It took more than a week for the cast members of "Mr. Zombie" to obtain Taiwan visas, and it was not until early April that Kang Jianfei flew to Taiwan with everyone.
Li Saifeng is the heroine of this film, but because she has to record the original soundtrack of "Happy Ghost", it will take some time to come. However, the male lead Lin Zhengying also left early. He is not only the hero, but also the star of this film. Action director.
Shooting action scenes is a technical job, and it does not mean that anyone with good kung fu can become an action director. Bruce Lee is very skilled, right? But when Bruce Lee was making a movie, he would not turn on the movie as long as Lin Zhengying was not around, because only the actions designed by Lin Zhengying could make people move. He is satisfied.
Kang Jianfei and his group used to do the preparation work. They selected specific filming locations, rented filming equipment, prepared props and costumes, contacted local extras, etc. They all had to be done in advance. The actual shooting would take place at least a week later.
When Kang Jianfei came to Taipei, the first batch of follow-up works of "Happy Ghost" also began to be released.
Gui Zhihong, the old director of Shaw Brothers, made a movie called "Salt and Wet Ghost", which tells a series of funny stories about a bank clerk who was possessed by a pervert. Before the film was released, it intentionally or unintentionally borrowed "Happy Ghost" was widely publicized and it took in a box office of RMB 3.06 million within 18 days of release.
You must know that the number of moviegoers at this time is far less than during the Chinese New Year. "The Ghost" can get more than 3 million at the box office, which is an outstanding achievement.
After Kang Jianfei received the news in Taipei, he could only laugh or cry, because in the original time and space, there was absolutely no such movie as "Salty Ghost".
Gui Zhihong was a rare box-office hero in the last few years of Shaw Brothers. If it weren't for Kang Jianfei's influence, Gui Zhihong should have made a movie "Evil" this year. After the good response, he immediately made a sequel "Evil Fights Evil". Then next year we will shoot "Evil" and "Evil Again", and we will not stop until the audience feels sick when they hear the word "evil".
There are also several follow-up films of "Happy Ghost" in the two theater chains of Jiahe and Golden Princess, such as "Happy Ghost on Campus" and "The Streets of Daredevils", which have grossed millions at the box office.
The reason why several follow-up films were released in succession is that firstly, the high box office of "Happy Ghost" stimulated other directors, and secondly, the cost of such funny ghost films is low and the requirements for directors and actors are not high, unlike Cheng Long's "Junior Brother" "Go out" is so difficult to imitate.
After several consecutive follow-up films sold for money, it immediately stimulated more small and medium-sized film companies. According to later statistics, until the end of 1980, as many as 9 follow-up films of "Happy Ghost" were released, and even more After taking pictures, they were kept in a warehouse to eat dust.
Seeing this situation, Lei Juekun personally called Kang Jianfei and asked Kang Jianfei to quickly produce the sequel to "Happy Ghost" so as to strike while the iron is hot and get high box office.
Kang Jianfei originally wanted to shoot the second part of "Happy Ghost" in the second half of the year, but seeing this situation, he planned to postpone the filming plan until the trend of following the movie passed.
The experience of encountering robbers and going to the police station that day gave Kang Jianfei a sudden idea to make a police movie. One of the important reasons why Kang Jianfei came to Taipei early this time was to contact actors for the heroine of his next police movie.
Because this actor was so famous and difficult to hire, Kang Jianfei had to personally take action and try his best to persuade him to film in Hong Kong.
At the same time, Mecca's Struggle Film Company also handed in its first answer for Princess Jin. "Crazy Old Man" directed and starred by Mecca was a great success, with a box office of 3.12 million in 20 days of release.
Over in Nanyang, "Happy Ghost" has been released in Southeast Asian countries for more than half a month. Thanks to the operation of Cathay Cinema, the cumulative box office of "Happy Ghost" in Nanyang so far is more than 2.7 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Among them, Singapore
Audiences in Malaysia had the strongest response, and their viewing enthusiasm was even comparable to "The Young Master". However, in Thailand and the Philippines, it was much colder, and the box office performance was quite shabby.
As for Taiwan, because it had to be re-dubbed with Mandarin dialogue, "Happy Ghost" wasn't screened for the first time in Taipei until a week after Kang Jianfei left for Taiwan.
The film plan in South Korea has also been completed, but Japan has some problems. The main reason is that Princess Jin's current overseas distribution ability is too weak, and "Happy Ghost" is not well-known from the director to the actors. All Japanese film producers have proposed
The conditions are very harsh and negotiations are still going on.
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As soon as he got off the plane, Hu Juncai became nervous, his eyes darting around like a bad guy with bad intentions.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "What are you doing? It's like being a thief."
Hu Juncai's palms were sweating and he said: "I heard that there is white terror everywhere in Taiwan. Anyone can be a spy and will be tortured if caught."
Kang Jianfei said speechlessly: "Hong Kong is still a decadent capitalist society. Do you think Hong Kong people are living in dire straits, waiting for you to rescue them?"
After getting the luggage, Pan Yingzi said to everyone: "I have already contacted Manager Ma on the phone. In addition, I am also a regular customer of the Jinyue Hotel near the Cultural City. I can get a 15% discount on staying there."
"Excuse me, Miss Pan." Kang Jianfei nodded and smiled at her. If these things were done by someone unfamiliar with Taipei, how could it be so convenient and could be done with just a few phone calls.
Everyone drove to the Jinyue Hotel to stay, took a short rest, and then split up.
Zhong Zhiwen, Zhong Yuan, Wu Chenggang, Qi Bo, Hu Juncai, and Chen Bingkun took the address and unit given by Pan Yingzi and were responsible for renting shooting equipment, contacting the crew for food, recruiting crew members and extras, etc.
There is no way, the company now has too few manpower, even technicians have to do on-site work, and even makeup artists have to be temporarily recruited in Taipei.
Of course, Kang Jianfei couldn't let everyone work for nothing. Before coming to Taipei, he had promised to give 5% of the local box office to the company's employees on the crew as bonuses. If the box office is a hit, even Li Shan, who is squatting in the company,
, ordinary employees like Zhang Xu also get a red envelope.
Kang Jianfei likes to deceive people, but he always deceives people who have nothing to do with him. The truth that rabbits don’t eat grass beside their nests was something he knew when he was a pickpocket.
To defraud your own people is to defraud yourself. Every employee of the company is a piece of wealth. How to keep this wealth? Kang Jianfei judges others by himself and believes that interests are the most practical thing.
Kang Jianfei did not give all the dividends from the filming of "Happy Ghost" to Zhong Zhiwen and the others, because they were not his own people at the beginning, but he could not be stingy in the future.
After allocating everyone's affairs, Kang Jianfei, Pan Yingzi, Chen Xunqi, and Lin Zhengying went to the China Film and Television Culture City to select specific filming locations and pay a visit to Manager Ma of the Culture City.
China Film Cultural City is located on Zhishan Road, Shilin District, Taipei. It was originally a studio of China Film Company, and was later converted into a cinema with antique architecture, covering an area of nearly 50,000 square meters.
At this time, many period costume and early Republic of China films from Hong Kong and Taiwan were filmed in the China Film and Television Cultural City, and it was also open to tourists, so the Cultural City was very lively. Later, after Taiwan lifted martial law, film crews from Hong Kong and Taiwan went to the mainland to shoot on location, and the China Film and Cultural City
Then it gradually declined.
Precisely because China Film Culture City is so popular, Manager Ma of the Culture City has a very comfortable life, and he looked arrogant after meeting Kang Jianfei.
Manager Ma's name was Ma Yunsheng. He had a chubby short figure and a pair of squinty eyes. He held Pan Yingzi's hand enthusiastically, stared at her infatuatedly and said, "Oh, there are few visitors. Miss Pan, you haven't been here for more than a year."
Now that I have come to Taiwan, I miss you so much!"
"Manager Ma, you're welcome. Let me introduce you," Pan Yingzi tried her best to pull back her hand and said, "This is Mr. Kang Jianfeikang, who is also my current boss. This is Mr. Lin Zhengying, who used to be the boss.
The right-hand man of the star Bruce Lee. This is Mr. Chen Xunqi Chen, a famous soundtrack engineer in Hong Kong."
"Happy Ghost" has not yet been released in Taiwan, so Ma Yunsheng didn't pay much attention to Kang Jianfei. He just shook hands with Kang Jianfei and the other three and said, "Hello, hello!"
For Pan Yingzi's sake, Ma Yunsheng personally took the four of them around the cultural city to introduce them, and Kang Jianfei finally selected five main filming locations.
In the evening, Ma Yunsheng offered to treat the four of them to dinner, saying that he wanted to help them clean up their troubles, but the guy's eyes kept rolling on Pan Yingzi.
While going to the restaurant, Kang Jianfei whispered to Pan Yingzi: "Miss Pan, this manager Ma seems to be very interested in you."
Pan Yingzi said with a smile: "That damn fat guy is just a pervert. He heard that I was divorced and even said on the phone that he wanted me to be my lover. He didn't even count whether the money he had was enough!"
Kang Jianfei asked jokingly: "I also want to take care of you, Sister Azi, but I don't know how much it will cost?"
Pan Yingzi was a woman who could joke around. She gave Kang Jianfei a flirtatious look and said with a smile: "If it were you, I could get a 50% discount."
Zhao Yazhi's beauty is dignified and elegant, but Pan Yingzi is different. This woman was born with a childlike face, and she is still as delicate as a girl in her 30s, but to match her innocent face, she has a pair of charming and enchanting faces.
peach blossom eyes.
Such a strong contrast made Pan Yingzi's peach blossom eyes full of electricity. Kang Jianfei felt his heartbeat speed up after being shocked by her.
This woman is not a kind person!
Kang Jianfei shouted: Monster, where can you escape?
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Um, Lao Wang was confused in the first few chapters and deviated from the outline as he wrote. Now take it back quickly.
Also, guess what Kang Jianfei’s next movie will be? A police movie.
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