1364 [Unexpected Force] Under
Wan Chai, Hong Kong—
Kang's Entertainment Company Set-
Kang Yonglian wore a baseball cap and a small suit, with his thumbs in his suit vest pocket, and patrolling the set.
Director Sha Jin Liangsha, who was promoted to director by Kang Yonglian, saw Kang Yonglian coming, and hurriedly sent him from the camera and said: "Young Master Kang, you are here!"
Kang Yonglian said "Oh" and then looked at the shooting scene-
The movie being filmed at this time was "Heroes of China", starring Hong Kong's popular young actor Ekin Cheng and Nicholas Tse.
As for the heroine, Kang Yonglian personally recommended the female star he knew "Wen Qingqing".
Wen Qingqing was originally a little star on the 18th tier, but she didn't know why she hooked up with this Second Young Master Kang, and suddenly flew to the branch and turned into a phoenix, becoming the heroine of this big drama.
The drama "Heroes of China" is adapted from a well-known Hong Kong comic and has a lot of audiences in Hong Kong. Even Kang Shao is a fan of this comic.
So after the establishment of Kang's Entertainment Company, Kang Yonglian spent a lot of money to get the adaptation rights of this comic and planned to film.
As a popular young actor, Ekin Cheng's acting skills are still a little worse than his popularity.
Not to mention Nicholas Tse, he has always been on the idol route. He used to be scolded while singing while holding a guitar, and he always had the same expression when acting, which was always cool.
However, the younger generation of Hong Kong movie fans are very fond of their style, so Kang Yonglian is clear about the plot that he will never have to worry about selling the film after the filming is successful.
At this moment, the set is filming the "Hua Yingxiong" played by Ekin Cheng is fighting against "Invincible" played by Wu Zhenyu.
Kang Yonglian took a few glances and lost interest. After all, watching people and filming are two different feelings.
The heroine Wen Qingqing was sitting next to her waiting for the show.
The weather was not too cold, but she was wearing a precious white mink coat and holding a warm ginseng tea in her hands.
She was not satisfied yet and kept scolding her little assistant, "What do you cook? You can't do something small! When did I say I want to drink ginseng tea? Why don't I buy coffee? Italian espresso, cappuccino, have you heard it clearly?"
The little assistant was afraid of being scolded, so he was timid and only knew how to nod.
Kang Yonglian walked over with a smile and said, "Qingqing, what's wrong?"
When Wen Qingqing saw that it was him, she quickly got up and acted coquettishly and said, "It's all her, she's so stupid. She can't do anything well!"
"Don't scold her anymore. I'll treat you to dinner when the filming is over!" Kang Yonglian was embarrassed to be too outspoken when he saw everyone present, otherwise he would have held this beauty in his arms.
Others around him also took the initiative to say hello when they saw Kang Yonglian-
"Hello, Mr. Kang!"
"Young Master Kang, you are here!"
Kang Yonglian nodded frequently and acted as a big shot.
At this time—
"Hello, Mr. Kang, I am a reporter from Hong Kong Entertainment Weekly! Can you please interview you?" A man stepped forward and asked on his own initiative.
Kang Yonglian glanced at the man vigilantly and frowned: "Entertainment Weekly reporters? I know many of them, who are you?"
"Oh, I'm new here, I've just entered the industry soon!" The male reporter took out a reporter's certificate to show Kang Yonglian.
Kang Yonglian took a look and said: "Reporter, Cai Guofu."
"So it's reporter Cai. What do you want to ask?"
"Oh, I want to give you an exclusive interview to this new drama you invested in."
When he heard it was an exclusive interview and another interview with the movie he invested in, Kang Yonglian smiled proudly, "It's easy to say! Actually, I respect you reporters very much, and I have always been aware of your questions."
Kang Yonglian knew that this was a rare opportunity to promote the movie, so he would not let it go, so he found a place to sit down and talked to the reporter Cai Guofu.
Now Kang Yonglian is a well-known figure no matter how he says he has experienced many big scenes, so he can handle such interviews with ease.
During the interview, Kang Yonglian was very knowledgeable from the filming of "The Heroes of China" to the future release of this drama.
Reporter Cai: "What do you think about the future box office of this movie?"
Kang Yonglian laughed: "Of course I am optimistic! You must know that the quality of the movies produced by our Kang's Entertainment must be excellent."
After a pause, he said: "If Shaw Brothers' products were good in the past, then now our Kang family products must be treasures!"
Reporter Cai: "But it seems that the competition for the same period is very large this time, especially the Phantom Entertainment's big movie "Infernal Affairs" will be released soon. Will it crash at that time?"
"Crash? Then it depends on who is Ferrari and who is Bentley!" Kang Yonglian laughed.
Reporter Cai suddenly changed the topic, "It seems that Mr. Cai is full of confidence in the future box office. Is this related to Kang's Entertainment's upcoming acquisition of Princess Golden Pictures and thus owning the largest Princess Golden Cinema in Hong Kong?"
Kang Yonglian was stunned for a moment. This was a business secret. Who leaked it?
Without waiting for Kang Yonglian to answer, reporter Cai continued: "For Kang, is it the biggest advantage to create box office results as long as he wins the Golden Princess Cinema?"
The implication is that movies of this era must be released in cinemas, and only by theaters can you make money.
So, what about Phantom Entertainment?
If you lose such a huge amount of support from theaters and release new films at the same time, why don’t you fail?!
Kang Yonglian didn't expect that reporter Cai suddenly raised such a topic and became excited and said, "It can be said that! After all, only Kang, the only one in Hong Kong, who is able to acquire a large-scale entertainment company like Princess Golden Pictures, can revitalize it!" His words were full of confidence, and he was full of arrogance.
Seeing Kang Yonglian answering this, reporter Cai recorded his words in great detail without missing a single punctuation mark.
...
Day 2-
The famous reporter Cai Guofu, who interviewed Kang Yonglian, published the content of yesterday's interview as "exclusive news" on the front page of "Entertainment Weekly".
Immediately afterwards, various news reports came out one after another.
"Kang Entertainment will surely win Princess Golden Pictures!"
"There is no competition for Quanxiang, Princess Jin can only sell Kang's at a low price!"
"No one acquires Princess Jin except Kang; no one can revitalize Jin Cinema except Kang!"
Then, the news began to change -
"Princess Golden Pictures kneels down and begs Kang to save him!"
"Princess Golden Cinemas begged Kang to acquire it!"
"Princess Jin has no way to go, only Kang can save it!"
...
As soon as this news comes out-
He immediately poked the hornet's nest.
Originally, he had almost negotiated with Kang Zuyao to sell Princess Golden Pictures, including its theater chains, to Kang's Hong Kong entertainment tycoon, who was furious.
"It's outrageous! Do you really think I, Lei Juekun, can only sell my baby?"
Who doesn’t know that when Lei Juekun ran Princess Film, he was a big shot in the Hong Kong film industry. Even Jiahe and Shaw Brothers had to look at his expression at that time.
Because he, Big Boss Lei, controls the most cinema chains in Hong Kong—
If you want your drama to be performed, it must be my permission!
And with my permission, it can only be released in my theaters!
However, in recent years, Big Boss Lei has become old. In addition, after Hong Kong's return, he is not optimistic about Hong Kong's film industry, and then another unprecedented financial storm occurred.
Many of the companies under Mr. Lei were hit hard. He really needed capital turnover, so he reluctantly gave up and wanted to sell the Jin Princess Pictures, which had a serious loss.
Originally, Boss Lei didn't want to sell it to Kang's Group, after all, Kang Zuyao's reputation was not very good.
Basically, many Hong Kong people look down on the Kang family’s actions in Hong Kong. In addition, this time, the Kang family relies on the Hong Kong financial crisis to make a fortune in the national crisis, which makes people even more despise.
However, Kang Zuyao visited several times and said all the good things, then he told Lei Juekun that he planned to sell Princess Jin Film to Kang instead of the Long Family Enterprise that competes with him.
The main reason why Lei Juekun chose to sell it to Kang instead of the Long Family Enterprise represented by Long Jianfei is that the Long Family Enterprise comes from the mainland.
Boss Lei Jue Kun Lei is a very nostalgic person. For him, he is still thinking about resurrecting Princess Pictures in the future; and he firmly believes that only Hong Kong people understand Hong Kong movies and can continue to operate after acquiring this film industry.
He has always had prejudice about Long's companies from mainland China, believing that Long Jianfei does not understand movies and completely wants to package Princess Golden Pictures and then re-list and make money.
But now-
Lei Juekun has no choice.
The news produced by Kang really trampled on his self-esteem.
But he was a little unwilling to accept it when he turned his face to sell it to the Long Company.
Just then—
Lei Juekun received a call—
A cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone: "Boss Lei, I am Song Zhichao!"
Chapter completed!