"Mr. Kang, long time no see!" Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping suddenly came over. He was with him Wang Yu, who was as famous as Bruce Lee in the early 1970s.

Although Wang Yu became famous in Hong Kong, he has been in Taiwan for most of his years. Zhang Che and Wang Yu both attended the 10th anniversary of the Academy Awards.

"Hello!" Kang Jianfei shook hands with Zhu Yanping. His subordinate Yu Kanping has established a branch in Taiwan. Zhu Yanping has also made several commercial films for DreamWorks Taiwan Branch in the past two years. Although he did not make much money, he also made a profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

To simply describe Zhu Yanping, that is, "Taiwan's Wang Jing". You are willing to pay for it. He can shoot any kind of film, and it is quite popular. He can shoot the touching family-related art film "The Love of Grandparents and Grandchildren", follow Zhou Xingchi's "Fasy School" and "Fasy School Story", find Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen shoots the funny "Oolong Courtyard", and can also shoot the prison dark action film "Fire Island", and even make a third-level film "Sword Slave" into the ancient dragon-style "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Zhu Yanping and Wang Yu came to Hong Kong this time, nominally invited by the Academy Awards Organizing Committee. In fact, they took the initiative to ask to come here to get familiar with each other.

Just last year, the big cast "The Island of Fire" produced by Wang Yu and directed by Zhu Yanping was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The film gathered a group of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars such as Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Ke Junxiong, and Wang Yu. This film was directed by Cai Songlin, the owner of the Scholar Company, and was shot by the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan (mainly Taiwanese capital). The main goal is to invest in the North American market and to make a vote in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Jiahe has special requirements for Cheng Long, that is, Cheng Long cannot die in the movie, but in order to once again impact the Hollywood market, Cheng Long presented his screen virgin death in "The Island of Fire".

Unfortunately, the movie is too dark and has some loopholes in the plot, which has led to its Asian box office being unsatisfactory, and the United States has not even been released.

Although director Zhu Yanping took the blame for the box office failure, "The Island of Fire" still made some money, mainly because the cost of hiring a large number of stars is too high.

After Kang Jianfei and Zhu Yanping reminisced about the past, Wang Yu said, "Mr. Kang, I have long admired him!"

"Hello!" Kang Jianfei replied indifferently. He was not interested in Wang Yu. Zhu Yanping could at least help his Taiwanese branch make movies, but Wang Yu could not bring him any benefits.

If there is really something to do, Kang Jianfei wants to get along with Wang Yu's daughter, who will be the most popular singer Wang Xinping in the next few years.

Wang Yu came with a purpose. Although Kang Jianfei obviously showed a cold attitude, Wang Yu started chatting with him familiarly, and then asked, "When will Mr. Kang's "The World of Truman" be released in Taiwan?"

Kang Jianfei said perfunctorily: "I'm not very clear, the publisher and China Cinema Line are making arrangements."

Wang Yu said: "Actually, I have several cinemas in Taiwan. If possible, I hope to cooperate with DreamWorks."

Kang Jianfei also heard about Wang Yu’s actions in Taiwan. After he failed to invest in a movie, he switched to a film business. In order to obtain the right to distribute movies in some regions, Wang Yu used his relationship with the Taiwan gang and used despicable means to threaten his peers, making no one dared to compete with him.

Of course, Wang Yu only dared to intimidate some small film dealers, and none of the eight major film dealers in Taiwan dared to move.

The so-called cinema in Wang Yu's hands is actually only equivalent to those retail cinema chains in Hong Kong, and are all composed of scattered small cinema franchises. Due to the location and infrastructure, these small cinema chains have no ability to screen newly launched blockbusters. The expensive copies alone will not be able to afford them. They can only wait for the blockbuster box office boom to decline and rent copies at low prices for two or three rounds of screenings.

The box office earned by the second and third rounds of screening in the small theaters is optional for Kang Jianfei. He said: "If Mr. Wang is interested in the second round of screening rights of "Trumen's World", he can directly contact the office of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company in Taiwan."

Wang Yu is also a person with a bad temper. Kang Jianfei's cold attitude from beginning to end made him quite annoyed. He suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "Actually, I have two or three better theaters in my hand. I wonder if I can get a few copies of "Trumen's World" in the first round of screening."

Kang Jianfei said regretfully: "I'm so sorry, DreamWorks' movies are exclusively represented by China Cinemas in Taiwan."

Wang Yu smiled sinisterly and said, "I heard that the Chinese theaters are not authentic. Last Christmas, DreamWorks films were down, and it was a Hollywood film that was shown."

Kang Jianfei narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Yu, and suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Wang is really interesting. Then I will make an exception to give you three copies of "The World of Truman" during this summer."

"Thank you, happy cooperation!" Wang Yu smiled happily, and the anger he had accumulated in front was instantly dispersed by the benefits he received.

If China Cinemas dare not give a good schedule for "Trumen's World", Kang Jianfei would let two or three good theaters in Wang Yu's hands be released in the summer, which would be a warning to China Film Company. This practice actually harms the interests of DreamWorks. In the end, Wang Yu must have benefited. Kang Jianfei and China Film Company both suffered losses, because when China Cinemas was released, "Trumen's World" was already pirated in Taiwan.

In a typical behavior that harms others and is unfavorable, Kang Jianfei just reminds China Film Company that if he doesn’t give a good schedule, I will change his partner. There are eight major film dealers and seven major theaters in Taiwan, and DreamWorks has more than one choice.

In fact, many people from China Film Company are willing to give DreamWorks a good schedule, especially the movies directed by Kang Jianfei, which represent box office profits as soon as they are released. The reason why DreamWorks is mainly due to the official instructions of Taiwan - the backgrounds of DreamWorks and Kang Jianfei are too red.

On the other hand, when facing the US government, the Taiwan authorities look like grandsons meet grandpa. Several major Hollywood film giants have conquered cities and implemented their marketing strategy of "global integration of the Hollywood film market" through trade negotiations by the US government. Under the pressure of the Taiwan authorities, Taiwan's theaters continue to compromise. Sometimes, even if Hong Kong films are more profitable, they will be released in good schedules.

One is the American grandfather and the other is the common dream factory. China Film Company naturally prefers Hollywood films when arranging schedules.

After Kang Jianfei expressed his dissatisfaction, some people in China Film Company were willing to continue to cooperate with him in order to achieve high box office profits. Because once Kang Jianfei changed his partner, it would be a big loss for China Cinemas.

Kang Jianfei had never thought about changing the cooperative theater chain, but it was mainly troublesome after the replacement. After all, other theater chains also had to act according to the government's expression.

In addition, several major theaters in Taiwan are extremely entangled with Hong Kong films. On the one hand, they want to release Hong Kong films to make money, but on the other hand, they think Hong Kong films are getting more and more expensive. Whether it is buying out or box office division, they are getting too excessive, so several major theaters have joined forces to boycott Hong Kong films.

In the original time and space, in two or three years, all film manufacturers in Taiwan will unite to use the killer weapon of "unified procurement". As long as they do not comply with the rules of the game of film manufacturers, even the Hong Kong films that make money will be deliberately excluded, and there is no chance of being released in Taiwanese cinemas - its essence is to implement a planned economy in the Taiwanese film market.

Hong Kong filmmakers naturally refused to lower the price of Hong Kong films, and Taiwanese filmmakers forced Hong Kong films to lower the price. The conflict between the two sides led to the loss of Hong Kong films' market advantages in Taiwan. Because the Hollywood giants are backed by the US government, neither the Taiwanese authorities nor the filmmakers dared to resist. The eight major Hollywood giants finally abandoned Taiwan's local filmmakers and theaters and directly built cinemas in Taiwan to release and release their own films. Taiwanese filmmakers and theater merchants died miserably in the end, and more than half of Taiwan's film market was occupied by Hollywood giants.

Therefore, the defeat of Hong Kong movies by Hollywood in the 1990s is not only the difference in the quality of the film, but also some reasons for the non-war failure. Asian countries and regions can boycott Hong Kong movies, but they dare not boycott Hollywood blockbusters too much because the US government supports it behind it.

Kang Jianfei had had a conversation with some Taiwanese filmmakers in his previous life, and he knew a little about this. After chatting with Wang Yu, Kang Jianfei suddenly had an idea: he could have Paramount Pictures come to Taiwan to build a cinema to distribute Paramount and DreamWorks films. The Taiwan authorities were afraid of the US government and would definitely not dare to intervene, and the local gangs in Taiwan were also afraid to attack the American industry.

However, Kang Jianfei's idea was hesitant and took the initiative to let Paramount build a cinema in Taiwan, which was tantamount to attracting wolves into the house. Taiwan is an important market for Hong Kong films. Kang Jianfei's approach is simply the end of the world for some Hong Kong film companies, and it will have a significant impact on DreamWorks.

wrong!

Kang Jianfei thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

Hollywood giants will invade in a few years and bring Paramount in early. Under the influence of the catfish effect, Hong Kong filmmakers may also recognize the reality, rather than dreaming in the prosperous Hong Kong film market.

Only by having pressure can we improve competitiveness!

Born in distress and dying from happiness, how did Taiwanese movies die completely?

In order to support Taiwanese local films, the Taiwan authorities have created a tutoring fund system. That is, Taiwanese directors and companies with good creative and good scripts can apply for government tutoring fund films. For the sake of face, the Taiwan authorities prefer to support directors making art films abroad to win awards.

As a result, good directors are rushing to make art films, because even if they can’t get a chance, they can still get government counseling funds, and if they win the award, they will win both fame and fortune.

In order to make money, Taiwanese commercial film investors dare not say that they are filming Taiwanese movies. They all play exports and domestic sales. They use Taiwanese funds and directors to invite Hong Kong actors to film, and only after they are labeled as SIPG movies, they dare to take them back to Taiwan for release.

In the end, Taiwan's film tutoring funds increased, but the production of Taiwanese films was getting smaller and smaller. In the end, no one made local commercial films, and they all went to make art films and Hong Kong films.

Until one day, Hong Kong films collapsed and art films were high and low. Looking around, there were all Hollywood blockbusters in Taiwan’s cinemas.

Kang Jianfei looked at Hou Hsiao-hsien, a famous Taiwanese art film director who was chatting and laughing with Hu Jinquan in the corner, and finally made up his mind to let Paramount invade the Taiwan market.

After all, Paramount also has shares, and Kang Jianfei can get a lot of benefits. Coupled with the power of DreamWorks, the two major film companies in the East and West can quickly occupy the market share of Taiwan's films.

Compared with this idea, the way Wang Yu used to stimulate China Film Company was simply a trick for children.

"Fei, you're ready to walk the red carpet." Sophie Marceau came to Kang Jianfei's side and interrupted his contemplation. (To be continued.)--5486+256447-->
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