Kang Jianfei plans to film "Fang Fang" himself, not just invest, and he also plans to put the story where it takes place in Hong Kong.
The reason for making this decision was not that Kang Jianfei thought of making a literary film on a whim, but that he came to find Sophie Marceau with a plan.
Today, Kang Jianfei is one of the top commercial directors in Asia, and the development of DreamWorks has reached a bottleneck. Distribution networks in Europe, America, and Australia have been initially established, but except for "Shu Mountain", other DreamWorks movies are not popular in Europe and the United States.
In the past, the first part of "The Royal Sisters" relied on the combination of explosions, speeding cars and kung fu elements to successfully enter the North American market. However, the subsequent sequels of "The Royal Sisters" have not box office success in North America.
The only difference between the film and the film, to put it bluntly, is that it was too fresh for North American audiences.
The popularity of "Shushan" in Europe also caused a wave of China fever in European countries. However, the subsequent movies sold by DreamWorks to Europe were very reluctant at the box office. Films like "The Gambler" became the number one box office seller in Europe.
In France, the box office revenue is not as high as in Thailand, so we can only comfort ourselves by selling a little and making a little.
Kang Jianfei also made "Home Alone" which was a hit around the world, but when it came to being a Chinese-language film and selling it to Europe and the United States, not many movie fans were willing to buy into his reputation as a Kangda director.
Kang Jianfei wants to hit the European market this time with a Chinese-language film, not a costumed fantasy film that relies on special effects, but a modern literary film that European audiences like.
It is difficult to cultivate a market. It cannot be done with one or two popular movies. It took decades for Japanese animation to be gradually accepted by readers around the world. In order to promote Japanese animation, the Japanese government has allocated a number of special funds.
One billion, buying animation works and donating them to third world countries for free is not for doing good things. It is just to cultivate the Japanese animation market and export Japanese culture to these countries.
In Hollywood, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have both worked hard, and Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks has also been trying to enter the North American market. But now Kang Jianfei has decided to change his mind. His plan is to stabilize the Asian and Australian markets, and then slowly cultivate the African and European markets to establish a stable
Heel and then go to Hollywood.
The movie "Fangfang" is Kang Jianfei's first step into the French market.
First of all, this is an art film. With the French goddess Sophie Marceau starring as the heroine, and the fact that this film really appeals to the French, it will be very easy to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
As long as "Fang Fang" can be a hit in France, then DreamWorks will collect some Hong Kong and Taiwanese literary films and distribute them to cater to the French audience, so that the French can gradually accept Chinese faces and cultural habits, at least
Don't be disgusted or resisted.
"I hope this movie can be shot in Hong Kong." Kang Jianfei raised his wine glass and touched Sophie Marceau lightly. "The filming will be officially started in September. When will your contract expire?"
Sophie Marceau said: "At the beginning of October, after filming "First Love", I signed a five-year contract with the company."
Kang Jianfei thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll write the script and send it to you after I go back. You should familiarize yourself with the script and the characters first. I'll start filming as usual in September, but I'll film other characters first. Your contract expires in October
Come to Hong Kong again.”
"Then it's settled." Sophie Marceau happily drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp.
After dinner, Kang Jianfei sent Sophie Marceau home very gentlemanly. Then he returned to the hotel where he stayed alone. There was no super-friendly relationship between the two.
After returning to Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei immediately devoted himself to the post-production of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". He could not remember the soundtrack of this film, and could only vaguely recall a short melody, so he had to find professionals to do the soundtrack.
By the time the post-production work was completed, it was already the end of June, and DreamWorks' first summer movie "Tongzhi Zhongxing" had been released for a full week at Oriental Cinemas and Yindu Cinemas.
This historical drama that did not appear in another time and space, thanks to the sufficient financial support of DreamWorks, the effect of the film is far better than the previous two "Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain".
Liang Jiahui only played a supporting role in "Tongzhi Zhongxing". The real protagonist was Cixi, played by Liu Xiaoqing. As for the Tongzhi Emperor, he was played by a little kid from the mainland.
The first part of "The Legend of Cixi", "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", had a box office of 1,543 in Hong Kong, and the second part of "The Legend of Empress", released in the same year, had a box office of 12.02 million, both of which entered the top ten of the annual Hong Kong box office list in 1983.
You must know that the box office at that time was quite different from the current ticket prices, and they were all released by Yindu Cinema Line in ordinary schedules such as the end of September and the end of October. It is incredible to be among the top ten in the annual box office list.
Now that "Tongzhi Zhongxing" has been screened consecutively in the summer season by Oriental Cinema and Yindu Cinema, the box office can be described as a "Surge". By the eve of the release of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the box office of "Tongzhi Zhongxing" has exceeded 20 million
Daguan has become a shining dark horse in the summer season. The film's director Li Hanxiang has become famous again after two years of silence, and the heroine Liu Xiaoqing has also become well-known to more Hong Kong people.
Who says that Hong Kong people only like to watch comedies and kung fu movies? Historical films and literary films can still make a lot of money at the box office in Hong Kong as long as they are made to a high standard.
The filming and promotion of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" were arranged by others. Apart from recording two promotional programs, Kang Jianfei was free. While slowly improving the script of "Fang Fang", he also tried his best to spare time to accompany his ten
There are many women and a pair of children who cannot walk.
The release time of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is getting closer and closer, and the Miss Dong and Miss Hong Kong beauty pageants have also held semi-finals. After Kang Jianfei got the shortlist of Miss Dong, he actually discovered two "acquaintances".
One is Zhou Haimei, who was supposed to participate in Miss Hong Kong last year, but was defeated in the semi-finals; the other is Qiu Yueqing, who will be the Miss Asia champion next year and will become a third-level porn star in the future.
One of these two women took a year back, the other a year ahead, and actually both reached the finals of this year's Miss Oriental beauty pageant.
Qiu Yueqing aside, Zhou Haimei impressed Kang Jianfei deeply.
If Weng Meiling is the representative of Huang Rong and Li Ruotong is the incarnation of Little Dragon Girl, then Zhou Haimei will always be Zhou Zhiruo. Since she played the role of Zhou Zhiruo, the first thing people think of when talking about Zhou Zhiruo is Zhou Haimei. Even the later version of Gao Yuanyuan, which was quite successful,
It is just a comprehensive imitation of Zhou Haimei's version from appearance to performance style.
It's a pity that Zhou Haimei's call for winning the title of Miss Oriental this time is not high. It can even be said that no one is optimistic about her. If it were not for another contestant's serious mistake in the semi-finals, Zhou Haimei would not even be able to enter the finals.
It's not that Zhou Haimei is not beautiful, but she is too young, and she even looks like a carefree and silly elder sister when she smiles. If such a woman is allowed to become the Miss Oriental Champion, it will undoubtedly lower the style of Miss Dongfang.
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"Why don't I go?" He Chaoqiong said, mixing milk powder for her son.
Kang Jianfei teased his son Xiao Yuxin's face and said, "What's wrong? You are an upper-class socialite in Hong Kong, and you are more than qualified to be a judge in a beauty pageant."
There are still ten judges for this year's Miss Oriental beauty pageant final. Last week, one of the judges had a car accident and was hospitalized. Kang Jianfei couldn't find anyone for a while, so he decided to let He Chaoqiong be the judge.
He Chaoqiong was under house arrest in the villa for more than half a year. She regained her freedom after giving birth. However, she did not go anywhere because she had to take care of the child, so Kang Jianfei wanted to take this opportunity to let He Chaoqiong go out for some air.
"Okay then. I'll give it a try." He Chaoqiong was bored and agreed easily.
He Chaoqiong took a sip of the milk in the bottle to test the temperature, and then took the baby out of the crib. As soon as the little guy's mouth touched the pacifier, he immediately stretched out his little hands to hug the bottle tightly. While drinking milk, his two little feet were still
Kicking around happily.
Kang Jianfei has a male chauvinism in his heart and inevitably favors boys over girls. At least he sees his son much more frequently than his daughter.
He Chaoqiong had a maternal tenderness about her at this time, and Kang Jianfei couldn't help but sit over and put his arms around her waist, lowered his head and kissed the side of He Chaoqiong's face.
"Don't do this!" He Chaoqiong's reaction was not big. She just knocked Kang Jianfei away with her elbow. It was obvious that she was no longer disgusted with Kang Jianfei's intimate actions.
Kang Jianfei did not push for an inch. He only hugged He Chaoqiong's waist, told her jokes and breastfed the baby.
After his son fell asleep in the crib, Kang Jianfei said, "Arqiong, don't you like listening to music? I brought you a gift."
"Leslie Cheung's new album?" He Chaoqiong guessed. Since she broke up with Chen Baiqiang, she stopped listening to Chen Baiqiang's songs and became a fan of Leslie Cheung.
Kang Jianfei took out a cassette tape and said with a smile: "It's not Ah Rong's. You will know after listening to it. This album will not be released until next month."
He Chaoqiong curiously took the tape and took a look, only to see that the name of the album was "Goodbye Ideal", and the singer was a group named beyond.
"I remembered, it was the group that participated in The Voice last year." He Chaoqiong suddenly had an impression.
Kang Jianfei put his arms around He Chaoqiong's shoulders and said, "Let's go to the study and listen. Don't disturb Xiaoxin when he sleeps."
Chao Qiong was obviously still a little uncomfortable with Kang Jianfei's intimate gestures from time to time, but she gradually accepted it.
The two came to the study, and He Chaoqiong put the tape into the machine. The first song was called "Waiting Forever".
After listening to it for a while, He Chaoqiong frowned and said, "I don't really like this kind of song, it's too noisy."
"Keep listening," Kang Jianfei said with a smile.
The second song is "Arab Dancing Girl". This song is an early work of Beyond. Its style has not yet been established. It sounds even worse than the song "Forever Waiting" just now.
He Chaoqiong patiently stopped. The third song was "Goodbye Ideal". Kang Jianfei participated in the arrangement of this song, which is completely different from the previous two songs.
After just listening to the first few lines of the lyrics, He Chaoqiong suddenly became energetic and put aside all the distracting thoughts in his mind to listen and appreciate it carefully.
To be honest, Beyond's songs were not popular at first. It was not that those people didn't appreciate it, but that their early songs were really hard to listen to, or their style was too niche.
In order to record their first album, Beyond wrote a total of more than 20 songs and submitted them to Fengxing Records. After much selection, only 9 songs were barely included, and they also made major changes in the arrangement.
In the end, Kang Jianfei took the initiative himself and wrote the song "Cold Rainy Night", which brought together 10 songs for this album.
After listening to "Goodbye Ideal", He Chaoqiong felt that the following song "Silent Farewell" was also very good, but the next two songs were not complimentary.
He Chaoqiong picked up the tape cassette and looked at it boredly. After looking at it for a while, he said in surprise: "There is actually another song written by you."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Would you like it if you heard it?"
"Okay." He Chaoqiong pressed the fast forward button and adjusted it several times to finally reach the beginning of "Cold Rainy Night".
"Walking in the rain
blue street lights gradually revealed
looking at each other
hugging silently
…
I'm by your side on a cold rainy night
hope you will know
Do you know my heart
Changed from before
Get along with each other only far-fetchedly
I don’t want to go home on a cold rainy night
Afraid of looking at your back
Just smile and look at the raindrops
Be clear about what you need to know
It's a pity that I don't have the guts to try
…”
He Chaoqiong is a person who loves music very much. Otherwise, her two boyfriends would not be singers in the original time and space. Her ideal love partner is a musical talent.
Now "Cold Rainy Night" "composed" by Kang Jianfei was brought out, and it obviously overshadowed the other songs in the album. He Chaoqiong was immediately amazed. Both the melody, style and lyrics made her fascinated.
He Chaoqiong closed his eyes and listened to "Cold Rainy Night". Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to hold her in his arms. Their bodies swayed gently with the music. Finally, Kang Jianfei lowered his head and kissed He Qianjin's red lips.
In the past, Kang Jianfei's move would have been pushed away by He Chaoqiong, but this time she only struggled slightly, and her teeth sank under Kang Jianfei's deft tongue.
Kang Jianfei's teasing made He Chaoqiong more lost than the singing. She was taken off her clothes in a daze. Not only was her sweet talk lingering with the man, but her breasts and buttocks were changing shape as the man kneaded her.
He Chaoqiong's breathing became more and more rapid, and it wasn't until Kang Jianfei pushed him onto the sofa that he stopped him and said, "No, I just gave birth to a baby."
"It's been more than three months." Kang Jianfei separated He Qianjin's breasts and pressed down hard with his waist and hips.
"Hmm..." He Chaoqiong frowned in pain at first, and then hummed under the man's collision. From the initial passive acceptance, it didn't take long for him to actively cater to the enjoyment.
The summer breeze blew the curtains of the study room swaying gently, and the breathing sounds of the men and women in the room gradually stopped. He Chaoqiong, who was pressed under the man, calmed down for a while and said: "Go take a bath, I'm sweating a lot, and I'm sticky."
died."
Kang Jianfei pressed his forehead against He Chaoqiong's and said in a sullen voice, "Kiss me first."
"Stop being so shameless!" He Chaoqiong smiled and tried to push Kang Jianfei away.
Kang Jianfei pressed firmly against her body and smiled lazily: "Kiss her before we talk."
He Chaoqiong had no choice but to kiss him with her lips raised. However, Kang Jianfei caught him and kissed him passionately again. The two sweaty men and women rolled together again. (To be continued...) u