Kang Jianfei is not a person who is greedy for small profits without caring about the overall situation. A few months ago, Lei Juekun wanted to join the shareholder DreamWorks. The reason why he refused was because the other party could never afford the price he wanted.
What was the original Oriental DreamWorks?
There are no employees, no funds, not even office space, only the upcoming "Happy Ghost".
Lei Juekun can get at least 50% of DreamWorks' shares by investing just a few million. Is Kang Jianfei happy with this?
If it had been anyone else, such as those who were about to found New Art City, they would have agreed immediately - even with the investment from Boss Lei, and the support of New Art City after the partnership, why not?
for?
But if Mecca and others knew that all the movies they would make in the future would be successful, they would never agree to exchange millions for more than 40% of New Art City shares.
Kang Jianfei is a time traveler. He has confidence in his company and will naturally not let others take a share of the pie before he gets rich.
Maybe in two or three years, Oriental DreamWorks will have grown, and when Lei Juekun asks for a shareholding again, Kang Jianfei will consider cooperation. As for the conditions for cooperation, it is to use the shares of Golden Princess Cinema Line and the shares of Oriental DreamWorks
exchange.
Now Kang Jianfei is famous, and he is still a "million-dollar director". But if he dares to propose exchanging shares of DreamWorks with Princess Jin, he will probably be spit on by Lei Juekun as soon as he says this.
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When Kang Jianfei returned to the company, Zeng Zhiwei had been waiting for a long time.
At this time, Zeng Zhiwei was in his 20s. When he was in middle school, he often went to the place where Liu's class practiced martial arts to play football. Over time, he became familiar with Liu Jialiang and others, and was recruited into Liu's class to be responsible for the shift work. The so-called shift is
The martial artist is responsible for roll call when he goes out to work. At that time, he is completely engaged in logistics.
After spending several years in Liu Jiaban, Zeng Zhiwei also learned some rudimentary boxing and kicking skills. When Hong Jinbao took over the banner and founded Hong Jiaban, he and two other martial arts masters from Liu Jiaban defected to Hong Jinbao.
When he was in the Hong Family Class, Zeng Zhiwei had already become a serious dragon and tiger martial artist. Because he was short, he could be used as a stand-in for actresses and was more popular than the tall and powerful martial arts masters.
Being a dragon and tiger martial artist in Hong Kong in the 1970s was very good, especially for those who were doing well. When ordinary people's monthly salary was only 700 to 800, a good dragon and tiger martial artist could earn more than 100 a day. Zeng Zhiwei was busy working two or three times a day.
A crew can earn nearly 200 yuan a day, which is more than an ordinary worker can earn in a month.
However, Zeng Zhiwei was smarter than the average dragon and tiger martial arts master. He knew that this industry was for young people, so he changed his job and became a small screenwriter whose income was far lower than that of a martial arts master. Seeing that the screenwriter was doing well, Zeng Zhiwei considered becoming a director, but he was
I have been working on the script for more than a month, but no one is willing to invest in it.
"Hello, Mr. Kang!" Zeng Zhiwei immediately came up to shake hands with Kang Jianfei after seeing him.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Hello, please sit inside. Ah Cai, come in and make a cup of tea for Mr. Zeng."
Zeng Zhiwei followed Kang Jianfei into the office, and after sitting down, he looked at it carefully. He didn't go to the last celebration party of "Happy Ghost" because he had something to do, so today was the first time Zeng Zhiwei saw Kang Jianfei in person.
The news that Kang Jianfei captured three gunmen and killed them on the spot some time ago has been widely spread, and has almost become known to everyone in Hong Kong. This makes Kang Jianfei, a millionaire director, have a lot of money on his head.
A mysterious aura.
Zeng Zhiwei is very curious about Kang Jianfei, and even admires him a little. He has been in the Hong Kong film industry for more than ten years, and now he has no other way to shoot his first movie. Kang Jianfei has been in Hong Kong for half a year, but he is already the boss of a film company.
Comparing people to each other is so annoying!
Because outsiders often commit crimes and cause trouble, and many of these people come from mainland China and Vietnam, and the mainland is poor, Hong Kong people at this time looked down on mainlanders and considered them a source of instability in Hong Kong - just like some cities in the 1990s.
How do people here feel about migrant workers?
A few years later, Lizzie was elected Miss Asia, but was ridiculed by the Hong Kong media for her lack of quality; Carina Lau was ranked as TVB's Kowloon Girl, and until the early 1990s she was still jokingly called Beigu. This was a sign that Hong Kong people looked down on mainlanders.
But for successful men, this is definitely not the case.
When "Looking for Qin" was serialized and caused a sensation, some people scolded Kang Jianfei, a mainland boy, for being only able to write pornographic texts; "Shanghai. On the Beach" was a hit and had an unhappy ending, and some people accused Kang Jianfei, a mainland boy, of being mentally retarded.
Until the release of "Happy Ghost", Princess Jin made a big campaign to support Kang Jianfei, and countless people laughed at Lei Juekun's head. Kang Jianfei, a mainlander, was a piece of shit that he couldn't help.
But when the box office of "Happy Ghost" exceeded 10 million, most of the people who had scolded Kang Jianfei shut up. More than a month ago, news broke that Kang Jianfei had captured and killed the gangster, and Hong Kong public opinion was even more praising him.
It can be said that Kang Jianfei has used his talent and success to throw the contemptuous nickname of "Mainland Boy" to the horizon. Even if someone mentions these three words again in the future, it will be used to set off Kang Jianfei's legend and mystery. He has completely
Accepted by Hong Kong locals.
This is the advantage of men. After they have accomplished something in their career, they will naturally be recognized by others. If it were a woman, once her career is successful, the first thing that comes is mostly rumors, and she has to wait for a while, just like Carina Lau.
It took more than ten years before it was finally accepted by Hong Kong society after that incident.
Although he knew that the young man in front of him would not turn 19 in two months, Zeng Zhiwei did not dare to take advantage of it. He lowered his attitude and said, "Mr. Kang, I heard that you are going to form a martial arts team?"
Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "I have this plan."
Zeng Zhiwei said: "I think there is a very good person and I would like to recommend him to Mr. Kang."
"Oh, who?" Kang Jianfei asked. He knew that Zeng Zhiwei was trying to sell him a small favor first, and then talk about soliciting investment.
Zeng Zhiwei said: "This man's name is Dong Wei. He is from the Fan Family. He used to work in Shaw Brothers, and then went to Taiwan to work as a martial arts director for a few years. Recently, Taiwanese movies have been in a slump, so he returned to Hong Kong. Mr. Kang must have never heard of it.
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Kang Jianfei was not familiar with many Hong Kong filmmakers, but he had heard of Dong Wei. He joined the Hung Family Class in the 1980s and appeared in "A Better Tomorrow", "Carmen", and "Days of Being Wild".
He has worked as an action director or action designer in movies such as "Painted Skin", "October Siege", "Sword Rain" and so on, and is considered a relatively awesome person.
When "Sword Rain" was being filmed, Kang Jianfei was still a small character and was thrown by the company to the crew as a camera assistant. It was at that time that he met Dong Wei.
Since Zeng Zhiwei gave it to him as soon as he arrived, Kang Jianfei accepted his favor and proactively said, "Huang Xia mentioned your matter to me. Do you have a script in hand?"
"Bring it here." When Zeng Zhiwei heard that there was a drama, he quickly took out the script he had written.
The name of the movie in the script was "The Thief". As soon as Kang Jianfei saw the name, he knew that the movie was not good. He should at least have heard of good movies.
When I opened the script, I saw that it was a drama about a vendetta. Moreover, the script of "The Profit" has the same problem as the scripts of other current Hong Kong movies, that is, it is so crude that I can't bear to look at it!
Many details of the movie were not explained clearly, and even the lines were incomplete. The action scenes were even briefly mentioned, probably because they wanted to wait for the action director to improvise on the spot.
Kang Jianfei scratched his head. He didn't even have the mood to finish reading the script. He closed the script and said, "The plot is too cliche. Why did you think of making such an outdated martial arts movie?"
Zeng Zhiwei felt a little cold, but fortunately Kang Jianfei did not refuse immediately. He explained: "This is a small-budget movie, and I only need an investment of 800,000. There are many brothers to help with the action scenes, so there is no problem in getting the money back."
Kang Jianfei originally wanted to help him change the script, but the script was so poor that it could not be changed. If the play wanted to be a big hit, it would have to be Cheng Long himself playing the leading role.
Kang Jianfei thought for a moment and said, "I can invest, but you have to agree to one condition."
Zeng Zhiwei said happily: "Mr. Kang, please tell me."
Kang Jianfei said: "If you want me to invest, the style of this film must change. It doesn't mean that some people will like comedy. A bad comedy will only make the audience scold you. I will give you an idea. If you listen to me, just make it."
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If Xu Kelai came to solicit investment and Kang Jianfei made so many demands, Mr. Xu might be so angry that he turned around and left. But Zeng Zhiwei and Wang Jing are the same kind of people. They make movies just for money. As long as they can start making money, the investors will raise
No matter how much you ask for, they happily agree.
Zeng Zhiwei smiled and said, "Mr. Kang, tell me."
Kang Jianfei took out a pencil from the pen holder on his desk, found a piece of white paper, and drew several comic-style pictures, and said: "Jianghu Swordsman, there are masters like Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan, and Chu Yuan in front of them.
The road has come to an end. If you want to make Jianghu movies, you have to innovate. In your script, I only see the style of Cheng Long's humorous martial arts movies, and it is a very immature follower. Movies require innovation and change.
, it’s time for martial arts movies to change their style!”
Zeng Zhiwei was confused and asked: "How to change the style?"
Kang Jianfei said: "In the past, fights in Jianghu movies were fought on the ground. You can fight in the sky, and the audiences who come and go can also watch it fresh."
"Fighting from the sky?" Zeng Zhiwei looked at Kang Jianfei dumbfounded. He still didn't understand what the Kangda director was talking about.