Due to Kang Jianfei's big moves, DreamWorks, Phoenix Channel, and Fengxing Records were all in chaos for a while, and the handover and coordination between various departments were barely smooth. Phoenix TV said that it was going to transfer the production department of TV dramas and variety shows to the new company, but it still left a group of people to use as over.

"Royal Sister 2" has been painted in Hong Kong, but "Hero Ben Sè", which was released on the same day as it, is still collecting at the box office in Taiwan. When "Hero Ben Sè" was screened in Hong Kong, it took seven and a half weeks to finish, and now it has only been released for four weeks in Taiwan, and it has earned nearly NT$3,000 at the box office.

Although "Royal Sister 2" was not scheduled for Christmas in the rì book, it was still scheduled for New Year's Day with the word-of-mouth left by its previous part and the good box office of this one released in North America.

The box office of "Royal Sister 2" in North America and Hong Kong is much less than that of "Royal Sister 1", with a decline of 55 and 30 respectively. But the situation is different in Rì, "Royal Senior Sister 2" set off a movie-watching craze as soon as it was released, and the box office has earned 2.1 billion rì yuan in three weeks - you must know that the total box office of "Royal Senior Sister 1" in Rìben is only 1.8 billion rì yuan.

At this time, Rì was so rich that some people in the United States were already clamoring for "Rì himself wants to buy the whole of the United States". The 2.1 billion rì yuan of "Royal Senior Sister 2" is just pediatrics, and when "ET" is released in two or three months, the box office will be a terrifying 15 billion rì yuan.

At the end of 1982, the rì yuan was in the midst of a three-year period of appreciation, with a ratio of 215 to 1 against the dollar. Coupled with the slight depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar, 2.1 billion rì yuan is equivalent to more than 82 million Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Qingxia's fame in rìben rose again, and before the movie stopped being screened, Shochiku Pictures sent an invitation to Lin Qingxia and Zhen Zidan, hoping that the two of them could go to rì to shoot an action movie.

After the release of the main "Royal Sister 2", rì fans strongly hope that Hiroyuki Sanada and Keiko Matsuita can cooperate with Lin Qingxia again. Songzhu Pictures immediately saw the business opportunities, and not only sent an invitation to Lin Qingxia, but also invited Zhen Zidan and the newly reorganized Raptors stunt team to go.

It wasn't until January 31 that the performance of "Royal Senior Sister 2" in Rì finally came to an end, and the cumulative box office of Rì was equivalent to HK$87.2 million.

This is true of rì, as well as of Southeast Asia and South Korea.

Because "Royal Sister 2" has been filmed for half a year, DreamWorks has already coordinated the screening plan with local theaters, and it will be released in half a month around the world.

Not only that, the market operation department in charge of Ma Qiao has also opened up the channels of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Although the population of these two broken places is not large, and even fewer are willing to buy tickets to watch Chinese movies, after all, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, which is a gratifying thing.

At this time, from another side, it is also positive about the toughness of Hong Kong films in this era.

In 1982, 17 of the foreign films imported by Australia were Hong Kong films, and the share of foreign film imports was second only to the United States.

Perhaps many people will not believe that 18 of the foreign films imported from France last year were Hong Kong films.

Five years ago, 52% of Malaysia's imported films belonged to Hong Kong films, that is, more than half of Malaysia's imported films were Hong Kong-made films, far exceeding the share of Hollywood films. It's a pity that Malaysia reduced the quota for Hong Kong films two years ago, and now Hong Kong films only account for 38% of Malaysia's imported films.

As for Thailand, not to mention, 4% of the market share of foreign films is low, and it is normal for Hong Kong films to account for more than half of Thailand's imported films. Not only that, Taiwanese films also account for more than 30% of Thailand's imported films. Hong Kong films plus Taiwanese films, more than ninety percent of Thailand's imported films are Chinese-language films, and Hollywood films basically have no place in Thailand.

A few years ago, when Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia, Qin Xianglin and others went to Thailand, they also received an invitation from the Thai royal family, so a large group of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and reporters poured into the Thai palace together......

"Royal Sister 2", which did not perform well in Hong Kong and North America, swept the film market in Rìben, South Korea and Southeast Asia in late 1982 and early 1983.

There is "Hero Ben Sè" in the front, and "Royal Sister 2" in the back, and the fame of Oriental DreamWorks in Nanyang has overshadowed Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. However, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are not easy to get along with, and after giving up the Christmas stalls, they all put the blockage on the upcoming chūn festival stalls.

Shaw Brothers' copycat "Star Wars" ambition "Interstellar Blunt Tire" has been promoted more than half a month before its release, claiming that "Interstellar Blunt Tire" is a super sci-fi masterpiece, which has aroused the desire of countless audiences.

In the original time and space, Golden Harvest's main film in this chūn festival is Xu Ke's "New Shu Mountain Swordsman", but Xu Ke has now joined DreamWorks, so it is naturally impossible to help Zou Wenhuai direct this movie.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai should be grateful to Kang Jianfei, otherwise he would definitely be miserable by "Xinshu Mountain Swordsman".

This time, Golden Harvest launched Cheng Long's "Water Jǐng Eagle", which is another movie that does not exist in parallel space at all. It seems that it was the last "A Scheme" that made Jiahe and Cheng Long taste the sweetness, and this time "Water Jǐng Eagle" is a bit like the sister chapter of "A Scheme", and Jiahe also deliberately revealed that there is a scene of Cheng Long fighting pirates on a desert island in the film.

As for the new art city, it is a little sluggish, and only plans to release an urban comedy starring Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, and the publicity is not very large. Not only that, Xinyicheng entered Taiwan last year and opened a Xinyicheng Taiwan branch, and the Xinyicheng branch has not produced any works in the past two months.

According to Kang Jianfei's estimate, most of the money in the new art city is wrong, and there is not much money to make a movie. And the films in Xinyicheng have always been blockbusters, and there is only one reason for the problem of funds, that is, Lei Juekun siphoned off the company's money.

There is so much trouble that he has to withdraw money from the film company, presumably Boss Lei suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash in Hong Kong in the past few months.

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As the chūn festival file got closer and closer, Xu Ke finally finished the post-production of "Breaking the City" and arranged for the midnight screening in the Queen's Theater.

The main function of the midnight show is to let the audience test the box office potential of the film, and the director has to re-edit or even reshoot the footage according to the feedback from the midnight show.

Kang Jianfei's films are usually premieres and will not be screened at midnight at all. But others didn't dare to do this, especially Xu Ke, Kang Jianfei was extremely uneasy about this guy, so he had to take it to the midnight field to test it.

Zeng Zhiwei is the production manager of DreamWorks, although Xu Ke's film studio is not under his direct supervision, he still watched the film after it came out. Hearing Zeng Zhiwei say that this film is not bad, but the pace is a little faster, Kang Jianfei is more and more worried.

Xu Ke's style is fast-paced, which is the opposite of Wong Kar-wai's movies that can be watched and asleep, sometimes so fast that the audience can't react at all.

I haven't been available for a while ago, and now that "Breaking the City" is about to be screened at midnight, Kang Jianfei just took the time to take a look.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong......"

Kang Jianfei leaned against the wall and rang the doorbell, waiting for more than two minutes before someone opened the door.

Zhong Chuhong estimated that he had just taken a bath, with the fragrance of shower gel on his body, and his hair was slightly wet. Seeing Kang Jianfei standing outside the door, Zhong Chuhong was quite surprised and said, "Ah Fei, why are you here?" ”

"I'm bored at night, so I'm looking for you to go out and have a drink or two." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.

"It's so late, I just took a shower and got ready to go to bed," Zhong Chuhong said with a dry towel rubbing her hair, "If you want to drink, you can find Miss Lin or Miss Zhao." ”

Kang Jianfei touched his nose and said with a smile: "Why did I listen to you talk so sourly?" ”

Zhong Chuhong let him in and said, "I won't eat someone's dry vinegar." ”

Kang Jianfei pretended to sigh and said, "You can deceive me, but you can't deceive yourself." ”

"Nerves!" Zhong Chuhong was too lazy to take care of Kang Jianfei, and ran to the dresser to blow his hair.

"I'll help you." Kang Jianfei followed, reached over to get the hair dryer, but held the hair dryer together with Zhong Chuhong's little hand.

"Be careful, I sue you for disturbance!" Zhong Chuhong simply withdrew her hand, she had long been accustomed to Kang Jianfei's stalking.

Kang Jianfei adjusted the temperature of the hot air, then scratched Zhong Chuhong's hair and blew it, and asked, "I think you look better with long hair." ”

Zhong Chuhong watched Kang Jianfei help her blow her hair through the dressing mirror, and said casually: "I cut it last time I was filming, and it feels much more refreshing." ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Your face shape is more suitable for long hair, and short hair will have a lot less taste." ”

"What does it smell like?" Zhong Chuhong asked with a smile.

"Xìng sense and charming." Kang Jianfei's hand slowly moved down from Zhong Chuhong's hair, gently stroking back and forth on her neck, Zhong Chuhong closed his eyes as if nothing had happened.

Ambiguous feelings rose in the room, and neither of them tried to break the atmosphere.

Zhong Chuhong's breathing was slightly short, and her skin was trembling slightly, obviously she was very nervous at this time.

Kang Jianfei stroked Zhong Chuhong's collarbone for a while, and when he was about to continue to attack, Zhong Chuhong suddenly stood up, snatched the hair dryer in Kang Jianfei's hand and said, "I'll blow it myself, you helped me blow it for a long time and didn't dry my hair." ”

Kang Jianfei smiled, stepped back and sat on Zhong Chuhong's bed, and said, "Come with me to watch the midnight show later." ”

Zhong Chuhong asked, "Why don't you find Sister Qingxia to accompany you?" ”

Kang Jianfei didn't bother to lie, and said directly: "I want to go with you more." ”

"I'm not going." Zhong Chuhong said.

Kang Jianfei didn't reply, lying on Zhong Chuhong's bed and waiting for her to dry her hair, then stood up and said, "Let's go." ”

Zhong Chuhong glanced at him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get a coat." ”

A few minutes later, Zhong Chuhong, who was wearing a coat, followed Kang Jianfei downstairs.

It took a lot of time to drive across the sea to Central, Zhong Chuhong asked Kang Jianfei about the United States from time to time, and after Kang Jianfei told the facts, Zhong Chuhong smiled: "I don't believe it, the movie you made in 11 days sold more than 100 million box office in the United States." ”

"Alas, to be honest, no one believes it," Kang Jianfei sighed, "It's not the United States, it's the North American box office of more than 100 million, including the United States and Canada." ”

Zhong Chuhong asked: "Then why is there no report on Hong Kong?" ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I'm not as high-profile as Boss Shao, he hasn't started filming a movie yet, so he said in front of reporters that he would invest tens of millions of dollars in the United States to make a movie." ”

Zhong Chuhong also smiled: "So, Mr. Kang, are you still very low-key?" ”

Kang Jianfei pouted and said, "I've always been very low-key. ”

Zhong Chuhong sneered: "Who believes it? ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Can I still lie to you about such a big thing? It is estimated that there will be a report in Hong Kong in a few days, and the Yankee newspapers have not yet confirmed that I directed it. ”

Zhong Chuhong was surprised: "You really sold more than 100 million box office in the United States?" ”

"The box office should be $170 million, but the stamina is a bit lacking, and it may all be painted in a few days." Kang Jianfei said regretfully. In the original time and space, the North American box office of "Home Alone" was nearly 300 million, which was the North American box office champion in 1990, and now the box office is almost over with less than 180 million.

"You're not satisfied with $170 million? That's enough for me to earn for a lifetime. Zhong Chuhong said.

Kang Jianfei said: "I can get a maximum of 70 million US dollars, and the rest is earned by those foreign devils." ”

Zhong Chuhong didn't answer this time, but secretly turned his head to look at Kang Jianfei's side face. A rich man may not be able to attract a woman, but a rich and talented man who is young and handsome, if he can't attract a woman, then it can only be said that the woman is in love with him.

Zhong Chuhong felt that she had never been able to see Kang Jianfei clearly, and sometimes her heart was disgusting, but when she came into contact with him, she felt very relaxed and interesting. Now, in less than half a month, he has quietly made $70 million in the United States, which is simply unpredictable.

Although Zhong Chuhong was straightforward and didn't take her property seriously, the $70 million still moved her, and she unconsciously added a few more points to Kang Jianfei in her heart.

The car found a place to stop, Kang Jianfei bought some snacks in the theater mall, and then took Zhong Chuhong's hand and walked into the screening hall.

Zhong Chuhong didn't shake off Kang Jianfei's hand this time, but just looked around, for fear that he would be recognized.

The two found an inconspicuous place to sit down, each wearing a hat to cover their foreheads, Xu Ke and some film critics sat in front, and many ordinary audiences walked into the screening hall one after another.

Soon "Breaking the City" began to be screened, and after only a few minutes of watching it, Kang Jianfei frowned.

Xu Ke's fast-paced style makes many backgrounds unexplained. It doesn't matter to the audience who has some knowledge of modern history, but historical blindness is a little indigestible.

However, with the development of the plot, the rhythm finally slowed down a little, and Kang Jianfei was also relieved.

How so?

The style of Xu Ke's movie is a bit similar to "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", but the narrative is still relatively clear, and its directing techniques have become mature, and it is impossible to predict whether it will be a blockbuster or a street fight.