Dreams of the Fragrant River

On March 28, Ye Qianwen's new album "Love a Person Who Doesn't Go Home" was released. The title songs "Love a Person Who Doesn't Go Home" and "My Lover Confidant" were all directed by Kang Jianfei. {starter}

Ye Qianwen, who could only barely sell platinum, this new album caused a sensation as soon as it was released. The two title songs became regulars on radio and television, and they sold double platinum in just over half a month.

Since it can no longer be sold in the Taiwan market, the focus of the popular music market has shifted. Basically, it does not sell Mandarin albums, and only sells Cantonese songs in the Nanyang region and Hong Kong.

And after the release of "Falling in Love with a Man Who Won't Go Home", Ye Qianmin also jumped from a quasi-first-line singer to a first-line top singer in Hong Kong, second only to Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong in the popular record.

On April 30, the nostalgic album "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" produced by Fengxing Records was released. The title song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" was sung by Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. The rest of the album was re-arranged by traditional Cantonese opera. New old songs. It was such a fried album, which was so hot that it sold even better than Ye Qianwen's new album. The cumulative sales volume was 270,000.

Not only that, after Fengxing Records transferred the copyright of "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" to Xiongfei Records, this Cantonese record also set off a boom in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the singing was passed on to almost every household. Even people who are too poor to buy a radio can hear this song on other family's TVs.

Coupled with the emergence of "Painting King", which sold more than 60,000 copies in less than a week, it seems that Kang Jianfei can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong.

The pro-communist newspaper "Hong Kong Commercial Daily", which has the policy of "speaking about business, Hong Kong people's newspapers, patriotism, love for Hong Kong, and justice and equality", went to the production crew of "Once Upon a Time", and took advantage of Kang Jianfei's rest time for an exclusive interview. .

The Hong Kong Commercial Daily has been a leftist and neutral newspaper since its inception decades ago, and it has always had a good relationship with the mainland.

If "Sing Tao Daily" is the only Hong Kong newspaper that can be sold in Taiwan, then "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" is the only newspaper specially approved to be sold in the mainland. However, it is currently only released in the Pearl River Delta, and the sales in the mainland are very small.

The "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" has a great influence in the Hong Kong business community. The red capitalist Fok Yingdong must read the "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" every day. And Jin Yong's "Blood Sword", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and many martial arts novels by Liang Yusheng. It was first published in the Hong Kong Daily that year.

Whether it is to give face to the Chinese government or to establish a good relationship with the "Hong Kong Commercial Daily", Kang Jianfei will not refuse the invitation of the other party, and happily accepts the exclusive interview of the "Hong Kong Commercial Daily".

There is a small wooden pier on the seaside of Tseung Kwan O. It used to be the place where residents of Tiao Keng Ling went to Hong Kong Island by boat. Now it has been used by the crew of "Once Upon a Time" and has been repaired and strengthened as one of the filming locations.

"Once Upon a Time" begins with a wonderful lion dance. And now the most powerful lion dance master in Hong Kong is in the Kang family class, that is Yu Yuanwen, nicknamed the fairy.

Some time ago, Yu Yuanwen was injured, so the lion dance scene at the beginning of the movie has been delayed until now.

Yu Yuanwen and the martial artists from Kang's family are still rehearsing. Kang Jianfei was invited aside by a reporter from the Hong Kong Commercial Daily and started an exclusive interview in the crew.

The reporter who interviewed Kang Jianfei was a middle-aged man in his 40s. After discussing the outline of the interview, the reporter smiled and said, "Should I call you Boss Kang or Director Kang?"

"You can call it whatever you want, those are just names." Kang Jianfei laughed.

"Everyone knows. You have many identities. You are the boss of a film and television group, a novelist with many fans, an internationally renowned director, and a lyricist and composer who has created many classic songs. Why did you suddenly think of drawing comics recently? "

"I opened a new pictorial. I am very interested in drawing again, so I drew a few random pictures."

"Is it just a few random pictures? Storm comics are very popular now, especially young people like it very much. Many teachers have responded that students are drawing violent comics in class."

"It seems that there must be teachers and parents who hate me."

"Not to mention hate, it's just that some people don't like your comic style."

"My comics are not US dollars, and I won't force everyone to like them."

"Mr. Kang's speech has always been humorous?"

"The crew didn't think so."

"Yes, I heard that you are the tyrant of the crew, and you often get angry and curse."

"I used to scold people a lot, but I don't scold them anymore."

"Did you change the way you work?"

"No, I used to be very young when I first debuted, and almost everyone in the crew is older than me. It's hard to calm the scene if you're not aggressive."

"now what?"

"It's different now. With the dual identities of the company's owner and director, as soon as I frowned, they panicked, and they didn't need me to swear."

"It seems that Director Kang's prestige in the crew is very high."

"It's alright, it's very difficult to film a movie without the prestige of the director."

"Now filming "Once Upon a Time", can Mr. Kang predict its Hong Kong box office?"

"More than 25 million, I'm not sure if it can be 30 million."

"Since your "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", there have also been a number of films in Hong Kong called new and new martial arts, but they were all annihilated in a flash. Some people say that the costume kung fu and martial arts movies have declined now, Mr. Kang, why do you want to make them? A martial arts movie?"

"Because with the current technology, it is expensive to make a good new martial arts film, so it is difficult for a small company to do it well, and a large company does not want to take risks to make it, so the new martial arts will be short-lived. As for why I chose to make "Once Upon a Time" ", that's because I want to praise Li Lianjie and Guan Zhilin, they have the potential to become top movie stars, but they have not been able to reach the top due to various reasons in recent years, so my movie is actually specially planned for them."

"DreamWorks now has Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Lin Qingxia, and Zhong Chuhong, and Zhang Guorong is also very talented in acting. Why not continue to make nonsensical comedies to support Zhou Xingchi, or make hero films to support Zhou Runfa?"

"This is about the company's artist promotion plan. I will also say that DreamWorks' plan is to create four men, four women and eight superstars, that is, the 'Four Heavenly Kings' and the 'Four Heavenly Queens' plans. "

"It seems that DreamWorks' strategic plan is very clear, can you reveal a little more, for example, besides Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Runfa, and Zhou Xingchi, who is now ready to support the Four Heavenly Kings, who is the last one? Dillon was also with DreamWorks last year. After signing a film and television contract for several years, is he one of the four future kings?"

"In terms of Dillon's acting skills and fame, he is enough to be a king. But he is a little older, so the four kings are different."

"Can you reveal who it is?"

"Secret for now."

"It seems that the last of the four queens is also a secret."

"That's true. We can change the topic. You are a reporter from the Hong Kong Commercial Daily. Asking about these entertainment topics will become an entertainment tabloid."

"Then ask a business-related one. Mr. Kang, you filmed a "Home Alone" in Hollywood and invested in a "Terminator". The global box office of these two films is hundreds of millions of dollars. From this point of view , Mr. Kang, your business vision in Hollywood is so accurate, why don't you continue to enter Hollywood?"

"First of all, let me say something. That is, Hollywood is not that easy to break into. Except for Bruce Lee, European and American audiences have little impression of Asian directors and actors. What if Akira Kurosawa in Japan won the Oscar? His films are also in the United States. It can only sell two or three million dollars at the box office. Shaw Brothers’ entry into Hollywood has long been a failure, and Golden Harvest after Bruce Lee’s death is equally winning and losing in Hollywood. I don’t have any other advantages, but I still have self-knowledge, so every time I go to Hollywood Investment in a movie has to be carefully considered. Moreover, Hong Kong and the Asian market are the base of DreamWorks. If the foundation is not stable, how can we expand?”

"Mr. Kang means that the main development strategy of DreamWorks in the future is to stabilize the Asian market?"

"Yes, consolidate the Asian market, and then move on to Europe and the United States."

"Then you won't invest in Hollywood films in recent years?"

"Of course it's impossible not to participate completely. There is now a film that I have invested in. It is expected to be released in North America this Christmas."

"Can you tell me a little more?"

"The budget for the film was $31 million, and I invested $11 million in it."

"It seems to be a big cast, are you sure you can get your investment back?"

"I have a lot of confidence in my vision."

"I think all Hong Kong people are very curious. Why, Mr. Kang, every business you do is making money. I really want you to never lose money. All of this is due to your business vision?"

"may be."

"Then can I ask, where did your business vision come from, and what do you use to judge whether an investment is only profitable or lost?"

"Use your brain more."

"for example……"

"For example, when the Sino-British negotiation reached a deadlock, many people lost confidence in Hong Kong's future, causing huge fluctuations in the Hong Kong economy. In fact, we know from the international situation and the mainland's reform and opening-up policy, we know that this kind of worry is completely unnecessary. Whether it is the mainland There is still the Hong Kong government, and they cannot ignore the long-term downturn of the Hong Kong economy, which means that both parties in this negotiation will control the time, as short as three years or as long as five years.

"So when others are selling wildly, you take the opportunity to buy land and buy a property?"

"Yeah, I'm just repeating Li Ka-shing's behavior back then. And many people can understand the situation, but unfortunately all assets are caught in the property market, stock market turmoil, and even the capital chain breaks and goes bankrupt. There's nothing I can do, I'm better than them, but I just happen to have some spare money."

"What about the movies? Why do DreamWorks movies make money?"

"The purpose of DreamWorks' creation is to never make shoddy production for the sake of making money. We carefully shoot the film and leave the rest to the market and audience."

"DreamWorks movies are really good."

"Now that Hong Kong films are prosperous, many investors from Nanyang and Taiwan are pouring in. I feel that some people are just trying to make money, and the things they shoot are hard to see. If this goes on, sooner or later, a mouse will ruin a pot of soup."

"It's true, but it's hard to make sure that the movie won't hit the streets with careful creation."

"Then I have to mention another aspect. I have always encouraged the directors of DreamWorks not to follow the old traditions, and to innovate more while taking care of the audience's taste, so as to give the audience freshness and surprises. For example, Li Xiuxian's "Doctor Lamb", Michael When Xiong's "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldier", etc., such a breakthrough film, it is estimated that other companies will not be able to get the budget."

"It seems that the biggest advantage of Mr. Kang's business is that he dares to fight."

"This is something that all business people should have. If you win, you are a successful person. In fact, you lose more, but no one will pay attention."

"What about the current Dark Horse Comics Company? Do you think the comics industry is very promising?"

"Of course there is a future in making comics~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Hong Kong comics used to be very profitable, but the trend of anti-Chinese in Southeast Asia for more than 10 years has caused Hong Kong comics to lose the Nanyang market. It’s time to regain lost ground, if we don’t act, the Nanyang comics market will be ruled by Riman.”

(Note: Before the 1970s, Hong Kong comics and Hong Kong literature were quite popular in Nanyang. After the wave of Chinese exclusion in Southeast Asia destroyed the market, Hong Kong comics and literature declined rapidly. Especially Hong Kong literature, except for martial arts novels, orthodox literature has been On the verge of death, writers and poets have switched careers to become screenwriters and lyricists)

"I'm afraid it's more than that. Mr. Kang seems to have merged the Dark Horse Comics Company into the Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group. Is there a bigger business intention?"

"Sorry, this is a corporate secret."

ps:

Today is a hot dog. The fan is so hot that I sweat, and the air conditioner feels uncomfortable.

Well, by the way, I wish you a Happy Zongzi Festival.