Dreams of the Fragrant River

On August 18, 1982, it had been more than a month since the premiere, and there were still many moviegoers released earlier than that. [;First release] This is a miracle in Hong Kong, where movies are generally only released for one week.

More than half of the audience who still walk into the cinema to watch it now watch it repeatedly after watching it. This situation makes other directors very uncomfortable, because the audience would rather choose to watch them repeatedly instead of watching them.

After gradually reducing the number of screenings, it still occupies ten canvases in the Golden Princess Cinema. Judging from the current situation, I am afraid it will be strong until September.

Although the painting has not yet been finished, the canvas vacated after the reduction of the number of screenings is enough for the first few days of the screening, and the battle between Phoenix TV and TVB has also come to an end. It was originally planned to shoot 30 episodes, but only 24 episodes were filmed and the finale ended early, and it was replaced with one.

Everyone knows that it is just a transitional drama, and it will end after a few episodes at most, and then TVB will start a big drama immediately.

Originally, Fang Yihua's idea was to play Jin Yong's martial arts drama immediately after the end, but in the end he had to change his plan.

There are only three people who are good at supervising martial arts dramas on TVB, one is Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin, the other is Li Tiansheng, who was born in the wireless training class, and the last one is Xiao Sheng who came from LiTV at the beginning of the year.

Xiao Sheng just supervised the production of 70 episodes in the first half of the year. Although the ratings were good, LiTV was in civil strife at the time. In the absence of much external competition, Fang Yihua's results were not satisfactory enough.

As for Li Tiansheng, although he has already shown his talent in producing martial arts dramas at this time, he has only produced ancient dragon dramas before. Kim Yong has never touched a drama before, so I don't know if he can do it.

The best producer is naturally Wang Tianlin, but Wang Tianlin has just finished producing, so he can't continue to produce Kim Yong drama immediately.

In the end, I can only choose a way to break down, and use a transitional drama as a transitional drama, freeing up a few days for Wang Tianlin to prepare. Don't look at this is just a small drama, but its cast is not bad. The main actors are Liu Dehua, Guan Lili, who just emerged, and Zhuang Jinger, a jade female star who jumped from LiTV to TVB not long ago.

On Wang Tianlin's side, after finishing the production. Immediately into the preparations for the next Kim Yong drama. I have been filming on TVB for the past two years. Didn't think much about it. Wang Tianlin made the choice and then started casting.

Wang Tianlin's casting is very busy, but the early finale has attracted the dissatisfaction of many audiences. Because of this family era drama. There are many clues to the characters themselves, and with the hasty ending, it always makes people feel that something is missing.

Naturally, tvb would not admit that it ended early because of a loss in ratings, but some media were not polite, and even bluntly said that Phoenix TV won the battle.

Even such a highly rated commentary article said: "In the Hong Kong film and television industry this summer, Kang Jianfei is undoubtedly the biggest winner, and the ratings are stable. With the strength of film companies and TV stations going hand in hand, Kang Jianfei has already revealed a new generation of film and television tycoons. attitude..."

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"Huh. A new generation of film and television tycoons!"

Lei Juekun threw the newspaper aside and asked Li Maowen, who had just entered the office, "How about the new DreamWorks movie?"

"It's the same type as the series, but it doesn't have ghosts and special functions. It's a pure campus comedy," Li Maowen laughed. "I only gave five screens, and the people in their marketing department are still arguing with Princess Jin."

Lei Juekun asked, "Is there any sign of Kang Jianfei's resignation?"

Li Maowen shook his head and said, "Not yet. But they can't last long. A movie that can exceed 10 million at the box office can only sell two or three million. Sooner or later, he will take the initiative to discuss with Mr. Lei."

Lei Juekun smiled and nodded. He didn't actually think about swallowing Oriental DreamWorks, but only wanted to eat 30-40% of DreamWorks' shares. With the rapid development of the Golden Princess Cinema and Xinyi City, Lei Juekun's ambition is also growing. He wants to be a movie tycoon like Shao Yifu, not just the boss of a theater company.

I want to be a studio tycoon, but the most profitable film company in its cinema chain does not have his share. This is simply a joke!

Don't look at Zou Wenhuai's magnanimity, but Golden Harvest Pictures has always been the core of all satellite companies. If Golden Harvest Cinemas owns a production company like Oriental DreamWorks, Zou Wenhuairong can't afford to say anything else. It is very rare that Lei Juekun can endure until now to start with DreamWorks.

Lei Juekun suddenly remembered something and asked Li Maowen: "By the way, I heard that Ma Qiao from DreamWorks is contacting retail theaters. Does this poor boy want to form a theater company?"

Li Maowen smiled disdainfully: "What can those retail theaters do? Mr. Lei is overthinking it."

The location of the movie theater is very important. A large movie theater in a prosperous area can attract more money than five or six remote small movie theaters. The location and facilities of those retail cinemas are not very good. It’s okay to make a little money by showing in these theaters, but it is almost a fantasy if the box office exceeds 10 million or 20 million.

Although this is the truth, Lei Juekun still has no idea, because he really can't figure out Kang Jianfei. Lei Juekun murmured to himself: "Kang Jianfei, this poor boy, is naturally rebellious, so I'm afraid he won't give in so easily."

Li Maowen said with a smile: "Now Kang Jianfei and Shao Yifu are on the same page. If he doesn't want to cooperate with you, Mr. Lei, he can only find Zou Wenhuai or a leftist theater chain to cooperate."

Lei Juekun smiled and asked suddenly, "Do you think Kang Jianfei will really cooperate with Shuangnan Cinema?"

Li Maowen said with a serious expression: "I'm not sure, if he is willing to give up the Taiwan market, it is the best choice to cooperate with leftist theaters. However, this is also equivalent to tying a sleeve around his neck, and the selection of films in leftist theaters is too strict. , the slightly excessive **** violence and **** scenes cannot be released, which will only make the way for DreamWorks movies to be narrower and narrower."

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Ma Qiao strode into Kang Jianfei's office, closed the door and said, "Princess Golden is only going to give five canvases, but the four leading theaters under Princess Golden have only arranged one screening."

Kang Jianfei asked, "How are those retail cinema chains connected?"

Ma Qiao said: "All the cinemas contacted are willing to cooperate with us. Except for the four cinemas in the Anle Cinema Line, there are a total of 18 other retail cinemas."

There is no suspense about what Ma Qiao said. As the highest-grossing film production company in Hong Kong, DreamWorks took the initiative to seek cooperation, and those small theaters would definitely agree.

Ma Qiao continued: "The four theaters in the Anle Cinema Line are all good in scale and location. When setting up a temporary theater chain, these four theaters can be used as leading theaters, and other retail theater lines are auxiliary theaters. However, it is preliminary estimated that the same movie Released in temporary theaters, it will be at least 30% lower than the box office release in the Golden Princess theaters."

The box office is 30% lower. If it is only in the Hong Kong market, it is indeed better to give some company shares to Lei Juekun. DreamWorks still has a vast overseas market, so Kang Jianfei would let Lei Juekun join the company to steal money.

After finishing the bad news, Ma Qiao immediately reported another good news: "Because the first film made a good box office in the United States, 20th Century Fox hopes to distribute it as an agent, and it will be screened this Christmas."

"Oh, this is great news." Kang Jianfei couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.

The total box office of the first film in the United States was 40 million, relying on the female protagonist, the hearty and beautiful fighting scenes, and the hot speed and explosion scenes. The second part is likely to be greatly reduced in freshness and will not bring the American audience as strong an impact as last time, but with the fame of the first part, it should not be too bad in the United States.

Kang Jianfei is very self-aware~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As long as he can sell 20 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, he is already content.

Over the past year or so, Oriental DreamWorks has often contacted 20th Century Fox for distribution, but 20th Century Fox, including Kang Jianfei's other films, is not optimistic, and has always refused to distribute it on its behalf.

Under the soft and hard bubbles, 20th Century Fox finally agreed to help release it a few months ago, but the US box office was only a pitiful more than 1.6 million US dollars, which was the result of the support of many Chinese. According to the prior agreement, part of the promotion cost of this film in the United States will be paid by DreamWorks. After deducting the promotion cost, DreamWorks will only receive 57,000 US dollars...

After talking about business, Ma Qiao was about to leave when he suddenly said, "By the way, boss, there is a videotape company in the United States that said it was interested in it and wanted to buy out the American videotape copyright for $10,000."

Joke, the US videotape copyright you want to buy out for $10,000?

Kang Jianfei would rather not sell it without making 10,000 yuan. He said, "Continue to talk to the other side. The videotape sales can be divided, and the buyout is exempt from negotiation."