Wu Johnson walked into the private room and set his eyes on Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei stood up from the recliner and greeted with a smile: Director Wu, please sit down.
John Woo sat down in confusion, took a sip of tea and said: "Jurassic Park" is popular all over the world, and you have not had time to congratulate Mr. Kang.
Haha, it’s easy to say, Kang Jianfei accepted Wu John’s congratulations with a smile. I heard that Director Wu’s “The Detective” sold well in the United States.
Wu John said modestly: It’s still a benefit from Mr. Kang’s glory.
John Woo's words are not polite. His "The Detective" can be accepted by European and American audiences for three reasons: First, his film style is unique and in line with the tastes of Westerners; second, Kang Jianfei's movies have been continuously listed in Europe and the United States in recent years, which has cultivated a group of Western audiences who love to watch Hong Kong films; third, Zhang Jiazhen's contribution was that Zhang Jiazhen used to work in the distribution department of DreamWorks and took the opportunity to meet many European and American film merchants, and he sold "The Detective".
The two chatted about this year's New Year holiday, and Kang Jianfei asked: Director Wu seems to have not started a show for more than half a year. Do you have any plans to make a new film?
John Woo's original intention was to go to the United States with Zhang Jiazhen to open a film company, but when Kang Jianfei asked this, he thought Kang Jianfei wanted to ask him to direct a Hong Kong film, and he didn't know how to answer.
After hesitating for a few seconds, John Wu tentatively said: What are you going to teach me about Mr. Kang?
Kang Jianfei didn't need to go around him, and said directly: I have a story here, I want to ask Director Wu to take it out.
John Wu thought it was true, but he still asked curiously: Why didn’t Mr. Kang take photos by himself?Or are you looking for a director from DreamWorks to shoot?
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: I think your directorial style is more suitable.
John Woo asked: Is it a gangster film or a gun battle film?
Kang Jianfeidao: Agents, gunfights, science fiction, the story takes place in the United States.
Can I know a little about the plot first?
John Woo's eyes lit up. He thought Kang Jianfei asked him to shoot Hong Kong Jianghu films. This type of film had been shot a long time ago. John Woo naturally didn't have much interest, but he didn't expect it to be a spy gunfight movie that took place in the United States.
Kang Jianfei said: Arthur Zhou is a senior Chinese FBI agent. When he was assassinating Zhou, he accidentally killed Zhou's son by chance.Several years later, Zhou finally caught the terrorist Case through the informant's informant... In order to find out the bomb security location, Zhou's chief decided to exchange Zhou and the terrorist Case's appearance through high-tech plastic surgery technology to trick Case's younger brother into telling the inside story... After learning the truth, the cunning Case took the trick and killed the plastic surgeon and FBI agent who knew the inside story...
Kang Jianfei is talking about the story summary of "Face Change" ("Two Heroes of Face"), but the FBI agents have become Chinese.
John Wu was very excited when he heard this because this story is not just about fighting and killing, but the most interesting thing is the relationship and conflicts they face after the two protagonists of righteousness and evil change their identities.
There is no script for this film yet. I hope you can create the script with the screenwriter of DreamWorks. I will review the script myself. Kang Jianfei continued, as for the casting issue, the Chinese agent asked Chow Yun-fat to play, the actor of the terrorist Case, I think Nicholas Cage is good.Zhou’s wife, you can just find a Hong Kong actress yourself, but Zhou’s daughter is better for Japanese actresses to act, as this can be considered as taking care of the Japanese market...
For a director, he naturally hates investors to point fingers on casting, but John Woo has no room for rejection, so he can only choose to believe Kang Jianfei's vision.
John Woo's plan to enter the United States can only be put aside first. He has to prepare the script of "Face Change" before he can go to the United States to film.
As for the production of this drama, Kang Jianfei has decided to jointly invest by Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Film Company (USA) and Paramount Pictures, with the investment ratio of the three parties being 5:1:4.
More than half a month later.
DreamWorks' big cast "Awesme" was released in advance, and it was followed by the art film "I Love Twist Chai" directed by Luo Qirui and starring Chow Yun-fat.
What is ridiculous is that the highly anticipated "Awesme" sold for only 18.02 million yuan in box office, but the unpopular "I Love Twist Chai" has emerged.
The Lantern Festival has passed, and the box office of "City Hunter" and "Flower Fields" has begun to weaken, while the box office of "I Love Twist" has reached 10.6 million in the first week.
Chow Yun-fat was complaining before that the movies he starred in in recent years rarely had a box office of more than 30 million yuan, but with the first week of "I Love Twist Chai", the box office of 30 million yuan is only a matter of time.
In any case, "I Love Twisted Chai" has regained the face lost in the New Year holiday for DreamWorks. The couple Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting once again showed the strength of their literary and artistic directors.
March soon entered, and Kang Jianfei did not join in the fun at the Oscars, but he had to participate in Chun Ming from the Hong Kong Directors Association.
The so-called spring tea, to put it bluntly, is a Spring Festival tea party. Directors in the circle sit together to drink tea and chat, and while celebrating the New Year, they also look back on the past and look forward to the future.
To be honest, the box office of Hong Kong films this year's spring season is a bit bad, down nearly 10 percentage points from the same period last year.
More intuitive data is that from January to March, the number of movies with a box office of 10 million, 20 million, and more than 30 million is much smaller than last year.
No one knows why, the Hong Kong stock market has set new highs, citizens' wages and movie ticket prices are rising, but the overall box office of movies is declining.
Perhaps this year is a bad year. On the first day of New Year's Day, Lan Kwai Fong suffered a stampede due to celebrating the New Year, resulting in a tragedy of 21 deaths and 62 deaths, which put a shadow on 1993.
In fact, the reason for the decline in the overall box office data of Hong Kong films is very simple, that is, shoddy production and serious follow-up, which greatly affects the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.
Directors Association Building.
More than 100 people came in the auditorium one after another, all of which were film and television directors. At the suggestion of Kang Jianfei, the Hong Kong Film Directors Association successfully changed to the Hong Kong Directors Association, and TV directors were also included in this organization.
As the manager of the production department of DreamWorks, Chen Xunqi has not directed a movie himself for several years. He is more involved in filming as a producer, but Chun Ming, the directors association, still invited him this time.
As soon as Chen Xunqi entered the venue, the directors left the seat and shook hands with him. The young directors tried harder to curry favor with him, hoping to get along with Chen Xunqi.
Liu Zhenwei shaved his head and shouted at Chen Xunqi: Brother Qi, here!
Chen Xunqi walked over with a smile and asked: Where is Awei, why didn’t he come?
Wong Kar-wai initially hangs out with Chen Xunqi and works as a screenwriter under Chen Xunqi. Liu Zhenwei and they have good personal relationships.
Liu Zhenwei smiled and said: He went to Taipei to ask Cai Songlin for money.
Chen Xunqi asked in surprise: Is A Wei filming a film for scholars?
Liu Zhenwei said: "The Legend of Ah Fei" made Boss Deng so angry that he went to the hospital. Who dared to invite him to film?Only Taiwanese film merchants are stupid and have more money.
What was the shot this time?Chen Xunqi asked.
Liu Zhenwei said: The adaptation of Mr. Cha’s novel is called "East Evil and Western Poison".
Chen Xunqi nodded and said: The box office of new-style martial arts films has been pretty good in recent years. A Wei can make martial arts films steadily, which is also a way out.
Liu Zhenwei thought to himself: It's a big deal. That bad guy went to the mainland for half a year to shoot a martial arts film. The early budget has been spent. It's still a long way to go to the end of the movie. I know when "East Evil and West Poison" can be filmed. Taiwanese guys were cheated this time.
In an era when the average production cycle of Hong Kong films was only one month, it took Wong Kar-wai two years to film "East Evil and West Poison". In the end, the movie was released and fell on Mars. He could not escape the reputation of the King of the Pit King.
The two were talking about Wong Kar-wai’s new film, and suddenly someone came in at the door. Everyone turned around and saw Jackie Chan and Wong Jing came side by side.
I'll tell you Ah, the girl from Hongye Club is great.But they usually don’t make any announcements, so they have to make them happy before they can follow you.Last time, Ali was also a top student at Hong Kong University. I think she was not studying at Hong Kong University, but at Hong Kong University, and she couldn't hold both hands... Wang Jing talked about her romantic deeds with a slight smile.
Jackie Chan was having a lot of fun chatting with him outside. As soon as he entered the venue, he got serious and coughed and said: Let's go see each other next time.
It’s easy to say, Wang Jing took two steps forward, hugged Johnnie To and patted her shoulder, and said with a smile, “Long long time no see you, I’ll play cards together tonight.”
Johnnie To also smiled and said: Very Ah, call Adong and Anan as well.
Johnnie To took Wang Jing to greet Wong Pai-ming, Gao Zhisen, Lin Lingdong and others, while Jackie Chan went to sit with Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and others.
Sammo Hung was really embarrassed to see Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan has been doing more and more in recent years, but he has been on the decline. Whether it is the films he directed, starred or produced, there are few that can rank among the top ten of the annual box office list.
As for Lin Zhengying, it is even worse. Since zombie films have been filmed badly, it is difficult for films directed and starring Lin Zhengying to sell well for box office, and even Taiwanese investors do not want to pay for him to make movies.
Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao were chatting enthusiastically, and Sammo Hung responded without saying a word. He was really not in the mood to chat with Jackie Chan.
Suddenly, another abnormal movement occurred at the door, and a large group of directors surrounded the door, and greetings came from time to time:
Hello, boss!
Mr. Kang, morning.
Hello Director Kang, I am...
Kang Jianfei stood up from the recliner and greeted with a smile: Director Wu, please sit down.
John Woo sat down in confusion, took a sip of tea and said: "Jurassic Park" is popular all over the world, and you have not had time to congratulate Mr. Kang.
Haha, it’s easy to say, Kang Jianfei accepted Wu John’s congratulations with a smile. I heard that Director Wu’s “The Detective” sold well in the United States.
Wu John said modestly: It’s still a benefit from Mr. Kang’s glory.
John Woo's words are not polite. His "The Detective" can be accepted by European and American audiences for three reasons: First, his film style is unique and in line with the tastes of Westerners; second, Kang Jianfei's movies have been continuously listed in Europe and the United States in recent years, which has cultivated a group of Western audiences who love to watch Hong Kong films; third, Zhang Jiazhen's contribution was that Zhang Jiazhen used to work in the distribution department of DreamWorks and took the opportunity to meet many European and American film merchants, and he sold "The Detective".
The two chatted about this year's New Year holiday, and Kang Jianfei asked: Director Wu seems to have not started a show for more than half a year. Do you have any plans to make a new film?
John Woo's original intention was to go to the United States with Zhang Jiazhen to open a film company, but when Kang Jianfei asked this, he thought Kang Jianfei wanted to ask him to direct a Hong Kong film, and he didn't know how to answer.
After hesitating for a few seconds, John Wu tentatively said: What are you going to teach me about Mr. Kang?
Kang Jianfei didn't need to go around him, and said directly: I have a story here, I want to ask Director Wu to take it out.
John Wu thought it was true, but he still asked curiously: Why didn’t Mr. Kang take photos by himself?Or are you looking for a director from DreamWorks to shoot?
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: I think your directorial style is more suitable.
John Woo asked: Is it a gangster film or a gun battle film?
Kang Jianfeidao: Agents, gunfights, science fiction, the story takes place in the United States.
Can I know a little about the plot first?
John Woo's eyes lit up. He thought Kang Jianfei asked him to shoot Hong Kong Jianghu films. This type of film had been shot a long time ago. John Woo naturally didn't have much interest, but he didn't expect it to be a spy gunfight movie that took place in the United States.
Kang Jianfei said: Arthur Zhou is a senior Chinese FBI agent. When he was assassinating Zhou, he accidentally killed Zhou's son by chance.Several years later, Zhou finally caught the terrorist Case through the informant's informant... In order to find out the bomb security location, Zhou's chief decided to exchange Zhou and the terrorist Case's appearance through high-tech plastic surgery technology to trick Case's younger brother into telling the inside story... After learning the truth, the cunning Case took the trick and killed the plastic surgeon and FBI agent who knew the inside story...
Kang Jianfei is talking about the story summary of "Face Change" ("Two Heroes of Face"), but the FBI agents have become Chinese.
John Wu was very excited when he heard this because this story is not just about fighting and killing, but the most interesting thing is the relationship and conflicts they face after the two protagonists of righteousness and evil change their identities.
There is no script for this film yet. I hope you can create the script with the screenwriter of DreamWorks. I will review the script myself. Kang Jianfei continued, as for the casting issue, the Chinese agent asked Chow Yun-fat to play, the actor of the terrorist Case, I think Nicholas Cage is good.Zhou’s wife, you can just find a Hong Kong actress yourself, but Zhou’s daughter is better for Japanese actresses to act, as this can be considered as taking care of the Japanese market...
For a director, he naturally hates investors to point fingers on casting, but John Woo has no room for rejection, so he can only choose to believe Kang Jianfei's vision.
John Woo's plan to enter the United States can only be put aside first. He has to prepare the script of "Face Change" before he can go to the United States to film.
As for the production of this drama, Kang Jianfei has decided to jointly invest by Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Film Company (USA) and Paramount Pictures, with the investment ratio of the three parties being 5:1:4.
More than half a month later.
DreamWorks' big cast "Awesme" was released in advance, and it was followed by the art film "I Love Twist Chai" directed by Luo Qirui and starring Chow Yun-fat.
What is ridiculous is that the highly anticipated "Awesme" sold for only 18.02 million yuan in box office, but the unpopular "I Love Twist Chai" has emerged.
The Lantern Festival has passed, and the box office of "City Hunter" and "Flower Fields" has begun to weaken, while the box office of "I Love Twist" has reached 10.6 million in the first week.
Chow Yun-fat was complaining before that the movies he starred in in recent years rarely had a box office of more than 30 million yuan, but with the first week of "I Love Twist Chai", the box office of 30 million yuan is only a matter of time.
In any case, "I Love Twisted Chai" has regained the face lost in the New Year holiday for DreamWorks. The couple Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting once again showed the strength of their literary and artistic directors.
March soon entered, and Kang Jianfei did not join in the fun at the Oscars, but he had to participate in Chun Ming from the Hong Kong Directors Association.
The so-called spring tea, to put it bluntly, is a Spring Festival tea party. Directors in the circle sit together to drink tea and chat, and while celebrating the New Year, they also look back on the past and look forward to the future.
To be honest, the box office of Hong Kong films this year's spring season is a bit bad, down nearly 10 percentage points from the same period last year.
More intuitive data is that from January to March, the number of movies with a box office of 10 million, 20 million, and more than 30 million is much smaller than last year.
No one knows why, the Hong Kong stock market has set new highs, citizens' wages and movie ticket prices are rising, but the overall box office of movies is declining.
Perhaps this year is a bad year. On the first day of New Year's Day, Lan Kwai Fong suffered a stampede due to celebrating the New Year, resulting in a tragedy of 21 deaths and 62 deaths, which put a shadow on 1993.
In fact, the reason for the decline in the overall box office data of Hong Kong films is very simple, that is, shoddy production and serious follow-up, which greatly affects the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.
Directors Association Building.
More than 100 people came in the auditorium one after another, all of which were film and television directors. At the suggestion of Kang Jianfei, the Hong Kong Film Directors Association successfully changed to the Hong Kong Directors Association, and TV directors were also included in this organization.
As the manager of the production department of DreamWorks, Chen Xunqi has not directed a movie himself for several years. He is more involved in filming as a producer, but Chun Ming, the directors association, still invited him this time.
As soon as Chen Xunqi entered the venue, the directors left the seat and shook hands with him. The young directors tried harder to curry favor with him, hoping to get along with Chen Xunqi.
Liu Zhenwei shaved his head and shouted at Chen Xunqi: Brother Qi, here!
Chen Xunqi walked over with a smile and asked: Where is Awei, why didn’t he come?
Wong Kar-wai initially hangs out with Chen Xunqi and works as a screenwriter under Chen Xunqi. Liu Zhenwei and they have good personal relationships.
Liu Zhenwei smiled and said: He went to Taipei to ask Cai Songlin for money.
Chen Xunqi asked in surprise: Is A Wei filming a film for scholars?
Liu Zhenwei said: "The Legend of Ah Fei" made Boss Deng so angry that he went to the hospital. Who dared to invite him to film?Only Taiwanese film merchants are stupid and have more money.
What was the shot this time?Chen Xunqi asked.
Liu Zhenwei said: The adaptation of Mr. Cha’s novel is called "East Evil and Western Poison".
Chen Xunqi nodded and said: The box office of new-style martial arts films has been pretty good in recent years. A Wei can make martial arts films steadily, which is also a way out.
Liu Zhenwei thought to himself: It's a big deal. That bad guy went to the mainland for half a year to shoot a martial arts film. The early budget has been spent. It's still a long way to go to the end of the movie. I know when "East Evil and West Poison" can be filmed. Taiwanese guys were cheated this time.
In an era when the average production cycle of Hong Kong films was only one month, it took Wong Kar-wai two years to film "East Evil and West Poison". In the end, the movie was released and fell on Mars. He could not escape the reputation of the King of the Pit King.
The two were talking about Wong Kar-wai’s new film, and suddenly someone came in at the door. Everyone turned around and saw Jackie Chan and Wong Jing came side by side.
I'll tell you Ah, the girl from Hongye Club is great.But they usually don’t make any announcements, so they have to make them happy before they can follow you.Last time, Ali was also a top student at Hong Kong University. I think she was not studying at Hong Kong University, but at Hong Kong University, and she couldn't hold both hands... Wang Jing talked about her romantic deeds with a slight smile.
Jackie Chan was having a lot of fun chatting with him outside. As soon as he entered the venue, he got serious and coughed and said: Let's go see each other next time.
It’s easy to say, Wang Jing took two steps forward, hugged Johnnie To and patted her shoulder, and said with a smile, “Long long time no see you, I’ll play cards together tonight.”
Johnnie To also smiled and said: Very Ah, call Adong and Anan as well.
Johnnie To took Wang Jing to greet Wong Pai-ming, Gao Zhisen, Lin Lingdong and others, while Jackie Chan went to sit with Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and others.
Sammo Hung was really embarrassed to see Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan has been doing more and more in recent years, but he has been on the decline. Whether it is the films he directed, starred or produced, there are few that can rank among the top ten of the annual box office list.
As for Lin Zhengying, it is even worse. Since zombie films have been filmed badly, it is difficult for films directed and starring Lin Zhengying to sell well for box office, and even Taiwanese investors do not want to pay for him to make movies.
Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao were chatting enthusiastically, and Sammo Hung responded without saying a word. He was really not in the mood to chat with Jackie Chan.
Suddenly, another abnormal movement occurred at the door, and a large group of directors surrounded the door, and greetings came from time to time:
Hello, boss!
Mr. Kang, morning.
Hello Director Kang, I am...
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