Dreams of the Fragrant River

When the sales of "Daily Daily" increased sharply, "Fighting Dragon" starring Zhou Xingchi and Zhang Dan began to be released, and its box office growth rate was even more terrifying than the previous "Swordsman: The Undefeated", which broke the box office in the first week. 15 million. 4747,

And far away in Taiwan, "The Truman World" has also been drawn across the board, with a cumulative box office receipt of NT$43.88 million, temporarily ranking fourth in Taiwan's annual box office list.

At this time, Yu Kanping of the Taiwan branch came to the news that the Taiwan authorities issued a new decree on the protection of local films.

The new decree is mainly aimed at Hollywood films that are making money in Taiwan, and stipulates that a maximum of eight copies of an American film can be imported in Taiwan. That is to say, each Hollywood film can only be shown in eight cinemas at most in Taiwan.

Although there are a lot of Hong Kong films released in Taiwan, the top few in the box office list are all Hollywood blockbusters. Cheng Long's films also sold NT$30 million at the box office in Taiwan, but Hollywood films such as "Terminator 2" and "Jihad Raiders" often break 100 million at the box office in Taiwan.

The top three films in the box office every year are Hollywood blockbusters. These three films alone can steal at least NT$200 million from Taiwan at the box office. It is understandable that the Taiwan authorities restrict the release of Hollywood films.

The Taiwan authorities promulgated this decree to protect the Taiwan film market from the dumping of Hollywood films, but in fact, it was more motivated by interests. As soon as this decree came out, large-scale academies could monopolize the screening rights of Hollywood blockbusters, and Taiwanese filmmakers participating in the investment and production of Hong Kong films were even more happy. Without the competitive pressure of Hollywood films, the Hong Kong films they invested in could sell more box office.

Kang Jianfei also said that Paramount would build a theater chain in Taiwan ahead of schedule, but a new decree from the Taiwan authorities came out. It directly makes his idea difficult to implement.

In fact, this decree does not have much effect on boycotting Hollywood films, and there are many cases of the academy's supervision and self-stealing and privately engraving copies. Regulators are also turning a blind eye. Not to mention, "Jurassic Park" two years later sold more than 200 million box office in Taiwan. Even the box office of Cheng Long's "City Hunter" is only a fraction of its value, which is still boycotting!

Many Taiwanese film and television laws are very strange. For example, in Taiwan's martial arts dramas at this time, the authorities stipulate that a fight can be played for a maximum of 8 seconds - I don't know which uncle came up with the idea.

After the promulgation of this decree, the film companies and directors in Hong Kong are the most happy. Because Taiwan originally banned Japanese films and allowed a small number of Korean films to be shown, and now stipulates the number of copies of American films, Hong Kong films will benefit the most in the end. .

There have been countless Taiwanese hot money pouring into the Hong Kong film industry, and this decree by the Taiwan authorities is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. Even many of Golden Harvest's films now have investment from Taiwanese filmmakers. Among the newly launched Hong Kong films, more than 80% of the funds came from Taiwan.

Of course, in order to look good on the face, when many Hong Kong films were released in Taiwan, they all turned into Taiwanese films - although from the actors to the backstage are Hong Kong people.

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Thanks to the new law, the Taiwanese Cinema Line, which had previously been at odds with Kang Jianfei, took the initiative to repair the relationship with DreamWorks, and the Fire Line organized manpower to perform Mandarin dubbing.

This slot was originally reserved for a Hollywood blockbuster. But now it is stipulated that only 8 copies of each Hollywood film can be imported. The Chinese Cinema Line can't leave the rest of the theaters empty, right? It just so happened that "Swordsman 2" was selling wildly in Hong Kong at this time, and the people from China Film shyly apologized and begged Kang Jianfei to give the film.

Although Kang Jianfei holds grudges, he is not ignorant of current affairs. Since the China Cinema Line lowered his stature to buy movies from DreamWorks, it was impossible for him not to give him face.

Not only to give face, but to give enough face. Lin Qingxia and Li Lianjie, the protagonists of "The Swordsman 2", both came to Taipei to participate in the film's premiere in Taipei.

The Taiwanese film market is growing too fast. The box office totals are soaring every year, so that Kang Jianfei can't ignore it.

Taiwan's stock market has crashed this year. But it has no impact on the film market.

In the past, most of Taiwan's movie box office revenue came from the north, but in recent years, with the development of infrastructure in the southern region, a large number of farmers have become rich overnight through compensation for land acquisition, which has doubled the number of movie audiences in Taiwan.

It may be more intuitive to give an example: one year during the Spring Festival, a farmer pulled an ox cart and brought an old man with him: "No, it only took me three hours to go out, so I must watch a Hong Kong movie." So the cinema had no choice but to add seat.

At this time, Taiwanese cinemas, especially those in the southern region, may have only 1,000 rated seats in the projection hall, but there are often 2,000 people watching the movie at the same time, and the aisles of the cinema are full of audiences.

This time, not only Lin Qingxia and Li Lianjie came to Taipei, but Kang Jianfei also came. The purpose of his visit was to cooperate with Yang Dengkui to invest in the construction of movie theaters in southern Taiwan.

The film market in southern Taiwan has emerged, but the construction of basic theaters has not kept up. Many times, audiences have to crowd in the aisles of theaters to watch movies. Yang Dengkui can eat both black and white in the south, while Kang Jianfei has high-quality Hong Kong film sources. The cooperation between the two is mutually beneficial.

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The plane landed at Taoyuan Airport.

Kang Jian flew first and got off the plane first, Lin Qingxia walked side by side with him, Li Lianjie followed closely, and more than ten bodyguards, assistants and other entourages followed.

Before leaving the airport, Kang Jianfei knew that the whereabouts of these people had been leaked, and it was very likely that it was deliberately leaked by the China Cinema Line in order to promote the upcoming "Swordsman: The Undefeated in the East".

Outside, there were piles of reporters and at least hundreds of fans who had come to hear the wind. It was so noisy and chaotic that the airport had to send security personnel to maintain order.

"It's all waiting for you." Kang Jianfei smiled while holding Lin Qingxia's hand.

Lin Qingxia has not returned to Taipei for several years, and it is still a little uncertain to return to her hometown. "

Li Lianjie came to Taiwan for the first time. Looking at the crowd of people outside, the first impression was that Taiwanese fans were too enthusiastic.

A few bodyguards were walking on thin ice, cautiously stepping forward to protect Kang Jianfei and others, for fear that there might be dangerous elements hidden among those people outside, or that fans might be too enthusiastic to cause an accident.

With the release of the "Once Upon a Time" series of films, Li Lianjie is still very famous in Taiwan, but it depends on who he is compared with.

I saw reporters and fans swarmed up and surrounded Kang Jianfei and his group. The focus of the interview and attention was Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia. Li Lianjie was a big star, but they were directly ignored by these people.

"Qingxia, have you considered going back to Taiwan to make a movie?"

"It is rumored that you and Mr. Kang have a son. Is it true?"

"Mr. Kang, have you considered when to marry Miss Lin?"

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Well, the reporter's question was related to the movie at the beginning, but it soon turned to the scandal between the two, and the most asked question was about the illegitimate child of the two.

Although these reporters asked very politely, Lin Qingxia was still angry, and she kept silent after answering a few sentences.

With the help of the bodyguards, Kang Jianfei protected Lin Qingxia and squeezed out hard. At the same time, he talked nonsense with the reporters with a smile on his face. He said a lot of nonsense without touching the point.

At the same time, a large number of fans also squeezed in hard, and from time to time someone handed over pens and paper to sign.

After a lot of effort, Kang Jianfei and the others were crowding into the car outside. Seeing Lin Qingxia being gloomy, he held her hand and comforted: "Don't think too much, let those people talk."

Lin Qingxia gave him a complaining glance: "It's not because of you, I don't have the face to go back to Taiwan."

Kang Jianfei was at a loss for words, so he could only be silent.

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The next day, Lin Qingxia and Li Lianjie went to the TV station to record a program for publicity, while Kang Jianfei visited the Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group (Taiwan) company.

The Taiwanese company has been developing for several years since the ban was lifted. A total of 9 Taiwanese films have been produced. It has signed more than ten Taiwanese actors including Sun Yue, Shao Xin, Su Mingming, Tuo Zonghua and Ge Weiru.

"Old Yu, you have worked hard for the past few years!" Kang Jianfei said while holding Yu Ganping's hand.

Yu Kanping is not only in charge of the Taiwan branch, but also the Taiwan distribution affairs of Oriental DreamWorks, and he is also in charge of it. It is difficult for Taiwanese films to survive in the first place, but thanks to Yu Kanping's efforts, the Taiwan branch can maintain a meager profit every year, and has won two trophies at the Panama and Venice Film Festivals, which is enough to affirm his work.

Yu Kanping smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Kang, don't kill me. The company's net profit last year was only over 6 million Taiwan dollars. I'm too embarrassed to take out such a performance."

"The environment is like this, don't blame yourself." Kang Jianfei said.

Yu Kanping asked, "Mr. Kang's coming to Taiwan this time is to build a theater chain in the south?"

Kang Jianfei said: "I have made an appointment with Yang Dengkui for an interview the day after tomorrow."

Yu Kanping nodded and said: "I really need to cooperate with the local snake~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Yang Dengkui still has the means. He has made a lot of money from investing in Hong Kong films in the past two years, and he is known as the number one producer in Taiwan. Speaking of which, he made a lot of money. It's also ridiculous, Taiwanese movies have fallen to such a level that the so-called first producer is actually a gang member who has killed people and spent time in prison."

"It doesn't matter what his background is, as long as he can cooperate." Kang Jianfei said.

Yu Kanping reminded: "Mr. Kang, I heard that Yang Dengkui looks like a bold man. In fact, he likes to eat alone. You have to be careful about business with him. This person will definitely speak loudly."

"I will pay attention." Kang Jianfei said.

"It's also possible that I'm overthinking it," Yu Kanping laughed and led Kang Jian to fly away, "I didn't expect Mr. Kang to arrive a day early, and most of the company's artists were not there. I've already informed them to rush back."

Kang Jianfei said: "I don't need to work hard, I'll just take a look and leave, and I'll go to the UFO record company in the afternoon." (To be continued.)u

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