Just when Kang Jianfei and the crew went to Japan for filming, Hong Kong's summer season ushered in a new round of box office war.
This time, the winners were Baoxiang Pictures and Xinbao Cinemas. "Fat Dragon Detective" directed and starred by Hong Jinbao took the lead, winning the weekly box office championship for two consecutive weeks, and finally won the local box office of 30.28 million.
"Two Dragons" produced by DreamWorks ranked second. This film, directed by Xu Ke, teamed up with Chow Yun-fat and Li Lianjie, and hired Rosamund Kwan and Irene Wan as the vase, can be said to be a big cast in terms of cast.
Unfortunately, it only received 25.03 million at the box office in the end. The total salary of the four leading actors was nearly 10 million, plus Xu Ke's director's salary and production costs, "Double Dragon Club" can only rely on overseas box office to make money.
As for Golden Harvest Investment, "Eagle Project" directed and starred by Cheng Long is now lying in a hospital in Morocco from the director to the set workers. The reason is that Hong Kong film workers encountered acclimatization in Africa - in fact, it is more likely that the entire crew
They were all so hungry.
Japan, Okayama Prefecture.
More than a dozen Japanese traffic police officers stood at both ends of the Seto Bridge, placing warning signs to restrict vehicle traffic, while cameras and lighting units were quickly set up on the bridge deck.
A Japanese man in a suit spoke a few words with a walkie-talkie, then walked up to Kang Jianfei and said: "Mr. Kang, after the bridge is completely closed to traffic, you only have 20 minutes to shoot. This is the maximum we can strive for."
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"Thank you very much Mr. Ikeda for your help." Kang Jianfei thanked him.
The place where the "Truman Show" crew is currently located is the cross-sea highway bridge connecting Shikoku and Honshu in Japan. It is also the largest cross-sea bridge in the world today. The construction period lasted nine years and was not completed until the year before last.
Kang Jianfei is about to film a scene. The content is that Truman is trying to escape Taoyuan Island with his wife. He is afraid of water and drives the car with his eyes closed, and then crosses the bridge in a thrilling way.
During the filming, no other car could appear on the bridge except the hero and heroine's car, so the police had to cooperate to clear the scene.
But this bridge is the only way to go from Honshu to Shikoku, and the traffic is extremely busy. Kang Jianfei donated a large sum of money, but in the end he only got the right to shoot for 20 minutes in the morning when there are relatively few vehicles.
Of course, before these 20 minutes, Kang Jianfei still had some time to prepare. At this time, the traffic police's job was to restrict single-lane traffic on some sections of the road, and the remaining lane space was used by Kang Jianfei to arrange the shooting scene.
For the first filming, the stunt crew drove the vehicle. After hearing the "ok" sound from the intercom, the stunt director Luo Lixian said to Kang Jianfei: "Director, the stunt team is ready."
"Then prepare to shoot. Hurry up and do it in one go!" Kang Jianfei ordered in a deep voice. If there were any mistakes, he would have to shoot again tomorrow morning.
At the same time, Japanese traffic police began to completely block traffic on the bridge, and it is tentatively scheduled to resume in 20 minutes.
Kang Jianfei just stood behind the monitor and watched. The specific command was handled by stunt director Luo Lixian. Luo Lixian's group of people drove up and down the 45-degree steep slope as if they were having fun. At the moment, a few simple S-shaped turns on the highway were just a matter of fun.
little tricks.
From start to finish, it took less than 3 minutes to complete. Then the stunt crew immediately came down and replaced Tony Leung Ka Fai and Chung Chu Hong.
This time, there were lines, and the photography was changed to filming in the car. After the two argued for a few words, Tony Leung laughed crazily and started the car, closing his eyes at the same time, and Zhong Chuhong quickly controlled the steering wheel.
"Click! OK!"
Kang Jianfei breathed a long sigh of relief. In fact, this scene was not finished filming, but there was no need to spend precious time shooting all the scenes in the car on the Seto Bridge. It could be shot on an ordinary highway and then edited.
The two shootings, including the preparation time in between and the evacuation after shooting, took a total of 18 minutes.
After filming the scene on the expressway bridge, Kang Jianfei immediately took the crew back to Hong Kong for reshoots, including the farce scenes after crossing the bridge.
On September 21, Kang Jianfei left for the north to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Beijing and to learn about the situation of Feizhi Film and Television Advertising Company.
Mainland China is busy preparing for the Asian Games, but Hong Kong has been experiencing constant troubles recently.
First, there was a fire in Watsons Industrial Building, and then there was a gas explosion in Sha Tin. These were just accidents, and there was nothing we could do about them as they caused casualties.
Then someone used electric oil and incendiary bombs to set fire to a club in Hung Hom, resulting in 6 deaths and 23 injuries. Although the police did not announce the cause of the incident, there were rumors that the arson was caused by a gangster/society vendetta.
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A few days after the vicious arson incident, Li Junha, the director of the Hong Kong Police Department, was robbed again in his apartment.
That was the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong, the boss of all the police in Hong Kong, and the first Chinese Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong. He was actually robbed in his apartment!
Five days after Police Commissioner Li Junha was robbed, Happy Valley Police Station was attacked with petrol bombs again. Fortunately, no casualties were caused.
Contacting the two cases before and after, anyone with a little bit of brains can guess that someone is boldly and deliberately targeting the Hong Kong police. As for the motive of the crime, some people say that the society is retaliating for the severe crackdown by the police some time ago, while others say
It's because the police seized a certain boss's white goods. Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors.
The big bosses of the police department were completely angry and ordered the entire city to launch a gang-busting operation. But the policemen below were disappointed. No one wanted to go home at night and be stabbed, let alone anyone else.
He was sitting on the police station. He was drinking tea in the police station and was set on fire. He was burned with incendiary bombs and turned into a roast pig.
As a result, the police's action this time was destined to be loud but not rainy. From then on, the power of Hong Kong society became even more arrogant, and even the young and Dangerous hooligans did not take the police seriously.
When Kang Jianfei heard about this series of incidents in Beijing, he could only be thankful that his relationship with major associations was still good. If he really broke out, his company would be set on fire from time to time. The firebombs would cause economic losses.
His flesh ached for a long time.
Hong Kong Airport.
Not long after Kang Jianfei sat in the dedicated waiting room, he saw a group of people approaching. The old man at the head was short in stature, with a shining forehead, but his eyes were very determined and steady.
"Hello, Mr. Huo!" Kang Jianfei took the initiative to stand up and shake hands with him.
"Hello, hello, Mr. Kang is young and promising. I have long wanted to show off." Huo Daheng laughed.
In fact, Kang Jianfei and Huo Yingdong have met several times before, but they were always in public places, and the two never sat down and communicated alone. This time they were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games at the same time, and the flight was also arranged by the mainland, so it was a coincidence.
Take the same plane together.
Both of them are pro-China people. Naturally, they have many things in common. They both kept silent about last year's sports club, and instead talked about investing and donating money in mainland China.
"I heard that Mr. Kang donates to education in mainland China every year?" Huo Yingdong asked casually.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Compared with Mr. Huo, it's still far behind."
"The donation doesn't matter how much, it just depends on your heart." Huo Yingdong waved his hand, "But you are donating it directly to the local education department. I think this donation is very inefficient. It is better to donate it to my education foundation."
Huo Yingdong is far less well-known among the Chinese people than Shao Yifu. But his donations are no less than Mr. Shao. Sports causes often donate tens of millions or hundreds of millions. He donated 200 million to the construction of the Water Cube. In addition,
In addition, they have donated a lot of money to build bridges and pave roads. The most formal one is the Huo Yingdong Education Foundation, which has accumulated more than 700 million in education donations. It also established the Peihua Education Fund with other pro-China entrepreneurs, which is dedicated to
Help the mainland cultivate economic management and minority area management talents.
The meaning of Huo Yingdong's words is very clear, that is, to donate money directly to the mainland agencies. No one can figure out the whereabouts of the money, and the accounts of his Huo Yingdong Education Foundation are clear. I hope Kang Jianfei will donate money to the foundation in the future.
, can better support mainland education.
A person like Kang Jianfei who has no pursuits in life would not care where the donated money goes. His donation is just for fame and fortune. On the one hand, it will increase his reputation, and on the other hand, he will establish a good relationship with local government agencies. If he really
The money was quietly donated to Huo Yingdong's education fund. Who knew that Kang Jianfei had scattered the money, and the local government had nothing to do with it.
However, Huo Yingdong had to give him face, and Kang Jianfei immediately agreed with a smile. As for donating money in the future, a small part will be donated to the foundation, and the majority will be donated directly to mainland government agencies. Both sides have face.
Regarding Kang Jianfei's words: "By the way, Mr. Kang..."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "No, Mr. Huo, just call me Xiaokang."
"This name is lucky and has a good meaning. Then I will call you Mr. Xiaokang," Huo Yingdong asked with a smile, "Mr. Xiaokang, do you have any sports that you like?"
Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Yes, I like martial arts fighting."
"Where's football?" Huo Yingdong's eyes actually showed a bit of hope.
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of the rumors about Huo Yingdong. This old fan was trying to trick him into playing football.
Kang Jianfei said half-truthfully: "Occasionally I watch football games."
Huo Yingdong became more positive when he heard this, and said: "Your company doesn't have a football team yet, how about you form a DreamWorks team? It doesn't matter if you can't enter the Hong Kong League A, you can also create a star team to play in the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup exhibition games.
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Kang Jianfei couldn't laugh or cry about this. The Huo Yingdong in front of him didn't look like a shopping mall elite at all. He looked like an old kid playing games. The famous Provincial-Hong Kong Cup football match was initiated by Huo Yingdong. In addition, he also invested in building a sports museum.
He has the Chinese Martial Arts Research Institute and even the Xiangqi Foundation that promotes Chinese chess. He is an out-and-out sports fan.
"It's okay to set up a company football team, but I can launch a star football team. Not only the stars of the Oriental Group, but all the stars in Hong Kong who like football can join. The A league will definitely not be entered, but the C league
But you can play in the first-class league." Kang Jianfei agreed, already thinking about bringing in those stars. Guys like Eric Tsang, Alan Tam, and Hong Jinbao are all football enthusiasts.
Huo Yingdong said happily: "That's great. The star team joining the league will definitely greatly increase the attention of the game."
Well, not many people watch the crappy football league in Hong Kong. Huo Yingdong is also very worried about this, and he lures people everywhere to play football. (To be continued...) u