Yesterday, the 42nd Venice Film Festival came to an end at the Lido Island Cinema Palace, the French film "The End of the World" won the highest honor Golden Lion Award, and the Hong Kong film "Shushan" followed closely behind, won the Silver Lion Award at this year's Venice Film Festival, which attracted the attention of the world's film industry.

It is reported that "Shushan" is adapted from the famous swordsman novel "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman", costing 80 million Hong Kong dollars (data for publicity), jointly planned and written by Kang Jianfei and Xu Ke, which took 21 months before and after, and is a big cast special effects movie created by Oriental DreamWorks for many years.

The film premiered at the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, causing a sensation in the main venue, and after the screening, the audience applauded for five minutes. Mr. Lorenzo, the artistic director of this year's Venice Film Festival, said that "Shu Mountain" is a very unique and good film, which can bring people a refreshing feeling, which can be called the oriental "Star Wars" ......"

The day after the Venice Awards Ceremony, several newspapers in Hong Kong got the news and put it on their front pages. Others also reacted subsequently and reprinted the news one after another, which lasted until October, and the news that "Shushan" won the Silver Lion Award was still hyped in Hong Kong.

Although DreamWorks' propaganda department plays a role, it can cause a lot of media hype in Hong Kong, and it is more because the news itself is rare.

In the past, there were also Hong Kong films that won awards at international film festivals and film festivals, but basically they won awards at Asian film festivals, or film festivals like the Panama Film Festival, which few people know about.

As for Tang Shuxuan's "Mrs. Dong" and Hu Jinquan's "Chivalrous Girl" appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, not to mention that they did not win a weighty award. Even if they win the award, these two films are also representing Taiwanese films, and they have little to do with Hong Kong films.

Arguably. "Shushan" is the first Hong Kong-made film to be shortlisted for a major international film festival and win the award in one fell swoop.

All entertainment newspapers and magazines are going crazy, just like the New Year, and Phoenix TV is even rolling to broadcast this good news, so that even the beggars begging on the street know that "Shushan" won the award.

"Film Fortnightly" made a special trip to Venice, and Shu Qi and Chen Bosen came back to create a "Venice Special", and immediately issued a supplement. This issue of the magazine has more than just film reviews. There is also the grand occasion at the Venice Film Festival, and the infinite scenery of "Shushan" at the film festival.

With such a picture and truth, the news of "Shushan" winning the award has become even more sensational. Not a small star looked at Li Saifeng, He Jiajin, Zhao Yazhi, Wu Zhixiong and others on the red carpet. That envy, jealousy and hatred, when did Hong Kong stars be so beautiful at European film festivals?

Not only that, Xu Ke was also pushed to the position of the first director of Chinese at once. As for the famous classmate Kang Jianfei, he was collectively ignored by everyone. Who said his films didn't win awards at international competitions?

Xu Ke hasn't returned from Venice yet. Many local tyrants in Taiwan and Nanyang have already begun to inquire about Xu Ke's whereabouts, ready to wave a check and ask Xu Ke to direct the movie.

With Xu Ke's fame and appeal for winning the Silver Lion Award, even if the director's remuneration is increased tenfold, these local tyrants will make a steady profit, and the movie does not need to be made, and the investment can be recovered by starting and selling the film.

It's a pity that Xu Ke can recover the cost of "Shushan" before it recovers. At least for a year, I won't make movies for companies or individuals outside of DreamWorks. The reason for such a choice is that he does not want to bear the infamy of ingratitude. The second is to provoke Kang Jianfei, he can't get any remuneration for directing "Shushan", because Xu Ke made a promise at the beginning.

"Shushan" won the Silver Lion Award before the limelight, and immediately the news that the Tokyo International Film Festival invited "Shushan" to participate in the exhibition. The Tokyo International Film Festival has just been launched this year, and its name in Hong Kong is not as loud as the Golden Horse Awards, but this is the time when Japan's economy is at its most prosperous.

DreamWorks' publicity department began to bombard with money again, and by the end of October, more than two months before the release of "Shushan", its publicity expenses in Hong Kong had spent nearly 2 million, which was already equivalent to the budget of some small-budget films.

Various newspapers are also predicting that the topic of discussion is how many awards "Shushan" can win in Tokyo, and all the things about "Shushan" are very beautiful for a while. At the same time, DreamWorks also began to make peripherals for "Shushan", what related stickers, toys, calendars, clothes and other products will be sold before and after the official release of "Shushan".

Nowadays, you can't sell network copyrights, not even DVDs, you can only sell videotapes and other related products, and the surrounding income is far less than 20 years later, but how much can you earn, no one thinks that the money is too hot.

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Some people say that Xu Ke is the best director in Hong Kong, while Kang Jianfei can only make commercial films to make money.

Although the vast majority of directors in Hong Kong look to money, the more this is the case, the more a director who can win awards abroad appears, the more he will be praised.

Kang Jianfei didn't have time to defend so much, anyway, "Shushan" was invested and filmed by himself, the higher the popularity of Xu Ke and "Shushan", the better the box office, and the more he Kang Jianfei earned.

Kang Jianfei focused a small part of his energy on various women, and most of his energy was in the preparation and filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

The special effects of "Shushan" were produced by the Industrial Light & Magic team, and DreamWorks dispatched some talented photographers, set artists, makeup artists, and artists to follow the whole process, and also invited some professionals who understand mechanics, electronics, and computers to steal from Industrial Light & Magic.

After the special effects production of "Shushan" was completed, these personnel who learned some special effects techniques from industrial light and magic were all incorporated into the "Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Special Effects Company".

The so-called Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Stunt Company, a new company specially established by Kang Jianfei, is also affiliated to Oriental Entertainment Culture Group.

The company is divided into three parts, one is the Kangjia class headed by yellow shrimp, which is responsible for the effect of action martial arts; the second is the Raptors stunt team headed by Luo Lixian, responsible for stunt shooting such as cars, explosions, and fires; The third is the special effects team of the film.

All the special effects and action design in "A Chinese Ghost Story" were completed by Qimeng Film and Television Special Effects Special Effects Company. At the same time, special effects artists from Winston Studios were invited to assist and guide.

Winston Studios is the company responsible for the special effects of "Terminator", which has been acquired by Kang Jianfei for several years, and is basically in a state of free-range care. However, with the popularity of "The Terminator". Studio Winston quickly became a boom and was more lucrative than ILM, which had been working on high-end special effects.

Of course, this kind of metaphor is that the homeless man is called Hanako, whether it is Winston Studio or Industrial Light and Magic, in fact, they are all money-losing goods, Kang Jianfei has already invested more than 1 million US dollars into it, and he has not seen a penny of profit.

"Ah Feng. Is your dryad model ready? Kang Jianfei walked up to a man about 30 years old and asked.

This person's name is Zhang Yunfeng, who studied mechanical engineering abroad, and there was no stage for him to play after returning to Hong Kong after completing his studies. I can only work in a sales company with grievances. When Xu Ke was filming "Shushan", he posted a recruitment advertisement in the newspaper to recruit mechanical special effects engineers, and Zhang Yunfeng ran to sign up as soon as his brain was hot, and now he is in charge of the technical work of the entire special effects team.

"Alright. This is compared to the special effects of "Shu Mountain". It's so simple. Zhang Yunfeng walked to a "big locust tree" and asked his assistant to plug in the power supply, and after he pressed the button in the tree hole, the branches and leaves of the locust tree immediately moved flexibly.

"That's right," Kang Jianfei nodded approvingly, "You let your subordinates pick more materials for the tongue of the tree spirit, so that people don't know that the Tao is fake at a glance." ”

Zhang Yunfeng had to order: "It's good, I'll let them find more materials to test." Strive to find the most suitable one. ”

Although the special effects in the original work of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were good back then, Kang Jianfei still wanted to keep improving. Because in his plan. "Shushan" is used to be screened in the Christmas and New Year files, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" is screened in the Spring Festival, and the difference between before and after is only a month, if the special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are too bad, it is estimated that the audience who has just watched "Shushan" will be disappointed.

After a few more commands, Kang Jianfei saw a car stopped outside, and he immediately threw down the special effects team and walked out.

"Why are you here so early?" Kang Jianfei opened the car door and said to Zhong Chuhong with a smile.

Zhong Chuhong glanced at him and joked: "Think I'm in the way early?" ”

Kang Jianfei smiled and coaxed Zhong Chuhong and said, "How come, I can't wait to be with you every day." ”

More than ten women, as long as Kang Jianfei is free, he will basically have dinner and date with them for ten days and a half months, and occasionally those who can't take care of him will call to talk about love.

Kang Jianfei asked the staff to open a table, sat down with Zhong Chuhong and said, "It's a bit messy here, I'll just take a moment." ”

"I just attended a ribbon cutting, and it's around here, so I'll stop by and have a look," Zhong Chuhong said as she looked at the busy room full of people, "It's fun to do special effects." ”

Zhong Chuhong is a signature actress of DreamWorks, and she is not easy to take on private work, so the value of business activities is frighteningly high. She said that she had just participated in the ribbon cutting, and it was very likely that a friend started a company and ran to cheer if she couldn't push it off.

Kang Jianfei saw that Zhong Chuhong was very interested in special effects work, and he could only sigh with emotion: "In three or five years, I don't expect these people to make money for me, how many producers in Hong Kong are willing to do special effects?" It's all about comedy and making money. ”

Zhong Chuhong said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, this time "Shushan" is out of the limelight, and Jiahe and Xinyicheng will definitely not be able to bear the loneliness." ”

Kang Jianfei looked at his watch and said, "Let's go, find a place to eat." ”

Zhong Chuhong asked, "You don't work anymore?" ”

"What kind of work are you going to do with it?" Kang Jianfei smiled and took Zhong Chuhong's hand and walked out.

After the two went out and got into the car, before the car door was closed, they couldn't help but hug each other and kiss passionately. The two hadn't seen each other for more than half a month, Zhong Chuhong had long been thinking about it, where could he still care about finding a place to eat, and after some intimacy, Kang Jianfei directly drove her to a nearby villa.

Kang Jianfei's various scandals have already spread, and the more women he has an affair with, the lower his credibility becomes, or everyone is numb to it and has no sense of freshness. So much so that now those gossip tabloids, if they didn't take photos of Kang Jianfei making out with the actress, they wouldn't be bothered to make his gossip news.

On the soft big bed, after some lingering resistance, Zhong Chuhongjiao gasped and lay on Kang Jianfei, and said with vinegar: "How did you choose that Wang Guxian as the heroine this time, are you playing any bad ideas again?" ”

"How is that possible? With you, I can't even look down on other women. Kang Jianfei was shameless and told lies without changing his face.

How could Zhong Chuhong believe Kang Jianfei's nonsense, but she really couldn't do anything about it, especially since the news of Pan Yingzi's pregnancy had spread within the company, and Zhong Chuhong felt even more uncomfortable.

"No, I also want to be the heroine," Zhong Chuhong said in a rare coquettish voice, and added, "You must direct it yourself!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll make your movie after filming "A Chinese Ghost Story"." Kang Jianfei was afraid that she would say something more outrageous, so he turned over and pressed Zhong Chuhong underneath, and the two slippery bodies were entangled again.

Kang Jianfei decided to remake a few foreign films next, but he was really unsure of what to shoot for a while, after all, there is a cultural and aesthetic gap between the East and the West, and it is a matter of whether the audience will welcome it after filming. (To be continued......)