Dreams of the Fragrant River

When Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers released a horror film of the "evil" series with funny names, namely "Evil", "Evil Fights Evil", and "Evil After Evil".

Such a series of films reappeared in this year's Spring Festival. Last year, Gao Zhisen directed a "Rich and Precious" which was a big hit, so he immediately made another "Rich and Expensive". The film released by Debao during the Spring Festival this year was impressive. It's called "Wealth and Noble Repeatedly Pushing People".

However, due to the conflict between Gao Zhisen and Cen Jianxun at the end of last year, Gao Zhisen ran out to help Xu's film industry to make a film.

Although it is not as popular as the first two films, the attendance rate of "Fugui Repeatedly Pushes People" is not bad, and it should be no problem to sell 15 million at the box office.

As for director Gao Zhisen, this guy finally left Debao Films, and with the support of Xinbao Cinemas, he founded a Gao Zhisen Film Company.

This is the case in Hong Kong. When screenwriters and actors become successful, they become directors, and when directors become famous, they start film companies. Everyone is willing to make more money. It is always better to start a company and be the boss than to work for others.

From the moment when overseas hot money poured in and several Hong Kong theater chains were established side by side, it was doomed that big directors would no longer be the cash cows of big companies. Just like when Chu Yuan made 11 films for Shaw Brothers in a year, these films were very popular, but Chu Yuan could only get a fixed salary and a small bonus, and it was no longer possible for him to live and eat in the studio and editing room for more than half a year. .

Compared with Gao Zhisen being attracted by Xinbao Cinemas, the cooperation between Hong Jinbao and Xinbao Cinemas is even more eye-catching.

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao have been the pillars of Golden Harvest Films since the late 1970s. However, at the end of last year, Hong Jinbao finally agreed to accept the support of Xinbao funds and established a company called Baoxiang Pictures. Its opening film "Dragon Playing Phoenix" was during the Spring Festival this year, and Kang Jianfei's "Tang Bohu Point" Autumn Fragrance was released at the same time.

Of course, Hong Jinbao did not break with Zou Wenhuai completely. Baohe Pictures, which he cooperated with Jiahe, still exists, but the company has not made many films since then.

As for the reasons why Hong Jinbao has two boats and prefers to cooperate with Xinbao, there are two main reasons: First, Hong Jinbao's status as a big brother is crumbling. Since "Oriental Condor", the box office has been poor, but Cheng Long The box office of the film has been rising steadily, and the brilliance of Hong Jinbao, a senior brother, was completely suppressed by Cheng Long; the second reason is more realistic and direct, that is, the Xinbao Cinema has better conditions for Hong Jinbao, the box office share, schedule and The cinema publicity resources are far more than Jiahe.

The whole Spring Festival is basically the world of DreamWorks' "Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance", Baoxiang's "Dragon Playing the Phoenix" and Debao's "Fugui Repeatedly Pushing People".

To be precise, "Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance" dominates the Spring Festival stalls, and "Dragon Playing Phoenix" and "Rich and Rich" are accompanying.

As for Jiahe Films, because there is no film support scene from Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long, the "Peacock Prince" starring Yuan Biao and Ye Yunyi is a bit reluctant to break 10 million at the box office. However, this movie will make the heroine Ye Yunyi enter the Japanese film market in a few months, and will win the "Best Newcomer" and "The Most Popular Foreign Actress" at the 17th Japan Film Awards next year. ".

For Golden Harvest, it is enough for its heroine to successfully enter the Japanese market, which means that a lot of yen has been summoned ahead.

And Ye Yunyi, who is only 16 years old, has only been in the music world for two years, and now she has become popular in movies again. Under the hype of the media, she is as famous as Zhou Huimin, the head of yu, and has become another shining yu girl in the Hong Kong entertainment circle. star.

In addition, the Yindu organization with a mainland background is not alone, and actually invited Zeng Zhiwei, who has joined Vientiane Pictures, to direct and perform a "Fu Xing Lin Men". As soon as I heard the name of this movie, it was in the Shanzhai Fuxing series. In addition to Zeng Zhiwei, there were also Jacky Cheung, Jialing Liu, Junru Wu and others.

However, the box office potential of the Fuxing series of films has been exhausted. The box office of this film is only a few million, which only made the Yindu Agency a small profit.

The Spring Festival movie of Vientiane Pictures is also directed by Zeng Zhiwei, but the screenwriter is Huang Baiming and Lin Lingdong. The film is a romantic urban comedy similar to "My Sassy Girl". The comedy part is written by Huang Baiming, the literary love part is written by Lin Lingdong, and the male and female protagonists are Zhang Guorong and Li Jiaxin respectively.

The reason why Li Jiaxin was chosen as the heroine was because the film was planned in October last year. At that time, Li Jiaxin was in a mess due to the scandal and hype.

As a result, after the startup, Huang Baiming and Zeng Zhiwei discovered that Li Jiaxin was a bit pitted, and her acting skills were simply unattractive. When they stood in front of the camera, it was like a beautiful wooden stake.

Fortunately, Li Jiaxin is pretty enough to be a vase in the movie, and he has already signed a contract, so Huang Baiming is not good at changing people halfway.

The result is obvious, if Li Jiaxin is a vase in comedy films and kung fu films, Li Jiaxin is definitely qualified. But the problem is that this time Huang Baiming and Zeng Zhiwei are filming a romantic comedy, and a large part of the scene needs to be supported by Li Jiaxin, and the effect of the filming is terrible.

Well, with Zhang Guorong and Li Jiaxin, a pair of handsome men and beautiful women attracting audiences, Vientiane Pictures' love New Year comedy called "Flower Heart Saint" still sold more than 11 million box office in Hong Kong.

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Since it was Chinese New Year, most of the employees of the major movies were on vacation, and it was rare for Zou Wenhuai to have a few days to rest.

However, the poor performance of Jiahe in the Spring Festival stalls made Zou Wenhuai worried. In fact, he was even more angry that Hong Jinbao actually ran to supply films to Xinbao Cinemas.

On the third day of the new year, Zou Wenhuai drove to a villa in Kowloon, another family gathering day.

Many men like **** women, but Zou Wenhuai only likes talented women. This villa was given to a talented woman by Zou Wenhuai.

That talented girl was called Wu Shufang. When Zou Wenhuai knew her, Wu Shufang was a female writer and reporter, and she already had a husband. At that time, Zou Wenhuai was only the production manager of Shaw Brothers.

Married Zou Wenhuai waved his **** and digged hard, and finally broke up other people's families, let this talented woman be his outer room, and gave him two illegitimate children. Unfortunately, the talented girl died when her youngest son was 4 years old. .

Zou Wenhuai has two sons and one daughter. Both sons were born to the talented woman and were raised by the talented woman's older sister's family.

"Uncle is here, please take a seat!" The aunt, who was also in her 60s, enthusiastically supported Zou Wenhuai, who was holding a pestle and a walking stick, to the sofa and sat down.

Zou Wenhuai's eldest son has married in the United States and is a civil engineer. He has not returned to Hong Kong for the past two years. The youngest son Zou Zhongjin is a doctor, but he can often chat with Zou Wenhuai.

"Dad, happy Spring Festival and healthy." Zou Zhongjin walked to Zou Wenhuai and bowed.

"Okay, you can sit too." Zou Wenhuai's depressed mood was much better, and he took out a red envelope for his 26-year-old son. As long as the son is not married, he is a child in his eyes.

The grandson and granddaughter of the aunt's family also came to pay New Year's greetings, and Zou Wenhuai scattered all the prepared red envelopes before chatting with his son.

"Is the work going well?" Zou Wenhuai asked.

Zou Zhongjin nodded and said, "It's okay."

Zou Wenhuai said: "It's okay, it's okay, but it's not satisfactory."

Zou Zhongjin hesitated and said, "Dad, I want to resign from the hospital and open a clinic by myself."

Zou Wenhuai asked, "Have you figured it out?"

Zou Zhongjin said: "Think clearly."

Zou Wenhuai actually wanted his son to take over his film company, but unfortunately both sons were not interested in films, but the daughter of the original spouse studied film at Stanford University and will graduate with a master's degree in film next year. She can go back to Hong Kong to help the company. .

"You're an adult now, and since you've made a decision, it's not convenient for me to ask more," Zou Wenhuai paused before asking, "Is there enough money to open a medical clinic?"

Zou Zhongjin nodded: "I have saved some money in the past few years, and borrowed some more from the bank. It's almost enough. It's enough to open a smaller one first."

Zou Wenhuai said, "If you don't have enough money, just let me know."

Zou Zhongjin whispered: "I will."

Zou Wenhuai didn't know what to say. His two illegitimate sons had always been in a relationship with him. Maybe it was related to their mother's early death, or maybe it was because they were busy with work and the family of their original spouse. Son's love.

After lunch, Zou Wenhuai stayed at his aunt's house for more than an hour, and then drove home in a car.

Not long after returning home, Zou Wenhuai received a call from her daughter, saying that she needed some money to make a master's graduation film. Zou Wenhuai didn't ask how much, and asked someone to transfer $500,000 to his daughter. Compared with Shao Yifu's stinginess, he was very generous to the people around him.

After dealing with trivial matters, Zou Wenhuai stayed in the study alone to think about how Jiahe should develop in the future.

Hong Jinbao's departure was just the beginning, and Zou Wenhuai felt that Jiahe's cash cow, Cheng Long, was about to leave. Now that the Hong Kong film market is so prosperous, with Cheng Long's box office appeal, I don't know how many people are willing to invest in him to make films, and there is only a verbal agreement between Cheng Long and Zou Wenhuai, and there is no formal economic contract. People can go.

To be honest, even if Cheng Long leaves Jiahe immediately, Zou Wenhuai will not hold him against him, because Cheng Long has been loyal enough to stay in Jiahe for so many years, how can you stop others from making money?

However, Jiahe's business thinking must be changed, and it can no longer put a lot of film resources on Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao.

The question is, who can take over Cheng Long's burden?

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai still turned his attention to Kang Jianfei's Oriental Entertainment Company. The Four Heavenly Kings, Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie and Liang Jiahui, who were selected by Kang Jianfei, could just dig any of them and they would be enough to prop up the scene.

However, is it really worth digging?

Among the four, Leung Ka Fai has made the fewest films in DreamWorks, but he is very popular with European directors. He often goes to Europe to film, and the pounds and francs he earns are worth more than Hong Kong dollars.

The other three are constantly on film appointments, and it is impossible to dig over them. Jiahe can only make ideas on the first-line actors of Oriental Entertainment Company. After all, a company's resources are limited, and it is impossible to take into account everyone. As long as Jiahe is willing to bid, there will always be a few who are willing to change jobs.

But Zou Wenhuai, an ordinary first-line actor, doesn't look down on him. What he wants is the kind of actor who has the potential to be a pillar. Such actors are really hard to come by.

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai finally wanted to understand an indisputable fact, that is, after Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao left, if Jiahe wanted to make a big cast, he could only go to Oriental Entertainment Company to invite big stars like other companies. , which is the most labor-saving and safest way.

"Ugh……"

Zou Wenhuai sighed deeply, this reality made him very helpless.

In fact, Golden Harvest has a solid foundation. According to the total value of the movie box office each year, Golden Harvest and DreamWorks are competing for hegemony. Others seem to be in the limelight, such as Debao, Vientiane and Yingzhijie, but the company's annual box office total is far worse than Golden Harvest.

This is where Zou Wenhuai is depressed~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He is obviously a film tycoon on the same level as Kang Jianfei, but in the future, he has to hire Kang Jianfei's artists.

As for Jiahe's own cultivation of big stars, Zou Wenhuai didn't think about it, but this kind of thing is not so easy. Yuan Biao, Hui Yinghong and Zhang Manyu under Jiahe are all very good, but they can only stop at the ranks of first-line artists, and they are still far from the company's pillars. A little distance.

Zou Wenhuai picked up the phone, dialed a number and asked, "Little Li, how much did Kang Jianfei's new film box office?"

"It's almost 20 million." The answer came from the other end of the phone.

"So soon? "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance" has only been released for 10 days." Zou Wenhuai was really surprised.

The box office of this year's Spring Festival file is very evil. After "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance" was released, it took the lead all the way, while other films released in the same period were all behind.

According to this situation, the box office of "Tang Bohu Dianqiuxiang" is likely to exceed 40 million, while the box office of other films in the same period has not exceeded 20 million. r1152()