Hong Kong media’s evaluation of Kang Jianfei has become increasingly polarized. ()()
Because of his leaning towards the mainland government and his hobby of being a philanderer, some people think that Kang Jianfei is a shameless bastard with sores on his head and pus on the soles of his feet; others regard Kang Jianfei as a genius because of his outstanding achievements in music and movies, and even
He also became the richest man in Hong Kong.
When the news that "The Truman Show" won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes came back to Hong Kong, many newspapers reported and reprinted it, saying that this was another step forward for Hong Kong films to go global. However, some newspapers sneered at this and used sour words.
The tone of the speech briefly brushed off the news of the award, and insisted on Kang Jianfei, Zhong Chuhong, and Lan Jieying's "indiscreet" behavior in Cannes, thinking that they had lost the face of Hong Kong filmmakers.
Public opinion in Taiwan was also aroused, and dozens of Taiwanese reporters flew to Hong Kong to interview Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao.
At the critical moment of the filming of Xu Ke's "The Swordsman: The Unbeaten East", those Taiwanese reporters went around asking about the filming location of the crew and swarmed over, making Xu Ke tireless.
The news that Kang Jianfei and James Cameron are about to co-produce a new movie came out from nowhere. This time it is really not Kang Jianfei’s intention to create hype. Cameron just returned to the United States and invited several paleontologists and botanists, and then
People from the digital field company are designing the dinosaur image. Kang Jianfei is also still considering the casting issue. The production cycle of this film will be at least one year, and the publicity work is not rushed.
However, reporters with great savvy still got the news. The entertainment section of "Sing Pao" was the first to break the news: "James Cameron, the international director who directed the "Terminator" series of movies, recently arrived in Hong Kong. It is reported that the purpose of Cameron's trip
We are discussing the new film shooting plan with Kang Jianfei, and the two may collaborate on a special effects blockbuster."
Originally, Kang Jianfei was noticed by the Hong Kong media because of the news about winning an award in Cannes. There were also a bunch of Taiwanese reporters following him all day long to interview him. Now it was suddenly revealed that he would be cooperating with Cameron in a new film, and Kang Jianfei once again became the entertainment star of major newspapers.
Headline.
Not only reporters, but also many agents within the Oriental Entertainment Agency have inquired through various channels, hoping that the actors they have can get a role in Kang Jianfei's new film.
Until Kang Jianfei spent the night at Zhou Huimin's place one night, and Zhou Huimin also asked about the new film. It turned out that someone was asking her to go to her place by asking for connections in a roundabout way. Kang Jianfei finally couldn't bear the trouble. He started to launch the pre-publicity plan of "Jurassic Park", and at the same time passed
"Tiantian Daily" gradually revealed the exact information.
"This newspaper has exclusive news that Mr. Kang Jianfei confirmed the rumors of cooperation with Cameron. He claimed that the new film is a science fiction blockbuster."
"Kang Jianfei and Cameron's new film is called "Jurassic Park." The script is from Hollywood screenwriter Michael Crichton. DreamWorks defeated 6 Hollywood film companies and acquired Crichton for a sky-high price of US$3.6 million.
Purchase the rights to this film."
"The budget of "Jurassic Park" is HK$400 million (US$50 million). It sets a new record for Hong Kong blockbusters."
"..."
One piece of news was published by "Tian Tian Daily" one after another. It shocked countless people in an instant. Even the reporters who came to Hong Kong specially to interview Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao turned their attention to Kang Jianfei's new film, trying to find out more about it.
What kind of movie can be made with a sky-high budget of HK$400 million?
Last year, the combined total box office of the two film companies Wanxiang and Debao was less than HK$400 million (including overseas box office). Now Kang Jianfei spends HK$400 million to make a movie!
Kang Jianfei is crazy!
This was the first reaction of people in the industry in Hong Kong.
"Next Weekly" satirized in the new issue of the magazine: "Winning a jury award in Cannes will make someone so arrogant that they don't know what to say. Once a special effects blockbuster with a 400 million investment is blocked, the film company will face devastation."
Strike. God wants it to perish. He must first make it crazy. International Kang is currently in a state of madness and is not far from destruction."
"Next Weekly" was severely damaged after a large number of journalists resigned. Kang Jianfei did not continue to insist on it. After all, secretly dealing with reporters is not visible. But Jimmy Lai has no intention of repenting. The words of "Next Weekly"
It is still extremely sharp, and in order to make up for the lack of paparazzi, the editor made the article more vicious to attract readers.
Regarding "Next Weekly"'s provocation again, Kang Jianfei was too lazy to bother with him anymore and directly announced a ban on "Next Weekly": ""Next Weekly" was listed as an unwelcome media, and its reporters were prohibited from entering Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City for interviews.
Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group and its artists and activities will not be interviewed by Next Weekly."
In another time and space, Jimmy Lai was also regarded as a mad dog by many people. After Shao Yifu's TVB TV station was smeared many times, he couldn't bear it and issued a blocking order against Next Media.
"Next Weekly" was worried that it could not find hot news. Kang Jianfei's banning order played into Jimmy Lai's plan. It published a special issue to oppose Kang Jianfei's banning order: "A certain Mr. Kang deservedly grew up in a dictatorship. He is just a film company."
He is just a boss who cannot tolerate any dissident voices and wants to block a legitimate media. One can imagine what a terrible society Hong Kong will become if such people are allowed to manage Hong Kong... The return of 1997
The prospects are worrying.”
Well, it was just an entertainment ban, but it was actually mentioned in "Next Weekly" like the wind about the return of 1997 and the future of Hong Kong. This guy named Lai really has a lot of talented writers.
Kang Jianfei found that he had no way to deal with this mad dog. Whether he could win the lawsuit was another matter. Next Weekly would definitely use this lawsuit to hype it up. Assassination and intimidation methods would not work, because Jimmy Lai is a famous and wealthy businessman.
He also had friendships with some officials of the British Hong Kong government. If something happened to him, Kang Jianfei would also be in trouble.
Only then did Kang Jianfei realize that cultural hooligans like Ni Jiam were actually cute, but the real hateful ones were money hooligans like Li Zhiying.
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"I only made one movie with 400 million Hong Kong dollars. I don't even recognize the Hong Kong film industry anymore," Shao Yifu put down the newspaper with emotion and asked, "Tianlin, do you think it was a mistake to reopen Shaw Brothers?
This is no longer our time."
Wang Tianlin moved his fat body with difficulty, leaned on the armrest of the sofa and said, "Brother Six, your heart is getting old."
"Yes, I am getting old." Shao Yifu said with a bitter smile.
The former film industry of the Shaw family was completely destroyed by the Japanese army. When Shaw Brothers re-established Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong, Shaw was already 51 years old. He started a new business at the age of over 50 and established a solid 30-year history of Shaw Brothers films in Hong Kong.
But now, Shao Yifu is really old, his heart is old, and he can no longer see clearly the world of young people.
It is not that Shaw Brothers has not produced any works in recent years. It occasionally invests in one or two small-budget films. From producers, directors, screenwriters to actors, they are all employees of TVB. These are small things, thrown into the
The film market can't make waves at all. If you can make a small profit to recover your capital, you have already achieved the expected goal.
Several larger leading theaters under the Shaw Brothers Cinemas chain were originally leased to Kang Jianfei. Now that the eight-year lease is about to expire, Shaw Tycoon finally came up with the idea of reviving Shaw Brothers.
In other words, Shao Yifu has never let go of his obsession with movies. In addition, the prosperity of Hong Kong films in recent years has tempted him to return to the film industry. Seeing that the lease period of Shaw Brothers Cinemas is approaching, Shao Yifu finally couldn't help but
Lonely, I found my old friend Wang Tianlin to discuss reopening Shaw Brothers.
Wang Tianlin used to have great power in TVB, but in recent years, he has been sidelined by Fang Yihua, and he only occasionally makes one or two TV series to make ends meet.
The reason why Shao Yifu approached Wang Tianlin to discuss reopening Shaw Brothers was not only because of his ability, but also because Wang Tianlin had a son named Wang Jing.
Wang Jing has long been ranked among the first-line blockbuster directors in Hong Kong. What is even more commendable is that he can use a small amount of money to make a profitable bad movie in a very short time. Shao Yifu just fell in love with Wang Jing's special ability.
, and wanted to use Wang Tianlin's relationship to bring Wang Jing back to Shaw Brothers to film.
Wang Tianlin had been wasting his time at TVB for several years, and his friendship with Shao Yifu was running low. At this time, he smiled and said, "Axiang said that."
Shao Yifu nodded slightly, and he naturally understood the meaning of Wang Tianlin's words, and said: "Shao Brothers must not use the same method as before. When making movies, I will pay him the director's salary according to the market price, and I will ensure that Axiang will not suffer."
"Brother Six is always fair in his dealings. I will tell A Xiang this matter when he gets home." Wang Tianlin said with a smile.
Wang Jing soon learned about this on the phone. Hearing that Shaw Brothers was asking him to go back to film, Wang Jing thought something was wrong with his ears. When he realized what was going on, he immediately called Kang Jianfei to report the news.
"Shao Daheng is preparing to make a comeback?" Kang Jianfei laughed dumbly after hearing this, and didn't take it to heart at all.
As the lion gets older, its claws are no longer sharp, and now the world is dominated by young lions.
Compared with the signal that Shaw Brothers is returning to the film industry, Kang Jianfei is more concerned about the fact that the contracts of several large theaters rented to him by Shaw Brothers are about to expire, and Oriental Cinemas must invest in building new theaters to replace them.
But this is easy to solve. Anyway, Kang Jianfei is not short of money now.
Moreover, the few theaters rented by Shaw Brothers are outdated, and the future trend is towards modern multiplex cinemas. Even if Shaw Brothers does not take back the theaters, Kang Jianfei will replace and renovate all the theaters under Oriental Cinemas in the next few years.
"Brother Fei, Director Cameron just sent a fax, I hope you can take a look." Li Meifeng came in holding the folder.
Kang Jianfei opened the folder and saw that James Cameron had sent more than a dozen dinosaur design drawings. This was his biggest achievement in recent times. (To be continued...) u
