Dreams of the Fragrant River

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The four shareholders, Huang Baiming, Du Qifeng, Teddy Robin and Lin Lingdong, sat together regardless of priority. Huang Baiming's opening sentence shocked the other three: "Art City may be disintegrating. Until the end of the year at most.”

"How could it be disintegrated? The "Diary of a Husband" in Xinyicheng during the summer is selling well." Lin Lingdong asked puzzled.

Huang Baiming said with some schadenfreude: "Building a studio, opening a record company, opening a brokerage company, and even opening a film branch in Taiwan, the stalls are too big. It's good to say that Xinyi City has maintained high profits, but unfortunately it has been more than two years. It did not perform very well in the prime time period. Before I left, Art City was in a state of loss. In the past few months, the subsidiaries were all split and sold. Although the expenses were reduced and the losses turned into profits, it was difficult to restore the decline. The two bosses, Jia and Shi Tian, ​​are no longer interested in movies, and it will be a matter of time before Xinyicheng disintegrates."

Teddy Robin asked, "Boss Ray told you about this?"

Huang Baiming nodded: "He hopes that I can receive some resources from Xinyi City after Xinyicheng disintegrates."

To Qifeng said happily: "This is an opportunity for our development."

Huang Baiming said: "I think so too, but the most important thing is the director and behind the scenes, and nothing else."

Teddy Robin said: "The four of us can write and direct. No matter how many directors are, it will be a burden. The technical staff behind the scenes are the most important."

Huang Baiming said with a smile: "There are not too many good directors. Once Xinyicheng disintegrates, who else will compete with us for the golden princess' schedule?"

As one of the several major theater chains in the past. The Golden Princess Cinema has declined somewhat in the past two years, mainly due to the poor performance of Xinyicheng.

In the whole summer of this year, the film released by Princess Jin was the best at the box office of Diary of a Husband. Fortunately, in addition to Huang Baiming's other group of Vientiane Pictures. Lei Juekun also pulled Liu Jialiang over, and Liu Jiaban's "Tiger Out of the Night" filmed in Xinyi City also made a muscular man Li Yuanba popular.

After Xinyicheng was over, the person with the most complicated mood was Huang Baiming. Art City used to be the pinnacle of Huang Baiming's career. Now that he is about to disintegrate, he is still full of discomfort, but the biggest beneficiary of the closure of Art City is Huang Baiming.

Because as long as Xinyicheng exists, Huang Baiming's new company, Vientiane Pictures, will never be able to grab a good schedule. Just like this year's summer season. The work of Vientiane Pictures is "School Situation" directed by Lin Lingdong. It was finally placed in the summer slot at the Golden Princess Cinema, but it was arranged to be released at the same time as Cheng Long's "Police Story Sequel". In addition, Wang Jing's "Hardcover Chasing Girls" series in the same period grabbed the audience. "School", which had great potential, was just over 10 million at the box office.

As long as Xinyicheng is finished, Vientiane Pictures will definitely grab the best schedule for Princess Jin in the future, and this benefit is even greater than taking over the resources left by Xinyicheng.

Teddy Robin suddenly said: "Gao Zhisen had a good time this year. Why don't you try to dig him back?"

"I can't dig it." Huang Baiming shook his head unnaturally. Even if he digs, he won't dig.

Gao Zhisen is definitely one of the directors who have gotten the best in Hong Kong in the last year. At the end of last year, he directed a film "Rich and Prestigious", which collected 27 million at the box office. A few months later, Gao Zhisen rushed to film "Rich and Expensive", which received 25.8 million at the box office. In the past summer season, "Chicken and Duck Talk" directed by Gao Zhisen, the box office reached 29 million.

Three consecutive films with a box office of more than 25 million came out, making Gao Zhisen a top director in Hong Kong. It can already be compared with Wang Jing.

Gao Zhisen was once Huang Baiming's apprentice, and he was also appreciated and promoted by Kang Jianfei. But he is now a big director under Pan Disheng. How could Huang Baiming stick to his cold ass?

Du Qifeng said suddenly, "Zeng Zhiwei can be pulled over."

Huang Baiming's eyes lit up and clapped his hands, "This is a good idea."

After Zeng Zhiwei resigned as the production manager of DreamWorks, the good friend film company he created was quite prosperous for more than a year, but now it is half dead. Zeng Zhiwei has no regrets about leaving DreamWorks. After all, he made a lot of money from the movies he made with his own company.

It's just that Zeng Zhiwei's current situation is very embarrassing. He can only make a little money by continuing to produce and make movies by himself. He pleads with Kang Jianfei and returns to DreamWorks. He can't save face for a while. If Huang Baiming can send an invitation to Zeng Zhiwei at this time, he will probably be able to bring Zeng Zhiwei and his good friend company to Vientiane Pictures, so that Vientiane Pictures can have a stronger foundation.

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Kang Jianfei and Guan Zhilin, Wang Zuixian, Li Jiaxin's multi-angle romance, after two consecutive months of speculation, finally slowly reduced the popularity.

Instead, the big news is that Zeng Zhiwei took his good friend Film Company and integrated it into Huang Baiming's Vientiane Films as a whole. And many behind-the-scenes talents of Xinyicheng have also transferred to Vientiane Pictures, and rumors that Xinyicheng is about to disintegrate spread like wildfire.

"Art City is going to disintegrate? Too soon!" Kang Jianfei was also surprised when he heard the news. Because in his memory, the disintegration of Xinyicheng was in 1990, and the last film produced by Xinyicheng was released in 1991.

Kang Jianfei didn't even think about how many talents and films would be lost from Xinyicheng because of his appearance. Xinyicheng was strong enough until the news of its imminent disintegration came out.

Once Xinyicheng disintegrates, receiving Xinyicheng resources and swallowing up the good friend company Vientiane Pictures, as long as it can make a few tenable high-box-office films, it will definitely become another big enough to compete with DreamWorks. company.

By that time, the Hong Kong film industry will be a four-nation war between DreamWorks, Golden Harvest, Debao and Vientiane, and there will be no mention of other messy ** film companies.

The Yongsheng Film Company of the Xiang brothers is still making a living by making follow-up films. There were two times when he wanted to learn to play big casts, but the results were not ideal. They only made some money by relying on the overseas box office.

Moreover, Xiang Huaqiang is not thinking about making movies now, because last year's club struggle was too outrageous. Finally annoyed the British Hong Kong authorities. The leader of Xinyi An, Xiang Huayan, was arrested by the police for investigation. The court has just sentenced Xiang Huayan to seven years in prison.

Now Xin Ngee Ann is unstable. Xiang Huaqiang was "appointed in danger" to be the leader of the club, resisting the pressure from other clubs, and using various means to appease the club's interior. How can he even make a movie?

In addition to the changes in Art City and Vientiane Pictures, there is another major event in the Hong Kong film industry, that is, the film censorship system has been drafted to solicit the opinions of all Hong Kong citizens. And invited major producers and directors to discuss and negotiate.

The revision of Hong Kong's film censorship system was called for last year, mainly because of a foreign report. After some people with intentions made such speculation in Hong Kong, it immediately attracted the attention and discussion of the public.

The most embarrassing thing for Hong Kong filmmakers is that Hong Kong films have been developed for decades, but the film censorship system in Hong Kong has no legal basis. In the past, film censorship by the Hong Kong Electric Inspection Service was an executive order.

The new film censorship will be established in legal form. The film rating system has also become inevitable.

This is not a trivial matter. If the film grading system is established, the censorship of films by the Censorship Office will inevitably be relaxed. Now many films that cannot be made can be made, and directors and screenwriters will have more freedom in their creations. After the movie is rated, it can also make all kinds of movies develop more benignly.

It can be said that the real prosperous period of Hong Kong films was actually after the establishment of the Hong Kong film classification system.

"Brother Fei. The 7th is the first meeting of the Directors Guild, Mr. Wu Siyuan invited you to attend. The 11th is the invitation of the Legislative Council. Participate in the discussion of the film censorship system. The 16th is the award ceremony for the ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong, you I also need to attend..." Li Meifeng reported the schedule to Kang Jianfei, and Kang Jianfei was quite upset by these frequent meetings and ceremonies.

Kang Jianfei said, "Understood, you can help me make arrangements. Let Zeng Bolin know when the schedule is ready."

Li Meifeng added: "In addition, there is news from Japan that the "King of Fighters" game has been completed and is being tested, and it will be released by the end of the year."

"It's pretty fast." Kang Jianfei smiled and said to Li Meifeng, "Help me go back there and say that a part of the "King of Fighters" comics has been created, and let their publicity department contact Kadokawa Books."

"Okay." Li Meifeng wrote it down on the notepad.

Kang Jianfei went downstairs and ran to Dark Horse Comics, flipped through the comics about "The King of Fighters", and found that the plot they made was slightly different from what he remembered, but it wasn't a big deal. Just wait for the "King of Fighters" game to come out, and you can cooperate with the promotion.

The animation company has also developed quite well. The current works include "Crayon Shin-chan" and "Spirit Mouse", which are mainly broadcast on Phoenix TV and Macau Satellite TV, and are also sold to Japan, Taiwan, Nanyang and the mainland. Among them, "Crayon Shin-chan" is based on a comic, and "The Elf Mouse" is the company's original animation. After the broadcast, the children's reactions were not bad.

When Kang Jianfei came here this time, he wanted to watch the animated movie "Mulan".

The plot of this animation is provided by Kang Jianfei, which is actually a Disney animation in another time and space.

There is no precedent for animated films to sell in Hong Kong, mainly because people are influenced by the fixed mindset that cartoons are for children.

Kang Jianfei is going to take "Mulan" to North America to test the waters. If he can win several awards, it is best to release it in Hong Kong. At least it will not be a bad one. After all, a Hong Kong cartoon returns with great reputation overseas~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This promotion is still very easy, enough to attract parents to bring their children to the cinema.

Now that two-thirds of the animation company's employees are from the mainland, Kang Jianfei looked at some of the finished films of "Mulan" and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Disney's version of "Mulan", at first glance, knows that it is an animation produced in the United States, but now Kang Jianfei is full of the Chinese style of "Havoc in Heaven" and "Nezha Havoc in the Sea".

As for which is good and which is bad, Kang Jianfei couldn't tell for a while, but he was worried about it for sure. The main reason is that Kang Jianfei regards North America as the main box office market for "Mulan", and he is afraid that it will be difficult for North American audiences to accept it if it is too Chinese.

However, a group of mainland painters who have never seen American cartoons are doing original paintings. Kang Jianfei is not so harsh, so people have to draw Disney style, so it is just fine. Maybe North American audiences will like novelty more.

After leaving the animation company, Kang Jianfei saw that it was almost time, and drove to pick up Zhong Chuhong, who was shooting the location. Aunt Hong was about to finish today's drama, so Kang Jianfei hurried over to accompany him to coax him. His main job for the past two months, besides filming, was to coax those angry lovers one by one. (To be continued..) u()