On February 20, 1984, if someone compiles the history of Hong Kong films in the future, this day will definitely be recorded in the history of the films.

The establishment of Oriental Cinema Company means that after the four major theaters of Shaw Brothers, Jiahe, Princess Jin and Yindu, Hong Kong was in a state of coherence. The previous new era of theaters was destined to be short-lived, and its loose organizational style means that it cannot be done for a long time. The bandit model of profits and profits is very limited.

At this moment, the total number of cinemas in Hong Kong has reached 121. Although it is one-third less than the total number of 180 cinemas in 1969, the accounts cannot be calculated like this.

In 1969, Hong Kong's economy was underdeveloped. Not to mention the New Territories, there were many places in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island that were undeveloped rural areas. The so-called 180 theaters at that time were largely open-air theaters, neighborhood theaters and rural theaters.

Today, about 80 of the 121 theaters in Hong Kong have more than 500 seats, while the total number of seats in the newly built multi-hall cinema in recent years is basically over 1,000.

The current situation of the Hong Kong film market is that there are too many film companies, limited audience base, and the distribution of cinemas is too dense. Sometimes in better locations, there are four or five cinemas on a street, which can be snatched up to the audience.

Under such circumstances, there will inevitably be a situation where the strong prey on the weak, and the market will eliminate the excess theater chains.

Shaw Brothers Cinema was eliminated first, but it will be a battle to see who can accept this Cinema.

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The press conference for opening the Oriental Cinema is held at Taiping Theater. As the leading theater of Oriental Cinema, the opening screening will be held here later. The invited reporters can continue to watch the movie after dinner.

The press conference started at 3:00 pm, but reporters arrived one after another at around 2:00. There were hundreds of press conferences, and it was easier for photographers to get a good shooting position when they came earlier.

Kang Jianfei walked in the front, and besides Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Moren, there were eight other owners of the theaters.

Several people walked onto the temporary rostrum in one shape. After the time was right, Jiang Zhiqiang spoke first: "Dear reporters, thank you for taking the time to attend the press conference of Oriental Cinema. Now let me introduce the people around me: Mr. Kang Jianfei must all know him. He is an internationally renowned director and a major shareholder of Oriental Cinema. In addition, this old man is Mr. Zhang Moren, the manager of Taiping Theater, and he is also an old senior in the film industry. This is Mr. Chen Luoming, the boss of Maoxin Theater, and Mr. Zhu Jin, the boss of Lianhe Cinema... Next, please invite Mr. Kang to speak."

Kang Jianfei was in a good mood today. He didn't even mention his suit and tie, but he even put on a tie. He smiled and said, "From the moment he stepped onto Yuen Long, I have been in Hong Kong for four years and five months. I am very happy that Oriental Cinema was established and thanks to all the journalists and Hong Kong citizens for their support. General Manager Jiang just introduced the general situation. What I want to add is that whether it is Oriental Entertainment Company or Oriental Cinema, they will go to Hong Kong.

All film companies have opened their doors. Everyone can’t find good actors when making movies, and behind the scenes. Just contact Oriental Entertainment Company and ensure that you can arrange the most reasonable and affordable crew team for you. The films you shoot cannot be found and released, it doesn’t matter at all. As long as the film quality is excellent, Oriental Cinema will be the one who comes. Now Oriental Cinema has two long-term cooperation companies, Yongsheng Film Company and Century Pictures. I hope to have more friends to join the screening alliance of Oriental Cinema…”

Kang Jianfei's words were recorded by the reporter's recorder or small notebook. The smell of raising flags and standing on the hill is very strong. Because whether it is Jiahe, Princess Jin, or even Yindu Cinema, they have built a lot of satellite film companies, and Oriental Cinema only has DreamWorks and its two studios, which will attract more collaborators to stabilize the high-quality film sources of theaters.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Zhiqiang introduced some basic situations of Oriental Cinemas again. Several people on the rostrum also made brief speeches. The press conference finally entered the free questioning session.

"I would like to ask Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang, why don't you run your own family theater chain, but choose to serve as the general manager of Oriental theater chain?" A female reporter took the lead in throwing the problem to Jiang Zhiqiang, which was beyond the expectations of many people.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't expect that he was the first to be asked. He sorted out his words and said, "First of all, Mr. Kang and I are good friends in private. We used to do temporary theaters in the United States. That time, I made hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is equivalent to my total income in the previous six years. The plan for temporary theaters was proposed by Mr. Kang, so I believe that following him can make his career bigger. As for the family's Anle theater, it is enough to have my brother to run it. He has the ability to run Anle theaters well."

"Next, the gentleman in red clothes in the second row asked a question."

"Hello, Mr. Kang, I am a reporter from the Hong Kong Business Daily," the reporter stood up and said, "You started from scratch and founded a film company, an entertainment agency, a cinema chain, and acquired a TV station and a record company, and all of them were very profitable. How did you do this? Can you share your successful experience with the citizens?"

Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "Although this question has nothing to do with the theme of today's press conference, I can still answer it. I think all successful people have the following commonalities: First, you must have a goal and direction. If you don't even know what you want to do, how can you succeed? Second, you must be able to persist. Many times, you will fail for Shan Jiuren. In fact, as long as you persist in that step, you can succeed."

"Mr. Kang, do you think you have your name among the top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong this year?" another reporter asked.

"Whether my name depends on how they evaluate it," Kang Jianfei smiled, "I would like to remind everyone again, please don't ask irrelevant questions."

Another reporter asked: "Mr. Kang, some people say that there are too many cinemas in the downtown area of ​​Hong Kong now, and there are several cinemas on a street, which will cause fierce competition and dilute the box office. Do you agree with this view?"

Kang Jianfei didn’t care whether there were many cinemas or not, so he asked, “Do there be many cinemas in Hong Kong? I don’t think there are many. A few years ago, when Taiwanese movies were booming, there were hundreds of cinemas in Taipei alone, and Hong Kong is only in its early 100s. And the more cinemas there are, the more prosperous Hong Kong movies are, which is a blessing.”

The reporter asked: "But the number of audiences is limited and the number of cinemas in the same location is too large, which will make everyone's attendance low. Moreover, in order to win the box office, major theaters will release their respective films at the same time. Don't you think this is a vicious competition? A movie that should have won a box office of 30 million, but the box office may be only 20 million after competition?"

Kang Jianfei said confidently: "I don't know if it's a vicious competition. I only know that DreamWorks movies are not afraid of competing with others, because DreamWorks won't make shoddy movies."

Zhang Moren and Jiang Zhiqiang applauded first, and then a sparse applause rang out in Taiping Theater.

As long as the words are spoken beautifully, no one will investigate whether they are changing the topic. Some reporters also linked the "short-made" that Kang Jianfei mentioned with Shaw Brothers, so that there will be news to write tomorrow.

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Ye Zimei stood by the roadside and kept looking at her watch, so anxious that she was almost crazy. She was not qualified to participate in the opening screening of Oriental Cinemas, because she wanted to star in Kang Jianfei's new film, Oriental Entertainment Company gave her an entrance ticket.

But when he went to Taiping Theater to cross the sea, Ye Zimei waited for more than half an hour but had not even called a taxi.

Not long ago, the Hong Kong government wanted to increase the taxi license fee, which caused a general strike in Hong Kong's taxi drivers, which made it particularly difficult to get a taxi these days.

Cheng Long drove to Hong Kong Island in a luxury car. Chen Ziqiang, who was in the co-pilot, suddenly pointed at Ye Zimei who was waiting for the car on the side of the road, and said in surprise: "Hey, isn't that big girl in front of me?"

Cheng Long turned his head and looked over and asked, "Which big girl?"

Chen Ziqiang said: "It's Kang Jianfei's new film heroine. She seems to be named Ye Zimei. She published her photos in many newspapers last month."

"You read that right?" Cheng Long asked.

Chen Ziqiang smiled and said, "I will definitely not read it wrong. Even if I don't know the face, I know her big wave."

Cheng Long also said lewdly: "Do you want to fuck her? I'll just take her for a while and create opportunities for you."

Chen Ziqiang quickly shook his head and said, "I don't have that idea. Maybe this woman has climbed onto Kang Jianfei's bed, otherwise why would she choose her as the heroine?"

Men in the entertainment industry are not only not a scandal, but rather a capital for showing off, and there are few serious people who end up being serious.

Like Sammo Hung later admitted that his first marriage broke down because his wife often went out to pick up girls and his wife couldn't stand it.

Not only such big stars, but also behind the scenes. After the decline of Hong Kong films, some old people in the Hong Kong film industry said to the new generation: You have missed a good time. Screenwriters ten years ago often took their bosses to nightclubs, but now they have no food to be directors.

Chen Ziqiang's words actually did not mean anything malicious, but instead had a sense of envy.

When Cheng Long saw the beauty, he rubbed it upwards and parked directly in front of Ye Zimei: "Where are Miss Ye?"

"Are you Cheng Long?" Ye Zimei said in disbelief. She always felt that big stars like Cheng Long were unattainable. When she met at the celebration banquet of "Deadly Express", Ye Zimei didn't dare to go up and talk to her. Unexpectedly, Cheng Long took the initiative to stop the car and say hello this time.

Chen Ziqiang whistled and asked, "Beautiful girl, are you going there?"

Ye Zimei replied: "I'll go to Taiping Theater."
Chapter completed!