In early August, "Once Upon a Time in the Clouds" landed in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Following the big box office sales in Hong Kong, it set off a box office boom in Nanyang. (starter)

For audiences in the Nanyang region, Hong Kong films in recent years are synonymous with good films. For the local academies, DreamWorks' factory logo and Kang Jianfei's name mean that they have cramps when they count the money.

Due to the Cold War and ideological confrontation, countries in the Southeast Asian countries set off a wave of * * * in the 1960s. During this boom, not only were most Chinese schools in Nanyang forced to close, but also films, literature, phonetics and comics in Chinese were expelled from the Nanyang market at that time.

Singapore has always been a vicious dog raised by the United States in Southeast Asia, and it is the pioneer in Asia in the 21st century. However, in the 1980s, China, the United States and Japan were both in the honeymoon period, so the Southeast Asian countries also had excellent relations with China, especially Singapore and Thailand. Affected by this political environment, Hong Kong films can be released unimpeded in other countries except Vietnam and Khmer.

"Shaolin Temple" is the highest-grossing film in Singapore history, so Li Lianjie is as famous locally as Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia. "Once Upon a Time" has the star effect of Li Lianjie and the aura of director Kang Jianfei. On the day it opened in Singapore, it won a box office of 80,000 US dollars.

The first-day box office of US$60,000 is pitifully small, but compared to Singapore's poor population base, this is already a remarkable achievement, only a little less than when "Shaolin Temple" was released.

Thailand is even more popular, and even the second and third princesses of the Thai royal family personally participated in the Thailand premiere of "Once Upon a Time", and invited Li Lianjie and Guan Zhilin to the palace for a banquet in Thailand. (This kind of thing is often done by the Thai royal family. Pan Yingzi ran to dance for the Thai king. Lin Qingxia, Cheng Long, Qin Xianglin and others also ate at the Thai royal palace. The second Thai princess just came back from the mainland. The book is called "Visit the Dragon's Land".)

As the two princesses appeared at the Thailand premiere of "Once Upon a Time", the majority of Thai people followed the trend and entered the theater. The film's first-day box office in Thailand was as high as 110,000 US dollars, setting a new first-day box office record for Chinese-language films in Thailand. .

Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, followed by the Philippines, Indonesia... Even Brunei, which achieved independence only last year, "Once Upon a Time" has become a hit at the box office in Southeast Asian countries.

have to say. Martial arts and kung fu movies are extremely popular in Southeast Asia, and there are countless potential movie fans. In the past few years, kung fu and martial arts films were sluggish, because the Nanyang audience was tired of aesthetics, but once kung fu and martial arts films are filmed, they can get sky-high box office in these areas.

The so-called anti-sky does not mean that a country can have millions of dollars in the account. These Southeast Asian countries are either too poor or too small, and a box office of $1 million is enough to open champagne to celebrate. But there are so many countries that can't stand, here are hundreds of thousands of dollars. There are millions of dollars there, and the total is at least five or six million dollars at the box office. Converted to Hong Kong dollars, it is also nearly 50 million. Therefore, Nanyang is the largest box office for Hong Kong films.

Coupled with the sporadic box office in Macau, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and other regions, even if the Taiwan authorities block "Once Upon a Time", the world can easily exceed 100 million (Hong Kong dollars).

Today Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group's records, movies, TV series and other products. All are operated by the split-off Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. According to the prediction of the Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company, the global box office of "Once Upon a Time" is likely to reach 150 million, and if it sells well in Europe and the United States. There is even hope that the box office will exceed 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

With such impressive box office figures, it doesn't mean that "Once Upon a Time" is fantastic. It is only a necessary factor that the film is well shot. The success of the box office also benefits from the company's years of distribution channel training, and the personal brand effect of DreamWorks and Kang Jianfei.

Singapore's "Lianhe Wanbao" said: "As a director, Kang Jianfei's influence in Asia has reached a new height, and he enjoys the highest treatment from academies. Singapore's Cathay Pacific Cinemas and Shaw Cinemas, which have been in fierce competition for decades, only need When the film directed by Kang Jianfei is released, the two theater companies will put aside their grievances and jointly promote and show it."

Since Kang Jianfei was filming for his own company, he didn't get much director compensation. Therefore, the shooting cost of "Once Upon a Time" is only about 9 million yuan. Based on the global box office of 150 million yuan, DreamWorks has already made a profit.

Although the film has just been released in Nanyang. However, its hot selling momentum has made countless Hong Kong counterparts jealous, and it has also stimulated the gold owners of Nanyang to invest in Hong Kong films.

In the past, there were no funds or theater chains in Hong Kong, and there were only talented directors. Now many people have received investment from Nanyang and Taiwanese businessmen, and they are ready to work hard one by one.

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When "Once Upon a Time in the Clouds" was popular in Southeast Asia, Phoenix TV also ushered in the second Miss Oriental beauty pageant.

This year's Miss Oriental final was postponed by a full month compared to last year, which was the result of the coordination between Phoenix and TVB.

The Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant has been held for many years and has gradually become a city cultural card of Hong Kong. Last year, the competition between Miss Hong Kong and Miss Dong was too fierce. At the beginning of Miss Dongfang last year, it was understandable to attract attention. If this vicious competition continues this year, it will not benefit both parties.

If the finals are held in a staggered manner, the ratings of both sides may reach 60%, or even more than 70%. And if the finals are held on the same day, it is absolutely impossible for their respective ratings to exceed 50%.

With a viewing rate of 70% and a viewing rate of 50%, the advertising fees charged by TV stations are not at the same level. Since each step back can get a high advertising fee, why do you need to fight to the death?

Whether it is Kang Jianfei, Huang Xizhao or Zhong Jinghui, they all know that no matter how well Miss Dongfang is held, it is impossible to completely defeat Miss Hong Kong. Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua were also frightened by the endless new tricks emerging from Phoenix, so the two sides hit it off and finally decided to stagger each other's finals by more than a month.

During the negotiation, both sides rushed to hold the final first, but in the end they had no choice but to draw lots. As a result, Zhong Jinghui estimated that he did not wash his hands when he went to the toilet. Unfortunately, it was drawn to the holding time at the end of August.

And as early as July, the 13th Miss Hong Kong final has come to an end. In another time and space, this year's Miss Hong Kong champion is Xie Xie, but Xie Xie has already been taken over by Kang Jianfei as her little lover, and this time the champion of Miss Hong Kong has become Wang Ailun.

If you take it out alone, Wang Ailun is still quite beautiful and moving. But people are more dead than people, and goods are compared. When the last Hong Kong sister champion Gao Lihong came to the stage to present the award to Wang Ailun. Gao Lihong's popularity directly crushed this year's Hong Kong sister's championship, runner-up and third runner-up, and it instantly seemed that this year's Hong Kong sister was not up to the grade.

After the beauty pageant finals, some media in Hong Kong, while touting Gao Lihong, frantically complained and satirized that this year's Hong Kong sister chose a group of grass chickens, saying that grass chickens will not become golden phoenixes even if they fly on the branches.

From this point of view, Wang Ailun can be regarded as the saddest Miss Hong Kong champion in history, but at the same time she is an extremely lucky champion.

After the previous Miss Hong Kong pageant ended, the Miss Hong Kong champion was basically busy participating in activities everywhere, or going to international competitions. After busy with these Hong Kong sister champions, the limelight is over, and then rely on luck and strength to host shows, appear in TV series and movies.

On the other hand, Miss Dongfang is different. The champion Lizhi was selected as the heroine of Kang Jianfei's new film. The runner-up Qiu Huixin not only hosted the show, but also starred in two consecutive hit dramas. Such a move not only makes the follow-up development of the two strong. It is because of this that the influence of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant is too high.

Shao Yifu seems to be stimulated. As soon as this year's Miss Hong Kong finals ended, he announced on the spot that he would create a TV series for the new Miss Hong Kong champion.

compare. Although the quality of this year's Miss Oriental is not much better than that of Miss Hong Kong, the publicity stunt is enough to attract the audience's attention.

The gambling king He Hongsen personally served as the final judge, and Ye Yuqing's identity was also "accidentally" exposed by the newspaper. It turned out that she was the sister of Ye Zhiming, the former jeans king and Hong Kong film new/wave pioneer. Not only that, Ye Zhiming was also the general manager of the Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company at this time, responsible for the market distribution of the entire Oriental Group.

Such a powerful figure in the Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group, is it unfair to other beauties for his own sister to participate in the Miss Oriental beauty pageant?

The identity of Ye Yuqing was naturally revealed by Phoenix Channel on purpose, so he chose to start the reverse hype in the first week of the finals, after major newspapers got the news. The fairness of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant has been questioned one after another, which not only aroused criticism but also attracted the attention of countless people.

Facing the doubts of public opinion, Zhong Jinghui happily held a press conference before the final. The statement said: "Miss Oriental beauty pageant is the most liberal beauty pageant in Hong Kong. Any woman who is an adult, has no bad record, and has not signed a contract with any entertainment company can sign up to participate. We don't care if she is a factory worker or a royal princess~ lightnovelpub.net~Ms. Ye Yuqing signed up to participate in the Miss Oriental beauty pageant, it is purely her personal will, our competition organizing committee cannot stop it, otherwise it will destroy the competition rules of Miss Dongfang... I hereby solemnly promise that beauty pageant The judges of the finals will not give Miss Ye Yuqing a high score on purpose because of her identity... Let me tell you the truth, due to the strong doubts from the media, the judges of the finals are likely to deliberately press Miss Ye in order to avoid suspicion. The score is the most unfair to her, her status has not only brought no benefits, but has become a drag on her normal performance."

On the second day of the press conference, "Oriental Daily" came up with a prediction: "Even if Ye Yuqing performs well in the finals, she will never be the beauty pageant champion of Miss Dongfang, because both the beauty pageant organizing committee and the judges will not Don't dare to take the risk of public opinion..."

The "Oriental Daily" also attached some short stories of Ye Yuqing, just to prove how beautiful and excellent this girl is, but now she has lost her hope of winning many championships because of the saliva of the public.

In the end, before the finals of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant started, Ye Yuqing's limelight had already overshadowed this year's Miss Hong Kong champion Wang Ailun, and many of her supporters called Phoenix TV to ask for comments that they must not give up in the finals, not deliberately To suppress Ye Yuqing.