Kang Jianfei had two previous films, which were directly planned to premiere on the same day in the world.

When it comes to the world, it is actually East Asia and Southeast Asia. Because Kang's films are so popular in these places, local theater dealers are happy to come up with the gimmick of same-day world premieres to attract audiences in their respective regions.

But as Hong Kong films become stronger and stronger, and the competition becomes more and more fierce, even with Kang Jianfei's existing fame, it is difficult to release new films in Asian countries on the same day.

DreamWorks' partner theater in Taiwan is China Film Company, and Taiwan's four major "state-run" theater chains, including China Film, have left the best schedules for American blockbusters because of pressure from the Lee government.

In the past, when DreamWorks cooperated with scholars and Long Xiang, new films were always released in the New Year and summer files, but now they can only squeeze the schedule gaps left by Hollywood films.

Who is Kang Jianfei famous for his pro-communism?

At the beginning, Xiao Lizi had just come to power and was not stable, so he didn't want to make extraneous branches so he lifted the ban on Kang Jianfei, but now that people are in power, it is generous enough that they did not directly order the ban on DreamWorks films.

In the past ten years, Kang Jianfei has invested in the construction of 9 cinemas in Taiwan, and now they are all in the form of guò franchise and under the Sino-British Cinema Line. The attitude of China Film Company to favor American blockbusters made Kang Jianfei more and more disgusted, and he was already considering whether to set up his own cinema chain in Taiwan based on the original 9 movie theaters.

The main reason why the idea has not been implemented for a long time is that it is too complicated on the Taiwan side. Taiwan's existing major cinema chains have already demarcated the Taiwan film market. Behind every cinema line is black and white. Kang Jianfei wants to organize his own cinema in Taiwan, which is tantamount to snatching food from the tiger's mouth, and the cinema company will definitely have an accident in three days after it is established. Either the gangsters are making trouble, or the relevant departments come to check the tax and health, an excuse that the fire protection measures are not in place, can make your movie theater close for half a month.

It is precisely because of this that Kang Jianfei's nine Taiwanese cinemas are under the umbrella of China Film Company, and only with the background of the Taiwan authorities can they avoid trouble.

After the release of "Truman's World" in Hong Kong this time, because it did not get the Spring Festival schedule in other parts of Asia for the first time, Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company has been negotiating with theaters. I hope to get the summer files of movies everywhere. Therefore, after "Truman's World" was released in Hong Kong, there was no news of its overseas box office for a long time, but it was in North America on the other side of the ocean. "Truman's World" once again landed in the spring file.

At this time last year, "Tomb Raider Notes" made a big splash in the North American market, eventually ranking ninth on the 1990 North American annual box office list with a box office of $108 million. And Golden Harvest participated in the investment and filming of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". ranked 5th on the box office list with a box office of 127 million.

It's the spring of another year. Kang Jianfei's film made a comeback, which was jointly distributed by Guò Oriental Film Company and Paramount. Due to last year's good results, this year's American theater businessmen are no longer stingy, and directly gave "Truman's World" 1958 premiere canvas, which is the treatment only available to famous directors and large-scale producers. For example, last year, Golden Harvest participated in the investment of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the number of screens screened on the first day was as high as 2,006, and the premiere canvas of "Die Hard 2" was 2,507 pieces.

Generally speaking, the box office of movies in the spring stalls is too high. The top 10 movies in the annual box office list in North America every year basically come from the summer and year-end files. Last year, however, was an exception. Among the top ten at the box office, there are 3 spring movies.

Unlike last year's fierce competition among many good films, this year's spring file has finally returned to normal, and there are no blockbusters among the movies released at the same time as "Truman's World".

But what's even more weird is that February, which is the off-season at the box office, actually broke out two dark horses in a row. Julia, a big-mouthed beauty? Roberts starred in the horror thriller "Sleeping with the Enemy", and another low-level film "The Silence of the Lambs", these two niche films that are not favored by theater dealers, actually broke 100 million at the box office in the off-season of the movie, and "The Silence of the Lambs" sold 130 million US dollars at the horror box office.

When "The Silence of the Lambs" began to be released one after another in North America, the spring file finally arrived, and "Truman's World" finally met with North American audiences.

This time, the film promotion is obviously better, and two lines of large letters are written in a prominent place on the movie poster: "The Truman Show", a new film nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

In this spring file where good films are scarce, the new work of the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Director is still more attractive, and last year's "Notes on Tomb Robbery" made many young people remember Kang Jianfei.

One of them is Queenie, a Hispanic American who works as a salesman in an insurance company.

With spring break approaching, countless young Americans are thinking about how to play, drink and have fun, travel together, or go to the movies as a couple.

But for an insurance salesman, it's not much of a break.

Having just returned from signing an insurance policy, Queenie didn't have much excitement or sense of accomplishment. When he first started this job, he successfully sold a single insurance policy that was enough to make him happy all day, but now he is only numb and tired.

It was already dark, and the streets were lit up with colorful lights. Hungry, Queenie didn't want to go home, because what awaited him at home was the chatter of his wife and the wayward nonsense of his children.

After a casual quick meal, Queenie wandered aimlessly through the streets, and when he passed by a movie theater, he suddenly saw a poster at the door: Leung Ka-fai was riding a small sailboat, he stretched out and touched the front, the expression on his face was broken and desperate.

"Kang's new movie?" Queenie glanced at the promotional words on the poster and suddenly decided to go in and take a look, and last year's "Tomb Robbery Notes" made him enjoy watching it.

After buying the tickets and waiting for a while, Queenie entered a screening room, and when he glanced at it, he found that it was actually sitting close to fifty percent of the audience, which was already very good in the spring season.

"It's not like this is an adventure action movie."

"The promotional poster says it's a sci-fi drama."

"I still prefer Kang's oriental adventure films, it's so cool."

"yes. The action movies made by the Chinese are all great, but unfortunately the plot has always been a shortcoming. This time, Kang actually abandoned his strengths to play the plot, which really worries people about the quality of the film. ”

"There weren't many movies to watch during this time. I hope this "Truman Show" doesn't disappoint. ”

“……”

The two young people next to Queenie were talking in a low voice, and from the content of their conversation, it seemed that both of them could only be regarded as fake fans of Kang Jianfei. They haven't even watched "Fangfang", they only know Kang Jianfei's "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

Queenie felt a little funny, as a movie lover, he became interested in Kang Jianfei, a Chinese director, after watching "Notes on Tomb Robbery" last year. He bought a lot of Kang Jianfei's previous movies and videos to watch. knows that Kang Jianfei is the second largest shareholder of Paramount, and also knows that the first part of the blockbuster "Home Alone" series of movies in recent years is from Kang Jianfei.

Kang can't play the plot? His film won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival: the Most Popular Film Award.

The film begins. Truman, played by Leung Ka-fai, appears in the mirror.

A few minutes ago, there was still a faint sound of conversation in the screening room, but as the plot of the movie progressed, the suspense deliberately set by the director made the audience have to concentrate.

There was silence in the screening room. The occasional funny scene provokes bursts of laughter. However, the audience soon stopped laughing.

Queenie is a very serious person, when the Truman Show TV show was revealed, he thought to himself: Kang's movie this time has a big loophole, how can someone be locked up on the island for the rest of his life?

The movie continues to be screened, and the male protagonist uses a trick to paralyze everyone and disappears into thin air under the surveillance of countless cameras. This plot makes the audience's previously suppressed feelings suddenly released, and Queenie can even hear a relaxed exhalation.

"Wow!"

Suddenly there was an exclamation in the screening room. But the huge moon in the sky suddenly flipped and disappeared, and the entire canopy was torn off like a huge piece of wallpaper. The red sun rises rapidly over the sea level.

"I see! Not only the island, but also the sea and sky outside are the studios of this show, and the previous ones were not plot loopholes! It dawned on Queenie why the film was classified as science fiction.

After laughter and depression, "Truman's World" finally ushered in a climactic tear, and the actor drove a sailboat to the other side in the wind and waves.

"Get out!"

"Don't give up, hold on."

"Oh, MyGod!"

"Stupid director, turn off the storm!"

“……”

The movie "Truman's World" is very interesting, it is a play within a play, and Truman is the main character in the TV show in the movie.

At this moment, not only the audience in the cinema was watching Truman break through the wind and waves, but the TV audience in the movie was also watching, and everyone was cheering for Truman.

The shouts from the audience on the screen aroused the emotions of the audience in the screening hall even more, so that many people shouted excitedly.

When Truman overcame the wind and waves, climbed up from the water, sat on the boat and smiled at the camera, Queenie's eyes were a little moist.

The sense of substitution, this is the biggest success of "Truman's World", many viewers unconsciously regard Truman as their own image portrayal, and their feelings change with Truman's depression and joy.

"I love that smile."

"Who is this Chinese actor? Laughter is contagious. ”

“……”

Queenie thought to herself: I know who he is, the male protagonist of "Fang Fang", but what is his name?

"Oh, no!"

When Queenie was still thinking about Leung Ka-fai's name, there was a sudden moment of silence in the screening room, and then some viewers couldn't help but shout: The actor who tried to break out of the shackles and sail to the other side hit a wall at the last moment!

Fortunately, this hit was only short-lived, and a happy ending was ushered in after a while. But in a short period of time, the huge emotional changes from sadness to joy, then from joy to sadness, and finally to joy, made some emotional audience feelings out of control, and actually covered their mouths and laughed and wept.

Queenie slowly exhaled the turbidity in his chest, he felt a lot about the movie, he was just like the male protagonist in the film, he was an insurance salesman. Boss, friend, wife...... He feels that all the characters in the film have deep metaphors in reality, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that this movie has endless aftertaste. (To be continued......)