"Fang Fang" was filmed for only 8 days, and the crew was forced to stop running, the main reason was Sophie? Marceau had a contract dispute with the original company, and he couldn't come to Hong Kong for a while.

The whole thing started because Gaumont was in a relationship with Sophie? With no hope of renewing Marceau's contract, in the last two months of his contract period, forced Sophie? Marceau took on a film.

Now the situation is, Sophie? Marceau's contract with Gaumont has expired, but the contract for the film she is working on must be completed.

The entire plot of "Fang Fang" was greatly modified by Kang Jianfei, such as the background of the film was placed in Hong Kong. Leung Ka-fai plays the male protagonist Leung Lok-fai, a poor intern doctor in Hong Kong who has just graduated from school, and Sophie? The heroine Fang Fang, played by Marceau, is a French perfume college student who came to Hong Kong to visit her grandmother during the summer vacation.

As for Leung Ka-fai's fiancée in the film, it is his distant cousin. The cousin's family is relatively wealthy, and Leung Ka-fai has been living in his cousin's house for several years from the countryside to Hong Kong Island to study, and the families on both sides hope that they can get married.

As for the other plots, it is basically the same as the original film of "Fangfang", except that the lines have become more oriental, and the rhythm will be brighter than the original film, and there will be comedy scenes in many places.

To put it bluntly, Kang Jianfei turned "Fangfang" into a Hong Kong-made romantic comedy, but retained the original film as the most flavorful thing.

This will ensure that the film will grossing in Asia, and it remains to be seen whether these changes will be accepted by French audiences and the festival jury.

During the suspension of filming of "Fang Fang". Two more big news events have happened in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

First, a group of film companies led by Li Xiaohuan and Ma Fengguo initiated the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Industry Association. There was also a symbolic invitation to Kang Jianfei to join the association. It's a pity that they only sent a little minion to send the invitation letter, Li Xiaohuan and Ma Fengguo didn't go to the invitation in person, Kang Jianfei didn't even bother to see it, and asked Li Yuanfeng to throw the invitation letter directly into the trash.

Second, the Hong Kong branch of the International Phonographic Association sued Oriental Television and Phoenix Television for infringement because the music used in TV dramas and variety shows rarely paid royalties. Of course. It was not only Kang Jianfei who was accused, but VB was also prosecuted, and the situation was even stricter than that of Oriental Television and Phoenix Television.

IFI Hong Kong said in a lawyer's letter. The companies are required to immediately stop the infringement and pay the copyright fees that have been in arrears for many years, otherwise all the record companies in Hong Kong will jointly block the two TV stations and Oriental Television Productions.

It is naturally impossible to block it, and wireless VB and Phoenix TV have a monopoly position in Hong Kong. And they also have Huaxing Records and Fengxing Records under their respective banners. Other record companies also need to do publicity on both TV stations, and tearing their faces is not good for each other.

Moreover, it takes time to collect evidence for infringement for many years, and the lawsuit is protracted, and both sides will pay a large amount of legal fees. The best outcome is that everyone sits down privately and negotiates, the TV station stops the infringement, and then pays the record association a lump sum of how much copyright fees are compensated.

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Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City. No. 1 Administration Building, Kang Jianfei's Office.

Li Yuanfeng, who was wearing an OL uniform and skirt, walked in with a piece. reported: "Brother Fei, there is a message from France, saying Sophie? Marceau will not be able to come to Hong Kong for half a month. ”

"I know, after you have the exact time, you arrange for someone from the crew to pick up the plane." Kang Jianfei nodded.

Li Yuanfeng said: "In addition, do you want to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Industry Association next week?" ”

"What am I going to do? I'm not a member. Kang Jianfei said disdainfully.

It's not that Kang Jianfei doesn't support Hong Kong's professional film association, but that this so-called Hong Kong Film Industry Association is too utilitarian, and the initiators are a bunch of filmmakers.

Li Xiaohuan, the initiator and first chairman of the Picture Industry Association, is just a film company specializing in importing Western films for distribution in Hong Kong. And sometimes it takes two or three years to buy a Western film, and her two theaters often screen all kinds of old films, and when the schedule is good, they often rent it to the Jiang family's Anle Theater to screen the latest Hollywood blockbusters.

Speaking of which, the theater under Li Xiaohuan was previously a member of the New Era Cinema Line temporarily established by Kang Jianfei.

Do you believe that a film company that makes money by introducing Western films and renting theaters, she initiated the establishment of the Film Industry Association to promote the development of Hong Kong films and safeguard the interests of film practitioners?

, they initiated the establishment of the Film Industry Association, just to expand their influence in the Hong Kong film industry and make money in the future.

It can be seen from the refusal of Li Xiaohuan and Ma Fengguo to invite Kang Jianfei to join the association in person, that they don't want Kang Jianfei, a predator in the film industry, to join the association at all, because as long as Kang Jianfei joins, Zou Wenhuai, Mecca, Pan Disheng and others may also join, and Li Xiaohuan and Ma Fengguo will no longer be able to sit firmly in the position of chairman and vice chairman of the association.

In order not to make wedding clothes for people, Li Xiaohuan and Ma Fengguo formed the Hong Kong Film Industry Association, which actually blocked all the major film giants in Hong Kong.

Without DreamWorks, Golden Harvest, New Arts City, and Debao, what is the Hong Kong Film Industry Association called? It's all about selling dog meat on a sheep's head.

However, Kang Jianfei is not a god who knows everything, he forgot that Hong Kong's film classification system was made up by this Li Xiaohuan. Two years later, the Hong Kong Film Industry Association, which has never had any sense of zài, used a foreign chapter as a citation to launch a hype about the importance of Hong Kong film classification, and in the end it was really successful, and the Hong Kong Film Industry Association has only really become well-known to the public in Hong Kong since then.

With this contribution, Li Xiaohuan won the Film Lifetime Achievement Award many years later, and won the admission ticket to invest in the construction of theaters in the mainland; Ma Fengguo, on the other hand, became a deputy to the National People's Congress and the chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Kang Jianfei is not interested in these two and the Rausch association now, and he focuses on the lawsuit between the record association and the television station and the television production company.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui walked into Kang Jianfei's office successively, Huang Xizhao is still the general manager of Phoenix TV, while Zhong Jinghui is the general manager of Oriental Television Company, and Xu Xiaoming is the deputy general manager and program director of TV Company.

"What do you think about the Record Society's requirements?" Kang Jianfei asked.

Huang Xizhao said: "If you fight a lawsuit, you will talk about it for two or three years." As long as the TV station cooperates with the anti-ban of those companies, within half a year, some record companies will relent, and this matter will definitely not be negotiated in the end. One thing is very important, that is, Phoenix TV must reach an agreement with VB in private to deal with the difficulties of the record association. ”

Zhong Jinghui's point of view is different: "I think it's better to salute first and then soldier, let's sit down and talk and see how much money can be done, so that it can be done once and for all, so as not to cause endless trouble in the future." ”

Kang Jianfei didn't ask and discuss in detail, and said directly: "Then let's do it, negotiate and solve it first, if the difference is too big to discuss, just do what Manager Huang said." ”

Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui were both surprised, but they didn't expect that the topic of today's discussion would be made by Kang Jianfei in just a few words.

Then I heard Kang Jianfei say: "I invited the two of you here today to discuss what to do in the future, the scarcity of music in TV programs." Although there are many people who can compose music on the side of Fengxing Records, at most they can create theme songs for TV series and variety shows, and the demand for interludes is too great and too laborious, and people have their own things to do. ”

There is another point that Kang Jianfei didn't say, that is, Oriental TV production zuò company is looking for people from popular records to write songs, which also needs to be paid, all kinds of episodes and background music in a TV series, and about ten TV series throughout the year, if they spend money to hire someone to write music, then the cost of making zuò will be greatly increased. This is also the reason why VB has a good cooperative relationship with Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, but refuses to ask them to write, and always uses music from major record companies without paying.

Generally speaking, when a TV station uses the latest works, it has to pay a certain royalty, for example, VB once paid Kang Jianfei the copyright fee for "The Original Scenery of Hometown". But there is not so much attention to the old works, Kang Jianfei's "creation" of "Shanghai Tang", the copyright of this song is still in Kang Jianfei's hands, but VB has used it countless times in recent years, and has not given a penny.

The Record Association sued the two TV stations this time, and it is for this reason that almost all the works of record companies in Hong Kong have been used by the TV stations for infringement and free of charge.

Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui discussed for a long time in Kang Jianfei's office, and they really couldn't discuss any good countermeasures, this kind of thing is obvious, either continue to use the infringement for free, or increase the cost of making it yourself in the future to find someone to write the song, and I really can't find any way to fold.

The three of them chatted for a while, and just as Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui were about to leave, Li Yuanfeng, who was adding coffee to them, suddenly interjected: "Mr. Kang, Manager Huang, Manager Zhong, I remember that I received a letter three months ago that someone recommended a mainland composer. The remuneration demanded by the mainlanders is very low, why not find that person to try? ”

Huang Xizhao also recalled: "Oh, you are talking about a letter of recommendation written by the staff of the Legislative Council, and I have also received it. A mainland composer who has just come to Hong Kong, what good things can he write? Write about the rise of the sun in the east? ”

Kang Jianfei ignored Huang Xizhao's disdain for mainland musicians, but suddenly remembered a cow man, and he asked, "Meifeng, what is the name of the recommended composer?" ”

"I can't remember the name, I'll look to see if the letter is still there." Li Yuanfeng turned around and ran outside.

Kang Jianfei, Huang and Zhong waited for half an hour, and Li Yuanfeng finally came in with a letter and said happily: "Fortunately, I put it in the drawer and was not disposed of as a waste piece, the name of the mainland composer is Hu Weili!" (To be continued......) RI