When Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, it had already passed the festival of the stove, and many companies in Xianggang had taken annual leave. The stars, who are usually so busy that they can't sleep for a few hours a day, except for those who receive the Spring Festival commercial performances, all return home to enjoy rare leisure time.

Kang Jianfei couldn't be idle, he stayed in Taipei and Tokyo for more than two months, and as soon as he came back, there were a lot of affairs waiting for him. He doesn't have to ask about the specific affairs of the company, but the general direction must be grasped and understood, and then the annual meeting and the Taiwan celebration of Phoenix Terrace will be held.

After a few days of slow work, it is already Chinese New Year's Eve.

There are a total of nine films released during the Spring Festival, among which the best is directed by Wang Jing and starring Cheng Long, Qiu Shuzhen, Wang Guxian, Li Ming, and Goto Kumiko; and directed by Gao Zhisen, Xu Guanjie, Zhang Guorong, Guan Zhilin, Mao Shunyun, Wu Junru, Huang Zhan starring "Happy Events in the Flower Field".

"Happy Events in the Flower Field" is obviously a follow-up to last year's popular "Happy Events in the Family", but Gao Zhisen followed the trend and came up with new ideas, not only did the storyline not have any suspicion of plagiarism, but also the background of the film was also placed in the Tang Dynasty.

"Happy Events in the Flower Field" was screened 4 days later than "City Hunter", but the box office surpassed "City Hunter" in the second week, and Gao Zhisen, who had been on the street for more than a year, once again proved his strength as a blockbuster comedy director.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Zhisen returned to his master Huang Baiming, this "Happy Affair in the Flower Field" is his first work after joining Xincheng Film Company, and it is also the first Chinese New Year film after Huang Baiming's Xincheng Cinema Line opened.

Oriental DreamWorks' Chinese New Year film this time is "Commanding the Storm" directed by Huang Tailai and starring Zhou Yunfa and Zhong Chuhong. The cost of this film is 32 million, and it also found Li Lianjie, Zhou Billy and other celebrities to make cameos, Dong Wei, Cheng Kuian, Lin Xue, Yang Liqing, Quinoa, Oshima Yugali and other supporting roles The lineup is also quite strong.

It's a pity that the audience may be tired of watching this kind of hot-blooded Jianghu film, and the box office results of "Mighty Storm" did not meet expectations, and the audience was snatched away by "Happy Affair in the Flower Field" and "City Hunter" released at the same time.

This is DreamWorks' biggest defeat in the Spring Festival stall in the past decade, and even if it didn't win the Lunar New Year champion before, it was at least second place, and never ranked third.

Just after the New Year, director Huang Tailai found Kang Jianfei's mansion in the name of New Year's greetings to plead guilty.

Huang Tailai is also a veteran director who has been in charge of the film for more than ten years, but at this time, he was ashamed in front of Kang Jianfei, and said: "Boss, this time I didn't see the market......

"Who can see the box office thing," Kang Jianfei interrupted him without waiting for him to finish, "Okay, just be careful in the future, isn't the box office of "Commanding the Storm" still ranked third in the Lunar New Year stalls?" ”

Kang Jianfei said it easily, but Huang Tailai was always uneasy. The box office this time is really bad, the big star cast at a cost of more than 30 million, judging from the current attendance, the box office can finally have a more than 20 million yuan. The most important thing is that "Stormy" broke the tradition of DreamWorks to protect two and fight for one, and only won third, which is a bit of a big crime.

Huang Tailai is not a direct director trained by Kang Jianfei, he was originally a producer at Leigh's TV station, and later became a director at Oriental Television Productions Zuò, and finally transferred to DreamWorks as a director. This time the box office failed, although the film planning department of DreamWorks had to take the blame, his responsibility was not small, and what Huang Tailai was most afraid of was being sent by Kang Jianfei to sit on the cold bench.

(Lao Wang has confused Huang Tailai and Huang Yuetai several times before, Huang Tailai is the director, Huang Yuetai is the gold medal photographer, and the current three photographers in DreamWorks are Zhong Zhiwen, Huang Yuetai and Du Kefeng)

When Kang Jianfei finally appeased Huang Tailai back, Zhou Yanfa came to the door again.

Kang Jianfei joked: "What, Brother Fa, you are also here to take the blame?" ”

Zhong Chuhong, who was coming over with coffee, glanced at Kang Jianfei angrily: "What is the guilt of Jing Jing, the box office of the movie is not good, and it is not about the actors." I'm the heroine of "The Storm", am I going to take the blame for you? ”

Before Zhong Chuhong could take the guilt of Jing pleading, Kang Jianfei hurriedly smiled and apologized to her: "Don't, I'm okay with you, Aunt Hong, you have a lot of adults, don't let me kneel on the washboard at night." ”

Zhong Chuhong said angrily and funny: "I'm talking nonsense again, I went to Japan to cheat a girl this time, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet." ”

The two flirted in front of him, which made Zhou Yunfa feel very embarrassed, and after taking a sip of coffee, he coughed and said, "Boss, I want to leave Xianggang and go to Hollywood." ”

"What?" Kang Jianfei, who was still joking just now, looked at Zhou Yanfa in surprise, and did not ask him why he left Xianggang, but asked, "Do you want to go to Hollywood, can you understand English?" ”

Zhou Yunfa nodded and said: "After filming ended last year, I went to English training classes to study, and there was no problem with daily communication. ”

"May I ask you why you want to leave?" Kang Jianfei couldn't help but ask.

In another time and space, Zhou Yunfa also had to leave Hollywood, but that was two years later. And there were all kinds of rumors at that time, the most obvious one was that Zhou Yanfa had a conflict with the Xiang brothers and had to hide in the United States for refuge.

But Kang Jianfei felt that it was unreliable, and when Zhou Yanfa left, Hong Kong films were already in decline, and Zhou Yanfa mostly went to Hollywood for his own development. But now that Hong Kong films are at their most prosperous, why does Zhou Runfa still want to leave?

Faced with Kang Jianfei's question, Zhou Yanfa hesitated for a moment and said what was in his heart: "Boss, thank you very much for taking care of you over the years. The TV series "Shanghai Tang" that I really became famous for was when you recommended me to Director Wang Tianlin to be the protagonist, and then "God of Gamblers" made me a movie star. Suffice it to say, if it weren't for your support, I might still be just a TV actor now......"

"Don't talk so much, get to the point." Kang Jianfei interrupted him.

Zhou Yunfa sorted out the wording and said: "In the past two years, Zhou Xingchi has become purple, Li Lianjie has also become a star on the same level as Cheng Long with the "Huang Feihong" series, and Liang Jiahui has starred in "Truman's Story" and "Jurassic Park" one after another. Among the so-called four heavenly kings of DreamWorks, I am the most embarrassed. In the past three years, few movies I have starred in have grossed more than 30 million at the box office, but my salary is the standard of top stars. So I'm not as attractive to investors as the new stars because they're cheaper than me and not much less attractive at the box office. I feel that my development has reached a bottleneck, and if I continue to stay in Xianggang, it will be difficult to break through, so I want to try Hollywood. ”

Zhou Yanfa's words made Kang Jianfei thoughtful, the four heavenly kings he appointed back then, Zhou Yanfa was the first to become popular, but now although it can't be said to be the worst, his situation is indeed quite embarrassing.

Kang Jianfei didn't want to persuade him, but said: "Do you know that Hollywood is very xenophobic, and the xenophobia I am talking about is to exclude Asians." If you go to Hollywood now, you can only play a supporting role for others, or even play a show. The four kings of the Xianggang film industry, the actor of the Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, are you willing to go to Hollywood to play tricks? ”

Zhou Yunfa hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "You have to try." ”

Zhong Chuhong suddenly interjected: "Ah Fei, aren't you a shareholder of Paramount?" Since Fa Ge is going to Hollywood, you ask those directors at Paramount to give him a few more roles. ”

Zhou Yanfa also looked at Kang Jianfei with expectant eyes, the reason why he ran to the door to say these things was to get Kang Jianfei's support.

Who knew that Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: "It's useless, if I do this, he can become a relatively well-known Asian supporting actor at most." ”

Just when Zhou Yanfa was disappointed, Kang Jianfei suddenly said: "Unless Fa Zai can directly be the starring role." ”

Zhou Yanfa was stunned for a moment and said: "Directly starring in the starring, can the American audience accept me?" ”

"It requires a good script and director, and it also has local American actors as partners, which is more conducive to the American audience to accept Asian faces." Kang Jianfei remembered Cheng Long's "Rush Hour", a series of great successes, in addition to Cheng Long's own unique humorous husband, his interaction with black actors is also a highlight.

The audience is unfamiliar with Asian faces, and even many white people look the same way as Asians, and having a local white or black actor to play will make it easier for the audience to accept.

"A good script, a good director, and a good partner?" Zhou Yunfa didn't understand Kang Jianfei's true thoughts, but he knew that it was very difficult to get these three elements together.

Kang Jianfei didn't explain to Zhou Yanfa, but picked up the phone and called Li Meifeng, saying, "Meifeng, help me contact Wu Yusen, I'll ask him out for afternoon tea." ”

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"What, Mr. Kang asked me for tea? Oh, free and free...... Tomorrow afternoon...... Okay, okay, I have time! Well, trouble Miss Li, goodbye! ”

Hanging up the phone, Wu Yusen suppressed the surprise in his heart and said to Zhang Jiazhen: "Ah Zhen, Mr. Kang asked me to have tea tomorrow afternoon." ”

"He asked you out? Was it an invitation to join DreamWorks? Zhang Jiazhen also asked in surprise.

With Kang Jianfei's current influence in the Xianggang film industry, just a phone call from his secretary is enough to make Wu Yusen and Zhang Jiazhen think wildly.

Wu Yusen said: "If Mr. Kang really personally invited me to join DreamWorks, do you think I should refuse or agree? ”

"This ...... I can't say. Zhang Jiazhen said.

Zhang Jiazhen initially mixed with McDonald, and later joined DreamWorks with McDonald. By chance, Zhang Jiazhen and Wu Yusen became close friends, and were invited to join Wu Yusen's film company.

Due to the butterfly effect, Wu Yusen did not make the classic film "Across the Seas" in this time and space, but he also made a lot of gunfight movies for Princess Jin.

For example, last year's "Spicy Hand Detective", although this film was average at the box office in Xianggang, due to Zhang Jiazhen's successful operation, "Spicy Hand Detective" responded well, and it also won the favor of Hollywood studios.

Because of this, Wu Yusen and Zhang Jiazhen decided to go to the United States to open a film company, and work hard in Hollywood by pulling investment to make first-class movies. Before the Spring Festival ended, the two gathered at Wu Yusen's house to discuss going to the United States, but who knew that they actually received an invitation from Kang Jianfei at this time.

Wu Yusen thought about it and said: "Mr. Kang also has an industry in Hollywood, there is no harm in having a good relationship with him, let's go and see what he is looking for me to do." ”