"...In our traditional morality, Confucianism teaches that women should be submissive to men. This concept has been flowing in our blood. "My Sassy Girl" does the opposite. The heroine Song Mingxi played by Wang Zuxian is
A modern woman with a strong personality, she looks savage but is actually weak at heart...
... In just a few days, "My Sassy Girl" has exceeded 200,000 moviegoers in Seoul. And what about the movies made by our Korean directors? The highest-grossing "Seoul Jesus" has a total of five days of moviegoers
The number of visitors is less than 50,000, which is a huge gap between heaven and earth.
South Korea's "New Film Movement" has been going on for three years, but there are only two or three films that are really good, and the box office is not very good. Korean directors should learn from Hong Kong's film art and not blindly worship Europe and the United States.
Combining South Korea's cultural history and current situation, only in this way can we shoot our own classic movies..."
——"North Korean Film Weekly"
The situation of "My Sassy Girl" being released in South Korea can only be described as crazy. In Seoul, the capital alone, there were already 200,000 moviegoers in less than a week. You must know that Cheng Long's "Enter the Dragon" was released half a year ago
When it was released in South Korea, the total number of moviegoers in Seoul was just over 200,000.
Today, the most famous Hong Kong influences in South Korea are Chow Yun-fat, Cheng Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chung Chu Hong, Wang Zuxian and Li Saifeng. Among them, Cheng Lung has the highest cumulative number of movie viewers, but the greatest commercial value belongs to Chow Yun-fat. In South Korea's film censorship system
After the relaxation, countless Korean directors followed the trend of "A Better Tomorrow" in the past three years and produced many local Korean gangster hero films. Chow Yun-fat was also the first Hong Kong artist to be invited to South Korea to shoot commercials.
However, after the hit release of "My Sassy Girl", I am afraid that Wang Zuxian's commercial value in South Korea will suddenly exceed that of Zhou Yunfa.
There is no way. "My Sassy Girl" is too popular in South Korea. The Korean people are just like mainland China, and they have been ideologically imprisoned for decades. Although some gangster and crime-themed movies can be sold in South Korea, as long as they involve
Films about politics, religion, and traditional ethics were all banned in the first two to three decades.
Even now, pornographic films can appear in Korean cinemas without any scruples, but "Seoul Jesus" by Korean film new movement director Jang Sun-woo was censored for more than two years and could not be screened until Christmas this year.
Screen - In fact, he just filmed some weird experiences of a mental patient who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus after escaping from the hospital.
"My Sassy Girl" has some twists and turns to save the country. This movie has nothing to do with politics or religion, but it directly impacts the traditional Korean concept of male superiority and female inferiority. While pleasing Korean women, it can also avoid disgusting Korean men.
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This kind of challenge to traditional concepts is not comparable to the action and gunfight movies of Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa. It is a kind of ideological shock and impact. In addition, this movie is funny and touching, and Korean audiences are
Like a rush to buy at a shopping mall promotion, people rushed into the cinema to watch "My Sassy Girl".
After World War II, feminist thought emerged in Europe and the United States. In the past, American women did not work after getting married, but now they are entering the workplace one by one.
"My Sassy Girl" may be just a good romantic comedy to European and American audiences, but in the Confucian cultural circle of Asia, it is an impact on traditional aesthetics.
A Japanese women's magazine praised Kang Jianfei after the release of "My Sassy Girl", calling him a "true feminist director."
Whether it is Japan, South Korea or Singapore and Hong Kong, a whirlwind of brutality suddenly blew up this Christmas. The new generation of girls regarded Wang Zuxian as their idol and expressed their love for their boyfriends with punches and kicks.
When their boyfriends protested, the girls responded with the ten love rules in the film, and began to question their boyfriends: If you are not even willing to be beaten for me, it means you don't love me at all!
Many men are very grateful to Kang Jianfei, because after watching the movie with their girlfriends, they went to find a room to find romance in the movie, and naturally won the other person.
There are also many men who are gnashing their teeth at Kang Jianfei. "My Sassy Girl" has become a savage bible, turning the originally gentle and lovely girl into a ferocious appearance.
"Ming Pao Weekly" commented on this: "There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei has made another phenomenal movie."
Although some older audiences have criticized the film, this cannot stop "My Sassy Girl" from raking in box offices everywhere. Not only has Wang Zuxian's title as one of the four queens been stabilized, but his fame has also risen again, and his influence is only
Second to Zhong Chuhong.
Wu Zhenyu, who plays the male lead, obviously has far more roles than the female lead, but is completely eclipsed by Wang Zuxian. Many fans have watched the movie several times and don't even know Wu Zhenyu's name. They only know him as "Porn Cow".
But even so, Wu Zhenyu rose from a bit actor to a quasi-first-line movie star in Hong Kong. His good luck made many young actors envious and jealous.
Wu Zhenyu in another time and space had several nicknames: "Liang Kun" and "Brother Kun", but now his nicknames are "Qian Niu" and "Brother Niu", and his painting style is very different.
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"Next time the company's flagship film will be released, Kang Jianfei's movie must be avoided!" Pan Disheng threw a magazine on the table in confusion.
Cen Jianxun sat on the sofa opposite him, drinking tea with his legs crossed, and continued: "But we are in the theater chain, and we will eventually have to face Kang Jianfei's film, so we can't give up the entire prime Christmas period."
Pan Desheng had nothing to say about this. They prepared a romantic comedy with a big cast to be screened on Christmas Day, but it was crushed by "My Sassy Girl". It only got 100 million at the box office in the first week.
More than 5 million.
Although including the overseas box office, Debao Film Company's romantic comedy will definitely make a lot of money, but it was overwhelmed by the movies released at the same time in Hong Kong, which still made Mr. Pan very depressed.
Cen Jianxun stood up and walked over, picked up the magazine that Pan Disheng had just thrown on the table. He glanced at it and said, "Kang Jianfei really flew into the sky this time."
The magazine in Cen Jianxun's hand is the last issue of "Times" in 1987. It has a ranking of the 50 most outstanding international directors (living directors). Among them, four Asian directors are ranked: Japanese
Director Akira Kurosawa ranked 7th, Hong Kong director King Hu ranked 27th, and Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi ranked 50th.
Kang Jianfei was also ranked on the list of the world's most outstanding directors. His ranking was slightly behind King Hu, at 32nd.
In fact, Kang Jianfei is dismissive of this ranking. Who knows how the editors of "Times" ranked it? This thing is extremely subjective. Even the personal relationship between the director and the editor may affect this list.
's ranking.
However, for other Hong Kong filmmakers, this ranking by Time Magazine is a very high honor. This is an authoritative certification from a famous American magazine.
Phoenix TV and several Hong Kong newspapers reported on this matter, so Pan Desheng had the last issue of Time Magazine.
Kang Jianfei is ranked in the middle of the 50-person list, but he is very eye-catching because he is the only one in his 20s. The youngest directors on the list are all in their 40s.
In any case, Kang Jianfei's reputation as a talented director is firmly established. After the authoritative certification of "Times Magazine", he belongs to the truly great international directors.
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When Pan Desheng was depressed that the box office was not as good as expected, Huang Baiming was calling it a fluke. His desperate big-cast project "Eight Stars Announcement" was originally intended to be released during the Christmas season, but it couldn't compete with New Art City for the schedule.
So we settled for the next best thing and decided to release it in mid-January, which is the middle of the New Year schedule.
Now it seems that "Eight Star Announcement" has just avoided the strong period of "My Sassy Girl". Huang Baiming watched with a smile as the movie hit the streets of New Art City.
Hong Kong night market, a food stall.
Huang Baiming, who was already the boss of a film company, was having a late-night snack with Johnnie To, Lin Lingdong and Teddy Robin at the food stall.
The year that Kang Jianfei traveled through time, Johnnie To made a blockbuster new wave movie. Later, he felt that his abilities were insufficient, so he went back to film TV series. Along the way, he became a producer at TVB, and was roped in by Huang Baiming a few months ago.
Vientiane Film Company.
Lin Lingdong and Teddy Robin used to live in Xinyi City. As soon as Huang Baiming left, they were too happy to stay there, so they all ran out to join Huang Baiming. Teddy Robin even opened a small restaurant of his own.
record company.
There are three gangs of heroes. Huang Baiming was not only unsatisfied on his own, but now he has three generals under his command. Although he has withdrawn from Xinyi City, many handovers have not been completed, such as the copyrights of those previous movies.
How to divide it, how much it would be worth if converted into money, and various hidden assets are also difficult to count.
Huang Baiming was going to talk to Lei Juekun after the New Year. He wanted to use the hidden assets of Xinyi City to exchange for part of the equity of Vientiane Pictures, and then use his own part to transfer the equity of these new companies.
Allocate three people to Du Qifeng and win over the three generals with shares.
"I just said, don't fight with Mecca and the others about the schedule. Idiots just bumped into Kang Jianfei's movie. Now they know it's a headache." Teddy Robin gloated while drinking beer. It seemed that Mecca and Shi Tian's movie was ruined.
Made him feel very happy.
Johnnie To said with emotion: "I went to see "My Sassy Girl" yesterday. Kang Jianfei is really amazing. In fact, we have been chasing after him, but we can't catch up."
Huang Baiming smiled and consoled him: "Ah Feng, don't belittle yourself too much. Our "Eight Star Announcement" was also good. I estimate it may even surpass "My Sassy Girl" at the box office."
Lin Lingdong echoed: "It's very possible."
Huang Baiming's words are not arrogant, but have their own reasons. "Eight Stars" gathered eight popular stars, and it is a comedy movie for all ages, while the main viewing group of "My Sassy Girl" is
Young people and many older viewers are even a little disgusted with "My Sassy Girl".
"That's not necessarily true," Johnnie To shook his head. "When "Fang Fang" was first released in the summer, I estimated that it had a box office of up to 28 million. This was coupled with Kang Jianfei's influence and the publicity effect brought by the Cannes award. That movie
The film was even more difficult to accept by Hong Kong audiences than "My Sassy Girl," but it sold so well at the box office that it made absolutely no sense, and it actually broke the 40 million mark in the end. Who knows how much box office "My Sassy Girl" will sell in the end."
As soon as Johnnie To said this, Huang Baiming also felt the same way. "Fang Fang" is currently the only local movie with a box office of over 40 million. Huang Baiming has studied it countless times afterwards, and he still hasn't figured out what happened.
Du Qifeng took a sip of wine and said mysteriously: "And I heard from Wang Jing that Kang Jianfei seems to be making big moves again."
Teddy Robin asked: "Are you talking about his plan to open a film company in South Korea?"
"Opening a company in South Korea?" Johnnie To was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Kang Jianfei is ready to officially enter Hollywood."
Huang Baiming asked: "DreamWorks seems to have been entering Hollywood."
Johnnie To smiled and said: "I mean, Kang Jianfei seems to want to acquire Paramount."
"What?" Lin Lingdong, who had said little, suddenly shouted strangely, "Kang Jianfei actually wants to acquire Paramount. He didn't take the wrong medicine, right?"
For filmmakers all over the world, Paramount Pictures is a behemoth, and I would be very happy to have the opportunity to cooperate with Paramount. There is no way to fight against or acquire Paramount.
idea.
"I don't know if it's true or not, but Wang Jing said it after he had a drink last time." Du Qifeng is Wang Jing's father's apprentice, and the two have a very good personal relationship.
Lin Lingdong asked: "Does Kang Jianfei have that much money? It would cost at least several billion to acquire Paramount."
After all, Huang Baiming was a boss. He knew very well how profitable Kang Jianfei's Eastern Group had been in recent years. He nodded and said, "Kang Jianfei's personal assets are at least more than 3 billion US dollars. He moved here and there and borrowed more from banks.
He will definitely be able to come up with enough money."
Teddy Robin shook his head: "Acquiring Paramount is too outrageous, but it would be more realistic to open a film company in South Korea."
It was only after January 1987 that South Korea allowed overseas funds to directly invest in film companies, film and distribute films in South Korea. In addition, South Korea's economy has taken off in recent years, and Hong Kong stars are very popular in South Korea, so
The Korean film market is simply a virgin land to be developed for Hong Kong filmmakers.
Apart from anything else, if you open a film company in South Korea, invest some money, get one or two Hong Kong stars and a bunch of local Korean actors to make movies, as long as you take care of the official Korean channels, you will be able to make a movie very easily.
Money trap in South Korea.
Huang Baiming is too busy in Hong Kong, otherwise from his perspective, he would definitely go to South Korea to invest in movies. (To be continued...)
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