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306 [Old Monster Xu's Thousand Years Pit]

The successful release of "Happy Campus" in the new era theater chain will sweep away the haze that has been entrenched in the hearts of DreamWorks employees for several days. In recent days, the company has been filled with a joyous atmosphere.

Xu Ke smiled at Chen Shuli outside, and then knocked on the door of Kang Jianfei's office.

"Please come in." Kang Jianfei's voice came from it.

"Hello Mr. Kang." Xu Ke pushed the door and walked into the office, not calling Kang Jianfei's name directly. After all, this is in the company, and the relationship between the two is between the boss and the employee.

"Oh, it's Lao Xu," Kang Jianfei asked with a smile, "Have your studio been completed?"

"Just make some arrangements and hire a clerk and a errand runner to get it done." Xu Ke said that his studio belongs to a special department of DreamWorks, next to several administrative departments.

Seeing Xu Ke holding a notebook in his hand, Kang Jianfei asked, "You have an idea so soon?"

"Actually, it's an idea that I've always had," Xu Ke handed the book to Kang Jianfei and said, "I like the "Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu Lou very much, and I wanted to make it a movie for a long time."

"New Shushan Swordsman?" Kang Jianfei took the notebook and saw it, and he suddenly had a headache. He even began to doubt whether it was correct to call Xu Ke.

Xu Ke was still happily saying: "Hollywood has a science fiction blockbuster like Star Wars. I heard that Shaw is also planning to shoot a "Interstellar Blunt". I think it is better to shoot a swordsman film than a Hong Kong director to shoot science fiction films. Western special effects technology combined with Eastern magic weapons and spells, and the picture is absolutely shocking. As long as Mr. Kang, you nod, I will ask someone to write the script immediately."

"The idea is good," Kang Jianfei nodded, "But how much do you plan to shoot "New Shushan Swordsman"?"

"Three..." Xu Ke stretched out three fingers, and later turned into two fingers, "Twenty million is enough."

It was "enough", Kang Jianfei really wanted to kick this guy out, and he asked with a smile: "Do you think if I invest 20 million to make you film "New Shushan Swordsman" and deduct your studio share and the hospital share, how much should I lose?"

"Uh..." Xu Ke was stunned and then smiled, "Mr. Kang, I can don't want the studio's share, just give me a director's salary."

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Say that, how much box office do you think "New Shushan Swordsman" can sell?"

Xu Ke said confidently: "This is the first movie that combines Oriental Swordsman and Western special effects. As long as it is shot, it will definitely make a sensation. I estimate that it can sell at least 20 million in Hong Kong, 50 million in Nanyang, 8 million in Taiwan, and 60 million in Japan and South Korea. This is more than 100 million, and I will definitely make back the investment."

"You are very confident." Kang Jianfei no longer wants to discuss box office with Xu Ke, who is full of confidence. If he remembers correctly, the box office of "New Shushan Swordsman" in the original time and space will not exceed 2 million in Hong Kong.

The local box office is less than one-tenth of the production cost, which can no longer be described as a failure. It is simply a meteorite pit for thousands of years.

Xu Ke also saw that Kang Jianfei was not very interested and quickly advised: "Mr. Kang, look at my planning plan. Many of my ideas are written on it."

Kang Jianfei shook his head very resolutely: "The budget is too much. I just bought a TV station, and now I don't have much money in my pocket. If I pay 20 to 30 million to shoot a movie "Shushan" for you, the company will not be able to start other dramas. Once your "Shushan" fails, DreamWorks will be over. I can't put the future of the entire company on your movie."

Xu Ke seemed to have been poured with cold water on his head. He stood up awkwardly and said, "I understand, Mr. Kang, I will shoot a few movies first."

Kang Jianfei didn't want to smite his enthusiasm and said, "The big production of "New Shushan Swordsman" is not that it cannot be filmed, but that the time has not yet come. Your idea is very good, and high-end movie special effects are also the future development trend. I hope you can wait for another two years."

This comfort is better than nothing, but Xu Ke is in a much better mood. He nodded at Kang Jianfei, turned around and walked out of the office.

Xu Ke has left countless classic videos, but he is also "having a lot of bad records" and has made many super bad movies.

"New Shushan Swordsman", "The Legend of Shushan" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", these three Xu Ke's special effects movies use the most advanced industrial special effects, computer special effects and 3D special effects at that time. But in terms of the content of the film, these three movies are undoubtedly bad movies, because the director focused his energy on how to use high-tech and sacrificed the plot and rhythm of the movie.

Xu Ke is like a driver who drives a broken car. His driving skills are good in normal times, but once you give him a super sports car, this guy will immediately rush around the road.

Of course, there is another situation that Xu Ke does not have enough funds. If he can spend as much money as Cameron, he might also become the "king of the world".

Kang Jianfei is not a philanthropist, so he cannot take out a lot of money for Xu Ke to "gamble". So at the beginning of the establishment of Xu Ke's movie studio, Kang Jianfei set a rule that Xu Ke can discuss movies with a budget of less than three million, and Xu Ke can directly discuss them with Pan Yingzi. Once the movie planning project with a budget of more than three million, Kang Jianfei must sign it before it can be passed.

If Xu Ke's production cost exceeds the budget of 30 during the shooting process, the box office share of the movie studio will be cancelled directly.

After sending Xu Ke, Kang Jianfei called Phoenix Station several more times, mainly asking about the news reports. Tomorrow is the official date for Mrs. Thatcher's visit to China.

In addition, "Senior Sister Tuo Gun" will be aired soon in a while, and Kang Jianfei must follow the long-prepared "The Legend of Qin".

Just after several phone calls, Chen Shuli came in and reported: "Boss, Mr. Song from Nanyang Cathay Pacific is here."

"I understand," Kang Jianfei ordered, "Call Maqiao too."

Kang Jian walked out quickly and soon saw a middle-aged man in the reception room. He immediately laughed and shook hands with him: "Mr. Song is here, making DreamWorks shine brightly."

Mr. Song is named Song Dechao, and he is the son-in-law of the film tycoon Lu Yuntao.

The competition in the Nanyang region is the most fierce in the two theaters, Cathay and Shaw Brothers. The main purpose of Cathay Pacific to support Zou Wenhuai was to enrich the source of Cathay Pacific theaters.

In the past, when DreamWorks was released in the Nanyang area, Princess Jin helped to operate it, and later slowly revoked the Nanyang distribution rights. However, revoking the distribution rights does not mean that DreamWorks really did the distribution itself. After all, there are many countries in the Nanyang area, and DreamWorks has no foreign agency there, so Princess Jin has always helped to operate it.

As soon as Princess Jin and DreamWorks' cooperation was interrupted, DreamWorks' filming plan in Nanyang immediately came to a standstill. Although the New Era theaters solved the problem of DreamWorks' filming in Hong Kong, the distribution in Nanyang has always been an unavoidable hurdle.

Nanyang Cathay Pacific is also very anxious because "The True Heroes" has exceeded 30 million in the box office in Hong Kong. They originally planned to get the Christmas break and be screened in the Nanyang area, but Princess Jin and DreamWorks suddenly started to have internal conflicts.

For Nanyang Cathay Cinema, as long as DreamWorks can operate normally, it will be Cathay’s best film source warehouse. Now the struggle between DreamWorks and Princess Jin has finally become clear. Nanyang Cathay Cinema immediately sent someone to contact Kang Jianfei, and sent Lu Yuntao’s nephew and son-in-law, which shows his importance to DreamWorks.

Song Dechao lives in Singapore for many years and speaks Cantonese smoothly. After shook hands with Kang Jianfei, he smiled and said, "I haven't congratulated Mr. Kang, now he has become a prince in the Hong Kong film industry."

Kang Jianfei said modestly: "The princes are not worth mentioning, they are just making a living, but they are not as deep as the Guotai Cinemas. They will rely on Mr. Song to support them in the future."

"Mr. Kang is too modest." Song Dechao said with a smile.

While the two were talking, Ma Qiao also came to the reception room.

Kang Jianfei introduced: "Mr. Song, this is Ma Qiao, the operation manager of DreamWorks. You can talk to him about specific cooperation matters."

"Hello, Mr. Ma." Song Dechao stood up politely to shake hands with Ma Qiao.

Kang Jianfei chatted with Song Dechao for a while before looking at his watch and said, "Mr. Song, I have a little farewell in advance. You can talk to Ma Qiao about cooperation."

Song Dechao nodded and said, "Mr. Kang, please give me some advice."

Kang Jianfei left the company and drove to the airport. After filming "Traveling to the Sea of ​​Anger" in Hong Kong for a few days, he has been filming in the sea and south. Today is the day when the crew comes back. Kang Jianfei is about to drive to pick up Zhong Chuhong.

If you want to develop your career, you have to fuck girls, otherwise it will be boring to make more money just.

Not long after driving on the road, Kang Jianfei saw an electrical appliance store on the side of the road full of people. He found a place to park the car and squeezed there to watch the fun.

Kang Jianfei was not a person who watched the fun for no reason. He probably guessed what these people were watching, and got off the car just to verify his guess.

Kang Jianfei flew outside the crowd. He was tall and could see what was inside by standing on tiptoe.

I saw that on one side of the store, there were three rows of TVs in a row. All the TVs were on, and all the ones were watching Phoenix Chinese.

A beautiful female host on the TV, holding a microphone with the Phoenix Taiwan logo in her hand, said: "Friends, it's the news that Phoenix Taiwan has brought back from the streets of Beijing. You can see behind me, Mrs. Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, is likely to pass through this street. The street is undergoing another major cleaning. The security work will definitely be strengthened tomorrow... It's five o'clock in the afternoon, and in a while it's the rush hour in Beijing. You can see the spectacular scene of the bicycle sea. Let's interview ordinary passers-by in Beijing now..."

This time, the Sino-British negotiations were very concerned by all walks of life in Hong Kong, and major newspapers even reported the matter half a month in advance.

However, the previous reports were either buying news from large news agencies or reviewing history to make comments. Only Phoenix Chinese Channel was willing to send a team of reporters to Beijing/Beijing for personal reports.

"That's Beijing/Beijing. The building doesn't look tall, but the road surface is very wide."

"There are few cars, and mainlanders are too poor to afford cars."

"I dress like a country man, and I have never seen the world."

"Why didn't I see the Red Guards holding the Red Book in front of Tiananmen Square?"

"Look, a few PLAs/armys have passed over there."

"That's a cinema. Mainland people can't even eat enough, so they can still watch movies."

"You forgot that "Shaolin Temple" was filmed by mainland China?"

“…”

Listening to the discussion after sentence in the store, Kang Jianfei couldn't help laughing.

The audience in front of them are obviously all passers-by who are attracted by TV programs. Their attention is so obvious that Phoenix Channel's program has been a great success.

In fact, the program played at this time is nothing special. It is just to shoot the streets and citizens of Beijing and introduce the situation. The program was filmed yesterday, and then flew back to Hong Kong overnight to edit it. It was broadcast on the Phoenix Chinese and English Channel during the day.

But it was these ordinary street scenes of Beijing and passers-by that made countless Hong Kong citizens curious, because most of them saw the real Beijing and Beijing for the first time.
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