Chapter 107: Adequate funds

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Kang Jianfei wants to invest in "Hatching the Wrong Car", which is another big movie in which New Art City has entered the box office market in Taiwan.

Because Princess Jin's overseas distribution ability was still very weak at that time, the screening of this drama in Taiwan was very bad, and it was often interrupted after more than half a month after the theaters were released.

But in this unfavorable situation, due to the enthusiastic viewing of Taiwanese audiences, "Hatching the Wrong Car" was re-screened in Taiwan 8 times in five months, winning a box office of more than NT$40 million in one fell swoop.

This may be an unbreakable record in the history of world cinema. It is not about the release date of "The Wrong Car", but about the number of times it re-released in a short period of time.

Kang Jianfei is not going to direct this drama himself. What he wants to do is the boss of a large film company like Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai, rather than the boss of a big actor who takes action in person like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.

He can draw storyboard scripts for important plots of the movie in advance. As long as the director level is not too bad, he will basically not be out of shape.

Who should be directed?

Zeng Zhiwei first ruled out that it is okay to shoot commercial comedy movies, but it would be too difficult for him to shoot emotional songs and dance movies.

Then there is only Chen Xunqi left. This guy is a musician and it should be more suitable for making musical movies.

However, Chen Xunqi's current directorial ability is obviously insufficient, so he must be equipped with a strong executive director.

Moreover, this executive director must be a Taiwanese and must have a good understanding of Taiwan’s society, folk customs, etc.

Yu Kanping, the director of the original "The Wrong Car", is a Taiwanese. This guy first became a director of New Art City, and later took the initiative to propose the idea of ​​"The Wrong Car", and then planned and discussed with Wong Baiming.

In the end, Huang Baiming spent two days to complete the script, while Yu Kanping returned to Taipei to summon troops to prepare for filming.

The people who Yu Kanping gathered were not simple. The songs written for "Hooking the Wrong Car" included the most elite figures in Taiwan's music scene today, including Luo Dayou, Hou Dejian, Chen Zhiyuan, Li Shouquan and others.

Well, of course, Kang Jianfei wants to invest in "Hitting the Wrong Car", so naturally he doesn't have to bother Luo Dayou and the others anymore.

Because the talented man of Kang Da can also create songs, and with the principle that those who are capable work harder, the interlude in "The Wrong Car" is so popular that Kang Jianfei will naturally take all of them.

As for the original soundtrack of "The Wrong Car", of course, Su Qi sang it. As long as the record is released, she will be very popular.

Kang Jianfei is preparing to let Chen Xunqi be the director of "The Wrong Car", and then let Yu Kanping be the executive director for him.But Yu Kanping doesn't seem to be coming to Hong Kong to develop now because he is still in Taipei.

Pan Yingzi was helping Kang Jianfei find information about Brigitte Lin, and now she doesn't know where she has gone.

Kang Jianfei thought about it and suddenly remembered himself. He found out the phone number of Ma Yunsheng, general manager of China Film Culture City, and dialed it: Hello, Manager Ma, I am Kang Jianfei from Hong Kong.

It's Mr. Kang Ah, are you going to come to Taipei to make a movie again?

Ma Yunsheng's tone is much more enthusiastic than last time. After all, "Happy Ghost" has exceeded 10 million in the box office in Taiwan. In Taiwan, where the box office of the movie is now sluggish, Kang Jianfei is quite famous.

Moreover, most Taiwanese industry insiders have received the news that Mr. Zombie has sold well in the box office in Hong Kong.

Kang Jianfei said: It's Ah.I want to ask Manager Ma for personal information. Do you know a director named Yu Kanping?

Although Jack Ma is a fool, he still knows a lot of people. After thinking for a moment, he said: Oh, you are talking about the little director of Lufu Company, I remember it.What are you asking him for?

Kang Jianfei made up: I heard that he has a good directorial skills and wants to recruit him as an assistant director.

Ma Yunsheng said disdainfully: He is just a small director of a small company and has a fart level.If Mr. Kang is short of people, I will recommend a few of them to you, which is guaranteed to be better than Yu Kanping!

Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Haha, no need for now, I will ask about this person surnamed Yu.Does Manager Ma have his contact information?

Jack Ma said awesomely: I often contact the big directors, so how could I keep Yu Kanping’s phone number?I have a phone number from Lufu Company here, do you want it?

Kang Jianfei said happily: Thank you!

After asking about the phone number of the general manager of Lufu Film Company, Kang Jianfei immediately dialed it over, and a female voice came from there and said: Hello, Lufu Film, who are you?

Kang Jianfei said: Is it Manager Liu?

The woman on the phone said: I am his secretary. If you have anything, I will leave this afternoon and quit.

Kang Jianfeiqi said: Why don’t you do it?

The woman said: Liufu Pictures is about to close, and the boss is still hiding debts in the Philippines. What am I still staying in the company for?

Kang Jianfei asked: I asked you about your personal information, is Yu Kanping here?

The woman said funny: What are you looking for Kanping to do? He left the company last month.Speaking of which, Liufu Pictures went bankrupt, and he also made a contribution. He made a movie "Sanmao Wandering" more than 4 million yuan, but the box office was only 860,000 yuan.

Kang Jianfei was sweating wildly and went around with the female secretary for a long time before he got to Yu Kanping's phone number and address.

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Mr. Kang, do you have anything to tell me?Chen Xunqi walked into Kang Jianfei's office.

Please sit down, Kang Jianfei asked, how is "Three Minutes Hero" doing?

Chen Xunqi replied: I am doing the post-production soundtrack.

Kang Jianfei pushed over the script he had just written in the company for four hours and said: Don’t you want to be a director?I happen to have a script here.

"Hit the Wrong Car"?Chen Xunqi looked curiously.

Kang Jianfei said: There is only the story summary and the first half. I haven’t written the second half yet. You can prepare for it after reading the script.

After turning a few pages, Chen Xunqi said in surprise: A song and dance film that happened in Taiwan!This, if you take a photo, you may lose.

Song and dance films are synonymous with frustration, not to mention that they are stories that happen in Taiwan. The film market in Taiwan is not very prosperous now.

Kang Jianfei said: You don’t have to worry about other things, you just need to make this movie well.Since you may not know Taiwan’s social customs, I plan to give you a Taiwan executive director.This is his contact information. After you finish the soundtrack of "Three Minutes Hero", you can leave to Taipei to find him.In addition, there is no need to hurry to watch this movie. I will only be screened in Taiwan during the Chinese New Year. You have plenty of time.

That's good.When Chen Xunqi heard that he had plenty of time, the pressure suddenly decreased a lot, and he felt excited that he was about to be a director for the first time.

Oh, by the way, Kang Jianfei added, I might be going to make a movie recently, so you can't take the crew of the company.You have to go to Taipei to temporarily form the crew of "The Wrong Car", where a Liufu Film Company is about to go bankrupt, so you can take the opportunity to recruit some people.

Chen Xunqi was stunned when he heard this. He used to be just a musician and an actor. Although he had been on the set since he was fifteen, he only worked as an assistant director in the just-shot "Three Minutes Hero".

Now Kang Jianfei actually asked him to kill to Taipei alone, and the crew members had to summon them themselves. Isn’t this a scam?

Seeing Chen Xunqi's face was embarrassed, Kang Jianfei smiled in his heart: Old man, have you been a cannon friend with your daughter for a few days? He dared to beat me like that.

In this life, I will return it twice as much as possible. I will squeeze out all your abilities and help me make money. If I don’t believe it, I won’t be able to kill you!

Brother Chen, I believe in your ability!Kang Jianfei said solemnly in a tone.

When Chen Xunqi heard this, he felt excited and thought to himself: The boss trusts me so much, why am I still caring about it?

If it were Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, they would never give themselves such a chance.

Mr. Kang is such a good person. He will be very good at employed. I must make the movie well and live up to Mr. Kang’s expectations!

Chen Xunqi nodded excitedly and said: Mr. Kang, please rest assured, I will do my best.

Kang Jianfei smiled with satisfaction and said: Very good, you can go and do the soundtrack of "Three Minutes Heroes" first. After doing it, come to me to get the rest of the script for "The Wrong Car".

Mr. Kang, then I'll leave first.Chen Xunqi stood up and walked out of the office with great enthusiasm.

After Chen Xunqi left, Kang Jianfei asked his cousin's aunt to come to the company's accounts and checked it.

The company originally had more than 7.5 million yuan in its account, but because of the overspending budget of "Three Minutes Heroes", forming a martial arts class, spending money to buy Chung Chuhong's artist contracts, allocating cars to the company and himself, paying employees' salaries, and other administrative expenses, and the overspending budget of "Three Minutes Heroes", there are more than 4.6 million yuan left.

At this time, there are still a few days before the final release of "Mr. Zombie" is available, but the box office dividends for the first round of screening have arrived, with a total of more than 5.1 million yuan.

In addition, "Happy Ghost" that failed South Korea has received unexpected surprises in Japan.

"Happy Ghost" was released in two small theaters in Japan. Because it was a summer season, it attracted countless Japanese students to watch the movie enthusiastically, and even lined up to buy tickets.

One month after its release, "Happy Ghost" won a gratifying box office of 6.3 billion yen in Japan. If the number of theaters released in theaters was too small, this data would have been better.

Jackie Chan's "The Junior Brother" had a box office of 11.4 billion yen in Japan. Although "Happy Ghost" only had a box office of 60%, Kang Jianfei was already very satisfied.

After all, Jackie Chan has already had box office appeal in Japan, and he, Kang Jianfei's "Happy Ghost" is all newcomers.

6.3 billion yen, equivalent to Hong Kong dollars, that is 20 million Ah!

"Happy Ghost" has a box office of only HK$500,000 in South Korea, only HK$2 million in Taiwan, and the total box office in many Southeast Asian countries is only more than 20 million, and the box office in Japan is actually 20 million!

No wonder it is said that Japan at this time was the second largest movie box office market in the world after the North American market.

Oriental DreamWorks had little cash, but when the dividends at the box office in Japan arrived, they immediately filled up, reaching as much as 16.8 million.

HK$16.8 million is not much, and many large companies cannot immediately take out such cash!

When the final dividend of "Mr. Zombie" is paid, Oriental DreamWorks' cash will be close to 20 million.

But, Fengxing Records needs to spend money.

Kang Jianfei directly took 5.3 million from DreamWorks account and asked Deng Yiming, the kid, to come over quickly to collect the money.