February 20, 1984, if someone compiles the history of Hong Kong film in the future, this day will definitely be recorded in the history of film.

The establishment of Oriental Cinema Company means that after the four major cinema lines of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Yindu, there is a situation where five lines stand side by side in Hong Kong. The previous new era cinema chain is destined to be short-lived, and its loose organization means that it will not last long, and the bandit model of combining profits and dividing profits has great limitations.

At this moment, the total number of cinemas in Hong Kong has reached 121, although it is one-third less than the total number of cinemas of 180 in 1969, but the account cannot be calculated in this way.

In 1969, Hong Kong's economy was still underdeveloped, not to mention the New Territories, and even Kowloon and Hong Kong Island were many undeveloped rural areas. At that time, the so-called 180 theaters were largely open-air theaters, neighborhood theaters and village theaters.

Today, there are about 80 of the 121 cinemas in Hong Kong with more than 500 seats, and the total number of seats in the newly built multiplex cinemas in recent years has basically exceeded 1,000.

The current situation of the Hong Kong film market is that there are too many film companies, a limited audience base, and too many cinemas. Sometimes in a better location, there are four or five theaters on a street, and the audience can fly.

In this case, there will inevitably be a situation where the law of the jungle will be the strongest, and the market will eliminate the redundant theaters.

The Shaw Brothers cinema line was eliminated first, but to see who can take over this cinema line, it will be another battle at that time.

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As the leading theater of Oriental Cinema Line, there will be an opening screening here later, and invited reporters can continue to watch movies after dinner.

The press conference began at 3 p.m., but reporters arrived around 2 p.m. At the press conferences of hundreds of media outlets, it is easier for photojournalists to grab good shooting positions early.

Kang Jianfei walked in the front. In addition to Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Moren, there are eight other owners who have joined the theater.

Several people walked up to the temporary rostrum in a zigzag, and Jiang Zhiqiang waited for the time to reach the point, and then spoke first: "Fellow journalists, thank you for coming to the press conference of the Oriental Cinema Line in your busy schedule. Now let me introduce these people around me: Mr. Kang Jianfei must be known to everyone, he is an internationally famous director and a major shareholder of Oriental Cinema Line; In addition, this old gentleman is Mr. Zhang Moren, the manager of the Taiping Theater, who is also an old-timer in the film industry; This is Mr. Chen Luoming, the owner of Maoxin Cinema, and this is Boss Zhu Jin, the owner of Lianhe Cinema Line...... Next, I would like to give the floor to Mr. Kang. ”

Kang Jianfei is in a very good mood today. Not to mention the suit and leather shoes, and a rare tie, he smiled and said: "From the moment I stepped on the beach in Yuen Long, I have been in Hong Kong for four years and five months. I am very happy that Oriental Cinema Line can be established. I would also like to thank all journalists and Hong Kong citizens for their support. General Manager Jiang just introduced the general situation, and I would like to add one point. Whether it is Oriental Entertainment Company or Oriental Cinema Line. will open its doors to all film companies in Hong Kong. You can't find good actors and good behind-the-scenes when making movies, as long as you contact Oriental Entertainment Company, we guarantee to arrange the most reasonable and affordable crew team for you. It doesn't matter if the movie can't be released anywhere, as long as the quality of the film is excellent, Oriental Cinema will not refuse. Now Oriental Cinema Line has two long-term cooperative companies, Yongsheng Film Company and Century Pictures. I hope that more friends can join the screening alliance of Oriental Cinema Line......"

Kang Jianfei's words were all recorded by the reporter's tape recorder or small notebook, and the smell of pulling flags and standing on the mountain was very strong. Because whether it is Golden Harvest or Golden Princess, or even Yindu Cinema. They have all supported a large number of satellite film companies, while Oriental Cinema Line only has DreamWorks and its two studios, attracting more collaborators to stabilize the high-quality film source of the cinema chain.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Zhiqiang once again introduced some basic information of the Oriental Cinema Line, and several people on the rostrum also made brief speeches, and the press conference finally entered the free question session.

"I want to ask Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang, why don't you run your own family cinema line, but choose to be the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line?" A female reporter took the lead in throwing the question to Jiang Zhiqiang, which surprised many people.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't expect that he was the first to be asked, he sorted out his wording and said: "First of all, Mr. Kang and I are good friends in private, and we used to be temporary theaters in the United States. That time in just over a month, I made hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is equivalent to my total income in the previous six years. And the plan for the temporary cinema line was proposed by Mr. Kang, so I believe that following him can make my career bigger. As for the family's Anle Cinema Line, it is enough to have my brother run it, and he has the ability to run the Anle Cinema Line well. ”

"Next, the gentleman in red in the second row asked."

"Hello, Mr. Kang, I'm a reporter from Hong Kong Commercial Daily," the reporter said, "and in just four years and five months, you started a film company, an entertainment agency, a movie theater chain, a television station and a record company from scratch, and all of these companies are quite profitable. How do you do this, and can you share your success with the public? ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "Although this question has nothing to do with the theme of today's press conference, I can still answer it. I think all successful people have the following things in common: First, you must have goals and directions, you don't even know what you want to do, how can you talk about success? The second is to be able to persevere, many times for the mountain nine people fall short, in fact, as long as you insist on one more step, you can succeed. ”

"Mr. Kang, do you think your name is among the top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong this year?" Another reporter asked.

"Whether there is my name or not, it depends on how they evaluate it," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "I remind everyone again, please don't ask irrelevant questions." ”

Another reporter asked: "Mr. Kang, some people say that there are too many movie theaters in Hong Kong now, and there can be several movie theaters on one street, which will cause fierce competition and dilute the box office." Do you disagree with this view? ”

Kang Jianfei didn't care whether there were many movie theaters, he asked rhetorically: "Are there many movie theaters in Hong Kong?" I don't think it's much. A few years ago, when Taiwan's film industry was booming, there were hundreds of movie theaters in Taipei alone, and Hong Kong is only in its early 100s. And the more movie theaters, the more prosperous Hong Kong films are, which is a fortunate thing. ”

The reporter asked: "But the number of audiences is limited, and there are too many movie theaters in the same area, which will make everyone's attendance low." And in order to grab the box office, the major theaters will release their own blockbusters in the same period, don't you think this is a vicious competition? A movie that was supposed to get a box office of 30 million, so the box office may only be 20 million after such competition? ”

Kang Jianfei said confidently: "I don't know if it's vicious competition, I only know that DreamWorks' movies are not afraid of competing with others, because DreamWorks doesn't make shoddy movies." ”

Zhang Moren and Jiang Zhiqiang took the lead in applauding, and then there was a sparse applause in the Taiping Theater.

As long as the words are said beautifully, no one has investigated whether they are changing the topic, and some reporters have also linked the "shoddy production" in Kang Jianfei's mouth with Shaw Brothers, so that there will be news to write tomorrow.

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Ye Zimei stood on the side of the road and kept looking at her watch, already so anxious that she was about to go crazy. She was originally not eligible to participate in the opening screening of the Oriental Cinema Line, but because she was going to star in Kang Jianfei's new film, the Oriental Entertainment Company gave her an admission ticket.

But to go to the Taiping Theater to cross the sea, Ye Zimei waited for more than half an hour and didn't call a taxi.

Not long ago, the Hong Kong government wanted to increase the license fee for taxis, which caused a general strike among taxi drivers in Hong Kong, and it is particularly difficult to take a taxi these days.

Cheng Long drove a luxury car to Hong Kong Island, and Chen Ziqiang, who was in the co-pilot, suddenly pointed to Ye Zimei, who was waiting for the car on the side of the road, and said in surprise: "Hey, isn't that big wave girl in front?" ”

Cheng Long turned his head to look over and asked, "Which big wave girl?" ”

Chen Ziqiang said: "It's the heroine of Kang Jianfei's new film, it seems to be called Ye Zimei, and many newspapers published her photos last month." ”

"You're right, right?" Cheng Long asked.

Chen Ziqiang smiled: "I can't be mistaken, even if I don't know the face, I know her big wave." ”

Cheng Long also said obscenely: "Then do you want to soak her?" I'll give her a ride and give you a chance. ”

Chen Ziqiang hurriedly shook his head and said: "I don't have that idea, maybe this woman has already climbed into Kang Jianfei's bed, otherwise why would I choose her to be the heroine." ”

In the entertainment industry, men spend all their time drinking and drinking is not only not an ugly thing, but it is a kind of capital to show off, and there are few serious people who start from the beginning.

For example, Hong Jinbao later admitted that his first marriage broke down because he often went out to pick up girls, and his wife couldn't bear it before he divorced.

Not only this kind of big star, but even the people behind the scenes. After the decline of Hong Kong films, some old people in the Hong Kong film industry said to the new juniors: You missed the good time, screenwriters ten years ago often had their bosses take them to nightclubs, and now they have nothing to eat as directors.

Chen Ziqiang's words are actually not malicious, but there is a taste of envy in them.

When Cheng Long saw the beauty, he rubbed it up, stopped directly in front of Ye Zimei and said, "Where is Miss Ye going?" ”

"Are you Cheng Long?" Ye Zimei said in disbelief, she has always felt that a big star like Cheng Long is unattainable, the last time she met at the celebration banquet of "Fatal Express", Ye Zimei didn't dare to come forward to talk, but she didn't expect Cheng Long to take the initiative to stop and say hello this time.

Chen Ziqiang whistled and asked, "Pretty girl, where are you going?" ”

Ye Zimei replied: "I'll go to the Taiping Theater." ”

"We're going too, let's get in the car." Cheng Long patted the steering wheel and said. (To be continued......)