Chapter 504 Business Daily Interview

On March 28, Sally Yeh's new record "Fall in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home" was launched, and the title songs "Fall in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home" and "Lovers Confidant" were both personally handed down by Kang Jianfei.

Sally Yeh, who could only barely sell platinum sales, caused a sensation as soon as the new record was released. The two title songs became regular customers of radio and television stations, and sold double platinum in just over half a month.

Since it can no longer be sold into the Taiwan market, the market focus of Fengxing Records has shifted. It basically does not go out of Mandarin records, but only sells Cantonese songs in the Nanyang region and Hong Kong.

After the release of "Falling in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home", Sally Yeh also jumped from a quasi-first-line singer to a top Hong Kong singer, and her status in Fengxing Records was second only to Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung.

On April 30, the nostalgic record "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" produced by Fengxing Records was released. The title song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" was sung by Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. The rest of the album is all new songs reorganized by traditional Cantonese opera.

It was such a record that was very popular and sold better than Sally Yeh's new record. The cumulative sales volume was later counted at 270,000.

Not only that, after Fengxing Records transferred the copyright of "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" to Xiongfei Records, this Cantonese record also set off a craze in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the song was conveyed to almost every household.

Even if you are too poor to afford a radio, you can still hear this song from other people's TV.

In addition, the emergence of "The King of Painting" has exceeded 60,000 copies in less than a week, and it seems that Kang Jianfei's shadow can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong.

The pro-communist newspaper "Hong Kong Business Daily" is a pro-communist newspaper that specializes in "Huang Feihong" crew and takes advantage of Kang Jianfei's rest time to interview.

Since its founding decades ago, the Hong Kong Business Daily has been a newspaper with a left-wing and neutral voice, and has always had a good relationship with the mainland.

If Sing Tao Daily is the only Hong Kong newspaper that can be sold in Taiwan, then Hong Kong Business Daily is the only newspaper that can be sold in the mainland, but it is currently only published in the Pearl River Delta, and the sales in the mainland are very small.

The Hong Kong Business Daily has a great influence in the Hong Kong business community. The red capitalist Ho Ying-tung must read the Hong Kong Business Daily every day. In addition, Jin Yong's "Blue Blood Sword", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and many of Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels were first published in the Hong Kong Business Daily.

Whether it is to give face to the Celestial Government or to establish a good relationship with the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Kang Jianfei would not refuse the invitation from the party and happily accepted an exclusive interview with the Hong Kong Commercial Daily.

There is a small wooden pier on the beach in Tseung Kwan O. This was originally the place where residents of Tseung Kwan O took a boat to Hong Kong Island. It is now used by the crew of "Wong Fei-Hong" and has been repaired and reinforced as one of the filming locations.

"Huang Feihong" begins with a wonderful lion dance drama, and now the most powerful lion dance master in Hong Kong is in the Kang family class, which is Yu Yuanwen, nicknamed the immortal.

Some time ago, Yu Yuanwen was injured, so the lion dance scene at the beginning of the movie was not until now.

Yu Yuanwen and the martial artists from the Kang family class were still rehearsing. Kang Jianfei was invited by a reporter from the Hong Kong Business Daily and started an exclusive interview on the crew.

The reporter interviewing Kang Jianfei was a middle-aged man in his 40s. After discussing the interview outline, the reporter smiled and said: Should I call you Boss Kang or Director Kang?

You can call it whatever you want, those are just names.Kang Jianfei smiled.

Everyone knows that you have many identities.He is the boss of the film and television group, a novelist with many book fans, an internationally renowned director, and a lyricist who creates many classic songs. Why did he suddenly remember to draw comics recently?

I have opened a new pictorial, and I am very interested in painting, so I just drew a few pictures.

Just draw a few pictures?Ah is very popular nowadays, especially young people like it very much. Many teachers say that students are painting ah in class.

It seems that there must be teachers and parents who hate me.

There is no way to hate it, but some people don’t like your comic style.

My comics are not US dollars, so I won’t force everyone to like them.

Mr. Kang has always spoken humorously?

The crew members don't think so.

Yes, I heard people say that you are a tyrant in the crew and often get angry and scold people.

I used to curse people, but now I don’t curse anymore.

Has it changed the way of working?

No, I was very young when I first debuted, and almost everyone in the crew was older than me. It would be difficult for you to calm down if you were not fierce.

What about now?

It’s different now. The company boss and director have a dual identity. When I frowned, they were nervous and nervous. I didn’t need to swear anymore.

It seems that Director Kang has a high prestige in the crew.

It's okay, it's difficult for the director to make a movie without prestige.

Now that this movie "Wang Feihong" is filmed, can Mr. Kang predict its Hong Kong box office?

It’s more than 25 million, but I can’t tell whether it can be 30 million.

Since your "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", a group of movies called Xinxin Martial Arts have also appeared in Hong Kong, but they are all destroyed in a flash.Some people say that costume kung fu and martial arts movies have declined now. Mr. Kang, why do you want to make a martial arts movie?

Because with current technology, it is expensive to shoot new martial arts films well, so it is difficult for small companies to do well, and large companies do not want to take risks to shoot them, so new martial arts will be short-lived.As for why I chose to film "Huang Feihong", it was because I wanted to promote Jet Li and Rosamund Kwan. They have the potential to become top movie stars, but in recent years, I have not been able to reach the top due to various reasons, so my movie was actually specially planned for them.

DreamWorks now has four pillars: Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow, Brigitte Lin, and Cherie Chung. Leslie Cheung is also very talented in acting. Why not continue to shoot nonsensical comedy and promote Stephen Chow, or film hero films to promote Chow Yun-fat?

This has to talk about the company's artist promotion plan.I am not careful not to say that DreamWorks’ plan is to create four men, four women and eight emperor superstars, namely the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ and ‘Four Heavenly Queens’ plans.

It seems that DreamWorks’ strategic plan is very clear. Can you reveal more? For example, in addition to Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, and Jet Li who is now preparing to promote, who is the last one?Last year, Di Long also signed a film and television contract with DreamWorks for several years. Is he one of the four kings in the future?

Judging from Di Long's acting skills and fame, he is indeed enough to be a king of heaven, but he is a little older, so the four kings have other names.

Can you tell who it is?

Keep it confidential for the time being.

It seems that the last of the four queens is also kept confidential.

Indeed, we can change the next topic.You are a reporter from the Hong Kong Business Daily, and asking about these entertainment topics has become entertainment tabloids.

Then let me ask you something related to business. Mr. Kang, you filmed "Home Imperial" in Hollywood and invested in "Terminator". The global box office of these two movies was over 100 million US dollars.From this point of view, Mr. Kang, your business vision in Hollywood is already so accurate. Why don’t you continue to enter Hollywood?

First of all, I want to say one thing, that is, Hollywood is not that easy to explore. Apart from Bruce Lee, European and American audiences have no impression of Asian directors and actors.So what if Japan's Akira Kurosawa won the Oscar?His movies can only be sold for two or three million dollars in the United States.Shaw Brothers' entry into Hollywood has long been declared a failure. After Bruce Lee's death, Jiahe won and lost in Hollywood. I don't have other advantages, but I still have self-knowledge, so I have carefully considered every time I invest in a movie in Hollywood.Moreover, Hong Kong's local port and Asian market are the bases of DreamWorks. How can we talk about expansion if the foundation is not stable?

Mr. Kang means, is DreamWorks’ main development strategy in the future or stabilize the Asian market?

Yes, consolidate the Asian market and then focus on Europe and the United States.

Then you will not invest in Hollywood movies in recent years?

Of course, it is impossible not to participate at all. Now there is a movie I have participated in investing in. It is expected to be released in North America this Christmas.

Can you reveal more information?

The budget for this movie is $31 million, and I invested 11 million in it.

It seems to be a big cast. Are you sure to recover your investment?

I am very confident in my vision.

I think all Hong Kong people are curious about why Mr. Kang, every business you make money, as if you have never lost money.All of this is due to your business vision?

Probably so.

Then can you ask, where did your business vision come from, and based on what do you judge whether an investment is only profitable or loss?

Just use your brain more.

for example……

For example, when the Sino-British negotiations were deadlocked, many people lost confidence in Hong Kong's future, causing major economic fluctuations in Hong Kong.In fact, from the perspective of the international situation and the mainland's reform and opening-up policies, we know that this kind of worry is completely redundant.Neither the mainland nor the Hong Kong government can ignore the long-term downturn in Hong Kong's economy. That is to say, both parties will control the time of this negotiation, and the results can be achieved in three years at a short time, and the negotiation will inevitably be a victory for China.

So when others sell out, do you take the opportunity to buy the bottom and buy land and houses?

It's Ah, I'm just repeating Li Ka-shing's behavior back then.Moreover, many people can understand the situation, but unfortunately their assets have been trapped by the real estate and stock market storms, and even the capital chain has broken down and gone bankrupt. These people can't help but want to settle land and buildings. The things that are better than them are just because they just have some spare money.

What about the movie?Why can all movies in DreamWorks make money?

The purpose of DreamWorks is to never make shoddy money in order to make money. We carefully make the movies and leave the rest to the market and audience.

DreamWorks movies are really good.

Now that Hong Kong films are booming, many investors from Southeast Asia and Taiwan are pouring in. I feel that some people are making money and the things they sell are hard to see. Sooner or later, a rat shit will ruin the soup.

This is true, but it is difficult to ensure that the movie is not lost due to careful creation.

Then we need to mention another aspect. I have always encouraged DreamWorks directors not to be conservative and innovate more while taking care of the audience's tastes, so that they can give the audience freshness and surprises.For example, Lee Xiuxian's "Doctor of the Lambs", Madon Heung's "The Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", etc., such a big breakthrough movie will probably not be able to get a budget in other companies.

It seems that Mr. Kang’s biggest advantage in business is his courage to take risks and fight.

This is something that all businessmen should have. If you win, you will be successful. In fact, you will lose more, but no one will pay attention to it.

What about the current dark horse comics company?Do you think the comics industry is promising?

Of course, there is a future for making comics. Hong Kong comics were originally very profitable, but the Southeast Asian anti-Chinese trend more than 10 years ago made Hong Kong comics lose the Nanyang market.Now the anti-China storm in Nanyang has long passed, and it is time to recover lost territory. If you don’t take action, the Nanyang comics market will be dominated by Japanese comics.

(Note: Before the 1970s, Hong Kong comics and Hong Kong literature were very popular in Southeast Asia. After the anti-Chinese wave in Southeast Asia destroyed the market, Hong Kong comics and literature quickly declined. Especially Hong Kong literature, in addition to martial arts novels, orthodox literature is on the verge of death, and writers and poets have changed careers to screenwriters and lyrics)

I'm afraid that's more than that. Mr. Kang seems to have incorporated Hei Horse Comics Company into Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group. Do you have bigger business intentions?

Sorry, this is a corporate secret.