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848 [Spring Tea Party]

"Please inside Mr. Wu." The waitress wearing a bright red cheongsam led Wu Yusen to an outside of a private room, pushed open the door and smiled gently.

"Thank you." Wu Yusen took out 100 yuan to hand it to the waitress.

Stepping into the private room, Wu Yusen seemed to have arrived in another time and space, and the antique decoration was like returning to the ancient times.

Wu Yusenchun carefully looked at the decorations in the room from the perspective of a director, and finally focused her eyes on the main owner.

Kang Jianfei stood up from the recliner and smiled and said, "Director Wu, please sit down."

Wu Yusen sat down in confusion, took a sip of tea and said, "Jurassic Park is a hot sale worldwide, and you haven't had time to congratulate Mr. Kang."

"Haha, it's easy to say," Kang Jianfei smiled and accepted Wu Yusen's congratulations. "I heard that Director Wu's "The Detective" sold well in the United States."

Wu Yusen said modestly: "It's still a benefit from Mr. Kang's glory."

Wu Yusen's words are not polite. His "The Detective" can be accepted by European and American audiences for three reasons: First, his film style is unique and in line with the tastes of Westerners; second, Kang Jianfei's movies have been continuously listed in Europe and the United States in recent years, which has cultivated a group of Western audiences who love to watch Hong Kong movies; third, Zhang Jiazhen's contribution was that Zhang Jiazhen used to work in the distribution department of DreamWorks and took the opportunity to meet many European and American film manufacturers, and he sold "The Detective".

The two chatted for a few words ▲,w∽ww. This year's New Year holiday, Kang Jianfei asked: "Director Wu seems to have not started a show for more than half a year. Do you have any plans to make a new film?"

Wu Yusen's original intention was to go to the United States with Zhang Jiazhen to open a film company, but Kang Jianfei asked this. He thought Kang Jianfei wanted to ask him to direct a Hong Kong film, but he didn't know how to answer. After hesitating for a few seconds, Wu Yusen tentatively said: "What are you going to teach me about Mr. Kang?"

Kang Jianfei didn't need to go around him. He said directly: "I have a story here, and I want to ask Director Wu to take it out."

Wu Yusen thought it was true, but he asked curiously: "Why didn't Mr. Kang shoot himself? Or did he find a director from DreamWorks to shoot?"

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I think your directorial style is more suitable."

Wu Yusen asked: "Jianghu film or gun battle film?"

Kang Jianfei said: "Agents, gunfights, science fiction, the story takes place in the United States."

"Can I know a little about the plot first?" Wu Yusen's eyes lit up. He thought Kang Jianfei asked him to shoot Hong Kong Jianghu films. This type of film had been filmed a long time ago, so Wu Yusen naturally didn't have much interest. But he didn't expect it to be a special agent gun battle movie that took place in the United States.

Kang Jianfei said: "Arthur Zhou is a senior Chinese F-command agent. When he was assassinating Zhou, he accidentally killed Zhou's son by mistake. Several years later, Zhou finally caught the terrorist Case through informant information... In order to find out the bomb security location, Zhou's chief decided to exchange Zhou and the terrorist Case's appearance through high-tech plastic surgery technology. He tricked Case's younger brother to tell the inside story... After learning the truth, the cunning Case used tricks to kill the plastic surgeon and F-command agent who knew the inside story..."

Kang Jianfei is talking about the story summary of "Face Change" ("Two Heroes of Face"), but F forced Agent to become a Chinese.

Wu Yusen was very excited when he heard this because this story is not just about fighting and killing, but the most interesting thing is the relationship and conflicts they face after the two protagonists of righteousness and evil change their identities.

"There is no script for this film yet. I hope you can create the script with the screenwriter of DreamWorks. I will review the script in person." Kang Jianfei continued, "As for the casting issue, the Chinese agent asked Zhou Run to play, the actor of the terrorist Case, I think Nicholas Cage is good. Zhou's wife, you can just find a Hong Kong actress yourself, but Zhou's daughter is better for Japanese actresses to play, as this can be considered as taking care of the Japanese market..."

For a director, he naturally hates investors to point fingers on casting, but Wu Yusen has no room for rejection, so he can only choose to believe Kang Jianfei's vision.

Wu Yusen's plan to enter the United States can only be put aside first. He has to prepare the script of "Face Change" before he can go to the United States to film.

As for the production of this drama, Kang Jianfei has decided to jointly invest by Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Film Company (USA) and Paramount Pictures, with the investment ratio of the three parties being 5:1:4.

...

More than half a month later.

DreamWorks' big cast "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was released in advance, and the artist was directed by Luo Qirui and starring Zhou Runfa.

What is ridiculous is that the highly anticipated "The Legend of the World" sold only 18.02 million yuan in box office, but the unpopular "I Love Twist Craft" emerged. The Lantern Festival has passed, and the box office of "City Hunter" and "Flower Fields" has begun to weaken, while the box office of "I Love Twist Craft" has reached 10.6 million yuan in the first week.

Zhou Runfa was complaining before, saying that in recent years, the movies he starred in rarely had a box office of more than 30 million, but with the first week of "I Love Twist Chai", the box office of 30 million is only a matter of time.

In any case, "I Love Twisted Chai" has regained the face lost in the New Year holiday for DreamWorks. Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, the couple once again showed the strength of their literary and artistic directors.

As time came soon, Kang Jianfei did not join in the fun at the Oscars, but he had to participate in Chun Ming from the Hong Kong Directors Association.

To put it bluntly, the so-called spring tea party is a Spring Festival tea party. Directors in the circle sit together to drink tea, chat, celebrate the New Year, and look back on the past and look forward to the future.

To be honest, the box office of Hong Kong films in the spring this year is a bit bad, down nearly 10 percentage points from the same period last year. The more intuitive data is that from January to March, the number of movies with a box office of 10 million, 20 million, and more than 30 million is much smaller than last year.

No one knows why, the Hong Kong stock market has set new highs, and citizens' wages and movie ticket prices are rising, but the overall box office of movies is declining.

Perhaps this year is a bad year. On the first day of New Year's Day, Lan Kwai Fong suffered a stampede due to celebrating the New Year, resulting in a tragedy of 21 deaths and 62 deaths, which put a shadow on 1993.

In fact, the reason for the decline in the overall box office data of Hong Kong films is very simple, that is, shoddy production and serious follow-up, which greatly affects the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.

Directors Association Building.

More than 100 people came in the auditorium one after another, all of which were film and television directors. At the suggestion of Kang Jianfei, the Hong Kong Film Directors Association successfully changed to the Hong Kong Directors Association and included the TV directors in this organization.

As the manager of the production department of DreamWorks, Chen Xunqi has not directed a movie himself for several years. He is more involved in filming as a producer, but this time, Chun Ming, the directors association, still invited him.

As soon as Chen Xunqi entered the venue, the directors left the seat and shook hands with him. The young directors tried harder to curry favor with him, hoping to establish a relationship with Chen Xunqi.

Liu Zhenwei shaved his head and shouted at Chen Xunqi: "Brother Qi, here!"

Chen Xunqi walked over with a smile and asked, "Where is Awei, why didn't he come?"

Wong Kar-wai initially mingled with Chen Xunqi and worked as a screenwriter under Chen Xunqi. Liu Zhenwei and they had good personal relationships.

Liu Zhenwei smiled and said, "He, he went to Taipei again to ask Cai Songlin for money."

Chen Xunqi asked in surprise: "A Wei is shooting a film for scholars?"

Liu Zhenwei said: "The Legend of Ah Fei made Boss Deng so angry that he went to the hospital. Who in Hong Kong dares to invite him to film? Only Taiwanese film merchants are stupid and have more money."

"What was the photo taken this time?" Chen Xunqi asked.

Liu Zhenwei said: "The adaptation of Mr. Cha's novel is called "East Evil and Western Poisons".

Chen Xunqi nodded and said, "The box office of new martial arts films has been pretty good in recent years. A Wei can shoot martial arts films steadily, which is a way out."

Liu Zhenwei thought to himself: It’s a big deal. That bad guy went to the mainland for half a year to shoot a martial arts film. The early budget has been spent. It’s still a long way to go to the end of the movie. Who knows when the year "East Evil and West Poison" can be filmed? Taiwanese guys were cheated this time.

In an era when the average production cycle of Hong Kong films was only one month, it took Wong Kar-wai two years to film "East Evil and West Poison". In the end, the movie was released and fell on Mars. He could not escape the reputation of "King of the Pit King".

The two were talking about Wong Kar-wai's new film, and suddenly someone came in at the door. Everyone turned around and saw that Cheng Long and Wang Jing were coming side by side.

"I tell you, the girls from Hongye Club are great. But they usually don't make an announcement, so they have to make them happy before they follow you. Last time, Ali was still a top student at Hong Kong University. I think she was not studying at Hong Kong University, but Boda University, and she couldn't hold both hands..." Wang Jing said of his romantic deeds with a slight smile.

Cheng Long was having a lot of chatting with him outside, and as soon as he entered the venue, he got serious and coughed and said, "Let's go see each other next time."

"It's easy to say," Wang Jing took two steps forward, hugged Johnnie To and patted his shoulder, and smiled, "Long time no see Ah Feng, let's play cards together tonight."

Johnnie To also smiled and said, "Okay, call Adong and Anan."

Johnnie To took Wang Jing to greet Huang Baiming, Gao Zhisen, Lin Lingdong and others, while Cheng Long went to sit with Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and others.

Hong Jinbao was really embarrassed to see Cheng Long. Cheng Long has been doing more and more in recent years, but he has been on the decline. Whether it is the films he directed, starred or produced, there are few that can rank among the top ten of the annual box office list.

As for Lin Zhengying, it is even worse. Since zombie films have been filmed badly, it is difficult for the films starring Lin Zhengying to sell well for the box office, and even Taiwanese investors do not want to pay for him to make movies.

Cheng Long and Yuan Biao were chatting enthusiastically, and Hong Jinbao responded without saying a word. He was really not in the mood to chat with Cheng Long.

Suddenly, another abnormal movement occurred at the door, and a large group of directors surrounded the door, and greetings came from time to time:

"Hello boss!"

"Mr. Kang."

"Hello, Director Kang, I am..."
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