Dreams of the Fragrant River

May is not a good time for a movie to be released, not to mention that "Mulan" is mainly to make money for children, and it should be best to put it in the summer season.

But animation movies are really not valued in Hong Kong. Most people regard this as a children's movie, and it is a waste to rank it in the prime of summer.

Fortunately, "Mulan" has won a good box office in North America, and it is very easy to promote it. Many parents choose to bring their children to the theater on weekends.

The Oriental Cinema Line adjusted the screening plan in a timely manner, reducing the number of "Mulan" shows from Monday to Thursday, and increasing the number of shows from Friday to Sunday, so as to maximize the use of theater resources. After a full three weeks of screening, "Mulan" received a box office of 6.46 million in Hong Kong, which is a moderate result in the off-season of the film.

However, as a local animated film, "Mulan" actually created a box office record - it can be seen that animated films are not popular in Hong Kong.

Kang Jianfei also felt very helpless after learning about the box office of the two places. Disney's version of "Mulan" has a box office of up to 120 million US dollars in North America. His film has a meager more than 20 million, and his performance after being released in Hong Kong is also unsatisfactory.

Comparing the two versions, in addition to the more elegant animation style, the soundtrack of this version is actually better than that of Disney, thanks to Hu Weili, a master of music.

Although the box office is not very high, film critics gave "Mulan" a high evaluation.

Famous film critic Roger Ebert praised it in The Hollywood Reporter: "Gorgeous oriental-style animation, graceful and agile character modeling, and excellent soundtrack."

Chen Bosen said in the "Film Weekly": "Animated films have always been the weak point of Hong Kong films. In the past ten years, there have been no more than 5 local animation films in Hong Kong. No matter what the quality of "Mulan" is, it is only available in the United States. At the box office of more than 20 million US dollars, it is worth applauding..."

The show following "Mulan" is "Extraordinary Anchor" produced by a Korean company. This play, starring Zhou Runfa and Liming, is far more popular than cartoons like "Mulan".

The film was re-dubbed in Cantonese, and it was highly sought after as soon as it was released at the end of May. Although it belongs to the off-season of the film, "Very Anchor" still won 14.36 million box office. As the heroine of the film, South Korean actress Cui Zhen is familiar with many Hong Kong audiences.

The funniest thing is that the film company in Taiwan. After seeing the "Very Anchor" hit in Hong Kong, China Cinema Line immediately negotiated an agreement with the Oriental Entertainment and Culture Group to purchase the film. After this Korean film got Taiwan, it was dubbed in Mandarin, and finally it was promoted as a Hong Kong film.

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Guangdong. East, Shao. Guan.

Five or six cars came out of the city and went straight to the suburbs in the northeast.

Kang Jianfei sat in the front red flag car, next to Xiao Hongjun, deputy director of the business office of the China Film Co-production Company, and the co-pilot was the local deputy mayor Zhang in charge of cultural and educational affairs, and Nie, the director of the propaganda department of the Shaozhou Municipal Party Committee. Only take the second car.

The usually serious Deputy Mayor Zhang is now turning his head to Kang Jianfei and Xiao Hongjun to sell the scenic spot on his own site: "Mr. Kang, it's not my old king selling melons and boasting. The scenery of our Danxia Mountain is the same in the world. It is one of the best for making movies. Our Danxia Mountain has rivers and lakes, as well as high mountains and dangerous peaks. When we are lucky, we can see misty clouds and mists between the mountains and lakes, just like a fairyland on earth. There is no need to say more about this. , there is a professional term in geography called Danxia landform, that Danxia is talking about our Danxia Mountain..."

The deputy mayor couldn't stop as soon as he opened his mouth, chatting for more than ten minutes, from the introduction of natural scenery to human geography, the purpose was to keep the crew of "Tomb Raiders" in Danxia Mountain.

In the mainland, the director has an administrative rank. Although Kang Jianfei came from Hong Kong, the mainland officials consciously assigned him a rank. It is not outrageous for an internationally renowned director like Kang Jianfei to accompany the governor during meals.

Vice Mayor Zhang thinks that he has earned it, and can accompany the international director throughout the selection of the location. Moreover, he was given a task by the top, and asked him to keep Kang Jianfei in Shaozhou. It would be even better if he could be brought in to invest in the development of Danxia Mountain.

Today's Danxia Mountain is just like the Shaolin Temple many years ago. Although it belongs to a famous Taoist mountain and has beautiful scenery, it has not been developed and publicized by the scenic spot.

Deputy Mayor Zhang probably said that he was thirsty, so he picked up the kettle and took a sip. Only then did Kang Jianfei have the opportunity to interject. He smiled and said, "I've also heard the name of Danxia Mountain for a long time, so this time I chose the location, the first thing that came to my mind was to come here to see it."

There are several alternative locations for "The Tomb Raiders". Kang Jianfei chose Danxia Mountain as the first stop, but because it was the closest to Hong Kong.

Xiao Hongjun from the China Film Co., Ltd. also laughed: "I have followed overseas directors around in the past few years, and I have seen all kinds of beautiful scenery, but I have never been to Danxia Mountain. Mayor Zhang is going to be our tour guide today. "

Deputy Mayor Zhang smiled and said, "That's for sure. The two of you are guests, so I have to do my best as a landlord."

As soon as the words fell, the Hongqi sedan suddenly shook violently, and the people in the car lost their balance and fell to the side.

Deputy Mayor Zhang said embarrassedly: "The road conditions in the suburbs are not good, and the roads are old for decades."

The further we went to the suburban county, the more the car shook, and it was almost noon when we arrived at Danxia Mountain.

The convoy did not directly enter the mountain area, but continued to advance to the Renhua County Guest House.

The county magistrate of Renhua County, Zhao, personally went to the guest house to greet him, and then naturally he had a meal in the sea. Although the chef's skills are average, but the ingredients are good, absolutely pollution-free green food, the taste is much better than the chicken and duck feed in Hong Kong.

Since there were still arrangements in the afternoon, there was not much persuasion at the banquet. It was after one o'clock in the afternoon that everyone set off for Danxia Mountain again. This time Renhua County Magistrate also acted with the large army.

Kang Jianfei was speechless. There was not even a road leading to Danxia Mountain in the local area. The car was moving on a dirt road. The journey of less than 10 kilometers was bumpy for a long time.

In these years, all parts of the country have developed industry and commerce, and there are really few people in the tourism industry. Danxia Mountain is still a virgin land to be developed.

It was only in the 1990s that there was a boom in tourism development across the country, and natural and cultural relics were devastated. The construction of infrastructure in scenic spots will certainly damage the environment to a certain extent, but the destruction of cultural relics is purely the result of greed and ignorance.

I don't know how many old and old buildings in scenic spots have been demolished in the whole country. Some of them were left in the Tang and Song dynasties and replaced by various modern antique buildings. There are even complete Buddha statues that are hundreds of years old, just because they are too old and not good-looking, they are directly knocked down and used as firewood, and replaced by new golden Buddha statues.

It rained last night and the roads were muddy. The convoy could not drive not far from Danxia Mountain, so everyone could only get out of the car and walk.

Kang Jianfei put on a pair of rain boots that he had prepared earlier, and walked into the mountains with one foot high and one foot low.

Vice Mayor Zhang was afraid that Kang Jianfei would leave a bad impression on Danxia Mountain because of the road problem. He said: "The road is usually easy to walk, but today is a special situation."

The county magistrate Zhao also helped: "Actually, when you come from the county, you can take a boat and take the waterway directly, and you don't have to walk at all. It's just that it rained two days ago, and the water level of the Jinjiang River has risen a lot. The county is worried about everyone's safety. That's why the plan to take the boat was cancelled."

Kang Jianfei thought it was too tiring to walk in rain boots, so he simply took off his boots and went barefoot, strolling leisurely among the mountains and rivers with original beauty.

After walking for a while, the sky actually started to rain lightly. The crowd climbed up a mountain and looked at the past from a distance. The mountains and rivers and lakes in the rain were shrouded in smoke and clouds, as if they were looking at an ink and wash landscape painting.

After walking in the mountains for a long time, everyone went back with flashlights when night fell.

Kang Jianfei's clothes were soaked wet and he was exhausted, but he was very satisfied with the results of this trip.

There is a river in the first story of "Notes on Tomb Raiders". The Jinjiang River and Xianglong Lake in the Danxia Mountains are very suitable for framing. Even the valley where the bronze coffin is placed, Kang Jianfei has already selected it.

Back on the Hongqi sedan, all Kang Jianfei thought about was how to set and frame the scene in the place he chose in the afternoon.

When he was thinking about it, Deputy Mayor Zhang's voice interrupted his thoughts: "Mr. Kang, I didn't lie to you, the scenery of our Danxia Mountain is beautiful."

"It's very good." Kang Jianfei affirmed. His body was as strong as him, and he felt a little tired after walking around in the mountains all afternoon, not to mention a few officials. However, the performance of several local officials was very good. Although they were dying of exhaustion, they stayed by Kang Jianfei's side and never left. Only when Kang Jianfei stopped to observe, did they rest on the pony that they had brought with them.

Vice Mayor Zhang's legs were numb, but now is not the time to take care of his legs, he couldn't wait to ask: "Then Mr. Kang is going to shoot at Danxia Mountain?"

Kang Jianfei didn't bother to go around with him, and said, "If nothing else happens, I will choose Danxia Mountain as the location. In addition, there are other scenic spots in Shaozhou. I plan to go and see them these days."

"That's great!" Vice Mayor Zhang exclaimed with joy.

Because of the relationship between performance appraisal, Chinese officials actually have a hard-working heart~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Whether it is for the country or the people, or purely for their own promotion, if they have the opportunity to make political achievements, no matter what. Corrupt and clean officials will work very hard.

After everyone returned to the county hostel, they changed their wet clothes, took a hot bath and started eating and drinking.

Several officials kept pouring alcohol on Kang Jianfei. After trying to knock him out, they discussed the matter of investing in the development of Danxia Mountain.

The local finance can only repair the road from the urban area to the scenic spot. If you want to build the scenic spot, you can only rely on the introduction of funds. What's more, Kang Jianfei also has a successful case of operating the Shaolin Temple Scenic Spot, and naturally became the first choice of the local government.

Before Kang Jianfei got down on the ground, several officials had already "lyed down", but their goal was also achieved, Kang Jianfei agreed to invest in Danxia Mountain.

When he contracted the Shaolin Temple, Kang Jianfei only registered a travel company. In recent years, the Shaolin Temple scenic spot has been operated by the local tourism department and Kang Jianfei's travel company.

A few days later, Hu Juncai was called by Kang Jianfei and asked him to call people from the travel company to Shaozhou to investigate and invest. Kang Jianfei himself went back to Hong Kong. r1152()