When Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers released a series of "Evil" horror films with funny names, namely "Evil", "Evil Fights Evil", and "Evil After Evil".
Such a series of movies will appear again during the Spring Festival this year. Last year, Gao Zhisen directed a movie "The Rich and the Rich" which was a hit, so he immediately produced another "The Rich and the Rich". Debao's film released during the Spring Festival this year was impressive.
It's called "Wealth Comes Again and Again".
However, due to the conflict between Gao Zhisen and Shum Jianxun at the end of last year, Gao Zhisen came out to help Xu's Pictures film. This film "Wealth Comes Again" was directed by Xian Jiran.
Although it is not as popular as the first two films, the attendance rate of "The Rich and the Rich" is not bad, and it should be no problem if it sells 15 million at the box office.
As for director Gao Zhisen, this guy finally left Debao Film Company and founded his own Gao Zhisen Film Company with the support of Xinbao Cinemas.
This is the case in Hong Kong. Screenwriters and actors become directors when they become famous, and directors open film companies when they become famous. Everyone is willing to make more money. It is always better to open your own company and be the boss than to work for others.
From the moment hot money poured in from overseas and several theaters were established in Hong Kong, it was destined that big directors would no longer be cash cows for big companies. For example, Chu Yuan made 11 movies for Shaw Brothers in a year, and all of them were hits.
However, Chu Yuan could only receive a fixed salary and a small bonus, and it was no longer possible for him to live and eat in the studio and editing room for more than half a year.
Compared with Gao Zhisen being attracted by Xinbao Cinemas, Hong Jinbao's cooperation with Xinbao Cinemas is even more eye-catching.
Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao have been the mainstays of Golden Harvest Films since the late 1970s. However, at the end of last year, Hong Jinbao finally agreed to accept the support of Xinbao funds and established a company called Baoxiang Pictures.
The debut film "Dragon Playing with Phoenix" was released during the Spring Festival this year, and Kang Jianfei's "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was released at the same time.
Of course, Hong Jinbao did not completely break with Zou Wenhuai. Baohe Pictures, which he cooperated with Golden Harvest, still exists, but the company has not made many films since then.
As for the reason why Hung Kam-bo is in two different places and prefers to cooperate with Xinbao, there are two main reasons: First, Hung Kam-bo's status as the eldest brother is shaky. Since "Eastern Condor", the box office has been poor, but Cheng Long
The box office of the movie is rising steadily, and the glory of senior brother Hong Jinbao is completely suppressed by Cheng Long; the second reason is more realistic and direct, that is, Xinbao Cinema Line provides better conditions to Hong Jinbao, box office share, schedule and
The theater chain provides far more promotional resources than Golden Harvest.
The entire Spring Festival period is basically dominated by DreamWorks' "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", Baoxiang's "Dragon Plays with Phoenix" and Debao's "Wealth Is Energizing".
To be precise, "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" dominates the Spring Festival, and "Dragon Plays with Phoenix" and "Wealth and Power" are accompanying it.
As for Golden Harvest Pictures, since there are no movies by Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long to support the scenes, "The Peacock Prince" starring Yuen Biao and Ye Yunyi is a bit reluctant to break 10 million at the box office. However, this movie will be released in a few months
Later, the heroine Ye Yunyi entered the Japanese film market and won the "Best Newcomer" and "Second Most Popular Foreign Actress" at the 17th Japan Film Awards next year.
For Golden Harvest, it is enough for its heroines to successfully enter the Japanese market, which means that a lot of Japanese yen has been summoned from the front.
And Ye Yunyi, who is only 16 years old, has only been in the music industry for two years, and now she is famous for acting in movies. Under the hype of the media, she is as famous as Yu girl leader Zhou Huimin, becoming another shining Yu girl in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
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In addition, Yindu Agency, which has a mainland background, is not willing to be left alone. It actually invited Zeng Zhiwei, who has joined Vientiane Pictures, to direct and star in a movie called "Lucky Star Comes to the Door". The name of this movie is a copycat of the Lucky Star series, starring
In addition to Zeng Zhiwei, there are also Jacky Cheung, Liu Jialing, Wu Junru and others.
However, the box office potential of the Fuxing series of movies has been exhausted. The box office of this movie was only a few million, which only made Yindu Organization a small profit.
Vientiane Pictures' Spring Festival movie is also directed by Zeng Zhiwei, but the screenwriter is a collaboration between Huang Baiming and Lin Lingdong. The film is a romantic urban comedy similar to "My Sassy Girl". The comedy part is written by Huang Baiming
Lin Lingdong is responsible for writing the screenplay, and the literary and romantic part is written by Lin Lingdong. The male and female protagonists are Leslie Cheung and Li Jiaxin respectively.
The reason why I chose Li Jiaxin as the heroine is because the movie started planning in October last year, when Li Jiaxin was very popular due to the scandal.
As a result, after turning on the camera, Huang Baiming and Eric Tsang discovered that Li Jiaxin was a bit of a cheat. Her acting skills were so incredible that once she stood in front of the camera, she looked like a beautiful wooden stake.
Fortunately, Li Jiaxin is pretty enough to be a vase in the movie, and the contract has been signed, so Huang Baiming cannot be replaced halfway.
The result is obvious. If it is to be a vase in a comedy or kung fu film, Li Jiaxin is definitely qualified. But the problem is that this time Huang Baiming and Zeng Zhiwei filmed a romantic comedy, and Li Jiaxin needed to support a large part of the scene, and the effect was terrible.
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Well, with the handsome couple Leslie Cheung and Li Jiaxin attracting audiences, Vientiane Pictures' love New Year comedy called "The Holy Spirit" still sold more than 11 million box office in Hong Kong.
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Since it was Chinese New Year, most of the employees of major movies were on vacation, and it was rare for Zou Wenhuai to have a few days to rest.
However, Golden Harvest's poor performance during the Spring Festival made Zou Wenhuai worried. In fact, he was even more angry that Hong Jinbao actually went to supply films to Xinbao Cinema.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zou Wenhuai took a car to a villa in Kowloon. This was another family gathering day every year.
Many men like sexy women, but Zou Wenhuai only likes talented women. This villa was given to a talented woman by Zou Wenhuai.
That talented woman was named Wu Shufang. When Zou Wenhuai met her, Wu Shufang was a female writer and reporter, and she already had a husband. At that time, Zou Wenhuai was only the production manager of Shaw Brothers.
The married Zou Wenhuai used a hoe to dig deep, and finally broke up other people's families, and made this talented woman his concubine. She also gave birth to two illegitimate children. Unfortunately, the talented woman died of illness when her youngest son was 4 years old.
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Zou Wenhuai had two sons and one daughter. Both sons were born to the talented woman and were raised by the talented woman's sister and her family.
"My uncle is here, please take a seat!" My sister-in-law, who is also in her sixties, enthusiastically helped Zou Wenhuai, who was armed with a walking stick, to sit on the sofa.
Zou Wenhuai's eldest son has already married in the United States and is a civil engineer. He has not returned to Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year in the past two years. His younger son Zou Zhongjin is a doctor, so he can often chat with Zou Wenhuai.
"Dad, happy Spring Festival and good health." Zou Zhongjin walked up to Zou Wenhuai and bowed.
"Okay, you sit down too." Zou Wenhuai's depressed mood improved a lot. He took out a red envelope and gave it to his 26-year-old son. As long as his son was not married, he was still a child in his eyes.
The grandson and granddaughter of my sister-in-law's family also came to pay New Year greetings. Zou Wenhuai distributed all the red envelopes he had prepared before chatting with his son.
"Is work going well?" Zou Wenhuai asked.
Zou Zhongjin nodded and said: "It's okay."
Zou Wenhuai said: "It's okay if it's okay, but it's okay but it's not satisfactory."
Zou Zhongjin hesitated and said, "Dad, I want to resign from the hospital and open my own medical clinic."
Zou Wenhuai asked: "Have you thought clearly?"
Zou Zhongjin said: "Think clearly."
Zou Wenhuai actually wanted his son to take over his film company. Unfortunately, neither son is interested in movies. However, the daughter from his first wife is studying film at Stanford University. She will graduate with a master's degree in film next year and can return to Hong Kong to help in the company.
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"You are an adult now. Since you have made a decision, it is not convenient for me to ask any more questions." Zou Wenhuai paused and asked, "Is there enough money to open a medical clinic?"
Zou Zhongjin nodded: "I have saved some money in the past few years and borrowed some more from the bank. It is almost enough. I just need to open a smaller one first."
Zou Wenhuai said: "If the money is not enough, just tell me."
Zou Zhongjin whispered: "I will."
Zou Wenhuai didn't know what to say. There had always been a gap in the relationship between his two illegitimate children and him. Maybe it was related to the early death of their mother, or maybe it was because they were busy with work and the original wife's family, and there was a lack of love for the two.
Son's love.
After lunch, Zou Wenhuai stayed at his sister-in-law's house for more than an hour, then drove back home.
Not long after returning home, Zou Wenhuai received a call from his daughter, saying that he needed some money to make a master's degree graduation film. Zou Wenhuai didn't ask how much it was, so he asked someone to wire $500,000 to his daughter. Compared with Shao Yifu's stinginess,
He is very generous to those around him.
After taking care of the trivial matters, Zou Wenhuai stayed alone in the study and began to think about how Jiahe should develop in the future.
Hong Jinbao's departure is just the beginning. Zou Wenhuai feels that Golden Harvest's cash cow Cheng Long is about to leave. Now that the Hong Kong film market is so prosperous, with Cheng Long's box office appeal, I don't know how many people are willing to invest in making movies for him, and Cheng Long
There was only a verbal agreement with Zou Wenhuai, and there was no formal financial contract. He could leave at any time.
To be honest, even if Cheng Long leaves Jiahe immediately, Zou Wenhuai will not hold a grudge against him, because Cheng Long has been righteous enough to stay in Jiahe for so many years. Can you still prevent others from making money?
However, Golden Harvest's business philosophy must change, and it can no longer put a large amount of film resources on Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao.
The question is, who can take over Cheng Long's burden?
After much thought, Zou Wenhuai finally set his sights on Kang Jianfei's Oriental Entertainment Company. Any one of the Four Heavenly Kings appointed by Kang Jianfei, Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie and Liang Jiahui, would be enough to hold up the scene.
But, can it really be dug?
Among the four, Tony Leung Ka Fai has made the fewest films at DreamWorks, but he is very popular among European directors. He often travels to Europe to film movies and earns pounds and francs that are worth as much as Hong Kong dollars.
The other three people have constant filming appointments and it is impossible to recruit them. Jiahe can only make plans for those first-line actors from Oriental Entertainment Company. After all, a company has limited resources and cannot take care of everyone. As long as Jiahe is willing to bid, there will always be a few
Someone who is willing to change jobs.
But Zou Wenhuai, an ordinary first-line actor, looks down on him. What he wants is the kind of actor who has the potential to become a leading actor. Such actors are hard to come by.
After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai finally figured out an indisputable fact, that is, after Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao left, if Golden Harvest wanted to film a big cast, they could only go to Oriental Entertainment to hire big-name stars like other companies.
, this is the most labor-saving and safest method.
"well……"
Zou Wenhuai let out a long sigh, this reality made him helpless.
In fact, Golden Harvest already has a solid foundation. According to the total box office value of movies every year, Golden Harvest and DreamWorks are two heroes competing for hegemony. Others seem to be in the limelight, such as Debao, Vientiane and Shadows, but the total box office of the company every year
It's far worse than Jiahe.
This is what makes Zou Wenhuai depressed. He is obviously a film industry giant on the same level as Kang Jianfei, but in the future he will have to hire Kang Jianfei's artists for big casts.
As for Jiahe's own cultivation of big stars, it's not that Zou Wenhuai has never thought about it, but this kind of thing is not that easy. Jiahe's Yuan Biao, Hui Yinghong, and Zhang Manyu are all very good, but they can only stop at the ranks of first-line artists and are still far from the company's pillars.
There is a little distance.
Zou Wenhuai picked up the phone, dialed a number and asked, "Xiao Li, how much is the box office of Kang Jianfei's new movie?"
"It's almost 20 million." came the answer from the other end of the phone.
"So soon? "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" has only been released for 10 days." Zou Wenhuai was really surprised.
This year's Spring Festival box office performance was very impressive. "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" led the way after its release, while other films released during the same period all fell into the dust behind.
If this situation continues, the box office of "Tang Bohu Spots Qiuxiang" is likely to exceed 40 million, while none of the other movies in the same period have a box office exceeding 20 million.r1152