"Mr. Kang, long time no see!" Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping suddenly walked over, and with him was Wang Yu, who was once as famous as Bruce Lee in the early 70s.

Although Wang Yu became famous in Hong Kong, most of the years have been mixed in Taiwan, and Zhang Che and Wang Yu have come to participate in the 10th anniversary of the Academy Awards.

"Hello!" Kang Jianfei and Zhu Yanping shook hands. His subordinate Yu Yanping has a branch in Taiwan, and Zhu Yanping has also made several commercial films for the Taiwan branch of DreamWorks in the past two years, although he did not make a lot of money, but he also made a profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Simply describe Zhu Yanping, that is, "Taiwan's Wang Jing", the main thing is that you are willing to pay, he can shoot any kind of film, and they are all relatively popular. He can make a touching family literary film "Ancestors and Grandchildren", can follow Zhou Xingchi's "Truant Dragon" to shoot "Truant Gaiden", can also find Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen to shoot a funny "Oolong Courtyard", and can also shoot the prison dark action movie "Fire Island", and even made a third-level/film "Sword Slave" into a Gulong-flavored "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Zhu Yanping and Wang Yu came to Hong Kong this time, nominally invited by the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards, but in fact, they took the initiative to ask to come here to get acquainted.

Just last year, the big cast "Fire Island" produced by Wang Yu and directed by Zhu Yanping was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the film gathered Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Leung Jiahui, Liu Dehua, Ke Junxiong, Wang Yu and other Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. The film is a blockbuster filmed by Cai Songlin, one of Taiwan's eight major film companies and the owner of Scholar Company, and is invested by the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan (mainly Taiwanese), and the main goal is actually to invest in the North American market. By the way, I want to get a ticket in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Golden Harvest has special requirements for Cheng Long, that is, Cheng Long can't die in the movie, but in order to hit the Hollywood market again. Cheng Long presented his screen maiden death in "Fire Island".

It's a pity that the film is too dark, plus there are some loopholes in the plot, and the director's Asian box office is not satisfactory, and the United States can't even achieve its release.

Although director Zhu Yanping carried the pot of box office failure, "Burning Island" still barely made some money, mainly because the cost of hiring a large number of stars was too high.

After Kang Jianfei and Zhu Yanping reminisced. Wang Yucai spoke: "Mr. Kang, look up for a long time!" ”

"Hello!" Kang Jianfei replied nonchalantly. He is not interested in Wang Yu, and Zhu Yanping can at least help his Taiwan branch make movies. Wang Yu couldn't bring him any benefit.

If there is really any relationship, Kang Jianfei wants to have a relationship with Wang Yu's daughter, who is Wang Xinping, a smash hit singer in the next few years.

Wang Yu came with a purpose, although Kang Jianfei obviously showed a cold attitude. But Wang Yu chatted with him familiarly. After some talking, he asked, "When will Mr. Kang's "Truman's World" be released in Taiwan?" ”

Kang Jianfei said perfunctorily: "I don't know very well, the distributor and the Chinese cinema line are arranging. ”

Wang Yu said: "Actually, I also have a few movie theaters in Taiwan, and if possible, I hope to cooperate with DreamWorks." ”

Kang Jianfei also heard about what Wang Yu did in Taiwan, and after his own investment in films failed, he changed careers and went to become a film company. In order to obtain the right to distribute films in some areas, Wang Yu took advantage of his relationship with the Taiwan gang and did not hesitate to use indiscriminate means to threaten his peers. So that no one dared to compete with him.

Of course, Wang Yu only dared to intimidate some small film dealers. None of Taiwan's eight major film companies dared to move.

The so-called cinemas in Wang Yu's hands are actually only equivalent to those small retail cinema chains in Hong Kong, which are all composed of scattered small cinemas. Due to their location and infrastructure, these small cinema chains simply do not have the capacity to screen newly launched blockbusters, and they cannot afford expensive copies alone, so they can only wait for the box office boom of blockbusters to decline, and rent copies at low prices for second and third rounds of screenings.

The box office earned by the second and third rounds of screenings of the small cinema chain is dispensable for Kang Jianfei, he said: "If Mr. Wang is interested in the second round of screenings of "Truman's World", he can directly contact the office of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company in Taiwan. ”

Wang Yu is also a short-tempered person, Kang Jianfei's cold attitude from beginning to end made him quite annoyed, and he forced his anger and smiled: "Actually, I also have two or three better theaters in my hands, I don't know if I can get a few copies of "Truman's World" when it is screened in the first round." ”

Kang Jianfei said regretfully: "I'm really sorry, DreamWorks' movies in Taiwan are exclusively represented by China Cinema Line. ”

Wang Yuyin said with a smile: "I heard that the Chinese cinema line is not authentic, and last Christmas, the DreamWorks film was washed off the schedule and a Hollywood film was screened. ”

Kang Jianfei squinted at Wang Yu, and suddenly smiled: "Mr. Wang is really interesting, then I will make an exception to give you three copies of "Truman's World" in the summer of this year." ”

"Thank you, happy cooperation!" Wang Yu laughed happily, and the anger accumulated in front of him was instantly dispersed by the benefits in hand.

If the Chinese cinema line dares not to give "Truman's World" a good schedule, then Kang Jianfei will let two or three good theaters in Wang Yu's hands be released in the summer, which can be regarded as a warning to China Film Company. This practice is actually detrimental to the interests of DreamWorks, and in the end, Wang Yu must have benefited, Kang Jianfei and China Film Company have losses, because by the time the Chinese theater is released, "Truman's World" has already been pirated in Taiwan.

Typical behavior that harms people and is not good, Kang Jianfei just reminded China Film Company that if he doesn't give a good schedule, Lao Tzu will have to change partners. There are eight major film companies and seven major cinema chains in Taiwan, and DreamWorks is not the only one to choose China Film.

In fact, many people on the side of China Film Company are also willing to give DreamWorks movies a good schedule, especially the movies directed by Kang Jianfei, which represent box office profits as soon as they are released. The reason why DreamWorks is pressed is mainly due to the instructions of Taiwan's official authorities - the backgrounds of DreamWorks and Kang Jianfei are too popular.

On the other hand, when facing the US Government, the Taiwan authorities are like a grandson meeting a grandfather. Several major Hollywood film giants have used the trade negotiations of the US government as a weapon to conquer cities and implement their marketing strategy of "global integration of the Hollywood film market," and Taiwan's cinema chains have constantly compromised under the pressure of the Taiwan authorities. Sometimes, even if Hong Kong films are more profitable, Hollywood films that are not popular will be released at a good schedule.

One is an American grandfather and the other is a pro. A dream factory of the total. China Film Company naturally favors Hollywood films when arranging schedules.

After Kang Jianfei expressed his dissatisfaction, some people in China Film Company must be willing to continue friendly cooperation with him under official pressure for the sake of high box office profits. Because once Kang Jianfei changes his partner, it will also be a big loss for the Chinese cinema line.

Kang Jianfei didn't think about changing the cooperative theater line, but the main reason is that it is troublesome after the change, after all, other theaters also have to look at the face of the authorities.

In addition, several major theaters in Taiwan are extremely entangled in Hong Kong films. On the one hand, they want to release Hong Kong films to make money, but on the other hand, they think that Hong Kong films are getting more and more expensive, whether it is a buyout or a box office share, it is becoming more and more excessive. So much so that several major theaters united to boycott Hong Kong films.

In the original time and space, in two or three years, all Taiwanese film companies will unite and use the killer weapon of "unified procurement". As long as they don't follow the rules of the game of the film companies, no matter how profitable Hong Kong films are, they will be deliberately excluded. There is no chance of even being screened in Taiwanese cinemas -- the essence of this is the implementation of a planned economy in Taiwan's film market.

Hong Kong's filmmakers naturally refuse to lower the price of Hong Kong films. And Taiwan's film companies forced Hong Kong films to reduce prices, and the contradiction between the two sides led to the loss of Hong Kong films' market advantage in Taiwan. In the end, the eight Hollywood giants simply abandoned Taiwan's local film companies and theater chains, and directly built movie theaters in Taiwan to distribute and release them themselves, and Taiwan's film companies and theater companies all died miserably in the end, and more than half of Taiwan's film market was encroached upon by Hollywood giants.

Therefore, Hong Kong movies were defeated by Hollywood in the 90s. It's not just the gap in the quality of the film, but also the fact that there are some reasons for not being at war. Asian countries and regions can boycott Hong Kong films. But they don't dare to boycott Hollywood blockbusters too much, because the U.S. government is behind them.

Kang Jianfei had exchanges with some filmmakers in Taiwan in his previous life, and he knows a little about this situation. After chatting with Wang Yu, Kang Jianfei suddenly had an idea: he could completely let Paramount Pictures come to Taiwan to build a movie theater for the distribution of Paramount and DreamWorks films, the Taiwan authorities are afraid that the US government will definitely not dare to intervene, and Taiwan's local gangs will also dare not attack the American industry.

However, Kang Jianfei's idea was hesitant and took the initiative to let Paramount build a movie theater in Taiwan, which was tantamount to luring a wolf into the room. Taiwan is an important market for Hong Kong films, and Kang Jianfei's approach is simply the end of the world for some Hong Kong film companies, and it will also have a big impact on DreamWorks.

Wrong!

Kang Jianfei thought about it and felt that this was not a good idea.

Hollywood giants will invade in a few years and bring in Paramount as soon as possible, and under the effect of the catfish effect, Hong Kong filmmakers may be able to recognize the reality instead of lying on the prosperous Hong Kong film market and dreaming.

There is pressure to be competitive!

Born in sorrow and dying in peace, how did Taiwanese movies die completely?

In order to support Taiwan's local films, the Taiwan authorities have come up with a tutoring fund system. That is, Taiwanese directors and companies with good ideas and good scripts can apply for the government's counseling gold to make films, and the Taiwan authorities prefer to support directors to make literary films to win awards abroad for the sake of face.

As a result, good directors are swarming to make literary films, because even if they can't get a general, they can still get government counseling funds, and if they win awards, they will gain fame and fortune.

In order to make money, Taiwan's commercial film investors do not dare to say that they are making Taiwanese films, and they all play export to domestic sales, and use Taiwan's funds and directors to invite Hong Kong actors to film, and only dare to take them back to Taiwan for release after being labeled as Hong Kong films.

In the end, Taiwan's film tutoring funds are getting more and more, but the production of Taiwanese films is getting smaller and smaller, and in the end, no one makes local commercial films, and all of them go to make art films and Hong Kong films.

Until one day, Hong Kong films collapsed, art films were high and low, and as far as the eye could see, Taiwan's cinemas were full of Hollywood blockbusters.

Kang Jianfei looked at Hou Hsiao-hsien, a famous Taiwanese literary film director who was talking and laughing with Hu Jinquan in the corner, and finally made up his mind to let Paramount invade the Taiwan market.

After all, Paramount also has shares, first-come, first-served Kang Jianfei can enjoy a lot of benefits, coupled with the power of DreamWorks, the two major film companies in the East and the West collude to quickly occupy the market share of Taiwanese films.

Compared with this idea, the previous method of using Wang Yu to stimulate China Film Company was simply a child's trick.

"Fly, I'm ready to walk the red carpet." Sophie? Marceau came to Kang Jianfei's side and interrupted his musings. (To be continued......)

PS: Relatives came to the house, and I have been drinking and playing mahjong with them, and I didn't start writing until they slept with Lao Wang.