468 【Crisis and Opportunity】
"What, can't you apply for a visa to enter Taiwan?" Kang Jianfei looked at Zeng Bolin in surprise, and suddenly felt that this time it was a little troublesome. It seemed that the Taiwanese authorities were playing the real thing.
Zeng Bolin nodded and said, "I was denied visa for political reasons."
"Dingling..."
Kang Jianfei was about to speak when the phone rings suddenly rang.
The phone call was from Taipei, and he said anxiously: "Boss, my friend from Zhongchao notified me that they had no choice but to do anything about this time. The News Bureau received instructions from the superiors and was determined to beat Zheng Hu. The government order on the complete ban on DreamWorks videos should come out in two or three days."
Kang Jianfei was puzzled and asked: "The Yindu agency is the real left-wing film agency. The films of several satellite companies they have built can be released in Taiwan. How could the News Bureau ban the Dream Factory?"
Yu Kanping smiled bitterly and said, "Because DreamWorks is too popular, if it weren't for the face of Mr. Jiang, it would be enough for the News Bureau to ban the TV series filmed by DreamWorks to the mainland for ten times."
"Is there any room for recovery?" Kang Jianfei asked.
"Yes." Yu Kanping said affirmatively.
Kang Jianfei continued to ask: "How to save it?"
Yu Kanping said: "First contact with the Hong Kong branch of the Central News Agency, contact the News Bureau with the help of the Central News Agency, and then come to Taipei to write a letter of remorse, promising to draw a clear line with the other side in the future."
Alas, it is really not something that ordinary people can do when they get along with each other. Kang Jianfei hung up the phone speechlessly.
Even Shao Yifu completely turned to the mainland. How could Kang Jianfei be so stupid that he drew a clear line with the Heavenly Dynasty?
As for the Taiwanese film market, just throw it away, and you can still kill it after the strictness is lifted in a few years.
"Help me contact Xu Jiasheng and ask him to come out for dinner tomorrow!" Kang Jianfei ordered and continued to make the movie.
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The News Bureau was very active, so big that it was a bit beyond Kang Jianfei's expectations.
Just like Ye Zhiming's film company was blocked and his Binbian jeans were also blocked, none of the companies under Kang Jianfei were spared and were all blacklisted by the News Bureau. Including the Oriental Cinema Company established at the beginning of the year, it was labeled as a left-wing cinema, which really made Kang Jianfei laugh and cry.
Fulinmen Restaurant.
Xu Jiasheng came early with his female secretary, without any bureaucratic airs. He even acted like Qi Rong: "Mr. Kang, it's a pity that your company's films were banned by the Taiwan authorities."
Kang Jianfei didn't look sad at all and said with a smile: "It's a pity. Whoever earns money doesn't want to. I plan to go to Taipei in two days to write a letter of regret and admit my mistakes. I will draw a clear line with you in the future and join that Freedom Association. I will still have a chance to lift the ban."
Xu Jiasheng heard Kang Jianfei say this, and although he knew that Kang Jianfei was deliberately scaring him, he still hurriedly said: "The return of 97 is the general trend, and Mr. Kang should not go against the historical trend. I think it is not a big deal for DreamWorks to be blocked there. Movies from DreamWorks can be sold in the mainland market. The exchange rate of RMB to Hong Kong dollars is now 1 to 4. Even if a movie is sold in the mainland only 5 million yuan, it is equivalent to NT$100 million in Taiwan. Mr. Kang, the profit you make will definitely be greater."
Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "President Xu, the exchange rate of RMB is very large, and the black market price is at least half lower."
Xu Jiasheng immediately said: "But the mainland film market is much larger than that of Taiwan."
After talking for a long time, I finally reached the key point. Kang Jianfei said in embarrassment: "But now I have to sell at least 6 movies to Taiwan every year. I won't talk about the censorship in mainland China. Many movies are definitely not sold, such as "God of Gambling" that promotes gambling. Moreover, there are movie quotas in mainland China. DreamWorks will definitely not win the Yindu agency. This is the most difficult thing to deal with!"
Xu Jiashan took a lot of money to shoot his chest and said, "Don't worry about this. As long as your movie meets the censorship standards, I promise that you can sell at least 5 movies to the mainland in a year. Moreover, the mainland has already relaxed in censorship. Ghost films with positive content like "Happy Ghost" are still allowed to be released in the mainland and will not be regarded as feudal superstition."
Kang Jianfei asked Xu Jiasheng with a playful smile: "Can President Xu make the decision? It seems that the Film Bureau under the Ministry of Culture has the final say."
Xu Jiasheng said: "If Mr. Kang doesn't believe it, he can go to the Beijing Film Bureau in person."
"Then please help me contact me." Kang Jianfei said. Since the Taiwan authorities do not let him fall against each other, then I might as well be a "red capitalist" openly.
There are many benefits for red capitalists. For example, Ho Ying-dong, a Hong Kong rich man, obtained political capital from smuggling materials from the mainland while resisting U.S. aggressing Korea. In fact, Ho Ying-dong did not make a fortune through smuggling. He spent several years to earn tens of thousands of yuan, which can only be said to have gained his first pot of gold.
What really made Ho Ying-dong develop was his red political capital. At that time, Hong Kong was engaged in development and construction everywhere, but Hong Kong did not produce river sand for construction locally. However, Ho Ying-dong obtained the exclusive sales rights of river sand in mainland China, and instantly became the "tsar" that all Hong Kong real estate developers wanted to please.
As for the film and television industry, Jiang's Anle Film Company is an obvious example. In parallel space, Jiang Zhiwen will move closer to the Celestial Empire next year and invest in the construction of the first joint venture cinema in the mainland.
The benefit of the Jiang family is that when Hong Kong films declined and major film companies went bankrupt, Anle Film, a small theater chain, actually made efforts against the market, becoming the largest theater company in Hong Kong in the future, and almost monopolized the external distribution business of mainland films.
Kang Jianfei is a strange person. When encountering difficulties, he will not feel that the sky has fallen. Instead, he will consider how to turn difficulties into opportunities and bad things into good things.
The ancient Chinese characters were very particular. The so-called "crisis" means that there is "opportunity" hidden in "danger", it depends on whether you can grasp it.
Now that the Taiwan authorities are banned, it is an opportunity to move closer to the mainland. Kang Jianfei not only wants to sell songs, movies and TV series to the mainland, but also plans to spend money to cooperate with the mainland to build a cinema.
Today, the cinemas in mainland China are all state-owned, and the projection equipment and infrastructure are still relatively backward. Kang Jianfei wants to invest in building a landmark cinema in big cities such as Beijing, Magic City, and Magic City.
Of course, the nature of these cinemas is a joint venture institution, where Kang Jianfei pays money and the mainland government sends land, and Kang Jianfei can get no more than 50 shares.
Maybe it seems that it will suffer now, but ten or twenty years later, it will mean a lot of money. Because in the process of private ownership reform in the mainland, Kang Jianfei can easily get back the shares of these theaters and have political capital in advance. By the time the theater system reform in the mainland, Kang Jianfei will become the largest theater business in the mainland.
It may not be profitable to make movies in mainland China, but the theater chain business in mainland China is so fat. Haven’t you seen Wanda Cinema directly acquire AMC, the world’s second largest theater company?
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"International leader Kang Jianfei was banned by Taiwan, and all its companies are on the blacklist"
"Oriental DreamWorks Lost Taiwan Market, Hong Kong's largest film giant may decline in prosperity"
"Oriental Entertainment Company is now termination of contracts, more than ten stars leave within half a day"
"Franchise businessmen collectively protest, Oriental Cinema may face collapse"
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Before Kang Jianfei's journey to the capital was completed, the news that Kang Jianfei was completely banned spread in Hong Kong, causing a chain reaction like a major avalanche.
First of all, the actors of Oriental Entertainment were anxious because after the ban order from the Taiwan News Bureau came out, any movies that were participated by Oriental Entertainment were regarded as left-wing movies and were prohibited from being released on stage. In this way, the more famous the stars are, the more tragic. Apart from DreamWorks and Left-wing movie companies, no one in Hong Kong dares to ask them to make movies.
Oriental Cinemas Company is also in a big trouble. Because it was labeled as a left-wing theater, no film company dared to screen films on Oriental Cinemas. Even Xiang Huaqiang's Yongsheng Film Company terminated its cooperation with Oriental Cinemas Company.
Not only that, the franchisees of Oriental Cinemas, who were afraid that their theaters would become left-wing theaters, also asked Kang Jianfei to go to Taiwan to surrender.
Fengxing Records Company suffered the biggest and most direct losses, because the Hong Kong record market is very small, and it is rare to sell over 100,000 yuan. However, the record sales of first-line singers in Taiwan sold 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. Su Rui and Luo Dayou's albums have exceeded one million.
For Hong Kong record companies, the Taiwan record market is extremely important. Small and medium-sized record companies are fine. Once large companies lose the Taiwan market, their profits will be lost a lot.
After Fengxing Records was banned, the first singer to leave was Su Rui. The queen of the music industry who was picked up by Kang Jianfei in one hand had not expired for four years. A Taiwanese record company was willing to pay a sky-high liquidated damages of HK$4.5 million to sign her away.
What made Kang Jianfei feel relieved was that Ye Qianwen, who gradually became one of the top singers, actually stayed loyally. Although I don’t know what Ye Qianwen thought, Kang Jianfei decided to write a few songs to praise this woman. Kang Jianfei’s idea is very simple. Since I can promote Su Rui as the queen of the world, I can promote the second queen of the world, Ye Qianwen.
In contrast, although Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV have also been talking about it, there are almost no one who resigns. The employees behind the movie and TV show and the administrators do not need to show up in public. As long as they have money to make money, they don’t care about the left and right wing.
Faced with the wave of contract terminations from major companies under his jurisdiction, Kang Jianfei did not stop him. Anyway, those who were leaving could just take the penalty. With the two star-making machines of DreamWorks and Phoenix Platform, will Oriental Entertainment still lack stars?
Chapter completed!