When the sales of "Tiantian Daily" increased dramatically, "False School Veyron" starring Stephen Chow and Zhang Min began to be released. Its box office growth rate was even more terrifying than the previous "Swordsman: The Oriental Unbeaten", with box office exceeding 15 million in the first week.
Far from Taiwan, "The World of Truman" has also been fully rendered, with a total box office of NT$43.88 million, temporarily ranking fourth in Taiwan's annual box office list.
At this moment, Yu Kanping from the Taiwan branch heard news that the Taiwan authorities issued a new local film protection law.
The new law mainly targets Hollywood films that are making money in Taiwan, and stipulates that an American film can only introduce up to eight copies in Taiwan.
That is to say, each Hollywood film can only be released in at most eight cinemas in Taiwan.
Although there are many Hong Kong films released in Taiwan, the top few in the box office list are all Hollywood blockbusters.
Jackie Chan's movies only sell NT$30 million in Taiwan, but Hollywood movies like "Terminator 2" and "Jihad Swordsman" often exceed 100 million in box office in Taiwan.
The top three in the box office list every year are Hollywood blockbusters. These three movies alone can get at least NT$200 million in box office from Taiwan. It is easy to understand that the Taiwanese authorities restrict the release of Hollywood movies.
The Taiwanese authorities issued this decree, which explicitly stated that the Taiwanese film market should be protected from the dumping of Hollywood films, but in fact it is more due to interests.
As soon as this law was issued, large-scale hospital merchants could monopolize the screening rights of Hollywood blockbusters, and Taiwanese film merchants participating in Hong Kong film investment and production were even happier. After the competitive pressure of Hollywood films was gone, the Hong Kong films they invested in could sell more box offices.
Kang Jianfei originally said that Paramount would build theaters in Taiwan in advance, but the introduction of the new laws of the Taiwan authorities directly made his idea difficult to implement.
In fact, this law does not have much effect on boycotting Hollywood movies. The custodians have more things to steal private copies, and the regulatory authorities turn a blind eye.
Not to mention anything else, "Jurassic Park" sold for more than 200 million yuan in Taiwan two years later, and even Jackie Chan's "City Hunter"'s box office was only a fraction of it, which even resisted a lot of money!
Many film and television laws in Taiwan are extremely weird. For example, in Taiwan’s martial arts dramas, the authorities stipulated that a fight lasted up to 8 seconds, and I don’t know which old man came up with a slap in his head.
The most joyful thing after the law was introduced was Hong Kong film companies and directors, because Taiwan had originally banned the screening of Japanese films and allowed the release of a small number of Korean films. Now the number of copies of American films is stipulated, so the Hong Kong films will benefit the most in the end.
There have been countless Taiwanese hot money pouring into the Hong Kong film industry, and this law of the Taiwan authorities is like adding fuel to the fire.
Now even many of Jiahe’s films have investments from Taiwanese filmmakers. More than 80% of the newly filmed Hong Kong films come from Taiwan.
Of course, for the sake of good looks, many Hong Kong films were transformed into local Taiwanese films when they were released in Taiwan, although they were all Hong Kong people from actors to behind the scenes.
Thanks to the new law, Taiwan Cinema, which had been a little quarrel with Kang Jianfei, took the initiative to repair its relationship with DreamWorks, and organized people to dub in Mandarin, hoping to release "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Unbeaten" at the end of the summer season.
This schedule was originally reserved for a Hollywood blockbuster, but now it is stipulated that each Hollywood movie can only introduce 8 copies. China Cinemas cannot leave the remaining screening halls empty, right?
It happened that "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2" was sold wildly in Hong Kong, and the Chinese Film Academy laughed with a shameless face and begged Kang Jianfei to give the film.
Although Kang Jianfei is a man who holds grudges, he is not ignorant of the current affairs. Since China Cinema has lowered his posture and bought movies from DreamWorks, he naturally cannot give it to the other party.
Not only did they give face, but they also gave enough face. The protagonists of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2" Brigitte Lin and Jet Li both came to Taipei to participate in the Taipei premiere of the film.
The Taiwan film market is growing too fast, and the total box office is rising every year, so that Kang Jianfei cannot ignore it.
Although Taiwan's stock market collapsed this year, it had no impact on the film market.
In the past, most of Taiwan's movie box office revenue came from the north, but in recent years, with the development of infrastructure in the southern region, a large number of farmers became rich overnight by land acquisition compensation, which doubled the base of Taiwanese movie audiences.
For example, it may be more intuitive: During the Spring Festival of a certain year, a farmer pulled a ox cart and brought a family of sixteen to the cinema, but the cinema was already full.
The farmer said: No, it took me three hours just to go out, and I must watch Hong Kong movies.
So the cinema had no choice but to add seats.
At this time, Taiwan cinemas, especially cinemas in the southern region, may have only 1,000 rated seats in the screening hall, but often 2,000 people are watching movies at the same time, and the theater aisles are filled with audiences.
This time, not only Brigitte Lin and Jet Li came to Taipei, but Kang Jianfei also came. His purpose was to cooperate with Yang Dengkui to invest in and build a cinema in southern Taiwan.
The film market in southern Taiwan has emerged, but the construction of basic theaters cannot keep up. Many times, audiences have to squeeze in the theater aisles to watch movies.
Yang Dengkui can eat both black and white in the south, while Kang Jianfei has a high-quality Hong Kong film source. The cooperation between the two is mutually beneficial.
The plane landed at Taoyuan Airport.
Kang Jianfei walked in front and got off the plane first. Brigitte Lin walked side by side with him, Jet Li followed closely, and behind him were bodyguards, assistants and other entourages of more than ten people.
Before the airport was released, Kang Jianfei knew that the whereabouts of his people had been leaked, and it was very likely that it was deliberately leaked by China Cinemas, with the purpose of promoting the upcoming "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Invincible".
There were a lot of reporters outside, and at least hundreds of fans who rushed over, making noises and chaos. The airport had to send security personnel to maintain order.
All are waiting for you.Kang Jianfei took Brigitte Lin's hand and smiled.
Brigitte Lin hasn't returned to Taipei for several years, and now she is a little excited to return to her hometown. She smiled and said: You also have many movie fans in Taiwan, and it may be that you are your fans outside.
This is Jet Li’s first time coming to Taiwan. Looking at the crowds of people outside, the first feeling is that Taiwanese movie fans are so enthusiastic.
However, several bodyguards walked up to protect Kang Jianfei and others carefully, for fear that there would be dangerous elements hidden among the people outside, or that the movie fans were too enthusiastic to cause an accident.
With the popularity of the movie "Huang Feihong" series, Jet Li is still very famous in Taiwan, but it depends on who he compares with.
The reporters and movie fans rushed up and surrounded Kang Jianfei and his group. The focus of the interview and attention was Kang Jianfei and Brigitte Lin. Jet Li was a big star, but he was directly ignored by these people.
Qingxia, have you ever considered going back to Taiwan to make a movie?
There is a rumor that you and Mr. Kang have a daughter. Is it true?
Mr. Kang, have you ever considered when to marry Miss Lin?
……
Well, the reporter's question was related to the movie at the beginning, but it quickly turned to the scandal between the two, and the most asked about the two's illegitimate child.
Although these reporters asked politely, Brigitte Lin still looked angry and answered a few words before shutting up.
With the help of the bodyguard, Kang Jianfei protected Brigitte Lin and pushed out hard, while smiling and talking nonsense to the reporters, saying a lot of nonsense but never touched the point.
At the same time, a large number of movie fans also squeezed in, and from time to time someone handed over pens and paper to sign.
After a lot of effort, Kang Jianfei and the others were squeezing into the car outside. Seeing Brigitte Lin depressed, he held her hand and comforted: Don’t think too much, let those people say hello.
Brigitte Lin gave him a resentful look: It’s not because of you, I have no shame to go back to Taiwan.
Kang Jianfei was exhausted and could only be silent.
The next day, Brigitte Lin and Jet Li went to the TV station to record a program for promotion, while Kang Jianfei visited Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group (Taiwan) Company.
The Taiwanese company has been developing for several years since the ban was lifted, and has produced a total of 9 Taiwanese local films, including more than a dozen Taiwanese actors including Sun Yue, Shao Xin, Su Mingming, Tuo Zonghua, and Ge Weiru.
Lao Yu, thank you for your hard work in the past few years!Kang Jianfei said, holding Yu Kanping's hand.
Yu Kanping is not only in charge of the Taiwan branch and Oriental Dream Factory's Taiwan issuance affairs, but he is also in charge of it.
Taiwanese local films are difficult to survive, but with Yu Kanping's efforts, the Taiwan branch can maintain meager profits every year and win two trophies at the Panama and Venice Film Festivals, which is enough to confirm his work.
Yu Kanping smiled bitterly and said: Mr. Kang, don’t bury me. The company’s net profit last year was only more than NT$6 million. I’m embarrassed to take advantage of such performance.
This is the general environment, don’t blame yourself.Kang Jianfei said.
Yu Kanping asked: Is Mr. Kang planning to build a theater chain in the south this time?
Kang Jianfei said: I have already made an appointment with Yang Dengkui for an interview the day after tomorrow.
Yu Kanping nodded and said: I really need to cooperate with local snakes, and Yang Dengkui still has the means.He has made a lot of money investing in Hong Kong films in the past two years and is known as the number one producer in Taiwan.It's ridiculous to say that Taiwanese movies have declined to this point. The so-called first producer is actually a gang member who has killed people and jailed.
No matter what his background is, as long as he can cooperate.Kang Jianfei said.
Yu Kanping reminded: Mr. Kang, I heard that Yang Dengkui seems generous, but actually likes to eat alone. You should be careful when you talk to him about business, this person will definitely speak loudly.
I will pay attention.Kang Jianfei said.
It is also possible that I was overly worried. Yu Kanping smiled and led Kang Jian to fly in. I didn’t expect that Mr. Kang, you arrived one day earlier, and most of the artists in the company were not here. I have notified them to rush back.
Kang Jianfei said: There is no need to mobilize all the troops, I just take a look and leave, and I will go to the UFO Records Company in the afternoon.
Far from Taiwan, "The World of Truman" has also been fully rendered, with a total box office of NT$43.88 million, temporarily ranking fourth in Taiwan's annual box office list.
At this moment, Yu Kanping from the Taiwan branch heard news that the Taiwan authorities issued a new local film protection law.
The new law mainly targets Hollywood films that are making money in Taiwan, and stipulates that an American film can only introduce up to eight copies in Taiwan.
That is to say, each Hollywood film can only be released in at most eight cinemas in Taiwan.
Although there are many Hong Kong films released in Taiwan, the top few in the box office list are all Hollywood blockbusters.
Jackie Chan's movies only sell NT$30 million in Taiwan, but Hollywood movies like "Terminator 2" and "Jihad Swordsman" often exceed 100 million in box office in Taiwan.
The top three in the box office list every year are Hollywood blockbusters. These three movies alone can get at least NT$200 million in box office from Taiwan. It is easy to understand that the Taiwanese authorities restrict the release of Hollywood movies.
The Taiwanese authorities issued this decree, which explicitly stated that the Taiwanese film market should be protected from the dumping of Hollywood films, but in fact it is more due to interests.
As soon as this law was issued, large-scale hospital merchants could monopolize the screening rights of Hollywood blockbusters, and Taiwanese film merchants participating in Hong Kong film investment and production were even happier. After the competitive pressure of Hollywood films was gone, the Hong Kong films they invested in could sell more box offices.
Kang Jianfei originally said that Paramount would build theaters in Taiwan in advance, but the introduction of the new laws of the Taiwan authorities directly made his idea difficult to implement.
In fact, this law does not have much effect on boycotting Hollywood movies. The custodians have more things to steal private copies, and the regulatory authorities turn a blind eye.
Not to mention anything else, "Jurassic Park" sold for more than 200 million yuan in Taiwan two years later, and even Jackie Chan's "City Hunter"'s box office was only a fraction of it, which even resisted a lot of money!
Many film and television laws in Taiwan are extremely weird. For example, in Taiwan’s martial arts dramas, the authorities stipulated that a fight lasted up to 8 seconds, and I don’t know which old man came up with a slap in his head.
The most joyful thing after the law was introduced was Hong Kong film companies and directors, because Taiwan had originally banned the screening of Japanese films and allowed the release of a small number of Korean films. Now the number of copies of American films is stipulated, so the Hong Kong films will benefit the most in the end.
There have been countless Taiwanese hot money pouring into the Hong Kong film industry, and this law of the Taiwan authorities is like adding fuel to the fire.
Now even many of Jiahe’s films have investments from Taiwanese filmmakers. More than 80% of the newly filmed Hong Kong films come from Taiwan.
Of course, for the sake of good looks, many Hong Kong films were transformed into local Taiwanese films when they were released in Taiwan, although they were all Hong Kong people from actors to behind the scenes.
Thanks to the new law, Taiwan Cinema, which had been a little quarrel with Kang Jianfei, took the initiative to repair its relationship with DreamWorks, and organized people to dub in Mandarin, hoping to release "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Unbeaten" at the end of the summer season.
This schedule was originally reserved for a Hollywood blockbuster, but now it is stipulated that each Hollywood movie can only introduce 8 copies. China Cinemas cannot leave the remaining screening halls empty, right?
It happened that "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2" was sold wildly in Hong Kong, and the Chinese Film Academy laughed with a shameless face and begged Kang Jianfei to give the film.
Although Kang Jianfei is a man who holds grudges, he is not ignorant of the current affairs. Since China Cinema has lowered his posture and bought movies from DreamWorks, he naturally cannot give it to the other party.
Not only did they give face, but they also gave enough face. The protagonists of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2" Brigitte Lin and Jet Li both came to Taipei to participate in the Taipei premiere of the film.
The Taiwan film market is growing too fast, and the total box office is rising every year, so that Kang Jianfei cannot ignore it.
Although Taiwan's stock market collapsed this year, it had no impact on the film market.
In the past, most of Taiwan's movie box office revenue came from the north, but in recent years, with the development of infrastructure in the southern region, a large number of farmers became rich overnight by land acquisition compensation, which doubled the base of Taiwanese movie audiences.
For example, it may be more intuitive: During the Spring Festival of a certain year, a farmer pulled a ox cart and brought a family of sixteen to the cinema, but the cinema was already full.
The farmer said: No, it took me three hours just to go out, and I must watch Hong Kong movies.
So the cinema had no choice but to add seats.
At this time, Taiwan cinemas, especially cinemas in the southern region, may have only 1,000 rated seats in the screening hall, but often 2,000 people are watching movies at the same time, and the theater aisles are filled with audiences.
This time, not only Brigitte Lin and Jet Li came to Taipei, but Kang Jianfei also came. His purpose was to cooperate with Yang Dengkui to invest in and build a cinema in southern Taiwan.
The film market in southern Taiwan has emerged, but the construction of basic theaters cannot keep up. Many times, audiences have to squeeze in the theater aisles to watch movies.
Yang Dengkui can eat both black and white in the south, while Kang Jianfei has a high-quality Hong Kong film source. The cooperation between the two is mutually beneficial.
The plane landed at Taoyuan Airport.
Kang Jianfei walked in front and got off the plane first. Brigitte Lin walked side by side with him, Jet Li followed closely, and behind him were bodyguards, assistants and other entourages of more than ten people.
Before the airport was released, Kang Jianfei knew that the whereabouts of his people had been leaked, and it was very likely that it was deliberately leaked by China Cinemas, with the purpose of promoting the upcoming "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Invincible".
There were a lot of reporters outside, and at least hundreds of fans who rushed over, making noises and chaos. The airport had to send security personnel to maintain order.
All are waiting for you.Kang Jianfei took Brigitte Lin's hand and smiled.
Brigitte Lin hasn't returned to Taipei for several years, and now she is a little excited to return to her hometown. She smiled and said: You also have many movie fans in Taiwan, and it may be that you are your fans outside.
This is Jet Li’s first time coming to Taiwan. Looking at the crowds of people outside, the first feeling is that Taiwanese movie fans are so enthusiastic.
However, several bodyguards walked up to protect Kang Jianfei and others carefully, for fear that there would be dangerous elements hidden among the people outside, or that the movie fans were too enthusiastic to cause an accident.
With the popularity of the movie "Huang Feihong" series, Jet Li is still very famous in Taiwan, but it depends on who he compares with.
The reporters and movie fans rushed up and surrounded Kang Jianfei and his group. The focus of the interview and attention was Kang Jianfei and Brigitte Lin. Jet Li was a big star, but he was directly ignored by these people.
Qingxia, have you ever considered going back to Taiwan to make a movie?
There is a rumor that you and Mr. Kang have a daughter. Is it true?
Mr. Kang, have you ever considered when to marry Miss Lin?
……
Well, the reporter's question was related to the movie at the beginning, but it quickly turned to the scandal between the two, and the most asked about the two's illegitimate child.
Although these reporters asked politely, Brigitte Lin still looked angry and answered a few words before shutting up.
With the help of the bodyguard, Kang Jianfei protected Brigitte Lin and pushed out hard, while smiling and talking nonsense to the reporters, saying a lot of nonsense but never touched the point.
At the same time, a large number of movie fans also squeezed in, and from time to time someone handed over pens and paper to sign.
After a lot of effort, Kang Jianfei and the others were squeezing into the car outside. Seeing Brigitte Lin depressed, he held her hand and comforted: Don’t think too much, let those people say hello.
Brigitte Lin gave him a resentful look: It’s not because of you, I have no shame to go back to Taiwan.
Kang Jianfei was exhausted and could only be silent.
The next day, Brigitte Lin and Jet Li went to the TV station to record a program for promotion, while Kang Jianfei visited Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group (Taiwan) Company.
The Taiwanese company has been developing for several years since the ban was lifted, and has produced a total of 9 Taiwanese local films, including more than a dozen Taiwanese actors including Sun Yue, Shao Xin, Su Mingming, Tuo Zonghua, and Ge Weiru.
Lao Yu, thank you for your hard work in the past few years!Kang Jianfei said, holding Yu Kanping's hand.
Yu Kanping is not only in charge of the Taiwan branch and Oriental Dream Factory's Taiwan issuance affairs, but he is also in charge of it.
Taiwanese local films are difficult to survive, but with Yu Kanping's efforts, the Taiwan branch can maintain meager profits every year and win two trophies at the Panama and Venice Film Festivals, which is enough to confirm his work.
Yu Kanping smiled bitterly and said: Mr. Kang, don’t bury me. The company’s net profit last year was only more than NT$6 million. I’m embarrassed to take advantage of such performance.
This is the general environment, don’t blame yourself.Kang Jianfei said.
Yu Kanping asked: Is Mr. Kang planning to build a theater chain in the south this time?
Kang Jianfei said: I have already made an appointment with Yang Dengkui for an interview the day after tomorrow.
Yu Kanping nodded and said: I really need to cooperate with local snakes, and Yang Dengkui still has the means.He has made a lot of money investing in Hong Kong films in the past two years and is known as the number one producer in Taiwan.It's ridiculous to say that Taiwanese movies have declined to this point. The so-called first producer is actually a gang member who has killed people and jailed.
No matter what his background is, as long as he can cooperate.Kang Jianfei said.
Yu Kanping reminded: Mr. Kang, I heard that Yang Dengkui seems generous, but actually likes to eat alone. You should be careful when you talk to him about business, this person will definitely speak loudly.
I will pay attention.Kang Jianfei said.
It is also possible that I was overly worried. Yu Kanping smiled and led Kang Jian to fly in. I didn’t expect that Mr. Kang, you arrived one day earlier, and most of the artists in the company were not here. I have notified them to rush back.
Kang Jianfei said: There is no need to mobilize all the troops, I just take a look and leave, and I will go to the UFO Records Company in the afternoon.
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