For Hong Kong people who are following the movie, this Spring Festival is very lively.

"God of Cookery", "Ouchi Spy Zero-Legend", "Big Three Yuan", "Police Story 4" and "King Kong of Fire" fought on the same stage, and there was no room for those movies to survive in small-cost movies.

In the end, Cheng Long was more powerful, surpassing Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Guorong and Zhou Runfa. The Hong Kong box office of "Police Story 4" won 57.5 million.

However, Zhou Xingchi won by number. His "God of Cookery" and "Onei Scepter Zero" were released at the same time, winning 40.8 million and 36 million respectively, replacing the sluggish results of Zhou's comedy last year and reproving his strong box office appeal.

For industry insiders, they are more concerned about the news about the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition. Especially those small and medium-sized companies, if they want to sell their films overseas, they either seek help from large companies agents (often cheated), or run around the world with copies. In the past, Taiwanese film companies would buy videos of popular stars, but they have not been able to do so in the past two years.

Once the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition is held, even if you don’t get the exhibition ticket, you may be lucky if you set up a stall outside the venue. What if you are attracted by international film dealers!

For large companies such as DreamWorks and Jiahe, what they value more is the strategic development significance brought about by the growth of Hong Kong film influence after the international film and television exhibition. Even Jiahe, which is crazy about filming and making money, is extremely positive about this, because the markets of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong are shrinking, and they hope that their films can be accepted by international film manufacturers (especially Europe and the United States).

Shao Yifu is much calmer. His Shaw Brothers has long stopped production in the metropolis, and only occasionally comes out to shoot one or two movies to make his presence felt. He also wants to enhance the influence of Hong Kong-made TV series through international film and television exhibitions and sell the series to more regions.

After preliminary negotiations, Kang Jianfei made compromises and concessions. Later, the broadcasting rights for the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition Awards Ceremony were obtained in turn with Phoenix Station, and the first broadcasting rights were given to.

The Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition is initially scheduled to be held in March every year, that is, after the end of the Hong Kong Film Awards. The two do not conflict, but can promote each other. One is based on Hong Kong films, and the other is aimed at the world. Especially those films that won the Film Awards can also be sold at a better price when selling films at the Film Festival.

All these are easy to say. What Kang Jianfei’s most depressed is that many of his Hong Kong colleagues are too short-sighted.

Including Zou Wenhuai, most Hong Kong filmmakers believed that when planning the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition, they believed that the exhibition works should be based on Hong Kong films, and at most some Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese films were added to exclude European and American films.

This is because you are afraid that European and American movies will be overwhelming, but the question is, if you exclude others, will others still pay attention to this film and television exhibition?

Only by giving benefits can European and American filmmakers be attracted to participate. Many people understand this principle, but it is a selective ignorance. They only want to seize short-term interests.

You said that in ten years, the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition will be built into the world's leading film and television event? Haha, I don't know what Hong Kong will look like in ten years, so I won't think about it.

This mentality is actually very normal. Capital is profit-seeking. How can ordinary filmmakers and investors consider this long-term? This should be what the government should do.

But the problem is that there is no Film Development Bureau in Hong Kong today, and no one can make long-term plans for Hong Kong films!

Kang Jianfei thinks he should stand up. He really hopes to build the Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition into the most influential film festival in Asia. Instead of 20 years later, when people mention Asian film festivals, they can only think of the Japanese Tokyo Film and Television Exhibition and the South Korean Busan Film and Television Exhibition, and completely forget the existence of the Hong Kong Film and Television Exhibition.

After making many statements without success, Kang Jianfei finally slapped the table. He said with a tough attitude that if everyone still insists on their own opinions and only cares about immediate interests, DreamWorks will withdraw from the film exhibition, and celebrities under Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company are not allowed to attend the exhibition.

As soon as this said, everyone was confused.

Without DreamWorks and without popular stars, it would be a big deal for Hong Kong film and television exhibitions. Not to mention that European and American filmmakers would not pay attention to it, even local Hong Kong movie fans would not look down on it.

There was no way, so everyone could only sit down and discuss and expand the amount of non-Chinese films. In addition, Kang Jianfei also set up a special fund to support young directors around the world. Although the money is not much, it can attract countless filmmakers who are not talented.

Film company bosses and investors naturally disdain Kang Jianfei's approach. However, most of the conscientious, visionary and aspiring peers have a supportive attitude, and Kang Jianfei's prestige in the industry has risen to an outrageous level.

How to say it?

They have regarded Kang Jianfei as a well-deserved leader in the Hong Kong film industry.

During this period, Kang Jianfei's phone kept ringing every day. Many directors including Cheng Long, Zhou Xingchi, Er Dongsheng, Ann Hui, Xu Ke, Johnnie To, and Lin Lingdong all expressed their support for Kang Jianfei.

Many organizations such as the Hong Kong Film Awards Preparatory Committee, the Hong Kong Directors Association, the Hong Kong Film Critics Association, and the "Movie Biweekly" have also participated one after another to discuss and discuss various details of the film and television exhibition.

The most mainstream opinion is to imitate the three major European film festivals and set up various competition and non-contest units to take into account the commerciality and artistic nature of the film, among which artistic nature is more important.

The owners of the film company headed by Zou Wenhuai have the opposite opinions, believing that the Hong Kong Film Festival should focus on commercial and do whatever they want, but the competition unit must be kept for commercial blockbusters.

The two sides were quarreling and could not reach a consensus at all. This could only delay time and slowly.

If Kang Jianfei had not participated, the dispute would have been won by the film company bosses, after all, capital is the most powerful one.

The whole month of March passed in a quarrel, and even the attention of this year's Academy Awards dropped a lot.

Kang Jianfei's "Resident Evil" has gained a lot, winning four technical awards: Best Styling Design, Best Visual Effect, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Music.

The real big winner is Ann Hui. "Woman Forty" not only won a Silver Bear Trophy from Berlin, but also won six awards in one fell swoop, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, almost swept this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.

By the way, this movie "Woman Forty" was also produced by DreamWorks. It not only has a great reputation, but also has a very good box office, which can be said to be both fame and fortune.
Chapter completed!