A week and a half after the Lantern Festival, "Tomb Raiders" was finally released in Hong Kong, with a local box office of 42.67 million, once again breaking the box office record of 41.55 million set by Kang Jianfei himself.{}
Nowadays, the average ticket price of movies in Hong Kong has risen to 26 and a half yuan. Calculated purely in terms of the number of moviegoers, 42.67 million is actually only equivalent to the 32 million box office three years ago. As long as it is still due to the increase in theaters, more movies will be released in the same period.
, diluting the number of moviegoers for a single movie.
After entering the 1990s, although Hong Kong's economy is developing rapidly, citizens are more concerned about the rapid deterioration of social security.
Since New Year's Day, several violent incidents have occurred in succession, and the victims are all well-known people. Kidnappings, ransoms, murders and troubles, some are committed by new immigrants and stowaways, and others are so-called local Hong Kong associations.
Even the chief member of the Legislative Council was chased and hacked by five gangsters outside his home during the Spring Festival. You can only imagine how bad Hong Kong's security situation is.
The security company jointly opened by Kang Jianfei and Ye Laosan suddenly saw a lot of business growth after the year, which was attributed to the inaction of the Hong Kong police.
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"Snapped!"
"Three barrels!" Ouyang Zhenhua slapped the mahjong on the table and said with a smile, "Ayu, this time is good, he is nominated for the best actor."
Ng Chun-yu said with a smile: "I am running with you for this Academy Award. Brother Fa is also nominated, how can I compete with him?"
"Being nominated is a good start. I will definitely win an award next time. Good luck!" Li Zixiong said with a smile. He only joined the Oriental Entertainment Agency last year and had been filming TV series for TVB before.
The woman who accompanied the three men to play mahjong was named Bai Yunlin. She was Li Zixiong's girlfriend for half a year. Like Zhang Yan, she graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
"Brother Yu, you are very familiar with Zhang Yan. Why haven't you ever asked her out? It would be more lively if there are more than one person." Bai Yunlin suddenly said, she wanted to use her status as a schoolmate to establish friendship with Zhang Yan.
Ng Chun-yu said: "Ah Min doesn't like to socialize. He usually just stays at home and doesn't talk much when filming."
Bai Yunlin asked: "I heard that she has a very good relationship with Mr. Kang, is it true?"
For Wu Zhenyu, no matter what Kang Jianfei's character is, he is his boss and benefactor. If Kang Jianfei had not supported and supported him, Wu Zhenyu might still be playing a small role in TVB.
Hearing Bai Yunlin's question, Wu Zhenyu immediately felt dissatisfied. The smile on his face was still there, and he said: "I don't know about the relationship between Amin and Mr. Kang. You can ask her yourself when I meet you another day."
Li Zixiong heard that Wu Zhenyu's tone was wrong. He quickly kicked his girlfriend secretly. Then he played a card and yelled: "Oh, I played the wrong card."
Ouyang Zhenhua's mind was spinning very quickly and he helped change the subject: "Isn't it the self-drawn card that was played?"
"How is that possible?" Li Zixiong said with a smile, "I have been in the card game for more than 20 years."
The two made jokes and successfully changed the topic, and the atmosphere at the card table became lively again, but Wu Zhenyu had a very bad impression of Bai Yunlin.
"Ding dong, ding dong!"
The four of them played cards for a while. The doorbell suddenly rang.
Wu Zhenyu walked to the door and looked through the peephole. There was a delivery boy standing outside. He opened the door and asked, "What is it?"
Express delivery: "I don't know. It seems to be a box inside. It's quite light. It's urgent."
After holding hands, Wu Zhenyu returned to the card table and opened the package while playing mahjong. He quickly took out a cardboard box. When he opened the cardboard box, Wu Zhenyu's face instantly became extremely ugly. It was time for him to touch the cards.
no response.
"What's wrong?" Ouyang Zhenhua asked.
"Nothing, I encountered some trouble." Wu Zhenyu smiled bitterly and took out a notebook from the box.
Li Zixiong asked: "Script?"
"Well," Wu Zhenyu took out another pistol bullet and said, "and this one."
The faces of the other three people also became solemn, and Li Zixiong asked: "Someone forced you to make a movie?"
Wu Zhenyu nodded: "The promised salary was not low, 2 million Hong Kong dollars, but I didn't have a schedule, and their script was really bad, so I refused."
"Which company?" Bai Yunlin asked.
Wu Zhenyu said: "Fuyi, a new company registered only last year."
Li Zixiong said: "I heard that Mr. Kang has a good background in Hong Kong. Why don't you ask him to help settle the matter?"
"I'll call my agent first." Wu Zhenyu's mind was a little confused, and his hands were shaking when he dialed the phone.
Less than half an hour later, Wu Zhenyu’s manager Tian Chunming came.
Tian Chunming is in his 40s. He has been with the Oriental Entertainment Agency for five years and is considered one of the company's top agents. After he checked the script and bullets, he immediately made several phone calls. It took him a long time to figure everything out and comfort him.
Said: "Ayu, don't worry, don't go out for the next few days, the company will take care of it for you."
As Hong Kong's security becomes more and more chaotic, and more black forces enter the entertainment industry, Oriental Entertainment Agency has encountered many such things in the past few years, and has its own way of dealing with them. However, it is still the first time to receive a bullet.
Once, the most I used to do was threaten him with a knife or throw paint.
Wu Zhenyu was still worried and asked: "Brother Ming, who is this person's background? Why did he come to me?"
Tian Chunming said: "I'm a big-time guy. I'm asking you by name to film this time because "Tomb Raiders" has sold over NT$60 million at the box office in Taiwan, and it hasn't been released yet. There are movies over there in Taiwan.
The investor made an offer and said that as long as it is a movie starring you, he is willing to spend 10 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the distribution rights in Taiwan and Nanyang."
People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong, that's it.
Wu Zhenyu's current salary is more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars. If he is hired as the leading actor and a bunch of second-tier actors are hired to make a bad movie, the production cost will be 5 million at most. And Taiwanese investors are offering 10 million.
This means that as long as the movie is filmed, regardless of whether it is a hit or not, the producer can make more than 5 million in vain, and can continue to make money at the box office in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
This kind of good thing that only makes money without losing money. Whoever is not jealous of the sidelines in the entertainment industry is not jealous. If it were not for Kang Jianfei's protection, I'm afraid there would be more than one person who would come to force Wu Zhenyu to film.
Even the bullets were sent out. Tian Chunming couldn't handle it on his own. After entrusting a relationship to call him to clarify the situation, he immediately left to return to the company.
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Oriental Entertainment Agency, General Manager's Office.
Zhang Guozhong frowned and asked: "You mean, Shu Qi also has a stake in this Fuyi Film Company?"
Tian Chunming nodded and said: "I have inquired about it. This Cai Zhiming is a big businessman. He suddenly became rich a few years ago, and I don't know where his money came from. Later he went to Europe to do smuggling business, and returned to Hong Kong three years ago.
There are bars, karaoke rooms, saunas and other businesses underneath. I saw that Hong Kong movies were very popular the year before last, so I invested in a small-budget movie and made more than two million yuan, so I decided to enter the film industry. I suffered from no connections. He last year
La Shuqi and Chen Kaixin joined forces. The three of them cooperated to form Fuyi Film Company. Through Shu Qi's mediation, Fuyi Company has signed Andy Lau and Ye Tong. I heard that they tried to poach Anita Mui a while ago. There are also unreliable film companies.
According to the news, Dickson Poon and Michelle Yeoh are separating. Michelle Yeoh is preparing to return to filming and has contacted Fuyi Film Company. By the way, this Cai Zhiming is a bit like Chow Wenhuai in the past, poaching people without signing contracts. Andy Lau and
Fuyi Company’s filming was also a verbal agreement.”
"He is also an ambitious guy." Zhang Guozhong sighed.
Shu Qi is the editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly" and the founder of the Hong Kong Film Awards. Cai Zhiming roped in Shu Qi to start a film company. It is obvious that Shu Qi has great ambitions and looks like he is ready to do something big.
It's a pity that fishing for bias is ultimately about fishing for bias. It's too outrageous to ask actors to send bullets without moving them.
By the way, Yongsheng's style has become a bit bad in the past two years. There have been some cases of forced recruitment, but there has been no direct use of bullets.
Zhang Guozhong was still sighing, but he didn't know that in another time and space, because his agency controlled a large number of celebrities, he had been threatened and even ambushed countless times.
Tian Chunming asked: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Kang has a good relationship with Shu Qi. Do you want to inform Mr. Kang and let him handle it?"
"If this trivial matter troubles Mr. Kang, what do you want me as the general manager to do?" Zhang Guozhong glared at Tian Chunming.
Zhang Guozhong was not prepared to trouble Kang Jianfei, but Kang Jianfei was still troubled.
Just when Zhang Guozhong called Shu Qi to make an appointment, Kang Jianfei also received a distress call from Qiu Shuzhen's agent.
But it was after the Lantern Festival that many film crews in Hong Kong started filming, and Qiu Shuzhen also accepted a film from a ** film company. Unexpectedly, on the first day of filming, a group of people came and asked Qiu Shuzhen to "leave" very rudely.
After filming two Wang Jing movies, Qiu Shuzhen was made into a new generation of sexy goddess by Fatty Wang. Now she has many fans in Taiwan and Nanyang. Moreover, Qiu Shuzhen's salary is much lower than that of Chung Chu-hong, Wang Zuxian and others.
This led to some small companies rushing to hire her to film.
After Qiu Shuzhen became Kang Jianfei's lover, she didn't have to worry about lack of money. She was not a workaholic, so she took on four or five movies a year at most. This time, a company asked Qiu Shuzhen to make a film, but to no avail, so they simply sent someone to snatch it away.
During the filming, people were arranged to monitor Qiu Shuzhen on the set at all times. Even when she went to the toilet, someone followed her.
No wonder some people say that this is the most glorious era for Hong Kong films and the darkest era for the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Especially after entering the 1990s, there was a widespread panic in Hong Kong society, and the government's inaction made the underworld forces even more unscrupulous.
Kang Jianfei put down the phone and felt a little headache. He found that his face was becoming less and less useful. Just after the New Year, someone started to trouble him.
If you want to settle the matter, you must first know who the other party is. After making several calls and asking questions, you found out that the other party is from Hehetu.
The main site of Hehetu is in Central. Kang Jianfei's Queen's Building and other properties are in Central. Hehetu has been given a "contribution fee" every year.
Among the many associations in Hong Kong, the one that Kang Jianfei hates the most is He He Tu. The reason is that this association with the prefix "和" controls more than 60% of the pirated movie and video tape business in Hong Kong. These pirated video tapes are not only sold in Hong Kong, but also smuggled
Sold in mainland China, Taiwan, and even South Korea and Southeast Asia, Kang Jianfei loses an unknown amount of profit every year.
Kang Jianfei really felt helpless when his artists were threatened. He was not a gangster, so he couldn't really fight with others. Moreover, now that the company has more and more contracted stars, and with a big reputation and attracting attention, people who are looking for trouble will naturally follow suit.
More and more, it's impossible for him to arrange several bodyguards around every star, right?
As for calling the police? Even if the police handle the case seriously, they will only catch a few gangsters who took the blame, which will make the matter even more tense.
Kang Jianfei has a relationship with Xin Ngee Ann in 14k, but He Tu will not abandon you at all.
Now that Kang Jianfei has a big business, he feels more and more that the tough methods he used before are no longer effective. In order to make money during the boom of Hong Kong movies, more and more people are turning to Oriental Entertainment Agency - who called this
This company has many stars.
Kang Jianfei decided to change his thinking, that is, to win over several major societies, use these major societies to intimidate Xiao, and later give preferential treatment to film companies such as Hehe Tu, 14k, Xin Ngee Ann and other large societies. Driven by interests, these major societies
Naturally, he would help Kang Jianfei suppress the clown.
At least, this must be done to save a lot of trouble before Hong Kong returns to the motherland in 1997. As for after Hong Kong returns to the motherland, only the lovely People's Liberation Army teaches those gangsters how to behave. Kang Jianfei is happy to be a good citizen and secretly report among them.
Some people went in to pick up soap.(To be continued..)u