Dreams of the Fragrant River

Kang Jianfei had two films before, which were directly planned for the world premiere on the same day.

Speaking of the world, it is actually East Asia and Southeast Asia. Because Kang Jianfei's films are sought after in these places, local academies are happy to stunt the world's same-day premieres to attract audiences in their respective regions.

However, as Hong Kong films become more and more powerful and the competition becomes more and more fierce, even with Kang Jianfei's existing reputation, it is difficult for new films to be released on the same day in Asian countries.

DreamWorks' partner theater business in Taiwan is China Film Company, and Taiwan's four major "state-run" theater chains, including China Film, have reserved the best schedules for American blockbusters because of pressure from the Li government.

In the past, when DreamWorks collaborated with scholars and Long Xiang, new films were often released in the new year and summer, but now they can only squeeze the gap left by Hollywood films.

Who called Kang Jianfei a famous pro-communist?

At the beginning, Xiao Lizi had just come to power and his position was not stable. He didn't want to make extra troubles to lift the ban on Kang Jianfei. Now that people are in control, it is generous enough to not directly order the banning of DreamWorks films.

In the past ten years, Kang Jianfei has invested and built 9 cinemas in Taiwan, and now they are all under the umbrella of the Sino-British Cinema Line. The attitude of China Film Corporation to help American blockbusters has made Kang Jianfei more and more disgusted. He is already considering whether to establish his own theater chain in Taiwan based on the original 9 theaters.

The reason why the idea has not been implemented for a long time is mainly because the Taiwan side is too complicated. The existing several major theater chains in Taiwan have already demarcated the Taiwan film market, and behind each theater chain is controlled by black and white. Kang Jianfei's desire to set up a theater chain in Taiwan is tantamount to taking food from the tiger's mouth. After the establishment of the theater chain company, there will definitely be two incidents in three days, either by messing about, or by the relevant departments to check taxes and health. An excuse for inadequate fire protection measures can make your cinema close for half a month for rectification.

Because of this, Kang Jianfei's nine Taiwanese movie theaters are under the umbrella of China Film Corporation. Only with the background of the Taiwan authorities can you avoid trouble.

After the release of "The Truman World" in Hong Kong this time, it did not get the Spring Festival schedule in other parts of Asia as soon as possible. Therefore, the Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company has been negotiating with the academies, hoping to get the summer movie files in various places. Therefore, after "The Truman World" was released in Hong Kong, there was no overseas box office news for a long time. Instead, in the North American region on the other side of the ocean, "The Truman World" was registered in the spring file again.

At this time last year, "Tomb Raiders" was a hit in the North American market, and finally ranked ninth in the 1990 North American annual box office with a box office of 108 million US dollars. And Golden Harvest participated in the investment and shooting of "Ninja Turtles". It ranked fifth at the box office with a box office of 127 million.

In the spring of another year, Kang Jianfei's film is making a comeback and is jointly distributed by Oriental Film Company and Paramount. Because of last year's good results, this year's American academies are no longer stingy, and directly gave "The Truman World" 1958 pieces of canvas for the premiere, which is a treatment only for famous directors and big productions. For example, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which Golden Harvest participated in investment last year, had 2,006 canvases on the first day, and the premiere canvas of "Die Hard 2" was a crazy 2,507 pieces.

Generally speaking, the box office of movies in the spring file is too high, and the top ten movies in the annual North American box office list every year. Basically from the summer and the end of the year. But last year was an exception. Among the top ten box office charts, spring movies actually accounted for 3.

It is different from the fierce competition of many good films last year. This year's spring season has finally returned to normal. Among the movies released at the same time as "The Truman World", there are no big movies.

But what is even more bizarre is that February, which is a low season for the box office, actually broke out two dark horses in a row. The big-mouthed beauty Julia Roberts starred in the horror thriller "Sleeping with the Enemy", and another low-key film "Silence of the Lambs", these two niche films that were not favored by academies, were actually in the off-season. The box office has exceeded 100 million, and "Silence of the Lambs" has sold a horror box office of 130 million US dollars.

When "Silence of the Lambs" began to be released in various parts of North America, the spring season finally arrived. "The Truman World" finally meets the North American audience.

This time, the movie promotion is obviously better. Two lines of characters are written prominently on the movie poster: Oscar's best foreign language film nominated director's new work "".

In this spring when good films are scarce. The new film director of the Oscar for best foreign language film is still more attractive, last year's "Notes from the Tomb". Many young people remember Kang Jianfei.

One of them was Queenie, a Hispanic who worked as a salesman for an insurance company.

Spring break is approaching, and countless young Americans are thinking about how to play, drink for fun, travel together, or watch a movie together as a couple.

But for insurance salesmen, it's not a break.

Just after signing an insurance policy, Queenie didn't have much excitement and sense of accomplishment. When he was just doing this job, successfully selling an insurance policy was enough to make him happy all day, but now he is only numb and exhausted.

The sky was already dark, and the colorful lights on the street were lit up one after another. The hungry Queenie didn't want to go home, because what awaited him at home was the chatter of his wife and the willful mischief of his children.

After a quick meal, Queenie wandered aimlessly on the street. When passing a movie theater, he suddenly saw a poster at the door: Leung Ka Fai was riding a small sailboat, he stretched out and touched the front, his face His expression collapsed and desperate.

"Kang's new movie?" Queenie glanced at the propaganda on the poster, and suddenly decided to go in and have a look. Last year's "Tomb Notes" made him very enjoyable.

After waiting for a while after buying the tickets, Queenie entered a screening room and glanced at him to find that nearly 50% of the audience was seated, which is already very good in the spring season.

"As if it wasn't an adventure action movie."

"The poster says it's a sci-fi drama."

"I still prefer Kang's oriental adventure films, it's really cool."

"Yeah, Chinese action movies are all great, but unfortunately the plot has always been a shortcoming. This time Kang abandoned his strengths to play the plot, which is really worrying about the quality of the film."

"There are no movies to watch during this time. I hope this "The Truman Show" will not disappoint."

"..."

Two young men beside Queenie were talking in low voices. Judging from the content of their conversation, both of them can only be regarded as false fans of Kang Jianfei. They haven't even read "Fang Fang", they only know Kang Jianfei's "Notes on Tomb Raiders".

Queenie felt a little amused. As a movie lover, he watched "The Tomb Raiders" last year. I became interested in Kang Jianfei, a Chinese director. He bought a lot of Kang Jianfei's previous movie videos to watch. He knew that Kang Jianfei was Paramount's second largest shareholder. He also knew that the first film in the "Home Alone" series of films that hit the market in recent years was written by Kang Jianfei.

Kang can't play the plot? His "Fang Fang" won a unique special award at the Cannes Film Festival: the most popular film award.

The film begins, and Truman, played by Tony Leung, appears in the mirror.

In the first few minutes, there was still a faint chatter in the screening hall, but as the plot of the movie progressed, the suspense deliberately set by the director made the audience have to concentrate.

Quiet in the theater. Occasional hilarious moments elicited bursts of laughter, but the audience quickly lost their laughter.

Queenie is a very serious person. When the TV show The Truman Show was revealed, he thought to himself: Kang's movie has a lot of loopholes this time, how could someone be locked up on the island for a lifetime?

The movie continued to be shown, and the male protagonist used a strategy to paralyze everyone, disappearing out of thin air under the surveillance of countless cameras. This episode suddenly released the audience's previously suppressed emotions, and Queenie could even hear a relaxed exhalation.

"Wow!"

There was a sudden exclamation in the auditorium, but the huge moon in the sky suddenly turned and disappeared. The entire sky was torn off like a huge piece of wallpaper, and the red sun rose quickly from the sea level.

"So it is! Not just the island, but also the sea outside and the sky. It's the studio of this show, those were not plot loopholes!" Queenie suddenly realized, and also understood why the film was classified as science fiction. .

After the laughter and depression passed, "The Truman World" finally ushered in a tearful point. The male protagonist drove a sailboat to the other side in the wind and waves.

"rush out!"

"Don't give up, hold on."

"Oh,!"

"Stupid director, turn off the wind and waves!"

"..."

"The Truman World" is a very interesting movie, it's a play within a play. Truman is the protagonist of the TV show in the movie.

At this moment, it's not just the audience in the movie theater watching Truman surf the wind and waves. The TV audience in the movie is also watching. And everyone is cheering for Truman.

The shouts from the audience on the screen further aroused the emotions of the audience in the screening hall, so that many people shouted out excitedly.

When Truman conquered the wind and waves, climbed up from the water, and smiled at the camera while sitting on the boat, Queenie's eyes were a little wet.

The sense of substitution is the biggest success of "The World of Truman". Many viewers unconsciously regard Truman as their own image portrayal, and their emotions change with Truman's depression and joy.

"I love that smile."

"Who is this Chinese actor? When you smile, your friends are contagious."

"..."

Queenie thought to himself: I know who he is~www.wuxiaspot.com~Fang Fang, but what's the name?

"Oh,!"

When Queenie was still thinking about Liang Jiahui's name, there was a sudden silence in the screening room, and then some audience members couldn't help but shout out: The male protagonist who tried to break out of the **** and drive to the other side, hit a wall at the last moment!

Fortunately, this encounter is only short-lived, and a happy ending will come after a while. But this huge emotional change from sadness to joy, from joy to sadness, and finally to joy in a short period of time has caused some emotional audiences to lose control of their emotions, and they actually covered their mouths and laughed and wept.

Queenie slowly exhaled the air in his chest. He had a lot of feelings for this movie. He was an insurance salesman just like the male protagonist in the film on the surface. Boss, friend, wife... He feels that all the characters in the film have deep metaphors in reality. The more he thinks about it, the more memorable the film is. (To be continued)

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