Time flies by in July. Although Cameron is in charge of the later stage of "Jurassic Park", Kang Jianfei, as a director, cannot ignore it and flies to the United States from time to time to follow the progress. The final editing rights of the film are also in his hands. .↗Novel,
In comparison, Kang Jianfei met Sophie Marceau in the United States obviously much more than he met Cameron. The two even secretly went to Hawaii for a few days.
The production of "Jurassic Park" will be completed at least by the end of July. It will definitely be too late to catch up with the American summer schedule, because there is no time to schedule the film, so it can only be released at the end of this year.
Kang Jianfei was not just playing around during this period. He first went to attend the King of Boxers World Championship finals, then went to Taipei to support Vivian Chow's concert, and then returned to Hong Kong to attend the Miss Oriental finals.
The response to this year's Miss Hong Kong and Miss Oriental beauty pageants was not very good. The main reason is that the quality of the beauty pageants is not high. Miss Hong Kong champion Lu Shuyi and Asian sister champion Feng Meiying are quite different from the previous champions. It's beautiful, but it doesn't make people shine.
After participating in the Miss Oriental beauty pageant finals, Kang Jianfei headed north to Beijing without stopping. Along with him were Hong Kong filmmakers such as Chow Wenhuai.
Due to the Prime Minister's southern tour at the beginning of the year, the political trend in the mainland has finally settled, and relatively sensitive content in the past two years has been discussed again, including the proposal to introduce Hong Kong films.
The meeting lasted for a full week, and finally a document called the "Ten Outstanding Hong Kong Films Introduction Plan" was approved, which means that 10 Hong Kong films will be allowed to be screened in the mainland on a split basis every year.
These 10 movies must pass the review of relevant mainland departments, and the accounting regulations are very strict. Hong Kong producers can only get 16% of the box office, and the rest belongs to various mainland units.
There are still some things that are not stated in the document. That is, among the annual quota of 10 Hong Kong films, at least 5 must be produced by DreamWorks. This is something that originally belonged to DreamWorks. It is Kang Jianfei's support for mainland China. returns, but it was temporarily interrupted in the first two years due to wind direction issues.
The remaining 5 film quotas will be divided among other Hong Kong film companies, among which Golden Harvest will account for at least 3 films. The quota is really pitiful.
For many film companies in Hong Kong, although the mainland's plan to introduce Hong Kong films is useless, it is still a good start. In terms of the current total box office, the mainland is a large box office that far exceeds the Taiwan film market. One day Open your mouth completely. That is tantamount to another box office paradise waving to Hong Kong filmmakers.
At this moment, no one knows that the mainland box office market will shrink sharply in the next ten years. Both Zou Wenhuai and Wu Siyuan have unlimited expectations for entering the mainland.
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Just when Kang Jianfei, Zou Wenhuai and others returned from the capital, two major events happened in the Hong Kong film industry.
First, Huang Baiming and Luo Jiecheng officially broke up and separated. Huang Baiming united with more than 20 cinemas to form Metro Cinema Line Company, adding another major cinema chain in Hong Kong. (In another time and space, the cinema established by Huang Baiming at this time The line was called Oriental Cinema Line, and his film company was also renamed Oriental Film Company)
There are already too many theater chains in Hong Kong. The new theater chain established by Huang Baiming has undoubtedly muddied the waters of the Hong Kong film industry. Apart from Hong Kong, there is probably no place in the world where such a high density of people gather. There are nearly 200 cinemas and six or seven large cinema lines.
The second is Shao Yifu. He bypassed Shaw Brothers Pictures and hired Johnnie To as the director in the name of Metropolitan Film Company. He hired Wang Jing to be the producer, and also invited popular stars such as Zhou Xingchi, Anita Mui, and Ng Meng-tat to film "The Examination".
"Death Officer".
Shao Yifu's original plan was to use TVB's directors, stars and other resources to make a comeback for Shaw Brothers. But Fang Yihua, who controlled the TVB, simply refused to cooperate with him. Unwilling to do so, Shao Yifu simply bypassed it.
Fang Yihua and TVB directly spent money to hire outsiders to film the movie.
"The Death Trial" exploded at the box office as soon as it was released. It was screened for more than two months before it was released, and it grossed 49.88 million at the box office, directly breaking the Hong Kong box office record set by "Family Happiness" during the Spring Festival.
Where did this Metropolitan Film Company come from?
When they found out the share structure of Metropolis, people were surprised to find that the boss behind it was Shao Yifu. Uncle Shao Liu who once dominated the Hong Kong film industry was back!
Shao Yifu is 85 years old this year. Does he still want to make a comeback in the film industry and recreate the glory of Shaw Brothers?
Major newspapers have praised Shao Yifu for his talent, but Shao Yifu himself has kept a low profile and has never been seen in public.
Peninsula Tea Restaurant.
Shao Yifu took a sip of tea and sighed: "Tian Lin, thank you for your hard work this time, otherwise "The Death Judge" would not have been filmed at all."
"Uncle Six is too polite, I'm just talking." Wang Tianlin said with a smile.
The producer of "The Death Trial" is Wang Tianlin's son, and the director is Wang Tianlin's apprentice. He really put a lot of effort into it. It can be said that Wang Tianlin set up the framework of the crew.
Shao Yifu chatted with Wang Tianlin about old things and said with emotion: "When we were making movies in the past, it was a big deal if the box office exceeded 1 million. How can you imagine that now a movie can get 50 million at the box office? It is really a golden age of movies.
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Wang Tianlin devoured the pineapple bun and said: "After all, it is the world of young people, and we are all old."
"Yes, after all, the world belongs to young people." Shao Yifu muttered in a low voice.
Although "The Death Trial" broke the box office record in Hong Kong, Shao Yifu did not have much joy. Because this movie was not produced by Shaw Brothers, he, Shao Yifu, could only be regarded as a film investor, and he was not even listed as a producer.
He didn't even sign it, but wrote Fang Yihua's name directly on it (Metropolis is a joint venture between Shaw Brothers and TVB).
There is no one to succeed in his film career, and no matter how record-breaking he is, it will be just a flash in the pan. At his age, he no longer has that much energy to do it. This is Shao Yifu's biggest regret.
"I heard that Kang Jianfei's 400 million movie will be released soon?" Shao Yifu asked.
Wang Tianlin said: "It's just this month, it's almost over."
Shao Yifu suddenly laughed and said: "I would like to see what a movie with a cost of 400 million can be made."
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"What? Shao Daheng is coming to the premiere of "Jurassic Park"?" Kang Jianfei looked at Wang Jing in surprise.
Fatty Wang nodded and said: "My dad said that Sir Shaw will probably not make any more movies after "The Inquisitor"."
Sometimes people see things clearly when they get old. 10 years ago, it would have been impossible for Shao Yifu to come to support Kang Jian. This time "The Death Trial" broke the Hong Kong box office record, and Shao Yifu regarded it as his film career
A perfect ending, running to attend the premiere of "Jurassic Park" is a disguised handover ceremony, a spiritual encouragement to young Hong Kong filmmakers, and a good wish for the future of Hong Kong movies.
Friday, August 14th.
In the second week after "The Inquisitor" ended its screening, the premiere of "Jurassic Park" was held as scheduled at Taiping Cinema.
This movie, which cost 400 million Hong Kong dollars, has attracted attention from all parties even before it was shot. It has been highly anticipated after several rounds of publicity.
There was a huge crowd outside the Taiping Theater, and celebrities appeared one after another, murdering countless reporters' film reels.
Kang Jianfei stood at the entrance of the theater this time, greeting every guest warmly, until a No. 6 car drove up, and he suddenly stepped forward to greet them.
"Did I read that correctly? It's actually number 6."
"It can't be Sir Shao."
"How could it be Shao Daheng?"
"The car stopped, let's see who got off."
"It's Wang Tianlin, Wang Jing's father."
"There is another person, it's really Shao Daheng!"
"Shao Daheng came to attend the premiere of Kang Jianfei's movie!"
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The reporters lowered their heads and pushed forward. When they saw Shao Yifu getting out of the car, they all let out a burst of exclamations.
Kang Jianfei walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Welcome Sir Shao and Uncle Tianlin."
Shao Yifu leaned on a cane with one hand and said with a smile: "Let me see Mr. Kang's masterpiece."
When the two people held their hands together, the astute reporters immediately pressed the camera shutter to record this rare scene. (To be continued...) u
