In the blink of an eye, time has entered 1990, and the 1980s are already a thing of the past. In the 1990s, Hong Kong people increasingly feel that the day of return is getting closer. The topic of Hong Kong's return has once again aroused heated discussions, and they chose to immigrate to Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.
The middle class is also growing.
In the final analysis, political demands or distorted propaganda by foreign media are only secondary factors. The reason why most Hong Kong people fear the return is because the mainland is too poor. It is difficult for a rich daughter to overcome that psychological hurdle when she returns to her poor parents' family.
, and even more afraid that her mother’s family would swallow up her gold and silver jewelry and private money.
Because of the incident that happened in the Mainland last year, Jin Yong became disheartened about politics and announced that he would no longer be involved in politics. At the same time, he would no longer interfere in the daily management of Ming Pao Group, and revealed his intention to sell Ming Pao.
As soon as this news came out, many newspaper owners were eyeing this piece of fat. The sales volume of "Ming Pao" was the first in Hong Kong.
The many newspapers and magazines purchased by Kang Jianfei have been integrated by this time, and were combined with the original "King of Painting" pictorial, "Phoenix TV Weekly" and other publications to form Oriental Media Group.
Oriental Media is a sub-group of Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group, mainly engaged in print media. Phoenix TV, DreamWorks, Dark Horse Comics and other companies can provide content and news resources for Oriental Media’s publications, and these publications can also
Large companies do publicity and promotion.
Oriental Media Group will soon set up its own publishing house, modeled on the model of Kadokawa Shoten in Japan. In the future, the publishing house's literary and comic works can be transformed into movies, TV series and cartoons. Likewise, hot-selling movies, TV series and animations will also be
It can also be adapted into novels and comics to maximize profits.
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In the Christmas season that just passed in 1989, Gao Zhisen, who started his own company with the support of Xinbao, had another bad luck. He personally acted as the director and screenwriter, and invited Alan Tam and Irene Wan to play the leading roles in "The Affair". With the two protagonists,
It's so famous that the box office only exceeded 10 million.
The movie that DreamWorks is showing during the Christmas season is "The Royal Sisters 4" starring Yang Liqing. "The Royal Sisters" is a classic series of DreamWorks movies created by Kang Jianfei back then. It also triggered a craze for police and gangster movies and senior sister movies. It was shot three times in a row.
After the film's box office declined, it was shelved and not continued.
DreamWorks has restarted the filming plan of "The Royal Sisters". When the news first came out, it aroused heated discussion. At first, the audience felt a little bored after watching three movies in a row. Now, after a few years, they miss it very much. They are also fond of the yet-to-be-released "The Royal Sisters".
"Senior Sister 4" has high expectations.
As for the change of the heroine from Lin Qingxia to Yang Liqing, it is also a topic of discussion by countless old movie fans. The so-called nostalgia, most people tend to use the original actors. Although Yang Liqing performed well in the previous "The King of Flowers", she also won a lot of awards
Loved by the audience, but she is still far behind Lin Qingxia.
So Yang Liqing was inexplicably thrown into the trap. Many fans who hoped that Lin Qingxia would come back showed strong hostility towards Yang Liqing, who starred in "The Royal Sisters 4". The gossip media also came out to join in the fun at this time, trying to use this trend to sell tabloids, saying
Yang Liqing became the heroine by sleeping with the director.
I don’t blame everyone for believing in gossip news easily. In fact, the competition in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is fierce nowadays, and Yang Liqing has emerged too quickly. From a young actor in Taiwan, she went to Hong Kong to play the second female lead in "The King of Flowers", and then
She also played the heroine in "The Royal Sisters 4", and no fool would believe that there was nothing fishy in it.
The director of "Royal Sisters 4" is Zhong Zhiwen. Because of the scandal, he and his wife had a quarrel, and in the end they even wanted to divorce.
Only then did Yang Liqing have to stand up and make a statement. She was discovered by Kang Jianfei in Taiwan, and it was Kang Jianfei's intention to star in "The King of Flowers" and "The Royal Senior Sisters 4".
Well, Zhong Zhiwen was finally cleared of suspicion, and Kang Jianfei was once again involved in the scandal, but this time the heroine of the scandal changed again. However, Kang Jianfei was filming in the mainland at the time, and it was none of his business if there was more trouble in Hong Kong.
Out of sight is pure.
Until "The Royal Sisters 4" was released on Christmas Day, there were still some old viewers who were still upset and refused to watch the movie because Lin Qingxia could not continue to be the heroine.
And those viewers who went into the theater to watch "The Royal Sisters 4" were very satisfied with the movie. They discovered that Lin Qingxia and Yang Liqing played different roles. In "The Royal Sisters 4", the character played by Lin Qingxia
The female police officer has been transferred to work in the UK. Yang Liqing plays a newcomer who has just joined the police force.
Both the screenwriter and the director are top-notch, and Yang Liqing's figure, face, and boxing skills are also very impressive. After the film was released, the box office and reputation were very good. Old audiences who originally refused to watch the film because of the absence of Lin Qingxia also often
Unable to resist the temptation, I walked into the cinema again.
It's a pity that the schedule of "Royal Sister 4" has collided with Cheng Long's "Miracle".
"Miracle" was promoted as a Kung Fu blockbuster costing 70 million yuan. In fact, including publicity expenses, this figure is not exaggerated at all. The actors who have one or two lines in the film are all celebrities, or at least they are familiar veteran actors.
Those actors' salaries are huge.
The Christmas season is gradually passing and time has entered 1990.
After New Year's Day, New Year's movies from major theaters were released one after another. "The Royal Family 4" and "Miracle" are the only two Christmas movies left.
In mid-January, "The Royal Sisters 4" was finally released, with a box office of 21.88 million in Hong Kong. If it hadn't hit Cheng Long's "Miracle", the box office of "The Royal Sisters 4" would have been even more. This is an extremely rare achievement, because
The "Royal Senior Sister" series is a female-themed series, and it relies heavily on the heroine to hold up the scene. Yang Liqing is just a newcomer who has only made two movies. She does not have as strong aura as Lin Qingxia.
Cheng Long's "Miracle" continues to be popular, and it was not released until the end of January, with a local box office of 35.09 million Hong Kong dollars.
Zou Wenhuai is naturally very happy. Hong Kong is the touchstone of the box office in Southeast Asia. Based on the box office performance of "Miracle" in Hong Kong, the movie's huge budget of 70 million can be fully recovered in the Southeast Asian, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, leaving the remaining income in other regions.
Even if it is pure profit.
At the same time, Zou Wenhuai has another happy thing. The Hollywood blockbuster "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in which he participated in the investment has been produced. It has received good response after the test screening. The distributor in North America has reached an agreement with the theater chain to release the movie.
The film was released in the spring of 1990.
Among the films released in the New Year's season, there was also a funny situation where Hong Jinbao hit himself. Hong Jinbao, who had been unlucky for the past two years, suddenly became popular in the New Year's film, with Golden Princess, New Treasure, Dongfang and Jiahe
In the four New Year movies released in theaters, the male leads were all played by Hong Jinbao.
The Golden Princess screened "Fortune" directed by Zheng Zeshi. The producer was a new company co-founded by Eric Tsang and Zheng Zeshi. They also specially invited gold medal screenwriter Huang Bingyao to write the script; Jiahe Cinema Line was screened in Cheng Long's "Miracle"
Later, the film "Children of Troubled Times" directed by Teddy Robin and starring Hong Jinbao was released; on the Xinbao side was "Lucky Dragon" directed and starred by Hong Jinbao and produced by Baoxiang Pictures.
As for DreamWorks, "Seven Little Fortunes" written and directed by Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting is being screened. This is a rare cross-company cooperation film by DreamWorks in recent years.
During the period from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, the leading actors in the major movies released by Hong Kong's four major theaters were actually the same actor, which surprised even the theater companies who arranged the films.
The audience found it even more amusing. No matter which cinema they went to, the ticket seller would always recommend movies starring Hong Kim Bo.
The media was even more astonished, saying that this year's New Year's Eve movie belongs to Hung Kim Bo. Some second- and third-tier stars who didn't know the truth really thought that Hung Kim Bo had all four theaters, and for a time, Hung Kim Bo's status in the world was unprecedentedly high.
It has to be said that He Guanchang of Jiahe is a shrewd person. Originally, after Hong Jinbao cooperated with Xinbao, his relationship with Jiahe became farther and farther. But He Guanchang actually started to praise Gao Lihong and asked Gao Lihong to give Hong Jinbao a pillow. Hong Jinbao and Jiahe
The cooperation became closer again.
By the way, Hong Jinbao's legal wife at this time was a Korean. Gao Lihong and he had an extramarital affair, and they claimed to be a master-disciple relationship.
Because Hong Jinbao took into account his reputation and family, he did not dare to praise Gao Lihong too much. Now that He Guanchang has taken the initiative to praise Gao Lihong, it just helps him solve his worries, and Hong Jinbao naturally wants to reciprocate the favor.
When Kang Jianfei saw that Hong Jinbao was starring in four New Year films at the same time, he could only sigh: Brother Bao is also very hardworking. I am afraid he has been sleeping on the set for the past six months.
As the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, the post-production special effects of "Tomb Raiders" are also coming to an end. Fearing that there will be no time, Kang Jianfei had to submit some unfinished special effects samples for review. Although there were many violent scenes in them, they were still criticized by the review team.
It became a "Level 2 film". It can only be said that the censorship at this time was very broad. Twenty years later, "Tomb Raiders Notes" would definitely be classified as a "Third Level" or "Level 2B". You must know that Lian Xingye's children's film "The Yangtze River"
"No. 7" was rated "2*" as not suitable for children in Hong Kong.
Although all the special effects have not been completed, the promotion of "Tomb Raiders" has already begun. There have been three rounds of publicity campaigns from the launch to now. The overwhelming amount of advertising has scared countless small companies and directors in Hong Kong.
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Kang Jianfei's reason is that so much money has already been spent on making a movie, so what's the point of spending more money on advertising?
Although the Hong Kong film market is small, it serves as a model for the box office in Southeast Asia. When distribution companies negotiate sharing agreements with local theaters, they largely refer to the Hong Kong box office of the film.
With advertisements flying all over the place, the much-anticipated "Tomb Raiders" finally has its premiere, and after the premiere, it is the last wave of publicity before the film is officially released. r1152
