Chapter 333 Midnight venue

9days ago Celebrity fiction 8
Due to Kang Jianfei's big move, Dream Factory, Feng Huáng Channel and Fengxing Records were all chaotic for a while, and the handover and coordination work between various departments was barely smooth.

Feng Huáng said that it was going to transfer the production department of TV series and variety shows to a new company, but it still left a group of people to use it as an overuse.

"The Legend of the Royal Sister 2" has been painted in Hong Kong, but "The True Color of Heroes" released on the same day as it is still in Taiwan for box office.

When "The True Heroes" was released in Hong Kong, it took seven and a half weeks to be released. Now it has only been released in Taiwan for four weeks, and the box office has won nearly NT$3,000.

Although "The Royal Sister 2" has not been scheduled for Christmas in Japan, it still has a good New Year's Day schedule, thanks to the reputation left by the previous film and the good box office released in North America.

The box office of "Senior Sister Royal 2" in North America and Hong Kong was much lower than that of "Senior Sister Royal 1", with a drop of 55% and 30% respectively.

But the situation in Japan is different. "Sister Royal 2" set off a movie-watching craze as soon as it was released. In three weeks, the box office has earned 2.1 billion yen. You should know that "Sister Royal 1" has a total box office of only 1.8 billion yen in Japan.

Japan was so rich at this time, and some people in the United States were already clamoring that the Japanese wanted to buy the entire United States.

The 2.1 billion yen of "Royal Sister 2" is just a pediatric science. When "ET" was released in Japan in two or three months, the box office was terrifying 15 billion yen.

At the end of 1982, the yen was in a period of great appreciation in three years, with a ratio of 215 to 1 against the US dollar.

In addition, the Hong Kong dollar depreciates slightly, and 2.1 billion yen is equivalent to more than 82 million Hong Kong dollars.

Brigitte Lin's fame in Japan has risen again. Before the movie has stopped being screened, Songzhu Film has invited Brigitte Lin and Donnie Yen, hoping that they can go to Japan to shoot an action film.

After the release of the main "Senior Sister Royal 2", Japanese fans strongly hope that Hiroyuki Sanada and Keiko Matsuban can work with Brigitte Lin again.

Songzhu Film immediately saw the business opportunities. Not only did he send a film invitation to Brigitte Lin, but he also invited Donnie Yen and the Raptors stunt team that had just been reorganized.

It was not until January 31 that the wonderful performance of "Sister Royal 2" in Japan finally ended, with the cumulative box office in Japan equivalent to HK$87.2 million.

This is true in Japan, and Southeast Asia and South Korea.

Because "The Royal Sister 2" has been filmed for half a year, DreamWorks has already coordinated the screening plan with local courts and merchants, and will be released in half a month all over the world.

Not only that, the marketing operation department under Maqiao also opened up hospital and business channels in Australia and New Zealand.

Although these two broken places have small populations and even fewer people are willing to buy tickets to watch Chinese movies, after all, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, which is finally a gratifying thing.

At this time, from another perspective, it is also the strength of Hong Kong films in this era.

In 1982, 17% of the foreign films imported by Australia were Hong Kong films, and the share of foreign films imported was second only to the United States.

Perhaps many people would not believe that 18% of the foreign films imported by France last year were Hong Kong films.

Five years ago, 52% of Malaysia's imported movies were Hong Kong films, that is, more than half of the movies imported by Malaysia were Hong Kong films, far exceeding the share of Hollywood films.

Unfortunately, the Malaysian government reduced the quota for Hong Kong films two years ago, and now Hong Kong films only account for 38% of Malaysia’s imported films.

As for Thailand, let alone, the market share of 40% of foreign films is considered low, and it is normal for Hong Kong films to account for more than half of Thai imported films.

Not only that, Taiwanese films also have more than 30% of the imported films in Thailand.

With Hong Kong and Taiwanese films, more than 90% of Thailand’s imported films are Chinese-language films, and Hollywood films basically have no foothold in Thailand.

A few years ago, when Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Qin Xianglin and others went to Thailand, they also received invitations from the Thai royal family, so a large group of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities and reporters flocked to the Thai Palace...

"Sister Royal 2", which performed poorly in Hong Kong and North America, swept the Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian film markets in late 1982 and early 1983.

There is "The True Color of Heroes" in the first place and "The Senior Sister of Royal 2" in the second place. Oriental DreamWorks' fame in Nanyang has surpassed Jiahe and Shaw Brothers.

However, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe are not easy to get along with each other. After giving up the Christmas period, they both blocked the upcoming Spring Festival period.

Shaw Brothers’ ambition work "Star Wars" was promoted more than half a month before its release, claiming that "Star Wars" is a super science fiction masterpiece, which aroused the desire of countless viewers to watch the movie.

In the original time and space, Jiahe's main film for this Spring Festival is Tsui Hark's "New Shushan Swordsman", but Tsui Hark has joined DreamWorks, so it is naturally impossible for him to help Zou Wenhuai direct the movie.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai should thank Kang Jianfei, otherwise he would definitely be cheated by "New Shushan Swordsman".

Jiahe released Jackie Chan's "The Water Police Eagle", another movie that is not even available in parallel space.

It seems that the last "Plan A" made Jiahe and Jackie Chan taste the sweetness. This time, "The Water Police Eagle" is a bit like the sister chapter of "Plan A". Jiahe also deliberately revealed that Jackie Chan fought against pirates on a deserted island in the film.

As for New Art City, it is a bit sluggish, and only plans to release an urban comedy starring Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, and the publicity is not very strong.

Not only that, Xinyi City entered Taiwan last year and opened a Xinyi City Taiwan branch. In the past two months, Xinyi City's branch has not published any works.

According to Kang Jianfei's estimate, it is probably because of the funding problem in Xinyi City and there is not much money to make movies.

The films of Xinyi City have always been popular, and there is only one reason for the capital problem, that is, Lei Juekun took away the company's money.

The trouble is that he has to draw money from the film company. I believe Boss Lei suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash in the previous few months in Hong Kong.

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As the Spring Festival gets closer and closer, Tsui Hark finally finished the late stage of "The City of Defeat" and arranged for the midnight show to be screened in Queen's Theater.

The main function of the midnight show is to allow the audience to test the box office potential of the movie. The director also needs to re-edit or even reshoot the shot based on the feedback from the midnight show.

Kang Jianfei's movies are usually premiere and will not be screened at midnight.

But others dare not do this, especially Tsui Hark. Kang Jianfei was very worried about this guy and had to take it to the midnight venue for a test.

As the production manager of DreamWorks, Tsang Zhiwei has not been under his direct jurisdiction for Tsui Hark's film studio, but he has watched it after the film comes out.

I heard from Zeng Zhiwei that this film is pretty good, but the pace is a little faster, Kang Jianfei became more and more worried.

Tsui Hark's style is fast-paced, which is exactly the opposite of Wong Kar-wai's movies that can be watched to sleep. Sometimes it's so fast that the audience can't react at all.

I haven't had time some time ago, and now "The City of Fighting" is about to be released in midnight, and Kang Jianfei just took the time to go and have a look.

Dingdong, Dingdong...

Kang Jianfei leaned against the wall and rang the doorbell. He waited for more than two minutes before someone opened the door.

Chung Chuhong probably just finished taking a shower, and her hair was slightly wet.

Seeing Kang Jianfei standing outside the door, Chung Chuhong said in surprise: A Fei, why are you here?

I'm bored at night, so I'll ask you to go out for two drinks of Ah.Kang Jianfei smiled.

It's so late, I just took a shower and was about to go to bed. Chung Chuhong rubbed her hair with a dry towel and said, "If you want to drink, please look for Miss Lin or Miss Zhao Ah."

Kang Jianfei touched his nose and smiled: Why did I hear you speak sourly?

Chung Chuhong let him in and said: I won’t eat someone’s dry jealousy.

Kang Jianfei sighed and said: You can deceive me, but you can't deceive yourself.

nerve!Chung Chuhong was too lazy to care about Kang Jianfei, so she ran to the dressing table to blow her hair.

I'll help you.Kang Jianfei followed and reached for the hair dryer, but held the hair dryer together with Chung Chuhong's small hand.

Be careful I will sue you for harassment!Chung Chuhong simply pulled out her hand. She had long been used to Kang Jianfei's perseverance.

Kang Jianfei adjusted the temperature of the hot air before twitching Chung’s hair and asked: I think you look better with long hair.

Chung Chuhong watched Kang Jianfei help her blow her hair through the dressing mirror, and said casually: I cut it during the last filming, and it felt much more refreshing.

Kang Jianfei said: Your face is more suitable for long hair, and short hair will have a lot less flavor.

What tastes Ah?Chung Chuhong asked with a smile.

Sexy and charming.Kang Jianfei's hand slowly moved down from Chung Chuhong's hair, gently stroked her neck back and forth. Chung Chuhong closed her eyes and thought nothing had happened.

Ambiguous feelings rose in the room, and neither of them went to break the atmosphere.

Chung Cheung's breathing was slightly rapid and her skin was trembling slightly. It was obvious that she was very nervous at this time.

When Kang Jianfei stroked Chung Chuhong's collarbone for a while and was about to continue attacking, Chung Chuhong suddenly stood up, grabbed the hair dryer in Kang Jianfei's hand and said: I'll blow it myself, you can blow it for a long time but you didn't dry your hair.

Kang Jianfei smiled, stepped back and sat on Chung's bed, and said: Let's go to the midnight show with me later.

Chung Chuhong asked: Why don’t you ask Sister Qingxia to accompany you?

Kang Jianfei was too lazy to lie and said directly: I want to go with you more.

I won't go.Chung Cheung said.

Kang Jianfei didn't reply, and lay on Chung Chuhong's bed waiting for her to blow dry her hair, then stood up and said: Let's go.

Zhong Chuhong gave him a blank look and said: Wait a minute, I'll take a coat.

A few minutes later, Chung Chuhong, who was cloning a coat, flew downstairs with Kang Jian.

It took a lot of time to drive across the sea to Central. Chung Chuhong asked Kang Jianfei about her in the United States from time to time. After Kang Jianfei told the truth, Chung Chuhong smiled and said: I don’t believe it. The movie you made in 11 days sold more than 100 million in the United States.

Alas, to be honest, no one believed it. Kang Jianfei sighed, it was not the United States, but North America had a box office of more than 100 million yuan, including the United States and Canada.

Chung Chuhong asked: Why didn’t there be any reports in Hong Kong?

Kang Jianfei smiled and said: I am not as high-profile as Boss Shao. Before he started filming a movie, he said in front of reporters that he would invest tens of millions of dollars in the United States to make movies.

Chung Chuhong also smiled and said: So, Mr. Kang, are you still very low-key?

Kang Jianfei curled his lips and said: I have always been very low-key.

Chung Chuhong sneered: Who believes in Ah?

Kang Jianfei said: Can I still lie to you for such a big thing?It is estimated that there will be reports in Hong Kong in a few days, and the American newspapers have not yet been confirmed to be directed by me.

Chung Chuhong said in surprise: You really sold more than 100 million box office in the United States?

The box office should be $1.7 billion, but the momentum is a bit insufficient, and it may all be lost in a few days.

Kang Jianfei said with regret.

In the original time and space, the box office of "Home Imperial" in North America was nearly 300 million Ah, and it was the North American box office champion in 1990. Now the box office of less than 1.8 billion is almost over.

You are not satisfied with $1.7 billion?It's enough for me to earn for several lifetimes.Chung Chuhong said astonished.

Kang Jianfei said: I can get up to 70 million US dollars, and the rest is earned by those foreigners.

Chung Chuhong didn't answer the conversation this time, but secretly turned her head to look at Kang Jianfei's side face.

Rich men may not necessarily attract women, but rich, talented and young and handsome men, if they cannot attract women, they can only say that this woman is homosexual.

Chung Chuhong felt that she could never see Kang Jianfei clearly. Sometimes the experience of playing tricks is disgusting, but when she contacted him, she felt very relaxed and interesting.

It only took less than half a month to make 70 million US dollars quietly in the United States, which is simply unpredictable.

Although Chung Chuhong has a straightforward personality and doesn't take property seriously, the $70 million still moved her and unconsciously added a little more points to Kang Jianfei in her heart.

The car found a place to stop, Kang Jianfei bought some snacks in the theater mall, and then took Chung Chuhong's hand into the screening room.

This time, Chung Chuhong did not shake Kang Jianfei's hand away, but just looked around vigilantly, for fear that someone would recognize him.

The two found an inconspicuous place to sit down, each wearing hats covering their foreheads. Tsui Hark and some film critics sat in front, and many ordinary audiences walked into the screening hall one after another.

Soon, "The City of Jue" began to be screened, and Kang Jianfei frowned after watching it for only a few minutes.

Tsui Hark's fast-paced style makes many backgrounds not clearly explained.It doesn’t matter to audiences who have some understanding of modern history, but historical blindness is a little bit undiluted.

However, as the plot developed, the pace afterwards finally slowed down a little, and Kang Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief.

How to say it?

The style of Tsui Hark's movie is a bit similar to "New Shushan Swordsman", but the narrative is still clear, and his directorial techniques have become more mature. It is impossible to predict whether it is a big shot or a loser.