Because of the death of "President" Chiang Kai-shek, there was chaos in Taiwan for a few months, and the situation was stabilized by someone named Li, who had already been appointed as the successor. At this time, the first batch of Taiwanese veterans to return to the mainland had also set off. Transferring to Hong Kong and flying to the Mainland opened up open people-to-people exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
In order to win the support of more people, Taiwan's "new president" Lee chose to further open up politically. Taiwan's "Information Bureau"'s ban on Kang Jianfei was finally loosened in substance, and the United States awarded the Golden Globe Award On the first day of the trip, Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia flew to Taipei.
"Rain Man" received a total of four Golden Globe Award nominations, and finally successfully won two awards for Best Actor and Best Picture, and then received eight Oscar nominations.
If you want to win an Oscar, it's impossible to just wait. You have to let the judges have a good impression of your movie in advance. In the 1980s, if you wanted a movie to win the favor of the Oscar judges, and eventually be nominated or even To win an award, you will have to spend at least several million dollars on lobbying companies to lobby the judges.
In order for "Rain Man" to win the Oscar, Kang Jianfei has already spent 5 million US dollars in lobbying expenses, but it seems that the effect is remarkable so far. Winning eight nominations is already worth it. Even if "Rain Man" does not win the award in the end, its eight The popularity of Oscar nominations has still increased the global box office by at least 10 to 20 million US dollars. Coupled with the increase in sales of audio tapes and original soundtracks, it is at least a loss in terms of input and output. If you can win one or two awards, then Make a lot of money.
When Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia landed at Taipei Airport, the screening of "Rain Man" in North America had ended. The total box office in North America was more than 172 million U.S. dollars, becoming the annual box office champion of North American movies in 1987 (ranked second). It is a comedy film "Three Dads and a Baby" produced by a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, with a box office of US$167 million).
"Rain Man" producer Anne Hurd, director Barry Levinson and protagonists Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise became famous for this film, and Tom Cruise also became successful. He lost his reputation as a bratty star and became a capable actor accepted by the public.
As for Kang Jianfei, the investor behind the scenes, he is also known to many people because of Paramount's deliberate publicity. At least after "Rain Man" won the annual box office championship, its investors took over Paramount and immediately let Paramount Ramon's stock rose slightly.
James Cameron immediately announced that he was planning to make "Terminator 2" (the production company will still be Eastern Film Company). He also sought help from Industrial Light and Magic in computer special effects, and Paramount was also planning to produce "Pretty Woman". ” and “The Endless Love between Man and Ghost”.
If the filming of these three movies goes well, it is possible that "Pretty Woman" will be released this Christmas, while the other two will not be released until at least next summer.
The huge success of "Rain Man" at the box office has attracted the attention of film studios around the world, but Kang Jianfei will have to wait until after the Oscars to negotiate prices with those film studios.
And here in Hong Kong. Perhaps due to the aftermath of the stock market crash, or perhaps because "My Sassy Girl" is not liked by older audiences, this phenomenal film only had a box office of 32.88 million in Hong Kong, which is higher than Kang Jianfei's previous film. The box office of "Fang Fang" was 9 million less.
Even so, with a box office of 31.88 million, "My Sassy Girl" still became the top Christmas film.
DreamWorks immediately released Xu Ke's "Shushan 2" in the New Year period. This sequel is still very promising, starring Li Saifeng. The high box office of 34.76 million has basically achieved the expected goal. You must know that the first part of "Shushan"
It grossed more than 38 million yuan at the box office in Hong Kong.
The only unexpected benefit of "Shushan 2" is that Xu Jinjiang, who plays the role of the main villain, has become famous. Some Xu Jinjiang fans actually appeared.
Whether it is the Christmas season or the New Year season, the Hong Kong film market is dominated by films from DreamWorks. However, in the Spring Festival season that follows, the competition becomes a little fiercer, with Golden Harvest Pictures' "The Flying Dragon" and Vientiane Pictures' "Eight Stars"
"The Annunciation" and DreamWorks' "Once Upon a Time 2" were released at the same time.
By the Spring Festival, Hong Kong citizens have recovered from the stock market crash and are celebrating the New Year happily. Watching movies is naturally one of the traditional celebration items.
"The Flying Dragon" is directed by Hung Kam-bo and stars Hung Kam-bo, Cheng Long, Yuen Biao and Ip Tak-han. Just by the names of the three brothers, they can attract countless kung fu fans; "Eight Star Announcement" is written by Huang Baiming himself.
Directed by Johnnie To, there are eight stars including Chow Yun-fat, Alan Tam, Wong Pak Ming, Jacky Cheung, Chung Chung, Irene Wan, Feng Baobao and Cheng Yuling. Just looking at the cast will scare people to death. It is an absolute big cast.
Although the script of "Once Upon a Time in the World" was written by Kang Jianfei, but after being directed by Wang Jing, the overall style has the flavor of Wang's comedy, but at least the tone of the film has not changed. Li Lian
Jie, Guan Zhilin, Mok Shaocong and Liang Xiaolong all performed well in the film. Huang Xia's action design was influenced by Kang Jianfei for many years, and has its own merits with another great Yuan Woping.
How can I put it, Wang Jing's "Once Upon a Time 2" is a little less serious than the original film and more playful and humorous, but it is still chivalrous and upright, and the fighting scenes are also similar to the original film.
There is a big difference.
The three films competed against each other during the Spring Festival. What was unexpected and reasonable was that "Eight Star Announcement", a desperate work from Huang Baiming's new company Vientiane Pictures, actually succeeded in defeating "The Flying Dragon" and "Once Upon a Time".
2", it has been leading the box office since its release.
After the Lantern Festival, three films were released one after another. "The Good News" ranked first with a box office of more than 36.85 million, and "The Dragon Warrior" and "Once Upon a Time in China 2" received a box office of 30.87 million and 30.2 million respectively.
In the same period, there were actually three movies with box office sales exceeding 30 million at the same time. This result made many outside investors jealous. It also showed that the Hong Kong film market has further prospered and has not been affected by the stock market crash a few months ago.
Of course, another impact of the three movies' box office sales exceeding 30 million is that other movies released at the same time as these three movies - all hit the streets!
Mr. Poon, who has great ambitions to become a giant in the Hong Kong film industry, was not only crushed by "My Sassy Girl" on Christmas with his carefully crafted romantic comedy, but another comedy film by Debao that was released during the Spring Festival was...
It was robbed of the audience by three blockbusters, but only sold more than 4 million at the box office.
A movie sold for more than 4 million during the Spring Festival, which means that the entire theater chain basically has few viewers. Not only did Pan Desheng's movie hit the market, his Debao Theater chain also suffered serious losses during the Spring Festival, which made him extremely depressed.
To vomit blood.
Also depressed are Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong of Xinbao Cinemas, and Zeng Zhiwei of Good Friends Film Company. They also want to get a share of the Spring Festival stalls, and the results can be imagined.
However, Mecca and Shi Tian of New Art City were lucky. Due to unexpected reasons, the movie that New Art City was planning to release during the Spring Festival was switched with "The Good News", which was originally released during the New Year's Day.
The risk of fighting in this blockbuster movie has earned more than 16 million at the box office.
"Ming Pao Weekly" selected Kang Jianfei and Huang Baiming as cover characters this time, saying that Huang Baiming was reborn from the ashes, while Kang Jianfei was soaring to the top.
Huang Baiming did a great job this time. He quit New Art City and founded Vientiane Pictures. Almost no one thought highly of him, but Huang Baiming made a champion movie in the Spring Festival.
Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks is even more astonishing. The box office of three movies in three consecutive periods has exceeded 30 million. There is no doubt that it is the most profitable film company in Hong Kong.
As for Kang Jianfei becoming the second largest shareholder of Paramount Pictures, he has already jumped out of the small quagmire of Hong Kong and gone to compete with the giants in Hollywood.
Even the Hong Kong General Assembly of the International Junior Chamber of Commerce, which has a right-leaning political leaning, could not sit still this time and began internal discussions on whether this year's top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong should be awarded to Kang Jianfei.
At this moment, Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia had arrived in Taipei, and the people who picked them up were Lin Fengjiao and Yu Kanping.
After Lin Fengjiao joined Kang Jianfei, she felt tired of filming, so she simply retired because she no longer had to worry about her future life.
Yu Kanping is already the general manager of the Taiwan branch of Oriental DreamWorks. After being banned by the Taiwan authorities, he became Taiwan's top director. With Kang Jianfei's secret investment, Yu Kanping has also made several literary and artistic films in Taiwan in recent years.
There are good points and bad points, but overall it's still a small loss.
In order to lift the ban, Yu Kanping and Lin Fengjiao have been busy during this period. Unfortunately, Taiwan's chaotic political situation has destined that no one will pay attention to them during this period.
Shao Yuming, the current "Director of the Information Bureau" of Taiwan, was a scholar and professor before. Before becoming the Director of the Information Bureau, he was also the director of the Taiwan National Chengchi University Research Institute. This person is very cautious. After becoming the Information Bureau last year, he has been busy with publicity affairs on the island.
It is impossible to lift Kang Jianfei's ban order. If Kang Jianfei was a small actor, it would be easy to say that few people would pay attention to whether he was banned or not. However, Kang Jianfei now has huge international influence, and Shao Yuming does not dare to make any mistakes at special times.
"Director Shao didn't show up. He seemed to have some scruples. He is too cautious as an official," Yu Kanping said as soon as he saw Kang Jianfei. "Deputy Director Zhang of the Information Bureau agreed to have a meal together the day after tomorrow. Basically, everything happened
Solved. Now that President Lee is calling for political openness, it is only a matter of time before Mr. Kang’s ban is lifted.”
"Lao Yu, you have worked so hard for this, it took me more than half a year." Kang Jianfei thanked him.
Yu Kanping said with a smile: "I don't have to work hard. I just contact people occasionally. Miss Lin also helps a lot."
Lin Fengjiao used to film at the China Film Company and knew more official figures than Lin Qingxia, who was filming everywhere. She helped to make connections, which really allowed Yu Kanping to get twice the result with half the effort.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said to Lin Fengjiao: "Fengjiao, thank you for your hard work."
Lin Fengjiao smiled calmly and said: "I'm just helping to make a few calls. Let's get in the car first." (To be continued...) u
