In the entertainment industry in the 80s, including Japan and the United States, various mechanisms were not as perfect as later.

Take the Hong Kong film industry as an example, movies and TV series rarely have new film press conferences, because for the production company, holding a press conference is another expense. Don't think it's just the money for a few cups of tea on the spot, you want others to help you publicize, and you have to give a publicity fee to major newspapers.

Of course, it's okay not to give money, but then the publicity effect will not be maximized, and there may even be a newspaper that sings the opposite tone.

However, since Kang Jianfei made several new film press conferences, other well-known directors have also followed suit and began to promote the film at the beginning of filming. As long as the director and leading actor are famous, then there is no need to worry about no reporters coming at the new film press conference, because reporters also want to grab news. As for the publicity fee of the newspaper, most companies are unwilling to pay it, anyway, as long as the director and leading actor are famous, there will always be a few newspapers that will automatically help promote it.

Kang Jianfei said that the press conference was held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and many entertainment reporters even came in the morning, and if they couldn't enter the film and television city, they simply stayed at the door, and called the canteen of the film and television city to deliver food at noon.

Journalists are trying so hard to get the news first. Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong's marriage is too fierce, one is a new movie tycoon in Hong Kong, and the other is the daughter of a Macau gambling king, the combination of the two is not just entertainment news, as long as the news is confirmed, this news can be on the social version.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the guards of the film and television city finally allowed the reporters to enter with vouchers, and the reporters who had been squatting for a long time swarmed in. They squatted for half a day in the morning. Neither Guan Zhilin nor Li Jiaxin's car was blocked, and no exciting news was dug up.

More than 50 reporters came to the press conference. shows that Kang Jianfei's face is still very big, and it would be good for ordinary directors and celebrities to have twenty or thirty reporters at a press conference.

In the large conference room, reporters sit together in a dense group, and photographers and videographers compete for the best seats in the aisles. The main purpose of everyone attending the press conference today is not Kang Jianfei's new film, although the remake of "Tomb Robbery Notes" is indeed very concerned, but it is still not enough to watch compared to the marriage of Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong.

Little by little, time passed. Journalists chatted and waited over tea.

At 2:50 p.m., Kang Jianfei finally led people in. Originally, everyone didn't take the new film very seriously, and they were ready for the free question session to begin. directly asked Kang Jianfei about his marriage, but the lineup brought by Kang Jianfei directly stunned the reporter.

"Notes on Tomb Robbery" is such a popular novel, after learning that Kang Jianfei is going to make a movie, many fans are speculating about who will play the main role in the novel. Among them, Hong Jinbao has the highest call to play Wang Fatzi. Whoever calls Hong Kong's fat man is the most famous.

But the main creative lineup that Kang Jianfei brings now is too strange. Six or seven people came, and the reporter recognized Wu Zhenyu and Zeng Jiang, Cheng Kuian and Dong Wei. Who is the remaining tall and beautiful girl? Could it be the heroine? And that fat man, won't he be the fat man in the novel, why don't you have any impression of him?

After Kang Jianfei sat down, a few minutes before the press conference began, he said directly: "I know that everyone here may not be able to wait, so let's start directly." Today's press conference will be chaired by me personally, and I will first introduce you to those people around me. Wu Zhenyu, Zeng Jiang, Dong Wei and Cheng Kuian should everyone know, they play Wu Xie, Third Uncle, Pan Zi and Akui respectively in the film. As for the beautiful girl next to me, her name is Zhang Mian. She is Zhang Qiling, the heroine of "Notes on Tomb Robbery"; Lin Xue plays the role of Wang Fatzi ......"

There was a lot of noise in the press gallery, although they had a premonition, but they were still surprised to hear Kang Jianfei personally say that he would let two newcomers play the heroine and the second male lead.

There is a lot of speculation about the heroine's actor, what Zhong Chuhong, Wang Guxian, Guan Zhilin, and even Qiu Shuzhen and Li Jiaxin are among the reserve heroines that everyone thinks.

What does it mean for Kang Jianfei to ask a newcomer to be the heroine?

He's really not afraid of movies hitting the streets.

After having the identity of the heroine of Kang Jianfei's new film, Zhang Meng seems to have a different temperament in the eyes of these reporters. Only then did everyone take a serious look at this rookie actor and found that Zhang Meng was actually a beauty, although she was not as charming and charming as other actresses, she had a unique cold and glamorous temperament.

Although beauties are beauties, there are many beauties in Hong Kong, and only a few can become big stars. Why did Kang Jianfei choose this Zhang Meng to play the heroine? Could it be Kang Jianfei's new lover again!

When the reporters thought of this, they didn't feel much excitement. If it is other celebrities, if someone finds out that they have an underground affair, the reporters have a kind of surprise that they have dug up the fierce information. But the same thing is put on Kang Jianfei, maybe there are too many actresses who have had scandals with him, and they actually numb the reporters.

Kang Jianfei is lice and not itchy, readers see his scandal twice in three days, and they are also a little aesthetically tired, and gradually they are no longer interested in who he is dating.

Hong Kong is not the mainland, there is no hard requirement for actors to be both virtuous and artistic, unless they do the kind of thing that provokes public anger, it is really nothing to make a few scandals.

Kang Jianfei is not an actor or singer who eats with his face, and stepping on a few boats may affect his reputation to a certain extent, but as long as the movie is good-looking, the audience will still pay for it to enter the theater. And the actresses who had an affair with Kang Jianfei did not suffer much loss to their reputations, and sometimes they were paid special attention by the media because of this, and Li Jiaxin became popular last year because of this hype.

What really hurt Kang Jianfei was He Chaoqiong's mother who broke the news to reporters about getting married. The married man is not the fifth king of diamonds, after so many lovers hear the news, it is fake that they are not jealous, and it is not one or two who want to leave him when they break up, Kang Jianfei has to spend a lot of time and energy to coax.

If the last woman was determined to leave him because of this matter, Kang Jianfei could only let go, anyway, there was never a shortage of women around him.

"I want to emphasize here that "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is going to be a special effects blockbuster, and I specifically invited Stan, who did the special effects for "The Terminator"? Mr. Winston, the one sitting on my far right," Kang Jianfei raised a finger, "The budget for this play is tentatively set at 100 million Hong Kong dollars, 100 million Hong Kong dollars is just a conservative estimate, as long as the movie can be made well, there is no upper limit on the budget!" ”

"100 million Hong Kong dollars, can you get back the box office?"

"The cost of the two "Shushan" is only about 50 million, what will the film look like after 100 million?"

"A blockbuster with a cost of 100 million, actually inviting a newcomer to be the heroine, Kang Jianfei is bold enough."

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The reporters who didn't take Kang Jianfei's new film seriously are now completely shocked, and even about Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong's marriage have been temporarily forgotten by them.

In Hong Kong, where the average film review budget is less than 10 million, Kang Jianfei suddenly announced that he would make a film with a cost of 100 million, and he also said that there is no cap on investment, and it is strange not to scare people to death.

In fact, it's not that Kang Jianfei is too advanced, but everyone's thinking has not yet changed, at this time, the Hong Kong film market is already big enough, and there is no need to worry about the difficulty of recovering the cost of large investments as a few years ago.

In another time and space, Cheng Long will shoot "Flying Eagle Project" with an investment of more than 100 million yuan next year, and he still makes a lot of money?

Not to mention anything else, which of the movies that Kang Jianfei and Zou Wenhuai have invested in Hollywood in recent years, after converting them into Hong Kong dollars, has not cost more than 100 million?

Kang Jianfei is very cheap in terms of celebrities' salaries, Wu Zhenyu, who has the highest salary in the main creative lineup, only gets 900,000 yuan, Zeng Jiang, Dong Wei, Cheng Kuian and Lin Xue, and the combined salary is less than 1 million. Although Zhang Meng plays the heroine, as a rookie actor, Kang Jianfei gave her a salary of 200,000 yuan, which is already very generous.

Judging from the expenditure on actors' salaries, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized cost, and all the rest of the money is used for making zuò. Kang Jianfei has great expectations for this film, and he wants to enter the Western market again through "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and by the way, it will drive Hong Kong special effects films and adventure themes, so he must strive for excellence.

Kang Jianfei believes that most of the funds for a film are used for the production of the film itself, and a small part is used for artificial remuneration, which is the most appropriate situation.

But the more the year goes back, whether it is Europe, America or Asia, the salaries of celebrities all over the world are rising wildly. Another time and space Hong Kong film deformed to what Cheng dù? For a movie with a cost of 20 million, it is possible that 15 million will be used to pay the star's salary, and the remaining 5 million will be used for shooting. The film made in this way is inevitably shoddy, relying only on the face of the star to attract the audience, and over time it will inevitably cause the audience's disgust, and when encountering a well-made Hollywood blockbuster, it is strange not to be killed.

"Alright, now everyone is free to ask questions." Kang Jianfei was very satisfied with the reaction of the reporters, and this is what he wanted.

The next reporter's questions were really related to the movie, and the first one asked: "Director Kang, a blockbuster with a cost of 100 million, why don't you choose a few popular stars to shoot?" ”

Kang Jianfei pretended to smile and said: "I only look at whether the actors are suitable or not, not the fame of the actors." ”

"Did Miss Zhang Mian make any movies before?" Another reporter was apparently more interested in Zhang Mian, who suddenly appeared.

Zhang Mian was inevitably a little nervous when she appeared on this occasion for the first time, and Kang Jianfei replied for her: "Amin used to be a student at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and she played several roles and advertisements, and I found her in an advertisement by chance. ”

In the following time, the topics of the reporter's questions all revolved around the new film "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and occasionally someone asked about the scandal, which was also deliberately ignored by Kang Jianfei, anyway, his purpose today is to divert the topic of public opinion. (To be continued......)