Chapter 586 The New Year

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In the blink of an eye, 1987 was the first drama "Rogue Tycoon" and the ratings of TVB's opening drama "Rogue Tycoon" were soaring. Its decline in the previous few months steadily suppressed the average ratings of "The Twins" on Feng Huáng TV's "Peerless Twins".

Seeing that Feng Huáng TV was about to surpass TVB and establish its advantages in the Hong Kong TV field, the other party actually turned the trend with a TV series, Kang Jianfei could only sigh that TVB had a profound foundation.

Not only did the male protagonist Huang Rihua be reborn for the second spring, but the female protagonist Cheng Yuling also officially replaced Liza Wang with this drama and became the well-deserved number one sister of TVB.

What attracted Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui the most was Wei Jiahui, the screenwriter and deputy director of "Rogue Tycoon", who became the gold medal screenwriter of TVB at the age of 25 and was promoted to creative director by Fang Yihua.

Ah, the 25-year-old creative director, is like a failure in TVB, which emphasizes seniority rankings. This shows how Fang Yihua values ​​Wei Jiahui.

Wen Rui'an has adapted the script of "The Twins" very well, but when encountering a magical drama like "Rogue Tycoon", the ratings are still unparalleled.

I heard that TVB has to continue working hard, and Wei Jiahui will create a new drama. Oriental TV production company immediately launched a killer move to announce the filming of "Senior Sister Tuo Gun 4".

Not to mention the battle between the two TV stations, it is New Year's holiday after Christmas.

After a fight, director Zhang Wanting, Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung starred in "Fairy Tales in Autumn", winning the box office championship of Christmas movies for DreamWorks 25.5 million.

On the other hand, the return work of "Detective Chocolate" by the cold-faced laughing craftsman Xu Guanwen ranked second with a box office of 22.48 million.

As for the rest of the Christmas movies, the box office was only around 10 million.

During the entire Christmas and New Year period, there was no movie in Hong Kong that had a box office of over 30 million yuan. Ming Pao Weekly couldn't help but sigh: There was no Christmas period without Kang Jianfei, and I always felt that something was missing.

There are a lot of fewer cinemas, and Hong Kong citizens are not paying much attention to it. Everyone is paying attention to the Hong Kong stock market.

More than two years ago, the lowest trough of Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was 600 points. It began to soar after Hong Kong's return in 97 was confirmed in the fall. By the end of the year, the Hang Seng Index had risen by 1,200 points.

Two years have passed, and the Hang Seng Index doubled again, and after New Year's Day, it directly broke the 3,000-point mark.

Although Xinyi City is on a downward trend, Mai Jia, the boss of Xinyi City, is proud. He has accumulated millions of wealth by trading stocks in the past two years.

It was not until after the Spring Festival that the Hang Seng Index rose by more than 130 points in a month and a half.

Hong Kong citizens obviously forgot the pain of the stock market crash in 1973, and they all invested their savings in the stock market like robbing money. Even Kang Jianfei's frugal and stingy cousin, quietly bought thousands of shares of Hutchison Whampoa.

After Kang Jianfei learned about it, he only gave him one piece of advice: I will take action for another two months.

Kang Jianfei doesn't understand and is not interested in stock trading, but he has watched a magical drama called "The Great Era". The producer and screenwriter of this TVB is Wei Jiahui, who has just made a big splash.

After watching this TV series, Kang Jianfei remembered a word Black Monday.

On that Monday, the Dow Jones Index took the lead in plunging, and the wealth and property of countless investors evaporated out of thin air.

On the Hong Kong side, the Hang Seng Index plummeted 420 points in one day, and the futures index fell by more than 300 points in each month. As you walk on the road, you may see bankrupt investors jumping off the building.

Black Monday was not just a stock market crash in Hong Kong, but a global stock market crash. The most fundamental reason for the stock market crash was the slowdown in the US economy, and then let's wipe the father of the Great Hope Country.

Kang Jianfei doesn't remember how many months Black Monday happened. He only vaguely remembers that the group under Li Chaoren raised more than 10 billion yuan in the first half of the stock market crash. Not only did he calmly escape this stock market crash, but he also took the opportunity to make a big profit.

During the Spring Festival period at the beginning of 1987, Jackie Chan became the eldest brother. He and Alan Tam went to Europe to shoot "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" and made great achievements, winning 35.5 million yuan in Hong Kong.

The New Art City is not outdone. "The Legend of Wesley" directed by Teddy Robin has attracted 18.71 million yuan; and Pandison's Debao Film Company is even more powerful. "The Rich and Great" directed by Gao Zhisen has won a high box office of 27 million yuan in line with Jackie Chan's "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers".

Pan Disheng was so happy that when he was proud and ready to enter the film industry, he had a conflict with Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong. Pan Disheng finally announced his withdrawal from Xinbao Cinema and spent money to buy back the Debao Film Company shares in the hands of Chen and Feng.

In early March, Pan Disheng announced an investment of HK$100 million to officially establish his own Debao Cinema.

Hong Kong's cinema chain has finally increased the sixth largest Debao theater chain since Jiahe, Princess Jin, Oriental, Xinbao and Yindu.

As for Anle Pictures, which has only 4 cinemas, and some other small theaters, they cannot be ranked at all.

The establishment of Debao Cinemas is equivalent to completely disrupting the Hong Kong film industry. The cinema's demand for film sources has greatly increased, which has attracted more hot money to invest in films, and further stimulated the increase in the number of Hong Kong films.

By the middle of 1987, the number of registered film companies in Hong Kong reached 297.

Although many of them are shell companies, a peninsula as big as a palm, with nearly 300 film companies gathering, which is enough to show how prosperous Hong Kong films have developed at this time.

Now even Amao and Agou rent a camera, they dare to say that they are directors making movies. In addition, in order to catch up with the progress, the overall quality of Hong Kong films has declined a lot.

Not to mention the top stars, even the quasi-first-line actors are busy. All the signing artists under the Oriental Entertainment Agency are dispatched, and almost everyone has a show in their hands.

The sought-after actors even starred in two or three dramas at the same time. After filming one, they rushed to another crew immediately after catching the time.

In view of the violently changing industry situation, DreamWorks' shooting plan has been adjusted this year, with the annual production volume increasing from 16 to 20.

The most fundamental reason for increasing the production of movies is that there are too many theaters and movies released, which leads to fierce competition, which shortens the screening cycle of ordinary films.

That is to say, the average movies released by DreamWorks in the ordinary schedule only have 2 weeks of screening time.

This is not a good thing. As more movies were made, the box office sold did not increase much. Including the increased production costs of the film, the company's overall profit was less than before.

Small film companies applauded because of the increase in theaters and the prosperity of Hong Kong films, but big companies such as Jiahe, DreamWorks, and New Art City couldn't say anything about it.

However, from another perspective, Kang Jianfei's star brokerage company's profits are rolling up due to the prosperity of Hong Kong films.

Debao's "The Rich and the Great" was released in the New Year's Eve, and was replaced by Yongsheng Film Company's "The Magic Jade" during the Spring Festival.

The big funder of this drama is Taiwan's Longxiáng Film. The total production cost of the film is more than 9 million yuan. The Xiang brothers invested only 2 million yuan, and Wang Jing led a team to Greece to film.

As for the box office, it can only be said to be barely forced. It only sold more than 11 million yuan in Hong Kong. Whether it can make money can only be seen how it sells in other places. This film made the starring actor Andy Lau show his face.

Because there is no movie that Kang Jianfei has won the Christmas box office championship with "Autumn Fairy Tales", DreamWorks performed well in the subsequent New Year and Spring Festival periods. The two movies directed by Chen Xunqi and Huang Tailai won 17.8 million and 20.33 million respectively.

After the Lantern Festival, the list of nominations for this year's Academy Awards was announced by "Film Biweekly". "Fairy Tale of Autumn" produced by Zhang Wanting and his wife nominated 7 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress.

The film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" that Kang Jianfei filmed last year actually won five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

However, Debao Film Company's "Underground Love" is also very powerful. It received 7 nominations like "Fairy Tales in Autumn". Tony Leung, who is also on TVB, nominated for the Best Actor for the first time for this film.

The most eye-catching thing in New Art City is Sylvia Chang's directorial debut "Favorite". Although he only received 3 nominations, it is enough to cause topics.

Because of the addition of another female director Zhang Wanting, the two female directors’ works nominated for multiple awards at this year’s Academy Awards, and some media even used double photos to call Zhang Wanting and Zhang Aijia.

Click!

Kang Jianfei walked to Leung Ka Fai, frowned and thought for a while and said: You had some problems with the part you just now. After the hammer was hit, put it on your shoulders and put it on your shoulders. Let it go a little more. You were a little nervous just now.

Leung Ka-hui thought about Kang Jianfei's words, brewed his emotions, and then nodded and said: Director, you can start.

OK.Kang Jianfei signaled to start shooting again, and opposite the glass wall, Sophie Marceau was also silently cooperating with the performance.

Kang Jianfei's version of "Fangfang", due to the huge changes, about three-fifths of the shots need to be redesigned, and the remaining shots have some detailed adjustments, which is not much different from the original ones.

Anyway, as long as the filming is finished before April, Kang Jianfei, who made the first literary and romance film, has been meticulously crafted, and this movie has become the slowest film since he entered the industry.

Fortunately, Sophie Marceau is with him all day long. Occasionally, Kang Jianfei takes time to have a secret meeting with other lovers, and his life is very comfortable.

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The glass mirror wall suddenly shattered, and Sophie Marceau in the mirror opened instantly, and the glass lenses scattered all over the ground.

At the crack of the mirror, Leung Ka Fai appeared. He carried the hammer on his shoulder and laughed at Sophie Marceau, then walked over the crack of the smashed glass wall.

The camera rotated and moved as the track car, and finally frozen on a piece of broken glass lens on the ground, in which Sophie Marceau and Tony Tony were hugging each other.

Click!

Kang Jianfei stood up and stretched, and smiled and said: I announced that "Fangfang" has been completed.