"Mr. Kang, long time no see!" Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping suddenly came over, and with him was Wang Yu, who was as famous as Bruce Lee in the early 1970s.
Although Wang Yu became famous in Hong Kong, he has spent most of his time in Taiwan these years. This year's 10th anniversary of the Academy Awards both Zhang Che and Wang Yu came to attend.
"Hello!" Kang Jianfei shook hands with Zhu Yanping. His subordinate Yu Kanping has a branch in Taiwan. Zhu Yanping has also made several commercial films for the Taiwan branch of DreamWorks in the past two years. Although he did not make a lot of money, he also made a lot of money.
Profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
To simply describe Zhu Yanping, he is the "Wang Jing of Taiwan". As long as you are willing to pay, he can make all kinds of films, and they are all relatively popular. He can make the touching family literary film "Ancestor".
Sun Love", he was able to follow Zhou Xingchi's "Fight Back to School" to make "Fuck Back to School", he was also able to recruit Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen to make the funny "Oolong Yard", and he was also able to make the dark prison action movie "Fire Island", and even made a
The third-level film "Sword Slave" was made into the cologne-flavored "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Zhu Yanping and Wang Yu came to Hong Kong this time, nominally invited by the Hong Kong Film Awards Organizing Committee, but in fact they took the initiative to come here to get acquainted with each other.
Just last year, the big-cast "Fire Island" produced by Wang Yu and directed by Zhu Yanping was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The film gathered Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Liang Jiahui, Andy Lau, Ke Junxiong, Wang Yu and other Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. This film
The movie is a blockbuster produced by Cai Songlin, one of the eight major film producers in Taiwan and the boss of Scholar Company, and invested by the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan (mainly Taiwanese capital). The main goal is actually to invest in the North American market. By the way, it also wants to expand in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Get a vote.
Jiahe had special requirements for Cheng Long, that is, Cheng Long could not die in the movie. However, in order to once again hit the Hollywood market, Cheng Long dedicated his on-screen virgin death in "Fire Island".
It's a pity that this movie is too dark, and there are some loopholes in the plot, which led to its unsatisfactory box office in Asia. It was even unable to be released in the United States.
Although director Zhu Yanping took the blame for the box office failure, "Fire Island" still managed to make some money. Mainly because the cost of hiring a large number of stars was too high.
After Kang Jianfei and Zhu Yanping reminisced about old times, Wang Yu said: "Mr. Kang, I have admired you for a long time!"
"Hello!" Kang Jianfei replied calmly. He was not interested in Wang Yu. Zhu Yanping could at least help his Taiwan branch make movies, but Wang Yu could not bring him any benefits.
If he really wanted to have any contact, Kang Jianfei would rather have contact with Wang Yu's daughter. His daughter is Wang Xinping, a singer who will become very popular in the next few years.
Wang Yu came with a purpose. Although Kang Jianfei obviously showed a cold attitude, Wang Yu started chatting with him in a familiar manner. After some ramble, he asked: "Mr. Kang's "The Truman"
When will "The World" be released in Taiwan?"
Kang Jianfei said perfunctorily: "I'm not sure. The distributor and China Cinema Line are making arrangements."
Wang Yu said: "Actually, I also have several cinemas in Taiwan. If possible, I hope to cooperate with DreamWorks."
Kang Jianfei had also heard about what Wang Yu was doing in Taiwan. After this guy failed to invest in movies, he turned to become a film producer. In order to obtain the film distribution rights in some areas, Wang Yu used his relationship with the Taiwanese gangs to do whatever he could to get them.
He uses dirty tricks to threaten his peers so that no one dares to compete with him.
Of course, Wang Yu only dares to intimidate some small film producers, and he dares not touch any of the eight major film producers in Taiwan.
The so-called cinemas in Wang Yu's hands are actually only equivalent to those small retail cinema chains in Hong Kong. They are all composed of scattered small cinema franchises. Due to the location and infrastructure, these small cinema chains do not have the ability to screen newly released blockbusters.
Expensive copies alone will make them unable to afford them, and they will have to wait until the blockbuster box office craze subsides to rent low-cost copies for second and third rounds of screenings.
The box office earned by small theaters from second and third screenings is dispensable to Kang Jianfei. He said: "If Mr. Wang is interested in the second screening rights of "The Truman Show", he can directly contact Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company in Taiwan.
's office."
Wang Yu is also a person with a bad temper. Kang Jianfei's cold attitude from beginning to end made him quite annoyed. He suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "Actually, I also have two or three better theaters in my hands. I wonder if I can show them in "The Truman"
When "The World" was first screened, I got a few copies."
Kang Jianfei said regretfully: "I'm really sorry. DreamWorks movies are exclusively represented by China Cinema Line in Taiwan."
Wang Yu smiled gloomily and said: "I heard that the Chinese cinema chain was not authentic. Last Christmas, DreamWorks movies were pushed out of the schedule. What was shown was a Hollywood movie."
Kang Jianfei squinted at Wang Yu and suddenly smiled: "Mr. Wang is indeed very interesting, so I will make an exception and give you three copies of "The Truman Show" this summer."
"Thank you, happy cooperation!" Wang Yu smiled happily, and the anger accumulated in front of him was instantly dissipated by the benefits obtained.
If China Cinema Line dares not to give "The Truman Show" a good schedule, then Kang Jianfei will let two or three good theaters owned by Wang Yu release it in the summer, which can be regarded as a warning to China Film Company. This approach is actually detrimental to the interests of DreamWorks
Yes, Wang Yu must have benefited in the end, and both Kang Jianfei and China Film Company have suffered losses, because by the time it was released in Chinese theaters, "The Truman Show" had already been pirated all over Taiwan.
Typical behavior that harms others and benefits oneself, Kang Jianfei just wanted to remind China Film Company that if they don't give a good schedule, I will change partners. Taiwan has eight major film studios and seven major theater chains, and DreamWorks's choice is not just China Film Company.
In fact, many people at China Film Company are also willing to give DreamWorks movies good schedules, especially movies directed by Kang Jianfei, which represent box office profits as soon as they are released. The reason why they suppress DreamWorks mainly comes from Taiwan’s official instructions-Dream
The backgrounds of the factory and Kang Jianfei are both too red.
On the other hand, the Taiwan authorities are like a grandson meeting his grandfather when facing the U.S. government. Several major Hollywood film giants use the U.S. government's trade negotiations as weapons to conquer cities and implement their marketing strategy of "global integration of the Hollywood film market."
, Taiwan's theater chains continue to compromise under the pressure of the Taiwan authorities. Sometimes, even if Hong Kong films are more profitable, they will arrange to release less popular Hollywood films during good times.
One is American Grandpa, and the other is pro-Communist DreamWorks. China Film Company naturally prefers Hollywood films when arranging its schedule.
After Kang Jianfei expressed his dissatisfaction, there must be some people at China Film Company who are willing to continue friendly cooperation with him despite official pressure for the sake of high box office profits. Because once Kang Jianfei changes partners, it will also be a big loss for China Cinema Line.
It's not that Kang Jianfei hasn't thought about changing to a cooperative cinema chain. The main reason is that it would be troublesome to change. After all, other cinema chains also have to look at the authorities.
In addition, several major theater chains in Taiwan are extremely entangled with Hong Kong films. On the one hand, they want to make money by showing Hong Kong films, but on the other hand, they feel that Hong Kong films are getting more and more expensive. Whether it is buyout or box office sharing, they are becoming more and more excessive.
So much so that several major theater chains united to boycott Hong Kong films.
In the original time and space, in two or three years, all film producers in Taiwan would unite and use the trump card of "unified procurement". As long as the film producers did not abide by the rules of the game, Hong Kong films that were profitable would be deliberately squeezed out. The fundamental connection is that
There is no chance for it to be shown in Taiwanese cinemas - its essence is to implement a planned economy in the Taiwanese film market.
Naturally, Hong Kong film studios are unwilling to lower the price of Hong Kong films, while Taiwanese film producers are forcing Hong Kong films to lower their prices. The conflict between the two parties has led to the loss of Hong Kong films’ market advantage in Taiwan. And since the Hollywood giants have the support of the U.S. government, regardless of whether they are in Taiwan
Neither the authorities nor the film companies dared to resist. In the end, the eight major Hollywood giants simply abandoned Taiwan's local film companies and theater chains and directly built cinemas in Taiwan to distribute and release the films themselves. Taiwan's film companies and theater companies died miserably in the end, and more than half of Taiwan's movies
The market is occupied by Hollywood giants.
Therefore, the reason why Hong Kong films were defeated by Hollywood in the 1990s was not only due to the gap in film quality. It also included some reasons that were not caused by the war. Asian countries and regions can boycott Hong Kong films, but they dare not boycott Hollywood blockbusters too much, because
There is support from the US government behind it.
Kang Jianfei had communicated with some Taiwanese filmmakers in his previous life. He knew a little bit about this situation. After chatting with Wang Yu, Kang Jianfei suddenly had an idea: He could definitely ask Paramount Pictures to come to Taiwan to build a cinema for use.
When it comes to releasing films from Paramount and DreamWorks, the Taiwanese authorities are afraid of the U.S. government and dare not intervene, while local gangs in Taiwan also dare not attack American industries.
However, Kang Jianfei was hesitant about this idea. Taking the initiative to allow Paramount to build a cinema in Taiwan was tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house. Taiwan is an important market for Hong Kong films, and Kang Jianfei's approach was simply the end of the world for some Hong Kong film companies.
It will also have a big impact on DreamWorks.
wrong!
Kang Jianfei thought about it and felt that this might not be a good idea.
Hollywood giants will invade in a few years. If Paramount is brought in early, the catfish effect may allow Hong Kong filmmakers to recognize the reality instead of dreaming about the prosperous Hong Kong film market.
Only under pressure can you improve your competitiveness!
Born in sorrow and dying in happiness, how did Taiwanese movies completely die?
In order to support Taiwanese local films, the Taiwanese authorities have instituted a subsidy system. Taiwanese directors and companies with good ideas and good scripts can apply for government subsidy to make films. However, in order to save face, the Taiwanese authorities prefer to support directors to make literary films abroad.
Get a prize.
As a result, good directors are rushing to make literary films, because even if they don't win a general, they can still get government subsidies. If they win an award, they will gain both fame and fortune.
In order to make money, commercial film investors in Taiwan do not dare to say that they are making Taiwanese films. They all export and sell them domestically. They use Taiwanese funds and directors to hire Hong Kong actors to film the films, and then they dare to take them back to Taiwan for release after being labeled as Hong Kong films.
In the end, Taiwan's film tutoring funds became more and more abundant, but the number of Taiwanese films produced became less and less. In the end, no one made local commercial films, and all went to make art films and Hong Kong films.
Until one day, the Hong Kong film industry collapsed, and art-house films had a mediocre quality. Looking around, Taiwan's cinemas were filled with Hollywood blockbusters.
Kang Jianfei looked at the famous Taiwanese art film director Hou Hsiao-hsien who was chatting and laughing with King Hu in the corner, and finally made up his mind to let Paramount invade the Taiwan market.
After all, he also owns shares in Paramount, so Kang Jianfei can reap a lot of benefits from being first come, first served. Coupled with the power of DreamWorks, the two major film companies from the East and the West can collude and quickly occupy Taiwan's film market share.
Compared with this idea, the previous method of using Wang Yu to stimulate China Film Company was simply a child's trick.
"Fei, get ready to walk on the red carpet." Sophie Marceau came to Kang Jianfei's side and interrupted his meditation. (To be continued)
ps: I have relatives at home. I have been drinking and playing mahjong with them. Lao Wang didn’t start writing until they fell asleep. r655