The successful release of "Happy Campus" in the New Era Theater has swept away the haze that even rì has entrenched in the hearts of DreamWorks employees, and the company has been filled with a jubilant atmosphere these days.

Xu Kechong smiled at Chen Shuli outside, and then knocked on the door of Kang Jianfei's office.

"Please come in." Kang Jianfei's voice came from inside.

"Hello Mr. Kang." Xu Ke pushed the door and walked into the office, and did not call Kang Jianfei's name directly, after all, this is in the company, and the relationship between the two is that of a boss and an employee.

"Oh, it's Lao Xu," Kang Jianfei asked with a smile, "Your studio is ready?" ”

"Arrange it casually, and then recruit a clerk and an errand boy." Xu Ke said that his studio belongs to a special department of DreamWorks, next to several administrative departments.

Kang Jianfei saw Xu Ke holding a notebook in his hand and asked, "Have an idea so soon?" ”

"Actually, I've always had the idea," Xu Ke handed the book to Kang Jianfei and said, "I like the "Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu Mansion very much, and I wanted to make it into a movie for a long time. ”

""New Shu Mountain Swordsman"?" When Kang Jianfei took the notebook and looked at it, he suddenly had a headache, and he even began to wonder if he had recruited Xu Ke correctly.

Xu Ke was still happily saying: "Hollywood has sci-fi blockbusters like "Star Wars", and I heard that Shaw Brothers is also preparing to make a "Interstellar Blunt Tire" recently. I think it is better for Hong Kong directors to make science fiction films than to make swordsman films, and the special effects of the West combined with the magic weapons and spells of the East, the picture is absolutely shocking. As long as Mr. Kang nods, I will immediately ask someone to write the script. ”

"Good idea," Kang Jianfei nodded, "But how much money do you plan to spend on filming "New Shu Mountain Swordsman"?" ”

"Three ......" Xu Ke stretched out three fingers, and later became two fingers, "Twenty million is enough." ”

"That's enough", Kang Jianfei really wanted to kick this guy out, he asked with a smile: "Do you think if I invest 20 million to let you shoot "New Shu Mountain Swordsman", deducting your studio share and the courtyard share, how much money should I lose?" ”

"Uh......" Xu Ke was stunned, and then smiled and said, "Mr. Kang, I don't want the studio's share, just give me a director's salary." ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "Let's put it this way, how much box office do you think "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" can sell?" ”

Xu Ke said confidently: "This is the first film that combines oriental swordsmen and western special effects, as long as it is made, it will definitely get a sensation." I estimate that it can sell at least 20 million box office in Hong Kong, 50 million in Nanyang, 8 million in Taiwan, and 60 million in Rì Korea, which is more than 100 million, and it will definitely be able to earn back the investment. ”

"You're confident." Kang Jianfei no longer wants to discuss the box office with Xu Ke, who is full of self-confidence, if he remembers correctly, the box office of "New Shushan Swordsman" in Hong Kong in the original time and space does not exceed 2 million.

The local box office is less than one-tenth of the production cost, which can no longer be described as hitting the street, it is simply a 10,000-year-old meteorite crater.

Xu Ke also saw that Kang Jianfei was not very interested at this time, and hurriedly persuaded: "Mr. Kang, look at my plan, many of my thoughts are written on it. ”

Kang Jianfei shook his head very resolutely: "The budget is too much, I just bought a TV station, and now I don't have much money in my pocket." If you pay 20 or 30 million to make a "Shushan" for you, then the company will not be able to open other dramas. And once your "Shushan" hits the street, DreamWorks will be finished, and I can't put the future of the entire company on your movie. ”

Xu Ke seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water on his head, he stood up awkwardly and said, "I understand, Mr. Kang, I will shoot a few films at a small cost first." ”

Kang Jianfei didn't want to hit his positive xìng, and said: "It's not that a big production like "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" can't be filmed, but the time has not yet come. Your idea is very good, advanced film special effects are also the future trend, and I hope you can wait another two years. ”

This comfort is better than nothing, but Xu Ke is still in a much better mood, Chong Kang Jianfei nodded, turned around and walked out of the office.

Xu Ke has left countless classic films, but he is also "bad" and has made a lot of super bad movies.

"New Shushan Swordsman", "The Legend of Shushan" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", these three Xu Ke's special effects films, respectively used the most advanced industrial special effects, computer special effects and 3D special effects at that time. But in terms of the content of the films, these three movies are undoubtedly bad movies, because the director focused all his efforts on how to use high-tech techniques, and sacrificed the plot and rhythm of the film.

Xu Ke is like a driver who drives a broken car, usually has good driving skills, but once you give him a supercar, this guy will immediately go on a rampage on the road.

Of course, there is another situation that Xu Ke's funds are not sufficient. If he can squander as much as Cameron, he may also become the "King of the World".

Kang Jianfei is not a philanthropist, and it is impossible for him to take out a lot of money for Xu Ke to "gamble". So at the beginning of the establishment of Xu Ke's film studio, Kang Jianfei set a rule that Xu Ke could directly discuss with Pan Yingzi for movies with a budget of less than three million. Once the film plan with a budget of more than three million yuan must be signed by Kang Jianfei to be approved.

If during the filming process, Xu Ke's production cost exceeds 30% of the budget, then the box office share of the film studio will be directly canceled.

After sending Xu Ke away, Kang Jianfei made a few more phone calls to Phoenix Channel, mainly to inquire about the news report, and tomorrow is the official date of Margaret Thatcher's visit to China.

In addition, "Sister Tuogun" will be broadcast soon, and Kang Jianfei must follow the long-awaited preparation of "Looking for Qin".

As soon as a few phone calls were over, Chen Shuli came in and reported: "Boss, Mr. Song from Nanyang Cathay is here." ”

"Zhilu said," Kang Jianfei commanded, "you call Ma Qiao too." ”

Kang Jian walked out of the hall quickly, and soon saw a middle-aged man in the reception room, and immediately went up to shake hands with him with a smile: "Mr. Song's arrival has made DreamWorks shine." ”

This Mr. Song's name is Song Dechao, and he is the niece and son-in-law of a generation of film tycoon Lu Yuntao.

The competition between Cathay and Shaw Brothers in the Nanyang region is the most intense, and the main purpose of Cathay's support for Zou Wenhuai was to enrich the source of Cathay cinemas.

In the past, DreamWorks' film distribution went to the Nanyang region, and Princess Jin always helped to operate in the middle, and then slowly withdrew the Nanyang distribution rights. However, taking back the right to issue does not mean that DreamWorks really does the distribution by itself, after all, there are many countries in the Nanyang region, and DreamWorks has no expatriate agency there, so it has always been Princess Jin who helped Cāo.

As soon as the cooperation between Princess Jin and DreamWorks was interrupted, DreamWorks' film plan in Nanyang immediately came to a halt. Although the New Era Cinema has solved the problem of DreamWorks screening films in Hong Kong, the distribution in Nanyang has always been an unavoidable hurdle.

And Nanyang Cathay is also in a hurry, because "Hero Ben Sè" broke 30 million at the box office in Hong Kong, and they originally planned to get the Christmas file to be screened in Nanyang, but who knew that Princess Jin and DreamWorks suddenly became infighting.

For Nanyang Cathay Cinemas, as long as DreamWorks can operate normally, it is Cathay's best source warehouse. Now that the struggle between DreamWorks and Princess Jin has finally become clear, Nanyang Cathay Cinema immediately sent someone to contact Kang Jianfei, and he also sent Lu Yuntao's niece and son-in-law, which shows the importance he attaches to DreamWorks.

Song Dechao, who lives in Singapore all the year round, speaks Cantonese very smoothly, shook hands with Kang Jianfei and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated Mr. Kang yet, now he has become a prince in the Hong Kong film industry." ”

Kang Jianfei said modestly: "The princes can't talk about it, it's just a mixed meal, but it can't compare to the deep foundation of the Cathay Cinema Line, and you will have to rely on Mr. Song's support in the future." ”

"Mr. Kang is too modest." Song Dechao said with a smile.

While the two were talking, Ma Qiao also came to the reception room.

Kang Jianfei introduced: "Mr. Song, this is Ma Qiao, the operation manager of DreamWorks, you can talk to him about specific cooperation matters. ”

"Hello Mr. Ma." Song Dechao stood up politely and shook hands with Ma Qiao.

Kang Jianfei chatted with Song Dechao for a while, then looked at his watch and said, "Mr. Song, I still have a little pre-emptive resignation, you can talk to Ma Qiao about cooperation." ”

Song Dechao nodded and said, "Mr. Kang, please." ”

Kang Jianfei left the company and drove towards the airport. After filming in Hong Kong for a few days, "Running to the Angry Sea" has been in the sea. Nan Filming, today is the rì when the crew comes back, Kang Jianfei is ready to drive to pick up Zhong Chuhong.

If you want to develop your career, you must also bubble, otherwise it's not interesting just to make money.

Not long after driving on the road, Kang Jianfei saw that an electrical appliance store on the side of the road was crowded with people, so he casually found a place to park and crowded over there to watch the excitement.

Kang Jianfei is not a person who watches the excitement for no reason, he probably guessed what these people were watching, and got out of the car just to verify his guess.

Kang Jianfei walked outside the crowd, he was relatively tall, and he could see the situation inside on tiptoe.

I saw that on one of the shelves of the store, there were three consecutive rows of televisions. All the TVs were on, and all of them were watching Phoenix Chinese.

A beautiful female host on the TV, holding a microphone with the logo of Phoenix Channel, said: "Audience friends, now it is Phoenix Channel from the north. News brought back from the streets of Beijing. You can see behind me, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is likely to pass through this street, which is undergoing another major clean-up, and there will definitely be more security here tomorrow...... It's five o'clock in the afternoon, and it's the rush hour in Beijing, and you can see the spectacular sight of the sea of bicycles. Let's now interview North. Ordinary passers-by in Beijing ......"

This Sino-British negotiation has attracted great attention from all walks of life in Hong Kong, and major newspapers have been reporting on this matter in a big way half a month in advance.

However, in the past, those reports were either buying news from large news agencies or turning over history to make commentary reports, and only Phoenix Chinese was willing to send a press group to Beijing/Beijing to do reports and interviews.

"That's Beijing, the building doesn't look tall, but the road is so wide."

"There are also few cars, and mainlanders are too poor to afford cars."

"Dressed like a countryman, I haven't seen the world."

"Days. Why didn't you see the Red Guards holding the Red Book in front of Anmen? ”

"Look, there's a couple of liberation/armies over there."

"It's a movie theater, and mainlanders can't eat enough, but they can still watch movies."

"Have you forgotten that "Shaolin Temple" was filmed at the expense of the mainland?"

“……”

Listening to the discussion on the left in the store, Kang Jianfei couldn't help laughing.

These viewers in front of them are obviously passers-by who have been attracted by the TV program, and their attention proves that the Phoenix Channel's program is a great success.

In fact, there is nothing unusual about the show broadcast at this time, it is to pat the north. The streets and citizens of Kyoto are just going to introduce the situation. The show was filmed yesterday, then flown back to Hong Kong overnight for editing, and was broadcast on Phoenix Chinese and English during the day today.

But it's these ordinary northern. The street scene and passers-by in Beijing have made countless Hong Kong citizens curious, because most of them are seeing the real North for the first time. Capital city.

Seeing that there were more and more people coming around, Kang Jianfei returned to his car with satisfaction, and thought with a bad taste in his heart: I don't know if the wireless station has received any news, Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua's faces must not be good-looking.