Conference Room on the 5th Floor of the Administration Building No. 1 of Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City.

The Spring Festival holiday is coming soon, and today is the year-end meeting of Oriental DreamWorks.

Kang Jianfei sat in the chairman's seat, flanked by Ma Qiao, the head of operations, Zhou Mingfang, the head of administration, and Tang Shuxuan, the head of production, and then the managers of various departments.

"Something happened some time ago that may affect some people's confidence," Kang Jianfei glanced at everyone present, and then began to speak before the meeting, "Lost to the East, Sang Yu, in my opinion, being banned by Taiwan is no big deal, and the success of "Royal Senior Sister" at the mainland box office is the best proof of this. However, this incident has also caused a series of unpleasant changes, and our work in the coming year will definitely be adjusted, which will be discussed later. Vice President Zhou, can you introduce our achievements in 1984......"

Zhou Mingfang opened the folder and said: "DreamWorks produced a total of 11 films in 1984, of which 9 have been released, with a total box office of 125.28 million Hong Kong dollars, accounting for about 21% of the total share of the Hong Kong film market, and an overseas box office of 573.8 million Hong Kong dollars, and 7.64 million ...... of peripheral income such as videotapes and soundtrack records."

Kang Jianfei looked at the simple report in his hand, the total expenditure of DreamWorks last year was 78.35 million ("Shushan" has only invested more than 1,000 yuan so far), the total income is as high as 212.56 million, and there is still a net profit of more than 100 million yuan excluding taxes.

As a film company, an annual net profit of more than 100 million will definitely scare people to death, and Golden Harvest and New Arts City may only add up to that. Moreover, DreamWorks' share of the Hong Kong box office market exceeded one-fifth for the first time, and in 1984, it can be said that Oriental DreamWorks has officially become a super-hegemon in the film industry.

The reason why it can have such a high profit is mainly due to Kang Jianfei's keen vision, and all the scripts hand-picked by him have a box office of more than 10 million. Now many DreamWorks employees regard Kang Jianfei as a "god". As long as it is a script that Kang Jianfei affirms, there must be a bunch of people rushing to join the crew.

In addition, DreamWorks also has a television production department, which lost a lot of money in 1983, but in 1984 it had broken even, and it made a slight profit after selling "Sister Tuogun" to CCTV.

"The growth of DreamWorks is inseparable from your hard work," Kang Jianfei glanced at Zeng Zhiwei seemingly unintentionally before continuing, "I won't say much if I thank you, this year's year-end reward." According to the performance appraisal of each person, the salary ranges from three months to six months, and everyone will go to receive the year-end bonus after the meeting. ”

Hearing that they could get a year-end bonus equivalent to half a year's salary at most, all the participants had smiles on their faces, only Zeng Zhiwei smiled a little embarrassed. He serves as the Manager of Television Production at DreamWorks. For the director's salary of 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, he went out to help people shoot two dramas in the second half of the year alone.

Of course. Zeng Zhiwei is not just for the money. He is a good friend, and he also has a trace of friendship that is difficult to shirk when filming.

was glanced at by Kang Jianfei just now, Zeng Zhiwei couldn't hold it no matter how thick his skin was, and he kept his head down in a meeting for the rest of the time, as if there was something at the conference table that he couldn't take his eyes off.

Ma Qiao continued: "In the past year, DreamWorks has successfully entered the West German and Dutch markets. We have distributed to 5 European countries. In addition, there is another news worth celebrating, South Korea will expand the access quota for Hong Kong films next year, and DreamWorks used to sell up to 3 movies a year in South Korea, and from next year it will be able to sell at least 6 films...... Because the Oriental Cinema Line was characterized as a leftist cinema line by the Taiwan authorities. Therefore, no companies such as Yongsheng Pictures have terminated their cooperation with Oriental Cinemas. If it wants to meet the demand for film sources in Oriental Cinemas, DreamWorks must increase the number of film productions next year. ”

Tang Shuxuan continued: "If you want to basically meet the source needs of Oriental Cinemas, you must make at least 15 movies in the coming year." ”

The average release time of the three major schedules is about a month, and it is good for ordinary movies to be released for half a month, and 15 movies can be screened for just one year.

Making 30 films a year like Shaw Brothers is not advisable at all, and the consequence of too much production is that the release schedule cannot be scheduled, and on average, each movie can be released for about 10 days.

Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "Next year's filming plan must be done well, and we must not let the Oriental Cinema Line break the film." ”

A meeting lasted for three hours, and after the meeting, everyone naturally had a dinner together, and there was a celebration program for the annual meeting of employees in the evening.

Kang Jianfei took the elevator upstairs to Phoenix Terrace, and as soon as he got out of the elevator, he heard a tidal cheer from downstairs, obviously the managers of various departments of DreamWorks announced the year-end bonus.

When he came to the statistics department of Phoenix Channel, Kang Jianfei stopped an employee who was about to get off work for dinner and asked, "Have you counted the highest ratings of "Talking about the Yangtze River"? ”

As soon as the man saw that it was Kang Jianfei, he immediately said respectfully: "It's already out, and the highest rating is only 7%. ”

"I know, you can call it a day and eat." Kang Jianfei nodded at the employee, but then couldn't help frowning.

Kang Jianfei is still mentally prepared for the ratings of "Talking about the Yangtze River", but the 7% data is still a bit too low. Now there are only two TV stations in Hong Kong, but they broadcast in prime time on Friday with such low ratings, they are simply hitting the streets.

Leaving the film and television city, Kang Jianfei took a car directly across the sea to Fulinmen Restaurant.

The president of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency, Xu Jiasheng, was quite particular, and seemed to think that Fu Linmen was very high-grade, and every time he invited Kang Jianfei to dinner, he was here.

When Kang Jianfei came to the box, the gray-haired Xu Jiasheng was talking to his female secretary Ji Xiaoyue, and the relationship between the two seemed to be quite close.

"Mr. Kang, please take a seat!" Xu Jiasheng pulled Kang Jianfei to sit down with a smile and said, "The leaders above are very happy that a patriotic documentary like "Talking about the Yangtze River" can be broadcast in Hong Kong. ”

"Words on the Yangtze River" was broadcast on Phoenix TV two days ago, and the reason why the relevant leaders in the mainland knew the truth so quickly was naturally reported by Xu Jiasheng. Not only that, yesterday the "People's Daily" also had a special article reporting on the popularity of "Words on the Yangtze River" in Hong Kong. The general content of this report is that the broadcast of "Words on the Yangtze River" in Hong Kong has aroused great repercussions, aroused the enthusiasm of the Hong Kong people for the motherland, and they can't wait to return to the motherland as soon as possible.

"Thanks to President Xu's contact, Hong Kong audiences can see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland!" Kang Jianfei naturally wouldn't be disheartened and said that the ratings were only a pitiful 7%, and he even felt that he was too serious, and he could just put it on Monday and Tuesday in garbage time, as long as he could fool the leaders on the other side. Anyway, for Xu Jiasheng and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, it is already a real political achievement to let Phoenix TV broadcast the program of Central Station to promote patriotism.

"I'm just going to pass on a word." Xu Jiasheng was smiling when he spoke, he was actually very proud of this matter, thinking that Kang Jianfei and Shao Yifu were able to get closer to the mainland because of his running and contact.

Kang Jianfei took out a check, handed it to Xu Jiasheng and said: "President Xu is too modest, this time "Royal Sister" can be a big hit at the box office in the mainland, thanks to your help to get through the relationship with the Film Bureau, this is not a respect." ”

Such a blatant bribe of mainland officials in Hong Kong, if it were replaced by the original president Wang Lao, Kang Jianfei would definitely not dare. But Xu Jiasheng is different, at first glance, it is the style of corrupt elements, Kang Jianfei is too lazy to send money for petty theft, and directly and violently stuffs checks in his face.

Xu Jiasheng really lived up to expectations, glanced at a few zeros on the check, and quietly put them into his arms, smiling even brighter than just now: "This time, Mr. Yokang came out, mainly to deliver invitations for the Central Station. ”

Xu Jiasheng usually took out an invitation card for tricks, and Kang Jianfei took it to take a look, but it was an invitation to CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

The Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency is regarded as a window for the mainland in Hong Kong, and it has to ask them to help handle many things. Xu Jiasheng helped CCTV send an invitation letter half a year ago, but the target of that invitation was Teresa Teng, and Xu Jiasheng had already persuaded Teresa Teng at that time, but unfortunately it did not take place due to political reasons.

The letter Kang Jianfei received was a guest invitation, and he didn't need to perform on stage, just sit down and eat fruit and watch the performance.

"Isn't the Spring Festival Gala recorded? How did the time come to the 30th year. Kang Jianfei asked with a glance at the date.

Xu Jiasheng explained: "The first two Spring Festival Galas were recorded and broadcast in the CCTV studio, and this year I am going to move to the Workers' Stadium to broadcast live. ”

"Oh, and the host in Hong Kong? Who is it? Kang Jianfei asked.

Xu Jiasheng remembered the unhappiness of Kang Jianfei and Shao Yifu, coughed and said, "It's Miss Banban of the wireless station." ”

Banban is Han Xiaoying of 83-like "Shooting the Condor", she went to CCTV Spring Festival Gala to be the host, which can be regarded as the embodiment of the wireless station leaning towards the mainland. In addition to Banban, this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala also invited Wang Mingquan to participate in the performance, and there is only one Chen Xiuwen on Phoenix Channel.

"I'm afraid not on Chinese New Year's Eve." Kang Jianfei shook his head and said.

Xu Jiasheng was already mentally prepared for rejection, and he no longer persuaded him, but said: "There were a lot of leaders on the day of the live broadcast, and Mr. Kang can take the opportunity to get to know him more." ”

Kang Jianfei's heart was racing, and suddenly he smiled and said, "President Xu is probably the most powerful lobbyist in the world, so I might as well be respectful." ”

Xu Jiasheng waved his hand and smiled: "I don't dare to take this seriously." ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Tomorrow is the premiere of my new film, and President Xu must come to the premiere." ”

"It must be, I will definitely support Mr. Kang's new film." Xu Jiasheng said with a smile. (To be continued......)