed as the southern gardens with pavilions, terraces and water pavilions, the Prince's Mansion has its own grandeur. Compared with the Guojun Prince's Mansion with its deep courtyard and carved beams, Kang Jianfei feels that his Repulse Bay Villa No. 4 is rubbish.
Ye Zipei was also here for the first time, and couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful here, it's almost like the palace."
Hu Juncai said: "You don't know that Courtyard No. 45 is a little better. When Courtyard No. 41 and Courtyard 43 were first bought, the yard was full of dirt and sewage, the foundation was a bit rotten, and the walls in many places were also broken.
.The repairs to the courtyard have cost tens of thousands of yuan, enough to buy ten courtyard houses in Beijing."
Kang Jianfei said: "If you like it, you can all move in. Anyway, if the fifth courtyard is empty, it will only get moldy."
"Okay, you can come here to relax when you have nothing to do." Ye Zishan said first. After all, she couldn't survive at home. Now she honestly works as a clerk in the Youth League Central Committee.
Hu Juncai is now the shareholder and general manager of the Shaolin Temple Tourism Development Company and Oriental International Cinemas (theatre chain company). His net worth is not to mention in mainland China, even in Hong Kong he can be considered a small tycoon.
It's easy to do things when you have money. The wedding of Hu Juncai and Ye Yeshan will not take place until after tomorrow, but all the preparations have been done long ago, and they are just waiting for the wedding guests to be entertained.
A few people were sitting under a tree in the palace garden. A pot of tea was placed on a stone table. Everyone was drinking tea and chatting, which was quite interesting.
We didn't chat for long before the topic got down to business. Hu Juncai said: ""Shu Mountain" sold very well in the mainland, but the box office was less than 30 million. Do you believe it?"
Kang Jianfei laughed and said: "Anyway, DreamWorks won't get a dime from the mainland box office of "Shushan". It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not."
Hu Juncai said sternly: "What I mean is that last year, the reviews of the films released by DreamWorks in the mainland were very good, but the box office was less than each one."
"Why?" Ye Zipei asked curiously.
Hu Juncai explained: "Major theaters are becoming more and more rampant. In the past, they only sold pirated copies of the movie one month after its release and concealed the box office, making a little money and paying unit benefits. Now they dare to act randomly just after the movie is released. Some theaters even dare to do so.
Pirated copies were shown from beginning to end, and all the box office was divided by local governments and movie theaters."
"Oh, forget it, the general environment is like this." Kang Jianfei said with emotion. This phenomenon was still common in 2000, and you couldn't control it at all. It's not bad now, at least most of the box office has been reported.
, ten years later, if a movie sells 30 million, it will be considered good if the film studio can see 10 million box office, so that the movie theater will make a lot of money, but the film's production company will lose all the money.
In the lost ten years of Chinese movies, the box office total was so low. In addition to the invasion of pirated VCDs and DVDs, another important reason was that movie theaters were cheating and causing many Chinese-language movies that should have made money to lose money. As a result, directors made
Movies can only make money by selling overseas copyrights to win awards, and few people make movies for the domestic box office.
Hu Juncai said: "The best way is to build more cinemas of my own. I plan to expand the scale of Oriental International Cinemas to eight this year. I have already cleared the official relationship and will start construction next month."
Kang Jianfei had a lot of RMB in his hand and couldn't use it up anyway. He smiled and said, "You can figure it out." Then he asked Ye Zipei, "Sister Pei, how is the Xiongfei Record Company?"
Ye Zipei said with a smile: "My hands cramped when I counted the money. The company's net profit last year was more than 11 million yuan."
"How much?" Kang Jianfei looked at Ye Zipei in surprise. There were only seven or eight employees of Xiongfei Record Company including singers, but they actually had a net profit of tens of millions.
Ye Zipei said: "Li Ningyu released two records last year, both of which sold more than 2 million copies. She earned more than half of the company's profits."
Yes, this is the benefit of a large population base. In Hong Kong, where the economy is developed, it would be good for Anita Mui to sell 200,000 copies of a record, but in mainland China, where the economy is backward, it can easily sell millions of copies. Moreover, in mainland China at this time
Record tapes are still very expensive, with a tape costing five or six yuan, while the monthly salary of most workers is less than 100 yuan.
Kang Jianfei nodded in approval and said, "Well, that's right. Send her more red envelopes to prevent her from being poached."
Ye Zipei smiled and said: "You don't need to tell me, I gave you the red envelope a long time ago. Now Ayu is a little rich woman, with at least 200,000 in the bank."
This is not an era for showing off wealth. People are afraid that others will find out if they have money. Many households worth ten thousand yuan are fed and clothed like beggars. They are afraid that if they have too much money, they will become capitalists and be criticized.
When Li Ningyu was interviewed a year ago, she excitedly told reporters that she was about to become a millionaire by singing...
Ye Zipei said: "Ah Fei, your songs are very good, and they are very popular in the capital."
"Yes," Ye Zishan chimed in, "After Li Ningyu became famous in the Spring Festival Gala, the song "I Will Walk When the Moon Goes" is now being played all over the streets. My dad really likes to listen to it."
Kang Jianfei smiled shamelessly and said: "Haha, Ayu still sings better." (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.
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ps: I wish everyone a happy Chinese Valentine's Day.
Lao Wang stopped updating again a few days ago. I'm really sorry. I have to learn to drive and spend time with my girl. Also, my old classmate who I just contacted after returning to my hometown calls me out to drink and play mahjong every day. I still have a micro-movie script that I haven't handed in yet.
