504【Interview with Commercial Daily】
On March 28, Ye Qianwen's new record "Fall in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home" was launched, and the title song "Fall in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home" and "Lovers Confidant" were all handed down by Kang Jianfei himself.
Ye Qianmin, who could only barely sell platinum sales, caused a sensation as soon as her new record was released. The two title songs became regular customers of radio and television stations, and sold double platinum in just over half a month.
Since it can no longer be sold into the Taiwan market, the focus of Fengxing Records has shifted now, and basically does not go out of Mandarin records, and only sells Cantonese songs in the Nanyang region and Hong Kong.
After the release of "Falling in Love with a Person Who Don't Go Home", Ye Qianmin also jumped from a quasi-first-line singer to a top Hong Kong singer, and her status in Fengxing Records was second only to Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong.
On April 30, the nostalgic record "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" produced by Fengxing Records was released. The title song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" was sung by Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian, Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui. The rest of the album are old songs reorganized by traditional Cantonese operas. It is such a record that is stir-fried and is actually very popular and sold better than Ye Qianwen's new record. The cumulative sales volume counted later was 270,000.
Not only that, after Fengxing Records transferred the copyright of "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" to Xiongfei Records, this Cantonese record also set off a craze in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the song was conveyed to almost every family. Even if they were too poor to afford a radio, they could still hear this song from other people's TV.
In addition, the emergence of "The King of Painting" has exceeded 60,000 copies in less than a week, and it seems that Kang Jianfei's shadow can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong.
The pro-communist newspaper "Hong Kong Business Daily", which is a pro-communist newspaper that aims to "talk about business in business, Hong Kong newspapers, patriotism, love Hong Kong, and be fair and fair", went to the crew of "Huang Feihong" and took advantage of Kang Jianfei's rest time to have an exclusive interview.
Since its founding decades ago, the Hong Kong Business Daily has been a newspaper with a left-wing and neutral voice, and has always had a good relationship with the mainland.
If Sing Tao Daily is the only Hong Kong newspaper that can be sold in Taiwan, then Hong Kong Business Daily is the only newspaper that can be sold in the mainland, but it is currently only published in the Pearl River Delta, and the sales in the mainland are very small.
The Hong Kong Business Daily has a great influence in the Hong Kong business community. The red capitalist Ho Ying-tung must read the Hong Kong Business Daily every day. In addition, Kim Yong's "Blue Blood Sword", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and many martial arts novels by Liang Yusheng were first published in the Hong Kong Daily.
Whether it is to give face to the Celestial Government or to establish a good relationship with the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Kang Jianfei would not refuse the invitation from the party and happily accepted the exclusive interview with the Hong Kong Commercial Daily.
There is a small wooden pier on the beach in Tseung Kwan O. This was originally where residents of Tseung Kwan O took a boat to Hong Kong Island. It is now used by the crew of "Wong Fei-Hong" and has been repaired and reinforced as one of the filming locations.
"Huang Feihong" begins with a wonderful lion dance drama, and now the most powerful lion dancer in Hong Kong is in the Kang family class, which is Yu Yuanwen, nicknamed the immortal.
Some time ago, Yu Yuanwen was injured, so the lion dance scene at the beginning of the movie was not until now.
Yu Yuanwen and the martial artists from the Kang family class were still rehearsing. Kang Jianfei was invited by a reporter from the Hong Kong Business Daily and started an exclusive interview on the crew.
The reporter interviewing Kang Jianfei was a middle-aged man in his 40s. After discussing the interview outline, the reporter smiled and said, "Why should I call you Boss Kang or Director Kang?"
"You can call it whatever you want, those are just names." Kang Jianfei smiled.
"Everyone knows that you have many identities. You are the boss of the film and television group, a novelist with many book fans, an internationally renowned director, or a lyricist who creates many classic songs. Why did you suddenly remember to draw comics recently?"
"I have a new pictorial, and I am very interested in painting, so I just drew a few pictures."
"Are you just drawing a few pictures? Rapture is very popular now, especially young people like it very much. Many teachers say that students are painting Rapture in class."
"It seems that there must be teachers and parents who hate me."
"It's not a pity, but some people don't like your comic style."
"My comics are not US dollars, so I won't force everyone to like them."
"Mr. Kang has always spoken with humor?"
"The crew doesn't think so."
"Yes, I heard people say you are a tyrant in the crew and often get angry and scold people."
"I used to curse people, but now I don't scold them anymore."
“Is it a change in the way of working?”
"No, I was very young when I first debuted, and almost everyone in the crew was older than me. It would be difficult for you to calm down if you were not fierce."
"What about now?"
"It's different now. The company boss and director have a dual identity. When I frowned, they were nervous and nervous. I didn't need to swear anymore."
"It seems that Director Kang has a high prestige in the crew."
"It's okay, it's difficult for the director to film a movie without prestige."
"Now that this movie "Wang Feihong" is filmed, can Mr. Kang predict its Hong Kong box office?"
"It's more than 25 million, and I can't tell if I can get 30 million."
"Since your "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", a group of movies called Xinxin Martial Arts have appeared in Hong Kong, but they have all been destroyed in a flash. Some people say that nowadays, martial arts movies have declined. Mr. Kang, why do you want to make a martial arts movie?"
"Because with current technology, it is expensive to shoot new martial arts films, so it is difficult for small companies to do well, and large companies do not want to take risks to shoot, so new martial arts will be short-lived. As for why I chose to shoot "Huang Feihong", it was because I wanted to promote Li Lianjie and Guan Zhilin. They have the potential to become top movie stars, but in recent years, due to various reasons, my movie was actually specially planned for them."
"Dreamworks now has four pillars: Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong. Zhang Guorong is also very talented in acting. Why not continue to shoot nonsensical comedy and praise Stephen Chow, or film hero films to support Zhou Runfa?"
"This is about the company's artist promotion plan. I'm not careful. DreamWorks' plan is to create four men, four women and eight emperor superstars, namely the "Four Heavenly Kings" and the "Four Heavenly Queens" plan."
"It seems that DreamWorks' strategic plan is very clear. Can you reveal more? For example, in addition to Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Runfa, and Zhou Xingchi who are now preparing to promote, who is the last one? Ti Long also signed a film and television contract with DreamWorks for several years last year. Is he one of the four kings in the future?"
"In terms of Di Long's acting skills and fame, he is enough to be a king of heaven, but he is a little older, so the four kings have other people."
"Can you reveal who it is?"
"Keep confidential for the time being."
"It seems that the last of the four queens is also confidential."
"That's true, we can change the topic. You are a reporter from the Hong Kong Business Daily. If you ask these entertainment topics, you will become entertainment tabloids."
"Then let me ask you something about business. Mr. Kang, you filmed "Home Imperial" in Hollywood and invested in "Terminator". The global box office of these two movies was over 100 million US dollars. From this point of view, Mr. Kang, your business vision in Hollywood is already so accurate. Why don't you continue to enter Hollywood?"
"First of all, Hollywood is not that easy to make a name for itself. Apart from Bruce Lee, European and American audiences have no impression of Asian directors and actors. So what if Japan's Akira Kurosawa won the Oscars? His movies can only be sold for two or three million US dollars in the United States. Shaw Brothers' entry into Hollywood has long been declared a failure. After Bruce Lee's death, Jiahe won and lost in Hollywood. I don't have other advantages, but I still have self-knowledge, so every time I invest in a movie in Hollywood, I have carefully considered it. Moreover, Hong Kong's local port and Asian market are the bases of DreamWorks. How can I talk about expansion if the foundation is not stable?"
"Mr. Kang means, is the main development strategy of DreamWorks in the future or the stability of the Asian market?"
"Yes, consolidate the Asian market and then focus on Europe and the United States."
"You won't invest in Hollywood movies again in recent years?"
"Of course it is impossible not to participate at all. Now there is a movie I have participated in investing in. It is expected that this Christmas will be released in North America."
"Can you reveal more information?"
“The budget for this movie is $31 million, and I invested 11 million in it.”
"It seems like a big cast. Are you sure to recover your investment?"
“I have a lot of confidence in my vision.”
"I think all Hong Kong people are very curious, why do you make money in every business, Mr. Kang, and I miss you so much that you have never lost money. All of this is due to your business vision?"
"Maybe it is."
"Can you ask, where your business vision comes from, and what do you judge whether an investment is only profitable or loss?"
"Just use your brain more."
"for example……"
"For example, when the Sino-British negotiations were deadlocked, many people lost confidence in Hong Kong's future, causing major economic fluctuations in Hong Kong. In fact, from the perspective of the international situation and the mainland's reform and opening-up policies, we know that this worry is completely redundant. Neither the mainland nor the Hong Kong government can ignore the long-term downturn in Hong Kong's economy. That is to say, both parties to this negotiation will control the time, and the results will be achieved in three years or five years, and the negotiations will inevitably be a victory for China."
"So when others sell out, do you take the opportunity to buy the bottom and buy land and houses?"
"Yes, I'm just repeating Li Ka-shing's behavior back then. And many people can see the situation clearly, but unfortunately their assets have been trapped in the real estate market and the stock market turmoil, and even the capital chain has broken down and gone bankrupt. These people can't help but want to settle land and buildings. The place where I'm better than them is just a little spare money."
Chapter completed!